The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-27
BOATS, LOVE AND WAR
A Medley i0f Which a Blat Ride IN the
Cleaning is Responsible.
NORFOLK HkRBOR AFTER NIGHTfhLL
When he sam Ifns Finished Paint.
ing the Scencry for the Next Per
Drawn over the Orb OF Esny ana the
World Goes TO sleep:

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they were boat builders, one from De-
trot the other Canada, set up plant
In Portsmouth and it has grown:
Shrewd young men, these, who traced
the materials Of which they had been
building boats TO this section and there
set out TO build boats, because the
nearer one gets to the source OF the raw
material the cheaper the finished pro-
duct.
The Virgin:an man is a boat lover,
and hearing that some beautiful boats
could be seen there set the trigger OF
his mind on trip TO Portsmouth, and
on Saturday pulled it off.
Reaching Portsmouth he got out Z
search warrant for Harrison street
where at No. 513 tie works Of the Viz
GINA Boat and Oar company were said
to be. = search warrant being necessary
because the Streets Of Portsmouth, like
those Of Norfolk. are in the "no-namc
SERIES" and no signs appear on The
Language the wayfaring man, though
fool, may not err therein The unfail-
ing courtesy of all, and the ample leis-
ure Of some Of Portsmouth's citizens.
Harrison street was discovered, though
at times it looked as hopeless us Ben
jamins quest of a third term
4 BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH
Entering the works of the Boat and
Oar company on the larboart side, the
first thing one sees is a painted ship
that soon will sail the salty sca-a
launch designed and built for Mr.. Geo.
w. Griffin, finished and 10 be launched
next week. Big? Big as a whale, built
to carry forty people easily, equipped
with q SIM gas engine and to make 12
miles an hour. Her lines are as beauti-.
full as that other and only one more
beautiful thing on land or sea-a wo-
man; and when one thinks Of the beau
tiful launch huSging the shores Of the
Acknowledgment with fair women
well, It is an all embracing thought.
This launch, with upper work Of natural
wood, then TO the wa ter line white as a
swan, of which she is in grace a parallel,
was built, the makers say with con-
scious pride, from their own design, for
two thousand dolars--a thousand dol
lars below the estimate OF any builder
in the country, and here is the reason
for it: White cedar or juniper, the ma
terial OF which the best boats Ire built.
and which alone the government uses
in the Norfolk yard and other navy
yards, grows In the Dismal Swamp near
Norfolk. The source Of supply Is here,
and from here 1t Is shipped At great
cost 10 distant builders.
Ihat Dismal Swamp made famous
wherever the English language is
spoken by the poet who sang that "all
night Ions, by. her fire fly lamp. she
paddles her light canoe"-who docs not
know and love the lines? The sweet
scent Of the cedar fills the boa; house,
1t meets your nostrils At the door.
BOATS OF ALL KINDS.
All kinds Of boats are built at the
works: racing shells duck boats,
launches, sailboats, yacht If you want
1t. They have eighty styles and n1oulds.
can build 15-foot clinller built row
boat in nine hours Built Il number for
The Norfolk Boat club, and have lust
hial 10 T. n ~ chs;
Cambrian King, which lies at the wharf
in Portsmouth, q life boat, a captains
gig, and dinghcy to replace those lost
IN the recent storm off Hatteras, when
the Cambrian King, loaded with oil, en-
route from New York to China, came
near going to Davy Jones locker, and
put into '"The Kings Chamber" to re-
ut and have the boats built without
which she could not clear
These boats, delivered TO the Cam
prlan,T are said by the captain 10 be
the finest and the best he ever saw. They
are swinging now on the Kings davits,
and lying auin-covercd on his decks
soon 10 be swept By ocean bveczcs on The
Kings long "trip TO Chinatown" Spoon
oars are made also in this Tho only
yard on the Atlantic coast south OF New
York, where high grade pleasure boats
are built. il is one that will soon have q
national reputation, ana is an enterprise
that every Southern man and woman
W ~ hStbtieSS 1eei, VIII Inc NuSlnlan,
should be encoura ged in every possible
way.
1t is an infant industry. however.
needing no protection and likely 10 be
supported, aside from sentimental con-
s!doyations, because 1t can undcrbd like
other shipbuilding plants at Newport
News. and in the vicinity Of Norfolk.
Its rivals everywhere.
y FINE ART.
stood In Norfolk. even before the Mer-
rlmac had the few rounds with the
Monitor. which Our friends the enc
my now by The blessing Of Providence
ana because OF the magnanimity OF one
OF whom a few words hereafter-our en-
e!hles no more-sent down to Hampton
ROADS 20 interview us. ana Of their
:Aeeiing: when "they spoke each other
~ passing, Of which Captain Z. V.
;" mite talks so enterta!ngly. This some
ROW brings 10 mind memories OF the
!Aan who halls from Appomattox. with
/. FAMOUS apple tree" The silent man,
WAC silent, indeed, now sleeps beneath
'!.e stone sA!cophaguS a Riverside,
N.e' "hol me grave mas ,riunlphc(l
NAo awaits the resurrection Whore The
taudson meets the sea. Even liuyv. The
Lee kliicS. OF Norfolk. with Others. arc
'42NotHIS MS memory al tho spot where
'tc$ tn@ coIroGed shell battered when the
hammer Tell, as the flashes of flame 10
'i2 watchers tell that the message il
earned mas done It's work and We'll ana
ne Spark--thc soul---has gone where i.
".il have Deace.