The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-17
TO COVER THE COBBLES.
ebert Likely to Be Given a Trial on
DraYtOa Street.

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Alderman O'Brien in Favor OF Surfac-
| ing the Present Stone Pavement With
aNoiseless Matertal-A Move to Pave
| Railroad Street.-The RepavinE of
Jefferson Street, South of Charlton,
to Begin at Once
Alderman O'Brien said yesterday that
he was strongly in favor of granting the
! petition of the property owners of Dray-
ton street, from Bay to Broughton, to re-
| pave that portion of the street by giving
! it a surface of shells and cinders, or
ebert, over the present cobblestone pave
ment.
Alderman OBrien agreed with the petit
tion that it is good chance to give
ebert trial. In fact, he is of the opinion
! that the whole of Drayton street should
! be surfaced with some material that
would give the street more presentable
! appearance and make it more comfortable
and more satisfactory to those who are
! compelled to use it as well as to relieve
! the residents upon the street of the dis
! agreeable din caused by the rafting of
! vehicles over the cobblestones.
| Alderman O'Brien. as chairman of the
| street and lane committee, will urge his
| opinion on the subject before the council
and it is very likely that at least that
| portion OF the street from Bay to Brough-
| ton will be surfaced. The small portion
of shell paving laid over the cobblestones
east of the court house has worn admi-
rablY and relieves the occupants of the
building in a great degree of the noise so
much complained of elsewhere on the
street The cobblestone5 will make an
admirable foundation for any lighter
substance that may be placed over them
TO PAVE RAILROAD STREET.
Alderman O'Brien has another street
improvement in prospect which he hopes
to put through shortly. 1t is to pave
Railroad street from West Broad street
| to the western end of the Central railroad
car shed. The street is greatly used by
heavy drays and trucks in going to and
from the rear end of the shed as well as
| by passenger vehicles which are now COM
| PEELED by the city ordinance to await
their fares on this street. 1t is
also the chief means of ingress and egress
to the Augusta and Louisville roads. The
| grade Of the street is bad, being a sharp
decline, and the result is that il is always
filled with holes and ruts on account of
the continual washing down grade of the
material, requiring constant work on the
part of the street and lane department to
keep it filed in.
The council desired to pave the street
/ ASoS y NdA OuI, On dCCOuuG VI lUG uIlGnCidl
| condition of the Central railroad, the
work was allowed to go over. The rail
road owns the property on both sides of
| the street, and consequently the chief
cost OF the improvement would fall upon it,
However, it is thought that the Southern
Express Company, which is the chief user
of the street, would be willing to bear a
portion of the cost which would be as
| sesSed against the railroad.
TO DIVIDE THE COST.
The West End and Suburban Street
Railroad Company's line now runs
down this street, so that a por-
ton of the cost would fall upon
this line also. 1t is thought that Mr.
Conner is willing to ask the court to pass
an order authorizing the receivers to APP
| propriate the money to defray the pro-
portion of expense which will be assessed
against the railroad. With
the Central, the express company, the
street railroad and the city the cost to
each would be small. ebert is the ma
| terlal which has been suggested for paw
ing the street. Alderman O'Brien, how
ever, thinks belgian block is the only ma
terial which will stand the wear and
tear of the heavy traffic and he will
! accordingly urge that the street be paved
with block. He thinks the whole cost of
| paving with block will not exceed $4,000
AN OBSTRUCTION REMOVED.
Another decided improvement in the
neighborhood of the Central railroad de-
! pot is the removal of the switch of the
Electric Railway Company from directly
! i'll front OF the depot. The switch has
been an eye-sore and a nuisance ever since
| 1t was placed in front OF the depot. The
| inside rail was within three feet of the
! Curbing, and vehicles of all kinds were
! prevented from coming up in front of the
| depot. Passengers entering and lea wing
the depot were frequently compelled to
wait Tor the cars to pass or to go around
| them.
When the Electric railway obtained
! permission from council recently to ex-
! tend its track on East Broad street, one
of the conditions imposed was that it
! should remove this switch. Supt Nc
! tarland was busy yesterday with force
! of hands removing the switch and throw
! ing the two tracks of the Electric railway
/ at this point to the middle of the street
| This will be great Improvement, as it
| Will enable vehicles to pass on each side
OF the street without going on the rail-
road tracks, as was the case heretofore.
TO CHANGE THE TRACKS
| When the Electric railway was laying
! its ira ks on West Broad street the Belt
line was its rival, ana each company en-
! deaYOred to take up as much of the street
as possible. Now that these two compa-
MES are consolidated, this rivalry is at an
end, and the company is willing to take
up as little room as possible with its
tracks. The track for several blocks
along West Broad street will be thrown
further towards the middle of the street.
The work of paving Jefferson street IS
to begin at once. The trees which now
intrude upon the roadway on either side
will be cut away next week. This will
doubtless cause a big kick But as the
roadway OF JeAer on street is very mar
row, the street aud lane committee hold
that IL is rccessary to widen it as much
as possible. Nenable Brothers. who have
the contract, propose to push the work as
rapidly as possible and the street will
soon be ready for tranc again
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