Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-24
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

Nearly $4,000 of the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad Bonds Redeem
Thousand Dollars spent in Opening
Streets Fire Department Appoint
ments.
The regular session OF the City Council
last night was brief and the business was
quickly disposed of. A full board was
present, with the exception of Aldermen
Minis and Nichols.
The Clerk read the minutes of
the previous meeting, and submit
ted the report of the Committee
Of bills against the city amounting TO
S58, sos 80. OF this amount $2I,99S 45 was
expended in the purchase of Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad bonds and S15.509 A in
the opening of streets. leaving the re-
naming amount charged to the various
departments Of the city government.
This dispOses of a part of the city's in
debtedness assumed by indOrsing the
Atlantic and Gulf bonds.
The Committee on Streets and Lanes re-
ported adversely to granting the petition
Of Thomas l.. Wylly and George B. Clarke
for the opening Of new streets.
The Finance Committee reported adj
versely to granting the petition of the
City Treasurer, Maj. G. 5. Hardee, asking
remuneration for amounts paid by him for
shortage in cash. The petition was pre-
sented at the last meeting of Council, and
asked that $3.50 be refunded. which amount
was unaccOunted for in the Treasurer's
cash account, and which was supposed
either to have been lost by the removal of
receipts by parties without the payment
of amounts receipted during the rush of
| taxpayers at the Treasurer's office, or to
have been deposited in bank without Gre
dit being given.
The Water Works Committee reported
favorably upon the petition of the Tyler
and Hydl aulic Cotton Press Company
| asking water mains to be laid TO their
property.
A petition for the opening of Garrard
street lane by removal of Instructions
was referred to the Street and Lane Com
mittee.
A petition from Christopher Murphy
was received as information.
a petition from the County Commits
sioners asking free water privileges at the
jail. and also that the burial fees charged
in the cemeteries for the burial Of pauper
criminals be removed, was referred to the
joint Committees on Health and Cemetery
and Water Works.
Upon motion of Alderman Hamlet the
Street and Lane Committee was author
lied TO purchase 1000 feet OfstOne tagging
for street crossings.
A communication from the Health Off
Ger. Endorsed by the Chief Of Police and
forwarded with the approval of the Chair
man Of the Committee on Health and
Cemetery. was submitted, asking that
the Police Department be supplied with
surgical instruments, bandages, medi-
cine, ETC., to be used in the treatment of
sick and wounded prisoners, and that an
ambulance be provided for the transfer of
- o III. Z II, l.
Upon motion the communication was re-
ferred to the joint Committees on Police
and Health and Cemetery.
The Mayor, in accordance with the pro-
vision of the ordinance requiring the ap-
pointment OF firemen to fill such Vacan-
cies as may occur, approved the recon-
mendation Of the Chief Fireman in the
appointment of w. B. Erwin engineer of
the Barlow fire engine in place of L. L.
Mccarthy. resigned. and Neil McShone
driver OF the same company in place of
George Fountain, resigned.
Upon the adoption of a resolution
moved by Alderman Hamlet, the rules of
the Council We're changed so that the
hour Of meeting should be O'Clock in
stead of 80, going back to the rule in
force before the standard time was
adopted.
Alderman Hanley moved that in the
absence Of Alderman Nichols, Chairman
of the Committee on Public Buildings.
the bids submitted for the building of an
addition to Fireman's Hall be opened by
the Clerk.
The bids were read and considered, and
the matter recOmmitted to the Commit
tees on Fire and Public Buildings, with
power to act. Some discussion followed
as to the amounts to be expended in the
erection of the new structure, and it was
finally determined that 800 should be the
limit.