REPORT
EDWARD-C.ANDERSON,
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1873,
TO WHICH W ADDED THE
TREASURER'S REPORT,
BEPOETS OF THE DIFFEBENT DEPAETMENTS.
SAVANNAH:
MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE.
1874.

MAYOR'S REPORT.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, )
SAVANNAH, January 1st, 1874. f
To the Citizens of Savannah:
Pursuant to Ordinance, I submit for your information a
general statement of the condition of the City in regard to its
Finances, Eeceipts and Expenditures for the year ending 31st
December, 1873.
Under an act of the General Assembly, approved August
7th, 1872, the time for holding the election for Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah was changed from the
second Monday in October in each year to the third Tuesday
in January, and biennally thereafter. The present Board
came into office under this change, and were duly qualified
on the 27th of January last.
The report of the City Treasurer, herewith accompanying,
shows the receipts and expenditures for the past year,,to
which your attention is invited.
FLOATING DEBT.
The floating debt of the City, to be provided for at the
time of the installation into office of the present Board of
Aldermen, as shown by the report of the committee of
citizens, appointed at a meeting of freeholders, held in the
Exchange on the 14th of January, ult., to examine into and
report upon the actual financial condition of the City, and to
suggest some practical method of liquidating existing deficits,
amounted to three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in
cluding interest, to which must be added outstanding ac
counts since rendered, amounting to $27,952 28, summing up
in all $377,952 28. The committee, after a careful con
sideration as to the best means of meeting this deficit, unani
mously recommended that bonds, bearing seven per cent.
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interest, and having thirty years to run, should be issued to
the extent of $400,000; and expressed the hope that proper
provision would be made for retiring the Bonded Debt of the
City, and for the creation by Ordinance of a'Sinking Fund,
irrespective of the yearly expenditures and corresponding
taxation, to take effect on an after January, 1874. An
Ordinance in compliance with this suggestion has been passed.
The bonds recommended, after having been authorized by a
vote of the people, were prepared for issue on the 1st of July
last, and $86,500 of the same have been disposed of, and the
proceeds applied, in connection with other funds derived
from taxation, towards the reduction of the floating indebt
edness already mentioned. One hundred and thirty-three
thousand, one hundred and forty-nine dollars and ninety-four
cents ($133,149 94) of this amount has been paid.
The remainder of the new bonds, $313,500,* in consequence
of the unexampled financial stringency of the past six months,
has not yet been placed, it having been found impossible to
realize upon them at rates deemed satisfactory, and they are
consequently set apart and held for the payment of the out
standing obligations for which they were specifically issued,
BONDED DEBT,
Of the Bonded Debt outstanding, amounting at the present
time to $3,700,140, there will mature
In May,1874 $99,500
In May,1875 27,340
In June,1876 99,000
In February,1878 198,000
Making a total to be provided for in the next Ave years of $423,840
To meet this large amount falling due, it becomes the duty
of the City authorities to arrange, as far as may be, in
advance, some method whereby the several sums above set
forth may be taken up at maturity; and I know of no more
practical mode of accomplishing this, than by carrying into
effect the suggestion thrown out in the excellent report of the
committee of freeholders already alluded to, namely: By
utilizing certain portions of the public domain, now practically
*This entire amount has since been placed at favorable rates,
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useless, to-wit: the vacant slips at the foot of Whitaker and
Drayton streets; the waste common along the north side of
Bay street, formerly known''as the "Strand," affording
together fifty desirable building lots for commercial purposes;
the opening of Perry street through the Old Cemetery, and
the junction of the narrow strip then remaining on the south
side, to the Pound enclosure, converting the same into a
block of eleven lots; and the portioning off into city lots of
the southern half of the extended Park, under a just arrange
ment with the owners of property bordering thereupon, from
the northern line of Bolton street to New Houston street,
forty lots; the proceeds arising from the sale of any and all
of the above domain, in connection with ground rents, to be
specially appropriated and set apart as a sinking fund to
meet maturing bonds.
It is believed that the amount that may be realized from
this source would probably reach over two hundred and
thirty odd thousand dollars. The subject is recommended
to the thoughtful consideration of my associates in the Board
of Aldermen, and of the tax-payers of the City. It is very
certain that, in the course of a very few years, as the
surrounding space becomes built up, the residents on the
east and west sides of the space now enclosedas the
extended Parkwill demand the opening of streets through
the same.
PUBLIC DEPAETMENTS.
The several branches of the City Government have been
economically administered, the details of which will be given
in the Consolidated Eeport.
The drainage of the City, under the management of the
Dry Culture Committee, has been carefully attended to, and
the canals and sewers kept in good order and repair.
The Gas Contract with the City, which expired on the 1st
of January, inst., has been renewed for a period of five years
from that date, on terms satisfactory to all parties concerned;
the Company agreeing to light the city from dusk to daylight,
at $44 00 per lamp, instead of $53 00, as heretofore, and to
carry out the same conditions in other respects as to size of
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burners, extension of mains, service, etc., stipulated in the
preceding contract.
