The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-16
Hampton Roads the Grand
est Harbor South of
New York.
SPLENDID ADVANTAGES
Geographically and geographically
1t Is Unexcelled-The Greatest
Southern Sea Port.

To that portion OF Virginia adjacent
to Hampton Roads. the most beauti-
ful body OF water in all the world" has
been given the name of Underwater"
Almost midway between Maine and
Florida, and directly opposite the en-
trance TO the Mediterranean, is Hamp-
ton Roads, an inland sea guarded from
the Atlantic by the base of the grand
Chesapeake, and fed by the historic
James, the busy Elizabeth and the
pretty Nansemond.
These are the waterways of Tide
water and her marvelousIy growing
cities, and 1T is these which give an
chorage to the combined navies of the
world and which are today cut by the
bows of a thousand vessels busily NOV
ing with valuable freight in the holds
and with decks crowded with pas
sengers
From the waters edge stretch west,
north and south lands wonderfully pro-
ductive. Tillers of the soil sell their
foodstuffs inland and up and down the
coast, the forests are relieved of their
lumber; and the mysterious waters are
| robbed of their animal life. Truly did
nature smile on Tidewater-gave it ad-
yantages unstintedly. 1t is these adj
vantages, coupled with the ever alert
eye of capital which is rapidly giving
Tidewater the site of the metropolis of
| the south.
A cold contemplation of the possibil-
tiles leaves no room for any doubt of
the future. The ingress of manufacture
| ing and kindred interests, the egress of
their respective. products by rail and
! by water, not only on the coast but
| oh to
ton that right in Tidewater is the
of factories.
The strides already taken forward
are but a mere start in the race for
| commercial supremacy.
South OF New York the port has no
great natural rival To the south the
port has no rival until Savannah and
Charleston are reached and between her
and them stretches Hatteras and Fly
ing Pan Shoals, two notable ship grave
yards.
| Again, the great cold waves that
sweep down from the Daketas rarely
/ reach as far south as Hampton Roads,
and even if they come, are robbed of
their strength by the mountain ridges
separated by valleys opening to the
south.
80 arranged by nature are the
passes through the mountains sepa-
rating from the eastern coast the
broad and fertile west. and in such
direction trend the valleys leading
| coastward, that IT is as If the divine
architect stood at the passes and said
to the west, there where the waters
mingle as In the palm of a mighty
hand stretching inland from the sea,
there shall We find readiest outlet and
there shall we find the fleets of the
world awaiting you and thence shall We
bring back the golden store of those
who wait your fruits and your
harvests.
And in and around those giant
passes through the mountains; in the
valleys, along the ridges and on the
heights the richest mines of utilitarian
wealth have lain buried as if but wait
ing the travel that was bound to come
and has come and is coming, with wood
and steel and steam to meet the ocean
tide of wood and steel and steam await
ing at this port to greet it,"
It's growth has been such as to leave
} the imprint of substantiability Not
one step has been taken forward, but
what was the natural result Of the
| recognition of its merits.
Summary of the Advantages.
/. A climate which rarely falls tc
freezing weather, and therefore, gives
an open harbor for twelve months II
the year.
2. A geographical and Typographical
position which removes 1t from the
beaten track Of heavy storms from
every direction.
3. A geographical location which
makes it the natural center for Euro.
pean import and export on the Atlantic
coast.
4. Depth of water sufficient TO foa
the largest class Of vessels ahoat il
| the worlds commerce.