The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-29
FOR THE cITYS WELFARE.
COUNCIL MAKES THE APPROPRIA-
TION FOR THE EXHIBIT.

Alderman screven VIII he BOtl
Mayor and Recorder Pro Tenn
Basch Elected Chimney Contractor
Council Invited to Assist in CeIe,
brating the Battle of Sedan-A Bill
10 Make Valid a Part OF the City'i
Charter.
Mayor Myers announced at the meet
ing Of council yesterday afternoon thai
he would be absent from the city fol
two or three weeks. The mayor is going
north on his summer vacation.
During the mayors absence Alderman
Screven, chairman Of council, viii be
acting mayor. Recorder Wilson being
absent at Sea Grit, the acting mayor
Will also preside at the police court,
thus placing him in fun charge of the
city's affairs for the nezs week at least.
Council passed the resolution appro-
priating $3.50 to the citizens Industrial
committee 10 be used in making an ex-
hibit of the resources Of the city at the
Atlanta exposition, as it was expected
would be done.
Alderman Garrard introduced the res
olution appropriating the sum for the
benefit of the welfare, convenience and
Advancement of the CITY," TO be used in
making an exhibit Of the resources of
the city at the Cotton States and Interna-
tional Exposition at Atlanta. The reso-
luton was unanimously adopted.
A letter was received from Mr.. w. 2.
Green, stating that he was compelled TO
be out Of the city for the next few days
and requesting that the amendment TO
Sec Of the tax ordinance, placing a tax
of 500 per annum on life insurance brok-
ers for each company represented by
them, be withheld until the next meeting,
in order that he might be present and
have hearing before the passage Of the
amendment. The request was granted.
The ordinance was read second time
and laid on the table until the next meet
ing. Mr.. Green is the only insurance bro
ker in the city.
Alderman Screven's ordinance permit
ting the Merchants and Miners Transpor-
tation Company to appoint policemen to
do duty on its wharves was read a sec
ond time and passed. Agent Carolan in
tends to put his watchmen on the wharf
IN uniform.
The ordinance introduced by the COM
mittee on health and cemetery, at the last
meeting, to abolish the use of surface
wells when the city water mains are ac-
cessible, was read a second time. Alder
man Falligant said that, while the Ordi-
nance came from the sanitary board. it
was approved by the health and cemetery
committee, which approved of the ordi-
nance both on sanitary grounds and also
because the discontinuance of the sur
face wells would increase the revenue of
the water department. The ordinance was
adopted, and will be enforced after Dec.
81, 1885
Alderman screven introduced an ordi-
nance making it unlawful for any per-
son to swim in the Savannah river at
any time between sunrise and sunset I'M
der a penalty of fine not exceeding
Sl0 or Imprisonment not exceeding TWEEN
ty days.
The applicants for the position of Chin
ney contractor of the western district
were Theodore Basch M. Pendergast
and A. B. Goodwin. Mr.. Goodwin Of
fered as his bondsmen Hon. j. J. Nc
Donough, b. A. Denmark and K. ]. Kief-
fer. He stated that he had heard that
the place would be given only to poliu-
cal workers, but stated his circumstan-
ces to show that he was really in need
of the position. The ballot was taken
and resulted in the unanimous election
OF Mr.. Basch.
The mayor and aldermen received an
invitation asking them to participate in
the celebration of the Battle of Sedan
by the German citizens, Sept. l, and 3,
and offering them carriages to take part
in the parade of Sept. 2 Alderman Hud-
son moved that the invitation be &C
cepted and Alderman Gleason that 1t
be laid on the table. Alderman Garrard
seconded Alderman Hudson's motion,
with the exception OF the
participation in the parade, which
is 10 be decided on later. In this shape
the motion was passed
Alderman Falligant stated that he had
addressed several communications to Mr..
w. j. Cleary, formerly inspector Of the
o. E. M. department, requesting ihfor-
nation as to certain matters connected
with the department occurring during his
term of office, which communications had
been treated with contempt, no reply
having been received from Cleary. Alder
man Falligant asked for instructions in
the matter, and if there was any author
sty by which he could compel Mr.. Cleary
TO furnish the information to his CON-
mittee lie was informed by the city
attorney that such was not the case,
and that the only way in which Mr.
Cledry cOulQ De cOInpellcO 10 give the
information desired was to make a case
before council and have him summoned
as a witness.
Alderman Garrard introduced a reso-
luton to the effect that the city attor-
ney be requested to prepare and have
published the title of a local bill to so
amend section ,S49 of the code of Georgia
as to remove the objection to that por-
ton Of the charter of the city of Savannah
pointed out by the recent decision of
the supreme court of Georgia in the in
junction case of the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway Company and to
make this part of the charter constitu-
tional and valid. The resolution was
adopted.
The members of council present at the
meeting were: Mayor Myers, Aldermen
Falligant, Gleason, Willink, Screven, Kol-
shorn, Bacon, Tiedeman, Lamotte, Hud-
son and Garrard.