The morning news., 1897-01-16
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SOUTH SIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
Alderman Hudson Expresses Some
Views on the Subject.


Savannah, Ga, Jan. 4,-Editor Morn
ing News: What an administration can
do for city, or for a special section of a
cty is, to great degree, limited by the
amount of money it has in hand Its rev.
enues necessarily gauge its capacity TO i'm
prove In comparing what this admins
uauon has done in the south side, beyond
anderson street. with what it's predeces-
sOl dld III its last two years, a start NAV
larry be made by comparing the cash at
command Here it is:
, o anu 1871 81 607 401
WV anu 1880 ..........................1 1922, ,51S
,od from this it will be seen that in 1893 and
.'i the McDonough administration had
AZ iS command $S, SS3 more than the pres
50. So. administration had in 1895 and 1886. In
-,,o ana 1874 the preceding administration
,,AptgAled $l6i6,76S against expenditures of
sGioo'V-o IN 1895 and 1896. The preceding
allil,n's 'ration in its last two years ac-
SSJglWhsly expended $161, ,740 more than the
ng8s dqmlnstration in it's two years of
hdVlng more money at it's service
h spending so much more money than
"SeIs administration it is natural to
rto9Se Ihat the preceding administration
tbo .diFe nave done correspondingly more for
and 1896. -'''' Deei uoiie III 1850
t.ir ,u' now has the south side Jared? Ger
nis eentlemen out there complain that
Nee 'tloh mas been neglected by the
baH1. administration; that it has been
muc5 uealed, 1t Is easy to complain; /;
I Story that the official figures tell:
ha i9S5 and 1894 the last two years of
Wer, MeDonough administration. there
expenditures south of Anderson
SIFeet Of S25526. 'uei sun
istr,t'S, ana 1885, under the Myers admin
dasa'loh the expenditures south of An
mn TI street We're $7205l.
Seen present administration, It will be
eyor,. ,l mas spent in that section, s265 for
ton S-,W that the preceding administra-
Ks rpeht. The expenditures in 1895 and
1884, 'ii''0o greater than in 1898 and
f"mat Is more, and an especially striking
miuie OF the case, under the Myers al-
gnort lalon, the city in two years has
r. nearly $4,000 more than il received
~" mat section in taxes.
ho ms @l9 gross discrimination against
ns,s soulh side? l will leave It to the cit
ALL mat section to determine.
dora me to recapitulate what has been
rspor,, we ngures being from the official
viii, ~ ~ which are open to ell citizens. I
Moro ...,, 'N AacAo III ldDle6, as being the
n. 'aSily understood and appreciated.
la@o oTk in 1893 and 1884,
is' opening streets. seo-E
l@s S'auhB street............nothing done.
lNi ""'er mains, etc..................1 II. .96i
Mt upening streets. 1880
l@l stallng four streets, about. 1000
wafer mains, etc........nothing done.
Tt5 v9tal for 1898 and 1894. .sg5525
Ia, olk in 1895 and 1896 80 ''-'''-'
iS. opening streets. 900 s.z
@; pivlng Anderson and Battery. .12i
ls; paVing Ogeechee road ........'... 3 e4s
sar rptVing Bull street, from Ander-
nd, TO Twelfth. h...............,..... 1 .G3o
la5 grs5,. mains etc.................. 5000
i9 6rading fourteen streets. ........ SEP
lgs bnnains streets.................... 19,054
Ia ss'uniiiaalng roadways, Anderson
l05 olAth street. et...................... asq
l@s srading eleven streets. .......... 1's29
water mains. etc................. $500
Total g.
-. ior 1895 and is96...............S72. .O5l
''ent these facts and figures for the