The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-29
PAVING WILL NOW PROCEED.
COUNCIL PASSED SEVERAL IMPOR-
TAM ORDINANCES.

GfricE Pavement to Go on IT. Julian
street and Congress and Broush-
ton Lanes-GIObe Valve Closet Or
dinamce a Go-Ordinances Fixing
salary of Health omcer at $4,000
PnSscd-PHrchnse OF Much street
Opening Property AuthOrized-Oth tn
er Matters Before Council.
Several important ordinances were pass
ed at the meeting of Council yesterday
afternoon, and others equally important
were introduced The paving ordinances.
including those for the paving OF st. Ju-
liam street and Broughton and Congress
lanes. and also the ordinance agaius.
globe valve closets were passed. Another
was passed fixing the salary of the health
officer at $500.
Preparations have been made for carry
ing out the provisions of both the paving
and the closet ordinances. as was stated
in the Morning News yesterday. The
curbing has been delivered and viii be
laid at once for the paving, while the
water department. inspectors have obtained
all necessary information concerning the
location Of water wasting closets to en-
force the law in short order. Sixty days
is allowed for the removal of all closets
of the old make in the first section. ana
other sections 10 the southern limits OF
the city, viii be taken up ia their proper
order A prompt and effective enforce
ment of the ordinance is promised by the
waller committee.
The only objection to the ordinance pro-
viding for paving the lanes was made by
Alderman Thomas, who said he did not
fnlr / a u
several reasons. There is a portion of one
of the lanes already paved with brick anc
he thought that sufficient for the present;
bricks cannot be evenly replaced when re-
moved TO lay pines, OF for other purposes
in the third place he did not think Il the
time Of year for this kind Of work Alder
man Thomas claimed the lanes could be
kept as clean without brick paving as they
could with it," The city can keep Them as
clean without brick as with them. If the
ordinances are properly enforced" sad
he He cast the only negative vote on the
lane paving ordinance.
The amendment changing the tax ordi-
nance 50 that brokers VIII be taxed SIS
year, was passed. The object Of the
amendment was 20 tax attorneys and other
persons who have gone into the money
lending business without first paying the
required license to the city for the privi-
lege.
The ordinance providing for the election
of a keeper of the colored section of Lau-
rel Grove cemetery was passed, and the
election villa take pace at the next meet
ing. The keeper is subject to discharge
without cause by the committee on public
health. He is under the supervision OF
the keeper of the white section of Laurel
Grove.
Alderman Williams offered an ordinance
narrowing a portion OF Burroughs street.
ifI1, k.. lot aHf
from $4,000 TO $4,000 if the ordinance is
passed 1t is provided that the old road
way be used between Anderson and Fifth
streets, and that the new line be con-
tinued to Seventh street, thereby narrow
ing Burroughs street to 40 feet. The or
dinance stands on its first reading
Resolutions were adopted providing for
the purchase of considerable property for
street opening purposes. Col. J. II. Es-
tilfs proposition 10 sell fS1S0 feet at 10
cents a foot 10 open Habersham street 10
Estill avenue, was accepted. In addition
TO this Col Estill was allowed $50 for dam
ages to lot which had previously been
corner lot. but which had been thrown in
to an interior lot by changing the line of
Habersham street. The City and Subur-
ban Railway sells 1900 feet to open Third
from Bull to Drayton at 30 cents a foot
About lZ000 additional feet were author
ized to be purchased from various per-
sons 10 open east side of Barnard street,
TO make a seveuty-five-foot road. This land
was bought for q cents foot.
The old city dispensary property at
Whitaker and State streets is tc be put
on the block at an upset price Of 5000.
DE Kalb Lodge OF Odd Fellows has offered
$3.50, but the offer has not been accepted.
BY resolution committee Of five mem
bers OF Council viii be appointed 10 ascer-
tain whether there is sufficient room for
Int in I
Mayor Myers will name this committee
soon.
The death Of the late Samuel p. Hamil-
ton was greatly deplored by Council. At
the next meeting appropriate resolutions
will be submitted on his death.
A performer filed petition, which was
not granted, asking permission to walk
the rope" in the Park extension July 4.
The city exercises police control over the
park, but there was some doubt as to
its right to allow persons to give exhibit
tons there, and the petition was accord
ingly not granted.
The committee TO which was referred
the inquiry of the County Commissioners
as 10 whether arrangements could be
made by the city to care for county small
pox patients, reported that the pest house
may be used for this purpose. The COM
niittee on public health and the County
Commissioners are to agree on the charges
for this attendance.
Miles & Bradt, house drainage contrac-
tors, and Waring. Chapman & Faruuhar,
Supervising engineers of the house drain
age system, filed petitions asking that GER
tain matters relative to their contracts be
settled
The petition Of medicine vendors asking
that the license of 500 week for peddline
medicines in the streets be reduced was
granted. The license wiz be $50 a month
Alderman Thomas voted against the re-
duction.
BROIGHT &4OnOO on $40 900