The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-10
THE NEW CITY MAP.
Some of the New Features and Add
tions Which 1t Will Have.

some OF the New Features and Add
tions Which 1t Will Have.
The rapid growth of the city has been
such that the ne essity for new and reli-
able map becomes more apparent every
day. The City Council Wednesday night
aut horized the publication of 900 copies,
the original draft of which is in the hands
of the photographers. The survey Is by City
Surveyor John B. Howard and is drawn by
Percy Sugden, civil engineer
1t will be very complete map of the city
and its environments, with features which
make it much more valuable than the old
map. The routes of all the lines of street
railways are designated Tho lower right
hand corner of the map catalogues the
churches, asylums and hospitals, societies.
halls and public buildings, giving the num-
Der of the lots on which they stand and the
ward i'll which they are situated
The old map was about 81 feet by 3sI
feet, the scale being 800 feet to the inch.
The new map, although embracing a much
more extended area, will be of better pro-
portions, about feet by feet, the scale
being 400 feet to the inch.
The southern boundary of the old man is
Anderson street, but on the new map it is
West Twelfth street, west of Bull street and
EStlll avenue, east of Bull street. Lands
east, west and south of the old corporate
limits, that were wet lands on the old map.
by the excellent system of drainage, appear
on the new map as subdivGed parts
of growing city, and where the
snipe-hunters bagged game ten years ago
fine residences now stand, and lots are
valuable now where, twenty years ago, they
were uninhabitable.
South of Anderson street and between the
White Bluff road and line little west of,
yet running parallel with, Cemetery street,
which ended at Anderson street. the old
map showed a number of streets which re-
call the eccentric character of the then
owner of the block David r. Dillon He LAID
out some streets to which he gave names cor
responding with the names of his children,
to-wit: Virginia, Sarah James, Alexan-
der, Benjamin, David and Eliza streets.
These streets disappear from the new
map, and First, Second, Tn I'd, Fourth
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth Ninth,
Tenth. Eleventh and West Twelfth streets,
running east and west, take the places Of
the old-time names, Bullock being the ex-
IRENE western street of that section, run
ming north and south. West Twelfth street
being its southern boundary, and the Ogee-
chez road between Wilder and Lavinia
streets its northern boundary.
On the east the lands under dry culture,
individual blocks. Eastland, the Cuyle.' lots
and the Cathedral cemetery are shown.
while on the west are shown the Springfield
plantation, the city lots, the Blum tract, gar
den lots, timber basins Laurel Grove Gene
terry and the Battery Park. The frontage
of Hutchinson and Fig Islands show north
of the Savannah River, an outline of which
is given from Range light on the east TO the
Ocean Steamship wharf on the west. The
Central railroad depots and yards, the
Savannah, Florida and Western, the Charles
ton and Savannah, and the Savannah and
Tybee depots and yards are all shown on
the new map.
The old map was corrected down to July,
1868; the new map therefore embraces the
added progress of nearly twenty years, and
has not been projected too soon. 1t viii be
invaluable in the counting room, and its is
sue from the hands of the publishers will be
awaited with interest.