The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-20
TO PAVE SOUTH BROAD STREET
ebert TO BE LAID ON 10th
DRIVENATs.

The Drives 10 BE - Feet Wide-A
Proposition TO open "A Promenade
Through the Green-AbercOrn and
Habersham Streets to lie Paved
with ebert Between south broad
and Liberty and New Houston
street From Drayton TO Jefferson
South Broad street IS 10 be paved IN
the fau with ebert.
Alderman Gleason Is moving things ia
the streets and lanes department. Be
sides the paving which he has already
done and the excellent condition IL which
he is now keeping the streets. he has
some plans for the fan which wiu give
satisfaction 70 the majority Of Savannah
fans.
The chief idea in his plans is the
paving OF South Broad street entire from
end 10 end on both sides with ebert
Il have the promise Of every member
Of the board Alderman Gleason said
yesterday, that the work VIII be done,
and / think this is sufficient The street
will be paved for width Of % feet on
each side. ebert is the least costly and
most satisfactory material that could be
used on this street. Shells would not
do have no yet made any estimates as
TO the cost, but the experience Of neigh
boring cities with the material has been
sufficient TO show that the cost is far
less than that of asphalt or Belgian block.
While paving South Broad street we Will
also pave Abercorn and Habersham
streets from South Broad to Liberty
streets for the benefit Of the fire and police
department"
what other paving do you expect 10
do?'
THE section Of jefferson street from
Bryan TO Broughton street VIII be paved
with block which will give that street
a block pavement throughout. The sec
ton has a sort of shell pavement now,
which is just about no pavement at H.
Then we will pave New Houston street
from Drayton TO Jefferson street, con-
Meeting those two paved streets"
why not pave New Houston street
TO West Broad or throughout
Because the appropriation will not a.
low it. 1 have mapped out about all that
We can afford to do in the paving line
this year"
How about making a park Of the South
Broad street green with 2 promenade down
the green with benches on either side?'
the alderman was asked.
That is what ! would like 10 DO, if I
had my way. The subject will be dis
cUssed in council and it may be dacidtd
TO do something of that kind. 1t would add
a great deal to the appearance OF the
street, in my opinion
Alderman Gleason Is progressive in his
ideas and 1t is well to announce them IN
advance in order TO give time
TO digest them. Greene street in
Augusta. ono Of the most beautiful streets
in the south, has very much the appear
ance now that the change suggested by
Alderman Gleason would give to South
Broad street Greene street is of about
the same width as of South Broad street
has the same arrangement of the double
roadway with the green in the center
and the double row Of trees on each side,
only there is a wide walk down the mid
die Of the green and benches are arranged
under the trees for the benefit of thoss
who care to take the air there and view
the passersby.
Eutaw place in Baltimore is one of the
handsomest avenues in the world and Is
parked in a similar manner to that in
which IL is proposed to park South Broad
street. 1t runs through the heart Of the
fashionable residence section and is easily
the most beautiful street Of the city.
Besides adding a great deal to its appear
ance the paving of South Broad street
would be of great advantage to the police
and fire departments, especially the latter
The fire department is continually COM
PEELED to pursue roundabout routes in re-
spending to alarms, because the heavy
sand on South Broad street is almost inn
passable to the machines. BY paving
South Broad and connecting il with Lib
erty street through Abercorn and Haber-
sham the work of the department would
be made much easier. The work of the po-
lice patrol wagon and the police ambu-
lance would also be much easier The adj
diuonal conveniences that would be af-
forded to traffic by means of the proposed
paving are very apparent.