The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
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grows with eacF .leeea8Hr 1.- | tisanshfp has f.r. H-
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 close of It's sz. 1 tier sentimen rrt1fa. tr. r and more co il. sf r.t.'. rt=- fld one for the
 The gcns ra 4#a.Is .ats ested l in the re- a 4ch a l body becf ttn. llnosf | entirely al CTS on matters .sfs a. Hspaper and pr .i portion of ge' .rtz-a AGy been | furnf ,ress. ID Ts aE=l.t..- 4 Ut intended I Tor e.fsr f sonal travel l anf put sto point | a. CC C. which may lp pie of Alaba- IT esults. Evesy~ wh Jt.' East and Mid- l dle M e active in pub- | He matte. st with the spirit of publicity. iieve in exploiting
 munities ana leave no stone unturned
 In their efforts to attract settlers and
 the establishment of commercial and inanufacturing enterprises.
 policy can be furnished tran the great city of Indianapolis. It would seem that with Its population of nearly 250,- location in the very heart of q great
 agricultural and manufacturing State, that 1t would depend upon what it aI-
 ulatfon aud wealth. Not so, however.
 for it's wfde-awake business mon are
 alive to every opportunity for making
 far and Wide. Nothing is allowed to Q
 interfere with compiling facts and fE-
 ures and presenting them in the most
 The sponsors for Indianapolis. mo-
 tably MT. J. B. Whitehead. at the Guth-
 rie meeting pictured everything in
 most glowing colorss and the realiza-
 ti0n QnnaI in nQTfirHlQF fo
 the promises made It Is impossible
 for any body of people to be met with
 ity than was extended at Indianapolis
 to the national Editorial Association.
 The Governor of the State, the Mayor
 United States. George Ade. James Whit
 c3mb Riley and other distinguished cit-
 izens of Indiana. united in the welcome oea n oa the
 that it was at times difficult to trans as hs tbs IS she e way as ss great city acted towards this body of newsnaper folk. and 1t stands to rea- treated viii have only kind thoughts and kind words for that city and ita splendid people.
 December II, lS16 only three years be- fore Alabama. Its progress has been phsnominai and eye ever sets wherver cast outside the cities upon splendidly
 commodious homes. The population is almost exclusively white the negroes being found in cities, Farms range fFom 100 to goo acres; but they are cnl. ,h. blush the slip-shop fashion in vogue wherever pegro labor predominates. An average price for the land is not Of that figure. Compare that with val ue of land in Alabama, where We have so many advantages and see if you can work out the causes for the differ
 All Indianians take great pride in their capital city, and they have just cause for such feeling. It Is ideally direction. Its population has been in- creasing by leaps and bounds and now the talk Is for 500.000 people. After ton and consideration of what has already been accomplished there Is every reason for believing that in an incredibly short time this claim will be railroads reaching all the important cit- les of the Central West, and fourteen interurban electric lines and connec- ngds pr0 n .yery 1o These carry into Indianapolis an enor- nous trading population. From a rad ius Of fifty miles more than e5.O00 man ufacturers and dealers go to Indiana oils for their supplies.
 Here Is a pointer for Montgomery t is possible to reach Indianapolis terurban electric car lines and this has had immensely to do with the recent rapid growth of that city.
 The matter of the interurban rail- way. as factor In modern transpor- tation is one In which the entire coun- try has an intimate. interest Inter portion of the State of Indiana and Indianapolis is. today one of the great railway centers in the world.
 The tnterurban system is truly a twentieth century product, for the nine lines which now radiate from In- dIanapolls have all been built since urban has operated to the mutual ad- vantage of town and country. Indi- anapolis has interurban connections cities. and the result has been a de- cided growth of trade and stimulus to business. Other tnterurbans are pro- iected in Indiana and several are now
 Through the forethought and enter prise of the manaEement of the In- Company. on whose tracks ali the in- terurbans enter the city, Indianapolis has the first and most complete Trae- ton Terminal station in the country. Every interurban car on every line starts from and enters this station. which is within one square of the and more orderly service has result ed and the station gives assurance that Indianapolis interurbans will not tions and confusion of traffic that re- suit when sufficient terminal facilities are not provided.
 The men who made Indianapolis and who are still pressing her forward load the visitor to the city with valua- ble information. It has a commercial club of 1900 of the leading business and professional men of the city and who stand for it's betterment in every particular. Its mission is to give as- sistance to every branch of manufac- shaping legislation in the interest of Indianapolis and the State at large, to advertise the city and exploit its many advantages as a manufacturing. city and tive to Indianapolis will be furnished on application to Robert, G. Mcclure. Secretary. 801 Commercial Club Build pieasure to ETs refer S to MT. Mcclure, ,'ih who was excessively kind to them during their stay in Indianapolis and gave them delightful entertainment. He is brother of Mrs. John B. Knox, of Anniston, and is a native of Tennessee. Mrs. Mcclure is also native or Nash vile.
 show an increase of 55.5 per cent. These six leading industries. on ba- sis of capital invested. are as follows: Foundry and machine shops, slaughter ing and meat packing, printing and publishing, furniture. lumber, and flour and grlst mill products.
 The total of capital invested in these different concerns in 1900 was $94,T36.- 371; in 1905 it was s53.4i9,S20 In 190a there were 2,S25 salaried officials and clerks with salary total of $2,24S,407; in 1905 there were 4,115 of this class drawing a total of $4,o96.2 269. The cost of materials in 1900 was s3S. S.2s6,906, while last year this amounted to $bl,- 7s3.S57. Products including custom work in 1900 were valued at $5s,S22,o