The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-10
TO REMINDER THE HOUSES.
NEW SYSTEM To BE ADOPTED
AND STREET SIGNS PUT Up.

The City Council Authorizes a Call
for BIds-A Needed Improvement
10 BE Undertaken at Onee-The
CIty's Expenditures for the Year
Up to Oct. 1 S54S, 900 Left
to Carry II the Next Three Months.
The city is to be remembered, and new
street signs are to be put up. This decis-
ion was arrived at by the city council last
night.
It was evidently settled in the caucus
before the meeting, as all that appeared
in council was a simple resolution author
izing the clerk Of council 10 advertise for
/ bids
AS far back as July 30 a communication
was received from L. S. Benham on the
subject Of street numbering. Mr.. Benham.
! in his communication. made brief, but
| Intelligent statement Of the subject Of
house numbering. He stated that he had
had considerable experience in this line,
naming Kansas City and other cities
where he had done work, and giving an
outline of the system which he used. Mr.
Benham favored the block system. as be
| ing the most comprehensive and allowing
| for the unlimited growth of the city. His
communication was referred TO the com
mittee on city lots and nothing more was
heard of it,
The recent agitation Of the subject by
the Morning News evidently had the eff
feet Of calling the attention Of the council
to the matter, and the result was a favor
/ able report on Br. Benhams communica-
| ton at last nights meeting. The report
/ Of the committee was that the suggestion
/ of petitioner is timely and work should
/ be commenced shortly owing to the pre-
| paration of the city directory on Nov. 1;
1t was learned that Mr. A. +. Shoes pub
| Usher of the city directory had been be-
| fore the committee of the whole and dis
cussed the subject. The action OF council
| was expressed in the following resolution
| introduced by Alderman Gleason, which
was unanimously adopted:
| Resolved, by the mayor and aldermen
in council assembled that the clerk of
council be authorized to advertise for BIDS
for the REMEMBERING Of houses and for
new streets sign for the city of Savan-
nah"
1t is evidently the intention of council
to proceed Immediately with this work.
Mr.. Manucy, clerk of council. has Sc
cured a collection of the various styles
Of street signs and numbers for the in
formation of the aldermen. They include
tin, metal and white enamel signs. The
white enamel signs with black figures
show up better than any of the other
signs and are more than likely to be the
style adopted.
An ordinance providing for the assess
ment of the cost of the Improvement of
the Ogeechee road in the usual manner,
|
owners on each side and one-third against
the city, was introduced by the commit
tee on streets and lanes: The street IS
the first section being thirty feet in width
and of the second section twenty feet.
The assessment against the abutting prop
erty owners for the first section Is g. 24O7
cents per front foot, and for the second
section 36.3Sl9 cents.
The testimony Of the city treasurer ana
the assistant city engineer was taken as
TO the correctness of the official state
ment and the measurements. The ordi-
nance was read a second time and passed.
communication was received from the
sanitary board stating that the commerce
of the port was suffering by reason of the
insufficient facilities at the South Allan
tic quarantine station at Sapeo and
recommending that the senators and rep
sentatives from this state be requested
TO urge before congress the necessity for
an appropriation for the provision of adj
ditional facilities at the station. A reso-
luton was adopted endorsing the action
of the sanitary board and authorizing the
mayor to communicate with the senators
and representatives on the line suggested.
The petition of r. S. Salas, to be al
lowed to use portion of the citys wharf
was reported upon unfavorably. with the
recommendation by the committee that
the ordinances requiring that the city be
remunerated for use of it's wharves be en-
forced Mr.. Salas also presented a COM
munication, offering TO rent the city wharf
The petition of the business men on Bay
street, complaining of the nuisance caused
by the blowing Of dhe whistles on the
titfon was numerously signed. Mayor Ny
ers said that the whistlng had been les
sened somewhat recently, but he thought
1t well that some action be taken by the
council. The petition was referred to the
committee of the whole.
The appeal Of ]. G. Shuman from the
decision of the recorder was set by request
OF Mr.. Shuman's attorney, for the first
meeting in November. The appeal of j.
j. sullivan from the decision of the mayor
| and NJ. A. Buttimer from the decision of
| the recorder were set for a hearing at
the next regular meeting of council.
The petition of Jacob Cohen TO be al
! lowed TO encroach at his lot on Bull
| street Tor the same distance as the en-
| croachment allowed the new Savannah
| theater on the block above his residence
| was reported upon unfavorably by the
| committee of the whole. A similar pc
| ttion from j. Perlinsky, whose lot adj
| joins Mr.. Cohens on Bull street, was
| received and referred to the committee
| of the whole.
1t is reported. that Messrs. Perlinski
| and Cohen have received an offer for
| their property by the syndicate which
| vannah, and that this is the explanation
| for their desire to extend their prop
| erty upon the street to the same extent
| as that allowed the Savannah theater
| This may or may not be the case, but it
| looks as if there was something in it.
1t was decided to put tin roof on the
| crematory, and bids for the work win
| be advertised for at once. A resolution
| by Alderman Willink to advertise for bids
| for city printer was adopted
Clerk Manucy submitted the statement
| of the expenditures of the city for the
| third quarter. The report showed the
| expenditures of the city for the year to
Oct. to be S547 4l.SS, leaving an unex-
| pended balance OF 1885, 241. 81 of the budget
| appropriation for the year.
| The members of the council present al
| the meeting were Mayor. Myers, Alder
screyen, Bacon, Tiedeman. Lamotte,
| Hudson.