The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-14
Ordinance No. 46O-C
Granting permit to the Western Union Telegraph company to extend it's un- dergrOund conduit system

derground conduit system.
 Be it ordained by the commission of the city of Birmingham as follows:
 Section 1. That permission is hereby granted to the Western Union Telegraph company to construct additional under ground conduit and cables, and to re- move certain sections of open aerial wire lines and cables, all as shown by blue print dated August the 18th, 1916, and known in the telegraph company's rec ords as drawing SHAPE, which shows in heavy, continuous lines the present con- duit sysSSm and in dotted lines the pro- posed conduit system.
 Sec ?. Be it further ordained that all conduits to be constructed in this plan shall be of creosoted wood four and one- half (41a) inches square with three (3)-inch bore, covered with one and one-half Q1a)- inch creosoted plank, and the same shall be located under the direction of the city engineer. The trench in which said con duits are to be laid shall be deep enough to provide at least twenty-four (2D inches of covering above the top of the duct.
 Manholes shall be constructed as fol- lows:
 Mo- 17--Corner First avenue and Twen- ty-third street.
 No 1s- Corner First avenue and Twen- ty-fourth street
 No. s-Corner First avenue and Twen- ty-ffth street. .,i.4
 No. 20-Corner First avenue alongside viaduct 476 feet east of No. 19.
 No. 2t--Corner First avenue alongside viaduct $40 feet east of No. 20.
 No. 22--Corner First avenue and Seven teenth street.
 No. 23-Corner First avenue and Six teenth street.
 No. 24-Corner First avenue and Fif- teenth street. a
 No. 25-Corner First avenue and Four teenth street.
 No. 2s-Corner First avenue and Thir- teenth street,
 Mo- 27-On Thirteenth street 302 feet south of No. 26.
 No. 2S--On the Alabama Great Southern railroad right of way midway between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
 No 29-On Fourteenth street 544 feet north, of No. 25. near Second avenue.
 No 14-A-At intersection of alley be- tween First and Second avenues on Twenty-frst street.
 No. 30-At intersection of alley be- tween Third and Fourth avenues on Twenty first street
 No. 31-At intersection of alley between Fourth and Fifth avenues. on Twenty first street.
 No. s2.-In the alley in the rear of The Age-Herald building, between Twenty first and Twenty second streets .a
 No. ss.-At intersection of alley be- tween Fourth and Fifth avenues on Twenty-second street.
 The manhole to be constructed at the intersection of Fourteenth street and First avenue to be feet in length, 3 feet, 6 inches in width, with a max mum head room of feet. inches. All other manholes to be feet in length. 3 feet. 6 inches in width. with maximum head room of feet. Walls to be constructed of brick 8 inches thick laid in concrete mortar, roofs of reinforced concrete G inches thick. A single ventilated cast iron manhoie cover 3S inches square. 10 inches in height, with 27-inch orening to be used; the top of the cover to be on grade with the surface of the street, All of the above work and material to be made under the supervision and approval of the city engineer.
 Sec. 8. Bt it further ordained, that the Western Union Telegraph company be and it is hereby granted permis- sion to construct two ducts of creo- soted wood. commencing on First ave- nue at the manhole located about 1l feet west of Eighteenth street and ex- tending out First avenue to the west side of Thirteenth street; thence south on Thirteenth street for 352 feet |. thence slightly west of south to man. hole to be located alongside the A. G. $, railroad tracks approximately mid way between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. and to construct from this manhole to 70 feet west of the same a lateral run of two creosoted wood ducts: and to s9 feet south lateral run of two creosoted wood duets; also commencing at the corner of First avenue and Fourteenth street to lay north on the west side of Fourteenth street to. point half way between Second avenue and the alley between Second. avenue and Third avenue. Also commencing at the corner of First avenue and Sixteenth street and lay one creosoted wood duct across First avenue into the Illinois Central .rait-