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s. ;-- .. - u -1: ' r ..-..5 -. - - . , 'r V- S. r ' ' - v. 1 - , -1 1 The . " .' - -' V GREENSBORO, N. C, FRIDAV, JULY 1899 VOL. IV. NO. 14! Price Two Cents ADVERTISERS SAY THE TELEGRAM IS A WINNER. IT PRINTS THE NE WSAND THE PEOPLE READ IT. ARE YOUj IN IT? Greensboro 1 Bfeiiilg e grain BIG REDUCTION LADIES' AND MISSES' SHIRT WAISTS AT 1 J. M. Hendrix & Co. 221 South Elm Street. ASTlOHATlSn. What It Is, and How Cor- rected. Astigmatism or Irregular Vision is one of the most common ol all the re fractive errors. It is due to the irregu lar curvature of the film known aa the Cornea. Of course no instrument is sufficient to correct it, but in the hands of a thoroughly efficient and competent Eye specialist the ophthalmometer re veals the exact condition of the eye in a way that nothing else can If your eyes need attention have DR. J. T. JOHNSON to put themunder thi9 won derful instrument Office hours 8:30 to 12:30; 2 to 6. 302i S. Elm St. Turnip Seed -IX YOU WAXT- Fresh Reliable Seed buy of us. We have just recceived a fresh supply of the leading varieties. HOWARD GARDNER, DRUGGIST Cor. Opp. Postoffice. for Tomorrow Nice Chickens Fresh Eggs Fresh Butter Snap Beans Cabbage and All kinds of Eatables VUNCANON & CO., Reliable Grocers. South Elm Stre Phone No. 2 Dp. Burbank, Ophthalmologist, Greensbo-o, N. C, Opposite postoffice. Glasses adjusted upon Scientific Principle). Diffi cult Cases Cor rected. Satisfac tion Guaranteed. Prescription glass es only. You Want A Hand Camera Foi Your Summer Trip - This is the season. You will want it for Gala Week. No matter what land you want, come to see me before you buy. I have soma Special Bargains ALDERMAN, 11 3 i E. Market street Opposite the Normandie What $300,000 Macadamized Sfkeets. "Seventy-five thousand dollars of bonds for the purpose of grading, curbing, macadamizing, paving and improving the streets of the city." ( From notice and resolution of the board of aldermen. ) The city expends $5,000 00 annually on its streets and has no streets worthy of the name exceptthe two macadam ized streets. The money is wasted in filling and refilling holes . in the ground. This is pouring money through a hole like water through a sieve. Think of the condition of our mud streets every winter. Good streets are impossible in this soil without macadamizing and paving. Macadamize, pave and grade the streets and you have permanent, good streets, and the expense of keeping them In good condition will be re duced td a minimum. Compare the expense of trying to keep Asheboro street or Walker avenue in passable condition with the annual expenditure on Elm street or Summit avenue, and then compare the condition of these streets-j Better streets mean-better and easier transportation, corresponding increase in traffic, a saving in horse flesh and vehicles, a saving in sole leather for the pedestrian, and a sav ing In soul worry for all citizens and visitors. The reputation, progress and pros perity of the city demand improve ment of the ttreets qf Greensboro. No progressive, up-to-date city has such streets as ours and no city that hopes to gain and sustain reputation as such can continue-ip have such streets. The valueof property would be greatly enhanced by good streets. Much property that is now valueless wou'd be rendered valuable by beiDg rendered accessible. After the experience of last winter all will admit the necessity of better streets, and further argument is un necessary. For years our cit'zens have made life a burden to the city aldermen by their constant and clam orous demands for better streets by their homes and property. The alder men will give the streets if the citizens will vote the bonds and provide the money. There is no other way to get streets. Vote for the bonds and get ten miles of curbed, graded, paved, macadam ized streets and lift the"City of Flow ers" out of the mud. Read the views of two representative well- nfo "med citizens ou this sub ject. The Necessity and Advantage of Street Improvement. Mr. Editor: Every age has its char acteristic; and the study of every na tion has revealed what at times was its dominating idea. Cur age is an age of money making. This is not necessarily wrong. But out of this and other necessities and conditions of ine human race have grown facilities for rapid transit and rapid communication. Hence steam, telephones and electric appliances. To meet these demands invention has been taxed to its utmost. As in vention has broadened manufacture has increased. Not only has this been a cause for increased manufacture; but the necessities of the race growing out of the effects of invention have en larged the field of manufacture. Hence the field of commerce has grown cor respondingly. This, therefore, brings necessarily an age of rapid transit, urges upon us the advantage of im proving our methods and facilities of transportation. The advantage of street improve ment is clearly seen in the fact that it meets the demand of rapid transit. Capital with its eagle eye is induced to invest where street and highway improvements are found. No people who expect to keep in the race of pros perity can neglect such improvement. Apart from the fact that 6treet im provement much enhances our pros perity by inviting capital and giving employment to the population, sani tary considerations demand it. It is a moral obligation that a city furnish its people pure air and pure water. These should be