The news & observer., 1905-12-03

any more such crowds as last week
the electric company should take
steps Immediately for the purpose o1
securing an entire freedom of inter-
ruption in running their cars to and
from the fair. The company did one
thing last week which was generally
condemned 1t increased the fare to
the fair ground from cents to 10
cents for a two-mile haul during
North Cardinals great holiday occa-
sion of the year. This was regarded
as taking advantage of the people and
as an outrage, and kept many visitors
from going to the fair. 1t is estimated
| shat there were 10000 visitors in
| Raleigh on Thursday, the 18th inst,
! the big day." who never got near
| the ground. They did not relish the
idea of being compelled to hang on
cars, almost "by their eye-lids. as
| it were, and then pay 10 cents foE'
! the privilege of doing so, when at
| all other times in the year the fare
| is cents and a seat is almost guar
anteed.
/ The public buildings of Raleigh are
| fine, and ornaments to the city. It's
capital building is one of the state
lest in the country. The postoffice,
a commodious structure, is on one
of the corners of the two principal
house and a commodious city hall.
The agricultural building, on Edenton
street, has one of the best arranged
museums and academies of natural
science in the country, and the por-
ton devoted to the North Carolina
Histor cal Society contains an assort-
ment of relics, curios and interesting
historical data, unexcelled by any
State There are fine school buildings
Oh 70
none more deserving of veneration
than the old Christ Episcopal church,
on the corner of North Wilmington
street and Newbern avenue, before
" hich President Roosevelt uncovered
his head while passing by in the pro-
ccssion of last Thursday. The ola
manse, or parsonage, connected with
the same, is also of rare historical
interest, and we were told that the
present rector, Rev. DR.. Marshall, has
occupied it for a period of thirty-five
years.
Raleigh may be said to be the edu-
cational center of North Carolina on
account of it's colleges and seminaries.
Chief among these is the State Uni
versity or Agricultural and Mechanical
College, st. Mary's College for young
ladies Ca Protestant Episcopal insti-
tution), and the Baptist College for
young women. These institutions are
all we'll endowed, and have as their
patrons some of the best families of
North Carolina and the South. Raj
Cigh has also well-appointed halls and
lecture rooms and places of amuse-
nent.
There are many State corporations
of large capital whose headquarters
arc here-insurance companies (fire
and life), building and loan associa-
tons, banks and trust companies, cot
ton brokerage companies and other
tonoerns, each doing a large business.
Its big banks have deposits of $4,000
600. 1t is a great railroad center
and is entered by four railroads.
The present population of Raleigh
is about $4,000 With West Raleigh
and other suburbs this may possibly
be increased to IS, 900. North Caroli-
ma has no very large cities. The
chief are Wilmington, its principal
seaport and largest city, with pop
ulation of something over $4,000;
Charlotte the more modern of it's cit
les, with its immense cotton mills,
having a population of about $4,000;
Greensboro and Durham, each of
nearly tho same population; NeWbern,
Elizabeth City, Oxford, Henderson.
Weldon, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville,
Salisbury, Statesville, High Point,
Edenton and Asheville-these com
Prise the most important cities and
towns of the State.
Raleigh, however, has advantages
superior to any of the others through
being the State Capital; through being
enc of the best cotton markets in the
South: through being surrounded by
fine tobacco land, and having large
warehouses affording the best of ia
ciities for handling the crop. 1t IS
also p great manufacturing center
with many lines of industry and op-
portunlties that are unequaled. 1t has
more newspapers and other publlca-
tions than any other city in the State,
and it is claimed that more printed
matter goes through the Raleigh
postoffice, in proportion to population
than from any other office in the I'm
ion Raleigh is, in fact, one of the
best cities in the South for business
and presents extraordinary chances
for profitable investment.
Among the many points of interest
none is more attractive than the beau
tiful Oakwood cemetery, in which lie
tho remains of Ensign Worth Bagley,
the only officer of the United States
navy killed in the Spanish American
war Adjoining it is the Confederate
cemetery. and in the same quarter OF
the city. but further from the center,
is the Confederate Soldiers Home.
Near the latter is the National ceme
terry, in which are buried 1,210 north
ern soldiers, 572 being of the sun,
known" Capt. James Fl. Smith is the
superintendent. He and ex-Secretary
of War Alger were captains in the
same Michigan regiment, but Alger
became a majors general by brevet.
There is much more than can be
said of Raleigh as the birthplace or
Andrew Johnson, and the home Of
other presidents of the United States,
and Of her many distinguished citizens
who brought her honor and fame, but
enough has been written to form one
article in regard TO this beautiful city.