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JMAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH.
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FOR THE TEIIR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,1807 t
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TO WHICH IS ADDED THE
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REPORT
OF
EDWARD C. ANDERSON.
MAYOR OF TUK CITY OF SAVANNAH,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,1867,
TO WHICH IS ADDED THE
TREASURER'S REPORT
Savannah, (fn\.
C. E. O'SULLIVAN, PRINTER, BAV STREET.
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, {_
SAVANNAH, October 1st, 1867. )
To the Citizens of Savannah :
The Mayor's Annual Report for the past fiscal year, together
with the receipts and expenditures in the Treasurer's Depart
ment, is respectfully submitted to you.
At the close of the fiscal year ending September .30th, 1866,
the outstanding amount ot past due coupons not presented for
payment, and which had accrued prior to the year 1866,
was $76,42675
Of this amount there was funded
during the past year $19,491 22
And received for taxes, licenses and
ground rents 43,394 40 62,85 62
Leaving an outstanding balance of $13,541 13
It will be seen from the above that if the plan of receiving
old coupons for taxes, licenses, etc., which was at the time of
so much benefit to the tax payers, haci not been adopted by
Council, there would otherwise have been received in cash, an
amount nearly sufficient to cover the floating debt.
Public notice having been given in the gazettes of the City
and of New York that the old coupons not hitherto redeemed
could be funded in new bonds or received at the Treasury in
payment of taxes, and the whole amount outstanding not
having been presented during the past two years, it is fair to
presume that a large portion of the above balance has been lost
or destroyed during the late war, and will probably never be
presented.
The balance due at the beginning of the present
year for interest on old Bonds accruing in 1866,
and on new Ronds issued up to that time amount
ed to $75,688 60
Interest due on old Ronds for 1 867 1 26,828 80
" " " new Bonds " 19,719 00
$222,236 40
Of this amount there was paid during this year. . . . 140,429 80
Leaving unredeemed $81,806 60
Of which $48,469 40 are due in November and December prox.
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Tn the preceding exhibit is included the sum of 66,080,
accruing as interest upon bonds in the Savannah, Albany &
Gulf Rail Road. I have every reason to believe, from reliable,
data that should the year 1868 be one of prosperous produc
tion in Southern Georgia and Florida, the Company will be
able to pay a dividend to its Stockholders. The Road is now
in the course of rapid extension to Bainbridge, and before the
1st of January next will reach that point. The year 1866 was
one of great trial to the Company; its receipts were small and
derived from only nine months operation during a period of
great depression. Yet notwithstanding these drawbacks, the
Road was fully restored in its every departmentthe Florida
division of the Florida branch purchased, and the whole con
nexion completely re-established.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
In accordance with an amicable arrangement entered into
between Messrs. Wm. B. Hodgson, John Stoddard, et. al.i
complainants, and the Mayor and Aldermen, defendants, a Bill
was filed in the Superior Court at its last January term to
restrain the sale of Stocks owned by the City, except upon
certain conditions hereinafter named. The Bill alleges that
the Mayor and Aldermen had no right under the laws of the
State to engage in any of the Rail Road enterprises in which
they have participated, without the authority of the citizens
in imblic meeting assembled. That such meetings were held
upon the occasion of every subscription for Stock in such
enterprises, and the necessary authority given upon the terms
following. That these conditions were: First, That the
necessary money should be raised by an issue of bonds, and
not from anv other resources of the City; and second, that the
Stock should be held to meet those bonds when due, and should
not be diverted to any other purposes.
The reasons for these conditions seem to have been that the
ordinary resources of the City were insufficient to enable it to
raise such large sums of money by other means, and that this
particular mode was proper to protect the people against
enormous taxes to meet these liabilities.
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The complainants allege that when the Mayor and Aldermen
made a subscription for any Rail Road Stock in pursuance ot
authority given on those conditions, a trust arose for the benefit
of the citizens on the one hand, and of the holders of bonds on
the other, and that the Mayor and Aldermen as the Trustees
had no right to dispose of any part ot the Stock for any other
purpose than for the payment of the corresponding bonds, so
long as such bonds remained unpaid.
Besides the subscription to the Central Rail Road and Bank
ing Company, the city has subscribed at ditferent times to the
following Roads:
In 1S49, South-Western Rail Road, 1,500 shares
at $100 $150,000
In 1850, Augusta & Waynesboro Rail Road, 2,000
sharesat$100 '. ; 200,000
(Stock, dividend of same Road, brought 182 addi
tional shares.)
