The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-19
ALL GRADE CROSSINGS
WILL Be ELIMINATED
Southern, Norfolk and Western, and
Chesapeake and Ohio Have
Agreed to Build Bridge.
1T WILL SPAN JAMES RIVER
Cost to Railways Will BE About
100000, While City OF Lynch
burg Contributes S5O,OO0-Coun-
" OF Amherst Provides Approach.
Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.

Lynchburs. Va, july. 1s;,-To elmi-
nate grade CROSSINGS In ne yie,mit.
the sou,h aG% NoTfoik and '3 Western stern
and Chesapeake and Ohio Railways
have agreed to construct reinforced
tens and the James River at the foot
OF Seventh street. :he cost to tho rail
ways beng Approximately 100000.
structure. which will he LOO feet
long and ffty-nve fec, above low
contributes $50, 900 and the county Of
amherst provides an approach OH tho
Amherst side OF the river. For tho
I Enye nnaPTse tne e9uTsH sppGrDisorS
the CITY council is known to be favor
able 70 the proposition. Indeed. tho
called session and provided for the
appointment OF commission consist
Ing OF Ernest Williams, John T.. Pet
tyjohn and William King 10 super
visc the construction as municiprl
representative.
Tho proposed bridge will eliminate
All grade crossings near tie station
save one. and this is not an important
one. y viii also reduce grades from
tho freight dcpots to the business see
Ion o; the city from 10 to per cont.
tracks In the thirty-foot driveway.
The railways agree TO begin con
atruction during 1915.
Tho entire scheme was originated BY
cal Chamber Of Commerce. who ho0 has 'a
worked for nfttecn months to get tho
railways together on it.
Coupled ,Hs a si.h shs bridge DrSpositio9
heights. In. Amherst County, where
several hundred acres OF scenic prom
er,y On TN the An,hers, piateap will be
Der OF Commerce. which has an option
Upon ,h INC propes.y: 1t no." belongs to
u inc 'cncrai state Hospital Board.
r-<f.,
a location for the state cpiicptii,
colony, Tho farm later vas aban
doned by the state for another
Tcnting sweet clover
aepartmcnt Of tho Southern R iiaitSa y.
Walker & Mosby. OF this city, WHO
horst County. arc starting a les; with
sweet clover raising. hoping to demon
Will restore life to the worn on, lands
OF this section. The demonstration is
70 be In charge Of W Il. Cross. OF
the railways Agricultural and irnmi-
have been put down in peas this
sprinE. but upon test % tho seed
vas only found 10 bc good The sweet
clover IS TO ba sown on land ttai has
not been pIowcd for decades. having
ductiveness. ana in gullies tina. lavc
long been given over to drainage The
, test - to be made near the ri sh, OF
Il Z
can be seen from the trains.
HGyr Ivy Creek Farm.
T., v. =, STOKES who has been living
known lvy Creek Farm, which WAS
formerly owned by Captain +. y. lIar-
man, Who sold IL year. or more ago
40 acres. and IL IL but twenty minutes'
walk from the street car line In Riv-
p prop"ry w was iPprSSsse prise FOR the
chaser's purpose To devote most Of his
energy to dairy products and TO the
development Of Registered hogs. Tho
Iarm Is equipped with a splendid resi-
dence. which is equipped with gas and
ho; and cold water. while the farm
MsI r ans h STe a9pis for al Purposes
daughters have already taken posses.
sion OF the property.
III, WI Meet Mt Mentor. Church.
Inc annual meeting OF the Straw
Churches will begin July ~ al Men.
Low Baptist, Church. Bedford County.
teen miles from Bedford City, where
delegates Will be met at the. trains.
Many OF tho LynchburE delegates
WI go 10 ,he meeting IN automobiles.
Two months on account OF tho long
drought in the spring. recent weat Their
G { q SsssJ haEe made il possible for
the crop OK tobacco bought here last
winter for the Austrian government.
nc oIuer is Tor tobacco cured by the
clements, and during the drought il
could not be touched The entire lot.
which contains 100000 pounds is now
being worked at a rate OF 100 hogs
heads a day. The concern Is about
six weeks behind on account of the
long spell OF dry weather
Pedestal Is Erected.
Tho pedestal for the monument 10
be erected here In memory of the late
Major John Warwick Daniel has been
erected on a triangular lot at the in
tersection Of Park Avenue and Ninth
and Floyd Streets. which was bought
by the city for this purpose Tho
base, is ten feet one Inch high. and
me lower measurement is eight feet
TOUR inches by seven feet three inches.
ana is SO located that the statue. when
IN position, will face westerly" the
former country home Of the deceased
statesmen sta The bronze likeness. which
was executed by Sir Moses Ezekiel is
stu with the bronze workers. and n
is not known when II can be delivered
The inscriptions on the base are
JOHN WARWICK DANIEL,
born In Lynchburg. September 3, 1912:
D'eo IN Lynchburg, June 20. 1910.
foremost and best beloved
Nirginian OF his time.
SoIdler--Jurist-Sta
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