The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
GOOD ROAD BUILDING.
Great Enthusiasm Noted in Alabama
 and Georgia.

Columbus, Ga, June 15.-(Special.)-T Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index will say tomorrow in it's regular weekly issue:
 Probably never before in the history of Georgia and Alabama was so much earnestness, enthusiasm and real deter imitation shown on the subject of road improvement as at present. and that with all this steam generated something is go- ing to happen can most assuredly be taken for granted. The city and town folk who own automobiles and the coun- try people who wish to get to town con- veniently (and to whom road improve ment is of more vital importance than anyone else) are now on common plat form, and this concert of action is de- veloping strong sentiment. Significant of this sentiment is the action of the Muscogee county, Georgia, grand jury a day or two ago In recommending the is- suance of $1.000.000 of bonds, or as much thereof as should be necessary. to build model roads in that county after plans to be prepared by the best highway eX- perts in the United States. mass meet ing of Calhoun county, Alabama, citi- zens clamored for an election on the is- suance of $300.0O0 of bonds for road inn provement. Various elections of that
  the two states, and already in several instances bonds have been authorized.
 "A noticeable feature. of the weeks industrial news in the two states is the resumption of plants that have been idle conspicuous among them being the start ing of several departments of the big steel mill at Ensley, Ala. A large cy- press lumber mill at Waycross, Ga, that has been idle for several months, has been bought by a New York company and will be enlarged and operated.
 "The receivers of the Atlanta, Birmng- ham and Atlantic railroad are petitioning the federal court for authority to issue receivers certificates, which will insure the completion of the road into Bir- mingham at a cost of $1,00O000. The building of a railroad between Rome, Ga. and Gainesville, Ga, has been pro- posed, and big delegation from the for mer city went over to Gainesville to have heart-to-heart talk on the subject. In the meantime south Georgia citizens were knocking at the doors of the court for a charter to build a road from Savannah to Glenville.
 During the week 20 new corporations were formed with minimum capital stock of $710,OOO. At Elberton, Ga., a $1OO,0O0 company was formed by home capital to take over enlarge and operate cot ton mill Douglassville. Ga. awarded the contract for ai lighting plant; Mari etta, Ga, for sewers and Birmingham, Ala. for modern school building. Jes- up, Ga, and Commerce, Ga, both voted bonds for public improvements.
 "A fertilizer plant is to be established at Athens, Ga, and an ice plant at Ath- ems, Ala At Macon, Ga, company was formed to manufacture paper from olIra stalks. while there were important developments In the plan to establish a mill at Cordele. Ga, to convert the cot ton stalk of the southern fields into paper. New banks are reported for Dawsonville, Ga. and Seville, Ga.
 "A schooner will be en route from Bal timore to Brunswick in a few days, car rying a cargo of steel rails to be used in the construction of street railway system In that city. The development in the way of rural telephone lines dur ing the past week or two has been marked many new lines being announced for va rious section of the two states"