The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
TO MOVE TO TWELFTH STREET.
The Vernon She'll Road Co. to Build
New Toll House There.

The Vernon Shell Road Co. to Build
New Toll House There.
The Vernon Shell Road Company is pre-
pairing to move it's tollgate from Fourth
street out to Twelfth street, the southern
limit of the city under the recent decision
Of the supreme court, ending a litigation
that has been pending for the last six or
or seven years over the control of the
road from Fourth street south to the city
limits.
As soon as the remittur of the supreme
court has been received and filed in the
superior court here, the city will pay over
the $500, the amount which the supreme
court decided it should pay the Shell Road
Company for the property Immediately
upon receipt Of the money the Shell Road
Company viii remove its toll gate and will
open the road to the public. The old toll
house at Fourth street will be
torn down and a new toll
house win be built on the south
side of Twelfth street, just this side of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
crossing of the shell road. None of the
patrons of the road living north of the
Savannah, Florida and Western crossing
has been paying toll since the supreme
court rendered its decision. The officers
Of the road will make no fight against
moving the toll house and are already
making preparations to move it.
Capt. W. $. Rockwell is president of the
Shell Road Company. Mr.. J. Il. Fulton is
treasurer. The majority of the stock is
owned by u. b. Lester, Esq, who Is prac-
tically owner of the road The company
is not inclined to regard the decision of
the supreme court in the light of victory
for the city.
They claim the property for which the
city win pay $500 could have been had
six years ago, when the limits of the
city were extended, for $1,000. The first
litigation was an injunction by the shell
road company to prevent the city assum-
ing control Of the road when the limits
of the city were extended to Twelfth
street The value Of the property was
not then considered. After the case had
been carried to the supreme court and the
injunction proceedings had been disposed
of, the city asked the company to make
a statement of the income of the road,
which 1t did. No proposition, 1t is claimed,
was made by either side. The shell road
company stated the income of the road
to be 81 600 which it capitalized at 5 per
cent. The cost to the city of acquiring the
road on that basis. including the attend
ant expenses. would have been, it Is
claimed, about $50 goo. This it was thought
was too much and the litigation war re-
newed The course pursued by both sides
has been stated by the Morning News.
While the city gets the road at consid-
erably less than it would have cost to
have acquired it under the terms of
valuation based on the income of the
road, the company claims it is paying
good deal more than 1t could originally
have been secured for, and in that re-
spect 1t does not regard the decision of
the supreme court in the light of vic
tory.
The fences alongside of the road from
Fourth to Twelfth street will be removed
at once. The opening of Bull street will
be a long step in the development of the
southern section of the city. Bull street,
which is practically the shell road is
largely travelled, and as soon as the toll
gate has been moved the travel will
increase