Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-18

and trouble TO collect than the bill Is
worth.
Sd. II we should lie out any Oh
this territory the county would nave
streets or roads laid out and we would
soon be surrounded by the same gamb-
Ing dens, hell holes, and saloons now
said to run wide open In that section,
which is divided from this city only
hy the center OF Twenty eighth street,
all the characters of al repute VINO
want to cross over the line can evade
the laws of the city by getting in the
county. While any crimes In the cross
county line are credited NJ to and
charged by the press OF the whole
country to our city, which has always
when a stencil In the nostrils OF our
citizens.
4th. The cemetery should be In
the city limits by all means. Our
cemetery is place sacred to the soul
Of man, and when those who have
loved cnes there decorate the los ana
mounds of their dead with flowers and
plants they should have the protec-
.ticn OF the laws and ordinances OF the
city. with police jurisdiction TO see
that no vandalism is carried on as is
sometimes the case now.
}. 5,h. BY taking In this territory and
making small boat harbor out OF
Newport News creek We will bring
hundreds of thousands Of dollars in
business to the city. The harbor can
be made 10 commence at Bloodfeld
end the gas mouse on the creek, which
is about 1000 feet from James, river
and by making ii 800 feet wide and
IL feet deep with The mouth turned to
deep water in the James river 1t viii
= keep itself clean at the mouth and
will accommodate any beats that can
not lay outside in safety. The dirt
taken from the channel of the creek
or harbor can oe USED to I'll the
marsh and make good dry ground to-
docks and streets on each side of the
har5or. by bonding the city for $780,
o.. the city can c0mmSnce the worK,
, make the plans in Iull and open 1t so
tnat small boats can enter and when
that is done We can get an appropris-
Hion from the United States govern
ment to complete the work. This har-
Dor will bring many new enterprises
here such as oyster, crab, fruit and
vegetable parking houses and various
otner iudsxtr es. We pay sl.50 more
per cord for wood today than Hamp-
49, - - ~<s-f. a.. a s,a ....r 49,. r11urr,
for hard coal by reason Of Hampton's
having the advantage over us in a
small beat harbor. This in Itself Is
worth thousands OF dollars per year
TO our citizens. Il Will bring hundreds
OF small boats with vegetables and
fruits to us in the summer. and in
the winter thousand Of small oyster
boats that ccme from Glocester, Mat
heSs. York and other counties 10 oys-
ter on the James river that now have
to 20 to ether places for safety.
This city has no rcvei.ne nov cx-
cept dirccf taxes and license: with
the small boat harbor. after setting
scart a place for launches and small
fruit and oyscT boats free. the rive
nue. from the dock will IN a short
while pay the interest on one million
dollars OF bonds. Why not have the
cntcrpriss u will b. the making
OF The city. The Chesapeake & Ohio
Rsiiway said at one time II the city
would put IN the hax5or they would
run spur track the cutiry length on
enc side Of the harbor. They viii do|
u yet
eth. n Is ssid By srmc tia; 10 take
n the Chcsar axe & Ohio Railway
aiorr the city limits viii interfere witnl
the sped limit Of their trains. can
not re how that Is possible excuse.
e. al trains today starting. ~ the sta
sson CT up . sped q 20 q 20 miles