The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-08
TO TRY CYPRESS BLOCKS.
NEW HOUSTON STREET TO BE
PAVED WITH WOOD.


Sidewalk Ordinance-Riyer Street to
be Graded 49, Liberty Streets Kick
AGAINST Graywacke-TheT Time Cues
ticn to Come Up at the Next Meet
ing-Street Railway improvements.
The City Council spent two hours in
caucus last night, and it was long after /
O'Clock when final adjournment was
reached. The day for the meeting two
weeks ago fell on Feb. %, legal holiday,
and no meeting was held, so that there was
a months accumulation of business to be
disposed of.
The paving question took up a good deal
of time III the caucus and also in the regular
session.
To PAVE NEW HOUSTON STREET.
Alderman Thomas, chairman Of the
Street and Lane Committee, introduced an
ordinance authorizing the paving Of New
Houston street, between Whitaker and
Drayton streets, with cypress blocks.
The ordinance, by unanimous consent
was put upon its second reading and passed.
The plan is for a pavement 40 feet in
width The material is the same as that on
Bay street in Jacksonville, and will be put
down with view to testing its adaptability
to Savannah streets The work will be
done by Matthew Hayes, of jacksonville.
The amount Of paving will be about 5000
square yards.
COST OF THE PAVEMENT.
MIR. Hayes proposition, which has been
accepted by the city, is to put down the
pavement for 81 20 per square yard, Soc.
per yard to be paid upon the completion of
the contract, and the remainder at the ex
piratlon of ten years if the pavement is III
good order at that time The work will
begin at once and the contractor agrees TO
lay the pavement III fifteen days.
The Improvement will be paid for the
came as the BrOughtol and Congress street
pavements-one-third by the city and the
remaining two-thirds by the owners of
property abutting on the street. As the
city owns the property on the north side of
the street, it will really have to pay two
thirds of the cost of the Improvement. The
Street and Lane Committee will probably
have specimen of the paving laid at the
same time on one of the heavily Travelled
streets for the purpose of testing its strength
and durability where there is a large travel
OTHER STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Another ordinance was introduced au-
thorizing the regarding of River street be-
tween Water street and East Broad, and the
paving Of a part OF the street with cobble
stone.
The Committee on Accounts, in its report,
street pavements at S23, 800.
A pretty generally signed protest from
the property owners on Barnard street be-
tween Congress and State streets, against
the paving of that part of Barnard street,
was read and it was limited that it was be-
cause of the opposition of the property
owners that Barnard street was not paved
as was originally intended.
The Liberty street property owners sent
an vigorous protest against the adoption
of graywacke as a pavement for any part
of that street. There was no debate in the
regular session upOn any of the petitions,
and they were quietly received as Informal
tion without even being referred to a COM
mittee.
THE WIDTH OF SIDEWALKS.
Alderman Thomas introduced an ordi-
nance regulating the width of the sidewalks
in different parts of the city. The ordi-
nance is amendatory of one adopted some
time ago. By unanimous consent the new
ordinance was put upon its second reading
and passed. 1t provides that on all streets
not over thirty-five feet in width the
sidewalks shall be six feet wide.
On streets over 80 feet and not more than
30 feet in width the sidewalks will be feet
wide and on streets over 40 and not more
than IS feet in width they will be feet wide.
THE CITY AND sUBURBAN's PETITION.
The City and Suburban railway petit
toned to put in track curves at Liberty
and Whitaker streets and also n Liberty
and Abercorn streets for th6% purpose
of connecting its Whitaker and
Abercorn street lines with its
Liberty street line. 1t also petitioned to
extend its Liberty street line through Ran
dolph street to the Tybee railroad depot and
its Abercorn street line south to Second
street, and across Drayton and Bull streets
TO the company new dgpots on Whitaker
street. and 10 put in new turnouts, with
view to running a faster schedule. The
petition was referred to the Street and Lane
Committee.
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.
Before disposing of street department
matters altogether resolution was passed
directing the Street and Lane Committee to
widen the sidewalk on the west side of
Drayton street between Congress and St.
Julian by the removal Of the iron railing
back of Christ church, and extending
the walk up to the line of the church build
ing. This will give a sufficiently wide side
walk and a much needed improvement.
The Council authorized the publication of
] 900 copies of the new city map.
The Clerk read a tribute from the Coun-
Gil Committee on Police to the memory of
the late Gen. Anderson, and it was adopted
and ordered spread upon the Council min
utes.
TO TAKE UP THE TIME QUESTION.
A good deal of important business will
come up at the next meeting. Under a
resolution by Alderman Duncan, the time
question viii be brought up. and the advis-
ability of adopting standard time will be
considered
A Health Officer to fill the vacancy caused
by the death Of the late DIR. John L. McFar-
land, viii be elected at the first meeting in
April.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE VACANCY.
No election has yet been ordered for Chief
of Police. A communication from Gen. T..
p Alexander indorsing Gen. Lafayette
bIcLaws for the office was read last night,
but no action was taken. 1t is not improb-
able that Acting Chief Green viii fill the
office for the remainder of the term, which
ends next January.
BLAZE IN A WARDROBE.
A Fire in a Clothes Room IS Extin-