The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-09

An ordnance 10 proNioc TUT ~Sf'"i"
 improvements on Arlington ave-
 nue from Twenty-third street Cfor-
 merly Maiden Lane) to point ap-
 proximately 200 feet east of the
 east property line of Twenty third
 street
 Be it ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham as follows;
 Section 1. Thae Arlington avenue from the east property line of Twenty third street formerly Maiden Lane) to the west line of Lot 26 Block 2, Miner Land Company's first addition to Birmingham, shall be graded.
 That the north and south edges of 26-foot roadway along the center line of Arlington avenue from the east property line of Twenty third street to the west lines of Miner Land Com pany's first addition to Birmingham shall be curbed with portland cement concrete, combined curb and gutter to connect with the present combined curb and gutter on Arlington avenue, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide
 That the north and south curb lines of Arlington avenue snail De conhecteu with the east curb line of Twenty third street with 6-inch by 20-inch cir cular granite curbing on 15-foot
 That sthe gutter adjoining the gran ite curb at the northeast and southeast corners of Tweny-third sreet and Ar lington avenue shall be paved for a width of three feet with vitriGed brick gutter paving on five-inchi concrete foundation and grouted.
 That the sidewalk on both sides of Arlington avenue from the east line Of Twenty-third street to the west lnes of Milner Land Company's first addi- ion to Birmingham shall be paved for a width of five f5) feet with port land cement concrete sidewalk pavihe, located one and one-half feet from ana parallel to the north and soutn prop erty lines. respectively
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on Arlington avenue from the east property line of Twenty-thlrd street to the present paving on AT lington avenue at point opposite the west line of Lot 26, Block Z, Miner Land Company's first addition to blr- mingham, shall be paved with asphaltlc concrete paving having five C5) inch concrete foundation ana two N1t lhcii wearing surface.
 That the sidewalk paving on Airing ion avenue at all street intersections and at the entrances to lots Within the limits of this ordinance shall be extended of even width and alignment and paved with portland cement con crete sidewalk paving to connect with the curb line in it's new position. <. That the entrances to lots along all of said streets, where the sidewalks arc 10 be paved, shall be paved the ful width of the sdewalkefor a width of four feet with portland cement con- crete sidewalk paving and the drive ways into lots and the alleyways shall he paved with vitrified brick for the ( .-;1 .raI I1r ond onf a That vitrified clay drainage pipes and inlets and manho1es of brick with cast iron covers shall be constructed along said avenue between said points
 Sec. ?. That said improvements shall
 he made in accordance with the estab- lished grades on file in the office of the City Engineer for said portions or said highways and according 10 1uli details drawings, plans, specifications and surveys of said work and estf- mates. which shall be prepared by the city Engineer. as early as practicable, and placed by him on file in his office fin the City Hall. not later than one week prior to the date named in Sec ton 4 of this ordinance, where prop erty owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and ex- anime the same.
 Sec 3/ That the cost of constructing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abutting on the portions of the highways so improved, provided:
 (a) That the cost of all improve ments at or upon street. avenue, or all | lev Intersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of iand 1 a buttine on said highways so inter | secting for one-hslf block in each di-
 rection.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk inn
 movements on street and avenue corr ners shall be assessed against the lots l abutting on or nearest to said i'm | movements; and the cost of sidewalk 1 improvements at the intersection of
 any alley with street or avenue or
 other highway shall be assessed in fair l proportion against the respective lots l or parcels of land abutting on or | cornering on the alley at such inter- ] section.
 (c) That no assessment shall exceed i the cost of such improvements. or the l increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived l from such improvements.
 I Sec. 1. That the estimated cost oi said improvements is s2650,00, and that lthe Commission of the City of Bir- mingham will meet on the goth day | of January, 1920. at the Council Cham ber of the City Hall of Birmingham at . o'clock, D. m, to hear any ob- | jections remonstrances or protests that