The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-09
READY TO RECEIVE A REPORT.
COUNCIL WANTS TO HEAR FROM
THE FIRE COMMISSION.

!
ed-PrOperty to BE Bought 10 Open
! Up Streets of the Southern Sec
tiOn-AIderman KrOuskOR Wants
the sunday Closing Law Enforced.
| The meeting of council last night,
though short, was by no means devoid of
interest. There were several matters that
came up to cause discussion, among these
being the expected report of the fire COM
mission, the ordinance abolishing the quar-
antine charges. and the petition of the
! property owners on Margaret street, re-
| garding the Suburban and West End rail-
way laying its proposed line of track along
! that street.
| Present at the meeting were Mayor Mel
drim, Aldermen Owens, Hull, WILLY,
| Guckenheimer Smith, Krouskoff, Hamll-
ton, Davis, Charlton, and Well. In the
absence of City Attorney Adams, his ac-
customed place was occupied by Mr.. B.
A. Denmark.
The subject of the fire commissions re-
! port was sprung by a resolution submitted
by Alderman Smith. There was some
thing of a crowd present and nearly all
seemed to have been drawn through Gu
riosity to see what action the council
would take regarding the commission.
Ihat this was the principal reason for
thelr presence was evinced by a number
taking their hats and. departing as soon as
this matter had been settled for the night.
Alderman Smiths resolution was to the
effect that council should hold a special
meeting next Tuesday afternoon at a
| o'clock for the purpose of receiving the re-
port OF the fire commission on the inyesti-
cation of the charges against Chief Ma
guire. There seemed to be considerable OBJ
lection to the resolution as submitted. and
amendments were at once in order. One of
the aldermen suggested the amendment
| that the council take a recess until next
| TUESDAY afternoon and another that the
| time be made 8, instead of O'Clock. AL
| derman krouskoff said that he did not see
| any use of holding a special meeting for
| the reception of the report. as there was
| no extra pressure for time. and the report
| might just as well be received at the regu-
| lar meeting This opinion did not appear
| 10 md favor with the other aldermen. AL
derman Davis said he wanted the report
rendered just as soon as possible while
| Alderman We'll thought that there would
| De suff1clent regular business to occupy the
| tlme OF the next meeting without the con-
| sideraton of the fire commissions report
| Alderman Guckenheimer said that they
| mad waited six weeks for the report and he
| thought that was sufficient time to allow
the commission for the preparation of its
| report, and for this reason he was ready
| 10 support the resolution of Alderman
Smith.
Suppose the report is not ready by
Tuesday, what then?" he was asked.
Wen see then what we will do" said
Alderman Smith.
Alderman Charlton stated that he did
not think council should be dancing at
tendance upon the fire commission. There
| had been no assurance received that there
| would be report submitted to the body
either on next Tuesday or at any other
time. In his opinion the commission had
| had the greatest plenty of time for the
| investigation of the charges. He said that
the commission had allowed the suspen-
| sion OF Assistant Foreman Herman and
| Fireman Henderson to run along indehn-
itely pending the conclusion of the investi-
| cation against Chief Mcguire when. he
| said he would guarantee that the hearine
of the evidence that would be adduced in
| the investigation of the charges AGAINST
the two hremen would not require more
| than twenty minutes. He did not think
| that any special meeting should be called
| and offered resolution that, when the
| meeting adjourned, it should be subject
| DOaru
might be called together to receive the re-
port when he saw fit. The resolution
OF Alderman Smith was withdrawn in
favor of that of Alderman Charlton, and
the latter's was adopted without any dis
| senting voices.
The ordinance for the adjustment Of
the quarantine charges on vessels enter
ing the port was put on its second read
ing. Alderman Owens wanted to know IL
the withdrawal of the charges was in
tended to be only temporary. He said
that the plan had been tried some time
ago, and that the number of vessels en-
tering the harbor had not been found TO
have been materially increased by the
measure. Alderman Charlton stated il
to be his opinion that whatever was done
should be with the view of its being per-
manent
The treasurer's report was secured and
1t was ascertaned that last year the quar-
antine charges had amounted to s7027.
while the city had paid 1855 for it's sup
port. Alderman Owens stated that If the
charges were abolished, it would cost
about twice as much next year as last to
support the quarantine station, as it would
be absolutely necessary for repairs
amounting to as much as $1,000 to be made
at the station. Upon this, Alderman
Charlton suggested that il would be bet
ter to allow the charges to remain for the
fdmigation of vessels and that the re-
ceIptS from THIS source should be expended
on the Improvement of the station, and
putting in a system of disnfecting that
will obviate the necessity of the vessels
remaining as long as they do at present in
order to be thoroughly dislnfected This,
Alderman Charlton stated, is what the
owners of the vessels object to rather than
to the charges and he believes that the use
Of the receipts for the purpose specified
would satisfy them Alderman Hull NOV
ed that the ordinance I've laid on the table,
and the motion was carried with one or
two nays.
Mr.. Walter Hartridge appeared for the
property owners on Margaret street. who
objected to the Suburban and West End
railway laying its track along that street,
as the street and lane committee had Civ
en- permission. He said that 6S per cent.
of the property valuation along Margaret
street was represented i'm the protest he
had to submit to council. He insisted that
the road could not hope to gain any local
traffic by running through as short a
street as Margaret, with nothing but the
western suburbs of the city-offered the
residents as a place to which they might