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Title: A hand book of Virginia
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration Koiner, George W. (George Wellington), 1852-1939
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Publisher: Richmond, Everett Waddey Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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, martial and commercial, of the planet. A signal towernearly 100 feet above sea level warns mariners of approaching storms day andnight. More coal is handled here than any port on the continent, or in the world, except,probably, Berry and Corduy, England. This is perhaps, with Norfolk, the best coaling station on the continent, andits business in this respect has grown to enormous proportions, amounting to3,000,000 tons annually—requiring 65,324 cars, which, if strung together, wouldreach a distance of 457 miles. The record of this port for its coal business isprobably not equalled anywhere in the United States, and it is rapidly increasingin volume and importance. Reference to the coal business would be decidedly incomplete without particularmention of the increase in its foreign coal trade. The total value of goods that passthrough Newport News to and from foreign countries annually is about $50,000,000of which amount about $38,000,000 is exported and $12,000,000 is imported. The
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253 aggregate duties amount to $3,200,000, which shows a large increase for the pasttwo years, surpassing any other port in the United States in this respect. In all respects the city continues to grow rapidly. Building operations are active.The suburbs are becoming more thickly populated; Northern and Western farmersare settling on lands adjacent to the city for trucking purposes, and a large amountof outside capital is awaiting investment here. These and many other agenciesare contributing to the upbuilding of the city. Population of city, census of 1910, was 20,205, which is an increase of 15,756since census of 1890. This shows a phenomenal increase, and if the city continuesto grow in population the next five years as it has in the past five, it will boastof 40,000 or more inhabitants. It has a community of wide-awake and progressive people, which can but proveto be an important element in its future progress and advancement. NORFOLK. Commodore Maury, the noted Geographer and Path

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