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of paved streets, that we would
like to mention 10 ore in detail, we
do moi feel that these thing prop,
erly come under the head of this
arncle. However there are two
of Los Angeles enterprise to
which we wish to call special at
ten,ion. The greatest and most
notable enterprise ever under.
taken by the City was tie bring
ing ola water supply 10 the city
from the snow clad slopes of Mt.
Whitney. a distance Of240 miles
by means of an aqueduct, Cine
longest in the world, and 20 miles
OF tunnels, at cost of about
$23. 100000. This gives Los
Angeles supply of pure water
from the slopes OF the highest
noun ain in the U. 5. at cost to
the consumer of 9 cents PR 1000
gallons. L..
Los Angeles has already become
a shipping port of no mean I'M.
pOrtance. With the completion
of the Panama Canal, its inpor-
lance as sea port will be greatly
increased. The city is looking
ahead, and, after securing the
services of one of the world 5
leading experts on harbor work,
has outlined a plan for the system
attic Improvement of the harbor
at a cost of $4,000. 900, over So
1000. 900 of which has already
been voted. When the improve
ments are completed, ocean going
vessels of the deepest draft will
be able to go to its warves. AS a
result many representatives of the
great steamship companies have,
during the past twelve months,
visited Los Angeles and made ar
rangemeuts for their vessels stop
ping there after the COM
IpletIou of the Pana a
Canal. Thus los Angeles we'll
deserves the title of 'enterprisins
CITY,
Not so large as Los Angeles,
and not situated so far from rs is
a city that advertises itself as
THE City with a Payroll of a
Million a week" 1t is probably
the most talked of City In. the
South. We refer the Birming-
ham, Alabama. Though not in
the same class with Los Angeles
Birmingham with l45.4 per cent
: increase, has outstripped ingrowth
every other city in it's class. To
quote the Birmingham Chambe
of Commerce the city has grown
from a crossroads blacksmith
shop to steel mills, blast furnaces
and diversified industries of all
kinds in less than half century"
Here is city, and a live one too.
E'uther it is city that has not
been built on its climate or it's
agricultural advantages, two
factors without which some cities
think 1t is impossible to succeed.
Birmingham is primarily an in.
dustrial and commercial city. Its
marvellous industrial growth and
expansion during the past ten
years have been the wonder of
the land. For CITY of 10000
people to have a payroll of one
million dollars a week, or more
than fifty millions year, indicates
that the city is anything else but
asleep. Birmingham today boasts
that it manufactures 1000, OOe
tons of iron annually, and that it
fixes the price ofiron for the
world. Among the other claims
OF the city is that it makes the
best steel rail in the world, has
the lowest electric light rate in
South, and that it is young mans
town. The city was founded in
1871.
While much might be said
af Birmingham's industrial and
commercial growth. we wish to
mention but one feature of the
city's enterprise, namely, the
work done by ike Farm Move.
ment Committe of the Birming-.
Chamber of Com merce. During
the past ten years. while grow.
ing industrially by leaps1assd
bounds, the attention of the
people was so largely on industry
and commerce that agriculture
was neglected. AS a result of