The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-22

livcTe0 on the Whit ~ 20 w PosSo pVA W" !,
a free port, sheltered and capacious har-
Dor. with deep water at all tides
Since the organization OF
THE NEW STEAMSHIP LINE TO BRAZIL,
IN which leading houses In the South
American trade are financially interested,
the additional life and activity given to the
place has greatly increased It's apparent Inn
portance. Starting from New York, the
steamers stop at Newport News, and will
probably concentrate at this point exports
from Richmond, West Virginia, North
Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee. They
are Of $500 tons capacity, are built
OF iron, with water-tight compartments,
and contain excellent accommodating
for saloon passengers. The arrival OF
one OF these great ships Is the event OF the.
week, and the scene at the piers during the
process of loading IL spirited and interest.
ing. When these vessels touch newport
News they are 1T miles nearer to st. Louis:
the great inland depot for grain, hogs, ana
other produce exported, than New YORK
itself, The same may be said OF other
erajn-producing regions like Kentucky,
Arkansas, Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri,
and Texas. while as regards the cotton and
tobacco-producing States this advantage Is
largely increased.
THE SOUTH, NOW ALIVE
to the mining and manufacturing advan-
tages which 1t possesses, Is rapidly attract
ing foreign capital and population, which
are developing its vast resources from DAY
TO day. The superiority OF its climate can
not be left out in estimating its future, and
will necessarily attract population and
class of immigrants hitherto deferred by
the peculiar social conditions which have
so greatly retarded its advancement. III
the anticipations INDUCED in by those most
deeply Interested pecuniarily, and who
NAV, therefore, be assumed to have studied
the conditions and prospects OF the
South most carefully, are well found
ed, besides the western traffic which will
find its way to Newport News, the pros
perity OF that port will receive great inn
petus from local causes. Newport News
itself proposes to bear q hand IN supplying
less fortunate regions with the necessaries
and luXuries Of life; for It is surrounded
by the great fisheries and oyster-beds for
which the waters Of Virginia are cele-
brated, and by lands peculiarly adapted for
the fruit and market-gardens from which
the supplies OF early fruits and vegetables
for the northern cities are largely drawn;
for this, 1t will be remembered, is the GEN.
tire OF the renowned truck-farming district
Of Tdewater Virginia.
THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE,
who NAV be designated as the natives"
seem to have imbibed thoroughly the gen.
eral enthusiasm, and are big with hope and
confidence. 1t is trifle amusing to hear
the prophecies OF the future Importance to
which they are now convinced their city
will arrive. They view the preparations
for more and more business which they see
going on about them with cOmplacent sat
isfaction. 1t is easy to find guide, were
one needed, to show an inquisitive stranger
the sights" There is the railway COM
pany's covered pier, or freight dock, now
also used for passengers, 1872 feet wide, and
running out into the water 700 feet, where
there is depth OF 40 feet. A double
railroad track runs through the centre, and
there are wide elevated floors on each side,
having twenty doors on the sides for the
discharge and reception Of freight and pas
sengers. To the north is the great coal
pier, 500 feet long by 80 feet in width,
which has two tracks in the centre and one
raised on each side, after the usual fashion
of piers constructed to move cars by CRAWL
ty. From this pier, which is a double
decker, 30 feet high, the vessels are loaded
by twelve cOal-chutes from the cars, while
coal is kept below for local demand. YES
sells arrive here constantly, and the dock
already presents the appearance OF an sold
stager."
THE COAL
has to be handled quickly, for the charters
come quickly. 1t is intended to make this
a coaling station also for ships engaged in
foreign trading. Dock No. g. designed for
the Old Dominion Steamship Company, is
nearly completed, the dimensions Of which
will be 800 by 1862, and this, when finished,
will be the passenger-pier. 1t will be
two stories, and will be connected with
the two-story grain-elevator, 17G by
1856, which has capacity of 1,500,-
600 bushels. The greater part Of
the piles have been driven, and a large
part OF the flooring has been put down.
In the deepest water at the ends Of the pier
they are driving down into the mud inn
mense pine trees eighty feet long, and the
beach is covered with pines, which have
been RATED here. Several forces of hands
are engaged in eXcavating and grading
for sidings, which will aggregate thirteen
~.
Chesapeake and Ohio to
HAMPTON AND OLD POINT
is expected TO be finished in a month and q
half, when trains will at once be run.
Leaving the waters edge and advancing
into the town, one sees on all sides the evil
dences Of new and unfamiliar thrift. The
land upon which the town is laid off in city
lots is the property OF the Old Dominion
Land Company, which has, besides its
agency here, headquarters in New York
city. A year ago there was only house
here and there; now there is quite viii
lage. About 1000 acres, situated on an
elevated and airy plateau overlooking the
James, have been regularly laid of in
streets and avenues, the principal ones be-
! ing graded. There are already six stores,
several restaurants, a bakery, and we'll
built brick hotel, the latter handsomely fur
nished. The largest work of the Land
Company on hand just now is the erection
OF q
POUR-sTORY BRICK HOTEL,
which will accommodate 200 guests. 1t is
now being plastcred and equipped for first
class business, having speaking-tubes in
every room, gas, elevator, steam laundry,
and IN observatory from which guests may
enjoy the exquisite view thus afforded.
There are six or seven fine stores i'm the
basement, several Of which have already
been rented to enterprising northerners,
as usual. The company have begun the
erection of - to 80 houses for residences
and an enterprising outsider has started
a livery-stable-f0r what would south
ern town do without facilities OF this
kindf-and erected large pavilion for
pleasure-seekers on the beach, where the
delights OF sea-bathing may be mingled
with the Joys that come only from ice
cream and lager. Finally. modest chapel,
built by the company and furnished by
friends of the movement. asserts its ripht