Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-25
FIXED UP THE OLD PLAN.
FEW CHANGES IN THE CITY'S
SOUTHERN EXTENSION.

SOUTHERN EXTENSION.
The Lanes Left Out of the Plan Adopted
Two Years Ago, and Few Minor Al
tsrations nIade-The Boundaries ant
Names of the wards Remain Un
chapged-Council Considers the Stree
Paving Question.
The CITY Council settled the question o
the southern extension last night by
adopting plan differing very little from
that adopted two years ago. A substi'
tute for the ordinance introduced at the
last meeting Of Council was offered by a
committee of the whole and was passeo
with a single dissenting vote.
In nutshell the plan adopted is the
old plan provided for by ordinance Of May
~, 1884, with the lanes left out Ihere
are some other changes but they are III
nor ones. Nichols street, Tor instance
which extended west from Burroughs to
Ylorance. one square, and which was
really West Fourth street lane, is wiped
out.
Twelve streets are projected between
Anderson street and the southern limit
asin The old plan. All of the streets run
ming east and west will be parallel from
Habersham TO Montgomery. The west
ern end Of Third street is at Montgomery
as on the old plan. West third, West
Fourth, West Fifth and West Sixth
streets are projected as on the old plan.
seventh street is to extend from East
aroad street west to the Ogeschee road.
o one of the most noticeable features Of
the new plan is the peculiar and varied
shapes and sizes Of the blocks. Taking
3he blocks on either side of Bull street for
example. The first south of Anderson
street will be 230 feet deep. The second
block is to be 260 feet deep. The third
block is to be only 1913 feet deep, while the
next viii be 300 feet. The fifth and sixth
blocks are TO be laid out 1855 feet and 28S
feet deep, respectively. From Sixth street
south to the limits the blocks between
Habersham and FlOranoe streets viii be
$50 feet deep.
Thomas square is cut down little less
than one half by opening Drayton street
through it.
None of the streets running north and
south are to be closed at Anderson street.
Bull street will be extended from First
street at the intersection of the White
Bluff road. The present western bound
airy Of the road to be the western bound
airy Of the street, which will be 10 feet
wide. The boundaries and nomenclature
Of the wards are unchanged.
The action of Council in adopting the
plan proposed by the committee Of the
whole is fnal, and 80 far as is now known
settles the question of the plan upon
which the new addition will be built.
A petition by MIR. j. A. Wood asking !
Council to fix the city taxes on the hotel |
which the petitioner and his associates |
propose to erect on the site of the Pavilion |
hotel and Chatham academy at $500 per |
year for the term Of ten years from the |
completion of the hotel, was referred to |
the Committee on Finance. The petit |
tiOner represented that himself and assO- |
ciates propose to acquire by purchase the |
property known as the OglethOrpe bar |
racks, and when tits acquired to exchange |
il with the trustees of the Chatham acad- |
envy. They also propose to acquire the |
Pavilion hotel site adjoining the Chatham |
academy, and TO erect thereon tirst-class |
brick hotel containing not less than $50 |
rooms. Tney then 90 on to state that, in |
consideration of the fact thatin making the |
proposed exchange of tine barracks for |
the academy, they will suffer great losses |
Of money and valuable consideration, and |
that the ciuZens of Savannah will be the |
recipients Of corresponding advantages |
by securing increased and improved &C |
cOmmOdatons for school buildings and |
grounds for their children, without cost |
TO themselves, and at the petitioners cost, |
and also in consideration of the exchange |
Of the properties for the purposes set
forth, and the further advantages and
profits that will be secured to the citizens
IN their occupation as proposed, and for
the encouragement of and to secure these
several advantages, the petitioners asked,
as a consideration on the part of the city
government, that upon the contamination
Of the exchange Of the properties and the
erection and completion of the hotel, ready
for occupancy, that the city taxes on the
hotel and Its appuTtenanoes be fixed as
above.
An ordinance granting the County Com
missioners the land on which the present
jail is located, and providing for the OPEN
ing Of Howard street through the land,
was introduced by the Committee on City
Lots.
An ordinance requiring city contractors
TO give security for the faithful perform
ance Of their work was introduced by
Alderman Hamilton, and by unanimous
consent was read a second time and
passed.
A resolution by Alderman Wells was
adopted authorizing the acceptance ofthe
bid Of the Southwark Foundry and Ma
chine Company of Philadelphia for the
erection OF new fire bell tower, the en-
tire cost OF the structure not to exceed
Sl,655.
The City Surveyor stated that there
were five bids for the erection Of the
tower, that Of the Southwark Foundry
and Machine Company oeing the lowest.
The structure will be OF iron aud Will be
10 ieet high, and capable Of supporting a
weight OF 1900 pounds. The bell will be
suspended under an iron root, and beneath
the bell Will be an iron housing for the
apparatus OF the fire alarm telegraph
number OF bids were submitted Tor
the contract TO paint the market house.
After some debate the bid Of J. q. Butler
was accepted. MI. Butler proposes 10 do
the work for $500. Two other bids were
submiued-one Of S2.050 and another OF
S2,O5S. None Of the bids for the paving Of
broughton street we're opened. The time
for nling bids for this work was extended
until Monday, March /, when the Council
VIII meet TO consider the street paving
question.
THIEVES IN A HOTEL.