The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-08
MUST PAY THEIR OWN BILLS.
PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNT 10 BE
CLEARED BY COUNCIL.

Nearly $4,000 10 BE Charged Against
the Fire Department APprOpria-
tion. Most of Which the Fire COM
mission Had Already Had Charged
Against Public Property-The PO-
sition of Council Is That No Com
mission Has the Right to Say 10
What Appropriation Bills Shall Be
Charged Outside OF Its own ApprO-
priatfon-streets and Lanes and
Opening streets Committees VIII
Also Turn Back a Few Hundred to
Public Property.
Chairman Grayson Of the fire commits
sion was oficially notified yesterday by
the clerk Of council OF the action Of the
committee Of the whole upon the bills for
the new station Of the department at West
Broad and Indian streets.
As stated in yesterdays Morning News,
the committee has not only decided 70
charge the twenty-five bills referred to to
the special committee for consideration,
amounting to s4s3 80, against the annual
appropriation 70 the fire department. but
10 90 further and charge all bills which
have already been passed on account OF
the new building against the fire depart
ment appropriation.
The committee also declines to transfer
bills amounting to s1.1H for the new en-
CINE house, which had been charged
against the appropriation, to the public
property account, believing that the
amounts had been correctly charged in the
first instance. The committee will rec
ommend that all bills passed during Feb
ruary March, April and May on account
of the new fire engine house, amounting
to S3,578.14, be charged to the fire Depart
ment, and also that the note of s., 80 be-
ing the first payment to the lyman estate
for the property which was paid to R. S.
Salas in January and charged against the
public property account, be charged TO the
fire department appropriation. This makes
a total Of $5,82A14 to be charged against
the appropriation in one lump and is a
pretty good sized sum to deduct from the
departments appropriation for the year.
Chairman Grayson left for Camp North
en- last night with the First Regiment, as
second lieutenant of the Republican Blues
and 1t is likely that the matter viii rest
until his return. He holds. however, that
the fire commission is entitled at least
to portion of the public property appro-
priation, the new engine house being the
only public property of Importance re-
Gently acquired by the city and he will
endeavor to establish his claim to this eff
feet.
The committee did not stop with the
fire department. 1t will also recommend
that the amount Of $3.50 be paid for
Strengthening the eastern line of Bull
street and charged against the public prop
erty account be charged to the appropria-
ton for opening Streets and that the
amount of $i2263 paid for the new side
walk around Colonial park and charged
to public property, be charged to the ac-
count of streets and lanes When these
changes are made the public property APP
preparation viii be intact, the amount of
5000 named in the budget being still
10 its credit.
The position taken by the chairman of
the finance committee and the members
of council generally is that no commission
has any authority to approve bills and
direct to what appropriation they shall be
charged, outside Of the commissions own
appropriation.
The park and tree commission held a
meeting yesterday afternoon and in
structed the chairman to address a COM
muncaton to the mayor, stating it's pres
ent financial condition and it's reasons for
applying for an additional appropriation.
Unless steps are taken to care for the
work of the park and tree COM
mission at once considerable loss will re-
suit