The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-20

charge. Mr. Kehoa stated 20 ne
personally that he had mace arrange
menrs or an agreement with Wheeler, a.
! understood IT, 70 take scrap iron from
aim i'm return FOR Work which ne was 20
do al the crematory- The idea occurred
70 me al that time what right had ne
70 make contract with a subordinate
] have heard that manure was sold by
Cheatnam heretofore
Samuel James. colored, sworn: Mr..
wheeler got us TO pick up scrap iron. big
tlere since the crematOry burned down;
AIr. Wheeler was always sending out scrap
iron Mr.. FOgarty hauled a EO- right down
70 BaliantFne's foundry. and he said ne
lowed upon getting thirty dollars for thar
lot ne got y cents a dozen for them big
bottles; I know that myself: I sold some
or them myself:n never gave me anything
for selling them; I sold 400 in one day; he
sold tin cans. too: ne got $50 a 1000 for
them; he sold them 10 the soap factory;
ne had two men out there; sometimes these
men would make s. and $40 apiece.
they we're hauling this first lot of iron for
Two days; 10 was a biz lot Wheeler al
ways claimed the iron as his property. I
think he sold some Of fl 70 KehOe. know
ne let MAJ. Ryals have some Of these
screenings. but ! don't know that he re-
ceiVed any money for them
Hon. Herman Myers. testified as fol-
lows: Referring to the testimony Of Mr..
b. o. Rogers. / would state that Mr.. ROg-
ers asked permission 10 haul few loads
II granted the request.
". P. Bowling, sworn; Mr.. Kehoe told
me this morning that he wanted me TO
give your committee some information.
as l was his former bookkeeper. When
this scrap iron case was mentioned in the
newspapers didn't know anything of the
matters mentioned, because l was laid up
from July, 1894 That's when Mr.. Muir
ply went to take my place temporarily;
now, all Of this happened since my time.
During the time / was there 1 can't rec
olect OF US buying anything at all; I re-
member that Mr.. kehOe wasn't dOine
scarcely any work for the crematory, bur
whenever l heard of any contemplated
work by the city always used to sus-
gest 70 him TO go and see the managers
or the departments where the work was
to be done. l was with Kehoe a little
over four years; during that time I don
remember one instance where we bought
scrap iron from any of the city depart
ments. We used TO buy a great deal from
OConnell, the junkman. II might be pos
sible that a small load could have come
in without my noticing it, During the
whole time was there l don't remember
or any scrap iron being brought from the
city. l always weighed the iron and made
memorandum of the sales. so that Mr.
kehOe could see them. Whenever KehOe
was q absent Is l would buy iron If it was a
small lot. l don't think we made any ex-
| change or ironi that couldn't have tax IN
| place without my knowing 1t.
PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS.
benefit of the liquor license of. T 3. But
Ter; referred to committee of the whole
Petition OF Wesley Monumental church.
to erect stone portico and encroach ten
feet upon street; referred to committee
| of the whole.
Petition of Miles & Bradt to erect fence
around new public building; referred to
| committee on streets and lanes.
Petition of sundry citizens relative to
/ tracks on River street; referred to com
mittee of the whole.
| Petition Of Fannie ]. Cohen relative 20
double taxation; referred to committee on
/ finance.
Petition of Mrs. Ellen Stone, relative to
/ assessment on petitioners property; re-
terred to assessment committee.
Petition of Mrs. Hagan relative to I'M
| sanitary condition of privy vaults on
Stone street; referred to committee on
/ health and cemetery.
Petition of Elizabeth McPike relative to
unsanitary condition of city near petit
| toners property; referred to committee
J on health and cemetery.
Petition of Mrs. D. J. Sheehan relative
| to unsanitary condition of privy vault on
| Stone street; referred to committee on
! health and cemetery
Petition of r. T. Semmes for permission
! TO place powder magazine at No. s Will
| hanson street; referred to committee on
streets and lanes and fire.
The following applications were refer
red to committee of the whole: W. j. AL
| len, agent, to transfer liquor license to
]
| at southeast corner Waldburg and Bur-
| roughs streets; A. s Won Ramp, to trans
! fer license to Edward Lane, Broughton
! and Drayton streets.
! Application of p. D. Daffin, secretary
| and treasurer, to make sewer connection
| with West Boundary street sewer from
/ premises Bay. near West Boundary
streets; referred to commissioner of pub
lie works and board of sanitary commits
| siOners, with power to act.
ORDINANCES.
| Ordinance on its first reading:
| BY Alderman Garrard-
An ordinance for the Improvement of
| the Louisville road. in the city of Savan-
| nah, from the western end of the bridge
! over the Savannah and Ogeechee canal,
! TO the biturcation of the Louisville and
| Augusta roads, under the terms and pro-
| visions of an act of the legislature of
! Georgia, approved Oct. l. 1887.
Section l. Be it ordained by the mayor
! and aldermen of the city of Savannah in
! council assembled. Under the terms and
| provisions of an act of the legislature Of
/ Georgia, approved Oct. /, 1881 that the
commissioner of public works for the city
/ OF savannah be, and he is hereby author
! lied and directed 10 build and construct a
| roadway twenty-five (25) feet in width
/ from the western end of the bridge over
| the savannah and Ogeechee canal. in the
/ city of Savannah. to- the bfurcation of
4 the Louisville and Augusta roads in said
4 city, on that certain road known as the
/ Louisville road, and to pave the said road
| way on SdIu LOulSNliie ROAD, with a crushed
/ granite stone foundation, six 60 inches
/ deep, and with a wearing surface of ebert
/ to be three 90 inches deep after being com
! pressed, and also, to inclose the said road
| way with stone curbing, and to do all the
| work in the way of grading the placing
/ of catch basins, the construction of drains
| and crossings. and all other things in
/ cident to the construction and completion
/ of the said roadway on the said Louisville
road. The intersecting streets and road
! ways shall be paved to the property lines.
! with the said crushed granite stone foun-
4 dalton and wearing surface of ebert, as
/ above prescribed.
! Sec. 2 Be it further ordained. that a
! street railroad company having tracks
4 running through and along the said Louis
/ vile road, to be improved under this or
/ dinance. is hereby required to pave the
/ width of its track and two (2) feet on each
side of every line of track of the said
! company, with the said crushed granite
\ stone foundation, and with wearing sur
/ face of ebert. as above prescribed, as the
/ said work progresses, and in the event this
| is not done by the said street railroad
| company, the said commissioner shall see
to Its being done, al the expense of the said
| railroad company.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained. That after