The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-01
SHIPMENTS
VERY HEAVY II: \.
Recent Cold Snap Did No
General Damageto Crops.
POTATOES ARE DAMAGED.
WITH This Exception the Truckers Have ''
w No Cause tor Complain Green
Crops Were = elped BY the Wet
ather--Q Quality improved

al fsnec,ai 10 The Times Dispa tch.)
,S3 NORFOLK, VA, March 3l.--The recent
cold snap did not do any material ria az. lam
a age 70 theycr In this section, with t "
\ exception 81 the potato crop. and TO-
\ days shipments to the northern markets
were Quite heavy. Many hundred. bar par
rels came to the city over the Norfolk s IN
and Atlantic Terminal Company. and ND
we're shipped north. The recent heavy
rains, while they had q tendency to II rot OF
4 the orops, aided IN materially maturing t'u
4 the green stun SO that some Of the Hbip-
1nents are away ahend OF last season.
The quality Of the produce this season IS,
I'm many instances, better than last sea-
son. 5s 55i}3 ss ny Y Is II NJ 5fSs MS v 4
The continued vet weather has caused
II most OF the enrly planted potato crop 70
Y rot Z DO say the farmers In this vicinity.
Mr.. Thomas Butt, near Berkeley, is one OF
thu truckers whose crop has rotted to
4 the extent that he will plow It up and
replart. Unless the season becomes very
favorable this will cause ts crop
What is true In the ca so OF Mr., Butt is
true with numerous others in this vloinl-
~. The salad crops are not injured SO
i far az can be learned
\ THE PRuS1 DENT'B FAMILY .s
niteo ;, :. etarnoon
arrived IN 1ia1p.oil a..h, n. nta,,nnnarGi
from Maanng.on. y, ~ =, - ."e ~. >y prs.,1ent
R the 4 Roosevelt children and the nurses. u
Il All on the vessel are reported well.6
ilss The Mayfower was compelled to an
4 phor In the Potomac last Sunday night
/ IN account Of the storm. h.
Mrs Roosevelt and the children seem
4 I'd to enjoy the experience Of being storm I
4 bound, and they were afforded an oppor-s
! funitv of seeing the storm king in all his
4 10 ma Mn yflower vii probably pros
i rasd aonth Tomorrow. After a tour OF the
so,,thern country the party will return
I Il yWas hin - on {ss.44s FL $ IA t{sj
L = - !, ~ = 3, percivaI Il Harrineto on.
:. ,,,,,.n !, NJ ~ ~. naval sta
.,n', 1g,,, ~ raneuad nj thei a AWKWARD
~! =, NJ, ..a hnorrinu AZ
Lo-norroW lno.n's m 80 ,,, t,,r,, Az "a
guns. ne i,..., ~ q. ad ~ 0
meet tho a,isaa ~ ~ H., !, an cha
Captain Seraaer, del.nan Snhv AVA tssaSo
from Washington arrived mere to-a a..
and was met. by aTtug from the navy =.
yard After >yis ting the YARD ne, WeiiS "
Newport N ews TO 8superlntend the aocN-
! Ing OF the German cruiser GaSelle, when ;l
arrived to-day, sI..t2
~ Judge Beverly r. Crump Hon. Henry
Fairfax and the Hon. Henry G. Stuart,
the & Corporation Conmlss oners. arrived
here this morning from Richmond. The
commissioners party started from the
Z Chesapeake and Ohio Railway wharf at 9
"a NJ. On the steamer Memphis for a tour
Of the harbor, visiting all the &transporta'r
ton properties on this side of the river:
thence up the eastern branch and around
4 the Berkeley shore, to and UP the southern
\ branch, and then hack down by the navy
yard and along the Portsmouth side OF
4 the river to Pinner's Point and Port Nor
folk. From Port Norfolk they went over
( the Belt Line to see the facilities for In
terohanging freight. They came into
+ Norfolk over the Norfolk and Western
track, and went to Lamberts Point, TO
sewell's Point and to Newport News AZ
Newport News they will6inspect the rail-
way terminus and the trolley lines Sand
will spend the night ut the Chamberlain
4 Hotel Wednesday morning tho commits
sioners will come over to Norfolk for an
inspection OF tho electric railway systems
I Of Norfolk and will visit Cape Henry ana
Virginia Bea q h. They will 80 down to
the beach by the Chesapeake Transit
Company's line and. return. py the VT ~,
cial visit that ~
.h,s anu rrowne section Of the