The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-02
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
Realty Sales Show Strong Activity In
Georgia and Alabama.


Columbus, Ca, December 1.-(special)-
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial In
dex will say tomorrow in its regular
weekly issue:
The active condition of the real es-
tate market in the pushing, progressive
cities of Georgia and Alabama is we'll
illustrated by some transactions of the
past week in Atlanta and Birmingham In
tho Georgia capital there was one realty
sale in which the consideration was $751;
900, two in which $4,000 was the price.
and one in which $4,000 was paid, while
there were innumerable transactions of a
minor character Here were the consid-
erations in a number of real estate trans
fers in Birmingham, the metropolis of
Aalabama's rich mineral belt: $4,000, $685.
600, $4,000, $50, 900 and $25, 900. These figures
indicate that not only is the demand for
Attractive real estate lively but there is
much money In the two states, seeking
profitable investment
1.-The industrial construction news of
the week fairly brIstles with announce
ments of new enterprises Fertilizer fac
tories are to be built at Vidalia, Ca,
and Mansfield, Ga; a Thomaston, Ca,
cotton mill is to add 5000 spindles to its
equipment, a large sawmill is to be es-
tablished near Eutaw, a cooperage plant
which burned recently at Ensley is to be
rebuilt on a larger scale, a $4,000 box fac
tory is to be established at Atlanta, bot
Ting works are to be established at At
lanta. Ga, and Bay Minette, Ala, and a
$4,000 furnace company applied for char
ter at Rome, Ga. Contracts for building
railroad from Okolona, Miss. to Pickens-
Vile, Ca, and from Cuthbert Ga, to
Richland, Ca, were awarded. Sixteen
new corporations, with minimum capital
stock of S5S1,000 knocked at the doors
of the courts of the two states for char
ters
TO Savannah contractor was award
ed contract for building an all concrete
plant, for phosphate company in Flor
ida. Contract for erecting a courthouse
at Springfield. Ca. was awarded to an At
lantan. Masonic temple will be built
at McDonough, Ca, ana warehouse es-
tablished at Scale. Douglas, Ga. has cap
tured the new shops of the Georgia and
Florida railway, which will cost S15000O or
more In Atlanta a 100000 bank build
ing is to be erected and among the con-
struction items at Birmingham is a s25. 900
apartment house. The Macon Ga, cham
Der of commerce is considering the erec
ton of an office building At Isabella,
Ga, an agricultural school is to be es-
tablished. Tuscaloosa received proposals
for laying nearly 10000 square yards of
cement sidewalk paving. In Dublin, Ga,
Admission, Ala, and Rome, Ca additional
sidewalk paving is to be done $4,000
soap and toilet article manufacturing
company was organized at Birmingham
1.-THE appointment of delegates ito the
Southern Commercial congress, in Wash
ington. December and s. on the part of
progressive cities and towns throughout
Georgia and Alabama continues, and it
is the information of the Industrial Index
that large proportion of these delegates
will attend The impression naturally ex-
lists among the different southern munich
palities that the larger and the more in
huential the delegation from any locality
in attendance upon the convention is. the
greater benefits will that locality derive
What has been termed the mixed aud
fence at the various congresses in Wash
ington next week insures a hearing for
live southern cities and towns and means
that attention can be easily drawn to each
and every southern community represent
ed in Washington by its best men,"