The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-05
HIGHLAND AVENUE
 IS ID BE PAVED Council InstructS Engineer ken- drick to Draft Ordinance. VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS Fire Department Commended for Work at First Avenue conflasration
 Sunday Mornlne-5enehes
 for City Parks.
VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS

A resolution was introduced at tne regular semi-monthly meeting oe the city council last night by Alderman c. C. Heidt of the Seventh ward, instructing City Engineer Julian Kendrick to draw up an ordinance providing for paving Highland avenue from the east line of Twentieth street to the eastern city limits. Alderman Walter Moore of the Fourth ward introduced resolution calling upon the engineer to draw up or dinances providing for paving First ave nue from Twenty-first to Twenty-second streets and Twenty-seventh street from Morris to Third avenues with bituminous macadam.
 In the absence of Mayor Drennen, Aid erman John c. Forney of the Sixth ward, who is acting mayor, presided at the meeting, the following being present:
 Aldermen Wheeler, Ward, ONeill, Bar bour, Copeland, D. R.; Moore, Copeland. J. R.. Cooper, Heidt. Jones and Sims.
 The regular monthly bills and accounts were ordered paid upon the recommenda- tion of the finance committee, the report of this committee being presented by Alderman Jones. The fire department pay roll for the m nth of April amounts to s34SO67, the police department, s447O and the miscellaneous pay roll, $l9lS. .l6. The bills and accounts amounted to S1S45.3 for the month.
 Improvement Assessments.
 Assessments were made final on the following ordinances:
 Ordinance No. 12O, providing for side- walks on South Twentieth street from Avenue E to Avenue F, and Avenue G to Avenue H, and for vitrified brick paving at the alley crossing.
 Ordinance No. 16S, providing for grad ing, macadamizing, curbing sidewalk and gutter paving on Twenty-fifth street from Avenue E to Avenue H and Avenue H from Twenty-fifth street to Twenty-sev enth street.
 Ordinance No. 1S6, providing for sani- tary sewers in Kirkland avenue.
 Ordinance No. 201, providing for the construction of sanitary sewers in Twenty-sixth street from Second alley to First alley, and First alley from Twen- ty-sixth street to Twenty-seventh street.
 Assessments were ascertaned on the following improvement ordinances, June ? being the time set for hearing re- monstrances and protests against mak- ing the assessments final.
 Ordinance No. 15O, providing for grad ing, macadamizng, curbing sidewalk and gutter paving along Thirteenth street from Avenue K to the south line of Ham, lton addition.
 Ordinance No. 167, providing for grad ing, macadamizing, curbing, sidewalk and gutter paving along certain streets In Richmond Place.
 Will Issue Bonds.
 Authority was given for the issuance of $13,000 of ten-year per cent public improvement bonds, redeemable at any in- terest period. The bonds cover improve ments completed under ordinances Nos. 95, 99, 121. 122, 127, 13O, 134 14S, 156, 166 and 174 The bonds will be sold to the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust company.
 Alderman Moore presented the report of the street committee. The report recom- mended that the contract for paving side walks authorized under ordinances Nos. 151 and 176 be awarded to the Crockett Paving company, their bid, which was the lowest, being s359750. Five bids were re- oeiyed for the work.
 Allison & Co. were given the contract for sidewalk paving under ordinance No. Al, their bid being $1270.50 There were six bids received for this work
 Aston x CO- were gwen the contract TOT constructing sanitary sewers authorized under ordinance No. 190, the accepted bid being $992 50. Four other bids were re- ceived for the work.
 The committee granted permission to E. E. Forhes and J. Blach & Sons to erect electric signs. Assessments for public inn provements benefiting the property of Charles G. and M. B. Brown was settled for $4O0.
 Chairman Barbour of the cemetery com mittee reported that the sale of lots at Oak Hill cemetery during the past month amounted to $271.1.
 der ordinances Nos. B and. 10 was re- ferred to the street committee.
 New Street Improvements.
 The following new improvement ordi- nances were introduced by the street committee:
 Ordinance No. POT, to provide for grad ing, macadamizing, curbing, sidewalk and gutter paving along Avenue G from Eff teenth to Seventeenth streets.
 Ordinance No. POS, to provide for paw ing sidewalks along both sides of Ave nue G from Seventeenth to Twentieth streets.
 Ordinance No. 209, to provide for sani- tary sewers in the vicinity of Twenty fifth alley and Twelfth avenue.
 Ordinance No. 210. to provide for grad ing, macadamizing s.nd curbing along