The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-01
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSIDER
 BUILDING MATTERS.
Corner Stone of the Washington Ave. nae Structure VIII He Laid
 Soon With Fitting Exercises.

The Board of Directors of the Youna Men's Christian Association met in the night. received reports of committees awarded two important contracts and arranged some details incident to tho laying of the corner stone Of the new building on Washington avenue
 The meeting of the Board was pre- tided over by President George W FL Us and was attended by the following nembers; Joseph Norwood. Joseph M ". E. Davidson, J L.. Holloway, Don ald Mcdonald. Hardwick Ruth and 5sneral Secretary l.. D. Dix
 The Building Committee submitted Information concerning the cost of the 1ew association building and eauip- nents, showing that when completed s50oo0, which is about s1b,000 in ex- :eEs of the amount subscribed.
 The Board Is determined to carry on the work Of the building feeling cry will supply the money to provide the young men with such facilities as are provided in all other cities of It's size throughout this country
 committee composed of HardwNck Ruth, J w. Terry and l.. D. Dix was appointed to attend tho matter of ar- ranging the details for the laying of the corner stone of the new association building. The exact date for the ex- Prciaes was not determined because of inability on the part Of the Board te
 
 However, the interesting event will lake place between May and Is. The committee expects to secure some not. sd out of town speaker for the oc.
 The committee will also decide the rature of tho matter to bo placed in lhe eorner-stone, which is the donation or the Curbow -Clapp Marble Company.
 The Building Committee. composed of '. M. Kennedy, chairman: w M. Teague, Joseph Norwood and l.. D. Dix, k..N4 alaA .t. progress of the work in the new build Ing The contractors have lost about thirty days because of not being able to secure common brick.
 An important change made in the plan Of material used in the building is that face brick on the McDonoush street side and Washington avenue side, will be used instead of tho select common brick as was specified. Nash ylile red pressed brick with trimmings of st. Louis grey pressed brick will be beauty of the structure. These chang es were made possible through tLc gen erosity of the Louisville and Nashville ratlroad company and the Mobile and Ohio railroad company In hauling free of charge tho brick from St. Louis and Nashville.
 vandiver and F. P, Glass those two companies extended the courtesy and In 90 doing enabled the Committee by us- ing the money saved on payment of building.
 The Committee after submitting bids for plumbing and heating of tho build award to J, 4. Murray & Company of Montgomery. the contract for plumbing and 10 the Alabama Machinery and Supply Company of Montgomery. tho contract for steam heating the build ing. tho swimming pool and the shower bath. Tho bid for tho plumbing was e5,149.34. the lowest of several bids NsfhFdlffHd and hiA ing was t3,29o. the lowest of a number of bids submitted.
 For the past several weeks. on ae- count Of Home important canvasses being made in the city. the canvass for the building subscription has been suspended, but the Board will resume fhG work Ht once and hopes to meet with the response that the cause jus fihes.