The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-24
SITES FOR A NEW CEMETERY.
Public Health Committee Ready to
Receive Offers of Land.

The public health committee of Council
will take steps at once 10 find a suitable
location for a city cemetery to take the
place Of Laurel Grove. in which there are
few lois now available. The situation be
ing one of considerable gravity, Inc COM
mittee is anxious 10 secure offers of sales.
one or two locations have elready been
off red the city, but they are not such as
meet requirements in every respect One
of these was Bonaventure. admirably
adopted for city cemetery but the avail
able acreage is claimed to be so small, in
view of the space already taken up that
the committee did not consider it advisable
TO buy it, unless there was. some prospect
of securing adjoining property. The con-
tiauous land is owned by different parties,
but 1t is safe 10 say in the event enough
adjoining property could be gotten to make
M 500 acres, including the cemetery, the
CIV would seriously consider a proposition
h. the owners. Indeed. members of the
committee express a pl eference for Bon
aN6nture.
Another offer of 800 acres of land on the
Oseechee road has been made the city by
Nj r. d. Guerard. I mis- is near the new
powder magazine, and is said to be on an
elevation, such as is desired for ceme-
terry 1t is understood other propositions
have been made, but l1tne have been acted
ON. The object of the committee being to
get as many offers as possible from which
to select.
Alderman Duncan, chairman of the com
nlittee introduced resolution al the last
meeting of Council, to the effect that Of
fers of land should be asked for with a
view to selecting a site. His ideas in re-
gard to a location are that it should be
either east or west of the city, the sections
U-hfpb nor being as thicxIv built nm
as others. He thinks the site should be at
least four miles from the city, on a good
elevation, and accessible, of course, 10 one
of the improved roads. He does not think
the city would desire to negotiate for less
than 100, and from that to 500 acres The
location out of the line of the citys
growth, he believes, would be more prefer
able for many reasons.
After all proposals have been received
the committee will confer with the Park
and Tree Commission before submitting
plans TO Council. Desiring to get a place
that can be beautified with shrubbery and
flowers. it is necessary to have one adapt
ed to such growth. 1t is understood MEM
bers of The commission have expressed the
opinion that Laurel Grove can be enlarg-
ed. The plans for running a canal
through and draining contiguous lands
has been discussed, but it has been learn
ed that sufficient territory cannot be ac-
quired to justify the undertaking. Even
were this done, it is stated only a COM
paratively small number of lots could be
had which would necessitate looking for
another location, possibly within two or
three years.
Since the matter is one particularly ur-
gent, it is the desire of the committee to
get a sufficient number of proposals by
the next meeting of Council to consider
with the Park and Tree Commission If
the proper place is found, it is stated there
will be no delay in negotiating for it's pur-
chase.