The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-06
In The Gate CITY.

portation from the residential districts
TO the business portions of the city has
become quite a problem, and this will
be met by the electric car line which is
now being constructed. The Greensboro
Electric Company, which is largely con-
trolled by foreign capital. will build and
equip an absolutely modern street car
line within this city giving the very
best service. In connection Herewith,
they will furnish both arc and mean
descent lights to private consumers.
and electric power for manufacturing
purposes. This last item is one whose
beneficial results can scarcely be over
estimated. Greensboro's success today
is perhaps due to her diversified manu-
featuring plants. The people of
Greensboro have learned that the surest
way to build a city upon a solid foun-
dalton is by encouraging small enter
prises which employ skilled labor. Our
success along this line has been remark
able, but 1t has not been what it would
have been had we been In a position to
furnish electric power to such enter
prises. There are numbers of skilled
workmen in most cities of this size
who have accumulated sufficient capital
to begin manufacturing on small scale.
were it not for the great expense Of
installing steam plant and employing
an engineer to take charge of it. This
expense will be entirely obviated in
Greensboro in the future, as the Green's
boro Electric Company will be ready
to install an automatic motor at very
small expense which will require no at
tention whatever in the way of an en-
gineer or other employee to take charge
OF it,
Manufacturing industries are on the
increase in Greensboro as the record OF
the past ten years testify. 1t is aston
ishing to note the development in the
number, variety and success Of the
manufacturing enterprises OF the place.
there being eight different lines in OBJ
Grafton here, these being comprised in
forty-one separate and distinct factories.
which manufacture twenty-five differ
ent kinds Of goods, beginning with a
chewing gum factory and climbing
through all grades of factories up to a
great cotton manufacturing plant with
100000 capital invested, the aggregate
going into the millions. In the list of
such enterprises there may be enumer-
ated three large cotton mills, one fin
ishing mill, the largest carpet mill i'm
the South. which makes one million
yards of carpet annually. two furniture
factories, using 100000 capital and turn
ing out goods that have ready sale. two
roller mills, four shuttle and bobbin
factories, two spoke and handle facto-
ries, four foundry and machine works,
factory for overalls and pants with
an immense output, one table and man.
tie factory, four brick companies six
wood working plants, which manufac-
ture sash. doors. blinds and all kinds
OF building material from pine and hard
woods, an excelsior factory, a hoop and
stave factory, one shoe factory. one
chewing gum factory, a broom factory
and one terra Gotta plant.
II the above enumeration the list of
industries is not complete, and ever il
complete today there would be an in
crease next week. as the progressive
citizenship here keep on planning and
erecting. Another feature of these va
rieG enterprises, which capitalists will
appreciate, is thai these various enter
prises are not dependent one on another.
and the failure of one lire would not
materially affect the other. nor put in
jeopardy the general prosperity of the
city.
From this rapid review Of the manu-
featuring industries an idea OF the
possibilities OF continued devel-
opment can be obtained. Almost every
day new enterprises are spring up and
1t does not seem to be too optimistic to
believe that Greensboro will continue
to develop until II becomes one OF the
great manufacturing centres of the
South.