The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-28
CITY GOVERNMENT.



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/ between Bay and CASTOR streets, on Ell
/ Their side of Bull street to Whitaker and
/ DrayUn streets; and also New Houston
/ street, from Whitaker to Drayton streets;
and what would be the total cost of paw
| ing said streets with vitrided brick, stat
= ing in its report, in addition to the total
| cost, the cost for each street; and said
committee is further requested In its re-
/ port to furnish an estimate of what
/ proportion of said cost would have to
/ be borne by the city and what proportion
] by lot owners.
/ Adopted
By Alderman Bacon
Resolved, by the mayor and aldermen OF
/ the city of Savannah, in council assem-
| bled, that hereafter all fines against mem
( bers o. the fire department of the city
! of Savannah collected for derelction of
/ duty, or any infractiOn of rules, be turn
/ ed over to Savannah Council Number one
/ of the Order of American Ftremen, to be
| used by this council for the benefit of
Savannah tremen in accordance with the
BENEVOLENT purposes of this order
! Referred to committees of the whole
| By Alderman Falligant--
| " hereas, David r. Dillon, a resident
many years prior TO and thereafter, and
| owner OF that tract of land in the county
| OF Chatham and state of Georgia, known
/ as the Trust Lot Holland Tything, Per
| cival Ward, containing one hundred acres
/ of land, more or less, and subsequently in
/ 1883 Incorporated as a part Of the southern
]
/ in the year 1868 lay out and suhdvide
! said trust lot into a town named by him
/ Dillontown, containing - lots and 3
| streets running east and west, called Nir-
! ginia, sarah, James, Alexander, Ben1a-
| min, David, Leonora and Eliza streets,
and 5 streets running north and south
/ called Whitaker, Barnard, jefferson.
/ Montgomery, West Broad Burroughs, Guy
! Ter and part of an unnamed street adj
! squares called David square, Roberts
| square and Dillon square, and further in
/ structcd the late city surveyor, John B.
/ HOgg, afterward called John B. Howard,
/ TO incorporate the said map of Dillontown
! on the maps OF the city of Savannah and
| adjacent lands, punnshed In July, 1868, as
| part Of said official map, giving as his
/ expressed wish, and reason therefor,
that he proposed to perpetuate his own
and his children's haines thereon, and
said map of Dillontown was so incorpor-
ated and published as part of the official
map of the city Of Savannah and its sur
roundings, as ordered and directed by
the said David r. Dillon;
| And Whereas, on the 18th day of july,
| 1865, the said David II. Dillon conveyed
| to the Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard
| Railroad Company, of Savannah, for con-
| siderations named In the deed thereto,
! 'All that body of land situated, lying and
being in the county of Chatham afore-
said south Of the southern boundary of
| the corporate limits of said city of Savan-
nah, between Whitaker and Barnard
streets extended, said body of land meas
| uring, according to plan OF DillontoWn
recently made by John b. Hogg, surveyor
| Of the city of Savannah from Whitaker
| street on the east, three hundred and two
| feet to Barnard street on the west ex
| tended. and Sarah street on the north
/ two hundred and - feet, to James street
on the south" all of said land and streets
1 being parts OF said DillontOWn, thereby
I defeating all Of said streets indicated on
said map of Dillontown. and squares
thereon. to the lot holders of said Dillon
town, and placing II forever out Of his
| Dillon - power, or the power of his heirs
or SUCCESSORS to dispose Of said streetweys
or squares, for any other purpose or pur-
poses than the purposes indicated by said
dedication, according to said plat of Dill
| lontown;
And whereas. subsequently, that is,
after the death of the said David r. Dill
lon, the mayor and aldermen of the city
! of SaVa nnah purchased from certain heirs
and successors Of said David r. Dillon,
/ all of said Dillontown lying west of Bar
| nard street, thereby emitting the said
mayor and aldermen. representing the
| corpora ton of the city of Savannah, as
lot owners in Dillontown, to all the rights
| Of dedication in all the streetwau and
squares of said Dillontown, both those ly-
ing between Barnard and Bull streets, or
! White Bluff road, and those lying west
of Barnard street and extending west
ward To Brownsville;
And whereas, subsequent to said pur-
] chase by said mayor and aldermen, the
said mayor and alderman in the exer-
else of their discretion, and conceiying
it to be for the better interests of the
city of Savannah, changed that portion
of the plat of Dillontown west of Bar
! nard street including the original streets
and squares. but in spirit OF justice
and fairness to all other lot owners in
! Dillontown, gave other streets ana
squares in lieu thereof and no objection
was filed against such action by any Of
And. whereas certain other private lot
| owners holding portions Of Dillontown,
/ lying between Barnard street and the
/ White Bluff road, under pretended claims
TO the streetways of Dillontown, rum
ming from Barnard street to Bull street,
Al aFraur Fsatr ctr
all of which streets were dedicated by
I the said David r. Dillon to the use Of all
the lot owners of Dillontown have as
/ sumed to fence in ana dispose OF SAID
dedicated streetways as if said dedicated
| streetways were their private property
/ in fee simple and not public highways,
I to which they have no other claim than
/ such right of usage as highways dedi-
Gated for such purposes alone by the said
/ Dillon.
mayor and aldermen of the city of Sa-
| vannah, in council, assembled, That the
city attorney be instructed to Bring suits
of ejectment against all parties occu-
/ pying or enclosing any portion or por-
lions of said streetways lying between
| icated by the said David r. Dillon as
parts of Dillontown, to the use of all the
lot owners Of Dillontown forever there
| after.
Referred to committee Of the whole.
APPEALS.
Appeal of J. ]. Sullivan from the de-
( ClSlOn OF the mayor was lFleu anu ue-
/ cision of the mayor sustained.
/ Appeal Of III. 4. Buttimer from the de-
| cisiOn of the recorder postponed until
next regular meeting of council.
Appeal Of John Cottingham from the de-
cision of the recorder read and set for
| trial at next regular meeting Of council.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Communication from trustees Hebrew
cemetery lot, asking city authorities to
condemn a certain portion. of said GENE
terry lot for the purpose of opening VIII
| son street, and compensation therefor.
| Referred to committee on opening streets.
Communication from clerk Of county
| commissioners, transmitting resolution
| passed by that body Oct 9. 1895, relative
| to corporate limits Of the eastern portion
| Of the city. Referred to committee on
opening streets and city engineer.
Council adjourned subject to the call Of