The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-04
GEORGIA THRIFT.

=, In a lew days work will be commenced on
the handsome residence of Can't. c. W.
Siaton, on Fourteenth street, Griffin.
A $4,000 iron foundry; $4,000 furni-
ture factory; $1,000 oil plant and barrel
factory; $4,000 Baptist church are as
suFed at Americas.
Carrollton is Just on the verge of a build
ing boom. There are humber of dwellings
IN course OF construction and the work for
the spring and summer has just begun.
A stock company has been formed and
the money about subscribed, TO build a
hotel at Acworth. with imposing appear :
ance, and to lcOntain forty or more rooms.
Up to date So, $50 has been subscribed
toward building new hotel at Marietta,
and It is the aim OF those having the matter
IN charge TO increase the amount to $50 900.
The hotel is now assured.
At Albany Nick Cruger and VIII Pace
will remove their planning mills and variety
works at very early date to Willingham's
old lumber yard, to which they will add
frst-class machine shops.
at Acworth Mrs. A. S. Smith is build
Ing, and will soon have completed, two
stores. Awtrey Brothers have arranged to
build two stores. The Messrs. Phillips and
Messrs. Kitchen g. Co. are going to build
this summer.
At Rocl1mart the grounds for the Pied
mont institute have been permanently To-
Gated IN beautiful grove on the east side
of town. The building committee will
strain every point to have it ready for &C.
cupation by Sept. l.
company is now quietly at work secur-
ing options on the coal lands in Cobb
county, and they now have options on about
1000 acres. Coal has also again been found
In three or four different places, and samples
are on exhibition at Austell.
The Brumby chair factory of Marietta,
under management of President I. NJ
Brumby, is doing good business. They sell
about all the chairs they can make, and
they make upon an average about 1920 a
week. Their pay roll will amount to 500
per day.
Three months ago Brunswick gave a con-
tract to New York company to put in q
system of sewerage. Nothing has been
done on the work yet, though the agreement
was that it should begin at once. The con-
tractors now intimate that they will begin
operations in the near future.
The brick block owned by the city, and
once used as city hall, corner Of Lee and
Lamar street, at Americas, was sold at pub
lie outcry Tuesday. II. r. johnson and
A. j. Hamil were the purchasers. and the
PtASS pau ~ OLO piODClbJ was .O,OJO. lu5
city paid s.. 800 for it a few years ago.
Wednesday was the day set for the resig-
nation of Aaron Haas as general manager
of the Atlanta Street Railway Company's
lines. But Mr.. Haas resignation did not
take effect. 1t had bean handed in to the
board of directors several weeks ago He
will continue in the office for month or
more yet, until details are arranged, SO that
there will be nohitch or other Inconvenience
IN the management of the road.
The Acworth Shoe and Leather Manu-
featuring Company will soon put into their
tannery large new engine and run that
enterprise TO its fullest extent, producing a
large amount of first-class leather. The
company has also received and have in
transit the machinery necessary to carry en-
shoe manufacturing department, where
their leather will be worked into shoes,
harness and things ready for the con-
sumers.
At Rome the district superintendent of
the Bell Telephone Company, w. j. Cole,
has arranged for the purchase of the Coosa
River Telephone Company for about 81 200.
This hne has been connected with the
White Star steamboat line on the Coosa,
and has been great aid in facilitating
business on the river. 1t will now be ex,
tended to Gadsden and connected with the
telephone system in Rome, but with extra
charges for messages over the line.