The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-11-10
GREENSBORO.
THE CITY OF FLOWERS, PRETTY
GIRLS, AND GOOD HOTELS.
A CursOry Glance at her Prosperity and
her POssibilities--SOme of her 1ndus-
tries.

GREENSBORO, \ Ov. t.-N nen lne Ques-
ton is asked as to which is the most beauti
ful town in the State, if citizen of Greens
borO be present he is sure to claim this
coveted distinction for his native place. and
plead eloquentlv IN her behalf. he will re-
fer TO her broad and beautifully shaded
streets, her picturesque residences. her
wealth of lovely flowers, her beautiful wo
men, her number of scholarly and inteli-
gent citizens, and her many other attrac-
tons, and it is not TO be doubted that the
points in his arguments are nearly all well
taken
Very few places in North Carolina have
improved more rapidly than Greensboro
1t is true she has not sWelled her limits TO
any great extent, Cher residences have al
ways had an abundance Of elbow room,
which in most cases has been planted IN
evergreens and f1owers,) but it is noticeable
with what enterprise and energy her prop
erty owners have pulled down dilapidated
buildings and erected in their stead impo
sing edifices. There is much architectural :
beauty manifested in the business houses
and dwellings. No finer looking hotel
buildings are anywhere in North Carolina
than the MacAdOo and the BenbOw, and
the public building to be erected by the
Government will doubtless be very impo-
sing looking pile. l find that there is con-
siderable building going on and it is said
that it is difficult to employ either brick
fact that there is not vacant house in
town, rents are remarkably moderate
Coupling this fact with the presence OF
good market, and that the health is always
good, few places hold out better induce
ments to the stranger than Greensboro.
From time immemOrial gout has been
considered very aristocratic complaint
and the belief has prevailed that epicurean-
ism is the natural predecessor of refinement
and culture, therefore the hotels of place,
not infrequeutly Indicate what manner OF
town it is. Basing our argument on these
premises, we arrive at a conclusion at once
1attering and complimentary to Green's
boro, because no place in North Carolina
unless it be Charlotte, has such excellent
hotel accommodations as the city of
flowers. The two hotels here are first class
IN every particular, the MacAdoo, known
to the travelling public as the Gem II oteI
Of the State,'' is doubtless the best Of the
two, and among the coslest and most
thoroughly equipped IN North Carolina
The cause of education has ever found
some of its warmest adherents in Green's
boro. The Female College here is splen-
did institution, and is every way worthy
of the liberal patronage bestowed by
North Carolinians and parents in many
other States. It is now in a most flourish
ing condition, having 100 students in at
tendance, a greater number than ever be-
fore in its history. Much interest is man
Tested in graded school education, and
the two schools here have about six hun
dred pupils. The Law School of Judges
Dick and Dllard, at which SO many Of our
abest legal practitioners have been grad
uated, is as popular as ever, and now has
eighteen students.
keing the distributing point of railroads
to Richmond, Charlotte, Raleigh and Win
ston, Greensboro has mercantile future
before her, fraught with the rarest posi-
blites. and when the Cape Fear and Yad-
kin Valley Railroad reaches here, she will
enjoy a boom the like Of which has scarce
ly been experienced before by any other
town in North Carolina. When this
great industrial event occurs, her mer-
chants can feel assured that they will
handle thousands of dollars of trade that
had hitherto fallen to the share Of Raleigh
When the same road has extended its
length to Walnut Cove, in Stokes county,
and thence on to Mt. Airy. and built the
contemplated feeder from Danbury to the
former place, the boom if great before,
will be simply miraculous then, and The
CHRONICLE may expect great things Of
the City Of Flowers. 1t is already rail
road centre of much Importance, and is
better known to the travelling public than
! any other town in the STATE. When the
! Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Road is
completed its Importance in this respect
Greensboro has good number Of man.
| ufacturing concerns which vii in time at
| tract others. The spoke and handle works
| of Mr. ThOs Mcmahon is among those OF
the most Importance. They are situated
near the railroad and the tourist can easily
! see the buildings as he leaves the town
coming East. One is small wooden shan
ty, and just beside it is hugh brick build
ing On the hill behind these is an elegant
residence, with tasteful and luxuriant sur
| roundings. Mr.. Mcmahon started busi-
| ness few years ago and was then a poor
man. The shanty is the building he began
in, the mill-like looking structure is hi-
present factory. The house on the hill is
his home A very pleasant example OF
| cause and effect. He is urable to supply
the steadily increasing demand for spokes.
He ships them to all parts of the world,
and it is claimed that the carriage in which
the Car Of Russia rode to his coronation
| had wheels in which were spOkes made at
Mr. McMahon's factory. The sash, door
and blind factory Of Messrs. w. D. Men
| denhall & Co. is another important wood
| working establishment, like wise the North
Carolina Spoke and Handle Factory.
There are three large iron working es
tablishments, Of which the Sergeant Manu-
featuring Co., IS the largest They manu-
facture agricultural implements, stoves, tur
bine water wheels, and many other articles
~
and Walnut Cove are built Greensboro will
become another Chattanooga With the
iron of Stokes and the coal of Chat
ham rolling mills will spring up here
like magic. There are two brick yard:
here which are operating fine quality OF
clay, which expect to see later on utilized
in potteries. There are three flour anC
grist mills and one mill. There art
three tobacco factories in operation anC
another very large one going up. There i:
also cigar factory which works about tel
hands.
There are three things which always i'm
press the visitor at Greensboro. First th,
hotels; sc cond, the existance Of two dali,
papers, (and three weeklies) and third th'
fact that the streets are lit up with gas. I
is something unusual for place of this slz
to boast of any one of the above, especial,
the last named, but it only goes to show tn
existence here of that enterp1ising push
that indomitable pluck before which ali op
poo;ticpo u,uct fade Thoca throo far :