In 1851, South-Western Rail Road Company, 1,000
shares at $100 .. (Muscogee. Branch) 100,000
In 1853, Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road
Company, 10,000 shares at $100 1,000,000
In 1854, Montgomery & West Point Rail Road,
1,000 shares at $100 100,000
In 1856, Atlantic & Gulf Rail Road, 2,000 shares
at $100 200,000
In each of these instances, the money to make the subscrip
tion was raised by bonds, in compliance with the authority
given by a public meeting, except in the last. In that case
the Mayor and Aldermen did not issue bonds, but procured
the necessary funds by a sale of property, and among other
things of a large amount of South-Western Rail Road Stock.
The date of these various classes of bonds, and the time of
their maturity, may be seen in the tabular statement at the end
of the Mayor's Report.
The bill goes on to show that the Mayor and Aldermen
faithfully performed their trust in the case of the Central Rail
Road Stock, but not in al' the other cases, and that on several
occasions they had disposed of stock subject to the trust
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aforesaid for other purposes, namely: In 1859, 773 shares of
South-Western Rai. Roatl Stock to pay subscription to Atlan
tic & Gulf Rail Road Company.
In 1860, nine hundred and ninety-six (996) shares SouthWestern Rail Road Stock for the same purpose.
In 1862, nineteen hundred (1900) shares of Augusta &
Waynesboro Stock to pay "floating debt."
In 1862, One hundred and sixty (160; shares of same stock
to take up Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road bonds, of
which one hundred shares were of the original subscription.
In 1862, four hundred shares (400) of South-Western Rail
Road Stock were exchanged for an equal amount of bonds for
Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road.
The complainants attach to their bill the statement of the
Resources and Funded Debt of the City as contained in the
last " Mayor's Report," to show how the stocks so claimed to
be a trust fund have gradually dwindled below the bonds they
were intended to pay. They therefore pray for a decree to
require the Mayor and Aldermen to hold all the Stocks remain
ing of the original subscriptions upon the trusts originally at
taching to them, namely : to meet the corresponding bonds,
and wherever new stock, or other property have been ac
quired by a sale of the original trust stocks, that such new
stocks, &c., be held upon the trusts attached to those original
stocks, and also for a perpetual injunction to prevent any
further disposition of the stocks than those specified.
The decree has been granted accordingly, and by its terms
the Mayor and Aldermen hold the stocks for the following pur
poses, viz:
1,000 shares Montgomery & West Point Rail Road Stock
to meet the corresponding bonds.
9,440 shares Atlantic & Gulf Rail Road originally Savan
nah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road Stock to meet the correspond
ing bonds.
331 shares South-Western Rail Road Stock (all thai re
mains) to meet the corresponding bonds.
400 shares original Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road
Stock and 1,769 shares original Atlantic & Gulf Rail Road
Stock to meet the South-Western Rail Road bonds.
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160 shares original Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road
Stock to meet Augusta & Waynesboro bonds.
Under this decree the Mayor and Aldermen are restrained
from disposing of any of the Stocks last above specified tor
any other purpose than that for which they are set apart by
the decree, without the special order of the Judge of the Su
perior Court of this county. Should they attempt to do so
they would not only subject themselves to arraignment for a
contempt, but would likewise become personally responsible,
and the purchaser besides would get no title to the stock.
It will appear from the foregoing statement that the pay
ment of all bonds issued for Rail Road purposes, has been
secured by stocks now in possession of the City, except the
bonds issued for stock to the Savannah & Augusta Rail Road;
to meet which the decree has only set apart:
160 shares of Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road.. $16,000
The city owns 639 shares of Savannah & Augusta
Rail Road Stock, which, of course, are to be held
as security for the payment of said bonds 63,900
79,900
Leaving a balance to be secured of 120,100
$200,000
To meet which, I would recommend that the surplus stock of
the A. & G. R. R. 614 shares, and surplus stock of the Mont
gomery & West Point Rail Road 307 shares, not provided
for in the decree, be appropriated for that purpose and not
otherwise disposed of.
BONDS ISSUED IN PLACE OF THOSE SAID TO BE LOST OR DE
STROYED DURING THE WAR.
Within a few weeks bonds of the City of Savannah have
been issued to the following persons, in lieu of other bonds
said to have been lost or destroyed during the war:
To Mrs. Eliza G. Burroughs, $',200, issued to meet original
bonds for $1,000 and interest.
To Mrs. Yirginia 1. Cohen, adm'x, $9,300, issued to meet
original bonds for $8,000 and interest.
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To Jir. A. H. I.'din, 6 3,5C0, iss-ued to meet original bonds
for $3,000 and interest.