In the Street and Lane Department, the expenditures for
the year, including parks and squares, the cost of repairs to
the plank-road east of Lamar's canal, with the bridge thereto,
together with the paving of a portion of River street, opposite
Wight's Central Cotton Press, and the paving of Canal street
on the west, up to the new bridge of the Central Railroad
Company over the Ogeechee canal, gutters, street crossings,
etc., in all 12,514 square yards, amounts to the moderate
sum of $19,761 96. The work of paving, etc., under the
supervision of the Chairman of the Street and Lane Com
mittee and his assistants, has been admirably done, and has
been executed entirely by the street hands, and not, as
heretofore, by contract. It is proposed in the course of the
present year, to pave Drayton street, from the Bay to
Anderson street, so as to afford -to our citizens an easy
thoroughfare to the southern terminus of the city, and to this
end the chairman is now accumulating the requisite stone
ballast.
In the month of September last, Council, under an appli
cation from the Central Eailroad and Banking Company, to
have Canal street extended west, and a bridge in connection
therewith constructed over the Ogeechee caryil, agreed to
grant the right of way through the Water Works tract, and
to maintain and repair the proposed bridge, after completion
at the cost and expense of the city; provided the said bridge
shall be a public thoroughfare, and be of such construction,
material and workmanship as shall be acceptable to the
City, on condition that the cost of erecting such structure, in
the first instance, and the extension of Canal street, west of
the same to the company's wharves, shall be wholly borne
by the Central Eailroad and Banking Company. The terms
have been accepted by the President, and the bridge and
roadway completed and in successful operation.
POLICE DEPAETMENT.
A reduction of one officer and twenty-one privates has
been made in the aggregate strength of the Police Force in
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the course of the past year, thus lessening the heavy cost of
its maintenance, without affecting materially, so far as has
been apparent, the ordinary efficiency of the organization.
In consequence of the protracted illness of Lieutenant Wray,
Chief of Detectives, extending through a period of many
months, with no immediate prospect of his recovery for
efficient duty again, Council, by ordinance passed on the
30th of July, 1873, abolished the Detective Department as a
separate organization, and ordered the service in the future
to be performed by details drawn direct from the regular
force. The result has thus far proved satisfactory, the
officers assigned to this duty having executed the same with
fidelity and efficiency. As at present organized, the Police
Department consists of one Captain or Chief, two Lieutenants,
six Sergeants, and seventy-five privatesin all, eighty-five
aggregate, as against one hundred and seven, shown in the
report of the Chief, rendered January 1st, 1873.
The cost of maintaining the force for the past year amounts
to $88,512 92. In addition to the above, the sum of
$18,873 79, due on arrearage of pay for the months of
November and December, 1872, has been settled in full by
the present Board-.
Whilst the heavy financial indebtedness of the City will
necessitate the most rigid economy in the general adminis
tration of its various departments, and especially in one so
costly as that now under consideration, I do not deem it
expedient to recommend a reduction of the force below its
present strength of seventy-five privates during the business
season. It would be more advantageous, instead, as a matter
of efficiency, to dispense as far as may be with some of the
details heretofore existing, and to employ the entire available
force on patrol service on the streets, postponing any further
diminution, if essential, until the spring or summer. Mean
time, as it becomes necessary, to keep up the present standard
by new appointments, in cases of vacancy, arising from resig
nations or dismissals, I would suggest the passage of an
Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to establish for such
appointees a graded 'system of compensation, say at a rate
of sixty-five dollars per montli for the first year; at the rate
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of seventy dollars per month for the second year, and for the
third year seventy-five dollars per month, or such other
amount as at the time may be paid to the old officers, thus
requiring a probationary term of service before being placed
on the same footing of pay with the more experienced and
trained men of the force.
INFIEMARY FOR SICK AND INDIGENT COLORED
PERSONS.
This charitable institution for the relief of indigent and
sick colored persons of this City and County,was reorganized
in 1870, by a number of prominent citizens of Savannah, and
was opened for patients in February, 1871. From that time
to November, 1872, the Association was aided by appropria
tions from the City Treasury to the extent of $4,200, beside
receiving from Council a donation of two city lots in Crawford
ward, for purposes set forth in a communication presented
by the Faculty of the Medical Collegp.
In order still further to foster this charity, Council, in May
last, under an application from the Trustees of the Georgia
Infirmary, asking for aid, agreed to purchase 8 j-fif acres of
land belonging to the trust, located east of the White Bluff
road on the southern extremity of the city, at a valuation
named by the City Assessors, viz: one tnousand dollars per
acrethe Council binding itself to pay in monthly instal
ments the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars until the
amount of $8,957 94, without interest, is exhausted, and
the deed to the property to be made over at once to the City.
The proposition was accepted by the Trustees, and the title
for said tract has been duly perfected and turned over to the
custody of the City Treasurer.
Number of patients admitted from Feb. 10, 1871 to Jan. 1, 1874...443
" discharged " " " ' " ...282
. " died " " " " " " " " ...138
" " " remaining in hospitalJanuary 1st, 187-t 23
Expense per capita per diem 29 31-33
The large mortality shows that thfe cases applying for
relief are in extremis.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 9
HAEBOE IMPEOVEMENTS.
The operations for the improvement of the Eiver and Harbor
during the past year have been carried on by the United
States Government, under a contract with the City to do
certain dredging at points specified, amounting in the aggre
gate to 78,000 cubic yards.
