The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-02
THOMPSON AFTER WOODWARD.
ATTACK CAUSED ny THE MAYORS
VETO OF AN ORDNANCE.

Charged That the Mayor Was Preju-
diced Against the Consolidated.
New CounciImen sworn in-RecOm-
mendatiOns Made-State Teachers
to he Paid This Week-Pensions
VIII BE Paid on Jan. 15-Chan-
neII's Case to Come Up.
Atlanta. Jan. NO sooner had Recor-
der Broyles let so of Mayor Woodward
than former, now eX-Councilman Thomp-
son took hold Councilman Thompson re-
tired from office tonight. but this after
noon in the Council meeting, he touched
up the Mayor in rather lively manner
for his veto of the underground conduit
ordinance, granting certain privileges TO
The Consolidated.
The Mayor in his veto said the Council
should refuse any further grant of fran
chises 10 this company until it recognizes
the city's authority in making reserva-
lions in franchises by withdrawing its bill
of injunction now pending in the United
States Court, which bill is against the city
exercising that authority.
In the message the Mayor said the street
railway company was damaging the city
ny Atld NiHB OliptAllioll III inc otlffl ihAi-
way lines, and the acceptance of the offer
of the Collins Park and Belt Company of
$4,000 toward the construction of the
whitehall street Viaduct. The Mayor term
ed the present condition of the crossing a
that point a death trap and said the lit-
cation is holding up not only the viaduct,
but arse sums of money which would be
spent in the erection of new buildings on
either side of both Whitehall and Peach
tree streets between Marietta and Ala
bama streets.
An effort mas made to pass the ord nance
over the Mayors veto and then it was
that Councilman Thompson made his as
sault, accusing the Mayor Of making a
favorite of the Georgia Electric Light
Company. The Mayors veto, he said
was inspired by venom and prejudice and
practically charged the Council with a
wanton dereliction of duty The veto was
sustained by a vote of to Z.
New Members sworn in.
The nine new members Of the City Coun-
ell were sworn in by Mayor Woodward to-
night. They We're Alderman Harvey
johnson and NJ. NJ. WEIGH, Councilmen T.
G. Longino. Fl. W. Brady, A. @. Adams,
W. NJ. Terry, A. C. Minhinnett, w. c.
Rawson and c. A. Barrett
The retiring members were: Aldermen r.
p. Rice and l. S. Mitchell; Counc linen
Dozied Hammond Mccullough, Thomp on,
Burns. Adair and Lahatte. Aldermen
Rice and Mitchell are brothers-in-law and
rival candidates for the next mayoralty.
The annual reports of officers We're sub
mitted, that of Fire Chief Joyner showing
a total of 3S4 fires during the wear, with
an aggregate damage of $4,000.
Recorder Broyles recommended a re-
formatory school for boys The Finance
Committee regarded it as unfortunate
that the tax rate was reduced in 1897 from
IL to III per cent, and that it would have
cent. rate and reduced assessments.
The total number of cases entered by
the police on the city docket for the past
year is 1892. The tax assessors report
reduced assessments on real estate of over
sl.500,000 but a gain in personal property
of $4,000.
The Board of Education wants more
money for the public schools, claiming
that the city only appropriates 20 per cent.
of its revenue from direct taxation to
school purposes, whereas the proportion
appropriated for school purposes in pro-
gressive cities ranges from % to 80 per
cent. of the entire tax levy and in sub
sanitation of this comparisons are made
with the cities of Indianapolis, Cincinnati
and Kansas City.
Teachers and Pensions.
Between $500, 900 and 100000 will be paid
the teachers of the state by the state
school commissioner this week. The pay
ment. which will be in fun for their SER
vices for the past two months, will go
to them two weeks earlier than they ex-
pected, and will, therefore, be received
with more than ordinary delight.
Pension payments will begin on Jan TO-
when the teachers would ordinarily have
been paid, and for that reason it was de-
cided to dispose of the latter payments
first and get them out of the way
w. II. Channell's Case.
Prison Commissioners Turner and Eason
will return to the capitol tomorrow, and
the first case to be taken up by the com
mission will be that of w. r. Channel
the Montgomery county young man who
is held in the Savannah jail on the charge
of murder Several petitions have been
filed with the commission in his behalf.