The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-06
WE!ARF= IMPROVEMENTS
The Merchants and Miners Transporta-
lion Co. to Make Extensive Repairs.
NEW OFFICE BUILDING RAY Be ERECTED

a Rev Shed To be Put tsu the south
Side of Warehouse No. L, and En-
tircIy New EiOorise" for tho En-.
tire Ell. neutrality-suspicious. 100 New
Piles VIII Ese Driven.
During the past four or five years the
Merchants and Miners Transportation
company has been engaged in the. pro-
Ject OF improving their admirable wharf
age facilities here and in that time have
expended Il large amount of money in
now plling, flooring and other improve
mentS.
AS a. part OF their scheme, or rather,
as practical completion of it, the COM
pany now proposes to make extensive
and radical repairs and improvements
10 warehouse and wharf No. l. one OF
the principal and one of the Oldest Of
THEN. properties. y part Of the work
has been completed for some time, per-
maps 2,oG0 piles having been driven.
IMPROVEMENTS AT NO. l.
The Southern side of warehouse No. /
is principally composed Of doors, there
being an even score of them in Il dis
lance Of 500 feet. The plan is to tear out
that front entirely and put in Il new
one III the shape OF in enclosed shed.
the warehouse, being an integral part
Of the building. This shed will en-
croach somewhat more than at pres
ent upoQ the dock SO as to increase the
total width OF the warehouse from CT
to about 70 feet. This change is made
not so much for the purpose OF giving
ROOM as for the sake OF appearances
as n matter Of fact, however. ii will in
crease the capacity Of the building
elgnt OF ten car loads. .a.
All the water front extending in front
OF the shed will be piled with the best
40 foot creosotcd piles. about 200 OF
which will be required for tho work
The old piles will not be removed of
course, the new ones being; driven by
their side.
A NEW FLOOR.
m addition to this the entire ware
house TO be 1loored with hard pine
probably inch, and dressed on the up
per side, something rather unusual in
warehouses, and Il decided Improvement
On the Old floor. New flooring will also
be put on he docks; around the ware
house ana 1t will be a different ma
ture from that used in the warehouse.
probably. The total Width over all, be-
ms about 81 feet the total amount OF
flooring required for the entire job will
be over $4,000 square feet.
There will he fewer doors i'll the new
shed. and when 1t is completed the
warehouse will present Il much ncater
appearance. When the work is finish
ed, the building will have been prurti-
cally rebuilt SO far as pilinc and floor
ing are concerned. and that is the Drin-
cipal consideration in the erection OF
such properties.
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| It is even more than hintnd that The
company vii shortly erect Il new and
handsome office building 10 replace tho
present rather ancient ana somewhat
: uNiinposlng, II picturesque structure.