R. K P O R T ov EDWARD.0 ANDERSON, MAY OR OF T1IK CITY OF- SAVANNAH, hx t\)t mi t\\hu\{\ (Odoiur 'list, \$M, TO WHICH IS ADM'P THE TRKAJSURKR'iS ANN'UAi- REPORT. ***+?* )'<.&& * '-i.wii)*"-"- rnVVEIJ I'RESK ()K CKO. N T . NICHOLS. 1856. . i < '%.. M*t ./I^JL W) K E I 3 ( ) Ti T '' 1. dK EDWARD C. ANDERS s* .MAYOR OK TJIK CITV OF SAVANNAH. tor tbt lunr tnbinci d^ftobrr 'Ust. ISoO. TO WHICH IS AIHFI> THK TREASURERS ANNUAL REPORT. "* \J^. *^^'.' rowKi: TRKSS OF CKO. X. MCIKU.S. l6 4 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. SCAVENGER'S DEPARTMENT. This Department was reorganized on the 29th December, 1853, by ordinance, and the present system of keeping the streets, squares, and lanes in order, let by contract for a period of three years, at a cost to the City of 25,000. The work is accomplished by the employment of 16 carts and drivers, with a few extra hands and mules in reserve, together with j the addition of two carts and mules, the property of the Corporation, furnished by resolution of Council on the 7th of February last. The general cleanliness of the City for the past year has been satisfactory. I am convinced, however, that the same results can be obtained at a much less rate of expenditure than at present, by a return to the old system of cleaning the streets, viz : the ownership by the City ot all apparatus connected with the Scavenger's Department, and the employment of the Deputy Marshal as Superintendent over the same. The present cost as has been shown, averages by contract annually - - - $8,333 33 Add to the above the expense of two carts, mules . and drivers, - " 04 00 ^ Total, - - - - ^ o;!" ^ Old SystemCost of keeping 20 mules per year, allowing 8 quarts of corn and 14 lbs. of hay per day,each mule, - $2480 Hire of 18 negroes, $228 each per annum, 4104 Wear and tear of apparatus per annum, . 100 6684 oo $2353 33 MASSIE FUND. ^'I'his fund, the charitable bequest of the late Peter Massie, ceases to appear in the statement of " Resources" for the past year. It was paid over to the City in 1849, and since llien by judicious investment lias been largely accumulated, It was devised for educalional purposes. In compliance with the applicalion of Messrs. A. Porter, lolm Stoddard, et. al.. School Commissioners for the County of Chatham, Council, $M0 ,1^-J (P- ^ MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. f> by resolution on the 5th of April, 1855, decreed that nine thousand dollars of the above should be expended in the erection of a building to be known as the Massie School House. The work was commenced in December last. To meet the cost of construction there have been sold and paid over to Mr. John Stoddard, Treasurer of Commissioners, twenty-one shares of Central Rail Road Stock, $2,248 50; two thousand shares of Savannah Gas Light Stock, $5,397 88 ; twelve hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty-five cents, accumulated dividends on the above, and one coupon South-Western Rail Road Bond for $35in all $8,973 63. There remained one hundred and eighty-eight shares Savan nah Gas Light Stock, and one Bond of the South-Western Rail Road Company, which balance has been transferred to the School Commissioners by resolution of Council, for edu cational and other purposes connected with the establishment The edifice was completed on the 1st of October last, and the School organized on the 15th of the same month, with about one hundred and fifty pupils in attendance. The number now is two hundred and twenty-five. Forty-five of these pay tuition, the rest are received without charge. The instiluiion is calculated to accommodate two hundred and eighty scholars, one hundred and fifty in each department, and when in full operation will be presided over by six teachers. GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS, SAVANNAH RIVSR. Through the courtesy of Capt. Gilmer, I am enabled to lay before you a statement of the. operations of the past year for the improvement of Savannah River, under the appropriation of $ 161,000, approved March 3d, 1855. The work of dredgin<>- at the wrecks has been so far advanced as to give a chan nel way over these obstructions, about two hundred and fifty feet wide, and eleven feet deep at low water, or seventeen feet at high tide. Recent soundings have been made throughoiil tin; extent of the excavated channel, and it was found that the depth remained about (In- same as when the divdyiiii- 6 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. was completed. I am pleased to inform you that since the date of my last annual report, the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1855, appropriating one hundred and sixty-one thous and dollars has been so far amended as to make the unex pended balance applicable