The Brunswick news., 1909-08-14
Brunswick, Ca, Aug. 12. 1s0s.

| may oI5 AlUeflQen LuCW1S, TAYLOR
Baker, Calnan, Cox, Goldsmith, Lee
and McGaGrvey.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read and confirmed.
Petitions and Communications.
From Brunswick chapter. D. A. R.
for permission to place the monument
to Oglethorpe in the northeast Sec
ton of Queens square. Referred to
public works committee with power
to act.
The following communication was
referred to the city attorney:
Brunswick, Ga, Aug. 5, 1909.
To the Hon. the Mayor and Council
OF the City Of Brunswick, Bruins
wick, Ga.
gentlemen: This company desires
to enter its formal protest against
the action of your body and the sew
eral committees appointed therefrom
demanding that this company bring
that position of the st1e cts occupied
by its track and Is inches on each
side thereof, to the established grade
on those streets now occupied and
proposed to be occupied Dy the tracks
OF this company as stated in our
| previous letters to Mr.. J. B. High.
city engineer AMI director of public
WORKS. ~
The demand to fill SC as to bring
that portion of tne city's streets oc-
cupied by the tracks of this company
70 the established grade made by the
city is no part Q? the duty or obHga.
tlen OF this company, and we insist
/ tnat 1t devolves upon the city to bring
such streets to the grade, and the
! obligation on che part OF the COM
pany is to maintain the same and
, pave with such material as NAV be
displaced by the construction of said
railway, or such other materials as
the city may select when any of such
streets may be hereafter paved.
Thls company therefore files it's
protest against your de1.iand and un-
DER such prorest, and protesting
against the same, will subject to this
protest, proceed to make such filing,
keeping accurate account of the cost
thereof for and on your account and
for such cost this company claims
liability of the city TO I for such ex-
penditures.
This company further protests
against the demand that it shall
maintain both sides OF Machen square
in it's present ondition as to grass
Flats and sidewalks and at the ex-
pense Of this company reduce the city
artesian well at the corner of F and
Newcastle stree-s below the surface
thereof as a condition of laying a sin
gle or double track throu gh the cen
ter of said square. This company
desires tQ occuoy said square, but not
under said conditions, claiming that
the city has no right to make such
demand under the terms of said fran
chise, its letter, spirit and intention.
and if city has that right the terms
are unreasonable, unjust and arbi-
trary and in violation Of the common
principles of good conscience and
equity. Very truly yours,
City & Suburban Railway Co.
BY F. D. M. Straehan, President.
From Colson Hardware Co. for
privilege of planting poles and string
ing wires on streets in the installa-
ton of the Crown House Telephone
system. Referred to committee on
public works.
From racidoDts ~ rrox,., &C.,. -
from Cochran to Lee streets in the
vicinity of K street to reopen the
drain recently filled in in said To-
cality. Referred to same committee.
From City Attorney Whitfield. cor
respondence in the matter of L. M.
Levy VS.. mayor and council. Eject
ment suit in Glynn superior court.
asking further instruction regarding
the bill of exceptions flied by him
preparatory to carrying the case to
supreme court. a motion prevailed
that the city attorney be requested
to take the case on up to supreme
court.
From City Attorney Whitfield, re-
questing to be excused from atten-
dance at council meetings for
month, owing to his enforced absence
from the city Tor about that length
of time, beginning abont the 10Th
inst Granted.
A communication from the jack
sonville board of trade, inviting Col.
G. P. Goodyear ~ deliver an address
before the mississippi Atlantic Inland
Waterway ASSOCIATION convention to
be held in Jacksonville November II
and 18, and communication from
Colonel Goodyear 'ffering to attend If
the mayor and council think it i'm
portant enough to qua, antee his ex-
penses, was referred to the finance
committee.
Reports of Special Committees.
Brunswick. Ga, Arg. 12, 1909.
/ Hon. Mayor and Council, Brunswick,
Ga.
Gentlemen: Your special committee
on hospital repairs to whom was re-
farred the communication of July 3
from w. F. Parker, secretary board
of trustees, Brunswick hospital, with