Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-28
sAvANNAH's GROWTH.
The Southern Extension Rapidly De-
veloping-579 Houses in the ne"
Limfts-Plan of the New City.

The Southern Extension Rapidly De-
velOping-579 Houses In the Ne"
Limits-Plan of the New City.
The MORNING NEWS publishes to-day a
map of the extended limits OF Savannah
south of Anderson street authorized Dy an
act of the Legislature approved sept. IL
1888. and laid out in accordance with the
provisions of an ordinance passed by the
CITY Council May 81, 1884. The extended
streets. running north and south, main
tain the same width and direction as the
streets north of Anderson street, and in
this way the regularity and beauty OF the
city, so far as its streets are concerned. has
been preserved. the only exception to
this rule being Bull street, which is con-
tinued on the line of the White Bluff road.
BY this the blocks between Bull and Whit
aker streets become narrower as they eX-
tend southwark. The streets running east
and west parallel with Anderson street,
from Habersham street to the Ogeechee
road and Florance street, are known by
their number from First street,
the first south of Anderson to
Twelfth street, the last in the ex-
tension. The lane system has been
adopted, each street running east and
west, having a lane of the same name at
a uniform distance of 115 feet, south OF Its
southern boundary line, except Anderson
street lane, which is 105 feet from Ander-
son street, and one or two other streets
and lanes, which are made to conform TO
Thomas Place and other localities.
The wards, twenty IN number, as shown
in the map, are named after leading
citizens. Thomas Place, located between
Abercorn and Bull streets on the east
and west, and Fifth and Wells streets,
on the north and south, has been set
apart as public park, and is named after
Alderman ID. X. Thomas. The other fea-
lures of the extension are clearly shown
in the map, The streets, it will be seen,
do net extend regularly east of Habersham
street. This portion of the city. which is
a part of what is known as Tyrconnel
tything, was laid out by Gen. Joseph
Finegan and Messrs. Bryan Il Hunter,
and the same plan adopted by them has
been adopted by the city. In that portion
of the extension west of FlOrance street,
including Brownville, the arrangement
of streets differs somewhat from that in
the main part of the extension.
All of the lanes have a uniform width
of 20 feet. The streets running east and
west vary in width. First street is 90 feet
wide. Second and Third streets are 6O
feet wide. Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets I
are 60 feet wide. Wells street, named
after Alderman Wells, and running be-
tween Bull and AbercOrn streets, south
of Thomas Place, is also 60 feet wide.
Seventh street, the broad street of
the extension, is 100 feet wide. All the
running streets are 60 feet wide except
West Third and West Fourth streets, run
ming between Florance and West Broad
streets, which are 90 feet wide. Nichols
street, West Fifth and West Sixth
streets, running between Burroughs
and Florance streets, are each 40
feet wide. Lavinia, Wilder and Willow
streets in the portion of the extension
west of Florance street are each 30 feet
wide.
The location of the Georgia Infrmary,
Concordia Park, the Base Ball Park, and
other well known places in the map will
enable any one to form a correct idea of
the exact location of any feature of the
city as it will appear when it is built up.
growth of the city. The new limits in
clude what few years ago was regarded
as out of town. 1t has now 6I9 houses,
and is rapidly building up, on regularly
laid out streets, with substantial class
of houses that would be a credit and an
ornament to any city. Thirteen new houses
have been erected within the past three
months. The demand for building lots is
active, and with the advantages which
the extension offers in being exempted
from taxation for the next ten years, real
estate dealers say that there is no ques-
tion that during the coming II months
there will be more building going on there
than at any time since the extension was
first talked Of.