In the last named case ample indemnity was offered the City
against loss by the re-appearance of the original bonds, and
accordingly by authority of Council, the proffered indemnity
was accepted and the bonds issued to Mr. Belin.
In lie other CBKS, the nt w 1; finds were issued by order of the
Courts. It is understood that the decision of the Supreme
Court is tf) the effect that the requiring of security is a matter
within the decision of the Superior Court. The decision in
full has not yet been received.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
During the past year the Public Schools of the city have
been in successful operation under the direction of the perma
nent Board of Education, established by act of the Generaj
Assembly. Seven hundred and five pupils have been admitted
into the schools, with an average attendance of five hundred
and fifty. About two hundred applicants were rejected for
want of room. The condition of these schools in regard to
the system of instruction, discipline, and general character, is
good; and under the efficient management of the Superin
tendent, Mr. B. Mallon, they are constantly improving.
The expenses for the year have been as follows :
Salaries ot Teachers $13,200
Fuel, Repairs, Fixtures, &c 509
Books, Printing and Stationery 560
County Schools. , 359
$14,628
It is the purpose of the Board of Education to increase the
number and accommodation of these schools, from time to
time, as their means will allow, until they are enabled to af
ford instruction to all the children in our midst who may
wish to avail themselves of their advantages. They propose'
also by the employment of skillful and intelligent teachers to
give to the youth of our city and county a sound intellectual
and moral training, which shall fit them for position of useful
ness and honor.
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It is earnestly desired by the Board to enlarge the system of
Education so as to take in three hundred additional scholars
dining the coining year, and to this end they propose the
establishment of a Boys' Grammar School and the opening of
a new Primary School at some convenient point in the eastern
portion of the City. This will necessitate an additional outlay
of money which can only be provided for just now by a
donation from the Peabody fund or from some quarter other than
the ordinarv resources of the schools. The object is alaudable
one, and it is hoped that it may be accomplished. It is very
questionable, however, in the present depleted condition of the
Municipal Treasury, and the prospective interest account to be
provided for in the course of the coming year, whether the
City will be able to appropriate the large sum suggested in
the subjoined estimate of the Superintendant. I most cordially
recommend the appropriation at the proper time of such an
amount as in the judgment of the Board may be warranted
under the circumstances.
The estimated expenses for the ensuing year as furnished by
the Superintendant are as follows :
Salaries of four Male Teachers $6,800
Salaries of thirteen Female Teachers 9,050
Salary of one Music Teacher 400
Salary of one Janitor 300
Furniture for Primary and High Schools .. 1,500
Rent of Building for Primary Schools 600
Fuel, Repairs, &c 500
Printing, Books and Stationery 500
Incidental Expenses 850
$20,500
To meet this expenditure the Board of Edu
cation propose to ask from the County an
appropriation of 7,000
From the City an appropriation of 10,000
State and County Fund 3,500
$20,500
In the estimate of expenses for the past year, the School
Commissioners expected to receive about four thousand dollars
from the State. In this, however, they were disappointed, and
it became necessary in order to continue the Schools to the end
of the scholastic year to impose a small charge for tuition upon
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the children. This was accordingly done during the months
of April, ."May and June, and the sum of $2,330 collected from
the pupils in attendance. There was still a deficiency at the
end of the year of $1,600 to pay the salaries of the teachers,
and application was made to the City Council for relief, which
on Resolution, (July 10th, 1*67,) was advanced as a loan to be
refunded from the first monev which should come into the
hands of the Board of Education.
STREETS AND LANES.
The total expenditure in this department for the past twelve
months amounts to $37,032 02. In this is embraced the paving
of West and East Broad streets, leading to the respective Rail
way Depots, River street in front of the Steamship Wharves,
Bryan street from the Pulaski House to Market Squarethe
building of retaining walls at the foot of East Broad and
Lincoln streets, the purchase of 2,868 tons of ballast, &c. &c.
The amount paid for "Time of Hands" $11,562 85; amount
of Lumber purchased 67,032 feet at a cost of $1,474 92;
number of Bricks purchased 46,155, of which the City Surveyor
accounts for 23,394 for the paving of side-walks. In the paving
of side-walks $705 84 was expended for labor, less a credit of
amount received from sundry persons for repairs done by the
City of $508 29, leaving a balance of $197 55. This does not
embrace bricks or'sand.
The item of $1,950 occurs in the City Surveyor's department
of this year, for the hire of teamsters and keep of mules. This
is an additional expenditure owing to the change of system in
the Scavenger's Department, but included in the "total expen
ditures" first above named.
The City needs a thorough system of drainage, which can
be readily done by the establishment of a proper grade
throughout its streets.
