The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-28
TOBECIN HOUSE DRAINAGE.
The City Council Discusses ImpOT-
tent Measures.


Declaring That the City is Not Com
PEELED 70 Open the streets-A Differ
emit Condition of Affairs in the East
ern Section-An Ordinance Regu-
latinE the Speed of Street Cars In
troduced-A Hack Law offered at
Last.
The city council transacted a large
amount Of business at its meeting last
night and discussed several measures Of
great importance 10 the city. 1t was
practically agreed that the city should
begin the WORK upon system Of house
drainage and that steps should be taken
at once in preparation for this work.
Alderman Cam opened the discussion
on this subject. II seemed to him that
the city ought to be able to spend a con-
siderable amount of money for drainage
purposes next year He thought the mat
ter should be given consideration at once
and plans adopted that all possible delay
might be avoided.
Mayor McOonough said that by reso-
luton of the last council a drainage com
mission was appointed to consist of two
aldermen and three citizens and with the
mayor as ex-Officio chairman and a svs-
tenn of house drainage was adopted. He
supposed the same system would be in
dorsed by the present council. He
agreed with Alderman Cam as to the
necessity OF undertaking the work as
early as possible.
It was late when the question Of house
drainage was sprung, but it seemed gen.
orally agreed among the aldermen that
preparations should be begun at once.
uraEi hn
meeting, when more decisive action will
be taken.
TIE CITY EXTENSION.
Alderman Cam brought up another i'm
portant subject when he called the at
tentiOn of the council to the fact that
there would be a very large area of the
city to assess next year in the extended
limits that had not been assessed before,
and he suggested that the assessment
committee would have considerable work
to do in order TO make Its estimates in
time for the city budget.
Mayor McDonough said that City At
torney Adams had been requested to pre-
pare an ordinance for the next session Of
council bringing the annexed portion un-
der the city's taxable jurisdiction.
On motion of Alderman Cam the mat
ter of the assessment Of all property, sub
1ect TO city taxation on Jan. /, next, was
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for prompt action.
Mayor McDonough asked if it were
necessary that the city open up all the
streets in the property east of the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway, before
that property would be subject to taxa
tion. Mr.. Adams replied that this was
the case. With regard to the lands south
of Anderson street. Mr.. Adams said
that this property would be sub
IRrf IN fQyqflpn after
without any reservation as to extending
streets, lights, water mains or police
The property east of the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway was taken in
under the act of 1854, Mr.. Adams said,
which was peculiar in its terms, and
made it necessary to extend the plan Of
the city over it before it could be sub
1ected to taxation.
A REQUIREMENT OF 1854.
''The property brought into the city
limits by the act of 1854" said Mr..
of the city has been regularly and bona
fide extended over the part to be taxed.
But the property south Of Anderson
street is not affected by this act. This
property is taxable after next January
without any condition or qualification
The act Of 1854 is peculiar in that it has
the restriction mentioned. The act Gov
Anderson and Twelfth streets) makes
this property taxable Internationally"
This viii be news to some of the prop
erty holders in the southern part of the
city who have been under the impression
that the city would be compelled to buy
the right Of way to open streets before it
could enforce taxes.
RAILWAY ORDINANCE.
Alderman Cam introduced an import
ant ordinance with regard to electric
railways The ordinance is to regulate
the railways. 1t provides that the rate
Of speed north of Liberty street is to be
limited to six miles an hour and south of
Liberty street to ten miles an hour. The
motorman and conductors have been liza
BILE for violation of this ordinance and
the companies are now made liable The
penalty IS not to exceed 500 or thirty
days Imprisonment.
The second section of the ordinance
provides that no person shall be employed
as motorman and conductor who il under
81 years of age.
The third section compels the com
panies TO have both motOrman and a
conductor on each car.
This ordinance shuts out the BOYS who
have been running as conductors on some
of the lines and compels the employment
of men in their places. 1t also prevents
the accompanies from running.a car with one
man acting as both mortorman and con
ducJor.
City Attorney Adams informed a MORN
ING News reporter that there is no
doubt of the stitutiOnality of the or
dinance, as it comes under the head of
police regulation for the safety of the
citizens. The ordinance will come up
on its final reading at the next session.
THE HACKMEN REGULATED.
The hackmen are to be regulated at
last The MORNING News began a
tight on this line over a year ago The
proposal was generally favored by the al
dermen ana some legislation on the sub
1ect was promised, but for some reason
the matter was allowed to lie over until
now.
Alderman Dixon's ordinance intro
duced last night, fills the bill exactly and
puts the hackmen under the hack, so to
speak.
The ordinance provides that the COM
mittee on streets and lanes shall select
certain places for stands for public passcn-
ger vehicles. They are not to be allowed
TO stand in any one place when5 not hired
for more than fifteen minutes except at
these regular stands.
The rate of fare is fixed at 25 cents
Tor each passenger from or 10 any depot
from or to any point in the city. The
rate OF hire per hour is fixed at 81 per
hour without regard to the number of
passengers.
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