The Brunswick news., 1909-08-14

| tSu ny COUNCIL on July 18th:
From public works committee on
communication from City & Subur
Railway company for permission to
remove drinking fountair opposite
National bank, being in the line of
the railway and Cor the removal of
distinctions such dis limbs of trees
and obstacles in the way of strincing
wires, viz: Your committee having
been empowered to act. granted per-
mission for the removal Of the foun-
tain, to a point IN Glo"a ester street
between Newcastle and Grant, near
the large oak tree. We have been
over the route, and have arranged
satisfactorily for The renewal of the
oostiuctions in tac way Of strineine
lne wires. Res "c,iu,,s
C. T. Canan, Chairman.
j. n. Leo,
Chas. TayIcr."
In the other instance, the commit :
tee had only advisory powers. as IN
the matter of permitting a track 10
he lad through he sG&a.. Ii nm F.,
the National bank, ana the interpre-
tatlon to be mac on the railway
franchise wi.n !; spr-acc To street
grades. 1t VAS during the commit tee
col erence win relation TO the mai
tors on With the commitrre ho6
rcNe er to act, hat the Mates m
NlIch the coMmi- tee only la a,.yis-
6r. powers were first brought forward
-; discussion It deveiopc,. during
Sc conferenc .; that thare vas n
radical differ An ; Of op;ni)u bs,w cen
the company representatives, and
ne council com ni.,a as to thu re-
81 ectiye du.;,As q the cit, NM, .ta
company in The ma: of stree
grades, and called meeting of conn
Gil was held on June aglh AZ which
lhe chairman Of the public works
committee reported verbally a. shown
by the minutes, that they had acte4
on the things they were empowered f.
act on and would rntluca their reno,t
10 writing at next meeting. at tho
same time reported that a difference
OF opinion existed between tho rom
fnlttee and the railway company who
mad met to discuss the question of
street grades as to the respective
duties of the maycl and council and
the railway company in the premises
ana under the Gil cumsrances had
requested the called meeting to bring
the matter to the attention of cour-
Gil. Messrs. Aiken Strachan, Fendig
and Dunwody representing she rail-
way company, wore present and in
Vlted to take part III the general dis
cussion that followed; a further con-
ference between the public works
committee and the committee from
the railway company was finally suc-
gested and a molten piCvailed that
council take a recess to be convened
by the mayor at such time requested
py the public works committce.9
Copy from minutes.)
1t was expected by the committee
that during the recess the company,
would furnish the grades from their i
profiles on which the city enginee?
could estimate Ii approximate cost
OF the difference between the actual
and established grades, but it was
never done, and ne council meeting
was never called for by the commit
tee; subsequently, as the committee
could not agree with the views of the
company's representatives on their
construction of tne duties on each
as defined in section of the fran
chise, the committee filed it's report
on July 18th and was adopted by
council; copy cs the report being
as follows:
Hon. Mayor and Council Brunswick,
Ga.
Gentlemen: Your standing commit I
tee on public works begs to submit
the following report on the commun-
ication from the City & Suburban
Railway company to the city engineer. |
read before coun ii on June "a and 4
on which he was directed to consult I,
with this committee and the city at !
torney.
We recommend that the railway /
company be permitted TO lay a sim /
gle or double rracx through the cen
ter of the square north of the Ma I
tional bank AMI known as Machen
square, on condition th3t they main
tain both sides Of the square in its !
present condition as to g ass plats and !
sidewalks, and at their expense to |,
lower below the street surface the 1
city's artesian well at the corner of
F and Newcastle streets.
AS to the street grades mentioned
in said letter, We have instructed the |
city engineer to give the established
grades as asked for by the railway
company, which nc forthwith did, and
is doing as they are called for byl
the railway company.
We are unable to reach an agree
ment with the railway company as to
the respective dries OF the city and
the railway company. In the matter
of bringing strce's to the established
grade, but, ii is the oDinion OF your
committee. after carefully reviewing