The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-20
TURNED OVER ISLAND LANDS.
COUNCIL GAVE TERMINAL COM
PANY THE RIGHTS 1T ASKED.

Tor municipal purposes Ahu ne
quires the Company to Keep the
Land i'm Sanitary Condition Until
Used-The Title 10 the Land Part
~ Depends on the Expenditure of
100000 and the Consumption of "a
Bridge Above the City by the Ter
minaI Company.
The city has granted all OF ats land on
! Hutchinson's Island with the exception Of
five acres, to the Georgia and Alabama
Terminal Company. An ordinance 10 this
effect was considered last night by the
committee of the whole of Council, TO
which a special report had been submitted
by the committee on railroads. and after
a brief discussion, il was decided to pass
It, The ordinance went through without
dissenting vote.
Il has been some time since Council con-
cluded its caucus deliberations at O'Clock.
At that hour however, the aldermen ap-
| peared, took their seats about the table,
and did not have the appearance of having
| been vinegared, as is frequently the case
when it is midnight and after before the
caucus concludes. Notable among those
present was the 'prodigal alderman" Mr..
Thomas f. O'Donnen, who has been com
PEELED to absent himself from the meetings
for over a year, on account of ill-health,
and which necessitated his taking a trip
10 the North Where he spent several
months. Besides Alderman O'Donnell. the
others present were Aldermen We'll
Thomas Davis. Reid, Smith, Quicken
heimer and Owens
The terminal companys ordinance was
not the first matter considered in open
meeting, but it was the most important.
and one to which the most attention was
probably given. There was very little for
the aldermen to do except to ratffy what
had already been done by the railroad
committee which had gone over the ordB-
nance thoroughly, and modified il accord
ing to their desires, so that all changes
! suggested had already been included in
the draft submitted.
The hrst section provides for the convey
ance of the land TO the terminal comnapy
aud for that reason there was an inc!ina-
ton on its part 10 have most of the con
dftions inserted in other sections. where
they would be a matter of contract and
enforceable as such. Ii was on this ac-
count that only two of the conditions
submitted were inserted in the first section.
They were the ones relating to the con-
struction of a bridge over the river. and
! that pertaining to the expenditure of $780,
wv, exclusive of the amounts previously
| spent In acquiring lands. The company
| agreed that these conditions should be
| included in the first section where they
| become conditions TO the title and if vio-
| iated. viii cause the fand to revert to the
city. AS this section now reads. the title
conveyed shall become absolute "wben-
| ever the said Georgia and AlaOama Term
| inal Company, or its successors or assigns
snail have laid on said Hutchinson's Is
land, terminal track or railroad from
the site Of said proposed terminals. to the
| point OF crossing the Savannah river and
| shall have built itself, or caused 10 be
! built, for use in connection with said ter
minaE railroad, railway bridge at some
| point above the city of Savannah, over the
savannah river from the said point of
! crossing, TO the main land or Georgia bank
| of said river. and shall have expended not
| less than 100000 on said terminals ex-
elusive Of all amounts heretofore expend-
| ed, which building of said terminal rail-
road, and building of said railway bridge
| and expenditure of said sum of money on
| said terminals, shall be conclusive evil
dence of the bona tide use of said Hutch
| insons Island railway terminals and
| the title to the property hereby and by
/
! come absolute and perfect upon the ac-
| compaishment of said facts in said Geor-
| gia and Alabama terminal company, it's
: successors or assigns, and no purchaser of
4, any part of the property hereby conveyed
| from said Georgia and Alabama Terminal
! Company, shah be bound to see that any
| other conditions than those mentioned in
this section of the ordinance, shah be per-
| formed; the limit of the time specified for
| the performance being set out in section
| two of this ordinance"
1t is provided i'm the second section that
| work shall commence within six months
and be completed within two years. The
| third section relates TO the amount of land
! 10 be reserved, and is a condition suggest
! ed by the railroad committee. 1t provides
| that 1.-THE parcel of land in the northwest
| angle of the present holdings Of the city
of Savannah. containing five and a frac-
ton acres. more or less hereinbefore re-
served to the city under section one of this
| ordinance is to be held by the city for
! municipal purposes only; and that when
| ever the use of This parcel of land snail
| he desired by the city, the said terminal
| company shall provide access to the same
! by suitable roadway or roadways through
| the other lands granted 20 said company,
| and that whenever the said company
| shall grade the land Immediately adjacent
| 10 the parcel reserved, they shall also at
the same time. at their own expense grade
in like manner the said lot reserved, so as
to bring the same on an even grade with
| the adjacent land"
The steam ferries are provided for in the
| fourth section. They are to be run to
| the Exchange dock, and must be at in
| tervals of not exceeding two hours from
the Savannah side of the river, between
| the hours of a. m. and p. m, Sundays
and holidays excepted" If at any time
the city considers the use of the Exchange
dock as prejudicial 10 the public interests,
it has the right to discontinue it's use by
the company on giving it three months
| notice.
Section five is another of the conditions
recommended by the railroad committee
| and provides for the delivery of freight
| to and from Savannah at some place in
| the present corporate limits. The term
! nal company shall at all times hereafter
| receive and deliver. without any charge
| for transfer across the Savannah river
| all local freight to and from Savannah, at
a railroad delivery place of said terminal
| company or of one OF its connecting lines
| Of rafl Vvft bn nc.