Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-02
GOLDEN PROMISE FOR
SOUTHEAST in new YEAR
Industrial Development is
Continuous

Columbus, Ga, Jan. 1.-The Indus
trial Index says in it's issue for this
week
For the Southeast, the New Year
has golden promise of greater things
than this section has ever known.
'Momentous and magnificent as
have Deen it's achievement and de-
velopment in recent years, the South
east as yet but stands upon the
threshold of accomplishments of
mighty import in the industrial and
commercial world. Its resources, long
slumbering, have heard the awaken
ing word land are stirring.
The resources of the Southeast
are attracting to their profitable de-
velopment capital of other sections
of the United States and of money
centers of Europe Literally, millions
of dollars are being invested in the
developmening of waterpowers, which
will bring more and more industrial
plants; of steel, iron and mining in
/ dustries; and in the establishment
of factories for using raw materials
which are plentifully near at hand.
Idle fertile lands are being divided
into small farms and cultivated. Day
after day new banks are being formed
and new companies Incorporated to
engage in various lines of business.
Cities and towns are constructing
sewer systems, electric light and Wa
terworks plants, paving streets and
making other public improvements 10
an extent that does not exist in any
other part of the country. Great
buildings are being erected. Public
roads that are first class highways
are being built Railway lines are
being extended and new roads con-
structed
In every department of develop
ment there is notable activity, but il
is little more than an earnest of what
is to come and come quickly.
The Southeast has more and great
er undeveloped resources than has
lany otner section of this country.
There has been enough development
to prove that that development Is
profitable, and there is definite prom
Use that in the year just born the
Southeast will make greater strides
than ever before.
A feature of the construction news
for this week is the definitely planned
erection of seven hotel buildings.
A site has been purchased at Sara
sofa, Fla, i by a syndicate which IS
said to contemplate the erection of a
100000 tourist hotel building. A
hotel building is to be erected at Au-
gusta, Ga, will be made ten stories,
instead of six, as at first intended.
Among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this
week, are:
Church buildings, New Smyrna,
Miami and Orlando, Fla, and Dade-
Vile, Ala; hotel buildings, Alfalfa,
Ala, Miami, Sarasota, Tavares, Day
tona and White Springs, Fla, and
hotel extension, Atlanta, Ga; school
buildings Louisville and Tallassee.
Ala; factory buildings. Atlanta and
Augusta, Ga, and Jacksonville, Fla. !;
addition ito courthouse, Jefferson
county, Alabama; docks, $4,000 to
100000, Key West, Fla; passenger
station, Clayton, Ala; sanitarium,
Santa Rosa, Fla; car barns, Pensa-
cola, Fla; warehouse, Huntsville,
Ala Macon, Ga, has awarded n
paving contract and Mobile county,
Alabama, one for road construction.
Industrial plants will he estab-
lished as follows:
Ice plant extension. about $4,000,
Fort Myers. Fla; box factory en-
largement, Key West, Fla. cannery,
Arcadia, Fla; cotton oil mill, Alfalfa
Ala. lime products plant, Huntsville,
Ala; sawmills, Hawkinsville and Val
dosta, Ga; ice plant, Augusta, Ga;
barrel stave plant, Kissimmie, Fla. A
company has been organized at Bloc
ton, Ala, to mine coal and iron.
Banks have been organized at
Lineyille, Ala, and Sarasota and Pan
anna City, Fla Louisville, Ala vot-
81 municipal improvement bonds.
/ SCOTLAND MAN FINDS
A THIEF MILKING COW