The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-10

have learned to measure, to saw. to II
uieces of timber not by reading about
II but by the application of muscle and
elbow grease. and they have learned
thn;r business well. These five new
Tucker buildings. each nearly completed
are sufficient to establish their: reputa-
tion MS first class. reliable contractors, if
tbev had done no other work :ln the
community.
As Raleigh grows on into a: city OF
% OOO neople. and then until 1t :has 0O'-
OO0 the Fords will keep mp with the
procession and be found making 3he WEI
kim ring with the sound of the 9ahlller
and the saw as the seasons go by.
They are agreeable, clever geptlehleh'
and stand by their contracts till thc Key
j. ready TO turn.
MESSRS. ZACHARY x ZACa1AR1
One of the recently established busi'
ness concerns in Raleigh is the popular
firm of dealers in builders supplies
Messrs Zachary < Zachary whose otfice
is on Martin street, opOsitep the FafK
hotel These gentlemen are adopts ~
lumber handling, from the STUMP to th"
| building. and know just what lumber =
, and what is is worth. They are meh
Of superior attainment i'll their Enc ana
deal with their friends on the basis ol
strctest business integrity and fairness
and when they have applied their cXpc-
| riance and facilities to the iilling 81
contract every element III it is fully met,
and buyer and seller arc the gamers.
| Messrs. Zachary & Zachary have Il
trade that extends all owe" the country
anG are among the busiest of the III
dustria forces that 90 to make up Raj
e.gh's every day life.
! With the recent building impatus OF
the capital city they have kep1 pace
furnishing to the builder and Gontrac-
tors much of. the material that has gone
into our new architecture. They arc
clever business men and their patrons
are their best friends.
NEW. BRICK MAKER.
In connection with Raleigh:s new
building activity it is well to nstc the
newly organized Raleigh. brick company
tunes into the businesstswr!pS !tsimlp
which has recently east its fortunes into
the business activity of the city.
1t takes brick to build houses--g good,
| up-to-date, substantial houses. 1t: takes
good brick to build good houses, and It
takes men who know their business t.
make good brick, and it takes go0dsbrick
clay to make good brick Then again,
it takes money to prepare for making
brick on a large scale, such n scale as
the growth Of Raleigh makes necessary.
All these essentials come together IN the
organization :Of the new Raleigh Brick
Company Mr.. Joel d. WhitakeF, the
active manager of the new corporation
has just sixteen years of the best kind
of experience in the manufacture OF
brick. He is an expert at the business
and knows just when Il brick is. prop
erly moulded and properly burned. and
in ms hands the active management OF
the new company is well placed.
Mr.. Gen. Gatling. another member OF
the firm. is a. young gentleman of bust
ness and financial ability He will give
10 the new business his best efforts and
will be strong force in pushing it along
the road to success. The new company
has thoroughly equipped itself and i,
prepared to meet the demands of. the
community ats the lowest prices.
y. G. SUPPLY co.
1t takes material to build fine houses
No forests on The earth grow finer woods
than the forests Of North Carolina. 81
better pine, no handsomer oak, no NOR,
beautiful hard woods grow anywhe1S
than grow in North Carolina. Il merel,
requires some men with money and en-
ergy to cut from these forests theH
towering giants, convert them into tim
Der, dry them, season them and dles,
them ready for the contractor. Saw
mills, dry kilns, planning mills, etc.. ARK
necessary and good experience and en-
ergetic men in charge of them are alb
solute essentials. The North Carolina
Building Supply Company has the saw
mills, the other necessary equipment, anu
strong men at tue head of it, and arc
prepared to furnish and are furnishing tC
builders and contractors the best Gull
ingS of the richest forests in the country
With such men as Col. w. j. Hicks
Mr.. w. j. Ellington and Mr. c. III
Beckwith, with such mills as they have
erected at Troy, y. c.. in the heart of oul
best forests, and with such planning and
furnishing mills as is their extensive
plant in Raleigh. the North Carolina
Supply Company takes rank in the very
foremost of manufacturers and shippers
Of building material Much Of the ma
terial that has gone into the new Raleigh
buildings we have referred to comes from
the mills of this company, and much
more of their products are every day
going into every section tributary to their
plants. This is one of the new Raleigh
enterprises made up of men not so old
in age. but venerable with experience
and business capacity.
REAL ESTATE MEN.
The pioneers in the line of successful
estate dealing, renting, selling, lookin4
after and managing city property are
Messrs. j. NJ Broughton and L. 3
Mosely, comprising the well known anC
hustling firm of ]. NJ. Broughton & Co
The firm has not only been most active
and energetic in the line of renting, LEAFS
ing and looking after property already
improved. but they have done much to
wards opening up new property and eli
couraging hitherto ventures to build ans
. Town their own homes. The beautiful
and popular Oakdale addition to The
northern part of the city came into en-
ergetic upbuiding mainly through Their
efforts, and Idlewild, the new addition ii
the eastern section of the city waS
brought forward largely by them. They