The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-10
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Winston Salem Compliment Their
Guests with a Banou-.

Guests with a BanQuc..
The business men of Winston Sa-
lem gave II supper at Hotel Quincy
| last Saturday night in honor of Mr..
+. J. Sprague. Vice President IF the
Sprague Electric Motor Co of New
York, and of the Winston Electric
Street Railway CO., and Mr.. j. III.
McClement, secretary and treasurer
of the Street Railway Co.
| The table was in the form of cross
and loaded with everything desira bic
that our market affords. Capt. Mast,
Winston's Mayor, presided, and
Messrs. Spruage and McClement were
seated, respectively on his right and
left. =
The following gentlemen, repre-
sentative of Winston-Salem's indus
| tries, We're present:
/ E. L. Hawks. j. f. Gilmer, F. H.
Fries, w. A. Lemly, G. H. Fogle, r.
!. Reynolds. g. W Hinshaw, A. B.
Go4-,-ll. :. E. Allen, G. b. Watson.
". 4. Blli J. ! III ~. J. w. H,'"s,
!. |. Luiin.v. y. II. Hugs. T. }
sheppard. L. l. Cnn,ller,~4Sipt. d. 7.
Mast. j. W. Mcfarland. Ulelrant. VI.
y. Williamson, c. Buford, E. G.. Ed
munds. W. T. Gray, Watt Martin. V.
w. Long, j. W. Goshen and J. O.
Foy.
The first toast of the evening was
ELECTRICITY the Coming Motor" re
sponded to by Mr. T. j. Sprague. He
explained in a lucid wav the, three
systems of moving cars: by overhead
and underground wires and by stor-
age batteries. The two last. he said.
| were as vet experimental, while the
overhead wire-System was in practi-
cal every-dayllse-in. maay.eities and
| would be put in Winston-Salem. He
spoke pleasantly of Winsoon-Salem
and complimented it's push and prog
ress. He expressed the belief that
| within five years We would have Il
population of 25 900
Two points he expressly desired to
impress upon our business men in
connection with telephone system.
One was that they should require the
Bell Telephone Co. to put in a com
plete metallic circuit, and the other
that they should not allow any I'M
necessary poles to disfgure the town
Mr.. Sprague's thorough knowledge
of electrical affairs and his excellent
business-sense make his opinions
| most valuable. We notice in an art
icle in iSc.ibne1's Magazine for this
month that he is called Zone of the
most successful Electricians Of the
modern school," Hell apparently yet
under 30 years of age and his high
standing is an argument that goes to
| prove that nowadays Il man doesn't
have to become old before he can
achieve distinction either in science or
finance. III
G.. B. Watson Esq. next followed
and spoke to the toast THE South
! as a Field for Investment" He dwelt
on the inexhaustible beds of mineral
that underly this whole Piedmont
section and spoke particularly of the
vast water power that Will be made
available by the Winston Wilkesbo 20
| r. r. and the timber which wiz be
brought into the market
Col. Frank Fries made happy eff
| fort to the toast "Winston-Salem,o
| and spoke of the great Development
! that has followed and will contiue to
follow the building of SO many rail,
| roads to our city. In his tribute to
| the progress of our town he was con,
sentative though warm enthusiastic
though keeping strictly within the
| bounds of absolute facts. a. i
These were all the speeches on the
program, but very happy and we'll
received remarks were made by Messrs
J. H. McClement, Z. l.. Hawkes. and
w. A. Blair.
The banquet was a success. 1t full
| filled it's mission. 1t introduced oul
business men to two young men o
fortune who have placed large inter
ests here, and it showed our visitors
that Winston-Salem are in hearty
sympathy with them and will do al
that is possible to make their enter
prise here a success.
The New Workers. aud the Winston
Salem folks left the table with a mu
tual good opinion of each other, and
it is unnecessary to say that whenever
Messrs Sprague and McClement come
to Winston again they viii be tender
ed every courtesy possible by a hos
pitable and a generous people. ga
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