The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
ESTABLISHED 1887

W AAh @AA " GA v . \ There is such a steady continuous. healthy movement In real estate and en- haneement in values, that it has well-nigh grown monotonous to hear weekly re- ports that carry out an extension of the week before, information of practically the same import; but it is that kind of monotony that carries with it a satisfy ing pleasure to the holders of real es- tate, buyers and all those interested in real estate investments in and around Bir- mingham.
 Those miserable little creatures, which have been by meditative people designat- ed as "croakers,'' who cannot see e-any- thing good, even in the blessed sunlight or the happy conditions that have pre- vailed for some time, whom once in a while we hear in a squeaky voice cry out: It's only a boom!" Its a bubblei" Its going to bust!" impress upon us the fact that man will reflect the condition of his own mind, whether he wills 1t or no.
 These particular, self-afflicted creatures (who have our sincerest sympathy have been busted" since the day they were born; they have never given themselves a chance to change that condition, their entire time being absorbed in painting gloomy pictures, and the result of that is that knowing there is little likelihood of a change in their own condition, for want of proper energy and change of base, they are really never happy until they have convinced themselves that they have made some one else miserable by impress ing them with the possibility of evil to come, of which there is nothing under the present and past conditions for years in Birmingham and the Birmingham district to warrant.
 It is a remarkable fact that, notwith- standing the exceptionally high price of labor anf 'ilding material. that the building ft s-atinues to run high. and construction of residences and industrial enterprises are marked on every hand. There is something assuring in the char acter of these developments; the builders of homes, business houses, office build ings; the constant additions and increas- ment of productive capacity prevailing with the great corporations that have cast their lot in this district; the vast sums being expended and in contempla- ton of investment in betterments and terminals of the great railroad systems now in, seeking to enter Birmingham, give ample warrant for the confidence that the present healthy conditions will prevail for some time to come
 The market is not marked by jumps and spurts and unreasonable and fiighty ad- vancements that characterized the boom period. such as would cause in the minds Of conservative people rude shock to their faith in its permanency.
 Here and there, where developments warrant it, moderate advances are made, and where warranted, in almost every in- stance are sustained by a continuance of the steady demand.
 Birmingham is rapidly impressng itself upon the outside world, not only because of her phenomenal steady development, but also as an office and exchange center for real estate and commercial values in every department Of indhstrial lite at home and abroad.
 The Greater Birmingham Is coming; like the sleeping giant. she Is only wait ing a propitious time to awake.
 The cementing of public sentiment in the encouragement of smaller industries will hasten this day
 She is coming rapidly to the front in attracting to her borders large organiza-
 
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