The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-13
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felltloL OF Jas. MlXons, for remuneration
for articles destroyed by order Of the health
authorities. Referred to committee on health
and cemetery ana finance.
Petition Of the Pulaski Knitting Mills for
permission TO run belts from building occu-
piel ny o. N. Gilbert * Co across lane to
| building corner Of West Broad and bryan
streets. Referred TO committee on streets
ana lanes with power to act.
Petition Of II D. Bythwood by d. II Byth-
| wood for permission to transfer lot 1924 Lau-
rel Grove cemetery. Referred 10 committee
on health and cemetery.
Petition of Mrs Harriet V. Cumming ct
al Tor aid 10 establish the Little Children's
| home Referred to committee Of the whole
Petition OF Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad, asking to bc allowed to grade the
line of their savannah extension from city
limits parallel to Fceley avenue to Sixth ave
sanitary board.
Petition of the heirs Of Samuel Palmer for
permission to transfer lot No. 63 Laurel Grove
cemetery. Petition granted.
Petition of Samuel b. Palmer for permission
TO transfer lot No q Laurel Grove cemetery.
/ Petition granted.
Petition OF G. 1. Taggart relative to extern
| sion OF wharf. Referred TO committee on
| harbor and whurVeS.
Petition of the Electric Railway Company
| OF savannah the savannah Street Railway
| company, the City and Suburban Railway
! Company and the savannah Thunderbolt and
| Isle OF Hope Railway Company relative 10
! watering tracks Received for information.
Petition OF the Seaboard Company and Mid
| die Georgia. and Atlantic Railway Company
asking city council to extend for 81 years.
| from July, 1898, the time for building bridge
! ana certain number of miles OF railway, as
! SpeClhed in ordinance granting certain pOr-
| tions of Hutchinson Island TO the said Mid
| die Georgia and Atlantic Railway Company,
ana that said extension Of time be granted
| the Seaboard Company the successor Of said
| Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway Com
| pany. Laid on table TO be taken up May -.
Petition Of III. J. GhomaSson relative TO
assessment on west half OF lot No. 9 Decker
| ward, Laid on table.
Petition Of Sundry citizens protesting
! against granting of permission TO the Electric
Railway Company to run its track on West
| Broad street from South Broad to St Julian,
on st Julian from West Broud TO Montgom-
cry ntreet, and on Bryan or Congress opposite
Franklin Square. Received for information.
The Following applications TO make sewer
connections were referred TO the committee
on streets and lanes. with power to act; w.
X, Readtck with jefferson street sewer, from
promises corner of Jefferson and South Broad
street lane; Fred Meyer, with East Broad
street sewer from premises South Broad
street near East Broad street: Estate A. Low
with DraytOn street sewer from premises
corner Abercorn and Charlton Streets j. C.
Harris with Habersham street sewer from
premises Huntingdon street near Habersham
street. Estate G. r. Byrnes with West Broad
street sewer, from premises corner Bryan and
! west Broad Streets II, G.. Guerard with
Jefferson street sewer, from premises Taylor
street, near Jefferson street; Joseph
A. Logan with Hall street sewer,
from premises Bolton street, near
Montgomery street; Mrs. A. p, Solomons
with Duffy street sewer for promises Mont
gomery and New Houston streets; Estate
Kline with West Broad street sewer for prem
ises Charlton and Montgomery streets; Els
tate Eliza Roberts with Whitaker street
sewer for premises York street between
Whitaker and Barnard streets; I. j. Davis
with CASTOR street lane sewer for premises
Gordon and Lincoln streets; Mrs. A. Smith
with Margaret street sewer for premises Farm
and Margaret streets; W. j. Lindsay with
Abercorn street sewer for premises Bolton
street near Abercorn street; Estate j.
j. Warlng with Perry street lane sewer
for premises Perry street near Bull street;
Mrs. j. Paulsen with Jones street sewer for
premises Jones street near Habersham street;
Mrs. Il. G. johnson and children with Price
| street sewer for premises McDonouEh street
near Habersham street. james Mckinley
with Drayton street sewer from promises
| Henry street near DraytOn street; j. II.
Wilder with Habersham street sewer from
premises southeast corner of Lincoln and
New Houston streets; George Hawkins with
| West Broad street sewer from premises cor
! ner OF Montgomery and Habersham streets;
! Mrs. Rachel Dillon with jefferson street
| sewer from promises corner Of BrouRhton
| and jefferson streets: r.. A. M. Schroeder with
| East Broad street sewer from premises Hunt
| ingdon street near Habersham street; Bridget
! McAulin with Price street sewer from prem
/ ises BrouRhton street near Price street; Mrs
| Sarah Sexton with East Broad street sewer
! from premises Huntington street near Price
street; II. Strauss with Drayton street sewer
! from premises Taylor street near Drayton
street.
ORDINANCES.
Ordinance, on its second reading, laid on
| the table.
Railroad Company to lay its track through
certain streets in the city OF Savannah, and
for other purposes
The mayor and aldermen of the city Of Sa-
vannah, in council assembled, do hereby or
dain
SECT1oN T. That. subject to the conditions
set forth in an ordinance e1tttled An ordi-
-
| Company TO lay its tracks through certain
streets in the city of Savannah and for other
| purposes adopted March 49, 1890, the South
| Bound Railroad Company be and is hereby
! authorized to lay its track and use and oper-
ate the same In and through West Boundary
street in the city of Savannah, that Is TO say,
commencing at q point between the south
side of Jones street and the north side OF
! Railroad street, and following said West
Boundary street northWardly 10 Bay street,
or as far north as River street, and thence
westwardly up Mill street or Indian street or
River street as far as it may see At, in order
TO reach the Savannah river at such point
on the Savannah river as IL may see fit, and TO
| lay its tracks and to use and operate the same
! over any property in the city Of Savannah
north of Jones street and west of West
Boundary street that 1t may obtain for right
of way or terminals.
SEC 3 That the said South Bound Railroad
Company be, and it is hereby authorized to
lay its track and use and operate the same
| from point at or near the southwest corner
OF lot 81 Springfield plantation or from such
other point on lots5l So So and So of Spring
field plantation, as IL may see 1T westwardly
to the present city limits and eastwardly TO a
point between the south side Of Jones street
and Railroad street, subject, however to all
the conditions referred to In said ordinance
adopted March 10, 1890, except the restriction
as to speed and restriction as TO the use Of the
| track between p. NJ and q. m.
SEC. 3. That the right to the use of the
! streets herein granted shall be forfeited I'M
| less said company shall lay It's track through
said streets and bona fde use and operate
! same within two years from the date of the
| passage Of this ordinance. The rights and
| privileges herein granted shall not be con-
| veyed or assigned by said company to any
| other railroad corporation owning or controll-
! ing competing line, or TO any individual
| acting In behalf of such q corporation, and
| any attempt by said company to do this shall
result in forfeiture thereof
Ordinance on its first reading
BY Committee on Streets and Lanes
| An ORDINANCE to dedicate a body OF land
herein described, south OF the extended
limits of the city Of Savannah as o public
| park, to be known as Estill park, and to
regulate the same
SECTION T. BE it ordained by the mayor
| and aldermen of the city OF Savannah In
! council assembled, That that certain tract or
| body of land situate and being in the county
of Chatham, consisting Of two hundred and
seventy -hve (275) acres OF the Ashton and
| Queensbury plantations as laid of and de-
scribed in a map drawn by Il. A. Blaudford,
county engineer and attached TO the deed