The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23


 expense a bridge and it's approaches on, along and over said Twentieth street suitable and sufficient to carry said railroad tracks and railroad traffic above the grade of and across said Twentieth street, and the vehicular. foot and street railway traffic on and along said Twentieth street and be- meath the superstructure of said bridge. Said bridge shall consist of steel or portland cement concrete, or com bination of same, and solid, non-leak- able floors shall be provided in the su- 'perstructure thereof. The north and south center line of said bridge {here- matter referred to as the center line of said bridge) shall be formed on and along and concentric with the center line of Twentieth street as now estab- lished. Three lines of columns or sup ports for said bridge will be permitted. The east face of the west line of col umn shall be placed at distance not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet md six (6) inches from the center line, of Twentieth street. If the center columns are used, the center line of the center columns shall be placed along the cen ter line of the bridge and the center line of Twentieth street. The west face of
  at distance of. not exceeding thirty five (35) feet and six (6J inches from the center of said bridge and Twentieth street. The east face of the west abut ment shall be flush with the west prop erty line of Twentieth street, and the west face of the east abutment shall be flush with the east property line of Twentieth street. Said bridge shall pro- vide for a roadway and the curbs there of between the faces of the east and west lines of columns of a minimum width of seventy-one (71) feet and no inches inclusive of the center line of columns or supports, and with min imum head-room clearance of fourteen (14) feet, and for side walks spaces on each side of said roadway, each of which sidewalk spaces shall have minimum head-room clearance of thirteen (13) feet and minimum horizontal clearance of fifteen (15) feet including width of columns and curbs. The distance be- tween curbs shall be not less than sev- enty (7O) feet and no inches.
 Electric conduits or ducts shall be installed within the superstructure of said bridge with sufficient outlets to permit the installation of an adequate number of electric lights to be located along the under side of said super structure.
 Section 2. That the said railroad companies shall be allowed in carrying on the construction ordered in Section l of this ordinance to lower the surface of Twentieth street, subject to the fol- lowing provisions and conditions:
 (a) That the depression of the street on a line parallel with and four hun dred and fifty (450) feet south of the south line of First avenue shall be at an elevation not lower than five hun dred and ninety-four feet and no inches (594) according to the Standard bench mark datum of the Engineering Depart ment of the City of Birmingham; and the surface of said depressed street shall rise northwardly and southwardly from said elevation at an upward grade of three tenths (0.30 per cent) per cent for a distance of ninety (90) feet, thence upward on three (3.00 per cent) per cent grade to an intersec vided, however, that vertical curves fifty (50) feet in length shall con- meet said intersecting grades.
 (b) That said railroad companies shall construct suitable approaches to the depressed street under the railroad tracks and shall pave the street under the railroad 2tTaeks and the approaches thereto, and shall construct suitable side walks and curbs and provide for and construct suitable drainage in said street and replace any disturbed storm water or sanitary sewers.
 (c) That upon completion of said bridge the use of so much of the two E.railroad tracks which lie south of and nearest Morris avenue and across Twen- tieth street as lie between the east and west lines of Twentieth stleet shall be discontinued and the rails of said tracks removed from said Twentieth street and upon completion of said bridge the use of so much of the two railroad tracks located north of and nearest Powell avenue and across Twentieth street as lie between the east and west lines of Twentieth street shall be dis continued and the rails of said tracks removed from said Twentieth street.
 (d) That all of said work mentioned in (a), (b), and (c) shall De done by said railroad companies at their own expense, in accordance with plans approved by the City Engineer and under his direction. ,
 Section 3. That any street railway company having its tracks on that DOT tion of Twentieth Street affected by the improvement provided for in this orCli- nance shall, when and as the grade of such street may be lowered, conform the grade of it's tracks to the said change of grade of said street and so as to provide a safe clearance from the posts or columns supporting the bridge and shall relocate its power wires sup plying it's motive power so as to come beneath the superstructure of said bridge. All of which said changes shall be made in accordance with plans ap- proved by the City Engineer and under his direction.
 Section 4. Any public utility having and using electric, telephone, telegraph, ducts and conduits, or water, gas or steam mains or pipes in that portion of Twentieth Street, to be affected by the improvement provided for in this ordi- nance, shall, as the improvement pro- gresses, lower said ducts, conduits, mains or pipes to the proper depth be- low any new grade of said street, which said changes shall be made under plans approved by the City Engineer and un- der his direction. Any public utility having telephone, telegraph, or electric wires on or along or across that DOT tion of Twentieth Street affected by the improvement provided for in this ordi- nance, shall, as and when the work on said bridge progresses, relocate said wires so as to run underground, which said changes shall be made in accord ance with plans approved by the City Engineer and under his direction; but this provision shall not apply to the wires used by any of the railroad com Danies reOuired bV this ordinance to construct and maintain said bridges and it's approaches.
 Section 5. ,Ehat the estimated cost