. The Street railway journal . numerous coast-^aod iflls^nd cities in Xirginia, North andSouth Carolina and Maryland. The situation of Norfolk is such that it is practically sur-rounded by waier, there being but one rail route with a di-rect connection into the city proper. The New York,Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad, Southern Railway,Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Seaboard Air Line Railway,Norfolk & Southern Railroad, Norfolk & Carolina Rail-. POWER STATION AND CAR HOUSE AT TANNERS CREEK a battleshij) remarked, while passing between these capes,Here lies the gateway of the world. This was manyye
. The Street railway journal . numerous coast-^aod iflls^nd cities in Xirginia, North andSouth Carolina and Maryland. The situation of Norfolk is such that it is practically sur-rounded by waier, there being but one rail route with a di-rect connection into the city proper. The New York,Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad, Southern Railway,Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Seaboard Air Line Railway,Norfolk & Southern Railroad, Norfolk & Carolina Rail-. POWER STATION AND CAR HOUSE AT TANNERS CREEK a battleshij) remarked, while passing between these capes,Here lies the gateway of the world. This was manyyears ago, but the development of the shipping and otherindustries of Norfolk harbor has long since justified thesewords. Eastern capital has realized the importance of Nor-folk, and appreciated its advantages to the extent thatmany millions of outside money have found safe and profit-able investment in Norfolk and its suburbs. Norfolk proper has a population of 50,000, and is thecommercial center of Portsmouth, llcrkley, Newport News,Hampton, Old Point, Lamberts Poiiit and other smallertowns. Her wholesale merchants supi)ly the demands of road, Atlantic & Danville Railroad, Atlantic Coast LineRailway and other rail routes are compelled to transfertheir freight and passengers by steamers and barges. Thenumerous vessels necessary for the conduct of this businesscreates a condition of never ending activity in the harl)or. The electri
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