The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-01
NORTH AMERICAN
TRANSPORT Comply.
One Of The Chief Promoters
Of Commerce OF This Port,
lIleF Vessels VIII GO Direct From Norfolk
10 European POIS, Carrying Our
Collie, Groin, Flour,
Etc., Etc.
lIleF vessels VIII GO Direct From Norfolk

me NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORT
| cOhl ANY was organized in 1891 with O
InPitNi OF S25O,ctO ana incorporated in
| ne same year under til laws o the state
OF New Jersey for the advancement OF
export ira 20 of general cargo from Nor
| noik. The officers OF tho COMPANY ara
tlnothy -, Hogan, President: 1t wis II.
Spence' treasurer: Arthur Hogan. Sec
Cene:al managers in New York and W.
I. Neville. Manager, at Norfolk. The
| Pat,les interested are pr ncipaly New
| 1ork men. The offices Of tue Company
mere at 4l2, Ais and Ala Columbian Build
| ing.
| The Company's p inc pal business is to
| ioau Cotton and General Cargo. They
| uave regular servi 9 with liverpool.
| h"mourg and Rotterdam. ANA put OBJ
steamers for any other port that business
| may oiler.
| Ihey are now building neat of steam
or GO eclally atapte to the trade, all OF
Nhich Will be named after rominent
! points around Norfolk The iirst of these.
the Lnmborts Point eft Sunderland
! NoVemDer IL. ana arrived i'll Norfolk
Eetember 18th. aft aSing on cargo
Oh sugar Mt Hamburg for New York
| '''N Se-t'i' Oh 40 al tACttulukly me sDcOl-
mon Gf a we'll uipped. modern cargo
IS !. Her dimensions are Lgngti.
tetNeen perpen !icular. 396 beam a.
Get inch: mo1lded depth, ~ feet
men she carries 1000 tons on draft
| OF twenty-three ttet AMI a large n ca
surement 9 pac,'y is one of her spec al
| features. Sac has been specially de-
| signed TO carry cattle, cotton and gen.
erni produce and Is we'll provi ed with
| shelter DECKS.
| Ter Facilities for loading AMI disoharg-
| nE are eA eptionaly good and consis-
| o: eight cargo derricks, and eight powert
| RAJ steam Vehicles. The cnt re commo-
| uatlon Tor the capita n, oflicsrs and en-
| SiheerS Is on top O. he bridge deck and
| thr ere" arc chartered N All unusually
| arSe fprc astle. Another steamer will
DC Completed early next year.
The Norfolk and North American
| Tam shipping Company recognizing
The Importance OF Norfolk and aupre-
ciatinG the natural advnn ares and tho
| ulagniiicont terminals erected at Norfolk
! ny MI tne lines cent rins here, ami see
| 'ng chance Tor good investment. do
| luol 10 operate th'ir own line of steam
era IN ccnn elton W tn the North Ameri-
can Transport COMPANY. I he steamers
| OF ms service are mtenio to . ssist in
develoilnE nm export trade from Nor
| ioik to the chef Brit sh and Continental
/ Ne
ten = nee the establishment of the North
| American Irnnsport Company.
Last year this Company han el124.-
sos bales OF cotton. lbs, 2l4 sacks OF flour,
| 9S,,79 bushels OF wheat, 3i5, 1913 bushels
] OF corn, log ami lumber l7uu00 pieces
| TO-, $50 hogsheads of tobacco. ~. 600 uack-
| ages of laci. 400 head OF cattle. 500 600
| slaves. ouual TO l0l.OUU tons OF 2.2IO
| pounds. The ship ing OF -four, tobac O.
| inrI mud rntfle - a - Il. hrs 81 t, 81,
| company has attracted 10 Norfolk
The bus ness for 1891 showsan incres
| over til of last year, particu arll in
enela cargo. Reco III ing th- fac,
| that Norfolk could never take a foremost
| place among the ports OF this country
| by couinIng herself 10 the handling or
! cotton alone, for this reason. the com
pany have made every effort to atttact
| general cargo ami with phenomenal
| eucCtsi.
AS already stated the North American
Ir'nsportauou Company ope ntes u
| conn cilon wIth the Norfolk ami " esterD
| hai'ro al amt carries forward al their
otport traffic from lAmbcrt's Point.
| where there IS every facility for rapid
! 4 slhtch. us cargo ~ ur0uGht ii Iht down
! TO tho -tta or 10y rali aui delivered di-
rect from tho trucks 10 tho ships side.
| no company has B o II su cess III. won
! beyond the most sanEulue cSpC tat ons.
| III bulidin mp Il general car 20 trade--a
| buslut as whiCh was comUarat vely un-
| kuONn before their aINeut 1t is the
| urpOso OF the company to build sia
more steamships stll larger than tho
| lambert i Point. Ihi viii enablo them
| TO give "a sailing every woeK for Liver
poOi-a lon ie!t want in this community
By HivlnI such "a regular Service. Norfolk
| Will be II formidable competltor TO liaitl-
more New York. Philadelphia. an,l other
Northern ports, III the rain au provi-
81 IN IT do. large quantities OF which are
now being handed Nv tho North Ameri-
en- Transport Com any.
The stockhol 'or, are among the largest
steamship owners i'll Eutopo and OH tho
COMM. mt. anu tho company issue
through bills o. lading to any or all parts
OF tho world l'reiGhts arc secured from
all parts OF the South. Northwest and
West t. an oNt ut that give oar4ces TO
upwards OF one hundred sttars ip4 "A
year and that hesps three or four nun.
dred men steadily employed in loading
Il EN-.
Dir. No lille. The Norfolk agent. says
that this month his company will have
ele en- steamers rom tnis port o Liver
pool, one to Glasgow a1G on to Rottcr.
dam. carrying over a All miil on hushe 0
OF grain ana 10 t0U / a'es of cotton
Enough has been sail to fully demon.
strate the vast i'm Ortaucc OF the OF ia.
ons 0t the North American IrnusporA
Com any, vhi b fCrnisl en- 10y ~ cnt to
hundreds OF pur deserving residents ana
the pIos"cr,Y OF Win IA Is felt in eycrv
channel o. mercantile ACTIVITY. INA Nor.
folk l. to be 'ongra ,uated upon having
been cho en- as tue permanent head uas,
teis OF tAe COMPANY.