The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-30
Introduces an Ordinance to Open Twenty-Sixth Street
 and Erect Viaduct
ALSO DENY SOUTHERN
 THE USE OF BRIDGE
Another Ordinance Provides for Paw ing of Powell Avenue-Resoluo tions Passed for Future Ac-
 tion by Commission

The big stick was wielded again yes- terday by City Commissioner James Weatherly when he introduced resolu- ton providing for the opening of Twenty sixth street from Tenth avenue to Ave nue F, the erection of a wooden viaduet along that street over the tracks of sev- eral railroads. the paving of Powell ave- nue from Fourteenth street to Thirty fifth street, and the revocation of the Southern railways right to have stair way of the Twenty street bridge into the old freight house at that point Tho Southern Railway company will be the greatest sufferer from the moves directed by Mir Weatherly. provided the commis- sioners pass the resolutions at the next meeting
 The commission yesterday received tho three resolutions of Mr. Weatherly, all of them being passed until some future meeting. He would not make any state- ment in reference to them, but 1t is gen orally considered that the Southern is re- ceiving evidence now of the dispeasure
 incurred by it's reealcitrant attitude in the 1 Norwood viaduct case.
 l The threatened revocation, of the Twea- i ty-first street bridge contract comes af- 1 ter 12 years of existence. The contract was executed 12 years ago by Mayor W. M. Drennen and was of considerable ser vice to the company at that time. As 1t Is now the bridge is used only by a ma chihery house. the Southern long ago having abandoned the proposition.
 Twenty-Sixth Street Opening
 The resolution providing for the open- ing of Twenty-sixth street follows: Resolved. That the city engineer be and he is hereby instructed to draw up an ordinance for the improvement of Twenty sixth street from Tenth avenue, north, to Avenue r. south tin connection with the improvements on said street now going on north of Seventh avenue, north, and south of Avenue F, south). and in this connee- ton also to report to the board the feasibility of a wooden viaduct such as that now extending over and along Twenty second street from First ave- nue to Avenue A, extending over and across the railroad tracks on Twenty sixth street, it being the intention and purpose of this resolution to procure the improvement of Twentysixth street. so as to afford continuous pas sage and safe and commodious travel on Twenty sixth street from the north ern end of the present proposed im- provement of said street to the south ern terminus of said street; and fur ther to report to this board an ordi- nance extending the Improvements on Twenty-sixth street, north, through the railroad cut of the Birmingham Rail way Light and Power company in Twenty street, north of Fifteenth street on to a connection with the present improved part of said Twenty sixth street in North Birmingham; the said wooden viaduct to be of such char acter and structure as that it may safe- ly serve the purpose of public travel pending the adoption and carrying out of a permanent plan for the eimina- ton of grade crossings in this city.
 Bridge Ordinance
 The ordinance to repeal the Twenty first street bridge contract follows: Whereas. the board of mayor and  tContinued on Page Nine)