The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-03
EXPENSES FIGURED OUT.
street and Lane Department win
Need S61 900.

The Streets and Lanes Committee OF
Council has figured that it will require
little over s61 900 to maintain this
branch of the municipality during the
coming year. and the budget to be
submitted will show these figures. The
amount is $4,000 more than was allow
ed during the present year.
The amount asked for is for the
maintenance of the department, and is
not for improvements. Although the
sum asked for is larger than that APP
propriated for 1901, Director of Public
Works Gadsden says that it is small
er amount than was used for the main
tenance of the same department ten
years ago. AS the number of paved
streets is increased the work of this
branch of the city government becomes
heavier.
The paving of streets comes under
this department, but the appropriation
made by Council for this purpose is
separate and distinct. After appropria-
tons have been made for all of the
departments of the municipality, the
money left is expended for street paw
ing. The sum allowed for the present
year was $4,000. West Broad street
will have to be paved during 1902, as
we'll as street on the East Side, eth
er Lincoln. Habersham or Price.
The PARK Extension, which is under
the supervision of the Street and Lane
Committee. is badly in need of atten-
ton, but nothing can be done with a
small appropriation. Chairman Watson
of that committee, says that a special
appropriation would have to be made
for this Improvement, and that it would
q, Il Of Sub
stantial walks should be laid, and
Chairman Watson says that it would
require $4,000 to build such a walk,
20 or 80 feet wide, on Bull street, from
Hall street to Park avenue.
Director Gadsden has a plan for add
ing to the appearance of the Park Elk
tension that is we'll thought of by the
chairman of the Street and Lane Com
mittee. The walks in their present
shape are higher than the ground, and
in the opinion of the director of public
works it would add greatly to the
beauty of the place if the ground
should be graded from the walks for
a distance of fifteen feet Mr.. Gadsden
thinks that with such an arrangement
the place would be one of the prettiest
in the United States. If the ground
could be laid off in this way there
would not be the slightest trouble for
thousands of spectators to view what
ever performance might be going on.
Probably the most noticeable i'm
provement made by the Street and
Lane Department during the present
year was the building of artificial stone
walks in the squares on Bull street.
This work cost the city $780, and has
greatly added to the appearance of the
thoroughfare. The Park and Tree
Commission is expected to round off
the walks in the several squares. The
sidewalks of brick may be replaced by
artificial stone during the coming year.
The other departments are filing their
budgets and will begin figuring on APP
preparations Monday The police
budget asking for $S9, 900 and ten ad-
ditional men, was filed yesterday The
request of the fire department for $685.
600 has not been filed yet. The house
drainage appropriation will probably
be about $4,000 for 1902. For the pres
ent year $4,000 was allowed, and
about $4,000 was used.
The budget for the City Market will
be in excess of this year for which
$3.50 was appropriated. Chairman
Holland calls attention to the fact that
the market is in need of repairs II
is recommended, too. that concrete
| floors be laid, and. this with the cost
of other improvements will run the
amount over that used this year.