The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-31
THE NEW SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.
Council to Hear Tonight From
Property Owners south of Ander-


Council to Hear Tonight From
Property Owners south of Ander-
son.
There will be an adjourned meeting of
Council tonight for the purpose of dis
cussing the sidewalk ordinance relative
to the southern part Of the city and any
other matters which may come up for con-
sideratlon.
The property owners south of Anderson
street who are affected by this ordinance
which win be read the second time to-
night, and probably passed, have been no
titled of the meeting, and any who desire
to be heard with regard TO it will have
an opportunity to talk.
1t is expected that there will be oppo-
sltion to several features of the ordi-
nance. Mr.. p. j. O Connor and several who
live in his neighborhood are opposed to
some of the proposed regulations for laying
sidewalks In the southern part of the
city, and 1t is probable that there Will be
two or three talks with regard to the
matter For instance il is proposed 70
put paved sidewalk on the western sue
OF Abercorn street all the way out ledV-
ing the OlnSf SIDE unpaNe lOl INC ~ 7NAAt'
because IL is not built up as much as Is
the western side. There are several Cd
jections raised to this plan, some OF the
residents out there holding that when ore
side of a street has a sidewalk Dolh
should have il.
The ordinance, which was introduced py
Alderman Davis proposes to PROVIDE lor
a uniform system of sidewalks for the en-
tire southern section of the city, from
Anderson to Twelfth street. The material
TO be used is cement or art1clal stone,
similar to that now being put IN other
parts Of the city The ordinance proVldes
certain regulations as to widths and other
general matters. 1t states that all OF the
streets south of Anderson street, with the
exception of Seventh street, shall have a
uniform width of thirty feet, while Sew
enth street shall have center grass plat
twenty feet in width with two roadWays
twenty-five feet wide each side The
width of the grass plats and sidewalks
paved sidewalk itself being six feet IN
width. The sidewalks on all the other
streets, it says, shall be four feet in
width.
AS to the streets running north and
south, it is provided that Price, Lincoln,
Drayton and Jefferson shall each be thirty
feet in width and shah have sidewalks
not less than four feet in width. Haber-
sham, Barnard, Montgomery and Aber-
corn shall have roadways forty feet in
width and sidewalks four feet in width.
West Broad street must be fifty feet wide,
with a four-foot sidewalk, and Bull must
De forty feet wide, with a seven-foot side
walk
This is a summary of the general pro-
visions of the ordinance providing for a
uniform system of sidewalks in that Sec
ton. The pavements will be put down
as building in that section progresses,
those which are most needed being done
first. 1t is probable that Council will pass
the ordinance at to-nights meeting,
though it is possible one or two slight
changes may be made
1t is not known definitely whether the
question of house drainage will be taken
up or not. Some seem to think 1t will
share in the discussion of the meeting
while others say that it is not to be con-
sidered. The bids for this work are due
on Thursday at noon. So far no bids have
been received, and it is not likely that
they will come in before the last day,
though some OF those which are expected
from a distance may be here to-day.
So far, Council is no nearer to a settle
ment of the vexed problem of making pay
ment for the work on the house drainage
system after the bids have been considered
and a contract awarded. 1t looks now as
if it will be done through a sale of the
citys interest in the ground rent lots,
though final arrangements on that line
have not been made. The matter has
been worked on to some extent, but so far
as is known the city has no propositions
yet looking to the purchase of that asset
1t is possible that those citizens who desire
to say anything on the subject of house
drainage will also be heard at to-night's
meeting.