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

Running a line north and south and
cast and west across Iredell county.
Statesrille. its capital, will be found
very near the centre. 1t was laid OF
probably III 1T00-that is to say, the
only records in existence bearing upon
its establishment show that the first
court erer held here was held in the
wear iust rlnnt oned. The county was
then twa years o6' and during these two
years the courts had been moved about
from place to place until, just century
ago. they found permanent Judgment
here. he wisdom of the fathers IN %
eating the county seat where they did
will never he ca,led into question. AS
a matter of facs Tne gushing forth of
several bold springs of clear, cold water
in the vicinity of the spot pitched upon
for the court house, controlled their
decision to some extent, If tradition Is
to be trusted and moreover, Fort Dobbs
was built mile and a half to the north.
hut ii is fair to assume that they cast
an eve toward the future and contem-
plated the probability of a populous city
growing upon the modest foundations
they laid. The topography of the cor
poration and the surroundings certainly
suggests tina 1.-THE founders of the county
town builded not only with reference to
springs and forts. but for the future.
LOCATION.
The original town lay, as the greater
part of the present city lies. upon the
back bone of ridge. about equi-distant
tone mile and half from Third creek
ON the south and Fourth creek on the
north. From the public square, the in
tersection of Broad and Centre streets
water runs in four directions. The nat
ural drainage is as perfect as natural
drainage can be. all along the ridge. IN
process of time. as property IN the heaft
of the town appreciated In value, the
population began spreading until It took
possession OF two other hIlls. the one
on the north. the other on the south,
OF the original site. Thus the States
Vile Of today sits upon her three hills
against Rome's seven. and is rapidly
stretching southwark toward the fourth.
BIT municipal authority has kept its
eve upon the movement of population,
and as it threatened to get beyond reach.
has thrown It's jealous arms around it.
Tins the corporate limits have an east
and west extent (along the original ridgel
of two miles by a north and south
breadth of three-quarters of mile,
with 81 miles of streets and sidewalks
SITUATION WITH REFERENCE
TO MOUNTAINS ELEVA
TION, ETC.
Statesyille. Is 80 miles from the main
chain Of the Blue Ridge mountains and
20 miles from the Brushy mountains
and twenty miles from the Brushy
mountains. a spur of the Blue Ridge
The Brushes, which are in plain view
obstruct the view of the Blue Ridge
proper. but with their blue peaks III
summer and their white caps III winter.
afford. themselves. n feast for the eye
From elevated points with IN. the colpo-
rate limits, one may easily see, with me
naked eye. on Il bright day, Pilot noun
tain to the north and Kings mountain
to the south. Sufficiently near the
mountains to be famed in summer ny
the cooling breezes which sweep across
them, yet sufficiently removed to escape
the rig0rs which in winter they entail
upon their to0-near neighbors, States
yille's location with reference to them
is indeed most happy. She secures all
the advantages they have to confer and
suffers none of the hardships they have
10 give Their proximity in one sense
and removedness in another, give to this
situation a rarely equable climate, to
which whitening heat and biting cold
are alike unknown.
The city is in latitude 30 degrees ~,
longitude so degrees a, and has an
elevation Of $40 feet and mean annual
rainfall of 5453 inches.
TEMPERATURES.
The following figures show the mean
tamnerature here for IL months and for
tho four seasons. and are the result Of
the most accurate observation:
Mean yearly temperature, ,l.u "
winter ....... %
spring ....... 6.13
summer $500. Io.39
$ fall 5000. %. q
Scrutiny Of this record is invited 1t
uroclaims a climate which is the JOY OF
the ;nyailG-a climate in which those o.
the frleia North, and torrld South can
meet a:.a imlpibe new life. The winter
tensperature is delightfully."- bracing anu
life out Of doors is n perpetual pleasure
the crisp air and genial sunshine lhvi'
ing one TO the enjoyment OF their blended
attractions. Summer is no less delight
ful season II were idle tosay that the
mercury never ranges above 80 ne-
grees. and that heat is an unknown ele-
ment Here as elsewhere the middle
Of the midsummer day sometimes.
though rarely brings fierce heat upon
the outdoor lahorer and the occupant Of
the ill-yentlated office; but the intensity
Of the heat If 50 strong a term NAV. be
employed. is Of but a few hours dnra-
ton. and even during this period no one
confined To the sunshine or to some pc
culiarly ill-arranged room need suffer.
These periods are rare and Of short du-
ration, and there are enough cool places
TO be found where the hottest day may