The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-09
A HIVE Of INDUSTRY
High Point a Town of Many
Factories.
Rapid and;Wide Expansion Of Trade It's SDlen'
did System Of Wate'motks is Nearing
Completion,
Staff Correspondence. J

High Point. n. c.. Feb. ST. was
asked today if l remembered the occa-
sion (some time in 81 or 80, before the
railroad was built from High Point to
Asheboro), when l took trip late one
rainy fan day through the country TO
Randelman. l was trying to catch up with
q thief. The distance is seventeen miles.
II was late in the afternoon when l left
High Point l. did not reach Randelman
Till about ten o'clock, cold, wet and hun
cry and had my trip without catching
my man.
What a change through this country
Since the construction of the railroad!
remember passing through tracts Of
heavily timbered lands. In some articles
/ wrote that time l suggested the econ
omy of building factories where the raw
material abounds instead of cutting
down the timber and paying a freight TO
ship 1t hundreds of miles away. | am not
so vain or egotistical as TO think that
any suggestion from me has brought
about the upbullding of so many large
and successfully operated factories here
i'll High Point. 1t is claimed as a fact
~ the High Point people that there are
more kinds of factories here than at any
other town in The South.
A census of the town has recently
been taken, showing an increase of over
LOCO population since the government
census Of 1900 giving the town popula-
tion of nearly 6,0eO inside the corporate
limits.
Mr.. Jas. G. Ryan, an expert water
&c il, AL I tyf1c nh
experimenting putting in the water
works The pipes are all laid except
about one mile; the pumping station is
building; the stand pipe will be 1872 feet
high and will hold $50 thousand gallons
there are two 100 horse power boilers
the works are equipped with the latest
improved duplex pumping machines which
give capacity of two and half mill
lion gallons; the main pipes are from
twelve to eight inches; the flow of water
VIII re abundant and of excellent quality,
ii is pure sErihg water, and the anal
ysis shows that there is no more whole
seine water TO be found anywhere. 1t
is now believed that the water will be
turned on within the next sixty or ninety
days The pipes are so laid that in case
OF an accident they can be cut out in one
section of the town without disturbing
the flow elsewhere
am told that all the factories here
are contracting for the necessary supply
OF water in case Of fire as we'll as domes-
tie use.
/ was IN the Office OF the Myrtle Furni-
ture Factory this morning and Mr.. Fra
zier. the manager, showed ne a car being
loaded with desks going 10 Toledo. Ohio.
This is the third car he has shipped to
the same place and dealer He also ships
goods as far as Oklahoma and the In
Clan Territory. l am also informed that
tending their business TO all parts OF the
United States. This proves he good quail
ity OF ell goods of this nature manufac-
tured at High Point.
No town in The State can point with
r;ore pride to a higher moral, intellect
pal, thrifty, Industrious citizenship than
High Point. There is no healthier section
than these Piedmont hills. The air, the
year round is pure ana invigorat'ng and
nc better water Is found anywhere. The
people here are pleased with the News
and Observer Year Book and the News
and Observer is still appreciated by Its
readers as a free. unhampered, outspoken
paper for the rights of all fair minded
tizens Of tho state.
II. T. HARDY.