The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-25

American Line. the Furness- Witty
Line. the Donaldson Line and the
I Booth Line sail To Hamburg. Rotter-
dam, Amsterdam. London. Liverpool.
Glasgow. and to other important Eu-
ropean and South American ports.
Great Export Shipments
One or two Illustrations will suffice
10 show Nurfoik's Importance as a
port, Shipments of coal at this port
aggregate as high as l2.0o0, o0C tons
In single year. destined to every
part of the world. Because OF the ex-
tremeiy easy gra dents to tidewater
the heaviest freight trains known are
hauled to Norfolk, and therefore at
/ the least expense. The %irginian
Railway was built expressly for the
purpose of connecting Norfolk and the
West Virginia coal fields, which pro-
duce Goals of world-s de repute In
recent years millions of dollars have
been expended in improving facilities
for the rapia and economical dis
charge of coal. Norfolk possessing. at
the Norfolk and Western terminal.
the largest coal pier in the world
The shipments of truck from the
amazingly productive small holdings
in Tidewater Virginia and North Car
DINA are in like proportion. since II
has been said that for IS cents a bar
rel VI tFHCk can DE SIlpHtQ ANY Nfktte
Throughout a population OF 20. 600. 200
people Special storage facilities.
short rail or water runs TO all the
great centers OF the North and East,
and the facility in handling which
comes from experience deliver truck
and marine foods with a speed and an
economy no other port can equal
over 100000 packages OF truck are
shipped from Norfolk annnaily---aR
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taking the year through.
A Fruitful Soil
AS the metropolis of all that wide
area known as Tidewater Virginia and
North Carolina. Norfolk has second
advantage over any other one city on
the Atlantic seaboard No other area
OF the same size in America contains
go large a population Of farmers work
ing small holdings This not only
means that an exceptionally popuious
district is continually pouring into
Norfolk a tremendous aggregate of
their productions, but that they de-
mand for their convenience the retail
stores and other agencies which alone
would constitute a great city.
Generally speaking. the soil of
Tidewater Virginia Is a light sandy
loan. everything sandy clays This
characteristic soil varies slightly in
various catltieS. being heavier
where swamps have been drained and
lighter on the higher ground more re-
mote from the seaboard All of ii is
highly fertile and all hut justifies
someone's happy Tickle
il with n hoe and it laughs with
harvest" Intensive farming and sci
entifc rotation OF crops have secured
crops which less favored regions look
upon with envy. AT every season of
the year growing crops may be seen
maturing. Spinach, kale. fastound-
Ing as It may seem 90 per cent OF
all the spinach and kale grown in the
world is raised in the Norfolk dis
trict), radishes. peas, lettuce. onions.
leeks, potatoes and all the common
garden vegetables, berries and melons
OF all kins, cucumbers. tomatoes, ap-
Piles. plums. peaches, figs. are all
grown to perfection with the least
possible expenditure OF labor ana ma
ture at a season that commands the
highest prices.
Although many thousands OF acres
are intensively cultivated around Nor
folk, opportunities are by no means
exhausted. Cheap lands as fertile and
as accessible as those now Under cul-