The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-06
NORFOLK STANDS
For Annexation M !. 4 !
Plan to Take in Ports.
mouth, Berkley and
Their Suburbs.
TO BE THE GREATEST
CITY. in VIRGINIA.
'Alli Classes Of Citizens Stand To-
Il gether for Expansion-Will
Have Population Of Two
Hundred Thousand in
Ten Years" Greater
Norfolk. the Cry.
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.lE.rom a Sta &c C,nrres esnnnfln nnt.

(rrrom a stafr Correspondents
EORFO Liz. a.. April 6.--.-N orfolk has
a fixed determination to become the first
city OF tho Commonwea OF Virginia.
This is mo idle boast OF enthusiasts. nor
q, visionary scheme OF f,progressionists. ] t
plans. that have been Sstendiiy ca rried for,
ward for nearly twenty yea rs. Slowly
but surely these plans are being maturcd
Until within the next few years Norfolk
will be a city with "a population amount
ing TO nearly 80 900 people.
.i The plan OF civic advancement Is dear
to the heart Of every citizen from the
highest to the lowest. No one class Of
people are behind the scheme but all
alike. are working forth advance move
3ment and bending every energy to place
Norfolk at the top OF the list Of Virginia
$cities. .s}t ri n h. 4 sT
@ Politicians are as & heartily In accord
with Is the annexation movement as are
private citizens, and there seems 70 be
but one aim and object in yiew----the ad :;
svancement Of n orfolk. q
f& The eannexA.iontmoNeme began nine
teen years ago. when, under5a special act
SBrambleton. & a 81 suburb OF Nor 1olk wa $
taken into the city on proba ton. The
3proba ton lasted for. fifteen yea Rs. coming
to an end four years ago when the Bran :;
(bleton District known as i he Fifth Ward,
became a part OF the city. ~ III
when this section was annexed there
were but 500 people living within - IL;
boundaries &: to- day the pophla tion& nuns
bers u 2. 900. n composed of respec ctable and
worthy whites. who are so great pow ol!s7s
5er5 that Tits said they control the policy
OF the city. goyernme
Takes in Ghent.
The second suburb 10 be annexed on
5pr oba ton was the town Of Client ]. now
known a the Sixth ard. I. a district that
cen Years ago cont ned but 500 people
but which, on February lat. of this yea 3
yslieris It shecame al part OF tn ~
oered 10. 900 OF the best peopl e IN the sclly
sof N orfolk. /, s.
A proncrty In Ghent has increa scd sra pidly
r., "a i,les and the la nds tha fit zen year
a 90 were almost worthless wastes, To-
sf1ay sell for s150 per from FOOT. z5
sg5 park Place district was annexed = on
nroba ton three years ago. and isi5&a nov "
known 4 as the Seventh Ward: Property.
5ha Increased Immensely IN II valie ". ard 10
itEis claimed that the populat tion pers Der
more than Is. 00O 81 8 u,
5,s The question OF annexing Lanberts 8
point @&tns he called the Eighth Ward, Is
.nfyy being considered. a t a meeting held
a., Ia at Friday night 1t *as decided that
Lttis suburb should be taken In, and al
ira = nowi remains to- be determined are
stbe terms upon which the new territory
win become apart Of the city norfolk
willSincrease her population $500 by THIS
acquisition. sgSf -
HuntersvIlle. another Ff suburb, has las
made a strenuous applica tion for. annexa-
.tion. and will doubtless be ia ken In " ith--
out. unnecessary delay. 20
So 1t will be seen that : Norfolk has
gradually acquired district after district.
Euntil she has extended her boundari
Ia Tanners Creek and more than doubled
t,er populat tioll within the past nineteen
years s ~ Sits 81 IA
Portsmouth and Berkley.
This is but the beginning OF the scheme
FOR "Greater Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Berklcy. across the river. have. together
a population, it Is claimed. OF $4,000, and
the MA n is to make those thousands Nor
folk s citizens, and tile town OF Berkley
and tie city OF Portsmouth o. part OF
Greater Norfolk. ii }.S " .
Committees have alread y been appoint
cd looking toward bringing the &,natter
- n happy conclusion. and there seems
"a be no9doubt of-ultimate success. AS
far as Berkley Is concerned, there Is said
IN be no trouble, but In Portsmouth
there are those Who. filled with civic
;nr,de. do not desire to see the city lose
It's identity These, however. are greatly
in the minority, for the young. progress
tsiye citizens, looking into the future, see
that the welfare OF Portsmouth lies In
Incoming part OF Greater Norfolk H.
4 In the meanwhile 9Portsr1outhi is taking
steps to annex her own suburbs. she
viii take In Cottage Place. Prentiss Place
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