The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-21
NEW LIFE THROBS THERE
Busy Grist, Knitting and Oil Mills and
Fertilizer Factory.
BOAT BUILD NC AT THE FARRloR YARDS
New Barrel For Shipping Potatoes. Railroad
Coming From Plymouth. Pine Town
Product and chtmc9l
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Company.
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Washington, N. c., May 2O.-As the
train backed into Washington few eve
nings ago a gentleman standing on the
rear platform remarked: There is no
town in Eastern North Carolina going
ahead of this in growth and improve
ments;" and after being here a few days
locking around / have come to the con-
clusion that the gentleman made no mis-
take in that assertion. 1t has been just
SIX months since my last visit to Wash
ington At that time the foundation had
Just been laid for new buildings in the
place OF those destroyed by fire last Sep
TENDER. Those building are now complete
and occupied, all being handsome two
story brick buildings on lots that once
contained (mostly) old wooden sha
That fire always helps a town is es-
pecially true in this instance. Besides re-
building the market house at the foot of
market street. Mr.. w. B. Rodman has
erected three brick stores over which is
a hall 60x70 feet, used as an armory for
the Washington Light Infantry forty
i've strong, and one of the best drilled and
equipped companies in the State. He
has also built two stores on Water
street. Mr.. e. p. Willis has rebuilt a
large two-story brick store, Mr.. ID. R.
Willis has erected two stores, Satter-
thewaite, Willis & Co. one brick store,
Messrs. C.. NJ. & w. 3. Windley have also
rebuilt, Spencer Bros. have replaced on
their corner of Main and Market streets
a larger and more convenient handsome
store than they had before the fire. DR..
j. G. Rodman has erected on the opposite
corner from Spencer Bros. a large brick
building, over which are several rooms
used as law officers, Dr. Wells has his
dental office in this building All Of
these are solid hansome two-story brick
structures that any town or city might
be proud to have. There are few other
vacant lots left on the burnt district that
will, in the near future, be occupied with
briclN~business houses.
Mr.. NJ T. Archibald has bought the
Bell property on Main street upon which
he will soon erect three brick stores, over
which he is contemplating running up
two stories. for a modern up to-date
hotel, containing 10 to 20 bed rooms. be-
side the office, dining, sample rooms and
parlor.
Mr.. Jonathan Ravens owns and oper-
ates one of the best and most complete
roller and stone corn mills in the State
Its capacity is 700 bushels of irst-class
meal per day. Mr.. Ravens Is also build
ing a 40-t ton oil mill and fertilizer fac
tory He Is president of the new knit
ting mill in operation here, with ca
pacity of 200 dozen pair of hose per day.
At the Farrior ship yard, of which
Mr. w. M. Chauncey is superintendent,
T..
Norfolk and Weldon Steamboat Company,
Of which Mr.. Paul Garrett, of Weldon is
the president. She will run between
Williamson and Weldon. she is 120 feet
long, 20 feet wide with a 500 ton freight
capacity. Her upper deck will be fitted
up comfortably for passenger ac-
commodations. Mr. Chauncey tells
me that as soon as this boat
is-launched which will be about June the
first he will start to work on another boat
90x2O feet which will ply between New
bern and Grifton. The Farrior ship yard
has been widely known for year and needs
no newspaper putting, the owners know
what ship building is and how to do it,,
and each Job they send out proves this
fact.
Another industry here now going at full
DldSL udy anu SlNlHS
to about 125 laborers is the Sprooks Man
ufacturing Company of which Mr.. G. T.
Leach is president and G. d. Garfield
general manager they have a new inn
proved barrel for shipping Irish potatoes.
1t is said to be the best article of its
kind on the market. This plant has the
latest improved machinery for the bust
ness. Their output per day is 1890 to
4 IN atnc
These crates are used for cabbage beets
peas and all other kinds of truck. This
company also manufactures and ship cal
loads of veneering to Pennsylvania TO be
used in the coal mines.
Washington will soon have another rail
road This road is owned and operated
by the Roanoke Lumber Company at Ply
mouth and for some years has been run.
ming to Pine Town a distance of IL mile:
from Plymouth The distance from
Washington to Pine Town is IA miles ant
grading and track laying is finished with
in 8 miles of Washington. l was relia
bly, informed that it would be a wide
gauge road and would be running int
Washington within the next three or foul
months.
1t is at Pine Town that the Pine Towr
Product and Chemical Company have
their plant. Mr. Arch Mcdowell of Scot
land Neck is the president of this com
pany and Mr.. N S. Fulford, of the Full
ford Hardware Company of Washington
is the secretary and treasurer. Mr. Sur.
ry Parker, of Plymouth is general mana
ger. This is new industry in the State
that | think deserves special notice. 1
could not have been located in any section
nj tho State better suited for its purpose
because the raw material frcm which the!
secure their product is found here in al
inexhaustible supply. This is fat light
wood from which they get the purest an
best Of distilled tar, oil of tai
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