The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-25
FIVE FRoM EACH DISTRICT.
How southside Improvement Com
mIttee WIN he Constituted.

The Southside Improvement Committee.
the appointment Of which was authorized
az q meeting % the southsile Adm. MIS-
trauon club Tuesday night VIII consist
q twenty members. Ave each from he
nrst second. third ana fourth districts.
President william 7 Hussey o. che club.
is 20 Do chairman Of the committee.
Mr. Hussey viii be glad 10 receive sug-
rcstlons as % the members hip o. the com
mlttc, a question which te has taken
under praycrful consldera zion. a quail
ncation Of membership is that al q the
committee shall be in sympathy with the
present city administration by which
limitation 10 is hoped 20 combine unity OF
purpose and strength Of influence To- ohrry-
ing 20 successful contamination the
movement TO secure Improvements In ;he
southern section
The movement" said NJ Hussey yes
tcrily "is one with which every property
owner Of the Soufhsidc should be- to- hear
- sympathy. Whether Doc aligus him
self in matters political with one local
factiou or another. the Improvement OF
the section Of the city ia which he lives
should have his support We have limit
"a membership on the committee 70 sup
porters OF or sympathlzers with the pres
We believe committee 50 constituted can
90 the most good.
The present naturalization. continued
Mr. Hussey has done moro for us than
has ans previous administration, hut
there is still much 20 be done ana many
ueeIed improvements that ought 90 ~
made Alderman Dxon's ordnance TO re
name the streets IS a move 100 the fishl
direction and meets with our approval
Bun the thing ~ most importance 10
lis Just now IS the opening and paving OF
streets. Real estate IN the Southside Is
steadily Increasing an volue and u Is 10
the interest Of The city 20 buy fhe land
needed 90 open streets now. while can
b, bought for a reasonable amount Whit
nker street. between First and Second
streets should bc opened and rrade'i and
the work should be done ai once That
block has been an eye-sorc FOR years ana
irs time for change.
with a nre engine house in our sec
ton. there ought 10 be az leas, enough
paved streets 10 permit the apparatus 10
r,t 10 nre- quickly Dravton and Jener-
son streets should be paved south 10
Twelft, street and some one of the cross
street west 10 the Ogecchee road
As an Instance 81 the impossihilfy or
ACCOMPLISHING anything hy an organiza-
ton for Improvement made up from mem
beers Of both political factions. MT nus
soy invtanced the fate Of the Southside
League. II was composed he said. Of
property owners from both factions and
each crowd tried to dominate and control
the other The greater part Of the time OF
the league was devoted 10 quelling and
adjusting facrional wranglings and as
consequence il accomplished nothing or
value and died a perfectly natural death.
with q committee made up Of members
from the faction In power. Mr.. Hussey
thinks % VII be possible 70 accomplish
very much more.
Mr. Hussey thinks. and the members Of
the club Of which he Il president indorse
mis- views. that there should he At least
Two aldermen from the Southside. II Is
"a new section and more IN need OF i'm
provement than any other. the others hav-
ing received benefits from the city for
many years Il ought 20 have immediate
representatives. on the Board OF Aldermen,
the members 81 the club and other resi-
dents OF tho Souh Inside believe. and Il is
not al an improbable that this will he
made an issue In the coming municipal
campaign.