The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-28


street paving cases.
sRRvLELY COMPLIED WITH.
The decision has been "servilely' COM
/ piled with. as Mr. Adams put 10.
The result Of the revision Of the assess
meut roll is against the property owners.
. The assessment is increased from
S5.47 l4J-lOOO per front foot east OF TAFT
nall street 70 t5.ss 2Tl1OO0, and west Of
Tattnau street from 1921 3U5-lOOO to
S3.4s.s9 II assessments are not paid
within thirty days after presentation Of
7 bill executions will be levied against the
property in question and the property
sold in The same manner as property is
levied upon and sold on executions for
/ taxes.
Oud reading and passed by an unanimous
vote
THE HIGHT OF TROLLEY WIRES,
A petition was received from the Elec-
trio Railway Company, asking to be re-
ieyed from the requirements of
the ordinance specifying that trolley
wires should not be less than nine
teen feet above the pavement, with regard
to its recently acquired lines, formerly
owned by the Savannah Street Railway.
The petition stated that when the last
named line was equipped with electricity
the height at which trolley wires should
be placed above the pavement was fixed
at nineteen feet by request of the com
pauy. This being the first line to be
equipped with electricity. in the city,
however, its officers had no previ-
Gus experience to guide them
and did not make proper allowance for
the sagging Of the wires, on which &C
count the wires on several streets are now
considerably lower than the height re-
quired by the ordinance. The petitioners
said they had just come into possession of
these lines and had not had time to rem
edy this defect, but their intention was
to do as fast as could be conveniently
done. They offered that whenever the
wires were so low as to be a source of
danger or inconvenience, to remedy the
defect at once. As to the whole wiring
of the former Belt Line, they requested
that the council would relieve them for
the present of the section of the ordi-
nance requiring the wires to be elevated
10 feet above the pavement, until such
time as they would be able to remedy the
defect.
A COSTLY CHANGE
To do this they stated it would be nee
essary to place uew poles along the en-
tire route which in itself would be a
matter of considera BILE time as well as
expense. Wherever new poles are
placed they guaranteed TO place the wires
at the required height. The reason of
this petition, it was stated, was because
the company had been notified by the
city marshal that unless the ordinance
was complied with he would place it upon
the docket.
Some of the aldermen wanted
to take up the matter at once,
but others favored giving the com
panY more time in which to present
its case. The petition was referred to
the committee of the whole and will
probably be considered next week.
The following bids were received for
the rebuilding of the retaining wall at the
foot of Lincoln street:
Coed a. Casey, stone 900. 81 $50
Ma tin Cooley, stone Observation-Disclosures. 5.095
Martin Cooley, brick OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4E55
w Il. Chaplin stone .................... 7t0j
w f. Chaplin, brick. &c. Gl8
j. K Eason, stone. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 00
j. X. E0Son, brick. ..-............,...... GAO
The figures were so much in excess of
what the aldermen had anticipated that
their eyes fairly bulye1 out as Clerk
kebarer announced the bids 1t
did not take long for the
board TO reject all bids and to
authorize the street and lane committee
to have that portion of the wall which is
in dangerous condition repaired
B. II. Levy bid 81 ,40l 80 for furnishing
the fire department uniforms this winter,
the Falk Clothing Co., 81 COL, J. f. LaFar
Sl.3ll and J. +. Kennedy bid according
to samples furnished. The bids were re-
ferred to the fire committee with power
to act.
INVITED TO WEDDING.
An invitation from Mr. and Mrs P. H.
Wolters inviting the city council to be
present at the marriage of their sister,
Mrs. Maria X. Avenarius to Mr.. j. II.
Schmiedeberg on Thursday night, Oct.
at o'clock at No. ID Habersham street
was read. Clerk Rebarer remarked as he
read the invitation that it was the first of
the kind the city council had ever re-
ceived. At the suggestion of the mayor
the invitation was accepted with thanks.
On motion of Alderman Folliard the
committee on drainage was authorized to
purchase a horse for the use of the su-
perintendent of drainage.
A special session of council was set for
next Wednesday night TO try appealed
cases, of which there are eight on the
docket.
Bills TO the amount of $25,S67.67 were
audited and ordered paid.
The following members of council and
city officers were present at the meeting:
Mayor McDonough, Aldermen Dixon,
Bohan, Screven, F'olliard, Haines
OBrien, Cam, Mcmillan and Harris,
Clerk Rebarer, City Attorney Adams,
Treasurer Hardee, Marshal Wade and
Assistant City Engineer Hops.