The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-13
A CITY HALL IN VIEW
Aldermen Decide to Purchase
Holt Property.
The Junior Order of Mechanics Complete Ar
rangements For Banquet on the
Eighteenth.
Especial to- News and observer.)

this morning the board unanimously de-
cided 10 purchase the Holt property on
East Centre street. at the following
terms: Seven hundred dollars cash and
eight wears to pay the balance OF TWO
thousand dollars at per cent interest,
making the property cost twenty-seven
hundred dollars. The property was pur-
chased from Mr.. Jno- Il. Switzerland
It is valuable piece of property, SO feet
front 210 feet back with three buildings
situate thereon AS to the buildings, the
board desired to give the matter more
mature deeliberation. We hope IN the
near future an elegant brick and stone
building will be erected on it for city
hall and city market.
The city rents the property now occupied
by the Mayors office and police head
quarters, also the property where the
hose and engine of the Eclipse Fire De-
partment are stored
The rent the city is now paying VIII
more than pay the interest on the money
sufficient to erect building for the city.
| Then the growth and size OF Goldsboro
make it absolutely essential to erect one
| if we desire to keep in line with Gus
| sister cities.
| DIR. w. H. H. Coble, the wfde-awake
and efficient chairman of the Sanitary
| Committee. secured the option for the
city, and he, with City Attorney Davis,
were authorized to negotiate the bargain
and draw up papers
The whole thing originated from the
puzzling problem of what to do with the
fish market?
| Let the people cooperate with the
administration to enable Goldsboro to
press forward.
| On account of the rainy weather
the match game between Goldsboro and
Fremont will be postponed.
| Workmen have nearly completed the
fence around the base ball park, as we'll
as the grand stand.
Next Wednesday night the children of
the Oxford Orhan Asylum will give a
concert in the Messenger Opera house. A
large crowd will greet, them no doubt as
| they represent cause that deserves the
patronage of the public.
I Mr. Thos. r. Robinson, the popular and
| efficient Superintendent of ST. Paul NJ e.
Sunday school, will run his annual ex-
cursion for the benefit of the children to
Morehead City this year. He has fixed
| August 9th as the date.
Mr. J. F. Harlan, Secretary of the j. o.
l.
81 additional members taken in during the
past year.
Mr.. F. A. Bishop is in the city and met
with the "Red Men" last night, giving
them further instructions. The parphe-
MALTA, ETC.. of the order is expected to
reach here Monday, and then they will
be ready to confer the degrees.
The members of the ]. O. U.A. M. COM
! loft re Ia CT MI in no inc
sub committees and other details for the
big banquet to be held in the Planters
Warehouse Thursday night, July 18th,
1901.
Prof. E. P. Mangum of Wilson, will
be orator of the occasion.
Only members of the order and friends
will be invited
Charlie Scott, who has been serving in
the United States army in the Philip
pines, has returned home. His health is
not good.
Mrs Jno. Il. Dobson returned this morn
ing from a visit to her son at Augusta,
Ga.
Mr.. James Stanton, of LeGrange, will
fill the place as chief clerk at the post
office, made vacant by the resignation of
G.. A, Smith, which becomes effective on
the 23rd inst.
Ben King, the drummer, Broadus
Griffin, the hotel man, and Jim Hart
sell, the railroad man, We're up bright
and early this morning, boarding the
Norfolk Shoe Fly for parts to the writer
unknown.
Mr.. j. w. Hicks the genial Southern
Railway engineer Mrs. Hicks and the
boys left this morning for Greensboro,
Blowing Rock, and Norfolk, Va. sea-
side resorts on their usual summer out
ing.
Mrs. w. E. Uzzell of Louisburg, is
at the Kennon on a visit to her hus-
band. the handsome hotel clerk.
James A. Bryan, the progressive
president cf the Atlantic and North
Carolina spent last night in the city,
returning to Newbern this morning.
The commodious freight depot of this
Iscompany here is nearing completion,
| ton IS a credit both to road and pro-
gressive Goldsboro.
Yesterday a travelling man remarked
to the writer that some hotel people Of
apparently large capacity were after
all quite bit small. Said he, "A frieno
and myself were spending a few days
at certain $500 a-day house in North
| ana is credit Doth to road and pro-
prietor in the evening and advised him
| to put us on the call list for 4 o'clock,
a. m. That we would not be in for
breakfast or dinner, but of course
| would pay for the two meals and would
| like a lunch to take with us. We were
promptly advised the lunch could be
supplied, price so cents. We thought on
| this thing and arrived at conclusion
to-wit: Settle our bill up to breakfast
get up at 4 o'clock, have our outing
and stop elsewhere on our return. all
of which We did and on subsequent
visits we will continue to stop else
where" This band of genial travelling
men are the greatest advertisers on
| foot or wheel for the hotel man and
| when they have the alternative they
| give the fellow who would thus bite
off his nose ample room and advertise
\ ment free gratis.
1t is now Capt. and Mayor George
| E. Hood, this quiet progressive,
growing youngster and chief executive
| of Goldsboro's municipal affairs, having