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

walkways. The approaches to the via duct structure shall be built Nta 4&Il same width as the viaduct, of RaRkrk fills solidly compacted between Iesfk0 forced concrete retaining walls of suffi- cient sic, height, and strength to with stand the loads and pressures to which they may be subjected The surface of the crown of the roadway of said viaduct and approaches shall be con- structed along and to the following I 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 6 per cent grade upward to line parallel with and 151.5 :feetas south of the south line of First ,AYezta nue; thence upward on a 5.3 per cent ,7r grade to line parallel with and 1895 ,,. feet south of the south line of FHSStu, Avenue; thence upward on 3.64 4eItp cent grade to line parallel with and.ie 233.5 feet south of the south line qfds First Avenue; thence on 332 per cent,1o grade upward ito a line parallel with and 451 feet south of the south line, Of 1T; First Avenue; thence on a 2.434 ,Per,d, cent grade to line parallel with and 4, 1925 feet south of the south line ,9fna First Avenue; thence upward on,,s, a,n; .0306 per cent grade to line paralleGaL with and 535 feet south of the south HnGo5 of First Avenue; thence downward pnA,n .0526 per cent grade to line parallel with and 1885 feet south of the south ,, line of First Avenue; thence downwatl. on 1.19 per cent grade to a line p9si,. allel with and 1063.5 feet south:iof the south line of First Avenue; thence '' downward on 2.64 per cent gradsutq q line parallel with and 1101 feet soHth;2 of the south line of First Avenue; ia thence downward OH a 3.15 per .efntW grade to intersect the present surface of the pavement at the south line pf Second Avenue, South. s3fwsfi
 The roadway on the approaches it0aI said viaduct shall be paved for width of 36 feet between the curbs with WGRa renite bitulithic pavement inelieshf thick, laid on a 6-inch Portland cethsntng concrete foundation, and the roadEsFAd between the curbs on said viaduct shall v be paved with bitulithc pavemenniSn ngdh inches thick. Said bitulithic pavement aS shall be specially mixed and prepated 10 for grades to 6 per cent. . hsaGd
 Section 2. The railroad company +rowIls having and using the two raiiroadfi tracks crossing 24th Street and locatefst nearest to and south of First Avenue, is hereby required to depress the plalte ff
 
 ton of not less than 604.S0 City d&taTnns for the full width of 24th street. tuoda
 Section 3. Any public utility haxdngiF and using electric, telephone, or teiagid graph ducts and conduits, or water, gas or steam mains or pipes in that poptiQh of 24th Street to be affected by the itrsm proyement provided for in this ohdi9u nance, shall, as the improvement ipreaH gresses, relocate said ducts, condnits,:Ii m nil In with the construction, operatiOn9s or maintenance of said viaductJ u and in accordance with plans approEediH by the City Engineer. And any pubfieed utility having telephones, telegraph.r ands electric wires on or along or across that as portion of 24th Street affected by tAe u improvement provided for in this ordi- nance. shall as and when the work tOh said viaduet progresses, relocate saidi9l wires under ground or on supportst so sd situated and constructed as not to inLsti terfere with the construction, operati0hj"f or maintenance of said viaduct, and iRfa accordance with plans approved byiitheai City Engineer, aq sdf
 Section 4. ', The railroad compaasfeRm referred to in Section 1 of this ORdf5ss nance shall, within 60 days from tlfeiet adoption of this Ordinance suh,ait tie ai detailed plans for said viaduct and tss nz approaches to the City Engineer for ias
 criticism, and the detailed plans for saif' yiaduct and it's %approaches Gaslb -,hs approved by the City Enginec- bes@re the beginning of construction york; r'sy3
 Section ,. The estimated cost of the S construction of said viaduct and it's ap- breaches is $310,000. 'sl'Ia
 Section G. The active construction,.,- work under this Ordinance shall be- started not later than 90 days fEom fbo o1o nf shall be completed within 270 working,, ,, days thereafter.
 Section T. Upon the completionlVf said viaduct and it's approaches, in aessd cOrdance with the terms and prOvisidnshi of this Ordinance, all of that portion of'fa 24th Street lying underneath said ViasT duct shall in lieu thereof constitute f&Asa1 public highway, but the fee of the streetEf shall nevertheless remain in the City. sai
 Section s. That upon the completionis of the improvements ordered in this Ordinance tor earlier if requested sbS any of said railroads) the City Commiss'f sion will, in the event the said railE6adF5 companies cannot agree among theInL@ selves as to the apportiOnment of the cost of said improvements, meet and'apsat portion the cost thereof equitably among the said railroad companies. nGbt7Iii
 Section g.. That if any sectioniorm provision of thIS Ordinance Shnll,L fcFtn any reason be invalid, this shall nOt9o affect any other section or provision @T not in and of itself invalid; and it ised further declared to be the legislative intent of the body enacting this OHf4h nance that should it for any reason be held intellectual as to any duty OF work or construction required by any of it's terms, this shall not affect the .ReEnH formance of any other duty, work or construction required by this Ordinance.
 Section 10. That it shall be unlaw- full for any person, firm or corporation to fail to do or perform any duty re .s quired by the terms of this OrdinapGe. 1. If any railroad company referred tp init Section 1 of this Ordinance shall ,failh. within the time required by Section, Ger of this Ordinance to commence actiYead construction work on the viaduct and ,c Its approaches required by this OrdiS., nance to be constructed by said railroad companies, each days failure to so c0ul-.r mence said work after said date shale'T constitute a separate offense, and beah deemed separate violation of ,thisng ordinance. If construction work by tbeit railroad companies referred to in Sec-- tion 1 of this Ordinance shall not=be7 commenced within the time required by M Section of this Ordinance, it shall be B unlawful from and after said date to operate any railroad train, railroad en- -N zine, or railroad car on or across 24th Hl