The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
LIBRARY AT AUBURN
CONTRACTORS TO BEGIN WORK
 IMMEDIATELY.
Priee Fer Structure ss e2o,oss and sueceesful 8t1dern Are the Bfrm- inxham Building and Improve
 ment Company.

The contract for the erection of the new library building of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn. was let ysstsrdsy by A the suiIei9g Commit, mi of the Birmingham Building and Im- provement Company, of Birmingham, which was: s20.8s5. The building. ac- cording to the terms of the contract Is
 The library building will be one of the lasting ornaments as well as one of the most useful acquisitions of the The s sT to Ss oSi ss Alabama Legislature and work will be- gin on 1t at the very earliest moment in order that it may be ready for occu- patton of the college on September 1. e Competition for the contract has been very sharp. The bid of the Birming- ham Building and Improvement Com Psny 1t n ao,,s anderst1od na'n tbst fsil ssvera nearest competitor and with . gilt edge bond such as Is required by the Committed, has met with no criticism
 The members of the BuiIding Com mittee of the Alabama Polytechnic In- stitute. who were present yesterday, were: Governor Conner -officio chair burn: Associate. Justice N. D. Dehson. of the Alabama Supreme Court: Hon. w. F. Feagin, iof the State Department of Education, and General Robert F. Ligons Clerk of the Alabama Suprems
 The library building when completed under the present plans, will be one of the handsomest pieces of architecture colleges. The appropriation of the Legislature is supplemented by gift of s30,000 by Andrew Carnegie, to be used in the maintenance of the library The sewerage system which be con- nected with this new building, as we'll as the chain of other new structures that have been constructed and are tn be built has already been laid. and the completion of the library building with the equipment of the same. are expected to be complete before the next session of the institution is we'll under
 Dr. Thach, president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, expressed himself yesterday as being very much gratided that there has been as little delay as possible in beginning work on the new tion by the Legislature. Already the new dormitory of the college has been completed. the last proceeding of the Building Committee has been perform ed looking to the erection of the libra ry buildings andfin a few days adver- tisemerts are expected to be ready for the bids on the new. agricultural build ing, another magnificent accessory of
 New Euuipment fer Cadets.
 It was also pleasure for Dr. Thach to report that the college at Auburn is just in receipt of the new army equip Snent men for the cadet corps. This con sists of about Ave hundred new Krag- Jorgensen rides and accoutrements. This is the first new equipment that has arrived at Auburn in several years from the Army Department at Wash ington.
 Unusually large increases in the chemistry, vetfnary and pharmaceutical courses at Auburn were reported by Dr. Thach and 1t Is generally predict cd that very shortly the Alabama Poly technic Institute will be recognized as one of the best pre-medical colleges of the South, if 1t has not already attained to that distinction.