The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-03-09
THEY ALL SAY WINSTON
When Asked Where the Head Internal
Revenue Office Should Be.
BANK PRESIDENTS INTERVIEWED.

w nat PRESIDENT Gray, OF the imam Def
OF Commerce, Has to Say-Seyera
Tobacco Manufacturers Talk-Col
AIspaugh Says the Present Loca
tion Reminds-Him of an Old Adage
THE SENTINEL is still Of the opin
ion that the head office of the Fifth
Internal Revenue District should be
in Winston. 1t also contends that
the business men of the Twin-City
should put their shoulders to the
wheel and thereby lend a helping
hand in getting the best government
offie for Winston-Salem there is in the
district.
A SENTINEL representative has in
terviewed several of the leading citi-
zens on the subject, and here is what
Col. j. w. Alspaugh, president of the
First National Bank "Where the
burden Of tie tobacco business is done
there the head Office should be. As
Winston honestly lays claim to that
honor, she of course deserves the best
office. The present location of the
Office reminds me of the old adage of
the tail wagging the dog
W. A. Lemly, president of the Wa
chovia National Bank: 1T ought to
be in Winston. There is no doubt
about it. / am surprised that a
stronger effort has not been made by
the people of Winston-Salem to get
the best office in the district. When
the Office was here before, / am told,
an average of ten men came to the
to the Twin-City every day. The
Office is more important now than it
was then. When one takes into con-
sideration the amount of tobacco sold
and manufactured here, it would seem
that no other town in the district
should lay claim to it. Were the
office located here it would be big
drawing card for public build
ing"
Bank: 81 am heartily in favor of the
office being located in Winston. Think
it should be nowhere else The bust
ness men should work work for it.
J. A. Gray, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce 1.-THE large amount
of revenue paid out by our manufac-
turers entitle the office to be located
in chief tobacco town in the district as
well as in the State. / think the loca-
tion also sufficiently central to be
convenient for all sections, especially
the manufacturing part of the dis
trict."
P. Fl. Hanes & Co.: 1--WE favor the
head office being in Winston. Our
preference for collector would be
home man, but if we cannot get him
we would endorse the man that would
move the office here. Think steps
should be taken at once to get it in
Winston, if possible
R. J. Reynolds: 81 say the Office
should be in Winston every time.
Think it should be nowhere else"
W. W. Wood & Co.: In reply to
your inquiry as to where the Inter
nal Revenue Office of this the 9Th Dis
trict of n. c., should be located, we
beg to say. at Winston.
1st. Because here the greater part
of the internal revenue tax is paid.
End. Winston has the largest to-
bacco manufacturing interests of any
town in the districts in fact larger
than all others combined.
Sd. Winston has good railroad facil-
titles, better than any place where the
Office has heretofore been kept.
4th. 1t is in healthful locality, a
place eminently safe for business men
from all parts Of the district to visit
at any season of the year.