The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

PERHAPS no more fitting illustration
of the determination and successful ac-
complishment of the desire of COM
munity to establish q city of the hrst
class can be found within the enire
country than that presented by the ci'y
of Goldsboro as she appears today. i4o-
Gated in almost the exact center of
Wayne county, in Eastern North Caro-
lima, surrounded by one OF the ricnest
and most fertile agricultural regions TO
be found in America she has grown,
thanks to her unequalled and maryelously
favorable surroundings, and the energy
of her wide awake citizens. to u city
which today challenges competition and
comparison with any city or the size III
the Union.
Goldsboro today stands Ja.hal-
slenged as the municipality or the great
East and South. which has shown i:
greater increase III material and Sold
growth than any of her competing So
tiers. One of the chief reasons when
have contributed to the marvellous tee
velopment of this queen of the old North
State has been the fact that she is sit
uated in the heart of the producing dis-
tlict of North Carolina, and that she
is on the border line of vast. tact.
the greatest in the State, of cheap
lands, which has presented, and stiH
does present, the most favorable fields
for the investment of capital to be
found within the Union. Every dbl
lars worth of value in the true aud
primary sense, is result of the coni-
bination of land and labor. and he
growth of Goldsboro has proven Tat
any section of country presenting 10
unemployed labor the opportunity 10
combine its efforts with cheap and pro-
ductive lands is the one which VIII
speedily surpass all other sections pre-
senting these features in a less favor
able degree Not only has Goldsbero
been favored by this primary and ali
important avenue for the creation OF
wealth. but in addition, she has been,
and still continues TO be, the central
point and market for a vast range Of
country which represents the best and
most powerful trend of the manufacture
ing interests of North Carolina.
GOLDSBORO.
Goldsboro is situated, geographically
very near the centre of Wayne county.
which was formed in 1910 from Dobhs
county, subsequently divided into
Green and Lenoir counties, Goldsboro
is located about one mile from the Neuse
river ut its nearest point and is Distant
from Raleigh AZ miles, from Newberu -
miles and from Wilmington 81 miles. rs
climate is salubrious. and the soil is rich
and adapted to every species of product
known to eastern North Carolina The
land upon which the present thriving
city of GoldsbOro now stands. was criGi-
nally the property of Arnold Bofd"a,
Esq. Lem III. Whitfield, ESD, Wright
Langston and Jas. Rhodes, and III those
early days was known only as a cross
roads. The first step taken towards
the laying out of the town was made ly
Mr.. Arnold Borden in 1893, and the idea
was suggested to him, by the manage
nient of the W. and w Railroad, who
agreed that if he would open hotel or
eating house the road would make Colds
boro q station. Acting upon this suy-
gestion, Mr.. Borden took immediate steps
towards the formation of town. As
at first laid out the town was in form,
nearly a parallellogram, measuring some
what less than mile in length, and
about one-fourth of mile in width.
Among the first buildings erected n
the village was one built by Mr.. Borden,
especially adapted for hotel. and was
situated at the corner of Walnut and
West Centre streets. The town was
named by Willis Hall, ESD, contrac-
tor and owner of Il large tract of land
purchased from Wright Langston, ssh.
Mr.. Hall, in token of his admiration fer
Nj. i. Goldsborough, Assistant Civil En-
gineer in the construction Of the W. and
w. Railroad. named the new town af-er
him. At this date Waynesboro on the
Neuse River about one mile distant from
Goldsboro was the county seat Of
Wayne county, and from its citizens
much opposition was manifested towards,
what they were then pleased to term.
the station On the 23rd Of February,
1899, the first train on the w and w.
Railroad reached Goldsboro and the "c-
casion was taken advantage Of for 4
grand demonstration in Goldsboro An
extensive dinner was given, and as the
train approached, a salute from small