Hill's Wilmington (New Hanover County, N.C.) City Directory [1947], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1947
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 584

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Over $1,000,000 has been invested in an extension of the school system, it being estimated that the recent increase of population added approxi- mately 5,000 students to the rolls. A similar sum has been spent for the extension and enlargement of hospital facilities to care for demands brought about by the addition to the population of the city and county. Approxi- mately $1,500,000 has been applied to reconstruction and enlargement of the municipal water works plant, which work has doubled the pumpage capacity from approximately 4,500,000 gallons to 8,000,000 gallons daily.

Wilmington a Growing Port

Wilmington possesses a fresh-water harbor 30 miles from the bar. Ice is an unknown quantity in the river, which has a deep channel, through which go big ocean steamers bound for Europe, Latin America and other foreign shores. The Federal Government recently completed the deepening of the channel in the river to 30 feet at mean low water (with approval of increase to a 32-foot depth and increase of width from 300 to 400 feet), as well as the Intra-Coastal Canal from Beaufort to Wilmington and from Wilmington to Miami, Fla., affording connections with Baltimore, Phila- delphia, New York and Boston.

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Aerial view of Bluethenthal Airport

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Waterfront scene at Wilmington

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Wilmington's exportations and importations are large and ever-grow- ing, which mark a successful port. As a cotton port, it handles a satisfac- tory volume. Its imports cover a large field in variety and come from practically every quarter of the globe. Wilmington ranks as the second largest fertilizer and petroleum products port on the 'Atlantic Seaboard. Its volume of petroleum products is such that practically 75% of the state's consumption passes through the port. Wilmington also has a tremendous volume of molasses importation, which serves a half-dozen states, as well as an enormous amount of lumber handled in both coast-wise and foreign trade. Recent increase of port volume has been evidenced in large tobacco exports and growing imports of sugar, with vast shipments of bromine and distribution of petroleum products.

Sailing races add thrills to recreation at Wrightsville Beach.

Wilmington is North Carolina's major seaport city and the gateway of the state's commerce and trade. North Carolina is vast in area, larger than New York or Pennsylvania, and almost as large as New England. Wil- mington is the natural distributing point for North Carolina and parts of South Carolina and Georgia. Think what it would mean if all New England had only one such distributing seaport, and it will then be realized why Wilmington must grow and is growing to meet the demands of this vast territory, the bountiful natural resources of which have hardly been touched. From the Middle West the Panama Canal possibly is in more direct communication via Wilmington than by any other South Atlantic seaport, and cargoes to and from Wilmington are not subject to the dangers of Cape Hatteras.

Wilmington is the nearest Atlantic port to the Ohio gateways, and nearer Cincinnati than Charleston by 15 miles, and Savannah, by 30 miles.

The city has immense terminals which can load 16 ocean-going ships at one time, providing them with over 600,000 square feet of warehouse space.

Commerce on the Cape Fear River at and below Wilmington amounted to 2,823,614 tons in a recent year. This shows a satisfactory and continu- ing increase in volume, and indicates the growing importance of the Port of Wilmington.

South of Hatteras, thus assuring safety to vessels from Latin American and other countries to the south of the U. S., this port occupies a strategic position of advantage to those countries.

Wilmington has become a new and important inland waterway canal terminal since the completion, in the spring of 1932, of the extension from Beaufort to the Cape Fear River. This link provides accommodations for heavy traffic over a protected inland channel 12 feet deep and 90 feet wide, connecting up with points as far north as New York and Boston, and Miami, southward.

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Typical scene at the Port of Wilmington; steamer loaded with tobacco leaving for a foreign port

Industry, Transportation, Trade, Agriculture

Wilmington has two immense cotton compresses and two marine rail- ways. The steel shipyard operated during the first World War by the George A. Fuller Co. has been converted into an industrial center. The concrete shipyard property is owned by the City and will be developed into municipal wharves and public terminals and warehouses. This has been offered the State of North Carolina as a location for state-owned terminals and ware- houses, whenever such are necessary. Wilmington now has one of the finest and most efficiently operated systems of private terminals at any Southern port, and the city's principal stevedoring corporation holds the record for all South Atlantic ports for quick dispatch of cargo.

With both water and rail transportation, thus affording quick hauls and low freight rates, and near the sources of raw materials, Wilmington is a splendid spot for manufacturing industries. Two big railroad systems -the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line-place the city near the great coal fields and iron-producing zones.

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Looking down the strand on a busy day at Wrightsville Beach.

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The municipal building of the City of Wilmington is more than eighty years "young," and attracts the attention of all visitors because of its graceful design and attractive proportions.

Wilmington's outlets by rail and water are the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line systems; the Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Rail- road; the North Carolina Line; the Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line; the Railway Express Agency, and foreign service. The two boat lines men- tioned, each operate two services each week over the Intra-Coastal Canal between Wilmington, Norfolk and Baltimore.

Wimington is the center of one of the greatest vegetable producing districts in the U. S. It produces nearly $18.000,000 in early crops, bulbs, flowers and truck.

Comparatively few years ago no strawberries were raised except for domestic use; now Wilmington is the center of one of the largest strawberry- growing districts in the world. It is one of the largest lettuce-producing districts also, and a very large vegetable and peanut market (250 growing days per year, and equable rainfall).

Wilmington is the headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Line system, em- ploying locally about 1,750 men and women. The monthly payroll of the Coast Line is nearly $300,000.

Wilmington is the terminus of six major highways of North Carolina's splendid good roads system, and the city also is an important point on the Ocean Highway extending from Portland, Maine, to Miami, Fla .; the Cal- houn Highway from Athens, Ga .; the Dixie Highway from Memphis, Tenn., to the ocean at Wilmington, and U. S. Routes 17, 74, 76, 117 and 421.

