Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-20
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
ALDERMEN
lied EXPENDITURES

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street. TIE Committee OF Accounts sub
mfr-ed its report recommending the pay
uent q bills amounting % SI2-711 81. but
di%sapproved a bin Of Martin HOulIhan for
Sl3l > for saeIling Wheaton street.
Alderman Hamlet said the street was
within the corporate limits and b.
Io1Eed 70 the CITY as much as
aly street. II needed improvement, and
be had authorized il according to MS
judgment believing he was fully en-
powered q do 50.
Alderman Thomas. Chairman Of the
Committee On Accounts. said that the
rules Of The Council made Il the duty q
the committee 70 report upon every Dill
The rule regulating TIE expenditures ~
committees prohibited the outlay Of over
500 without authority Of the Council. He
was aware that the street and Lane Com
mftree had fregentlT exceeded this amount
In the Improvement Of streets. but the
work lad been done principally in the
centre q the city, where Il
was needed. He believed the
Improvement q Wheaton street 70 be a.
much % ths interest II the shell Road
Company as the city. There were rum
hers q streets in need Of repairs. the
Park required Improvement and many
/ places demanded more immediate atten-
non than that where the work was ex-
pended.
Alderman Hamlet jumped % bis feet
{ and said he wanted the Council n under
stand nat he was not IN any way con-
I nected with . interests Of shell roads.
If the Council vas not disposed 70 pay
I TIE bill be would pay il himself.
Aldermen Nell wanted 70 know the cir
I cunstances UndeT which the Work was
/ authorized.
Alderman O'COnnor said be believed
I the Street and Lane Committee had over
stepped is authority, and for that reason,
I and the TACT that there we're other and
| more important streets which needed I'M
I urOvemeut before Wheat0n street, he was
/ 0rrgsed. a. z member OF the Committee
on Accounts, 70 approving the bin.
Alderman Thomas emphasized ais BE-
lief that the Council should from time 70
time have the opportunity Of saying
where The expenditures should be made.
Alderman Hamilton said If Wheaton
street was within the corporate limits
q the city. II should be kept
In repair a. much a. any other
street. The rules II Council, if strictly
enforced. he vas well aware. prohibited
the outlay Of over 500 by any committee
without a vote authorizing IT, but IL had
been customary for the street p Lane
Committee L make sue expenditures as
it saw I'll without referring tie
matter. L. was the duty u the
Council, he believed. u pay the bill. 1t
had been incurred in a public work by an
acknowledged authority. and be belleFed
no Alderman would vote against II. a
vote was finally taken, and the bill was
ordered paid By a unanimous voice.
The DRAINAGE QUESTION.
The question OF drainage was brought
I'D bv the report Of the Committee on
I Ur-r~h a-a Ilr~L~Gr- aHTrEFnr that un~ff
a general plan for house drainage IS per-
fected il is i~nexpedient % make
such an expenditure as would be
necessary 0carry u the views presented
lv tie citizens who signed the petition
in regard 70 the Bnb0 canal. The com
mittee, in its report, urged that the pas
SAFE VI the bill now pending IN the Legis-
lature be expedited as much as possible
in order that a more perfect system Of
drainage in and around the city may be
Effected.
Tie Committee on Gas, in reporting
upon the communication OF the Chief
Fireman with reference TO requiring
tue gas companies % construct shut OF
Z cocks IN the house service pipes. 80 that
the gas might be turned on IN
case 81 FIRE. and also requiring the
gas companies 10 dispatch a man 70 every
IRE 10 do this work, considered that there
were matters in the communication upon
which il vas not their duty 70 report. and
asked that il be referred 70 the Street and
Lane Committee and Committee On Fire.
Alderman Thomas did not consider the
construction Of shut OF cocks necessary.
He mad been at some pains 70 investigate
tie matter. and had found that where
they were placed in the pipes theY
were seldom used. If the property Of the
community aud the life OF its citizens
were endangered IL was the duty Of the
Council 70 throw about them the cloak u
protection, but If not he did not believe il
mad the right 70 saddle a corporation with
a useless expense. He thought the mat
ter should he fully investigated and aeon
ference had with the insurance men before
action was taken.
Alderman Nichols, Of the Gas Com
mittee. c0ntended that il was not within
the province Of the committee 10 report
upon the matter, and IL should be referred
% the Joint Committees on Gas, Fire and
streets and Lanes. The question was
fully discussed, and the communication
was finally referred back for a further re-
poIt.
MAKISG SEW LAWS.
The ordinance introduced at the last
meeting Of Council relative 10 the extern
sion Of streets in the western parts Of the
city was passed.
The ordinance naming certain unnamed
streets was also passed.
The ordinance relative to the laying Of
water and gas mains. railroad tracks
and sewer pipes, and prescribing the
maHne- in which the work snail be done,
xaS passed after a spirited discussion
and the opposition Of three members Of
/ the Council. Aldermen Nell, Hanley and
/ D-Conuor. who believed its requirements
unist. and discriminating against the
rights Of the gas companies and the
/ plumbers who were most affected by il.
4 -muuIca was read from the
Mutual Gas Light Company, remOnstrat-
in- against il, and led 10 a lengthy de-
bate.
Alderman Minis introduced an ordi-
{ nance prohibiting the making Of any debt
/ OF contract by the Mayor and Aldermen
I in which the relation Of debtor and credi-
I tor should arise between them n any
/ individual comprising the Council while
be was in Office, and making the violation
/ OF the Ordinace punishable by expulsion
or a dne Of $50.
II STEAM WHISTLE NUISANCE.
A petition with over a hundred sigma
lures Of leading business houses, secured
| principally at the Cotton Exchange and
/ Board Of Trade. asking that the blowing
| Of steam whistles within the city be for
hidden. or regulated by an ordinance. was
/ read. The dignity Of the Council took a
/ drop when Alderman Wells moved its
reference 70 the Committee on Health and
/ Cemetery.
Considerable business ol a routine char
acter was disposed Of. among which the
TWO hose carts in the IRE department SER
wee were ordered repaired. Messrs. John
/ e.. Row land. J.. J. Dale, Thomas Daniels,
| 4. II. Dorset and L. ID. Walker were ap-
| pointed a committee Of f~TeehOlders 10 as
sess the damages involved IN the extern
/ sion OF Bay street acress the Ogeechee
/ canal.
MANGLED UNDER THE WHEELS.
4 Conductor on the savannah, Florida
and Western Railway Falls from His
Train and is Crushed on the Track.