The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-07
FRANCHISE UP AGAIN
VERNON SHELL ROAD COMPANY
WANTS NEW ROUTES.
FILED ANOTHER PETITION.
WANTS TO RUN FROM EAST TO
WEST OF THE CITY.

Stble Tor Many E1re AIHfmS-OEOf-
Hnnce for Paving Thirty-eiEhth
street, Between Jefferson and
Montgomery. mathematician
Made Keeper Of COIOred Cemetery.
Want GwInnctt street Crossing
Abolished.
The Vernon Shell Road Company wants
additional franchises from the city. Two
weeks ago an ordinance. granting rights
OF way through certain of the streets,
was passed by Council, but the company
wants to provide street car facilities for
st ctions where they are now lacking.
At the meeting of Council last night
petition from the company was read and
referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The petition was signed by Messrs.
Twiggs & Oliver, attorneys representing
the company. After setting forth the
usual preambles the petition says:
The said Vernon Shell Road Company
requests of the Mayor and Aldermen of
the city of Savannah permission and au-
thority to use the streets of the city of
Savannah for the purpose of constructing
and maintaining a railroad track and of
operating cars thereon, either by electric
ity or other motive power, except steam;
and the said Vernon Shell Road Com
pany petition that it be accorded permits
sion and authority to use the two follow
ing specific routes:
First. Commencing at the intersection
of Haskell avenue and Schwarz avenue
and running south along Schwarz avenue
TO Bay street extended; thence east along
Bay street extended TO Wadley street,
thence north along Wadey street to River
street; thence east on River street to the
foot of jefferson street; thence south on
jefferson street to Bay street thence east
on Bay street to Commerce street; thence
south along Commerce street to St. Julian
street; thence east on ST. Julian street
to Bnbo Canal.
Second. Commencing az the intersec-
ton of Bay and East Broad streets and
running along East Broad street to
Wheaton street. thence along Wheaton
street TO Waters Road.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that
an ordinance be passed at as early a date
as possible conferring the authority,
rights and privileges herein prayed for,
under such regulations and conditions as
TO the Mayor and Aldermen may seem
reasona bic and proper"
Representatives of the Northern CAPT
talists whom Mr.. d. 3. Lester, president
of the Vernon Shell Road Company, has
interested in abe plan for the establish
ment of new street railway company
have been in the city.>and the routes for
which the company asks are regarded by
them promising.
Pot Pourrf Of Business.
Present at the meeting at which the
petition was read were the Mayor and
ALDERMEN Holland. Thomas Horrigan
Schroeder, Dixon, Watson. Fripp. Bacon.
Jones. Colding and Canty. \ formidable
array of business awaited the Aldermen
when they filed into the long room from
caucus, but it was not of a character to
cetain them very long.
The Committee of the Whole reported
upon the imDracticability OF ACCEPTING
the invitation from the exposition at
Charleston. The committee also report
I'd adversely upon the petition of Mr.. A.
&. Goodwin 30 be allowed TO mend sew
irg machines without paying license.
The Streets and Lanes Committee re-
ported favorably upon the petition for the
establishment of an electric light at the
Gwinnett street crossing of the Plant Sys-
TEN.
The Fire Committee reported upon the
petition OF ex-Fireman ]. F. Hardee. VINO
asked for employment. showing his phys
ical disabilities and advising that he he
given employment i'm some other depart
ment of the municipal machine. The re-
PVT was itNFAhNu as
Petition for $4,000.
The aldermen were startled from their
contemplation of routine matters by the
clerk reading petition from Miss Mary
OBrien. through her attorneys Messrs.
oConnor, O'Byrne and Hartridge, asking
damages to the extent of $4,000 for fall
on Dec. A. 1900. while walking on the north
side of Harris street. between West Broad
and Montgomery. 1T being alleged
lie af 10 naa,f
were loose. causing the fall
The personal injuries. great physi-
cal and mental distress that followed and
expenses for medical treatment were re-
lated. The petition was referred to the
Committee ON Streets and Lanes.
The Committee on Streets and Lanes
recommended that Eugene w Madison.
colored, who had his eye injured by pro-
truding limb on Oglethorpe avenue on
Dec. y. be paid 800 in fun compromise
and settlement. The report was adopted.
ChimReys Cause Fires.
petition from Superintendent j. L.
Mcguire of the fire department was re-
ceived, asking the revision of the ordi-
rance requiring the cleaning of Chin
neys. because the present method is not
effective, causing the department TO have
ts. answer many calls and be affected ma
terially by wear and tear" Hardly
month passes that there are not three or
TOUR alarms on account of the chimneys.
The superintendent sets forth that it is
with great difficulty that occupants of
buildings can be persuaded to have their
chimneys cleaned. A warm controversy
usually results between owner and occu-
pant as to whom shall pay. Because OF
the trouble about the costs the superin-
tendent declares, the chimney contract
nrs are not performing their duties. and
the neglect involves the fire department
in heavy expense. The petition went to
che Committee on Fire.
John Carrick retired fireman, after
thirty years service, petitioned for "a PEN
sion of half pay.
Mr.. j. Fried filed his petition for the re-
funding of sl01.S0 paid out by him for re-
pairs upon the ceiling of the market res
taurant.
Messrs. Reppard. Snedeker & Co. pc
titioDed for the extension of the house
drainage system on Henry street from
East Broad 70 the east side OF Weed
ward
VIII Not Be Paved.
The ordinance introduced by Alderman
Watson at the last meeting to pave Thir-
ty-eighth street, between jefferson and
Montgomery, was put upon its second
reading, but sentiment against II was so
strong among the aldermen that