Under this agreement, the channel opposite the lower end
of Fig Island, the channels abreast of the upper and lower
ends of Elba Island, and one cut of the projected channel at
the Knoll below Fort Pulaski have been dredged out. At
this latter point, the work was suspended in consequence of
the lateness of the season and the boisterous weather pre
vailing, which rendered a further prosecution of the work at
that exposed point dangerous and impracticable. These
specified channels completed the amount of dredging called
for in the first contract entered into with the City. In
addition to the above, the dredge, with the approval of the
United States Engineer officer in charge, was from time
to time employed upon, outside work in deepening the
water in front of some of the private wharves, removing
wrecks and other obstructions to the free navigation
of the river, and re-opening the entrance to the Dry
Dock of Messrs. Usina & Jones, for which service adequate
compensation has been received. On the 23d of October
last, the original contract with the Government being
completed, the dredge, steam-tug and flats were brought
up for repairs. These repairs, which, from the exposed
nature of the service, proved to be extensive, have been
perfected, and the vessels sent down the river on the 8th of
December under a new agreement with the Government.
Since that time they have been engaged in dredging to an
additional depth, over and above that required in the first
contract, the channel through the upper flats near Elba
Island. The first cut of this new Avork has been finished.
The comprehensive report of Major-General Gillmore,
extracts from which have been recently published in the
city gazettes, gives the contemplated project of the Depart
ment for completing the improvements of the river and
harbor, involving an estimated cost of $481,320. The im-
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portance of the work at stake should enlist an earnest effort
on the part of our people to secure the united co-operation
of the Senators and Eepresentatives from Georgia in urging
the necessary appropriation from Congress.
In conclusion, I would remind my fellow-citizens of our
many causes for gratitude to the Great Euler of the Universe
for the blessings we have enjoyed in health and tranquility,
and for the prosperity which has continued in our midst,
notwithstanding the financial troubles of the year that have
disturbed us, with the rest of the country.
Efespectfully submitted,
EDWAED C. ANDEESON,
Mayor.
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Of the total expenditures as set forth in the foregoing detailed statement,
one hundred and thirty-three thousand, one hundred and forty-nine dollars
and ninety-four cents were paid on bills and contracts due previous to Janu
ary 1st, 1873, including interest on floating debt, the items as follows:
Board of Health $1,171 49
City Clocks 75 00
City Court 1,376 80
City Lamps 15,939 65
City Pumps 2,142 01
Docks and Wharves 3 5
Dry Culture 276 63
Fees 200 00
Fire Department 5 359 97
Incidentals 3 ^30 ^
Jail " 2,297 35
Laurel Grove Cemetery 455 jg
Market 9,903 89
Old Cemetery I37 50
Opening Streets and Lanes 5,824 36
Parks and Squares 306 55
Police 18,873 79
Printing and Stationery #39 70
Public Buildings 821 01
Public Schools 4.000 00
Quarantine 87 50
Salaries 2 121 70
Scavenger's Department 1,228 33
Savannah Hiver Improvements 9 285 39
Sinks 1,'205 61
Streets and Lanes ]9 513 47
Waterworks """'".'. '^se 62
Interest paid on Floating Debt 24 611 09
$133,149 94
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RESOURCES OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH.
RAIL ROAD STOCK
12,383 shares Atlantic & Gulf Railroad stock $1,238,300
1,307 " Western Railroad stock 130,700
419 " Augusta & Savannah Railroad stock. 41,900
1 " Southwestern Railroad stock 100
$1,411,000
14,110
CITY LOTS AND OTHER PBOPERTT
693 lots under lease $2,015,000
35 lots not sold 120,000
Springfield Plantation 40,000
Water Works and Site 250,000
Part of Hutchinson's Island 10,000
City Dispensary 8,000
Exchange Building 1
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New Market House and Fixtures 150,000
City Pound, &c 15-000
Fire Department Lots and Buildings 7b,U00
Police Barracks 50,000
Powder Magazine, Keeper's House, &c.- 7,500
Tombs east of Exchange ' 4,000
Streets and Lanes Lot and Stables i'lSIn
Tract Land purchased from J. A. LaRoche 7,000
Dredge Machines, Scows, Steamer O. M. Petit
and Boats ; 55,000
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" Whitaker " ' 500
" " Abercorn " " l-OOO
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Strip Land on Savannah and Ogeechee Canal 73 1
" ' - .C-UTM..:.... 50 7 acres Land on Springfield Plantation.
Lot No. 90 Springfield Plantation 7o
Lot No. 13 Calhoun Ward 2i
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Wharf-slip foot Reynolds street.
7 Mules and 1 Horse used in Streets and Lanes.
20 Carts, 16 Sets Harness.
11 Horses, Equipments, &c., used by Police.
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REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, )
January 1st, 1874. (
HON. EDWARD C. ANDERSON, 3Iayor of Savannah:
SIRIn pursuance to your order, I have the honor to
forward the following Eeport of the transactions of this office
or the fiscal year just closed, from the 1st January, 1873,
to 31st December, 1873, inclusive.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FOR THE EXTENDED FISCAL
YEAR FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 1871, TO DECEMBER 31ST, 1872,
(A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN MONTHS.)
Badges $12,04850
Fees 437 00
Fines 6,298 95
Licenses 37,914 66
Sewer Permits 1,110 00
Registry 2,265 00
Total $60,074 11
TOTAL STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FOR FISCAL YEAR, COMMENCING
JANUARY 1ST, 1873, AND ENDING DECEMBER
31ST, 1873, (TWELVE MONTHS.)
