Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-10
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
BASE BAILBOUNCED FROM THE
PARK EXTENSION.


How the Aldermen Look at the Matter
The Bicycles Allowed Full. Swing
The Barber Ordinance Defeated-Cem-
etery neutrality-suspicious. of
Sanitary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
Health Officer's Duties.
The question whether the Park extern
sion shall be used as a base ball ground
was decided in the City Council last night
BY the passage Of an ordinance prohibit
ing its use for that purpose. The privi-
leges of base and foot ball playing and
bicycle riding were granted by the COun-
ell several weeks ago. The Park grounds
since that time have been the resort OF
crowds Of negroes and boys, whose bois-
ferrous conduct has excluded the presence
of ladies and children, and has been a
nuisance to the residents Of that part Of
the city.
The Council, after the usual preliminary
caucus. met in regular session in the
long room, the Mayor presiding and full
board present. In introducing the mat
ter ofthe Park extension nuisance, Alder
man Thomas offered the following ordi-
nance:
AN Ordinance to prohibit the playing of
O
SECTION ]. The Mayor and Aldermen Of the
| CifU of Savannah. iB Council assembled DO
| hereby orddiH. That from and after the pass
| age OF this ordinance il shall be unlawful for
4 any person or persons to play any game of
base ball or football, or any game OF ball.
/ in the enclosure known as the extension of
| Forsyth Park. in said city; and any person
/ playing or joining IN any game OF Dase-Dall or
| football, or any other game OF ball, IN the
said extension. shall, on conviction thereof in
| the Police Court of Savannah, be fined in the
l.aea hon O1naT Ds ha
| imprisoned not exceeding ten days. or either
/ or both. at the discretion of the officer pre-
| siding in said court.
! SEC. ,. nd the said Mayor and Aldermen
| DO hereby further Ordain, That all ordinances
| or part OF ordinances conflicting with this or
| dinance be and the same are hereby repealed
/ so far as they so conflict.
Alderman Wilder asked unanimous
| consent that the ordinance be passed to
| second reading, which was granted.
| Alderman Hamilton said that while he
| fully approved of the ordinance he was
in favor not only of prohibiting base ball
| in the Park extension, but he was also
in favor of repeating all the privileges
| granted by the ordinance passed few
weeks ago, in which bicycle and tricycle.
riding was permitted, and he therefore
| moved as a substitute an ordinance carry
| ing out his suggestions.
Alderman Hanley said he could see no
| reason why bicycles should be excluded.
He had heard no objection to their use
| there and while he was opposed to base
ball and foot ball playing, he was in favor
of extending the privileges Of the extern
sion to the bicyclists.
| Alderman Thomas said he saw no
| reason why they should not be allow
ed, The class of people who ride bicycles
is an orderly class, composed chiefly of
| young gentlemen who are justly entitled
| to the privileges of the Park.
/ Herman Wells wanted ia know what
! the Park extension was for, if not to be
! used as a place for recreation. If no en-
1 iOyment could be got out of it he was in
favor of selling it for city lots.
| Considerable discussion followed in re-
! gard to the matter. Alderman Hamilton
| finally withdrew his amendment and the
] ordinance was unanimously passed.
| The Committees on Health and Gene
| teries and Police reported upon the COM
| munlcatiOn from the Chief of Police, read
| at the last meeting Of the Council, asking
| medical attendance at the barracks for
the prisoners, that the Health Officer be
| charged with that duty, and that he be
| instructed to that effect. The question as
to whether the adoption OF the report
! would be a sufficient means of attaching
| the duty to those already performed
| by the Health officer, was referred
| to the Corporation Attorney, who
| said that he was not aware that any fur
/ W
nance would cover the case. Upon mo-
ton of Alderman Hamilton the report
| was adopted, and the Corporation At
| tOrneY was instructed to draft an Ordl-
nance carrying out its recommendation.
THE BARBER SHOP. ORDINANCE.
The ordinance permitting the BARRIERS
| to keep their shops open on sunday until
! - O'Clock was put upon second reading.
A petition, signed by a majority of the
| BARRIERS of the city, asking that the pres
| ent hour of closing be adhered to was
read.
Alderman Hamilton wanted to know
| WHY any definite hour for closing had
| been fixed and why particularly 10 O'Clock
| had been prescribed by the ordinance as
/ the closing hour.
| Alderman Nell replied that when the
| ordinance was framed the hour of church
| service was 1890 o'clock, and to allow
| the shops to be open at all on Sunday and
not during church hours he supposed 10
| O'Clock had been fixed as the time for
! closing. He was not in favor of extend
| ing the time as provided by the new Ordi-
/ nance, but if any change was made at all
| he was in favor of closing up altogether
/ on Sunday.
The vote upon the ordinance stood 6
| and 6, Aldermen Hanley, O'COnnOr,
| Wilder, Green, Minis, and Derst voting
| for and Aldermen Hamilton, Thomas,
| Nell. Hamlet, Wells, and Nichols against
| its passage. The Mayor, in casting the
deciding vote, declared against the ordi-
nance and it was lost.
Alderman Wilder introduced an ordi-
| nance prohibiting the disinterment or re-
! mOval of the remains of any person
| buried in any of the cemeteries
| of the city or the passage of any
! BODY thus disinterred through
the city without the permit ofthe Health
! officer under penalty Of not less than
$50 or more than 500 fine imposed upon
| any cemetery keeper allowing such disin-
| terment, or not less than $25 or more than
800 upon any person attempting the
| violation of the ordinance. communi-
cation from the Health Officer, urging
the necessity of the provision, was read,
| and after some amendment the ordinance,
| by unanimous consent, was put upon its
| passage and unanimously passed.
| ACCIDENTAL SHORTAGE IN THE CITY
TREASURY.
A petition from Major c. 5. Hardee,
| City Treasurer, asking that $3.50 90 short
age in his account, which he had made
good to the city. be refunded to him, was
| referred to the Committee on Finance.
| The petition stated that on the It'll of
J January a shortage of $3.50 So was dis
| covered. which the City Treasurer made
| good On the 10th of March another de-
! uclt OF SlOO was discovered, Wnlc0 was
/ also made good. The dates on which the
| deficiencies were discovered We're rush
| DAYS in the City Treasurer's office, when
| large amounts of money were beng paid
In and the Office was continually crowded
| with people. In accounting for the short
| age in the first instance the petitioner
! advanced the suppOsitiOn that in the
| pressure of business some person either
accidentally or Intentionally carried away
! from the desk on which the money was
/ paid receipts to the amount of the deficit
/ without paying into the Treasurer the
money which the receipts made
/ him responsible for. In the
second case when the pressure of bust
| ness was equally as great as on the first
| day, the Treasurer believes that he de-
posted in the bank 500 more than he re-
! ceived credit for. In view of these cir
! cumstances and the great responsibility
| attached to the Treasurer's office with
! but small remuneration, the city was
/ petiuoned to refund the amount made
| good.
\ petition from the Tyler and Hydraulic
/ Cotton Press Company asking that water
mains be laid to their property was re-
| ferred to the Committee on Water Works.
| A petition from the trustees of the As
| bury NJ. Z. Church, asking that the val
uation of their property be held the same
| as made the last assessment, was laid
upon the table. A similar disposition
| was made OF a petition from John H.
Ruwe.
A petition from Mrs. John L. Whet-
| stone and Mrs. j. II. Bayliss, represent
| inc the WOmen's Home Missionary So