The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-03
OFFICIAL.


and cover same Win sheet iron. $50 Bay
street, east.
Adopted.
c. 5. McFall. for permission to add two
rooms to yard part OF house, No. 3os wald-
burg street.
Adopted.
Savannah Hotel Company. for permls-
sion to repair and strengthen walls De
Soto Hotel.
Adopted.
PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS.
Petition of Annie Maekall, president of
the Louisa Porter Home, asking that an
amount be donated TO the Institution TO
cover hs proportion of the cost of paving
Drayton street, the amount being S27s5S,
was read and referred 10 the committee
of the whole.
The following applications 10 retail
liquor and TO transfer licenses were read
and referred to the committee of the
whole:
Joseph NJ. Anderson. for permission to
retail liquor at No. 80 Randolph street,
from July l. 1899.
Herman Winter for permission to trans
fer his liquor license at 120 Broughton
street, east, to Neil Gndea, at the same
place.
W. B. Moore, for permission to transfer
| his liquor license from 25i St. Julian street
| " NAN NOAAASt VI A@AlupSE anu w alhCA
streets.
Berry & Oakum, for permission to trans
| fer their bicycle license to Oakum &
| O'NeiH from ~ Drayton street, to Dray-
ton and Congress.
Petition of Sigmund Zula wsky desiring
to make fee simple ground rent lot No s,
| Washington ward and asking that he be
allowed the usual discount of 10 per cent.
was read and referred to the committee
on finance.
| Petition of Ellen Kelly protesting against
the giving 10 Sigmund Zulawsky a fee
simple title to ground rent lot No. s,
| Washington ward. was read, and referred
to the committee on finance.
Petition of John A. Hands states that
having lost his hack badge and being re-
| quired TO purchase another, asks that he
be refunded the amount paid for the duph
| cste badge. was read and referred to the
| committee on finance.
Petition of the Ezra Presbyterian
| Church asking to be relieved from the
| payment of taxes upon the northwestern
| portion of lot No. q, Gilmersville ward it
being used exclusively for religious wor-
| ship, was read and referred to the COM
mittee on finance.
Petition of H. F. Kuck asking to be al
| lowed 10 per cent discount TO make lot No.
| 9, Charlton ward, fee simple, was read
| and referred to the committee on finance.
| Petition of Craig & Boucher asking that
they be refunded $500, that being the
amount of double tax for failing to take
out wagon badge within the time required
| by the tax ordinance, was read and re-
| ferred to the committee on finance.
Petition of Agnes Crotty, wood dealer
| al No. 547 Bay street, east, says that her
business does not warrant the paying of
! the present tax for wood dealers, and asks
that the tax be reduced, was read and
referred to the committee on finance.
Petition of sundry owners Of property on
| Congress and Broughton streets, between
| Whitaker and Bull streets, asking that
| Congress street lane between said streets
be paved with vitrifed brick, was read
| and referred 10 the committee on streets
and lanes and public health.
Petition of Mohr Bros, asking permission
to build areas in Congress street lane and
| on Broughton street to building now in
| course of construction on lot No. 8, Tower
! tything, was read and referred to the COM
| mittee on streets and lanes.
Petition of George w. Shaw asking that
| he be given a title to lot No. rs, colored
portion Laurel Grove cemetery, was read
| and referred to the committee on public
| health.
Petition of Mrs. NJ. L. Jones, asking that
she be reimbursed in the sum OF $50 for
articles taken from her house, and also
that she be allowed the sum of $91 for
| the board of seven persons under guard
| these claims being caused by a case of con-
tagious disease being found upon her prem
ises was read and referred to the commit
Zee on public heath and finance.
The following petitions to dig dry wells
and privy vaults were read and referred
to the committee on public health:
Harriet V. Cummings, dry we'll, lot O.
fath
! Mann, dry we'll, lot 49, Weed ward; w
NJ Kidwell, trustee, dry well, No, Tenth
street, east; Selig Mendel, privy vault,
corner Bismarck and Lavinia streets
Petition of David ]. Morrison and others
asking that water main be laid on Eighth
street from Lincoln to East Broad streets,
was read and referred TO the committee
on water.
The following petitions were read and
referred 10 the committee on city lots and
opening streets:
Agnes Crotty, offering to the city certain
lots for the opening of Burroughs street
for the sum Of $1,000.
Solomon Sheftall, part owner of lot IL.
Springfield plantation. offering to sell to
the city their interest in said lot at the
rate of $500 per acre. or TO purchase the
city's interest a the same price
]. H. Estill Offering to sell to the citv
from such lands as he owns, the sand re-
quired for the opening of Habersham street
at the price of 10c per square foot, condi-
toned that the city deed petitioner the
strip of land between the old line of Hab-
ersham street. and the present line ad-
joining lot No. 76 Southville, offer open for
acceptance for 10 days.
B. d. Rosenbrook Offering to the citv
such portion of hot IS, Weed ward, as is
required for the opening of Anderson
street for the sum of 81 250 petitioner to
remove the buildings on the said lot to the
street line or petitioner viii exchange said
lot for three certain strips of land on Bull
street between First and Fourth streets.
the property of the city.
Petition of Mary Schwarz states that on
July /, 1891 she sold the city All the
streets running through her land, under
the agreement that The brick house on the
corner of Ninth and Drayton streets. and
which encroaches upon Drayton street
should be removed back to the proper line
at the city's expense. Petitioner now asks
that this be done.
Petition OF j. c. Posteil offering to pur-