The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-24
KHA.R|.BO.R
ANNUAI|.L n ( 0.
&OfficersSin Charge Of Harbor I'M I'M
provetnent3 Submit nit ia Facts IS i3S'
55 and Figures. ii
vALUE Of COMMERCE |! I. I ! E: A j PORT D ]
Cape Charles Prospcring to
Greater8sD Degree Than ian; World y GRID
at Large Knows.

rrn,,, DIR Peculiar Corresr,ondenl.&

(Frotn Our Regular CorrespondenGt
X WASHINGTON. a y. g. j, ] uly y --r nc
annual report OF Capt u 1Sveictl, WINS 1.iit-
low, the officer IN clinrge Of the w t !.
OF Improvement OF Norfolk larbo :, ana ai1i
y or all similar work in the Nor1olk di l'.
{ trict, ipcluding Hampton Roads, at new = ''''
port News and Cale Chnrlos, ds interest.
~ Ing more by reason Of 4 the III ures ~
contains relative to tho CONNER rec ~ 1lch
passes through those waters x than pc
n cause of the statements showing the W NI
n done In the course OF the past flscal yenI.
a Tie report has just been received a. tne
office of General M Kenzie, chlel q ~! sMo
Engineers. Corps OF tho army
4 Port 81 Norfolk Commerce.
Tho report presents the following fig.
n ,1rcs s1 owing the CONNIE rec OF Inc pot
~ Norfolk during the cal endar eal. !vo0
II reported by business men 81 that CITY
Ertcf-z7, 800 tof,sr val cd at &S3 ,69 II
III Clay--aO 900 tons, valued ut 81. 60CO
Chemicals-eO,O 90 tons, valued q STU wv.
@ Goa ~ 725, l2o tons. valued at 81, 800
.ss coke-i1s tons. valued at s3bs. ~.
s@ Corn-21 $50 tone, valued at $429, 100.
Cotton II $50 tons. valued at g t,op.gsV +.
FERTILIZERS 400 tong. valued at =, bSS, o0O.
Ice-1e, 063 tons, vel Jed at $40, iS9.
f.cmer, til 500 tons, valued ut S26, 699l
i#fJute bagging 10, 465 tons. valued y at
Lime tons !. valued at ss,1o as3
gS IoRs--27O, 900 tons. valued at $6A1, 81.
Lurn ber-27, 495 tons, valued at s., .U95.
Pig iiron-2. He tons. valued at ~, S 9o.
Plpc--1 100 tons, valued Mt 81, 400.
Il Pc IT, oes-1 900 tons valued at $2O OoO
Rnil--7 Cos tons. valued Mt s4s3, 52. I'LL
Staves--22, 40 tons, valued at s46 0OO.
woods. 40 tons, valued at s22,as6.3
IS ellaneouR-val ued at IS ,248, ~.
Total 10. 914,37S tons. valued at n SSoa6, <
& 614175. u "a !.
the iarbor during the year was the the
+ Thomas w. Lawson, CARRYING S.lls 1o '1A{
4 OF coal \ and d rawtng q feet Sof wate y
Comparison of Figur es.
5f$$ A fair idea Of the rate at which the e
|; import and export trade 5of Norfolk !ls
E rowing is obtained from comparison OF
# the figures for ten years az @ WIN those a
for last year. The freight sent out and
received by water In 1886 was b,u lno
tons-lcss than half the amount shipped s1;
Il and received last year: 1, y $,
I The total commerce of the ~ estern
fl Branc Of the Elizabeth River alo ne was 'fIs
1 So. 657 tons valued at 3l3, ] 6S, TO- To-
Y shippers OF Newport ews. shows the
AMOUNT and value OF the commerce Inn
port and export at 4 that port for the the
Coal, s.5s3, Zoe 10 ns. alued at $40, So, POS;
4 grain. nun bel Of tons not sta ted value,
s.. 40 900; e1laneous. so. Gss IS ::s total.
az. 60 tons. valued at SIS, s1s, esB.
The value Of the commerce Of the port
" OF Petersburg, which Is In the forfolk
district. Is given az lows: ai
155s5 Coal, uss tons lued at 81. a29; grain.
Il a
3 tons. alued %nt So, 100; peanuts, 60 tons,
valued at $52.206; wood. go tons. va Y cd
at soS7. brick, i 900 tons, valued at $3.50;
II lumber IS, 900 tons, valued at s2S6 200: hulls,
90 tons, valued at II Il 900; merchandise.
400 tons, valued at $3.50. 900. Vnrious small
items, making a total to and from the
port for the year, Of 63.282 tons. valued
q at ss3Sss5 & s.s .st.. Si; 55 "a
Cape Charles Prospecting.
Cape Charles is prospecting to a far
# greater degree than the world g Ia rye
IN knows, according to the figures presented
& BY Captain JNlnslow. They are not
itemized, but lump as follows
Merchandise and produce, 81, 79S tons,
/ valued at $l5, 1880
For 1880 the port received and Y sent SCI out out
4 only 800. 207 tons. & !. .5
There passed through the Dismal
Swamp Canal last year, 1874 196. 6GO feet OF
= lumber, valued at $l.S7S 1853. e a
The total value OF the commerce Of the
canal in 1905 was g. 1885, $50.
Through the inland route, from Nor
folk to 6Albemarle Sound last year, there
y passed lumber, logs and shingles, aggre-
& eating s., $50 tons, value not known.
7 The commerce on the Porquimans
u River, N. c., last year, was ms follows:
Logs, 40 900 tons, valued at SIPS. 900; lum-
4 Der, 10.375 tons, valued a s140, $50; total.
Il. 80, $40 tons, valued at $2G5.450. 3ll ,3,
The Incoming and outcomng commence
or Edenton Bay. nj G. s. was 1s59O5 tons
4 valued at $4,000, 1885 n 535E Is sf
" Washington Affairs.
(Erom Our Regular Correspondent.) b.