The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-26
MONEY FOR DRAINS
WAS PASSED UP
BY COUNCIL
LONG SESSION OF THE BODY
LAST NIGHT BROUGHT OUT
SEVERAL MATTERS OF INTER
EST DECIDED BY CLOSE VOTE.
DETAILS OF MEETING.

City council met in regular session
last night and for the first time in sew
eral weeks the full board Was pres
ent
Under the head of petitions and
communications, the following was
received: From citizens living in the
neighborhood OF Wolf and @ streets,
asking for better lights, new rail
road crossing, etc; referred e CON
mittee on sanitation, light and water,
From B. Pinebad, asking for permit
TO repair building on Old Town lot
No 1S; referred to fire and building
permits. From citizens Of New Town
asking for extension Of sewerage on
X street. referred to committee on
sanitation, light and water.
On the matter OF leasing the foot of
London street for period of ten
years, council voted the lease to the
Southern Pine company ON a bid Of
$l5t92 that being the only offer for
the property
A report of the majority of council
on the Ludwig-Taylor Investigation
was submitted and as against a mi-
nority report was adopted. The mat
ter is referred to in eXtenso. in an
other column this morning
The committee on taxes and reYe-
nue. reported favorably on the petit
tion OF W. A. Finney, manager Of the
Grand opera house, asking for a re
duction of the license tax, from 500
to $50 per annum, Adopted
The report of the city treasurer for
the month of February was submitted
and ordered filed and published.
The resolutions introduced by Aid :
erman Calnan, providing for more
/ curbings and extensions of the side
walk system, were voted down.
An ordinance, introduced by the or
dinance committee changing The width
of new sidewalks on Norwich street
from sikh foot walk and six foot
grass plot, to an eight-foot walk and
four foot grass plot, was placed ON
its first reading
A fight on near beer saloons was
also brought out during the meeting
when two ordinances ON the subject
here introduced and were placed on
their first reading The first came
from Alderman Taylor and provides
that all near beer dealers in the city
be restricted 10 the limits formerly
provided for in the old whisky ordi.
nances. The effect Of this ordinance
wonld be to restrict all near beer sa
looms to the old liquor Districts On
the same line Alderman Leo offered
an ordinance making the restrictions
on the sale of near beer even more
binding than prescribed in the Taylor
! ordinance.
Al this stage Of the proceedings Al
sation by moving that the surplus Cf
the recent bond issue, amounting to
$500, be used for the purpose Of
extending the sewerage system in the
| city. The motion pfecipitated a
strong debate, in which the members
of council all participated. 1t was
! finally lost on tie vote. Other mem
bers of council pointed out the fart
that the fund ought to be extended
in perfecting the drainage system in
the city An aye and nay vote was
called for. Those voting for the sew
erage extensions were: Aldermen
Ludwig, Baker, McGarvey and Gold
smith, Those in favor of drainag"
! were Aldermen Cox, Calnan Taylor
and Leo The mayor decided the ques-
tion by voting for drainage and 50
, the additional amount of $3,5O0 VIII
be expended in the interest of drains
Accounts properly audited were
placed in the course of settlement.