The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-09
FOR GREATER MACON
CITIZENS WORK.
Plan to Take in VineviIIe and HUI
guenin Heights.

l'ian 10 rake Ia tinevtIle ana Au-
guenin Heights.
Macon, June S.--Annexation of Vine
vile and Huguenin Heights territory
was given its strongest Endorsement In
the Council chamber tonight, and aft
err an adjournment of the Board of AL
dermen. sitting as a committee of the
whole, and delegations from both Sec
tions, the entire subject was up to the
Legislature of Georgia, to which bill
into Macon willingly. quickly and
presented at its coming session.
The chamber was crowded when
Mayor Smiths gavel dropped upon the
block of marble. Briefly and clearly
the Mayor explained the object of the
meeting and vacated the chair for A.
r. Chappell, a resident Of Vineville,
who was elected chairman.
Speaking for Vineville, Hon. Wash
ington Dessau asserted that the citi-
zens of that suburb had, at a meeting
last week, declared for annexation, and
that to a man they wanted to come
accomplishing a Greater Macon will be
squarely.
Col Dessau recounted features OF
former meetings and attempts at an
nexation describing the territory then
outer boundary this time would be
defined by Holt avenue. Three thous-
and people were the number located
in the section plated and the taxable
value, according TO Col. Dessau, of
that property would be about $1,000
900. Sixty-five per cent. of the resi-
dents were white, while the negroes
therein were moral, orderly and in
every sense of the word good citizens
Four policemen would be, according
to Col, Dessau's estimate. sufficient to
cover the territory-two during the day
and two at night.
The taxes to be derived from the
property coming in would be enough,
he said, to construct the sewers and
the building of the sewers would not
be requested within the next two years.
An expert civil engineer had, at the
request Of residents of that section,
made survey of the contemplated
sewers, and had given an estimate of
the cost, which would prove astonisll-
ingly small when the figures were pre-
scented to the Board of Aldermen.
Col. Dessau took up the national
census question and made 1t plain to
his hearers that a home enumeration
did not carry near the weight for the
benefit of the city when weighed by
outside people. He asserted that in
cfedSeu pIpulhllOH as bnOWH ny Inc
census nationally taken would more
than offset any and all cost to Macon.
In his presentation, Col. Dessau stip-
uiated the prescriptions surrounding
the sale Of whisky within the territory
to be annexed.
Col. Andrew Lane supported Col.
Dessau, ard added much to the argu-
ment by Col Dessau.
Judge Ross presented the claims Of
Huguenin Heights, and in clear, logi-
cal manner showed the benefits that
would accrue to Macon should the
plat Of land he described be added TO
Macon.
The argument was closed and the
meeting brought to a conclusion by the
adoption OF a resolution reading:
Resolved. That II IL the sense of
the committee that the section OF
ViaeViile proposed by the committee
Of citizens Of Yineyilie and as much
more Of the district, including Hugue-
min Heights. as the citizens may de-
sire, may be annexed 20 the city OF
Macon on such terms as may be
agreed on by the representatives OF
the Mayor and Council and the people