The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-11
new STEAMSHIP
L /. |. TO NORFOLK :| III
';7! ttiil,ilorc and and Carolina Opcrat-
ing Ships 70 Southern Ports,
Are to# Come 70 Norfolk.
DRIVEN E: OUT OF BALTIMORE n i { / {:
Select Council 4 Concur With the
s., Lo y ',l'. Branch inAppropriia1-
ton for tile Boulevard.
Or lyEN D. oU il OF 3 3 Tim ORE
Select Council Concur With the
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4 Is5{ Especial 10 The Times D!spatci.)
NORFOLK, VA, August lot There y Q
strong probability that this port will be
made tho terminus nnd headquarters Of
4 Company, now operating a direct limo
OF steamers between baltimore and VII
3nngton. N. G., and Georgetown and
! Charleston, 8, g. NIX 5.'
Tho company has been using tho NUM-
cipal docks OF Baltimore. but Il has been
deprived OF the use o. them ny City
Comptroller George r., Heffner, who has
charge OF the docks, and tho company,
slt is said. VIII seek foothold ~ Nor
| Is withdrawn. That Official is standing
firm inathe position that ile has taken.
The dispute between the steamship
company and the comptroller grew out Of
tho question whether or not the company
could sublet It's pier on Frederick Street,
which 1t rents from Baltimore. This res
lsulted in "a th!rty-day order OF eject
mcnt being sent to the company, The
thirty-day period VIII end with this
month. and IN tho meantime me Z the =, com
pany, through Mr.. Mason i. lVeems
|NVlll!nms. It's president, will endoayor to
got wharfage facilities here
Since Its establishment about q year
ago, tho development OF the business OF
the Bnltlmoref& Carolina Company has
been little short Of phenomenal, The two
steamships nut on tho line are taycd
by freight SHIPMENTS to- their utmost
capacity,s and until the otectment order.
was issued against It In Hal tsmore the
company was contemplating putting On
another steamer. " "a y ~
But n few months were required after
the beginning Of tho lines operation to-
demonstrate that It filled q long-fclt1
want. IT was tho means Of dlvertlng 10
Baltimore y trade that otherwise would
OF Necessity go to Philadelphia or New
York, 4 opened UP new markets for
Maltlmore,t and tho commercial rela lions
betWean TINT city and important Southern
ccnters were qulckened and stimulated.
lit stands to reason, Transportation men
say, that the Same benefits reaped by Bal
Itimore from the establishment OF tho line
would ybe reaped by Norfolk. and tho busl-f
ness Of Norfolk, At rs Thought, Will sup
port tho limo equally rs we rs Baltimore
has supported It, a ID ~ IS
One argument advanced In favor OF this
port is that y Is about 9 90 NIL nearer
tho Southern ports than is Baltimore, en-
fnbling a. steamers to make q round trim
South from here IN at lenst q day 3 less
time thanait can be done from BALTIMORE
which would be a bis saving IN the cost
\ Of operation. 5f az g
President yYl!llOms.It Is said. llll1 taken
lnlI these things into consideration, and
5,nless tho baltimore Comptroller resclnds
his ejectment order against the Baltimore
md Carolina Steamship Company, It Is
likely that the company will be doing
business out OF this port to tho South
within the next sixty or ninety days. 8 N
fgs Local commercial interesta Will likely
make a strong effort to assist the line
In getting q l0othod hero Rs soon as
1t becomes known that It la knocking at
tho door, sif t IL M j a "a
Il the Select Council concura WITH tho
Common Branch IN rsisslng the ordinance
lappropriat!ng $780, 900 to anance tho
tho buslness section OF Norfolk To tho
jamestown Exposition grounds, work Win
almost certainly begin on the highway on
September 1at The highway will DO q
permanent monument to the city's enter-
Prise. " f5ff
In accordance With nm amendment to !
tho ordinance passed last night by. the
Common Council, the work on Tho houle- X
ynrd Is to be left In the hands Of the Boul-
aYard Commission, the personnel Of which
Is: II. II. Goodridgp, from tho BOARD OF
Trade and Business MEMS Associntion,!|
chaIrmaHi Frank Hitch and g. II, Rlll,
from the Common Council; y, y @ Ifeefe,
from the Select Council; Alynh "A ~, Mar
Yin, clerk Of the Norfolk County 5 c o 7;
John "A. codd, president pf the 'oaFd q, 81
Moss, president of tile Cit Gems Hlaapk;
Barton Myers, governor % WORKS all.l
auditor OF the James Wll E1x posltloni ~ |
n. Lamb, general agent q the spnt llsrr |
Rnllwn ", representing the Y rnllsporlht ION
lines, and I.ieutennIit G.. I'.t Shaw, presl- \
dsgt ~ the coed Roads Assoc atl0Rs