The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-13
CHARL0TTES ELECTRIC CARS
THEY ARE THERE AND NAMED
AFTER OUR VANCE AND
JARVIS.

The Power House Nearly Completed
aud the Machinery in Place-.-Char'
loites Auditorium that will Seat o.
600 Peopie---Her new Churches as
We'll ns Old.
[Stafr Cor. STATE CHRoNICLE.l
CHARLOTTE. N. q. May II 1t does
man good that loves progress IN our
great Southland to see the splendid ell
ectric car line being constructed in this
"queen city,"
Charlotte is indeed fortunate in the
selection Of her sys EN- and the securing
of the right men to construct it. The
fact that j is owned by her own patrio.
tic anl pablic spirited people is worth
notlug IN this day and time when foreign
corporations are coming Southwark and
chea iug some Of our best towns out of
valutb,e franchises which they study 10
abuse THIS electric car line will be the
pride OF the city not only because it will
inflse new life into her but also because
il IL owned by her people and operated
more for the convenience of its citiz ems
t1tn for the profit of an iron handed
foreign corporation.
Tas power house of the electric line is
tue on'y thing now that hinders the
pro opf starting of these ''electric whiz.
z'rs' uld this will be completed in time
Tor tn" glorious Goth. Already the cost.
ly aud ponderous machinery has been
pltc Il Ia position and four of the new
cars are upon the track. They are beau
tItuI J painted and equipped with all the
IN 'daen car appliances. Their names
which III themselves show the patriot,
tp-tt OF Charlotteans, are as follows
Np"e, Jarvis, Albemarle and Savanna
A.,
T1ase are but half the number that ar
Z ne, but tee full number will b.
J - IN short while. Already the peo
u. 1r; making ready the day of rejoic
l.8.
A Fortune in a Balloon.
f1s great Us bas nit upon one of tn
most novel plans of the century to ad
yecllse their great sale of Dilworth lots
lbey propose TO have balloon ascen
sion aad allow nothing to go up in tha
ba. on except tin can in which sha
be laacCd the deed to one of the mo:
desirable los in Dlworth. The persso
that t1ds this deed when the balloo
decen Is shall be the owner of the 10
i. Is uppjsed that hundreds OF peopl
wi sea ter themselves far and near i
order 10 pe present at the lucky spot {
tho dyccl-iou.
IN" eg' lencss that great crowd wi
BE- peeseu. on the eventful 20Oh al
many thousands of people are alrel
dy tuJ2gigg rooms for the three day
aud e.1lJ IN rclant and real estate ma
Ism king ready for the great day.
Oh that day the most desirable pla,
for refuge will be the magnificent Lat
PARK, Ia tue centre Of beautiful Di
worth, and the electric cars will ever
ready to convey people from the hea
Of the city to that delightful spot.
Chnrlotte's CommodiOus Auditorium
Daring the Music Festival it was I'll
intention Of your correspondent to Il
his K ileigh friends that Charlotte has ;
auditorium that can seat five thousal
people. Had this not have been in th
city this spring the famous Music FL
tyal could not have been attended
hundreds who did attend, and the W
ter is convinced that no North Carolil
towa of over five thousand inhabitau
should do without one. You 8
dom hear Of political conventi
IN which there is plenty Of room, b
mo of the time the crowd is oppressi'
These wide-awake Ohorlotte people ha
prepared against all emergencies. VIII
sam Jones comes to preach he has
audit lrium, when Evangelist Fife hol
his meetings he has the auditoriu
when the grand May Festival takes pl'
W hy- the auditorium and when po
icd conventions gather the auditory
l. ne place.
The Church Improvements.
There are three new church structu
soo4 TO be- finished for these religit
aud ,utelec ual people. The Methodi
OF Cryol Street, with DR.. Solon
Poole as pastor, are putting a SlO,
addition 70 their already large structu
the German Reform Presbyterians
erecting new and unique church
South Tryon and the members OF
Second Presbyterian church will pt
new one up shortly to cost twenty
thousand.
GEO. P. PELI