CITY EXCHANGE.
This building has been partly renovated. The Council
Chamber, Mayor's and Clerk's offices, have been thoroughly
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rejiaired, and the furniture put in good order. The upper
rooms need immediate attention.
CITY STORE.
The fund set apart, for the purchase of food for the destitute
at the close of the war having been exhaustedthis establish
ment was closed on the 1st of January, 1867, and its officers,
known as the Relief Committee, were discharged from the
further execution of their functions.
CITY COURT.'
When the jurisdiction of this Court was extended and the
salary of its presiding officer raised by an act of the Legisla
ture, it was predicted that the fees derived from the Court
would amply cover the expenditures incurred in its support.
The Treasurer's Report, however, shows a deficit of $459 35,
to which has to be added the salary of the Judge for the
months of July, August and September, amounting to $000,
making an aggregate excess over receipts of $959 35.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
In the heavy outlay for this branch of the public service is
embraced the1 purchase of two Steam Fire Engines, at a cost of
$10,695 07, besides repairs to hand engines, hose, etc., institu
ted by the new department. A third Steam Fire Engine lias
been ordered. The organization promises to be more costly
than the means of the city will warrant, and will have to be
modified in its future expenditures. It has already more en
gines and apparatus than the city actually needs, and so far
from adding to the number, we might, without detriment,
(according to the report of the Chief Fireman) dispense with
some of those at present in use.
JAIL.
A large portion of the expenditure exhibited in the Treasu
rer's Report as incurred in the support of the Jail, is to be re-
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funded from the county fund. There is now in the hands of
the City Treasurer a certificate of indebtedness from the Jus
tices of the Inferior Court for $12,000, due in support of prison
ers committed from the Civil Courts.
The total indebtedness of the County to Janua
ry 15, 1867, amounted to $10,294 00
And from that date to August 12, 1867 17,057 00
27,351 00
On which there was paid to the City Treasurer,
inclusive of the certificate above mentioned.. 17,000 00
Leaving a balance due of $10,351 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Tn November last an Ordinance was passed creating the
Office of Sanitary Inspector, whose duties, as defined, were in
the main identical with those of the Board of Health, with the
exception that the examination of the yards and premises
throughout the City was required to be made by the Sanitary
Inspector, once in each month, and his report forwarded to
the Chairman of the Committee on Streets and Lanes, instead
of weekly inspections as in the case of the old system, under
which all nuisances and defective streets and lanes were
brought promptly to the notice of Council for remedy. It
very soon became obvious that the new system was utterly
defective in its operations. With the most earnest efforts on
the part of the officer appointed, it was impossible for one.
person to perform properly the duties involved in the require
ments of the Ordinancenor did the monthly inspections
prove frequent enough to insure the cleanly condition of the
City. Early therefore in the month of July it became neces
sary to appoint a Board of Health, and the Sanitary Inspector
was instructed to act in concert with them, and to attend their
meetings as an auxiliary. The good effects of the change have
been fully apparent. Notwithstanding a season of incessant
rain, the health ot the City has never been so good. Lime
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has been freely distributed, with other disinfectants. I
acknowledge with pleasure the service of the officers and
members of the Board, many of whom have performed this
gratuitous duty for their fellow-citizens for many years.
MORTUARY REPORT.
A Compnmtive Statement of Deaths in the City of Savannah,
from October Ixt, 1865, to September Wth, 1866, andfrom
October \tit, 1866, to September 30th, 1867.
1865 to 1866. 1866 to 1867.
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May
June
July
August... .
September
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57
67
40
30
37
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74
84
622
181
109
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71 93 164
49 98 147
39 42 81
42 41 83
33 34 67
33 41 74
33 32 65
51 57 108
61 66 127
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Total ...... 297
The above statistics of health exhibit a most favorable sani
tary condition for Savannah, during the past season, and call
for devout thankfulness to the Giver of all good for the great
blessing of exemption, not only from epidemic, but almost
every class of disease; and, in this connection, I cordially re
commend, on the return of our absent fellow-citizens to their
homes, that the municipal authorities set apart a day of thanks
giving and praise to Almighty God.
MARKET.
Under the excellent management of the Chairman of the
Market Committee and his Assistants, the receipts from the
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Market for the past year, amount to sixteen thousand, nine
hundred and sixty-two dollars, seventy cents, as follows:
For sale of Stalls $7,86975
Receipts for Fees 9,092 95
$16,962 70
The expenditures for salaries, hire of hands, erection of new
stalls, repair of old, including thirteen hundred and one 10-
lOOths dollars for gas, amount to $5,5 73 95.
