Norfolk Virginian, November 28, 1890

Norfolk's Progress. Trade Relations With Accomac and Northampton.

reprinted from Cape Charles Headlight, November 25Development -- Boosterism

It is exceedingly gratifying to us to see the great progress and prosperity of our sister city Norfolk just across the Chesapeake Bay, thirty six miles distant from us, and we earnestly hope that the interest there may grow and enlarge until its limits and importance as a city may become more identified and appreciated by the Virginia peninsula, composed of the counties of Accomac and Northampton, and entirely separated from the Old Dominion by the beautiful Chesapeake Bay.

There is no reason why this should not be so, and with proper and judicious management of the transportation lines connecting us with Norfolk, these two counties can be brought into more intimate connections in various business transactions which we desire to see accomplished than now exists.

The situation of Norfolk, with its magnificent harbor and shipping facilities to all points, should place it in the front rank with all seaboard cities in the country, and with continued enterprise and push of the citizens and moneyed men of Norfolk, no doubt in a short while it will become one of the most important seaport towns on the coast.