The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-02

road and in a direct line with the pro- i posed extension of Madison Avenue. This
 land lies within less than a mile of
 Court Square, but the distance was
 heightened by reason of the circuitous
 route to pass around the ravines east | of the city.
 ! To open Madison Avenue, i'll in the deep ravines, bridge the deep cut made | by the Central of Georgia Railroad and grade and gravel the extension of the 1 Avenue one mile to a point where il joins the Mount Meigs road was the task Messrs. Pinckard and Wilson set for themselves. They have surmounted many obstacles and the work is we'll un. der way. Assurance is given that before many months Madison Avenue will be open to the Mount Meigs road and that 1t will be. one of the most beautiful of the many beautiful driveways which have given Montgomery County State wide reputation.
 Organizing the Capitol Heights Dcvel- opment Company Messrs. Pinckard and Wilson brought their project to the at- tention of the Montgomery City Counc'l and the Montgomery County Board of | Revenue After considerable negotiation the Council agreed to open the Avenue the length of a city block between Jack son ana Htlliard Streets. The Develop | OAPHhS Oii US pdTL DrODOBS0 to | take up the work there fill in the favine depth of nearly seventy-five feet, put m gigantic brick culvert. construct a bridge over the railroad cut and grade the approaches to the bridge several hun dred feet on either side. The Board oI Revenue assented to the proposition tn grade the extension of the Avenue from the eastern approach to the bridge to the Mount Meigs road.
 l Thaea fhipo. u,o-o two weeks ago. The city, fin compliance with its agreement. purchased what Is known as the Powell property paying therefor 5000 removed several small houses and has opened Madison Avenr- to Hilliard Street. The Development Company awarded contracts for the grading. filling and the culvert. The work Is now under way several hundred laborers and sixty teams being engaged in the grading and the filling in of the ravine. Within few days a contrac, will be awarded for a steel bridge tc span the railroad cut The Board of Revenue has already ordered the grading of the extension and this work Is to be. gin soon.
 It Is estimated that the Developnen, Company will expend $30.C0) in the work | it is to perform.
 From the proposed steel bridge over | son Avenue skirts a hillside several hun. drcd yards along the rear of the emer. gency hospital. Then it breaks into ar undulating field and descends gracefully until 1t intersects with the Mount Meigs road at the old Moulton place nearly two miles from the business district l The Development Company has ac, quired all of the land lying on either side of the Avenues extension and this Is to be known as Capitol Heights" Engineers have been busily engaged ir planning the new subdivision of Mont. gomery. There are to be forty-seven city blocks, arranged according to the most modern ideas of city building. The pro. motors have in contemplation extension of city water mains. sewerage and gas pipes and electric lighting.
 It is said that within the year the tracks of the Montgomery Street Rail. way will be extended along Madison Av-