The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-02
EMMETT PARK WORK
WILL BE STARTED MONDAY, EVEN
IL IT Is STOPPED.
SoACTING MAYOR DIXON SAYS
1T Is SAID AN INJUNCTION MAY BE
SECURED AGAINST 1T.

Those Interested in Securing n
Roadway Along the Bluff of Emmett
Park, Which Is Not Provided for
by the Plan of Improvement,
would Not Say whether an In
junction Would BE SOuRht-Acting
Mayor Dixon Says City Has a Right
to Lay WaIks-ParIS and Tree Com
mission Has Declared That 1t Has
Nothing to Do With Walks in
Squares-Rcsidue of Appropriation
Would Go to the Commission.
1.-The city will certainly begin work
on the improvement of Emmett Park
on Monday" said Acting Mayor Dixon
yesterday, when he learned that prop
erty owners on the north side of Bay
street might ask for an injunction
against the carrying out of the plan.
ut will be started, whether or not it
is stopped by an injunction"
1t is said that a conference was
had during the day by the property,
owners or some of them, with Messrs.
George Z. and j. F. Cam, who have
represented the Standard Oil Company
in its claims for the establishment of
a roadway to afford approach to the
company's offices on a level with Bay
street. The object of that conference,
it was reported, was to ascertain what
means, if any, offered to insure road
way.
Mr. J. Ferris Cam was seen, but
would not discuss the matter at ALL
He would not admit that there had
been a conference, nor would he say
whether he expected to seek an injunc-
ton, Il cannot tell you anything
about it," he said.
Agent e. S. Player of the Standard
Oil Company was seen, but he was
equally as reticent. He said that his
company would like to have such a
roadway, IF the city would give it,"
He would not say that, if the city
would not give it, he expected to
seek it as a right.
Acting Mayor Dixon said that the
Park and Tree Commission has no
reason to apprehend a usurpation of
its rights by the city. Complaint
about the city establishing Walks in
Emmett Park cannot be reasonably
made by the Park and Tree Commits
sion,' he said. I'VE have a letter from
the commission, in which it sets forth
that it has no jurisdiction over walks
in the public squares. The Streets
and Lanes Committee of Council there
fore, has seen to the laying of the side
walks. This is an analogous case. If
there should be anything left over af-
ter the expenditure for walks, it will
go to the Park and Tree Commission,
which may eXpend it in the further
improvement and identifying of the
park"
Acting Mayor Dixon conceived the
plan for the improvement of the park
and introduced the resolution in Coun-
Gil that recognized it as a park and
appropriated 81 900, in addition to a
previously appropriated $780, for its
improvement. He originally approved
of a plan for roadway along the
bluff. which would have afforded a
drive UP to the offices on the north
side of the Strand. Subsequently,
however, after giving the matter more
thought, he concluded that. if the tract
should be regarded as a park, it
should be kept intact, and not cut up
by a roadway. He concluded that
those occupying offices on the north
side of that portion of the Strand were
no more entitled to a roadway to their
bridges across Factors Walk than are
those of that section of the Strand
between the City Exchange and En-
met Park.