The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-01
EVERY LINE
 SHOWS GROWTH Comprehensive Review Of
 MOntgOmery's Year. IMPROVEMENTS MARKED Population Has Grown With
 Surprising Strides. Extension of Sewer and Water SfainN
 Increased School Facilities and
 Expansion of the City's Trade Territory.
IMPROVEMENTS MARKED

lines Of trade in Montgomery is kept
 from month to month.
 Secretary l.. l.. Gilbert of the As-
 sociation has prepared the following comprehensive review of the commer- cial year which closed last night: Few cities in the South have had as steady a growth in comparison with their size during the past twelve months as Montgomery. This growth
 has been substantial, not In any one direction, but uniformly in all direc- tions. Mention will be made simply of
 Montgomery's growth in the new man.
 ufacturing enterprises established; in the extension of its water mains and l sewers; in the construction of new
 school houses; in the increase of it's population: in the expansion of it's ter- ritorial limits and the continued sub tai and general volume of business throughout the city
 Industrial and Building. Since September 1. 1904 there have | been established in Montgomery eleven
 manufacturing enterprises with a capital stock of about $750.000, which
 will employ in the neighborhood of S25 hands. Among them may be men tioned:
 September 1. 1904 Southern Syrup
 Company. capital stock s25,0oo. Em- ployees 75.
 September 1, 1904 Jones Moulded Stone Company, capital stock s3.ooo. Employees 6.
 September 10. 1904 Tennessee Fer
 tilizer Company. capital stock si50ooo,
 Employees 200
 September 20, 1905 Dixie Cotton Oil
 Company, capital stock, $50,Oo0. Elm.
 ployees 40.
 October 1, 1904 National Cotton Oil
 Company. capital stock $125,o00. Em- ployees 10o
 December Is. 1904 Nixon and Com pany, Box Factory. capital stock si5.s
 900. Employees 40.
 February 1, 1905 Montgomery Mat-
 tress Factory. capital stock S1o,o0o. Employees Is.
 March l. 1905 Grist NH of Nat. Cot oil Company, capital stock. $35,- 900. Employees 50. May 26, Crampton Flaming MilIqs capital stock s5,0o0. Employees 30. May 1, 1905 Bogacki Sash, Door and l Blind Works, capital stock $20.o00. | Employees 40
 August IS, 1905 Montgomery Lumber Company capital stock $15.000. Em~ ployees 30. ~~- For a city known particularly as an agricultural city and having in addi-
 tion the tremendous wholesale trade
 possessed by Montgomery. whose rail-
 road field during the past twelve months is most remarkable.
 Prominent among the new structures erected during the past twelve months is the New Exchange Hotel, which on October 1st will be opened for patron age. It represents an investment with the land on which it is situated. of about $315,000, in the heart of the city and is an absolutely fire proof, mod ern, up-to-date structure.
 The next building of importance iA the new structure of the First Baptist Church on Perry street, which is to be
 of white Georgia marble to cost in the neighborhood of $125,000, and which will unquestionably be one of the most attractive church edifices in the entire South.
 One of the most noticeable develop ments in the building growth of Mont gomery has been the construction of handsome homes, which has exceeded any previous years In the history of the city. A large percentage of this
 is in the suburbs of the city. which are rapidly upbuiding and where some of the wealthiest men of the city are building beautiful suburban homes.
 Municipal Improvement.
 The city of Montgomery recently en- larged its territorial limits and incor-
 porated in its municipal government the suburbs of Highland Park, Clover dale and West End. To equip these suburbs with up-to-date municipal conveniences the city of MontEomery its water mains into the newly acquir- ed territory. The city has also built four new school houses at a cost of $100, 900. and has just voted another issue of $75,000 for the construction of a Central High School. Tn addition there have been issued S50,000 worth | of bonds to take care of sewer exten- sion in the new territOry
 It will not be surprising after a perusal of the foregoing facts to learn that the population of Montgomery has
 wonderfully increased during the past
 five years. The federal census of 1900 gave the city census of 30.346 The last city directory census estimated the population 4S,7So, which is a fair indi- cation.
 At the close of business on August 3lst the receipts of cotton at Mont cry amounted to something over 20e.- OOo baies, being high water mark in the tton history of the city. The in- creaslng importance of Montgomery as a cotton center is evidenced by these figures and the construction of addi- tionaI union ware houses by the cotton factors at Montgomery and indicates the intention and ability to even in- crease the high figures already att tained. Banking Facilities. The following statement shows an increase in the banking facilities at
 Montgomery during the past five years 1900: Capital stock. s775.OOo; Sur plus and undivided profits s17S.5O0; deposits, $2,195,000
 1905: Capital stock s1,135,O0O; Sur ' plus and undivided profits, $4S0 000 Deposits, $5,5S6,00O.
 This indicates in no uncertain tones
 the gratifying increase in the business
 of Montgomery during the past few years.
 Without question Montgomery is the best watered. the best lighted and best | rtived city in the South and the growth in these directions, as well as in others, has been continuous and
 steady, showing a substantial increase as the years go by. At no time in the city's history have the citizens
 been so generally prosperous as
 present New opportunities of investment are daily opening, which are increasing the revenues and for- tune of those availing of them. | To the stranger, the investor and the
 home seeker the city and county of | N Vnxg