The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-17

knew as the beautiful little Elm City,
or the City Of Flowers. as some called
it. would find it difficult toNbeIleve
that he is really in Greensboro. 1t
may be remarked in this connection
that this is a wide-awake population,
alive to every interest that is calcu-
lated to hslp make Greensboro great
as an industrial centre. If there is II
loafer or even a lazy man in the city
have not been able to find him dur
ing a several days sojourn here.
Why They Came.
The causes for the Investment of so
much money here and the establish
ment of so many manufacturing en-
terprises are readily apparent. In the
first place Greensboro's superb loca-
ton made 1t attractive to the men and
the capital seeking q place for manu-
featuring purposes. II is in easy &C.
cess to and from. all parts of the coun-
try which produce the raw material to
feed factories of all descriptions. Sin
railway lines all now under one man
agement, radiatc from here. and these
penetrate the forest where grow the
best timbers in the world for furni-
ture making and wagon and carriage
making, for spokes and handles and
hubs, for shuttle boxes and bobbns for
use in cotton factories. for scroll and
bending works of all kinds. for the
manufacture of barrels and boxes. for
the hard woods which are needed for
the manufacture of high-class furni-
turs, tables. desks. etc.
Close to Raw Material.
These roads also put Greensboro In
close proximity to the vast cotton fields
OF the South, where grow the fleecy
substance to feed tho mills and fac
tories that turn out thousands upon
thousands OF yards OF denlms, ging-
hams and checked goods Of all kinds.
carpets, blankets, and the cotton yarns.
The roads also easily reach the iron
and coal mines, laying down hero tho
material and the fuel for machinery
factories and machine shops and foun-
dries OF all classes. They also penc-
trate tho finest grain fields in the
world. and bring to Greensboro the
material for FIGURING mills and they
30 to the immense clay and kalc beds
:. which feed the large terra Gotta fac.
tories here.
Factories and mills and repositories
OF Immense capacity have been IS
taolished here for the purpose OF con-
verting all of this raw meterial into
the finished product to be sold all owe,
The civilized world. These are the
agencies that have consnired to make
Greensboro grow In wealth and poula
tion, outstr!pping many of It's neigh
bors and competitors In this and 9th Ell
States.
Vast Bcehiyc OF Industry.
Naturally more banks followed the
& factories and mills. new insurance com
paEies were Incorporated with larS,
capital and conducted by able men II
4 the insurance line. loan and trust com.
panies went into business here, build.
/ Ing and loan associations sprung up
the number OF wholesale houses OF al
classes was increased and old one;
enlarged, and of course retail store.
multiplied; street car lines wer,
stretched out In every direction, put
ting the suburbs and the vast manu-
featuring interests just on the outsitl,
ct town right in the heart Of tlie4city
4 30 to speak; all kinds of improvements
both public and private We're inaugu
rated and carried out with energy an,
Intelligence, and for tho past decad,
(sreensboro has been, aid still Is. ON
of the most remarkable beehlves q
i lnduatry to be found . In tho Southern
states or anywhere else in the country
end the bees are still WORKING to max,
Il Greensboro greater Hl,d greater, 83
yhnre Id more sroolll hare for Ilew in
4 nu6trieH Of nil kinds; all thai need |,