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jj ' ! hi " Vii ,'. Ws. ( f V': 0 i ' : j. fW! ' ' ( . v , . 1 n 1 1". J ! f . ' ) 'it.' ' 1 K 5 I f; i . J. - ; . j i. j :'-. :; V 1 - '. v "i! Splendid and Unexpected Chance to Secure a Handsome BulldinS Ji A. T -A. VERY LOW PRICE 03ST IMIO ST REASONABLE THl., An Opportunity that Must be seized Quickly, and One that Cannot be Offered Again, -T-, lr , -r- a r-M -r-, .r r-iDDCTD-rV DP , i i tzio tz. i i o Mret i r icz. r r The West Side La and omp am 1" !X -1: OR RAIEIOH. . . , . . . . . . , , t vTTicrrrrw UfiT.ni'Vft. of tlifi laivfirm o( 1 . . J . U. 15UUJIA1jLi, iisq., Ulnei tJlerK m tlie Office ol tlie State Auditor, is iresitlent oi tne uomimu, u. " .m v, x-, ... v H(1 . Secretary and Treasurer. 1? That beautiful tract of wood and grove land, known as the Parker property, and on which the Parker mansion stands, has been divided up into handsome and prettily located building lots, of one-eighth of an acre, and those lots are now offered for sale at two hundred and fifty ($250) per lot on the easiest and most inviting terms, viz: fifty dollars cash and the balance in monthly in stalments of ten dollars (10) oach. The Attractions and Desirability of the Location. To people who are acquainted with the location and beauty of the Parker property, the announcement above would be sufficient for all purposes. But for the benefit of those who may be interested, and who have not seen it, the following facts are given: The tract of land lies beautifully westward of the city and just at the pres ent terminus of the western extension of the street line. The city is destiued to grow westward, and this division will soon be dotted with handsome resi dences. Quite a number are being erected now just beyond this tract, and this would have been built up long since but for the fact that it has been kept from the market until withiu the past few days. These lots lie between the beautiful woodland, in which famous St. Mary's school is located, and Pullen park. The latter place contains sixty acres of beautiful rolling ground and is rapidly becominr one of the loveliest and most inviting places imaginable. Within three more years it will be the great prorae nade and driving ground for Raleigh's fashionables nn.l elite, and the vicinity will be so attractive as to make residences near it greatly desirable. The Park tract just openiug up will afford the most beautiful lots that can be had now or at any time in the future in close proximity of the park. And as soon as these lots shall have passed into other hands, building will be immedi ately commenced, and there will he a steady and solid increase in value of all the property. The tract lies right along Ilillsboro avenue, one of the principal boule vards of ltaleigh, aud the main western outlet. Another street (Morgan) will soon be extended westward; and will give an entrance into ard through the property, making a second continual thoroughfare from the main business cen tre of the city through the beautiful section just being opened up. These will be sold until thp first nf-December at S250 each on the terms already mentioned $50 cash and the balance in monthly instalments of ter dol lars each until all the purchase money is paid. These terms are the easiest ever offered on sucn aesiraoie property as is ueie . . i put out; aDd there will never be such another opportunity in Kaleign again. Beauty of the Lots. An effort to properly present the full beauty and desirability of the location of these lots for building purposes would be futile. The greater number of them are on an elevated plateau, o i which is a luxuriant and beautiful growth of natu ral and ornamental trees and shrubbery. This is consequently ready to the hand of the purchaser to be cut out, rearranged, &c As much shade as is desi rable tor comfort or beauty is already provided, and where not desirable, it is easily removed. Ilillsboro avenue runs along the north boundary of the tract, and the North Carolina and Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line Railroads are on the southern side Along the west side of the tract is the haudsome avenue and drive into Pullen park. uaieign people wno are miiy acquamteu with the situation ot the property, are very conscious of its desirability, and many of them have for some time past J longed tor an opportunity to secure a budding lot in this section. This is the first announcement of the opening up of this property, and the company put ting it on the market have, in a measure, wished the matter to be quiet, until they were : reidy to advertise the matter in full; but in some way a rumor got out to the effect that the property would soon be opened up. The secret be came an open secret during the past week, and some citizens have exacted prom ises from the managers of the company that lots would be reserved for them, until there are only about fifty lots left on the market. THE PARK PR MANSION. A TTnnrlsmiH and Well-anoointed Mansion for One of the Purchasers. 