The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-14
FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
ALDERMEN BEGIN 1897 WITH 4
GOOD NIGHTS WORK.

Fireman McStay's Widow Allowed
PensiOn-YOrk and President
Streets Paving Ordinance Adopted.
New Sewerage For the Southwest
ern Section of the City Agreed
Upon-Rcsidents in the Neighbour
hood of Bull and Liberty Streets
Object to Hacks-LiquOr Dealers
Want a Reduction of License.
The city council held it's first meeting of
the new year last night. All the men,
bers We're present with the exception of
Alderman Gleason.
The meeting was lengthy one and con-
siderable business was transacted.
on recommendation of the committee of
the whole the widow of Fireman Frank
NIcStay was allowed $50 for funeral ex-
penses of her husband and a pension
of $12 month for six years.
Fireman Mcstay lost his life at the hre
which burned out A. B. Hull & Co.'s gro
Gerry on Bay street, last fall, The mat
ter of pension was brought to the at
tention of council at recent meeting by
a communication from the fire commits
sion, through Fire Chief Mcguire.
The committee of the whole, to which
was referred the petition of Mr.. George
A. Hudson and others, requesting the city
to lay sewer pipes, reported favorably as
follows: That a 24-inch sewer be con-
structed in Abercorn street, from Ninth
street to Sixth street, and there connect
with the Sixth street sewer, and
also that a 24-inch pipe sewer
be laid in Jefferson street, from
Eighth street to the present terminus
of the jefferson street sewer in Seventh
street, and when these sewers are COM
pleted that M-inch sewer, commencing
at the Sixth street sewer, be built along
the driveway west of the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway to the inter-
section of East Broad street, and thence
down East Broad street. to connect with
the East Broad street sewer. The report
was adopted.
A petition, numerously signed by the
liquor dealers, was received, urging
reduction of the liquor license from $500
to 500, on account of the increase in the
state tax from 500 to $3.50, and the gen
eral hard times, which they have ex-
perienced in common with the
rest of the community. The
petition was referred to the commit
tee Of the whole. The liquor dealers are
late in making their request, council hav
ing already adopted the tax ordinance
and made up the budget for 1897.
A petition from property owners in the
vicinity of Bull and Liberty streets was
received, protesting against hacks being
allowed to stand as proposed by council in
an ordinance now before it. The petition
was referred to the committee of the
whole.
The ordinance amending the hack ordi-
Inv aI1oxHyfDo 70 oh
cents for transporting passengers to and
from the wharVes and designating addi-
tional stands was read a second time. On
account of the petition of the residents of
Bull and Liberty streets, the ordinance
was laid on the table for further consid-
Grafton.
A petition requesting that the sewer in
Wolf street lane and crossing the Waters
road be lowered for q distance of 450 feet
within the city limits, the county commits
sioners intending to improve the road, and
the lowering of the sewer being a part of
the plan of Improvement, was read.
Messrs. Ii. H. Hull, r. f. Burdell, w. b.
Stubs and others appeared before the
committee of the whole in support of the
petition. 1t being necessary to act prompt
ly in the matter, a resolution offered by
Col. Garrard, instructing the public works
commissioner to have the work done as
! required, was adopted.
An ordinance was introduced by Alder
man Garrard to improve Farm street,
from Bryan to Bay street, by paving with
granite block.
A similar ordinance to improve Bryan
street by paving with granite block from
| Whitager street to Farm street was in
PRODUCED by Col. Garrard. Both ordi-
nances were referred to the committee of
the whole
The ordinance to pave York and Pres4-
dent streets around the court house was
taken from the table and adopted.
An ordinance was introduced by Alder
man LETTER giving j. II. H. Entelman
permission to erect three frame houses on
lots q and 2S Wesley ward, to cost not
less than $1,000 each, was read a second
time and laid on the table, by request of
Alderman Letter.
petition was received from j. w
CTeekman, requesting a renewal of the
o. Z. NJ. contract. BY resolution of AL
derman Garrard, the matter was referred
to the health and cemetery committee,
with instructions to draw up a proper
form of contract, with specifications in
detail, to be submitted to council, in or
der that bids for this work may be ad-
Vertised for.
The ordinance providing for the estab-
lishment of city dispensary was taken
from the table and adopted. Under this
ordinance the sanitary board Will elect
} the keeper Of the dispensary.
} The ordinance abolishing the Office of
Keeper Ol lLt pest MUSE was duODleu.
Alderman Garrard's ordinance provid-
ing for changing the name of the alder
manic committee on health and cemetery
was read second time and adopted
Messrs. Bond, Harrison & Co. petitioned
the city for payment of damages incurred
by one of their teams falling into a dry
well on Tattnall street. The accident
only occurred yesterday.
, Denmark a Ashley, attorneys for the
Southern Telephone Company of VAL
dosta, petitoned the city for a franchise.
The particulars of this petition have al
, ready been given in the Morning News.
DR.. E. Y McKane. colored physician.
asked for the relief from taxation for the
McKane hospital. The petition was re-
ferred to the committee on finance.
The estate Of j. j. Warning was relieved
as surety on the contract of the Warren
Scharf Asphalt Company. for the mainte-
; nance OF Broughton street, from Aber-
corn to West Broad, the contract having
, been superseded by a more recent con-
| tract.