The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-16

sec. 4. BE IL 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
ms office in the City Hall of Birmingham
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. 5. 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 a 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
jections 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 3. 1907
GEO. b. WARD, Mayor.
Attest ]. c. MURRAY, City Clerk.
Age-Herald, April ., 16 1907
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. SSS
New Series)
To provide for paving and otherwise inn
proving Fourth avenue from the east
line of Twenty-first street to the west
curb line of Twenty-sixth street.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of Birmingham that the
curbstone along both sides of Fourth av-
enue from Twenty-first street to Twenty
fifth street and on the north side of
Fourth avenue from Twenty-ffth street
to Twenty sixth street shall be reset so
as to narrow the driveway to a width of
fifty 600 feet along the center line of said
avenue.
Be it further ordained, that the curbing
in its new position shall be properly con-
nected with the curbng at the intersect-
ing streets by circular and straight curb
ing.
Be it further ordained that the drive
way from curb line to curb line along
the center line of said Fourth avenue
from the east line of Twenty-first street
to the west curb line of Twenty-sjxth
street and those portions of said avenue
and streets between Twenty-first streets
and Twenty-sxth street lying between
the aforesaid driveway and the north
and south property lines of said avenues
and between the curb lines of the inter-
secting streets, shall be paved with hi
luminous macadam.
Provided, however, that the cutters for
a width of two (2) feet along the said
Fourth avenue and the area bounded as
follows: Beginning at point on the east
line OF Twenty-first street 9.4 feet north
of the center line of Fourth avenue;
thence eastward and parallel with the
center line of said Fourth avenue to a
point 94 feet west OF the center line of
Twenty-thrd street; thence northward
anu parallel with the center line of Tween
ty-thrd street to the north line of
Fourth avenue: thence eastward along
the north line of Fourth avenue 1873 feet;
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center line of Twenty-third street to a
point 9.4 feet north of the center line of
Firth avenue thence eastward and par
allel with the center line of Fourth ave-
nui to point opposite the beginning of
the curve In the north rail of the track
of Inc Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company, near the west line of
Twenty-sixth street; thence northeast
ward and parallel with and eighteen
inches from said north rail to the west
curb line of Twenty-sixth street; thence
southwark along the west curb of Twen-
ty-sixth street about twenty COO feet
TO point eighteen inches south of
the south rail of the south track
of the Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company; thence southwest
ward and parallel with and eighteen
inches from said south rail to a point 94
feet south of the center line of said
Parallel with the center line of said
Fourth avenue to a point eighteen inches
east Of the east rail of the Twenty-sec-
ond street turnout of the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company.
thence southeastw-rd and parallel with
and eighteen inches from said east rail
of said Twenty-second street turnout tc
the south line of Fourth avenue; thence
westward along the south lin OF said
Fourth avenue to a point eighteen
inches west of the west rail of said
Twenty street turnout; thence
northwestward eighteen inches from and
parallel with said west rail to point 9.4
feet south of the center line of said
Fourth avenue; thence westward and
parallel with the center line of said
Fourth avenue to the east line of Twenty
first street. thence northward along the
east line of Twenty-irst street to the
point of beginning. shall not be paved
with bituminous macadam but shall be
paved with vitrifed brick on a concrete
foundation said improvements to be con-
structed so as to conform to the grades
heretofore established.
Sec. g Be it further ordained that the
cos of constructing the aforesaid i'm
provements shall be assessed and lowed
upon and against the property AUDITING
on the portions of the said streets and
avenues improved to the extent of the
increased value OF such property by rea-
son of the special benefits derived from
sue.i 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 intersecting 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 increased
value of such property by reason of the
special benefits derived from the afore-
said 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
ishteen inches on each side of the tracks.
including switches and turnouts, shall
not he assessed against the property
abuttlng on said streets and avenues as
aforesaid. but shall be paid by the owner
of 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 obligations in
the matter of street improvements.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further ordained that the
estimated cost of said improvements is
$4,000, and that the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen will meet on the 1st 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
provements, the manner of making the
same or the character of material ~ =.