The age-herald., 1901-08-22
$113 ,OO0 WORTH OF
 STREET WORK UNDER WAY

Public improvement to the amount of s11300o are now under way In the city of Birmingham. The ordinances calling for the work have been adopted, contracts let and the work is now In actual progress. This work includes the construction of storm sewers, paving of streets with vit- rified brick, grading and macadamizing of new streets and paving and curbing of sidewalks. The work is not being done extends to all parts.
 | The following is list of improvements | now in progress:
 Paving with vitrifed brick of Eleventh avenue from St. Charles avenue to Twen- tieth street, at a cost of $35, 900.
 Grading, macadamizing and curbing of Eleventh avenue from Nineteenth street to Twenty-first street; Twenty-first street from Eleventh to Twelfth avenues; Twenty-third street from Eleventh to Twelfth avenues, at a cost of $6000.
 curbing and paving both sides of Ave nue E from Eighteenth to Twentieth streets at a cost of $25O0.
 Grading, macadamizing, curblng and
 
 from Nineteenth street to beyond Torry street. at cost of ss000. Paving sidewalks in Fourteenth ave- nue. South, from Seventeenth to Twen- tieth street. Nineteenth street from Four teenth avenue to Fifteenth avenue at a cost of 5000.
 Paving sidewalks in Twenty-fourth street from Fifth to Thirteenth avenues; Eleventh avenue from Twenty-first to Twenty-fourth street. Twenty-frst street from Seventh to Twelfth avenues, at a cost of s14,0Oo.
 Grading, curbing and paving three foot gutters. Sixteenth street from Tenth >-><-<->|>->-<: <<-<-<<-%<-~-~%e-~<< teenth street and Tenth avenue, North.
 No. 10-Storm sewer beginning at Twen- ty-flrst street and Ninth alley, North. No 1oS-Grading south half of Highland avenue near Pansy street.
 resolution was passed instructing the city engineer to advertise for bids on or dinances s. ss. ss, 90. 91. 92. 9s and 94.
 Ordinances 96, for grading, macadamlz- ing and guttering Charles avenue from Twelfth to Thirteenth street, and No. 97, for sanitary sewer In the neighborhood of alley and Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets, were confirmed and the city en- gineer instructed to advertise for bids for the work.
 Chairman Kerr of the finance committee introduced the following resolution fixing the tax rate. which was passed:
 Tax Levy Fixed. Be it resolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that under and by virtue of the authority granted in the new char ter of Birmingham, approved February 2s, 1901. tax of one-half of 1 per cent be levied for general purposes for the year 1901. and further tax of one-half of per cent be levied for the same year for the purpose of paying the city's bond in- terest and of providing a sinking fund with which to pay outstanding bonds.
 Assessments on ordinances 8 and 6f, for grading and macademizing were made final.
 The milk ordinance was finally passed. Alderman Linnehan objected to a tax on and sold milk dn the city while milk was allowed to be shipped here.
 The meat ordinance was reported by the judiciary committee as being in legal form. Chairman Thatch stated that the butchers wanted to be heard, and the or dinance was referred to the judiciary and finance committee jointly.
 Authorizing Bond Issue.
 The ordinance and resolution authoriz- ing the bond issue of s250.0oo for building new schools were introduced and re- ferred.
 Chairman Wheeler of the park commit tee reported the parks in excellent condi- ton.
 A petition from citizens of South High lands asking that the city purchase five blocks in the vicinity of Five Points to be used for park purposes was referred to the finance and park committees. A petition to lease that part of Morris avenue under Twenty-hrst street bridge was referred to the judiciary committee. In this addition Alderman Altman moved that the judiciary committee be empower ed to find out the rights of the city in such cases. sf An invitation from the Trades Council to the Board of Alderman to participate in the Labor Day parade was accepted.