San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
KEEPING
PACE WITH
GROWTH
Municipal Construction
Sets New High Mark in
Last IL Months.

Last & NlOIlllISs
with the beginning Of the New
Year. the city finds itself In the very
midst Of San Antonio's building boom.
The proof of this fact Is borne out
in figures compiled at the close Of the
last twelve months by Gus Niggli, the
city building inspector.
Mr.. Niggli's figures revealed that
the city alone started more than 3d..
100000 in improvements, some OF
which are completed, in the old year.
"These figures, however. do not rep
resent the thousands of dollars spent
on the opening. widening and paving
of new Streets Mr.. Niggli fastened
to explain. Neither do they include
the large sums spent for the laying Of
new water and sewer mains"
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.
He pointed out that the S3,0O0,000
and more is the money being spent on
actual structures. for which building
permits are issued.
ne tWO luAStSI plOJcNbcf AeuAy hvt
started until the last year, are the
81 ,000,0 600 municipal auditorium and
the dam.
The city Is spending even more OIL
the concrete retention dam on Olmos
creek north Of San Antonio than ou
the auditorium. The city will pay APP
proximately S1,400,000 for the giant
retention wall, which forever will
eliminate San Antonio's flood menace.
Colonel S. f. Crecelius, flood pre-
vention engineer, has charge of the
excavation work. The Mckenzie Con.
struction Company is busy pouring
concrete. The dam, it is hoped, will be
finished by early summer.
FINE MUSEUM.
The auditorium, contractors told
Mayor John w. Tobin. recently, will
be ready for the public April !, or
shortly afterwards.
In addition to the construction 81
three concrete swimming pools, an
other of the city's undertakings in the
last year is the erection of a museum.
The city had just started on $780,
900 museum, this to be the first unit,
in San Pedro Park, when the will Of
the late Alfred G. White was filed for
probate.
Mr.. Witte bequeathed $4,000 to
the city, all but $4,000 Of which was
to be spent on a museum in Bracken-
ridge Park. Work was halted on the
building in San Pedro Park and the
White Memorial Museum started in
Breckenridge Park.
The new year finds work on the
first unit well under way.
The extra $4,000 left by the donor
will be used to purchase pictures for
the museum. When completed the
museum will represent an expenditure
of 100000, the city having combined
it's money with that of the donor
Mayor Tobin explained that the pub
lie building would be known as the
White Memorial Museum, although the
city has agreed to maintain it for all
time.
SWIMMING POOLS.
The three swimming pools, built By
Park Commissioner Ray Lambert, are
at the following locations: Woodlawp
lake, Frio and Matamoras streets and
Conception park. The latter park is
the thirteen-acre tract of land ada
cent to the Mission pumping station in
the southern section of the city. IL
was acquired with the purchase Of the
waterworks.
In February, 1925. the city con-
structed a $4,000 incinerator at the
corner of Salinas and Los Moras
streets, Mr.. Niggli reported.
Next three concrete and brick fire
stations were built by Fire and Police
Commissioner Phil Wright. The sta.
tons are located at the corners OF
South Flores and Rische streets, era
mercy place and Grant avenue and Oh
ST. Charles street between Hays ana
Lamar streets.
The approximate cost of the three
fire houses was $4,000, Mr.. Nigglis
figures revealed.
BRIDGES COMPLETED.
The stone clubhouse at the Lions
field. which really is municipal
building. was built in March at cost
of $4,000.
Two frame comfort stations also
were built that month at the new
tourists park on Josephine street. The
total cost was $4,000.
A stone dressing room was con-
structed at Lambert's beach in Brack-
enridge park in May. The cost. ne-
cording to Mr.. Nigel, was $4,000.
Still another major project begun
in 1925 is the erection Of the SoO,oOv
reservoir on Hilderbrand street north
of Breckenridge park.
The giant 1,000,000-gallon tank Is
being built in connection with the
North Side feeder main project.
Although the building inspector did
not issue permits, Approximately
100000 worth OF new bridges were
lbuilt. according to Street Commissioned