The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-28
A G0-AHEAD TOWN.
PROGRESS Is THE WATCH-WORD
IN MOUNT AIRY.
Preparations Already Being Made On
A Large Scale For Big Summer
Crowd At This Healthy Town.

A Large Scale For n Big Summer |
Crowd At This Healthy Town.
(Stan Cor STATE CHRoNICLE.D
MorST AIRY, N. c., March 26, Oil
Since our last visit to this enterprising
city away up m ,ng the hills of West
ern North Carolina We see good many
marks of improvement. New stores have
been erected and occupied by enterpris.
ing business men. An opera house with
seating capacity of about seven hun
dred, and all stage paraphernalia, such
as scenery, dressing rooms; and, in fact,
everything TO make 1T neat and at trac-
tive Hall, has been finished. The organi-
zation of the Granite City Land and I'm
provement Company, which was per-
fected last September, has given new
impetus to the growth of the town.
They own one hundred thousand acres
of land, improved and unimproved.
They have leased the new Roberts hotel
for five years. This house will accom-
nj )date comfortably about three hun.
dred guests. 1t is four story brick
building with bout l25 feet front and
running back about 100 ttet The house
Nlll hereafter be known as "The Blue
Ridge Inn" This house is soon to be re-
furnished and fitted up with all modern
improvements, such as water works, elec-
trlc bells, &c and will be opened about
the 10Th OF May for the reception of
summer guests. From the top of this
building one can get as fine view Of
mountain scenery as can be seen in the
State In addition to this house is the
Mt. Airy Hotel, owned by J. I. and w.
4 Moore. This house, while not SO
large as the Blue Ridge Inn, is
neat aud first class in every re
spect, we'll filled up and will accomo
date about 40 guests comfortably. The
Centeral Hotel is frame building with
three stories and basement. This house
is run by an old knight Of the grip mine
host Il. b. McCargo who knows
full we'll how to cater to comfort OF The
BOYS, better known as DrummerS. In adj
tiou TO the Hotels mentioned there al
qa;te number of private boardin!
no ises so it will be seen from the abov
that IS a summer resort, there is no lacl
for Accommodations, and so far as pure al
good waters and hospitality there
enough TO supply the world and hav
some to spare. The White Sulphu
Springs is distance of
miles from Town Gust a pleasan
driye) has been noted for over 10 year
and the many hundreds of people wh
have b ,en benefited by the use of it ca
rive full evidence of it's curative prope
lies. We are informed that certain pa
les have an option on this spring prope
is for thi,ty days for the amount of $50
600 The highest thing of the kind
the state, aud we might say in Il
United States, is just one and ha
miles from Mt. Airy. We allude to Il
nlt rock, as it has been called for year
but to us looks more like mounta
of solid granite 1t covers about tif
or sixty acres, which is exposed to Il
eve. and there ia no telling how mai
miles it extends in this county. III
NAV appear to some as strong languag
but il any one is inclined to doubt
lust come and see for yourself. Tt
nroperty has been bought by
company composed of enterprising &c
tlemen of this State and they have open
no one of the finest gray granite qui
ries with on inexaustible supply of t
finest rock of the kind, we venture
saw. that has ever been put on
market IOT any uhPOoO Ava F"
can be used. They are now getting
car loads of block for street paving
slabs of various dimensions for all XIII
Of building purposes. One of the g
tlemen at work told me that he has bt
working in stone quarres for quit
number of years and that he has 81
about all of the important stone quar-
throughout this country, and that
hat a
1t is easily worked, not being cove
with as much as handful or DIRT.
lies in layers ranging from two an
half to five feet thick and splits aim
as smooth and straight from the tor
the bottom without cracking as II
was layed off. One of the workmen
us that they could get out any SIZE ro
of any length and width, of the
largest dimensions desired.
We could fill page easily about
wonderful formation OF nature Out 10
wait until some other time.
There are in Mt. Airy six plug
bacco factories and four IN the lmm
ate vicinity from two TO 1our III
There are three cigar factories, three
bacco warehouses, from thirty to thl
five business houses, such as dry go
groceries, hardware, furniture, NC,
livery stables, four saw ana planning Il
. sash, blind and door factories; .
yards; l spoke and handle factory
many other small industries that G
make up live, pushing, thriving
town. Last, but not least, 1t has hf
good local newspaper as any count
the State the Yadkln Valley Ne'
edited by Bro T. j. Lowry, who la
a -, Of Nnr
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
way gives the citizens an outlet to a
port town, Wilmington, distanc
-about $50 miles Within the next tv
- - expected that the g: