The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-21

REGARD 10 the Dill duVlSeQly, though ne
had consulted with no one. He want
ed to state, he said, that it had not
been an unbroken rule of Council for
| a committee or a chairman either to
| buy goods for the city. Mayor Myers
| wanted to know what he meant.
Il didn't intend to bring it up" said
Alderman Davant, but l will. I will
| site an instance.
The Mayor bought a cargo of coal
from the Dixon Lumber Company for
the city without calling for bids and
called for bids later after the coal had
| been purchased"
Il don't think the Mayor did any
thing of the kind" answered Mayor
Myers.
GarfunkeI Bought Coal.
Il bought that coal myself 1t was
for the waterworks," said Alderman
| Garfunkel.
Il don't think we ever divided bids
in the health department" began
| Chairman Glatigny of the Health Com
| mittee, but Mayor Myers, who was
getting good and mad, did not wait for
| him to finish.
Gentlemen, as many as favor the
approval of the schedule of accounts
as read, which Alderman Davant OBJ
! jects to, please signify by saying
| Aye"
DaVant Was Voted Down.
The vote was taken and no one. not
| even Alderman Davant, voted against
| approving the schedule, though Alder
man Davant did not vote at all.
| Clerk of Council Dreamer began on
other matters. when Mayor Myers,
| looking at Alderman DaVant, said:
81 will state further that If every
alderman was as careful in making
! purchases as I am, the city would save
many d dollar"
The coal episode to which Alder
man Davant referred, took place some
| thing like eight months ago. Alder
man Garfunkel, the chairman of the
| Waterworks Committee, agreed to take
a lot of coal from the Dixon Lumber
| Company at a price he thought was
particularly low.
Coal Purchase Explained.
To be on the safe side, however, he
! insisted that bids should be called
! for by the city and that only the low
! est price offered would be paid. The
bids were asked for and no bid was
as low as the price of the Dixon Lum-
! Der Company. The original price
which had been offered, less than any
given in the bids called for, was
| paid.
The feed proposition is a recent
event, which has been talked of a
! good deal during the last few days.
! After the signing of the bill by AL
! derman Garfunkel, at the Mayors re-
! quest. Alderman Davant wrote Mayor
Myers a letter asking him to con
| firm or deny a rumor." that the Mayor
/ had asked another member of the
| committee to approve bill. when he
was not only in the city, but was in
| the building at the time.
Mayor Received Letters.
The Mayor answered this letter at
! some length and Alderman DaVant
/ then wrote another, which the Mayor
| did not answer. Alderman Davant had
| told some of his friends that he pro-
| posed TO bring the matter up In open
| Council. Though something was ex-
1 pected, il was not thought that the
matter would precipitate the row it
did.
| After the meeting Alderman Davant
was asked IL there was to be any more
10 the bill episode. He said he did not
/ know what he was going TO do about
| it. and did not understand what was
meant by there being any more to 1t.
! Alderman Davant Undecided.
well you are not going to resign
or do anything like that are you?" he
was asked.
Il don't know what am going to
| do he answered.
Then you won't say whether you are
going to resign or not?''
Il refuse to discuss the matter at
! ALL" he answered. Il won't say any
thing"
city Attorneys Opinion.
Col Garrard has given an opinion in
regard 10 aldermen selling TO the city.
He held that a corporation is not de-
barred because one Of It's stockholders
happens to be an alderman. He held.
further. that where there is a partner
ship the partner who is not an alder
man. can bid on supplies and furnish
them 10 the city.
The rule which Alderman Davant
claims has been violated is Rule IL.