Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-16
MAP OF THE CITY SOUTH.
THE NEW PLAN OF THE SOUTH
EIsN EXTENSION

THE NEW PLAN OF THE SOUTH
EI;N EXTENSION.
lsonao OF the Points in which fl Dtffers
from the Plaza Already Adopted bg the
COuncil-Fewer Streets aud Larger
Blocks Two OF It's Distipguishlng Hea-
tures-What Property oWnsrs Think
or it.
The new plan tor TIE extension OF the
city south OF Anderson street. now on
exhibition i'm civ surveyor Howard $
Office, mas bseu examined by several large
owners ofproperJy o. tEat section, Nearly
everyone who has seen the plan considers
i'll better than The old one which CoOucli
adopted some time ago. The new plan
mas many essential points iu it, favor,
and is altogether different from tIe hrst
plan. The great objection TO the old plan
was thatit cut the land lp too much. The
streets running east and west were very
irregular. All OF the streets running
north and south. between East Broad and
West Broad, were extended south through
the extension.
The new plan makes all Of the streets
cunning east and west, beginning with
First street. parallel win Anderson. The
narrow streets running north and south
are not extended beN ond Anderson. Thus
Lincoln, DraytCr. " 1ltaker and Jeffer-
son are cut "a At Anderson. East
Broad, Price. Hatersham, Abercorn,
Bull, Barnard and Montgomery RUIZ on
straight through TO Niuth street West
Broad is also cut of at Anderson street,
but the next street on tue west Bur
Tougls is extended. Cuyler street stops
at Anderson also, where the Ogeechee
road trends of sharply 10 the southwest.
Cemetery street Is cut OIL between Ander-
tsou aud First streets, but starts again
where the Ogeeehee road crosses First
street. and south Of that point is called
Florence street.
10 the old plan there are twelve streets
running east aud west south Of Anderson.
in the new plan there only nine. Another
Important DISTINGUISHING feature about
1de new plan is that it contains no lanes.
That is. no provision is made for lanes be-
ing opened if the property owners in a
BLOCK do not want one through their block.
If they choose to put "a lane through or
open small street, the lot owners can do
so at their expense, ana can make the
1azeO street OF whatever width they wish.
The blocks viii be between $50 feet aud
800 feet long from east 20 west and 320 feet
wide from north TO south. Price, Aber-
corn, Bun, and the other streets extend
and First, Second, Third, Fourth, and tue
otner streets east and west, which the
city viii open, viii also be - feet in
width. WITH depth Of 80 feet a block
can be cut through from east 20 west with
q 2)-fOOt lane and leave two lots each 100
ieet deep. A narrow street 80 feet wide
can be opened leaving lots $40 feet deep
on the north and south. These lots can
be sub-dlvlded SO as to give a building lot
a lot 90 feet wide fronting on the narrow
street. These depths Of course could be
varied TO suit the purchasers, and could
be made 80 and so respectively.
As matter Of fact, lanes are peculiar
80 Savannah. and il is doubted BY many
whether the city. from a sanitary point OF
view. is any better OF because Of them.
Ia 1880 ST. Louis, a city without lanes,
Mr.. Howard states, had a population OF
30 the square acre. savannah, with her
narrow lanes, had a population Of % to the
square acre. The lanes gave 50 much ad-
uitlOnal building front that the population
of this city WAS ~ times as dense as the
population of st. Louis. Another argu-
ment against lanes is that they are made
the common receptacles or garbage which
should be- taken away in the carts. aud
water which should be carried OF in the
sewers. The new plan uses but - per
cent. OF the property. while the old one
cut up Az per cent. in streets and lanes.
Nearly 0ne-Hith Of the land il thus saved
for building purposes. Besides, the cost
Of opening The new streets is greatly de-
creased; and by reason OF the uniformity
OF the streets the property viii, it is be-
lieyed, be more desirable.
One hundred years hence and that sec
ton south OF Anderson street NAV be the
greS5 business part OF the CITY. Some one
has sent 10 the City Surveyors once a
birds eve view sketch OF that section
when II Is all built up. The Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway curves
Through the eastern part OF the plat cross
ing East Broad street at the intersection
Of First street. The tracks cross Ninth
between Abercorn ana Bull. For one
3iaif vi This distance the railroad com
pany owns rigat-Of-Wav $50 feet wide.
the rest OF the distance It's right-oi-way
rs only 20 feet wide. Ii has been suC-
Rested that the city would open up an
avenue 3D. feet wide on either side Of the
tracks ali OF the WaV through II the COM
nany would JET the city have the use OF
Its ri2ht-of-way from Anderson street to
fourth.
One more feature claimed in favor OF
the new plan IA that 10 interferes with less
than one-nall as many buildings as the
old plan.
Five public squares are marked on on
the new map. That number can be in
creased or diminished as Council pleases.
Tee new squares are not placed at the
Intersection of streets as the ones are
that OglethOrpe laid out ON Bun, Barnard
and other streets. Instead. oue.tEifd or
more Of the block is taken
so that the straight line OF
the streets is not broken. on Bul street.
Tor Instance, team has % weud away
around squares. increasing distances
considerably. The new plan for TIE pub
JIG squares gives l., 140 feet front for the
lots opposite, which IS more building
front than there Is around the Old squares.
THE PARK EXTENSION.