Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-29

/ TENDER q, 1885, entitled IAN act to extend the
| corporate limits Of the city Of savannah it
was among other things enacted that any one
| who shan build across any projected streets or
| lane after the same shall have been surveyed
| and laid out by the City Surveyor and shall be
| designated by sufficient marks and bounds,
| shall, when the city Council proceed to con-
| denim the same, be entitled to compensation
| only according to the value of the property at
| the time such survey shall DE made; and
| whereas, said streets in said extended limits
! of Savannah have been surveyed and laid out
| by the City Surveyor and are now designated
| by sufficient marks and bounds; and whereas,
| 1t is deemed advisable to lay out the said
| streets and lanes so all persons may know the
/ same; therefore,
SECTION /. Be Il ordained By the Mayor and
! aldermen Of the citD Of Savannah, in council
! authority Of the same, That the following
| streets IN the city of Savannah running north
and south, to wit: Habersham, Lincoln,
| Abercorn. Drayton, Whitaker, Barnard, JEFF
| fersOn. Montgomery, West Broad and Bur-
| rOughs. shall be extended south to the south
| ern limits of the city Of savannah, as defined
| in said act of the General Assembly. approved
! September q, 1888, at right angles to Ander
son street in said city; the centre lines on the
| street thus extended shall be an extension in
| a right line of the centre lines Of the street,
! as they now exist, and the width of the said
street to the southern limits of said city, shall
| be as follows: That is to say, Habersham
/ street shall be 62@ feet in width; Lincoln
| street shall be 80 feet in width; Abercorn
| street shall be 20 feet in width; DraytOn street
! shall be As feet in width: Whitaker street
| shall be IS feet in width; Barnard street shall
! be 10 feet in width jefferson street shall be
| 80 feet in width; Montgomery street shall be
! IS feet in width: West Broad street shall be
| 100 feet in width; Burroughs street shall be go
| feet in width.
! SEC. ,. Be it further ordained bV the. author
! ity dyOreSaid, That Bull street. III said city of
! Savannah, shall be extended south TO the
| southern limits of the city of Savannah, as
| defined in said act of the General Assembly,
| approved September q. 1888. as follows: That
! is TO say, the western line OF said street shall
| begin at the western noint or place where the
/ western line of the White Bluff road inter-
| sects the southern line of Anderson street.
/ and extend from said point on a right line to
! that certain point where the western side of
| White Bluff road nteTsects the said southern
| limits of said city, and such line shall be the
| western line of Bull street extended. and the
eastern line of said street shall be rs feet at all
| points on said line from said western line of
| said street
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained 6y tile dutdOri-
| ty0foresGid, That the eastern and middle and
| western streets, as now lald out in Browns
vile, shall be extended nOrthward to the
| Ogeechee road 40 feet in width each on the
prOOngatiOn of the lines of said streets to the
north as they now exist, and that the eastern
| street in said Brownsville shall be known and
! designated as Florence street, the middle
| street shall be known and designated as Har-
| den street. and the western street shall be
| known and designated as BullOch street.
SEC. 4. Be Il further ordained 6Y the GuthOri-
| tn aforesaid. That the following streets and
! lanes be laid out in the city of Savannah west
| wardly from Habersham street and south
| wardly from Anderson street in said city. as
| follows; That is to say, the first lane south of
| Anderson street shall run from the western
! side of Habersham street through to the Ogee-
| chez road, and the northern line of said lane
| shall be paralleled to and distant l05 feet from
| the southern line of Anderson street. and shall
have a width of 90 feet; the first street south of
| Anderson street shall be l05 feet from south
! ern side of said first lane, and shall
| be paraleled to said first lane. and 50 feet
! in width, and shall extend from Habersham
| street on the east to the Ogeechee road on the
! west; the second lane shall extend from
| Habersham street on the east to Burroughs
| street on the west and be at a distance of 100
! feet from the southern line of First street
! and paralleled with it, AID shall be 20 feet in
width: Second street shall extend between
! Habersham street on the east and Florence
! street on the west and shall be paralleled
! to and at a distance Of 100 feet from the
southern line Of the second lane. and shall be so
! feet in width: Third street shall be paralleled
| to and at a distance Of 1913 feet from
| southern line Of Second street, and shall be
| 80 feet wide and extended from Haber-
! sham street on the east to Montgomery
on the west: the third lane shall be lis feet
| from southern Inc of Third street and paral-
| leled to it. and shall be 20 feet wide and
/ extend from lIabersham street on the east to
| Montgomery street on the west; Fourth street
| shall be paralleled to and lis feet from the
| southern line of third lane and shall be go
| feet wide and extend from Habersham street
| on the east to Montgomery ST fet on the west !:
/ West Third street shall be phralleled to and
! l6j feet from southern line of Second street
! and shall be 50 feet wide and extend from
! Montgomery street on the east to Florence
! street on the west; West Fourth street shat
| be paraleled to and 100 feet from southern
! line of West Third street ana shall be SIS feet
/ wide and extend from Montgomery street on
| the east to Florence street on the west. And
/ all the following described streets and lanes
! shall extend between Ilabersham street on
the east and Burroughs street on the west.
