The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-10
formal School and the West End Fire

Normal School and the west END flre
Many repairs. largely Of a minor
various city buildings ;, and w some 1s wa Ark
stations in North Montgomery and In
No less than 52l permits were is;
sidewalks. mostly for plumbers and
for the light company. The work Of
replacing the 1d and the rsp super
vision Of the Engineers Office, at the
expense Of. the persons securing the
permits The same me supernaS,ton wher
ever the water mains were laid. and
the connections OF the old lines Of the the
M nss OF tSe street ssSs
Building permits to the NUMBER a1ne OF
g, Were we're t sr"n ns@ ss
costing ssis;ss7 Seventeen "sr e 900 Of ea .he
n the seventeen S" costing a total Of $3.50.
S6S. The other PA permits for new
structures. each costing less ta na5. ia
The rsmsp 9np sregp srmts,h that ~ cost s
$3.50. were ''' -. ~. nor.
mits i" issued during the fiscal year end
Of ,74s.772.55." says the E ,nnss,nsed
the contract for the erection Of the
Exchange Hotel; and therefore the
total for this year really Taar s The amount an
very yePseR healthy growth Of our city, o.
Il would strongly RECOMMENDS rd ana q :.
code for this city similar to that IN, In
vogue in the principal cities of TINS
country, and also that steps De taken
| to more materially equalize the licenses licenses
| of enforcing the same by penal ordi-
nance or otherwise. compelling the
prompt reporting of buildings.
The work of extending the CITY VA
terworks Is gone into in some detail
in the report. The new compressor
and pumps have been installed, the
contract let for repiping the plant Dig
new standpipe erected ana reservoir
constructed, besides a large amount oi
The work of the department in car
ing for the parks is set forth In the
report. the pavilion at Oak Park hay
ing been rebuilt, and the grounds
there. at the water works. Sayre street
and Bellinger Heights school houses
and other breathing places kept up
graded and repaired. About 600 shade
frees have been set out of which 60
per cent. are still living.
The engineer earnestly recommends
that a small nursery for shade trees
| be started in the low grounds at Oak
Park and also that the flower beds at
the pump station be replaced with
grass"
owing to the increased cost of labor
and materials. and the great amount of
work that has been done. the cost of
maintaining the department is shown
to have increased during the year
| The price of labor Is stated TO have
been 20 per cent. higher than last
Attached to the report are a num-
Der of schedules in tabular form, set
| nll ~,
lines that has been accomplished by the
Engineers Department during the
year. A summary of these various ia
bles Is as follows
storm water sewers. built by city
force, 5.O4s feet. Many crossings Of
pipe at various places in the city are
considered only temporary and are
therefore. not included.
Storm water sewers, built by con-
tract. 1872 feet. from 10 to II inches,
$9.2S1.67.
CURLING set by contract. 2s,447 feet.
Brick surface sewers. 2S,2ss feet, So
754. 80.
Sidewalks. built by contract hcxa-
gon tiles. 231 .3a1 square feet: Schil-
llnger paving, 221,Oi7 square feet: total
lineal feet. 6i.904. or 12.293 miles. -.
Sanitary sewers, built by city force,
Sanitary sewers. built by contract,
2l;S3 feet, at a cost Of $l2,972,0,2
$l.s4 per square yard s9,9S3.77; total
lincal feet 1.o6a 10.
Miscellaneous brick and wood work
and repairs. and alterations and en-
betterments to city buildings $500
90.
Gravel used on sixteen streets. a,1s1
cubic yards
cast iron water mains laid 1886
feet, largely six. eight and twelve
inch pipe.
Fire hydrants installed. To-.
There were 222 permits issued for
sanitary house connections and
plumbing, making the total uumber of
connections to date 2.S29 The total
number of fixtures connected Is IA
89a
| quantity of work that has been done
| for the city of Montgomery durinS
| the year by Engineer Chemist and
| his assistants. ana is r'gardrd az
making an excellent showing for the
department.
Superintendent M"Ree'~ Report.
streets in Montgomery. Yesterday sub
mitted his annual report to Mayor
league. telling In dot.lll OF tho work
done by his department during tho
year that ended October y detail
Cd account is given IN IN" report IF
the amount of work ,"n" along vari-
Gus lines during IL" your, hE both
! hired labor and nri-nn'rs from the
city Jail The fore" At tn" present
time is given as torty-"iEht on the day
Vessels Crew Deserted.
Washington. u G. Oct. a The Quar-
termaster Genaral received despatch
| from Major T Fl. Slavins TODAY ~ New
ICrt News announcing than when Com