The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-24
THE DRAINAGE ALL RIGHT.
ALDERMEN REPORT UPON CONDI-
TIoN OF COUNTY DRAINAGE.

The condition of the Drains Around
the city Said to De Unusually
Good-Nr. IL. y Crane Presents an
Unusual Petition to COunciI-The
civ Asked to Take Charge of a
lot in Laurel Grove Cemetery and
Keen 1t in Condition in Perpetuity
for the sum of $30O-OnIy Five Al
Jermen Present and the Meeting "A
Dali One.
The committee on drainage, to which
WAS referred the communication of Mr..
Il f. Guilmartin at a previous meeting
of the City Council, relative to the con-
ditiou of the county drains in the neigh
borhood of the government hospital, re-
ported yesterday afternoon. The commit.
zee reported that it had examined the
drainage in the section complained of and
that. with a few slight exceptions, to which
the attention of the County Commissioners
has been asked the drains are in unu-
su5l!y good condition.
The meeting was the dullest of the mid
summer meetings which Council has yet
held. There were only five aldermen pres
emit and, with the exception of the cleo
ton Of dispensary officers little business
OF interest was transacted.
The communication of DR.. c. B. Lam
ueau. requesting remuneration for expend-
lures incurred in preparing himself to
discharge the duties of city physician in
the Second district, to which petition he
was temporarily appointed, was referred
to the finance committee.
A rather unusual petition was received
from Mr., Horace A. Crane, vice president
of The Southern Bank. Mr. Crane asked
60 be allowed to place on deposit with
yhe city the sum of $500 as a trust fund
for securing the perpetual care of the
LOT in Laurel Grove cemetery of Mary
y. Williams, deceased. Mr.. Crane is the
executor ot the will of Mary +. Williams,
the sixteenth item of which states that
in the event that the Mayor and alder
men of the city of Savannah shall by or
dnance or other binding and valid obl-
CATION undertake to keep in order the
cemetery lot of deceased persons in per
petulty for certain considera ton to be
paid it the testator AUTHORIZES and d.
reefs her executor to pay over to the city
Oh. requisite sum of money, not exceeding
%'o, to secure from the municipal COR
powtion the perpetual care of her lot in
Laurel Grove cemetery, the last resting
place of her husband and children, as
well as of herself.
The petition states that under section
i2 of the Political Code of Georgia the
Mayor and aldermen are authorized to
hold such funds for the preservation and
improvement of burial lots This was in
formation to the members of the board
and as the question was entirely a new one
the petition was referred to the commit
Zee of the whole The city attorney will
4 be requested TO look up the law on the
4 subject. II may be that a new source of
revenue viii be opened up to the city
/ There are many people who would like to
/ insure the care Of their burial lots per
p5tuaily, knowing fun Wen how soon the
dead are forgotten and what changes time
often brings to once prosperous families
Seventy-five dollars was appropriated TO
enable Electrician W. D. Claiborne TO at
tend The annual convention of the munich
pa. Association of Electricians, to be held
al Wilmington, Del.
Tie southern Novelty Company applied
for five years franchise giving it the
exclusive right to place boxes on the street
10 serve as receptacles for waste and lit
tr the company having the right to use
ne boxes for advertising purposes. The
company offers to pay the city a revenue
Of 81 year on each box. The petition was
A eeTed TO the committee on streets and
4 lanes.
An ordinance was passed giving James
d. Dixon * Co. the right to remove the
Fl powder magazine of the firm from its pres
~ tal location on Bay street TO the eastern
n cad of the grass plat on Liberty street.
n An ordnance was adopted giving Edward
Il Lovells Sons the right to place a powder
nasazne on Bay street.
Tony Williams, colored, peiitioned the
civ to be allowed compensation for
mule killed by order of the authorities
eaulers
Bills against the city amounting to $l9,-
a OIL" were passed for payment.