The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-13
WILL OPEN UP THE STREETS.
WEST BROAD STREET TO BE RUN
TO ESTILL AVENUE.

Henry, WaIdburg, New Houston,
Duffy and Others to Be Opened
Through COIIfnsYfIIc-WTI Add
Much Taxable Property to the
Cfty's Lfst-Lnnd to He Bought at
Six Cents Per Square FOOt-An
Street Changed to TOmOchichi
Avenue.
The committee on opening streets. OF
which Alderman w. G. Charlton is chair
man. has been doing some splendid work
This fact was so fully appreciated that
at last nights meeting of council the COM
mittee was complimented by the mayor,
who said the city might well congratulate
itself upon its achievements.
Alderman Charlton has worked long and
faithfully for the opening of some of the
most important streets. and he now feels
a pardonable pride in the completion of
his plans for the extension of the streets
leading into Collinsville and of West Broad
street.
His efforts have been directed toward
the opening of Collnsville for some six
years This period has brought many
delays and put many obstacles in the way
of the successful termination of the work
Property owners have been obdurate, and
have chung 10 the lands that have stood
in the way of the opening of the streets
Exorbitant prices have been demanded
and every devisable means employed in
many instances TO get as much as posi-
BILE from the city.
Under the head of miscellaneous bust
ness two resolutions were offered by Mr.
Charlton 10 authorize the purchase Of
lands to be used for the opening of the
streets. AS he handed the documents to
the clerk of council, Mr.. Charlton remark
ed that he believed they still had juris-
diction enough to have resolutions on the
opening of streets read The first of the
resolutions was as follows:
''I}e it resolved, By the mayor and al
dermen of the city of Savannah, in coun-
ell assembled, That so much of the land
as is necessary to open West Broad street
from Anderson street southwark about
three hundred and fifty feet by one hun
dred feet wide, be purchased at and for
the sum of seVenty-six hundred dollars
the owners of said land to remove all
houses now on said proposed extension,
and the titles to be approved by the city
attorney"
This was adopted without dissenting
vote, as was also the second, which was
as follows:
BE it resolved, by the mayor and alder
men of the city of Savannah, in council
assembled, That the offer to sell to the
city so much of Henry, Waldburg, New
Houston, Duffy. Harmon, Paulsen and
Bolton streets as runs through the lands
of the Hollis, Cam, McCredmon and
Grimm estate, at a price not exceeding
cents per square foot, be accepted, sub
ject to approval, by the city attorney, of
the titles to said land"
After the reading of the first resolution
Alderman Charlton announced that the
cost of the land mentioned would be about
$1,000 He said that it had been the policy
of the administration to extend the streets
as rapidly as possible in order to develop
the city and increase the facilities for
traffic The taxable property, he stated,
that will be added to the city's list by the
extensions will be more than $1,OO0,00O.
Colinsvile was incorporated with
the city, but a provision was made
that its property should not be sub
ject to taxation until the plan of the city
was extended to include 1t. 1t is this ex-
tension of the plans that will follow as the
result of Alderman Charlton having made
all the arrangements for the purchase of
the necessary lands and having gotten
last nights resolution through council.
He says that in the course of five years
the city will receive in taxes from the
property opened up as much money as will
be spent In the purchase of the lands and
the work of running the streets.
The opening up of West Broad street is
of vast Importance. Mayor Meldrim stat
ed that it will be the only street in the
city. after it has been extended, that will
run, 100 feet wide and without a park in
its entire length, from the Bay to Estill
avenue He believes that the street will
be of great benefit to the southern sec
ton.
1t IS now proposed to change the name
of West Broad street. One of the alder
men who intends to champion the discard
ing of the name, which, he says, expresses
nothing, thinks that Tomochichi avenue
would be pretty, with it's running sylla-
bles of the Indian tongue, and would at
the same time be commemorative of the
old chieftan. who so generously served
| the white man on his first settlement of
| Savannah. This alderman says he is go
ing to use every effort to have the name
! adopted.
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