The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-11
SOUTHERN SECTION STREETS.
ARTIFICIAL STONE SIDEWALKS To
BE REQUIRED.

seventh Street to Have n Center
Grass Plat Similar to Those in Lib
erty Street and OgIethOrpe Ave-
nuc-The width of ROadwnys and
Sidewalks RECONCILIATION side
walks Are to BE Laid.
Alderman Davis introduced an ordinance
in Council last night providing for uni
form sidewalks on Bull street south of
Anderson to Twelfth, the material to be
used, width of the pavements, and the
method of paying for them.
The ordinance also provides that all
streets between Anderson and Twelfth,
except Seventh shall have a roadway of
thirty feet from the outer edge of the
sidewalks Seventh street will have a
twenty foot center grass plat, two road
ways of twenty-five feet each, while the
grass plats and sidewalks will be fifteen
feet on either side of the street. Seventh
street viii be laid out in the same man
ner as Oglethorpe avenue and Liberty
street.
Under the ordinance, all other cross
streets will have a paved foot walk in
'iA' NNtlAeA VI lilG Slut w tihS iOt AESS IMAM
four feet wide. On Seventh street this
center walk shall be not less than six
feet wide. The sidewalks of these streets
viii include the areas between the prop
erty lines not devoted to the roadways
and grass plats on either side of the
streets. Where pavements have already
been laid in accordance with the require
ments of the ordinances governing other
sections of the city, the proposed ordi-
nance does not require any change.
AS to the streets running north and
south, 1t is declared that Lincoln, Price
Drayton aud Jefferson, shall each have
a roadway between the curbs and in the
center OF the street of thirty feet, and in
the center of the sidewalk a paved foot
walk of four feet. Habersham, Abercorn,
Barnard and Montgomery, shall each
have a forty feet roadway between the
curbs, and a paved walk of four feet
West Broad street shall have a f1fty-foot
roadway, and a four-foot paved way in
the sidewalk. Bull street extended shall
have forty feet roadway, and a seven
foot paved way in the sidewalk The
streets just mentioned will have side
walks on either side Of such area as is
Artificial stone will be used for the
paved walks, to be made under specIfica-
lions from the city engineer, and under
the direction and supervision of the Com
missioner of Public Works. Three months
VIII be allowed to complete the work be-
tween the west side of Abercorn street,
the east side of Barnard, and the north
side of Fifth. Four months VIII be allow
ed to complete that area between and in
GLIDING the walks on the south side of
Fifth street, the west side of Abercorn,
and the east side of Barnard.
When the front OF any block between
and including the west side of Habersham
and the east side of Abercorn, or between
the east side of Montgomery and the west
side of Barnard, shall have as many as
three buildings completed on lots fronting
north and south, or one building on those
fronting east and west, the Commissioner
of Public Works shall give each abutting
owner ninety days notice to pave as re-
quired by the ordinance, the city to do tho
work if the owner fails. If any of the paw
ing is not done within the prescribed time
however, the city will proceed to do it at
the property owners expense.
A resolution was introduced and adopted
provlding for the purchase of land from
the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of
Hope Railroad, to open Fourth street, be-
tween Bun and Barnard. The necessary
land costs the city 25 cents a foot.