The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-13

must be prepared to handle the one ana
to furnish trade attractions for Lh,
other. We must have the goods to OK
chanEe Tor the produce. We must es-
tnblish industries to stop the raw mate,
rial mere. We must meet the farmers
grain ana cotton with fertilizers. the
| machinery, the fabrics the what not IN,
| may need. And all our merchants must
cultivate a broader and more en- tcrpris-
| Ing commercial policy and the shiDs
| when come here to meet the railroads
| must bring III cnrgocs OF choicest impor-
| tation. In other words. Norfolk must
| meet us destiny moro than half way, so
inc iruit OF It's golden opportunity, now
at the zenith, Will not be gathered bv
other cities"
OF course, to specify The yarious
ways In which the general interest might
pc SubserVed by enterprise also nrom-
| islnE profit to the investor, would he
inpoSslole IN any casual conversation Of
Lhe limits to which I am restricted: but
| IN niany lines Of industry our opera
tons might proiitably be quadruplel at
once. and many other lines have been
SO far altogether neglected The main
! IDEA that seek to advance Is that SELF
nelp IS me need OF the hour in develop
| ing our city into that Greater. Norfolk
| winch WAS the dream OF our fat hers and
| Is now within the realization of thc
present generation. There is no lack OF
resources. The railroads will do much.
thcy bring the chance to our doors and
t ~ Silps VIII come 10 our wharves; but
they cannot do all. For the rest we
must tax our brains and our own po;s>-
cts"
~ L seem 10 be very much in earn
| est. said the General, "ttat Is no moro
than the truth For recent events have
so added to the possibilities within our
feach that may seem egotistic in press
| 1,n n-f
lesson for US all. We have relied too
much on our NATURAL ADVAN-
| TAGEIS"
But. said our reporter General, It
might be better to give some details as
10 Norfolk's superiority over other
points"
The General replied: II can simply
say that when was tratiicc manager OF
the Worlds Fair at Chicago rates were
MADE from every coaStWisc city in the
UNITED states, and Norfolk and Newport
News were cheaper by three or four dol
rars a ton to Chicago. The foreign or
European lines running to Newport
News and Norfolk also offered a rate
| on the average exhibits OF from thltc
TO four dollars less a ton. I have ~
| friend in Providence, r. L. who is, a
large manufacturer Of engines, clectri-
ca ,iri other power. He said that he
mad shipped in twelve months over l. 600
| engines from Providence to Southern
| and southwestern territory, which had
! cost MIN fifteen dollars each more than
! II his plant had been in Norfolk. When
| was connected with the Merchants and
Mlners Transportation company we
sent to Providence about la, 900 barrels
! OF cotton seed oil every year The cost
Of transportation and the leakage Of the
| on and return of the barrels cost $500
coo a year more than if the plant was
| ut Norfolk, and I imagined that that
saving would have made in dividend 20
or ~ per cent more If located in this
| city. As far as cotton mills situated
i here. l would say that the labor is
| cheaper, the cotton and freight cost is
less by COMPETITION of the various
lines TO Norfolk than they would be
in most points in North Carolina. The
fabrics could be made up and shipped
to all parts of the country ut q very
much less rate. Our railroad conncc-
tons at Norfolk, both 10 the West and
South. base their through rates from
New York and Boston, and the railroad
| lines would make the rate from here
LESS THE STEAMSHIP CHARGES
from those ports. Tina. was the policy
| or General Malone when he was presi-
dent OF the Atlantic, Mississippi and
ONO railroad, and am sure it will be
! followed by the Norfolk and Western,
the Chesapeake and Ohio and by the
management Of the Southern and Sea-
board Air Line. A belt line Is about to
be constructed and will probably be
completed in ninety days. a standard
| gauge road has been run down 10 Vir-
| ginla Beach connecting with this Belt
line. The Norfolk and Western extends
9-Ats tracks down to LaWbert's Rointeeand