Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02

ing constituted all OF the Industries
Newport News would ever want.
there wcr. others who thought diff
ietcnt!y. These latter saw and they
sian see great things in Industrial
lines for this superb location for
manufacturing cstablls hmcnts Of all
kinds. The Newport News Chamber
ri Commerce, which is On" or The
liNest organizations of It's Kind IN
the country, has been seeing things
all along, and through its Efforts and
efforts Of other good people quite a
number 81 Industries have been To-
Gated here. and thcr. Is room and
splendid opportunity for many more.
. Among the Industries hcr. other
! IMAM thoS: pertaining To- shipbuild-
/ ms and its auXtliaTicS. may H.. men
/ TONED the phonugraph wurAs. several
sea food ana other canning factories.
"a billiard iabl" factory. a caSket and
collin factory. "a paint factory. iron
! works. machine works. pickle fac
! tories large establishments. en-
I pi"EihS many men ana wonderland
[ Il hair dozen or NOR" smaller I'M
dus,rics OF various kinds
( After what has been said. 1t mus,
be plain I" the reader that Newport
News, situated So fayorablv ON
Hampton Roads. has a location such
as TO !nsur. it's future. carly future.
as widely diversified manufacture
I ing center. The Chamber Of Com
merce Is reaching out for them and
/ has prospects Of early landing sew
erai.
Advantages N"t Ia lie O,erIookrd
The town offers Inducements that
u" other town can offer TO any in
dustry using az raw material i'm
ports natural 10 this port such as
cuban ores. copper, tin. rubber. hard
.
! Amc rican nbcrs. hides. tanning woods
ana extracts. chiclc. woudpulp. etc
! such an Industry would nave an ad-
vantage over an Interior location in
! the hbscnc. Of a rail haul on raw
materials: 10 an Industry utilizing
/ l"cai products. such as fish. oysters
, crabs, peanuts, fruits and vegetables:
+ to an industry manufacturing for cx-
/ port and for the great domestic mar
"rs OF the East reached by all-wa-
/ ter transportation.
/ There is an abundance -. unoccu-
/ picd waterfront suitable FOR factory
purposes The small pcrccntag. OF
I i"rtlHh-b"rn labor In Newport News
makes the labor situation here esuc-
cially attractive to manufacturers.
TN. simple fact that Newport News
J ~ tn" queen OF Hampton Roads is
su'ilcleht 70 mark 1t a tn" coming
great industrial and manufacturing
/ center Of Virginia, for Hampton
worId,s rre,,.,, na,rr"I ~ III"
/ mas :. .r.n =, ,, m"' ""iS' IT
anch"r -, opa I'M. y'V sniPS 70
before s,a,., ~ u hhS. as
/ channel 10 the open sea. Ac,iy. .f-
forts are now being put forth to
secure --ioriI-foe t.-chanReI and 10
nook UP all sections OF The port with
'"''''''eH'
"l 'ht tn'hss mat Newport
,r,,rict,,.pi, W 'hc success OF us
/ h"r 49, ''eo snaiI boat mar
h,r, w say Mandy and safe
hrir. """t > pohts that
~ pioa!c'S ana the trade OF
.ne territory bordering ON all OF
dra,,.i, ".yis /" th's town ships
D,,,,1 'ttt "i water are ac-
! Th. So. at 'he municipal pier.
ne c,'N mas s.N-ra! hundred acres
/ iudus,riss i N"'." pie Tor new
w.,.r i''S Nv" miles Of
cos, ,h.. CIV d., " ",'' Mh''h mas
ia 80: iiS' ana last a lit
lash mas protected
$40 'ect OF Wher At any
~ sc,o,,,,, an" IL IS capable
, ,I,,o ''p small tratt at
! X.wn",, - "'ii'rS Coca.
P''' -H'"S mas ample bankin ing
within m. 80, 49,, "e odhnS
Hampton nrar,;,.,"i,. 'n'ee IN
ham, Newport News
arn,,nd s,S nan na" p"sL,s aEsrcSatinE
sets ~ W. ,Y ", ..o asSreeaied as
The Xcu.rnr, -, VOV'"po'
First Ea,inn.I ,.i, nanhS are the
stock Of sinm ono ~, p"'u-ih capital
900; IN, I.i,;yo, ri"S OF S"-"'-
win sioo ona an" aFihe sank.
nms NJ x,eo onn 800 ana sur
iinnaI uant, "e .chmeiZ Ma
stock ana s2-- Hno v"'Voo capital
mort \,ws Ea,i pi"s' inc New
00O capitaI stocE 30 WIN Sl'o'
$50 600: tho Ea,inn,I Vi urP'mS o'
with slo0 400 c,,,;,.I S hhhk'
surpIus az ,2onm ana
Bank, win s25 ma zen crson
a si,r,,i,'s .aPi'h stock and
banks have tb.;r 'i 'hese
buildings '"'usoiHc
with tho LARGO
big shipyards and ,bna Oh the
Of business ana v,;,n 81, ",ner ''hcs
rich conn,ry h,clt immensely
News has aIwavs cnin port
tail trade in ali Iinos "'s re-
suit some of tho snn., "' a." re-
have grown nm here 10 T., 90 sores
where in tho St,,. ""hu any
Wholesale trad. b.s dc. NE
up. w" o"iit