As stated in the last Annual Report, the building is entirely
inadequate to the wants of the city. It is inconvenient in its
interior arrangements, unsightlv and rapidly crumbling to de
cay, and should be pulled down, and rebuilt, whenever the
means of the city will admit.
POLICE.
The Pay Roll of the Police for the past twelve months
amounts to the large sum of $107,251 02, with an incidental
expenditure for forage, gas, horses, repairs, etc., of $4,149 58
making an aggregate of $1 1 1.400 60. The department is in
good condition. The organization of the Force, in regard to
the number of men employed, remained up to April 1st, the
same as shewn in the Mayor's Report of October, 1866, viz:
One Chief of Police, two Lieutenants, six Sergeants, and one
hundred privates, ten of whom were classed as Supernumera
ries. Also, one Chief Detective, and four Assistants. On the
1st of April, and gradually thereafter, as the summer ad
vanced, the number of privates was reduced to ninety, this
force being regarded as sufficient to preserve order in the city
during the interval of the business season. By the same rule,
as the fall and winter months progress, the force will again
have to be raised to its maximum strength. The number of
posts that have been hitherto established and guarded by the
Police (but which, by no means, embrace the whole city,)
amount to forty-eight, requiring two reliefs ot forty-eight men
each, or ninety-six privates for duty in the streets. Two pri
vates are required to guard the prisoners at the Barracks. One
man stationed at the Exchange, and one, employed as Police
Clerk, milking in all one hundred men needed, effectually to
protect the interests of the community.
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There are certain portions of the city which have never been
guarded, and the inhabitants therein are still without proper
protection. 1st, All that part of the town south of Gaston
street, between Tatnall and East Broad streets including Bowenvillo. 2(1, That portion west of Fahm street and between
Canal and New streets. 3d, All west of West Broad street,
and south of Roberts street, including Montmollinville. 4th,
All east of Reynolds street, between Liberty street and the
Gas House.
In the above named portions of the city are collected a large
number of worthless refugees and vagabonds, principally ne
groes, who live, many of them, without any visible means of
support, and are a terror to their more respectable white and
colored neighbors. These outposts, as it were, could be best
guarded by means of a mounted patrol. Unless, however, some
more economical method is devised to sustain the present Po
lice organization, I should feel reluctant to recommend any
increased expenditure in this department, whilst I fully recog
nize the great good that will result from the employment of
sue 11 a force.
CASUALTIES.Diedone. Killednone. Woundedone:
Policeman Sullivan, shot in the neck by a negro detected in
the act of burglary.
SIUK REPORT.The sick report for the year has averaged
12 in summer and 7 in winter.
Nu.viiEU OF ARRESTS.From the 1st of October, 1866, up
to date, 1,938 arrests have been made by the Police.
The conduct of the officers and men has been excellent.
Their service has been rendered with a manliness and forbear
ance, deserving of all praise. Whilst other cities have been
torn with disorder, our own has been blessed with peace. I
must attribute this result to the moral force which discipline
carries with it. for there are disorganizers in our midst who
would have things otherwise.
POLICE FUND.
By virtue of an Ordinance passed in Council November 29th,
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1865, all fines imposed on members ot the Police for neglect or
dereliction of duty are to be paid over to the Chief, to be by
him used as a fund for defraying the small daily expenses
incurred at the Police Barracks and tor other purposes, tending
to the comfort and benefit of the force. This fund has been
expended in the purchase of pistol belts, equipments, tfcc; in
the improvement and embellishment of the buildings; in de
fraying the funeral expenses of deceased Policemen, and in aid
of their widows and orphans. The prisoners confined at the
Barracks have also been fed, exclusively from this fund. The
amount thus expended should be returned by the City, as soon
as its finances will admit of it.
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
The hope expressed in the Mayor's Report of 1866 that the
obstructions to the navigation of the river put flown during
the war, would be speedily removed under the Wells' contract,
has not been realized. The iron clad gun boat Milledgeville,
one sunken Light Ship, renovated and sold to the Government)
and the hulks of four pilot boats, with some minor obstacles,
have been taken up and disposed of, but the timber cribs ob
structing the main ship channel remain intact, lightened in a
measure by the removal of the brick and stone which ballasted
them, but still firmly embedded where they were originally
sunk. No effort so far as I have been able to learn has been
made by the Contractor to remove these impediments. They
remain a hindrance to the easy access to the city, and a posi
tive obstacle to the permanent improvement of the river, which
at so much cost and labor has been carried on during the past
season. The Commissioners of Pilotage, through the Major,
addressed a remonstrance to the Secretary of the Treasury,
calling his attention to the delay in the prosecution of the
work, but were met with the response that the course of MrWells in the premises was satisfactory to the Department, and
it was hoped would be to the municipal authorities of Savannah.
