The state chronicle., 1892-11-29

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Winston Sentinel.
The Sentinel went to headquarters, as
usual, for the fullest facts about the dis
aster that yesterday deprived the Twin
City of one of its main features and Or
naments, the traveller of a comfortable
hostelry and the editor of his home.
1t found President Buxton had been
called out of town on important business,
but Manager Scoville and Mr.. Wilson,
manager of the company, were early up
to their eyes in work, the former assort
ing and cleaning and inventorying the
miscellaneous heaps of goods and chat
tells saved from the flames, and the lat
ter setting up desks and putting the new
office in that of Messars. Gray s. Jones,
to rights.
Mr.. Scoville was as affable as if in the
handsome halls he made so cheerful to
hundreds of guests ut is of course a
common loss, but peculiarly keen to
me-" said Mr.. Scoville "There wasn't
water enough in the two towns to have
drowned it. had full confidence in the
business, it improved right along and
was already self sustaining. My last re
port, covering about sixty days, showed
net loss of about $3.50 and my next re
port would have exhibited the hotel
maintaining itself. Everybody was kind
enough to say that they liked the hotel
/ had not thrown out my winter adver
tising lines, but already enquiries for
winter quarters were coming in and we
would have had all the people we wanted
and good people. l can't say just what
I am going to do except fix up this sal
wage. The Winston Salem people have
appreciated my work here and Mrs SEQ
vile and l feel very kindly their consid
Grafton and reception of u.s."
With this he cut off little quid of
tobacco and offered US one and kept
right on at work
Mr.. Wilson said: "Certainly l will
tell you all l can. 'rhe hotel was the
master piece of the company's work. The
main motive of the good citizens here,
who put SO much of this money into the
company, was to secure faultless home
if possible, for who ever came here Mr.
Fries had the same disposition in selling
the land around the hotel and made it
condition that hotel be built and a gooc
one. They knew people would come
and the town would grow and the Wes
End would be settled. 1t has been doing
that for years, but they wanted to hastel
1t represents two years of unbrokeI
thought and hopes aud work to me and
l was as proud of its unequaled grace o
architecture and its homelike and beauti
full interior as any body. My wife du.
we made it our home
! me hist sou anol on the house. furni
"The insurance<pg is 300 900. Tn
ture and everytb, - o~~--- :.
hotel complete cost over Si25, 900
Messrs. Buxton, Reynolds, Hinshaw
Gllmer Gray and Fries met me yester
day evening and unanimously resolve'
that it was the sense of the board to re
build as soon as practicable.
"They also instructed me to special
, thank through your columns the citizen
generally for the aid they gave in savin
what was saved; the fire companies {
both Winston and Salem for their promI
efforts to do whatever could be don
and the professors and cadets of tt
p Davis School for their efficient aid at tt
3 fire and for guarding the property take
! from the building. l don't think it ir
IS modest to say that the company b
r done a great deal for Winston SaleI
In May, 1890, not line W
drawn in the woods and clover fell
it owned. Yesterdays Thanksgivir
,r saw miles of macadamized streets,
1t street railway, almost two scores of han
7. some cottages, great modern hotel.
a course it will be rebuilt. Winst'
doesn't 60 backwards. Whoever thin
d so isn't citizen. He doesn't feel lii
o; our people feel. There is but one Wi
d. ston Salem Before the towers fell
there wasn't guest of the Twin CT
who had not had tie hospitalities OF
home opened to him. That's Thanh
of giving d ~ for you with all it's calami,
be 1--WE arc going right along with bu
m ness. I haven't got any clothing left. b
IT, I'll 60 my last shirt On the West End a
ur it will be cold day when freeze.
,ts ''The fire caught in the laundry.
es don't know how. The engineer was
he the Ryder engine at the low ciste
mo- When he got to the house he could !
,a' get into the engine rooms to start
N. the pump on account of fire and smo
l don't think anything could have say
the building. The wind whipped (
fire right into the house and the dr
ts, was frightful"
no L. o. o. r. Meeting.
,si. Manteo Lodge, No. 8, 1. o. O. F. ,
It meet in regular session tonight a