The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-05
BRICK MEN ALLOWED A WEEK.
SOUTH BROAD STREET PAVEMENT
NOT YET DECIDED ON.

The Brick Paving Company VIII En-
deavor to Convince Council of the
Superiority of Their Material 10
AsphaIt-They Make bids of $I.65
and sI.67 Per square Yard with
O6ers to Maintain Their Pave
ment at 3 Cents Per Square Yard
Per Annum-Dr. white Urges the
Use of Brick.
The city council did not select the ma
terial for paving South Broad street at
its meeting last night. The representa-
tives of the vitrided brick manufacturing
companies were allowed a week, upon
their request, to make a showing as to
the desirabiity Of brick over asphalt
Both the brick companies, which have
furnished specimens of their work here
made bids. The Tennessee Paving Com
pany of Chattanooga made a bid Of $1.67
per square yard for paving the street, in
Guiding all costs except curbing, with a
five year guarantee upon the pavement
and agrees to maintain the pavement Tor
twenty years after the expiration of the
five years at cents per square yard per
annum.
The Virginia Paving Brick Company OF
Lynchburg made a bid for the contract
at SLICE per square yard, with an agree
ment TO maintain the pavement for twen-
ty years at an annual charge of cents
per square yard. Both bids were referred
10 the committee of the whole
The request for weeks time in which
to prove to council the advantages Of vitri-
fed brick as a paving material, was
made by Capt. George It. Cam, attorney
for the Tennessee Paving Company.
The Hastings Paving Company amended
its bid by reducing the price of asphalt
blocks to $3.50 per thousand, and offering
TO give a guarantee for five years.
A communication was received from Dr.
s. A. White, South Broad street proper
ty owner strongly favoring brick. DR..
White stated that he signed a petition Ia
voring asphalt, but after a thorough in
vestigation Of the brick pavements IN
Jacksonville, he was convinced that
brick is superior to asphalt'
DR. White attacked the offer of the as
phalt company to enter into CONTRACT
for the maintenance Of all the asphalt
streets in the city at a lower price than
at present charged for such work, IN con-
sideration OF being given the contract Tor
South Broad street as an injustice TO the
property owners on that street by making
them pay part of the cost of repair on
other streets. The communication was
referred to the committee of the whole,
along with other paving matters.
A petition was received from George
Nv for the GQWan-
nah Telephone Company, making appli-
cation for leave to use the streets and
lanes of the city to lay underground con-
duits or pipes for electrical conductors
or cables, and for permission to erect such
poles on the streets and lanes as may be
necessary for the prosecution of the bust
ness of the company. The petition was
referred to the committee of the whole.
Alderman Testers ordinance, amend
ing a section of MacDonell's code, so as
to allow of subdivisions Of ground rent
lots, with a frontage of less than twenty
feet, was adopted.
Commissioner of Public Works willink
furnished a statement of the cost of the
rev city stables, including all items,
$6,92S.4s.
Several petitions for the refunding of
money paid for wagon badges, where the
petitioners claimed that they had lost or
misplaced the original badges, were re-
ported upon unfavorably, by the finance
committee, with the provision that If the
petitioners should produce the original
badges the amount paid by them for new
badges should be referred.
Mr.. John Lynch petitioned to be reim-
bursed for damages to his wagon caused
by a collision with fire engine No. 4.
The following members of council were
present at the meeting:
Hon. Herman Myers, mayor, and AL
dermen Falligant, Watson, Letter, Lester,
Screven, Kolshorn, Tiedeman, Lamotte,
Garrard.