The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-15
CITY BREVITIEs.

A soda water wagon of the Southern
Bottling Company was overturned in front
of the city exchange yesterday. The
driver of the wagon made a short turn in
order to avoid a street car and threw the
wagon squarely over on its side. Bottles
crashed and soda water was scattered in
every direction. The wagon smashed
against the buggy of Superintendent Loft
ton of the water works IN overturning,
bending the axle of the buggy. Between
his wagon and the street car the driver
had narrow escape.
Mayor Meldrim stopped on his way down
town yesterday to make a casual inspec-
ton of the work of Improvement on the
grass plats of the green on Oglethorpe av-
enue. The mayor discovered that he could
not get clear view of more than a block
or two each way on the green, for the
reason that the ends of several of the
plats are blocked up with electric light
and other poles. The mayor remarked
that it was hardly worth while TO spend
so much money in improving the street if
its appearance was TO be marred by I'M
slightly poles. He proposes to have the
poles moved in line with the trees, so that
they will be less conspicuous, and the view
down the center of the avenue unobstruct-
ed.
The park and tree commission has issued
bulletin No /, the report of Dendrologist
forestry, United States department of ag-
riculture, on the street and park trees of
savannah and the surrounding country
with recommendation for planting and
Increasing the city flora. The report is
the result of a recent visit to Savannah
by Mr.. Sudworth and of a thorough in
vestigation of the trees grown in the
parks and streets and m the country
around Savannah A review of the re-
port was printed in the Morning News
some time ago. The report is printed in
pamphlet form and comprises thirty-four
pages of matter relating to the parks and
their improvement. In addition to the re-
port proper, there are nineteen illustra-
tons, showing the methods of growing
trees and the way they should be trimmed
and cared for. The report Is for free dis
tribution, and copies may be had from
any member of the commission
A general runaway of teams occurred
yesterday afternoon near Congress and
Jefferson streets. A horse standing In
front of the Graham Grocery Company's
store, to which he belonged, started the
movement by getting frightened, probably
at his shadow, and he aud the buggy went
up Congress at rafting pace. AS he
started another horse standing near
caught the inspiration and Joined in the
race. AS the two animals, with their
rafting vehicles, dashed up the street,
another horse, belonging to Messrs. Smith
& Kelly, had his meditations rudely brok-
en- in upon by the runaways, and he, too.
Joined the procession. This made three,
and they took the road to themselves as
far as West Broad street. where they
were stopped, the grocery company's wag-
on having come to grief at the corner of
Montgomery, however, in col
lision with one of the other
runaways. The horse pulled loose
from the buggy, breaking the shafts, and
continued on his career AS it luckily
happened, there was no one in either of
the three buggies at the time the horses
started to run. The spectacle of three
runaways at once caused about three
times the excitement and interest usually
gotten up by one.