The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-24

ere long 1t will doubtless be occupied. 4 new hotel called '"The Alabama" will be opened in a very few weeks and will fur nish hotel accommodations which are much needed by this growing city. It has ninety rooms and is quite an imposing four story building.
 Three national banks are In successful operation with deposits amounting to about sl;O00,Ooo. W. W. stringfellow. a Montgomery man, Is the President of one of these banks, and two former citizens of Eufaula, Messrs. W. H. McKlercy and M. B. Wellborn. are Presidents of the other two.
 The car works fs the largest industry in Anniston, employing 1900 or more hands, and with ordsrs ahead for the next two years. Nine cotton industries consume . large portion of the crop pro- duced in Calhoun County and gtve eua- ,ployment to . long roll of employees. These factories produce cloth yarn: ear pets, net, twins, cloth bags and stockings.
 The churches of Anniston are far ahead of any other city of its size in ths ceun- try. The most conspicuous among the number is St. Michael and All Angels. which cost sl25,000, Parker Men0rial Bap- tist Church, costing about $75.o0o, and Grace Episcopal Church, whose interior is finished in red cedar. The other de- nomnations also have very elegant struc- lures.
 Anniston has two girls boarding schools, a fine system of public schools, and numerous private schools, and It's climate and location make 1t an exceed- ingly desirable point for the location of such institutions.
 Aninston's water is not excelled by any in the country. It is supplied by a spring and pumped eight miles into the city. The outflow of this spring is over 20, ,000, 900 gallons per day.
 The Seaboard Air Line Is building very near Anniston and will doubtless be rum ming its trains into the city within the next few months. Already 1t has rail- road connections by the L. and N. and Southern Railways in six directions. An- niston's street railway service Is up to date and Is being constantly improved.
 Two pipe works make iron pipe from 5 feet down to inches in diameter. The Woodstock Iron Works has two of the largest coke furnaces in the country and the grade of iron produced is equal to the best. In addition to the rolling mills connected with the car works, which fur nishes large output of bar iron for commercial purposes. there is another plant also making bar iron, called the Weller Rolling Mill and Forge Company
 Anniston is quite a lime market, being the headquarters for two large concerns whose auarriss are a few naiiea from the city,
 The Kiiby Locomotive Works repairs and builds large number of locomotives each year and carries . very large stock on hand. The AIabama> Frog and Switch Company. under the same management, makes railroad frogs and switches. This Is a new industry and promises to ho very highly successful.
 Anniston's compress handles eo,o0o or 50 bales of cotton per year.
 In addition to this, . broom factory. roofing works, tannery, flour and grist factory, two ice plants. blaming mills. ma chine shops, boiler works, and numer- ous other industries give Anniston not only a very large per centage of me- chanics, 5000, but it's pay roll Is very large by reason of the high wages earned by so large a number of skilled employees of the various works, and amounts to &, 2,5OO, 900 per year.
 The incoming and outgoing tonnage of Anniston foots up approximately B,S5S tons per day. or about 1,700,Ooo tons per year. This is 60 per cent of the tonnage arising from the cotton crop of the State of Alabama. From this statement 1t can be readily seen why railroads are seeking to enter this territory. They want some of the great business fur nished by the industries here. Great is Anniston-still greater in the near future Is a safe prediction. W. W. 6.