The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-12
TWO HOURS IN COUNCIL.
E. E. CHEATHAM ELECTED SCAV-
FNGER SUPERINTENDENT.

A Lively Contest for the Ofiice-SiX
Candidates in the Field Mr.. Cheat
ham Receives Clear Majority The
New Street Paving a Part OF Bar
nard Street to be Paved, and Liberty
Street Under Consideration.
The CITY Council elected +. Z Chatham
SUPERINTENDENT Of the Scavenger Depart
ment. There were seven applicants for the
place. The position pays $1,000 year, ana
although il is no sneCure there were plenty
who wanted it, Mr. Chatham has been IN
charge Of the department under the old
contract system since the death OF the late
Can't Swoll and is thoroughly familiar with
all of its workings
The other applicants we're Y. >, Studer.
W. /. Walthour, 5. p Goodwin, f. klug
and Henry sack There was quite con-
fest for the place, in which Mr.. Cheatham
wns generally acknowledged to have the
inside track His election showed this TO
have been the case Mr.. Studer was
strongly backed by the Germans, but he did
not develop the strength that Mr.. Cheat
ham did and he was defeated. The vote
stood Chatham, $; Studer, 4.
The election was practically decided in
the preliminary caucus. When it came OF
IN Council Mayor Lester said to tue Candl-
dates that the matter having been already
determined they would understand why the
vote stood As it did. Mr. CheathGn Will
qualify at once and will assume charge Of
the department at the expiration Of the
present contract.
The vacancy caused by the death of
Alderman Bogart has not yet been filed
and it may not be for several weeks yet
MORE PAVING To BE DONE.
The paving question was taken up and
half dozen ordinances upon the subject
were introduced. Some of them were passed.
That defining the roadway of Bull street,
between New House and Anders IN streets
and provid,aE l., the paving and curling of
that section, vas :, upon its second read
ing and unanimously passed. The ordi-
nance has been published several times in
the MORNING News.
Another ordinance was introduced pro-
viding for the curbing and paving of Bar
nard street from Congress to State street
was also put upon its second reading and
passed
Still another ordinance, providing for the
paving of Liberty street from Wheaton to
West Broad street, was introduced, and
after its first reading it was ordered pub
lished and made a special order for an adj
journed meeting Of Council
The ordinance provides for the paving Of
both sides of Liberty street from Wheaton
TO Tattnall. Each pavement to be %
feet wide and to be laid 10 feet from the
sidewalks on the north and south sides Of
the street so that there will he 10 feet in
tervening between the sidewalks and pave
ment for grass plots West of Tattnall
street, where the street narrows, the pave
ment will be 40 feet wide.
THE LIBERTY STREET PAVEMENT.
Alderman Thomas, on moving to make
ths consideration of the ordinance a special
order for an adjourned meeting, said that it
will hardly be posi-. lie to accomplish all the
Improvement contemplated by the ordi-
nance during the present year, but that it
had been thought advisable to do just as
much as can be done, and leave the rest
until future time.
An ordinance was passed confirming the
conveyance to the county of the lots on
which the old Jail stands, except that portion
which is TO be used in the extension of
Howard street
Several ordinances granting privileges in
the construction of the new Guckenheimer
building at Bay and Jefferson streets were
passed.
The petition of the Rural Resort Railroad
Company to build its tracks through Gwin-
nett street from East Broad to Habersham
instead OF through Bolton street was granted
An extension of the Price street water
main from Gordon TO Huntingdon street
was ordered.