Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-28
NO DULL SEASON.
rur CONTINUOUS RUSH or I'M
PAVEMENT AT NEWPORT NEWS.
Tho ouc.,,on OF Hous ng the New Popu-
Iasion-The shIp-Ynrd-see and
lie Convinced.

NEWPORT News. February 27.-Ine people
bsro ara setting their houses in order for the
spring. they say, though what they mean
! do not exactly understand. III tney Ieler
| TO coming out Of tho.crysalis OF duil sea-
con then the prospect is that they VIII have
more 70 do in the spring than they VIII
have time 20 do il in. AS far as my ooser-
vation goes there is no dull season at New
mort New. II is q continuous rush ana
drive Of Improvement from one years end
| 10 the other. and every day 1t IS more pal
nable that Newport News is not a place OF
| booms. but OF steady and substantial
growth.
WHERE TO PUT THEM.
The only question is where are the peo-
| Mo 10 he mi who will of necessity rush IN
| here in the very nea7 futureg Ihat Is TUG
ouestion for capitalists to look ihto, anu
! they can look into it TO Their adyshihge.
| 10 my mind 1t Is answered IN the hoi1ldy53
of the Newport News, Hampton, ana ga
po;nt Dcvcionmeot Company. / have be-
foro alluded to the condition of this ian q:
Its topographical features are suCh that
the expense of building would DC inc
minimum. and investment in the scheme
Of thc company Offers an opportunity OF
acquiring q rent-roll in the way OF neat ana
comfortable cottages that Is unsurpassed
THE sHIP-YAED.
A day or two ago it was mentioned in the
Djsp1,cA that the Richmond Locomotive
Works had received an order for cylinders
for n steamship building here which were
, TO be duplicates of those OF the unlted
States battle-ship now building at Norlo!h'
This. il will be patent, IS Only inc com con-
nencement of orders that will go to hIch-
mond from here and On earnest OF the
sbip-buiIding operations of Newport news.
II Is said that the equipment OF the snip
ward here il unsurpassed by that OF any
Yard in the United States In the way OF
Toachincry. II WIS the delight OF the
American Institute Of Mining Engineers
when they werc here, and one ana al pre-
dicted that IL was TO become one Oh tno
greatest centres OF ship-buiidihg on iHc
continent.
: PLAIN PROPOSITION.
nloin propostion is that there is so
much money invested here in this place
that IT alone is guarantee for the future
of the place. TO operate the shIp-yard
viii reaIlire some five thousand workmen,
most Of them skilled, and who are accus-
toned to dwellings far above the average
This means q demand for dwellings. But
beyond that. it means a demand for MINOR
industries that will give, as has been ire
0uentlv stated, employment to the women
and children of The shIp-yard mechanics;
In turn that means ability to pay good
rents.
YoREsAw IT.
Some Of the capital here foresaw this
some time ago and large plats Of land were
taken up and have been sold at gooIoi
nricea. Much Of thisiand has been built
over. and even space that three years ago
was an old field is now becoming crowded;
Tho Newport News. Hampton, and Old
Point Development Company, came INTO
the field only last year, but they came al
the right moment. Newport News cannot
extend in any other direction, especiany
for summer sites and rows of cottages, than
over Their property. And they made
these investments upon so large scale
that they can and do offer terms that could
not be obtained now bv individual pur-
cbases. | think ii is safe to say that there
is not foot of land about Newport News
available for either manufacturing or resi-
DENTAL sites that can be bought as advan-
tageously by or with the promise OF 50 great
profits as that of this company.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The improvements by the company
must enhance their property most
rapidly, and to buy either for build
inc or to hold seems a certainty IN the mat
great deal of the stock has been taken in
the North already, and from present APP
pearances the demand for it this spring
will keep the agents full of business.
However, as have repeatedly said, the
pest argument IN favor of an Investment
here is found in a personal visit. No
writing can be so full of suggestions to
the shrewd. far-seeing Businessman as a
personal inspection, and that the compa-
nv court. OK TIE WING.