The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-12


street.
Vollers. VIM, southeast corner West
Broad and Taylor streets.
Vasile, A, Duffy and West Broad
streets.
Winter. Adolph. 144 Barnard street.
Wilkins, Harry, 452 Jefferson street.
Wade, John T., southwest corner
Oglethorpe avenue and Houston streets.
Zavis, Nick, 3O1 West Boundary
street
Application of Sligo Myers for per-
mission to transfer their wholesale
liquor license at Central Railroad yard
to Big Spring Distilling Company at
same place of business. Referred 10
Committee of the Whole.
Petition of sundry property owners
asking Council to extend pavement on
Habersham street from Henry to
Thirty-eighth street, and also pave
Thirty-sixth street from Bull to Hab-
ersham streets. Referred to Commit
tee on Streets and Lanes.
Petition G. S. Masters. asking Coun-
Gil for compensation for articles de-
stroyed by order of health authorities.
Referred to Committee on Public
Health and Finance.
Petition of Geo. Owens for permits
sion to add 20x2O feet to building on
lot 446 Drayton street, to be of CORFU
gated iron and tin roof. Referred to
Committee on Fire.
Petition of Jas. Grogan for permis-
sion to build two-story addition to rear
of building, 16x30, two sides brick, 9TH
er side wooden frame and corrugated
iron, building, No. 122 Whitaker street.
Referred to Committee on Fire.
Petition of Mrs. E. o. Kennedy, ask
ing Council for compensation for ar
ticles destroyed by order of health au-
thorities. Referred to Committee on
Public Health and Finance.
Petition of sundry property owners
asking Council to pave Farm street
from New to Bryan street. Referred
to Committee on Streets and Lanes.
ORDINANCES.
On its first reading.
BY Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance for the improvement
of river street from the west prop
erty line of Farm street to the west
property line of Water street under
the terms and provisions of an act
of the Legislature of Georgia approved
Oct. 1, 1887.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah, in Council assembled, I'M
der the terms and provisions of an
act of the Legislature of Georgia, APP
proved Oct. l, 1887, that the director
of public works for the city of Sa-
vannah, and the Committee on Streets
and Lanes of said city, be and they
are hereby authorized and directed to
build and construct on River street,
in the city of Savannah, from the west
property line of Farm street to the
west property line of Water street, d
roadway of stone blocks forty-six (46)
feet and six 90 inches in width be-
tween the Curbing, said pavement at
all street and lane intersections to ex-
tend over the full width of said River
street; that is to say, to lines coinci-
dent with the respective property
lines, and they are authorized and di-
rected to lay the necessary curbing
| and to do all the work in the way of
grading, the placing of catch basins,
| drains, crossings and all other things
| incident to the construction and COM
| pletion of said roadway on said por-
ton of River street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that
any railroad company having tracks
| running through said portion of River
street to be improved under this ordi-
| nance, is hereby required to pave the
width of its tracks and two feet on
each side of every line of the tracks
of said railroad company, with stone
| blocks as the said work progresses,
and in the event this is not done by
said company, the director of public
works, and the said committee, shall
see to its being done at the expense
of said railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained. that
| after the total cost of said work, ex-
elusive of that done by or for any
railroad company, shall have been as
certained, one-third (1-3) of such to-
tai cost shall be paid out of the city
treasury, and the other two-thirds (2-3)
by the persons owning at the date of
the adoption of this ordinance the real
estate abutting on the said portion
of River street to be improved under
this ordinance according to frontage,
and the pro rata amount of the cost
of such work is hereby assessed
against the said abutting real estate
and its owners as aforesaid, according
| to frontage.
The frontage of intersecting streets
| and lanes is assessed as real estate
abutting on said portion of River
street to be improved, and the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savan-
nah shall be, for all the intents and
| purposes of this ordinance, the owner
of the real estate so abutting and shall
| pay from the city treasury it's Just
| pro rata as such owner of the cost of
said work, according to frontage in
addition to its one-third C1-3) of the
entire cost as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained. that
| after the improvement hereinbefore
| provided for has been completed. the
| said director and the said committee
| shall prepare and submit to the Coun-
| Gil of the city of Savannah a state
ment showing the cost of the improve
ment herein provided for, and also an
assessment roll, showing as to two
| thirds (2-3) of the cost to be amor
toned, how it is apportioned among
the several abutting parcels, including
the street and lane intersections. and
giving the sums chargeable to each
parcel, with the name of the owner.
Upon the consideration and adoption
of said statement and assessment roll
by the Council of the city
of Savannah it shall then be-
come the duty of the city treas
urer to send to the abutting propertv
owners their proper bill for the same
as 1t may be ascertained by the CITY
Council, and If such bill so sent be NOT
paid within thirty 800 days after the
presentation or sending of the same
II snail then become the duty of the
city treasurer to issue execution for
the amount together with costs against
the persons and property aforesaid,
| which execution shall be made and
leVleo out OF the property described
| thereln, as are executions for civ
taxes. The said statement and assess,
ment roll shall also show the amonn+
payable by any railroad company. and
should such company fail and refuse
to pay a bill for the same thirty (3O1
days after the presentation or sendine
| of the same. il shall he tbA 5,,t,r