The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-10
MORE PAVING PROVIDED FOR.
PRESIDENT STREET FROM EAST
BROAD TO REYNOLDS.

Wnrren-Scharf Asphalt Company
Tbe City May Have to Pay Mrs.
KasseI Back Her Fines Cor Sunday
Ifuuor Selling, Paid in 1S91-Dr
FaIIigants Proposition to Deed
Land for Opening Whitaker Street
in Exchange for Lands Owned by
The City-Site in Laurel Grove for
Eartov Monument Asked fer.
An adjourned meeting of the City
Council met yesterday afternoon and dis
posed of routine business. There were
several matters of interest before the
meeting, but no business of special inn
portance was transacted.
Alderman Dixon introduced resolution
to pave President street from East Broad
street to Reynolds street, with vitrihed
brick, the width of the street being 51A
feet A petition from property owners
on that portion of President street,
favoring the proposed improvement, was
received as information.
As this is the popular route to the Ty-
bee depot the improvement is one that
will be appreciated. The city has found
1t both troublesome and expensive to keep
this portion of the street in condition, ow-
ing to the fact that there is a decided in
cline from East Broad to Reynolds street.
causing the loose soil to wash with every
heavy rain. AS the street railway company
must pay its pro rata for its two tracts on
President street the cost to the property
owners will not be excessive. The ordi-
nance will doubtless be adopted at the next
meeting.
Alderman Haas introduced an ordinance
to prohibit the building of fires in yards
and premises and imposing penalty of a
fine not 10 exceed $50 or imprisonment not
to exceed ten days
An ordinance was introduce by the III
name Committee, fixing the license for BIZ
cycle repairers, where no stock in trade is
carried, at $40 a year.
Alderman D.XOns ordinance, giving the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company The right to lay additional sub
ways in Perry street lane and Lincoln
street and to construct additional pole
lines on Lincoln street was read a second
time and laid on The table, at the request
of the author.
A communication from the attorneys,
representing the Warren-Scharf Asphalt
Company, was received, calling attention
90 a bill for $2,417G, claimed 20 be due
the company under its contract with the
city for the maintenance of the Brough-
ton and Liberty street pavements from
Nov. %, 1896, to Nov, %, 1897. This is one
of the bills of the Waren-Scharf COM
pany, which the former commissioner of
public works, MIR. Willink, declined 20
pay. on the ground that The company had
not lived up to its contract. Besides the
original bill, a claim as made for 1887. 50
interest.
Mrs L. c. Kassel through her attor-
neys, Saussy & Saussy, requests the city
to repay her S24410, fines and costs of
court, imposed by the Mayor in 1891 for
violations of the Sunday liquor laws.
Mrs. Kassel was twice fined in the Police
Court for selling liquor on Sunday. In
order to certorari the case to the Super
ior Court it was necessary to pay the two
fines of 800 each. The fines were paid
and the case taken to the Superior Court,
where there was a lengthy delay. Judge
Falligant's decision was in favor of the
city. The case was then taken TO the
Supreme Court, where there was further
delay. Recently the Supreme Court rem
dered a decision, reversing the lower
court, holding that the Mayors or Re
corder's Court had no jurisdiction over
the offense charged. The Council will be
guided in the matter by the advice of the
city attorney.
communication was received from DR..
1. A. Falligant offering the city the land
needed for opening Whitaker street south
from Anderson street through garden lot
No. 1 to garden lot No. 2, distance of
$50 feet. In exchange for this land DR..
Fanigant desires the city to give him the
block of land bounded on the north by
Fifth street on the east by Abercorn
street, on the west by Drayton street and
on the south by Fifth street lane, to-
Resher with the strip of land about twelve
feet in width on the eastern side of Bull
street from Lamar avenue south to lane.
He also desires that quit claim be given
the Episcopal Church for the east half of
Bull street as conveyed by him to the
city In 1870, and also that the city should
pay the expense of removing the building
now said to encfoach at Anderson and
Whitaker streets.
In a letter accompanying the oommuni-
cation DIR. Failigant calls attention to the
fact that by reason of the right of way
given by him on Whitaker street to the
City and Suburban Railway he and Mrs.
Falligant have enjoyed annual passes on
this road for number of years, which
privilege they will forfeit by the sale of
the property. The proposition was referr-
ed 10 the Committee on City Lots and FL
nance.
A petition was received from Capt. D.
q. Purse and others, requesting Council
10 grant a site in Laurel Grove Cemetery
Tor the erection of a monument 90 Gen.
Francis S. Barlow. The petition was re-
TERED to the Mayor with power to act.
The request will doubtless be acted upon
iaVorably and site assigned for the Bar
tow monument on the main walk just OPP
posite to the site recently allotted to the
McLaws monument.
Two petitions from property owners on
Huntingdon street, east, one for and the
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