The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-12
FAVORED FAYETTEVILLE.
Manufactu ring Facts. Immense Elec
tric Power and its Application.
Fayetteville as Freight Basis Point. The
City's Great Future. SpOrtsmens
Paradise.

1t may seem paradoxical, but it is new
ertheless true. that the city of Fayette-
vile with it's many Revolutionary menu
cries is fast taking rank with the young
est and most modern cities and towns
in the Old North State. 1t is not of the
oft told story of the city's past history
that this article proposes to relate but Of
its present status and future possibilities.
Situated at the head of steamboat nav
igation on Cape Fear river about one
hundred and twenty miles by the
river to the ocean. Fayetteville has an
ideal location for manufacturing enter
prises not to be found anywhere else in
the Atlantic States. Steamers ply be-
tween the seaport of Wilmington and
Fayetteville all the year round. The
navigation of the Cape Fear is to be i'm
proved By the General Government put
ting in three trips dams like tohse built in
the ,Kanahwa river, which will give
minimum depth of eight feet of water at
low water. It is difficult to calculate the
REVOLUTION IN FREIGHT RATES
that feet of water all the year round in
the Cape Fear river from Wilmington
to Fayetteville means for North Carolina
and the adjacent territory in South Car
DINA. The freight basis point for North
Carolina is now Richmond, Va. The i'm
provement of Cape Fear, as mentioned
above, will make the city of Fayetteville
the freight basic point for this State.
This means everything for Fayetteville
especially.
Knowing what deeper water in the Cape
Fear means for North Carolina the last
Legislature passed strong resolutions re-
questing the Senator'S ad Congressman
from this State to use all their efforts to
get Congress to make increased appro-
priations for this purpose.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT
The following cotton mills are at and
near Fayetteville: "Holt-Morgan. Holt
Williamson . Fayetteville Cotton Mills, ="
"Tolar. Hart & Holt Hope Mills, = No
L." mo. q and mo. g." Cumberland
Mill and Bluff Mill" These mills make
yarns, warps, ginghams, sheetings and
drills. The Hope Mills" make fine shirt
ings. There are also the Fayetteville
Woodenware Manufacturing CO., Lacy
Furniture Manufacturing Co." "LaFay-
cite Knitting Mill Co. 1.-The Ashley &
Bailey Cos. Silk Factory" "the Southern
Pine Product Co., = 1.-THE Fayetteville Gar
ment Manufacturing Co." and several 9TH
er manufacturing establishments. The
Ashley and Bailey Company established
their
SILK MILL.
at Fayetteville and commenced operation
in October, 1899. The mill has a capacity
of $1,000 spindles, 325 operatives and $50
horse power. The raw silk comes from
Japan, China and Italy. The crude silk
from Japan and China is white, while that
from Italy is an orange yellow. This mill
/ process winds. doubles, spins, warps and
weaves. This is the only mill in the
| South which uses negro labor exclusively.
| The superintendent or manager, t. w.
| Thurston, himself being a colored man.
| Manager Thurston is a native of Pennsyl-
vania, was educated for an Episcopal cler-
| gyman, and is very curteous and polite,
He is alert, business-like and knows his
business. He informed the writer that a
stict discipline, somewhat on the army
plan, was necessary to manage his help.
Colored mill operatives is an experiment
and the management of this silk mill
seem satisfied with the result.
The Ashley & Bailey Company operate
and own silk mills at Patterson. N. j.,
Marietta, Coalsville, Columbia and York,
Penn. The total number of these mills
being thirteen. The products of all their
mills is SHIPPED to Patterson, N. j., their
headquarters The company is contem-
plating building another silk mill at Fay
ettevlle Climatic conditions in the South
and cheap labor is greatly in favor of the
South for silk mills
A NEW SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
On the 22nd of February, 1901 the South
ern Pine Product Company commenced
operations at Fayetteville. The object is
to extract all the properties out of pitch
pine these consist of wood spirit equal
to spirits of turpentine) wood alchohol,
| acetate of lime, creosote, paint oil and
tar-after these properties are extracted
| the residue is fine quality of charcoal.
The lightwood is first cut into short
lengths then put into retorts and heated
| to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and the various
products are then separated by different
| separators. This company consume about
| ten cords of wood day. Seventy-five
per cent of the wood is liquids, the
/ balance charcoal and gas. There is not
| another plant similar to this one in the
| United States. The Southern Pine Pro-
| duct Company was incorporated for $780,
| 00O but the plant has already cost $15,-
| 000 The company consists of j. Henry
| Wagner, president and treasurer; G. w.
| Bel1nger vice-president and manager
| and Chas. l. Maggie, secretary. No stock
/ owned by outsiders and none is for sale.
DR.. Belinger the manager, is Phi. D.,
! being a graduate from Munchen, Bavaria,
| also from Vienna, Austria The products
| of the company are sold in this country
and Europe. One hundred barrels of creo-
| sote was shipped to San Francisco, Cal,
/ last week. The demand for their products
are so much greater than the supply that
| additional capacity must be built at
once.
PURE WATER PLENTIFUL.
Undoubtedly Fayetteville has the best
water system, as well as a more plentiful
supply Of the purest water to be found
| in this or any other State. For more
| than seventy-five years the city has got
ten its drinking water supply from Foun-
tainhead Spring on Haymount, the water
| being piped through wood logs to the
city.
A second and entirely modern water