Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-11
SHIPPING OYSTERS TO ENGLAND.
President ingalls, Interested in the Novel
Experilnpnt-LocaII Insurance,

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. December 10
(Special)-The Chesapeake and Ohio
steamship Shenandoah will sail from this
port for Liverpool on Wednesday next.
and among her cargo there will be about
three hundred bushels Of fine James-river
oysters This Is the first shipment OF
oysters that ever left here for England.
They are being shipped by Cincinnati
firm, who claim that the experiment VIII
work very satisfactorily. and that in a
short time they will be shipping l,WO
bushels a week.
These oysters are packed in patented
crates that hold about three bushels each,
and are so placed in these crates that
they can be fed at any time, and instead
OF losing their value they will fatten and
be In better condition in three weeks
time than they are now. The gentlemen
who are connected with this new enter
prise inform me that President ingalls,,
of the Chesapeake and Ohio, is very
much interested in the scheme, and has
promised them that If they are success
ful ne will erect building on the water
front for their exclusive use. There have
been any number of crates shipped 10
Cincinnati in the past few weeks, and
they have been found in excellent condi-
ton, after being packed for fifteen days.
one member of this firm will go over with
the first shipment. and look after the
feeding.
There was large force Of hands busily
at work all day Sunday preparing these
oysters for the first shipment.
HANDLING WHEAT.
The Chesapeake and Ohio elevator is
handling "A large amount of grain just at
present. The hum OF its machinery could
be heard all day Sunday, as it elevated
thousands of bushels of this commodity
over three hundred thousand bushels OF
wheat alone was shipped TO Liverpool
last week.
The Old Dominion Land Company have
a large force Of hands at work cutting
and grading Twenty-fourth street from
West avenue to the Chesapeake anc
Ohio depot. This win be Il great improve
ment, and will add much to the appear
ance Of this section of the city. After this
work Is completed, the electric line VIII
lay their tracks to the depot, and instead
of stopping their cars at Twenty-eighth
and Washington avenue, as they do now
will run direct to the station.
The British steamship Undaunted
bound from Galveston to Liverpool, put
consisted principally Of cotton, and was
valued at S2l5C0O.
There is a movement on foot here 70
| establish a local insurance company. The
merchants OF our town have for long
time been complaining Of the high ratet
of insurance, but their complaints and
appeals to the different companies, under
whose tariff Of rates they have been com
| beled to pay fran to per cent, VIII
| do nothing for them. Newport News has
as good a water supply for fire purposes
| as any city in the State. she has also one
| of the finest fire-engines in the country
which is located In the centre of the city
4 committee of seven well-known citizens
were appointed at called meeting few
nights ago to arrange for a large meeting
in the near future, when a majority OF
| the merchants can be present and discuss
| the matter at length.
neutrality-suspicious. T. f. Swain, Of tbs
| Chesapeake and Ohio railway, is regis
tered at Hotel Warwick to-day.