The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-13
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
Atlanta Burned District Will Bs
 Rebuilt.

Columbus, Ga, May 12.-(Special )-The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index will say tomorrow, in it's regular weekly issue: .
 The famed Atlanta spirit which well typifies the virile energy of the New South, is to furnish another concrete illus tration of it's force and effectiveness in the rebuilding of the burned section in Georgia's capital city While the flames were still burning in the Terminal Station district in that city, manufacturers whose plants were being destroyed were already telegraphing for new machinery The big area of chimneys and ashes, which in it's desolation represented property loss of one and one-quarter millions of dollars, was hardly cool before workmen began clearing away the ruins The entire dis trict will be rebuilt in hotels, manufac- turing plants and wholesale establish ments, and announcement is being daily made of the construction plans. The largest hotel destroyed, a building of 60 rooms, will be replaced with more or nate structure of 100 rooms. and this illus trates the substantial character of the inn provements now projected for the fire swept district.
 The week ending today has witnessed several interesting developments in large enterprises in addition to the formation of plans for much construction work and the establishment of industries represent ing substantial investments, but not in the million dollar class The Flint River Power and Electric company, which plans to develop water power on a large scale on the Flint river near Albany, Ga, applied to the Georgia railroad commits sion for permission to issue s12,OOO,O0O of common stock and $10 900, GOO of bonds Two railroads applied for charters, one of them in South Georgia and another an Alabama railroad enterprise. The latter company proposes to build an electric railway through nine counties in East Alabama. Announcement is made of the plan to build huge cement plant at Ragland, Ala, at cost of $1, ,500, 600.
 Prominent in the construction items is the announcement of the new school build ings at the following places: Greensboro Ga; Andalusia, Ala; Clayton, Ala; Ver- non, Ala; Fayette Ala; Moulton, Ala. !; Fort Deposit Ala; Double Springs. Ala; ; Gurley, Ala; Columbia, Ala; Clanton, Ala: Luverne, Ala; Thomaston, Ala ; Butler, Ala, and Hartford, Ala.
 Fifteen new corporations were formed during the week, with minimum capital stock of $447,000. Numbers of substantial contracts were awarded.
 Among the industrial and construction items of interest are: Canneries, Hunts- vile, Ala, and Montezuma, Ga.; oil mills. Albertville, Ala, Covington,, Ga, and Wrightsville Ga. s3OO.O00 pipe plant en- largement at Sheffield. Ala; announce ment of improvements by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company in Ala bama; lumber plant, Augusta, Ga; laun- dry machinery enterprise, Birmingham Ala; churches, Foley, Ala, Sasser, Ga., Opelika Ala, and Savannah, Ga.; paving plans in Atlanta, Ga, Montgomery, Ala, and Dougherty county. Georgia; depot, Lafayette, Ala; dry klns. Foley. Ala. bridges, Ensley, Ala, and Perry Ga.
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