'til- ' 1 1 'ft: f v , ti On the south side of the tract, and on a beautiful elevation, is the Parker mansion. This is the mansion owned and occupied by Hou. Wm, R. Cox, pre vious to its purchase from him by Mrs. Dr. Parker. It is handsome in appearance and well-appointed in construction. It is large, and spacious, having elegant verandahs on three sides, and a pretty octagonal library building connected with the main body of the mansion by a unique cov ered bridgeway. The mansion and a large lot will be reserved in the sale of .he tract, and will be given to one of the purchasers of lots. Each lot purchased will carry with it a chance for the purchaser to draw and own this handsome villa, which is one Ul pi c I Lies b ill UUIJOLI UUllUU iiuu lutanuu ux lug vhj i. kjl bii ui,ai. The Best Proposition and Opportunity. This is the best proposition yet made by any company which has been organ ized for the purpose of selling town lots in the South. The purchaser of a lot gets the full value of his money a very full value and his purchase will prove satisfactory to him. He can realize at any time even the next day all that he pays for the lot, and there is certainty of a sub stantial and solid increase in value. Besides these the chance of owning one of the handsomest mansions in the country is afforded. Come and See. Some idea may be formed in the minds of some i . il P ti.' Y 1 means; out a proper conception oi wnai is oueieu ci : and and its location be seen. It you don't live too , i 1 i t j surprise, interest ana aengnt you. Some Facts of Interest. 1 If. liiV 211111 iUUdllUU Ul 10.UU lllUUVUli uii-uuub J Ul iil 1 1! V - T i.. j ----- - - . J M. '.H'T-t i ... i i I . : . . i . -, i - tumess. in this respect tne new secuuu just uemg openca up U,, a reputation which only one other place in the South can f quai. ,: During tne war, a corps or competent physicians were v t . ine the Southern country and select the most healthiul nud could find for the establishment ot a great hospital for After carefnl examination, the commission decided to l One of these was the place known as "Camp Mangum" urbs of this city, which joins and is a part of the plateau ; ker propertv. This plateau is considerably above tlie mn, of Raleigh, and its healthful tone aud influence are uuta'r-- The opinion of the Confederate hospital commission ha confirmed since by meteorological records aud observat!;h Mr. T. C. Harris, who is curator of the State museum. iUa uroafher nhsprvpr of l.hlS SP.Ctln. UlS reSKltllie IS i, t new property, and his weather records were taken there a w ehieflv for comnaiison. His records for ten years shu.vt.i temperature did not differ from that of Southern France or Iia v n degrees as an average sometimes a lew degrees anove an the general average being very nearly me same, and th generally less. The climates of Italy and Southern France ate regarded a cial to invalids, aud many a sufferer has been seiit to tie-, benefit of their climatic influences. The records of all three sections are about the aih' during which the observations were takeu. These stateim inal records which are easy of access and may be examin. .i ; A Combination of Advantages. From the facts stated above, which are very conservatively la thing being taken from records made some time since, and w.ihi, usesto which they are put to here, it is easily seen that a ro.n'u.iu-.i tages comes to the pvrchaserof a lot or a number of lots in th 5 fe They are beautiful and in a healthy and salubrious loeal.u. They are right between the city of Raleigh and its western u u: already being handsomely and rapidly built up. They are right in the line ana turectien wnicn u.e ue growth of the city will take. They adjoin the principal park of the city (Pullen Parks been beautified by terraces, large fountaius, stone ?piin'-. which will be the loveliest .-esort possible in a short tim" They are directly between two large and handsome edue a; being the famous St. Mary's ieniale School, aud the other in of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Thete conditions alone stamp the lots with certainly as mi: for them. And some matters and facts referred to on the lower ha! serve to show that a purchase in this section is good and s a!e :i! nent matter or a speculative investment. Read the facts and dvi elusions. IB Ml ill ire '.: a:., IKl. : SOMI INTERESTING FACT'S AND STATISTICS ABOUT THE CITY OF RALEIGH. Raleigh is confessedly one of the most delightful places to live inin the South, and the South is the most balmy, the most beautiful and the most delightful sec tion in creation. These statements are not made for simple effect. They are facts acknowl edged and asserted by everybody whose judgment has been broadened and ripened by extensive travel. Raleigh is a city which is noted for its Southern Conservative Spirit. It was founded nearly one hundred years ago, and the posterity of the founders down to the fourth generation live here now. Up to the present time in its history, the city has never been through the un certain throes and agonies of a "boom" fever. There has never been