The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-08
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON
70 the Editor:-North Carolina has
few towns that have grown as wash
irston during the year just closed. so
far as progressiveness Is concerned, es
neciallv during the year 1908, she stands
tndav the States ideal. Her watchword
= Improvement" and with this inceh-
tive has long ago discarded her shell Oh
le.hargy and RIP an Winklelsm, 80
10 speak, for a position that is enViapie.
To her the year 1903 has been the most
memorable in her history and the paoe
Of 1904 smiles upon her with the asSuf
ance she will be found in the van OF en-
f,rnrisa and push ere this year shaii
b.va stenped aside for the coming yeai
1895. New buildings greet the Visilo-
r.on all sides; the music OF the saw
the rap of the hammer. the ring OF ire
trowel can be heard from seven IN tue
morning until six in the evening. AZ
le1st one half million dollars mas peeh
expended in Washington alone during the
past year on new buildings, ana tue
year to come, promises much larger eN'
peaditure.
visitor to our town q few years
hack would not know our beautlful htlp9
ity of today. She has the best streets
in North Carolina, shelled from one era
to the other, shaded with stately eifns
ana oaks-backed with residences making
a panorama both picturesque and lnF!I-
ing. The spirit OF progress dominates.
There is not house in Washington
fol- rent; all are occupied: they can ne
erected fast enough the first nail is hard-
ly driven but some prospective oc-
cupant endeavors to consummate deas
fol- it's rental This state OF a1alrs not
only applies to residences but business
houses likewisc-both are held at
premium.
We stand today Mr.. Editor, upon the
k;lltop of achievement and energy with
the confidence we can present and oner
to the capitalist inducements few towns
can in the ''Old North State" We pos
soss the natural resources and we TOO,
glory in the undisputed fact she has
these qualities that go long ways to-
wards creating towns, cities. washing
ton is the pride of her citizens. Some
o. the States nravest and first citizens
gazed upon Gods handiwork Tor the hrst
time within her borders. Her history oc-
cupies no small niche in North Carolina
archive Her Stanley, her Carter, hef
Fowle, her Satterthwaite, her warren,
her Rodman, her Shepherd, her Brown,
her Small, as legal lights; her Crimes,
her Sparrow, her Wharton, her Myers
and others, as soldiers. of a Lost Cause
arc enough alone to make her history
glorious and it is glorious.
During the year the Washington Light
and Water Co., have installed the most
complete water plant, costing $4,000. The
NV aYnprfS not
PASSED. The S. R. Fowle Memorial Hospi-
tai costing over $500, will be ready for
patients in a few weeks. The money for the
erection of this hospital was donated by
Mir. Robert Bruce, of New York city, as
memorial to the late Samuel r. Fowle,
his lifelong friend. Mr.. Fowle was the
father of the late Gov. Daniel G. Fowie
and Mr. James L. Fowie, president of
the First National Bank and large mer-
chant of this city. H. Susman has cree
ted and completed three brick stores;
Messrs. Latham and Stilley, fve- brick
stores: Col w. B. Rodman, an honored
member of the North Carolina Code Com
mission is constructing one OF the hand
scmest buildings to be found in this sec
tion Of the State. 1t will contain three
stores with offices above to be occupied
by the law firm of Rodman and Rodman.
The Drs. w. A. and j. G.. Blount have
finished another handsome and imposing
building an honor to the town, an exam
Pie followed by Mr.. Frank D. Paul, anoth-
er enterprising citizen. S. r. Fowle & Son
have erected the largest building in the
city occupied by the First National Bank,
the Southern Furniture Company aud
Messrs Knight and Cooper on the fist
floor The second floor of the bank is
fitted up most attractively by Stephen
c. Bragaw Esq. as law ONCE These
stores are the largest to be found in
this section of North Carolina, they ale
not only a credit to Washington but
would honor cities much larger. Mr.. w.
p. Baugham has completed most inn
rosing structure, the second story OF
which is used for the Elks Home. This
home is most attractive in every deta1i
and is q pride OF its members. The Brids-
man building occupied by ]. X. Hoyt, one
OF Washington's largest merchants, has
been greatly enlarged and improved
making it one of the most attractive eni-
porums to be found anywhehe. Capt.
Geo. H. Brown will soon have completed
large brick building. Besides ali these
improvements the Atlantic Ccass Line
is erecting one of the largest freight
WAREHOUSES; anu pdSoS'lSSI Stdt.pHo vi
their system. The warehouse alone Will
be 55X255 feet, costing over $4,000
There are two things Washingtonians
are proud Other two hotels, the Louise
and the Pamlicc and her attractive drug
stores. We don't speak as the braggado-
Gle when we say, no town i'll this State
can surpass us along this line-they speak
for themselves.
Our town prides herself npon ner lum-
Der and fish industri es. We have seven
large saw mills with an output of between
thirty and forty million feet of lumber
per year and the payrolls of these seven
mills in twelve months will aggregate
over one half million dollars. Tho Free
man and Hodges Lumber Co., Spruks Man
ufacturing Co., Eureka Lumber Co., f.
NJ. Short Lumber Co., S. r. Fowle and
Son, Kugler Lumber Co., Moss Planning
Mill, Walling Lumber Co., and the Moo,
Lumber Co., are important factors to-
wards making Washington what she is