For disciples of old Izaak Walton, the salt and fresh waters in the Wilmington area prove sources of recreation and en- joyment, combined with catches of fish of varied species.

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These pictures of the unusual program at Inversheil Farm, near Wilmington, demonstrate the ease of having year-'round pasturage for economical production of milk. Crimson clover, lespedeza, giant white Dutch clover, and crab and Johnson grasses have lush growths.

Regardless of conditions, the past few years have witnessed big build- ing operations. Among recent enterprises located here are several large fertilizer factories, North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Ethyl-Dow Chemical Co., Gulf States Creosoting Co., Taylor-Colquitt Co., manufacturing creo- soted products; Atlantic Refining Co., American Molasses Co., Southland Mfg. Co., Chilian Nitrates Co., Barrett Co., Nehi Bottling Co., Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., Standard Oil Co., Texas Co., Gulf Refining Co., Cities Service Co., Pure Oil Co., National Oil Co., Shell Oil Co., Sinclair Oil Co., Republic Oil Co., North State Creosoting Co., Port City Hosiery Mills, France Neck- wear Co., Alberta Textile Mills, Smith-Douglas Fertilizer Co., Socony- Vacuum Oil Co., Robertson Chemical Co., Chadbourne Hosiery Mills, Red Rock Cola, Canada Dry "Spur," and Garver Shirt Mfg. Co., thus supple- menting the city's already large number of such industries.

The Wilmington-New Hanover Airport is an exceptionally good one, with three intersecting paved runways of 7,000 feet in length. The Govern- ment spent approximately $11,000,000 in enlarging and improving this fa- cility during the war, and at this time it is equipped to handle practically any type of ship. A brief description of the field follows: Area, 1,200 acres. Hangars, one of wood construction and one of metal construction. Repair shops, three, built of steel, and several operational buildings. Type of

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field, sod. A radio beam is now being installed at the port. The airport is located within 31/2 miles of the center of Wilmington, and is reached by paved highways from either side. Three commercial air lines operate from this field; one is a north-south line, one an intra-state organization, and the third east to west. The operation and management is now under the jurisdiction of the County Airport Authority.

An Ideal Place to Live

Wilmington has a wonderful climate; no extremes of heat or cold. Average summer temperature, 78 degrees; average winter temperature, 48 degrees. The normal rainfall is 53 inches; average annual clear days, 132 (New York rainfall, 44 inches; clear days, 118. New Orleans, rainfall, 57 inches; clear days, 109). The mild climate and diversified opportunities make this city and section a haven for homeseekers.

Wilmington is a city of fine streets and parks, attractive homes, beauti- ful churches and modern schools, in a county netted by good roads. It is a place of up-to-date amusements, with some of the best beach resorts on the South Atlantic Coast within thirty minutes' ride of the city. Wrights- ville Beach, eight miles east of the city, is an island resort of fame and renown. It is connected with the mainland by excellent half-hour bus service and causeway to Harbor Island just west of the beach. Carolina, Wilmington and Fort Fisher beaches, south of the city, are mainland re- sorts with niany delightful attractions. Wilmington's four fine beaches are among the only mainland resorts on the North Carolina coast where one can drive directly to the ocean in an automobile. The four beaches attract approximately 500,000 visitors every summer.

The Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, P. O. Box 698, welcomes the opportunity of answering questions about the city, the county and the fine beaches. Write the Chamber of Commerce for any information needed. You are assured of prompt, cordial and co-operative service, geared to a program of community development.

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and attracts thousands of visitors each season.

This splendid estate has been developed into one of the most magnificent camellia and azalea gardens in the South, Orton Mansion, in Brunswick County, sixteen miles below Wilmington, was built by "King Roger" Moore in 1725.

Don't Contribute to Counterfeiters KNOW YOUR MONEY!

Don't Be Fooled by Forgers KNOW YOUR ENDORSERS!

The Government never redeems counterfeit money!

1. KNOW YOUR MONEY! Study the bills you receive so as to become familiar with the workmanship on them, especially in the por- traits.

2. COMPARE a suspected bill with a genuine of the same type and denomination. Observe these things:

PORTRAIT Counterfeit-Dull, smudgy, or unnaturally white, scratchy; oval background is dark, lines irregular and broken. Portrait merges into the background.

Genuine-Stands out distinctly from the oval back- ground. Eyes appear lifelike. Back- ground is a fine screen of regular lines.

COLORED SEAL

Counterfeit-Saw-tooth points around rim are usu- ally uneven, broken off.

Genuine-Saw-tooth points around rim are even and sharp.

SERIAL NUMBERS

Counterfeit-Poorly printed, badly spaced, uneven in appearance.

Genuine-Figures firmly and evenly printed, well spaced.

PAPER Counterfeit-Generally has no silk threads, but these may be imitated by very small red and blue ink lines.

Genuine-Printed on distinctive paper in which very small red and blue silk threads are scat- tered. The silk threads are not always noticeable on bills that are badly soiled or worn.

3. RUBBING a bill on a piece of paper will not prove it is genuine or counterfeit; ink can be rubbed from good bills as well as bad ones.

4. CONSULT an experienced money-handler or police officer to make sure, if you are still in doubt, whether a bill is genuine or coun- terfeit.

5. REMEMBER, NOT ALL STRANGERS ARE COUNTER- FEITERS, BUT ALL COUNTERFEITERS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRANGERS.

This information is reprinted from the U. S. Secret Service 32-page booklet, "KNOW YOUR MONEY", which tells how to detect counterfeit coins and bills and how to guard against losses from forged Governinent checks. Copies may be purchased for 10c each, or $7.50 per 100, from the Superintendent of Docu- ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

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Hill's Wilmington (New Hanover County, N.C.) City Directory [1947], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1947 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 584

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1947
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 584