Badges 111,786 00
Fees 334 70
FinesZZ 5,777 08
Licenses 37,778 44
Sewer Permits ^O31 00
Total $56,70722
Under the terms and provisions of an act of the General
Assembly, passed August 7th, 1872, by which the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah are elected biennially,
and which went into effect September 2d, 1872, there was no
registration of votes during the past year.
The Eecords of the City, as well as the Mortuary Eccords,
and the Weekly Eeports of the Board of Health remains as
last reported, and are brought up to date. For a very com
plete report of interments in the different Cemeteries, as well
as a complete Statistical Table of diseases, sex, age, etc., I
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 25
refer to the report of Dr. William Duncan, to whom the mu
nicipal authorities are under many obligations. I also have to
acknowledge the promptitude with which the different Mor
tuary Eeports are handed in, both for record in this office,
and for Weekly Eeports for the Board of Health during the
summer season, by A. F. Torlay, Esq., Keeper of Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Rev. John Patrick Knaresboro, O. S. F. C,
acting for the Cathedral Cemetery, (Roman Catholic) and
John Gleason, Esq., Keeper of Evergreen Cemetery, Bonaventure. To these gentlemen, I am indebted for neatly
tabulated reports of interments promptly in time, according
to the terms of State Laws and City Ordinances.
The Board of Health, under the control of the Maj-or, and
composed of the Chief of Police, Clerk of Council, City
Marshal, Messenger of Council, and Police Force as inspect
ing officers, have proved most efficient during the past season
in improving and preserving the sanitary condition of the
City," in which our citizens cheerfully co-operated. No
disease of an epidemic form has appeared, and climatic
diseases have wonderfully decreased yearly. The following
disinfectants have been issued on requisitions by the
Inspecting Officers, and have been efficiently used:
Carbolic Acid, (3d grade) 236 gallonsissued in 2,398 bottles.
Lime, (best Rockland) 108 barrels.
Copperas 600 pounds.
Number of Sinks and Dry Wells cleansed under direction of
Board of Health 673
I am greatly obliged to the Collector of Customs at this
Port, Col. James Atkins, for important tables of Imports and
Exports of the Port of Savannah, as well as a complete Cotton
Statement from July Isfc, 18G5, to January 1st, 1874. These
tables were compiled, after much labor on the part of the
experienced Statistical Clerk of the Customs, Col. Charles
Lee, who has in this, as in previous years, afforded needed
information, even at the sacrifice of his private time. I
can only return him my renewed acknowledgments for
his courtesy. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES STEWART,
Cleric of Council.
2 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL.
OFFICE CITY MARSHAL, j
SAVANNAH, January 5th, 1874. f
HON. E. C. ANDERSON, Mayor of Savannah .-
SIRI have the honor to submit my Annual Report, ending
December 31st, 1873, and which, notwithstanding the strin
gency of the money market, and the financial calamities
affecting the whole country, will compare favorably with
those preceding it. The taxes of all kinds have been collected
up to the year 1873, with the exception of what is due on
property now advertised to be sold.
GROUND RENTS.
All lots in arrears for Ground Rents were duly re-entered
in December, as the Ordinance directs, and those indebted
for four quarters and upwards will be advertised for sale.
SALE OF CITY LOTS.
The demand for City Lots has been quite limited; but two
have been applied for, and sold, viz: Lots No. 8, Crawford
Ward East, and No. 9, Troup Ward.
TAXES.
The following is a Statement of Taxes collected from ex
ecutions received from the City Treasurer; also for amounts
derived from the Pound, sale of Market Stalls, Stores, <fec.:
Real Estate Executions for Taxes, 1871 $ 37 50
Real Estate Executions for Taxes, 1872 26,041 54
Real Estate Executions for Taxes, 1873 12,838 55
Specific Taxes, 1872 421 00
Specific Taxes, 1873 5,566 75
Furniture Taxes, 1871 13 50
Buggies, Bonds, Stock in Trade and Furniture, 1872 2,258 65
Buggies, Bonds, Stock in Trade and Furniture, 1873 4,750 95
Sink Executions for 1872 and 1873 1,082 00
Income, Commissions, &e, 1872 1,601 49
Rent of Market Stores, from January 1st, 1873 3,704 33
Sale of Market Stalls for one year 6,307 00
Amount carried forward 64,618 26
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 27
Amount brought forward 64>
618 26
Sale of House and Mules belonging to the Street and Lane
Department 953 25
Sale of Mules belonging to the Sink Department 1,290 00
Sale of bill boards 7 00
Sale of old iron and bell 138 52
Repairing pavements, collected under execution, 28 50
Fees collected from the Pound. 106 50
Fees (Executions) 613 00
Total $67,744 03
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE W. STILES,
City Marshal.
28 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE, ^
SAVANNAH, January 1st, 1874.)
HON. E. C. ANDERSON, Mayor of Savannah :
SIRI have the honor herewith to submit my Eeport
of the Police Department for the year ending December
31st, 1873.
The aggregate strength of the Department is eighty-six,
as follows:
Chief 1
Lieutenants 2
Sergeants 6
Clerk 1
Privates 76
Two of whom, Policemen Taylor and Townsend, are paid
by the Banks, leaving seventj-fourprivates paid by the City.