Mr. Wells' contract requires the removal of "all cribs, piles,
boats, scows, vessels and other property obstructing the
channel of the Savannah River," and is conditioned under a
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bond in the sum of $50,000 for the faithful performance of the
provisions of his agreement. In the further hope of having
these cribs removed, the Northern Agents of the steam lines
running to this port have been appealed to with the view ot
enlisting the action of their Senators and Representatives in
this work, and in the meantime application has been made to
the Engineer Department at Washington, asking that skilled
officers may be sent out at an early flay to blow up with gun
powder the cribs at Four Mile Point, the services of the City
Dredge being proffered tf) remove the debris.
Soon after the installation into office of the present Board
of Aldermen in October last, a resolution was introduced
setting forth the importance of deepening the channel of the
river by dredging, and appointing a committee of five, con
sisting of the Mayor, two Aldermen and two citizens, to ob
tain all necessary information in regard to the most effective
means of accomplishing the object proposed, and to report
such recommendations as were deemed proper for the imme
diate action of Council. The committee thus appointed
promptly advised the purchase of a Dredge Machine, and the
reference of the whole matter to the Commissioners of Pilot
age and the Mayor, the Board adopting the same and pledging
itself to furnish the means to do what was best in the premi
ses, only stipulating to the parties to whom the matter was
intrusted, the exercise of prompt action in the prosecution of
the enterprise. Steps were at once taken to carry out the
views of Council, and after careful personal observation of the
practical working of the various mud machines in the waters
of New York and New Jersey, and consultation with experts
of established repute in such matters, it was decided to select
the Dredge Machine of Messrs. Morris & Curnings as being
the best adapted to the work in contemplation. The first cost
of this machine over others submitted to our inspection seemed
high, but a careful calculation as to the results to be attained
demonstrated a clear saving in expenditure of at least ten thou
sand dollars per annum, in comparison with the next best ex
cavator brought under our notice; the cost of which, with
transportation and other expenses, would have been about one3
1H MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
third less than the oue selected. The Oumings' machine is
capable of excavating one thousand cubic yards of mud in ten
hours, and cost $20,000, one-half of which was payable in
bonds of the city at par. Under the contract with .\lessr-_
Morris & Curnings, the city has the privilege of working
their patent on the Savannah River from Augusta to Tybee
barits approaches and tributaries, North to Broad River and
Port Royal entrance, S. G, South to Ossabaw Sound and
the Ogeechee River, and no other place. The hulls of the
Dredge Boat, Duuiping Flats, etc., were built at the ship-yard
of Mr. Henry F Willink, and most faithfully has he fulfilled
the trust cominitted to him. The whole appliance was com
pleted and turned over to the City in March last.
CASH KXI'EXniTUHES TO i>.VTK, S VVA \ \"A!I ItlVKK IJIi'KO V KMKNT.
Purchase of Dredge Machine $10,000 00
' " Boat 7,500 00
" Iron Work, Chains, etc., etc. . 1,825 25
" Three Scows 9,350 00
Freight and Drayage 500 64
Rope, Painting, Couplings, tfec, tfec... 735 81
Survev of Boilers, Wood Work, tfcc... 284 59
$30,196 29
The above cash expenditures include
5,000 dollars received from Garrison.
Allen & Co., N. Y., for Bonds at par.
EXPKSMTUUES IN BONDS AT PAR.
Purchase of Dredge Machine $10,000 00
" Steamer Pettit 15,000 00
" Scows 2,300 00
Expenditure to Commissioners of Pilotage(working expenses) * 15,000 00 42,300 00
$72,496 29
I have been thus minute in the foregoing details, because itwould seem but just that the burden of an outlay benefitting so
materially the commercial interests of the State and country
at large, should not be borne by the City.
As a result of the enterprise thus far, a channel has been
dredged through the "Wrecks" offour hundred and fifty yards
in length by one hundred and twenty feet in width,with a depth
of water at mean high tide of eighteen feet in the centre, and
Not yet. exhaute<t.
