The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23
DUKE MAY GET
NEW ERWIN MILL
Matter is Not Yet Set
tied
DURHAM MADE FIGHT
Arbitrators in Municipal Building
Controversy Decide That the City
is Entitled to the Entire Amount Oh
Losses, $4,000 On the Building
and $1,000 on Furniture.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Durham, N. c., Feb. 19.-in reply
to questions asked today w. A. Er-
win, at the head of the Erwin Cotton
Mills, stated that the matter Of loca-
ton Of the new Erwin mill had not
been definitely decided, but that it
was more than probable that the ne"
mill would b. located i'll Duke and not
in West Durham.
The new mill is to be the largest
of the Erwin mills. It is to have So
600 spindles and will make cloth. dit
ferent from any of the OtherS-a graz
cloth. A hard fight has been made t.
get Mr.. Erwin and the directors t"
see it to their advantage to locate an
West Durham or somewhere about
this city. In giving his opinion toda<
Mr.. Erwin told your correspond
that he thought the chances were an
favor Of Duke for h reason thai IN
| Duke there is all the free land wanted
for a site and g fine stream Of clesf
water runs through h place.
It is known also that those VINO
have the matter in charge are afralu
Of being taken into the city made
to pay city taxes if the mill should be
located here or near here Recently
a number of merchants and business
men waited upon Mr.. Erwin and as
| sured him that this would not be the
case at mis- LlIno ana 81 IdI DIS Inc
| knew in the future. The general, idea
| among those who are to locate the
new mill is that Duke. is the best
place. This will be the fourth Of the
Erwin series and will be the great
est of the mills. Mr.. Erwin ALREADY
has more spindles under his control
than any one man In the South and
this great new plant will increase his
dominion. in the spindle world.
City t o Get Reparation.
.Arbitrators to whom the matter of
the loss sustained by the city on the
municipal building was referred. have
reached an agreement and made re
port in the matter. Contractor B.. +.
Houston, this city, represented Dur
ham, and Contractor Jones, Charlotte,
represented the insurance people.
These two men have decided thai
Durham is entitled to the entire
amount Of the losses-$a5, 600 on the
building and $500 on the furnittlr"
and fixtures in the office.
The city, according to this recon
mendation is to get. the salvage, this
being worth several thousand dollar
in the way of brick and other things.
1t is expected that the losses will soor
he settled and as soon AS this is don
the city will begin to talk about re.
building.
Boy May Recover.
The little son of Col. J. Harper Ell
win, now in the sanitarium of Dr.
Henry F. Long, Statesyille, is reporte,
as getting along very we'll folloWin-
an operation for appendicitis. Thu
little fellow is but four years of age
and when his appendix was remoVed
1t was. found that there was a pin al
inch n three-quarters in length IN
the sac. For several hours his condi-
ton was such as to make the hope OF
his recovery, doubtful. It is nov
thought that he: has passed the dan
| ger stage. I-*t
81 Sunday School Association.
The Durham County Sunday SchooI
association Will I'VE here mex
month, at the Memorial Method
church. It is expected that all tn
i Sunday schools of the county will be
represented and that there, will be a
large. ATTENDANCE. Several Sunda>
school workers we'll known will be III