French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-21
|HENDERSONVIuE BEGINNING
BIGGEST ERA OF ITS HISTORY
Visitors Pouring IN DaiIy-Big Developments Now
Begun-Laurel Park Growing--Ne Buildings
are Going Up.

! Business is rapidly readjusting it
self in Henderson county. The out
look is exceedingly bright and the
dark clouds that hoVered over the
flood stricken community last fall and
winter have departed and in their
places bright beams are cleaning
from horizon of real prosperity.
One can feel it in the very atmcs-
phere that Hendersonville appears 20
have awakened from a slumber, taken
on new life and today is one of the
busiest cities in North carolina.
= Visitors Pouring In.
A prominent business nan said yes
terday that there are more visitors
here right now than ever before in June
The steady stream of summer visitors
arriving on every train, bringing
with them baggage enough appaI emily
to keep them here the entire season, is
an every, day sight. IracL.caIly
every boarding house in tnc city and
LcOunty is rented. The keepers have
made arrangements for big season.
One lady who has rented one OF the
largest boarding houses in Hendef-
sonville is said to be en- route mere
with enough guests accompanying ner
to almost pay the expenses of the
house.
The city municipal authorities have
been working extra forces for several
months in order that the city might
| be prepared for the summer rush OF
tourists. The street department will
complete repaving Main street and
/ SeveI1th avenue by July 1st. These
! two streets are travelled twice as mucn
as any two other thoroughfares In the
i city. The water works department
has just placed miles OF new water
J and sewer lines. Additional supply OF
! water has been secured on the presen'
water shed to meet the demands dur
ing July and August. The city com
missioners have purchased modern
iAmerican-France fire lighting truck
1.-The same as is used in cities ten times
the size of Hendersonville:
The Lumber Industry.
i About the busiest places in the. cit,
inst now are the various lumber yards
TASK any lumber man what he thinks
of business. You will get an ansWe
. right off the reel this years busines
J promises to almost double that of las
; and it if was not almost impossible t
: get lumber delivered -on time the
would be doing even. more business
There are many buildings going up 1
3 and near Hendersonvile.
l Developments in the County.
The Hustler announced seVera
weeks ago that contract had been lie
for a mammoth power dam on Gree
: River. about seven miles from the cit!
b The actual work on this developmeI
has commenced, because commute
of HendersonVille citizens, includln
the editor of the Hustler, journeye
e down to the site of the big dam an
8 saw a big crowd OF hands at worl
Q iBesides about forty men at work o
n the dam the Southern railway compan
j has a large force busy preparing
n carry out contract to move the maj
line tract a considerable distance an
at the same time raise it fifteen te
# higher so as to be above the backt
IT. water caused by dam 121 feet h1g
2, II is almost impossible for native
= the mountains or one who is not
r. conceive of how many gallons OF W
l. ter it will take to fill the mammo
lake proposed by the Blue R1uge 70
st or company. These who live IN ASH