The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
For the Good of
 the Community

mgS, highways, sewers, SCHOOLS, dHu manufacturing plants are started III the southern states every week. Industrial journals that keep up with new develop ments carry several columns of such pro- jects in each issue and the money ln- , vested in them runs into the millions ot dollars.
 In the last issue of the Industrial Index of Columbus, Ga, the following new pro- iects in Alabama are noted:
 Birmingham: Floatless Carburetor company, fifty by-product coke ovens go in operation, new soil pipe plant; fire and police alarm system costing S275,OOO, contracted for; auditorium, high school and two or three graded school buildings
 Jefferson county, three new school buildings; bids for building over 100 miles of highway asked for; Alabama Power company begins construction of 44,O0O, ,000-volt transmission line rom Vida to Selma, tWenty-six miles.
 Bottling plant at Sheffield, cotton gin at Livingston, light and power plant at York, utilities company at Castleberry; lumber mill rebuilding at Phenlx, foun- OrY anu lIldCIllllC ollOP aC AOCS0iOOpet, lumber mill at BreWton; vegetable oil factory at Epes, farm and stock company at Geiger, seed company at Hartselle; cocoanut and cocoa products company, coffee roasting company and wood prod ucts company at Mobile; arms and ma- chinery company at Selma.
 At Sheffield, plumbing supplies com pany; 40,000-foot daily capacity saw mill at Huntsville; saw mill at Tuscaloosa; telephone system at Oxford; peanut warehouse at Andalusia; garage at Ma rion, Camden and Mobile; four-story hotel at Athens; seven miles of streets at Anniston and six miles at Florence; sew eral blocks at Montgomery; high school at Lafayette; ' ,500 square yards of al lev paving at Jasper; church at Falrhope; Coffee county, new court house; national bank at Anniston state bank at Russell vile increases capital
 The items enumerated above repre- sent only one weeks new developments. They are scattered all over the state which is a very good indication of the prosperity of all the people of Alabama.
 Within the next few weeks highway constructor contracts VIII De dWdIucu by the state that will cost approximately S5,O0O,000, and roads to be built'b the various counties, including Jefferson, will probably equal that sum, thus providing for the expenditure of $1O,00O,0OO or more in highway construction alone be- fore the end of the present year.
 Rumors of new hotel to be built in Birmingham and of additions to one of the present hotels have been in circulation for sometime. From the present outlook the present year will exceed in number and cost that of any other year in the history of the city And every one of them is. needed right now.
 Materials and labor cost more than ever before, and this has had a deterrent effect in building operations for the past fifteen months, but the demand has be- come so great that new construction work cannot be put off longer. Owners of va cant property and persons with money to invest have come to realize that the ex- pected slump in prices is not in immediate prospect and they are making plans for improving their property or acquiring real estate and erecting new buildings