The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04
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ment, Greeuville needs many thing
which will doubtless come Ia time.
Rome was not builtln da,; aud no
city, even In this land of magic
grOwths, has ever sprung forth, fnl
armed aud pamphlet Ia AN cuumrl
alton OF the rity's needs u trsi.clH,'
hotel, lsrge enough 10 accou modH'n
the ever increasing stream ot tmve.
and conducted on strictly modern
plan, has been the first consideration
for years past. Had il not not been
for The numerous Interruptions to
which tho cIty's Advancement and
prosperity has been subjected, ttf
project would no doubt have long
since materaIi2ed, Several ttm0s the
formation ola company for tins pur.
pose hAs been attempted, Eligible
LOIS have been selected, aud th'
scheme. has been SO near realization thai
plans have been submitted, when some
calhmitous aud Unforeseen occurrence
has forced the projectors 10 abandon
their purpose. The hotel acc0mmo-
dations, while far bettor and
greater at present than at any past
time, have never been adequate to or
worthy OF the enterprise and pro.
grsssiVeness of the city, 1t will scarce
ly be doubted by any one familiar
with the town and its volume Of bust
ness aud travel, that = hotel building
containing hundred rooms, fitted
up with sll the customary hotel &C.
eessories, aud placed under competent
ana experienced management, would
shortly prove an investment as re-
muneratiye to It's projectors as al.
VRDtsgeOus and desirable TO the
city Itself
As market GreenVilIe possesses
singular advantages. The products
OF the uorth-west, the famous meats
Of the grain regions, are all to be had 10
periGetiOn,tO say nothing OF lhoscutIl.
country around. Nmteraud suumr
the Delta market gardens flourish.
providing an ahu dance of the hup-
vegetables grown at Greeuvile's very
doors; and its grocers aud caterers
keep on hand, even in the depth OF
winter, supplies of the tender garden |
vegetables brought from the gulf
region, As a market for fish, game, |
oysters, crabs, turtle and III The PRO. |
duels of the waters Of the gull tbe cry |
Is unuvaIled, While tbe Delta is too |
famous for lis game, veuisou qaail, |
turkey, etc, to ueed more than agss=
Ing notice. A Jhuroughs modaruI
hotel, kept by manager alive to his
advantages and possibilities, would
make the city famous with the travel.
iRg public.
Another pressing need is an incroas-
ed volume of capital with which TO
transact the business which is So fast
its facilities. It Is true
The town possesses three banks, all of
them in fourlsbiug condition, butt
each Of them is sensible constantly CfI
The urgent need for an increase oil
heir capital, The amount of business
they are required to transact is too
heavy for their equipment 1t is
growing yearly and lbe pre-aIHe
nature Of this need was never mor
heavily felt than at the present ue I
when more business in ever, line
probably being transacted uau nj
my former time in th clty's history i
A cotton mill has been a pet pro
ect of business men for years past.
some time ago The TINES published ,
IN editorial showing the gradual re-
aoVsl OF northern milling interests
zom the northeast TO the South At !
sntic States aud The wonderful l
growth and Improvement which has c
the establishment of uumer- I
)us small mills in the comparatively {
1oOr and uDterj'e counties al North
yarolina Grceugille wautsa cottauI s
nil OF cOurse--ne ct moderate size 4
will be better than none al al, bal, a
be would prefer an enormous one. +
he bigger the better, which should be r
he central point and headquarters gI
lalf hundred smaller ones scattered
trough the cotton fields of the Delta !
rom Greenville to Carrolton and
rom Memphis 10 Vlcksburg. It's
srdly probable that this state OF z
hings will be realized until security [
rom overflow is assured, but that a.
ecurity Is now almost in sight. and .
be prophecy of a cotton mill on a
very ten square miles Of the Delta is I
asily possible Of tuldlment at a not d
cry distant future day When this /
the case, il may be assumed that
ne Delta Will have reached the STATE e.,
f agricultural development which il
S legitimate right; but the consequent
rosperity can hardly be describ ID
'lthout the risk Of appearing wildly a
zsraFagant The time will assuredIy Il
)me, however, when the greater +,
art OF the cotton production of The fl
eita Will be woven and mgnufac. II
red on its own soil. II
While the subject o. factories Is n
nder discussIOU, lte a>rsffsr.. 5r.r,.a. h
nifty for the tstaJIishmnul fan TX &,
nsiVe wagon maputaclor9 mu. Ire i,
Also the manufacture o.. M
lex aud tile fabrics ana furniture r.
he Delta is probably a more liberal n
'tron OF the great wagon makers of AZ
inois and Indiana than any other IN
elton of equal extent in the Union. h,
8 great plantations require many We dr
Giles for farm use, aud the wear and 10
ar upon them by reason of bad n,
ads, careless labor, aud the Immense er
lfdsns transported is excessive m
lmost yearly the supply on each ri
ace must be repIenished, the cost Of bi
CD wagon being Increased by the 81
pense of importing it from fac. n,
ry perhaps nearly thousand miles Ct
7ay =,
1he demand for brick aud all build. ID
z materials is greater than the sun Ii.
H. t b.,