The morning news., 1897-02-10
MAY REMIT THE INTEREST.
PRESIDENT CONFER READY TO PAY
THE CENTRAL'S BACK TAXES

But Wants the City to Abate the
Interest-The Amount of Taxes Due
III 10 1896 S23, ,6S2.90-Other Mat
tcrs TO Come Before the Council.
The Bell Telephone Company
Wants TO Extend Its Conduit Sys-
tenn south of Liberty street.
The new city council will hold its first
regular meeting tonight. There are no
matters of great Importance to come be-
fore the meeting which have developed so
far, but there win doubtless be business
enough to occupy the aldermen for an
hour or two.
Clerk Bailey has several petitions. The
most important Of these Is the petition of
President Conner of the Central of Geor-
gia railway in regard to back taxes due
the city by the Central railroad under
the Glenn law for the years 1S91-2-3-4-5,
amounting 10 so, ,6S2 SO, without interest.
The supreme court of the United States
having upheld the Glenn law. Mr.. Conner
states that the company is ready TO pay
the amount of the taxes for the years
named, but he desires council to remit
the interest.
Coming as this does just after our re-
organization" Mr.. Conner states, "and
after several years of depression in busi-
ness, the aggregate amount of taxes which
we will have to pay is large, and we can
hardly afford such a burden" He there,
fore, requests that the interest upon the
several years taxes be abated Similar
applications, Mr.. Conner states, have been
made to other municipalities interested,
and all have accepted settlement on this
basis.
The Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way has petitioned for permission to re-
pair its lumber wharf by driving seventy
five piles in the river along the wharf
front.
Manager r. II. Polk of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company exchange, desires to
extend the subways for the conduit sys-
TEN, put in by his company last year, to-
wards the southern section of the city. He
therefore requests permission to extend
the subway on Drayton street south from
Liberty to Huntington street, and also
through Gordon street lane, between Dray-
ton and Barnard streets.
Messrs. G. 7. and j. F. Cam, attorneys
for the property owners, petition for the
opening of Twelfth street The land neces-
sary to open the street between Florence
street and Ogeechee avenue, will be donat-
ed free of cost, the petition states pro-
vded the street is graded and opened to
the pubic use within the next ninety days.
This looks like a good opportunity for the
city, and will doubtless be taken advan-
tage Of
The petition of Lieut.. II. S. Colding,
commanding company B. of the naval re-
serve, with reference to the failure to in
clude his company in the military appro-
priation made by the last council, will also
come before the meeting.
Chairman Davis of the street and lane
committee Chairman We'll of the commit
tee on Railways, with several of the mem
bers of their committees have been con-
ferring with Mr. J. S. Collins, manager of
the Savannah Traction Company, with
reference to the removal of the track of
the company from the western block of
Mr.. Collins by the alderman that instead
of turning into Montgomery street and
thence into South Broad street, the track
of the company should run straight
through from the market along President
street to West Broad street and up West
Broad to South Broad, to connect with
the present track at that point. -sItis un-
d6rstOOd that the aldermen stated their
belief that the city would pay one-half the
| cost OF changing the track as Sugges ted.
MIR. Collins has agreed TO lay the PROPOSE
ton before meeting of the directors of
the traction company. report on the
matter may be made at the meeting of
| council tonight. If the company be al
| lowed to run its track across Franklin
| square this would give a straight line
from the market to West Broad street and
DO away with the dangerous and incon-
Nel4ent curves now made in rounding the
| square As Franklin square is the play
| ground for a great many children this
| would be a new source of danger, but it
would hardly be any greater than the
present crossing at Congress and Mont
| gomery streets. This is a plan which may
supercede the use of South Broad street
/ at all Tor street railway purposes, except
where the street is crossed by tracks.