to the removal of the bars, shoals, banks and other impediments caused by the hulks at the wrecks. Since the passage of this amendment, four cuts have been completed through the upper part of Garden Bank, with the view to give the same depth at that locality as had been previously gained over the obstructions below, and the result has been a channel at this point of about one hundred and ten feet in width, with a depth of over seven teen feet at high tide. In the further prosecution of the im provements undertaken by the Government, Captain Gilmer proposes, in order to give permanence to the channel way which has been opened through the wrecks, to turn a part of the water from the Back to the Front River, by means of a deflecting work placed just above King's Island, and to give greater width to the channel along the Southern edge of Gar den Bank and at other points of the River, by dredging as originally proposed. In accordance with the same plan the dredging machines will be worked at the wrecks until the channel is increased to the width of three hundred feet. If necessary the deflecting work at the lower end of Fig Island will be built also, to turn a portion of the tide from the Back to the Front River. RANGE LIGHTBAY STREET. On the 19th August, 1855, a communication was addressed to the Light House Board at Washington, asking the estab lishment of a Beacon at the head of Bay street, as a range light for vessels coming up the river after night-fall. In compliance with the above, an appropriation of two thous and dollars was made at the last session of Congress for the erection of this structure. The work will be put up in the course of the coming winter. It is proposed to erect a cast iron shaft about thirty feet in height, ornamental in design, wil.li a Frcsnel light on the summit; the whole to be enclosed MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. 7 with a suitable iron railing. An area of land twenty feet square has been ceded to the United States by Act of the General Assembly, for its site. This grant has also been confirmed by Ordinance of Council. THE KNOLL. Two and a half miles above Tybee Light in ascending the Savannah river from the sea, is an impediment of sand, mud and shells, stretching away across the entrance from Cockspur Island and known among seafaring men as the "Knoll. " At low water it is a serious hindrance to vessels of heavy draft bound in, affording as it does, only the insecure anchorage of an open roadstead. To remove this obstacle to the commerce of the port, application was made in January last through our delegation in the Legislature for State aid to the extent of $25,000, to dredge a channel way through this troublesome shoal. A bill introduced to that effect was lost by six votes in the House of Representatives. Deeming the work of vital consequence to the commerce of the State al large, and especially to the interests of this city, the following communications were submitted on the 6th of March last, to the members of the Board of Aldermen : Gentlemen:Your attention is invited lo the following considerations relative to the proposed improvement of the Savannah river, at the Knoll, opposite Cockspur Island. As the subject is one of much importance to the commerce of Georgia, as well as to the success of work now in progress under the appropriation from the Federal Treasury for the re moval of obstructions at the wrecks, I deem it advisable to bring the matter to your notice, particularly at this time. The subject was discussed and the improvement strongly recommended in the report of the Commissioners, invited by the Chamber of Commerce of this City, to prepare a plan for the improvement of Savannah river. The Knoll is the only serious obstruction which cannot be removed with the funds of the Government appropriation, when the Act shall have been amended, as now proposed to the War Department, so c 8 MAYOR R ANNUAL REPORT. as to be applicable to I he taking up of all impediments con sequent upon the sinking of the wrecks, and as the General Assembly of the State has tailed to grant the sum of $25,000 solicited for this object, it becomes a question of serious im port to the interests of Savannah, whether the necessary funds for removing it should not be advanced from the City Treasury. By virtue of an ordinance passed on the 2d of June, 1853, authorising the issue of bonds to the amount of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, to be advanced to pay for the improving of the navigation of the river and harbor of Savannah, provision is made that the proceeds of, or the moneys arising from the sale of said bonds, shall be xpended in such sums, and at the times, and in such manner as the Mayor shall deem most expedient for the