The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-16

City Council last night, Mayor. " N. Teague reviews the york of the various departments or 9,nf the rnsr rny s"s inst Oiosed, and makes q number of roc concentrations
 The text of the mayors message ssfo the Honorable City Council of
 Montgomery.
 "Gentlemen:- Upon this, the ami vorsary of my installation as Mayor, 1t gives me pleasure to extend to Nour Honorable body. greetings, and to wish for you and all citizens of Montgom- : cry, continued prosperity throughout the fiscal year upon which we arc just embarking. In accordance with law. !. herewith respectfully submit for your honorable consideration, my annual message. together with the annua! re- ports of officers of the City O. Mont gomery. by which may be gauged the growth and expansion of ou.' city dur lag the past twelve mon hS.
 ''The showing for the fiscal year Just ended, with the exception Of the H. nances of the city, ot which will .tat. .. Hereinafter, is most gratifying. M' ni- 9omery is, each year. becoming 'hoi not only by the south. hut by the en- tire country and new residents from all parts If the nation an. from other lands, as well, Are com;n;, in ever in Creasing numbers to swell her porula- tion and contribute to her prosperity: Immigration lx receiving long needed stimulus The advertising campai 2 ms tO which our citizens subscribed in :, ready borne fruit. The natural advan- tages and resources Q. Mont yometH, its pre-eminent comm""cial aud lndos- trial possibilities are 'noTe widely af- preciated than ever before and are ra = pidly receiving the. canitai necessary to their proper exploitation.
 With the inceasv tl population. the resident. districts of the city have, or ~S.~ h.., t. l,. ,t p-ovements install"d. and each depart = nsenl of the city spva 'nm"nt has zeal 0usly striven to accomplish the best re- suits with the funs placed at it's dis. posal by the honorable Council. knowledge of the success achieved may be obtained from d comparison of the moneys appropriated with the amount of work performed.
 Report of Engineer.
 More than four tiu"5 as :nu2h side walk paving was constructed during the last fiscal year ending September 90, 1905, and nearly halt much as years. The Engineers report shows that 12.292 miles of side walk paving were constructed during the fiscal year just ended, and that "G.31l miles were laid during previous administrations. These figures alone, are significantly iiiumniative and furnish an accurate in- dex to the remarkable development or the city within the past twelve mont *
 Great progress has. also. been made In other directions. The paving of Mil d.ed street. from liol:"moe to Amanda streets, with vitrificd brick. has trans formed that roadway from a muddy. ursightly highway into substantial thoroughfare. Other street paving is in course of construction. Contracts have been awarded for the paving of Sayre street, with asphalt. from Clay ton street to Jefferson DaVis avenue, and for paving Hull street. with vitrified brick, from Washington to South. When the work is completed the value of the property fronting on these two streets will be considerably enhanced.
 lover two miles water sewers have been constructed. A three and one-half by six feet concrete sewer was built, by contract on the Norman Bridge Road, extending from South street to the Genetta Ditch, and the dangerous vicinity has been filled in This work is of great benefit to the residents and property owners of this section O. me city and disposes of one of the iho>t city mas had to solve durini; the rast wear. Over four miles of sanitary sewers and more than i've mites of surface sewers, with all necessary gut ter and curbing. have been lald
 .'Thirtcen miles of water mains nave been constructed with an additional six miles authorized Tor compietioh oi the original system lhc Work oi ,aS 
 early date and vigorously pushed. Mar streets have been graded and "peneh h and a vast amount of 'ther wSrk per formed which is set forth in detai fin inc report of the Engineer.
 Your attention Is respectfully cali ed 10 the need of revision in our building laws and the adoption ol those in force in other cities and would urge the honorable council 10 investigate this recommendation. ne fore dfsmissing the report or thS Eneineer I desire to invite a carctui ner1,sal thereof by our citizens Ihe matters of general and special inter est treated of therein, will more than repa.- the reader for the .ime heceS .sary to consideration or It's cop Senis in a more thorough Knowledge of his city. ~
 When we contemplate .he hnahcial status of the city, it at once becomes apparent that d grave condition eX- ssts in our fiscal affairs. It is, in be found to either increase our reV- enue or decrease our expenditure AT annual deficit. of whatever pr"por tions is serious menace to in" i'- nancial stability of any rlunlcipalit> nnd a city confronted with this con dition must either augment It's re ceipts or retrench its expenditures Indebtedness must be increased in or der to defray the cost of improve nents, until the legal limit is reach ed, when d large portion Of fund' which should he devoted to cure n expenses and municipal Improvements of permanent character, or to re-