The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-07
RALEIGH GOES FORWARD IT'S
NEEDS

ANTsi8l'fNs
The last year has been notable FOR
! the number OF new buildings that have
| been erected in Raleigh. Even more
notable has been the success OF it's man
uraeturing establishments. all Vt which
have been prosperous, making large divi
tlends. The stock in all Of them has in
creased very much and now brings a
high premium. This is particularly true
of the three large aud ilourishing cotton
mills which had the most prosperous
year i'm their history.
There are several things to which
Raleigh ought to devote its energies mt
once i'm order that the city may continue
to 40 forward and to become busy
manufacturing centre. The two that
ought to command immediate attention
arc:
L. Securing the location Of the shops
OF the Seaboard Airline system in Raj
eigh-Since that company's various lines
have been consolidated aud it is building
and buying links which, with its connec-
tons. makes it a through route from
New York via Washington to Jackson
willie and New Orleans, it has become
one of the biggest systems of the coun"
try. BY virtue of its position Raleigh
is the proper place for the location Of
its shops. There is reason to believe that
with the proper effort the authorities
would move the chief shops TO Raleigh.
Only those wide-awake business men
who know the value of an addition of
two hundred trained and skilled me-
chanics. with their families, in Il city,
know how greatly Raleigh would be
benefited by the location of the shops III
this city. No stone ought to be left un-
turned to induce the railroad to locate
the principal shops in Raleigh. 1t would
he worth twenty Thousand dollars a
month to this city besides adding a pop
ulation of one thousand of the best class
of citizens to the population
=. Securing the erection of 100000
cotton factory in Raleigh. \ gentle
man whose name means big success iii
the cotton mill world has offered to
build and operate a 100000 mill in
Raleigh if the people of the city will
take stock in the mill to the amount Of
S125,000 This proposition ought to be
accepted in ten days. 1t means a large
addition to our population. a long strid"
toward manufacturing greatness, and
safe and sure returns upon the money
invested. The experience of every man
in Raleigh who has invested money in
cotton mills has been such as ought -
make it easy to induce them to invest
more The stockholders in the Raleigh
Cotton Mills 1--WE cite it because it is
the oIdest) have received good dividends
all along-it now pays four per cent soIoi-
annuaiiy-and the stock brings SILT on
the market. Where can There be found
better Investment? If the Raleigh
Mills, built and operated by home money
and home talent have paid so well, why
not seize the opportunity how presented
of securing another large mill which viii
be a blessing to Raleigh in many ways!
These two things ought to be accom-
plished without delay. When they are
settled right it will be easier to carry
forward other plans of improvement
which are being considered by progress
sive citizens.
Altogether nova long pull, hard
pull and Raleigh will become as famous
for BUSINESS and manufacturing as it
as political and social centre.