. The Street railway journal . the-Roads. The grounds of thePiney Beach Hotel immediately adjoin the 20 acreswhich comprise the entire real estate holdings of the Nor-folk & Atlantic Terminal Company at Norfolk-on-the-Roads. This hotel is being equipped with every facilityfor the conduct of a high-class hotel business, and, nodoubt, will materially assist in the development of the rail-road companys resort. Norfolk being on the seacoast, is the outlet for thousands advertiser, carrying its schedule in some fourteen dailypapers; small local reading notices are scattered throughthe columns of th
. The Street railway journal . the-Roads. The grounds of thePiney Beach Hotel immediately adjoin the 20 acreswhich comprise the entire real estate holdings of the Nor-folk & Atlantic Terminal Company at Norfolk-on-the-Roads. This hotel is being equipped with every facilityfor the conduct of a high-class hotel business, and, nodoubt, will materially assist in the development of the rail-road companys resort. Norfolk being on the seacoast, is the outlet for thousands advertiser, carrying its schedule in some fourteen dailypapers; small local reading notices are scattered throughthe columns of the journals, calling the attention of the])ublic to the many attractions at Piney Beach and the de-lights of a trip over the great double-track historicalscenic route. The latter phrase was coined from the factthat the cars of the company run alongside of elaboratebreastworks which were erected by the Confederatesduring the civil war. Several carloads of cannonballs andfragments of exploded artillery have been unearthed and. TYPICAL STATION ALONG LINE OF ROUTE arranged in pyramids for the inspection of tourists. Thewharf ])roperty of this company is built on the spot atwhich was fought the memorable battle of the Monitorand the Merrimac. The results from advertising havebeen most satisfactory. The entire plant and system of the Norfolk & AtlanticTerminal Company was devised by the J. L. LUackwellCompany, Incorporated, of Baltimore, the constructionbeing done tmder the personal supervision of its chief en- 250 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. io. gineer, J. B. Scott. The general contractors for the entiresystem were the Sanford & Brooks Company, of Balti-more. To the Blackwell Company, its engineer, Mr. Scott,and the Sanford & Brooks Company, much credit is duefor the successful manner in which many difBculties weremet and surmounted. The officers of the Norfolk & Atlantic Terminal Com-pany are: D. Lowenberg, president; H. L. Lowenberg,vice-president and general counsel; C
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