Muscogee COUNTY GA Newspaper Article January 24, 1903 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Carla Miles milescng@juno.com http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/newspapers/jan1903.txt Columbus Enquirer-Sun Saturday, January 24, 1903 What One Sees In A Little Stroll About Columbus Yesterday was an ideal day for a stroll, drive or bicycle ride over the city. It was a day of balmy spring weather set down in the midst of the winter, a perfect jewel in the January calendar, which is usually so prolific of rain, sleet, snow and unpleasant weather generally. Only three days before it had been almost sleeting in Columbus, and yet in this short time chilly blasts gave way to balmy breezes and warm, genial sunshine, with its cordial health- giving glow, succeeded the gloomy clouds of the earlier part of the week. It is such a day as this in the winter that one feels like throwing aside overcoat and sallying forth for a breath of fresh air. And a stroll of an hour or so out into such weather will bring the color to one's cheek and brighten one's eye more quickly than a whole course of medicine. It was such a day as this that Henry Grady used the expression "a perfect winter day, shot to the chore with sunshine." Seen From the Courthouse Dome There is no better place in Columbus to get fresh air, and plenty of it, than the dome of the Courthouse and so an Enquirer-Sun reported who took advantage of the weather to take just such a ramble as spoken of above, headed his wheel in that direction. It is a truly magnificent view that one has from the top of Muscogee's handsome Courthouse. After seeing the city and its suburbs from that view-point, one has a better appreciation of Columbus, and its mighty industries, its solid business section and its handsome public buildings than ever before, and cannot but feel proud of his city. It is indeed a great city that lies before him. To the east, north and west the hills are studded with houses as far as he can see, while almost every section of the old city is visible. Scores of smokestacks tell their own story of industry, while new roots and incomplete houses, from which drifts the music of the hammer and the saw, show that Columbus is rapidly adding to its number of dwellings of all descriptions. It is really surprising to one who goes up on the big dome for the first time how clearly everything in Columbus, Phenix City and Girard can be seen. Afar off, creeping around the side of the hill in Alabama, can be seen a Central freight train, fresh from the coal fields of Alabama. Up the river, new mills and multitudinous new houses on the Highlands stand out clear and distinct in the bright sunshine. To the westward one can see a few of the sights of the Girard Street fair. Good Work On The Courthouse Roof As if in keeping with the spirit of improvement in Columbus, the big dome on the Courthouse is now being repaired. Contractor Russell has finished the work of tinning the Courthouse roof, proper, and is now at work up on the dome. The sides of the dome are of copper, and remain, but it was necessary to repair the seams. It will doubtless be many more years before the Courthouse roof will give trouble. Messrs. Russell and Barlow Bros. Have done a fine piece of work there, and the county commissioners are very much pleased with it. The finishing touches are now being put on. The new roof is of the best old fashioned Taylor's tin. Terra cotta work has succeeded the old wooden balustrades. Laying Marble At Y.M.C.A. Building From the Courthhouse to the new Y.M.C.A. building is but a block. Now that some of the marble has arrived, Contractors Barlow have gone to work in earnest. The brick foundations were finished some time ago, and the white marble is being built up from the brick. It shows up quite prettily, and will appear to still more advantage when a few carloads have been laid. Secretary Lowe thinks this will be the costliest Y.M.C.A. building in the entire country. New St. Paul Nearly Completed The new St. Paul church is nearing completion. It is quite a handsome building, and a welcome addition to Columbus' fine church edifices. The white brick has a neat appearance, and the general effect of the building is handsome and attractive. Mr. Loeb's New Mattress Factory Just north of the Union Depot, on a triangular lot of land between the Southern and Central tracks, facing Thirteenth street, Mr. A. Loeb is erecting his new mattress factory. It is a frame structure, and already many of the timbers are up. Dirt Broken For Harvey's New Mill Preparations are in full blast for building the new mill of W.T. Harvey & Co. on Fifteenth Street, a short distance east of the coal chute. The plant will be just east of the Chappell branch, which flows through that part of the commons. A good-sized force of men is engaged grading the lot, and the sight of so many laborers, mules and scrapers "looks like business" to use a homely expression which never fails to convey an idea promptly. Messrs. Harvey will erect a large sash door and blind factory on this lot, and it will be quite an addition to Columbus' already long list of industries. New Plant of Dudley-Butts Co. The magnitude of the big plant of the Dudley-Butts Sash, Door and Lumber Company is better appreciated now that it is in full operation. This is quite a large industry, larger, in fact than one would suppose, surveying it from the street car line, as the view from the car line is hardly as good as that from Fifteenth Street. One of the buildings is three stories high at its southern end. This company, while a new industry, comparatively speaking, is already doing a large business. New Residences On East Highlands Riding out through East Highlands, the reporter noticed quite a number of neat, new residences in course of erection. That suburb seems to be flourishing. It has grown wonderfully within the last year or two, and is rapidly filling up with attractive homes. Beautiful Old St. Elmo A ride out by St. Elmo, the beautiful home of Captain J.J. Slade, is a good exercise for the cyclist. The view of the stately old home is one that never fails to charm, for the lovely white mansion, in its stately proportions, appears to fine advantage at almost any season of the year. Rose Hill Is Building Up Rapidly The reporter returned to the city through Rose Hill. While he is a frequent visitor to that suburb several residences had been erected since his last visit. Rose Hill is now building up very rapidly, but this is not at all surprising. Its many attractions considered. It will always be a popular residence section. Get Acquainted With Columbus Take an hour or two off from your work the next pretty day, devote it to riding or strolling about Columbus, and when you return you will confess that you have been agreeably surprised with what you have seen. So many improvements have been going on in Columbus of late that nowadays when a man reads about some new one in the paper he receives mechanically, and doesn't fully realize what it means until he has seen with his own eyes the new factory, handsome new residence, or whatever the improvement may be. Take time and get acquainted with your home city. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. 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