The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-04
LIKE A FAIRY STORY
Is That Of iha DEVELOPMENT W!l,ab Has
Taken Place Ger The ai.ar
WONDERFUL RECORD or EIGHT YEARS
On the western rnn,s 0T;hc E!ixa-
GoEe Eo.wntu az " Di.tay <a.s.s
Description al Gornc u: ,he .Iarc.
houses as,G! 5'nosvvi2s.

Eight years aSc" said n laent
railroad man yeste;day, while coming
from New York on the Old Dominion
steamer a party of gentlemen .ntcrGE ted
In shipping circles deplcrl! ;N0 fact
that the western bank OF shc E.l.3Gl eth
and deep water SHOULD remain unul-
veloped. What Il different; aspect Is pre-
scented to-day.
."on entering the harbor nearly oppo-
site Lanberts poirt is the c';tesive ;er-
minus OF the Atlantic and DauV.,ic
railroad. whose efficient agent, N!r. II.
Campbell Gioncr. hanlies the huIGr...,
OF cars of lumber, cotton ana other
merchandise with g pgcmptrlss. that
gives satisfaction to all VSgss a,fa.l;
has two hotels. has grown - quite 4
village and the West NUri4lk l,rn0cr
company operates an extensive planning
and saw mill.
PORT NORFOLK.
Port NorfOlli.with It's handsome Hotel
Vernon, TiaeWater Floral Gardens and
huhaleds of residences. loom ~ next.
just in the rear $ the fictcvr Of ;he
tort Norfolk Furniture company. where
the New York Philadcluhia ana Nrr-
fc!k railroad have purchased eco feet
OF water front ana - acres of land.
Plans have been prepared for large
warehouses and pi5;s ana work. VIII
commence in sixty days.
BELT LINE.
This VIII also be tie terminus Of the
belt line Ia be built shortly, conuectlu-
81! ines terminating il tirvr1lk Ports
TTOuth ara t}e"kley Than comes The
Portsmouth water Front com-any.
where dozen houses ana n hands5m we
Motel are N course Of erection II IS
property has very recently been placed
on The n,ariSat.
\. Y, p. & y. AND SOUTHERN.
e.
folk railroad has also iouaAt $40 fect
q water front here. al,hOaeh 10 what
U.S. 1t Wi! p"t i iingl yet .IsuNN
men we rsa d ,ha lGrse fertilizer
liant 81 the &urioiE ana Carolina
Chemical company, where thousands i
tons OF fertn..er are yearly nun!puls,-
ed ihiS concern is said 10 be The
largest in Inc State
You have doubtless seen the ware
houses ana DOCKS Of the Southern rail-
""S rom lue river which comes next,
but YOU can form no conception Of what
is IN he background. For over a n;ile
SatH there Is nothing but tracks, some
thirty IN number, | believe covered
W!th cars loaded with cotton, pi. iron
ana othc" merchandise.
Three large steamers are loading foy
foreign ports at present. three IL last
wccE Win ,wO large vessels for TlIla-
I2!lhia and lsath, Me, loaded with pic
IRON ana sun INC warehouses, wharves
and very available foot OF ground Gro
occupied with freight. and over thous-
ana cars oi Gotten remain Uuaadad.
"That this company will have "a d1u-
Bile Is warehouse facilities is shown bv
the TACT .aat ths capacity az Watl..uUs
room at West Point was 81 .OlO E,irs ~
cotton. While their capacity here Is ONLY
$500 bales. y small army OF truck
men are employed and a large carrs If
cerks. The chef clerk. Mr. NJ. II.
Malahlc. assisted by Messrs, L;nds,-.
Savage, St2rkc ana others. while sa6',.
Handicapped because OF the enormous
rush Of f.-ieht ana lack Of room. aIa
equal to the occasion. and there Is littia
delay In the Southern freight movement.
MI =. r. Lamb, the general a.en..
ras charge here as well n the No.c5,t
agency.
The steamers of he new line 10 Balt!-
more load here.