Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-10-16
GEORGIA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Quitman-Campaign, launched to
establish local tobacco warehouse,
meeting with tremendous success.
Montezuma - General revival of
business activities follows opening of
cotton season.
Louisville-Jefferson Hotel, recent
Fly opened, fills long felt need.
Macon-Southern Duco Enamelling
| Company, opens local factory.
Reidsv :le-Tatnall county ginned
1886 bales of cotton in August, COM
pared with 688 bales for correspond
ing month last year
Albany-Atlantic Coast Line rail
road to- spend 100000 improving
system in Dougherty county before
opening Of winter tourist travel.
Lyons Brick store building to be
erected on Railroad avenue.
Savannah.--Plans under way for con
strlcsioh>oi large athletic stadium,
Perry-New school building to be
completed at additional cost of $25,-
600.
Ealdcsta-New street paving pro-
ject being outlined calling for addi-
tional expenditure of 100000.
Atlanta-Ponce de Leon avenue to
be paved from Peachtree street to
Southern Railway Belt line.
Building permits issued throughout
Georgia during month of August to-
tailed $8,6O4, 500.
Savannah-Modern colored school
building being erected on Paulson
street.
Atlanta-Spellman college to build
three-story chapel costing $l25,0OO.
Decatur-Approximately $65,OOO to
be spent for street paving work.
Hawkinsville - Standard Leather
& Rubber Company opens new store
on Commerce street.
Milledgeville -Milledgeville Light
ing Company planning to double ca
pacity of Oconne river plant.
Gainesville-Contract to be let for
paving west Washington street.
Rome-High school unit to be built,
replacing part of building destroyed
by fire.
Blake1y-Early county ginned 2,5OS
bales of cotton this season prior to
September /, as compared with $50
bales for same period last year.
Albany-$350,0OO Hotel Gordon in
course of construction.
Savannah-Herb river bridge I'M
dergoing repairs.
Moultrie-Sweet potato shipments
moving out, sales made at 81 per 100
pounds.
Swainsboro-Cpnst of $751;
600 school building urged by civic
bodies.
Notwithstanding and brid-
ges of Pulaski county being put in
excellent condition.
Warehouses preparing to receive
peanut crop; deliveries being made at
stations in south part of state; value
of 1924 yield estimated at $8,OOO,OOO.
Americus-Sumter county ginned
1850 bales of cotton during August,
as compared with 1872 bales for same
month last year.
Savannah Chaplin Sacks Corpora
ton completes and opens first unit of
commercial cold storage warehouse.
Lawrenceville Gwinnett county
starts work on paved road here, sec
ond link in hard surface road to con-
meet Atlanta with South Carolina; con
struction to- cost $300O0O.
Misunderstanding permits issued in
one morning total $25,255.
Pearson-Contract let by state high
way commission for construction OF
miles of road between Pearson and
Wil1acoochee.
Rockmart-"White way lighting
system being installed.
cambridge - Brick warehouse of
cambridge Grocery Company at end
of Broad street to be remodeled for
use as tobacco warehouse.
Lyons-Carload of sweet potatoes
shipped to Atlanta, bringing farmers
--615; other shipments listed.
Macon-Central of Georgia railway
establishes new Vineville station in
residential section of this city.
Savannah - Jencks bridge, under
construction on state road No. 20, to
cost $4,000; fiji to cost additional ST.
500.
Trenton-Dade county bond cleo
ton authorizes $4,000 issue to pay
for $4,000 high school building here;
Trenton district had already voted
$4,000.
Albany-Chamber of commerce Of
this city developing plans for extern
sive tbacco raising in Daugherty and
neighboring counties.