The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-01
BEGINNING WORK ON BUDGET.
TAX ORDINANCE TO BE READ IN
CoUNCILrTO-NIGHT.

Alderman WyIIy's street Railway
Ordinance to Come Up Again-The
Street Railway Company Does Not
Want TO Put in Iron POIes-LittIe
Else Left in the Ordinance-Street
Paving Ordinance For DraytOn
and Bull street Extended, TO Be
IntrOduced-EIectri L Z Ia N x
Committee to Report.
The city tax ordinance for next year will
be read for the first time at the meeting
of council tonight. This is merely the pre-
liminary step in preparing the new ordi-
nance and the budget for next year. 1t is
not likely that any important changes Will
be made in the ordinance. AT least, none
have been discussed.
Alderman WHY'S ordinance, providing
additional regulations for street railways
operating in the city Of Savannah, which
was laid on the table at the last meeting
viii doubtless be called Up. The most i'm
portant feature of the ordinance is that
relating to the replacing of all wooden
poles with iron poles as it becomes neces-
sary to supersede the poles now in use
with others
The street railway people have made no
direct fight upon this feature of the ordi-
nance as yet. At the last meeting of coun-
ell Mr.. Pope Barrow. representing the
street railway people, said they were will
ing to agree to replace their Old poles with
iron poles provided all oteer companies in
the city using poles are required to do the
same thing.
As it is manifestly cut of the question
for the telegraph and telephone companies
TO use iron poles, this was an indirect way
OF saying the street railway company
would not make use of ircn poles il it could
avoid it, This is one point which seems
10 have been overlooked when toe street
railway agreement with the city was
made
The section Of Alderman WHY'S ordi-
nance requiring the railway company to
operate cars in both directions on St. Ju-
Ian, Broughton, Barnard and Whitaker
streets, appears to have been knocked out
by the agreement, which provides for sin
gle tracks only and the removal of switch
es on these streets.
Alderman Hull will call up his ordinance
for tho paving of Drayton street There
may be some discussion of this ordinance
Alderman Davis is as strongly in favor
Ol DTiCk IOf paving as ever and there are
doubtless other members Of the board who
agree with him. prominent property
owner on Drayton street said to a Morning
News reporter the other day that he was
in favor of asphalt paving only for Dray-
ton street, but he was not particularly
anxious for any kind of improvement
there just now.
Alderman Davis viii introduce an ordi-
nance for the Improvement of Bull street,
south of the park extension. This is an
Improvement which will meet with general
commentator and viii especially merit
the approval of the res. dents on the portion
of Bull street which it is proposed to i'm
prove.
Alderman Krouskoffs ordinance pro.
Viding for the cutting Of weeds % all va
cant lots by the commissioner Of public
works at the expense of the city will come
up on its second reading.
The special committee on electric light
ing will submit estimates from the Cen
eral Electric and other companies of the
cost of installing an electric light plant for
the city. The report will probably show
that the cost Of lights under municipal
ownership would not be a great deal less
than under the contract system. Presl-
dent S. p. Hamilton of the Brush Electric
Light and Power Company has stated
that his company will make the lowest
bid it can possibly afford for the city light
ing with the purpose of securing the con-
tract, if possible, for the ensuing five
years.