The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-22
MONTGOMERY BUSINESS MEN
 DECLARE FOR CITY BEAUTIFUL

was fnausurated. nothing would become
 of the movement.
 Mir. Glass said he had conferred with the City Attorney and had been inform
 ed by him that the Council under the
 charter had the authority to appoint a
 Park Commission. The Council should be asked to do so. and patriotic men,
 business men, and men with taste, should be appointed. A subscription should he raised, and from an expert the Com mission should learn where tho city could be beautified with the small est expense. This identification should be done and the business and profess sional men would reason If an outlay of $1,000 did us this much good shis year, we can afford to raise s10,000 next year, and so on"
 Mir. Glass said that the development would naturally have to be gradual, but 1t could be nevertheless certain. At the close of MT. Glass's remarks, MT. Chaffee introduced the following resolution. which was unanimously adopted:
 Council Urged to Act. .The Commercial and Industrial As- sociation. appreciating the desirability as well as the ultimate economy of a systematic plan for the future inn provement of the city's parks and high ways. resolves:
 "First-That the City Council be, and hereby is. requested to consider the question of creating a permanent Park Commission. the duties of which shall
 be toerecommend to the City Council
 plans, and ways and means for the im- provement of the citys parks and high
 ways; the setting aside of space that
 may be available for and requirement. of additional space in the city and It's su-
 burbs for such public parks as may from time to time seem necessary, and the improvement of the same. 'Second-That, in order to make the
 above operative, tho City Council is respectfully urged to give vitality to
 Section 559, Chapter 37 of the City Code, relative to the appointment of Park Commission, and to so enlarge
 the powers of such commission that
 1t may be able to carry out the object expressed in the first part of thts res
 olution, and thereby inaugurate a gen.
 eral. systematic, and progressive plan
 for the improvement suggested above. "Third-That 1t is the hope of this
 association that such Park Commits sion will eventually become of such
 use and importance to the city, that to serve on 1t will be considered one of the highest honors that may be con- ferred upon any citizen of Montgom- cry"
 Conventions Coming. Mir. Strauss, for the committee on
 conventions reported that this com
 mittee was Instrumental in bringing
 the Boer War spectacle to Montgom- cry and for getting free passes for Montgomery school children. The committe, he reported, would also take charge of the entertainment of
 the State Teachers Association and was making an effort to have the Uni
 ted Confederate Veterans meet in
 Montgomery and the Brewers Associa-
 tion of the South.
 M. B. Houghton reported that the
 Alabama Live Stock Association would
 meet in the Commercial and Industrial l Association rooms and would be ad- dressed by ex-Senator Harris of Kan sas and other prominent speakers. Dr. F. c. Stevenson reported that I the State Medical Association would | meet in Montgomery the third week
 in April and also formally notified the association. as vice chairman of the State Development Committed. of the
 Alabama River appropriation. | President Davidson notified the
 members of the association of a mass l meeting for the beautifying of the city
 to be held by the Women's Civic I'm provement League at the Council
 Chamber Thursday evening. and ex-
 pressed the wish of the members oi
 the league that the members of the
 association attend this meeting | On motion of MT. Chaffee, the Pres. ident was instructed to appoint com
 mittee of ten to attend the meeting The association adjourned at 1C o'clock.