The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-13
WANT Drinks AT al HOURS.
THE ALL NIGHT SALOON ORDI-
NANCE WILL PROBABLY PASS.

Some of the Aldermen Opposed 20 II
and the Effort 40 BE Made 10 Have
IL Amended-The Hackmen on the
Anxious Bench-The Underground
Wires ordinance.
Several important matters viii come be-
fore the city council at its meeting to-
night. The ordinance allowing the OPEN
ing saloons az midnight Will probably De
acted upon. The indications are that it
will be passed.
Some OF the aldermen have expressed
themselves very strongly opposed to the
repeal Of the midnight closing law, and
it Is possible that there may be a compro-
mise. One alderman said yesterday that a
compromise to extend the time during
which the saloons may remain open to J
o'clock viii probably DE proposed. ma
other compromise which might be offered,
he said, would be 10 chang the ordinance
so as to allow the saloons 10 open at 5
o'clock in winter and o'clock ia summer.
It would also be suggested. he said, that
the saloons which desired to remain open
all night be allowed 10 do so on condition
Of paying an extra license. This would
reduce the number Of all-night saloons to
a comparatively small figure. he said.
The hackmen are on the anxious bench
on account Of the amendment to the ordl-
nance regulating hacks. The section Of the
ordinance allowing hacks to stand for not
more than fifteen minutes in one place
Will probably be repealed and the street
and lane committee will be required in
stead to fix places where the hacks must
stand until called for or keep moving. The
hackmen arc afraid that they will be put
so far from the hotels under the new
ordinance that they viii have no show for
the patronage from those quarters from
which they now derive their largest rev
enue. One Of them said last night that
the ordinance is in the interest Of the
liverymen and the hotel keepers who have
contracts with the liverymen. THE livery
carriages" he said, "can stand in front OF
a hotel as long as they please. but the
hacks must keep moving If the ordinance
is changed the hackmen viii have no
show at ali. We can only charge % cents
for carrying "a passenger TO any one point
in the city, no matter If 10 is TO Twelfth
street, and we cannot charge over dollar
an nOuI lot the rent OF our AAChSf lhpubh
there may be three or four in the party.
We are not allowed 20 charge double rates
after midnight as in other cities"
A hotel man 70 whom the hackman's
views were mentioned said that the hack
men had a neat way of evading the hf
teen minute ordinance.
After they have stood for fifteen min
utes in front Of hotel he said, they sim
ply move few feet further on or drive off
half a block and come back again 10 the
very same place they We're in before. They
are a nuisance to the hotel keepers in
more ways than one and they annoy the
guests. The hackmen will have no right
TO complain If they are put in easy reach
of the hotels"
Alderman Tiedemans ordinance provid-
ing for placing telephone and other over
head wires underground will probably be
taken up and passed. The ordinance does
not compel the overhead wires to go under
ground, but 1t is a step in that direction,
and it is understood that later, IL neces-
sary. it will be followed up by an ordi-
nance compelling the telephone and other
electric companies using overhead wires
TO put their wires below the surface. The
Southern Bell Telephone Company has al
ready indicated through its manager here,
Mr.. Polk, its willingness TO put its wires
underground This has already been done
in Atlanta and other cities. The company
the city's fire alarm and police telegraph
wires in its conduits along with the tele-
phone wires.
The application of John T. Rowland, for
himself and others. for permission to lay
underground telephone wires in the streets
and lanes Of the city for a new telephone
company, will also come up. Mr.. Rowland
will not say who is backing the new tele-
phone company, but he says there is plen-
~ OF capital behind 1t, and that it is an
assured thing that Savannah will have a
new telephone company inside of a year.
The expiration of the several patents upon
the various inventions Of Edison in use in
the present telephone system has practi-
cally thrown the field open to all who
wish to invest capital in that direction
and made 1t possible to successfully rival
the Bell company. The object of the new
company will be to reduce rates and give
an improved service.
A CUTE SWINDLER CAUGHT,