a forced or fictitious value on a foot of ground within its limits or environments. No invest ment has ever been made with a hope of realizing a thousand per cent, profit in a short time, and carrying the possibility of seeing the investment prove utterly val ueless. But there has never been a day which did not augur some progress for the city. Its growth has been conservative, but it has been solid and substantial, and Ral eigh is a city for all time to come with a basis and a history that must last and grow as long as time endures. It is a city of culture and refinement. It Dossesses to the fullest degree every item and feature which go to make ud the conveniences and comforts of lifo. It already has evorything which "booming " towns promise to provide wnen tney attempt to attract capital and investments. It has a society, the charm of which is known all over the countrv. It ha3 a business element whose wisdom and safety are proverbial and whose creuit is unnamed. Industries and Manufactories. It has in operation industries, the stability of which is unquestioned, and which maintain in plenty a city of nearly fifteen thousand people. And all these industries and their continual operation are positive and assured. Mention of Some of Tbem. The industries of Raleigh, like those in all large cities, are so varied and mul tifarious, that a proper enumeration of them would require a systematic canvass. In fact, the mention of them could hardly be of any special advantage, for the reputation of Raleigh as a city, both capital and cosmopolitan, carries with it the suggestion that all industries and enterprises which may be expected in a city, are found here. The following are some of the principal establishments : Raleigh and Gaston Shops, working two hundred employees : annual expen ditures in the city $150,000. North Carolina Car Company, now on contracts for several hundred cars and more than twenty buildings, working one hundred hands in the shops : weekly pay roll $1,000. r J Cotton Compress, working one hundred hands at a pay roll of $700 per week. Raleigh Cotton Mills, working sixty hands; pay roll $300 weekly. Allen & Cram, machine shorn: fortv Edwards & Broughton, printing house; over fifty hands; pay roll $500 per Ellington, Royster & Co., contractors; forty hands; pay roll about $400 weekly T. H. BriggS & SonS. COntraotnrS n1 hnil.lavo tlfrti7-civ Vionlo ot fnll in neymen workmen's pay. Raleigh Oil Mills and Fertilizer Company, fifty hands; payroll $550 per week. J. E. Pogue's tobacco factory, thirty hands. Raleigh Wagon Factory, turning out fifty wagons per week. The North Carolina Phosphate Mill, operating the only cyclone mills in this Southern section, is an important establishment. And besides there are smaller industries and establishments without limit, including two large ice factories, three candy factories, two harness factories, one large tannery, one hosiery knitting mill, two furniture factories, smoking tobacco factory, two iron foundries, several carriage shops and factories, steam laundry, marble yards, and other enterprises two numerous to mention, representing a large investment of capital and giving employment to fifteen hundred people; and this does not include the force em ployed in the many mercantile establishments, banks, cotton houses, schools, State offices, tobacco trade and cotton trade, &c. These alone will aggregate a voung army of bright intelligent and cultured people. Annual Business. The annual business of the city is not easy to compute accurately The average daily business at this time is over $150,000. As many as 7G,000 bales of cotton have been sold in the Raleigh market in one year. for nearly $3,000,000, and the receipts so far this year from Sent 1st, 1890, have been nearly 20,000 bales. y Last year there were sold from this market sixty thousand barrels of flour about six million pounds of meat, one thousand car loads of grain and hay and ten thousand tons pf fertilizer. -Hmmozi- Over these lines about forty trains come and go daily, and in il: as at present, the number of trains going and coming is incre;t.el NEW LINES. ' i.'i.: to A'.'.ilJ i Air I- i" ;i 6 i I- WHAT THEY SHOW. These statements are made simrjly to show the present status of the busi ness ot Raleigh. Every feature of it "is firmly established, and must increase naturally if not otherwise. Every year something is added and made firm, and thus Raleigh's growth and solidity been fostered and established. CHURCHES, PAPERS AND SCHOOLS. THE TOBACCO MARKET. The tobacco market here is the infant market of the State. It bids to be the leading leaf mafket within the next few years. There are three large to bacco warehouses, five immense prize houses, and the sales have reached nearly four million pounds in onV year. The market 5 only five or six years old Raleigh is essentially a church-going community. There are more than twenty churches in the city, and more people go to church in Raleigh on Sun day mornings than may be seen going in any other city of its population in the world. Raleigh pays