The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13
BULL STREET PAVING PUT OFF.
COUNCIL REFUSED TO HAVE 1T
DONE by THE COMMISSIONER.

Alderman Guckenhcimer Wanted
Bids Called For and the Work
Done by Contract-The Council
Agreed With Him and Voted Down
Alderman Davis Ordinance-AI-
dermnn Davis Says lie VIII Have
Nothing Further to Do with the
Matter.
The Bull street paving ordinance brought
on a lively discussion in the City Council
last night
The ordinance, which provides for the
paving of Bull street south from New
Houston to Twelfth street, introduced by
Alderman T. j. Davis, was put on It's sec
ond reading. 1t prescribed the paving of
the street from New Houston to Ander-
son with roadway of gravel forty feet in
width. The rest of the way to Twelfth
street was to be forty-five feet in width.
1t was also provided in the ordinance
that the Commission of Public Works at
tend to the paving.
Alderman Davis stated that he was very
anxious for the passage of the ordinance.
and asked that the board allow il to be
put on its second reading. This was done,
after which Alderman Guckenheimer
stated that he was not opposed to the
street being paved but he objected to its
being done as proposed In the ordinance
He wanted to offer an amendment, but
was not sufficiently familiar with the YER
biage of the ordinance to offer one. He
Gsked TO be given the copy in order that
ne might look Ii over and frame his
amendment. The amendment was SUBJ
mitted by him just before the close of
the meeting. 1t provided that bids for
the work should be advertised for and
that they should be submitted to the
Council at the same time with the esti-
mate of the cost prepared by the Com
missioner of Public Works. The idea in
THIS was TO have the work done by the
contractor bidding lowest or by the COM
missioner, whichever might be the
cheaper.
In the discussion that followed the
amendment number of the members
look part Alderman Krouskoff support
ed Alderman Davis by saying that the
work should be given to the public works
commissioner TO do, the city pays more
for las labor than the contractors who
come here from abroad, to make all they
can out of Savannah He said he has
found that the present contractors who
not lived up TO what they told him before
he gave his vote for the contract to be
given them. MIR. Delaney he said, told
him that the hands would be paid 81 so a
day. The commissioner is the proper one
he thinks, to look after such work for the
city
The Mayor called attention to the rule
that prescribes that the vote of the board
shall be taken on matters involving ex-
penditures in such as the cost for the
pavement, and that the necessary vote to
pass the question of the ordinance would
be nine.
The amendment of Alderman Quicken
heimer had previously been lost on a close
vote and that for the ordinance resulted
IN its sharing the same fate. Alderman
Davis said he wanted to inform the al
dermen that the next time an ordinance
was TO be introduced looking toward the
pavement of Bull street II would have to
be by some other than himself; he did not
propose to have anything more to do with
it.
Alderman Davis had two more ordlnan-
ces on their first reading One of these
was for the pavement of st. Julian street.
between Whitaker and jefferson and the
other was for the pavement of Barnard
street, between Congress and Bryan
streets, on either side of the market. IL
is proposed to have the work done by the
public works commissioner, the pavement
to be of brick.