The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-17
OFFICIAL


Section 1. Be it ordained h.. -.
mayor and Aldermen of the Citv u.
savannah, in Council assembled IN
oer the terms and provisions of an -
OF the Legislature of Georgia. annro,-oS
oct. l, 1887, That the director of nnbIiI
WORKS Tor the city of Savannah ana
we CoiilIillttee on Streets and Lanes
OF SAID city, be and they are herab,,
authorized and directed to build opy
construct on Abercorn street in the citT
OF savannah from the south side ~
| aenry street to the north side ~
| Estlll avenue a roadway of vitrifo5
brick forty-fve (45) feet in width he
tWesn the curbing, said pavement AT
all Sti e5t and lane Intersections ~ -
tend over the full width of said Hba@
corn street, that is TO say. to lines ~
| incident with the respective pror,a-t,,
INES, and they are authorized and AZ
rected to lay the necessary curhino
and to do all the work in the wav o9
grading, the placing of catch basins
drains, crossings and all other thinps
incident to the construction and corr
pletion of said roadway on said nor
tion of Abercorn street." p0
Except as herein amended, said ordi-
nance OF March Is, 1903, relating to the
| Improvement of portion of Abercorn
street, is in all respects, confirmed
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
all ordinances and parties of ordi-
nances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
On its first reading:
| BY Committee on Streets and Lanes
| An ordinance to amend an Ordinance
| entitled, ''An ordinance for the i'm.
| proVement of portions of Park ayenue
from the east side of Jefferson street tc
the east side of Whitaker street, and
| from the east side of Drayton street
! to the west side of East Broad street
| in the city of Savannah, under tbe
| terms and provisions of an act of the
! Legislature of Georgia, approved Oct
| !, 1887, adopted Feb 49, 1903, by insert.
ing the Following words in the first sec.
| ton thereof. to wit: Said pavement al
all street and lane intersections to ex.
tend over the full width of said Park
| dVenue-that is to say, to lines co-inci.
| dent with the respective property lines.
and for other purposes.
Sec. l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
| and Aldermen of the city of Savannah
in Council assembled, That Section
| of the ordinance adopted in Council
| Feb Is, 1903, for the Improvement OF
| portions of Park avenue, in the city OF
| Savannah, referred to in the foregoine
caption, be and the same is hereby
amended by inserting after the word
"curbing," where it first appears in
said ordinance, and before the succeed
ing words, "and,' the following words
| to wit: Said pavement at all street and
| lane intersections to extend over the
full width of said Park avenue-that is
to say. to lines co-incident with this
! respective property lines" so that this
! first section of said ordinance, when
amended, shall read as follows:
Section l. Be it ordained by the
| Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Sa-
vannah, in Council assembled, under
the terms and provisions of an act OF
the Legislature of Georgia. approved
| Oct. l, 1887, that the director Of public
works for the city of Savannah and
! the Committee on Streets and Lanes OF
| said city, be, and they are hereby, au-
thorized and directed to build and con-
| struct on Park avenue in the city OF
| Savannah, from the east side of JEFF
| ferson street to the east side of Whta
| ker street and from the east side OF
| Drayton street to the west side of East
| Broad street, a roadway of vitried
/ brick thirtytwo (32) feet in width, be-
tween the curbing, said pavement at all
street and lane intersections to extend
over the full width of said Park ave-
nue-that is to say, to lines co-incident
] with the respective property lines, and
they are authorized and directed to lay
/ the necessary curbing, and to do all
| the work in the way of grading, plac-
ing of catch basins, drains, crossings
and, all other things incident to the con-
/
| way on said portion of Park avenue"
| Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
said ordinance of Feb. Is, 1903, except
as herein amended, is in all respects
| confirmed.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance be, and
| the same are hereby, repealed.
On it's first reading.
| BY Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance for the improvement OF
Abercorn street from the south side OF
Park avenue to the north side OF Henry
street, under the terms and provisions
of an act of the Legislature of Georgia,
approved Oct l, 1887.
Section !. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Sa-
Vannah, in Council assembled, under
the terms and provisions of an act of
the Legislature of Georgia. approved
| Oct. /, 1887, that the director of pub
lie works for the city of Savannah,
and the Committee on Streets and
Lanes of said city. be and they are
| hereby authorized and directed to
| build and construct on Abercorn street
in the city of Savannah, from south
| side of Park avenue to the north side
| of Henry street. a roadway of Vitrifed
| brick forty-five (45) feet in width be-
| tween the curbing, said pavement at
| all street and lane intersections to eX-
tend over the full width of said Aber
corn street. that is to say, to lines CO.
| incident with the respective properly
| lines, and they are authorized and di-
rected to, lay the necessary curbing and
to do all the work in the way of grad
| ing the placing of catch basins, drains,
crossings and all other things incident
to the construction and completion of
said roadway on said portion of Aber
corn street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
| street railroad company having tracks
running through said portion of Aber
corn street to be improved under this
ordinance, is hereby required to pave
the width of it's tracks and two feet on
each side of every line of the tracks
| of said street railroad company, with
vitrified brick as the said work prog
resses. and in the event this is not done
by said company, the said director Of
| public works and the said committee
shall see to it's being done at the ex-
pense of said street railroad company.
| Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, that
after the total cost of said work, ex-
elusive of that done by or for a street
railroad company, shall have been as
certained, one-third Q-3) of such total
cost shall be paid out of the city treas
| ury 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
| Abercorn street to be improved under