The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-31
FARMERS LOCATING
ALONG c. 3 0. LINES
MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND FAM
LIES LOCATED DURINo PAST
TnREn YEARS
ESTABLISH FACTORIES
CHEsAPEAKE AND OHIO ~ DOING
IT'S PART IN INDUgTRIAL DE
vELOPMENT IN VIRGINIA
ALONG IT'S Lines
ESTABLISH FACTORIES
BY X. T. CRAwLEY,

by As IL O1Nh " A~At
Industrial Agent c. q O.
In the substantial development OF
Virginia, which II now going on. and
which is attracting 80 much attention
throughout the country. the Chesn-
peake and Ohio Railway II doing It's
full share and Is constantly endeavor-
ing to strengthen its organized work
In bringing good settlers to the lands
Of virginia ana in sstablishins NAH
ufacturing plants.
II IL a we'll recognized fact that
the Chesapeake and Ohio lines run
through some OF the choicest territory
in Virginia. including every veriety
OF soil and Of agricultural and indus
trial opportunities.
Thrifty Farmers Locating.
Az an example Of what - being
done by the Chesapeake and Ohio. 1t
may be mentioned that recently a
tract Of land. through which this
railroad ruins. was acquired AND cut
up into twenty-five acre farmiets, and
one half Of these have already been
taken by thrifty Germans from Penn
sylvania. This colony Is only twenty
TlIlc8 east Va fNitiilioha "hN 40 A'@Nh
Providence Forge. In New Kent
county.
incidentally, II may be mentioned
that In the past three years there
have been located in this State on
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, in
q large measure through its Industrial
department. over a thousand substan-
tial families. This has been due in
the main to the fact that these peo-
pie found out through our advertise
inents and afterwards by personal In
vestigation that there are lands here
admirably adapted to the grasses.
fruits, corn, wheat and truck; un-
surpassed climate: hospitable people:
close proximity to the best markets
of the world ana unusually good
transportation facilities.
Better School Facilities.
One OF the difficulties that the
Chesapeake and Ohio and other rail-
roads have labored under in the past
has been the lack OF good school ia
cilities 1t has often been found that
men from the North. Northwest and
West, from which sections most of
our settlers come, decline to consider
q proposition to purchase unless
good school can be secured. Fortu-
nately, this difficulty Is being removed
by the rapid progress now being made
in the Improvement Of the city, town
and country schools, and the indus
trial departments OF the various rail-
roads report that this progress in cd
ucation has made 1t easier to induce
substantial people to settle along the
various lines. The assurance OF the
Department of Public Instruction that
every effort Will be made by the joint
cooperation OF the department and
the local school authorities to provide
good schools where settlers locate
has given an extra impetus to the ef-
forts made for immigration.
Advantages Should Be Advertised.
The State and railroads notwith-
standing our advantages here over
the West and Northwest. are meeting
with many serious drawbacks in
bringing in settlers from those Sec
tions Some Of the Western States
are spending as much as five hum
dred thousand dollars annually in adj
vertisinE in various ways their advan>
tages. Many OF the largo railroads
Of these States are spending almost
as much, offering at the same time
low and attractive rates with liberal
stopoyer privileges, and as conse-
quence are taking many OF our peo-
pie. especially the young men. into
tIlAL StClfou- LHtlc ~ lily ~ idk sc
town in Virginia In which there are
not several representatives from the
industrial apartments of these large
| Western roads whose duty 1t In to
meet the citizens OF our State and
present personally fine advantages of
, their territory. 1t seems to me 1t
would not be unwise for our State
and railroads to at once put them
selves In defensive position. and at
a very little expense We could have
representatives in the Great West and
Northwest and bring to our State
| many times more people than are now
coming this way.
| This important matter should re-
ceive serious consideration, not only
| by the state and hy the railroads,
but every person anu corporation in
terested- In the speedy Development
/ of Virginia.
7 " 1fD Tlsrvt. Par fnff1e- mere attractive
| and profitable / would advocate thar
| the State and the railroads employ
| on every twenty faila section OF each
railroad n man well versed In scien-
! tific methods of farming. who would
give his entire attention to instruct
! ing the farmers In the said section In
! modern methods OF crop growing.
! Much has been done along this line
1 by the running each year Of the bet
ter farming train" with which the
| readers of The Ntrginian ara familiar,
Space Ia TOO limited to tell Of the
success that has been made by a large
| number OF thoss who have settled iii
| Virginia through the direct efforts
| OF the Chesapeake ana Ohio Rail-
! way. Tho reports from this depart
| ment show that there has been graft
4 flying results to quite a number In
all lines Of agriculture. including
I stock raising fruit growing. the rails
! ing OF corn. wheat. alfalfa and to-
bacco, AS well az In trucking, dairy
! Ing and poultry.
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