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not less than seventeen feet on the margins, thus readily
admitting to our wharves vessels of tin; heaviest burthen. The
quantity of mnd and sand removed is 34,000 cubic yards. The
figures given in regard to depth and width are rather under
than ovei the mark, and iroin subsequent soundings taken
since the completion of the cut by ('apt. J. S. Kennard, the
officer in charge of the work, it is found that the sweep of the
current through the excavated channel seems rather to have
deepened than decreased it. As a guide to vessels passing to
and from the City it will be necessary to establish prominent
'anges on the shore, both above and below the cut. This
probably will be done by the Ilydrograpliic party of the U. S
Coast Survey, which is shortly expected out, and will operate
in connexion with us. It is important likewise that a buoy
should be placed at a point a few yards beyond the eastern
end of the dredged channel. The natural channel of the river
makes quite a bend here to the Southward, and vessels have
grounded by keeping too near the margin on the South side.
A channel of similar dimensions to the one completed is now
beins made through the mud bank immediately above the
gap in the crib obstructions at Elba Island. The shoal is four
hundred yards across. Three cuts of thirty feet each in width
have already been made, and should no untoward delay occur
the entire channel will be finished in the course of the next
three weeks. The quantity of mud exca\ated at this point
amounis to about 18,000 cubic yards, additional.
The working of the Dredge has realized the most sanguine
expectations of its efficiency, and has insured the conviction
among those best acquainted with its operations, that it will
speedily and surely accomplish all the ends that induced its
procurement. It has demonstrated the value and advantage
of our harbor by enabling us to compete successfully with the
strenuous efforts which other cities on the Atlantic Seaboard
are now making to secure the large exporting and importing
trade which will be established on the Southern Coast at no
distant day ; to fix a point for the convergence of those great
internal lines of commerce which the powerful AVest is
projecting in this direction, and to reap the profits of a great
South American and West Indian trade which ere long jvill
be looking for a lodgment upon our Coast.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD C. ANDERSON, Mayor.
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RESOURCESOFTHE CITY OF SAVANNAH, OCT. 1,1867.
12,:t8.'S shares Atlantic it Cult' K. It. Co $1,238,30(1 00
1,30V shares Mont. & West Point It. It. Co 130,V0O 00
639 shares Augusta & Savannah It. It. Co 63,900 00
331 shares Southwestern It. It. Co 33,100 00
3 Promissory Notes of N. B. Clinch, secured
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1,4V2,843 15
CITY DOMAIN.
626 Lots in 23 Wards, under lease
and valued at* $473,086 32
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$26,833 91.
73 Lots in Springfield Plantation,
under lease! 35,038 00
Lots laid off and valued not leased 68,000 00
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29 Lots South and East of Hospital 12,200 00
61 Lots in Lloyd Ward,South ofJail 90,000 00
Remainder of Springiield Plantat'n 40,000 UO
City Barracks ....." 20,000 00
City Exchange 30,000 00
Water Works 200,000 00
Site purchased for Water Works. 22,000 00
Firemen's Hall 8,000, 00 422,200 00
82,471,168 0V
The above does not include Wharf Lot at the foot of West
Broad street, rented for one year from July 1st, 1S0V, at $810
per annum ; Slip on the Canal, rented for one year from Octo
ber, 1866, at 175 per annum ; a small encroachment on Lot
No. 3, Decker Ward, rented at t>10 per annum; Line of Wharf
Head between Hutchinson's and Fig Islands, ;Wharf
Slip at the foot of Reynolds street, east end of the city, known
as the Ferry Wharf, ;Lot No. 90, Springfield Planta
tion, rented"for two years from February 1st, 1866, at $00 per
annum; Also, five carts and five mules for streets and lanes,
and six horses and one mule for Police.
The following shares, owned by the city, are supposed to be
valueless.
50 shares Ogeechee Plank Road Company 15,000 00
500 shares Monroe it. It. it Banking Company 50,00o 00
The amount of taxable Real Estate for the year 1807, ia
$10,920,842 00.
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COMMERCE OF SAVANNAH.
Statement of Exportsfrom the Port of Savannah, Ga., for the
Fiscal Year Cornmencinij Jidy \st, 1866, and Fndiny
June Wth, 1867, Inclusive.
Weight. Foreign. Coastwise.
COTTON. Bales. lbs. Bales. Bales. Value.
I'pland..243,713 114,664,940 103,317 140,390 $34,469,585
Sealsl'ds. 14,376 4,587,361 7,676 6,700 3,025,588
Total..258,089 119,252,301 110,993 147,096 $37,495,173
Weight. Foreign. Coastwise.
RICK. Casks. lbs. Casks. Casks.
Total.. 6,060 4,242,000 6,060
LfMBEis. Feet. Feet. Feet.
Total 35,156,000 19,660,000 15,496,000
Tons.
MANGANESENew Export.... 87
Bales.
DOMESTICS 12,393
Bales.
Wool 1,221
Bids.
