The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-05
PAVING VENTURES
EXTENSIVE SIDEWALK IMPROVE
 MENTs TO BE MADE IN MOBILE.
CommepciaI Club Prosperous and Prn- ducing Results flo Form of Big Factories--Cei. Lyons is
 Banqueted.

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 Mobile. June 4.--(Special. )--The Board of Public Works, in regular ses- sion tonight, adopted sidewalk ven- lures numbers 5. 6, '. 8 and 9. and or dered property owners notified to ap- pear on the afternoon of June IS in or der that the venture may go to the Council In regular session that night.
 The ventures provide for side walks in the territory bounded by Commerce, Church, Royal and Contl; by Govern- ment, Church, Commerce and Joachim; I; by Jackson, Royal. Church and Dau- phin; by Water. Commerce. St. Fran eis and Government, and on Royal from St. Michael to Beauregard The mem bers of the Board in the discussion were unanimous in the desire to pro- eeed as rartdly as possible with the construction of all sidewalks needed in the central portion oS the city, The Mayor and Attorney were requested to urge that the Council take steps to place the bonds of the fifth street paw ing venture, making the plan in such form that the contractors themselves might take the bonds in lieu of cash.
 The venture contemplatas the paving of Government and Daubhin from Ann. where paving now stops to Catherine, and of St. Joseph from St. Louis ta Beauregard. The proposition of the l.. & N. Railroad. to deed a sfrip of land for the opening of new Water Street In exchange for a, similar strip described on the map as old Royal Street, was approved and ordered re- ported to the council for action.
 Colonel A. S. Lyons Is the host to- night at banquet in honor of the sur vlwing charter members of the sCan'k- Get-AWays Club. Thls club was or ganiEed in 1889 and has been active in every epidemic or public emergency since that date. The present officers are Judge Price Williams. Rresldentl Judge O. J Semmes, First Piee- PFeai- dent; Hon. A. s. Lyons, Second Vice. President; W. A Alexander. Secretary and Treasurer.
 The annual meeting of the csnzlnes- cial Club was held tonight at the club rooms. The reports of the eflesrs showed the club to be in a very thFlv- ing condition. Secretary B B. Cox rec ported that there are 800 active mem bers on the roll; tflat the lndebtedness of the club had been reduced from sl,- sb0.s4 to ssss.l0; that the Edfa Fro- iuee Company, the Mobile County su- matra Tobacco Company and the Ma. tiennl Mosaic Flooring Company, sm- ploying In all 250 men, had been lecat- ed here through the efforts of the club; that there were other plants consider ing Mobile as a location. among them one to extract turpentane and rosln from pine stumps.
 Hon. J. D. Bloch was invited to the chair and presided with dignity and precision. President Craft reported re- viewing the work of the club the past year and urging the earnest cooper ation of all members for the upbuilding of the community; he advocated the improvement of the harbOr on broad lines and urged the requirement. of the wharves and rtvor front by the city that they might be opened without charge or fee to the commerce of the world; he reviewed the history of the Gulf Coast Tropical Fair Association and made an earnest plea for it's more generous support. The report was lists ened to earnestly and was generously applauded and MT. Craft rendered . vote of thanks at its close.
 The following Board of Directors was elected for the next year John Craft, E. L. Russell. B. Craighead, ]. D. Bloch. c. B, Hervey, H. T. HaFtwell, ". F. Tebbetts, A. s. Lyons, M. J Vtck- CTS, B J. Buck, Harry Ollinger. N. 4 Richards, William H. Monk. IT., James Gibboney, T. W. White, Maurice T. Marx, Las Schwarz. F. Benemelta. W K. P. Wilson, J H. Wilson, H. !. Ear. clay Godfrey MertE, T. K. Jackson and Pat J. Lyons~
 Resolutions were adopted endorsing President Graft and Secretary Cex and recommending that they be rerelected