The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-08
CITY WILL FURNISH A SITE.


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ia an obstacle to its Improvement 1t con
tains quite q large amount OF Drlck ahu
"a iron. and at the present high prices
for iron 1t is believed that a neat sum
will be realized from the sale OF the ma
terial over and above the cost OF removal
TWO offers for cemetery sites were Ie-
ceived By Council last night IN Response
10 advertisements for bids. Inc olleiS a.
from col William Garrard of the large
tract of land owned by him on the Oste-
chez road, about two miles south OF the
civ. and from Mr.. Thomas F. ScreNeh'
for himself and other members OF lhe
Screven family, of the Bruton I'm eidc,
to the east Of the city. The tract oHettu
nv MIR Screven contains 1872 acres, ana Is
said TO be high and well situated Tor Gem,
eterv purposes. II is about one-quarter Of
a mile east of the Catholic Cemetery, ana
lies between the Tybee Railroad and the
river baine accessible by the CaustOn bun
road and other public highways, as Wen
as by the Tybee Railroad Inc price
named is $500 per acre.
Col Garrard offers 500 to 800 acres, at
the option of the city, of his tract on
the Ogeechee road, one and seven-eigh'hS
miles from the city limits, at $40 per
acre for 600 acres and the remaining 50O
acres at $40 per acre. The proposition
states that the tract is in the same gen
eral direction from the city as was Lau~
rel Grove when it was laid off about MY
wears ago. when the city had about one
nth of its present population. Inv
averaee elevation of Laurel Grove is stat
ed to be twenty-four feet. The tract oIIeT-
ed has an elevation OF thirty-sM iee1
at the entrance on the Ogeechee ROAD
gradually sloping backward 10 an eva
tfon of eighteen feet two miles in the rear
where the Savannah, Florida and western
Railway crosses the tract near the point
where the Buckhalter canal has been aug
by the county The land IS undulatlng'
and has a heavy growth OF hickory, OAK
magnolia pine and other woods, with Out
little underbTush, giving the tract the ap-
nearance of a natural park. The tract is
offered to the city at the prices stated,
pavable in ten years in annual Install
ments with interest at the rate OF per
cent. semi annually.
The bids were read and referred to the
Committee of the Whole with the sugges-
ton upon the part of Alderman HAAS ina !
the members should visit the two tracts
and familiarize themselves with the con-
ditions in order that they might be able
to pass upon the question inteiligently.
MIR. Joseph j. Wilder was reelected a
member of the Pilotage Commission, the
| Mayor casting the ballot by unanimous
| consent.
r.
| Of Laurel Grove Cemetery to fill out the
unexpired term of Mr.. j. V. kennickel.
| There were two applcanIs-Mr Hill re
ceiving eight votes and his opponent, Mr..
! A. b. LaRocfe, two votes.
| Alderman DiXon's hack ordinance, pro-
| vidlng a penalty for defrauding hackmen
of their legal fare, was read second
| time. The ordnance was laid on the
| table by request of Mr.. Dixon because of
| the absence of Hon. f. G. duBignon, the
attorney for the hackmen.
| Foreman A. p. MacFaran1, of the fire
| department. petitioned Council, to be al
| lowed $40 for a bill due DR.. J. l.. Hires
| for services rendered, the petition stating
| that while in performance of his duties al
| a fire on Bay street on Sept. Is. last h s
eyes were so badly injured as to reqaira
! the services of a specialist. The petit-
! ion was referred TO the Committees on
| Fire and Finance.
| Rouss & Harris were granted permis-
sion to retail liquor at No 40 Barnard
| street, near the corner of Broughton
| street. The petition was opposed by SOM
| Of the business men in that vicinity and
| there was quite a spirited argument on
| the question before the Committee of the
Whole by Mr.. II. f. Wilson representing
the opponents and Mr.. r. l.. Cooling Cor
| the firm the result being in favor of the
| latter.
The committee on house drainage re-
| ported that Gen. W w Gordon having
agreed 10 give the city title to a forty
foot right of way along Lamar crteE
| that the work of draining and filling in
| this creek be done by the city without
charge 10 Gen. Gordon and that he be al
| lowed six months in which to construct
| the railroad tracks on his wharf proper
| " for which permission was granted SONS
| time since The report was adopted
| The Tierrepont Manufacturing Com
| pany petitoned the city for a lease Of
portion Of the Old waterworks tract
| fronting 200 feet on the river by 400 fee
in Depth for a term OF forty years al
500 a year The petition was referred tC
| the Committee OF the Whole.
An ordinance was adopted permitting
j. II. Lankenau to erect a two-story met
al roof building on his lot No 16 Der
rien ward.
| Bills TO the amount of $36, i67 40 wer,
passed for payment. The unusually larg,
| amount caused some surprise, but Alder
man Mills, of the Committee on Accounts
stated that the bills were al regular anC
properly vouched for. A large proportion
| Of the amount is on account Of the hous,
drainage work.
The members OF Council present wer,
Hon. Herman Myers. Mayor. and Alder
men Dixon, Thomas, Mills, DOYLE Haas
| Bacon. farrell. Schwarz and Wells.
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