The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-02
NEWPORT NEWS COMMERCE.
Shipments in August Make a Very
Gratifying Showing.

Shipments in August Make q Very
Gratifying Showing.
Newport News. Sept. l.-<Special.)-The
business OF this port for the month OF Au-
gust iEd.sputnbly proves that Newport
News has lost nothing of her prestige as
n coming commercial po'nt OF the United
States. In the amount Of cereals shiplSd
abroad. previous records for the same
month were all smashed. willie the coal
trade was greater, by $1,000 tons. than any
month In the history of the port.
The total export OF grain during August
was I,763, WD bushels. or this amount
there were l,oll,G 90 bushels OF corn. 7%,.
GtN0 bushels OF wheat and 100 bushels of
cats. This grain Went principally TO the
United Kingdom and Germany, but q, con-
siderable amount was shipped To Holland
and Belgium.
Owing TO the fact that the Chesapeake
and ono Company secured Large con-
tracts to supply the New England rail-
ways with coal, prcparatl lions were made
for an extensive coal business a; this port.
Then the general strike 81 coal miners
fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois. affected the roads bsncatInlly
which draw their supplies from the West
| Virginia fields. Thus the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroads was enabled TO make other
contracts at enormously greater ~Itufts.
forward here at a dead drive, dnv AID
night, with the following result: Ihtte
were dmmLed for shipment d'Iirg the
previous records for the same length Of
time by 5O,0O tons.
The City Democratic Executive Com
mittee met at the treasursr's o,iica last
night pursuant TO n call Ut Chairman j..
". Barrett. Although many ma tiers rel
alive TO the coming election were L~isc:iss-
ed and an effort made to man out the local
campaign, only two questions Were set
tied. The anportionncnt OF representa-
ION Of the several wards OF the city TO
the Villa msburE convention was IiXC1 as
follows: Firt Ward. 2 delegates; Second
Ward. delegate: Third Ward, 2 dele
TTG.GT: F%nTtn Ward; 3 '~lslesa;oa: !irtlh
gates. and Seventh Wn:i. . delegates.
The committee also decided by q vote
Of 10 for and against to hold ward meet
lnGs for the purpose of rlcctiny delegates
TO the Williamsburg C~onvcn:lon, which
meets the S9th instant. Tho committee
,i NC not moi, ren9h an aSorsment as to the
lngs. hut an adjourned meeting OF the
committee will be held Friday night TO
settle these matters.
Tho colored Republicans of the Second
Ward Club held n meeting last night and
passed resolutions condcrnning the action
gust Col. VIM. Lamb from the Office of
State Chairman, and the note which dis
countenanced the holding OF a. convent on
and placing Il ticket in the field.
y special meeting OF the Newport News
Republican Club Will be held tonight,
and it is believed tina; similar action viii
he taken by that BODY.
All the painters In the paint shop at the
sh,pyard. since the spring rush was over
about thirty In number--wera laid Oft this
week. There will not he employment for
I'm his line under SIX months.
Mr.. Stanton, a mnchinist In the employ
OF the Newport New Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company, who boards at the
Pennsylvania House. on Lafayette ave-
nue.. fell down the hole OF the steamship
Beverly yesterday and received n very
painful, injury TO his right knee. The In
tured man vas taken to his boarding
house. where he Is confined TO his he'd.
MFR. II. l.. Rolling, assistant postmaster
under Mr.. Irwin Tucker. and Mr.. Harry
Cox, a clerk In the office. rave rendered
their designations to take effect to-day.
Mr.. Boiling will engage in the commits
sion business here, and Mr.. Cox VIII &C.
cent a position In Raleigh, N. c..