The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25

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The yeas and nays were called for on
! Alderman Myers amendment. The result
was in favor of the roads, as follow:
/ YEAs-Aldermen Bohan, Screven, Myers,
/ Mills Mcmillan and Wells.
/ NAYs-Aldermen Dixon, Folliard, Haines
I and Cam
THE amendment is adopted" said
| Mayor McDonough ''The recorders de-
cision is sustained and the fines are re-
mitted.n
KICKING AGAINST SELLING CITY GROUND.
A resolution was offered by the water
and finance committees authorizing the
city marshal TO sell a portion of the old
water works tract fronting seventy-five
feet on the river and running back 400
feet to the road, brought forth strong OBJ
jections from Alderman Wells and started
a discussion which resulted in the reso-
luton being laid upon the table until the
next meeting
The resolution was offered in the inter
est Of the Southeastern Plaster Company,
which desires the strip for the purpose of
erecting factory The price fixed was
81, 500.
Alderman Wells said he considered 81
500 small price for river front property,
and, anyhow he thought it would be well
to consider the matter very carefully be-
fore disposing of the city's interest in the
tract. 1t might be needed for the future
for the running of the conduit to the
river or for other purposes.
THE PROPERTY NOT VALUABLE.
Alderman Myers replied that he did
not consider the price small. The river
front portion is a gully which will cost
considerable money to fill, and the other
portion is not extra property. However,
Alderman Myers favored letting consid-
GRAFTON go over until next meeting.
Alderman Cam informed Alderman
Wells that the resolution provided
for the retention by the city of the
right to all pipes in the ground, the ar
tesian wells, and also the right to bore
other artesian wells whenever such might
be necessary The city would never need
1t, in his opinion, for any other
purposes except these, and as there is
still 600 feet besides the portion mentioned
in the resolution, nothing would be lost
by the sale The object, Alderman Cam
said, was to give the Southeastern Plaster
Company sufficient ground to put up a
factory.
Alderman Wells insisted that more time
should be given for the consideration of
so important a matter and moved that
the resolution be Laid on the table until
next meeting. 1t was carried
OPPOSED TO A STATIONARY PLANT.
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Hunter, j. j. Wilder, John FIannery, J.
M. Barnard, Jr., and George p. Walker,
the river and harbor committee of the
cotton exchange, was referred to the
health and cemetery committee:
Permit us to respectfully express our grave
apprehensions concerning the advisability of
placing the improved fumigatiOn apparatus
upon the wharf at quarantine, as we believe
the limited accommodation for vessels at said
wharf Is inadequate to expedite the work
necessary Tor giving pratique to the feet
trading al TINS port. In our
opinion the apparatus would be of
the greatest use if placed aiOat, because il
could then expedite the work necessary. not
only on the vessels that moor at the quaran-
tine wharves, but also the many steamers
that never berth there, but lie in the stream
and roadstead. and would thereby offer the
greatest facilities to the steadily growing
commerce of the port.
This letter is in line with the views of
Alderman Cam and Health Officer Brun-
ner, who have steadily argued against
a stationary fumigatiOn appara tus on the
ground that it is against modern quaran-
tineideas.
THE sEABoARD APPLICATION POSTPONED.
Consideration Of the application of the
Seaboard company for an extension of the
215 years time granted the Middle Geor-
gia and Atlantic railway to make good its
title to Hutchinson's Island by building
two miles of track there, a bridge across
the river and seventy-hVe miles on the
mainland, was postponed until the next
meeting on motion of Alderman Cam,
who stated he offered the motion by re-
quest Of the Seaboard company on account
of the absence from the city of Col Will
lam Garrard, its attorney.
The ordinance giving the South Bound
railroad the right to use streets in the city
to reach terminal on the river front was
al, 4 VI,
Boundary, Mill, Indian and River.
Two years is the time granted in which to
make use Of the street, and the South
Bound cannot convey or assign its rights
to any competing line. The other condi-
ton is that the railroad shall pave the
streets used from curb to curb with
granite blocks and put in all necessary
curbing.
NO AID TILL DECEMBER.
The committee of the whole, to which
was referred the application for contri-
button to aid in the establishment of the
Little Children's Mission, reported in
favor of laying the application on the
table until next December The report
was adopted.
An ordinance by the water committee
was read the first time authorizing the
appointment of third assistant engineer
for the new water works.
The appeal of William johnson (col-
ored) from a So fine in the police court on
the charge of obstructing the street with
his carriage, was sustained and the fine
remitted George T. Cam, Esq, repre-
sented Johnson, and proved that the
charge against his client was not we'll
founded.
The last matter considered by the coun-
ell was the appeal case of the members
of the Diamond Progress Spangled Ban
ner of the Globe Lodge No. from fine
of 50 each for fighting in their hall The
testimony was highly amusing, and was a
relief after all the dry talk about
track-watering The aldermen were in
such good humor at the end of the inves-
tigatiOn that they reduced the fines to So
The meeting adjourned at ~ 40 o'clock
this morning after a session of four hours
and ten minutes.
FOR UPTURNING THE SOIL.