In addition to their regular duties, the Police Force has
performed the duties of the Board of Health, in a very thor
ough and efficient manner; every portion of the City having
been regularly inspected once every week, between the 1st of
June and the 15th of November, and a Consolidated Report
of the same made by me, weekly, to your Honor. These
duties are often of a most delicate and trying nature, and I
regret to say that in some instances the officers have not met
with that encouragement and co-operation from the citizens
they had a right to expect. To their untiring vigilance and
efforts, I believe our City is principally due for its providential
exemption from pestilence this past season.
The Force, on the 19th of April, 1873, completed for the
Board of Education, at the saving of much expense, a very
correct census of the white and colored children, and Con
federate soldiers under thirty years of age, within the cor
porate limits, showing the number to be
White children 3,828
Colored children 3,203
Confederate soldiers under thirty years 365
Total 7,396
. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 29
During the year, 1,978 arrests have been madfe, being 1,280
less than the year previous. Of this number 843 were white,
and 1,135 colored; and were arrested for the following crimes
and misdemeanors:
Offense. Wlnte. Colored. Total.
Drunkenness 481 122 603
Disorderly conduct 146 428 574
Suspicious characters 11 103 114
Violating City Ordinance 31 120 151
Safekeeping 4<t 98 147
Fighting in the street 71 88 15!)
Resisting officers in the discharge of duty 2() 25 45
Disorderly driving in the street 2 10 12
Contempt of Court 4 5 9
Larceny 13 104 116
Illegal votiiig 3 1 4
Murder 4 3 7
Gambling ;j 5 8
Vagrancy 4 2 6
Carrying concealed weapons 1 :! 4
Licentious conduct in the street , 1 17 18
Beastiality - 1 1
Total 843 1,135 1,978
In addition to the above, there have been 235 warrants
issued for violation of City Ordinances.
Number of fires at which the Police assisted during the
year, 40.
Number of animals impounded during the year, 280.
Lodgers during the year: white, 310; colored, 23. Total, 333.
Number of stores, stables and dwellings found open during
the night time, and for which the owners were notified, 140.
Casualties and changes in the Department: Injured in dis
charge of duty, 4; wounded, 1; dismissed, 3 ; resigned, 15;
dropped, 7; appointed, 0.
On the 30th of July, 1873, by Ordinance passed, the De
tective Force was abolished, since which time First Sergeant
Leonard has, in addition to his regular duties, attended to
this important duty with an energy and a degree of success
which merits for him the thanks and praise of your Honor,
and his superior officers,
30' MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT.
I am pleased to commend to 'your favorable notice my
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, and with but
few exceptions, to bear testimony to their zeal, efficiency,
energy and good behavior.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. H. ANDERSON,
Chief of Police.
EAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 31
REPORT OF CITY SURVEYOR.
CITY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE, (
SAVANNAH, January 1st, 1874. j
HON. E. C. ANDERSON, Mayor.
DEAR SIRI respectfully submit my Annual Report of
work done in the several Departments therein enumerated,
for the year ending January 1st, 1874.
STREETS AND LANES.
The working force of this department consisted at the
commencement of the year of twenty-nine men, as follows:
Foremen 2
Pavers 4
Laborers 11
Stable-man 1
Night Watchman 1
Bridge Builder for street crossings 1
Cleansing Cess-pools 2
Teamsters 7
It being deemed necessary, in view of the pecuniary neces
sities of the City, to reduce this force to the smallest number
compatible with the proper working of the streets, a reduc
tion was made, under instructions from the Chairman, of one
foreman, one paver, and two laborers, leaving a force of
twenty-five men all told. This number was increased to
twenty-six men the latter part of the summer, and, in one
or two instances of emergency, an addition of one man was
made for a limited period. Aided by the untiring efforts of
the Chairman, a very large amount of work has been done,
when the smallness of the force is considered.
SEWERS.
The only Sewer built during the year extends from the
new Market building to the stone retaining wall at the foot
of Barnard street, and was designed more especially to pro
vide against the possibility of overflow in the sewers below
the basement of the building duripg extraordinary rainfalls.
It is, at the same time, a necessary link in the Sewerage
32 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
system of the City. It was built by contract with Mr.
Michael Cash, and cost $1,401 50. This amount includes
an extra fifteen inch pipe, which was run beneath the Market
floor. The street portion is of brick, and has a clear diam
eter of two feet six inches. No water-closet connections
are allowed with the sewer, owing to the exposed character
of the outlet.
PAVING.
This important item of street work has been carried on
with great economy, and for the force employed a very large
amount of work has been accomphshed. The amount of
ballast obtained during the year has been 3,19G tons. Of
this amount, 1,020 tons were drayed by contract, in the
month of January, at a cost of $510. The remainder has
been all hauled by the City carts, saving the City $1,088.
Almost the whole of the ballast has been obtained by simply
paying the wharfage of 25 cents per ton.
The following work has been done :
/ The porticp of River street, opposite the Central Cotton
Press (previously planked), has been paved. Distance, 400
feet; number of square yards, 1,333.
Canal street, from the western side of Farm to the Sa
vannah and Ogeechee Canal, and communicating with the
new bridge and roadway leading to the Central Raihoad
wharf. Distance, 800 feet; width, 18 feet; number of square
yards, 1,000.
Eighty-three new street crossings, (a number of which have
been located in the southern portion of the City, where they
were much needed), amounting in the aggregate to 4,427
square yards.