purpose of carrying on the proposed improvement. By dredging over the Knoll there would at once be obtained a channel deep enough to admit vessels drawing 21 to 22 feet, from the mouth of the river to Venus Point anchorage, or within six and a half miles of the city, thus coming within the scope of the Government appropriation for the removal of impediments, &c. The depth over the Knoll, therefore, should be increased at an early riay. In fact there is every reason to believe that this part of the general plan of improvement would have been re commended by the Commissioners as the FIRST operation to be undertaken, had it not been so important to the commerce of the port to have an increase of depth over the wrecks at the earliest possible period. Much difficulty has been expe rienced by the pilots recently in bringing the larger vessels that enter this port over the Knoll. Within the past few days, the ship Kertch, with a draft of IS feet 3 inches, has been detained on her outward voyage by grounding on this troublesome obstruction. .By eating a channel way a trifle over one third of a mile in length, by three hundred feet in width, with an additional depth of three feet, increased facilities will be afforded to all branches of the Savannah trade, as there would be consequently less restriction as to the tonnage and draft that could engage in it. Large quanti- MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. 9 ties oi sawed lumber and heavy ranging timber are shipped annually from this porl, and as most of the ranging timber exported is taken from rafts in the river, it could be shipped from the anchorage at Venus' Point with nearly the same economy and convenience as abreast of the city, with the additional advantage of leaving the river in front of the wharves clear for vessels of lighter draft. I learn from Capt. J. F. Gilmer, U. S. Engineers, that he has received authority from the Department at Washington, to contract for a dredging machine of greater power and work ing capacity than the one now employed daily on the wrecks. He has already taken measures to have the larger machine built, and there is every reason to believe il will be in complete working order by the 1st of June next. At that time or soon thereafter arrangements might be made to employ this dredge, the expenses to be defrayed from the City Treasury, in accor dance with the provisions of the ordinance already alluded to. The summer months afford favorable opportunity for perform ing the work, on account of the calm weather which usually prevails at that season, and also from the fact that operations would be less liable to interruption by the frequent passage of vessels in and out of harbor. Feeling assured that the dredging of the Knoll cannot fail to advance the commercial interests of Savannah, by the admission of a larger class of vessels into her port, and that the prosecution of this work will have a favorable bearing upon the efforts now making to deepen the channel over the shoals above, by the increased volume of flood tide which will be free to ascend the river and scour off its bottom when returning to the ocean. I de sire earnestly to solicit for the subject, that careful attention and consideration which its importance demands. Accom panying this paper is a tracing of the locality of the proposed improvement, together with a communication from Captain J. F. Gilmer, containing estimates of cost, &c. All which is respectfully submitted. EDWARD C. ANDERSON, Mayor. SAVANNAH, March 5th, 1856. 2 10 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REXORT. SAVANNAH, January 3d, 1856. Hon. li. C. Anderson, Mayor of Savannah: SIR:Herewith I have the pleasure to transmit a sketch ol the Mouth of Savannah River, showing the depth V>f water over the Knoll, and the extent of that obstruction. The soundings placed in the map show the depth of water al mean low tide, and the rise of tide is nearly eight feet (7 feet 11 inches.) By examination of the soundings, it will be perceived that the average depth of water over the Knoll at low tide is about 11 feet. It should be made three feet deeper, so as to furnish a more uniform channel, and the width of this point should not be less than 300 feet. To cut such a channel through the Knoll will require the excavation of about 66,000 cubic yards of broken oyster shells, mud, and sand. The cost of dredging, in a position so much exposed, ought not to be estimated at less than 372 cents per cubic yard. To do the work, therefore, would re quire $24,975, or in round numbers $25,000. If this obstruction be once removed, a moderate expendi ture will serve afterwards to preserve the desired depth ol channel. With the expenditure of the above sum, the Knoll can be so far removed as to