The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-12
WILL NOT BUY ARMY HOSPITAL
CITY DECIDED THAT 1T WAS NOT
BEST TO DO so.

Question of Hospital Appropriations
VIII Be Taken Up at the Next
observation-disclosures Dixon May Be
Acting Mayor This Summer-An
Ordinance Introduced to Regulate
wharf ExtensiOns-T he Mcintyre
Building to Come Before Council
Again.
The city will make no effort to purchase
the government hospital buildings. At the
meeting of Council yesterday afternoon
Mayor Myers brought the matter to the
attention of the Committee of the Whole
together with the conclusions which he
had reached after investigating the mat
ter. The sentiment Of the meeting was
evidently against taking further steps and
the matter was dismissed with only brief
consideration.
Mayor Myers said after the meeting that
the sence of the committee was that it
was not desirable for the city TO purchase
the buildings.
The matter of continuing the present
hospital appropriations will be taken up
at the next meeting of council. Alderman
Thomas suggested privately TO Mayor
Nr,,ers drrirs the rnee1in, that If won
be well to continue these appropriations,
but the Mayor was of The opinion that it
would be just as well to pos pone the
matter until the next meeting. When ask
ed about this matter Mayor Myers said
that his understanding was that the pres
ont arrang ment wou stand until fur
ther actio. by Council The me 10 which
thu approplia ions W re continued expired
July l.
Alderman Dixon will be the acting
Mayor tits summer in case Mayor Myers
and Chairman Tieleman shou d both
happen o J e Cut The ely at the same
aime This is the suit of res lu ION in
PRODUCED by Aid rIIan SchWarz 10 the #
feet that in the absence of Alderman
Wells. the vice cha irman. Alderman Dix
on should act as ce hartman, and that
in tn absence of The MAJOR ami the
chat man of Counc he s GU be the a t
ing Mayor Alderman Doyle wanted an
eyp-anation of this. and some Of the other
Aldermen sec med al a loss to understand
the object of tie resou iol. It was re-
call d that a similar re 20 ulion coustitut-
ing A derman Sch arr the acting Mayor
under the circumstances nam d was
ad pied about a year ago Alderm n
Schwarz marked that he had 100 man
ma ters n hand to 81 re ary ime for the
Nlayo : du s ard The resolution was
unanirnotslN aIcDted
An ordnance of interest to property
owners along the river front was intro
duced by Alderman Horrigan. Il amends
a prevfous ordinance to establish harbor
lines and 10 regulate the building and
repair of structures on the river by pro
viding that hereafter all bulkheads built
in the Savannah river on either side
thereof. between the cross tides above the
citv and the sea. shall be built not nearer
than swenty feet or farther than thirty
feet from the harbor lines established by
the government. and after a compliance
with the terms and conditions of the or
dinance referred to. The ordinance was
read and went over to the next meeting.
II Is intended 10 nut stop TO the irree-
ular methods which prevail at present of
extending wharf fronts 10 the harbor
lines. which is giving the river front such
"a ragged appearance.
Mr. 7 w. McIntYre and his building in
the rear of 21s Broughton street, east,
will again occupy the attention of Coun-
ell at its next meetinr resolution
was adopted reouiriue Mr. Mcintyre to
show cause at the neAt seting why the
building referred to should not be re-
moved as unsafe and unsanitary. COM