The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-31
OFFERS GOOD SUGGESTIONS
Business Has Heretofore Been
Congested Around Burned
Block, and Now Other Loca-
tons Will Be Good as City
Takes On New Life, He Says.
Would Widen Streets
DIV j. Il. WARRtN.)

(BN y. Is. A1lltfAN.)
Creighton, secretary of the Commer-
Cial Club. while deplOring the deVaS-
tation to property and decentralization
to business resulting from the big tire
of last Monday night, says in a state
ment which he issued today that ne
Durham, March 2S.-Mr. {. Gl
believes the fire will cause a business
expansion in Durham that has never
been experienced before will send the
city. and generally result in an I'M
provement Of the business section
His statement follows:
Fire a Benefit to City.
cone always hears that a tire Viii
be Of henefit to a city and IN tn!a
particular instance We beileVe thal II
viii be OF immense value to the city
of For it will mean changes
in things hat have moved IN ways
injurious to the interest Of the city
for many years.
Would Widen Street.
Let us first consider the citys point
Of view. We now have the opportu-
nifty. the nrst in years ana the las,'
we hope. in many more, to stralShten
and widen our Main street, the un-
sightliness Of which has long been a
handicap in the City's growth. II the
owners Of the burned DIS
trict will get together, they can, at
COMPARATIVELY no costs to themselves
donate to the city a small strip OF lane
which,. when thrown into the street
viii. add many times it's worth 10 the
adjoining property. -.
AT first blush one would say tins
is q foolish statenaent-that the lan'
itself is Of too great a value Tor tn'
owners to donate this strip to tn
city. But when we look into the I'M
proved the improved al
vuhinh tho CltN Will DE
rive therefrom, the improved facllltle
for approaching the stores and tn
consequent improved deslrablllty Q
= these locations and the increased rem
S al value of same, we a see thai IN
= actual value Of the donation dWlnole
from view.
Make New "Property line
at was only recently that train
ordinances were enacted requiring a.
vehicles to move on Why? l
n would be easy for the board of alder
men to enact building regulation
g which would, as new buildings ar
erected, make them conform to
n new property line" Not all at one
so as to work a hardship on any on
or on the city but slowly as the CIT
q grows.
IS For More Good Locations"
n For the last thirty, and more, yeal
IS the business of the city has revolve
is around the block which has been de
n stroycd. Only the merchants in tn
% block have had a good location,
p What shall we have in the future
q Circumstances have compelled thos
)r merchants to seek other quarters
n quarters located off the streets h
e heretofore have been considered tt
"shopping district" Rawls hay
s. moved to Parrish street. Hollar
L Brothers and Herring Il Elliott ma
n moved to Five Point, Lloyd IS {
xt Corcoran street, Pritchard-Bright W
be located below Market street, {
Mt Main. and the result will be that Il
i shopping crowds will be forced
ne NOV 9 around q bit to find their o
ly friends. and in the end viii beCOn
OF used to going to other sections OF II
oil city-seCtions which were heretOfo
~ never Thought about in their hu
n; for purchases. And the result "
n. be thai these locations will becon
rs valuable and when a new enterpri
seeks a location in our city, instead
leaving because they cannot get in
IL; Main street between Ma1gum and I
IS, post Office" they viii be glad and Wi
h, ing to take the new places made 20
S: ular by the home merchants.
ISIS in all probability. after a six mont
"a residence in these new locations. t
merchants Will prefer % remain the
Us th&n pay the increased rental OF I
m. central portion OF the town, thus lea
ir- ing those locations open for new bu
neSSeS.
Durham has long suffered from I
lack OF foresight to look into the t
ture. Let us stop his, and LEI eve
uy citizen and property owner look f
ward 10 the years that are to Come
ess the years that Durham will have
,gs population of 100. 600; that we will
on on the main lire of the Seaboa
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