The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-16
WANT PAY FOR STREETS.
CoIIinsViIIe Property Owners Revive
nm Old Question.

The City Council met as a Committee
of abe Whole yesterday afternoon and
spent about two hours in considering va
rious matters. About half she session was
taken up in listening 10 delegation OF
Couinsyine property owners with refer
enee 20 streets in that section now open,
but 10 which il is claimed the city has
never acquired tide
The property owners at the hearing
were Messrs. J. :. Collins. Jacob Paulsen,
]. r. Anderson. II. Ii. Hull, ". =. Sim
kins. W J. Lindsay. H. Logan, Thomas
Nusent and J s schley.
The matter under consideration is an old
one. being the petition Of Mr. Collins and
others fox remuneration by the city for
streets opened through the lands Of the
pei iouers in Colllnsyille and to which the
!, i,le has never been acquired by the city.
The petitioners claim chat these streets
were opened with the understanding that
the city would perform certain work in
opening streets across the savannah, Flor
ida and Western Railway track and grad
ing and draining the same, which, 1t is
claimed, has been only partially carried
ous
During ex-Mayor McDonough's first ad-
ministratio Mr. Collins, IN behalf Of the
land company of which he was president,
submitted q proposition in writing TO the
city 10 the effect THAI on condition OF is
opening certain streets across the SaVan-
nah Florida and Western Railway 10
connection with the streets opened by
him a title would De made for the streets
50 opened without charge to the city.
time limit being named IN which the cay
could take advantage of the proposition.
This time limit expired. but the city SUD-
seQuent,y went anead and opened certain
streets acr0ss she railways right of way
and, it was afterwards Claimed that this
complied with the terms of Mr.. Collins
proposition.
Nr. Collins and those associated with
him not only claim that the city did not
comply with their proposition but that
they were greatly damaged by the fail
ure of the city TO live up to the under
standing on which they had acted causing
them great loss by the depreciation of
their property and their inability to sell
them the same at remuneratiye prices.
MI. Collins brought this matter before the
last Council, but without securing favor
able action.
Mr.. Collins, in speaking of the matter,
said that the petition mentioned no spe-
cihc price as the compensation which
should be paid for the streets in question.
Morally" he said. the city owes US al
least 10000 which, of course, we never
expect TO get. We shall be satisfied to
get what is legally due us. We simply
desire to talk the matter over with Coun-
ell IN the endeavoT to reach some under
standing"
The Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company's
local attorneys appeared before the com
mittee 20 urge the payment Of a claim for
over 81. 30 for repairs of asphalt streets
for the year 1897. being part Of bill which
was disapproved by the former commits
sioner Of pubic works, Mr.. Harry Willink,
on the ground that the company had not
compiled with its contract. The attorneys
eontended that the contract had been
complied with. submitting statements of
the expenses Of the repairing force at Sa-
vannah during that time, showing that
the expense Of maintaining the force was
greater than the compensation provided
under the contract. The matter was taken
under considerat ton by the committee.
Mayor Myers declined to say after the
meeting whether the committee had
agreed upon the reports which it would
make to Council upon the matters consid-
cred by il.