The city of Raleigh; historical sketches from its foundationA review of the city in all its varied aspects--commercial, industrial, statistical, religious, social, etc . tablished in 1887, with$25,000 capital, which is soon to be doubled or perhapsquadrupled. The State of Trade. The dry goods and grocery trade and the commis-sion business are very prominent There is also avery large clothing and hardw^are trade. All branchesof business are represented, and Raleigh is very city-like in this respect. Business is good and on a soundbasis. No city of anything near the size of Raleighcan show so fe
The city of Raleigh; historical sketches from its foundationA review of the city in all its varied aspects--commercial, industrial, statistical, religious, social, etc . tablished in 1887, with$25,000 capital, which is soon to be doubled or perhapsquadrupled. The State of Trade. The dry goods and grocery trade and the commis-sion business are very prominent There is also avery large clothing and hardw^are trade. All branchesof business are represented, and Raleigh is very city-like in this respect. Business is good and on a soundbasis. No city of anything near the size of Raleighcan show so few failures or business embarrassmentsas this. The Railways. These thoroughfares of trade have kept pace withother things, and Raleigh now has four lines leadingNorth, South, East and West, and gathering in or tak-ing out heavy freights. Ttie North Carolina, Raleighand Gaston and Raleigh and Augusta railways giveRaleigh quick connections with all points, and in atwelvemonth more the fast through line from Atlantato New York will give even more rapid transit. The THE CITY OF K A LEIGH. 73 Dont let it escape you, that the Leading Tailorof Raleigh is GEO. N. 74 THE CITY OF RALEIGH. Sold by the Glass-PESCUDS Limeade railway from Williamston, via Tarboro and Nashville,will als) be built to Raleigh, and no doubt narrow^guage lines will speedily be constructed. The City Government, &c. The municipal administration of Raleigh has forthe past three years been very progressive, while taxeshave been reduced and various reforms rate of taxation is now lower than in many years,and will compare favorably with that of any city ofequal size in the country. The debt is comparativelysmall, and the sinking fund, thanks to good manage-ment, is large. The citys credit is high. The Public Buildings. At no Slate capital are the public buildings sogrouped as here. In plain view- are tlie Capitol, theAgricultural Department, the Supreme Court and Li-brary building, the white and
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