The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-18
BRIDGE NEAR
COMPLETION
FH
To Span River Above
Montgomery.
BUILDERS ASK FOR ROAD
Petition Presented to Board for
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Petition Presented to Board fol
Highway from City.
View structure to Cost $75,000--Effect'
of Stag ON Hnyneville Pike, and
steam Heat for Court House
Discussed.

Announcement was made to the
Board of Revenue yesterday that the
new steel toll bridge. which VIII span
the Alabama River a short distance
above Montgomery, and connect Mont
gomery and Elmore counties. is nearing
nan,nlot;n, Representatives of the
Converse Bridge Company petitioned
the Board for a road to lead from the
city of Montgomery to the bridge
In the interest of the bridge COM
pany Captain r.. T. Goodwin ana
Charles q. Abercrombie appeared be-
FORE the Board. They said 1t was now
only a question of a few weeks before
work on the bridge will be sufficiently
advanced to permit of traffic and as
soon as the County would afford an APP
proach to the bridge, 1t would be put
! into service.
| 1t was explained by the representa-
| tiyes that road from the Jackson
Ferry Road across the Louisville and
| Nashville tracks to the bridge had or
| iginally been contemplated, but since
| The Louisville and Nashville had pur-
chased large area of land near River
side Park and had commenced the con-
| struction of seven tracks on 1t. diffi-
cuIties that would make the proposed
| route dangerous for travel were fore
seen and the petitioners therefore ask
| ed that a road be built. leaving Mont
| gonery on the west side of the Louis
| Vile and Nashville tracks. and extend
| ing on this side to the bridge, so as to
offer ..as few railroad crossings as pos
sible
The Board was petitioned to inves-
! tigate the matter and. on motion of
Mr.. Barnes a committee composed of
| the city members OF the Board was
directed to Inspect the country for the
proposed road, and also to look into
the advisability OF repairing the Coo
sada and the Hughes Ferry roads.
The steel bridge across the river was
begun more than year ago. When
| completed, IL will cost about $4,000
and will be the first bridge of its kind
that has ever spanned the Alabama
river at or near Montgomery.
r'he Board of Revenue met at IL
o'clock yesterday morning in regular
weekly session at the court house. Ev-
cry member was present.
Complains Of Stag.
The disagreeable effects Of form OF
Stag put on the Hayneville road some
time ago, were again called to the at
tention of the Board by Sam Gerson.
Mr. Gerson said that well on his place
about three miles from town, had been
ruined, probably. by the Stag. and he
asked that an Investigation be made.
The water from the we'll, he declared.
is now unfit 10 be given to BIS stock.
Assurance was given that the matter
would be looked into.
1t will be remembered that the Stag,
which was refuse product from one
of Montgomery's fertilizer plants, was
laid on the road with view to macad-
amizing II, but almost Immediately a
number of complaints were received
from property owners. number said
the Stag had killed fruit trees. while
others claimed that all vegetation had
been killed. At one time it was said
Ga FfSf Mol
tosh. would be brought here to deter
mMe whether the Stag really caused
the damage claimed by the property
owners.
rhe Board also discussed the advis-
ability of installing steam heating
system in the court house to supplant
stove heating that Is now being used
The new Jail Is to be steam heated
and 1t had been proposed to extend
pipes across the street to the court
house. A sealed bid was received from
a local firm for the installation. but
the bid was not opened. 1t was re-
turned to the firms representative. A
G. Stapel of the local heating and ven.
tllating firm, appeared before The
Board and pointed out the advanta
geous features installing the heating
apparatuses.
Urges steam Heating.
County Engineer ]. r. Bullen urge(
the steam heating apparatus now, pro
vided the. Board. at an early date. an
ticipated having such an equipmen mt
for he thought 1t would be best to in.
stall the system while the jail system
Is being put in.
After considerable discussion. a mo-
ton of Mr.. Matthews was carried post.
poning action indefinitely, but directing
the architect of the jail to make pro-
visions for a room in the Jail to in
stall a furnace for a system of steam
heating.
John Carter, a resident OF Chisholm
appeared before the Board, complain
ing of defective drainage that had been
caused by the opening of the road tc
the State Fair grounds. He asked that
measures be taken for better drainage
facilities. He was assured the County
Engineer would take steps to- remedy
the evil.
Frank Lockwood. architect for the
new jail, was directed to draw up an
| estimate of the value of the work al
ready completed on the Jail building
| SO that part of the contract money not
to exceed $500. may be paid over 10
the contractors.