The morning news., 1894-11-12
OFFICIAL.


Of ei,hi his hqnor f.qI J, J. MeDonough, mayor -
saldi II would, however, enhance IS
work and better results wouId IL ne
tained II the entire drainage of the %
d ty, including ] the city, were placed g85a- 955a-
Chatham county is important to f5e ot
OF savannah and one plan, covertns ~
drainage of the city and county s5-49 ne
oe uhaeF T. tne control OF the county commisi
Whereas, The city council of savsr-.,
appropriated the sum of $4,000 for 'i5ian nan
suing the work of drainage and dr,, pnTT-
ture for 1888, and the net expenditure u ~
the said year were $15,649.lI; and Iof
Whereas, Il is the belief of the bos-.
that with facilities at their cor,,,,aE9 'aE9
said work could be done more ecal'-'Lahd
cally and with more effective res11Its ~ NJ NJ
departments were consolidated as ' ne ne
gested. @ suS-
Therefore, Be it ordered that this hoo,
hereby indicate a willingness to 17rIll
take this work, provided a sufficient 5L
preparation is made by the CITY anr,,-1t-
10 cover expenses, and the conmiftttsts' ny ny
drainage OF this board is hereby r on
quested to confer with the propeT cit
authorities on this subject submirtivy
to this board for its approval such r,iiag
or contract as may be acceptable n Ptaa ta
city and said committee on drainage 'Hs
q true extract John r. Dillon.
Clerk c. Q T,
Referred to the committee of the vLoi.
A communication was received fron5' tL, =,
savannah Board of Trade, endorsine tbs
action Of council relative to fire On 5oLu3, Lu3
of ships in this port. NOaIo
Received for Information
APPEAL CASES.
+uIai The fol, following appeal cases were set 70,
John II. SChmiedeberg, Charles Afaitz,,-
George Schwarz and A. Goss.
Ihe following appeal cases were SET fo.
trial Nov. 28th, 1894; Abram Brown Adamr
Morrell, Gabe Young, n Simmons Pobaanai P5obbaa
PrlIey, Toney Simmons, John WiIiiar,,'
Lemuel Wade, Timothy Flynn. '''l''
Council adjourned.
F. e. Rebarer.
Clerk of Council
Thursday, Nov. s. 1Ss4.-CoucfI mo, q.
special session at 4:30 p. m. TODAY ''iTy IN IN
ent: Hon. George J. Mills. mavor ns. iCs'
tenn; Aldermen Baldwin, Bohan, FoiIiaryy
tiTtIIs' Tr' MicMillan, Myers, and Remshart''
Inc following communication was rs'
ceiXed from the Savannah Board of Trade.
- Whereas, The directors of this board
unanimous feeling of this bodv in darIaas las
cation OF the diabolical attempt hv inrpes'
diaries to infiict an irreparable lisasta,
upon the commerce of this port, invoiv,
ing IN its consequences every material in.
terest of the city; and ''' lis
whereas, The directors have alras5y
applauded the action of the mayor and
aldermen IN so promptly Offering rewards
Tor the arrest and conviction of the br
man hyenas whose assaults uDOn o",
commerce might have covered the ocean
win holocausts in burning ships; but
w Whereas, The universal sentiment n,
the business interest and the Dronort,
h9laers OF this city is that the rewards
oiIered by the mayor and aldermen ara
inadequate to secure the speediest arrest.
OF the criminals; and
whereas, 1t is equally the expressed
opinion of the entire community thar tbs
burden for the apprehension of the crir1j'
nals should fall upon the city treasur,,
and that 1t would be ill-advised and moSt
unfortunate, in this crisis to tax b4
meager resources of anv one or r1Gro ~
our commercial bodies for any part n
such burden, therefore be it
Resolved, That this board of trade in
special meeting convened request and
urge the mayor and aldermen to advance
the reward now offered for the arrest and
conviction Of each incendiary and fin
the reward at s., 500 each for the first iys
arrests and convictions, $1,000 each for
the next hVe arrests and convictions and
S9OO each Tor every subsequent arrest and
CONVICTION after the first ten as above
Resolved, further That if the mayor
and aldermen have any doubt ~ their au-
thorlty under the law to offer such re.
wards, that this body request the cotton
exchange to cooperate with them in call.
ing a mass meeting of the citizens to give
the necessary Justification to the mayor
and aldermen for immediate compliance
with the preceding resolution.
Resolved lastly, that certified copes
of these resolutions be transmitted imme.
dlately by the secretary to the mayor and
aldermen and the Savannah Cotton Ex.
change" ID. G. Purse
President Savannah Board of Trade
true copy of the minutes of meeting
held this 9Th day Of November, 1894
G. Wallace Howard
superintendent and Secretary.
The communication received for infor-
nation. and the following resolution
adopted:
BY Alderman Myers
Resolved, That the resolution adopted in
council, Nov 6, 1894, be amended to read
as follows: That the mayor be- and he is
hereby authorized, to offer a reward In
the sum of 800 for the first apprehen-
sion, with proof to convict, of any person
concerned in setting fire to the vessels in
this port on Nov. 8 and g. and five hundred
dollars for each or every successive ap-
prehenSion, with proof to convict, Of any
person concerned in setting fire to the
vessels in this port on Nov. 5 and s, 1894,
or cutting citys hose used at said fires,
His honor the mayor reported to the
board the death of Capt. r. c. Kennedy
late harbormaster, Whereupon the follow
ing resolutions, offered by Alderman Bo-
han, were adopted,
Whereas, Official notice has been re-
ceiyed by council of the death of Capt, r.
C. Kennedy, late harbormaster, and
Whereas, Council recognizes that in his
death the city has lost a faithful public
servant, whose integrity and correct per-
formance of duty deserve the highest re-
cognition of this body, be it
Resolved That council attend the fun
eral of Capt. Kennedy in body, and that
MS honor the mayor be requested to make
all the necessary ARRANGEMENTS for carry
ing out this resolution
Be it further resolved, That a committee
OF three be appointed to draft suitable
resolutions on the death of Capt. Kennedy
said resolutions to be presented at the
next regular meeting of the board.
The mayor appointed the following com'
mittee in accordance with above resou-
ton: Aldermen Bohan, Myers, MCMILLAN
F. e. .REBARER,.
Clerk of Council