The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-04
ROADS AND STREETS
SOUTHERN IMPROVEMENTS F0H
 LAST SIX MONTHS.
During ThAt Period es0, 900 Has Been Expended h BuiIding by the
 Cities and the Counticas

I
 Durinw ThAt period eso,ooo,Ooo Has
 Been Expended h Bullding by the
 Cities and the Countieas
 Baltimore. July S.--(speciaLl--A res view in this weeks issue of the Man
 ufaoturers' Record covering the road
 and street improvements of the cities
 and counties of the south for the past six months, show the value of this work
 to be approximately s30.000.0oo.
 Of this sum s4.o00,OoO represents con
 tracts which have. been awarded and
 construction under way, sI6.50o.0OO bonds voted and money appropriated ments contemplated and for most of which dates have been set for voting on the issuance of the necessary bonds to carry on the work, and which 1t is | fair to assume nearly all will be fa- | vorably acted upon.
 l Continued at this rate for the rest | of the year, this would mean an au-
 thorization of an outlay of ss0,000, 900 during 1908 for streets and road irn- provement but even if no additional work Is authorized the showing Is very | remarkable and noteworthy, and one | which not only indicates the apprecia- | tion of southern communities of the
 benefts to be derived from modern
 public Improvements, but also eviden- | Another noteworthy feature of this
 work Is the large number of commit | mites undertaking improvements, par ! ticularly the smaller ones, the review
 showing about 250 different cities. or counties. which makes an average expenditure of about sl20,000. although
 as rule in smaller cities and towns the value of the Improvements general ly runs anywhere from $500 to s50.-
 900.
 owing to the difference in the char acter of construction of city streets and county roads. and in order to ob- tain q more comprehensive idea of the scope of the work, the review has been sub divided according to these two kinds of improvements. This subdi- vision shows that in the cities and towns contracts have been awarded to the extent of sS.500. 900, bonds voted or money available, $e,000. 900, and inn- provements contemplated for which bonds are to be voted S6,000,0O In the counties contracts have been awarded for roads to the extent of ble. $7.500,000. and Improvements con templated for which bonds are to be voted. 5000. 1000.
 In a number of the cities the paw ing work Is of more than ordinary in- terest, owing to its size and scope. Mobile, Ala, will shortly contract under 9145,000 bonds, Fort Smith, Ark, awarded contracts in March for paving at a cost of $S75.000, and will eventu- ally spend 31.160000. Rome, Ga. has $I5O,000 available for paving. Balti- i more, Md, appropriated s250 GOO for l annual street paving repairs, and is | spending $500. 900 for improved paving | in the Annex under the s2,000. 900 An | mex paving loan. Jackson. Miss. re- gently voted s196.o00 bonds. Gulfport. l Miss. has awarded contracts for paving | to cost $125. .000. Vicksburs, Miss, has | awarded contracts for paving to cost | S1o0.000. St. Louis, Mo. is contemplat- | ing the expenditure of $90.000 for im- proving thirteen miles of it's streets, has awarded contracts for other work | to cost about s40O.00O. and has sold $500.e00 bonds to poy for its share or a boulevard Fayetteville, F. C., has awarded contracts for s5o000. Sails bury has awarded contracts for paw ing to cost ssQ00o. Lawton, Okla. has S2Oo, 900 available for paving. Norman. Okla, will build i've miles of asphalt or bdick streets. Oklahoma City, Ok is contemplating the paving of eight miles of streets at a cost of s4oo.0o0 Shawnee, Okla. has awarded contracts for about s250, 900 worth of paving. Muskogee. okla. will expend s4,00o,00O for paving 50 miles Of streets surface drainage, water-w works and other Improvements. Columbia. S Q. has paving under way at cost of