The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-11
IMPROVING THE SoUTHSIDE.
NEARLY ALL THE STREETS THERE
NOW OPEN.

walks Going Rapidly Ahead, Eff
fecting Very Decided Improvement
in Both the Southeastern and
southwestern SectiOns-New Houses
Going Up in the Southeast and
Real Estate Agents Making Many
SuIes There-JeffersOn Street Paw
ing May he Extended Next Year.
A great Improvement is being effected in
the southern section in The work begun
there by the public works department
few weeks ago, and which is still in prog
ress. Streets have been opened, graded
and curbed and new sidewalks laid The
city has recently acquired considerable
property for opening streets in the southern
section, and these streets are being
promptly opened and graded. Taken in
connection with curbing and laying
sidewalks which Is also in progress, quite
q change is being effected in the appear
auce of the southern section.
The work of opening streets has gone on
in both the southeastern and southwest ern
sections Price and Habersham streets
are now being opened up and graded from
the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
way to Estill avenue, through the lands of
the Peoples Savings and Loan Company;
Seventh street has been opened up from
Lincoln street to the railroad; Lincoln and
Abercorn have been opened from the rail-
way to Estill avenue, and Seller avenue
has been opened from the railway to
Waters road. The opening of the streets
has not consisted OF simply removing
fences and other Instructions, but the
streets are graded and put in condition for
use This practically completes the open
ing up of the streets in the southeastern
section.
Public and private improvements are
keeping even pace in this portion of the
city. OF the lots recently sold on Eighth
street by the Oglethorpe Inves ment Com
pany eleven are being built upon or al
ready have handsome houses upon them
complete and ready for occupancy. The
real estate agents report that they have
recently made large sales of lots further
to the south and east.
Over on the west side equally good work
IS being done. Third and James streets
have recently been openei up from Bull to
Barnard streets and Ninth street has been
opened from Florence street almost to the
Ogeechee road Barnard street has been
opened from Eighth to Twelfth streets
The removal of the old sheds ana car
houses of the City and Suburban Railway
Company, which, for number of years,
were such an eyesore in the southwestern
section, has greatly improved ne appear
ance of that section and made it more &C.
eirdble for residence PURPOSES
The public works department has com 4
pletcd the laying of sidewalks on p.ay-
ton street. With the exception of few lots
where the property owners have made pri-
waite contracts for the work Drayton S rect
Is now provided with Sidewalks for ne en-
tire distance from Anderson to Twelfth
street. The work of laying sidewalks is |
now being pushed southwark on Jefferson
street and has already reached Seventh
street The next street taken up for mis- |
work will be Barnard street.
A Morning News reporter rode through |
the southern section yesterday with Di- !
rector Gadsden of the public works de- |
partment and saw the work of improve
ment in progress, as well as that already |
complete. In laying the sidewalks it is |
necessary to do considerable grading and
the earth removed from the walks is dis
uibuted in the streets. jefferson street is !
being graded as the sidewalks work pro- |
tional work to do in the way of grading |
when Council decides TO extend the pave
ment on that street southwark. Director |
Gadsden will recommend in his annual re- |
port that this be done.
Mr.. S. Krouskoff was seen at Eighth !
and Abercorn streets. He is not only one |
OF the largest property owners in that Sec |
ton, but has been very active in pushing |
ITS development. He cOmplmented the d. |
rector highly and expressed his approval |
in no unqualified terms of the good work |
which he is doing in his department.
1t was observed that many of the prop |
erty owners In the southern section have |
not waited for the time allowed them by |
the city to expire in which to place side
walks, but have already gone ahead and |
performed this work. In the southeastern
section the sidewalks are nearly all of
afullciai stone, ana the effect is quite
pleasing. The law prohibiting the en-
enactment of Stops on the streets in the
southern section is being rigidly enforced,
with no exception in favor of any one.
Alderman Williams, as chairman of the
committee on Opening Streets, has been
remarkably successful in his work. and
mas made record for himself by the
number Of good deals which he has made
Tor the city. In some instances Alderman
Williams has found it to the citys adj
vantage to purchase properties outright
instead of simply buying the right of way
Inc improvement in the value of the prop
eIy after opening the street tends to
greatly reduce the cost of the right of way
70 the city. In one instance an offer has
Oeen received for a lot of this kind of a
price greater than the cost to the city
Ior the entire lot before the street was
opened. Much of the property through
NlIch streets have just been opened was
only recently purchased by the city. AL
ueT'nan Williams now has offers Of several
pieces Of property which, if accepted, viii
permit of further street opening in the
southwestern section.
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VERDICT FOR THE COMPANY.