The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-23
ASSESSORS TO BE ELECTED.
CITY TAX BOARD WILL BE CHOSEN
MARCH 81.

f. VI. Gadsden Elected Public Works
director and /. L. I<insey super
intendent of Winter Worl1s--AIder-
man Dixon's Sidewalk Ordinances.
change in Method of Taxing Street
aoiIxyays-COuncil to Consider
National Control of Quarantine.
The new board of tax assessors and re-
ceivers was not elected by Council last
right. but an election for March 81 was
ordered. The amendments to the ordin-
once were offered, and after being adopted,
the ordinance was passed. The salaries
If the associate assessors was fixed at $50
q year. S,i,ltHil
Mr. Ingram U. Kinsey, temporary APP
eointee as superintendent of the water
works. was elected to fill that position for
the ensuing term of two years, and Di-
rector George NJ. Gadsden, who has also
been serving as a temporary appointee,
was regularly elected. There was no OPP
position to either applicant, the vote be-
ing cast by the Mayor.
The bondsmen for Mr.. Kinsey are
Messrs. H. A. Palmer and Merritt w.
Dixon, and for Mr.. Gadsden are Messrs.
Davis Freeman and J. II. Hunter, tenn
porariiy. The permanent bond will be by
The Fidelity Insurance Company of Balti-
more.
A number Of ordinances were introduced,
some of which passed. An ordinance in
roduced by Alderman Dixon requires
that the space on the outside of sidewalks
between the walk and curbing on
Bull street from Bay to CASTOR street,
be paved This will do away with the
space of exposed soil which is said to be
about the only way some of the trees on
Bun street are Watened. The idea in hav-
ing a solid walk is TO promote the appear
ance, as well IS 10 add to the convenience
of the street. The ordinance will doubt
less be thoroughly considered by Council
before ii is put on its passage.
Alderman Dixons ordinance requiring
sidewalks on President street, Oglethorpe
avenue and Randolp street on the east
side. was passed. Alderman Dixon NOV
ed that thirty instead of sixty days be
given in which to build the walks, but the
amendment was voted down. The object
in shortening the time is to find out as
early as possible the number of people who
intend TO building the walks themselves,
as the city cannot proceed to build them
until the limit has expired. All who in
tend to build the walks will have started
in the next thirty days Alderman Dixon
urged but the other members of Council
thought it best to allow property owners
ample time in which to decide the matter.
The southern section sidewalk ordinance
has at last passed and is believed to con-
tain the provisions the people asked. The
walks must be of material satisfactory to
the committee on streets and lanes, and
must be completed within the next eight
months Should the work be not done
within this time, the city will lay the walks
with hard brick, and charge the cost to
the property owners. 1t is provided that
curbing, four by eighteen inches, shall be
used.
An ordinance introduced by Alderman
Mills provides that street railroads,
whether under the control of another COM
pany or not, in lieu of the specific tax
heretofore required, shall pay to the city
for the privilege of doing business in the
city and for the use of the streets at the
rate of 800 a mile or fraction of mile OF
track used in the city, and it shall be the
duty of all companies to make a return
under oath through their proper official
OF the amount of their trackage.
The ordinance granting a franchise to
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company passed. An amendment pro-
vides that the company shall use the poles
of the Bell Telephone Company where
practicable.
BY resolution of Alderman Graham, the
city will investigate the feasibility of plac-
ing the citys quarantine station under
control of the national government. BY
another resolution, the committee on
streets and lanes was authorized to So
licit bids for the building of new crem-
atOry