The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-28
CITY ORpINANCES
Ordinance No. 460-C
Granting permit to the Western Union Telegraph company to extend its un- derground conduit system.


 Telegraph company to extend it's un-
 derground conduit system.
 Be 1t ordained by the commission of the city of Birmingham as follows:
 Section l. 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 a blue print dated August the 18th, 1916, and known in the telegraph companys rec ords as drawing S-2-A-22, which shows in heavy, continuous lines the present con- duit system and in dotted lines the pro- posed conduit system.
 Sec. 2. 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 Q15)- 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 ees the duet.
 Manholes shall be constructed as fol- lows:
 No. 17-Corner First avenue and Twen- ty-third street.
 No. 1s-Corner First avenue and Twen- Iy-IOuTln street.
 No. 19-Corner First avenue and Twen- ty-ffth street.
 No. 20-Corner First avenue alongside viaduct 476 feet east of No. 19
 No. 21-Corner First avenue alongside viaduct $40 feet east of No. 20
 No. 22-Corner First avenue and Seven teenth street.
 No. 2s-Corner First avenue and Six teenth street.
 No. 24-Corner First avenue and Eff teenth street.
 No. 25-Corner First avenue and Four teenth street.
 No. 26-Corner First avenue and Thir- teenth street.
 No. 27-on Thirteenth street S52 feet south of No. 2e.
 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-first street. !.
 No. 3o-At intersection of alley be- tween Third and Fourth avenues on Twenty-first street.
 No. s1-At intersection of alley between Fourth and Fifth avenues, on Twenty first street.
 No. 32.-In the alley in the rear of The Age-Herald building, between Twenty first and Twenty-second streets.
 No. 33.-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, feet, inches in width, with max mum head room of 5 feet. inches. All other manholes to be feet in length, feet 6 inches in width, with a maximum head room of feet Walls to be constructed of brick inches thick laid in concrete mortar, roofs of reinforced concrete 6 inches thick. A single ventilated cast iron manhoie cover 3S inches square, 10 inches in height, with 27-inch opening 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. B. 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 114 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 i: thence slightly west of south to a man. hole to be located alongside the A. G. S. 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 99 feet south a lateral run of two creosoted wood ducts; al SO comm encing at the corner of First avenue and Fourteenth street to lay a two-duct run of creosoted wood north on the west side of Fourteenth street to a 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 rail- road company's warehouse Also com mencing at the corner of First avenue and Seventeenth street and lay one creosoted wood duet south for 3S feet to terminal pole on Fourteenth street. and lay one creosoted wood duet north for 220 feet to terminal pole at the mouth of the alley
 ne permit hereby granted is upon condition that when the above mentioned work Is completed the Western Union Telegraph company shall dismantle the existing pole line and wires on First ave- nue from Eighteenth street to Thirteenth street. south on Thirteenth street to the railroad, and to remove the said poles and wires and replace the paving in safe condition, subject to the approval of the city engineer.
 Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, that the western Union Telegraph company is hereby granted permit to lay two creo- soted wood ducts commencing at the pres ent manhole located on First avenue be- tween IWenty-second and Twenty-third streets and extending out First avenue to point alongside First avenue via duct nearest Twenty y-seventh street: also commencing at the manhole on the corner or First avenue and Twenty-fourth street and lay one creosoted wood duct 50 feet south on Twenty-fourth street to a ter mlnal pole, and lay one creoseted wood duct no feet north on Twenty -foL . street to terminal pole; also commence ing at manhole on the corner of First avenue and Twenty third street and lay one creosoted wood duct A feet south on Twenty-third street to terminal pole
 Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, that the Western Union Telegraph company is hereby granted permit to lay one creo- soted wood duct commencing at the inter- section of alley on Twenty-frst street be- tween First and Second avenues and run so feet west to terminal on building wall in the alley and lay one creosoted wood duct 70 feet east to terminal on the building wall in the alley. Also com mencing at the intersection of alley and Twenty-first street between Second and Third avenues and lay one creosoted wood duct l2O feet west to building in the all