The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-22
To BEGIN PAVING
FIFTH AVENUE SOON
After Animated Debate City
Council Approves Contract
MAYORS SALARY REDUCED
Waterworks Co. and Railway, Light
and Power Co. Required to Pay
Increased License-License
Collectors Commissions.
MAYORS SALARY REDUCED

Fifth avenue from the east curb line
of Nineteenth street to Twenty seventh
street is to be paved with bituminous
maeadam. The work will be started
shortly, the contract having been exc
cuted by the Nashville Paving and Roof
ing company.
After approving of the action of the
street committee in awarding the con-
tract for paving Fifth avenue to the
Nashville firm, number of members of
the city council last night gave sigh
of relief. The ordinances providing Tor
these improvements has been before the
council for seven or eight years. The
ordinances during that time have been Of
ten pigeon -holed and tabled in commit
tee rooms, and for a year or more at
time legislation seemed entirely dead.
However, the ordinances had friends
among the members of the city council,
and the people of Birmingham have been
lead to believe that the avenue was
sure to be paved sooner or later. One
alderman on the floor at the regular
sen.i-monthly meeting last night, which
was the last meeting for the year of the
city council declared that the Fifth ave-
nue. paving ordinances were 'chestnuts
Extension of Improvement.
It is understood that within a compar-
atively short while other OF dinances pro-
viding for the extension of the improve
ments will embrace that part of the ave-
nue. from the western limits of the city
to the east curb line of Nineteenth
street, will be adopted.
MI tt4rl,
not lasting very long was full of in
terest Present were Mayor Drennen,
Aldermen Greener, Wheeler, Ward, Bar
bour, D. r. Copeland, ONell, ]. r. Cope
land, Moore, Cooper, Forney, Fulghum,
Gray. Hedit, Jones, Sims and Gum.
The first business to be transacted was
to receive the report of the street COM
mittee. The report which follows was
read by Alderman Moore, the chairman
of the committee. and was adopted after
considerable discussion:
"The street committee beg leave to
make the following report:
"That the petition of property owners
on Nineteenth street. between Avenue IL
| and Avenue k, against paving the same,
be referred to the aldermen from the
Eighth ward for report.
THAT the ordinance to regulate electric
signs be referred to the judiciary and
street committees.
THAT the petition of Edward Hender-
son for damages to self and horse be re-
| ferred to the mayor, city attorney, street
commissioner and city engineer with
power to act.
THAT the petition of John T. Aubrey
& Co. to erect a sign be allowed with the
usual restrictions.
THAT the petition of j. A. Steel for
damages to water pipe be allowed for the
sum of $3.50.
THAT the petition of Mrs. Dora f. Fell
be referred to the chairman, city attor-
ney and city engineer for a report.
Sidewalk Paving.
1.-The following bids were received for
sidewalk paving under improvement or
dinance No. 235
r. Blackburne -. ..$35s.0 90
jefferson Contracting Co. =. 1920 80
Allison q Co., -. 1911 90
Crockett Paving Co.,...... e. 1929 90 8
1.-THE bid of the Crockett Paving COM
pany being the lowest we recommend
that the contract be awarded to them
al the following prices:
Artificial stone, Sc cents per square
yard
Six inch Granite curbing. Az cents
per lineal foot.
1.-THE following bids were received for
grading and matchmaking under inn
provement ordinance No. 1872:
Moore & Evans 80. -. ..$17540. 90
Dunn & Lallande Bros, =. 1614S.00
Maher & Boggs =. .......... 1862. 40
b. o. Watkins E. ........ 1851 90
Allison & Co., -. ........ 10, 427. 90
I'VE recommend that the following con-
tract be awarded to Allison & Co.. the
lowest bidders, at the following rates:
Excavation, "a cents per cubic yard.
Stag, " cents per cubic yard
ebert, 81 .05 per cubic yard.
Straight curb, 43 cents per lineal foot.
Curved curb, As cents per lineal foot.
Solid rock excavation, 75c per cubic
ward
Excavation under pipe, GO cents per GU