Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-23
SAVANNAH MORNING NEws WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 1886.


/ dolph street aud across Bay street to the
I wharves now used by the Merchants and
! Miners Transportation Company for the Bal
timore steamship line, and 10 use and operate
| on said track such engines aud cars rs mSy
! be necessary for carrying freight from said
| track of the Savannah, Florida and Western
| Railway Company To the wharves Of the Mer-
chants'aHd Miners Transport alton Company.
.. That the SAID the Mayor ana Aldermen
of the city of savannah shalt have The right
! TO locate the tracks in streets through which
! they may pass. and the same shall be located
/ 10y the Com mittee on streets and Lanes until
otherwise directed; the said tracks, when
laid through, across or along any street, shall
| be so laid as not 20 interfere with the use of
said streets by vehicles passing over the same;
and said James B. West n Co.. their eN-
ecutOrs, administrators AMI assigns shall at
I their own expense repair and keep, ANA
| keep IN repair, according to the proper
/ grade to be fixed bv the civ Surveyor
/ TX feet each way, until otherwise re-
1 qWE9As lrQM fthe3 cen rect sald tAfk, an the
streAts Al6rsa9l cltg, Of spcle n Ieria ~ viii
/ form a hGeda And Nunforn Surface OF even
| grade atltho boint OF junction Wifi the rails
| theHse Yea. so that carriages audlbther yehi-
/ Giles clnI o poss the track with fAhsbt VI and
| com aoutuassd lathe CITY reqpireaiU-of the
same eQH siyailaFr material as the ikY may
/ use 9hQuldit paYe, the streets. eal s.
3 blt damages tlat- may he sustained by
| prfvhtetnfi vfdlta's or corporations from the
! use a8a OCCUPATION 81 their pro Nerty iHeXer-
clslag OBJ right herein granted. sliatl $50 met
| and Vfld byeald ames 70. vest s. & "a their
/ executors, administrators and as.igns, and
t9e sag khfa Mt9y0Faad a termeR Of .he city
! BILE therefor: ana the sid the Ativ6T aud Al
! derm en- of the citylof Savannah shall in no
| cases be lmble for any damage winch may be
| sllslafnod by 'diggtug or ofberC unavoidable
/ w0EB vim repairing orr laying gas oEeWater
/ pipes, or seAyNfs, nov rupnlng 0TIp be run IN
said eitJ Mid said the Mayor a3f Sf3efmen
and putting down lun4er Rid tracks such
water pipes. sewer or other public work a.
| may be necessary from time to time. and in
no case shall said city be liable for any delay
/ to trains caused by the putting down OF such
/ water pipes, sewers or other public works.
4. And said James b. West Il Co. their eX-
| ecutors, administrators aud assigns, shall con-
| struct and keep in good order wherever its
| said track shall INTEREST or cross any street
| or lane IN said city, IA safe and convenient
! crossing, for both vehicles and foot passen-
gers, of the full width of the street or lane so
| crossed. and II at any time such crossing snail
| become unsa fe or out of repair, the said James
| Il. West II Co. their executors. administrators
| and assigns shall forthwith repair the same
| NJ their own cost and expense, upon notice
from the Mayor of SAID city; and IL within
| twenty-four hours after the giving OF SAID
notice the said james Il. WesG Co., their
executors, administrators aud assigns snail
| not have repaired, or begun to repair. said
cross ny. then and In that event the said the
! Mayor and Aldermen Of said city may pro-
coed to have the same made at the coat ana
! expense OF said James Il. West u Co., their
| executors. administrators and assigns,
| or said james Is. West Il Co.. their ex-
| eculors, administrators aud assigns shall
| be liable to an Information IN the Poice
Court of Savannah, and II there convicted 81
| any failure or neglect to keep said crossing
10 good repair shall be fined in a sum not eX-
ceeding one hundred dollars, and for every
day that the same shall continue uncOrrected
or unrepaired shall constitute separate
| offense and be punished accordingly.
s. And nothing herein contained shall be
| taken or held to preclude or prevent the said
ns.fNl ann of Gay
| from regulating the construction, repairs,
rate OF speed, keeping crossings clear, length
| of trains. and arrangements for the proven
| tion of accidenisln said city by the running
| of trains usingit streets. and nothing herein
| cOntaIned snail betaken or held TO abridge
| the right of the Mayor and Aldermen OF the
city of Savannahnto Dass such other police
regulations as maybe trom time to time nee
| essarvs q % if.rir ra
6. That in the event said James B. West q
Co., their executors. administrators and as
| signs sha I charge for transportation fol
freight, the same shall be uniform to all
wharves or waTehOesesin said city.
