The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-17
OFFICIAL.

| The Committee on City Lots and
Opening Streets, TO which had been re-
ferred the petition of sundry citizens,
asking that streets be opened and Wild
ened through the Minis property in Ba-
con ward; respectfully reports by res
olution. D. r. Thomas,
Chairman.
Received as information.
The Committee on Fire, to which was
! referred the petition of the estate of
Ella c. Davis by Rivers & Gibbes,
agents for permission to remove pres
ent old buildings at the northwest cor
| ner of Harris and Jefferson streets and
| build two two-story frame metal roof
houses; beg to report by ordinance.
E A. NJ Schroeder,
Chairman.
Received as information.
PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS.
The following applications to retail
| liquor from the 1st of July, 1902, were
\ read and referred to the Committee of
| the Whole:
Alex. Carlson. Harmon and Gwinnett
| streets.
George Christopher Prendergast and
Sims streets.
The following applications to transfer
licenses were read and referred to the
! Committee of the Whole:
B. Lasky at ,210 Bryan street, west,
to NJ. Coaly, at the same place of bust
| ness
Livingston & Israel at 300 Bull street,
to j. w. Sebring, at the same place of
| business.
Kesler & Harrison. at Congress and
East Broad streets, to H. James at
| the same place of business.
Petition of w. S. Harris, president
| Savannah Trades and Labor Assembly,
asking the favorable consideration by
Council of franchise for a competing
street railway system and electric
! plant; petitioner claims the granting of
| these privileges means much to the lab
oring man, and urges the speedy grant
ing of these privileges; was read and
referred to the Committee of the Whole.
Petition of S. Krouskoff, chairman,
and others, representing the Retail
Merchants Associa ton of Savannah,
| asking the favorable consideration of a
competitive line of street railway SER
vice to connect with the suburban re-
sorts and further asking a hearing,
was read and referred to the Commit
tee of the Whole.
Petition of G. 7. & j. F. Cam, at
torneys for Floyd & Co., and j. W.
Conner asking a hearing before Coun-
ell for the purpose of making an effort
to amicably adjust matters in the case
now pending in the City Court between
your petitioner and the city, was read
and referred to the Committee on FL
nance
Petition of the Citizens Bank of Sa-
vannah, asking permission to make lot
No. SO, Ebert ward fee simple with
the uusal discount of 10 per cent, was
read and referred to the Finance Com
mittee with power to act
Petition of D. B. Lester, asking
prompt consideration at this nights
meeting upon his petition for a street
railway franchise, was read and re-
ceived as information.
Petition of sundry property owners
on Henry street, asking that the ordi-
| nance for the paving of the sidewalks
| on the said street, east be so amended
as to provide for a seven-foot pave
| ment, with a three-foot strip for a
| grass plat, between the pavement and
the property line, instead of a side
walk of ten feet, required by the said
| ordinance, was read and referred to
the Committee on Streets and Lanes.
Petition of William w. Gordon, Jr.,
| captain commanding Georgia Hussars,
asking that the hack stand in front of
| the Hussars' Armory be done away
with, the results incident to horses be-
ing so near the petitioners club rooms
is both offensive and a public nuisance
and asking it's adjustment, was read
| ana reIerTSQ 10 the OOIlIUlll6e OH
/ Streets and Lanes, with instructions to
report to the Committee of the Whole.
Petition of sunday licensed hucksters,
protesting against the pass system now
| in vogue by the stall renters in the
| city market, this practice being greatly
| abused petitioners ask the assistance
of the police in arresting all parties
selling in the streets without having
| their badges conspicuously displayed,
| H. T~sz
| Committee on Market and Finance.
Petition of e. j. Coffee, a city po-
liceman, asking that he be refunded
the amount of 1854, the said amount
being deducted from petitioners sala-
| ry on account of sickness, was read
and referred to the Committee on Po-
lice.
Petition of sundry proprty owners
located near the onemile post on the
| Louisville road in the corporate limits
of the city asking the extension of wa
ter mains so as to take in their prop
erty for fire protection, was read and
referred to the Committee on Water.
Petition of ]. r. Haltiwanger offer
ing to the city land required for the
opening of jefferson street was read
and referred to the Committee on City
Lots and Opening Streets.
Petition of Charles H. Sipple asking
permission to use a certain tract of
land on the Louisville road, adjoining
the Lowell tract for pasturage pur-
poses petitioner claims the land is at
present worthless to the city and is
willing to improve it to the extent OF
$4,000 in fencing and cleaning it up for
the privilege asked, was read, and re-
ferred to the Committee on City Lots
and Opening Streets.
Petition of Jacob Kohn, asking per-
mission to transfer lot No. 1862 Lau-
rel Grove Cemetery, to Leopold Adler,
was read and referred to the Commit
tee on Public Health.
Petition of Mary Tayler of 577 In
dian street lane, asking to be REIN
bursed in the sum of five dollars for
one mattress destroyed by order of the
health authorities on account of con-
tagious disease, was read and referred
to the Joint Committee on Public
Health and Finance.
Petition of Francis Gilstrap of 40
Lumber street, asking compensation
for articles destroyed by order of the
| health authorities on account of con-
tagious disease, was read and referred
to the Joint Committee on Public
Health and Finance.
ORDINANCES.
The following ordinance, read the
first time April 3d. 1902, read the sec
ond time May IA, 1902, placed upon its
passage and passed.
BY the Committee on City Lots
An ordinance to permit the Kate
Baldwin Free kindergarten to sell and
dispose of all of lot so and part of lot
80 he .,fAx Of Co