The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
BOILING HALL TO
BE MOOERN|zED
Wealthy Pennsylvanians
Come to Virginia to IN
vest Surplus Money.
FIND GOOD THING
AND HIT 1T QUICK
Old Virginia Ancestral Estate to
Be Made Into a Twentieth
Century Industrial Farm.
Cows and Hogs to Grow
in Great Pro-
fusion.

Tho .alo of the oil Boiling Hall
property Mp james River In Gooch-
lHnd county, thirty-nre miles from
HiohInond. to syndicate OF rich
pennsylvania means moro in an In
du6trial and development way and
moro to IfiohmonI and the surround
Ing country than appeared on the
surface in tho briet reports Of that
sale that have appeared IN The Times
DiBpatch and other papers.
Tho sale Of this property. which
takes In nearly 1000 acres af good
land In Goochlhud county. jus; up the
rirer from Richmond. 10 q good thing.
Tho big sule which was pulled off
by W. Z. Harris, the owner and a
renl estate agent OF th!s ci:v was
referred to In this Industrial section
t~o weeks AFRO. Fl L. Tidwcll.
member OF the nrn, Of ". L.. Harris
&. Co.. did tho stunt Tidwcli had been
long In correspondence with tho
Pennsylvania capitalists. and on more
than one occasion he quoted the In
uustrial Sectio OF The Times Dispatch
as authority on all things good IN
old Virginia. The Pcnnaylvanians be-
lievcd In The Times Dispatch. and
they invested their money according
ly.
Ancestral Estate.
But tht. Is q Nero detail that tho
fchder iE not very much interested
IN. The simple fac, is that Boiling
Hall" one Of the biggest piantations
or tho U ppcr James, has been sold 10
p.oplc who propose to devclopc IL
and make Il an object lesson And
they are not going TO do all this just
FOR fun. The buyers expect TO make
money out Of It.. ami they. will do
Just ,hs. thing.
A stock company has been formed,
known ms the United Farms Corpora
ton, end II hsa been capitalized al
something like 100000. W. w. Jack
uon ~ the president OF the conipa NJ.
~ q. McHenry, a member of Cor
Rross from Pennsylvania and cap''
ealist Is the v'ce-pres'dent. and John
H. Eea6ing Is che secretary and treas.
urer. All ofthes men. as we'll as
most OF the stockholders in this cam-
plny are rich Penns".ranie, men who
have atcome rich br their efforts IN
developing coal lands, ana some other
kinds CT land in Pennsylvania. Taei'
know "a good thing in good land
when trey soc II. and they think they
have seen some pretty good things
down here In old Virginia. That is
why they came hero and invested.
From Away Back.
The history OF the old Boiling Hall
has been written and rewritten time
and again, and IL is not necessary to
repeat /, in this connection, suffice 1t
10 say that tf.c Boiling family owned
the property from the ROYAL grant AVA!
back yondcr in 1903 up 10 about thirty
five years ago, when Captain Afr I'd
pleasanton bought Il. Captain Pleas
anton Was not a good farmer. and the
place did not prove prhtabl TO him
in the carly days 81 1909 he sold out
TO W. F. Harris. I hear tina, Mr. IIar
fnn f..t. IN
and the houses thereon OF course lie
bought on speculation, for Mr.. Harris
had no Idea OF becoming a jams River
farmer. And now Mr.. Harris mas sold
the property to this Pennsylvania con-
tinGent. ] hear that Mr. Harris did
not make a very big profit on the deal
big enough. perhaps. TO make him
happy, but not as big as might have
turn I'd out. However. Mr. Harris had
an idea that Il would he well TO get
Pcnnsylva mans interested in our Nir-
ginia development. The Pennsylvania
ans paid right down In cash $4,000 for
the property.
Dig Development.
just what the people bought and just
what they paid for II is :. matter Of
very little interest TO til. average
reader OF Tic Times dispatch. What
do they propose to do'with ii. now that
they have il? That IL the question
The buyers OF this property have
formed the United Farms Corporation,
stock company 70 run Il big farm that
Will not only pay thu stockholders, but
will help all Of the ncighbor.s to do
bcttcr hear that Mr.. jackson has
announced that he is going to ms Ike
Boiling Hall a great dairy farm: that
already lie has bought 600 dairy cows
+. and made all of the arrangements ~
quired for their keep. He also intends
TO make part of the place hog de-
Nelopment farm. For that pnrpos, he
has already bought zoo brood .ows.
To show that the owners Of This biz
James River farm have faith in their
good Investment, they have employed
an expert in the matter of hog raising
and hog growing and an expert in the
matter of cattle raising.
About some Of these things and about
some of the plans that this compa ny
has ON foot expect to write more
I largely later on for next Sundays
paper, perhaps.