The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-06
$235,O99.88 SPENT
 ON PAVING IN 19O7 Engineer Kendrick Submits Re-
 pert to Mayer TOTAL AMOUNT S343,261.76 Estimated Cost of Completing Work Now Under Way Is Only $500,
 All of This Being For Sidewalks.
TOTAL AMOUNT S343,261.76


 pleted his report on the public improve ments made in Birmingham by the en- gineering department during 1907, and has placed it in the hands of Mayor Ward. The report contains detailed figures giv- ing the estimated cost or improvements, the expenditures made during 1907, esti- mated cost of work authorized but not contracted for, and the estimated cost of work under contract and construction, but these details of the report are con- densed in the figures given below. The cost of work completed during 1907 amounted to sS4S, 261 .76. of which s235 was expended in street paving. While the estimated cost of completing work now under construction is but $500, $2690O0 worth of improvements have been author ized and not contracted for.
 MT. Hendricks report follows in part: To the Honorable Mayor and City Coun- ell of Birmingham:
 Gentlemen-I have the honor of submit- ting the following report of the engineer ing depa artment for the year 1907:
 Public Improvements.
 During the year SS improvement ordi- nances have been prepared by this de- partment and estimates made of the cost of the improvements authorized by them as required by the city charter. The total cost of the work authorized by these ordinances was $427. 800.
 For the character of the work author ized by these ordinances as well as for detailed statements of the 1cost, location, etc., of the Improvements during the year, you are referred to the attached state ments.
 Thanking you one and all for the many courtesles shown me during the year, re- main, very respectfully,
 JULIAN KENDRICK,
 City Engineer. Estimated Cost of Improvements. The estimated cost of improvements au- thorized by improvement ordinances Nos. 1 to All (37S prior to 190O under your pres- ent charter amounts to $2,296, 357.45. Cost of work completed prior to
 1907 ...-...... -........ .Sl, ,6S3 o9o 69 Cost of work completed in 1907.. 343, 26l 16 Estimated cost of completing
 work under construction ..,.. 800 GO Estimated cost of work author
 ized but not contracted ...... 9.O00. .00
  Total ..... ..................... E, ,296, ,357 45 The expenditures during 1907 were made under the following heads: Grading and macadamizing ......s 23,16o.91 Curbing .... .-4..... 19, ,2S9. .37 Sidewalk paving ........ ....-..... 16,SN .52 Combined curb and gutter paw
 ing .... ......... 5,322 .52 Gutter paving ....- .............. lI.1f0.H Street paving ...-..---... 2S5,099sS Sanitary sewers ...... ............ 21, ,0o1 .5S Storm sewers . ................ 5,2S9.r7 Total ..,.........s343,2 ,261. .76 The estimated cost of work authorized but not contracted for is proportioned as follows:
 Grading and macadamizing ....$ 20oOO Curbing ...F.--. ....-..-.....-s lV,Vw Sidewalk paving .......... ..-......- lHoOo Combined curb and gutter paving 4ooO Gntter having ........ 5000 Street paving ........ .............-'. zozooV Sawers .......... 7,700 The estimated cost of completing work under contract and construction is pro- nortioned as follows: