The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-09
OVER THREE MILLIONS.
To be Put Into Buildings and Improve
ments at Greensboro this Year.
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Greensboro, N c., Jan. 8.-A well in
formed real estate dealer in speaking
last night OF the projected investments In
buildings and improvements in Greens
boro Tor this year, said that he had made
a careful investigation and from sources
that were entirely reliable. He had figured
out that they would amount to $3,090,000
or one half the present real estate tax,
able values of the city.
In this estimate he counted the $50, 900
Carnegie Library, the $4,000 st. Vincent
Hospital, the 1900 900 White Oak Cotton
Mills the Cones will complete during
the year the $4,000 improved Federal
building and the. 200 county court
house additions to which have been com
pleted since January 1st
Sister Bernard Orndorff, treasurer of
the entire community OF the Sisters of
Charity, representing a membership OF
thousands and millions of wealth, spent
yesterday here looking into arrangements
for beginning work for the construction OF
the ST. Vincent Hospital. She found the
plan sentirely satisfactory and author
lied the immediate beginning of the work.
Mr.. William c. Kelly, of St. Louis, Gen
eral Construction Superintendent of the
st. Vincent Hospital Association, has
been here all the week getting things in
readiness for the work Since the visit
of the treasurer and the approval of the
plans, etc, he will break. ground for the
hospital next Tuesday and will have the
hospital completed by October LIST. The
structure will be handsome, costing TO-,
GOO inclusive Of equipment. 1t will be four,
stories high. It's capacity at first will be
sixty beds, the building being so con
structed ,as to admit Of forty additional
beds when required. The building will be
on Summit Avenue, and Mr.. Caesar Cone
has rendered plants for a hedge around
the entire property to match the magnifl-
cent hedge around his place nearby.
The Watson and johnson Shoe Com
pany, which was Incorporated yesterday
with A. A. Johnson, c. c. Watson and
j. M. Hendrix as incorporators, with a
capital stock of 100000 This firm has
had great success in the manufacturing of
shoes, the business being established two
years ago. It has grown to such proper
tions the present building, on large
three-story brick one on Green street, is
entirely too small A new site has just
been purchased near the Southern Rail-
way, not far from the passenger depot,
and work will begin in few weeks on an
additional factory building. II will be Ask
so feet, four stories and a basement. to
be of brick and stone, and adapted to the
use of shoe manufacturing. The company
expects to occupy the new building by
September first.
The Guilford County Highway Commits
sion have been in consultation for DAYS
with the Supervisor of the State convict
force in regard to the location and equip
ment of a camp for the 100 convicts to be
hired of the State by the commission to
aid in building the macadam roads OF the
county. Yesterday a camp for the con-
Wet force was located on the Alamance
road few miles southeast of the CITY The
convicts will begin work about the Goth
OF January their first work being grading
and getting out rock at the quarry. II
Heath & CO., Incorporated stock brok-
ers, opened up a business here yesterday
with Mr.. Garland Daniels as manager
Mr.. d. A. Summers is the telegraph oner-
ator.
ID. S. Wills has just opened lin an ey.
tensiVe bookstore and stationery supply
business In a building in the Benbow Ho.
tel block In addition he has large as
sortment OF fancy goods and the new ven
ture will no doubt be a success, there be-
ing only two other stores OF the Kind IN
this large and rapidly growing place.