The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-28
OPPOSES MUSIC IN STREETS.
AID. THOMAS WANTS VENDORS TO
OCCUPY VACANT PROPERTY.

The COuncilmnnfc Committees Have
Their Business Prepared for This
Afternoons Meeting-GIObe Valve
Closet and Paving Ordinances to
Go ThrOugh-CIoset Ordinance Was
Held Up Pending the Location OF
This Class of Closets.
The indications are that the City Coun-
Gil will not have voluminous lot of BUSH
ness to dispose of this afternoon. Several
paving ordinances are to be introduced,
and the globe valve closet ordinance
which has been hanging fire for some
time, will also be put on its passage
There is not understood to be any OBJ
lection TO the passage of these measures.
This is the time when Council expert
| ences its dullest season. The routine bust
ness is being transacted without any ex-
ira effort to introduce radical measures.
During last week all the committees were
busy with matters which had been re-
ferred to them for to-day's meeting. AT
the last meeting were submitted a larger
number of petitions and other communica-
some time. While the committees have
been kept busy getting these matters
off their hands, 1t Is understood most Of
the business has been prepared for Coun-
ell.
The finance committee met yesterday af
ternoon. Among the matters referred to
it was the petition of hackmen asking
that they be allowed to use double team
| badge for one-horse vehicles. Their rea-
son for the request is that they found it
necessary to attach double teams to their
hacks when the soldiers were in Savan-
nah, but since their departure, and the
consequent lessening of traffic, only one
| horse has been attached to the same We
hicles Under the city ordinance hack
men must have badges for the vehicles
| they run. When the violation was discov-
cred the police nabbed them, and they
have now appealed for an exemption In
! their case. The committee recognizes that
| exceptions of this kind are not good pre-
| cedents, but it is stated the petition will
| likely be reported upon favorably. The
| city is forced to either grant the petition
| or compel the hackmen to use double
| teams, as their badges call for. The most
| important matter to settle was whether
the men came by the badges honestly, or
whether there had been trading which de-
| creased the city's revenue. The commit
| tee was satisfied everything was straight
| Another matter the committee discussed
| at some length was issuing licenses to
medicine vendors to sell in the streets. The
petitioner desired to attract crowds by
musical entertainment. The license is 800
a week, evidently intended as a prohibit
! tory law, and the object of the petitioner,
| who was represented by Attorney r. L..
| Colding was to have this reduced to about
! S25 or $50 a month. Whether this whl be
done is not known, but there are members
of the committee who object to the use of
the streets for this purpose
when l consider the number of tax
payers in Savannah who have vacant
| rooms and vacant lots for rent" said AL
| derman Thomas, Il am not inclined to ia
| vor petitions 10 sell in the streets in this
| manner. MY opinion is the taxpayers
| should get the benefit of a business of this
| kind, but they are not benefited much II
| their places are vacant, while the vendors
| blockade the streets selling their products
While I have not fully made up my mind
| on the question, am inclined to the be-
lief that the time has come for reforming
| this kind of business. In dealing with
vendors I think Council should keep stead
| ily in mind the interests of the taxpayers.
| If the tax is 10 be reduced to minimum
vendors win then be allowed to enter the
| field in direct opposition TO our retail
|
petitioner merely wants TO introduce the
| medicine ne represents and after he
| leaves the sale of it will be in the hands
Of well-known wholesale drug firm"
The hot weather has considerable to do
/ with making the street preferable for
| conducting a business of that kind at pres
emf. What the petitioner desires is 10 es-
| tablish himself on a side street, where the
| passing throng may be attracted from the
| main streets 1t is not understood what
recommendation the committee decided to
make.
Reference has been made TO the globe
| valve closet ordinance, which will be put
| through on its second reading. All ar
| rangements have been made by the water
denartment for the prompt enforcement of
the law. 1t was this that caused the de-
| law. II was not desired 10 have the or
dlnance stand a dead letter while the nee
essary facts about the locations of closets
were being obtained and for this reason
| its passage was held up. 1t is believed 1t
will only be a short time after it goes
| into effect until this class of closets Will
he a thing of the past in Savannah.
1t is believed the paving ordinance now
before Council will be passed. They pro-
vide for the paving of ST. Julian street
and Congress and Broughton lanes.
Vitrifed brick is the material TO
be used There is considerable paw
| ing to be done on extended Bull street,
| and on either side of the postoftice build
| ing. but it is not understood the ordin-
ances will be introduced this afternoon.
The belief is that, asphalt wiz be used on
| York and President streets, around the
new postoff1ce.
rorrnru ~, IUIX At T'YREE.