The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
STREETS PAVED AND OPENED.
DRAYToN STREET PAVING TO DE
ACCEPTED THIS WEEK.

Paved ana AuEbG0
and Ninth streets From Waters
Road. West-PavinE Done During
the Last six S1ontbs-COmmittee on
CITY Lots Has Completed Police
buildings and VIII Now start on
Powder Magazine.
During this week the Council committee
on streets and lanes, Commissioner OF
Public Works Willink and City Engineer
VIM viii inspect the Drayton street
paving 10 see if it meets requirements ana
Is acceptable TO the city. If everything
IS found satisfactory, which is almost GER
tain 10 be the case, the amount due less
the 900 already paid, will be paid over
to the Southern Asphalt Company.
Not only is the committee pleased with
what Il has accomplished in paving this
street, but there are a number of other
improvements along the same line which
speak of persevering work and add to the
achievements of the administration
during the last six months. There are
none of the committees that have pushed
forward work more aggressively than the
street and lane committee, which succeed
ed in most everything it undertook and
has a long line of paving which will stand
as a credit to it.
Gravel paving has been put down on
Bull street. from New Houston to Tenth,
and is completed, with the exception Of
a small strip, which can be finished in
about ten days The delay was caused by
a lack of gravel, but a supply was ordered
and reached the city yesterday.
This work has met with a number of
adverses, one of which was the conxsbit-
tees inability TO carry out its elakFhal
plans on account of the fact no arrange
uent was made to purchase the Mendel
property on Bull street. 1t was first In
tended to pave as far out as Twelfth
street. the idea being the property in the
line of the street could be acquired, but
when it was found this could not be ac-
complished, Alderman Davis introduced
resolution changing the first scope so that
the paving would go only to the middle
of Tenth street. While this was a dis
appointment to many, nothing else can
be done until the way Is clear, notwith-
standing the property owners in that Sec
ton have the brunt of 1t to bear. New
Houston street from Drayton to Bull also
got a coat of gravel white improvements
IN that vicinity were being made.
A work which the public appreciates es
much as any other, and one greatly need
ed, was the vitrihed brick paving on st.
Julian street and around the market
Pedestrians, vehicles, cars, hucksters, and
everybody frequenting the market, real
ize an Improvement has been made which
seems incredible the city could have done
without so long. There is more or less
waste matter around the market and some
of the stall occupants did not hesitate to
throw most any kind of refuse things in
to the street. An effort is made 10 pre-
all 1f Fa1k I
fails occasionally, and then comes the
necessity for clean sweep or a sprlnk-
ling, which can be easily done on the
smooth bricks. The interests represent
ed around the market are pleased with the
work Of the street and lane committee en-
this undertaking.
Residents of Henry street from Price to
East Broad got an Improvement due en-
tirely TO the committed foresight. The
debris from the Cathedral, consisting of
crushed bricks, plaster and other such
material, was removed there and rolled,
; giving an improved and hardened surface.
The committee on opening streets has
been equally as energetic as the other com
mittees and has got in numerous hits IN
its line. From the Waters road west, in
the southern, section, Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth streets have been opened graded
and curbed. Alderman Krouskom is much
pleased with the public spirit of the Sa-
Vannah Investment Company, which gave
the city necessary land to open Seventh
and Eighth streets. 1t is stated the land
given the city by this company would have
cost $4,000 at the figures now being asked
for property in that vicinity.
East Broad street has also been opened
from the Waters road to the city. Tenth
street has been opened from Abercorn to
Habersham, and then from Bull to Bar
nard, which now makes it entirely opened
up between these streets, the other prop
erty having been acquired some time ago.
Abercorn has been opened from the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western Railway to
Eleventh street; Ninth, from Whitaker TO
Barnard; Eighth, from Bull to Barnard;
Fourth, a portion from Bun to Barnard;
First. from Bull to Barnard and some
thing over 100000 feet was acquired in the
eastern section by an exchange with DR..
Falgant for Sixth street lots. Lands
have been acquired In Collnsville to open
up streets. West Broad is opened from
Anderson to Twelfth; Second avenue, from
Montgomery street to the Ogeechee road;
River street. through the rice mill prop
erty, near East Broad street, though there
are lands there which viii be condemned
before the work is done. The policy of the
committee is to acquire property Il Is seen
the city viii need before long, and not
hesitate because the necessity is not
singing one now. In this way the I'M
pleasantness of condemning is often avoid
ed. where il is determined to open certain
streets Alderman Charlton Is chairman,
while Alderman Krouskoff Is one of the
incessant and conscientious workers, who
look for bargains in this line
Considerable work stands to the credit
of the committee on city lots Among the
things accomplished is the erection of the
new Police Court building, remodeling Of
the old guard house. by which the ca
pacity for prisoners was greatly increas-
ed and the new powder magazine which
Will be begun in few days. The bar
racks building is a model of its kind and
It is believed, will prove satisfactory for
the purpose.
Considerable has been accomplished by
the house drainage committee. A large
portion of the system adopted has already
been put down, and a contract for the re-
naming work will be let shortly after
Sept. /. As soon as the law permits, large
forces wall again begin digging the streets
preparatory to winding UP an irnnrove-