The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-04
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AN ORDINANCE to grant certain rights and
privileges to the City and Suburban Railway
Company upon the conditions expressed in
said ordinance
SECTION l. Be It ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen Of the City OF Savannah, in Council
Assembled. ia compliance with the petition of
the City and Suburban Railway Company filed
In the ONCE Of the Clerk of Council on the 9TH
day Of March 1888, that the said company Is
hereby authorized and empowered TO connect
it's tracks in the City Of 5avannah at the inter.
sections OF Liberty and Whitaker streets and OF
Liberty and ADercOrn streets by curve at each
OF the said two intersections, provided that the
building Of said curves shall NOT dstuTb any
tree now growing at or near said intersections,
and upon the further conditions hereinafter ex
pressed.
SEC O. Be It further ordained, upon the con.
ditions hereinafter expressed, That the said
railway company is also authorized b build a
line about twelve hundred feet on Randolph
street, IN the said city OF Savannah so as 10
connect its Liberty street line with the depot OF
the Savannah and Tybee Railway Company at
the foot Of President street; also TO extend It's
Abercorn street line through Abercorn street
extended in said city 10 Second street, and
thence TO the depot OF the said City and Sub
urban Railway Company on Second street, at
the corner Of Whitaker street. extended: and
also to build turn. outs on Whitaker Abercorn,
Second and Randolph streets in said city.
SEc. g. BE II further ordained, That the priv-
legcs and rights hereinbefOre mentioned are
grained upon the following conditions, ana not
Otherwise namely: % All the work done b.
the said railway company IN tdc assertion or
the privileges and rights hereinbeforo granted,
or any Of them, shall he done, and the curves
and turnOutS ghall be located, under the super
vision and control ~ the Committee on Streets
and Lanes and the CITY Surveyor; ~ the turn
out, on Abercorn street shall be paved or
banked the cutire width OF the trace at each
intersectin2 street or lane and the tracks and
spaces between contiguous tracks Of said turn
outs and tw feet outside OF said tracks shall
also be paved or panked the entire width OF
the iutersectinR street and lane; ~ the
said Second street shall be paved OF
planked the entire leng,n of the turn
out, from point 10 point; "a the curves al
Abercorn and Whitaker streets, including ths
triangle formed 10y the curve at Whitaker street
shall be paved, aud the curves at Abercorn and
Second streets shall be paved or planked; IS
all the tracks OF the said railway company now
built, or when may be hereafter built. through
any square Of the city OF Savannah shall bt
paved, and at the crossings in said squares tbs
pavement shall consist OF paving blocks
The tracks IN two Of the squares shall
be paved by the first Of May next
and In the others by the first day OF January
next o. the location Of the building Of the SAID
railway company on said Second and Whitaker
streets extended shall be so changed by the sale
company as 10 AVOID any encrOachnent or
either OF said streets; 81 the paving and plankinP
hereinbefore provided for. and tie proper grad
railway company and respecting all tde work
done by tine said railway company under the
authority conferred by this ordinance the said
company shall be under the full control OF the
ordinances ~ g said city of Savannah
SIC. T. BE 10 further ordained, That all ordi
nauCes and parts Of ordinances in conflict WITH
thi ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council March ~, 1888.
RUFUS t. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: FRANg T. REbARER' Clerh OF Council