The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-02
FOD I S MOUTH,
r1saEn's poiSr-ponr NORFOLK
rho Prospect Of Esar-c IHcrcnses of
Population GOON ut IhcsN Places.

Port Norfolk and Primers Point are
cutting quite figure in the real estate
world at present. Every week the rec
ords Of the county clerk shows large
Transfers or real estate, and the erec-
ton or new dwellings Is going on at a
Mvely rate. Fourteen double tenements
are now being constructed by Mir. Henry
Duke on that portion OF Port Norfolk
south Of the Norfolk and Carolina rail-
road, adjoining the proposed belt line.
Numerous handsome residences are be-
ing constructed at Port Norfolk and on
the property OF the various land COM
panies Mt Primers Point. The prospect
Tor Il large lnctoase IN population at
these places is good The Norfolk and
Carolina railroad alone employs large
number of men, as well as the chemical
works. When the Southern railway
transferred its main terminus from
West Point to Primers Point, it to a
large extent depopuatcd and democrat
lied the business OF a city Of over a
thousand Inhabitants, who for employ
ment and busincss had been dependent
1T West Point on the PATRONAGE OF the
employees of the Southern
The present terminal facilities at Pin
ner'S Point have been found adequate
to accommodate the increased business
of that road, and during this summer It's
warehouse room and wharfage will be
doubled This means the employment
of more men. the erection Of more
houses and the establishment OF more
business places, and If this railroad at
West Point accommodated q population
OF LOCO people, il is safe TO estimate that,
with the two railroads now centering at
Primers Point, and tho establishment Of
the terminus OF the Pennsylvania Belt
Line near there, with the chemical
works and furniture factory and cotton
compress, that employment will be given
to not less than 1,2O0 men. and it is safe
to estimate that within the next two
years there will be within q mile and a
half distant OF Primers Point a popua-
ton OF not less than $500 people. The
situation Of Primers Point is peculiar,
IN that II is Isolated to a certain extent
from Norfolk and Portsmouth, and
those employed there are required to
live close by in order to be near their
wO.k.
More than half the lots within the
available living distance have been sold
and tho demand for lots has only COM
mcnCcd.
Port Norfolk has been laid out with
a view TO comfort ana for fine residences.
1t Is Il beautiful location and will soon
be ole OF the most populous suburbs
or portsmouth. Many business men
from Norfolk now reside there, and it
Is rapidly growing in popularity be-
cause of its elevation, excellent drain
age. salt breezes and magnificent view
While we 90 not hear much Of these
places from the outside world yet they
arc attracting the attention OF CAPT al
lists. as we'll as home seekers and with
The development made during the hard
times OF the past two years it is safe
TO say that the improvements in this
section will more than treble during the
next two years The people OF Ports
mouth are glad to see these improve
men;s. They would be glad TO see not
only the population OF West Point, but
every city in Virginia transplanted to
the banks OF the Eliza beth, and who
knows hut what twenty years hence the
cities about Hampton Roads may not
have grown to such proportions as to
nave one municipality extending from
Gillncrton Locks to Newport News
about whose shores will be population
engaged in commercial and indus rial
pursuits that Will aqual one-half the
present popu' ton of Virginia.? It may
seem visionary, hut more visionary
views IN the past have proved prophetic.