The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-16
WELDON, N. C.
ONE OF THE COMING TOWNS OF
EASTERN CAROLINA.
Its Vast Water Power, Excellent Rail-
road Facilities and Superior Natural
Advantages.
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The A,gonaut notes with great
pleasure the existence of conditions al
many points in Eastern Carolina
which afford undoubted assurance O
immediate and rapid growth, and will
from time to time call attention to
them. Notably among these places
is Weldon, in Halifax county, ane
Springhope, in Nash county. Both O.
these places have natural advantages
and a combination Of favorable con.
ditions which will compel rapid
growth.
Weldon is located in a splendid ag
| ricultural country. The Roanoke rivel
lands are as fine corn lands a:
can be found on the cont
nent. The Roanoke lands used to be
called the Egypt of North Carolina.
The uplands contiguous to Weldon
are splendidly adapted to all the crops
of this section. 1t has first class trans.
portation facilities, over eighty trains
arriving and departing each day. But
that which constitutes the most i'm.
portant factor in the growth ol
Weldon is its magnificent water
power. The Roanoke Canal Com
pany can develop about $1,000 horse
power, which, except one, is the best
power in the United States. The
canal, eight miles long, is nearly COM
pleted and it is expected that the
water CAN be turned in by the first OF
June. This power will be utilized by
the establishment of number OF
factories at Weldon. The company
which is developing this power, has
erected an elevator and grist mill of
large capacity which will be ready to
commence running as soon as the canal
is completed.
The great Falls canal is under con-
struction and will develop 1000 horse
power. A number of large manufact-
uring establishments are already en-
gagged to be erected on this power
when completed. These two canals
will give, fully developed, $4,000
horse power, sufficient to run a vast
amount of machinery, and it will all
be employed This in itself will make
Weldon a great manufacturing city.
The conditions at Springhope are
much the same. 1t is in the midst OF
one of one of the finest farming: sec
| tions of the State. Not only cotton,
grain and all the other crops of this
section, but its lands are peculiarly
adapted to the production of the
golden leaf tobacco which is the most
profitable. Nowhere in the world can
finer tobacco be raised than in this
section. In close proximity to the
town are large bodies of finest pine and
hard wood timber. Springhope also
has near it one of the finest water
powers in the State, and power which
possesses the great advantage of en-
abling mills to be placed so that high
water can never affect them. This
power has such advantages that it is
bound to be utilized. The conditions
we have mentioned cannot exist in
combination, as they do at this point,
without resulting in the prosperity and
rapid growth of the place. Already,
from forest three years ago, the town
has grown to be thriving business
place, and is growing now more rap
idly than ever. Sprlnghope and Weldon
are among the coming towns OF
Eastern Carolina, and their rapid
growth, and consequently large en-
hancement of values, is as certain as
that any effect will follow an adequate
cause.
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