The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

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seats are arranged in cross sections.
which make them very much superior to
the old-fashioned side seat affairs. The
line runs up Main street to the Acad-
envy CT Music Trinity College and all
the factories and mills in the city No
city in the State will have a more con-
venient street car system than Durham
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
This department has the most COM
pete and up-to date plant to be found
anywhere. It's equipment consists of
350-horse power engine to be used for
be avy loads, a 125 horse power engine to
be used for ordinary daily service and
$50 horse power engine with direct con-
nected current generator for producing
direct current for driving the street cars
and by means of a rotary converter the
/ three phase can be changed to a direct
current, and the direct current generator
can be changed to a three phase current.
The object of this being to practically
give duplicate plant for the three phase
and the direct current, which practically
means duplicate plant This is the only
electric plant of this kind in the South.
ICE DEPARTMENT.
The ice department of the Durham
Traction Company is up-to-date in every
Particular and thoroughly equipped. In
fact it has no counter-pa part in the State
The company use city water which is
carefully distilled before using subjected
to the freezing process which makes the
ice perfectly pure, clear as crystal and
free from air bubbles The capacity of
the plant is about thirty tons of ice per
day. The demand for ice during the past
summer was greater than the production
and the company was compelled to buy
supplies from other ice factories. The
difference in he quality of ice furnished
by these factories and that made by the
Durham Traction Company was so great
Ihat custom ers We're dissatisfied and COM
piained loudly AMI bitterly. The company
have now enlarged their plant and they
soy there will not be a recurrence OF
these complaints, and hereafter they will
be able to supply all demands for ice of
their own manufacture. They have been
supplying the trade within a radius OF
from % to 100 miles from Durham.
COLD STORAGE DEPARTMENT..
This department is indeed a model cold
Storage plant, being completely equipped
With every requisite that plant of its
kind demands. 1t is a marvel OF con-
venience and utility in every respect.
Space is in continual demand and is used
by all the large Western packing houses
who do business in Durham and territory
contiguous thereto. Space is also rented
by local butchers and grOcerymen who
wish to keep meats, eggs, etc, fresh and
sweet The following enterprising gem
tJemen are the officers OF the Durham
Fraction Company:
Mr.. R. H. Wright, President.
Cen ]. S. Carr, Vice president.
Mr. j. S. Manning, Secretary
Mr.. ]. S. Carr, Jr., Treasurer
The company is capitalized at $500, 900.
Mr.. R. H. Wright, president OF this COM
pany, is a remarkable man. He was born
in Franklin county, North Carolina, about
fjfty years ago. He attended the common
schools CT his native county finishing
I'D his educa ton at the then famous L.
J. Homer School at Tally Ho, Granville
county Leaving school at the age or II
wears he commenced mercantile life as
clerk with Mr.. T. j. Hunt, OF oxford,
N. c. Afterwards he became partner
with Mr. Hunt, Under the brm name OF
Hunt G Wright, operating stores at oX-
ford and Durham. Mr.. Wright was only |
20 years cid at this time. In 1877 ne
closed oft his connection with Mr.. Hunt,
quitting the mercantile business, and
went into the manufacture Of smoking
tobacco at Durham under the firm name
of r. H. Wright & Co., on January /,
1880
Mr.. Wright bought out the entire IN
terest of Mr.. w. Duke in the firm or W.
Duke. Sons & Co., merging his own pusl-
ness into that of that firm He continued
an equal member Of w. Duke, Sons q Co.,
until September, 1885, when he sold out
his interest to them. While a MEMBER
OF this firm he made his first business
trip around the world, and placed their
goods in every foreign country.
After disposing of his interest to the
Dukes he bought an interest in the Lone
Jack Cigarette Company, of Lynchourg,
Va, and became manager OF and direc-
tor in this company He afterwards
closed out his interest and connection
with this company and made a twenty
years contract with the world famous
Bonsack Cigarette Machine Company, as
sole agent for their machines in China.
Japan, Philippine Islands, India and
Africa His contract began December
22nd, 1888.
Mr. Wright has travelled the above
countries almost continuously since his
contract began, organizing agencies, sell
ing these cigarette machines and start
ing cigarette factories. These machines
are used by nearly every cigarette fac
tory in the world.
Mr.. Wright is without doubt the most
travelled man in the State, he having
travelled entirely around the world seven
times, crossed the Pacific ocean ten
times and the Atlantic about fifty times.
Mr.. Wright is one of the States rich
men, is public spirited and believes in his
native State first, last and all the time.
He is a hondsome man with a person
atty that wins and attracts those with
whom he comes in contact, his manner
being easy and unassuming. He is a
man of a high order of business ability
as his success clearly proves. Durham
rejoices to welcome him back nome at
the head of its most important develop
ment. He and his associates will give
Durham the best street car power plant,
lighting service and ice plant in North
Carolina. They have the means, the
faith and the enterprise to carry out this
industry developer.