NAVAL STOKES 10,801
SrxDRtB.sHides, Old Iron, Fruit,
Junk, &c., &e......$19,821 $500,000
Total value of Exports for fiscal year
ending June 30th, 1867 $41,225,488
TONNAOECleared and Entered
Foreign 105,401
Coastwise 715,590
363,300
765,005
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91,5 75
129,612
Total Tons 820,991
46 MAYOtt^ ANNUAL RKPoRT.
COMMENCE OF SAVANNAH.
Statement of Ecports from the Port of Savannah, Ga., for
Quarter Commenciny July ].?, 1867, and Ending
September ZQth, 1867, Inclusive.
COTTON. Bales. Weight. Foreign. Coastwise Valuelbs. Bales. Bales.
Upland 28992 14,997,196 5,339 23653 $2,639,540
Sea Island. 1029 2,390,479 725 3o4 127,068
Total 30021 17,387,675 6064 23957 2,766,608
Domestics.. 3267 3267 326,700
Wool 644 644 5V,960
M feet
Lumber 2789;V 552 2237^ 52,063
bushels.
Wheat 91260 91266 171,124
bbls.
Flour 7454 7454 96,902
bids.
Rosin 4112 10 4102 18,511
Turpentine. 938 938 18,760
tierces.
Rice 140 140 8,400
value..
Hides, Old Iron, &o., $500,000 $500,000 500,000
casks.
Clay 694 694 13,880
bbls.
Tar 4 4 23
kegs.
Nails 22 22 197
MXYOU'S ANNUAL REI'ORT. 47
RECAPITULATION.
Cotton $2,V66,608
Domestics 326,V00
Wool 5V,900
Lumber 52,063
Wheat 171,124
Flour 96,902
Rosin 18,511
Turpentine 18,760
Rice 8,400
Hides, Old Iron, &c 500,000
Clay 13,880
Tar' 23
Nails 197
$4,031,128
No. Tons. 1100. Crew.
Tonnage of American Vessels en
tered from Foreign Ports 4 550 51 23
Tonnage of Foreign Vessels enter
ed from Foreign Ports 9 3,459 89 108
Tonnage of American Vessels
cleared to Foreign Ports Il 3,115 01 95
Tonnage of Foreign Vessels
cleared to Foreign Ports 12 6,404 13 170
Ton nacre of Vessels in the Coast
ing Trade entered 152 88,334 94 3,028
Tonnage of Vessels in the Coast
ing Trade Cleared ._1_145 84,077 96 3,055
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CITY oFF-iOEns-isee^'ey.
CLERK OF COUNCIL.James Stewart.
CITY TKEASI/REK.John Williamson.
ASSISTANT CITY TKEASURER.Magnus Loewenthal.
CITY MARSHALThos. S. Wayne.
CITY SURVEYORJno. B. Hogg.
CORPORATION ATTORNEYEdward J. Harden.
JUDGE OF CITY COURTWalter S. Chisholm.
CITY SHERIFFChas. J. White.
CLERK OF CITY' COURTPhillip M. Russell.
HEALTH OFFICERJ. T. McFarland, M. D.
HARISOR MASTERThomas Lyon.
DEPUTY HARBOR MASTERWin. Dixon.
JAILORWaring Russell.
PUMP CONTRACTORAlfred Kent.
KEEPER OF LAUREL GROVE CEMETERYA. F. Torley.
KEEPER OF CITY' CLOCKF. Brown.
KEEPER OF POWDER MACJAZINEH. L. Davis.
KEEPER OF PEST HOUSEJ. J. Stokes.
SANITARY INSPECTORR. C. Guerard.
SANITARY INSPECTOR DRY CULTUREW. F. Willis.
CITY PRINTERWm. T. Thompson.
CITY SCAVENGER CONTRACTORWm. Swoll.
MESSENGER OF COUNCILJno. McDermott.
KEEPER OF FORSYTH PLACEPatrick Scanlan.
PORT WARDENSRobt. D. Walker, Richard T. Turner, Win.
IL Patterson, W. Wash, Wm. R. Symons; Clerk: T. J. Bul
loch.
CITY ASSESSORSRobt. D. Walker, John M. Cooper, John
C. Taylor.
CHIMNEY CONTRACTORSEastern DivisionD. H. Galloway.
Western Division : W. F. Parker.
CITY APOPIIECARYG. M. Heidt.
POLICERobt. H. Anderson, Chief; Wm. Wray, 1st Lieut. !
and Chief of Detective Force; J. T. Howard, 1st Lieut.; C. H.
Bell, 2d Lieut.
SERGEANTSJames Foley, Martin Houlihan, John Green,
James Greiner, James Leonard, Wm. M. Moran.
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