. The Southern States. ts side a toweringmonument to soldiers of the Southernarmies who fell in defense of the gov-ernment here first set up. The visitor to Montgomery will befirst attracted by its well-paved streetsand its smooth stone sidewalks, whichcover all the main business portion ofthe town and give an air of thrift and other natural resources of Alabamamake possible a very large industrialdevelopment here. The foundationslaid are broad and permanent. A per-fect system of sanitary sewerage is inoperation, artesian wells supply a prac-tically inexhaustible supply of purewater, and the h
. The Southern States. ts side a toweringmonument to soldiers of the Southernarmies who fell in defense of the gov-ernment here first set up. The visitor to Montgomery will befirst attracted by its well-paved streetsand its smooth stone sidewalks, whichcover all the main business portion ofthe town and give an air of thrift and other natural resources of Alabamamake possible a very large industrialdevelopment here. The foundationslaid are broad and permanent. A per-fect system of sanitary sewerage is inoperation, artesian wells supply a prac-tically inexhaustible supply of purewater, and the health-rate is conse-quently so high that deaths, white andblack, average only a total of thirteento the thousand per annum. As Montgomery is an old place,coming into existence in 1819, andhaving been incorporated ever since 452 GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY AND ITS TERRITORY. 1837, it goes without saying that so-cial conditions are all that are ex-pected of well-established Southerncities. It has been the State capital. MontgojiHiy. Ala.: Courthouse. since 1846, and for more than half acentury has been a centre of graciovishospitalit}, culture and refinement. Aside from the advantages of geo-graphical position and the wealth ofits agricultural resources, Montgom-ery has been aided in becoming an im-portant point by the excellence of itstransportation facilities. The uniondepot system, so convenient and ad-vantageous to a city in e\^ery respect,is established here, and the benefits ofquick and direct connection with roadsradiating in every direction is thus ob-tained. Work is at present under wayon an imposing and spacious unionpassenger station, and a mammothunion freight depot is nearing comple-tion. Transportation facilities are su-perlatively excellent, some of the bestroads in the South centering here. TheLouisville & Nashville is here, givingquick communication with Mobile,Pensacola and New Orleans on thesouth, and with Memphis, St. Louis,Nashville, Evansville, Louisville, Cin
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