The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-23
TO REMINDER THE HOUSES.
The Present System to be Adhered to
So Far as it Can Be.

So Far as 1t Can Be.
The city promi seS to be better numbered
in the near future, Council having passed a
resolution Wednesday night authorizing the
REMEMBERING of the houses,
| A MORNING News reporter interviewed
| Alderman D. r. Thomas, chairman of the
Street and Lane Committee, yesterday IN
| regard to the matter. Alderman Thomas
| said that his committee has not yet consld-
| cred the bids sent in on Wednesday. Before
! going into caucus a cursory glance over the
| six or seven bids sent in satisfied him that
| the cost would be low enough to warrant
| action. He therefore brought the fact to
the attention Of the caucus, and the resolu-
ton of Council was the result of that action.
The committee has been authorized 10
| have all the houses in the city properly
numbered. Alderman Thomas was not
! prepared to say when the committee Will
I pass upon the bids, but it will be within
! week. When asked upon what plan the
houses will be numbered Mr.. Thomas said
| that he did not like to forestall the action OF
the committee or by expressing his individ-
Ial opinion seem to be arbitrarily determln-
ing the plan. 1t would be very discourtaous,
| be said, TO the other members of the COM
mittee for him to assume what would be the
final action of the committee. He thought,
however, that the numbering would be &C
ordinance The streets north of Castor street,
from East Broad to West Broad streets,
are numbered pretty correctly, except
in few instances on the north side of Bay
street. He did not think that it will be the
desire OF the committee to interfere with
this part of the city. The old system was
to number the houses east and west from
East Broad, beginning at East Broad with
NO. | on the south side of the street, run
10 hQlnU
on the north side. Two numbers were
allowed 70" every thirty feet.
Alderman Thomas attention was called
to the suggestions that the streets be num-
bered east and west from Bull street. He
said that there are serious objections to this.
The city north of CASTOR street is already
numbered on the old plan, or rather
according to the provisions of an ordi-
nance. While it is true that not
| all of the houses included in the area men
toned are numbered, the greater portion
are numbered, and the numbers are pretty
well fixed in the minds of the people who
reside in that territory bounded by East
and West Broad streets and from the Bay
to CASTOR street There is no good reason,
he SAID, why the numbers should be changed
to the Inconvenience and embarrassment of
the people
Mr. Thomas said that there is no uni
formity in the depth of lots on the streets
running north and south. The lots north
of Liberty street are 80 feet deep The
trust lOtsn are 90 feet, and the full-sized
lots facing the Park are 100 feet, but this
irregularity in lot depths will not inconve-
nience the committee. The lots on Henry
and Duffy streets being 25 feet frontage,
will, of course, necessitate one number to
each 20 feet.
The suggestion to change the name of
New Houston street Mr.. Thomas thought is
good one There is already Houston
street." and to avoid confusion, he was in
cllned to favor a change of the name New
Houston.
Chow would Park avenue dor he was
asked.
Mr. Thomas said he would object to that
He considered that the streets running east
and west ought not to be designated as
avenues. He had associated the term
''avenue" with the streets running north
and south. and therefore was not in favor
of giving an east and west street the name
Of Park avenue.
He thought il would be well enough to
drop the name Of Pine street which is viz
tually an extension of Congress street, but
no change of name of any street could be
made except by ordinance.
How about dropping the name of Zubly
street and numbering it as an extension of
Broughton streetp he was asked.
Mr.. Thomas said that Zubly street, is no
more an extension of Broughton street than
Orange street, and therefore it is impracti-
cable to call it 50. Both Zuby and Orange
streets are nearly equi-di,taat from Brough-
ton, and it is not likely that the Council will
make any change in Unese streets.
The Street and Lane Committee has not
had any conference upon the subject vet,
When it does meet it will have great deal
before it. The bids have yet to be exam
ined and passed upon, and until the com
mittee comes to some conclusion Mr. Thomas
| thought that he ought not TO intIude his
views upon the public, as he is but one mem
Der of the committee