furnished at cost. When streets and sidewalks are put u-der gradients by the civil engineer and are macadamized they then under the force of gravitation become self cleansing. Street improvement apar from beauty and wealth, is a street scavenger. This is one of the greatest advantages of street improvement. When a city has freed itself from epi demics and dangerous infections by in stantly and effectually removing such causes it becomes the centra of wealth, culture and happiness. There is, there fore, an urgent necessity for' street improvement in every city that is in the mud and without the water carrier system to remove every cause of death. Moreover, street improvement en hance the looks of a city, makes it more desirable to live in such a place. This is no small consideration when the poorest of us like to have pretty homes. Bandy. Come to the court house at 8:3o tonight. IN BONDS WIL If We Only Realized. If we only realized the advantages of good macadamized streets and roads, we would be deeply in earnest about voting the bond issue next Tues day. If there were two business prop ositions mada you today one to give up one-half of your accumulations, and have good streets in our city and have good roads all over our county, or give nothing and let them remain as they are it would be a wise choice to take the former as a business in vestment. The one-half then would be worth more than the whole now. .We would have an opportunity to start this movement without a cent of cost to us. Our people are beginning to waken to the importance of good streets and good roads. Greensboro has many advantages over Charlotte in point of location, etc., but Charlotte has already ob tained a national reputation for good streets, and old Mecklenburg county now stands head and shoulders above any other county in the state, and I believe in the south, and it is chiefly on account of her progressive spirit in building good roads. The time has come when we must do more than talk, it is time for action. E. P. Wharton. Sewerage. "Sixty-five thousand dollars for the purpose of building, constructing, en larging and maintaining the sewerage system." (From notice and resolu tion of board of aldermen.) The city plot in the mayor's office shows that approximately two-thirds of th city of Greensboro is absolutely without sewerage. This might be safe for a country village but it is a con stant menace and an advertising dis grace to a city of 19,000 inhabitants. Public health and public safety de mand an immediate enlargement of the sewerage system. Convenience and comfort and cleanliness and decency demand it. , The reputation and progress of a city that hopes to become a great city by inviting desirable immigration and investment of capital demand it. Increase of sewerage means increase of demand for water and increase of profits from water rents. Let the city own both and get the profits for devel opment. Sewerage and water connection will increase the desirability, convenience, comfort, value and rent of houses and thus pay owners of property hand somely. Renters will gladly pay more for the increased conveniences. Would a progressive laboring man or capitalist looking for a desirable city for a home or for an investment of capital, prefer a city with adequate sewerage and waterworks, or one without these ? All admit the necessity and desira bility of more sewerage. The city would have provided it long ago if the money for that purpose had been available. Bonds are the only avail able means of securing the necessary funds. Vote for them Tuesday and get sew erage. Sound Talk on Sewerag; and Streets Mr. Editor: Believing it the duty of every man to have an opinion upon all matters of public interest, also to express it and vote it, we ask your in dulgence and sufficient space in your columns to express ours upon the bond issue question now so prominently be fore the voters and tax payers of Greensboro. For a progressive.think ing man who is posted on the condi tions as they are today there can be but one side to this question. Greensboro is growing fast. Much faster than many of her citizens real ize. The town is stretching out in every direction, and the vacant lots in the older settled portion of the town are fast being built upon. With this rapid growth the necessity for a first-class system of sewers is very "ap parent. We should have had them long ago, but now they are absolutely necessary, or we must soon meet a san atary condition that" will be hard to handle. The wells, which have so long furnished the best water in the world, will become polluted as the population becomes denser, and sick ness and death must follow. The streets must be put in a more passable condition than they have heretofore or we must suffer from them not only in a matter of health but from a financial point of view. We have brought a good many people to this city from other states during the last year, with a view to locating them among us. They are invariably pleased with our climate, our location geographically. They approve of our churches and bur school system, but they do Dot praise our streets and sanitary sys tem. We have missed making a num ber of sales of residences and resident lots because, in the section wlrare our parties wanted to live, there was no sewer and no means of getting one, and the streets were so utterly impass able st team could not be driven through them, and where the sidewalk should have been a similar condition