Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-15
GREAT SIGNS
OF PROSPERITY
Portsmouth Keeping Pace With the
Progress of the Times.
MANy NEW INDUSTRIES
From the Present Indications. tho Future
For This City Has Brilliant Aspect
Astonishing Development of Enterprises
of Different Descriptions of Material
Advantage to This City and Section
Many Moro Yet to Como Tie People
Ready to Warmly Greet Them.

There is no city in the State In which
there are so many signs of prosperity
as can be seen in and around Ports
mouth at this time.
The old Ocean House, more recently
known as Hotel Portsmouth, is being
remodeled and enlarged and will be
lifted up as one of the modern hotels
and will be thrown open for public pat
ronage about April 1st.
n new and costly Opera House has
Just been completed at considerable
cost, and 1t will rank with any that
can be found in cities of treble the
size of ours. 1t Will be opened some
time during the coming month
Yesterday ground was broken for a
tomato factory, which when completed
Will give employment to quite a nurn-
Der of people. Ground also has been
broken for a Y. NJ. c. a. building.
which when completed will cost about
$4,000. 1t will have two handsome
stores under it. The building will be
an uo-to-date one, with gymnasium,
etc. attached.
Mrs. Rosenbaum will by April LIST
remodel the store corner of High and
crawford streets. Another story will
De added and instead of one there will
be two handsome stores put up
The members of Central NJ. E. Church
VIII about April 1st begin the erection
OF handsome stone church on the
corner of South and Washington streets
10 cost about $4,000. the same to be
completed in one year. This will add
much to that part of the city.
"A large Office building to be known
as the Commercial Building, has been
htted up with seventy rooms in it. The
building Will have all the modern con-
VenienceS, including elevator. electric
lights, steam heat, ETC.
Work on the Portsmouth, Pig Point
and Newport News railroad connecting
portsmouth with Newport News by
Terry, and building a large hotel, long
piers for promenades out in the river
and hitting the place up as a summer
resort for Portsmouth people, where
they can take n ride on the cars and
spend pleasant day or night, with
good bathing. fishing. etc, will be COM
menced just as soon as the first in
stallment OF iron arrives. It will be
showed ahead as rapidly as possible.
The completion of St .Paul's bcauti-
ful church before the year is gone.
which will be a lasting monument to
the Catholics OF this city, showing what
PLUCK and energy can do when all work
together. This building when COM
peted will cost about $4,000.
The probabilities of public library
which will supply a long-felt want, are
good.
large four-story brick warehouse
Tor Irving Bros. is being erected OH the
corner OF South and Middle streets.
which will be used as a furniture ware
mouse for this enterprising firm, whose
business has outgrown their quarters
and forced them to build elsewhere.
There is also being built at the corner
of High and Dillingham; streets a hand
some store, which will be occupied by
| one or our prominent merchants.
n bridge connecting Portsmouth with
Primers Point via Park View will
| shortly be built by the Primers Point
| Drawbridge Company. This will give
inc residents of Park View a big adj
vaTtage In getting to their work at
| Primers Point and will be great ben
cit to that thriving part of our city
and will no doubt be advantageous TO
both sections.
The S. ~. l.. will shortly build two
new warehouses on the property re-
Gently purchased from the Nicely es-
| tate.
The change OF the ferry from Water
to High street will be made as soon ms
me question OF the purchase of the
i5rooks property Is settled, and the eX-
cnahge is made with the Seaboard Air
Line for the Cook wharf. which will be
| shortly.
| S"uHtS street, the public outlet to
inc county will as soon as spring opens
be paved with Belgian block from Wa
ter street to Chestnut street
Permission has been given the civ
by the Legislature to issue $4,000 worth
OF bonds to build a new CITY Hall. and
IL IS more than probable that 1t will
Dc built at no distant day.
Committees have been appointed from
me three lodges of Odd Fellows TO So
iect suitable site for new Odd Eel
lows Hall. which will he built Nc soon
as the committee make their sclec-
ton.
The three Masonic lodges have also
appointed n committee to look into Tho
advisahility to building a new Masonic
Temple. ''''
~ site has been selected for hosiery
factory near the city The erection NJ
building VIII be commenced in n
short while ~ e.
The Merchants and Farmers, Ran,,
are tearing down the Portsmouth In
surancc Building and will erect in ;ts
place handsome granite front threo-
story building. When completed If viii,
be one of the finest equipped banks in
this section. :"
Negotiations arc going on for a cedar
works, and one or two other factories
that are likely TO come here.