Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-24
Few Suggesstona.

Editor Morning NelOs: Savannah is grow
ing and developing rapidly in wealth and
population. Prosperity is smiling upon us,
and demanding our best energies and wisest
purposes. That man who is energetic in
action and wise in his purposes will generally
be successful in execution, and what is true
of an individual, is equally true OF corpor-
ated society.
First. Savannah needs more small, COM
| Portable houses, at rents ranging from $25
! to $40 per M nth. There are hundreds of
men in the CITY will salaries ranging from
| 81 900 to 1880, who need just such size
| houses The demand is now active, and
the supply limited, so much so that many
| are compelled to board or rent rooms. But
| they want house of their own to live In to
have the comforts Of home.
Capitalists could not find a better invest
ment than in building such houses. A city
grows when there are inducements held out.
| Cheap rents and low taxation are the great
| inducements for persons to move to city to
do business. But when it is an impossibilitY
to rent house the growth of city is slow.
Then my first suggestion is to ask capt.
talists TO build more houses-such as will
rent readily and will always be in demand.
The call is not for houses that rent for $500,
a
Second. We need railroad to Tybee. In
a commercial point of view it is q necessity;
IN a pleasure point of view 1t is demanded.
Cotton is now being compressed In the IN
terror bound direct to Europe. If vessels and
steamers cannot load at Savannah then they
must be loaded lower down by having cot
| ton carried to them, as is now being done.
| Commerce demands as few drawbacks,
charges and risks as possible. The old
| idea of a grab game to get all you can at
the expense of another, does not pay, and
| commerce will not tolerate 1t. A city is
/ not built to put dollars in the pockets OF
| this or that class of men. The old idea was
| that the interests OF hotels .and omni-
buses were to be the first consideration.
| Now It is drsYs or some other Interests The
| greatest good to the greatest number, with
out injury or wrong to any, is the true and
| Just motto. We do not want any protective
1 policy to help this or that man, or this or
| that individual interest but policy that
will benefit the city as city broad, liberal
| and Just.
| Third. Our cemeteries are a necessity, and
not a luxury. unless it be luxury to die
/ and be buried, and to some, no doubt, it is.
a pavilion for those who visit these
| places to rest and to shelter them should it
rain. which often happens In our climate
/ without half hours warning. l have seen,
| and have been caught in such showers, and
those who were dressing the graves OF their
| loved ones found themselves In SD plight
from the drenching they got. Had there
been pavilion, ready shelter would have
saved them. The suggestion needs no elab-
| oratiOn-it is self-evident-
Fourth. Bonaventure will In few years
| be the principal cemetery or our citizens
when. done with life, as Laurel Grove will
| be filled up in no great while, and 1t cannot
well and ought not 10 be enlarged. My idea
| is to build even now funeral cars suited Tor
the purpose, and to save the present long
| drive. There should be q general rendez-
yous where those desiring to attend could go,
say somewhere in the neighborhood OF
| the old cemetery on South Broad street.
| or some convenient point on Liberty street.
! | NAV be little in advance OF the time, but
| It will be done, and the plan should be ini-
tia'ed now.
Fifth. In a sanitary point of view, Hutch
| insOn's island should be leased out TO those
who would put 1t under cultivation. Our
City Council should hold out Inducements
for some gardeners to take the matter In
hand. Give them so many years free OF
| rent, provided they made certain improve
ments, by throwing up entertainments, ditch
| ing. etc. Such an island near New York,
| Philadelphia, Boston or Baltimore would be
worth thousands to those cities or those who
might cultivate tH6u. OTONluS FCBCbotIOu
| Is ALWAYS healthy, and decaying vegetable
matter in the fall is great source and gen
orator Of malaria. Clear up that island as
soon as possible.
Sixth Consider no mans private interest,
unless his interest is conducive to the pub
lie interest Any private interest that can
be shown to further public interest should
deserve consideration; but when an individ-
ual asks to be benefited at the expense OF
Iag.z ~ Ia ,,Aa chr n
guage plain he will not be allowed to run
his private hand int } the public purse.
Seventh. Encourage all industries, no
matter how small the beginning, II they
promise developments. Little Industries
soon grow into ls-ge ones, and anything
that will give labor , Idle hands should be
encouraged. Let us initiate the New Eng
| land policy, and encourage home enterprise,
ana our cities will be Ike those OF New
England, filed with intelligent workmen,
who are in fact and truth the driving
wheels to all prosperity. X. M. y.