The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-11
FAVOR THE ARCADE
MEETING AT CITY HALL TO FUR
 THEIR PROJECT.
Real Estate Men Meet and Adopt R<s- olntioas for Expansion of Bus. fness Dastrict by OpeninG
 Up Monroe Street..

gomerys congested business district was the keynote of meeting in the | Council Chamber last night of prop | erty owners and others interested in the opening of Monroe Street west to l Commerce Street. A number of fin- formal talks were made. urging prop erty owners to subscribe to the prop | osftion, and resolution was unani- | mously passed endorsing the proposed l opening of the thoroughfare.
 Alderman Nathan Lobman. who pre- sided at the meeting and who Is in- | terested in the movement, both as a | citizen and member of the Council, took charge of the resolution and said 1t would give him pleasure to present it to the City Council at its next meeting.
 The resolution follows: Resolved, first. That 1t Is to the interests of all owners of property ad- | jacept to Monroe Street to have said street extended to Commerce.. l "Second-That 1t is to the interests l of the city of Montgomery as the own | CT of the city property on Monroe, Perry and Madison Streets to have said | street extended. "Third--That 1t is to the interest of all citizens to have said street extend ed on account of the general develop ment and expansion which would fol- | low.
 "Fourth-That the City Council be | and they are hereby earnestly request ed to have Monroe Street opened into | Commerce Street, and we hereby pledge our financial aid and encouragement l to them."
 The details of the proposition for extending Monroe Street were fully laid before the property owners. The prop osition offered by Frank D. Kohn is l to sell the city the property necessary for the extension for $55.000.
 committee of real estate men are already at work, as was explained. raising subscriptions among the prop erty owners. to contribute largely to- ward the purchase of the necessary property, and it was stated that al- ready between s5000 and $S,000 has been pledged.
 Course of Extension.
 Beginning at Is North Court Street. with a width of twenty feet, the ex- tension Is proposed to run in a west erfy direction for 1O0 feet. and then bend to the left, extending distance of I50 feet with width of twenty five feet, to Commerce Street, through the property at 20 Commerce Street, now occupied by a furniture store. All of the property through which the ex- tension is proposed belongs to Frank D. Kohn.
 
 order, Alderman Lobman. who presid- ed. said the purpose was to lay the | proposition before the property own CTS. The object, he declared, was to see Montgomery improve. and he knew of nothing that could improve Montgomery more than the opening of Monroe Street,
 Alderman Strauss heartily supported | the proposition. There is no question, he said, that Montgomery Is congest- ed, particularly in It's business section He believed 1t had been said that Mont gomery's population per acre Is larger than any other city in the country, and declared that Montgomery needs to spread out.
 The opening of Monroe Street, he urged, would bring into play one of the incest streets of Montgomery. whatever would be done would not be so much to enhance the value or property as to expand the business dis trict He did not hesitate to say that he would vote on a liberal basis as a member of the Council, as it would be a good proposition for the city itself. He thought that the extension of the thoroughfare would so greatly increase the value of the property owned by the city as to outstrfp the expense which would be incurred.
 E. B. Joseph. a well known real es- tate dealer, said he was representing several property owners who-were com- mending the proposition. and were seo- ing good in it, and he was also pres | ent as real estate man in support or the movement. He endorsed the pre- .vious remarks of Mir. Strauss and de- clared the price for the property to be | very reasonable and he urged the pro- uect should be put through. Property Owners should Do It.
 Being interested in some property some distance up,' as he put 1t, B. w. Strassburger said he had been looking | into the proposition. He had found ii would be a great thing for Montgomery 1 and he was heartily in favor of 1t.
 "Propertv owners ought to bear the brunt of this" he said "and let the city | down as light as possible" | Being asked several questions regard ing the details of the project Frank D | Kohn took the floor and entered into ar exclamation of what was contemplated. | The idea of the extension he said Is | tnoa new matter and 1t was not mat ter of his own invention. He had heard O. this proposition from many of the oldest and most substantial and l progressive citizens of Montgomery He suggested that the property own CTS in the vicinity should subscribe to the proposition and the amount raised by them would go as the city's first payment on the s55,000 purchase neces- sary for the extension. Later pay ments he said could be so distributed that the city would hardly feel 1t.
 On being asked for his views M B. Houghton said he hadn't given the sub- feet the considerhtion it's importence demands He was not prepared to pass upon it's merits but he regarded it as one of the future necessities that will arise in Montgomery.
 Ray Rushton spoke interestingly of Montgomerys geographical history from its infancy. touching on its growth The irregularity of the streets in the business district he described as patchwork He heartily endorsed the movement and told of the benefits that would accrue.
 T Boylan then offered the resolution which was adopted
 Alderman I.obman said that. as a citizen of Montgomery, and a member