Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-15
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Myor Of Newport News.

ton was likewise impressed in 1897
when he visited this section of the
Virginia Peninsula, and selected the
little hamlet then occupying the site
OF the present city. as the place to
build great manufacturing center
The builder of railroads from coast to
coast saw a future for this particular
spot, and through his activities in
18s0-S1 the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way was completed to Newport News,
ana In the following year coal piers
were erected. Another Industrial creo
tlon OF MI. Hunt!nEton's mind and
.,r o became n reality. when in 1888
ground was broken for the plant Of
the Newport News Shipbuildinp and
IDrE DOCK Company. n plant which no.
oeen extended until IL is tho lorgast
IN the world. Covering 100 acrcs NJ
lahd. the plant represents an invest
NM OF sl''oeo,"o". Il Is modernly
equipped In every department. and has
turned out the largest battleships In
the world. among them the KcarsarEc.
kentucky, Illinois. Virginia. Missis
sippi, Louisiana. Minnesota, and the
latest, the Pennsylvania, the launch
ing OIL which attracted tho presence
OF Governor Brumbaugh and party OF
pennsylvania; Governor II. c. Stuart
OF Virginia: Secretary OF tho NAVY
Daniels and other dignitaries OF the
state and nation.
The growth of Newport News from
a population of $500 in 1890 to 80. 900
in 1915, has been the result of sn1f
sacrifice and conservation on the mart
OF the members OF tho Newport News
Chamber OF Commerce, a body of pub
Nc-spirited business and professional
men. With her banks ranking in the
first division among the banking in.
sututions of the Commonwealth; with
hcT water company supplying $1,000
people, including tho shipyards at one
end and Fortress Monroe at the other:
with her beautiful churches, built at
n cost OF 100000, housing thousands
OF people each Sunday. the Young
Mems Christian Association throwing
Its guarding arms around the young
men and the Virginia Mariners Friend
Society shielding from $4,000 to 10000
seamen each year from the influences
OF the underworld, the city of Newport
News, which tomorrow throws open
It's gates to the editors of Virginia.
is daily fulfilling the dreams OF Coils
+. Huntington, and is taking it's place
among the leading cities OF Virginia.
The city has a municipal harbor,
S.o0J feet of shore line, for the &C
commodation of vessels and the ioca-
tiop Of industries. This was secured
through the activities or the Chamber
or Commerce and the sale of bonds to
the amount of s25o,OO0. The large har-
Dor OF Hampton Roads is traversablc
by day and night. the thirty-foot chan
mel from Newport News to the sea
being marked by acctylene buoys.
GREAT TERMINAL YARDS
OF CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
The magnitude of industrial posi-
bilities for Newport News is indicated
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railways
terminal yards in which there are
seventy-five miles of track storage
with n capacity OF 1000 cars. Some OF
the piers are double -decked, and the
elevators have capa city of from $780,
600 TO 100000 bushels Of grain. The
Chesapeake and Ohio coal pier has a
water depth OF thirtytwo feet at low
tide, which affords accommodation for
the largest vessels The pier is 200
feet long and ninety feet high. 1t
has thirty-three choppers and chutes
spaced thirty feet apart, these being
adjustable to deliver into vessels of
the largest and smallest sizes.
The city Of Newport News, which has
grown 1000 times in size in thirty
years, has excellent public schools, a
pure water supply. low freight rates
and quick freight service, and Is an
interesting city for the Virginia editors
TO study and tell their readers about
when they get back home.