Thirty blocks of gutters, adjoining side-walks, having an
aggregate length of 3,019 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches, and
amounting to 1,174 square yards.
There has been in general repairs to paved streets an area
amounting to 4,407 square yards taken up and repaired;
making a total of 12,941 square yards of paving done during
the year.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 33
STREET CROSSINGS.
The perishable nature of the material used in the bridges
and foot-ways of the street crossings renders frequent repairs
necessary. More than two hundred new bridges have been
put down during the year. The labor of one man is required
without intermission at this work. About 35,000 feet of lum
ber have been used.
PLANK ROADS.
In the contemplated work of the year it was expected that
the plank road on River street, East of Lamar's Canal, would
require removal. It was not, however, deemed necessary at
the end of the summer to do more than replace the decayed
and worn plank of the road and bridge. About 11,000 feet
of lumber were used in the repairs.
The Central Railroad have renewed the plank road on
New street, north of their depot.
GRADING.
During the summer an additional force of ten colored hands
were employed, under Mr. Munnerlyn for twTo weeks, in grad
ing and levelling the streets and lanes, and removing obstruc
tions to the sewer inlets. This was rendered necessary in
consequence of the men usually employed in this work being
required to assist the pavers. The lanes of the City, par
ticularly those in the business portion, have received constant
attention. Much of the labor of the street hands is neces
sarily given to them, in consequence of the large amount of
' refuse matter thrown out, combined with slop water, pro
ducing mud holes and destroying the grades. It is next to
impossible, except at great expense, to pro-vide an adequate
remedy for the evil. Paving, which would be effective, cannot
be done while so many of the principal thoroughfares of the
City remain unpaved.
EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The ordinary expenses of the Department were estimated
for the year at $23,480. In this amount was included time
of hands, time of teamsters, feed of stock, cost of material for
paving, shells and lumber, repairs to carts, tools and harness,
3
34 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
shoeing stock; also, expense pertaining to the parks and
squares, but no item of extraordinary work. The following
is a general summary of expenses for the period named:
Time of hands, streets and lanes $10,931 10
Time of hands, Parks and Squares, including Keeper's salary 2,932 18
Time of teamsters 2,356 4ft
Forage for stock 751 31
Ballast ."".OS 25
Lumber.... 849 58
Repairs to carts, tools, harness, shoeing stock, etc 055 38
Promiscuous items not included in the above 777 67
Total from Febraary 1st, 1873, to January 1st, 1874 $19,761 96.
PARKS AND SQUARES.
The expense connected with this portion of work is shown
under the head of "Expenses, in the Street and Lane Depart
ment." There have been three men employed, in addition
to the Keeper of Forsyth Place, as follows: One on the
Squares; one as Keeper of the Old Cemetery, on South
Broad street, and one assisting the Keeper of the Park.
A number of improvements have been made in the latter
place, among which are the jets to the Fountain, by which a
large saving of water has been accomplished, and a better
effect produced by throwing the water more in the form of
spray, at the same time obviating almost entirely what has,
always been a source of great annoyancethe choking up of
the small openings in the jets by the sediment in the pipes.
The nucleus of an Aviary has been made, and the Keeper of
the}Park has added other attractive features in the shape of
mounds, and arbors for vines, with borderings of stout wire.
DRY CULTURE.
Up to the commencement of the present year, the contract
for removing the accumulation of sand in the Screven Sewer
had notjbeen completed. From William street to the southern'terminus of the Sewer it was completely choked up, and
was not, nor had it been for some time previously, of any
value;to .the!Springfield Plantation. This work has been
completed in a very satisfactory manner by Mr. Munnerlyn,
Dry Culture Inspector, whose long experience in the drainage
and culture of rice lands has rendered his services of great
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 35
value to the City. This Sewer, as has been stated in my
previous reports, is indispensable in affording an outlet to
the water from that portion of the western slope of the City
lying south of Jones street, and which would otherwise spread
over the adjoining low lands. Since the work on the Sewer
has been finished, this water passes off freely. All former
connections with the Sewer, except one from the Central
Roilroad yard between the two brick bridges, has been cut
off and turned into the West Boundary street sewer, leaving
the Screven Sewer to perform only the legitimate object of its
construction, viz: the drainage of the Springfield lands.
The wooden drain built in 1860-'61, while it continues very
effectually to perform the work for which it was intended, is
somewhat out of repair, principally caused by the depreda
tions of persons living in the neighborhood. The sides in
some places have been cut away, and the covering plank
carried off. The material with which it is constructed is
still sound, and will probably last a year or two longer; it is,
however, very desirable that the portion from the Central
Railroad to the river should be rebuilt as soon as possible,
with material of a more durable nature. An open drain, with
brick sides and plank bottom, (the latter being always covered
with water,) would be permanent, and obviate any further
trouble. Any obstruction or deposit could be easily detected
and removed.
Musgrove Creek and Canal have been cleaned and the bars
removed. A portion of the embankment between the Cen
tral Eailroad and the river, needs however to be repaired,
and the creek at some points widened. The ditches on the
low lands of the Plantation have been kept free from weeds,
and the lands in good order.
BILBO CANAL.
