The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
WHERE SAWS HUM
The Big Lumber Business
Around Washington.
New Enterprises. Washington and Plymouth
Railroad. The Schools. Many New
Houses 10 be Built,
(Staff Correspondence.


Washington, N. c., Dec. 19-In CONVEX
sation with Mr. Frank H. Short today l
learn the following facts about the lum-
Der business and mills now in operation
in Washington and down the river to a
distance of about twenty five miles:
The Short mill cuts $4,000 feet, the
Eure mill cuts IS 900 feet the s. R.
Fowle mill cuts $4,000, the Kugler mill
cuts $4,000 feet the Walling mill cuts 49,
600, the Freeman & Hodges mill cuts
10000.
The two planning mills here will dress
about four hundred thousand feet each
per month Besides the above mills and
their capacity are, the Springer Lumber
Company, 900 feet. N c. Land and
Lumber Company 100000, Pungo Lumber
Company $4,000, Scranton Lumber Com
pany $1,000, Makeleyville Lumber Com
pany $50 900, Brooks Lumber Company, at
Bath, 100000.
One would very naturally suppose that
at this rate it would not he long before
all the timber in this section will be cut,
and yet l am told that there are thous-
ands of acres of swamp timber within
a radius of fifty miles of Washington TN
touched. l am reliably informed that in
addition to the large swamp timber deals
recently consummated in this section, in
volving between two and half to three
million dollars, another sale of twelve
thousand acres will be closed in a few
days.
find Mr.. Stephen c.. Bragam, County
Superintendent of Instructions, thorough
.ly enthused over the public school work
in Beaufort county He spoke of Cover
nor Aycock and General Toon's rally at
Bell Haven, of the raising of $500 and
appointment of a committee for the pur-
pose Of soliciting subscriptions to erect
a first class school house. and of the
petition for permission to hold an ele-
tion to vote for special tax of 80 cents
on property and an additional 80 cents
on the poll for the purpose of supple
renting the present school fund for the
district so as to increase the public
school term to six and seven months in
the year. This election will be held the
14th of January, and Mr.. Bragam says he
feels certain that it will go in favor of
the school, almost unanimously. He
added that he was not going to stop until
he had succeeded in getting every school
district in this county alike interested.
Prof. Howell, Superintendent of Wash
ingtons Graded Schools reports an en-
rolment of 500 in both schools, for whites
and blacks. He says he has the best
faculty the schools ever had and that the
results are more satisfactory than ever.
After the first of January drawing and
music will be introduced. The graded
schools of Washington need new build
ings and l feel confident that these live
enterprising citizens will at no distant
date take up the matter, and erect such
graded school buildings as the town
should have.
A new building has been erected in the
section of Washington. known as Nichol-
sonville. 1t will, by January 1st, be occu-
pied and used as a shirt factory.
The Washington and Plymouth Railroad
is now completed within few miles of
Washington, and as soon as the trestle
across the creek is fnihed, trains will
be running over this road on regular SEIZED
ules. | learn upon good authority, pas
sengers can leave Washington by this
road about 4 a. m. and get to Norfolk
about 1890 a. m.
The Sprooks Manufacturing Company
has doubled the capacity of their plant
They have erected a new large building
and it is equipped with the latest i'm
proved machinery.
There have been only two small bust
ness failures in the town during this