The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-17

probability what is now New York city
would be on the shores OF CheSa9eake
Bowl
Let US see what has been their effect
upon the foreign tonnage OF "a ports.
From the Chef Of the Bureau o. Sta-
tistics Of the Treasury We learn that for
the year ending June ~. 1873 Their. en-
tered the capes OF Virginia from foreign
countries, 7l0 vessels. with al aggregate
tonnage OF S1y.9i5 tons, bringing imports
valued AZ !iG.z3,iD. During the same
year l,0J2 Vessels with an aggregate ton
mage Of LIS. 10 tons passed. through the
cdpes Of Virginia bound tor fo eign
countries. exporting $D0j,6jZ worth OF
domestic merchandise. the products Of
agriculture, mining. forests, fSEer.es. etc.
The business OF the principal ports OF
Chesapeake Bay and its tributari = may
be summarized az follows:
For the port VI Baltimore, where an
inland Journey Of over i5O miles ~ neCes-
sary, ! ,l06 vessels either entered pCm
foreign countries or cleared tor foreign
countries during tie year ending Jtne
-. 1888 exporting and importing }SI 49,
go worth OF domestic and foreign pro-
ducts.
For Newport News li2 vessels either
entered from foreign countries CT cleared
for foreign countries during the year
ending June 80, 1888, exporting ana I'M
porting SSl4t.25J worth Of domestic and
foreign products.
For Norfolk and Portsmouth 10 vessels
either entered from foreign Countries
or cleared for foreign countries dufEg
the wear ending June -. 1898, exporting
and importing &96,b@ worth OF I0mes-
tic and foreign products.
For Richmond - vessels either erteied
from foreign countries or cleared Ter
foreign countries. exporting ana inipCrt-
Ing = 4SS $50 worth Of domestic and Tor
rms il exrIus!ye OF the immense g asst
trade. figures Tor which nave air" dy
The bulk # the-trad- Of these p9rts
has grown up within recent years What
may We not expect in the future!
"a YAI GARDFN.
The shores adjacent 10 these splendid
waterways are fast becoming a great
garden Tor the people OF tne N'lc'lC
Coast rities and some OF the Heslerh
cities Neither the Secretary " ABl-
cuI,rra unr tho state Commissioner OF
Agriculture are able to furnish m' vim
figures giving the vain" 81 the tIu'klHs
interest of the Tid~"aitr counties or
Virginia separate from the rest OF the
Inc Superintendent Of the Norfolk,
pbiIadaInhi, and New York railway furn-
ishes the following figures. lis rd't"aE
transported from the counties OF AccO-
mac. and Northampton alone 01J.|H bar
reIs ~ p1tatoes In 1875. With those trans
uorted hv water we may safely say n at
these two counties sold over 6N,yJ bar
rels Of potatoes !n ibj5.
MIR A. LETTERS. Of Norfolk, Va, re- Og-
niZed authority. sends me the following
figures: He SAYS. In the year 1913 the
trucking and market garden inter st In
The fields thirty miles around NoIfjlk
saved the city from panic, uded On
mOneyed institutions over me Cris'S fHi
left our tillrrs Of the soil In fine shape.
Tba uotatoe crop Of 1893 brought nearly
Il IN tOo To our people The straw perry
crop brought 81 10000 and the dsSi eSdte
of money received from kalc cabbage
spinach, lettuce" radiehes' ton5'yCH,
onions meas, beans, asparagus ana the
many other minor crops was more thaH
b Oo6 OO0 saving nothing OF the large
local consumption. This great amount Of
truck was grown mainly from four Couh-
ties. Norfolk, NahsehoaH iF'HgtsI -t'taI
and Isle OF Wight. OF this grand tttal
Norfolk county contributed over $2,JtlOD
worth. say nearly 100000 worth, Nansc-
moud county 100000 Ia N.'hpl, IT n
cess Anne $4,000 to N.)oWl. Noriobt
comfy without doubt grows the largest
cash value Of farm products of any Coun-
~ in the United States. l. has the lai6-
est pOtatOe grower, 2hU1j ia TBS Ed7
raisel i'm a single year by MN. II HdS
also the largest single corn grower OF
the South, who produced fifty thousand
bushels Of shellel corn this year. Not
more than one-half of our truck land -
i'm use This trucking industry mas heen
developed principally during the past -
wears. as prior TO 1870 II amounted 10
little. Its development beginning with
three men from New Jersey, limited IN
means and also in experience The m
dustry IN - years has passed the $5V.o'-
90 marx per annum. At least
three Norfolk county farmers and truck
ers have each dug from the bosom or
Mother Earth more than $tbU'.
Last season il required eleven lar-e
steamers each week 40 transport the
vegetables from the lower Rappahannock
"A trade which has grown up In the
last few years.