The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-03

Newport News and are exclusive of the
large number of ships sent from all
Southern ports and from New York.
NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORT
COMPANY.
One of the very first lines to recognize
Norfolk as the future great port OF the
Atlantic seaboard was the North Amer
lean Transport company, whose pres
ent full measure of success has been
achieved by untiring energy In the solic-
itation of business and the provision of
ships in which to handle 1t.
The introduction OF the packing-house
product through this port has been
largely due to the efforts of this line.
1t also handles large quantities OF cot
ton and grain and loads most of ita
ships at Norfolk. although some of then
go to Newport News.
This company owns the two maSnifl-
cent liners, Primers Point" and Lam
berts Point" constructed especially for
service between Norfolk and Liverpool.
BESIDES these, however, II charters from
fifteen to thirty vessels per month.
SOMD OF THE N. A. IT'S SHIPPING.
From a conversation with one of the
officials of this line q Vlrginian man
CLEANED the following:
Among the ships we have loaded here
recently are. the Goodwin, for Liverpool.
November IL. general cargo and cotton:
Primers Point, November Is. for Liver
pool. general cargo and cattle; Lam
mermoor. Hamburg. November Is. grain
and lard; Breconshlre. Liverpool. No
vember 20. general cargo and cattle:
| North Flint, London, November 90.
grain and general cargo: Myrtledenc.
Leith. November 81. grain and general
cargo; Sabroon, Hamburg. November
"a. grain; Thyra, Hamburg. November
q. grain and general cargo; Berger
meister Peterson. Hamburg, grain.
lard and general cargo.
There are now In port the Bucking-
nam, for Hamburg, loading with grain,
lumber and large quantity of lard. She
is at Lnmbert's Point now. At the
Southern railways wharves at Primers
Point the Uplands, bound for Liverpool,
IS loading principally cotton. The w. ID
CruddaS, for Liverpool, 1t at LambeN's
Point. Norfolk and Western wharf load
ing with cotton, and two offers
- n n Few days we expect the Bawtra
and Lambert's Point to load for Liver
pool, and the Michigan for Rotterdam.
here to load for Hamburg and the
Heighington will drop in about the nth
we load the ships pretty much in the
order In which they como in and this
necessitates certain changes In the sail
ing order, so 1t is hard to tell what
ships will 20 to the different ports after
the date mentioned. According to the
shipping card as now arranged during
the month of December we will send
four steamers to Liverpool, six to Ham
burg. three to Rotterdam. one to Leith,
one to London, one to Glasgow and two
or three to Bristol"
FURNESS, WITTY & co.
The Furness Line for Liverpool, Bre-
| men. Havre, Hamburg and Rotterdam
also does a good business here 1t has
headquarters In the Columbia building
and is represented here by Mr. A l..
| Eerner. local agent.
The steamship HaXby cleared for Liv-
erpool November 30th with q general
cargo. The NIaplebranch also cleared
Tor Bremen on the same day with cot
ton and general cargo. and the Benedict
sailed yesterday for Rotterdam
| The officers report an increase In bust
| ness during the past year of more than
| so per cent.
THE GREATER NORFOLK.
There are many others who might
| have been interviewed along the same
| lines and with similar result but 1t was
| not necessary. Enough evidence has
| been produced to show that the future
| OF Greater Norfolk is assured, and the
time Is not far off when the New Me
| tropolis linked into one huge corpora
| tion with her belt line centralizing all
her immense railway business: her navy
yard teeming with workmen. and her
| splendid harbor shclterlng vessels, the
largest and the smallest. from and for
every port of Importance in the world
her factories furnishing employment for
the thousands her thriving people
happy In life's varied pursuits, will
reign, in very truth. in point of i'm
| portance, as well as natural advantages,
The queen port of the Atlantic coast