This canal, which is now the outlet for three-fourths of
the drainage water of the City, has never been in as good
condition as during the past year. The luxuriant growth of
weeds which covers the embankments as soon as the summer
sets in, were cut down before they attained any considerable
height, and the bars in the canal regularly removed. The
adjoining lands have been entirely exempt from overflow or
36 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
damage, and there is cause for gratulation in the prospect of
entire exemption from trouble of this character in the future.
The expenses of this Department were estimated at $6,280
for the year. The actual amount expended has been $4,209 74,
including the salary of the Inspector, or $2,076 26 less than
the estimate.
I would take this occasion, in behalf of the Inspector of
Dry Culture and my own, to express our acknowledgments
for the interest taken in, and the ready issistance given by
the Chairman of this Department, in all the work pertaining
to it during the past year.
I remain, dear sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN B. HOGG,
City Surveyor.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 37
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF ENGINEER'S OFFICE, )
SAVANNAH, December 31,1873. f
To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah:
GENTLEMENIn obedience to the Ordinance of the City of
Savannah, I have the honor herewith respectfully to submit
a Statement of the Expenditures of the Savannah Fire De
partment, under my supervision, and the condition of the
same. I congratulate the City upon the efficiency of the De
partment, and of the disciphne which exists among firemen,
and desire to express my thanks for the uniform courtesy
and commendable public spirit which has actuated your
honorable body.
With sentiments of high regard,
I am, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
WM. SWOLL,
Chief Engineer Savannah Fire Department.
38 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
SECEETAEY'S EEPOET.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 22, 1873.
WM. SWOLL, ESQ., Chief Engineer Savannah Fire Department:
SIRIn accordance with your orders, I herewith respect
fully submit an Inventory of the Fire Department, taken
this day:
OGLETHORPE S. F. E. CO.
1 Steamer, in good order;
550 feet Hose in good condition;
50 feet Hose in fair condition, (half length jointed);
3 Pipes;
2 Horses and Harness.
WASHINGTON S. F. E. CO.
1 Engine, (steam); ,
700 feet Hose, in good order;
100 feet Hose, unserviceable;
2 Horses and Harness.
METROPOLITAN S. F. E. CO.
1 Engine, in good order except wheels;
3 lengths Suction-pipe;
5 Reducers;
3 Pipes and Nozzles;
400 feet Hose, in good order;
150 feet Hose, under repairs;
150 feet Hose, turned over to Protection Hose Co.;
50 feet Hose, in bad order;
GERMANIA S. F. E. CO.
1 Steamer, in good order;
2 Horses and Harness;
700 feet Hose, in good order;
50 feet Hose, in bad order;
2 lengths Hose, in bad order.
MARSHALL HOSE COMPANY.
1 Carriage, spring needs repairing;
350 feet Hose, in good order;
50 feet Hose, in bad order;
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 39<
SCREVEN HOSE COMPANY.
600 feet Hose, in good order;
1 Pipe and Reducer belonging to Oglethorpe Fire Com
pany.
RUSSELL HOSE COMPANY.
1 Jumper, in bad condition;
1 Carriage, in fair condition;
450 feet Hose;
1 Reducer;
1 Pipe and 100 feet above Hose belonging to Oglethorpe
Fire Company.
CLEBURNE HOSE COMPANY.
750 feet Hose, in good condition.
WASHINGTON HOSE COMPANY.
2 Hose-reels;
2 Pipes;
2 Reducers;
500 feet Hose, in good condition. All belonging to Wash
ington Fire Company, but in charge of Hose Company.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.
1 Wagon Truck, in good order, with four Ladders.
2 horses and Harness.
Very respectfully, &c.,
GEORGE MOURO,
Secretary S, F. D.
40 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31,1873.
WM. SWOLL, ESQ.,
Chief Engineer Savannah Fire Department:
SIRIn accordance with your instructions, I herewith re
spectfully submit Report of Expenses of the Fire Depart
ment, and record of Alarms and Fires, for the year ending
December 31, 1873.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE MOURO,
Secretary and Treasurer Savannah Fire Dept.
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RECA-FITUL^TION.
DUMBER OF FIHES AND ALABMS IS 1873. LOSSES. INStJBANCt.
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 45
JAILER'S REPORT
JAILER'S OFFICE, )
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1874. f
HON. EDWARD C, ANDERSON, Mayor, Savannah, Ga.:
SIRI haye the honor to submit herewith the following
Beport of the Jail for the year ending December 31st, 1873.
Of the total number of prisoners received during the year
there were
From the United States 35
" Other Counties 23
" Recorder's Court 474
" Chatham County 723
Total 1,255
The amount due the City of Savannah is
By the County of Chatham $2,292 80
By other Counties . 1,196 25
The Jail was originally built to accommodate forty-eight
prisoners, while during the past year there has been an aver
age of eighty confined in it. The condition of the prison is
so well known to your Honor and the public, that I consider
it useless for me to refer to its dilapidation.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
WAKING RUSSELL,
Jailer C. C.
46 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF KEEPER LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY,
OFFICE KEEPER LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY, )
SAVANNAH, January 8th, 1874. j
HON. E. C. ANDERSON, Mayor, Savannah:
SIRI have the honor to report that during the past year
Laurel Grove Cemetery has been kept, and is now, in good
order and condition, except the fencing, which needs con
stant repairing and cannot present a very neat appearance.
