The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-04
OUR SOLONS IN SESSION.
TWO STREET RAILWAY CO-APA-
MES Dissatisfied.

Not First Served-The South Lake
and Germantown Declined to Accept
What Council Granted 1.-THE ordi-
nance Granting Rights of Way to a
Third Line Taoled-A Resolution to
Asphalt Bay from Whitaker 60 Dray-
ton Street Talked to Death.
The city council resumed its night sessions
last night in regular semi-monthly meeting.
Aldermen Haines. Mills and Nichols were
the absent members. The session was a
short one and the principal business was
street railway matter.
THE SAVANNAH CITY RAILWAY.
The special committee to which was
referred the ordinance granting the Savan-
nah City Railway Company the right of
way through certain streets in the
city, and other privileges, brought in re-
port recommending that the ordinance be
laid on the table for the present, and that
the time within which the company is TO
begin to construct their road be extended to
Jan. !, 1890, but, evidently, 1891 was in
tended. The committee further recon-
mended that the grant should be under the
following conditions:
''That the railway Is 10 be located by the
committee on streets and lanes
"That the said company shall reimburse
the city for any outlays that the city may
make, after the adoption Of this report, In
opening streets and paying for the land
necessary therefor, according to the city,
plan, along the line Of the route allowed the
said company.
THAT the said company, before the use of
electricity as a motive power, shall enter
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conditions and stipulations of the ordinance
recently passed by council entitled AN
ordinance TO authorize the Savannah Street
and Rural Resort Railway Company. the
City aud Suburban Railway Company, and
the Coast Line railroad, corporations located
in the city of Savannah, to use electricity
as a motive power for their cars in the
streets of the city of Savannah upon the
terms and conditions herein expressed, and
for other purposes
''The said company shall be bound by all
lawful ordinances and resolutions the coun.
Gil of the city may see fit to pass respecting
their railroad
within fifteen days from the adoption of
this report petitioners shall signify in writ
ing, to be filed with the clerk OF council, the
route accepted by it under the permission
hereby granted, and upon the terms aud
conditions hereby mentioned.
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any railway company should occupy any of
the streets through which right Of way has
been granted to the Savannah City Railway
Company, and additional tracks are con-
sidered inexpedient, thereupon the city re-
serves the right to designate for the use Of
said Savannah City Railway Company
other streets than those now applied for by
them"
This report, with its recommendation,
faI
laid on the table.
THE SOUTH EASTERN COMPANY.
The special committee on street railways
brought in another report, which was
adopted, recommending the following sub
stitute for the second condition OF the grant
to the Savannah Real Estate, Loan and
Building Company:
That the company for whose benefit the
street railway is desired shall lay of such
lands as they may now own or control, &C.
cording to the plan Of the city. That when
ever any sale Of such property is made it
shall be subject to such plan. That in
deeds to purchases from the companies, or
either of them, the right Of the city to
streets through the said land shall be fully
secured as herein set forth, TO wit: That
whenever the city shall have opened streets,
according to its said plan. up to the prop
erty now owned by said companies, the
latter each agree to deed to the city, free of
charge, such land as may be necessary for
the extension of the said plan of the city
over the property of the said companies A
further provision is made that the company
shall open, or reimburse the city for open
ing, any street or streets along the line Of
the route granted
VIGOROUS PROTEST.
The Enterprise Street Railroad Company
sent n VlQOTOuG rnnpiOQ tfoD xxh ic,
was referred to the special committee on
streets and railroads, and w. B. Stillwell,
president OF the company, was present and
heard his communication duly read.
The company ask reconsideration of the
action Of council at its meeting of Aug. IA.
They allege that the route fixed by council
for the Enterprise road is not what they
wanted; that the route was carefully chosen
by the company, with a view of giving q
large number of citizens street car
facilities they do not now enjoy, and
the streets designated in their ap plication
were not in use by any existing lines, nor
was any company applying for them. They
claim that they are denied streets essential
to their system, to wit; Price street and
Bryan, and streets substituted by council
that the company cannot utilize. On this
subject the company says:
1--WE would not complain of the action of
council If it were based upon an objection
to the use OF the streets which we desire for
railroad purposes, but when these
streets which are denied to us have been
given to other companies whose appli-
cations were subsequent to ours, and
some of whom had not even been chartered,
we do most respectfully say that we have
good reason to ask at the hands of your
honorable body reconsideration of your
action In the premises. Barnard street,
denied to US, is apportioned by your
special committee to line which already
enjoys the right and privilege Of Mont
gomery street, and which thus parallels
within two blocks the further privilege
granted 1t. Price street, too, which was
equally essential to our plan, is eliminated
from our route and is given likewise to q
subsequent applicant that has not even been
chartered, and whose purpose, as expressed,
OF developing a certain tract of land living
TO the eastw ard of the city could be accom-
plished by the use Of Lincoln street,
The further statement is made by the En-
terprise company that the line rendered il
out Lincoln street Is impracticable as il
would cross the Savannah Florida and
Western railway twice within a short
distance, and cannot reach Twelfth street
as the latter is not extended east beyond
Bull street. Not having been accorded g
hearing before the special committee before
the passage of the ordinance, a hearing i,
now asked for.
ANOTHER DISSATISFIED COMPANY,
The South Lake aud Germantown rail wa,
Is also dissatisfied because the rights al
OF way over the streets indicated in It,