The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-10
THE WEEKS PROGRESS.
Georgia and Alabama Lay Aside Poli-
 tics for Business.

Columbus, Ga., June 9.-(Special)- Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index will say tomorrow in its regular weekly issue:
 Now that the state elections in Geor- gia and Alabama are over the people of the two states, folding away state poli- tics with the champion balls for good long season, have settled down to thelr business affairs once more Both the victorious and those whose candidates did not fare so happily at the polls are heartily glad that it is all over, and al- ready there are evidences of renewed in- dustral and commercial activity through out the two states Each man Is concen- trating himself upon his own personal affairs and the trite motto that he who pays attention to his own business will have little competition Is being given try-out When the two great parties hold their approaching conventions and the presidential nominations are made. business the country over will be on more settled basis, and when the cleo tion itself Is held in November the whole nation will get right down to business again The prediction is already being made in ma.v quarters that 1909 will be one of the best and most substantially prosperous years in American history, the WnOle country DelHB oI d ooteci chN safer business basis, and to the thought full student of economic affairs the prophecy seems to be based upon sound reasoning. .A
 Coming down to affairs in the Geor- gia-Alabama territory, it is interesting 10 note that during the week ending today the first contracts were let for construc- tion work on the new Nashville and Huntsville railroad, which will extend I'm tO Tennessee and that substantial progress was re- ported in the plan to develop the rich Tombgbee valley section in West Ala bama by the building of a railroad, con- struction activities having already be- gun. A Griffin, Ga, cotton mill applied to the courts for permission to increase its capital stock from s6oo,oo0 to s1,5OO GOO, and many land deals were reported, and a s75. 900 company was formed to estap- fish the town and colony of Montpelier in Jefferson county, on a 5262-acre tract chat has been urchased-Vermont cap ital being largely interested in this en- terprise. In Colquitt county, Georgia, large tract of land has been sold to colony from North Georgia, who will d. vide it into small farms.
 "Fourteen new corporations applied for charter during the week in the two states, with an aggregate minimum capital or SAIL ,5O0.
 Among the many contracts that were awarded was one for the building Of an sso,OOo office building and c convent in Mobile that will cost similar sum- Industrial and construction items Of special interest are: Canneries, Hunts villle. Ala, and Carrollton, Ga; drug en- terprise, Mobile woodworking establish ment Raymond, Ga; machine shops New Decatur and Annston; lighting plant, Russelleville; school building, Courtland and Florence; courthouse, Fltz- gerald; jails, Brunswick, Ga., and Fith- gerald, Ga; dormitory, Birmingham; Y. M. c. A. building, Auburn power plant, Florence; blaming mill. Sparta, Ga; churches, Birmingham, Ala, and Blakely' Ga
 "From all over the two states comes news of resumng industries, and the cheerful reports of this nature from Blr- mingham and vicinity are especially striking.
 'Dougherty county, Georgia, showed a progressive spirit by voting $3OOOO in bonds for road improvements, and Ben Hill county, Georgia, also voted s75.O00 or bonds for various public improvements"