Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-18
Industrial and Commercial Advantages Of the'
Golden Cate Of the Atlantic"
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS UNDER way
IMPROVEMENTS
Vginias Most Enerpis7ng City, Situated at the Mcuh Of The
James River Where 1t Empties Into Hampton Roads, is
Enjoying Season OF Prosperity Unprecedented
for City of It's Size and Population.

twere equally divided. as the public VOL
| knows. Again for the Missouri class Of
| tattleships, that which is expected to
! be the most powerful anoat this COM
pany submitted the lowest bids, the
| awards being distributed equally as be-
| fore.
| This record, coupled with the numer-
:, Gus merchant marine contracts and re-
| cent additions OF the most modern me-
| chanical appliances. making this one
Of the largest and best equipped ship
yards in the world. have caused New
port News to be talked about from the
Atlantic tn the Pacific.
| During the recent war between the
| United States and Spain. Newport News
figured conspcuously, owing to its use
! hv the government as q naval base.
coaling station and camping site for
troops. There We're three important
points on the Atlantic coast during that
war and they were New York. Newport
News and Hampton Roads, and Key
| West
! Here troops embarked for Cuba and
Porto Rico and here they debarked on
their return: to Old Point We're brought
the majority of the sick and wounded
soldiers in the campaigns in CUBA and
| Porto Rico and at Fort Monroe have
| been established the principal military
| hospitals on the coast. Newport News
and Hampton Roads are in one news
district and it was the flashing of the
news over the wires by the ever alert
: newspaper men of this city that kept
! the port constantly before the great
! American public throughout the days
| OF the war
| The arrivals and departures of war
I ships. the arrival and departure of
4 troops and sick soldiers. the circula-
tion Of important military and naval
orders. changes in officers. incidents.
( sensations and stories of the day. sent
| by The mali and by the telegraph, also
served to keep the Newport News date
line in conspicuous parts of the daily
! newspapers of the country.
| These facts are simply cited, or re-
port News is in the public eye and the
gaze Of the commercial and industrial
! worlds Will be centred on it eVermore.
THE CITY TODAY.
Newport News today is Z city of IS
900 population This is an increase Of
ct The mouth of the James river. where
| il cmDfies into Hampton Roads. it
| covers All area Of about four square
J miles. y bill will be introduced in the
next Legislature. ana Very probably
| passed, locking 10 the extension OF the
boundary lines to take in all THAT terri
| tory between the present southern
| limits and Hampton Roads. between
| two and three square miles in area.
The municipal government is in the
! hands of the following officials:
| Mayor. Allan \. Moss.
! Treasurer James NJ. Curtis.
| Clerk Of Courts Douglas G. Smith.
Commonwealth's Attorney, J. x. NJ.
| Newton.
City Sergeant. T. W. Milstead.
/ City Auditor. j. w. Read.
! City Clerk j. \. Massie
judge OF the Corporation Court. T. j.
| Earharl.
I
| Chief OF Police. S. J. Harwood
Sergeant Of Police. ]. w. Reynolds.
High Constable r. S. Shields.
| Earbcr Master, c. II. Hoskins.
Health officer J. II. Basby
Sanitary Inspector r. II. Harris.
Jail Physician. w. r. Greasy.
Street superintendent. +. Il. JNctton.
| The members of the Common Council
! are:
] First Ward--B. Z. Cory and j j..
! Thomas.
second ward-P. Fl. Roam and VIII
liam Washington, both coored.
Third Ward-A. e. Burcher and j..
! II. Caflce.
Fourth Ward-J. A. Buxton, presi-
dent. and +. e. Ford.
Fifth Ward-R. j. Mockey and A. L.
| Powell.
Sixth ward. J.s ODonnell and j..
| T. Hughes.
| Seventh Ward-Marlz Mclaughlin
AMI aAEles Dohe1ty
The officials appointed by the Presi-
dent are:
Collector Of Customs, Jesse ". Elliott.
| Postmaster, Fred Read.
In addition to the judge Of the cor
poration court and the harbor master
the governor makes the appointment
for quarantine officer, now held by DR..
| a. G. Jones.
Tho city is lighted by electricity and
\ gas, furnished With water from the
Companys large water works near the
! city, and has q pleasant and salu-
brious climate. Many requirements for
comfortable residence are to be found
here and others are being continually
added.
This has been year Of public. i'm
provements, nearly 100000 having been
appropriated in this direction. Work
is now under way on $4,000 sew
erage system covering the principal
! parts Of the city and which can be
conveniently extended as necessity de-
mands. a large brick high school in
! the central portion CT the city, the
| largest public school building in the
State OF Virginia, is nearing completion
and when the last touch is put on IT