The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-04
FOR THE 0RpHANAGE
Durham Offers a Site to the
Juniors
And viii Get the Institution. Tax Books Show
no Decrease il Valuation of Property
in the County.

| Especial to the News and Observer
| Durham, N. c., Sept. 3.-Durham will
get the orphanage that is to be built by
the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics
| At the regular monthly meeting of the
| Board of City Aldermen last night rep
! rcsentatives of the three lodges of Ju-
! niOr Order of United American Mechan-
les appeared and asked that the city do
! nate a site for the proposed orphanage
of the Junior Order. The committee
stated that some twenty or thirty thou
sand dollars would be spent in putting
up the orphanage and that about five
thousand dollars per year would be re-
quired to run the institution. 1t was to
be located in the city making the best
offer and the members here wanted the
city to donate site and the three lodges
would take up the other matter of rails
| ing money to secure the institution. A
united effort was to be made to get the
orphanage to Durham if the Aldermen
| decided to donate the site.
| Tonight one of these committeeman
said that already a site had been Of
| fered and all that was required was for
| our business men and property owners
! to make an effort in the right direction.
| Durham Is never behind in anything.
| The tax boows for this year have been
| completed and will be submitted to the
| Board of County Commissioners for ap-
| prevail at this session of the board. The
| books show a total valuation. outside of
| railroads, telegraph telephone, express
companies and actual stock of incor-
porated companies over and above the
| capital of said companies, of SO 1895, ESQ.
| OF this amount the colored people own
$205, 349. Stock companies are put down
| at $64,00S over the incorporated capital.
and the railroads, telegraph companies,
etc, own property valued at $653, So
To the general tax fund will have to be
added other takes, among the list be-
/ ing two cotton mills and some bank
stock. When all of this is on the books
the valuation Of the property in this
county will not show decrease, as was
first expected, Notwithstanding the fact
| that nearly a million and a half dollars
was changed from Durham on account
of Mr.. B. N. Duke moving his residence
The total taxes to be collected by the
sheriff will be little more than ninety
thousand dollars.
During the month of August the police
department made 1873 arrests here and
the fines and costs of the mayors court
amounted to S411.25.
The internal revenue office sold about
one hundred and fifty-two thousand dol
lars worth of stamps during last month
But for the recent reduction in war tax
the sales would have amounted to near.
ly two hundred thousand dollars, which
is considered good for the month OF Au-
gust.
There are now siXty-Seven conVlcts or
the Durham road force. Chairman Al
len, of the Board of County Commits
sioners, says that if the weather VII
permit the county Will complete apou
one mile of good road each month. the
eastern road from here to the Wake
county line is now being graded ane
macadamized and it is hoped to nave the
work completed early in the new year