Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-11
ANOHIO MANS VIEWS
rus FUTURE OF THE TOWN OF NEW
PORT NEWS.
w.... Raw Material May 10 Assembled
Moro Chcspiy Than ut ANY other
Flrst seaport Of tho World

An Ohio manufacturer, whose name for
obv;ous reasons is not given, has recently
hcen at Newport News investigating tho
advantages of that point with view 10 70.
moving thither an important industris,
njant which will annually use severai
Thousand tons Of iron and large amount
~ timber. To DISPATCH reporter tn's
Gentleman declared that what he had seen
a. Newport News had far transccnded even
Tho most flattering Of tho printed reports
thot had come under his eye. and tDat ne
taI, convinced that all now needed to MAKE
its growth break oil town-growing RECORDS
ras systematic advertising. for my
mart said he, had known year ago
what know now my factory wouid now
he in operation in Virginia instead oil Oiiio.
~ had seen it stated, be went 10 say IA
ono Of the leading industrial Journals thai
81. was a place whore coal and coke ana
n mo- and timber could DO assembled
more cheaply than at any point af deep
,;dewater in the world. This sounded
rath.r extrayagant, but have found tnae
- 10 only tho truth. You see the Cnesa-
neake and Ohio railway can lay down
Esw River coke and coal at Newport
News over down grade mose
~ the way and timber and IRON with an
absolutely down-grade haul from tho
mountains TO the seq. And note Ia re.
cent publication concerning the iron ORE
of the region opened TO tramc oy .h
ra;lvay's new branch up Cralg's creek thnt
b;sh-gradc pig can DO made from those
orcs At probably less cost than anywhere
in the country, and when made can DO
laid down at tidewater at hall what IL
oosts IN haul pig made in most other uls-
tricts." ,.,hoo nm
Timed (which will come into that port
for coal will coon advertise tho place
throughout the four quarters OF the glope'
and inasmuch as many foreign manulao-
turers are now looking for some point on
the Seaboard where raw materiai
which finished products may DO snipPeu
with convenience and dispatch. the indus-
trial importsnce OF this extraordinary To-
cation will not depend alone upon manu-
facturers from the North and west. IL Is
ipdlspurable that tho cost OF making pig
iron il growing greater year by year III
Great Britain and that the cost OF making
Il in such localities as the Rich-Patcn re-
zion of Virginia is becoming less ana iess;
So soon as Virginia is able TO uhuersei,
foreign countries their iron masters anu
manufacturers OF things constructed
mainly OF iron will begin looking tor such
a combination of favorable conditions rs
is found at Newport News. IL.
another thing about tho place, that
impressed no." he observed, was the Mt
ness of SO much of tho contiguous coun-
try for residential purposes. had Away ;
thought it was low and swaInpy, put
noticed all around, but particularly down
the coast line III tho direction OF va
Point. several hundred acres, which. by
the by. is owned by Richmond company
which is good enough for the villas OF 'ne
milLonaires who in course of time Will be
abundant at this point; and what Is or
Great significance to the quick growth OF the
town building lots are not held at unrea-
sonao ole prices, but remain within the reach
of men of moderate means and wlthlh
figures which will meet the Views Oh the
most conservative investors"
"Uouse-building," he declared, is
field for investment here which Is more
tempting than at any town know OF. Tor
at present every house IN the place Is occu-
pied. and within few months the mana
Ger of the great ship-bullding and dry
dock plant tells me that about 500 skilled
mechanics will be added 10 the towns
population by that enterprise alone.
These men Will want homes. The me-
chanics of Newport News all have, I'M
bounded confidence in its future, and are
anxious to buy homes before values go
too high. A well-managod building COM
pany ought to be organized to supply TINS
want. 10 sum up my convictions con-
corning the future of the place need only
saw that il is destined speedily to become
one of the great industrial and CONNER
clal cities OF America"