Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-03
PLAN OF THE CITY SOUTH
ALDERMEN STUDY THE MAP OF
THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION.

An Ordinance Introduced in Couneit
Carrying into Esffect the Plan Proposed
by the City Surveyor-Proporty own
ers Invited to Conference.-The
BrOughtOn street Pavement.
The City Council held star chamber
session in the Mayors room last night
until 1880 O'Clock. IT was generally
understood that the Committee on City
Extension would submit report on the
proposed plan for the extension south of
Anderson street, and half dozen or
more interested property owners were
present. They waited patiently in the
Council chamber until the clock struck
10. and then all but two or three went
home.
1t was half an hour after they had gone
that the doors leading 10 the Mayors
room were thrown open aud the members
OF the Council flied in and took their
seats. Barely a quorum was present.
The adjourned session was brief and last
ed but few minutes.
THE PAVEMENT QUESTION.
A petition signed bv a majority of the
property owners on BrOughtOn street, be-
tween AbeTcOrn aud West Broad, asking
that BrOughtOn street be paved, was read
IEANl Gu W hAAG wi iiNA e@pith NUN
A resolution approving the petition aud
authorizing the paving of the street was
read and laid over until the next meeting.
Alderman Hamilton introduced an Or
dlnance authorizing the Street and Lane
Committee 70 have Broughton street
paved from the west side OF Abercorn
street to the east side OF West Broad
street as asked for by a majority OF the
property owners, and providing for the
saea ant ff - Al frffs "a nf
improvement on tue property along which
the pavement is laid. The ordinance also
requires the street car lines On the street
to pave between their tracks and three
feet on side of the track. The style Of
pavement TO be used is net stated in the
ordinance. This matter is left open, and
the pavement will be decided upOa when
the ordinance comes up at the next meet
ing.
THE CITY EXTENSION.
The committee on City Extension in
trOduced an ordinance carrying into eff
feet the plan described in the NEWS some
time ago, for the city south Of Anderson
street. The plan provides for the extern
sion of East Broad, Price, Habersham,
Abercorn, Boil, Barnard. MOntgom-
cry and Burroughs streets, be-
yond Anderson, to the Southern
limits as defsed in the act passed by the
HencAtA4 ASsCuuly anu dppTONC0 5epbs Sls
1885. The narrow streets running north
and south are not extended beyond An
uerson. Thus Lincoln, DraytOn,
Whitaker and Jefferson are cut
of at Anderson. West Broad
is also cut of at Anderson street.
Cuyler street stops at Anderson also,
where the Ogeechee road trends Oft sharp
~ to the southwest. Cemetery street Is
sut off between A nderson and First streets,
but starts again where the Ogeechee road
crosses First street, and south OF that
point is called Florence street.
CHANGING THE STREETS.
in the old plan there are twelve streets
running east aud west south of Anderson.
In the new plan there are only nine. No
provision is made for lanes. The
blocks will be between $50 feet and 900
feet long from east to west and 800 feet
wide from north to south, Price, Aber-
corn, Bull, and the other streets extend
ing north and south VIII be 70 feet wide,
and First, Second, Thlrd, Fourth. and the
other streets east and west, which the
city will open, will also be IS feet in
width. There is a provision under the
ordinance for five public squares.
The ordinance covers fifteen pages of
legal cap, finely written, and is a volum-
NOUS document. 1t was laid over under
the rules until the next meeting. The
Council will then invite a conference with
the prOparty-Owners south Of Anderson
street, and an opportunity will be given
TO express their views. A map of the ex-
tension as it will be laid out under the
ordinance, if passed, is on exhibition ut
the City Surveyors Office.