The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
CITY oRDINANcEs

one creosoted wood duct 30 feet south
 to the proposed Birmingham News office.
 From the manhoe in the alley midway
 between Twenty-first and Twenty-second
 streets lay one creosoted wood duct 7s
 feet north to The Age-Herald office
 From the intersection of this alley and
 Twenty first street lay one creosoted wood duct 1i3 feet west to terminal on
 building wall in the alley. From the in-
 tersection of the alley between Third and Fourth avenues and Twenty-hrst street
 lay one creosoted wood duet 112 feet west
 to terminal on building wall in the alley.
 The permit hereby granted is upon con-
 ditfon that when the above mentioned
 work Is completed the Western Union
 Telegraph company will dismantle and
 remove it's pole lines and open wires
 along First avenue from Twenty-second
 street to Twenty-seventh street, and from
 First avenued down Twenty-fifth street
 to the seaboard railroad, and along the
 Seaboard Air Line railroad back to
 Twenty-hrst street and along the Sea-
 board Air Line to Thirty second street.
 Sec. 6. Be 1t further ordained. that In
 the conduit system hereinabove described
 the Western Union Telegraph company
 shall pull in lead covered paper insulated
 cables of sizes appropriate to their
 needs.
 Sec. f Be it further ordained. that the
 permits hereby granted are upon the con
 dition that the Western Union Telegraph
 company shall take out the necessary
 and usual permits from the excavation
 department to excavate in the public
 highways for the purpose of laying said
 conduits, and shall make the necessary
 deposits with the comptroller to cover
 the estimated cost of replacing the pave ments, and shall indemnify and hold
 harmless the city of Birmingham and all other persons from any damage, loss or liability, including costs, attorneys' fees, which the city of Birmingham or any other person may suffer on account of any such excavation being left open or unguarded or improperly barricaded. or in an unsafe, defective or dangerous
 condition, whether in day time or in night time, and the said Western Union Tele- graph company shall at it's own expense at all times properly guard light and
 oarricade said excavations so as to rem der the same safe to pedestrians and per-
 sons using the highway in vehicles or in q lawful manner.
 Sec s. Be it further ordained, that permit is hereby granted upon the further condition that the Western Union Telegraph company at the time of con- structing conduits for it's own uses will also provide the necessary material, ducts. labor, etc, and construct ano sn- stall for the use of the city on the ear1s location alongside of the conduits and ducts constructed for it's own use, one creosoted wood duct of like kind and
 character as heieinabove to be used by the city for police patrol, fire alarm, tel- ephone and similar wires which the city now has or may hereafter install, all without expense to the city, and the Western Union Telegraph company shall from time to time, as occasion may de- mand and whenever necessary and as often as necessary, reconstruct and re- pair the said ducts so installed for the use and benefit of the city of Birning- ham without expense to the city
 Sec.,9. Be 1t further ordained, that the Western Union Telegraph company Is hereby granted permit to erect a lead covered paper insulated cable line com mencing at point near Twenty-seventh street on First avenue and to operate the same to the First avenue viaduct and run thence in easterly direction to Q l terminal pole on Twenty-ninth street. and also to construct a new pole line on Twenty-eighth street from the First ave- nue vaduct to Second avenue, and along Second avenue to the present pole line located alongside the Birmingham Termi- nal company's property, and to splice into the cable alongside the viaduct and string a lead cable on the new pole line, above referred to, to and along Second avenue, and on the old pole line from Second ave-
 nue to the terminal pole 2D50 feet north, and also commencing at said point on First avenue near Twenty-seventh street to erect a lead covered paper insulated ca- | ble along the existing pole line on the | Southern Railway companys right of | way to a terminal pole at Thirty-eecQnd street; provided. however, that when the work mentioned in this section is com i pleted the Western Union Telegraph com- pany shall dismantle and remove the ex l isting temporary rubber cables and also | ha 1 phone wires on the pole line between Sec
 ond avenue and point 205o feet north op- posite the Terminal station, and on the | Southern railway routes from the via
 duct to Thirty-second street.
 l Sec. 10. Be 1t further ordained, that | this permit shall not be effective until
 the same shall have been published in a newspaper doing city printing, and the ] Western Union Telegraph company shall deposit with the city comptroller the ! sum of $60 to cover the estimated cost of publishing this ordinance; provided, that if the actual cost of publication shall exceed the amount so deposited, the Western Union Telegraph company shall, on demand pay to the city of Birming- | ham such additional sum as may be necessary to pay said cost. and if the amount deposited shall be in excess of the actual cost of publication, the city comp troller shall, upon demand, refund uhs excess
 ] Sec. Il. Be it further ordained, that the 1 permits hereby granted are upon the fur- ther condition that within 30 days after 1 the completion of the work herein speci-
 fled, the Western Union Telegraph com 1 pany shall file in the city engineers of
 flee maps, plans and profies showing the l loca ton of the conduits, manholes, etc, with reference to the street and highway l lines and the elevation of the same with reference to the U. s. bench marks To-
 cated within the city and the dimensions 1 of said structures in detail.
 | Approved February IA, 1917.
 | GEORGE B. WARD, | President Board of Commissioners. l A true copy:
 1 c. B. LLOYD, City Clerk.