The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-21
VETOED BY MAYOR
CASTOR STREET PAVING ORDI-
NANCE TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
PROBABLY TO PASS OVER VETO
PROPERTY OWNERS PROTEST
AGAINST ANY CHANGE IN PAVING.

They Are Opposed to Brick or As
phaIt and Want the Shell Paving
Restored-City VIII Have Trouble
i'm Collecting Assessments If New
Paving Is Put DOwn-MayOr's Veto
to Go TO Council at Its Next Meet
ing-Enoush Aldermen in Favor of
the Ordinance to Pass 1t Over the
Mayors Veto.
Mayor Myers vetoed the CASTOR street
paving ordinance yesterday. 1t will now
go back to Council, bearing the Mayors
veto and accompanied by message set
ting forth his reasons for having taken
that action.
The Mayor said that he felt that he
could not give out his message in advance
Of its going to Council, as he considers
that courtesy requires the message should
not be published before that
1t will be recalled that the ordinance
was passed at the last meeting of Coun-
Gil. 1t was introduced by Alderman Wat
son, chairman of the Streets and Lanes
Committee and the vote upon it was
nine to three, the Mayor being one of
those voting against the measure, which
is for the paving of Castor street, from
Price to Jefferson, with vitrified brick.
Though the Mayor would not yesterday
commit himself upon that phase of the
situation, it Is believed that the ordinance
will be passed over his veto. This was
stated by two or three of the aldermen
who advocate the measure. The May
or's objections to paving CASTOR street at
this time and the reasons given by the
advocates of the measure as to why the
work should be done have been set forth
at length in the Morning News.
Some of the property owners who are
opposed to the street being paved with
any other other material than shell have
told the Mayor that they would not pay
the assessed charges against them, in
the event that the ordinance were en-
forced, but that they would fight the case
In the courts This would have the eff
feet of tying up the money for some years.
if the fight should be to the finish Some
OF the Jefferson street paving bills have
not yet been settled, though Jefferson
street was paved six or seven years ago.
The following is the protest that was
sent in to the Mayor and aldermen by
CASTOR street property owners against
the street being repaved. with any other
material than shell:
ITO the Honorable Mayor and Alder
men of the City of Savannah: The un-
dersigned owners of property abutting on
CASTOR street in the city of Savannah do
hereby respectfully protest against the
passage of any ordinance looking to the
paving of said street with either brick
or asphalt We desire that the shell pave
ment, which is entirely satisfactory now
on said street. be repaired and put in
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pipes for house drainage. The parties
signing this ask that this petition may
be taken in lieu of any prior expression
of theirs in respect to the paving of this
street. May 6. 1901. Henry c. Cunning
| ham, A. B. Hull, E. P. Hopkins. H. D.
Stevens, NJ. H. S. Walker per
c. NJ Gilbert, agent; Cornelius
F. Moses, Mrs. W. w. Rogers,
Mrs. Geo. Schley, Geo. c. Freeman, trus-
tee; F. c. Battey, SamI j. whitesides
Edith o. D. Hunter by Wright Hunter
agent; John H. Hunter, per Wright Hun
ter, attorney: LIE Roy Myers, A. E. Smith
w. G. Braid for estate Jno. oliver: L.
W. Wortsman, Savannah Hospital, by
| Geo. j. Mills, president Georgia Histori-
cal Society by George A. Mercer, presi-
| dent; c. A. McIntire, trustee, estate Jas
! McIntire; j. Rauers, c. H. Wilcox, e.
| Moynelo, by Kollock & Screven, agents;
Mrs. ]. A. Umbach, Phillip M Russell,
estate E. M. Connor r. Falligant, trus-
tee; estate 1. Dasher Ed. F. Lowell, ex-
ecutor; Jacob E. Gutman, f. V. Lipp-
| man, H. Traub, Hy Ii. Livingston for
Sam Einstein as trustee; w. NJ. Bowen,
| M. j. Doyle, Mrs. A. Meyer, by Selig
Mendel, agent; A. q. De Lyon, by Selig
Mendel, agent; Mrs. NJ. Y. Henderson
David Wells; vestry ST. Johns Church by
David Wells; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Co, M. J. Solomons, secre-
tary and treasurer; Pope Barrow, as ex-
ecutor Of estate Henry r. Jackson; j. H.
! Heftman. r. F. Harmon, John Rourke
Mrs. l.. A. Jones, u. H. Schueneman, es-
| tate Sol Cohen per F. j. Kulman, j. H
! H. Entelman, Mcmillan Bros, Cord Assem-
| dorf, Geo. w. Owens. t. F. johnson, Mrs.
! c. c. Schley, Est. VIM. Wade, by Mar
garet A. Wade; Julius Kaufman, agent
estate Muller; Mrs. H. F. Lowell. VIM.
| Shehan.
Mrs. J. L. Hammond and Mr. w. s.
| Chisholm were both out of the city on
May 6, and since that date. but both
signed previous petition to same effect.