The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-01
ON THE TRANSFER
RESIDENTS AT PRICE AND GwIN-
NETT PETITION COUNCIL.

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Transfer be Shifted East Of the Ran.
Ro.d-A Captain Offsets to Having
His Salt Fumigsted-Other Work OF
Council Yesterday.
Council, as usual, spent about an hour in
caucus yesterday afternoon. Those present
were Mayor McDonough, Aldermen Har-
mon, Mcclure. Harris. Hainss, Cam and
Carson. The other aldermen are absent
from the city.
There were several attorneys and a num-
Der of witnesses in the appeal liquor cases
present. The cases, however, were reset
for trial at the next meeting of council at
Mayor McDonough's request, on account OF
the absence Of 80 many members Of the
board.
A petition was received from P. Aston
| Wsring, H. T. Moore, K. II. Jones, @. c.
Harttelder and Z bout twenty other residents
| and property owhSrs in the neighborhood
| OF Price and GwinEett streets, requesting
that couAcu take imm>diate steps TO abate
| the nuisance caused by tbs crowds gather
| Tag at the junction of the Electric railway
| with its Thunderbolt extension. The petit
ton requests the removal OF the transfer
from Price and Gwinnett streets TO some
| point east OF the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway tracks, as it has become
an intolerable nuisance t. the neighoorhood.
FENCES BROKEN DOWN.
The petitioners stated that the cars OF the
| Electric railway do not make close connec-
ton with the Thunderbolt cars leaving the
passengers to loaf on the corners of the
streets and damage the property of the pc
tittoners by breaking down fences aud
even lounging on the porches OF the resi-
dents.
On Sunday afternoons and nights, the Pc
tition states, the quiet Of the neighborhood
which mas heretofore existed is destroyed
by bowling mob Of people who frequent
| Thunderbolt, many being intoxicated, using
prOfane and obscene language and making
| dsgrAceful exhibitions of themselves. The
| lady members OF their families are
| prevented from sitting on their porches for
fear Of gross insults. These annoyances
| frequently continue until ~ or l O'Clock al
night. The management of the road has
been asked to come to our relief says the
petition, but our request has been refused.
We consider it an intolerable nuisance and
shame that any community should have
to be subjected to it, and we appeal to your
honorable body to remove said nuisance SO
that our neighborhood may be one OF quiet
ness as in days gone by"
A letter was also received from p. Aston
Waring, executor OF the Warning estate, in
regard 20 the same matter, in which he en-
phasized the statements of the petition. Mr.
Warning said that the congregating of the
crowds at Price and Gwinnett strests had
become such q nuisance that many
OF his tenants had notified him that
they should go elsewhere unless it
was sbated. Drunken men aud women
he stated, stood and sat on the street corners
| until l O'Clock Sunday night cursinR and
| fighting until the neighborhood became
alarmed and sleep was impossible. A single
| mounted officer, he said, was unable TO cope
with the crowd. and only frequent arrests
would have any effect on its members. Mr..
| Warning urged the city to take immediate
| action 10 abate the nuisance.
ONLY A SWITCH NEEDED.
Alderman Harmon stated that the Elec-
| trio Railway Company had applied for per-
mission TO put in q switch at Price and
Gwtnnett streets, that it might be
enabled to run its Thunderbolt cars
| through without stopping. This, Alderman
Harmon said he thought. would remedy the
whole difficulty, as the Thunderbolt pssssn-
| gers would not have TO wait at Prioe and
Gwinnett streets for the cars.
1t was objected that the cars on the
Electric railway were scheduled to
run every ten minutes, or oftener,
while the Thunderbolt cars ran only
every twenty or thirty minutes. The
matter was referred to the com mittee Of the
whole for investigation. The officers Of the
road will be notified to appear before the
committee, together with the petitioners
An order upon the city was received from
Robertson & Weaver, until recently con-
tractors upon the water works, to pay over
| to certain parties to whom they we're IN
debtsd such amounts as we're found to be
due them, the contractors, at the comple-
| ton OF the conduit at the new water works.
payments to be made with interest at per
cent from date, Aug. &c. The parties
| named and the amounts due them are
as follows: Estate J. W. lyman $l94,
Palmer Hardware Company S245 3d. Martin
Cooley 1925 80, Decker Il Fawcett Sl7S "a,
McDonough & Co. S1lS4 10, Richard Fo-
garty $500, w. d, Thomas IS, 307 81. If
there is not sufficient money coming to the
| hrm to pay all parties named in full, they
are to be paid proportionateyl. 1t was de-
cided to accept this order in the nature Of
q draft upon whatever amount may be due
the contractors at the completion of the
conduit.
| FUMIGATED SALT FROM NEW YORK.
| Notification was received from @. W.
Parker, master Of the schooner Rob Roy.
| that the oonsignees OF the cargo of salt by
| the schooner had entered suit against the
owners OF the vessel for damages caused 10
| the cargo by fumigatioa while at duaran-
| tine. Capt. Parker stated that he protested
against fumigation at the time, as the YES
sci was from New York aud had a clean
| bill of health, and he notified the city that
he should hold it for any damages that
might ensue. The Rob Roy sailed for
| New York Sunday.
Another vessel is bound for Savannah
with salt from Liverpool that will also in
| all probability, have case for damages
against the CITY on account of fumigation
Mayor McDonough called attention TO
the fact that the following Monday has
been set aside as Labor day by the act of
the state legislature. The object Of the
mayor in calling attention to the fact was
the doubt upon the part OF the business men
as to the legality Of Labor day as u legal
holiday, owing 10 what is believed to be a
defect in the act. AS it was desired to oon-
form with the law making the day a hon-
day, Mayor McDonough said that at the
request Of the representatives OF the banks
he had decided to make a proclamation as
provided by law setting aside the day as
one of thanksgiving and prayer, thus legal
ling the holiday.
Under an act of the legislature the
governor OF the state or the mayor OF any
municipality may set apart any day he may
choose as day Of thanksgiving and prayer,
which will then become a legal holiday.
The mayors proclamation is advertised in
| to-day's MORNING NEWS.
MAY LAY TRACK ON BOLTON STREET.
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