The age-herald., 1901-09-09
GADSDEN TRULY 4
 QUEEN OF CITIES She Looks Every Such a Young
 GianteSS STEADY AND SUBSTAN HAL People Pull Together and Are Doing Everything Possible to Increase the Town's Importance as a
 Manufacturing Center.
STEADY AND SUBSTANT HAL

 Gadsden is not a large city, but she Is ] substantial, and looks every inch young giantess. As Cincinnati Is Ohio's Queen City" so Is Gadsden the Queen City" of Alabama. I often wonder why 1t Is that the feminine Is such a favorite in the selection of pseudonyms for cities and towns. No; there Is nothing strange about this either, for the men like the feminine and the men do the naming; and so the world moves on. None of the states have King Cities" because on this side of the water there are no kings; but queens gallore-queens of beautiful homes queens of beauty, queens of grace, queens of goodness, queens of the household, and Gadsden has all of these. 1t Doomed. | Back wonder in the eighties Gadsden l caught the boom fever and the infection stimulated her pulse and shook the very | foundations of the town, but Gadsden survived and soon awaked to find herself stronger, larger. greater than before. never thought these booms hurt the towns. cities and communities which are built upon solid foundations. They do some times play the mischief with indi- viduals; but the town goes on just the same, and generally little more so," as the saying goes.
 Census Figures. | The last census gave Gadsden a little l less than 4500 people; but Gadsden. like most Southern towns, suffers the disad- vantage of circumscribed limits Thou sands of people live within a short dis l 1o, to be counted citizens of Gadsden. They | do belong to Gadsden, they buy and sell here; and partake of all public benefits; but the thing called taxation holds them out for the present, and this ambitious young city will probably rest content within her present corporate lines until | the next census year. It must be re- membered that the population of Gads- den In 1880 was only 1897; in 1S99 2901, and in 1900 it had reached 42S2 while the county of Etowah increased from 21 .92S in 1890 to 27,361 in 1906. These certainly are encouraging figures
 Greater Gadsden.
 Gadsden, be it known, is only five miles l from Attalla. and Is conencted with that fourishing little town of 1900 people. by not only the several railroads mentioned below, but by well equipped electric car system, which line passes also
 
 tory town with It's population of 250o or more, making three populous towns in one.
 Her Railroads | Your correspondent was talking today with a prminent citizen of Gadsden. who expressed regret that the city was not on any great through trunk line of rail- l road: but investigation shows, that so | important Is Gadsden a business point 1 that the following railroads run their | lines into this progressive city. the Nash | vile. Chattanooga and St. Louis. the Lou- lsville and Nashville the Alabama Great Southern, the Southern and the Chatta- I nooga Southern Said enthusiastic Gadsden man: "No. Gadsden is not a way station. but objective point for all the big railroads"
 On the Coosa.
 Be it known that Gadsden is on tho | banks of the Coosa river. at the southern terminus of Lookout mountain in the midst of section rich in mineral and az | ricultural wealth and nothing seems in the way of its continued growth and pros. perity. And best of all. Gadsden is heal thy Upon one side Coosa valley. upon the other towering mountains with health | giving breezes.
 The Name Gadsden. From the name given it, one Is lead to believe that the town was originally set tied by South Carolinians; for the name | Gadsden. Is purely Carolinian. Whether | named for Christopher Gadsden, the statesman and patriot. or James Gadsden. the soldier-both were Carolnians: and the name is indelibly stamped with that of Carolina.
 A River Point. tc ido- lra f0 he ance of river improvement, for the en- terprising people of this city feel that upon the progress of this work depends the future of Gadsden. Already an i'm portant shipping point by boat on the upper Coosa~ she seeks an outlet down the beautiful stream to the sea and when secured Gadsden and the entire Coosa valley will bloom as a rose.
 Busy Gadsden.
 Besides being city of great mercan- tile importance, banding thousands of bales of cotton, with lumber mills Gads, den is a manufacturing city with blast furnaces. cotton factories, foundries pipe and machine works.
 A Pull Together.
 Just now her people are doing all things possible. by united effort, to in- crease the city's importance as manu- featuring center A Business Mems as- sociation Is here in splendid working or der, and lays hold vigorously upon every movement looking to the material i'm provement of Gadsden.
 A Rich Country.
 Etowah County is rich. not only aer.- culturally but in minerals. and your cor respondent has just been shown a cabi- net of Etowah minerals in which is found coal, iron, limerock. marble, pyrits. as- bestos, mica and gold. rich and rare, be> sides other minerals too numerous to mention.
 Strong and Substantial.
 The business houses of Gadsden are of brick and stone and were built with view to permanency. The streets are firm ly macadamized, and the houses are cozy