The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-10
PROGRESS OF MONTGOMERY
 THEME OF EVERY REPORT

celebrity from all over the country and all interested equally in the upbuilding and progress of our State.
 The reception accorded here in our rooms to the National Association of Railroad Commissioners was most most creditably upon the ability and | hospitality of our special Reception Entertainment Committee.
 | We in turn were represented credit | ably by delegates to the Alabama | Commercial Industrial Association | which met in Anniston, the Model City,
 the past year. The mayor elect of our | city was one of the delegates from this | body and one of the most prominent | figures in what was the largest indus | trial tion ever held in Alabama.
 The specializing of monthly meet ing of the association has proven most | successful experiment. The idea Is to | allow some ore committee to present
 its work and plans, with special force
 ings-thereby focusing the att | tention of the entire association upon
 the purposes of this one committee | and securing their interest and co-op- | eration therein.
 l Advertising Montgomery. | The first meeting at which this was tried was an Advertising evening". | These papers were presented by mem- | berS of the committee and plan en-
 Enthusiastically inaugurated to create a l special fund of 5000 for three consec- | utive years to be used for advertising | purposes. About $1,600 was secured in | a weeks time, but the inability of the | county and the refusal of the city au- thorities to cooperate, threw a damper
 over the movement and largely discour- aged aggressive effort. The matter is | too important, however, to remain in
 statu quo, and should be pushed to a | successful Issue.
 Without any expense whatever, the | association arranged for widely ad- ! nrtt eli Oh Marconigram of New York, the South | ern edition of the Philadelphia Imple-
 ment Age and injustrial journals print | ed in the South
 l "The next specialized meeting was
 that of the Immigration Committee, l at which time a movement was launch l ed for the establishment of State Im- migration Bureau by the Alabama Leg l islature. The matter has been taken | up with all the organizations members l of the Alabama Commercial and Indus | trial Association, and concert of action will be secured for presentation to the | Legislature two years hence.
 l The third specialized meeting was | that of the Committee on City Devel-
 opment, which has resulted in the es-
 commission for Montgomery. It viii l eventually result in 'Montgomery-the City Beautiful
 "The last specialized meeting was 1 in charge of the Real Estate Commit tee and we expect 1t to result in en- l larging the present restricted area of | our business district.
 l "One June meeting was to have
 been in charge of our Committee on | Forestry and Lumber. This committee, | a ne wone ip our association, has been | quietly at work through the year,
 gathing information, Investigating l the purpose of calling attention to l the unchecked destruction of our val
 uable forests of long leaf yellow pine. and turpentining. They wished also to l suggest a remedy. practical one. One l of the sources through which this in- | vestigation was made, was through
 Agriculturist at Connersville. Ind. He | Is present upon their invitation to-
 night and will bring to your attention at this time valuable data and facts. | which otherwise would have had to wait until June.
 | Some Special Work.
 Special committee appointed during
 the year have rendered valuable ser ! Board of Revenue and secured a re- | duction in the County License tax i from 50 per cent of the State license to l 20 per cent of same. Another commit Capitol Commission to devote the un-
 expended balance of the $150,000 ap- propriated, to the construction of wings | as additions to the present historic structure, rather than erect special | Judiciary building, separate and apart | from the main one.
 "The special subcommittee of the Wholesale Trade and Cotton Commit tees raised $1.500 in two days to aid | in the construction of the Autauga- vile branch of the Mobile and Ohio
 Railroad. This will largely increase | the city's receipts of cotton, as well as extend our jobbing trade.
 We have lost twenty-two members by resignation and five, an unusually
 large number by death; Our access
 bers and six old members reinstated. ! making a net gain through the year | of about eighteen members.
 Seldom, if ever in the history of
 Montgomery has a prosperous present promised so ibrilliant future. Since 1885 there have been constructed in
 Montgomery County 130 miles of grav-
 roads. During that time the tax val ues of land have increased $3,S35,326,
 or over 20 per cent. In the city of
 Montgomery the mileage of street rail-
 ways have increased about fourteen
 miles. The number of telephones in
 use in the city have increased from
 450 in 1895, to over 2,000 in 1905, while the public schools have increased from six buildings, with an enrolment of 2,018 pupils to fourteeINbuildings, with an enrolment of 4.200 pupils. an in- crease of 100 per cent.
 Suburban development has followed fast upon the movementKfor Greater Montgomery The city Is expending
 S200,0O in extending water mains into newly acquired territory, $1O0,O0O in the construction of school houses, $50.-
 900 in the building of sewers while
 hundreds of homes going up In the residence and suburban districts tes-
 tify aloud to the increasing strDles
 made by Montgomery in the race for
 material development.
 Fifteen years ago this organization
 had It's birth. To quote from the re-
 port of the chairman of the commit tee upon organization, M. B. Hough- ton. the original of which Is in our
 files Your committee has done it's
 work as best 1t could and present you thoughtfully considered plan, simple,
 effective, economical, compact and yet one that will, find work for every member to do in his chosen field and when its power and influence is wield-
 ed as a whole can make itself felt organize under this plan, we may not accomplish miracles. We will not likely astonish the world with mar Vellous developments in a decade, but with loyal and united hearts and ener-
 gies, we will do what we can to make
 our heritance better, stronger and
 Tn the reports submitted by the
 officers ana chairman of the commit tees tonight of the work of this orr months, we believe that this organiza- ton has gloriously realized the aims and prophecies of It's projectors. At
 no time in its history has 1t been bet
 ter equipped for work in any given
 direction or the membership more
 ready to yield a loya4 and ready re- sponse to whatever will benefit Mont
 Proud of what has been. accom- plished in the past, grateful for what Ia rli li0h} Tna