The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-15
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REPORTS OF Committees.

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The committee of the whole to which
was referred the petition OF sundry citi-
zens. asking council TO place a sewer on
Jones street., extending from West Broad
10 West Boundary streets, begs leave 70
report, recommending that said petition
be re-committed to committee on streets
and lanes. Herman Myers.
Chairman Committee of the Whole.
The COMMITTEES of the whole. to which
was referred the communication from j.
8 Collins president Electric Railway
Company, relative TO certain streets
given the city upon condition that said
streets would be opened IN accordance
with agreement made at the time they
We're given to the city, begs to report, re-
commenting that the same be received
as information. Herman Myers,
Chairman Committee Of the Whole.
The committee of the whole, to which
was referred ordinance repeating ordi-
nances relative to placing powder maya
zines on the streets of the city, beg to re
port, recommending that said ordinance
be Withdrawn. Herman Myers,
Chairman Committee Of the Whole.
Report adopted.
The committee of the whole, to which
was referred the petition of James E. Me-
Bride, Jr., and T. J. Hogan, requesting
notifications of sentence imposed upon
lutiu III IttDTuefS court so as 10 enaDle
petitioners to pay inc in lieu of spend
ing thirty days in jail, begs to report, re-
commencing that petitioners be fined s25
each or thirty days imprisonment
Chairman Committee Of the Whole.
Report adopted.
The committee of the whole. to which
was referred the petition OF sundry prom
erty owners relative TO pavement on Jef-
ferson street, -soufb Of Charlton. street.
pegs TO report recommending that petition
be not granted Herman Myers
Chairman Committee of the Whole.
Minority report by Alderman FalligaDt-
In the matter of the increased assess
ments upon the property owners for paw
ing the roadway of Jefferson street from
Charlton TO Henry streets, l request the
privilege of recording my individual Views.
In days gone by when the means of
communication between the conmerc! al
sections Of the city and Its distant residen-
tlal localities were confined to animal
| propulsion, 1t may reasonably have SEEM
ed falr that these localities should contri-
butte substantially to the construction of
drlVeways leading directly to them; but
since the advent of the street car system
| that beneficial result has been greatly
lessened With the exception of improved
accessibility for fire engines and such
Incidental benefits as are connected with
the delivery of household supplies, and
carriage conveniences, the benefits now
revert distinctly to CONNIE rcial establish
ments, such as dealers IN brick, lumber,
building materials, groceries, dry goods,
| etc, and TO the owners and occupfers of
vehicles of transportation both personal
and material. Very much of this benefit
accrues also to truckers transporting their
| products to the centers of business.
Under circumstances of this kind heavy
assessments upon adjacent property for
| the benefit more of the community az
| large than of the adjacent lot owner, and
not lnfIeGuently more of nuisance, than
a benefit to such adjacent lot owner, be-
cause Of the dust and ipterminable noise
| caused by. such pavements. bear with in
! tense hardship upon those assessed, caus-
ing them to endure a wrong and injury and
making them pay out OF their own pockets
| for the suffering they are thereby com
/ PEELED to underground for their own, but
for the public benefit. The jefferson
| street granite pavement was constructed
! knowingly for the public benefit, for the
| use and benefit of dealers IL heavy ma
| terlal, such as have heretofore alluded
| TO, and for driveway which would stand
| the demand upon Its wearing capacity,
! which council knew would be forced upon
| IL by reason of ats being the great and
only sufficiently substantial roadway run
| ing from the northern commercial lines
! 70 the southern residential districts and
! merely tapping the suburban sections, as
! We'll. And council changed the character
! or construction Of this roadway from q
| comparatively noiSeless one, acceptable to
! the residents along its line. to a terribly
! noisy one, totally unacceptable and a nui-
sance to these residents, upon the very
ground that the necessities of the COM
| mercial transportation interests of the
community at large required this change
owners liked it or not.
Under those circumstances 1 think an
assessment of one-fifth the cost upon the
| lot owners on each side, and three-fifths
! upon the general public would come near
! er Just apportionment.
Furthermore, this assessment has not
| been put ad valorem, but by frontage, and
! the owner of a lot lat Henry and Jeffer-
! son streets, for instance), worth perhaps
500 to $500, is required to pay as much as
! the owner of a lot of the same frontage
JEFFERSON. worth
5000. In other words, the poorer man
is made to pay ten times as much in pro-
portion to the value Of his property as
| the richer man. whilst the latter enjoys
fully a hundred times as much benefit
by reason of the substantial roadway
adjoining his business location. In this
estimate I have made no allusion to an
al Valorem assessment upon improve
ments, contining myself strictly to the
consideration of the land value. If you
VIII compare again the cost of street pay
ing at Bull and Broughton with that at
Henry and Jefferson, estimating for
pavements OF similar construction, you
viii find that the lot owner at the latter
point Is made to pay in proportion to the
as much as the lot owner at Bull and
Broughton. In the latter case the cost
/ or assessment is small percentage of
value whilst in the former u is pract-
cal contscation. Believing this system
OF assessment grossly unjust, record my
vote In the negative as regards the re-
port Of the committee OF the whole
J.. A. Falligant
Majority report was adopted.
The finance committee, 70 which was
referred he petition Of Moore Co,
ports recommending that their return be
William Gsrrard.
Chairman Finance Committee.
ma committee on nnanceg 10 which
Was referred the petition VI Manual Ruiz,