The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-13
SIDEWALK PENCnlNCS
T,noslmr Into FEiatory

Edward o. Dorman. one of the or-
 ganizers of an association that is in- History" is Investigating the histori- cal work in Montgomery for the pur- pose of securing material thai may has taken in the building of the re- public.
 MT. Dorman says: Much oE our pe1rfiodlcsl iteratSTe ttscs mas assrauss smer
 icaT institutions. It is due time tnaa those who have the interest of our na- tionaI literature at heart should rise or. Some of us are undertaking this work and in The Journal of American History we intend to strike a higher erature' inculcating the principles of civic virtue, loyalty, and love of home
 n have conferred with some of the oldest Montgomery. families regarding ancient diaries and private journals, in their possession, which may throw
 light onto the strong character Of our based accurate, sociologic and eco homie studies. Much of the true his-
 tory of the nation Is secreted in these, time-worn journals and if they are not
 soon printed they will become inde-
 'dThe work has the endorsement of
 many of the leading seho -ars and M PnP. Grouse, of New Haven, Conn, and a prominent graduate of Yale Universi- ty Is one of the, organizers of the gagged in the underta%ing. Francis Trevelyan Miller, who has attained 1emlnence for the high quality of his
 of The Journal of American History Some years ago Mir. Miller studied law
 at Washington and Lee University in
 rgnsafb m The and 9 vel knTwN n Re in En land he holds notable position as edi- | tor of The Connecticut Magazine, publication which occupies a distinc., Mir. Dorman says that he Is much pleased with the cooperation that
 Montgomery is giving this historical work.
 That Proposed Parkway.
 T noticed by the papers, said
 Montgomery citizen yesterday, that landscape architect, who was here the other day, for a driveway about Mont gomery. includes preparing tl roadway | Commerce Street. That is certainly
 delightful little strip of country, and
 drive up there at thEs time Of year
 "Butp E IpiTHHaIi haraiy thiuk that Mir. Man.
 ming stopped in Montgomery long
 enough to learn that those ravines
 leading of from ths river are filled gets the least bit high. The city has a little wooden bridge across a ravine down there at the present time. ana
 water gets the least bit high. 1 think | it has been washed away about as many times as there are blanks In it. "A regular sea wall, such as they
 have at Galveston, though of course
 on a smaller scale, would have to be constructed along there to keep the
 water out. before anything, like .
 kind of material that might be placed
 such a driveway as that ggested, It
 eity would have to do would be. to appropriate something like $100.000 for the construction of such a wall. leading up from the river, at the foot of Coosa Street, Is used as a city
 dump: If that section were to be tas- Ken for pq,6iic Srou, aF,iyeway it vgeHaa weSla probably of several thousand dollars, other arrangements for the disposal of
 '"S SThefe YlF are s9' streets in the city of
 Montgomery toda- that 1t would be very difficult, if not impossible for
 one to drive over in carriage, and it
 that it would be better. if we are to | spend any big sum of money on driveway or anything of that sort 1t
 would be better to spend 1t In fixing
 up the streets we nov. have" & SS s
 Much Building In Montgomery. '"rhere Is work for Idle hands to | do," quoted a Montgomery contractor. ! ''The man who complains that there
 is no work for him here. be he white
 or black, doesn't want work. I doubt | tory of Montgomery when there was
 more work for men than there is right now.
 ''The building operation in Mont, | gomery are surprising to people who 1 do not come in contact with it. Ev- Itery contractor in the city has all he
 can do and he is employing large
 forces of workmen. Tn fact every man
 who applies for work gets it. peope here than we have houses for | them to live in and the contractors
 are trying to keep up with the home | less DI' building houses for them. A walk or a drive into any section of | Montgomery will show new houses zoe | ing up and most of them are good, lsubstantial homes. too"
 fs 3e a
 Colonel Herbert a visitor.
 Secretary of the Navy in Mir. cleve- | Sunday night and was received warm | iy yesterday by his numerous friends i in this city. He will leave MOntgom- | cry at 11:1j o'clock this morning for Gulfport Miss, to attend the conVen- ] ton of the United Daughters of the | Confederacy He will remain in Ala | bama several days after the conVen- l ton and will attend the reunion Of | Con fedcrate Veterans m Mobile next
 week.
 1 Mr IT Sidney Fraser. returned f0