The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-02
ANY KIND or POLES GOES.
COUNCIL REFUSES To RESTRICT
STREET RAILWAY PRIVILEGES.

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Alderman WyIIy's Ordinance Cat 10
Pieces and What Was Left Of IL
Passed-The only sections Left In
tact Those Which Charge the
street aud Lane Committee With
Its Enforcement and Requiring
Tracks TO Be Level With Pave
ments-AIdermHn Hamilton Cast
1 the Deciding Vote on the Pole
Question.
{ Alderman WHY'S ordinance. regulating
street railways. vas adopted last nigAt
Nv the city co-rc5-, bgt in such a ba5y
INITIATED condition a. to practically d.
( s-roy Is purpose, except % pace Ire En-
F force1ent q strse- railway ordinances IN
ne hands q the street ard lane commit
tz-
+ Tnere was considerable warm discussion
. o. tie subject % the aldermen
Alderman WHY requested that the o.
dlnance o. taken from The ta5.s. which
vas sg7esd ID Il was then decided 20
pass upon i. By sections
Alderman DAVIS promptly o=er=i an
anendment 70 t1s caption % the ordi-
nare=. 50 as 70 make its provisions apply
20 telephone. telegraph. district nesssn-
ger and burglar alarm companies THIS
vas objected 70 as out % o-d=r-
secti7n :. requiring that no rails q lass
weight than fly pounds 10 the yard. was
adopted
Section pr9vi5ss fsr ire replacing q all
wo-n-out poles with iron pr steel pG,es.
was read Alderman Davis Offered his
amendment to this section Aidsrma1
WHY stated his willingness ID accept the
Amendment
Alderman Owens objected that very high
stesI and iron po.es would b dangerous
Alderman GucEenhaIraer satd counell
should uot allow :tszlf 70 b dictated 70
b. the street railway company TIE s-g-
gss,ed changes came from that company.
II said lie knew that in other cities Ire
street railway companies are required 10
use iron poles.
The ordnance. Alderman Gackenhelner
said is fsr rhe regulation q street rail-
w1ys- Il Alderman Davis wanted 10 pro-
vile REGULATIONS Tor CHER companies rs
ing poles in the street he SHOULD intro
duce an ordnance 70 that effect
Alderman Nyily inquired Il IL were A.
dermzn Davis intention 70 XII the or
dinsnce with his amendment Il 50. why
n5t vote q IL q once. and be done Nit1 IT,
Alderman E-ouslloT thought the Cr3--
nance Disseminated against t1e street
railway company.
The matter was discussed a. length ~
Aldermen Guckenheimer and Davis The
iatter's amendment was put 20 a vote
There vas division ald t1e amendment
was lost
Toe vote 10 a6ogt section vas then
taken with -1e following result. Ayes
Aldermen Well. Charlton. Gucleu1el-lsr.
Willy and Hull; nays, Aldermen Davis.
Owens. KrouskOn. Smith and Reid
TIE vote being lie, Chairman Hamilton
was called upon 70 cast the decidiug vote
He remarked THAI as president OF the
electric light company, ne considered him
self disqualified from voting he was re-
minded thar the section under co7sidera-
ton cid nO- apply 20 electric light compa-
MES
That being the case. I shall vote no"
said Chairman Hamilton Thus TIE SC
ton was lost On the deciding vote OF the
chairman.
Section .. requiring the street railway
company TO operate its cars both ways OF
Broughton street. Julian Whitaker and
Barnard streets. was knocked out BY the
agreement between the city and the street
railway company, providing only for sin
gle lines on these streets.
Section requiring street cars TO sink
their tracks even with the pavement on
paved streets, was adopted.
Section >. placing the enforcement OF
the terms Of the ordinance under the
street and lane committee. was read. Al
I deTman Guckenheimer offered an amend
nent that the special committee on rail-
ways be substituted
Alderman Well chairman OF this com
mi,tee, objected most emDhaUcally. The
z special committee on railways had been
I ignored throughout IN this matter, he
SAID. and he would resign from the board
{ before ne would accept this charge now
( The amendment was defeated, and the
/ section was adopted, placing the matter
/ in the hands Of the street and lane com
mIttee.
! The ordinance was then read as whole.
I or what was left Of il.
I Alderman Guekenheimer stated that as
! the ordinance Rad been robbed of all its
/ essential features, he should vote against
i.
Some one remarked that the section re-
/ ls-ing 10 the weight Of rails remained.
I The ordira nce originally specified sixty
pound rail- said Alderman Well but il
was found that the railway company had
/ bought hfty-pound raj, and It was changed
. for its benefit"
Alderman GuckeHheimer called for n
ave and nay vote. which resulted in the
Z adoption OF the ordinance Alderman
I Guckenheimer casting the only vote in TIE
/ negative.
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