Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-08
DOWN BY TIE SEA.
SOME POINTS ABoUT NEWPORT
NEWS As A SOCIAL CENTRE.
Features that Make 1t . City Of Homes-.
The Failure OF Bulldog
Csntentmsnt.

Nxwpoar News, VA. November THE
organization of military company nero
Is another evidence that Newport News Is
putting on the full garb Of the city. The
personnel Of the company is very me ana
military company always adds TO the social
features OF place and helps give 1t promi-
nency. and this leads me to speak OF New
port News from O social point OF view.
| Heretofore have treated mostly OF ts
manual proQress. It's social development
has gone hand in hand with that and IS an
| important factor in the attractions Oh tue
place.
The railroad and steamboat companies,
! the banks, and other financial lnsuiutions,
and the increasing bas, ness-h0nses en-
ploy large number OF clerks, ana LOT the
| most mart the mechanics mere are OF the
skilled class who believe in having their
| children educated and In surrounding
| them with refining influences. AS con-
sequence a permanent society "a beng
| built up here. There is always something
| going on at Newport News. IL has us
| churches aud SCHOOLS and It's social gath
, erings, and those here love their homes
CONVENIENT.
| Contentment IS the rule at newport
| News. The capitalists are confronted, the
|
! contented. the mechanics are contented.
| and the laborers are contented. ana last
| but not least the investors are contented.
| There Is no break-neck rush here mat
| suggests that the people are camping out
and expect 20 strike their tents and move
| as soon as a better fold for speculation
! offers. On the contrary, the lmpT sslon
| produced IS that all feel and know that
/ there is no better place in which TO settle
Z pOmtOrtalflH lfklnK
| and enjoy home comforts. The Arab class
| is not part of Newport News'S popuia
! ton. The mechanic who comes here 70
work in the ship-yard, tho dry-dock. or
| the minor industries wants 90 stay. Not
| only that. he makes every effort 20 hrins
his friends here. This alone is going 10
! have the effect OF increasing immensely
| the population of the place. Both the me-
| chanica and the clerk element here show
! an ambition to own homes.
AND WHY NOR?
And why not2 There il. lrepeat, ne have
| frequently stated no better place in which
| TO reside than here. Living IL cheap. At
| the doors of the city are all the luXurles of
| the sea, the back country immediately sur
rounding is one beautiful stretch Of market
! garden, the climate Is delightful, tine air
! pure and fresh, the water healthy, and the
| locations convenient TO all the principal
older cities in the country. And then the
! place Is prosperous. Those who have settled
| here know that lis progress Is on sub
/ stantial basis. They have mad the expert
ence OF having done well. and there IS none
| of that restlessness that points TO uncer-
tainly either in the present or the future.
! CITY or HOMES.
As have said before, the prevailing am
bition or all corners Is TO settle down and
! own homes, and much money has been
I ,oyaJ a ANAL ytnV for that nurnOsp
| The man employed here who does not look
forward to the day when he will sit under
his own vine and hg-tree in one of these
beautiful plateaux Is O rarity indeed. IL
has been the policy of the Newport News
Company to encourage this. and hence
they offer lots--not Stockton sale. Their
property is essentially adapted 10 hand
some cottage and villa sites. It's location
! is such that the man who builds upon 10
can be convenient to the industrial centres
and business centres of Newport News
and yet be perfectly quiet when he has
quit work and sought rest and repose.
! These lots are being steadily taken up
now, but that there will be with the des-
tined increase of population a great de-
mand for them and continuous increase
in values goes without saying.
The progress of development at the ship,
yards and dry-dock alone will command
population tina. will necessitate the d0u-
bling Of the number of houses at Newport
News, and the first in the field to buy
available building sites are sure OF remu-
nerative returns. One cannot consider the
situation from any point Of view without
being convinced that 1t is only q question
of very short time when the plat OF the
I Newport News Company will be completely
built over with houses owned by the
parties living in them or with rows of neat
cottages and villas that will be bringing
in fine revenue to shrewd capitalists who
have taken time by the fOrelock and made
purchases Of lots while they are offered at
reasonable prices and on easy terms. The
time is rapidly approaching when Newport
! News must have scores more Of residences,
and this is question worth considering,
both by tho man of moderate means and
/ the capitalists.