The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-16
MANY NEW STREETS OPENED.
THE WORK OF IMPROVEMENT IN
THE SOUTHERN SECTION.

seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Streets
Opened and Improved to the
Waters Rond-East Broad street
Likewise Being ImprOved-Wes
broad Street Open Through Its
Entire LeBgth-Other streets Also
Extended and Improved.
Very few people in Savannah have any
idea Of the amount Of work that has been
done recently in the way of opening and
improving the new streets in the southern
section.
Many people living north of Anderson
street seldom go south of that street or
when they do they take the street cars,
the view from which only gives them
faint idea of the work that is being done.
A Morning News reporter went through
the new section yesterday with Alderman
Davis, chairman of the street and lane
committee. Practically everything relating
to the streets comes within the province
of the street and lane department, and as
the greater part of the work of any COM
mittee of council falls upon the head Of
that committee the chairman of the streets
and lanes has no sinecure Alderman Da-
Wis, however, takes a deep interest in his
work and gives a great deal of his time
to 1t.
The execution OF all the work of the
street and lane department comes under
the Commissioner OF Public Works, but as
the commissioner and the chairman of
streets and lanes work in harmony, they
are able to accomplish much work.
The work in the line of street improve
ment which shows off to greatest advan-
tage is that which is just now being COM
pleted i'm the southeastern section through
the lands east of the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway. Seventh, Eighth
and Ninth streets have been extended their
entire length TO the Waters road. Eighth
and Ninth have been improved, and prac-
tically completed from Bull street to the
Waters road, a distance of an even mile.
Eighth street is as pretty piece of road
work as one would care to see anywhere.
There is a good roadbed and the street has
been neatly curbed with strong wooden
curhing. this being part of the agreement
with the companies which gave the right
of way through their lands.
Ninth street has been graded and i'm
proved, but not curbed and similar work is
now in progress on Seventh street. Both
Eighth and Ninth street present long level
roadways very pleasing to the eye.
East Broad street has also been opened,
and is now being improved south from the
railway track the work being partially
completed. The present smooth and level
appearance of the tract gives no idea Of the
amount of grading which 1t was necessary
to do to bring the streets to their present
condition. Considerable drainage work was
also necessary. Several old bridges were re-
moved and drain pipes substituted, the pipe
being covered over.
over on the western side of the city a
great work of Improvement has been done.
West Broad street Is now open its entire
length from the river to the southern
boundary, and is one of the most mag
nifcent avenues to be found in the whole
city The old houses which formerly
blocked the way at Anderson street have
been removed, and the street now has a
clear sweep southwark for its full width
of seventy-five feet. The change gives an
entirely new appearance to that section.
Barnard street has likewise been opened
several blocks further south. over on the
east side a good work has been done in
the opening Of Abercorn street south and
Price and Lincoln streets have had several
blocks added TO their length.
The grading and improving of the
streets has added greatly to the appear
anee of the southern section. The c1ee-
missioner of public works has had large
force engaged in this work for the last
two or three months.
Alderman Charlton, as chairman of the
street opening committee, deserves the
gratitude of the people in the southern
section for the work he has done there
He has had some very hard cases to deal
with, and it has required much tact and
judgment TO attain the results mentioned.
Land assumes an enormous value in the
eyes of the people in the southern section
whenever the city desires it for the pur-
pose of opening streets, and one of the
city's heaviest burdens is on account of
this source of expenditure.