The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
REJECT BIDS ON CARNEGIE LIBRARY Another Meeting to be Held
 Next Tuesday STREETS ARE 10 BE PAVED New Hall for Fairview Lodge at Osce- ola Station mas Been Completed.
 Other News of
 EnsIey.
STREETS ARE 10 BE PAVED

Ensley, October 3.-(Special.)-The Car negie library committee met at the city hall this afternoon at o'clock and open ed a number of bids for the building of the library None of the bids received were considered available and all were rejected by the committee.
 Other bids will be advertised for which will be opened next Tuesday evening and 1t is hoped that satisfactory figures Will be received at that time
 The committee is anxious to have the work on the building begun and pushed to early completion.
 Streets to Be Paved.
 The city of Ensley has contracted Tor 15o cars of crushed dolomite to be put on the principal streets of the city.
 If is expected that this material VIII arrive in few weeks and it will be piaceo on the streets at once. number or the principal streets and avenues In the pus- mess portion of the city are to be lrealea with the material as an experiment. anu if it proves satisfactory the wofk VIII be extended to other streets.
 Considerable work Is being done on the streets and sidewalks of the city ana several forces of men are kept constant ly busy on the improvements.
 Fsirview Lodge.
 The new hall for Fairview Lodge No. 24, Knights of Pythias, has just been completed at Osceola station on the South Ensley car line and will be formally dedi- cated tomorrow night when the lodge will hold it's first meeting in the new quar- ters.
 Since the organization of this lodge last April it has had most grantying growth in membership and shows unnis- takabe signs of becoming one Of the most progressive lodges in the district. The hall, which has just been completed, is a very handsome and commodious structure and Is located near the center of the great development that is just now going on in the territory at Fairyiew and Osceoa stations
 Since the organization of Fairview lodge it has been holding it's meetings at the Knights of Pythias hall in this city. The new hall is just outside the city limits of Ensley and in a community that is rap idly becoming one or the most popuiai residence sections In the district.
 The meeting tomorrow night promises to be one of the most notable Pythian af- fairs that has been held in the district for some time. A general invitation has been extended to all members of the order in the Birmingham district and a great number are expected to respond. There will be a number of addresses from mem bers of the lodge and others. The prin- oipa feature of the evening will be smoker.
 East Thomas Improvements.
 The Pratt Land and Improvement com pany, with headquarters in this city, has begun the work of grading streets and building sidewalks at East Thomas.
 Engineers have been on the ground for several days making and planning the Improvements to be made and a force of men were put to work yesterday making excavations and gradings.
 The property to be improved is near the new railway line to be built by the Birmingham Belt Line from East Thom- as to North Birmingham.
 The porperty to be improved is well situated and promises to become very popular as a residence section. It is also very probable that a number of small industries will be located near East