The news & observer., 1905-12-29
ONE YEARS WORK
At GREENSBORO
Achievements of a Pro-
gressiive City.
FINE OBJECT LESSON
The Spirit That is Pushing and Ex
panding Greensboro is Born Of the
IndomitabIe Enterprise That
Will Make Any Community
Wealthy and Great.
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Greensboro. N. c., Dec. 2S.-The
first inventory session of the
Chamber of Commerce since its or
ganization last spring was held in the
auditorium of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Club floor of the New
City National Bank building tonight
There was a large attendance pres
ent. the leading public spirits of the
city participating in the meeting
There was but little discussion. the
time being too short in one night for
anything more than the hearing the
reports of Chairmen of Committees
formed to look after the manifold and
varied interests of the city's we'll being
and progress. President Ceasar Cone
in j few appropriate sentiments terse-
ly and entertainingly indicated the
object of the called meeting as being
to take stock of the years work and
progress and to plant for renewed ef-
fort for the coming year. He then
called for reports. There We're ten of
these from the various chairmen, re-
lating to special departments of en-
deavor. such as transportation, pub
Tic utilities. streets, health. education,
manufactures trade. commerce. etc.
All these reports were encouraging.
more than mention them now.
The report of secretary of the or
ganizatiOn. Mr. George F. Newman,
was comprehensive. giving in detail
the expense of the organization during
the past six months, the amount and
character of work done under his di-
rection and instances of the immedi-
ate benefits resulting directly there
from.
Touching the city's growth progress,
and development during the year he
gave statistics in comparative figures
which carried their own comment.
They We're such creditable showing
for only one of the many progressive
North Carolina cities that they are
here reproduced as much for the
value of the suggestiVenesS of the ben
efitS of his work to other communities
as to acquaint all with the immense
activity of industrial life in only one
young city in the South:
Municipal improvements.
In the matter of Municipal I'M
provements, the following is as near
a complete summary as it has been
possible to obtain:
Streets and Sidewalks: Verified
brick paving, $3S.000; Is streets grad
ed, thirty-six miles, $1,000; curbing
four miles, $5,400; sidewalks paved
twelve miles, $2S,000; Total. $8S,4OO.
In addition much work has been
done in curbing for surface drainage
on new and old streets.
Water and Sewefage-new sewer
/ 1-2 miles. $4,000; settling basin. $5,-
O00:; new pipe line and reservoir,
$125.000; Total. $4,000.
Fire Company-New hose house.
two $4,000; stables and water tower.
$4,000; Total. $500.
Graded Schools-Buildings i'm
proved. $1,000.
Excepting the Reedy Fork Pipe
line which is not yet completed the
tatal city permanent improvements
will represent for the year, $331, 400.
Private and Corporate Investment.
But especially gratifying are the
figures of the private and corporate
development during 1906. The follow
ing manufacturing enterprises have
increa Sed their capital stock some OF
them over double: Proximity Manu-
featuring Company, the Guilford
Lumber Company. Wysong d Miles
Company, Cape Fear Manufacturing
Company. Sherwood Bobbin Manufac-
turing Company. Revolution Cotton
Mills, Hardwood Manufacturing Co.
Repairs of building and enlarge
ment of equipment of the manufac-
turing and other industries already
on firm foundations enlargements
and improvements during the year
have been made to the extent of near
ly a million dollars among them:
Southern Bell Company, 100000;
Proximity Cotton Mill Co, $4,000;
Revolution Cotton Mill Co. 100000;
Southern Railway Freight Depot,
$4,000: Greensboro Electric Co..
S125,OOO; Van Lindley Nursery Co.
$4,000; Pomona Cotton MILL $450,000;
Partial List New Industries.
Agricultural, $50,OO0.00: Insurance,
$500, 100000: Mercantile, $225,OOO.O0;
Manufacturing, $500, 100000; Industri-
al and Publishing. $3.50, 100000.
Transportation.
Equally satisfactory is the record
of freight tonnage lin the matter of
increase over the previous year, but
the very fact that freight received so
vastly over-balances that forwarded,
should stimulate both our city and the
transportation company to get to-
gether and provide such rates or fa-
cilities as to make this great natural
center a still greater artificial center
from which to distribute the finished
products of factories out of the
abundant raw material accessible to
u.s. While these freight figures are
not official, they are approximately
correct.
Freight Receipts--1904, 504 ,000,-
900: 1905, 726,000,000.
Shipments--19O4, 10000, 900; 1905.
1877 900.
Postoffice Receipts-19oo, s32, 200;
1905 $63,000
Bank Deposits-1902, $1,53S,725.5S;
1905 S3,9S7,15S. 90.
Business Houses-Constructed 29
$330,000 repaired IA, $3S,000. Total,
$36S.000.
Private Residences, Gncomplete)-
307, $37S, 1000
Churches.-First Reformed. s10,-
00O Centenary Methodist, $4,000;
New Presbyterian church. S4.400;
Holiness. $4,000: Colored churches CD
$4,000. Total, $4,000.
Colleges-Lutheran (new) 100000;
Greensboro Female, (addition) $4,000;
State Normal and Industrial, $55.000;
A and NJ, $1,000. Total. 100000.