The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-07
ABOLISH NUIsANCES
70 Which Particular Attention Is
~ Called.

o,s 70 Which Particular Attention is
III Called.
r5i-or Morning NetcS: II Sherman
II some of his provost marshals who
"a Savannah a visit in 1864 and
% her then in the midst Of her famine
"A Oscillation, like Niobe weeping for her
,tliren. were to return now they would be
- at the result of a quarter of a cent
- activity, in the immense Develop
If material civilization, and the I'M
I.-aIlaled progress she has made through
= rI1ck and energy and perseverance of
tar citizens.
eifv to keep progressive must legislate
s,r posterity. She. must keep those nun
~ IN, dOrllliO sort of eyes ever open TO the
.ats Of the present and the necessities of
We fn-ure. Prudent in the disbursements
.ster revenues, she should be lavish in her
o,osnditures where her mercantile interests
.aT he increased or her sanitary condition
ID mere perfect. She can profs by
ls,nfinc all the sciences, appliances, and
rs-1cds developed by larger cities, leaving
tstind the distractions existing 10 them,
s1j can. therefore, pick and choose from
10 PRODUCTS of all past experience. appro-
waiting the good and rejecting the bad
fObiects that are obnoxious 70 the sight,
.6and public taste, detract from the beauty
nj a city, endanger life, or affect the morals
| " q community should be handled without
. cloves. without fear, favor, or affection,
srtingrished as Hercules did the Nemean
Inn extirpated as Mayor Grant of New
yark did the Western Union telegraph
1oIes. Now, Mr.. Editor, TO come to the
lit of this article. has it ever struck You
fiat it is about time Savannah should
abolish that one-horse country cross-road
- havhariR villa CnnnO which
eyisls in our midst.
Iallude to the sale of broken down mules.
spavined horses, dilapidated wagons, tract
| ured buggjes, and patched w vehicles of
all denominations, which takes place
! monthly in the best portion of our beautiful
. city.
The sight is anything but pleasing in an
artistic point of view, and if we take into
account the horrible screeching of half a
dozen excited auctloneers who render those
classic precincts hideous with their
byenaic yelIs one would imagine Babel
reco! structed and the demons of Sheol lot
! loose. Wethink it high time that some steps
/ should be taken to abolish this nuisance, or
at least remove it to some less favored 10
cality.
A stranger with metropolitan eye is at
once struck with this monstrOus incon-
| gruity-the magnificent De Soto hotel
| within few blocks, mammoth mercantile
| PALACES all around, asphalt pavements, cleo
tric lights, elegant equipages, artesian wells,
delightful parks, artistic monuments, and
lovely women, that for grace and elegance
no metropolitan city can surpass-and yet
this beggarly, lakewood relic is permitted
to run in full blast.
"Iempord nlutdntur ct nos n1lttan,1ty IL,
Ills" or it is taken for granted that we
should We must steer clear of those old
fogy ideas and customs, and take proper
pride IN the marvellous progress we have
made.
What was Benjamin Franklin but an old
fogy? Why any ordinary school boy or
Wall street manipulation could fly bigger
kite and higher by a long shot, while Edison
could accomplish more in a DAY than he
could in a lifetime. His cheese pairing ideas
of saving tallow candle ends and other
economic notions did more to retard science
than diffuse it.
That this monthly spectacle is nothing
more nor less than an intolerable nuisance
and should be abolished is undeniable, and
i the sooner it is removed to its proper sphere
the better for civilization, the responsibility
Of our city, and the equanimity of the ami
mails and the auctioneers themselves.
Many intermediate lunatics are under the
impression that imprimatur of a court
4 house sale gives a legal ownership and eciat
/ to the animals, which, if purchased in
! Yamacraw or anywhere else, would be
/ wanting.
Other idiots believe that the monthly
sales Of animals cannot be held any where
1 else than at the court house without leg
/ slative enactment
The suggestion l would offer. unless Mr..
Clifton or DR.. Falligant can offer better,
/ Is this, that the city lease or purchase few
acres somewhere on the outskirts or
wings of the city that should be well
fenced in, where a monthly fair, say on
the 10Th of each month, could be held, and
gate keeper appointed to take toll for
every animal and vehicle that enters
This course, | have no doubt, instead of
being an expense, would yield remunera-
tive revenue.
Even the sale of real estate before the
court house is, although legal, objection
able. Would it be illegal inside?
Why not have a long room appropriated
for the purpose where each auctioneer could
have a table on which his sales and plats
C ud be scrutinized and parties sit or stand
around, that auctioneers in time would
learn to subdue their voices to the modu-
lated tone of gentleman, instead of trying
to outscreech each other like escaped
lunatics? PAUL PRY.