The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-28
IalPRovEMENTs IN SOUTH.
Municipalities and Counties Are New
 Active.

Municipalities and Counties Are New
 Active.
 Baltimore. March 27--(Special.) )--The passing of winter brings an expansion of plans for improvements or various s kinds by many municipalities and counties In the South, according to re- ports In The Manufacturers Record.
 In some cases money for the i'm. proyement is already available and contracts have ben let; in others bids have been asked and in other author ities have just begun to move denn- itely in the matter.
 Davidson County, Tenn, will enlarge It's courthouse and make other improve ments in 1t; Orangeburg County, $. v, will spend $20.0O0 in remodelling It's court house, and Upson County, Ga, ex- poets to spend s50.000 in building a fhree-story court house with maln building 64xs4 feet. Albany, Ga, IS to spend S30,00o in the erection or new engine house at Richmond, Va, will cost $7.5o0. The list of new school buildings steadily increasing includes expenditures of $5,000 at Oak Level. Va; SIG 900 at Boyce, Va; S1o.000 at Win chester. Va; S16,59s at Petersburg, Va; 3I2.62s at Owensboro. Ky; s17,o00 at Russeilviile, Ky; SC. 900 at Midd1etown, Md; S15,000 at Seneca, s. C.; &t2D0o at Pinewood, S. c. .;s $20.000 at Memphis Tenn; s6,00 at Roscoe, Tex; $6,00O at Big Spring. Tex; s5,O0o at Pleasanton Tex; S7.0O0 at Annona. Tex. Ss9,vuo as aGlyeston, Tsx.iSssS.og at Paraseuld
 Louisville, Ky, has awarded q con tract for the construction Of 4,SOO rect of sewers at an approximate cost oi s100.O00 High Point. N. C.. Will spend S6O 600 in installing new sewers, i'm proving the water system and paving streets. Albany, Ga., has $15,oOO plan for extending. sewers and water mains Dickson, Tenn. has voted $25,0OO Tor water works: Ocilla, Ga, has author sion of water works: $1S,000 will be spont by Richmond, Va, upon repairs of its water works, and Galveston, Tex. is to vote shortly on the question pf an E sue of S10O.000 of bonds to con- struct a duplicate water main across the bay.
 Guifport, Miss. is preparing for paw ing Improvements to cost sa75.0oo and Clanton, Ala. Lynchburg, Va, Jones' boro, Ark, Huntsville. Ala, Lake Vil- lage, Ark, Taylor, Tex, Anniston, Ala, Tyler, Tex, Wilson. N. C.. Baltimore. Galveston, Tex. Newborn, N. C., are to have improvements of existing pave ments or sidewalks, or to lay new ones.
 ways in the South will be given by pro- vision just made by the Legislature of Maryland for an expenditure of $5,000.- 900 upon the construction of flrst-class roads in the State.
 At Baltimore, Md, bids have been opened for the construction of three re- inforced concrete and steel piers at a cost of more than a million dollars as a part of the pier improvement made possible as a result of the fire of few years ago.
 Among miscellaneous buildings of a public character planned are two to cost S65, ,0O0 for the State Fair at Dal' las. Tex, an additional building cost ing $2O,OO0 for the Virginia school lU' Deaf and Blind; the coast artillery school building to cost $500 ,000 at Fort ress Monroe, Va, new building and tm- provements costing $25 900 for the Al corn Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege in Mississippi.