The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
|O BOOM ON BUT
| NEWPORT NEWS IS
COMING INTO Own
Unsurpassed Location and
Magnificent Harbor Natural
Advantages Few Posses.
tITY OF OPPORTUNITY
| FOR HOME OR BUSINESS

FOR HOME Ok bu61NG0o
Ireat shipyard Is Busiest In
the World-Pluck Of It's Peo-
pie Shown In the Establish
ment Of Small Boat Harbor.
Newport News. Va. April az
Newport News Is coming into LIE own.
lot only Is its great shipbuildinG
liant crowded with work. employing
kore than six thousand men, but the
bty, owing to Its unsurpassed loca-
lon and it's magnificent harbor. y
ticying the very careful attention OF
bose who are contem plating new en-
krprises. large and small
It's small boat harbor. more than
by other one thing, has demon
rated the grit Of the people OF New
brit News and has. too. ensured its
hip on It's full share of tho nations
kdustries In the future. Undertaken
! d time when the city's prospects
Fere not OF the brightest as result
h vote by which the people OF the
bty authorized the issuance of bonds
br It's construction. the small boat
arbor has already justified the Judg-
bent OF Its ortginators and the fsith
4 the people. 1t will increase as
|me passes on, prove determining
kctor In the location OF new enter
Rises, steadily diversity ner LABOR
Employing industries.
|rowth In shipbuilding Interests
The following editorial In the New
brit News Daily Press shows the
Iad,nr position taken by the New
Ert News shipbuiiding and Drydock
bmnany:
I.Nswnor, News In still leading In
b,n construct,on ON the Atlantic sea
hard
| ~.rha Newnort News shipbusiding
hd Drydock Company has under
Eart vessels with an aggregate tons
Swa NJ Iss44T tons.
TN addition there are two govern
lent vessels of es,4oo tons displacSe
liant
.rhe nearest competitor on the At
|lntic Coast to the Newport News
bmuany is the New York Shtphuild-
IN Company which had on hand APP
an 40 merchant vessels of i2s,so5
ms.
.The Baltimore Manufacturers Re
|brd publishes returns from the Blu.
Eksu Of Navigation. showing that ths
|krregate of steel merchant vesseia
Ehder construction or contract April
III 1918. numbered $50 OF 1.eeT.Sts
Eloss tons.
81 ssThe increase from month 10
Elonth on the seaboard was as fol-
#lww.
81 Data. No. Tons.
El,,y /. 1913. .... 90 2s4,i3e
3Ien 4. 1915. .1SS 644.i6o
tEh. i. 1915. .iss TBs.aos
#farch /. lele.....1Ts Seo,S6t
.we lead; others follow. Newport
laws now has more tonnage under
&snstruction than any shipyard In the
&orid."
A New Railroad In Prospect
Newport News will soon have d.
~ rail communication with the
Isnnahannock River section By
ears of the projected railroad to
Pennington, The prospects are
E~,rht for the early construction OF
IL line which will cross the York
liver. give Gloucester and Mddiesex.
.eex ana neighbor,ns counties con-
sntsnt travel and shipping facilities
"A will give Newport News. Norfolk
"A Eastern North Carolina . quick
,ute 10 the nations capital. The
~ enterprise Will largely. enhance
. nrospects Of Newport News fol o
mbined commercial ana indus. rial
.pansion.
Export Business Great
Newport News has enjoyed . re-
n breaking overseas trade during
war period. Grain and live stock
~rerating several millions OF dol
- : month In value have been ham
"A through this port. Newport
~. owing to its central location on
Atlantic seaEoard, IL the natural
teway OF the Atlantic, and with the
nstant growth OF Its tributary coln-
vaIi become In wears one OF the
ding ports in the United States.
Newport News was founded some
irfv wears ago and has q population
about $4,000 people. There In q
athv demand Nor houses both in
4 city and It's rapidly growing SUI
"a. where facing the most beautt-
body Of water in America. ID the
al home spot of the state.
syewport News In q CITY Of homes.
Il n we'll supplied with churches:
nnbllc school system n unsur-
.~aa. 4 has 4 well-conducted street
slway system which, with its inter-