Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
AT NEWPORT NEWS.
MORE WORK SECURED ron THE
SHfP-YARD.
TRIAL OF The KEASERGE.
her machinery Behaved Beautiful
Iy-The Dense Fog-Au scheduIe.
Acknowledgement Let-ReaI Es-
tate Sale,
tate Sale.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, December %
CSpecial.)-The Newport News Shlp-BuIId.
ing and Dry-Dock Company has received
the contract to overhaul the big trans
atlantic liner New York. Of the Ameri-
can or International Line.
The first-class battleship Kearsarge,
which IL in the last stages Of completion
at the ship-yard, was given her first dock
trial yesterday. and from all accounts It
was a gratifying s~uccess.l The ship be-
haved beautifully under her own steam,
and her engines and boilers worked like
a charm
The dock-trial of the battleship Ken
lucky will take place in the next two
weeks. The Kentucky is about two weeks
behind her slster-ship, but this Is practi-
cally nothing at all in the construction Of
a warship.
Owing to the fact that the plans for the
oattleship Missouri and the monitor Ar
kansas have not been finally determined
upon 1t is impossible for the ship-yard
oilcialS to state the time for laying the
keels for the new warshlps. The keels
Tor the two new Cromwell Liners and the
fourth new Morgan Liner will notbe laid
until the three Morgan Liners now on
the ways are launched. The new tug for
the Morgan Line will be launched in the
next few weeks.
Rapid progress is being made on the
TWO new cranes which are building ar the
shlp-yard. One Of them will be completed
in the next six weeks, and the other win
be finished in three months. When these
cranes are completed the yard will have |
iacilities for building eight Of the largest
SHIPS ahoat at one time or twice as MANY
smaller vessels. 1t will then have four
cranes, and two big ships can be built
under each one.
The dense fog is working considerable
havoc In the shipping world hereabouts
steamers are running amy old way" and
scheoules have been abandoned tempo
Iarliy. The sound Of the fog-horn and the
fog-bel on the vessels in the harbor of
the city, as well as at Old Point Comfort
is becoming monotonous. Every few min.
utes during the day these noises are
heard.
The Merchants and Miners steamer
Berkshire, which left Baltimore last
Tuesday night at 6 o'clock for Newport
News, arrived here this morning at 9
o CLOCK, more h ~twenty-four hours
overdue. The vessel was expected here
Yesterday morning. The Merchant and
ny "mCn lell baltimore last
hlght foe NS@pCrt News has not yet ar
rived.
The Old Dominion Steamship Companv
Is not suffering much by delays. as il is
e~ndeavoring to run its ships as nearly on
schedule time as possible. The Princess
Anne arrived this morning from New
YORK and this afternoon pushed through
the fog 10 Norfolk. leaving tonight on
her regular trip. The officers of this YES
sci reported having passed through a
dense fog which hung over the coast from
Sandy Hook to the Virginia capes.
AT Old Point, the Washington. Balti-
more, and Cape Charles steamers were
delayed for hours and have been coming
In all day at random.
The dense fog has made navigation in
the James river and Hampton Roads
very dangerous. The passenger steam
simply crawl through the mist. The
big ocean freighters, however, don't seem
10 mine the fog, for they nave been nom
Ing in as usual and leave on their
without any concern.
The contract to build the new Baptist
chapel in North End, has been awarded
to Mr.. j. e. Downing.
Rapid progress is being made on the
new city Jail. I'll Of the foundation TO
first floor has been completed and
now the work Of building the strong
walls and partitions will soon be under
way. The contractor expects to get II
lnder roof In thirty days.
Mr.. c. r.. Jones, of F%luvanna county.
today sold to Mr.. l.. +. Barnes, Of York
county, a large tract of land, containing
ieven lots, each 10Ox25 feet, the conside-
alton being $500. 1t is reported that
lr. Barnes will build at once.