The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-02-13
GROWING
GREENVILLE
The City is Making Some
Rapid Strides
SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS
Soon tn Make This. the "QwsR City Of the
Delta" One Of tie Most Up.to.Datc and
Progressive Cities IN Mississippi

The census takers finished theil
work today and their tabulated listI
show the population of GIeenville tt
be 10,500, or 5000 over tn
census Of 1900 taken by the govern
ment four years ago. The work hal
been very accurately done and we dc
not believe there is q house in the
city that has been overlooked by the
gentlemen who had the task in hand.
IL has taken nearly three weeks to
do this work with two men engaged
all of the time and three men part oi
che time.
It is believed by many that the
census saken by the government was
too low for many of our people had
, left the city for the summer, at
which time this census was taken.
A good indication that Greenville is
growing is the number Of strange
faces one meets on the streets every
day It would actually keep one busy
trying to keep up with the new resi-
denters that flock to this city every
week.
Again, the demand made upon our
real estate agents for vacant houses
has for the past forr years been some
thing tremendous, and this demand,
steadily increasing, has today created
almost house famine. New resi-
dences are continually going up in ali
parts Of the city, but the supply is as
yet too short. In the past two years
there have been erected in Greenville
over $500, COO of new buildings, ana
this year from the outlook, we will
e3lispe all former yearly records.
In order to giyo Cogressman Hum
phreys the present population Of the
city to use in his fight for govern
ment building, Mayor Yerger brought
the matter before the city council and
1t was agreed to take the census,
which has been honestly and intelli-
gently done with the above glat:fy-
ing results showing the large in
crease in population, which will add
increased confidence in the city
This population will raise Greenvi'le
up a notch or two in the scale of
cities. and unless our Capitol City has
likewise drawn people we will no
doubt outrank her in population.
Another wise action of the board
of mayor and aldermen was to have
all the houses in the city numbered
and signs naming the streets placed
on every corner AS it is at present
the houses are numbered without ru
tation, even and odd numbers being
on the same sides This will be cor
reoted, the odd numbers to be on the
river side of the streets running north
and south and the even numbers oppo-
site, and on the streets running east
and west the odd numbers will be
placed OH the south side and the evens
on the north
Washington avenue will divide all
streets running north and south, and
the streets re-christened as follows:
Poplar street south of Washington av-
enue will then be known as South
Poplar, and the north end will be
named North Poplar, and so on with
Sehbly, Kinds, Broadway, Walnut
streets, etc. Poplar street will di-
vide all streets running east and west
in the sans auner. 1t is needless to
point out the advantages of this work.
When our streets ale paved and un-
form sidewalks built. more mail
carriers will be added to the present
force, extending the free delivery ser
vice to outer portions of this city.
When all these improvements shall
have been made Greenville can
count he rsvlf one of the most up.to-
date and progressive cities in the
State. With her magnificent new
business blocks, handsome churches
and residences. paved streets, uniform
sidewalks, numbered houses, sign
tacked streets aud street car service
she will be hard to beat