The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
200 New Homes Built Dur-
 ing 1923 And Arrangements
 For Several New Industries
TUSCALOOSA BUREAU
 THE AGE~HEEALD
Tuscalo0sa. AIa., Dec.

IuSCaiOOSa, Ala, Dec. 70 J. l Extension of the city limits so as to make q population of 1S,000, cree l ton of 200 new homes an increase of 1 66 per cent in tue volume of business | and arrangements fori half dozen now industries next year are lew | of the big achievements of Tuscaloosa i during 1923. according to a compre- | hensiye statement given out by J. B. ] Brosius, secretary of the Chamber of 1 Commerce. The article prepared by ! Secretary Brosius is entitled "Tusca- l loosa Yesterday, Tomorrow, ana re- fleets much of the activity of the ! Chamber of Commerce. of which J. A. Duck worth is president.
 His statement is as follows: .When one reviews the progress i of Tuscaloosa for 1923 there are so many indicators that are big with inn portance that we are too near to 1t to gain the right perspective in which it can be properly viewed as It VIII be some day In history.
 with an increase in population of 1 15 per cent and the extension Of the city limits to take in adjoining sub- urbs, gives the city approximately 1S,000 people. This entities. Tusca- leosa to- fourth place among Ala bamas urban centers.
 'TuscaIoosa is about to close the 1 most successful, economic, Soclal, edu- cational and religious year of its his tory. Never during the eXistance ot ] the city has prosperity been more ! uniform, and generally distributed; never have the people as whole been so completely united on all | civic problems, never has such marked advances been taken in the solution of adequate school facilities; never has the practical side of the teach . ing of Jesus been more emphasized | than during the past 12 months. O. o O.
 200 Homes Built.
 "Tuscaloosa during the period men toned has witnessed the construction of approximately 200 homes, and dur ing the same period five miles Of paved streets and two miles of side walks have been laid. The contractors have completed eight new brick busi- ness houses, and have under con struction four more A new theatre has been built The foundation of one of the largest Sunday school | rooms in the south has been fin ished. The construction of the only History building in Alabama, outside of Birmingham, has been started. dhe estimated building program for l924 will exceed $3,000,o00.
 Here is a city greatly favored by nature, with VaSt deposits of those treasures of coal, Iron, clay, sand timber and a waterway upon which distribution is fostered. It is city of diversified industries, surrounded by a great agricultural community
 For the past 12 months there has not been an idle wheel i'll this dis trict and although no surplus of la Dor, neither has there been short age. The blast furnaces. coke ovens lumber mills, veneer plants, heading mills, brick plants, oil mills, coa
 mines cotton mills, have all been bus! transplanting natures into articles O. | these tries are well booked with future orders.
 .'Thc industrial census shows five new industries-a brick plant, fur
 niture plant. hosiery mill, wood mold
 ing plant and cast iron pipe plant while a business survey reveals the
 marvellous growth of 22 firms.
 ..In the field of finance, the thre' strong banking institutions of th' city have enjoyed volume of busi ness unedualed since their organtza
 tions. The increase in resources Wa % per cent in check transaction z,
 per cent and in savings accounts 4
 per cent.
 Big Volume Of Business.
 "The actual volume of business transacted in Tuscaloosa during thu past 12 months shows an increas'
 over last year of approximate
 S1S,4OO, 900, or 66 per cent. All mer , cantile establishments, with the eX
 ception of one or two, have recorded
 a greater volume of business, rang
 ing from $5,000 to $150,000, than las
 year.
 ITO Tuscaloosa, the last 12 months |, in educational activities have brough : : about some remarkable advances. Th' new Junior High school was opened q $500 900 school bond issue wa voted ground has been broken fol | a new high school building that wll rival the best in the south. The uni
 versity has completed the second wins on the girls dormitory, and the en rollment this year reached 2,2lO, an
 other record broken.
 'orhere is no one activity of cit. that marks progress and groWti more than the interest the citizen ! ship manifests in churches and civil organization. The Presbyterian con
 gregation this year burned the mort gage on their $175,000 church. Th Methodist congregation reduced tn, , indebtedness on their new churcl S15,000. The Baptists raised from 1t
 membership S95,000 for new Sun
 day school building. In civic organl , cations the recently organized Lion , club gives this city five Luncheon ; bodies. The Chamber of Commerce
 with it's affiliated bureaus and divi
 sions enjoys a total membership o 695 and an annual revenue of $l9,
 400.
 Agriculture. the basic industry O every city, has this past year, II
 spite of the boil weevil and the arm, worm made substantial progress
 The farmers have organized througf
 the farm bureau federation, and thu