The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-21
thusiasm, and with fear and trembling
we entered the
SWANNANOA HOTEL,

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deed! l will tell you a different tale to
that. From last January to the present
day we have takenin twice as many peo-
pie as ever before. Oh mean we have
taken twice as much money, not people,
of course Our business is most encour-
aging, and every prospect of crowded
house all winter and spring"
This caused our countenance to as
sumo once more it's usual benignly salts
fed expression, and we greeted on the
sidewalk one of the firm of
GIRDwooD & LEE.
Have we any demand for brick? l
am sorry to say we have not the brick
to meet the demand. We began our bus
iness few months ago with capital OF
$4,000. We have already increased it to
$4,000, and will begin to operate our
new improved Chambers Bros. machine,
the best in America, in few days. We
must make three million and half of
brick to meet the demand of our custo-
mcrs next year"
Such tidings cheered still more our
dropping spirits, and we decided to steer
clear of the medical fraternity, and next
addressed our friend
MR.. JAMES V. SEWER.
"The livery business" said he," is ex-
cellent, and has increased materially the
past year. observe each year demand
for better vehicles and horses, and we
liverymen know that this demand must
be met. Look in at my stock, as you are
so near"
The invitation was accepted, and we
glanced at twenty-five horses fat and
slick, and heard the telephone ringing
continually with orders.
"Ah! here's a risky venture" thought
we; perhaps we had better not apply
our question to
THE ASHEvILLE LIGHT AND POWER COM
PANY."
"Arn't you going to call on me?" said
the polite Mr.. B. M. Jones. Walk in,
walk in. Yes. Our receipts are gradu-
ally increasing; those for November are
larger than any preceding month. The
great difficulty is to meet the demand,
especially for incandescent lamps. We
must have another dynamo. We have
orders for twice the number of lamps we
can supply. We have added two thous-
and feet to our gas mains, and the de-
mand for it is steadily growing larger
and larger.
THE ASHEvILLE STREET RAILWAY"
continued Mr.. Jones, "is an entirely new
business 1t started on March /, with
three cars. We now have eleven. Our
employees are most faithful, and quickly
acquire efficiency. The freight business
promises well. We get the hauling of
almost all of the tobacco of this market.
Altogether the prospect is bright and en-
couraging."
"Ah! here's new line of business" :"
thought we; "surely there cannot be
much encouragement here. Yet anxious
to know the whole truth, we applied
the question of the day to
MR.. II. A. LINDSEY.
my business is to deal in minerals,
gems, relics and curiosities collected ex-
clusively in North Carolina. have been
engaged thus for FIVE years, and am
abundantly satisfied My sales grow
Fevery year at rapid ratio. came here
an invalid, and began, more for recrea-
ton than for business, with a stock
which displayed on top OF couple of
barrels. Now occupy half of this store,
and expect very soon to move into much
larger quarters, which have selected for
their proximity to the postoffice and
THE CITIZEN. My prospects never were
so bright, nor my health so good, as
now"
Wondering what the crowd meant
across the street, and anxiously seeking
an exciting local, we crossed over to see
who had been shot, but no accident,
nothing unusual had occurred; it was
merely the throng which daily gathers
and seeks admittance at
LAWS.
cause just at the door hangs lovely
misseltoe, and Mr.. Law has the good
taste to select the very incest young
ladies as saleswomen. So when they are
passing under the misseltoe this Christ
mas season, the temptation is irresisti-
BILE for other young ladies to enter,
hence the crowd. We soon caught the
proprietor's ear and cornered him in his
cozy Office, and he said:
II came to Asheville eight years ago,
and have met with steady encourage
ment. Beginning in cornor of store,
having only few shelves and the end OF
counter to myself My trade rapidly
demanded larger quarters, until as you
see to-day, those large store-rooms and
two Easements are packed and still in
sufficient. would likely have made
more money had been wisely selfish and
looked only to my own interest, but
cannot resist my love for artistic goods,
and now my customers will have no
other kind of me. On these the profit is
not so large as on cheaper grades, but
have every confidence both in my own
future and that of Asheville."
Good morning Mr.. Chambers. Aren't