The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS POLES.
AN ALDERMAN MAY ALSO BE ELECT
ED TOMORROW.

Tyson Telephone COmpany's Petition
to Put Up Poles in the western
Bart of the City Practically Agreed
tO-EN-Alderman George j. Mills to
BE Reelected If He VIII Serve.
Fire Commissions Petition for
Larger Mains VIII Also BE Pre-
scented.
Mayor Meldrlm has called a special
meeting of Council for tomorrow at l
O'Clock to consider the petition Of the Ty-
son Telephone Company, which seeks to
erect poles to its exchange. at West
Broad and Broughton streets. This petit
ton will not preclude Council from taking
up any other matters. however, it may
be desired to discuss.
AS stated in the Morning News. there is
no doubt that the petition will be acted
on favorably. The aldermen do not wish
to stand in the light of making unjust
Determinations, or throwing obstacles of
any kind in the way of a worthy enter
prise It has been the purpose all along
TO allow the Tyson company the rights Il
asked, but the manner of doing it is what
has puzzled the aldermen. They have
awakened to the undesirabiity of contin-
ued pole planting, and are determined to
stop it, Had it not been for the fact the
Tyson company changed its exchange.
which does not require erecting poles on
the principal streets, the outlook for fav-
orable action on its petition might not be
so promising as It is.
Proceeding with its poles along Zubly
street from the canal, the COMPANY pro-
poses to erect them to West Broad and
along that street to the exchange. II Ia
understood there will be only a small Num-
Der to put up, according to this route.
which is the shortest that could be map
ped out The poles viii be of the usual
kind, but as the territory in which thew
VIII be placed is not altogether a Frequent
ed part of the city, there will, of course
be little, if any objection.
when representatives of the telephone
company called and apprsed me-" said
Mayor Meldrim, that everything was In
readiness to begin erecting poles to It's
exchange, l thought 1t nothing but right
Council should take some action on the
petition before the next meeting as that
WOulsl pOSSiDiy inconvenience and DELAY
the company more or less. Believing there
was no serious objection to allowing the
company the rights asked, 1 determined
to have Council convened to consider the
matter"
A few minutes viii serve to dispose of
the petition, however, after which there Is
a strong probability the election OF an all
dcrman will be talked over with a view to
settling on some one to fill a vacancy
which has been a long standing one. Some
of the members are beginning to think it
high time action should be taken looking
to the election Of an alderman If 1t is to be
done before the next municipal election. Up
TO the present however. the names Of but
few gentlemen have been mentioned for
the position. among whom are MIR. George
j. Mills, for some years an alderman gem
orally recognized for his ability. There
are few members of the board who have
not spoken in the highest terms of Mr.
Mills since he has been talked of, and if
he consents TO serve, there Is little doubt
he will be unanimously chosen.
The fire commissioners are apt to en-
brace the chance of presenting their re-
quest for an appropriation for new water
mains on River and West Boundary
streets. The total inadequacy Of the pres
ent main along River street, which is ex-
pected to furnish water for the protection
of that stretch of valuable property from
West Broad street to the Ocean Steam
ship COmpany's wharves has been forci-
bly, demonstrated sufficient to convince
all of the necessity The discussion be-
tween Council and the commissioners Will
be more on the subject of making an ap-
preparation, or authorizing the commits
sioners TO contract for such work on Riv-
er street as it may be agreed upon. Here
tofore the commissioners have
only appealed 20 Council an
exceptional cases, and then
the city profted greatly by the expendi-
lures in the shape of reduced insurance
rates, which was brought about through
their efforts before the executive board
of the Southeastern Tariff Association at
Atlanta, where the improvements the city
authorized in the fire department were
urged as the most important argument.