The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-02
PAVING QUESTION UP
ORDINANCES FOR CASTOR AND TAY-
LOR STREETS PRESENTED.
ON THEIR FIRST READING.
BOTH INTRODUCED IN COUNCIL by
ALDERMAN WATSON.


erty Owners Insist That They Do
Not Want Paving Many other
Matters Passed Upon by Council.
Land to BE Purchased for Opening
Streets.
Ordinances were introduced at the meet
ing of the City Council last night by AL
derman Watson, chairman of the Com
mittee on Streets and Lanes, for paving
Taylor street, between Bull and Drayton,
and CASTOR street, between Prince and
Jefferson. The ordinances were on their
first reading, and at the next meeting
of Council il is probable they will be
voted upon.
As there is opposition to both streets
being paved, it is by no means certain
that the work will be done. Many of the
aldermen are disposed to heed the wishes
of the property owners affected by paw
ing, and if this opposition develops any
considerable strength, it is improbable
that the streets will be paved.
Some of the CASTOR street property
owners have been Directing to the street
being re-paved with any other material
ing was agitated. At the meeting last
night a petition from Taylor street resi-
dents, protesting against that street being
paved, was received. At the preceding
meeting petition for paving from resi-
dents along the block to be paved had
been received. Those singing the protest
were Mrs. Elizabeth w. Screven, Mrs
o. w. Jackson, Z. C. Way, chairman of
the Board of Deacons of the First Pres
byterian Church; T. B. Chisholm, A. B.
Chisholm, E. A. Ganahl, C. M. Clay and
Edward S. Elliott, for the estate of Mrs.
Leila Habersham.
The ordinance relative to the CASTOR
street paving provided vitrfied brick as
the material, but the Taylor street ordi-
nance did not name any material, a blank
space being left 1t is the understanding,
however, that the material will be as
phalt.
The entire board, = the Mayor and
| twelve aldermen attended the meeting.
| After a short caucus in Committee of the
| Whole, the meeting in the Council Cham
| Der was held. The aldermen gathered
| there for the first time since it's removal
| ton. The Council chamber and the May
| or's office had been re-papered, but a de-
cnanDeT,
| there being insufficient light. The paper
chosen was entirely too dark, absorbing
! the light instead of rejecting it. More
! lights will have to be put in if the semi
| darkness of the room is to be relieved.
The Committee on Accounts report ed
| $2785 9.S5, which was approved and ordered
paid
The Committee on Streets and Lanes
reported adversely upon the petition of
l., a1-n
| juries to horse that were sustained from
fall the animal had intoSa ditch on New
| street
Alderman Cantys resolution, referred to
| the Committee on Streets and Lanes, was
| reported upon favorably, and the walks in
Franklin Square win be paved as soon
as funds sufficient for the work are in
| hand.
| A favorable report from the Committee
| on Streets and Lanes was received upon
| the petition of Chairman j. w. Jackson of
| the Site Committee of the Savannah Fair
| Association for a right -of-way for the
Plant System to construct a spur track
| along East Broad street in order to afford
| connection with the Dale avenue tract, in
| the event that property should be select
| ed as the site for the State Fair grounds
The Committee on Water reported upon
| the petition of nineteen of the water
| users to be allowed to retain their meters
| Fourteen of the nineteen will keep the
meters.
The Committee of the Whole, to which
| was referred the communication of Mr.
d. b. Lester, protesting against the fran
! chise granted by Council for his proposed
street railway and declaring that he could
not accept il, reported that it had received
the communication as information. The
report was adopted.
The Committee of the Whole, to which
was referred the petition of the Savan-
nah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Rail-
way, through General Manager l.. H.
| Mcintyre asking permission to extend It's
track on West st. Julian street from the
| east side of the present curve through
Franklin Square TO West Broad street
| to connect with the track on the latter
| street, reported favorably, provided the
company will pay the cost of paving with
| vitrihed brick from the west side Of
| Franklin Square to West Broad street
| and that the company remove the track
on the south and east sides of the square,
and on Montgomery street to the juno
| ton with its track on Broughton street
| The report was adopted, with the added
| resolution by Alderman Jones that the
! paving be done under the supervision of
| the director of public works and the COM
mittee on Streets and Lanes.
| The Committee on City Lots reported
| favorably upon the petition or the COLI
| gregatiou Mickva Israel for making good
| titles to a lot, and the report was adopted
A petition from Froebel Circle, Kings
/ Daughters was received, asking that the
| organization receive the citys aid in its
! charitable work. The Circle asked for
no definite amount. The Fresh Air Home
at Tybee, is conducted by Froebel Cir
! Gle.
The Committee on City Lots reported
| favorably upon the petition of the Kate
Baldwin Free Kindergarten system for a
| city lot, and recommended that the sys-
tenn be given a lot at the corner of Bull
! and Eleventh streets. TO be held so long
as it may be used for the free education
| of children of Savannah
petition from Goa j. H. Esdll. presi-
dent of the Union Society, was read, re-
| questing the city to remit taxes levied
against the society in the sum of $T75.
From the Savannah Volunteer Guards
! through the reorganization committee.
consisting of Col. William Garrard, Capt.
II. G. Cunningham, MIR. George j. Bald
win, Mai William w. Williamson and
Capt. William w. Mackall. a petition was
received asking for an appropriation to
| cover and pay taxes to the amount of
S6lS.06 and interest upon the part of the
Old jail tract owned by the Guards The
petition was referred to the Committee on
Finance. to be reported to the Committee
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