The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-20
SPIRITED FIGHT OVER PAvEMENTS
 PREVENTS ACTION Nearly Quarter of Million Held Up Last Night Because
 . of Protests
S32, ,5O0 WORTH PASSED
 DURING THE SESSION
Southside Residents Protest Against Brick and Merry War Is on Be- tween Asphalt and Bitu-
 Iithic Contractors

Due to the protests of citizens on the southside against brick paving, and in favor of asphalt, the council was com pelled last night to hold up the passage of the enormous quartermllion dollar batch of street improvement ordinances, and only $ss, 600 of the improvement or dinances were adopted. One ordinance, for $32. 800, was passed in spite of the petition asking for a different pavement, but there was no opposition to the others which were passed.
 The fact Is that battle royal Is on between the bitulithic company and the asphalt people. The latter claim that their bid of $1.73 for asphalt was lower than the bid of s1.So for bitulithic which secured the contracts. They claim that 72 per cent of the property owners on the southside have signed petitions that asphalt be used instead of bitulithic.
 When the contracts were let there were all kinds of petitions before the street committee, and the committee followed the recommendation of special commit teo which went over the ground and de- cided upon the best material for the type of traffic over the various streets. Chairman John Copeland said last night that the Bitulithic company had bid as low as $1.e3 on asphalt, but that the com mittee had decided it inadvisable to put down a low grade of paving where the wear and tear are so great.
 In all except one ordinance the matter has been re-referred to the street com mittee and will be fought out again. It is believed that the opposition to brick paving on Avenue F, a residence section, may cause change in material for that avenue. When the ordinance came up both Aldermen Morriss and Williams of the Sixth ward protested that it was a residence street and such noisy paving should not be used.
 The following ordinances were passed:
 No 570. Paving and improving Twenty first street from Avenue F to Avenue H.. Avenue H from Twenty-first street to Twenty second street, Twenty-second street from Highland avenue to Mag nolia, avenue, Avenue J from Twenty-sec- ond street to Twenty-first street, Twenty first street from Avenue to Magnolia
  $30, 500.
 No. 571. Paving and improving Avenue B from Eighteenth street to Twentieth street, and Avenue D from Eighteenth street to Twentieth, and Avenue D from Eighteenth street to Twenty-ffrst street with grainitoid. Estimated cost, $26.6Oo.
 No. STA Paving and improving Twenty third street from Avenue F to Magnolia avenue, Magnolia avenue from Twenty third street to Highland circle. with bitulithic, and brick between the car tracks. Estimated cost, $32, 800.
 No 576 Grading, curbing and guttering and sidewalks on Twenty-third street from Pike avenue to Lime street, Ensley. Estimated cost, $S0o0.
 Those ordinances which were held up on account of citizens protesting were:
 No. 572. Paving and improving Avenue F from Eighteenth to Twenty-seventh streets with brick. Estimated cost, $4S. 200.
 No. bss Paving and improving Eigh- teenth street from Avenue A to Avenue H. with brick. Estimated cost $7,S0o
 No. 47s. Paving and improving Eigh- teenth street from Avenue H to Avenue K, with Burmudes sheet asphalt paving. Estimated cost $11, 300. 0
 No. 575. Paving and improving Twenty seventh street from Avenue to Avenue G, and Avenue G from Twenty-seventh street to Twenty-ninth street, and High land avenue from Avenue G to Halls avenue, with bitulithic. Estimated cast. $s2, 800.
 The total of the ordinances held over Is s16s,S00. The total passed is $S9,60o. Ordi- ance No 474, connecting Avenue F with Five Points along Twenty-third street, with bitulithic pavement, is calculated to remove automobile traffice from Twen- tieth street hill. This is the only ordi- nance passed against which there is said to have been a protest.