Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-22
A BIG SALE OF LAND,
NEARLY ZOO ACRES or WATER
IRON NEAR sEwELL's POINT.
NEW DRY DOCK. co. BUYER.
Plan. of tho Purchnscrs-state Board
of Fisheries in Sorfoik-Increas-
ed Revenue. from oy.ter.-c"p't
Tookcr Improving.
NEW DRY DOCK. co. BUYER.
Plan. Of tho Purcha.crs-statc Board

NORFOLK, VA. November I-tSpe-
cial.)-The Norfolk. Hampton Roads
sh!pbuiie.ng and Dry Dock Company to-
day Dough; from the Norfolk Hampton
Roads Com sanv, 90 acres of land with
a water frontage from the Country Club
10 the pier at Seawell's Point. The puT-
chase price was Ss3s.65e. OF which sls.vD
gas paid in cash. and the balance secur-
ed By deed OF trust oil the property. The
purchasers can anticipate the whole pay
1aent ST any time they please. or the oe-
gerred payments may run through con-
siderable period of time Governor At
ktnscn. of West Virginia and his asso-
oiates organized the company. but they
have dropped out Of It and the company
is now composed OF new material, M
*. 2. Harrison. wealthy man OF Cin-
,ianat, O.. is its president; Colonel Will
liam II. hnauss. of Columbus O.. vice
president and Mr.. John J. Gamble. OF
columbus. O.. secretary All OF these
men are Of good financial standing, but
Mr. Harrison see,ns TO be the chief
noncyed backing OF the company. Ills
shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company is
oapitalized at s5,o00,oo9, and it is SAID
that The plant and dry dock proposed TO
be put in is TO be about on the grade OF
the Newport News ship-yard when it
vas first established.
INCREASED OYSTER REVENUES
The revenue Of Virginia from her oys-
Ter industries will next year be between
5000 and 5000 more than ii was last
year.
The State Board OF Fisheries in ses-
Non here to-day decided that this Is
fair estimate Of the years increase
The board. composed of DR.. j. ". Sow
doin. Of Accomac, chairman; Mr.. s L.
Miller. of Mathews. secretary; lion.
George B. Keezell, OF Rockingham: Mr.
Robert ]. Campo, of Southampton, and
Mr. Henry NJ. Tyler, OF Richmond. ms
AT the Monticello Hotel, this city, to-
day for a two-days' session. The tofal
revenue will be some $4,000 with lcas
,han SO coo expenses.
Another matter that will probably
some TO the attention Of the board az the
present session is the contention OF oys-
;ermen that Or. Richardson, of King
and Queen county, has been stalking IN
public oyster grounds to the INJURY OF
the tongers This case has been TO the
Court of Appeals and was referred TO
the Board Of Fisheries.
The Warwick inspectorship comes UP
as the result Of q bitter factional tight.
1t is believed that TWO inspectors viii
be appointed for that district if need fc-
Them can be shown.
EXCLUSION OF WOMEN FROM
SALOONS.
The right Ct the city to exclude women
from saloons is to be contested. c. II.
Capps, ioarkeeper fined to-day for al
lowing females in his bar, has appealed
on the ground that the city has no right
to say who shall enter his bar. save
minors The police interpret the law as
meaning that no women of questionable
character may enter a grocery to which,
O bar is attached.
General F'ilzhugh Lee lectures tonight
before the Daughters Of the American
Revolution in Portsmouth on Cuba.
CAPTAIN TOOKER IMPROVING.
Captain ". S. Tooker, who was shot
ten days ago by j. NJ. Cajoon the mo-
tor1nan Of the Atlantic Terminal Rail
way, is recovering. He was not strong
enough to appear in court this morning
but his physician declares that Captain
lockers recovery is reasonably assured.
The city is decorated to-day with the
csiors of Carlisle and the University of
Virginia The Indians have many
friends. The betting is in their favor,
and the North Carolinians who lost
on the neutrality-suspicious. game are
backing Carlisle. Hundreds of visitors
are here for the game.
JAMES P. FURLONG ASSAULTED.
James p. Furlong who keeps a sailors
clearinghouse. was murderously assault
ed here last night by John Dood and
Charles Brown. who, it is said, laid in
wait for him. The doctors say his con-
5ition Is serious. Furlong was kicked
into insenSihlity Dood and Brown are
in jail. Brown is said 10 be from New
port News.
w A Seddinger was given twelve
months in Jail by Police-.JUsiice Taylor
for an unprovoked assault last night on
ewo commercial men--J. Dean. of New
York, and \. Brown, of Philadelphia. a
physician had to sew un Browns face