The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30
70 DISPENSE FREE PHYSIC.
Or. b. r. SHEFTALL AND DIR. c. [.
LAWRENCE CHOSEN CITY
PHYSICIANS.

Awarding of the Contract Tor
Water Service 10 NesseIs-Alder-
man Hudson Wants Sewerage for
Forty New Houses which lie Pro-
poses 10 build at Lincoln and
Ninth Streets.
Drs. b. F. sheftaI and Colding c. Law
renee were elected city physicians by the
city council yesterday afternoon 10 MI eA-
isting vacancies. There were 1--WE appiica-
tions before the board: Drs. B. F. shettaN'
c. c. Lawrence. r. S. keenan,, A. a. Nor
rison and E. Z. Rollins. The matter was
decided on ballot and resulted as follows;
DR.. Lawrence. Il, DR.. Sheftan. g. DR.. ke-
nan, s; Dr. Morrison. j. DIT. Rollins, 0.
The two vacancies were caused by the
RESERVATIONS OF DIS. Jennings ana Cor
bin. DR.. Jennings resigned some time ago
and the place has been filled temporarily
by DR.. Sheftau by appointment OF the
mayor. Dr. Sheftall is a well known physl-
clan and has previously held the office OF
city physician for a number OF years. Or.
Lawrence is a young man and has been
engaged in the practice OF his profession
in Savannah about year. lie IL nephew
OF the late DR.. c. II. Cold!ng. for so many
years house physician Of the Savannah
hospital and was DR.. Coldlng's assistant
there for some time. DR.. Lawrence has
many friends here who will be pleased to
hear OF his election as city physician.
The council received a communication
from William Kehoe a Co., anent the
scrap iron deal, as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor ana Alder-
men City OF Savannah; Gentlemen-Nc
beg 10 call you attention to lot OF SCRAP
iron IN our yard which belongs 70 the
city, and which We refused TO pay Tor on
account Of the fact that our agreement
for the scrap iron at $5.25 per ton was
based on our making the castings for the
crematory at PA cents per pound, we 10
furnish all patterns for the same tree OF
charge 10 the city. We notified tne COM
missioner OF public works on April Is thar
as he had ignored the contract made with
u. o. Rogers, superintendent. for furnish
ing castings to the crematory, that the
iron sent TO us was IN our yard subject
10 his order. Hearing nothing further
from him, we called the attention OF his
honor the mayor, 10 the matter In our
letter of May 8, and requested him 10
have Il removed at once. As this iron Il
still in our yard and in our way we beg
that your honorable body viii order II re-
moved at once
The communication was referred 10 the
committee OF the whole without comment
Ii Is hardly necessary to state that the
city authorities and Mr.. Kehoe hold dia-
metrically opposite views on the subject or
this lot OF scrap iron. Mr.. Kehoe states
his views in his letter. Public Works
Commissioner Wnlink holds that Mr.. Ke-
hoe made a straight out purchase OF the
iron. and that he cannot avoid paying for
it. He also states that Mr.. Rogers was
never superintendent of the crematOry,
and had no authority TO enter into any
such arrangement with Mr. kehoe. II
would cost about as much as the iron Is
worth to remove It. aud as the bill Is
less than $50 any way, IL Is rather small
n So afgnNggiOn
A communication was received from
Mr.. r. s. Salas protesting against the
confirmation Of the action Of the water
commission on the bid OF the Propeller
Iege of selling water to vessels at this
port, from Aug. l, 1896, 10 Aug. /, 1897
One of the grounds OF Mr.. Salas protest
IS that he was given only twenty-four
hours notice before making his bid, and
that this was not sufficient time In which
10 make an Intelligent bid on such large
contract.
Mr.. Salas gives some interesting infor-
nation on the subject of the contract for
furnishing water to vessels. The price
of water to vessels in the Savannah river
for the last ten years, he says has been
] cent per gallon, or $40 per LOCO gallons,
reach $4,000 or over. He has been in
formed, he states, that the Propeller Tow
Boat Company has paid the city $500 per
annum for this privilege. He urges that
council call for new bids, and states that
If this Is done that ne will make a bid
of s. per 1900 gallonsl more than his
previous bid.
A petition was received from Alderman
George A. Hudson through Mai. l.. NJ.
Warfeld, agent, urging that council cause
10 be laid by Oct. l. a sewer Of suitable size
10 meet the requirements of the property
owners abutting on Abercorn street from
Sixth to Ninth streets inclusive, and east
and west on Ninth street from Lincoln to
Drayton streets. Alderman Hudson states
in his petition that there are already a
large number of residences in the section
indicated needing this healthful accommo-
dation and that he is about to erect some
thirty or forty houses, having already be-
gun the erection of two, TO which the sew
er Will be an imperative necessity.
i beg that you will take this matter
up at once" says the petition. Il have
just run a two-inch water main from
Eighth down Abercorn to Ninth, and
down Ninth to Drayton, which main l
Will extend through all my property as
soon as required. 1 estimate that the i'm
provements about to be made by me will
ADD not less than Soy, 900 TO the taxable
property Of Savannah and / conceive that
am not asking more than is necessary,
Tor without this convenience Il will he alb
solutely impossible for me to carry the
class OF people out there that wish
The petition was referred to the commit
tee of the whole.
The committee of the whole, TO which
was referred the petition of Wesley Monu-
"A
corn street, recommended that the petit
tion be granted. An ordinance will be sub
mitted by the committee. complying with
the request. subject to legislative enact
ment.
The following resolution recently adopt
ed by the sanitary board was communi-
Gated by the secretary, DR.. Drummer
THAT IL Is the sense of the board that
owners or lessees of all pastures abutting
on the Bilbo canal should be compelled Ia
place a fence between their pastures and
the said canal. as the cows from these
pastures have free access to the polluted
waters of the canal, which cannot be other
than menace to the health of persons
using the milk from said cows"
Bids for repairing the city tug Theckla
were received from John Rourke & Son
and T. f. O'Donnell. The bid Of the
former entered into detail and furnished
drawings OF the boiler work proposed to
be done. Mr.. O'Donneu simply bid "ac-
eording TO specifications. HIS bid was
Sl,S7s and Rourke & Sons bid S2136 The
two bids We're referred to the committee
on harbor and wharves, with instructions
to report to council
The request of various citizens that an
electric light be placed at the southwest
corner Of West Broad and Margaret
streets, was reported favorabiy by the