The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-22
PICTURES IN VIRGINIA.
SOME ON TRE FACE OF NATURE AND
 OTHERS MADE BY HAN.

What Now Haven Tourist Saw at New
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 Dry Dock and Ship Building Piant-The
 Unique Hotel Warwick.
 For the JOURNAL AND CounKRl
 Newport News. Va,
 Oct. 10, 1894.
 Dear Courier.-Trayeling, with Americans. has become so universal that 1t may be termed second nature. If possessed of wealth, they journey for pleasure; if sick, they migrate to some locality possessing real or fancied mer- its as a vigor restorer, seeking a pana- cea for their ills with varied degrees of success and failure.
 Formerly these wanderings were con- fined to the summer months for the most part, but of late years, owing to the opening up of resorts at the south, particularly in Florida. the travelling season never ends. the heat of summer and the cold of winter alike furnishing reasons for change of abiding place on the part of multitudes who are fa- vored with the opportunity and neces- sary means for travel.
 To meet the ever increasing demand for entertainment of tourists, large outlay of capital has been made in the erection of hotels in all parts of the country, from the shores of Maine to the Pacific coast, notably on tide wa ter Virginia.
 There are many who find 1t necessa- ry or agreeable to seek relief from the rigors of g. northern winter by moving southward, especially to Florida. Moreover it has become the custom of late to stop on the way to and from ex- treme southern points at what may possibly be called halfway houses, thereby escaping the facilitating ef- fects of the Florida climate in the ear ly fall and spring, and at the same time avoiding the clustering and dis agreeable weather incident to north ern localities during these periods.
 The most satisfactory middle ground" yet discovered, both as to cli- mate, agreeable surroundings and ho- tel accommodations, is undoubtedly within the capes of Virginia, and in the vicinity of Hampton Roads.
 In this vicinity, so favored by na- ture, is located the new summer and winter sanitarium, known as Hotel Warwick" having accommodations for three hundred persons.
 Historical "reminiscences, dating back to the settlement of Jamestown, in 1907, embracing military achievements of revolutionary and later times, to- gether with the climate, natural advan- tages and beauty of surroundings, throw around the site of the War wick" pleasing associations, which are freely acknowledged by all who visit the place as conducive to comfort and repose.
 a In fact, when the full merits of this locality become known, the hotel sea- son, at this point, will extend from January to December, there being no month in the year in which one finds it otherwise than pleasant to dwell on the shores of Hampton Roads. The Hotel Warwick is built of brick, hav- ing been constructed in a thorough and substantial manner. It is situated on an elevation at Newport News, eight miles above Old Point Comfort, con- manding marine view of great beau- ty and extent. The usual monotony of water expanse, as seen from most sea- sde resorts is here diversified by foli- age-clad banks, and the presence of full grown trees in the scenes which are presented to the eye in all direc- tions. The views to be had from the combining marine and park effects in one picture, to which additional life is given by the presence of handsome buildings in the foreground.
 The progressive young city of New port News, which has grown up around the tide-water terminus of the great Chesapeake and Ohio railway, stands upon no newly discovered Ell Dorado, for it is recorded that a colony was founded here in the year 1907. It has remained, however, for modern capital and sagacity to lay hold upon and de- velop the many unusual natural ad- vantages the site presents to the econ- omist. Newport News is one of the sterling centers of development in the south which has continued to advance throughout the financial and industrial depression of the past year, and 1t con- tinues to be one of the most attractive points for careful investment to be found upon the Atlantic seaboard.
 Newport News is located upon the southerly point of the Virginia penin- sula., between the James river and the Chesapeake Bay. The level plateau upon which the city stands is well ele- vated above the broad waters of the James estuary. In view, to the east ward, are the twin points forming the gateway to Hampton .Roadstead, one of the most commodious harbors in the world, beyond which is the open reach of the Chesapeake, guarded by Capes Charles and Henry. Upon the north ern point of the gateway stands fa- nous old Fortress Monroe. To the southwest is the mouth of the Eliza beth river, where Fort Norfolk guards the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth and the great navy yard at Gosport.
 The waters immediately in front of Newport News have sufficient depth for the anchorage of the largest ships, and are Approached via broad channels of 1{s,rr k1,n o%,,~. 40 IL