The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-26

| spects to use great caution and c2refulness
should any employe tail or neglect TO comply
OF them. he shall on conviction before the
police court Of the city of Savannah be punished
by fine Of not less than SO or more than SlOo
with the alternative of imprisonment not ex
ceeding thirty days in the discretion OF the court
SEE 5. Be it further ordained. That all the
works and shops Of said companies which shall
| avail themselves OF the privileges herein
| granted to employ electricity in operating its
said lines and systems shall be built and located
| within the limits OF the said city OF Savannah,
and shall be kept withia said limits, and if This
| be not done the rights herein granted shall be
| ipSO JdctO forfeited.
SIC. T. Be it further ordained, that the
poles, wires and other appliances shall be
| erected and used so as not to interfere unnec-
essarily with or unnecessarily impede the public
| travel in said city, and so not 60 Interfere
with or injure the property of the citizens OF the
1 said city, and so as not to interfere with or
| impair the efficiency Of the cty's fire alarm
/ system. If the mayor and aldermen of the city
| Of Savannah shall determine, the city shall
/ have the privilege OF attaching without charge,
any Of the wires for its fire alarms to the poles
/ used by railroad company. The said COM
| panles shall attach and string their wires in
| such manner as not to interfere with the at
| tachments of or come in contact with the wires
OF any electric light or telephone company.
SEC. ;. Be it further ordained, that in order
| that the citizens of Savannah shall be assured
| OF an improved street railway service, 1t is
made one of the conditions of this service, upon
the adoption under this ordinance of electricity
as motive power, the railway company adopt
ing and using the same shall be required to
commence running It's cars not later than
O'Clock a. m, and to run them continuously to
O'Clock p m, at intervals not exceeding fif-
teen minutes, and from O'Clock p m, to II
p m. not exceeding one half hour. The fare
to be charged by the said companies from any
point on their line of road within the said city
OF Savannah shall not exceed cents to each
passenger TO any other point on its line of road
by day or by night.
SEC. g. Be it further ordained that a railroad
company using the privileges granted by this
ordinance shall guarantee to save and hold
harmless the mayor and aldermen of the city
Of Savannah against all claims of damage to
property or person arising from or based on the
erection or use of any of the appliances con-
nected with the motive power of electricity, or
from the running of cars or the laying of
tracks, or from any other means or causes con-
nected Herewith, and each of said companies
shall defend at its own cost and expense any
suit that may be brought against the mayor and
aldermen of the city of Savannah to assert any
claim or claims of this character.
SEC, z BE it further ordained That each OF
the said companies using electricity under this
ordnance shall be subject to the paving, police
and other ordinances which the said mayor and
aldermen of the city of Savannah may see
proper to pass, and particularly such ordinances
as may be hereafter passed looking to the pro-
lection of persons or property; and nothing
herein contained shall be held or construed as
in anywise limiting or abridging the power of
the said mayor and aldermen of the city of
Savannah to future ordinances.
SEC S. Be it further ordained that in the
event the use of the said electric system shall
at any time be declared dangerous by the coun-
ell of the city of Savannah, all of the rights
and privileges herein granted shall be at once
terminated, and the said mayor and aldermen
OF the city Of Savannah hereby expressly and
fully reserve the power to cause the discontinu-
ance of the use of electricity as a motive power
in the streets of the said city whenever. in the
Judgment of the said Mayor and Aldermen of
the city Of Savannah, the public safety so re-
quires.
SEC. Q. Be it further ordained that before
any Of the railway companies shall begin the
construction of the electric system under this
ordinance, il shall enter into written contract.
TO be prepared by the city attorney, to be filed
with the clerk of council agreeing to be bound
by all the terms and conditions and stipulatons
of this ordinance. aud the privilege hereby
granted is confined to the tracks now being
used, it being necessary to obtain consent of
council for the use under the electric system Of
any new street or sidetrack.
SEC. 10. kepeals conflicting ordinances.
AN INVESTIGATION TO BE HAD.
Alderman Falligant was not, however, to
let the matter rest. and be introduced the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the city attorney be requested
to inform council whether the City and
Suburban Railway Company, by abandoning
the line of the Savannah, Skidaway and Sea
board Railway Company from Second street,
south, have not forfeited any rights to the use
OF Whitaker street. which was originally
granted to the Savannah. Skidaway and Sea-
board Railway Company as part of its line;
and further, whether the privileges granted to
the said Savannah. Skidaway and Seaboard
Railway Company by the city extend beyond
the life of the charter of said Savannah Skid
away and Seaboard Railway Company.
Alderman Myers opposed the resolution
on the ground that the city had nothing to
do with what the railroad company had
| done outside Of the city.
Alderman Falligant supported the resolu-
| ton in an earnest speech in the same line of
argument as ran through his minority re-
| port.
Alderman Carson said he thought there
was no harm for the city council to know if
| the company had forfeited any of its rights,
and he, therefore, favored the adoption of
| the resolution.
The resolution was then put and carried,
the mayor voting on a tie vote in the
| affirmative, stating: 81 vote to investigate
matters" The vote stood:
AYES-Aldermen Bailey, Harris, Mills,
Read, Falligant, Carson and Mayor
| Schwartz
NAYs-Aldermen Harmon, Myers, Cam,
Haines, McDonough and Nichols-6.
THE ENTERPRISE co.'s PROPOSITION.
The communication from w. B. Stillwell,
| president of the Enterprise Street Railway
| Company, asking council to name a sum at
WHICH IL WOuiu &TanD bt6 TIRuU VI JIle SUTGSDS
| for the exclusive use of electricity as mo-
| tive power on vehicles and street cars, was
cuffed about like an interloper in the camp.
Alderman Faligant said that PROPOSE
ton providing for such monopoly oughta't
| to be considered.
Alderman Carson suggested that an
| answer be returned that the city is not dis
| posed to give the exclusive right to any
| company.
A motion was made that the letter lie on
the table, and Alderman Falligant moved a
| substitute that it lie under the table
| At this point Alderman Nichols, after g
| whispered consultation with City Attorney
Adams, announced that the city hadn't the
| power to grant an exclusive right of this
character, and the proposition ceased to be
the foot ball of the meeting.
Among these who were present at the
council meeting were w. G. Cooper, presi-
dent of the Belt Line; Capt. II. G. Cunning
ham, counsel for the company, and Capt.
James II. Johnston, president Of
the City and Suburban line. Capt
| Cunningham was asked last night
if the ordinance introduced by Alderman
| Cam, in its present shape, will be accept
able to the Belt Line company, and he re-
piled that unusual powers are reserved by
the mayor and aldermen in section s.
could be very Objectionable, for instance, il
the city should fall into the hands of
mayor and board of aldermen not up to III,
| standard of intelligence. On the whole