The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-15
TO BUILD A BRIDGE
TERMINAL COMPANY ASKS Coop
GRAFTON OF THE CITY.
THE ISLAND AND THE CITY
TO BE BROUGHT BY THE SEA-
BOARD INTO CLOSER TOUCH.

Petition Filed with the City COun-
Gil Yesterday by the Georgia and
Alabama Terminal Company-Pe-
toner Asks for Rights and Priv
iIeges for Approaches and "A Site
on the south Bank of the River.
Also Wants the City to Aid in Sc
curing the Consent of Congress to
Allow the Bridge to BE Construct
ed-Committee Appointed by the
Mayor to Confer with the Com
pany.
The help of the City Of Savannah in
a project to put a bridge across the
river was invoked yesterday by the
Georgia and Alabama Terminal Com
pany. A petition to the City Council
was filed by Mackall & Anderson, at
torneys for the company, Mr.. ]. Ran
dolph Anderson himself handing in the
paper.
Rights and privileges for approaches
and a site are asked from the city
by the company. and the cooperation
of the city in obtaining the necessary
authority from Congress for the con-
struction of the bridge is sought.
A committee was appointed by the
Mayor to consider the bridge project.
This will probably be a standing COM
mittee until such time as the bridge
may have been constructed. 1t is COM
prised of Mayor Myers, and Aldermen
COlding, Watson, Frank and Thomas.
Several of the members of the board
favor of a bridge across the river, and
it is not improbable that the company
will be met in a very liberal spirit.
1t has been suggested that Bernard,
or West Broad street might be con-
tinued virtually across the river by
the construction of the bridge.
For many months the matter of a
bridge has been under Amusement The
Seaboard Air Line needs such a means
for facilitating it's business. Transfers
of freight have to be made to and from
the city by lighters, whereas, if there
were a bridge the work might be done
by teams, thereby saving considerable
expense. It would not then be neces-
sary to have a receiving force for
freight on the city side of the river,
as the force at the Hutchinson's ISL
and terminals could receive the ship
ments.
Plans have been drawn for the
bridge. and the Seaboard is in readi-
ness to proceed. All it needs is the
granting by the city of rights and
privileges and a location for the south
ern approach, and, by the government,
of the right to bridge a navigable
stream.
The following is the petition that was
submitted:
THE petition of the Georgia and Ala
bama Terminal Company respectfully
shows.
That. within the past two years, the
extensive terminal properties owned by
petitioner on Hutchinson's Island OPP
posite the city have been opened up and
put into operation by the Seaboard Air
Line Railway and have added greatly
TO the terminal facilities of the city
and to its commercial Importance as a
port
THAT the full benefit to be derived
by the business interests of the city
from the existence of such terminals
cannot be attained until some more
speedy and convenient means of ac-
cess to and from the city and said ter
minals can be afforded than now exist.
That your petitioner has in con-
temptation the construction of a bridge
connecting the city with Hutchinson's
Island, and that 1t is as much to the
interest of the city as it is to that of
your petitioner that such bridge shall
be built in the near future.
THAT in an undertaking of SUCH
magnitude il is advisable and neces-
sary that your petitioner should have
the cooperation and assistance of the
city, at least to the extent of the
granting of the necessary rights and
privileges for approaches and site
within the city limits on the south
bank of the river. and that the city
should also cooperate with your petit
toner in obtaining the necessary au-
thority from the Congress of the
United States for the construction of
such bridge.
THAT it is contemplated by your
petitioner that the proposed bridge
shall be of steel and of the most mod
ern type, and of such design and char
acter as to afford no substantial i'm
pediment to the navigation of vessels
at this port.
Wherefore your petitioner prays
that committee be appointed from
your honorable body to confer with
your petitioner upon this matter. and
TO agree upon plan and terms under
which this great public improvement
can be secured for the city"