The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-18
NORFOLK NEWS.
Large Mills of the Tunl- Lamber Company
shut Dowu-Much Excitement in Con
sequence-Ihe Peanut Market-GeneraI
MrufiOH.

Large Mills of the Tuni- Lumber Company
shut bOwu-Much Excitement In Con
/ sequence-The Peanut lIarket-General
/ Mention.
NORFOLK, February 1.-THE large
planning mills o. the Berkeley side of the
Elizabeth river, owned by the Tuni-
Lumber Company, have shut down ow-
ing To- the lack of cars % remove the
manufactured lumber % Northern mar
kets. Already orders for over 100000
feet have been sent tO other mills, and
the company says that unless
some arrangement can be made in re-
gard 10 transportation facilities. their
mills, the largest i'm the United
States, will be closed perma-
nently, and may be removed 10 some
other place The trouble is that the
greater part of the lumber shipped goes
yia the New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railroad, and that company
cannot furnish cars enough. The
matter has been source of much
ANNOYANCE 20 the lumber c0mpa-
mics here, and nearly all the firms
are In hot water with the railroad CONF
panv. There is talk of calling % meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce SO take
action on the matter for If something is
not done and done az once, about 1000
people win be thrown out of employ.
ment and q lumber trade worth thou
sands of dollars TO this port will De
driven elsewhere To give some esti-
mate of The enormity of this business IL
may be stated that II 100000 feet of
lumber. nearly 100000 feet OF LOGS,
l.G0OOOO shingles. 21,000 railroad ties.
and Gs2.000 slaves were shipped from
this port in January.
Commodore \. /. Bateman and Mr5
Baleman left yesterday afternoon IL q
special car for California
The truckers have immense fields of
kqle on their hands now and can do moth
ing with il. The kale crop this season
is the largest ever known in Norfolk
county.
Rev. J. J. LaiTerty, of the Christian
Ads0catl. preached to a large congrega-
ton AT Cumberiand-street Vi. +. Church
this morning. Tomorrow night he will
deliver one of his humorous, witty and
instructive lectures at the same church.
The peanut market I'm Norfolk during
the past two weeks has been watched very
closely by dealers in that article. The
farmers and others in position to know
report the crop of 1889 as the shortest
for many years, and prices for the past
month 20 10 confirm the statement or a
short crop, which is said 10 be only one
third of the average yield. Those who
have peanuts on hand now are command
ing their own prices, which they will OBJ
tain with little difficulty. Besides being
ON top in many other things Norfolk is
the largest peanut market in the world
Hon. $. VI. Lindsey, of Utica, y. y
Supreme Regent of the Royal Arcanum,
will reach the city tomorrow, and will
be the guest of Portsmouth Council, No
227. 4 grand banquet will be rendered
him AZ the Ocean House Portsmouth, to-
morrow night.
Manager Tieney, Of the Norfolk base
ball team. contemplates making numer-
Gus improvements az Gymnasium Park
before the season opens. He will put in
the field a combination OF ball players
capable of doing credit 10 the city, and
promises some excellent games. Rich
mond treated the Norfolk team quite
badly in lssS, and gave them about the
worst defeat they received. Tierney
SAYS he will be ready for Boshens men
this season, and give them much
warmer reception.