The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
ITS LAST BUSINESS MEETING.
THE MYERS COUNCIL FINISHES UP
ITS WORK.

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| Warren-scharf Asphalt Company
for Paving President and York
Streets Around the Court House
Accepted-A Did to Furnish Gran
lite Blocks for Paving Bryan and
Farm Streets at 81 Cents a Square
dinance to Pave Js~s-son Street
Between Bryan and BrOughtOn
Streets AdOpted-The Renewal of
the o. E. VI. Contract Left to the In
| coming Council.
The Myers administration is determined
to keep up its record to the last minute
| of being a business administration.
At a special meeting of council, held
yesterday, the bid of the Warren-Scharf
Asphalt Company for the paving Of Pres
dent ana York streets around the court
house was accepted and the contract was
ordered closed. This pavement is to be
| Of the same character and is to be con-
! structed on the same conditions as that
| on South Broad street. The price to be
| paid Is the same, $1.95 a square yard, and
| the conditions Of maintenance are the
| same. The patent artificial cement curb
! Of the Warren-Scharf Company will be
used on the north side of President street
and the south side of York street, the
heavy granite curbing already around the
| court house being considered fully sum-
| cient for all purposes on the south side of
| President and the north side of York
| street.
| There was quite a discussion over the
| acceptance of the curbing bid, the price
| being 81 cents per linear foot, whereas
| the city has been obtaining ordinary gran
| a 1Trh for n
| Gleason objected to this unnecessary ex-
| pense, and several of the aldermen were
| inclined to agree with him a first. 1t was
| explained, however that the artificial
| curb is 6 inches thick as against inches
| for the ordinary curb, and that it has
| an 18-inch gutter, which tends to reduce
| the area to be paved with asphalt.
The idea of the cement gutter is to do
| away with the rotting of the asphalt al
the curling, which is about the most Sc
| rioUs defect of the asphalt pavement. Be
| sides this the patent curb is much more
ornamental than the plain curbing. These
| reasons Influenced all the aldermen pres
| emit except Alderman Gleason, to vote for
| the patent curb The idea advanced was
| that this was a good chance to use small
amount Of the patent curb as an expert
| ment and if it should be received with IA
Vor. more of it would be used hereafter.
| The ordinance introduced at the previous
meeting of council by Alderman Garrard,
| to improve that portion of Jefferson street
| between Bryan and Broughton streets by
! paving with granite blocks, was read a
| second time and adopted without dissent.
| This will make the paving of Jefferson
| street complete from Bay to Anderson
| streets.
Commissioner of Public Works Willink
submitted a list of the bids for furnishing
granite block for paving Bryan and
! Farm streets as provided for by ordl-
! nances previously adopted by council. The
| bids ranged from 81 cents to 1873 per
| square yard, free on board cars at Savan-
| nah. on recommendation of Commission
er Wilink the bid of John Bradley of At
! lanta, to furnish the block at 81 cents was
| accepted. In case he should he unable 10
! comply with the specifications as adNer-
| tised, the commissioner is directed to pro-
coed to accept the next lowest bid. The
conditions are that the bidder shall de-
J post a certified check for $500 with the
! commissioner. as a guarantee of his full
hllment of the contract. The work of
paving will be done by the city forces I'M
der direction of the commissioner of pub
| lie works.
About the most interesting matter before
council was the petition of James w.
/ Creekman, for renewal of the sink con-
! tract, made by the city with NJ. a. Butu-
mer, Feb 2S, 1894 for three years, and
transferred Oct. II, 1895 to Creekman. The
man desired a renewal fer three years.
Alderman Gleason objected to the report
on the ground that no bids had been Gdver-
tised for and that ne believed the work
could be done for considerably less than
it costs the city at present.
Alderman Garrard said the committee
had exceeded it's authority. and should
| have made its reports to the committee
| of the whole as it had been instructed to
do. He moved that the matter be imme-
! diately referred back to the committee
of the whole and that council a once re-
solve itself into committee for the pLr
pose of considering the report The res
olution was adopted and the spectators.
! including the reporters, were excluded.
/ The session of the committee of the whole
| las led about fifteen minutes. When the
! council reconvencd the report of the com
! mittee of the whole was announced, be-
! ing that the contract should be regularly
advertised and bids called for under the
| terms of the present contract, unless
| council should see fit to modify the same.
! The report was unanimously adopted.
! This leaves the sink contract to the next
| council.
There being no further business some
one suggested that council adjourn sub
! iect to the call of the mayor this being
| the usual form. This caused a smile, but
| the suggestion was adopted. Mayor
| Myers announced that council would adj
/ JOuTn uulu AOHudy morning al ll.f0
| O'Clock when it would meet 70 receive the
! incoming council. He requested all the
| members to be present at that time
| The following members of council were
| present at the meeting: Mayor Myers,
/ Aldermen, Screven. Letiler, Gleason. Wat
son. Falligant, Bacon, Lamotte, Garrard
| and Lester.
The petition was made to council Jan.
-, and was referred to the committee on
| health and cemetery, to formulate a con-
! tract to be made covering the subject
matter Of the petition. same to reported
to the committee of the whole as soon as
possible"
Instead OF reporting to the committee
of the whole the committee made its re-
port to the council The report of the
committee was the first matter taken up
by council when the doors were thrown
open yesterday. The committee reported
as follows:
1.-THE committee on public health to
which was referred the application of j.
W. Creekman for renewal of contract for
cleaning privy vaults, etc, in the city OF
Savannah for the term OF three years
from March l. 1897 report favora biv