The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-01
MEvoYS CHANCES VERY SLIM.
LITTLE DOUBT HE WILL M RE-
MOVED FROM OFFICE.

From the Owners % Houses Whose
Chimneys lie Never Swept-He Ig-
nOres the City Councils Commune
cation Directing the Payment of
the Fine Imposed Upon Him Two
! Weeks Ago-Must show Cause or
Get out.
/ Chimney Contractor 7. J. AIcEvoy OF the
I western division is in trouble again. In
+ fact. he has never been out Of it since
/ he became an onlceholder. Two weeks ago
he was fined SO by the city council for
I improper conduct Of the affairs Of his Of
/ nee.
Z Al the same time complaint was made
/ that he had Illegally collected fees from
property owners. The matter was referred
/ TO the committee on city lots. which has
1 charge Of that department OF the city gov
/ eminent for Investigation. At yesterdays
/ meeting farther charges We're preferred
/ against NIcEyoy, and he viii be summoned
! 10 appear before the council at its next
meeting to answer them.
/ The charges are based upon the COM
plants of Messrs. George w. Allen and
| James II. Miller. VINO own property in the
western part of the city. McEvoy collect
/ ed $2.S5 from Mr.. Allen as fees for sweep
/ ing the chimneys Of some of Mr. Aliens
/ houses. the tenants having failed to pay
/ the fees, when. in fact, he had never swept
the chimneys. as he represented.
The hearing was fixed for Aug. "A. the
next meeting Of the council.
/ McEvoy was notified by Clerk Manucy
at the time he was fined, of the action Of
the council. No reply was received from
him, and nothing has been heard from him
since.
The clerk was directed yesterday to
| notify the delinquent official that he must
pay the fine within two weeks, or show
cause why he shall not be removed from
office.
With the accumulation Of charges
against McEvoy his chances for continu-
ing in the Office of chimney contractor
are rapidly diminishing.
The city has taken the initial step to-
! ward the adoption of water meters to reg
ulate the consumption Of water in the
! city. Nothing, however, has been done
| toward making the use of meters compul-
/ sorry. A number Of large consumers are
going to try the meter system and on this
! account it was necessary 10 fix rate for
| the water used. A resolution was passed
by the council fixing the rate as follows:
The meter rates of water to ordinary
! consumers shall be Is cents per 1000 gal
| Ions, with minimum rate of 50 cents per
| month TO each consumer 10 per cent. de-
! ductton If paid by the 10th of each month.
A resolution was also passed fixing the
! rate for water used in Laurel Grove Gem
/ etery at So per lot
/ Applications for water in Laurel Grove
ars4raN gh he
| works office by owner Of lot. certified by
the keeper of Laurel Grove cemetery as
| to ownership. The application shall give
| number of lot and avenue on which lot
| IS situated, and the name of the plumber
| who is to do the work. The charge for
| the permit shall be 81. The charge for
water rent shall be 50 per year, payable
| In advance from the date of permit to
| January and July of each year All con-
nections to mains shall be made by
| owners of lot, under the supervision of
| water works depasment"
The resolution then prescribes the man.
| ner in which the connection shall be
| made, and provides a penalty for viola
.tion of the rule, which is the same as
| Tor the violation of any of the present
| rules of the water department.
The commissioners of Estill Park.
Messrs. j. II. Estill, c. H. Dorsett and ]
| r. Dillon. submitted their report, showing
what has been done toward improving the
park.
1t was the expectation of the commits
/ siOners that the county commissioners
| would assist in improving the park and
and making it available to the people as a
4 place of recreation at an early day, but
in this they were disappointed. They sug-
| gested in their report that the council ask
the cooperation of the county in the i'm
provement of the park. The small amount
of the city appropriation is insufficient to
do the heavy work of road building which
IS the first step toward creating a place
of recreation such as the park will be
when open to the public.
With some assistance from the county
the park commissioners hope within the
next year to grade the boundary roads
and build one of the cross roads. This
assistance. with the funds the commits
sioners now have. would insure the COM
pletion Of the road through and around
the park, and would open it up to the use
of the people, giving them an opportunity
of learning the merits of the new ac-
QUESTION to their places of recrea ton.
The assistance rendered by the county
commissioners would be more than return
ed TO them by the enhancement of their
property around the park. The total APP
preparation the city has made for the inn
proVement of the park is S1,000, of which
something over 5000 has so far been spent.
A communication was received from
the sanitary board calling attention 10 the
on South Broad street, and to the nui-
sances it conceals, and advised the cut
ting down and removal of the weeds at
once The matter was referred to the
committee on streets and lanes. Alder
man Gleason Will see that the weeds are
| cut down at once. The breaking down
of the wall on the western side of the GEN.
etery opens ii to the public and all sorts
Of nuisances are committed inside the
walls. which, in a short time, would rem
der the place a menace TO public health.
The people of West Savannah also sub
mitted a complaint against the dumping
of refuse on the farms west of the city
and close to the limits.
The council had a proposition from L.
S. Benton looking to the REMEMBERING OF
the houses. Mr.. Benton wants to submit
to a committee from the council a plan
for numbering on the decimal or block
system which is generally recognized as
the best system now in use. His propo-
; sition was referred to the committee OF
, the whole and he will. it is understood
he given a hearing within a few DAVIS