The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-02
OPPOSED TO GRAYwAcKB.
Liberty Street Property Owners Stand
Out for Asphalt or Nothing.

O0S III <aSJ4lG4b VI ANOSA4lLBs
There was a very indignant and at the
same time very solid meeting of Liberty
street property owners at Metropolitan Hall
last night The meeting represented two
thirds of the real estate fronting on the
street. The object of the meeting was to
discuss the city's proposition to pave Lib
erty street with graywacke.
Before the organization of the
meeting there was very gen
eral discussion of the subject by
DR.. j. b. Read, ID. B. Lester, DR.. b. 5.
Purse, S. d. Harriss and others. The dis
cussion took very wide range. There was
a very general agreement, however, that
the paving of the street with any
thing but asphalt would tend to
render 1t undesirable as a residence
street, and would depreciate rather than APP
preciate the value of property. The fear
was expressed that Council, having decided
to abandon the asphalt paving, might avail
itself of the omnibus law under which 1t is
working and pave any street or lane with
any material it chooses, and that the danger
is that it will begin with gray wacke on Lib
erty street. paving only part first, and then
continue the pavement when it Is too late
for real estate holders to stop it,
Some of those present opposed any posi-
tive action, but Mr.. D. B. Lester was more
conservative He believed that if protest
signed by citizens representing two-thlrds
of the real estate on the street is sent to
Council asking that no part of the street be
paved with grayWacke, that the Council
will not disregard the petition. Nj. Lester
presented his views so forcibly that they
were generally adopted. There were some,
however, who expressed the opinion that the
Council will bear watching. One gentleman
said that in an interview with an Alderman
the latter said that it was only intended to
pave the lower end of Liberty with gray
wacke, but when pressed to say what was
meant by the "lower end of Liberty street."
the Alderman replied that he meant las
far west as Habersham street."
The meeting finally organized with DIR.
J. b. Read chairman, and $. d. Harriss,
secretary. The secretary read a for
NAL protest signed by a number Of real
estate owners which he said represented
4,S00 feet of about $500 feet of frontage
He added that other signatures represent
ing 400 feet additional could be received if
tho meeting should determine to present the
protest to Council. This would include
considerably more than two-thirds Of the
property on the street.
Whether the protest should be presented
by Council or be handed in by one Of the
signers, was discussed at length, and it was
finally thought best to let the document take
the usual run of petitions.
After the adoption of the resolution to
present the protest, the question again arose
as to the attitude of Council. While there
was a feeling that it ought not, and proba-
bly, will not, fly in the face of such pro-
test, yet there was a very large-sized doubt.
and it was thought advisable to take all
necessary precautions. With the possible
danger that graywacke might be adopted,
it was thought best to put someone on
guard, and Chairman Read was directed to
keep an eye on the matter, and call a spe-
cial meeting of the real estate holders at the
very first move There was unanimous
expression that any effort to put down gray
wacke or Belgian block will be resisted as
far as the courts can be employed for legal
resistance, and if other efforts fall election
time is not so far off but there is ample time
to sharpen tomahawks. The meeting ad-
journed subject to the call of the chairman.