The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
TARHEELlNDUsTRIAL NOTES.

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TARHEELzNDUsTRIAL NOTES.
President Crowell has gone north
to study plans for erecting the build
ings for Trinity College at Durham.
The daily shipment of oysters
from Elizabeth City amounts to from
800 to 1000 gallons.
MIR. Geo. Vanderbilt is spending
four millions of dollars ON bis recently
acquired estate in Buncombe.
...John Inman and other parties are
contemplating the erection Of two half
million dollar hotels in Ashevilie.
The Episcopalians of Hickory
and Mors anscu will soon begin the
erection of Il handsome brick church
in each of those towns.
The Morehead Banking Cornpa-
ny will begin business at Burlington
about May 1st. w. L.. Holt is presi.
dent, and Armstrong Tate cashier.
...During the twelve months end
ing March 31st, POI buildings were
erected in Wilmington, at an approx
mate cost Of $4,000.
The Townsville Female College
was sold last week by President Rein.
hart to Prof Frank Curtis, of South
Carolina. He will take charge of it as
president in September.
.Asheville has voted an appropria-
tion of $4,000 for new marke ct
house and city hall, which will be
built at once OH the most elegant and
approved plan.
Reports from the eastern section
Of the county are all good for the
growing crops. There Is a fine stand
OF corn and cotton planting is pro-
crossing with the usual activity
Raleigh Visitor.
The North Carolina Steel and
Iron Company, at Greensboro, will at
an early day consummate its plans
and begin active operations ON a paid
capital Of half million dollars
POSTMASTER White announces that
the receipts of the postofice now emit
tie Greensboro to the free delivery
system. MI. White says the free de
livery will be in operation by fall
Greensboro North State
Burlington is making rapid
strides, towards the proportions of a
big town. We are informed that one
hundred houses have been built there
within the past year.-Raleigh Ne,us
and Observer.
w. Duke, Son & Company, the
well known cigarette manufacturers,
have decided to build at Durham a
cotton factory at which the speciality
will be the manufacture OF spool thread.
The factory will cost three hundred
thousand dollars.
dukes cigarette factory made last
year 49,, 600, 900 cigarettes, used 5000
600 pounds Of granulated and cut to-
baccos. and Z 100000 pounds of leaf,
and paid out $4,000 for advertise
ments. This volume will be increased
this year.
The Greensboro Workman learns
that the subscriptions for tn. steel
company have footed up to about $780,
900 and that when $500, 900 have been
subscribed the books of subscription
will probably be closed until sale of
land is made.
The Wilkesboro railroad will be
completed by the first of September.
1t is reliably intimsted that the R. &
D. r. R. company would be pleased to
extend the road on into Caldwell and
to Lenoir if any inducements are held
out.-Lenoir Topic.
There will be a railroad meeting
at Union Ridge P. O., Alamance
county, on Saturday, April 26, toSake
steps looking to the construction of the
railroad from Greensboro to Blue
Wing. A large attendance is expect
ed. Mr.. Thomas B. Keogh and 9th
ers will be present.-North State.
The Durham Globe says: A
company to manufacture ice has been
organized here, with capital of $780,
600. The plans and specifications are
expected today, and work on the build
ing will begin at once. By the mid
die of June everything will be in read
mess, and the capacity Of the factory
will be ten tons per day.
"A spirit of enterprise seems to be
abroad in North Carolina. We hear
of the old North State in the newspa.
pers more now than formerly: some of
the smallest and most insignificant
towns are looking up and compelling
recognition by their push and pluck,
and an Industrial boom is visible ev-
erywhere. J.qsrnal.
IA company has been recently or
ganized at Southport, with capitol of
100000 and officers chosen, for the
purpose of estab i,hing a coaling station
at that point, and to build wharves,
operate dredges, etc. Southport is
nearer the sea. highway of vessels by
more than 100. miles than Newport
News, the only considerable coaling
station on the South :...Atlantic coast,
and the organization of this company
is the. natural outcome .of the compile
ton Of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val
ley 1ailway.-Fdy'tteviile Observer.
The concert which the Salem Or
chestra gave in Greensboro last
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