more postage on periodicals and papers published in and sent out of the city than does Richmond, Norfolk, or any other city of less than fifteen thousand people, in the world. Its citizenship is a reading and a cul tured people. There is not a State in the Union east of the Mississioni river that has nnt patronized the famous educational institutions of Raleigh. There are more schools, with a wider reputation and a broader patronage in Raleigh than in any other city of the State, and with but one exception, in the country. There are now thirteen of these schools, besides some private schools, and this number is to be increased by at least one institution which will be built and conducted ou a grander scale than any female educational institution now in the South. RAILROADS AND TRAINS. Any properly arranged map will show that two principal lines of railroads pass through Raleigh the city being their natural centre and these lines and their immediate connections ramify in all directions and connect with every route of travel. Railroad construction is now in progress which will make secting centre of the most direct line from North to South, anl th best line between the great West and tidewater. The first the line from North to South will be secure! U of the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railroad from Monro.' will be completed early next year. This is a part of the beabo.tr and will complete the shortest and quickest line from the rt:. t Baltimore and Atlanta. The second the line from East to West will be lecurcd ty t the Atlantic Coast Line from Springhope, Nash county, to lli.y.i about thirty miles, and by some western connections which it as soon as the survey can be made and the work done. In line from Norfolk via Raleigh to Cincinnati. It will be run f eigh via Tarboro on the road already built to within thirty is: When this connection ot thirty miles is made to Kaieign, a v-.u cured with the regular Richmond & Danville line from R.tieu: From Wilkesboro the road is in process of construction to Bu t will connect with the South Atlantic & Ohio road which l.s ; Cincinnati. Thus, in addition to the railroad facilities an l i Raleigh already has, she will be the natural centre of two of tlv important trunk lines of railroads in the Atlantic States. These statements are not chimerical or suppository. The r structed as mentioned above, and are expected to be in operate of 1891. MATTERS IN CONTEMPLATION. It is natural that a city with such a basis as is posse-m- 1 always have something coming on. And in easy compliance v. i a number of new and large enterprises are booked for the nea : voluntarily. They are not the result of efforts to make a bo' tal, but they come as a natural growth of a city with metropo '': features, and are simply mentioned here to indicate the nat the city to keep up its steady, progressive march. Among them may be mentioned the following: A Baptist Female University, to be built on on a larg--work with an endowment of $100,000. A new Union Railroad Depot to cost not less than f "..' much as $75,000. A system of electric street railway. An additional cotton factory to cost $100,000. A carding and knitting factory with a capital of $21,00" .A new hotel for which 840,000 has been subscribed, menced as soon as $100,000 shall have been subscribed. 1? ' that this hotel is not a certainty, but good progress is being -will be very soon, however, first-class additional hotel facii afforded by the city. It is contemplated to adopt a system of paved sidewalk - plied to every sidewalk in the city. The Farmers' Alliance decided some weeks ago to establ; factory here, and its establishment is as certain as anything established. A large fertilizer factory to be built by a syndicate ba $200,000. These and various other establishments and enterprises industrial list in the near future. TAXES. The tax rate of Raleigh is lower than that of any other ;: United States of the same population, and its bonds are L.-M paid $108 for them. BANKS. Three banks have a capital of $375,000. The deposits UN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION As many as six Building and Loan Associations have I . capital is easily procured for business or building purpose.-. CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES The Capital and Monogram Clubs are the leading eociai -The Chamber of Commerce is composed of the business m The cotton business has its Exchange TV, U i : . o i xuo luuaa-o uusmess is governed by the Tobacco lioara -The Union Mission looks after the poor and needy, of te dium through which relief is given. There are Lodges, Commanderies, Chapters, &c, of all the and secret organizations of the world all in a flourishing t ' THE LIST COMPLETED. Everything which civilization demands and art and afforded bv the citv (finest m tho KrmtM CQtrtni.n i . l ,iwn. : ' '.' And Raleigh is the place of meeting for all the great us- gatherings and conventions and assemblies of other char&uer State. .l-i. -r At ,7 n c
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