Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-04
is. ND. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1912.
A ITY DOES NOT CROWS BUILT
A Greater Annapolis" Movement.
Communicates.

Communicated
Editor of The Evening Capital:
An excellent start has been made
toward placing Annapolis definitely
IN line with municipal progress by
| the recent Greater Annapolisp
meetings; and especially has the last
one laid solid ground for our future
advancement by taking the prepara-
tory steps toward the siren gthening
of an effective, responsible agency
through which every citizen may con-
tribute the effort. large or small,
that may be IN his power to accom-
plish the objects meant DIV the
Greater Annapolis" movement.
A CONNIE rcial organization, financed
commensurately with the needs of its
work, and centralizing its attention
on the local problems of civic interest.
should be able TO do telling work and
to serve as the engine of every man
and woman in the city taking part
in the movement The subscription
committee is composed of sixteen rep
resentative and influential citizens
and the Evening Capital. and headed
by one of ths best business men in the
State. This committee, as a chan
mel of publicity. will be of inestima-
bic advantage and help to the COM
munity and to the movement as it
makes progress.
A city does not grow-it is built.
Its real Importance comes from the
spirit and enterprise of the people
who live in it; and as these are man
ifested and take definite and expand
ing forms, we say the city grows"
when, in fact, it is being "built. /"
The population as a whole is to be
enlisted in every movement for mu-
nicipal progress and betterment. 1t
is not solely the part of the business
men, nor of the professional men, nor
of few taxpayers, nor to any special
class or division of the city's popu-
lation, to take upon themselves alone
the task of city building. 1t is for
us all, by friendly cooperation and the
doing of whatever lies in the power of
each OF US, TO engage in the Greater
Annapolis movement, and to sustain
and encourage those whom we have
charged with seemingly the burden
of the work, because we select them
to do the devising, the planning and to
discharge the actual constructive
duties. In every relation of life, we
find specific work at our own hand in
helping and strengthening the striv-
ing for "Greater Annapolis
How much can be done for the ben
eft of the community by unselfish and
concerted effortl And il is such
effort that this movement appeals
for, and which many of us feel sure
will be given by the intelligent pro-
gressive, public spirited men and wo-
men of this good old city.
"City boosting" as it has. come to
be called, is good. 1t has, of course
for its real object, the practical per-
manent advancement of not only the
material things in the community
life, but also ether things that are
not measured in dollars and cents; for
the one cannot, in trus and proper
sense, prosper and develop without
corresponding stimulating and unfold
ing effect upon the other. "City
building" however, is what we mean,
or should mean when we speak of
"city boosting" and it might be well
for US co keep in mind that the
Greater Annapolis" movement is a
"city building" movement.
Cooperative effort will carry US
toward our goal with sure and steady
steps; and it is to be hoped that all
our people will realize in their own
minds something of what is to be ac-
complished, and that they will prac-
tically, by deed and word, show their
sympathy with our rejuvenated or
ganization and its purposes, and give
to the latter that personal and indi-
vidual support that is most helpful
and encouraging.
GEORGE T. MELVIN.