existed. By all means vote these L SECURE FOR bonds and then judiciously, spend the proceeds in making paved or macad amized streets and sidewalks, and building adequate sewers to put our town in a safe and healthy condition. If you object to them on the ground you do not want to burden the future generation with this debt, remember that this burden is offset by the in creased value of the estate you leave them, brought about by the improved streets and sewer system. Jordan, Sinclair & McDonald. WATER WORKS Owned, Controlled and Cperated by The City. "One hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of building or buying a waterworks plant and maintaining the same to furnish water for the use of the' city and its citizens." ( From no tice and resolution of board of alder men. ) The city now pays about $5,000 an nually for hydrants, $35 for each hy drant, for fire protection alone. Still we have scarcely more than half enough hydrants for fire protection. Portions of our city are still without adequate protection. Every taxpayer has a right to water protection for his property. At $35 a. hydrant, under present arrangement, for complete protection of all portions of the city, at least sixty more hydrants would be required now, costing $2,100 more. As the city grows this amount would be increased annually. Where is the money to come from under the exist ing conditions? Why did the Benbow burn? Why did the Eagle Foundry and adjacent property burn? Water works owned and operated by the city would save all money now paid for fire protection, provide at once protection for all with little ad ditional cost and prepare to supply all necessary protection for the future. A better system with ample pressure for complete protection would be as sured. The actual income from sale of water to private consumers at present is $3,000. This amount will be increased annually with the growth 'of the oity and the necessary increase of sewerage. About $30,000 in sewerage now yields a water income of 18,000 from, private consumers of water. Will not sixty-five thousand dollars of sewerage double the demand for water and the income? Shall we leave this for the enrichment of private cor porations, or shall we secure this large income for public improvement and development of our city by owning and controlling our waterworks? Sewerage we must have Boon for the protection ofour city whether we issue bonds now or not. To increase sew erage without owning- waterworks is to enrich owners of waterworks by in creasing demand for water and render future control of them more improb able. Act now. Vote for bonds Tuesday and own and control our own system of waterworks and secure for public improvements the profits therefrom for all time. Come to the court house at 8:3o tonight Water Works. The proposition to vote $300,000 in bonds for the purpose of building or buying a water works plant for the city of Greensboro is one which should appeal strongly to the good business sense of our voters. If municipal ownership of water works was an un tried proposition and one which had on some occasions, met with failure, then we might approach the question with some feeling of doubt, but such is not the case. Everywhere city owner ship has been tried the service to the public has been more satisfactory than private ownership, and a revenue has accrued to the municipality. This city is now paying to the home company about $5,000 per annum for water, for fira purposes. Jach hydrani added costs the city $35 per annum. As the city grows it will be necessary to double the number of hydrants, thereby making an outlay of say $10,000 per annum for fire purposes alone. The board of aldermen is met with ever-increasing demands for hy-" drants, but is unable to meet them and the question has become a very serious one. The city now pays enough for water rent for fire protection to float sufficient bonds to build waiter works to meet the demands of the city for years to come, leaving the operating expenses of the plant to be met by the water rents from private consumers. If the city owned its waterworks, manufacturing plants, lumber dis tricts, etc. , that want additional fire protection could get it with a small outlay for- hydrants and the cost of putting them- In, whereas they now cost $35 each per annum. The city of Chicago furnishes a fine illustration of how waterworks pay. Between 1861 aqd 1895 the income was $14,733,311 greater than expenses. In the anaual report of the department of public works, 1895, Mayor Swift GREENSBORO. says: "Our waterworks system alone yields an annual income of more than two million -dollars above its oper ating expenses, and when the system ia improved i its' annual net income can be applied toward the pay ment of the water fund bonded indebt edness, now something less than four million dollars, and toward the ac cumulation of a surplus fund avail able for further extensions and for general city purpoees." Two-thirds of the lighting ol Chicago in 1895 was done by the" "gas trust" and one-third by the city, with an -annual cost of $1,022,545, without any income to the city, it not doing any commercial, lighting. Here we have, the city making large sums -by owning its waterworks, at the same time fur nishing ample fire protection, while, on the other hand, it does its lighting by contract with a large annual ex pense, without any income' to the city. Citizen. 