ORDINANCES.
Ordinance on its first reading, and by
unanimous consent OF Council read second
time and passed.
BY joint Committee on Harbor and Wharvel
| and Health and Cemetery
| AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance en-.
titled an ordinance TO amend an ordinance
to prescribe harbor regulations for the pOr
1
SECTION l. Be 10 ordained Dy the Mayor
and Aldermen Of the city Of Savannah, in
| Council assembled. and 1t is hereby or.
damned by the authority aforesaid, that Reg
ulation Number Twenty-Six of section one
of said ordinance be amended by striking ou
all OF said regulation.
The following ordinance and amendment
thereto were laid on the table until mex
meeting;
AN ORDINANcE to amend the City Code o.
savannah by striking out portion OF sec
ton GA Of article "a. and by striking Out
the whole OF section 81 Of same article.
SECTION !. BE IL ordained by the Mayor anC
Aldermen OF the city of Savannah in Council
| assembled and it IL hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that section 81 of ar
ticle "a of the City Code Of savannah, adopted
by ordinance June u, 1871, be, and the sam'
is hereby amended by striking out all OF sale
section after the words I'm front OF or adjoin
ing his or her property"
SIC. 2. Be II further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That the whole of section 6
of article 81 Of tho City Code of Savannah
be and the same Is hereby stricken out.
SEC. 8. BE IL further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid. That all ordinances ant
parts of ordinances conflicting with this or
diHance be a9a the s54s 9sEsRy repealed pS1;%
thereto the following wohds;i ''ABdt toTsRu
late the repairing and keeping in good orqe
he paveHsiits Ana sidewalks in the city o
| SAVANNAH suogi. 81 s-sT9f ~ tlu o.
SEC. 8 Belt further ordained by The .au
thority aforesad, Tliat al pavements nov
finished. or shereafter tOs 10 finished. shall b
| kept in good order and repair by the owner pl
| owners ~ the Tot adjoining tile same, from
time 81 timelas lac same NAV srequire;lrand
| in putting N good QrQer and repairing tn
| same, all DersOns shall be required - main
tam the grato as Had down by thc City sur
| Veyor, and no payement shall be taken ani
| hed as in good order in which any part or n
surface MAJ be raised ont of she proper grad
| by any cause, or. in whlch the cellar area
shah Ie out ~ grade, or which hold water II
I
Change section % section 4. Il, .,,.a,o. .
REVOLUTIONS.
BY Committed on Streets and Lanes
Rs9oIoed. 5rhatowhers OF property and res
dents on Bropgllion, street, between Wee
Broad aud AbercOrD streets, be ana they ar
hereby requested to plant elm stress Of uni
| form size. at y season which will best sccur,
their growth, In front of said property
eighteen inches within the curb and thirty
feet distant from each other.
Adopted.
BY Alderman Thomas
ResolBed. That the Committee on Streets
and Lanes ba authorized % purchase street
sweeping machine aud two thousand feet OF
blue curb stone.
Adopted.
By Alderman Bogart--
Res0iced. That the Committee on Street.
and Lanes be and Il b. hereby requested I,
co1sider the matter Of tree culture IN the city
! with "a view. First. OF determining the cause
or causes Of the trees dying second, OF dis.
! covering the remedy or remedies Tor the same
| Third. OF suggesting a more extensive and
s. stematic plan for planting trees.
| Adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS.
communication from DR.. j. J. Waring
bondsman for the Warren-scharf Asphalt