The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-07

An OTuIHdHce to pTOVlQe TOT certain
 improvements on Sixteenth street,
 Ensley, from Avenue z, Ensley,
 westward 150 feet, on Twentieth
 street, Ensley, from Avenue Y, Ens-
 ley, to Avenue 7, Ensley, and on
 Avenue Y, Ensley,4 from Bush
 Boulevard, Ensley, to Fifteenth
 street, Ensley.
 Be It Ordained, by the Commission of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section l: That the sidewalk on the north side of 16th street, Ensley. from the west line of Avenue z. Ensley, westward 150 feet. and the sidewalk on the south side of 18th street, Ems ley, from the west line of Avenue Z Ensley, westward 50 feet, shall be graded
 That the sidewalk on the north side of 18th street, Ensley, from the west line of Avenue z, Ensley westward 150 feet, and the sidewalk on the south side of said 18th street, Ensley, from the@~est line of Avenue z, Ems ley, westward 50 feet, shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete pavement, located six inches from and parallel to the north and south lines respectively, of 18th street Ensley. That the drive ways into lots and the alleyways along said work shall be paved with vitrified brick paving on cinder foundation the full width of the sidewalk and gutter.
 That roadway thirty feet wide along the center line of Avenue Y. Ensley, from the north line of Bush Boulevard, to the south line of 18th street, Ensley, except across the in tersecting streets and alleys between said points, and a roadway thirty feet wide along the center line of goth street, Ensley, from the west line of Avenue Z Ensley, to the east line of Avenue Y, Ensley, shall be curbed with portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter. the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 Section ?; That said improveme s shall be made in accordance with the established grades on file in the of flee of the City Engineer for said DOT tions of said highways, and according 2 to full details. drawings, plans, specifi- cations and surveys of said work and estimates, which shall be prepared by the City Engineer, as early as prac- ticable, and placed by him on file in his office in the City Hall not later than two weeks prior to the date named in Section of this ordinance, where property owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and examine the same.
 Section 3: That the cost of construct ing said improvements shall be as- sessed against the property abutting on the portions of the highways so improved, provided:
 (a) That the cost of improvements at or upon street, avenue or alley in tersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on the portions of the highways so in- tersecting for one-half block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk inn provements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest to said inn provements, and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the intersection of any alley with street or avenue or other highway shall be assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting on or cor nering on the alley at such intersec- tion.
 Co That no assessment shall exceed the cost of such improvements or the Increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Section 4: That the estimated cost of said improvements is .$6120.0O and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 24th day of May, 1921, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Birmingham at 3 o'clock D. m. to hear any objections, remonstrances or protests that may be made against said Improvements, the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used.
 Approved May 3, 1921.
 N. A. BARRETT
 President of the Commission.
 A true copy.
 H. S. RYALI4, City Clerk.
 Age Herald May TIA 1901