The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-16
FAVORS
 GRADING IF ROAD Grading of Twentieth Street Gan be Done for S15,000 SURVEYOR MAKES REPORT City and County Will Both Have to Concur In the Matter Before
 the Work Can Be
 Done.
SURVEYOR MAKES REPORT

street road over Red mountain, looNhg 10 the connection of Birmingham and Shades valley, was yesterday laid before the Board of Revenue and the City Council. One-fourth of the proposed grading is inside the city limits and consequently both the City Council and the Board Of Revenue will have to act favorably upon the project before 1t can be carried.
 County Surveyor, P. S. Milner, made a lengthy report to the Board of Revenue relative to the preliminary survey Of the road, in which he stated that the entire cost of the grading would be almost Slo'- 900. On motion the board appointed committee to secure the rights of way
 At the session of the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen last night Alderman Cooper presented a petition to the council asking the city to appropriate money for grad ing the part of the road inside the city limits The petition was referred to the street committee with instructions to in- vestigate the matter and report back to the council.
 The meeting of the citizens interested In the movement, which was called for this afternoon at the Commercial club, has been postponed pending the report or the city engineer to the street committee
 A special committee, appointed at a mass meeting of citizens, headed by J. H. McCary, appeared before the Board of Revenue yesterday morning at 10 o'clock and made an appeal to that body to take some action relative to construction or the road.
 The report of County Engineer Milner follows
 Miners Report.
 My survey started in the center or Twentieth street. opposite the southwest corner of Dr. B. A. Fox's lot, thence as cending Red mountain, north of the pres ent macadamized road, with a uniform b per cent grade, crossing Red mountain at 50 feet east of the county iron bridge over Birmingham Mineral railroad, with a cut of 64 feet, passing 32 feet under tracks of Birmingham Mineral railroad. This opens at the head of a branch which leads to the survey referred to m for- mer order of the Board of Revenue
 MY line follows the west side of this hollow and ntersects the present maead- amized road some 200 feeet north or the aforementioned bridge. The total length of this line is 3060 feet, being 10 feet short CT than the present macadamized road.
 This is a splendid location for coun- ty road There is not at present road across Red or Shades mountains Of less than twelve or fifteen per cent grade.
 'I would advise that the right of way be secured at once, as South Highlands In the neighborhood of the proposed road is building rapidly. Should some dwell ing be erected across this right Of way, l. nnt on n 0H. would be impossible.
 Cost of Construction.
 ''The cost of construction would be as follows:
 12, 400 yards of iron ore.............$ S,bS0 OO S,51o yards limestone .............. z5o5 0O S.S50 yards earth ................... l'SzI S! Slag for grading ..................'' I,ooo w w Chert for grading .................. ooo oo
 Estimated cost ...................Slo,o lo,ooo oo
 'As to the great number of taxpayers this would benefit and to the fine terri tory it would develop, I find it useless to speak The estimated cost of = r. vey is based upon twenty foot roadway and does not include taking care Of the railroad. About one-fourth of this sur vey is inside the city limits, and this fact will lessen the cost of It's construc- ton to the county about $40o0.'
 Citizens Spoke.
 The following members of the citizens committee addressed the board in favor of the proposed road: J. M. McCary, K. B. Smyer, D. M. Drennen and G. II. Smith.
 It was brought out that the grading of the road would greatly enhance the value of the land through which the proposed road will be built.
 Engineer Milner stated there would be about 4O00 yards of red ore removed from the excavations which could be sold on board the cars for 75 cents a ton and which would materially decrease the cost of grading.
 On motion of Captain Crook the fol- lowing viewers were appointed to se- cure the right of way: J. H. McCary, B. F. Moore, G. H. Smith, B. c. Burk- hardt J. L. M. Washington George F. Roberts and c. C. Evans.