The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-09

nue. from Twenty-second street to Twen-
| ty-fourth street shall be reset so as to
narrow the driveway to a width of fifty
| 500 feet along the center line of said av-
enue.
| Be it further ordained that the curb
| ing in its new position shall be properly
connected with the .curbing at the inter-
| secting streets by circular and straight
curbing.
Be it further ordained, that the drive
| way from curb line to curb line along
! the center line of Third avenue from the
| east line of Twenty-second street to the
west curb line of Twenty-sixth street
and those portions of said avenue and
| streets at all intersecting streets between
| Twenty-second street and Twenty-siNth
! street lying between the aforesaid drive
way and the north and south property
lines of said avenue and between the
curb lines of the intersecting streets,
shall be paved with bituminous macadam.
| Provided, however, that the area bound
| ed as follows, to wit: Beginning at point
on the east line of Twenty second street
"a feet north of thu center line of Third
! avenue; thence eastward and parallel
| with the center line of said Third avenue
| to point opposite the beginning of the
| turnout of the north track of the Br-
minsham Railway Light aud Power conf
| pany, near the west line of Twenty-third
street; thence northeastward and par
sllel with aud eighteen inches from the
| north rail of said turnout to the north
| line of Third avenue: thence eastward
| along the north line of Third avenue to
| a point "a feet east of the center line of
| Twenty-third street; thence southwark
| and parallel with the center Line of said
Twenty-third stree. to point "a feet
north of the center line of said Third av
enue; thence east ward and parallel with
| the center line of said Third avenue to
| a point near the west line of Twenty
| sixth street, eighteen inches north of the
| north rail of the north turnout of the
| Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company's track; thence northeastward
parallel with and eighteen inches from
said north rail to the west curb line of
1wenty-sixth street; thence southwark
| along the west curb line of Twenty-sixth
| street to point eighteen inches south of
| the south rail of the south track of the
| Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
| company; thence southwesteward and
parallel with and eighteen inches from
| said south rail to point "a feet south
| of the center line of Third avenue;
thence westward and parallel with the
center line of Third avenue to q point
"a feet east of the center line of Twenty
third street; thence southwark and par
allel with the center line of Twenty-third
| street to the south line of said Third ave-
| nue.; thence westward along the south
| line of said Third avenue to a point
eighteen inches west of the west rail of
the west track of the Birmingham Rail-
WY, Light and Power company in said
| Twenty-third street; thence northwest
ward and parallel with and eighteen
inches from said west rail to a point 9.4
feet south of the center line of said Third
! avenue; thence westward and parallel
! with the center line of Third avenue to
the east line of Twenty-second street;
thence northward along the east line of
| Twenty street to the point of be-
| ginning, and the cutters along both sides
| of Third avenue from Twenty second to
| Twenty-sixth street for a width of two
| 90 feet shall not be paved with bitum-
| nous macadam, but shall be paved with
| yltrifled brick on a concrete foundation,
| said improvements to be constructed so
as to conform to the grades heretofore
| established.
Sec 2. Be 1t further ordained that thu
| cosc of constructing the aforesaid i'm
| provements shall be assessed and levied
upon and against the property aabutting
on the portions of the said streets and
avenues improved to the extent of the in
creased value of such property by reason
of the special benefits derived from such
improvements and not in excess of the
total cost of such improvements.
Provided, however that the cost of all
improvements upon street, avenue or al
ley intersections shall be assessed against
the lots abutting on the streets, avenues
or alleys so intersectng for one half
block In each direction.
Provided, further. that no charge as
sessed upon and against any lot or parcel
of land shall be greater than the In
creased value of such property by reason
of the special benefits derived from the
aforesaid improvements.
Provided, however, that the cost of
paving between the rails of any street
railroad or any other railroad tracks and
the space between the tracks and for
eighteen inches on each side of the tracks.
including switches and turnouts. shall
not be assessed against the property
ablttng on said streets and avenues as
aforesaid, but shall be paid by the owner
or such railroad and shall be assessed
against and form lien on said railroad
and the property connected Herewith.
Provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to relieve
any street railroad of its obligat lions in
the matter of street improvements.
Sec. 8. BIT 1t further ordained that the
estimated cost of said improvements is
$22, 900 and that the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen will meet on the LIST day of
May 1907, at the Council Chamber of the
| City Hall of Birmingham at 8 o'clock D.
M, to hear any objections or remon-
strances that may be made to said i'm
| provement; the manner of making the
same or the character of the material to
be used.
Sec. 4. Be 1t further ordained that full
details, drawings, plans and specifica-
tons of said work and estimates be pre-
pared by the City Engineer as early as
practicable and placed by him on file In
not later than two weeks prior to the date
named in section 3 of this ordinance
where property owners who may be af-
fected by said Improvements may see and
examine the same
Sec 8. Be it further ordained that the
ordinance shall be published by the City
Clerk in the newspaper published In the
city of Birmingham doing city printing,
| once week for two consecutive weeks
| The first publication to be not less than
| two weeks prior to the date set herein,
| at which the Board of Mayor and Alder
men of Birmingham will meet to hear OBJ
| jectiohs or remonstrances that may be
made to said Improvements, the manner
| of maxim gthe same or the character of
the material to be used.
Adopted April 8, 1907
GEO. B. WARD, Mayor,
Attest: J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk.
Age Herald, April 8, 16, 1907.
| IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 3SS
| New Series.)
To provide for paving and otherwise i'm
proving Fourth avenue from the east
/ line nf TWenty-1rst street m fha xuact