The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-12
CITY ENeINEER's REPORT.
Statement of New Buildings and Street
 Improvements.

Improvements.
 The annual report of City Engineer D. W. Ford shows that $742.772.55 was expended in building in Montgomery during the year. This represents an increase of s251. 1.35s.55, or 51.15 per cent over the preceding year.
 A total of sos building permits were issued from the City Engineers ofice. Of these, 241 were issued for the con- struction of new buildings representing an expenditure of $639,077.50, of which amoupt seventeen were for buildings costing $5,000 or over, amounting to $346,740 and PA were for buildings costing less than $5.o00, amounting to $292,337.50. For repairs, additions, embetterments, etc, representing an outlay of s1OS.695.05. 266 permits were issued. One of these permits was for the construction of the New Exchange Hotel at cost of $255,008:
 The City Engineers report is an ex- haustive treatise of the work that has been, completed in the city of Mont- gomery during the past year and of the work that is in progress.
 There were issued 507 permits to open trenches in the streets and sidewalks.
 Street improvement were completed on eight streets. This work consisted of the laying of hexagon block and Schillinger sidewalks, setting curbing. ButbcEbs storm water sewers and the necessary house drain and yard drain conhec- tions thereto, building retaining walls and steps and the grading of streets.
 Work is now in process and rapidly approaching completion on five streets. Contracts have been let for improve ments on ten streets. On four streets curbing has been set and brick surface gutters built
 "The work of gravelling of South McDonough Street." says the report. from Washington Street to East Jef. ferson Davis Avenue was completed, and Adams Street from Lawrence Street to Smythe Street was put 10 proper grade and gravelled, as was South Street from McDonough Street to Hull Street. Other streets were inn proved by the use of gravel. as were also many sidewalks. The streets and roadways in the cemetery have been worked and gravelled by use of 1,053lb cubic yards of gravel. the cost of which said work was charged to the cemetery special fund.
 Use for Gravel Pit.
 During the past year there have been taken out of the gravel pit and used upon the streets and sidewalks and the above mentioned cemetery work the total of 9,60S.3S cubic yards of gravel at cost approximating 40 cents per cubic yard
 The work of gravelling of streets was temporarily suspended about June 1st, in order to allow the teams to De used for the opening up of the exten- sion of South McDonough Street.
 Tn conjunction with the County or Montgomery we have graveled Jeff Da- wis Aveaue from Cleveland Avenue to Holt Street and also South Decatur Street. Line and grades have been es- abolished for the extension of South Mo- Donough Street from East Jefferson Davis Avenue to Fielder Street and the work of cutting down, filling, grading and draining said street was commenced and is almost completed, necessitating the handling of about 12,000 cubic yards of earth, which is more fully shown by the report of the Superintendent of Streets. In connection with this work there was built a bridge across Genetta Ditch, and another bridge across the slough south of Genetta Ditch. By the opening of this street the city has ob- tained a much needed highway to South Montgomery, which will be of great benefit"
 The report deals fully in noting the completion of a three-foot brick storm water sewer on whitman Street from Clayton to Clay Street and another storm sewer on Holcombe Street. only three blocks of sanitary sewers were laid during the year.
 The report says that a boiler house and plant was built and equipped for the police headquarters, and the engine hauas Aans ware rebuilt The Madison