The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-30
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Industrial Notes of Various
. Kinds-Busy Builders-Farm
Buyers From a Distance.

West Point, Va, June 29.-Vision3
Of Greater Yves, Point with its p.o-
motors. bridges. railways. etc, are
opening eyes wide in other sections
This week, three gentlemen from Tar
away Wisconsin are here considering
with Owens and Basby The question
OF buying farms. three adjoining or
near together. Another gentleman
fran New Hampshire, graduate of
Harvard. and football coach for the
North Western University for several
years IS with the same company. look
ing Tor good land on salt water with
fish. oysters, crabs ana such nearby
Inc O!d Dominion Industrial Company
nave bought and sold many lots TINS
week. The big dynamo anG other
machinery are being Installed ia the
new electric plant mere. Many years
ago the wharves at the dock here were
ab!aze with electric lights. the people
lett for, they say, ",deepwater." The
wharVes. some of them. were taken
up root and branch and put at Primers
Point The lights We're cut out and
since then there mas been a scarcity
of light. but an expert wirer is now
here wiring the wharves and the south
ern Railway, 50 far as West Point is
concerned. need no longer work in dark
ness
Carl Maskicy. of the Old Dominion
CompaI Y, has been busy at Euclid
Heights having massive culverts put
in, looking 10 good roads ana streets
Excavations for four residences have
been completed at Euclid Heights under
the management OF contractor Peter
= 7ald, OF Richmond and the residence
OF Philip Hoffman Is we'll under way.
The mans IN house. at Euclid Heights.
is the res. fence OF Mr.. McWaters, the
electrician who mas charge along that
line. The Industrial Company has
bought some Of the finest mules seen
in this section for sometime and much
hauling goes on.
The equipment for the bridge across
the Mattaponi River is en- route and
! the work is soon 10 begin, if the say
ing of a wellknown banker in Rich
mond is TO be believed, and there is
no reason why he should not know.
mere TO a prominent lady OF this town,
Il Will come down here the iivst day
OF next January and we Will cross this
bridge together"
a great deal OF blowing is going on
relative to the planting out next fall
Of great orchards OF varied kinds.
Great preparations arc making here
It4 lIt ANNUAL Ct4.OTdlIOI OIL tne glo-
rious Fourth. Douglas Mitchell. of
Walkerton. Will be the speaker OF the
day. c. s. Smith. of Gloucester Court
house. will preside Cha!tes G. Gault.
OF West Point Will read the Dcclara-
ton of independence. On that day
people Will come as 1t were from the
four corners of the Garth. An excur-
sion from Richmond will be poured
into the town, and then the excur-
sions from the rivers will add their
quota. Every kind of vehicle from an
OK cart to the cd and new fashioned
carriages and automobiles will come
loaded. Men VIII come and bring their
families. having risen from their
slunbers before the wee sma' hours"
The young man will bring his best
girl in his bran new buggy. and lots OF
the country SWANS will walk through
the streets with his lady-lovc. holding
her hand, oblivious to the world
There Will be all kinds OF sea food
fried chickekn, old Virginia ham. and
everything else worth eating without
thought as TO the high cost Of living
kesnich's Band from Richmond will be
here TO discourse fine music There
viii be Two games Of baseball
This year there VIII be "A great guam
iity OF fruit. There is tree in this
town that never bore fruit before. II
bloomed. and. before time for gather
ing. the fruit dropped Oft. This year
the lady OF the house sent to the drug
store for copperas with which to spray
around about. y mistake was made
and hiuestone was brought She told
them 10 pour it out, and 1t was poured
out on the roots and body of this peach
tree, and To- tree full OF fine peaches
new and very fine high school
Is TO be erected in upper King Will
nam between this and the opening
OF next term. The trustees of Beulah
BAPTIST Church have given the site
on part Of the parsonage property.
The Fourth of July is Tag Day for
the benefit of the School Improvement
league of West Point. Last year was
observed as such and quite a neat
amount raised This league. composed
almost entirely of women. has done
much TO improve and beautify the
High School buildings and grounds in
the past two years, and are planning
great things for the near future
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