Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-15
IsiT A PART OF THE CITY?
INTERESTING SURVEY MADE YES Err
DAY OVER IN EAST ESD.
Management Of the Ioint of I'i"es fleet"
ed by the Nsc-n,t. Act OF
the T.~tI. lature.

! III f-llZaDSd lily 'ouH'S mas oPR,'
rcn,ly been settled.
| Aciine upon the advice Of the city
authorities city Engineer George W.
| III, chctt Yesterday hard Il survey OF
the property made to establish the line
beyond all doubt and 1t was discovered
that with the exception OF small piece
Of marsh land the whole tract is in tins:
| city
Under the acts OF tin, Assembly 1881
80 the boundary lire of the counties of
Elizabeth City and Warwick were set
tied as the corporate limits OF Newport
News and the line was run along Elm
| avenue which is at present unopened
| along the banks of Salters Creek.
Following is Il copy Of the act:
| 'I'h.lpt,.r Titan act to define the
line between the counties OF Warwick
ana Elizabeth City. near Newport
Eewa- approved January -. 1882.
II NE it enacted by the General AS
stn.Dly. chat that part Of the dividing
line between the counties of Warwick
ana Elizabeth city that runs from the
! upper angle in said line near Scores
| Dam road towards a,nd through the
| proposed city of Newport News to Il
| point on james river above the mou:h
| or Newport News Creek. shall be
| changed in the following manner. to
VT: From That point in the line near
line makes a nearly right angle to tine
| south. i, shall run nol';hWard.y. on Il
ln. parallel to the streets of said city,
10 a punt at winch said line would in
.erscct with an extension of the cen
trail line " what is laid down on the
map of Newport News as ELM avenue:
ANA thence along said extended line
and the center line Of said EN- avenue.
and on extension of the same. to the
present line Cf Elizabeth City county,
| in Hampton Roads. And the 1:ne h re
| described SHALL hereafter be. q part Of
| the dividing line between the said
coul;ic.s of Warwick and Elijah eth
CITY"
The act Of January is. 1896. providing
n charter for Newport News. fixes it's
| eastern boundary on the dividing line
between the two counties. AZ just de-
S"ribcd.
Elm avenue is just one block from
Oak avenue. or. in other words 500 feet
I'll" engineer measured this distanr"
| off and added the forty feet to the mid
die OF the street to ascertain the loci-
ton Of the line and found that it ran
past the property known as the Point Of
Pines Some little distance toward
Hampton Roads there Is Il little strip Of
land that is in Elizabeth City County
but il is in the marsh ana virtually
worthless in its present condition.
All the buildings Of the new resort
| that have been erected and those that
| are in the course Of construction arc iii
| the city and that portion Of tie ground
| that has been fenced off is also in New
| port News.
| There arc so:nc veryanteresting qucs-
lions that are connected With the exact
determination OF this matter.
| It has been announced that the resort
| hp n1 n,l I,1- ~
with = iirst-cl;,ss vaudeville show ana
| that there would be q cafe run in CON
nection with the place.
| 1t is UNDERSTOOD that the mem. - cf
the Point have secured from Judge Lee,
of the Elizabeth CITY Cntntv court :,
| license - retail wines and liquors. but
with the decision that the resort + in
this city it Will be necessary for them 10
secure new license from Judge Bar
ham of the Corporation Court.
| TO secure this new permit to dispense
/ intoXicants. the managers may possibly
meet With considerable opposition, now
that it viii have TO be gotten from the
| ely authorities.
Tho people Of East End have made a
strong fight against the establishment
Of saloons in that neighborhood and Will
poSslbly take steps 70 prevent the grant
| ing OF this license. That. however, re-
mains to be seen and nothing definite
will be known until the matter
! is brought to the attention of Judge.
| Barham when the license is applied for
| That it will be aSakcl for there can be
| but little doubt.
| II is stated on good authority that ln>
| opening of the resort Will not be post
poned on account of this discovery rcla-
| tive to the location of the place The
vaudeville show will go ahead just as
| though nothing had happened ana un-
| III the question about the sale Of iiuuOr
| No. -,-{n ~,
| ton.
| 1t is understood that the manage
ment of the park claim that the build
| rigs are still outside Of the city limits.
and Will make fight on the question.
II they do. il is likely that there will
| be trouble before the matter is settled
| The management of the park yester-
day engaged one of the most experience
cd surveyors on the Peninsula ana had
him 80 over the line. He informed
them that their cafe and ether build
| inSS were Well within the limits Of
| Elizabeth City county.
so it is a question of who is right ana
viii nrohai!y have to be settled in
court In the meantime the mana ge-
ncnt Will operate under their Eliza
| hc'h city county license until il is
| proven that they are wrong The re-
sort WEI open UP Monday. according to
announcements. and tasteful Invitations
have been sent out for the event to
| leading officials