The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-15

ward of $3.50 for the apprehension of Abe
Smalls. the murderer of Policeman Neve,
and also requesting the mayor to com
municate with the governor and urge
upon him the offering Of a reward by the
state for the same purpose. The resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted.
LONG CAUCUS.
The council spent over an hour in eau
Gus and did not enter the long room until
9 40 O'Clock The following mem bers
were present: Acting Mayor Mills, Al
dermen Dixon, Bohan, Screveu, Myers,
F'olliard, Charlton, Haines, Mcmillan,
O'Brien and Wells.
The following petitioners for retail
liquor license were refused license: John
F. Hanley. j. II. LANCE, Frank Collins,
Michael Shea, and Jacob Shea.
Several petitions for retail liquor
license were granted.
The committee of the whole, to which
was referred the petition of the street
railways requesting reduction of taxes,
reported in favor of reducing the special
tax on cars to $l5 on each car. An ordi
nance providing for this change in the
tax ordinance was introduced and passed.
A number of petitions for remuneration
for articles destroyed by the health de-
partment were reported unfavorably by
the finance committee.
The bid of p. KillOrin. for repairing the
slip at the foot Of Barnard street, was
accepted.
A PETITION FOR PAVING.
A petition was received from the prop
erty owners on each side of Drayton
street from Bay street to Broughton
street urging that the street be paved
with oyster shells and cinder, ebert or
some other similar material.
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cobblestone pavement Is so noisy that il
is almost impossible to transact any bust
ness on that part of the street, especially
over the telephone.
The petition was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and lanes.
An ordinance was introduced granting
the Macon, Dublin and Savannah rail
way an extension of time to fulfill the
terms of the ordinance by which it was
granted certain rights and privileges on
condition of completing its line to the
city by March ?, 1894, except so far as re-
lates to rights of way on Bay, Olive and
West Broad streets. The ordinance eX-
tends the time one year.
An ordinance was introduced by AL
derman Haines, by request, allowing
the appointment of citizens of Savannah
TO the police force who had
previously served ten years or more on
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the limit OF age fixed by the police ordi-
nance.
Alderman Haines stated that he did
not favor the ordinance
An invitation was received by the
board of aldermen to be present and take
part in the dedication of the monument
to Gen. r. H. Anderson at Bonaventure
cemetery, Feb. %.
The bids for paving Jefferson street
1p1f 70 nd eF.4 . 1,
belgian block, were opened and referred
to the committeen on streets and lanes.
The bids all ran very nearly together
The principal bidders were Venable
Bros, of Atlanta; B. d. Phillips, of Lii
thOnia; J. X. Wilson. of Lithonia, and
the Georgia Quincy Granite Company, of
Sparta.
THE NEW COMMITTEES.
The following arrangement of commit
tees by the mayor for 1894 was announced:
Accounts-Mills, Bohan. Haines
Assessments Wells, Mills, Charlton,
Screven, Folliard.
City Lots-Charlton, Mcmillan. Har-
ris.
Drainage-Folliard O'Brien, Mills.
Finance-Myers, Mills, Wells, McMil-
Ian, Charlton.
Fire-Dixon, Bohan, Screven.
Harbor and Wharves-Screven, Myers,
Dixon.
Health and Cemetery-Haines, Wells,
O'Brien.
Market-Bohan, Harris, Haines
Police-Haines, Screven, Charlton.
Streets and Lanes-O'B rien, Wells,
Dixon, Mcmillan and Pollard
Water-McMillan Myers, Bohan.
Special Committee on Opening Streets
Charlton, Wells, O'Brien, Folliard and
Mcmillan
Special Committee on Railways-My-
ers, O'Brieu, Dixon, Haines, Folliard.
Sanitary BOard-Harris and Myers,
and Maj. j. r. Sheldon, p. j. O'Connor,
Esq, and Or. B. S. Purse.