The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
Educational, Official, Politi'
cal and Business Center
OF North Carolina.
Continued from Page One.)

ne 10llLlcad centre OF x the state.
The Educational Centre of the State
The Historic Capital of the Common
wealth.
Section.
A Leading Market for the Sale OF
Cotton and Tobacco.
A Model and Attractive Residence
City.
A Flourishing and Growing Manufac-
turing City.
"A Live and Progressive City of Pros
porous Business Houses.
The Home of Strong and Safe FInan-
cial Institutions.
The Home of Learned and Distin-
guished Professional Men.
The Location of Noted Architects and
Builders.
The Publication City of influential
Journals.
The City of Parks aud Monnmcnts.
The Model City of Improved Streets
and Sidewalks.
A City That Attracts Capitalists,
Home seekers and and Laborers.
A Lovely City of he Deal Where
the States Great Men Sleep their Last
Sleep.
A City that Possesses Ill Modern I'M
provements-Street Cars, Water Works.
Gas and Power, Electric Lights and
Power, Sewerage. Model Fire Depart
ment, Electric Fire Alarm, Military
Companies and Every Accessory of d
Prosperous. Growing and Flour,shng
Modern City.
On the first page of this i.sl.e VIC gave
an account CT Raleigh's early history,
situation, climate. buildings, institutions,
churches, industries and social condi-
tions. We want to supplement- that
rather dry enumeration Of statistical
matter by saying something Of the city's
status as an industrial and commercial
center.
Raleighs material advancement is at
this time more notable than at any pre-
yious period In almost every line
of business and commerce, we see
marked evidences of a rapid, but not
mushroom growth. The cotton manu-
featuring industry shows signs of
steady and safe increase. All the three
large cotton mills in Raleigh have been
enlarged. the demand for their products
necessitates overtime work, and the
five ner cent in value within the last
year. During the year the Willard Hos
iery Mill a prosperous industry, has
been moved to Raleigh, and is one of
its notable industries. A company Of
Raleigh capitalists have purchased the
magnificent Falls of the Nelse water
power near the city and viii soon erect
one or more cotton mills at the Fails
and transmit power TO Raleigh for
lighting and manufacturing purposes.
There IS great activity and success IN
all the established manufactures in
Raleigh. All of them are running Oh
full time, some Of them overtime, and
there are new corporations organized
for new manufacturing and develop
ment. The years 1899 and 1900 prom
ise big things i'll the way of adding TO
Raleigh's manufacturing greatness. Al
ready it has a multitude of small II
dustries which will grow into great
ones.
The most conspicuous advance in Raj
eigh Is to be seen when we turn 70
the consideration of the work OF the
architects and contractors. Ten years
ago Raleigh had one sole architect who
was not kept busy. Today dozen xpert
and experienced graduates Of the bese
schools of architecture have a large
clientele and there is an increasing de-
mand for their professional sery.ces.
The number Of prosperous firms Of con-
tractors and builders has increased even
more rapidly. and the demand for new
factories, new stores and new homes IS
even greater than the army Of cGrtrac-
tors and skilled mechanics can keep up
with A drive about the city of i.,l-
eigh will show today-August 24tn. lS93
more than two hundred new residences
in process Of construction. and this has
been true at any time during the past
two Years There is not a vacant
store or a vacant residence III Hal
eigh," said leading real estate agent
yesterday People who desire TO come
to Raleigh to live are waiting for homes
to be built before they can move.
The building OF the Baptist Female
Seminary. the Capital Club, the Tucker
building and the new Presbyterian
church mark the departure from
city of small buildings to metrGpoii-
tan city. Those buildings set the pace
for the new architecture that IS
transforming Raleigh into modern
city. Other like buildings are TO be
erected this year.
Ralegh's browning glory is its e'iuea-
fional primacy The centre of oitici4i
and political life for generations, 1t
has always been noted for IT'S excellent
educational advantages. The youth
from all portions of the State have been
attracted to Raleigh by its fine schools
and colleges.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
With its numerous schools and colleg s.
Raleigh can well be called an. educp-
tional center. The new issue Of school
bonds will afford long needed relief to the
school children With the new buildings
to be erected, there will be accommodate
ton for nearly three thousand children
in the graded schools. These schools
are models of their kind
The North Carolina College of Agrl-
culture and Mechanic Arts has a fine
site of sixty-two acres just beyond the
western corporate limits. The college is
of brick, with Wake county granite and
Arson brownstone. 1t has thorough
course with military feature. The num-
Der of students is about 300.
st. Mary's School for young indies,
under Episcopalian auspices, is famous.