The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-22
v|ADUCT PLAN ON
 FIRST AVENUE GIVEN
 COUNCIL APPROVAL
City Engineer Recommends Subway for Solution of
 18th Street Problem
PROPOSAL WILL NOW
 GO TO THE RAILROADS
Chairman Seyier Says He Will Call Con- ference to Consider Matter ns Soon as POssibIe-Text
 of Proposal

| On the recommendation of City Engi-
 neer Murray Nicholson the City Council | last night adopted plan for viaduct
 on First avenue and subway on Twen-
 ty-eghth street, the work on the First
 avenue project to begin at once and the
 Twenty-eighth street subway to be con- structed beginning on or before January l, 1915.
 The council adopted the same propos-
 tion to be submitted to the railroads that
 was reported by the committee on August r. but held up while the engineer made an investigation.
 The only difference between the city's proposal and that originally made by the
 railroads is that 1t requires the railroads to build not only the vaduct, but the ap- breaches as well, and grants that the streets and alleys in the vicinity may re- main closed as they now are for 20 years,
 instead of forever It also provides that the city shall have all the slag that it may require for all purposes during the
 20 years, to be taken from the soss slag pile. President J. c. Maben of the com
 
 will result in a saving to the city of hundreds of thousands Of dollars, as the city can furnish its contractors the slag
 to be used in paving, and save the prop erty owners the difference. Chairman L. Sevier of the railroad com mittee stated last night that he would call a conference to consider the matter as soon as possible. He would not dis
 cuss the probable action. Here Is the report of the committee which was adopted:
 The Committees Proposal
 ITO the Committee of the Whole on the Question of Considering the Proposition Submitted by the Railroad Companies
 and the Sloss-sheffield Steel and Iron Company of viaduct on First Avenue or Twenty eighth Street:
 "Gentlemen-We, your subcommittee, to whom was referred the matter of for mulating proposition on behalf of the city to submit to the aforesaid railroad and furnace companies, in lieu of the | proposition submitted by them to the city, would respectfully report as fol- | lows. We recommend:
 
 subway shall be constructed on First
 avenue between Twenty-sixth and Thir- | ty-fourth streets.
 "2. The city undertakes to provide a | right-of-w way for this viaduct, and further
 agrees to assume all property damage
 consequent upon the building of the
 same.
 Closed Streets Twenty Years rrt. n | years from the date of this agree
 ment that the following streets, avenues | and alleys shall remain unopen, as they | are now, viz. Twenty-fifth street, Twen- | ty-sixth street, Twenty street. ITwenty-ninth street, Thirtieth street and | Thirty-first street from First avenue to Avenue B; First alley, Second alley, | Third alley and Fourth alley between the north or west line of the South and
 North Alabama railroad right-of-way and | the west line of Thirty-second street: Thirtieth street and Thirty-fourth streets | from the north line of First avenue to the west line of North and South Alabama railroad right-of-way; provided the | aforesaid Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company and the Alabama Great South- | ern Railroad company do not sooner va | cate the location now occupied by them | as furnace and railroad shop properties, | respectively; provided that the city of | Birmingham shall have all slag that 1t l may require for all purposes during said | 20 years free of charge.
 A. The city agrees to keep in repair
 after completion the paving on the road | way and sidewalks, except the right of-way of any railroad or street railroad | companies crossing the same, which they | will maintain as on streets: provided,
 however, that if said paving on roadway and sidewalks have to be reconstructed
 it shall be done at the expense of the | railroad and furnace companies. | Construct 2Sth street Viaduct "5. In consideration of these agree ments by the city the railroad and fur mace companies in interest agree to con- struct the aforesaid viaduct and ap- breaches and all necessary turnouts on | First avenue between Twenty fifth and | Thirty-fourth street, the construction work to begin on or before January 1, 1911. and be completed by July 1, 1912 '8. The railroad and furnace com
 panies in interest agree that on or be- | fore January 1, 1915, that they will be- gin to construct subway and ap- | breaches on Twenty-eighth street be- | tween Avenue c and Second avenue north; the repairs on the paving on the roadway and sidewalks after completion | upon this viaduct and approaches to be kept up and abutting property damages l ever, that If said paving on roadway and sidewalks have to be reconstructed It shall be done at the expense of the rail- road and furnace companies. "7. The railroad and furnace com ranies in interest agree to waive all | abutting property damages against their property in consequence of the construc- tion of the aforesaid viaducts, including the Mobile and Ohio Railroad company and all other railroad companies owning now or hereafter any property abutting on the said viaducts and subways. "s. The railroad engineers are to prepare and submit to the city engineer for his approval plans for the aforesaid viaducts and subways, the same to be approved by the City Council of Bir- mingham. Respectfully submitted. M. J. GREGG, Chairman R. D. BURNETT, Dan H. HOGAN, i If WALTER MOORE, JOHN. F. WILLIAMS, M. H. MCDOWELL. Engineer NichoIsOn's Report Following is the report of City Engineer