716 votes in favor , of bond issue must be put into the box to secure it. Every registered voter who stays at home has already deposited- his vote against it. Lights. "Twenty-five thousand dollars for the purpose of building or buying, conducting and operating an electric light and power plant or gas plant or both, to furnish light and power to the citizens of said city, if the board of aldermen sees, fit." (From notice and resolution of board of aldermen. ) The city is now furnished with sixty four arc lights on moon light sched ule at an annual cost of $87.50 each, making a total cost of $5,500 for light. At least 100 arc lights on every-night schedule are necessary now for ade quately lighting the city. This would increase the cost of adequately light ing the city at same rate to $8,640. This amount would of course be rap idly increased as the city grows. Own ership of our own light plant would save this to the city and enable us to provide more lights and meet the in creasing demands at the cost of ope rating only. The lights and power that the city could easily furaish pri vate consumers from the same plant would be a great convenience to pri vate citizens, a great encouragement to small manufacturing enterprises needing power at reasonable cost, and would eventually be a source of large income to the city.- That such a plant would pay is clearly proven by the fact that two large firms from Knoxville and Balti more recently made propositions JiO the board of aldermen to put in plants and furnish the city lights at less cost than it now pays and operate several miles of electric railway. They ad mitted that for some years the car line would not pay, but claimed that they could more than make up the loss out of lights and power furnished city and private consumers. Vote for bonds and get better lights, more lights and cheaper lights. Let not visitors think we love darkness rather than light. A riarket House and City Hall. "Thirty-five . thousand dollars of bonds for the purpose of erecting a building for a city hall and market, and for the use of the fire department or some of the fire companies and for other city uses." Such a building would provide a commodious market adequate to the necessities of a growing city and all the advantages occurring therefrom in the way of better and more healthful food, fruit, vegetables, etc., and a greater variety and supply of all. It would provide suitable headquar ters for the police and for the fire de partment. By means of proper con nection therewith any citizen could get quick and prompt protection from depredations of every sort and from fire. Such a building would provide a large auditorium and make Greens boro with its unrivalled geographical location the favorite convention city for the majority of the great State gatherings and many of the inter-state gatherings for this section of 'the South Atlantic States. Who can estimate the benefit that would result from the money left by such conventions and wide advertise ment of our city? ' The rents of market stalls, etc., in this building, it is estimated, would easily yield an annual income of $1,500. See communication elsewhere on this subject. Market House and City Hall. Mr. Editor: A marked house and auditorium to meet the requirements of the city should be a building cover ing not less than 50x150 feet of ground. It should be built in such a manner as to provide all the light and air possi ble. A large cold storage rqom should be provided and all modern appliances and convenienc?s should be put in. On.the second floor in front a hall for the mayor's court and board of alder men and also offices for the mayor, city clerk and chief of police should be provided. The auditorium should seat nofTless than twelve or fifteen hundred people; it should be provided with a large stage and good scenery and should be arranged so as to ac commodate large or small assem blages. If desirable, to make it pay, it could be used as a theater and con cert hall as well as for large gather ings. This combined market house and auditorium would no doubt be a good paying investment, outside of the good it would do in attracting po litical conventions and other large gatherings here Greensboro is the ideal place in. the State for such, being centrally located -and having good railroad facilities, and soon to have another fine hotel. The benefit to be derived from this one necessary im provement cannot be estimated in dol lars and cents. B. H. Merrimon. The Simple Reason of It.1 Mr. Editor "How are we to pay the interest on a $300,000 bond issue?" The answer is simple: By applying the money we now pay for rent to the payment of interest. Interest on $300,000 at 5 per cent $15,000 We pay for water and . lights $11,000 We pay for temporary street repairs $5,080 annually. By putting in permanent street work we can save. . . 2,500 The stalls in the market house and city hall will rent for 1,500 Annual water rent from private consumers will amount to 8,000 Total $23,000 These figures show that after paying the interest on the entire issue of $300,000, we will have left in the city treasury the sum of $8,000 for opera tion and maintenance of plants. By combining both plants, electric light and water works , and operating them from the same station we can save at least 25 per cent, in coal and 30 per cent, in labor and superintendence. In the estimates above given, which I submit are conservative, I take no account of the fact that $65,600 expend ed in the extension of the sewer will increase the city's income from water rent nearly 33i per cent. I will also call attention to the fact that the electric light plant to be in stalled, should the bond issue be car ried at the polls, contemplates 100 arc lights of 1200 c. p. each, and on all and every night schedule. The city needs 100 lights, but now has only 64, for the simple reason that we are un able to pay for more. Without any attempt at argument, I submit the above as a plain business statement, showing how we can get the improvements contemplated without any increase in taxation. Z. V. Taylor. Come to the at 8:3o torrght. court house Six Reasons Why I Shall Vote For the Bond Issue. 