Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-10
PILES OF BRICK TO
Be REARED IN CITY
Activity in Americas Great
This Year.
In Buildings 10 BE Erected During the
Year-The Season of Greatest Pros
perlty at Hand and Americus VIII
Make Strides Forward

Americas, at this moment, stands
upon the threshold of the greatest era
of prosperity that she has ever known,
and her citizens, confident of her flu
ture, are now working together in that
spirit of harmony that assures her solid
and substantial expansion,
Upon every side are evidences of ma
terial progress, while vast volume of
work is yet to be done here.
A half million dollars will be put in
brick, lumber and mortar during the
good year 1907. Even now the work is
under way and the success of other en-
terprises fully assured.
Public buildings and private; stores
and residences, railroads and power
plant, paving and other improvements
make up the magnificent list that will
combine to make Americas more than
ever the electric city and proud capital
of south Georgia.
The light of prosperity dawn is upon
the good city, and her people, ever alert,
are alive to the opportunity.
Among the institutions and enter
prises fully assured, the following
are mentioned briefly:
The Government building, which
will cost, completed, $75, 900 or 800, 900,
The site of this beautiful marble palace
will be determined on Wednesday
next, 18th, when the Treasury Depart
ment acts in the premises.
1t is expected that work upon this
splendid structure will begin in the
spring or summer.
The Third district agricultural col
lege, upon which a start will be made
in two or three weeks, means an invest
ment of at least $50, 900.
The contract for two buildings,
representing a cost of $31, 900, was let
the past week, but there is still third
buildlng-the girls dormitory-and
numerous outbuildine- to be erected
later. This in itself will afford employ
ment for dozens of artisans here.
The proposed public school building
will cost So, 1000.
The handsome building of the Amer
icus Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton means an outlay of $4,000, and
this will soon be started.
The Holiday building costing $40, 900;
the Pinkston building costing large
sum; three story building ofthe Allison
Company, to say nothing of improve
ments costing $4,000 made by the Ry-
lander Shoe Co. are evidences of
activity in the business centre.
The old Cranberry corner and the
artesian corner buildings are to be en-
tirely modernized, and at considerable
cost.
And in the march of progress Ameri-
Gus is going to pave all her business
| streets, the city spending $4,000 this
year in street paving, while property
| owners will spend an equal sum.
But the greatest enterprise will be
the installation of great and modern
| electric power plant, meaning an in
vestment of S15O,OOO. This includes
four miles of electric railway, an insti-
tuition which means more for Americas
than anything else.
Besides this monster enterprise,
which costs the people not penny,
the building of the Western & Gulf
Railway to Hawkinsvil1e is fully as
sured, while the electric line to Macon
and Atlanta is looked upon here as
among the certainties now.
Surely, such picture as this looks
pleasing for Americas.