The age-herald., 1902-02-14
Block and a Half Fronting on. Magnolia Avenue Under
 Consideration
COMMITTEE ACTS TODAY
Recommendation Will In All Proba- bility Be Favorabiy Acted Upon By the Board of Mayor
 and Aldermen.

It is probable that the finance commit tee of the City Council will decide today to recommend the purchase of property on the South Highlands fronting Magno- lia avenue for use as a public park.
 Members of the finance committee, the aldermen from the Seventh ward, and Mayor Drennen held a conference yester- day and such action was unanimously en- dorsed. There Is every probability that the finance committee will today recom- mend the purchase of this property to the Board of Aldermen, and there is every probability that the board will act favor ably. This means that Birmingh and es- pecially residents the South High lands will soon have a park Such a park has long been needed in this locality and the property which fronts on Magnolia avenue just east of Twentieth street is well located for this purpose.
 At the meeting yesterday there were present Aldermen R. H. Kerr, Harry Jones. J, F. Graham, George B. Ward, R. H. Thach, c. c. Heidt, Henry R. Gray and Mayor W. M Drennen. These eight members of the board almost constitute a majority and with one or two addition al votes the new park is assured.
 To Sell Block and Half.
 The Birmingham Realty Company made a proposition to the Board of Aldermen to sell the city for public park all or block 757 and the eastern half of block 763. These two are just half a block distant from Five Points and are separ- ated by Twenty-frst street.
 The half of block 76s on which half Is located the South Highlands Fire Com many. has frontage on Magnolia avenue of 257 q feet. It fronts 225 feet on Tenth avenue. South, the western line in S55 feet and the eastern line fronting on Twenty-first street, is 225 feet
 Block 7s7 fronts 4s9 feet on both Magno- lia avenue and Tenth avenue and Zlo rect on Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets.
 The price at which the two lots are offered to the city is s14,OeO payable in ten eoual instaIlments of $14Oo each for each consecutive year until paid for, with in terest at the rate of two and one-half per cent per annum. The property aver ages about $15 front foot.
 May Get More Land.
 The corner of block 763 which fronts Twentieth street, Five point circle and Magnolia avenue, is split up into three lots. The two largest are owned by the Birmingham Water Works Company and there was a rumor yesterday that if the city purchased the two lots from the Birmingham Realty Company, which company in view of it's earnings during two prosperous years has offered the property to the city at a low price, that the Birmingham Water Works Company would probable donate these two lots to the city to be added to the park which would give it a frontage on Twentieth street If this was done the city could probably buy the little lot at the corner fronting on the circle which Is controlled by Dr. J. B. Dabney. This would great ly improve the park and give it a frontage of over two hundred feet on Twentieth street.
 One reason why the city will probably purchase this property for a park is that it needs a lot for the fire company and a new school will soon have to be built for the South Highlands and this could be placed on the lot nearest Twentieth street where the fire company now is leaving the entire block 757 to be used exclusively as a park