The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-31
THE NEW YEAR.

Next Friday marks the beginning
OF new year, and although Friday
is considered an unlucky day let us
hope that the incoming year will
bring nothing but peace, prosperity
and plenty to Columbians and to all
mankind. AS far as Columbus is
concerned, her people, in taking a
which to complain. The year which
closes tomorrow will not go down in
history as the most prosperous one
of the decade, for it has witnessed
an unusual financial stringency, and
money in all parts of the country has
been scarce, but Columbus has more
than held her own, the trade depres-
sion having been far less apparent
here than in many of her sister towns
and cities
Columbus is one of the few cities
in the country where the scarcity of
money has had little or no effect
upon building operations. While ar
tisans were lying idle in other COM
munities, our mechanics, brick ma
sons, plumbers and decorators have
been busily engaged in the erection
of buildings, which not only attest
the commercial prosperity of the city
but add to its beauty from an archi-.
tectural standpoint. Factories, mills,
banks, school buildings and resi-
dences almost without number have
been erected here during the past
year, and the good work is still GO
ing, at the corner of Main and Mar
ket Streets which when completed
will be one of the handsomest struct-
nres in the city, is nearly finished
and when the workmen conclude
their labors there many of them will
find employment at the federal build
ing which is to be erected on Brad
ford Square. Plans for this building
will soon be ready, and the supervis-
ing architect of the treasury depart
ment, who is in charge of all enter
prises of this character undertaken
by the government, has assured Con-
gresham Gambler that the work of
construction will begin early in the
spring.
That Columbians are amply sup
piled with money to purchase not
only the necessities of life, but to
indulge in its pleasures, is eyinced
in the magnificent audiences which
greeted two attractions that have ap-
peared at the Columbus Theater dur
ing the past week. The Traitor ap-
peared there last Thursday night,
and although Christmas eve is bad
night for theatrical attractions the
house was well filled, while the au-
dience which greeted Marrying Mary
Saturday night not only filled every
seat in orchestra, dress circle and
gallery but crowded the aisles and
the foyer, large number of standing
room tickets having been sold.
The people of Columbus are to be
congratulated upon the fact that they
live in a city which is not only pros
porous but pleasant, city where
neighbors are kindly and friends are
true, a city where a premium is plac-
ed upon morality anu virtue anu
where vice and immortality are under
the ban, a city that combines the
conveniences of urban life with the
saIutary influences that obtain in ru-
raj communities. city wherein the
laws of God are respected and where
every honest man, no matter how
poor he may be, enjoys the friend
ship and esteem of his fellow men.
The Dispatch wishes all of its read
ers and the people generally happy
and prosperous new year, and prom
ises to devote its best endeavors to
giving them during the next twelve
months the best paper that has ever
been issued from this Office.