1st. The city is going to get some thing for nothing. Not a bad trade to pick up $300,000 worth of improve ments without cost to the taxpayers. Profits on lights and water will pay interest on bonds without any increase of taxes. Such a chance does not come every day. 2nd. The property owners of Greens boro are the strongest advocates of the bond issue. If they who pay the taxes can risk it, the rest of us can. 3rd. Municipal ownership of public improvements is essential to efficient service. 4th. The bond issue makes possible street improvements and a system of sewerage, without which Greensboro cannot be a city. 5th. I shall vote for the bonds be cause not a single sound argument has been advanced against it. 6th. I shall vote for the bonds be cause I am unable to find anybody who is going to vote the other way. The voice of the people is generally right. I shall take a seat in the band wagon.' Citizen. A Card From Mr. Lyon. . Editor Telegram : The impression has gone out to the effect that should the bond issue carry next Tuesday the purchaser, of said bonds would own and control the water works, the elec tric light plant, etc. Such a proposi tion is absurd. The lights, water and all property bought from the sale of bonds will belong to the city, and all profits derived from water and lights will go to the city to help pay our city taxes. T. A. Lyon. All can be secured by bonds without increasing taxes one cent. Card of Thanks. We extend our most sincere thanks to all those who so kindly contributed towards our .lawn party and festival at the Academy' of Music lawn last night and to those who so liberally patronized it. We also wish to ex press our very great obligations to the young lady refreshment venders, who, with their presence and assistance, added so much to the pleasure as well as the SUCC2SS, of the occasion. And we want to especially thank the news papers for the space which they so kindly surrendered to our- notices. We realized quite a nice little sum. Edney Ridge, 1 Captain West End Baseball Team. TTTT t Opp. Behbow Phont 56 Do You . Like Olives? Jut take a peep at our line and be convinced of the quality We make prices to suit you L. BAACH Formerly L B. Lindau Fariss' Violet Ammonia For the bath. Tis pleasant, refreshing, and beautifies the skin. $SOo REWARD WE MEAN JUST EXACTLY WHAT WE SAY We Will Give Five Hundred Dollars Reward for a Bedbug, Ant, etc., That SCIENTIFIC BED BUG DESTROYER AND DISINFECTANT Fails to Kill. This wonderful liquid is the very latest, up-to-date remedy of its kind in existence. It is prepared from the formula of one of the most eminent and successful scientists and chemists that the world has ever produced. When all others fail, try this wonder ful insect destroyer. Ask your drug gist and grocer for it; if they have not got it in stock, send 25c in silver and we will send you a bottle. Address The Southern Medical and Novelty Mfg. Co., (SOLE PROPRIETORS) . Box No. 6, GREENSBORO, N. C. Plumbing Cheap. ricADOO'S SHOP On Washington Street. FOR SALE QUICK. 1 new 36 inch Steel under-run Stone Mill, cost $323 1300 00 1 40 H Steam Boiler and 1 35 H Steam Engine, cost $500 225.00 1 Sturtvent Blower good as new, cost $150, 40.00 1 Crustier made by Simpson, cost $125 60.00 1 Crusher, cost $350 175.00 1 Faust Mixer, running order, cost $100 25.00 1 Faust Paste Mill, cost $ 25, 50.00 1 Bogardus Mill, cost $120 40.00 1 Iron Boiler Mill, cost $75 25.00 18 horse power Boiler and 4 horse engine, thorough order, cost 8150, . . 65.00 1 new girl's Bicycle, cost $35, 15.00 1 woman s Bicycle, cost $8 8.00 This property, will be sold. Some time, with security, could be given. 1 McCormick Mower running order, - 18.00 1 Horse Bake runninv order ... 6.00 1 2-Horse Wagon with bed ... 18.00 1 Buggy in running order .... 8.00 1 Deering Beaper and Binder in thorough run ning order ...... $55.00 2 fresh Holstein cows, 4 and 5 years old, giving 3H and 4 gallons milk. Each, $25.00 W. D. MCADOO. BEAUTIFUL Building LOTS ARE LISTED WITH Southern Loan and Trust Co. These lots are situated south from the State Normal College, and just opposite on the north side of West Lee street in a beautiful grove. Tbey are a part of the Jackson place and. are now for the first time offered in single lots. Any sized lot desired can be sold and terms can be made to suit purchaser. The price of these lots is ut pown so that they will sell rapid y. Considering the location being near business and schools and on one of the principal streets of the city we believe that this property is offered at a bargain. Parties purchasing lota can secure loans through us fdr erect ing dwellings on building and loan plan. See us at once before choice lots are sold. E. P. W,HARTON, Pre. David White, Sec. & Treaa. BAACfl :- t 7 ; tiil',
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