The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
MAY PAVE SEVERAL STREETS.
COUNCIL ADOPTS 4 PLAN OF
STREET IMPROVEMENT.

Pavement of the Ray Street Ex-
tensiOn-JenersOn street May Be
Completed 10 the City Limits and
sixth street May he Paved-sOuth
Broad street and the COnnee-
tfons on Abercorn and Habersham
10 Liberty Also 10 BE Paved With
Vitri6ed Brick-An Ordinance TO
Prohibit Drays From Using the
Asphalt streets.
II is very probable that the city VIII
do a large amount OF paving this year
judging by the report made 10 the city
council by the committee Of the Whole
last night. to which reference was made
in the mayors annual report.
The council spent two hours in eau
Gus. discussing this and other matters. It
only took fifty minutes. however. TO trans
act the business in open council. The re-
port Of the committee Of the whole on
that portion of the mayors report which
relates to paving is as follows:
That. pursuing the plan inaugurated by
this council IN 1885, of paving all Of the
streets leading into the country, as far as
the city line. one after. the other, and
as soon as possible, it recommends the
en- rock and ebert with a thirty foo,
roadway. to the city line and the paving of
Railroad street to the canal bridge with
Belgian rock, and from the canal bridge
onward to the city line, with broken rock
and ebert. thirty foot roadway.
In the southern section of the city it
recommends the paving of Jefferson
street, from Anderson street to Twelfth
street, thirty foot roadway. with such ma
terial as council may select. and the paw
ing of Sixth street, or some other avail
able street across said section, from Ogee-
chez avenue to Habersham street, thirty
foot roadway.
1t further recommends the paving OF
South Broad street with vitriied brick.
on sand foundation, from East Broad
street to West Broad, two twenty-five
foot roadways. and the paving of Haber-
sham street and Abercorn street, with
the same material, from South Broad to
Liberty street.
The carrying out of the above street inn
provements is rendered possible by the
probable increased income of the city
from taxes on additional personal proper
~ returned, and from the saving in the
administration of the departments in
charge OF the commissioner of public
works, and the committee recommends
that ordinances be prepared from time to
time, as city finances may admit, so as
10 carry into effect these recommended
tions.
The report was adopted without dissent.
Evidently the improvements will be taken
up in the order named in the report. This
is shown by an ordinance introduced by
the committee of the whole last night for
the improvement of the Bay street extern
sion. from the west side of Wadley street
TO the corporate limits of the city of Sa-
vannah. This will be the first new paving
done by the public works commissioner,
If the ordinance.is adopted, as there is no
doubt 1t will be- Under the terms of the
ordinance the public works commission
er is directed to construct a roadway thir-
w feet in width over the distance named.
The roadway is to have a crushed
granite stone foundation six inches
deep, with wearing surface of
ebert three inches deep, and is also to be
inclosed with stone curbing. Catch ba-
sins, drains and crossings are to be placed
The cost of the work is 10 be betrayed
as heretofore in such work, one-third by
the city and one-third each by the abut-
ting property owners on each SIDE the
city paying the assessments for street and
lane intersections as the owner of the
same.
The amount of increase in the tax re-
turns by reason of the work done by the
board of tax assessors is not definitely
known yet, but the members of the finance
committee have been informed that it will
be quite large. amounting probably to
S3,0000O0 or more.
On the portion of the mayors report re-
ferring to public lighting and the construc-
tlon by the city of an electric lighting
plant of its own, the committee of the
whole reported, recommending that IL be
referred to the committee on streets and
lanes, with instructions to procure an es-
innate as to the cost of a plant for the
purpose of furnishing the municipality
with lights, and also as to the cost of a
light.
Alderman Garrard introduced an ordi-
nance making 1t unlawful for loaded
drays and heavily loaded vehicles to use
1he asphalt streets, Congress, Broughton
Liberty and Bull streets Any driver con-
Nicted of violation of this ordinance is to
be subject to a fine of $40 or imprison-
1nent not exceeding thirty days. The or
ing.
Alderman Bacon's ordinance providing
additional fire regulations, introduced at
the last meeting, was read a second time
and referred to the committee of the
The petition of Paul E. Seabrook and
T. b. Floyd for permission to use the
streets and lanes Of the city for poles and
wires for district delivery service was
granted.
The communication of the fire commits
sion, relative to using the north side of
Bay street at Jefferson for the erection of
q fire headquarters, was received and re-
1erred to the committee of the whole
without being read.
The committee on opening streets re-
ported in favor of accepting the offer of
Mr.. II. H. Miller to trade a lot owned by
him at the southern end of Bull street
on the same street and $3.50 additional.
The report of the committee was adoDt-
ed. The lot is purchased for the purpose
of opening Bull street to Twelfth.
The health and cemetery committee re-
ported favorably upon the petitions of two
parties living in the southern section of
the city against being required to close
their surface wells and make water con-
nections Alderman Falligant explained
that one of the parties, a woman, COM
planned that the artesan water made her
sick every time she drank it. The other
party, an old negro, was two blocks or
more away from the water main, he
said, and It would be an injustice 10 re-
quire him to make such a connection
There is an ordinance which requires ali
surface wells TO be closed where water
connections can be made and council
seemed to be opposed to making excep-
tions. The reports of the health and ceme-
terry committee We're referred to the COM
mittee of the whole.
The committee on city lots reported in
favor of donating the old city clock TO
John Rourke & Son as requested, on con-
dition that the clock be placed in good
running order and kept so for the benefit
of the public. The report was adopted
Mr.. Rourke intends to place the clock on
his building at Bay and East Broad
streets.