The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-29
TO STOP AT THE CANAL.
THE PROPOSED INDIAN STREET
EXTENSION ABANDONED.

Open an Extension OF Bay Street
Through It's Property and q New
Street Toward the Water Works
Road-The Contemplated Improve
| ments on the Line of the Indian
Street Extension-What the Steam
ship Company Proposes to Do-New
Industries Talked Of
| The differences between the city and the
Central railroad authorities were finally
settled yesterday by the action of the city
council in adopting the report Of the special
committee which has been in conference
with the railroad officials for the last ten
days, authorizing the mayor to execute the
agreement on behalf Of the city IN con-
| formity with the terms OF the agreement
between the special conference committee
and the Central.
By the terms of the agreement the Ocean
| Steamship Company is to convey to the
city roadway fifty feet in width through
the property of the Ocean Steamship Com
/ pany for the proposed extension of Bay
| street, the extension to run in a straight
line from the present terminus of Bay
street, and will, at the company's expense,
fill in SO much of this roadway as runs
| "
| long to the city for the purposes of public
street and to become a portion of Bay
| street.
The company will also convey to the city
a similar roadway 50 feet wide along the
western line of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany's property, now known as the "Old
| STILES" road, and running northwest to a
| point about 1900 feet from the intersection
of Bay street as extended and the western
1 of ha IN
property, the roadway to begin at the inter-
section of the proposed extension of Bay
street, and the western line of the Ocean
| Steamship Company's property and to run
| about 2, 800 feet in a northwesternly direc-
ton, the roadway to belong to the city for
a public street.
TO KEEP THE STREET IN ORDER.
| By the terms of the agreement the Ocean
Steamship Company is to keep River street,
west of the Savannah and Ogeechee canal,
and to the present terminus in good order.
The company also agrees that whenever any
track of the Ocean Steamship Company or
| of the Central railroad crosses a water main
of the city, the steamship company will
keep two feet of earth between the bottom
of the crossties and the top of the main and
| viii also keep guard plank 6xS inches ten
feet on either side of the main parallel with
the tracks and securely fastened to the
|
The city on its part agrees that it will
not extend or prolong either Indian or
River streets from their present western
termini.
The council committee of the whole DELHI
| Grated on the report of the committee for
fully an hour, when the committee rose and
the council went into open session in the
mayors private Office without entering the
| long room. The report was submitted bv
L III oi1a Is =
comittee and was accepted and ratified by
a unanimous vote of the eight aldermen
| present, Messrs. Bailey, Cam. Falligant,
Harman, Mills, Myers, Nichols and Reid.
THE COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATION.
There were some very strong considera-
tons which influenced the decision of the
| special committee in its recommendation
The fact was recognized by the committee
that the property of the Ocean Steamship
Company west Of the canal is subject to
taxation by the. city, and the probable in
| vestment of 500, 600 in addttionalimprove-
ments means the addition of $500, 900 to the
taxable property of the city.
1t was understood that some large manu-
featuring interests are looking to the lands
of the Ocean ISteamship Company for a
location, and negotiations are said to be
pending with q view to these extensive in
dustrial results. The committee was given
tract is to be converted into local cotton
yard, and such improvements made in the
cost of handling cotton as to reduce the ex-
pense very MUCH and the reduction it is
said may reach as much as ten cents on the
bale.
The fact was also presented that the Ocean
Steamship Company is now filling up these
lands. which was considered as of great
sanitary Importance to the alth of the
city, and that the company contemplates
| widening River street to about so feet
The serious amount involved in damages
connected with the opening of Indian
street, aud the expense of filing it in over
the marsh lands, together with the danger
to life in making public highway across a
network of railroad tracks had great weight
in determining the conclusions of the COM
mittee.
GEN. ALEXANDER TALKS.
Gen. Alexander was seen after the action
of the council, and he entered into very
full explanation of the plans of the
company. He said that the com
pany was unwilling to cut
| through its lands for roadway
from Bay street extension, but it had given a
50-foot roadway for distance of 1900 feet
along the western line of its property to the
water works road, as far as the committee
desired, but the company is perfectly will
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to the Vale Royal wharf ON the river front.
The roadway given along the western line
of the company's property will make the
distance only about 200 yards farther
than if the road had cut through
| the company's lands. This was
neither desirible to the company nor practi-
cal. 1t is the plan of the company, Gen.
! Alexander says to encourage the location
| of manufacturing industries on the COM
pany's property and he corroborated the re-
port that negotiations are pending for the
establishment of a new industry here, which
he says has not gone far enough yet to par
| ticuarize.
OBJECTIONS TO EXTENDING INDIAN sTEET.
The company's greatest objection to open
ing Indian street farther westward, was
because it would interfere with the extern
sive plans agreed upon for remodeling the
wharves and extending the facilities for
the transportation of freights by steamer.
Under the agreement now decided upon the
work will begin soon, and, in fact, has
already begun. The plan contemplates no
less than twentY-seven tracks leading to
| the extensive system of wharves determined
upon, and which, Gen, Alexander says, will
require two or three years to complete.
| The improvements, Gen. Alexander says,
will begin with extensive lumber wharves
300 feet square at the western end of the
property, with a reservation of 800 feet of
additional water frontage to be built up as
the lumber interests warrant Six railroad
frackra will he constructed RI fha It,uohar