Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-09

trail freight sheds in connection with the
Isires Hill cut.
Though nothing of great moment In
beer, done the past year. you may r St as
sured that no opportunity has passed us
hy unchallenged. Great things are spec
taCulGr and often easy in tn doing. The
daily grind is not dramatic, Vet it move 5
the world. The mere fact that go men of
this city are banded together and ready
to answer to call is in itself no mean ac-
coNplishmcnt
In general phrase, to boom Augusta is
the main purpose of the Augusta Board
of Trade. Augusta is we'll favored of To-
cation. Our freight facilities both by rail
and water are first class. While seeking
the larger manufacturer We should be
ready at all times to encourage the COM
ing of the small manufacturers The
growth Of the city depends upon the en-
ployment for its people The wage earn
en- is the spendcr, the support of trade,
then buyer and builder of homes. Our
farms are fertile; cur farmers are pros
porous; our la:.t"cturers are abreast
with the time; our q. erchants are prog
ressive; our wage ear.! rs are intelligent
and thrifty; our baaa# are strong and
safe; our homes are f3unded upon the
best New England traditions. What
more? Much more. How much more is
for us. to answer.
A new Augusta is at hand. Nor in
saying this do 1 belittle the old, neither
do I forget the splendid history of the
city, it's great names, its strong institu-
lions. it's civic virtues. Augusta is ready
for growth and the city is full of peo-
pie. Anything that looks like a house
has family under it's roof. Real estate
values are increasing The time was
when Augusta real estate was inactive
and values low Today there is real ac-
tivity in this line, and rising prices are
in answer to a real demand. There is
no boom. nor are values inflated. These
| improved conditions are normal and be-
| spe ak the new Augusta.
The stranger, too, is coming through
our gates. He comes by automobile, by
| rail-. hy boat and by electric car lines,
| which here converge. This stranger likes
us when he comes to know u.s. To well
come him, to provide him house to live
in. TO attract him by our trade facilities
ard our evidence of progress and pros
rerity TO give him work and wage-this
is in line with the obligations of an or
cariza ton like this.
lHn new ; ugusta is we'll typfied by the
now Augusta House. with its inviting por-
tails and metropolitan features, monument
to the zeal and generosity of it's promo
tors who, in time of crisis, We're bound
that this city should not be way sta
ton. Its promise, too, is heralded by ru-
mors of new and connecting electric
roads: by the new federal building ris-
nG on our business street; by the willing
ness of people to expend $4,000 for
permanent highways: by the largely in
creased expenditure for schools and the
CT ctirn of our new high school; by the
rluU is d improvement on Rnes Hill.
VILE c"oWninS the long and arduous eff
forts of those who believe in growing
city 1trr on the Kennebec, new and
beautiful state capitol, will be set upon
or anci-rt hill, at once rightly source
of lpCal pride and the assurance that the
seat Of government Of thu SAFE of Maine
will continue here.
May Augusta make ready III all things
to deserve this at tho hands of the stat.
May Augusta be as prosperous as she
is proud as progressive as she i OF
good report: quick to demand as she
il free to give.