The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-18
CITY PAVING WORK NOW BEING PUSHED he City Engineer Reports
 Very Good Progress WORK IN MANY SECTIONS Contractors and City Forces Making Schedule Time on Streets and
 Sidewafks-Street Railway
 Keeping Abreast.
WORK IN MANY SECTIONS

Summarizing the street and sidewalk paving work which has just been com pIeted in Birmingham and that which is now in progress, City Engineer Julian Kendrick says that the contractors as we'll as the city forces are making sched- uIe time. He says that as soon as the contractors for laying bitulithic pavement complete one job they lose no time in be- ginning q new contract. The same rule, he remarks, applies to the city forces, which are constantly grading new streets and new sidewalks.
 In addition to the contract work and that directly under the supervision of the city, a great deal of work is being done by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, which looks after the paving between all tracks and eighteen inches on each side. MT. Kendrick says these combined forces are gradually reaching all the principal business and residential streets of Birmingham. Indi- cations point to steady work for long time, which means there will be no dis continuance of any of the gangs. all of which number several hundred men.
 Highland Avenue.
 Contract work on Highland avenue from the city limits. west to Twentieth street, goes nlerrily on and will probably be com peted by the time the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company com petes the laying of wood blocks between the tracks from Twentieth street east for about half mile. All the paving on each side of the tracks will be bitulithic, tn x.rit ha street as far as the city limits Rumor has 1t that the property owners along Highland avenue propose to reach all agreement with the county by which the driveway may be continued to the Coun- try club. MT. Kendrick says the city has nothing to do with this project
 While the bitulithic people are' super vising the macadam work on Highland avenue they have several gangs at work on other contracts. One of the principal jobs in progress in the business district is the paving of Second avenue, rom Twenty street to Twenty-fourth street This will be completed long be- fore the fair opens. Twentieth street, from Avenue B to Avenue H is also being paved and Twentieth street, north, from Tenth avenue to Huntsville avenue will present a fine appearance when completed. Work is in progress on Fifth avenue, west of Nineteenth street. Among some of the big jobs that will be begun as soon as present work is completed are Nineteenth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues: north side of Avenue from Twentieth to Twentyfrst streets; Lynch from Huntsville to Nineteenth; Ina from Lynch avenue to Torry avenue
 Other Work.
 In addition to these contracts the city forces, under the direct supervision Of the city engineer and his assistant, M. Nicholson, are grading the following streets with a view to getting them ready for paving Avenue c, Twenty fifth to Twenty eighth streets; Avenue G, Thirtieth to Thirty streets; Twen- ty-fourth street, Avenues G to I; Twenty sixth from Avenue D to G; Thirteenth from K to L. These streets will prob ably be paved with macadam. Eighteenth street from Fourth to Ninth avenues will also be paved and there is talk of letting a contract for work on Eighth avenue, west of Twentieth street. This is under stood to mean that the city proposes to have at least one good driveway to the fair grounds. Second avenue may also be improved. The county is expected to look after the driveway beyond the city limits.
 While all this street work is going on the sidewalks are not being overlooked. There are no less than four gangs at work. One gang finished on Eleventh ave- nue Saturday. and the crew on Montgom- cry street will soon complete it's work. Two other gangs are working on south side walks. One is on Fifteenth avenue and the other on Avenue H.
 It will be seen that the city is working hard to get it's streets and sidewalks in good shape. EveryNtime a street is dug up it usually means extra sewerage work and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company keeps a number of men steadily at work looking after pipes The same Is true of the Water Works com pany.