The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-18
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
THE CITY TO CONTRACT FOR TWO
CREMATORS.


Furnaces to be West OF Laure
Grove Cemetery-A Street Reilws,
Accepts the City's Proposition-Peti
ton to Extend the Shell Paving Oh
Henry Street to the Cemetery
Proposition to open st. John Stree
The session Of the city council last nigh
was a short one, and but eight members
were present. There were no passages al
arms. no oratory and no LOBBY. The
council addressed itself to the routin,
business of the evening, which it dispatched
with more than the usual promptitude. and
BY $50 o'clock the long room was deserted
TWO CREMAToRIEs To BE BUILT.
Action was taken looking to the building
of two crematories for the incineration Of
night soil and garbage. the crematories Il
be built on the same site, aud west of Laurel
Grove cemetery. 1t is understood that the
Engle Crematory Company is willing to
put up two crematories, with a guarantee
that if they do not give satisfaction to the
city council no charge is to be made by the
same.
The following resolution, introduced by
Alderman Harris, chairman OF the health
and cemetery committee, was unanimously
adopted.
RESOLVED, That the health and cemetery com
mittee be instructed to negotiate with the Engle
Sanitary and Cremation Company Tor the
building and construction OF two cremators
upon one site, to be located by said committee
with the assistance of the city engineer. at as
low and reasonable price as IS possible 10 be
made with said company, and that said com
pany shall enter into contract, to be pre-
pared by the city attorney, for the faithful
performance of the same as to durabl lily and
efficiency, the contract TO be subject to the ap-
proval OF council.
BUT REASONS FOR SELECTING ONE SITE.
Prefacing the introduction of the resolu-
ton, Alderman Harris submitted the fol-
lowing report, explaining why it is thought
best to locate both crematories on the same
site:
"Your committee would respectfully
recommend that two cremators be built
together, upon the same site on the western
side of the city, one constructed for the
burning of night soil and the other for
burning garbage.
THE reasons tor the above reoommenda-
ton are that the greater amount OF night
soil is collected on the western side of the
city. There being no facility for drainage,
the vault system will necessarily be con-
tinued for an indefinite period, and, this
being the case, the haulings will of course
be shorter aud less expensive. The ex-
pense of running the two cremators
built together viii be materially less,
and their construction upon the same
site will be less expensive than their con-
struction upon separate sites The ordinance
requiring the deposit of all garbage col
lected in the city two miles outside the
city limits has never been complied with,
and cannot, with the present means and
facilities at hand; and in consideration of
the above facts and the facts that the sub
urbs of the city are rapidly building up on
all sides, and thereby rendering it still more
difficult and expensive to comply with the
ordinance regulating the removal of gar
bage, your committee would further recon-
mend the immediate construction of two
cremators on the western side Of the city,
west of the Laurel Grove cemetery"
A MoRING NEWS reporter, in an inter
view with Alderman Harris after the ad-
journment OF council, learned that the
Engle Company is prepared to begin the
work OF putting up the cremators as soon as
the contract is entered into. Mr.. Morse,
the agent of the company, will at once be
notified of the action of council last night,
and he will come on at once and enter into
the contract, and push the cremators to an
early completion.
CONCESSIONS TO THE CITY.
A communication was received from w.
h. Wilkinson ct al, accepting the condi-
lions imposed by council with reference to
their projected street railway. Ii was re-
ferred to the special committee on railroads,
as was another document from the Savan-
nah Real Estate Loan and Building Com
pany, projectors of the street railway. This
last communication bore the title of "con-
cessions" of the company, which provoked
a smile from the aldermen. The following
is the language of the concessions:
When the city of Savannah shall have
opened streets according to its plan (Which
Is understood to mean the grading of streets,
sewerage system, public lighting, police and
fire protection) up to the land now owned
and controlled by the Savannah Real Estate,
Loan and Building Company, within the
present limits of said city, the said company
will deed the soil of such portions of
New Houston, Duffy. Henry and OFT
streets, as will run through the lands
of said company to be used as public streets
the lines indicated on the map hereto
attached and hereby made part of this
communication. showing the concessions
made. In selling lots from its land the
right of the city to future ownership of said
streets will be secured and its plan followed
Upon its part, and this is made a part of
this concession, the city is to ex-
tend its plan, as above understood.
over the land of this company within two
years trom the completion of said railway,
hnu shlu extension IL 10 luCluQe the opening
of said streets to the west of the land of said
company at least beyond the track of the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Company before the deed mentioned above
is to be given. These concessions on the
part of said company are to be in nowise
binding upon it until the street
railway referred TO in said
amended report shall have been completed:
and if for any reason that project fails, these
iOy1a I'D t.
Their stipulated that as this property, which
is of great value, is to be given to the city
of Savannah alone, should any other
street railway company, other than the one
referred to III said amended report, desire
TO run along said streets, or, either of them,
the soil of said streets as against
said railway companies shall be in
this company, and the city shall require
any of said railway companies desiring to
use said streets to regularly open and pay
for the same, as unopened streets, the full
market value of the soil, which said
amounts shall be turned over in its entirety
10 this company.
TO FINISH SMELLING HENRY STREET.
A lengthy petition, signed by the leading
business men and citizens of Savannah, was
presented to council, asking that body to
continue the Smelling of Henry street to
Laurel Grove cemetery. The petition was
referred to the committee on streets and
lanes.
A petition from Miss Helen Culver. pro-
posing TO pay for sewer pipe to drain prop