The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-23
NEWPORT NEWS OF TO-DAY.
What a Few Years Have Done For This
Favored Spot.
ITS SPLENDID MODERN SHIP YARD
where Nearly Three Thousand NE" "''
Now Empioyed-City's Great Adsan-
tape. as Summer Resort-its
Grand Hotel-Nisitors.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, July Zo.-ope
cial-As one warders about TINS ia'o
suot with it's long lines or statey pu'''
incs. inpuuerctls tasteful resilences' 49,
its wealth OF green sward ana oe"u',-"
trees he cannot help In Imagination iooA'"S
hack through the dim vista Oh more '''""
two centuries. The broad thoroushiHrr'
and imposing buildings yarnish' ana IL
,h,,r stead stands a virgin forest, It's I'm
gled depths peopled with wild. fierce am
nal. and sun wilder, fercer men, Up
en-, broad river comes a lonely SAIL ana
~, -,o bank starving, ragged Dan"
receiv, with acclamations Ne"P0''
News" .
Gould one Of the actors In tha. s I'LL,
stand on the same SPOT 10 % -, ~
y,.bat hmazen.ent he Woulu We" IN
cSanges wrought by the hand oil man s.
Rut there is no need 10 go PACK 80 Ia,
49, decada tx sufficient. In that time N'N
mort News has grown rom ,,uit,,I,io be,
Village. and village to CITY. ~" - =, n1n
corn9rato limits are now contalheu l",v,y
eouis while the sound OF the saW a,lss
mo hammer is heard Ia the auJaD
country and the land for miles arounu u
dotted here and there with taS'elu' y"
las THE sHIP-YARD.
For ,oars mast f. has been IA lamentable
fact that nowhere In this broad lahu'
save In the large ship-yards OF the Not1lt
and East. could the huge batlits"lP9 I'D
ocean gray hounds be ccnsttug az. ~.
oven now a majority Of NlrslhlahA u'
..., r.aIi1e that here in Newport News is
situated a yard and dry-uoch seco"N ~.
none in the world. with machinery ia,
more nfO;iern and effective thah '.ai
employed in the famous yarus Oh '"o
Tbe Newport News ship-yard is sltuat-
| cd i'm an ideal place as though maze Dy
nature for the especial purpose. II Gov
ers an area of eighty acres, and stretches
along the riyer-tront for a uiA'"HSV "
| , .GoG feet. nearly half a mile.
Within this immense area IS everything
| necessary FOR the work o. CONSTRUCTING
every kind Of boat, from the sn'n nat
| botfomed steamer intended for some snail
low inland riveA 10 the largest-sized bat
tleshlps-those steel-clai terrors OF the
THE SHOPS.
The huge brick shops which stand
| hero and mere about the yard are equip
! pel with splendid modern machinery. the
cost of which was almost fabulous. These
| shop, when there is a press 81 work,
| run continuously daY and night, ana Wheh
| darkness falls are Illuminated brilliantly
| with electricity. generated by a plan.
| situated In the yard. The Dry Dock Com
| pauy has its own engines and tracks con-
| Meeting with the main line OF the Chesa-
| peake and ohio. and traverse the yard m
| every direction, much facilitating th',
| handling OF materials.
| Within this great beehive 300 men are
| now employed at rcmunerdtNe wages, ana
| rs they 90 TO and from work they look
| Ike an army, minus uniforms, anu WIN
| the useful, harmless dinner-pail taking
| the place Of the warlike muSkct. Satur-
| day nights the scene Is more impressive.
! These workers are then recompensed for
| sneir six days OF toll. Then. Ike "A Nv
| ing tide they pour down into the busi-
ness portion OF the city. and thousands
| Of dollars are put I'm circulation.
A BUSY SEASON.
This IS a busy time with the Dry Dock
| Company. Upon the ways and almost
completed. lies the Creole an lron-claN
steamer Of'goOdly dimensions, which viii
be launched the latter part OF thii
month Further down, a large force -
putting the finishing touches 10 the III
terror of the magnificent steamer Grand
Duchessc," and arranging her ponderous
triple-expansionI engines.
| In another place, on either slde OF an
! elevated track up and down which runs
a traveller" with cranes projecting far
ont IN each direction, have been laid tho
! heavy iron keels OF two or the battle
ships. the contract for the building OF
which was recently awarded 10 the Dry
Dock Company by the United states
| Government.
At yet another place work is far adj
| vanccl upon several gun-boats ordered
! by the Government Columns might DE
written about this ship-yard-the pride OF
Virginia. IL is a grand enterprise. and
reflects credit upon the whole country.
AS A SUMMER RESORT
\ visitor here is forced TO wonder that
searchcrs after the cool breezes OF sum-
mcr resorts should pass NeApOrt News
| by 10 70 to- possibly, better known places
I ia ID. u
| place IS unexCelled. There is no finer
bathing place anywhere than can be
found not 200 yards from the Hotel War
wick. and no better accommodations than
tho hotel itself affords.
| Under the efficient management of Mr..
J. II. Swinerton, the Warkick IS COM
ing 10 the front Of the list of summer
resorts. Standing on beautiful West
avenue, commanding view of the broad
riye', whose waters are deeply tingel
with tho blue of the ocean. while an
emerald sWard runs from its front down
10 where the waters lap the beach the
Warwick IS an ideal place 10 lounge away
tho summer months No matter how tor
rid tho weather may be elsewhere, there
IS an eyer-present breeze from the west
fun OF life-giving ozone. playing through
the spacious apartments and halls OF this
admirably conducted resort
LIST OF GUESTS.
Captain J. W. Fitzgerald. superintcnd-
tain Hewson. Captain r. II. Hanlon
Plant 5. $ Co.: Captain y. II. Jenny
o. ID. :. ). CO.; VIM. H. Leary, Crom-
well Line. J. j. Woodward L. ). Nava
Constructor. Robert StOcker. J. T.. Me-
Donald. Assistant Naval Constructors: w
Iangc. H. @. Hammer and wife Germa.
VIM. G. Foley. Chief Draughtsman, Phil
adclphia. G. 4. Blomberg. CHIEF
Draughtsmsn. and wife, Philadelphia
VIM. G. FOLEY. Chief Draughtsman. Phil
adelphia, Theodore AFTER. Cleveland, o.
r. g.. Van Ness. b. Is. Avery. Cleveland
g.: A. R0scnthal. Il. Sullivan. H. Dumus
Frederick Green. +. L. Southard. r. IL
. Levy. 4. 5. Dufrey. New York; Sam Vert
heimer. J. 5. Goldsmith G. w. Sinclair
, | ". g.. Currin. Baltimore; W. j. King
, | Detroit. Mich; ;. Oppenhimer. Pttsburg
, Pa; +. L. Ross. lillian Orchard. Mass
W. u. Harmed, Meridian, Conn: Benz
Aaron, Chas. c. Newman, Philadelphia
T II. c. Brauer. !. +. Jones. II. W. Sis
by. II. -. Perkins and wife, Bryan Nc
I Cullen and wife Richmond, Va; W. $
Shepherd, Miss l.. NJ. Shepherd. Staun
ton. Va; c. +. Green Hampton; Geo. II
Dunn. England. \. L. Hopkins, Troy
y. y; 5. l.. Wood. Brooklyn; Chas. i
2 Bailey. W. Il. Liyizey, II. G. IAvizey. q
- G. Grifiiths. City; ID. Z. Dyer. +. b. Jones
h Norfolk; ii. Watson and wife, Philadel
, phia. II. d. L.