Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
VIEWPOINT NEWS.
Building Actiyity-Norh ~ VIC
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and social

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. August %
ospecialJ-A new erl Of Industrial ACTIVITY
has started in Newport News ana
every indication points to the rapid ou'
steady and continuous, growth OF the
CITY both IS a seaport and as a manu-
featuring centre. Contractors have more
work on hand than they have had since
lon. before the panic of 1899, business ana
residence houses being in course OF con-
etructjon on almost every square where
there was a vacant lot. \ large num-
Der OF buildings hava hesn com2l ted
since spring. yet there i7nbt a desirable
house I'm the city for rent. The rental
agents have scores Of applicants day after
dav for homes that they cannot supply
at any price.
The force at the yard Of the Newport
News Ship-Building and Dry-Dock Com
many is being Increased all the time. ana
il will not be long before the number OF
men al worl. there will be larger than
ever before i'm the history Of he great
industry Rapid progress is being mace
on the big freight and passenger steam
sbius for the Plant Line. and in short
time the keel viii be laid for a similar
vessel for the Cromwell Line. The three
eurboats are nearly ready TO be launched.
and two Of them will leave the
WAYS during the month Of September.
Aside from the building Of these Nts-
sels. the combined cost of which repre-
senrs an enormous sum. there are bright
prospects that the ship-yard will soon Sc
cure Other heavy work.
BIG ELECTRICAL PLANT.
Another important industry will soon
be located near the shp-yad. II is
the plant Of .. L. LOOMS, the we'll
known electrician ana builder OF dyna-
mos. motors. and other electrical appli-
ances. whose works are 10 DO removed
from Bound Brook. y. j., to Newport
News. This establishment will be the
only one Of the kind in Virginia. and VIII
employ about one hundred skilled me-
chanics IL has supplied electrical plants
TO about three hundred concerns. among
which may be mentioned the Newport
News Ship-Bulding and Dry-Dock Com
pany: the Vanderbilt building, New York;
and newspapers IN Philadelphia. Chicago,
Boston ST. Louis. Kansas city. Washing
ton. and other leading cities. The works
will be housed in a large corrugated-iron
! building
Adjoining the property on which the
electrical plant Is 10 be located Will be
the works OF the Newport News Foun-
dry Company in which Mr. Ashton
starlIe. Of Richmond. Is largely interested.
The contract for the concrete foundations
for the buildings 10 be used has been
awarded 10 George II. Evans Of this
city. and he has begun operations. The
buildings. which win be of steel and iron,
Will be constructed by the Berlin Iron
Bridge Company. Of Berlin, Conn. The
plant viii be equipped with travelling
cranes and all the most improved fOIn-
dry appliances.
The Newport News Cotton Manufac-
turing Company. which was chartered
in Richmond Tuesday. is an industry that
is expected 10 prove Of much benef.
to this city. This company, however,
will not begin operations before next
year.
The Manufactures Committee OF the
| Business-Men's Association Is In CORE
spondence with several factory-owners
and persons who propose to establish fa>-
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