The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-01-17
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\ OFT never saw people faces look
brighter in Winston-Salem than to-
day Though the last year has been
one of financial depression all over
the country, most of our people have
made money, and they look into the
future with pleasant anticipations.
The town has grown, new railroads
are being built, new men are coming.
in and new industries are afoot.
As a means of helping on the
growth and prosperity of the city,
THE SENTINEL thought it would be a
good idea to get the views of the
leading BUSINESS men and then bend
its energies to securing what they de-
sired.
Below we print all the answers re
ceived to our two questions: First,
What is the one thing most need
full for the advancement of Winston
Salem? Second,-Which is the best
way to go about getting it?
We regret that some o; our most
prominent men failed to reply, but
the following answers are from
thoughtful, aggressive men, wholOv
the town, and their suggestions are
of the highest value:
Mr.. r. l.. Gambler: Give us new
hotel. better streets, and abolish hog
pens.
Mr.. T. l.. Vaughn: Come forward
with your vim. and money and help
build n firSt-claSS hotel.
Maj Ham Scales: A first-class ho-
tel, built by a joint stock company
with shares of $40 or more.
DIR. C. J. Watkins: 1st We need
most a commodious hotel. I'd. A
greater variety of manufactures.
Messrs. Fogle Bros: More unity
of action in public enterprises. Sec
ond, let every man pay his share.
Mr.. w. T. Carter: A first-class ho-
tel Get ten of our wealthiest citizens
to take ten shares each of 81 900 a
share.
Messrs. p. III. Hanes & Co.: First,
a wide-awake, well edited paper and
a good hotel. Second. the way to
get it is to pay for it.
Maj. John g. Young: First, dis
pense with the miserable and abomi-
nable miasm of hog pens. Second,
build a hotel. Both can be done.
Prof. w. A. Blair: LIST, A large,
first-class hotel with all modern con-
veniences. ID Let the Chamber of
Commerce take the matter in hand
Mr. S. Rosenbacher: l think we
need a first-class hotel here and the
only way of getting it is to form a
stock company and issue about 500
shares of 500 each,
Mr.. NJ n. Williamson: First, |
will say first-class hotel, sufficiently
large fot city of so, 900 people. Sec
ondly, built by a joint stock compa-
n.y. In my opinion this would do
the towns more good just now than
any one thing that we could do.
Mr.. Cicero Tise: First, an electric
street railway and then a new court
house, for which purposes bonds of
a sufficient amount should be issued
to run 30 years at 4 per cent. inter
est. LIE: the business men of the town
who have sufficient grit in their crops
take action at once.
Mr.. C. A. Hege: We need more
money with more diversified manu-
featuring establishments, properly
managed. Second: We can secure
these by thoroughly advertising our
resources and advantages, SO as to
make people generally believe, what
we do ourselves viz, that we have
one of the most desirable locations
in the U. S., with mild and healthful
climate.
Mr.. S. E. Allen: / can conceive OF
nothing so much needed as splen-
did hotel, which l think should be
built by a stock company, literally
subscribed to by our wealthy citizens
and in a like ratio by those in mod
crate circumstances, and in small
way by every citizen of our towns
who could spare as much as $40. ]
believe, however, there has already
been too much said by our newspa.
pers on the subject and think it
would be well if they would cease to
agitate for time.
Eugene E. Gray, ESQ.,: First, hold
the position that has been secured as
the leading Plug Tobacco Market
and while pushing the tobacco inter
ests let everybody promote and en-
courage new industries. Let Wins
ton-Salem prepare to take advan
tage of the lumber that may be OBJ
tanned in the country opened up by
the new railroads, and let wood
woI king establishments of various
kinds, however small, be started
Let the tobacco and timber of thu
Piedmont section be worked here fol
all they are worth. Second: Let tn,
manufacturers continue Gas they ne
doubt Will to maintain the STANDARD
of their various brands and thu,
hold the trade they have built up. A,
to lumber, / am told that the pin,
timber of this upper country is supe
rior to Eastern pine, that the Wilkes
Sufry, Stokes and Ashe "woods ar
full of splendid oak, hickory, ash
walnut and other valuable trees, ant
you know, wood is used for as man,
purposes as iron. If not manufact
ured here, their lumber will go som
| where else.
Mr.. G.. w. Hinshaw: The contin
ued prosperity of Winston-Salen
does not depend on any one thin,
being done. There are number {
things that can be done that will adj
very materially to the prosperity {
this community. Among others
will mention: Building a railroa
from these places to High Point
connect with the road being bull
| from that place via Randleman
Asheboro; the extension of the Re