Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-19
RISE OF CHARLOTTE
TH1 RAPID GROWTH OF A SOUTHERN
TOWN.
rs H. n rkabIe Development In the
Past Few Ycars-TnmOus Man
ufactnring and Industrial Center.
IT'S Splendid Roads.

IT'S Splendid Roads.
This IL the story of bright and
thrifty southern town that has sprung
into city through the building Of
good rO<,Is and the development of
manufacturing industries. n city whose
sfsy llne Is dotted with smokcstacks
and whose streets are throngcd with
busy and prosperous people. says
writer in The National Magazine.
Charlotte. y. c.. affords perhaps the
best example of the modern industrial
town in the south. for in recent years
It has grown from Il strictly CONNER
cial town of 5000 inhabitants to Il
manufacturing center of 1000 people.
Few cities in the southern states have
attfH cted as much attention to them
selves in recent years as Charlotte by
PtasOn of its rapid growth and the re-
markable development of its manufac-
turing and Industrial interests. The
recognized center of the cotton mill in
duistry of the south, it has developed
u list of auxiliary manufactures that
has built up its waste places and In
creased its population to such an cN-
tent that it has become famous as a
manufacturing and Industrial center.
The railroads are an important fac
tor In the life of any town, and the eX-
cc1lent facilities which Charlotte en-
Joys have much to do with the growth
and prosperity of the city. AS has
been said. Charlotte is an example Of
the modern industrial town. 1t is
ttnrn of diversified industries. 1t has
Milks TO use up cotton, wood, iron,
leather, cotton seed. tobacco. broom
STRAW. marble and other raw products
and turn them out into the markets of
Wla country in the shape of finished
p0tiucts, from the common to the fin
est grades.
Tire excellent railroad facilities of
Charlotte are backed up by a new COM
me4cial power, good roads. Mecklen-
barE county took the lead in good
Do9ds building some years ago. and
the results have been of most graft
flying character. The model set by
this county has been generally adopted
In the south. and practically all the
good reads work now being done Is
patterned after the Mecklcnburg sys-
tenn. Good roads I'm this county simply
mean good streets. for the good roads
going out of Charlotte are but contin-
uations of Charlottc's streets, for the
construction Of roads and streets is the
same. The only difference is that out
side of the town the roadway is mar
rover. The hills are cut down, low
places graded and steel bridges erect
Cd across the streams. These roads
RNy radiate from Charlotte In every
HSer<a%i. Altogether there are in the
nvigSborho0d OF 100 miles Of good
rsstAs constructed In Mccklcnburg.
The plan is to carry these good roads
from Charlotte In every direction to
the county line. and this work will soon
be accomplished. The effect of good
roads on the trade OF Charlotte has
bccA distinctly beneficial and is seen
tE the increased inflow of cotton and
all kinds of produce from the farms.
The farmer with Il load to haul would
rather go fifteen miles over n good
road than five over bad one, and as
consequence they head their teams for
Charlotte from all directions when
they are within reasonable reach Of
the good rOad2. The establishment of
the good roads has added to the pros
p-rity of the farmer In many ways,
and all over the county there Is a no
tice1tble Improvement in the farms and
their surroundings. The farmers have
better stock and more of it, their wng-
ons are of the best and their buggies
are rubber tired. while their houses are
pahlted and all their surroundings
made more attractive. For much Of
all this the good roads facilities to
market are responsible.
The location of Charlotte Is an ideal
one II is the midway station between
New York and New Orleans and is sit
Mted in the richest section of what Is
known as the Piedmont belt. The cle-
vation of the town is 760 feet, or 40
feet higher than Raleigh, the capital Of
the state 1t Is six hours travel east
to the scaShore and eight hours travel
west to the backbone of the Blue
Ridge Its climate is counterpart of
that of southern France.