make the Savannah River a suitable outlet for the products of Georgia. Vessels draw ing 21 feet can then be brought up the channel to an anchorage and harbor, commodious in extent and perfectly secure from storm and danger. I am Sir, with high regard, Your obedient servant, J. F. GILMER, Captain of Engineers. The Committee to whom the foregoing commnications were referred, reported in favor of the project and recom mended the adoption of the following resolutions: "Resolved, Thatthc City of Savannah will undertake the cost of removing the obstruction in the River known as the Knoll. "Resolved, That the Mayor address a communication to the Secretary of War, requesting that the officer in charge of River improvements may be instructed to cut away the MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 11 Knoll as early as he can, and that the city will pay the ex pense of working the dredging machine,and all the necessary boats and flats." In compliance with the foregoing resolutions, application was made to the proper authority, and the work of dredging through the Knoll begun on the 16th of August, under the supervision of Captain J. F. Gilmer, and Lieut. G. W. Custis Lee, the officers in charge of the Government operations. The dredging for the City was continued for about six weeks, when, in consequence of the boisterous weather prevailing in the month of September at that exposed point, it was suspen ded for the season, and the dredges removed to Garden Bank, in the regular prosecution of the improvement undertaken by the General Government. The result has fully realized the expectation of the Engineer. Six thousand seven hundred and fifty-five cubic yards of sand, mud, and shell, have been removed, and a channel way forty feet wide, fourteen feet deep at low tide (or full 21 feet at mean high water,) and about one-third of a mile in length has been excavated. To render this channel serviceable to vessels entering and leaving port, this winter, I would recommend to the Commissioners of Pilotage, to place a few spar buoys along one edge of the cut with a view to mark with the nicest accuracy its position and direction. It can be done at a trifling outlay. The expenses of the work at the Knoll, viz : hire ofCaptains, engineers, seamen, and laborers, the cost of fuel, repairs, and all other current expenses incidental to the undertaking, have been paid out of the city treasury. Cash Statement of City funds in the hands of Mr. R. Dun ning, disbursing agent: November 1st, 1855, - - - $667 02 Received by him from City Treasurer since ----- 3000 00$3,667 02 Expenditures for the year 2,407 98 $1,259 04 12 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. I cannot too earnestly recommend the early resumption of this important work in the ensuing summer, or as soon thereafter as arrangements can be made with the War De partment, for the use of machinery, boats, and flats, under the management of the officer in charge of the Government operations, as was effected during the past season. A ship channel over the Knoll is ofvital importance to the commercial / interests to Savannah, and taken in connection with the works now going on in the river above, under the appropria tion of the United States, should be urged forward Avith all practicable dispatch. It cannot be prosecuted during the fall, winter or early spring months on account of the great expo sure to heavy seas and storms, but must be done in the sum mer time, and should be continued until a channel way into our waters, of sufficient depth and width to admit the heaviest class of merchant vessels now built, is obtained. You will thus widen the range of competition for charter by bringing within its scope a class of ships which, from their great draft, have been hitherto excluded from our port, and instead of being confined in contract to vessels drawing a limited f number of feet, there will be opened up to your enterprise the tonnage of the country to select from. In a national point of view it is equally important, as affording to our first class frigates and steamers, an Atlantic port of access South of Cape Hatteras, where in the event of war or stress, they will find safe anchorage under the guns of a fortress already completed, to protect ihem from affront by a superior force in the offing. There is every reason to believe that upon a proper repre sentation of these advantages at Washington, the outlay to be made by Savannah, in affording such great facilities to i the Navy of our country, will be reimbursed to us from the Tedercil Treasury, and if not thence, the claim should be laid before the legislature of our own State. I doubt nol it will be favorably acted upon. MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. 