The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-24

same width. as the yladuct, of eartiA 1 fills solidly compacted between reinAs forced concrete retaining walls of suffl-, cIent size, height, and strength to wiute stand the loads and pressures to whiehs they may be subjected. The surfaces of the crown of the roadway of said yiaduct and approaches shall be cow structed along and to the following grades and elevations
 Beginning 40 feet north of the south line of First Avenue on 24th Street to intersect the present grade; thence south and upward on per cent grade to the south line of First Avenue; thence on a per cent grade upward to a line parallel with and 1875 feet south of the south line of First Ave nue; thence upward on a 5.3 per centI grade to q line parallel with and 1S35 feet south of the south line of Firft Avenue; thence upward on 3.64 per ! cent grade to line parallel with andU 233.5 feet south of the south line of First Avenue; thence on a 3.32 per cent grade upward to a line parallel with' and 451 feet south of the south line oE e First Avenue; thence on a 2.434 per cent grade to line parallel with and / 1925 feet south of the south line of First Avenue; thence upward on a .0306 per cent grade to a line parallel with and 535 feet south of the south line of First Avenue; thence downward on q .052G per cent grade to line paralleI' ! with and 1885 feet south of the soutR line of First Avenue; thence downward on 1.19 per cent grade to a line pars i allel with and 1063.5 feet south 6f d the south line of First Avenue: thence downward on a 264 per cent grade tor line parallel with and 1101 feet soutfio' of the south line of First Avenue31 thence downward on 3.15 per cent grade to intersect the present surfacei of the pavement at the south line of Sacond Ayanua South aI1r
 The roadway on the approaches to- said viaduct shall be paved for a width, of 36 feet between the curbs with War renite bitulithic pavement inches thick, laid on a G-inch Portland cement concrete foundation, and the roadway between the curbs on said viaduct shall . be paved with bitulithic pavement 2 inches thick. Said bitulithic pavement shall be specially mixed and prepared for grades to 6 per cent.
 Section 2 The railroad company now having and using the two ratlroaH tracks crossing 24th Street and located nearest to and south of First Avenue, r, is hereby required to depress the plane. ;; of said two railroad tracks to an eleva- tion of not less than 604S0 City datum for the full width of 24th street. 70
 Section 3. Any public utility having and using electric, telephone, or tele- graph ducts and conduits, or water, gas or steam mains or pipes in that portion of 24th Street to be affected by the inn provement provided for in this ordiss i. nance, shall, as the improvement pro ~ gresses, relocate said ducts, conduits,, mains or pipes so as not to interfere, with the construction, operation or maintenance of said yiaductl and in accordance with plans approved by the City Engineer. And any public utility having telephones, telegraph, or electric wires on or along or across that portion of 24th street affected by the | improvement provlGed for in this ordiT :; nance, shall, as and when the work oh ' said viaduct progresses, relocate said l wires under ground or on supports So situated and constructed as not to inr terfere with the construction, operation, or maintenance of said viaduct, and iii accordance with plans approved by the City Engineer.
 Section 4. The railroad companies a referred to in Section 1 of this Ordir, IS nance shall, within 60 days from the, adoption of this Ordinanca, submit the. detailed plans for said viaduc and is approaches to the City Engineer for his !- criticism, and the detailed 'l4ns for saida viaduct and its approaches shall hse approved by the City Engineer before. the beginning of con J'uctun work. 4..;
 Section ,. The est3'Ja+td cost of thR r. construction of said VI Iadet aud its aEe.- breaches is $310,000. v
 Section G. The active construction work under this Ordinance shall be- started not later than 90 days fronTf the adoption of this Ordinance, and ! shall be completed within 270 working days thereafter. iua
 Section z. Upon the completion of said viaduct and it's approaches, in ac--.", :" cordance with the terms and provisions of this ordinance, all of that portion of 24th Street lying underneath said viaduct shall be vacated as q public ' highway at grade, and said viaduct shall in lieu thereof constitute the pub2h lie highway, but the fee of the street :, shall nevertheless remain in the city
 Section s. That upon the completion of the improvements ordered in this Ordinance Cor earlier if requested by any of said railroads) the City Commis. sion will, ill the event the said railroad " companies cannot agree among themS selves as to the apportionment of tho. cost of said improvements, meet and ap- portion the cost thereof equitably among the said railroad companies. .,.
 Section 9. That if any section oI& provision of this Ordinance shall, for any reason be invalid, this shall not affect any other section or provision not in and of itself invalid; and it is further declared to be the legislativeI intent of the body enacting this Ordil1 nance that should it for any reason be' held intellectual as to any duty or work f or construction required by any of it's terms, this shall not affect the per- formance of any other duty, work or
 Section 10. That it shall be unlaw4 T full for any person, firm or corporation to fail to do or perform any duty re-E quired by the terms of this Ordinance. If any railroad company referred to in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall faii,i within the time required by Section 6 5 of this Ordinance to commence activsr0 construction work on the viaduct and u its approaches required by this Ordi- a nance to be constructed by said railroadlI companies, each days failure to so cont mence said work after said date shall,l constitute a separate offense, and be !. deemed a separate violation of this. ordinance. If construction work by the railroad companies referred to in Sec+o tion l of this Ordinance shall not be commenced within the time required by Section of this Ordinance, it shall be- unlawful from and after said date to operate any railroad train, railroad eHi |