The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-28
CITY ORDINANCES
Improvement Ordinance No.
924-C

An ordinance to provide for certain i'm
ProVements on Sixth Place formerly
sixth street, from the south property
line of Third avenue to the north
property line of Second avenue, and
on Second avenue formerly Second
avenue and Tuscaloosa avenue) from
the east property line of Sixth Place
TO the center of Center street for
meriy Broad and Square streets, and
on Tuscaloosa avenue from the center
or Center street to the west property
line of Fourteenth street, southwest
formerly Poplar street,.
Be it ordained by the commission of
the city of Birmingham as follows:
Section l. That a roadway 40 feet wide
along the center of Sixth Place from the
south property line of Third avenue to
the north curb line of Second avenue
shall be curbed with six-inch by 20-inch
granite curbing.
That the present combined curb and
gutter on the north side of Second ave-
nue. from it's present terminus at a point
about 100 feet east of Fifth street shall
be extended eastward of even width and
alignment to the east edge of the bridge
over stream, a distance of 26 feet, more
or less.
That new combined curb and gutter
shall be constructed on the north side of
Second avenue from a point IS inches
east of the east rail of the Atlanta, Bir-
mingham and Atlantic railroad, and 10
feet south of the north property line of
Second avenue eastward parallel to and
10 feet from said north property line to
the curb turn at the southwest corner of
Second avenue and Sixth place, the curb
and gutter to be six inches thick and the
gutter two feet wide.
That the present combined curb and
gutter on the south side of Second ave.
nue. from it's present terminus at a point
about 100 feet east of Fifth street shall
be extended eastward of even width
distance of III feet along the circumfer-
ence of a circle to the right having
radius of 1857 feet, which circle is
tangent to the said curb at it's present
above described terminus, except the
track area of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad; also continuing
eastward the aforesaid combined curb
and gutter shall be constructed along a
tangent from the last named circular
curb a distance of 1879 feet; thence con-
tinuing eastward with a DETECTION to
the right of degrees and IS minutes
distance of 115.5 feet
That the curb lines on each side of
Sixth place shall be connected with the
curb line on the north side of Second
avenue by 6-inch by 20-inch granite curb
ing, constructed on circular curves of 10
feet radius and straight lines.
That the curb line on the north side
of Tuscaloosa avenue at the east and
west side of seventh street southwest
formerly Owenton street, shall be con-
nected with the east and west sides of a
40 foot roadway on Seventh street, south
west by 6-inch by 2O-nch granite curbing,
constructed on circular curves of 10-foot
radius and straight lines, the center
line of said 40-foot roadway being located
At feet westward from the northeast
corner of said Tuscaloosa avenue and
Seventh street, southwest.
That the cutters adjoining the stone
curbing at the northwest and north
east corners of Tuscaloosa avenue and
Seventh street, southwest, shall be paved
with vitrifed brick on Portland ce-
ment concrete foundation for a width
of 215 feet
That the cutters adjoining the circular
stone curbing on the northwest and
northeast corners of Sixth Place and Sec
ond avenue shall be paved for a width of
two feet with vitrified brick paving on
a Portland cement concrete foundation.
That the cutters adjoining the curbing
on both sides of Sixth Place from the
south line of Third avenue to the circu-
lar curbs at the northeast and northwest
corners of Sixth Place and Second ave-
nue. shall be paved for width of two
feet with Portland cement concrete gut
ter paving.
The vitrified brick valley crossings On
concrete shall be constructed at the fol-
lowing locations: Across Second alley
along the curb line on each side of Sixth
place; across the roadway of Fifth street
on the south curb line of Second ave-
nue.; across the roadway of Center street
Fat the north and south curb lines OF
Second avenue and Tuscaloosa avenue;
across the roadway of Tenth street.
southwest formerly Vine street,, and
Eleventh street, southwest formerly
Pearl street, at the north curb line of
Tuscaloosa avenue.
That the roadway between the gutter
lines on Sixth Place, from the south prop
erty line of Third avenue to the north
curb line of Second avenue, and the road
way between the gutter lines on Second
avenue from the east property line of
Sixth Place to the center of Center street.
and the roadway between the gutter lines
on Tuscaloosa avenue from the center of
Center street westward to the east line
of the bridge first west of Center street
and between the gutter lines from the
east property line of Fourth street, south
west, formerly Canal street, to the west
property line of Fourteenth street, south
west, and between the gutter lines to
the north and south property lines, re-
spectively of Second avenue and Tusca-
loosa avenue, in the intersection of all
interesting streets between the above
named points and to the north property
line of Second avenue between the east
edge of the bridge just east of Fifth
street and the west edge of the Atlanta.
Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad COM
pany's track area shall be paved with
sheet asphalt paving having hydraulic
cement concrete base five inches thick.
a binder course one inch thick and a
wearing surface of one and one-half
inches thick. Provided, however, that the
following described area shall not he
paved with the aforesaid asphalt, but
shall be paved with hydraulic cement
concrete. to-wit: Beginning at point on
the east property line of Sixth Place
and the north rail of the north track of
the Birmingham Railway. Light and
Power company on Second avenue;
thence westward along said north rail 70
a point IS inches east of the east rail
Of the east track of the Atlanta, Blr-
mingham and Atlantic Railroad COM
pany; thence southeastward parallel to
said east rail to the south rail of the
south track of the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company, on Sec
ond avenue; thence eastward along said
south rail to a line at right angles to
the south line of Second avenue, and at
a point on the south property line of same
u feet west of the east property line of
Sixth Place, extended: thence northeast
ward along said line to the north rail Of
the south track of the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company on Sec
ond avenue; thence westward along said
rail to a point two and half feet south