Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-22

That Savannah has made rapid strides
since the war goes without saying. That
she is yet destined to grow in short
time to double her present proportions is
evident to all familiar with her progress
in the past and her prospects for the
future. She is well supplied with all the
appliances of metropolitan cities, and so
varied are her industries that no man
need go idle for lack of employment,
and those industries are growing from
year to year. Her population is in
creasing so rapidly that an early extern
sion of the corporation limits is contem-
plated, and the outlook for her future
greatness was never more encouraging.
There are one or two things, however,
which Savannah badly needs, and the
first of these is more accommodation for
her population. True, great number of
dwellings have gone up within the past
few years, and the tide of population
southwark from the city's present limits
has been marked. To this growth,
without doubt, our building associations,
street railways and individual public
spirit have largely contributed; still, that
but a modicum of what may yet be &C.
cOmplished has been done is beyond dis
pute. There are hundreds Of citizens
with families, able to rent OF purchase
comfortable abodes on reasonable terms,
who would gladly do so if they had the
opportunity. For the present, however,
this class of citizens are compelled to
content themselves with cramped and
uncomfortable accommodations. owing
to the lack Of such dwellings as they can
afford to lease or own.
That comfortable dwellings adopted
to men of moderate means are pay
ing investments, no one can dispute.
There is an abundance of capital in our
midst, much OF which is annually haz
arded in risky speculations, and which,
if employed in the construction of small
comfortable houses at reasonable rents,
would abundantly compensate their
owners. We trust that the next season
will see much of this capital put to this
use, and that the facilities which building
associations and other means for accom-
plishing this end can afford may be in
creased. The knowledge that efforts are
being to made to render all classes of
citizens comfortable will attract hither
new corners, and will bring hundreds
among us that else would remain away.
There is also another great need of our
city, and that is commodiOus and com
Portable hotel. Savannah is on the line
of the annual winter exodus from the
North to the salubrious cline Of Florida.
Hundreds pass through the city an
nually, who would be delighted to enjoy
its attractions could they procure the
hotel accommodations that they desire.
True, our existing hotels are as good as
they can be made, but their accommoda
tions are not sufficiently attractive to in
II AuCC NOuAlolo W manu- d lCuEtlOuNu
/ in our midst. We have already ad
yerted to this subject on various Occa
sions, and that such a venture would
pay Is conceded. Tourists generally
have admitted the superiority of Savan-
nah to any city in Florida in the matters
of amusements. natural beauty and di-
version, and after taking in" the attrac
| tons Of the Land of Flowers" hun
drcds would gladly linger in the Forest
City" could their comforts be gratifed.
We throw out these hints to our public
spirited capitalists, in the hope that they
| will be needed. Our first suggestion is
| capable of adoption at any time The
second may be impracticable at present
by reason of the near approach of the
| winter season, but another year should
| not be allowed to arrive without finding
Savannah abundantly able to accommo
| date the hundreds that would gladly
choose our beautiful Forest City for q
Z winter asylum from the chilly SHOWS
! and bleak icy blasts Of the North