The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-21
MAY REACH AN AGREEMENT,
CITY WILL PROBABLY SETTLE
WITH DRAINAGE CONTRACTORS.

WITH DRAINAGE CONTRACTORS.
A Plan of Settlement Now Under
Considcration--A Special Meeting
of Council TO De Called TO Consider
It-Insurnnce Petition May Also BE
Given Special Hcaring-A Tie
Vote ON a street Railway Matter.
Local Freight Agents Convention
to BE Invited to Savannah Next
Year-Nnyor and Aldermen Invited
to visit Augusta.
1t is likely that the city will come to
some arrangement with the house drain
age contractors soon which will be salts
factory to both parties. The matter was
| discussed In caucus last night, and spe-
cial meeting of Council will probably be
neld shortly to dispose of the matter. The
arrangement in contemplation is said TO
| be the taking up of the notes already is
sued 10 the contractors with short time
notes upon which they will have no diff
Guilty in realizing cash.
The petition to increase the equipment
of the fire department was not urged be-
| fore Council, the gentlemen IN charge OF
the petition having been informed that
Councils time would be fully taken up
with other matters, and that it would be
impossible to hear from them without
subjecting them to long wait. The COM
mittee will probably be given hearing at
a special meeting.
The Council accepted an invitation from
Mayor Walsh of Augusta TO attend the
annual carnival exercises in that city next
point a committee of three to represent
the city at the festivities.
BY resolution offered by Alderman
Smith the Mayor was authorized to con-
fer with Local Freight Agents Trezevant
and Papy of the Central of Georgia Rail-
way and Plant System respectively and
to authorize them to extend an invitation
in behalf of this city at the approaching
convention of local freight agents to be
| held in Cincinnati for the holding of the
next annual convention in this city.
The joint committee on streets and lanes
and railways, to which the petition OF
Hunter, Pearce &c Battey for relief from
the encroachment of the street railway
| company by its new track in front of
|
ported that in the agreement between the
| city and the street railway company this
| track was provided for and 1t was impos-
sible to make any changes The report
was signed by Aldermen Davis, chair RAN
of the joint committee
Alderman Guckenheimer at once OBJ
| jected, saying he was a member of the
railway committee and he had received
| no notice of the meeting of the joint COM
mittee Alderman Well said that he was
| chairman of the railway committee and
he had not been notified of the meeting.
| Alderman Davis replied that, he had
| given notice at the last meeting of coun-
ell when the meeting of the joint COM
mittee would be held.
Aldermen Guckenheimer and We'll con-
tended that this was not proper notice
and Alderman Guckenheimer moved to re-
commit the report to the joint committee
When the vote was taken it was found tc
be tie, being 5-5 Mayor Meldrm cast the
deciding vote in favor of recommittal.
An ordinance providing for uniform
| street crossings for all unpaved street;
was introduced by Alderman Smith The
ordinance provides that all crossings oil
unpaved streets shall be four feet in width
of vitrided brick with approaches on each
side three feet in width, of small cobble-
stones.
The street and lane committee reported
favorably upon the petition Of property
owners on ST. Julian street for the paving
of that street from Jefferson 10 Montgom-
cry street, but stated that there were nc
funds in hand for such work.
The offer of MIR. A Ehrlich to sell city
lands necessary for the open of Eighth
street between Bull and Whitaker streets
at q cents per square foot was accepted
The offer of Geo. w. Beckett and J. II
| Kennickell to sell the city land between
| Bull and Whitaker streets for the opening
of Eighth street for 1890 was accepted.
The property now occupied by Thos
Cooley at the foot of West Broad street
was leased to him for five years upon the
same terms upon which he now occupies 1t
The ordinance prohibiting wagons anc
other trade vehicles on Bull street was
suspended until the completion Of the i'm
proyement now in progress on Draytof
street on the petition of the Knickerbockel
Ice Company and A. NJ. c, W. West
Alderman Krouskoff brought up the sub
ject Of the rights of hackmen. He said
that at present there is no protection fol
hackmen when passengers who have
awaited themselves of their hacks refuse
to pay. The hackmen cannot have tht
passenger arrested, and IL he causes trou
BILE about 1t he is likely to be arrested him
self. He said an ordinance should be en-
acted protecting hackmen in such cases
City Attorney Adams was called upor
for his opinion in the matter. and replied
that no valid ordinance could be enacted
by the city to cover such instances, owing
TO the constitutional prohibition agains
arrest for debt.
All the members of Council were present
al the meeting. with the exception OF Al
derman Hamilton, who Is still confined Il
his bed from the effects of a recent stroke
OF paralysis Alderman Charlton left
however, at the close of the caucus.
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Arrested for Malicious Prosecution