13 COMMERCE OF SAVANNAH. Statement of Exportu from the Port of Savannah from the 1st September, 1854, to Zlst Aniftmt, 1855, inclusive. COTTON. Bales. Upland ",73,908 Sea-Island 14,467 Weight, lbs. 168,258,600 4,701,77.-) Foreign. Bales. 178,194 6,993 Coastwise. Value. Bales. 195,714 $16,825,860 7,474 940,355 Total... ...388,375 RICK Casks. Total. .. ... 8,220 DUMBER...... Feet. 172,960,375 185,187 Weight. Foreign, lbs. Casks. 5,344,950 5,149 Foreign. Feet. 19,004,308 WHEAT.New Exports, coastwise principally, 423,375 bushels; ex ported since 1st January, to 1st November, 1855,. ... COPPER ORE.31,632 boxes, new exports, coastwise principally ; exported since 1st Jan. tolstNov. weight 7,060 tons SUNDRIES.Flour, Wool, Manufactures, Hides. Peltries, Tallow, Beeswax, Drugs, &c., valued at 203,188 $17,760,215 Coastwise. Casks. 3,071 213,798 Coastwise. Feet. 6,495.692 255,000 719,737 474,4 80 700,000 Total value of Exports for 1854-5 $20,129,'23O TONNAGE.Cleared and Entered in 1855. Foreign 151,136 Coastwise 359,339 Total 510,475 Statement of Exportsfrom the Port of Savannah from, the l*t September, 1855, to 31 st of August, 1856, inclusive. COTTON. Bales. Upland 377,608 Sea-Island... 15,484 Total 393,092 RICE. Casks. Total 29,907 LUMBER. Feet. 34,887,500 Weight, lbs. 169,923,600 5,032,300 174,955,900 Weight. lbs. , 19,500,000 Foreign. Bales. 177,182 8,138 185,320 Foreign. Casks. 7,880 Feet. Coastwise. Bales. 200,426 7,346 Value. $17,850,000 1,250,000 207,772 $19,100,000 Coastwise. Casks. 22,027 Feet. 21,500,000 13,387,500 WHEAT325,000 bushels, principally coastwise COPPER ORE.23,500 boxes, 5,160 tons SUNDRIES.Flour, Tobacco, Wool, Hides, Pelts, Drugs, Manufac tures, &c., valued at 780,000 350,000 445,000 352,500 1.000,000 Tot"! value of Exports for 1855-6 22,027,500 TONNAGE.Cleared and Entered in 1856. Foreign 157,088 Coastwise 291,692 Total 448,780 14 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. REMARKS. COTTON.The exports of Cotton from this port for the season just closed, exceed those of 1855 by 4,717 bales. RICE.The exports of Rice for 1856, exceed those of 1855 by 21,687 casks, and in value $566,202. WHEAT.The table above will show that both the quan tity and value of this article of export are materially / less than in 1855. This may be accounted for, in part at least, from the fact that the depreciation in price may not have warranted the transportation to market from a distance. COPPER ORE.The receipts and exports of this article are also materially less than last season. Whether the mines are less productive, or it has found new outlets to market, are points yet undetermined. SUNDRIES.The items which are comprehended under this head have increased over any previous season, and are not over estimated at $1,000,000. The total value of our exports show an increase of this over the last season of about 10 per cent, which is exceed ingly gratifying, and with increased facilities for the trans- I portation of produce, together with the greater accumulation of banking capital, we may reasonably hope for the continued advancement of our commerce over all competition. Very Respectfully, EDWARD C. ANDERSON. Mayor. MAYORS ANNUAL|REPORT. 15 STATEMENT (tj the Resources ofthe City of Savannah, f)clober 31,1856, STOCKS AT PAR VALUE. 2,322 sluires Central Rail Road & Banking Co $232,21)0 no 10,000 shares Savannah & Gulf Railroad60 per cent, paid in .... 600,000 00 2,517 shares Augusta & Waynesboro' Railroad Co 251,700 00 2,500 shares South-Westurn Railroad Co 250,000 00 1,058 shares Montgomery & West Point Railroad 105,800 00 50 sTiares Ogeechec Plank Road Stock 5,000 00 13 shares Bank of the State of Georgia 1.3( 10 00 2 bonds of John J. Kelly, for payment of Lot letter E, Heathcote Ward, payable in 2 and 3 years, each for $1,300^ bear ing interest 2,Duo on $1,448,600 00 CITY DOMAIN. 614 lots in 22 Wards, underlease, valued at $489,902 2ii 36 lots in Springfield Plantation 19,234 8it $509,137 00 Lots laid oil'and valued, not under lease 70,200 On APPROXIMATE VALUE OF LAND NOT LAID OEK NOR VALUED. 28 lots south of Hospital 18,000 01 > 20 lots east of " 20,000 On 9 acres of land of the old Cantonment., reserved for City lots 2'i,(IOo 00 Remainder of the Springtieli! Plaiita.tio:i 80,000' 00 Site purchased for Water Works 22,000 on 739,337 on Water Works valued at 200,000 00 Total value of Stock and Domain, as above |>2,387,y37 00 This statement does not include the public buildings, five lots in possession of the Academy and Union Society, under lease, which expires on 6th of June, 1862 ; Wharf lot at the foot of West Broad street, 46-i feet, vacant; slip on the canal, one-half of Fig Island, and a small encroachment by lot No. 3, Decker Ward; also, 27 horses and other property purchased for the Police. Also, two carts and two mules, purchased for the Scavenger's Department this year. GROUND RENTS PAYABLE TO THE CITY OP SAVANNAH. Lots in the Wards of the City $28,002 09 Springfield Plantation M*? 