The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-09
RAILROAD RUMOR
Negotiations In Progress for Mofe Water
Front at Port Norfolk,
1000 TO 1000 Fl. OF WATER FRONTAGE
Il IS Snid That tho baltimore ana
Chic. Chesapeake ana ohio ma
fch"ssirnnin> Railroads. arc Par.
lies Interested in the Negotiation
"A M"sf Desirable Location.

mere is a rumor which. although can
~ De traced to any reliable source, Vet
H:pisHis deserving Of credcnce, and that
- some railroad is negotiating ror thn
balance of the water front conSist;n.r ~
:tpout LOCO feet, belonging to the Port
| Norfolk Land company.
nc stockhoiderS of that Company
| nela called meeting ON Thursday. and
| ny oiiicerS lett for Baltimore that night
- IS SAID all lots belonging, to the com,
| paiiy west OF. Douglas avenue have been
Withdrawn from the market
IL Suoil is the case ana this proua,.tv
- potSnaSed By 4 railroad company
lheS VIII nave Il tract OF land 26O feet
"'"e, extending from the Norfolk anu
S3Foiind railroad to the water front.
CARRYING with 1T from 1000 10 | oc0 foot
uecp water frontage
LaSt week 1t was street talk that the
pa tlihore and Ohio railroad had nerfcct
ca blans foi. coming here and were
,."htiS !iallc ARRANGEMENTS to that ef-
lesI with the Norfolk and Western
railroad
hen again it is said this is what
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad wants
II that read determines to GENE TO pig
.oint and thence TO connect with the
.e'n1l'!;tis OF the different reads here no
more desirable location could be So
cured. In fact, the Pig Point branch
or me Norfolk and Carolina railroa q
Gou!u he utilized and the only track
puhdlns necessary would he through the
fort Norfolk property. 1t is possible,
however mat the Pennsylvania railroad
IS negotiating for the balance OF the
tort Norfolk water front. For some
f2SSon. although right of way has bern
h"rcNns2d for the Belt dine aud work
W2S expected 10 commence this spring,
nothing IN the way Of construction has
begun
The large car float described in Tho
Iirsinan some time ago is ready but
| nc noal mere to acCOmm odatc this
large has not been started There IS
evidently scme movement on foot look
hS TO cnlarGing the plans for the ter
mlilais At Fort Norfolk. and win u
water frontage of over 1000 feet and {.
ifeit Line cncircliNE Port Norfolk the
FeNnsN!Eania railroad would have the
most formidable position for handling
ihrGuSh business OF any transportation
me now IN this harhor, ana this Will
mean considerable in the future
Statistics as published in The Wiz
TiH.an rece~itly as TO increase in our
| export irad de has aStoniShed not only our
business men, but been an astonishing
shock TO New York commercial an!
banking men, as we'll as in ether citias
mat have so long controlled this trade
ne pennsylvania railroad may or may
not be preparing to place itself on as
broad basis as possible to held lis
| own IL t?lis harbor. but 1t looks very
much that way.
The Southern railway was badly
handicapped last season and were forced
10 purchase more land on which they
are now building Il large warehouse,
2lo feet wide and TOO feet long, for ex-
port trade exclusive. This warehouse
is 70 hc completed September 18th They
are hemmcd in By the Norfolk ana Caro-
i!na on one side and the Pennsylvania
railroad on the other Where, then, vii!
lis future extensions be made?
II is the same with the SeaECard All
Line While they have plenty of water
front ii Is hard 10 reach ard IS slow
and laEorous work 10 set It's through
ears down ;hc streets Of Portsmouth
That IS one reason Port Norfolk ana
Primers Point are so advantageous t.
the railroads terminating there. The
loaded trains can run direct 70 the tor
Mina,s', and rapid switching ana trans
forming o freight IS made At the lowest
minimum Of cost. This is the cause OF
50 much concentration Ct railroads OF
the Portsmouth side and we sincerely
| trust ;hat the rulnnr VII prove true
and another trunk line take advantage
OF our harDDr