The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
CITY MAY BE MORE LIBERAL.
MACON. DUBLIN AND SAVANNAIEs
REASONS FOR 4 CONTINUANCE.

the Road 40 savannah-The Park
and Tree Commission Requests
the City to Put n Vitriacd Brick
] Sidewalk Around Colonial Park.
Convenience TO BE Provided at
the COIOred Cemetery.
The city council will probably modify
the conditions on which it has offered to
| grant the request Of the Macon. Dublin
and Savannah railway for an extension
/ Of time in which to comply with the condi-
ton by which 1t may obtain absolute
| ownership Of certain lots Of land, fran
chises. privileges and facilities. The mat
ter came up at the meeting last night.
and was referred back TO the special COM
mittee on railways for amendment
The ordinance, as 1t now stands. ex-
tends the time for two years from May I
within which the railway company may
perform the conditions.
The road is to complete the entire line
and have it in operation by May ], 1898.
The company must pay into the city
! treasury $500, which amount is not re-
coverable. II any other company shall
complete fifty miles of railroad from sa-
vannah before the Macon, Dublin and
Savannah complete its entire line to sa-
vannah. the council reserves the right
to grant these lands and privileges to
such road.
Mr.. W. W. Osborne, attorney for the
Macon, Dublin and Savannah, said that
he had been instructed by the company
to state that the extension of time was
desired by the company in order to en-
able 1t to dispose of bonds with which
to get the money with which
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der to get subscriptions of bonds it was
necessary that they should be able to show
that they possessed terminal facilities at
Savannah. Mr.. Osborne said the company
did not feel able to pay $500 to the
city, having already paid $1,000 into the
city treasury, and having no positive as
surance that IL would be able to get the
money with which TO build into Savan-
nah.
The company is willing to pay a nominal
sum now he said, and the $500 when the
road has been completed 1t is further
willing, II any other railroad should be
built into Savannah, that the city should
encourage II II II desired to do so, by
Destowing these lands and privileges upon
H. 1t was willing to go even further, Mr..
osborne said, II council would simply grant
the extension It is willing that the coun-
Gil reserve the right to withdraw the grant
therefor.
on motion Of Alderman Kolshorn, the or
committee on railroads.
Alderman Falhgant introduced reso-
luton that the commissioner of public
works be instructed to erect boothe at a
cost not to exceed $50 in the colored por-
uon OF Laurel Grove cemetery for the
shelter and protection Of visitors from
transforms and other vic!sstudes incident
to varying conditions of the weather.
Alderman Falligant said the colored
people now have no place to go in case of
a storm coming up while a funeral is in
progress, and II is proper that some pro-
vision be made for them. The resolution
was adopted.
Alderman Falligant also introduced a
resolution which was adopted that the
water commission be requested to extend
a z-lnch pipe from the main in the Ogee-
chez road to that portion of Laurel Grove
cemetery allotted to the colored people,
SO as to furnish water for persons visiting
the cemetery.
Alderman Falligant prefaced this reso-
luton with a statement that the only
water TO be obtained now in the eolored
portion OF Laurel Grove cemetery is from
sunken wells, supplied by surface wa
ter, which in such place could hardly be
other than polluted and a menace to
health IL used for drinking PURPOSES
One hundred and sixty-five dollars was
appropriated for the purpose of closing
up the indebtedness of the Citizens In
vannah exhibit at the Atlanta exposition.
T. b. Buffers application for a re-
neWal of his license to retail liquor al his
place at Broughton and Abercorn streets,
the Trocadero was read and referred to
the committee of the whole. This means
that It will not be reported upon for the
next two weeks. There is very little
doubt, from remarks by the aldermen af-
| ter the meeting, that the report will be
| unfavorable. A petition, protesting
| against the granting of the license was
| the whole. The petition Is signed by
/ number of the best people residing in the
| vicinity of the place.
! communication was received from the
| secretary of the park and tree commits
| sion inclosing two resolutions adopted at
| the last meeting of that body.
The first resolution refers to the side
walks bordering Colonial park and states
| that as the present pavements are worn
| out and unfit for use the city authorities
| are requested to lay a proper sidewalk
| of vitrifed brick along the Abercorn and
| South Broad street sides of the park, and
| also along the Abercorn street side of the
| city pound.
Secretary Gordon states in his communi-
! cation that IL is the opinion of the com
mission that the authorities of. Christ
church and those interested in the only
| grave to be disturbed, would join the park
| and tree commission in the request that
the Abercorn street sidewalk be laid as
shown on map prepared by the city en-
The site of the old wall and the one vault
| to be removed Is shown on the map. The
| South Broad sidewalk Is to be laid in the
| same location as the present sidewalk.
| The second resolution requests that the
| city authorities move the Gamewell tele-
| graph poles from the South Broad street
| SIDE OF inc 0OlOnldl park as the brush
Electric Light and Power Company has
! consented to remove its poles and suggests
| that as the Southern Bell Telephone Com
| pany has donated one of the pipes in its
| conduit to the city's use that the conduit
| he continued from Drayton street along
| South Broad street to the police barracks
and the Gameweu wires placed therein.
| The resolutions We're referred to the
! committee Of the whole, which will con-
| fer with the park and tree commission.
| A petition was read from various citi-
zens living in the neighborhood of Jones
| and Abercorn streets complaining of the
| row of houses on the southeastern corner
as a nuisance on account Of foul doors aris-
ing from them. The petitioners stated that
| they had been endeavoring for years to
have the nuisance abated, but without
| success, and they believed the nuisance
to be due to privy vaults The petition was
referred to the committee on health and
| cemetery.
The members OF council present were
Mayor Myers, Aldermen Fall.gant. Caro-
Ian, Gleason, Screven, Kolshorn, Bacon.
| Lamotte, Hudson, Garrard
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