The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-25
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(5) feet in width; Barnard street
from Anderson 20 seventh street shall
have a roadway forty-fve G5) feet in
width, sidewalks on either side thereof ten
Q0j feet Ia width, ana grass piats on either
side thereof five 90 feet in width; Mont
somery street from Anderson to Twelfth
street shall nave a roadway fOrty-fiVe DO
feet in width, sidewalks on either side
thereof zen Q0 feet In width and grass
pEats on either side thereof five 90 feet in
" .dth, jefferson street from Anderson 10
Twelfth street. shall have a roadway thir-
ty-lve (55) feet in width and sidewalks on
either side thereof seven and one-haaf C5i0
feet in width. Whitaker street from An
deIs0n to Twelfth street as now opened or
a 81 may hereafter be opened shall have
a roadway thirty GW feet in width and
sidewalks on either side thereof seven and
oue-haH Gi0 feet in width, Price street
from Bay 10 ST. Thomas street, shah have
a roadway thirty-two tS2) feet in width.
and sidewalks on either side thereof nine
90 feet in width; Habersham street from
Anderson to Seventh street shall have
roadway forty (fO feet in width, side
walks on either side thereof seven (D feet
in width and grass plats on either side
thereof three 90 feet in width Lincoln
street from Anderson to Eighth street shall
have a roadway thirty 600 feet in width,
sidewalks on either side thereof seven ca
thereof three 90 feet N width: West Broad
street from Anderson to Twelfth street
shall have Two % roadways, one on each
side, of twenty-five (25) feet each. side
walks on either side thereof ten Q0) feet in
width, grass plats on either side thereof
five 90 feet in width, and center grass
plat Of twenty 600 feet in width, and Bur
roughs street from Anderson to Twelfth
street shall have a roadway of forty 4O
n rpid Sidewalks. On Gil 40
thereof seven 90 feet in width and grass
plats on either side thereof three 90 feet
in width.
The sidewalks provided for in this sec
ton for ADercorn Drayton, Bull, Bar
nard, Montgomery, jefferson and Whita-
ker streets shall be built by the property
owners and with material satisfactory to
the committee on streets and lanes within
six 90 six months from the passage of this
ordinance and the sidewalks mentioned in
this section for Price. Habersham, LIN
coin, West Broad and Burroughs streets
shall be built by the property owners and
with material satisfactory to the said COM
mittee within twelve Q9 months from the
passage of this ordinance. In the event of
their failure to do so the city will pave
as here,nbefore provided and will pave
with hard brick at the expense of the prop
erty owners
Sec. 4. BE it further ordained That that
certain ordinance passed Sept. e. 1895 en-
titled IAN ordinance TO secure uniformity
in the sidewalks in the city of Savannah
from the north side of Anderson street to
the north side of Twelfth street. except as
herein excepted to make provision as to
their width, the material 10 be used there
for and the payment for the same" be and
the same is hereby repealed. and an ordi-
nances and parts of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance be and the same are
hereby repealed.
The following ordinance, read in Council
the first time March o. 1899, by unanimous
consent read the second time, placed upon
its passage and passed:
By Alderman Mills
Ar ordinance 20 amend that part of the
tax ordinance passed Dec. 2S, 1898, relating
10 street railroad companies, 10 he found
on page II of the pamphlet containing the
sad tax ordinance.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah in
Council assembled, That for the purpose
of expressing more clearly the intent of
Council the words, on page II of the PAM
phlet containing the above mentioned tax
ordinance, street railroad companies
whether under the control of another COM
pany or not shall pay one hundred dollars
per mile or fraction of a mile of track
be and The same are hereby so amended
that hereafter they shall read as follows:
street railroad companies, whether un-i
der the control of another company or not!
in lieu of the specific tax heretofore re-
qured, shall pay 10 the city of Savannah
for the privilege Of doing business In thei
city and for the use of the streets of the
city at the rate of one hundred dollars
per mile or traction of a mile of track
used in the city of Savannah by said rail-
road company, and 1t shall be the duty
of street railroad companies to make a re-
turn under oath, through their proper Of
fetal, of the amount of their trackage in
the city of Savannah" The balance of
the paragraph herein referred to touching
street railroad companies shall remain and
read it now is.
Sec. 2. BE it further ordained, That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
fiIct with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
ELECTIONS.
An election was held this evening for
the Office of director of public works and
improvements for the city of Savannah
and a superintendent of the water works
Mr.. George NJ. Gadsden, being the only
applicant for director of public works and
improvements for the city of Savannah,
and Mr.. l. L. Kinsey for the position of
superintendent of the water works, upon
motion, which was adopted, the Mayor
was instructed TO cast the vote of Coun-
Gil for the two applicants.
His Honor. the Mayor, thereupon am
nounced Mr. George NJ. Gadsden duly
elected director of public works and i'm
provements for the city of Savannah and
Mr. 1. U. Kinsey duly elected superipr
tendent of the water works.
RESOLUTIONS.
Alderman Dixon
Resolved, That w. y. Bisbee and his as
sociates representing the Georgia Tele-
phone Company, shall be required TO put
their wires underground in the area
bounded north by Bay street on the sotith
By Liberty street, on the east by Lincoln
street and on the west by Jefferson street
provided always that no street or lane
shall be used until the consent of the COM
mittee on streets and lanes shall have
been FIRST obtained. The resolutions here
tofore adopted, are amended according
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Adopted.
BY Alderman Thomas
Resolved That the clerk of Council be
Instructed to advertise an election for the