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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  Durham 
  Tobacco 
  Works, 
  but 
  sold 
  out 
  his 
  interest 
  a 
  short 
  

   time 
  since, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  banking 
  business 
  with 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  

   A. 
  Wiley, 
  a 
  well-known 
  financier, 
  as 
  cashier. 
  The 
  Bank 
  of 
  

   Durham 
  has 
  discounted, 
  in 
  four 
  months, 
  about 
  $400,000 
  in 
  

   paper 
  — 
  mostly 
  tobacco 
  acceptances; 
  and 
  Eugene 
  Morehead 
  

   & 
  Co., 
  bankers, 
  probably 
  as 
  much 
  more. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  remarkable 
  showing, 
  and 
  gives 
  a 
  faint 
  idea 
  

   of 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  Durham 
  in 
  this 
  one 
  instance. 
  

  

  Railroad 
  facilities 
  are 
  hardly 
  adequate, 
  only 
  one 
  train 
  a 
  

   day 
  each 
  way 
  being 
  allowed 
  by 
  the 
  liberal 
  policy 
  of 
  the 
  

   Richmond 
  & 
  Danville 
  system. 
  The 
  depot 
  is 
  a 
  reproach, 
  

   there 
  being 
  no 
  reception 
  room 
  for 
  either 
  ladies 
  or 
  gentlemen, 
  

   and 
  the 
  apartment 
  used 
  as 
  such, 
  and 
  adjoining 
  the 
  ticket- 
  

   office, 
  being 
  so 
  filthy 
  an 
  offensive 
  that 
  ladies 
  never 
  apply 
  

   for 
  tickets, 
  except 
  in 
  cases 
  of 
  absolute 
  necessity. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  

   12x14 
  feet, 
  and 
  is 
  used 
  almost 
  continuously 
  by 
  negro 
  section 
  

   hands 
  as 
  a 
  kitchen 
  and 
  sleeping 
  quarters. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  

   black 
  with 
  soot 
  and 
  grease, 
  and 
  the 
  floor 
  is 
  caked 
  with 
  

   grease 
  and 
  dirt. 
  It 
  is 
  just 
  to 
  add, 
  that 
  the 
  managers 
  are 
  

   perhaps 
  not 
  aware 
  of 
  the 
  real 
  condition 
  of 
  things. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  hoped, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  will 
  

   arouse 
  this 
  mammoth 
  monopoly 
  from 
  its 
  complacent 
  leth- 
  

   argy, 
  and 
  that 
  decent 
  facilities 
  at 
  least, 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  aff'orded. 
  

  

  Real 
  estate 
  in 
  the 
  corporate 
  limits 
  is 
  very 
  high 
  , 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  §1 
  per 
  foot 
  up, 
  a 
  further 
  evidence 
  of 
  its 
  prosperity. 
  

   To 
  show 
  how 
  wonderfully 
  this 
  section 
  has 
  advanced, 
  we 
  

   give 
  a 
  few 
  ante-bellum 
  prices 
  for 
  lands 
  which 
  now 
  sell 
  for 
  

   from 
  $1 
  per 
  foot 
  upward: 
  

  

  In 
  1845, 
  the 
  land 
  now 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  town 
  of' 
  Durham, 
  

   sold 
  at 
  from 
  $1.50 
  to 
  $4.00 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  Durham 
  site, 
  130 
  

   acres, 
  sold 
  for 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $90.00. 
  

  

  In 
  1859 
  this 
  land 
  was 
  re-assessed 
  and 
  sold 
  for 
  about 
  $25 
  

   per 
  acre. 
  

  

  The 
  old 
  Strayhorn 
  Tract 
  — 
  now 
  the 
  Rigsbee 
  property 
  — 
  

   sold 
  for 
  $15 
  per 
  acre. 
  This 
  tract 
  extends 
  from 
  Mangum 
  

   street 
  to 
  Redmond 
  Grove 
  — 
  formerly 
  known 
  as 
  Prattsburg. 
  

   The 
  same 
  land 
  cannot 
  be 
  bought 
  to-day 
  for 
  $1,000 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  The 
  Dillard 
  land 
  sold, 
  for 
  $10 
  per 
  acre, 
  the 
  old 
  Andrew 
  

   Turner 
  tract 
  — 
  now 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Green 
  land 
  — 
  sold 
  for 
  $8 
  

   per 
  acre, 
  and 
  the 
  Proctor 
  land 
  — 
  now 
  owned 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  W. 
  

   T. 
  Vickers 
  and 
  B. 
  W. 
  Mathews— 
  for 
  $8 
  to 
  SIO 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  Taxes 
  on 
  real 
  and 
  personal 
  property 
  are 
  thirty-five 
  cents 
  

   on 
  the 
  $100, 
  and 
  $1.05 
  on 
  the 
  poll. 
  Graded 
  school 
  tax 
  

   twenty 
  cents 
  on 
  the 
  $100, 
  and 
  sixty 
  cents 
  on 
  the 
  poll. 
  

  

  