The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-15
CONFIDENCE IN MONTGOMERY.

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 That there is almost unlimited confi- dence felt in Montgomery is too plain to
 escape notice Even many of our own citizens are as much astonished as grat- filed at the constant evidence present.
 ed them.
 Recent real estate operations in var ious parts of the city show both the value and demand. While the prices are not comparable 10 those obtained lin great cities 1t is not the less true
 that they are gratifying. To those who have been residents of the city
 as much as quarter of a century these
 evidences of confidence in the future of
 Montgomery are of course palmer than
 they are to strangers. Men coming here from one of the great cities North
 of us will naturally think prices for real estate here are very low, but that is because they do not know the great
 advance that has taken place within
 few years.
 But the prices paid for real estate
 near the centre of business is not the
 only or the plaiuest indication. as any
 one will see who will take the trouble
 to travel about the residence and su-
 burban districts If there ever was determination to build up the waste places.' as the prophet Isaiah expressed lit, the people of Montgomery are showing it. Not only arc houses being built on vacant lots and old fields. but the old buildings arc being torn down land better ones erected. evincins an abiding faith in the future of the city and desire to make 1t netter and handsomer place.
 And the confidence in Montgomery lis we'll founded. It is not solely ne- Icause the business and other influentiai citizens have set themselves earnestly and determined1y to the task of bring ing to pass a Greater Montgomery. though that is an important feature or the city's prosperity When those who arc most influential and determined
 among our people set themselves to work like a band of brothers to bring about a deserved end there can be no doubt of the good effect their enorts will have. The way to get anything IS to go after 1t with a determination to I get it, and that is what the men are doing who are laboring in the interests | of a greater and more prosperous 1 city. | But the best efforts of strong men cannot succeed unless they have some- thing to justify their faith and to back them in their work, and that Is just what these men have. The material ad-
 vantages of the city are almost unsur- passed. and all that is needed is that man should accept and utilize what nature offers. All around the city. in
 almost every direction there are beau-
 tifuI building grounds, healthful, we'll located and convenient. A city of one hundred thousand inhabitants need not
 be crowded. A city quarter of mil
 lion people might locate on good build ling sites within view of the dome of the Capital. It Is almost a reproach that
 Montgomery has not spread out more rapidly and taken advantage of the beautiful country adjacent. The men
 who have set out to make this city
 of one hundred thousand people in four
 or five years time should really have
 no trouble getting their work done.
 Nature has done her part of the work
 beautifully and completely and man
 should take advantage of what she has
 done. It would be almost a shame if those who are laboring for Greater
 Montomery should not be completely
 successful. Nature has given us the
 place for big city and man will be
 to blame if I've fail to get it by the
 close of the present decade.