The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-14
MATTERS FOR CITY COUNCIL.
CREMATORIES, PAVING CLAIMS
AND PETITIONS TO COME UP.

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June, July and August to he Held
TO-day-Ordinances to BE Intro
duced Authorizing Paving of Con-
gress Lane From Whitaker TO
DraytOn and st. Julian Street
From the Market to whitaker.
Road Through Bay Green-Large
Number of Petitions Will Be Re-
ceived.
The first Of the summer afternoon meet
ings of the City Council viii be held this
afternoon. Under the rules the board
meets at 4 O'clock during the months of
June, July and August, which not only IA
ciiitates the dispatch of business during
the more disagreeable season. but also
gives the alderman who sojourn at the SUI
burban resorts during this season a chance
to get away.
Unless the board discharges its business
at a rapid rate, however, there are
chances that some of the present suburban
members will be delayed Several mat
ters of Importance are on the calendar for
disposition, the most important of which
is the question whether the city
shall build a crematory, and if
~, HHSlHSE tiSIS Sildu De one
large plant, or two smaller ones to be 10
Gated in the eastern and western portions
of the city.
There is still some doubt as to what will
be done in filing the vacancy which ex-
:ris III the health { aice, ard this will proc
aEly be taken ur also. DR.. FARRELL has
been relieved as the ad interim appointee,
and DR. ST. J .. Graham has been ap-
pointed bv Mayor Myers to take charge Of
the office
There are other matters which have been
considered by the committee of the Whole,
including the petitions of hospitals asking
Tor the remittance of paving claims, which
viii demand the attention of the board
During the past week the street and lane
committee mapped out considerable paving
~ is aeslred 70 do, and II is understood or
dlnanCeS VIII be offered authorizing il. As
was stated In the Morning News several
days ago il is the intention TO pave Con
gress lane from Whitaker TO Drayton
streets, not only for the purpose of facil-
Eating traffic, but TO better the sanitary
cost TO the city IN keeping Congress lane
c4ean Is large, and that paving would be
Sreat advantage in admitting of is being
cleaned better and quicker There win
proDab bly, not be great deal of opposition
TO this paving, as 1t is unders God the plan
Of the committee is petty well endorsed
by members of Council.
An ordinance viii probably be introduced
authorizing the paving of st. Julian street
from tEe market TO Whitaker street The
property owners on this street are under
stood to have informed their tenants that
Ii the street is paved, which will call for
an assessment, that The rental will be IN
creased While the tenants do not admit
me justice OF raising rents because the
city ADDS improvements, they have not
made any protests, and are understood TO
be wiling 10 make sacrifices to get the
laVlng. Alderman Doyle is anxious to have
the paving on this street, not only because
OF the convenience he will derive from it
l-.Taa Trfs
ed appearance 1t viii give the street.
among the petitions to be submitted IS
one thai promises to attract the atteutiot
OF residents IN the vicinity of Bay Street
green. The Standard Oil Company desires
20 open road from a point on Bay street
at the foot of Lincoln north to the bluff
thence along the bluff and back to Bay
at the foot of Houston street. The OPEN
ing of this road has been contempla ted by
the company for some time. but this g
the hrst application that has been made
Tor permission. Here Sofore the people liv-
ing around the park have objected 10 the
road because they claim it will destroy
what picturesqueness remains of the place
The park is q playground for the neigh
borhood tots, and for TINS reason the ad-
VISA bility of opening the road will doubt
tion is taken.
The County Commissioners are DESTROYS
OF making an arrangement with the city
to use Its hospitals for smallpox patients
picked up in the county. Stray cases are
developing here and there, but the county
has no satisfactory place to isolate the pa
tients. The communication states that it
is not the desire to burden the tax-Dayers
With any additional expense in erecting a
building for thie purpose, which would
necessarily be temporary. 1t is not known
whether the city has enough room at the
pest house to take care of the cOlntv's
patients or not. AS an immediate answer
TO the communi ration is important the
chances are the hoard will not refer it TO
a committee, but viii endeavoT to make
some arrangements without delay The
stamping out of any smallpox is a WORK
which is Of vital Importance to both the
county and the city.
The Little Sisters of the Poor will peti
ton Council to Iiemit paving claims
amounting to s25O.S2 for work done on
A report wsll ne submitted from the Joint
committee representing the city and the
government in the appraisement of prop
erty At the quarantine station. The an
praisement is as follows:
Wharyes, hoisSing machinery and J 0'OOo
Rsr 1.smTS yS '''''''''' ''''''....... 10000
Attendants barracks ................ AZ
Auendants kitchen ................ 50
Dlslntectng plant ....,.............. 32W
The tugboat was uaid for in casI S7o S1}
the other property VIII not be paid for mn mn
til the city decides whether the govern.
ment IS to assume permanent control Ar
the end Of two years. The entire force
az me station has adopted Uncle Sans
regulation uniform. and it looks like the
present rangement s to last
Property owners. rep. Nesentfng $50 lots oy,
Eighth street east of be Savannah. Flor
ida and Western Railway, will file a ne
ution asking that water pipes be placed
on Eighth street from East Broad to The
waters road. They say it is their in
tent on to build from 10 to 100 cottages
at an early day. They lsk that the civ
cooperate with them in their efforts 10
ehcoprage improvements VI that section OF
the city, "a
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GEORGE EBBERWEmY DEAD.