The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
EASTSIDE DEMANDS
WHAT 1T ASKS IN THE WAY OF
IMPROVEMENTS
A SUMMARY OF ITS NEEDS.
MADE UP AT MEETING OF THE I'M
PROVEMENT CLUB.

One Demand Is That the City Grade
and Drain Anderson Street-An-
other Is That Henry Street he
Graded and Paved at Least as Far
as Waters Avenue, and That Ii BE
Opened as Far East rs the Thun-
derboIt She'll ROad-Other De-
mands-Orsanizntfo Was Made
Permanent - Temporary Officers
Elected to Serve Permanently.
Committees to Push the Mission OF
the Club.
Here are the improvements that the
East Side Improvement Club wants of
the city east of the Plant System rail-
way tracks:
Additional street lights.
Grading and draining Anderson
street.
Grading Paving Henry street, at
least as far east as Waters avenue.
Opening and grading Henry street to
the Thunderbolt shell road.
That the entire section, and the
streets leading through it. be put in
proper condition by grading. etc.
A mass meeting of residents and pro-
perty owners interested in the i'm
provement of the East Side was held
last night at the Catholic Library Hall.
1t was largely attended. and among
those present were representative men
of the city.
Temporary Chairman H. H. Hull
called the meeting to order, and Tenn
porary Secretary T. Lloyd Owens act
ed in that capacity. The election of
permanent officer resulted in all the
temporary officers being chosen to
serve permanently. An Executive
Committee was elected as follows: ].
L. Archer, ]. E. Burgess, j. S. Col
Inns, F. N. Dieter. L. T. Doyle, ]. F.
Furlong. E. c. Gleason, w. w. Cor
don, Jr.. H. Logan, William baltimore
S. Krouskoff, Thomas Nugent, H. Riv-
ers, c. V. Snedeker. John Screven,
John S. Schley, w. D. Simkins, N.
Winter, w. deb. Hops, George H.
Miller, William Kehoe. T. L. Owens.
]. w. McIntire and John Wolf
Better Car Service.
A report was received from the COM
mittee that had been named to call
upon President George j. Baldwin of
the Savannah Electric Company rela-
tive to the street car service afforded
the residents of Collinsville and The
Meadows. Mr.. Owens was chairman
of this committee. The report showed
that both Mr.. Baldwin and General
Manager G. o. Maggie had been seen
by the committee, but no definite prom
Use was made by the officials. A let
ter from Mr. Maggie showed that it
would no naOaSSarU 10 consider time
tables and changes in the present serv-
ice before a. definite answer could be
made. 1t is the desire of the company
however, he wrote, to render the best
possible service for its patrons, and
every effort will be made to meet the
demands of the petitioners.
The committee was continued, with
the request that 1t call upon the off,
Gals again and endeavor to persuade
them to grant a fifteen-minutes sched-
ule to Collinsville and The Meadows
by May 10. A city ordinance, mem
bers of the club say, entities them to
this schedule, but they want to gain
what they seek by amicable means, and
no recourse will be had to the ordi-
nance.
Mr.. Jacob S. Collins was chairman
of the committee that had called on
Alderman Watson, chairman of the
streets ana Lanes committee Oh the
City Council, and Director of Public
Works Gadsden to take them on a trip
through the section and induce them to
see that improvements are badly need
ed there. The committee reported that,
while no promises were made by the
officials, they yet were impressed, APP
parently, by the need for the work
that was pointed out by the commit
tee as necessary. While no specific de-
mands were made the committee yet
submitted that the improvements as
delineated above are sought.
Henry streets Extension.
One interesting feature of the report
was that relating to the projected ex-
tension of Henry street to the Thun-
zderbolt shell road. The committee set
forth the opinion that property owners
would desire the extension made and
that they would meet the city III a
proper spirit regarding prices for the
lands to be so utilized. A committee
of three, consisting of Capt. w. w.
Gordon, Jr.. Mr.. William Kehoe and
call upon the property owners whose
lands the extension would cross and
persuade them to meet any overtures
from the city fairly.
Talks were maS< in the meeting by
Mr.. S. Krouskoff. Mr.. JAS. Collins and
Capt Gordon. Applications for mem
bership were received from forty four
property owners of the East Side, and
they were elected.