The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-05
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REMARKABLE PROGRESS
h seen on EVERY HAND
MUCH BUILDING GOING ON
ALL OVER CITY
TOWN IS sROWlNG
New StOrerOoms snd New Houses
Are Seen In Al Parts Of the
Bu4s City

While AndeFsoa certainly not In
the midst of hool of anything aD-
preaching that, tn city, 10 making
more rapid progress now than 1t has
ever. done tbefoTe aeeordinR TO those
Anderson people nKiso have lived here
for years. Never before has there
hsec so much activity In the sale of
real estate; never before has there
E1an such q demand for houses. Store
rooms In any part ~ the city are at a
premium and it is s. IA that houses for
rent are hard to dad. The city is
busting and business conditions here
are vastly improved over year ago.
Contractors of the city say that they
have more work thar they can do and
that they cannot fina the carpenters
the brick nasonA and other artisans
for the work. They have dezens Of
contracts! unueT WFys iHs TaTiot loT-
tions Of the city and more work is
wanted each day.
At present there are l5 store rooms
in Anderson, either In course of con-
struction or to be began within the
next fortnight and it would be impos-
sible for any man 20 estimate the num-
Der OF dwelling htgaes going up.
+ A man came Co aerson yesterday
on visit for the. iIzs 81 time since he
left, here six years SO; and ne could
hardly believe thai tiIis was the town
that, he once knew According to his
story, College View ives fine hnhting
ground when he 80 left and North
Anderson was gent lY out in the
country. When lie INV the beauttfu
homes In College y w and the hand
some real dsnces In ttll anderson and
ther =
Sc tad
|hehT6 e ttizAtt At n was ms king W0ii-
deffgL pEogFess but h6 SRas not pfeDar-
ed for any ls,lcEl ight, 81 kReeted him
WIN ,ne ssiczit saw tLr city yesteFday.
tCMapy comments are heardaon the
splendid work being done by the city
The waitS6way venture, has proved to
be one, Of the maat popular ideas An
deTspA has known in long while and
the people OF all the city are more
than anxtousfS to sea the lights turned
on for the first time. tet meti opolltan
air will then be lent the city which
she has never possessed before and
anderson viii be even prettier bv
aight tt.an che e .:g dag. e sacl, e
thing De possible
The new paved streets In various
parts Of the city come in for universal
admiration on The part OF the Dropertv
e=as-s anG Inc city officials are highly
praised for what they are doing in this
direction.
The improvements being made BY
the railroads coming into the CITY ex-
cite the comment OF every visitor stop-
ping In Anderson aud this will be one
OF Anderson's best advertisements. The
stranger naturally understands that
the railroads would not spend their
money here IL they did not believe that
the city has q great future before IT:
OF especial value to the entire city Ii
the work being done by . the Blue
Ridge railway acr6as Main street.
Even, the pe0ple of the city. cantiot an
preetRte what this means until all the
debris Is fenaoXed from the street and
then, theY, Will he astoniahed by the
remarkable change fs.
;, Anderson IL enjoying more prosper
ity now then she has ever known be-
fore and her pennle are blessed as
thex have never bsen before. with
ideal health, delightful climate, and
business conditions such as to make
living easy. Anderson is rapidly reach
ing the point where 1t will be recog-
nizea as the best OF all the sraaiier
cities in the State.