The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-20
ALL AROUND THE CITY.
A Charming Ride in New Raleigh Re
built Electric Car.

The News and Observer rode on pass
all around the city yesterday after
noon, and here goes for an exchange
Of courtesy"
Manager Carpenter must be protected
from the grand jury, and if half-col-
umn-for twenty-five thousand people
to read-will be sufficient compensation
for our three miles of free ride in COM
pany with a car full of clever fellows
we intend to adjust the account. But
for fear that somebody will say that
we are selling out to the Raleigh Elec-
trio Company, we are going to say to
Mr.. Carpenter: "Here, Cap'n, take your
nickle. And now be claim the right to
fill the half column full of just such
comment as we please. So here goes:
A bran-spanking new car, just re-
built at the shops in Raleigh, with new
trucks, new upholstery, new paint, new
beauty all about it-came up Fayette-
vile street yesterday afternoon and
stopped in front OF the Marlborough
House.
Mr.. Eugene Carpenter, the superin-
tendent of the company, was on it, and
within a few moments he was surround
ed by number of his friends. The
motorman applied the motor, the troll
leyman the trolley and the new Raj
eigh rebuilt car went gliding over the
rails as smoothly as a bicycle on
boulevard. Out Blount street to the end
Of the line, then back, and down to the
power house, where a half hour was
spent looking at the plant. 1t is all
frst-class, with mammoth engines and
boilers and dynamOs and switch boards
and a thousand and one electrical ap-
paratus, every machine moving just
like a clock, one plant sending 100 horse
power of current out on the trolley
wires to keep the cars moving all over
the city, another one sending volts by
the million over other wires to touch
up the arc and incandescent lights all
over the city; still another one manu-
featuring electric force to send out and
touch off the News and Observers and
other electric motors to set printing
presses and other machinery into mo-
ton.
The departments are all well arranged
and well manned and over embers of
the disastrous fire that occurred a few
months ago has arisen a plant that dis
counts the one consumed and that is a
credit to Raleigh, and especially so to
Mr.. Carpenter and his assistants,
Messrs. r. l.. Sapp and Charles
Johnson. The new buildings are
built as near fire proof as
possible and the new plant consists of
enough boilers, engines and dynamos to
have some always in reserve in case of
an accident.
The winter cars are all being re-
built here at home, and no better work
could be done anywhere. They are well
arranged, beautifully painted, nicely up
holstered and as comfortable as first
class mechanism can make them.
Leaving the power-house the party was
taken out Hillsboro street to the Expo
sition Grounds, where cigars, etc, etc.,
ETC., were enjoyed. The etcs. were not
birds on toast, but they were toasts on
birds and other pleasing subjects.
Mr.. John G. Drewry remarked going
out Blount street that within a year
that would be the handsomest street in
the South. Cali right" repried Mr. Car
penter, 'and by that time we will have
The finest electrict street railway service in
the South" and these gentlemen both
mean what they say.