The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-30
MUST STOP DIGGING NOW.
No Upturning of the Soil in the City
After To-day.

To-day is the last day on which the up
turning of soil in the streets and lanes
of the city is permitted, the ordinance pro-
hibiting it going into effect May /.
The only work in progress now which
might be affected by the ordinance is
street paving and the woli on the street
railway tracks Neither of these will be
seriously interfered with The street rail-
way company has about completed ell the
work which 1t intended doing before sum-
mer. About the only work which remains
to be done just now is the removing of
the track from Price street. and this they
will doubtless be allowed to do by the
sanitary board. The Encouragement of the
street railway system lacks considerably
of completion.
Practically no work has been done upon
the outer belt, and the old gauge has not
yet been changed. 1t is proposed TO change
The gauge and replace the fiat rail on
the belt with new rail. This will prob
ably not be done until fall. The inner
belt, including Barnard, Abercorn and
Whitaker streets has been completed. II
is regarded as a fine piece of street rail-
way work and the schedule operated is
satisfactory. The street railway people
are not satisfied, however, and desire to
improve the belt further by extending the
Barnard street line from Second street
to Tenth street and connecting across
Tenth to Whitaker street The Barnard
street line now turns in at Second street.
to Whitaker. and runs along that street
TO Tenth. AS Whitaker street is too mar
row for double track this compels the
use of single track for several blocks
The street railway company was about
20 double-track Whitaker, anyway south of
Second street, but was prevented by the
street and lane committee Application
may be made TO Council for permission to
extend the track on Barnard street. and il
the permission be granted 1t is likely that
the work would be done this summer. The
other work of the street railway COM
pany Is in such shape that IT can be closed
down shortly
The Southern Asphalt Paving Compsuy
winch is now laying the pavementa on
Drayton street, has been working nigh,
and day. The last of the cobblestones on
the street were probably cleaned IN last
night and the grading will be completed
to-day The company is working from
Doth ends of the street The company
VIII not be able 10 complete the street bv
May ! as provided in its contract. but
there will be no difficulty about an extern
sion of time, the chief object, to prevent
excavation of earth after May l. having
been accomplished. The work of the com
pany has been thoroughly satisfactory.
The members of the street and lane COM
mittee, and, in fact, every one who has
watched the progress of the work are
thoroughly pleased with the new pave
ment. and many declare it TO be the best
pavement ever put down in Savannah
Bull street, which is now being paved
with gravel, has already been graded its
entire length, so there will be no interior
ence with the work there on this account
on account of the peculiar conditions con-
fronting the people of Savannah this sea
son, II is understood to be the purpose or
the city government to rigidly enforce all
sanitary ordinances and the one relating
TO the upturning of the soil will he No
exception. On account of the epidemic
which prevailed last year on the Gulf
coast, the outlook for this season was al
ready regarded as bad, but the Spanish
Cuban American imhroglio complicates
matters and makes the sanitary outlook
an unfaVOrab BILE. one