The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-06
AT 8 MILES AN HOUR
AUTOMOBILES MAY RUN THROUGH
STREETS OF SAVANNAH.
PROPOSED BY AN ORDINANCE.
TO MAKE THIS THE MAXIMUM LINZ
1T OF THEIR SPEED.

Ordinance Was Introduced in the
Meeting of Council Last Night.
First Onense for Splitting on side
walks May Be Made Punishable.
Committee Appointed to Aid in
Arranging for the Greene Funeral.
Streets That Are to Have side
walks Laid Upon Them-GenernI
Business That Received the Atten-
ton of Council.
An ordinance to regulate the speed
of locomobiles and automobiles and
similar vehicles was introduced in the
City Council last night. At the next
meeting it will be acted upon. The
ordinance was presented by the Com
mittee of the Whole. 1t provides that
it shall not be lawful to operate an
automobile or similar machine on any
street in Savannah at a speed exceed
ing eight miles an hour. The penalty
for it's violation is a fine of 500 and
imprisonment not to exceed thirty
days. either or both.
The ordinance is generally regarded
as a wise one. If it's provisions are
followed, the danger from automobile
accidents, which lately has seemed to
be not inconsiderable, will be greatly
reduced. Unless some accident should
happen through fast running before
the adoption of the ordinance, it
would seem that the chances will be
minimized.
Change in Splitting Ordinance.
The anti-spitting ordinance win be
amended, if proposed amendment,
offerd last night, is adopted. The ordi-
nance as it stands makes it the duty
OF a policeman observing anyone spit
ting on a sidewalk or in public build
ing or street car to caution him, and,
for the second offense, to docket the
offender, who shall be liable for fine
not exceeding SIS or Imprisonment for
one day. The amendment seeks to
eliminate the cautioning feature, as it
has seemed that it is impossible to
ever docket anyone as it cannot be
told whether seeing the act of splitting
is the first, second or hundredth that
has fallen to the policemen since the
passage of the ordinance. The first
offense will be made docketable, if the
amendment is adopted.
For Greene Funeral.
The Committee of the Whole re-
ported favorably upon the petition of
Mrs. Edward Karow, who asked that
a committee be named from Council
to participate with a committee from
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution, and one from the Sons of the
Revolution in making the arrange
npOtS for tpTrnent Of
mains of Gen. Nathaniel Greene and
his son beneath the Greene monument.
The Mayor appointed upon this COM
mittee Aldermen Dixon, Jones and
Thomas.
Sidewalks for Streets.
A resolution was introduced by AL
derman Watson, chairman of the
Streets and Lanes Committee setting
forth streets that are to have side
walks laid upon them in accordance
with the amended ordinance adopted
at the last meeting of Council. The
streets on which sidewalks must be
laid by property owners. if the reso-
luton, which was held over for the
next meeting, passes, as as follows:
Harmon street. from Wheaton street
to Anderson street; Henry street, from
Waters avenue to Habersham street;
Duffy street, from Atlantic street to
Waters avenue, and Park avenue, from
Waters avenue to East Broad street.
If property owners want to object to
this Improvement, they will have an OPP
portunity.
For New Enterprise.
A petition from Mr.. Allan Bond
president Of the Southeastern Plaster
Company, was received. The company
wants to lease from the city for a
term of ten years five acres of land
that is a portion of a tract of Sc acres
now belonging to the city, lying di-
rectly south of the old water works
and west of the Exley tract The pc
tition was referred to the Committee
on Water and the Committee on City
Lots.
At the meeting were Mayor Myers,
Aldermen Holland Thomas, Horrigan,
Schroeder, Dixon, Watson, Bacon,
Colding and Canty. Clerk W. P Bal
ley read accounts amounting to $14,-
46545 that were passed for payment
Mr.. d. B. Testers letter, declining
the franchise for a street railway
granted him, was read and, on motion.
was received as information.
petition from Judge Thomas NJ
Norwood, requesting that a survey for
streets and lanes in the tract recently
purchased by the city from him, be
made. The. petition was referred to a
committee.
Not a Collecting Agency.
Mrs. A. Sewell. who conducts a
pressing establishment, pettioned that
an employee of the water department
be made to pay an account of 1925 in
CURED for pressing, his clothes hav-
ing been kept in order at the esltab-
lishment. The Mayor was about to
refer the petition to the Water Com
mittee when Alderman Dixon object
ed on the ground that the report of
such a matter to Council was carry
ing it a little too far. He held that
Council should not be made a collect
ing agency, and that the complaint
should be addressed to the Mayor and
should receive his consideration. He
suggested that the petition be return
ed, with the advice that the matter
be laid before the Mayor, and this view
was concurred in by the ether alder
men.
The ordinance fixing the assessment
roll for the paving on Forty second
street, between Jefferson and Mont
gomery, was read, placed on its sec
ond reading and adopted.
Several resolutions for the purchase
of land for opening streets were of
fered by Alderman Thomas, chairman
of the Committee on City Lots, and
adopted. Among these tracts was one
by A. H. Entelman, needed for OPEN
ing Atlantic street. This Will cost the
city 81 1000. A. P. Solomons will be paid
81 500 for lot in Southville ward. The
estate of James NJ. Schley will be paid
81, 1000 for land for opening Atlantic
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