The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-20
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCE.
CITY OF SAVANNAH,


OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, March 20, 1888.
The following ordinance is published for in
formation: FRANK E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
AN ORDINANCE to grant certain rights and
privileges to the City and Suburban Railway
Company upon the conditions expressed in
said ordinance.
SECrIoN l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City Of Savannah, in Council
Assembled, in compliance with the petition of
the City and Suburban Railway Company filed
in the OEice of the Clerk of Council on the 18th
day of March 1885, that the said company is
hereby authorized and empowered TO connect
it's tracks in the City Of Savannah at the inter
sections of Liberty and whitaker streets and Of
Liberty and Abercorn streets by a curve at each
of the said two intersections, provided that the
building of said curves shall not disturb any
tree now growing at or near said intersections,
and upon the further conditions hereinafter ex-
pressed.
SEC. ?. Be it further ordained, upon the con-
ditions hereinafter expressed, That the said
railway company is also authorized % build
line about twelve hundred feet on Randolph
street, in the said city of Savannah, 50 as TO
connect its Liberty street line with the depot of
the Savannah and Tybee Railway Company at
the foot of President street; also 10 extend its
Abercorn street line through Abercorn street
extended in said city TO Second street, and
thence to the depot of the said City and Su-
burban 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. 3. BE il further ordained, That the pr1vi
leges and rights hereinbefOre mentioned are
granted upon the following conditions, and not
otherwise namely. % All the work done by
the said railway company in the assertion OF
the d ivileges and rights hereinbefore granted,
or any Of them, shall be done, and the curves
and turuouts shall be located, under the super
vision aud control of the Committee on Streets
and Lanes ana the City Surveyor; ~ the turn
outs on Abercorn street shall be paved or
nlanked the entire width of the track at each
intersecting street or lane, and the spaces be-
tween contiguous tracks Of said turn-outs and
twp feet outside OF said tracks shall also be
paved or planked; ~ the said Second street
Shall be paved or planked the entire length of
the turn out, from point 20 point; q the curves
at Abercorn and Whitaker streets. including the
triangle formed by the curve at Whitaker street,
shall be paved, and the curves at Abercorn ana
Second streets shall be paved or planked; t5l
all the tracks OF the said railway company now
built. or which may be hereafter built through
anV square of the city of Savannah shall be
paved, and at the crossings in said squares the
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: (6l the location of the building OF the said
railway company on said Second and Whitaker
streets extended shall be SO fixed by the said
company as 70 avoid any encroaehment on
either of said streets: "A the paving and planking
hereinbefore provided for. and the proper grad
ing shall be kept up and maintained by the said
railway company, and respecting all the WORK
done by the said railway company under tns
authority conferred by this ordinance, the said
company shall be under the full control Of the
ordinances OF Q said city Of savannah :.
Sgc q BE II further ordained, Ihat All orui-
nancaq and PARTS Of ordinances in conflict with
tbs ordnance are hereby repealed.