The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-30
e.pltali.ts would 5. fed sy sa. enter.


 capitalists would be fed by the entsrs prise.
 The amount of spaes In Court Square asked to bs aiisnated aud placed upon the marlget is ia circle fifty-six feet in sdiameter whose cens ter would bs about the center of the square.
 "centisnsn ef: the comnittss.'s | sai6 Mir. Jones, ''we are confronted with tho practical Question of whether the city Of Montgomery is to open its walls to growth or lock It's gatss and plscs [ sign informing all the world outside that we don't want any moro Business men to come here.
 Commercial Association, of which I am Chairman, after its appointment. set to work and interested some capital ists outside of the city in proposed ofiice building. We then sought c site but after arduous labors and in- vestixation we failed to flnd any lots at all desirable that were of propor- tionately lower prices than Wall Street would demand. This say without any criticism of the real estate men of this city.
 Then the members of our commit tee turned to the Court Square," con- tinued Mir. Jones.
 "we decided to appeal to tho coun- ell to alienate q circle with a diameter of hfty-six feet and put 1t on the mar. ket to be sold to the highest bidder. We made the appeal and the City At. torney gave an opinion that such can be done. We don't care who gets the site. the only provision we ask beine that every bidder be required to give . guarantee that an of1ce structure to cost not less than $15o,o00 be erected on 1t.
 "rhe report of our Committee met with the approval of great majority of the Board of Directors of the Com mercial and Industrial Association and was endorsed unanimously by the body"
 Concluding, Mir. Jones said that he had the highest possible regard for gomery in appearing against the measure, before the Council. He also emphasized the fact that the capital. ists who are interested in the. enter prise were approached by the Comnait- tee of which he was the Chairman and there was nothing but honest inten- tion. If the Committee of Council doubted the sincerity of the capital fists this would be satisfied by the de- posit of q certified check for the amount demanded. Thus the city could lose nothing
 Mir. W. B. Davidson, a real estate agent of Montgomery. was the next speaker to be recognized. He was also . representative of the Commer- cia1 and Industrial association Com- mittee and presented . tentative draw ing which purports to show that the views of Court Street and Dexter Av- enue under the proposed plans for the building would not be obstructed by the latter.
 His general argument for the enter prise may be summed up as follows:
 CD If we reject the proposition we say to the outside world we have no room for you" The necessity for al, ofiics building in Montgomery Is hard fele.
 CD Don't let sentiment usurp judg- ment. Sentiment often moves the mother to putting her S-year-o boy in swaddling clothes because she doesn't want to see him grow"
 (3) Answering the argument of op- ponents that the building would de- prive the people of the city of breath ing space. saying. that Montgomery with its wide streets does not need all of Court Square for an air space." tD The income to the city which he understood can stand an increase.