The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-21
PROPERTY OWNERS IN LUCK.
THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE OGEE-
CHEZ ROAD CUT NEARLY
ONE-HALF.


city Treasurer's Omce-Dr. FalIi-
giant Calls the Attention of Council
10 What He Considers an Injustice
20 the Southern Lot Owners-The
Buttimer Matter sin Undisposed
Of-The Committees Report Not
Sufficiently Definite 10 satisfy
Council and the Committee is Given
Further Time.
The assessment upon the property own
ers fronting on the Ogeechee road will
not be as heavy as was at first thought.
At the meeting of the city council last
night an ordinance was passed 10 take
/ the place Of the assessment ordinance
/ passed al the previous meeting on ac-
/ count of an error which occurred in the
/ calculations for the assessment included
/ in the first ordinance.
The ordinance passed last night cor,
reefs this error and materially reduces
/ the assessment upon the property owners
fronting the first portion of the roadway
( Under the second ordinance the cost to
/ the property owners fronting on the 80
I foot roadway is g. s5l cents per front foot,
/ and the cost to those fronting on the %
/ foot roadway is 81. 1921 cents per foot. This
reduces the assessment upon the property
/ owners fronting on the - foot roadway
I nearly one-half
City Treasurer Hardee explained that
/ the error occurred in leaving out of the
/ calculation for the first portion of the
+ road the 1000 feet frontage owned by the
city, which was confused with
another column of figures which
/ had already been included. The error
was discovered before notices of the
| assessment were sent out. The news of
/ this reduction in the assessment viii be
welcomed by the property owners on the
/ Ogeechee road.
DR.. Faligant called attention to the
fact that there is a great deal Of com
plant on the part of property holders
/ because of charges made against them
J FOR cutting weeds from their premises.
/ The whole work has been loosely done,
I he said, as an instance Of which he stated
/ he had received bill for
/ 81 for work on his lots
when there had never been a stroke
/ of work done. No charge had been made
/ against the property owners whose lots
/ had been cleaned in the northern part
/ property holders in the southern section
/ should be made to pay He had been un-
/ able TO ma record of any such resolu-
/ ton In the proceedings of council
/ Alderman Gleason stated that the work
! had been done under a resolution of coun-
/ ell and that the bill rendered Dr. Falli-
/ SAINT was a piDptI one
DR.. Falligant replied most positively
/ that the bill was not a proper one be
/ cause not horse or man Of the street
and lane department had set foot on his
/ lands for the simple reason they could
/ not get to them.
! Alderman Garrard stated that such a
/ resolution had been adopted at a pre-
] Vious meeting of council, instructing the
chairman of the street and lane commit
/ Tee TO clear the vacant lots Of weeds at
] the expense of the owners If any charges
/ had been wrongly made, the proper
] course of the parties was to petition coun,
/ ell for relief. he said. There being no
motion before council the matter was
/ dropped
A resolution. introduced by Col. Gar
1 rard, to the effect that the city should
4 not pay interest above per cent an
mum, on deferred payments for lands pur-
chased for opening street after this date
was adopted.
The committee on opening streets rec
0tnmehded that the city pay MIR. X. b.
Reppard N,425 for land for opening
streets as previously reported. The reso-
tuition was adopted
The appeal case Of NJ. A. Buttimer
from a fine of $40 imposed in the police
| court for assaulting Charles Goldman,
| was postponed at the request of the lat
ter on the ground that the only witness
I summoned by him had not appeared
| The council decided to rule the witness
/ Tor contempt Constable Cave of Justice
/ Reynolds court is the witness referred to.
/ 4 petition was received from several of
the Wholesale market butchers requesting
that the council compel the clerk of the
market to enforce all ordinances requiring
the sides of beef offered for sale in the
market to be exhibited. and other ordi-
nances looking to the protection of legiti-
mate dealers. The butchers desire to be
protected from thieves and dishonest deal
ers The petition was referred to the COM
mlttee of the whole.
The petition that horse sheds he erected
on Bay street was reported unfavorably
by the committee.
The committee on harbor and wharves
recommended that the Tapping" privilege
I of AberCOrn street slim he to
Salas on certain very stringent conditions.
The committee of the whole reported
faVorabiy upon the recommendation OF
the sanitary board that two additional
sanitary inspectors be appointed and the
report was adopted by council.
The committee on accounts reported
that they had examined and found correct
bills against the city amounting to $14,,
751.l4.
The members of council present were,
Mayor Myers, Aldermen Falligant Wat
son, Carolan, Gleason, Bacon, Tiedeman
Hudson and Garrard.
Alderman Falligant made a lengthy re-
: port in writing on the charges preferred
against contractor Buttimer OF the sinR
department by Supt b. O. Rogers but
failed to state whether the committee
found that the charges were sustained
by the evidence. Supt. Rogers directly
charged Mr.. Buttimer with increasing 4
bill after it had been approved by him
and before ii was presented to the chair.
man OF me heaItn ana cemetery commi 4
Z tee Tor his signature by adding items
? which has been struck out by the super
| intendent.
The only reference to this charge IS two
exhibits attached to the report. The firs1
exhibit is copy of the correct bill Of the
contractor for work done IN August, aC-
cording to the sworn statement OF Mr.
Rogers, amounting to $5S The second
! exhibit is a statement made by Mr. Rog.
ers of items added to the bill by Butt,-
mer after it's certification by the super.
/ intendent by which the bill was increased
to $6i5. The bill. when presented to the
chairman. however appeared to be certl.
fled to by Rogers for the full amount OF
S645. The report failed to state what con
clusion the committee came to on this
important point The rest Of the reporl
is taken up with the results or the inves.
tigation OF different items brought to the
attention of the committee 10y the super
intendent, where he considered the con
tractor had mace improper charges
against the city.
This investigation showed that BUTT.
mer had made charges against the city In
several instances for vaults which he was
] ordered to clean, but which the property
owners declined to allow him to clean
On this point the report stated that the
committee thought the contractor was en-
tilled TO some CONDENSATION IN anch IN