The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-20
TO ABOLISH THE FEES.
The Government to Be Asked to Take
Charge Of Quarantine.

the Council Decides to Abolish the
Fees in the interests of Commerce.
The New Order Of Things to GO Into
Effect August THE Present In
come From the Quarantine Barely
Sufficient to Maintain the Station.
Chief Hale's Report Laid on the
Table.
The quarantine fees are to be abolished,
and Savannah's quarantine will very
likely be taken in charge by the United
States government. The matter was de-
cided upon at a meeting of the committee
of the whole of council yesterday after
noon, and a recommendation to this effect
will be submitted to the meeting of cOun-
Gil this afternoon from the committee of
the whole.
The resolution adopted by the commit
tee of the whole provides for the doing
away with the quarantine fees August l..
A committee will be appointed to confer
with the government authorities upon the
subject of the government assuming con-
troll of the quarantine. It was practically
decided at the special meeting of council
last week that the fees should be done
away with in the interests of the COM
merce of the port. Government control
of the quarantine was natural sequence
TO the abolishing of the fees.
The city's income from quarantine fees
has averaged about Sl5, 1000 annually,
which has barely suficed for the main
tenance of the station This does not in
clude the expense incurred for quaran-
tine improvements, which amounted TO
nearly sd. 900 last year. The improve
ments at the quarantine station have cost
the city $50, 900 within the last few years.
CHIEF HALE's REPORT TABLED.
The committee of the whole, after con
sidering Chief hale's report, decided to
lay 1t on the table until the time for
making up next years budget. THE city
has no available funds to carry out the
recommendations of the report this year, p"
said Mayor McDonough, after the meet
ing. Whatever additions it is decided
to make to the department will DO in
cluded in next years budget"
Chief Puder-was unable to obtain an
estimate of the cost of tireboat. The
cost of maintaining the fireboat, as taken
from the annual report of the Baltimore
fire department, would be something over
$4,000 This puts the fireboat entirely
out of the question for some time to come.
Mayor McDonough said it was very prob
dDlG bUdb SOlu6 arrangements WOulu bc
made with the owboat company for fire
service on the river front.
COST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
Chief Puder's estimate Of the cost Of
the other recommendations made by Chief
Hale, outside of the cost and maintenance
of treboat, is 900 This does not in
clude the laying of the larger main on
Bay street, which is estimated to cost
nearly $4,000. Mayor McDonough said
that, instead of laying a Pinch main
on Bay street from West Broad to Aber-
corn street, the main would be laid to
East Broad street. The question of lay
ing the main will be taken up again in
October, as soon as the time fixed by the
ordinance against upturning the soil ex-
pires.
The petition of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway and Col. w. w.
Gordon to be allowed to build bridge
across the Bilbo canal to connect the
wharves of Col. Gordon and the railway
company, was granted, and the bridge
will be built.
A petition from several property own
ers in the southeastern section of the city
praying to be relieved from taxation was
set for hearing, but none of the petition
erS appeared before the committee.