The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
TO DIVIDE THE STREETS.
The Plan for Remembering the City
Now Before Council.

Al the meeting Of the city council last
night the committee Of the whole report
ed. recommending that the report OF the
special committee on house numbering
and street signs be received and published
as Information.
The special committee. Of which Alder
man Kolshorn is chairman, has had this
matter I'm hard for several months. The
committee recommends the following plan
for street NUMBERING
That Bay street be the northern initial
point for numbering. and Bull street the
dividing line, the numbers TO run east and
west from it.
The decimal or block system to be
used; that is. 100 numbers to the block,
the first block from one TO l0O and the
next block commencing with 800, and
so on.
Odd numbers to be placed on north and
east sides Of a street. and even numbers
to be used on south and west sides.
Streets running east and west 10 be
designated as East Bay street, West Bry-
an street, and in cases where a street ex-
tends north of Bay street 10 be designated
as North Farm street. but the part run
ming south to be designated as Farm
street only.
That the division Of 100 for streets run
ming north and south north of CASTOR
street, to be as follows; From Bay to
Bryan, Bryan to Congress, Congress to
BroughtOn, Broughton to State, State to
York. York to South Broad, and so On.
TO CASTOR, and that south of CASTOR said
divisions be applied to every block.
Any street having its beginning sepa-
rate from Bay street to be numbered to
correspond to numbers on other streets
ana streets running east and west beyond
East Broad and West Broad streets,
though having another name, to be num-
Dered as II they were a continuation OF
streets ending at those points
That any point not covered in this re-
port which may arise during the progress
Of the work be submitted to council for
consideration.
That plats be prepared of every stree,,
showing number Of houses and vacant
lots and that q number be designated to
every 30 feet of empty space.
Inc committee recommends the use Of
Benham's patent combination holders on
posts, two to be used at every intersec-
ton of streets, and one where streets
either end or begin.
The committee recommends that the
work be done by the commissioner of
pubic works, under supervision of the
city engineer, and that the preliminary
work as to cost Of material, preparation
OF pats and other details begin at once
and that the placing Of numbers on houses
and the placing of street signs be com
menced not later than Oct. l. and be
completed on Dec. g. 1896
The object in publishing the report Of
the committee is 10 give the people an
opportunity to express their views on the
system recommended by the committee
There Will doubtless be objections to the
plan, especially TO that part of ii which
recommends the division of all the east
and west streets at Bull street.
Alderman Kolshorn stated to a Morning
News reporter after the meeting that the
number Of numbers allowed to a block
would probably be placed at 50 instead of
100 as the blocks are too small to use
up even the former lot of numbers
The total number of houses in the
city, Alderman Kolshorn said, is 1900, of
which 100 are in the lanes. OF this num-
Der about 5000 houses are not numbered
at all. About 5000 more are numbered
with letters and fractions. Only seventy
hve houses in the southern section of the
city are officially numbered. There
are 206 street corners in
the city, for which will be
required under the proposed plan 1888
street signs. The signs are to be mount
ed on iron posts The old lamb posts will
be used wherever found, but where there
are no lamp posts, other iron posts will
be put in. One of the street signs of the
kind intended to be used has been IN po-
sition at Bull and Gordon streets for sew
eral months.