Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-12-07

best friends OF the city thought that
with approximately 5000 men on the
payroll this great institution had
reached its maximum employing ca
pacity. However the business fore
sight OF the founder Of the industry
is more clearly demonstrated day by
day and the dawn OF the Twentieth
century, finds 1000 men on the pay
roll and SOS. coo 900 worth OF work un-
der contract. with other contracts let
by the Government within the past
few months which will increase this
amount by S5.OOo.00O more. enough
work 20 keep the yard running day
and night for the next FIVE years. A
short time ago the largest dry dock IL
the world was christened at this yard.
three ships being placed In the new
dock simultaneously. Throughout tne
world ;he Newport News yard is recOg-
nizod as one OF the best equipped es-
adjustments OF its kind 20 be found.
while the splendid service rendered by
the Newport News-built ships in peace
and war has given it a reputation sec
ond TO none. At this point IL might be
noted that the recently commissioned
crack battleships OF the United States
navy. the Kearsarge and Kentucky,
believed 70 be The most powerful hght-
ing crafts ia the world. are products
OF this yard. This yard has also just
launched the largest ship ever built IN
America. the Pacific mail liner Korea.
In addition to the great commercial
and shipbuilding interests there are
located here many small Interests
which 90 a long way towards making
the city what it Is today. Among them
might be noted the Warwick Iron
Works. Peninsula Foundry. two ice
plants. two electric light plants, one
gas plant. six LUMBER yards and plan
ing mills. shirt factory. etc.
williamsburg is located twenty-seF-
en- miles from Newport News and the
farm lands offered for sale by Mr.. John
Hahn lie between the two places IL
a person ia in need of bracer. wishes
70 convince himself as 20 the future OF
this section. a visit 20 Newport News
will remove all doubts We advise ali
persons visiting this section TO pur-
chase their tickets 20 Newport News
the cost Is the same. IL does a person
good 10 go there. 10 is an eye-Opener.
a bracer You will at once agree with
Us that land lying within twenty-seven
miles OF this great seaport Will not
long remain in idleness; that the price
is bound TO advance: cant keep IL
; year In this vicinity and a person buy
: ing land near Williamsburg will make
[ no mistake. Come and see for your
self. Our future is bright. and when
r people try 20 have you go back in the
E woods keeps,the Peninsula, Williams
a burs. Newport News and our many ad-
vantages in mind. We are located just
right and We are growing faster than
any other section Of the South We
extend hearty invitation TO all who
r wish 20 better their condition TO make
4 Us a visit
e When the electric road is built (the
charters have been granted by the
State OF Nirginia) fruit growing. stOch
> and poultry farming. trucking, etc
% viii take on new life But even now
o our farmers are taxed TO supply ths
0 demand for their products. II Is safe
0 to say that in ten years time Newport
News will have 10000 or $4,000 people
0 What a fine local market this is and
will be. with cheap transportation by
o trolley. railroad and the two rivers
0 the York and James. We feel that the
0 man who invests now will never re-
gret it.
: Now, 10 open up the central portion
N Of the Peninsula and to put us ir
n and growing seaport town described
\ above. capitalists have turned thesl
attention to our electric railway, be
" ginning at Newport News, touching
Hampton. thence north TO Yorktown
70 tapping a rich trucking. farming anS
% grazing section. and connecting b.
N steam ferry across the great Yorl
% river with another proposed road; tn
/. line will then ran in q westerly direc
% ton 10 Williamsburg; from this cit,
l. the road will be built to Jamestowl
- on the James river. where a termina
, viii be established. Across the Jane
,e Is Surry county. with railroad term
- inal just opposite jamestown. Their
l. another steam ferry will be estab
! hshed.
IN The Williamsburg correspondent O
8, the Richmond Dispatch, writing unde
y, date OF November %. says
ly The electric railway that is TO b
re erected from jamestown island Z
D. Newport News via WILLIAMSBURG
X Yorktown. Hampton and by ferry con
a. nection TO Gloucester Point, is not un
te derstood by many.
lg "A great many seem 20 think tn
r two separate roads VIII each have par
; ailei lines. but such is not the case.
' The Yorktown, Hampton and Po
y quosin iine win De buiit from York