10 $29,349 79 TAXABLE VALUE Of Fee Simple Lots and Improvements for 1856, on City and Fee Simple Lots, as sessed for 1856 $8,999,015 00 If) MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. COMPAKISON OE THE TAX DIGESTS. . I sst sstiieuts or Value of Landx and imjiroeemcnts. ' 1836Taxable Value $2,357,250 1853 " " 5,483,159 1854 " " 8,133,270 1855 " " 8,746,621 1856 ' " 8,999,015 FUNDED DEBT. Statement of the Funded Debt of the City of Savannah, ' including all the Bonds issued and outstanding, 31*/ October, 1856. Amount of Bonds issued. For what. Interest. Total $199,000 00 Central R. R. & Banking Co $13,930 00 150,000 00 South Western R. Road 10,500 00 200,00'.i .i Augusta & Waynesboro'Railroad. . 14,000 00 27,840 00 Springfield Plantation 1,948 00 100,000 (HI Muscogee Bianeh Railroad 7,000 00 5,000 00 Ogeechee Plank Road 350 00 22,000 00 Purchase land Water Works 1,540 00 5,000 00 Savannah Gas Light Co 350 00 100,000 00 Montgomery & West Point Railroad 7,000 00 200,000 00 Construction Water Works 14,000 00 63,000 00 Improvements Savannah Road. ... 4,410 00 600,000 00 Savannah & Gulf Railroad 42,000 00 Sm.'^S 80 ' 1,957 50 Corporation Notes probably destroyed. 1,327 00 City Scrip, outstanding. 1,675,124 50 $117,028 80 BONOS TO BE ISSUED. 400,000 00 Savannah & Gulf Railroad $28,000 00 25,000 00 Improvement Savannah River 1,750 On 200,000 00 Main Trunk 14,000 00 2,300,124 50 $160,778 80 Amount of Mayor's Notes now running in the Banks of Savannah $13,000 00 Amount of Bonds, 1839, now outstanding and unredeenied $198,000 0o Savannah, Nov. 20, 1856. -D W. rr32 W CO to oo HM o a 55 O y GV pk oo x w C3- o as. a. x cr 5C> O CO ; . 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P^ ^fip^i T3 TS 13 13 '3 '3 '3 '3 P,P.fLlPC5' C3 CD O o 13 c 5 c -c 0) o T3 5 55 iO cc y\ 00 aj o ^ .~ o rt ^2 o O O ea O C8 S ^3 cS l-H 03 c C^ bo aj C x; c '^ o c aj ^ J= CQ uf ^ s iO 'a 00 a> . s o X o ^ T3 o 2 l 73 s ^-. c ^1 > o 3 "3 T3 o o 5 3 so S z, j_ o a, _ J3 a oo *' C3 "c "a f^ > c s ; K* *^ -> P o CS t-* .^4 x: co o 00 0) 0) > o x <: S; z < > on MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 23 INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FOR 1856. Paid John Dillon, storage of Lime, Post Office, box rent and postal stamps, Lloyd & Owens, Attorneys for Professional services, Ward & Owens, do, do. do. George A. Gordon, Professional services, Jos. W. Robaits, signing, &c., bonds and coupons, D. L. Cohen, balance of repairs to Exchange, Sundry small bills, Coal for the Exchange, Michael Feely, in part for Painting Hydranls, George M. Conn, frame for Mayor's Office, Kenneily & Beach, spittons for Council Chamber, Treasurer, for making Tax Digest Wm P. Bowen, Surveyor, services of laborers, Marshall House, dinners for the City Court Jury, Lovell & Lattimore, repairs to safe, J. T. Jones, " " Thomas Smith, boat and hands to Tybee John F. O'Byrne, Lumber, Capt. Gilmer, dredging foot of West Broad Street, David R. Dillon, building foot West Broad street and one year's rent of same, 639 86 Martin Duggan, repairs to stoop injured by Fire Engine, 6 00 J. B. Hogg, making copy Map of Savannah River and Brunswick, R. D. Waker, bill of sundries. J. E. Falligant, moving, &c., fence on lot No. 10, Washington Ward, P. Snider, hauling dead horse. Phoenix Office, for insuring Barracks, Expenses of delegates to Thomasville Convention, City Marshal, work on Major Starke's land, S.N. Papot, boat hire for Starke's place, Geo. M. Willett, negro hire during epidemic, Lovell & Lattimore, for sundries, Dr. J. B. Read and others, services at Norfolk, du ring epidemic, 3,000 00 $72 00 10 20 310 00 200 00 450 00 533 00 485 73 18 47 109 25 50 00 0 25 11 38 250 00 144 37 16 00 3 00 6 00 25 00 5 83 45 00 52 19 13 97 5 00 90 63 155 00 261 20 8 511 97 50 ^?;*f 24 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Keepers of tally sheets and list of voters at electionn, Messenger of Council and other's bills of sundries, Coal for Exchange, City Marshal, boat hire to Hutchinson's Island, J. Broughton, dinner for Superintendents of election, Clerk of Council, for sundries, Griffin & Gordon, professional services, J. G, Falligant's bill for Mayor's office, City Surveyor, establishing lines at Pest House, City Surveyor, for services of laborers, W. H Bulloch, for copy of records, Certified Copy of City Amended Charter, C. C. Casey, building dry-well at canal, Ann E. Morrell, hauling dead horse, Clerk of City Assessors, for services. 100 00 13 87 35 00 12 60 15 50 U 70 239 29 12 00 28 50 10 33 17 37 10 04 5 00 5 00 3.019 12 CKt*l