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

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closely populated with people aud
dotted with manufacturing con.
Germs. attracted by the excellent
rail and water facilities afforded
along this section.
| The Portsmouth Cotton Manufac
turing Company have just completed
their extensive mills, costing
SIG, COO. for the manufacture
OF knit underwear. These mills are
located on the outskirts of the city
between the tracks of the Seabosrd
Air Line and the Atlantic and Dan.
vile railroad aud the company owns
eight acres of grouni. The con.
struction of the mills having been
completed the equipping will com.
mence ut once. Il. w. Whispsnt
Superintendent of the Seaboard Air
Line, is president, Jas. A. Alulyey,
secretary and A. B. Butt, treasurer.
The mills when equipped will ern
ploy about 2O0 hands and cost
$10G, 00p.
The single mill of MIR. John Il.
Halsted employs about twenty five
hands, with daily capacity of IA.
GOO shingles.
The Century Single Mills employ
twenty hands and turn out about
$4,000 shingles per day.
| LIE Park View Land Company
owns twenty-five acres in the re.
Gently annexed portion of Ports
mouth. which has been graded aud
laid oil in streets, and several houses
have been erected.
The Portsmouth Basket Works
gives employment to 900 hands in
manufacturing fruit boxes. berry
crates, butter dishes, etc.
The Elizabeth River Terminal
| Company was organized in 1894 with
capital of 5000, 900 to purchase the
tract OF land and water front living
between tue Seaboard and Roanoke
ka'iroeu terminals and tho United
States Hospital, embracing about 80
acres to erect standard warehouses.
congresses, wharves, etc., for the
| purpose of reducing to O minimum
| the present ana unbusinessIikn
methods OF handling cotton.
Two years ago it Was rarely that
gu ocean steamer was seen Mt our
wharves. To day four English tramp
steamers are loading and tue Sea
board Air Line is over crowded with
cotton for foreign shipment. that in
years gone by has moved through
| other ports.
The Waverly Water Front Com.
pany, with paid-np capital of 500.
600, Judge L. Il. Watts, president.
and DIR. VIC. CuIpepper. secretary
OWNS some valuable wharf property
on North street.
Portsmouth has three hotels, the
Hotel Portsmouth, the Central,
and the st. Elmo.
There are three military com.
panies, the Old Dominion Guards.
the Portsmouth Rifles, and Grimes
| battery. all well oilicered and with
| full ranks.
PoRrSMoUTu's FUTURE
is, therefore, bright, situated in the
| centre of the early truck region,
with fish and oysters in abundance
tue cost of living is cheap. With
siN miles OF deep water front, ex.
tending from Gilmerton Locks to
West Norfolk, led by the Scaboard
AIR lime, the Norfolk and Carolina
and Atlantic aud Danvile railroads,
her industrial! advantages must be
apparent, and with liberal taxation
aud Inducements to capital, her flu.
ture growth must be phenomenal.
Capital. ever timid, must DO en-
couraged. and as wages are always
higher III coast cities than III the ia
terror, inducements in the way OF
free taxation for number of years
to manufacturing concerns, are
necessary. that foothold should be
secured by the investor.
While building in other cities
have been Mt standstil
over 100000 brick have abeen
used III Portsmouth in the con
struct:on of new buildings during
the past year. The time has come
| when Portsmouth canuot stand still.
She must push ahead.
The near future will therefore
| witness Inducements to manufnctur-
ers; u lower tax on bank capita! aud
a libernl spirit displayed in the On.
coura2cment Of industrial and COM
| mercial growth, which means wealth
to the community, employment to
her mechanics and worklngmeu and
prosperity to her people.
Whether the new century opens
with "Greater Norfolk" or with
the twin cities by the sea under
separate municipal government. the
commercial and industrial growth
mus. be onward and upward, and
that can only be secured by har.
monioua and concentrated effort to
make Norfolk the leading CONNER
cial city OF the South and Ports.
mouth the leading industrial center.
COMMERCIAL GROWTH