The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-15
SIDEWALK PENClLINGS
Commerce street sidewaIks.


 There has been great deal of talk about the unsightiiness of the river front, and the bad impression the trash piles along the side of the rail, strangers as they come into Mont gomery," said an observing man. "But we never hear anything said about the downright filthiness of the sidewalks in the wholesale district on Commerce Street
 The ragged river front and the trash heaps along the railroad tracks are no more unsightiy than the side walks on Commerce Street between Tallapoosa Street and the New Ex- change Hotel. Every person who walks from the union railway station to Court Square passes through that portion of the city and there are times when the sidewalk at that point is not only impossible from piles of box more unsightly character but danger ously slippery from an accumulation of debris caused from loading and un- loading heavy groceries,
 to make the city attractive to the stranger, then something should be done to have the sidewalks on Com merce Street kept in a better condi-
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 Building I'm the Suburbs.
 Tt Is remarkable" said citizen S bSnr that sfs as Rs been sons oD int
  the suburbs of Montgomery. I was surprised. on riding around the out skirts of the city today to find so built recently. A number of them, too, are fine houses that have been erected at considerable cost and they represent the expenditure of much money.
 suburban places that used to con- tain but scattering few residences now have them thickly built and you can now see the work of building still going on at a great pace
 There is no doubt that Montgomery Is growing wonderfully every day and there Is no better evidence of it than the activity in surburban real estate. The first indication of a great city is the moving of people to the suburbs. Montgomery. like all others, is com gested near the heart of the city, and residents are forced to go to the sub Property has become so valuable In any desirable section close to the city that the person in moderate cir suburbs. Of course, the operation of convenient car lines in every dlree- tion has had a great deal to do with the desirability of going to the out
 Has Cleared the Sidewalk.
 Walking on Commerce Street this Was glad to a's see that mat the thss'GdSey; sidey%;alk under the dilapidated Gay building at the intersection. of Blob Street. had been made ppassable; The city engin- and they tore away the dangerous cornices and loose brick from the building. thereby making 1t safe for adjacent to the building.
 since this building was destroyed by fire on the morning of May ?. it's Sidewalk Snt,vslS, has been Hbstrncted ana the people on Commerce Street.
 We were all glad to have the slde- walk opened again to the large amount on that corner. Thanks to the city engineer"
 Mr Ms. WolG Wol@, GGss I:t;,; to EuroRs, to%s ,, several months vacation with his fam fly in Europe. He will go direct to New York. where he will sail on the i7th for Bremen on the Kaiser Will MT; wolf will join. his family. who has been in Europe for some time, at Frankfort on the Main. In company witbh wsnbo his os family he will make an ex- zerland. and probably Italy. returning to the United States about the middle of October. His family will stay in Europe where his children will be at school.
 Messrs. James W Beard and James M. Haralson, both bright young men of Troy, were successful competitors in standing the entrance examinations to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. among the principals and alternates dc esignated this year by Congressman Wiley Tor that purpose Having pass ed their organizations, both mentally and physically. they have each been appointed midshipmen for the next
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 MT Adolph Roemer has returned from Loachapoka, where he attended the District Conference of the Metho- dist Conference.
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 Mir. [. c. Johnson of Wetumpka was in town yesterday accompanied by his wife.
 MT. w. Y. Lovelace of Brewton is in the city accompanied by his wife, Hon. Edward de Granfenreid of Greensboro is visiting the city.
 Mir. A. A. kooty of Roanoke spent last night In Montgomery.
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 MT Frank B. Bricken of Luverne Is in town.
 MT. J. T. Brown of Andalusia is in the city.
 Mir. W. D. Brown of Greenville is in town.
 Dr. ". L. Bean Of Andalusia is in