The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-03
Street Railway Company Grant
ed Right TO Lay Track
on Ten Blocks
REALTY COMPANY AFTER
MAKING SPRINEL|NG DEAL
Board Holds Adjourned Meeting and
Then Goes Into Regular Session.
Law Passed Prohibiting Noisy
Street Advertising.

The City Council at its meeting last
night granted the Birmingham Railway,
Light ard Power Company the right to
lay tracks on ten blocks and authorized
the city engineer to take steps to have
the dead tracks of this company on
Highland avenue removed.
A proposition of the Birmingham Real-
ty Company to furnish the cart and wa
ter for sprinkling Highland avenue from
avenue H to Buena Vista station. pro-
vided The city would furnish the driver
and mules, was taken under advisement.
Much routine business was transacted
and the Council really held two meetings
| in spite of the unusually hot weather, the
first being an adjourned meeting from
June IS. This was for the purpose of
making final assessments under ordi-
nance los providing for the grading,
matchmaking and curbing of Highland
avenue west from Pansy street to the
west line of lot 1, block S3l. This was
done and a contract made with Nathan
L. Miller by the judiciary committee
whereby Mr.. Miller, who owned this lot
released all claim OF damage from change
of grade In return for the city having re-
mitted the assessment against this lot
was ratified. This ended the business Of
the adjourned meeting and Council ad-
journad
The Regular Meeting.
Mayor Drennen then called the regular
meeting to order, and Aldermen Kerr,
Copeland c.. RI. Copeland ID. r.. Ora
ham, Thach, Altman, Heidi, Ward
Greener, Jones and Wheeler were pres
emit having also been present at the adj
journed meeting
A report Of the judiciary committee
recommending the payment OF current
bills was adopted, and 1t was directed to
award contracts under various improve
ment ordinances. BY recommendation of
this committee the petition or certain
merchants for the reduction of certain
tax assessments was referred to 'the
Mayor with power to act.
Assessments were ascertained under or
dinanee As, providing Tor the grading, ma
cademizing and curbing of Thirteenth
street from Eighth to Kirkland avenue
at cost of $3eS3. August 6 was the day
set for hearing objections Assessments
were made final under the following or
dinances:
No. Sc. providing for the grading and
macademizing of Third avenue from
Seventh to Sixteenth streets and Seventh
avenue from Tenth to Fourteenth streets,
at cost of $14,s5O.
No. 63. providing for the grading, ma
cademizing and curbipg OF Eleventh av-
enue, north, from Nineteenth to Twenty
first street and Twenty-nrst to Twenty
third streets from Eleventh to Twelfth
avenues. at cost of s775O.
No. 105. providing for storm sewer and
branches to DO built at Twenty-thlrd
street and Tenth avenue, extending east
ward. at cost OF sS32U.
Prohibits Street Advertising.
An ordinance was adopted prohibiting
the advertising in streets by ringing of
bells, beating drums. anvils or triangles.
Section 100 of the city code was amend
ed so as to authorize the police to make
arrests In certain cases without war
rant.
A petition Of Mrs. Luther u. Smith to
have a street assessment reduced was
granted on condition of her paying $500
besides s561 already paid by her. Pc
titionl of c. A Bothert to have certain
assessments RENTED was granted.
The city engineer was instructed to adj
vertIse for bids under improvement ordi-
nance 1923 providing for a sanitary sewer.
A petition of nonresident lawyers rela-
tive to damages claimed by Judge Scar
borough for injuries received from a fall
was referred to the judiciary committee
The city attorney was instructed in ac-
cordance with report of the street COM
mittee, to proceed to condemn strip
along Huntsville avenue in order to COM
plete the work of Improvement begun on
this avenue.
Low Price for Sidewalk.
The street committee reported bids re-
ceived for constructing sidewalks under
ordinance 112 and recommended that BY
ron & Saunders, the lowest bidders, be
awarded the contract. This was adopted
the contract price being s15.2sO or at the
rate OF 7S1k cents per square yard. being
the lowest price the city ever obtained
for this class Of work. The ordinance
provides for sidewalks on Avenues F and
G, Twenty-seventh street. Twenty-ninth
street. Vine street, Highland avenue, Ju-
piter avenue. Thirtieth street. Hickory
street and Sixth avenue. The bids were
as follows:
Donelson Construction Company. .s16, 400 |
Dunn &Lallande Brothers. ........... 20 TAO |
H. e. Manville Paving Company. 1910 |
Mitchell, MINIS & Co................ 17,14O |
Stamson e. Blome........ ............ 1922 |
b. o. Watkins. ...................... Is, $50 |
Byron & Saunders. ............... 5,290 |
Granolithic Artificial Stone Co... $3.50 |
Assessments were confirmed under the
following ordinances relating to side
walk improv ment:
No. III, providing for sidewalks on the
west side of Highland avenue and syca-
more to Elm, on Twenty-fourth street |
from Fourth to Fifth avenues. Seven
tenth street from Avenues to NJ
No. 49, providing for brick cutters on
the west side of Huntsville avenue
No 1T. providing for the paving with
vitriied brick Of Second alley from
Twenty-first TO Twenty-second streets
The city engineer was authorized to adj