The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-11
LOCK HORNS AGAIN
PARK AND TREE COMMISSION IN
ANOTHER ROW.
MOVED HITCHING POSTS
AND CITY WILL DEMAND THAT
THEY BE RETURNED.

Posts Were Put Down on Liberty
Street, in Front of De Soto. When
seventh Army Corps Was Here
and Were Taken Up by Park and
Tree Commission Men After Alder
man Dixon Introduced Repeating
Ordfnance-POsts NOw Located in
Lafayette Square and Will Be
Claimed by City-AIderman Wat
son Tackled on Amendment to Re-
peaIing Ordinance and 1t Was
Passed.
The city government and the Park
and Tree Commission are about to lock
horns again.
Hitching posts put up on Liberty
street, in front of the De Soto, when
the Seventh Army Corps was in Sa-
vannah, have been taken down by the
Park and Tree Commissions forces and
planted in Lafayette Square Their re-
turn to Liberty street will be demand
ed by the director of public works.
The posts have been kept up by the
Streets and Lanes Committee and were
a great convenience. They were kept
painted and were frequently used. The
same posts are now on the border of
the grass plats in Lafayette Square.
Nothing was said to the city about
the removal of the posts, although they
are claimed by the Streets and Lanes
Committee.
City officers stated yesterday that un-
do xycf
notice had to be given before the posts
could be moved, but this rule was
abolished at the afternoon meeting of
City Council. This was done by an
amendment that Chairman Watson of
the Streets and Lanes Committee tack
ed on to Alderman Dixon's ordinance
abolishing about half of the rules gov
erning the commission. Alderman
Dixon accepted the amendment cheer
fully and the ordinance went through
like a flash.
Alderman DiXon's amendment repeats
the rules referring to Public assem-
blages," "Peddling and begging, In
Jury to squares" Wires and advertiS-
ing signs" Regulation of poles" and
Exclusion" But the taking down of
the hitching posts put the streets and
lanes department on its mettle., and AL
QeIIIldH WATSON pullGu Oul ilS
ment that killed Rules 8 and 16.
Rule 3 recites that mo fences, rail-
ings, tree boxes, seats or obstruction
of any kind shall be placed in, or upon,
or around any public grass plat with
out a written permit from this COM
mission"
Rule 16 says: THE owner or owners
of any wire, tree box, fence railing or
other obstruction upon or in any park,
square, grass plat or cemetery, shall
remove the same within five days from
the time any written notice to this eff
feet is served upon them by this COM
mission"
contends that the repeating of section
upon Chairman Daffin for the return of
the posts for the reason that he failed
to give the five days notice mentioned
in the section. Just what will be done
in the event the chairman of the Park
and Tree Commission refuses to sur
render the posts is not known, but they
may be taken up by a force of men
from the streets and lanes department.
At any event, hitching posts will be
put back on Liberty street at the point
where they were located when the Sew
enth Army Corps was here.
At the meeting of Council nothing
was said about S97 that was ordered
taken from the appropriation of the
commission for work done at Laurel
Grove Cemetery under the direction of
the Committee on Public Health. May
or Myers did not bring the matter up
in caucus and the money has been
charged to the commissions account.