The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-01

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West Portsmouth Land
Compnny...:......... $4,000
Seaboard Land Company 100 600
Y. ). Naval Hospital.
Portsmouth Machine Works 10 O0O
Owens Cigar Factory 3 000
Seeds Ship yard. 10 000
tsinou.n Ice Company. 1000
Phillips x Mahoney Planning
g Nils. ,..... 10000
SniIlvan's Carriage factory, 5000
ITS COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.
The commercial interests of the
city, mercantile and manufacturing.
may be summed up us follows:
Ihere are ten houses here in Job.
bing trade, nine of these grocers.
handling cotton or peanuts. or both
ana doug commission business in
truck. The annual aggregate bust.
ness OF these ten is fully s., DOC. O0O.
There are 300 retail stores.
An IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT.
The most important DEVELOPMENT
IN the near Iuture will be brought
about by the Portsmouth compnHy'
which has a capital of 81, 600. O0J.
and owns 1,1S3 acres of land and
tnree and O half miles OF wstlr
front adjoining and running south
from the Navy Yard. This company
Is closely identified with the Nor.
folk and Western railroad, and j.
differed by John II, Dingee, Presi
dent, w. G. Wirgman, Secretary.
Directors. Logan NJ. Bullitt. s.
Henry Norris, of Philadelphia. Col.
Mm' Lamb, OF Norfolk, and DR..
WIN. Schmole and w. V. Ii. vii.
liams, of Portsmouth. aad G. W,
Campbell, of London, Eng.
At the last annual meeting of the
company, held some two months
since, 81, 900 was subscribed to the
stock OF the River Front rsilroad.
which is to be built along the water
trout, and is designed to form belt
line connecting the Norfolk and
Western railroad, Seaboard Air
Line, Atlantic and Danyille railroad.
Norfolk and Carolina railroad and
Norfolk and Southern railroad.
This rond will be constructed in
the near future and the active de
velopmont of the property com
menced.
The Portsmouth Land. Improve.
ment and Promotion Company owns
$50 acres aud has twenty houses now
up Its property Is on the western
edge of the city. Jos. l.. Bilisolv,
president; Jas. W. Brown, Jr., sec
Rotary,
The Port Norfolk Land Company
has 100 acres with sixty. five houses
| up, hotel and street railway, four
parks laid out and large furniture
factory. Plans have been prepared
tor the erection of q large female
seminary. This property surrounds
the terminus OF the Norfolk Chr.
DINA railroad. NJ. ". Mason,
manager.
At the terminus of this road is
now under construction the I'm l..
mense manufacturing plant of tue
| Norfolk and Carolina Chemical
Company which will occupy ten
acres, and cost about $3.50. 600.
within the past two months the
West Norfolk aud Port Norfolk
Bridge Company have completed
the drawbrldge across the Western
Branch at cost of $40, 900, and per
mission has been granted to con.
struct bridge across SCOTS Creek.
thus uniting closer Portsmouth with
the suburbs that cluster on the west
side o. the Elizabeth River.
| Mr.. Frank Hitch, of Hamilton. n.
o., is erecting also. near the termi.
nus of the Norfolk and Carolina
railroad, large lumber plant which
VIII give employment to number
| of men.
Application has been made to the
CONT for the necessary condemna.
ton proceedings to extend one of
Portsmonth's streets through to
dilmerton locks. four miles south at
present, but which by this extension
will Toe brought within two and q
half miles OF the city.