The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-02

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On entering Hopewell. you will see a
sign which reads: Wire now, we
hope to get current next Christmas.
. This is the nearest to light l could
c find. On entering the place the first
thing that impresses you is several
: rows of one-story buildings, cheap
looking affairs which wouldn't be per-
mitted to be built in High Point, be-
cause they are nothing short of fire
traps; just frame covered with tar
paper, with galvanized iron pipe for
chimneys. They are put up to look
nice but they are only Christmas
toys, and there are perhaps one
hundred of them. These and other
f1imsy buildings constitute the
foundation of the rumors OF Hope
wells rapid growth. AS matter
of fact we could send enough con-
tractors from High Point to build
fifteen such buildings as they have
today in Hopewell in twenty-four
hours and take it from the bare
ground. This shows the construc
ton of majority of such buildings
now in use. Outside of the 7. M.
C. A. building what is in Hopewell?
Nothing, a lot of one-story shanties,
lot of tents and numerous idle
memo schools, no churches
Hopewell has nothing to offer to
working man!
At present man could hardly
get a job in Hopewe!l at anything
if he offered to work for nothing.
There are no streets to work on and
absolutely no city work Of any kind.
Mr.. Ebbs a prominent citizen Of the
place has one man at the power
house to run the engine, that's all
there is to it. Don't throw the old gag
about the Dupont Powder works
they have all they can take care of
Observation-Disclosures is only
boy catching on behind. Hopewell
has no regular municipal form of
government, no city water works, no
city sewers, no city electric lights,
no paved streets, only a few side
walks in the main part of town, but
Hopewell is not without sewers and
water, there is private water
works, also a private sewer line,
owned and controlled by private in
dividuals, and the parties making
use of these pay for the privilege
much the same as they do anywhere
else. How could Hopewell do other
wise? 1t takes a city government
to issue bonds, collect taxes, disburse
money and do the thousand and one
things that are absolutely necessary
to get on footing with older towns,
but Hopewell will set there. know
that the water works in Sprinfield.
Ohio, when the city had population
of 10000 was a private corporation
and that today the gas, natural,gas
and electric light plant is owned
and operated by private parties, so
it does not follow that Hopewell is
much in arrears, besides HopeWell !
is only an infant city as yet, but
healthy and VIGOROUS one, and rest
assured she will be heard from later
on.
To get an accurate description OF
Hopewell, you would have to go !
over the whole place as I did, with
no other object in the view, only to
make notes Of things as you found
them, in their natural and honest
condition. lfyou were with NE you
would see that 80 percent of the
buildings were simply one story
shanties some of them not more than
1Ox12, and a lot of them that have
no roof at all, only piece Of canvas
over the top to keep out the rain.
I saw lot of tents in Hopewell and
lot of people living in shanties
which would not be tolerated in any
city. The main street is given over
to lot of people who have show.
There is moving picture theatre
with an orchestra outside and a