The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-22

| block Is made of crushed trap rock, Trini-
| dad asphalt and cement and is claimed to
! be very durable. Mr.. J. Gazan represents
| the petitioners. The petition was referred
/ to the committee OF the whole, and 1t Is
| very likely that the company will be in
! vited to make a bid on South Broad
street.
A petition was received from sundry
! citizens residing on the Wheaton street
| extended, requesting council to pave that
street to the Thunderbolt toll gate. 1t
was referred to the committee of the
whole.
A petition was received from the Brush
! Electric Light Company, calling attention
to their contract in connection with the
lack Of light during two nights following
the storm Of Sept %. The contract spec
ifies that for each lamp remaining un-
lighted for an hour or more on any night
the company shall pay the city 81 for each
light missing. The commissioner of pub
lie works declined to pass the bill without
a deduction of 81 for every light for the
two nights of Sept. 20 and 80. AS the
pro rata cost of lighting is only % cents
per light per night. and the cause of the
failure of the lights was entirely prov
idential, the petition urged that it would
be unjust to exact the fun penalty spec
flied in the contract. The petition was re-
ferred to the committee Of the whole.
The ordinance introduced several months
church ten feet from the west side of the
street fronting lot No. q Calhoun square,
was brought up second time and passed.
An act of the legislature will be necessary
to ratify this grant
A petition was received from several of
the masters of coastwise sailing vessels
requesting the suspension of the ordinance
requiring crews of vessels to sleep on
shore up to Nov. /. The petition was re-
fcrred to the sanitary board
City Marshal Power reported ten proper
~ owners for failure to repair sidewalks
after having been notified to do so and was
instructed to proceed under the ordinance
to repair the sidewalks at the expense Of
the property owners.
Alderman Lester offered an ordinance
amending section 1856 Of MacDonells
code to the effect that hereafter ut shah
be lawful for the council of the city OF
Savannah, by resolution, to authorize, in
it's discretion, a division of land held in
the city of Savannah under deeds COM
monty known as ground rent titles, not
withstanding the fact that the division
asked for may cause a part or portion
of land to have a frontage Of less than
twenty feet on a public street or square,"
The ordinance will be taken up at the next
meeting.
Capt ]. c. Simmons of the Georgia Ar
tillery, colored, petitiOned the city to sell
the company the lot at New Houston and
Cuyler streets on which to build an
armory.
There was a full meeting of the board.
all the members being present. 1t is said
that there was some lively talk in the
caucus before the meeting on account Of
Alderman Falligant' 5 card in the Morning
News of Tuesday in reference to the Will
mington river outlet for the house drain
age system, he being taken to task for
certain statements made by him in his
card, it is said.
Mayor Myers, when seen about this af-
ter the meeting, however, would say moth
ing about 1t. In his card Alderman Falli-
CANT asserted that the report favoring the
Wilmington river outlet was never brought
before general meeting of the hause
drainage committee and that he never had
the opportunity Of escaping it until AL
derman Garrard brought the matter up
in council. Alderman Garrard is said to
have differed very materially with Alder
man Falligant as to this statement and
a sharp colloquy is said to have resulted
in caucus in consequence. AS nothing was
said about the matter in open council,
however, the facts were not ascertainable
last night.