The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-04
GETTING UP BUDGET
ESTIMATES MUST BE IN MAYORS
HANDS BY TOMORROW.
TO SPEND MORE MONEY.
PARK AND TREE COMMISSION WILL
PROBABLY GET AN INCREASE.


ing Year-Fire Department Can't
Get Along without an Increase of
900 Liberal Provision VIII
Probably Be Made for Opening
streets and for Paving-Hard to
Figure on What Streets VIII BE
Paved During the Coming Year.
No Way of Telling What the New
Council VIII Decide to DO-POIice
Department Is Satisfied With $S7,-
5OO.
The estimates of the various city de-
partments must be in the hands OF
Mayor Myers by tomorrow, at which
time it will be known about what ap-
propriations will have to be made for
the coming year. The Mayor will look
over the estimates, after which they
will be gone over carefully by Council.
The next regular meeting of the
Council will be held next Wednesday
night, and it is not likely that the es-
Inmates will be considered before that
time It Is probable that the Com
mittee OF the Whole will be called to-
gether by the Mayor after the meet
ing and that the estimates will be gone
over then. 1t will require two or three
special meetings to complete the work.
and the aldermen win be called upon
to do considerable figuring. The fire
department and the Park and Tree
Commission will both urge that an in
crease be allowed and it is probable
that more money will be given both
of these departments next year.
streets Likely to BE Paved.
AS has been mentioned in the Morn
ing News before, the present Council
is disposed to spend as much money as
possible for street paving rather than
reduce the tax rate. Just what streets
are likely to be paved next year, how
ever is a question. This will be
matter for the next board of aldermen
to determine. The paving of AbercOrn
street from Henry to Estill avenue,
Henry street from Price to Waters
road, and Habersham from CASTOR to
Henry during the coming year is
certainty. but just what else will he
done in the paving line can only be
guessed at. At this early day it cannot
be told just who will make up the next
municipal board.
Make short Connections.
In discussing the subject of street
paving, a member of Council said yes
terday that in his opinion the short
connections down town should be
made. He believes that the paving of
Abercorn street should be extended to
Broughton or Bay. and that the same
thing should be done with Habersham
street. Both of these streets are now
paved with vitrified brick from Liberty
to Oglethorpe avenue. These short
connections could be made and the APP
pearance of the downtown streets
would be added to materially. Drayton
street might well be connected with
Abercorn in every block between Ogle-
thorpe avenue and Bay street.
Cross Town Paving.
The same alderman thinks that eth
er Thirty-sixth or Thirty-eighth street
should be paved from east to west.
One of these streets rather than Thir-
ty-seventh because there would not
have to be so much paving. Thirty
seventh street, however. will finally
have to be paved, and 1t is believed
Will, at some future time, be the pref
test street in the city. 1t is laid out
on the plan of Oglethorpe avenue, and
would make an attractive appearance
In the event that the CASTOR street
case is settled in the courts during the
coming year that street. too. will be
paved. 1t is not at all unlikely either
that a decision will be reached in the
case during 1903. The street is badly in
need of paving, and ii is understood
that some of the property owners who
resisted the efforts of the city to pave
the street with vitrified brick would be
lfwnnr . l. 4
Although some of the owners of prop
erty on Whitaker street have express
ed a desire to have vitrified brick in
place of the cobble stones 1t is not
likely that the street will be touched
for quite a while to come. The mem
beers of Council figure that it is bet
ter to give the sand streets attention
before changing the paving material
on other streets. During the present
year $4,000 was allowed for street
paving, but a member of the Board of
Aldermen thinks that the amount will
be greatly increased for 1903 He de-
clared that Council might do well to
double the amount.
Where Money VIII Go.
The city will have more money to
spend next year even, though the
license for breweries is not increased
1t is expected, however, that this
license will be raised from $500 to ST.
600 for each brewery or representative
Of a brewery. Council can always fig
ure on an Increase of $4,000 a year
from taxable property, and there is GER
tain to be that much more money to
spend during 1903. Then, too, some OF
the appropriations that were made for
the present year will either be reduced
or abolished for the coming year.
1t appears that Council is at last dis
posed TO be more liberal with the Park
and Tree Commission, and it is likely
that this department will be allowed
more money for 1903. The aldermen
have been urged singly and collectively
to grant an increase in the appropria-
ton that is made for the purpose OF
beautifying the city. For the mainte-
nance of the fire department only S75,-
boo was allowed for this year, and that
amount has already been expended
The committee in charge of this branch
Of the municipality will insist that il
cannot get along with a cent less than
t7s,000.
VIII Open More Streets.
For the opening Of streets the ap-
preparation of $4,000 for 1902 will be
increased several thousand dollars 1t
Is thought that the amount to be allow
ed Will go as high as $50. 900. There will
be a slight increase in the printing
and stationery appropriation for the
reason that the new city code must
be paid for. The scaveRger department
appropriation Of s33. 900 will be made
again. although different arrangements
wiil be entered into for the disposition