The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-02
MADISON AVENUE EXTENSION
 MONTGOMERY'S) NEWEST SUBURB
Capitol Heights" is to Be Reached by Filling Deep Ravine and Bridging Railroad Cut.
 Work Under Way.

No fairy wand has been applied to the fertile fields lying eastward of Mont romery and between the Mount Meigs and Upper Wetumpka pike, but the ex- penditure of material wealth, brawn and muscle and of resourceful minds, gives abundant promise that before the on- rushing summer has waned these fertile fields will have given way before modern progress; that mans artificial necessities will have subdued the eloquence of nature into a city district that will be the pride of Montgomery.
 With a fine idea of the fitness of things the projectors of this newest suburb of Alabama's Capital City have designated it as Capitol Heights and 1t is their purpose to make 1t one of the choicest locations about Montgomery for the establishment of homes. The title is a natural one. The land, 234 acres, lies immediately east of the State Capitol and rolls away from the citys edges to an apex whose elevation Is as high as the dome on the States historic home.
 The perfection of Capitol Heights'' as q home site is the immediate result of the opening to travel of Madison Avenue from Jackson Street to the Mount Meigs pike. a distance of more than a mile. This extension of the avenue divides Capitol Heights" in half and the promoters of the suburb are designing a perfect net work of streets and alleys, city blocks. shade trees. sidewalks and other access sories of modern cities.
 Undoubtedly the successful issue of the proposition to extend Madison Avenue was hailed with delight by residents and property owners of that avenue as well as citizens of northeast Montgomery. The deep ravines which seam the eastern end of Montgomery like great red scars have sti1ed growth in that direction. Property that would have been otherwise valuable has depreciated owing to the , fact that these steep declivities, these hideous obstacles to improvement were there. Many years the rich agricultural sections east of Montgomery were reach cd only by the Upper Wetumpka and Mount Meigs bikes, thoroughgares which wound their tortuous way to the fields beyond by the most convenient bridging of the yawning chasms adjacent to Oak wood Cemetery.Al streets leading from the city proper including Madison Ave- nue bring up sharp at either Jackson or Hilliard Streets being abruptly ended by the great gullies that lie beneath.
 Madison Avenue has long been one of the select residential thoroughfares of Montgomery. Its chief drawback was the fact that It's terminus was at JackS son Street. The project to extend the beautiful avenue as the crow flies, to the Mount Meigs road has been a sub- ject of enthusiastic discussion many years. but it was deemed impracticable because of the extensive grading and the bridging of a second deep ravine or cut through which the tracks of the Central of Georgia Railroad pass.
 The project to open Madison Avenue to the country beyond was warmly en- dorsed by farmers of that section because of the deplorable condition into which the Red Bridge Road District" of Mont gomery has fallen. This district Is filled with negro saloons and dives which had to be passed by farmers who came to town.
 Some, time ago go,1ames S. Pinckard, AL bert F. Wilson and Massey Wilson ac- quired 23A acres lying between the Mount Meigs road and the Upper Wetumpka