The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-19
PAVING CONTRACT AWARDED.
THE APPEALING OF SOUTH BROAD
WILL BEGIN SOON.

Contract For Maintaining All the
Asphalt Streets at Cents Per
Square Yard Per Annum-Tele-
phone Talk Before the Committee
of the WhOIe-Qunrantine station
to Remain where 1t Is For n While
Ion.cr-The Park and Tree Com
mission Wants the Bicycle Tax If
ANY Is IrrpOsed-sanitary Board
Recommends a Return to the Dis
pensary system.
The bid Of the warren-scharf Asphalt
Company to pave South Broad street with
its standard light Trinidad asphalt att
S95 per square yard was accepted by the
city council last night
The bid includes the maintenance of
the pavement by the company for five
years thereafter. without cost to the city
or property owners, with the mainten-
ance of the pavement for a subsequent
period Of five years at the rate of cents
per square yard per annum, and with the
option to the city at the expiration of
that period to renew the contract for an
other period of FIVE years at the same
rate.
The proposition of the Warren-Scharf
company to maintain all the asphalt
streets Of the city for term of five years
at the rate of cents per square yard
per annum, with the right to the city to
renew the contract for another term Of
five years by giving notice of such inten-
ton any time within six months before
the expiration of the first contract
was accepted. This includes Broughton
street from Abercorn to West Broad for
the maintenance of which the city has
contract with the Warren-Scharf Com
pany for twenty years from June 1, 1888,
at the rate of 10 cents per square yard per
annum from which contract the city is re-
leased. 1t also includes Broughton street
from Abercorn to East Broad and Liberty
streets, which streets were laid by the
Southern Vulcanite Paving Company.
The contract will apply to pavements
upon which the five-year guarantee has
not expired at the expiration of the guar
antee. There are about $1,000 square
yards of asphalt paving in the city, the
maintenance of which under this contract
will cost the city $4,6OO per annum. The
paving of South Broad street Will add
24O00 square lSards, making total of n6,-
900 square yards of asphalt paving, the
maintenance of which will cost the city
s., 800 per annum upon the expiration of the
flve-year guarantee on the South Broad
street pavement.
The council spent some time in commit
tee of the whole before the meeting. Part
of the time was taken up in hearing from
Mr. ]. c. Keelyn, president of the West
ern Telephone Construction Company of
Chicago upon the subject of a new tele-
phone company for Savannah. Mr.. ]. I.
Rowland, who is actively at work in the
interest of the new company, was also
before the committee, a petition for
franchise and privileges of the streets and
lanes for the new company having been
made to council No action was taken in
council 1t is understood that the advo-
Gates OF the new company were informed
that the council would prefer to walt until
a charter had been secured and other evil
dences of a bona fide intention to estab-
lish telephone system be given.
1t seems that the quarantine station is
to remain for a while longer at the pres
ent site or for a sufficient length of time
to make 1t worth while for the city to
make necessary improvements there A
communication on this subject at the last
meeting from the sanitary board was re-
ferred to the mayor and the following re-
port from Mayor Myers was read last
night.
referring to the communication from
the sanitary board relative to the necessity
of changing the present site OF our quaran-
tine station and the making Of certain re-
pairs thereto, / beg leave to report that af-
ter comforting with Capt. o. M. Carter,
United States engineer in charge of har-
Dor improvements, ! would recommend
that such temporary repairs as are
necessary be made at once at our quaran-
tine station, looking to the safety of moor
ing vessels, and the prompt discharge of
ballast. The necessity of an early change
in the site Of quarantine station depends
altogether upon the action of congress at
it's next session, in appropriating sufficient
funds to carry out present authorized
contracts for harbor improvements. In
this connection / further recommend that
an investigation be made as to the suit
ability of the old quarantine station. In
my judgment, this latter site would be
the most desirable If the city is
compelled to make change" The report
was referred to the committee OF the
whole.
A communication was received from
the sanitary board through the secretary,
DR.. w. +. Drummer, recommending that
the present system of dispensing medi-
cines to the poor by contracts with drug
stores be abandoned, and that the city dis
pensary be re-equipped and put in opera
ton again.
The return to- the dispensary is recon-
mended on the score of economy and bet
ter service. The city abandoned the dis
pensary for the contrast system about
three years ago. Since that time the num-
Der Of prescriptions and the cost of the
service have greatly increased.
A communication was received from Hon.
Cliff b Grimes, mayor of Columbus, CALI
ing attention to a bin introduced in the
legislature by Hon. Jos. f. Chapman
representative from that county, and city
attorney, to repeal the act Of 1SS4-S5 reg.
ulating assessment life insurance, the oh.
Ject being TO make the assessment insur.
ance companies subject to municipal tax.
alton. The influence of the city council
of Savannah in securing the support oil
the representatives from Chatham for The
bill, Is solicited.
The letter was referred to the commit
tee of the whole
resolution was adopted, directing tha
the cost Of the new city stables, Sc 92S. As
be charged to the accounts of the stree
and lane and scavenger departments tn,
accounts OF the public works commits
sioner for the erection of the buildini
having been examined and found correct