The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11

tn Good RoadS-AsScSsabic Prop
Carr Township Annexed From
Wake Contributed Much Also to
acknowledgements Of Day
Movements OF Citizens.
Especial to News and Observer
Durham, July 8.-With a gain OF
something TX 100000 in the rural
townships, proverbially poor a few
years ago, Durham county is this
morning redited with an increase Of
$1,536,770 over last year.
A portion of this increase must 50
to Carr township. recently annexed
from Wake county. That brought up
the wealth of Durham about $780,
900 but the county outside gained
more than that amount, Every town
ship showed a healthful Improvement
and Durham township gained about
$500, 900 over the showing of last
year.
The increase is among the best ever
shown and that during a year whea
no great building was done. Last
year and the two years preceding wit
messed tremendous building. There
was Memorial church.. 1t meant about
100000 all told. &. n. Dukes resi-
dence. the Il. l.. Duke building. the
j. T.. Stage residence. the Erwin Cot
ton Mills. the Watts Hospital, made a
grand total Of two million. 1t is re-
called in that connection hat there
was during a single period building
of seven structures that meant about
e 1na 00n IL of thnSA box Jnnp
finished. The Trinity College improve
ments constitute the greatest amount
of constructive work new.
The Durham Hosiery Mill. Golden
Belt mills and Durham Traction Com
pany present upwards of $50. 900 i'm
provement in a year. but there has
been nothing tremendously great in
the past year.
The rural increase is explained by
the good roads and it is not 10 be
doubted that in an off year good roads
must figure most largely in the SEN
eral town increase. The cOlOred tax
payers add more than thirty thousand
to their store in Durham alone, and
in every township they make small
gains. If they know as we'll how not
to list as the whites. their $546.642
would probably mean $1,000. 900 Of
actual wealth in Durham township.
The prospects for a greater increase
next year are good. There IS in sight
now building that musc add something
k half a million, not to mention
street car extensions and the proposed
railroad construction out from Dur
ham. People feared a falling off IN
the American Tobacco Company's
business but it didn't come.
Strcct-Car Line Extension.
A petition signed by one Of the most
imposing citizenrieS ever observed in
this community. has been going the
rounds today asking hat the county
commissioners and the city aldermen
grant a franchise TO run a street cal
line from the DostOffice to the Watts
Hospital. the West End Land Com
pany and to Such other points as tie
franchise calls tor, the fare to be 5
cents straight.
THIS is an appeal 10 the aidermen
to reverse with the COMMISSIONER oi
the county. an action of the commits
sioners who sometime g declined to
give Such a franchise to the Durham
Traction Company. It wanted to run
the line without transfers. AS the
new route preScribeS, the cars would
run from the pOStOffiCe and serve a
large portion Of the puL:c not now
in reach OF the ears. 1t is known to
bo a hopeless business move for a
few years at best and all OF the peti
TONERS are asking for this concession
to the company that must make "A
great sacrifice to so there. EX-Aldcr-
man John Sprunt Hill. stakeholder IN
many Institutions with which MS
tathef-ip-!aw, George w. Watts, Is
connected. is pulling for this petit IN
Na"h means the traction company
WIZ get IL. That appears to be get
'ii'S the "riSht-Duke factions TO-
seth"r and postpone that war nf
%ii,@'' so many b~loodless pages have
hecii written. Tn ti.-.e. il is rumoral
th4t the traction may sell