The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-04-23
JACKsoNs MARVELLOUS GROWTH.

State in particular. The editor o
the SENTINEL spent a day in Jackson
recently and was somewhat amazed a
the wonderful and rapid growth o
that city. Every town in Mississippi
is growing, but Jackson, by virtue o.
its l0cation-the railroad center it ha'
become-and being a seat of govern
ment, because of it's rapid strides tx
splendid cityhood, is the wonder anG
admiration not only of the people Of
the State, but of commercial travel
lerS and others who have business
from time to time at that place,
Magnificent residences r being built
in every portion of the town, splendid
business houses are being erected,
three, four and five stories high, with
elevators, steam heat, electric lights,
hot and cold water and all other mod
err comforts and convenienceS. The
smoke of manufacturing plants may
be seen in every direction, while 9TH
erS are building. Real estate is high,
but is going higher. An ordinary
residence lot on the Capital and West
Streets, Immediately in front of the
post Office recently sold for $40, 900 90,
and there will be erected thereon a
magnificent bank building, four or five
stories high, which will be up-to-date
in every respect. New streets are
being opened up, and portions of the
city which have been used for COW
pastures are being put on the
market, and handsome homes are be-
ing erected thereon. Notable among
these new streets is North Congress,
a continuation of South Congress.
This street begins at the north front
of the new Capitol and stops in
front of the residence of ex-Gover-
nor Lowry; it is a wide, handsome
street and is spoken of as the coming
residence street Of Jackson. 1t lies
beautifully and with such a magnif-
cent view of the new State house it
has many advantages. 1t is the COM
mon talk that the old Capitol made
state street, and it took fifty years to
do it, and that the new Capitol will
make North Congress within the next
three or four years. Secretary of
State Power has built a splendid mod
em home on this new street; Associate
Justice Truly of the Supreme Court
has bought a lot and will erect a
home, and Hon. A. Q. May
has not only built a beautiful home
for himself, but has erected other res
licences thereon for rent. Col. Geo. S.
Green, Messrs. Sam D. Harper, Jno.
f. Burns and a number of other well
known citizens have built and are
building on this street, Griffith Ave
nue. is another new street that has
been opened up, and handsome homes
are being built thereon. These are
only twoof the many new streets that
are being opened up. The paving Of
the principal streets of Jackson with
vitrified brick has completely done
away with muddy streets. The sani-
tary sewerage system is being con-
stantly extended. The new opera
house is the best in Mississippi. The
electric street railway is making addi-
tiOnal improvements and the lines
will be extended in several directions
at an early day. An additional cleo
trio lighting system has been installed
by Jackson capital. The five story
hotel in front Of the Governors man.
sion will be completed and thrown
open to the public within the next
few months. Work is being pushed
rapidly and has progressed far enough
to show that it will be one Of the
handSomeSt hotels in the South. The
other new hotel, being built by Hon.
c. Enochs on the old Edwards House
site it is understood, will be finished
this fall at a cost of $500, 900. Subur-
ban property, especially west Of the
is worth from $50 90 to 5000 90
an acre, according to its location.
Farmers three or four miles out in
that direction, towards which the
seems to be growing the most,
refuse to sell at any price. They per-
haps recall the fact that that wonder
full man, the lamented Bishop Hugh
Thompson. stated before he
died that a magnificent cathedral
would some day be erected where St.
Chapel now is, and that it
would be the center of population of
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