The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-01
HIS RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
DIR. CROWTHER HAD a NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DISMISSAL.

Four Aldermen Voted to Dismiss
Him From the City's Service-NaV-
al Reserve to Share in the Military
Appropriation, If the ApprOPrin-
ton Is Not Withdrawn Altogether.
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company
Wants Its MOney-Savannah, Thuu-
derbOIt and Isle of Hope Railway
Wants to Readjust Its Tracks.
DR.. ]. A. Crowthers resignation as a
city physician on account of his unwilling
ness to perform certain duties which he
believed properly belonged to the health
officer was received and accepted by the
city council yesterday afternoon.
The resignation was not accepted without
some discussion and an effort to dismiss
from service instead of allowing Dr.
Crowther to resign was only defeated by
vote of to 4.
DR.. Crowther's letter to the council was
not read, with the exception of the head
ing, the letter itself probably having been
read in caucus.
| Alderman Hull moved to accept the res
! ignation. Alderman We'll offered as a
! substitute that DR.. Crowther be dismissed
! from the service of the city. Alderman
| We'll said that according to Dr. Growth
er's own statement he had refused to COM
| ply with an ordinance of the city. 1t was
a bad precedent to establish, he said, to.
allow any city official or employee
to disobey its ordinances and then to ac-
cept his resignation.
| Alderman Owens held that the case of
DR.. Crowther was different from that sub
mitted by Alderman We'll. DR.. Crowther
had decided that he could not comply with
an ordinance of the city and had there
fore very properly rendered his resigna-
! ton.
Alderman We'll replied that there had
been specific refusal to comply with the
ordinance. He called for yea and nay
vote on his motion. The vote on the sub
! stitute for Alderman Hulis motion re-
suited as follows:
Yeas-Well, Davis, Smith and Quicken
heimer.
Nays-Reid. Hamilton. Krouskoff, Hull
and Owens.
Alderman HulPs motion to accept the
resignation was then adopted by a viva
voce vote, the vote being apparently the
| same as on the former motion.
The committee of the whole reported
| favorably upon the petition of Lieut.. II.
S. Colding of the Savannah Naval Re
serve, that the reserve be included in the
appropriation by the city to the police re-
serve fund for the benefit of the white
military companies.
Alderman We'll introduced an ordinance
amending the ordinance appropriating 3d.
100 to the police department, to be distrib-
uted among the eleven white military
companies of the city named in the ordi-
nance for their services as a police re-
serve, by including the two companies of
the naval reserve battalion. the appro-
priation to be divided into thirteen equal
parts. He asked for immediate considera-
ton of the ordinance but Aldermen Owens
and Hull objected.
Alderman Owens offered a resolution
that the number of city physicians be re-
duced from five to four and that the city
/ physicians districts be rearranged, the
city to be divided into two districts, one
white and one colored physician to be as
signed to each district, the white physi-
clans to treat only white patients and the
colored physicians to treat only colored
patients.
Some objection wassraised to the reso-
luton and Alderman Owens withdrew it,
but introduced an ordinance later on the
same line, which will be considered at the
next meeting of council.
1t was announced that the mayor would
appoint a physician temporarily to fill the
position left vacant by DIR. Crowther.
A communication was received from DR.
j. 9. LeHardy calling attention to the
approaching meeting of the State Horti-
cultural Society In Savannah, and request
ed that a committee be appointed to as
sst in entertaining them. The mayor was
authorized to appoint. a committee, both
of citizens and officials, to meet the soci-
ETY.. 1t was suggested that the park and
tree commission was the proper body to
assign to such work.
Alderman Davis introduced an ordinance
hn irlFaT nNav ont Of IDaa1v
which was read twice and adopted This
ordinance takes the place of the one re-
pealed at the special meeting last week.
some necessary changes being required by
the permission given the Savannah and
West End railway to remove its track
from the street.
Alderman Davis stated that the railway
company had removed its track and the
street is now clear and ready to be paved
communication was received from
President Johnston of the Savannah, Thun-
derbolt and Isle of Hope railroad. stating
that his company had acquired the lines
formerly owned by the Electric Railway
Company and desired to make a readjust-
ment of the lines of the entire
system. He asked that council
appoint a committee to confer with
him on this subject The communication
was referred to the committee on streets
and lanes with instructions to confer with
President Johnston and to report to the
committee of the whole
communication was received from the
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company, stating
that the company had completed its con-
tract for the paving Of Oglethorpe avenue
and asking the acceptance of the
pavement by the city. The COM
munication stated that while there
were certain slight undulations in the
surface OF the pavement they were such
as were not unusual in asphalt pavements
and did not affect the roadway, which was
as good as Il was possible to make The
| communication stated further that the
company had compiled with its contract
and requested that payment be made The
matter was referred TO the committee OF
| the whole
A communication was received from the
IRE commission, asking for an appropria-
! ton for the purpose Of another fire engine
The communication stated that the COM
| mission had expected TO purchase a new
/ engine out OF It's augmentation for tha