The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-25
WILL BE NO NEW CREMATORY.
COMMITTEES REPORT UNFAVoRA-
BILE TO GARBAGE BURNING.

rom auDenTS-sTNyinneIt street
Paving Ordinance Passed-The
Dewey Appropriation Renewed.
Keeper of Laurel Grove Cemetery
to BE Elected at the Next Meeting.
The city will consider some other more
satisfactory and more economical method
of disposlng of its garbage than attempt
ing TO consume it at the old crematory or
hauling it long distances into the country
by wagons.
At the meeting of Council last night the
special committee on crematory, appointed
several months since to visit different
cities with a view to ascertaining and
recommending the most modern-crematory
available, made its report. AS has al
ready been forecasted the committees re-
port is decidedly unfavorable to the cree
ton of a new crematory. The members
of the committee visited several cities in
their quest for information, among them
Wilmington, Del, Montreal, Canada, Buff
falo, n. Y, Cincinnati and Dayton, o.
They report that there are but two rela-
bic types of crematory in use the Dixon
and the Thackeray, and of the latter there
are but two plants in America, one al Mon
treal and the other at San Francisco.
There are about twenty Dixon crematories
in the United States, sixteen of which
were erected last year. While some of
these plants are being operated to the sat
isfaction of the munipical authorities of
the cities in which they were located. the
committee found in the cities which they
visited that condition and surroundings
are different from what they are in SaVan-
nah. and that the crematories were being
used to consume a different class of waste
matter. The plant at Dayton, o., is con-
sidered a very fine one, but the authorities
there have the advantage of natural gas
for fuel.
The committee sums up its conclusion
as follows: Neither plant we visited, in
the opinion of your committee, would be
entirely satisfactory 20 this city, on ac-
count of the different class of garbage
that we have to dispose of, consequently
your committee is of the opinion that it
1t not the proper time for our city 10
invest $4,000 in new crematory until
they become more perfect for general use.
The committee is of the opinion that ar
engagements should be made with one of
the several railroads entering our city
to have cars constructed so as to have
this garbage hauled by railroad and pump
ed on some nearby farm at a rea soma bic
distance from the city. We believe this
can be done al must less expense than
building and operating new crematory"
The report was received as information
and the committee was continued for the
purpose of looking further into the dis
posal of garbage on the line suggested IN
the report.
Alderman Dixon's ordinance for the paw
ing of Gwinnett street from Whitaker
street west to Cemetery street, with vitri-
fed brick was read a second time and
inc fn~ he
Alderman Thomas said that he wanted 20
put Council on notice that the matter of
| brick paving would have to be handled
with care. He was not satisfied with
the sample in front of the City Exchange,
he said, and voted for the ordinance with
the understanding that there should be a
strict inspection of all brick used in the
work.
Alderman Dixon introduced an ordinance
which should earn him the gratitude of
all the hack drivers in the city The or
dinance is on the line of the legisla ton
which the hack drivers have been clam
oring for for some time and seeks to give
them protection against people who make
pracuce of beating them out of their
| fares The ordinance Is an amendment
/ 10 existing hack ordinances and provides
| that any person failing or refusing to pay
| his fare offer having used the hack with
| intent to defraud, may be arrested by any
! policeman or summoned to appear before
| the Police Court. and upon conviction of
| a violation of this section may be fined
| in sum not exceeding S25 and imprison-
! ed for not exceeding thirty days, either
or both in the discretion of the court. A
i second section provides that no License to
run hack shall be issued to any person
| under is years of age, and that no per-
| son having such a license shall place any
one in charge under that age. The ordi-
nance went over until the next meeting.
/
| dinance providing additional plumbing reg
| ulations was laid on the table.
| by resolution by Alderman Bacon Coun-
| eli decided to Inappropriate the sum of
S4l345 being the amount remaining from
| the Dewey appropriation of $500 made
| some months since, to be used for the
same purposes as those specified in the
| original resolution.
A communication was received from
| Gen. W. W. Gordon declining to agree
to condition named by Council in its last
meeting in making certain notifications
| requested by him in the agreement for
| constructing the eastern sewer outlet
| across his wharf property, that he shohld
| pay $500 towards the filling in of a niece
| of lowland intended TO be used as a street
Gen. Gordon stated that as he had donat-
ed the land for the street he did not pro-
| pose to pay for having it filled in He
also requested to be allowed six instead of
| four months in which to build the railroad
tracks for which permission was granted
| him, on Bay street east. The petition was
referred 10 the Committee of the Whole
| BY resolution. by Alderman Dixon the
| clerk was instructed to advertise an cleo
| ton for keeper of Laurel Grove Cemetery
| at the next meeting of Council. Notice
| having been given that the term of Mr..
| j. j. Wilder, as a commissioner of pilot
age, will expire shortly, the clerk was
also instructed to advertise an election TO
fill this position.
By resolution, by Alderman Williams.
Mr. w. j. Champion was given the use of
the Old magazine building and site for
manufacturing purposes free of rent for
the first year, and at a rent of $50 a year
for the two succeeding years.
The Fire Committee was authorized to
buy horse to cost not exceeding $500
An ordinance was passed providing for
the sale OF strip of land owned by the
city on Bull and Eleventh streets about
fifteen feet wide by forTy-one feet tong. TO