| and shall be paralleled with said
! Anderson street, and the distances between
| the following named streets and lanes shall be
| the distances from the southern line of the
| northernmost street or lane to the northern
| line Of the street or lane next south of it, be-
ginning with Fourth and extending south :
/ The fourth lane shall be lis feet from Fourth
i street, and shall be 20 feet wide; Fifth street
/ shall be lis feet from the fourth lane, and
shall be 60 feet wide; the fifth lane shall be ll5
! feet from the Fifth street, and shall be 20 feet
| wide, except that said lane shall not run
| through the Park as hereinafter laid out. but
| shall extend on both sides of said park: Sixth
! street shall be lis feet from the fifth lane, and
| shall be 60 feet wide, except that said street
shall no. run through the Park as here
matter laid out, but shall extend on
! both sides of s9id park; the sixth
lane shall be rs feet from Sixth street and
| shall be 20 feet in width. and extend from
| Habersham street on the east to Abercorn on
the west, and from Bull on the east to Bur
roughs on the west; on the south side of the
! Park las hereinafter laid OUT there shah be
! laid out street 90 feet in width, which street
shall be known as Wells street, and shall run
| from AbercOrn street on the east to Bull street
| on the west. and the northern line of
said street shall be $50 feet from the
southern line of Fifth street. The fol-
lowing named streets and lanes shall
| extend between Habersham street on the
| east and Florence street on the west, and
| Seventh street shall be ll5 feet from the Sixth
| lane, and shall be 100 feet wide; the seventh
| lane shall be 1l5 feet from Seventh street.
! and shall be 20 feet wide; Eighth street shall
| be Is feet from the seventh lane, and shall be
! go feet wide; the eighth lane shall be lis
! feet from Eighth street, and shall be 30 feet
! wide; Ninth street shall be lis feet from the
| eighth lane, and shall be 60 feet wide the
| ninth lane shall be lis feet from Ninth street.
| ana shall be 20 feet wide; Tenth street shall
| be lis feet from the ninth lane, and shall be
| go feet wide; the tenth lane shall be lis feet
| from Tenth street, and shall be 20 feet wide !:
| Eleventh street shall be ll5 feet from the
tenth lane, and shall be 90 feet wide the
| eleventh lane shall be lis feet from Eleventh
| street, and shall be 20. feet wide; Twelfth
street shall be lis feet from the eleventh
lane, and shall be go feet wide.
SEC. 5. Be 1t further Orddined bgt the author
| ity aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the
| City Surveyor to indicate the true line on
which buildings and fences are to be placed
| in the said extended limits under same regu-
| latiOns as same are done in other parts of the
| city of Savannah, and all persons building in
| the portion of the city over which this plan is
| extended shall be required to conform to all
| ordinances OF the city in reference to erecting
buildings within the city of savannah.
| SEC. 6. Be ii further ordained by the author
| itg aforesaid, That the wards in said CITY in
which streets have been laid out under this
! ordinance be- and the same are hereby, laid
| out and designated as follows: That por-
| ton of city bounded on north by Anderson
| street. east by HabeTsham street. south by
| Fourth street and west by Abercorn street,
shall be known and designated as Cum
ming ward; that portion of city
! bounded on north by Anderson
| street, east by Abercorn, south by Fourth
| street and west by Bull street, shall be known
| and designated as Reppard ward; that portion
| of the city bounded on the north by Anderson
street, east by Bull street, south by Fourth
| street and west by Barnard street, shall be
| known and designated as Falligant ward;
that portion bounded on the north by Ander-
| son street, east by Barnard street, south by
\ Fourth street and west by Montgomery street.
| shall be known and designated as Lester
| ward; that portion bounded on the north by
| Anderson street, east by Montgomery street.
| south by West Fourth street and west by Bur-
roughs street, shall be known and DESIGNATED
| as Meldrim ward; that portion of the CITY
| bounded the north by Anderson street.
east by Burroughs street, south by West Fifth
| street and west by Florence street and Ogee-
chez road, shall be known aud designated as
Law ward: that portion OF the city
bounded on the north by West Fifth street,
| east by Burroughs street, south by Eighth
| street,wes by Florence street, shall be known
| and designated as Owens ward; that portion
| OF city bounded north by Fifth street. east bv
| Montgomery street, south ~ Eighth street
and west by Burroughs street. shall be known
| md dnsiornafpd q Duncan ward. haf