The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1905-07-29

will soon be ready for occupancy. The
four-story Edwards House addition and
intervening Office space is up to the Sec
ond story and going higher day by day.
The activity on this street is not an ex-
ception to the rule in Jackson, but only
reflects just what is being done all over
the city. While those in other sections
may not be so large and expensive, they
are in strict accord with the spirit of
progress that has invaded the whole
city.
Other improvements of great magni-
tudt have been contracted for and will
be under way shortly. The Street and
Railway people will, just as soon as the
steel arrives, which has been bought and
is now en- route, begin the work of ex-
tending their lines to several sections of
the city not covered at present. These
extensions together with the building
and complete installation of second
power house will represent the expendi-
ture of more than $150,00O. After the
completion of this work Jackson will
have nearly twice the mileage of street
railways of any city in Mississippi,
which will give an idea of our increas-
ing importance.
The new Deaf and Dumb Institute is
about completed at cost of 81 900 and
is quite an ornament to the Western
suburbs as we'll as a convenient and COM
modious home for those unfortunate
ones who are to be educated by the State
within its walls.
The Baptist Orphanage is being i'm
proved by the addition of a splendid
$4,000 brick annex; 5000 Methodist
orphanage is being built in the North
ern suburbs and many other buildings
of less importance are going up.
A rumor gained some circulation a
few days ago that one wealthy citizen
would eclipse anything in the way OF an
Office building at present in the State by
building one on a prominent West Jack
son corner. While this may only have
been a rumor and without foundation,
there is plenty doing in Jackson in the
state of reality to encourage our citizens
to renewed efforts and the future and a
determination to make the coming fall
and winter the best from every stand
point in the history of the city.
While the city is unusually free from
filth and dirt, there is still room for i'm
provement, and why not make it the ver-
liable "spotless town" for Mississippi?
Thousands of visitors will be with US
between now and the holidays. On Au-
gust 25th and Goth the Confederate re-
union will bring several thousand peo-
pie, on September 10Th and 20th the jim
du6trial rally and meeting of the Great
er Mississippi Business League will
bring large number; November Sth to
will likely see $4,000 people from out of
town in the city, and several other par
ties of more or less size to say nothing |
of our normal string of visitors. Would |
it not be a good idea for every man, wo-
man and child to cooperate with the
health authorities in making everything |
as bright as pin and distributing !
thousand barrels of lime and several |
barrels of coal oil where it would do the |
most good. 1t might be worth the price
for the city to supply these things if |
the property owners could not be in
duccd to do so. At any rate make jack
son the cleanest and brightest as well
as the most progressive in the State.
The prospects for the largest business
in the history of the city this fall are
excellent and with the work now in pro-
gress and to be begun within the next
few weeks, Jackson will experience the
most prosperous period in her history.