Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-25
MANY WHEELS TObUlz
MaV0s Island to Be Converted
Into a Manufacturing Site,
MUCH LAND RECLAIMED,
Er. Ware B. Gay at The Had
Of The Company.
STONE WALL ,aorNp rue ISLAND.
The rntcrvenipg space win he ruled
In aud rwent,-Etght Acres Form-
dustries ts Locate There.

Richmond T. passing through state
OF ndusual development az present
which IS an augury OF much prosperity
soon 70 follow Besides having m i'm
mediate prospect che erection OF hand
some new depot FOE 'he chesapeake and
ohio and the Richmond Petersburg and
Carolina railroads. and the construction
OF an immense electric plant and paper
and pulp-mius on the site of the old
IiaNan Mills Mayo's Island ~ being con-
vcrtcd into a home for mtnufactofies.
and 10 present Indications can be reiied
upon several manufacturing plants will
he established there In the next sweiys
months.
About wear AGO Mr. Ware n. CAY.
president ~ the MAYO bridge and Land
Company started tho erection of = stons
wall Around the island with view to
rcclaiming much land now utterly worth
less llis men followed the lines SUR
veyed by government engineer. abou, ten
yelrs ago and the wall % feet in height,
has been almost completed around me
island % BE- built out In the water about
Oay. who arrived here from Rtston last
night SAYS he expects 10 have IL COM
pleted in tho next few months. He viii
thou have mud scows az work scraping
Che river bottom and throwing iho mud
beyond tha wall thus accomplishing the
double purpose Of opening up a channel
around the isnnd and nllins m the space
to b, reclaimed
WILL HAVE TWENTY EIGHT ACRES
when ihe work IS ,ofnploted and this
NJ Cav Gays win bo cone early next
summer there viii be twenty eighl acras
of land ln ihe stand nd there will ho
o. water frontage of 3D0 feet De ha.
already hoen m correspondence win q
.umber of ranufacfur'rs Who are de-
'fous of finding atfef. power in this citY.
.nd HFf hp ffnlH confident that hr Will
he able i0 locate carly n Dee fHu 40 lfaat
fnfrr tig mHHIlartoflea ono n au m-
ueus' chemical plant which viii ase
employment t0 hundred OF operatives.
una fha other tWo ace equally ls Dige.
tn0lsh ihNIr nature he cannot row dis.
rlrf DnD ls located ln NDlih Dnroilua
nHd fhn efDer iH west Nlrsinla 4hd ifi4
fhlif purpose f1 locate branch h0usN ou
the island The hstmmsd onternr'sa h
a Huuung.hIn uud wIi depend nfgfly
upon fne poHer lo Boz drown from the
0ter
\ DEEP CHANNEL.
MI cas- ..ys when he .bl. se0oped fhs
channel BE- Nu RIte depth around the
a1nd 0i from seven 100 mime feet. and
viii fnus enubie fhD manufactures iD.
.lfel 600 the island t1 ship from their
doYls fhs power lD be derived from Tho
w.fnr tr 1ny mys. w.u be equal 10
tHlt enjoyed by anr plant boz Richmond
iiD thinks fhe prospects are exceedingly
bfIsht for great development on fho is-
.HN tnd Gays n few years af most.
h. $3.50 my' fhe ISLAND niied with flc-
tories Swing fmpl0f tD a small army
0f lalpla
fiis r.ans 1ff not at all visionary no
HH. Ono of fne promoters ~ the Mystic
Wharf 'u lOHfuH. which D. nov valued
Hf fIle fhlH wharf q feW years ago,
nas WORTHLESS. property. but after Ir
cos 5000 hIa associates reclaimed 10 it
VAS adopted I'd. terminal FOR several
of fhe largest railroads Boo D4saachusetis.
and lf. talNe bias increased vim each year.
Co., hopes t0 he equally as successful IN
fe.aIm'ug MlyGs laHBd as he WIS In re.
claiming Mystic wharf