The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-04
PUTTING TYBEE IN SHAPE.
The Council Has Fixed the Tax Rate
and the Liquor License.

| The Town Hall and Police Headquar-
ters Repaired and Ready for Bust
ness-Mayor Butler Putting Down
| the Plank Walks and Cleaning Up
the Debris-The Mayors Report for
1892 and 1898 Ready for Distribu-
ton.
Now that the town government Of Ty-
bee has been fully organized, the work Of
preparing the island for its summer visi-
tors will be pushed rapidly to completion.
Mayor Butler deserves much credit for
the work he had done while acting mayor,
and he intends to push it forward until
there is not sign of the storm left.
The mayor and the aldermen-Capt.
Henry Blum and Nessrs. William Kehoe, Il.
p. Lowell, l. G. Haas, w. +. Cowan and
Henry Solomon, were sworn in immedi-
diately after the election by Mr.. NJ. A.
O'Byrne, notary public, who was at the
town hall on the day of the election.
Among the prominent voters from the
city who went down there were Mayor
J. j. McDonough, Sheriff John 7. Roman,
Mr.. John G. Rowland, Mr. Martin Cooley,
and Mr.. NJ. A. O'Byrne. Mayor John G.
Butler was also on hand. There were
nineteen votes cast.
MEETING OF COUNCIL.
The council held a meeting immedi-
ately after the members were sworn
in. All the members of the council were
present, with the exception of Mr.. l. G.
Haas and Capt. Henry Blum. Mr. Haas
is absent in New York.
The council passed the tax ordinance,
making the tax rate l per cent. on the
valuation of the property. The valuation
is that made last year, which was con-
before. The liquor license was fixed at
500 for the year 1894, ending May /, 1895.
The town hall, which fell down during
the storm and killed a horse, has been put
back in place again. 1t has been fully re
paired and is now in good condition. The
town hall is also used for the police head
quarters.
THE POLICE FORCE.
Mr.. o. w. Nail is now the only police
man on the island. Last summer there
were five policemen during the season, en-
ployed at a salary of $40 per month. 1t is
not believed that as many will be needed
this year, and the probability is that the
number will be reduced. Special police
men will of course be employed on days
when their services are needed.
Dick Higgins will probably be elected
chief of police. This election is not held,
however, until May, as the services of a
chief are not needed until the season
opens. The salary of the chief is $50 per
month. The salary of the clerk of cOun-
ell, Mr.. Frank f. Storer, will be 800.
IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE.
The pavilion was damaged only slightly
by the storm, but it has been fully re-
paired. The bath houses, too, are being
rapidly rebuilt. The Naylor house is
putting up about 100 of them, as is also
the Tybee Hotel Company. Mrs. Smith
is building about fifty. Mayor Butler is
! having all the plank sidewalks put back
! again, and this work also is nearly COM
pleted These sidewalks were foated
away by the water that rose over the
island during the storm. The debris on
the island is being rapidly cleaned up, and
| by the time the season opens Tybee will
| look as bright and as new as if there had
never been any such thing as a cyclone.
| THE MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT.
Mayor Butler has completed the
report of the acting mayor for the
| years 1892 and 1898, 10 which is added the
report of the clerk of council and the re.
ports Of the ex-oficio treasurer of the
! town.
Copies of the report will be mailed at
! once to all the property owners and resi-
| dents of the island. The report speaks OF
| the sad and untimely death of Mayor
! Ulmer. 1t shows the receipt of revenues
! and donations amounting to 50, 853. 63 dur
! ing the two years mentioned. The amount
was disbursed in paying the expenses oil
the city government and for public i'm
| provements on the island