During the past year there has been received
For sale of Burial Lots $ 60 00
For Burial Fees 955 00
Total $1,015 00
Amount paid for labor, etc $5,715 94
The number of interments during the past year are as fol
lows :
NUMBER OF INTERMENTS IN LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY, AND CEM
ETERY FOR COLORED PERSONS, FROM JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER
31ST, 1873.
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July 93
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. V 47
Number of interments at the expense of the city : WhitesFrom the city 15
" Poor House and Hospital 2843
Colored-From the city 8
" Colored Infirmary 43-51
Total 91
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
A. F. TOELAY,
Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery.
48 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER,
OFFICE OF HEALTH OFFICER, )
SAVANNAH, January 1st, 1874. j
HON. E. C. ANDERSON, Mayor of Savannah:
SIRI have the honor to forward my Eeport for the year
ending December 31st, 1873.
The following Quarantine Notice was published in the
daily papers:
QUARANTINE NOTICE TO PILOTS AND MASTERS OF VESSELS.
OFFICE OF HEALTH OFFICBK, )
SAVANNAH, May 26, 1873. j
From and after the first of June to the first of November next, the fol
lowing Quarantine Regulations will be enforced:
All vessels arriving at this port from, or having touched at Key West,
Fla., New Orleans, the West Indies, Bahama, or Bermuda Islands, South
America, or Mexico; also, all vessels from foreign ports without clean bills
of health, or from ports where contagious or infectious diseases are known
or supposed to exist, or having had sickness on board during their passage,
shall anchor at Quarantine Grounds, until visited and inspected by the
Health Officer.
Pilots are instructed to anchor all vessels arriving with sickness on board,
or having had sickness on board during the passage, at the Lowest Quarantine
Ground, in the inner Tybee Roads, as near as practicable to Fort Pulaski.
No vessel will be visited in the outer roads by the Health Officer.
Fruit vessels with clean bills of health, and having had no sickness on
board during the passage, shall be anchored in the] river, opposite Fort
Jackson.
All other vessels free from sickness shall be anchored at the Upper Quar
antine Ground, as near as practicable to Venus' Point.
No sick seaman or passenger, or dead body of any seaman or passenger,
shall be brought to the City from any vessel in the harbor without the
consent of the Health Officer.
Pilots and masters of vessels will be held rigidly responsible for any vio
lation of the above regulations. J. C. HABERSHAM, M. D.,
Health OfficerlPort of Savannah.
Approved: EDWARD C. ANDERSON, Mayor of Savannah.
During the Quarantine period of this year, (from the 1st of
June to the 1st of November), I have visited and inspected
the following steamers and vessels at the Quarantine Grounds
of this Port:
June 15Schooner Hornet, from Harbor Island,
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 49
July 3Schooner Frank Lucas, from Bonnaca, Honduras.
" 15Glenwood, from Bermuda,
" 30Brig Alexander Williams, from Barbadoes.
August 19Spanish bark Ana Canarina, from Havana.
" 20German bark Pepita, from Eio de Janeiro.
" 27British ship Marlborough, from Bahia, S. A.
September 11British brigantine Sarah Gibson, from Eio
de Janeiro.
September 13Steamship Arbitrator, from Pemambuco,
Brazil.
September 18French brig Inez, from Aspinwall.
" 20Spanish brig Fama, from Havana.
" 21American brig Mary G. Eeed, from Mon
tevideo.
September 23American brig Panola, from Buenos Ayres.
" 27^Spanish bark Nea Buenaventura, from
Havana.
October 6British bark Hindoo, from Montevideo.
" 14American schooner Ella Pressey, from Ber
muda.
October 24British bark Carrier Dove, from Montevideo.
27Spanish bark Marguerita, from Havana.
" 29Spanish steamer Guillermo, from Havana.
CITY POLICE.
I have given medical and surgical attendance to the pri
vates of the PoUce Force.
I have no cases of Yellow Fever to report, none having
arrived on vessels at Quarantine, and none occurring in
the city.
Five cases of small-pox have occurred.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. C. HABEESHAM, M. D.,
Health Officer Port of Savannah.
50 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. -
MORTUARY REPORT.
SAVANNAH, January 3,1874.
HON. EDWARD C. ANDERSON, Mayor City of Savannah:
SIRIn compliance with your request, I herewith submit
to you a statistical Mortuary Eeport of the City of Savannah
for the official year ending December 31st, 1873.
A comparison of this report with the one of the year pre
ceding shows a decrease of twenty-four in the number of
deaths among the white population, and an increase of one
hundred and forty-nine deaths among the colored popula
tion; the causes of death being so generally distributed
throughout the general list as to deprive them" of any special
significance. The record contains no evidence of any epi
demic or pestilential disease whatever, and shows the usual
healthfulness to have prevailed, particularly as relates to
climatic diseases, which exhibits a decrease of about foiu'
per cent., as compared with the year preceding.
In deducing the per centage of deaths to population, I 1";.;
to call attention specially to the large number of seamen that
have visited the Port, together with transient artisans
and laborers employed along the wharves, a proportion
of whom have contributed to the death record, while no
account of them is taken in the general population. The
increase in the number of deaths among the colored pop
ulation may be, in a measure, attributed to the circum
stance that a large number of negroes, come to the City from
the surrounding country in a destitute and impoverished
condition, without friends or the means to sustain themselves
with the necessaries of life, and readily fall victims to any
prevailing disease. Of the total number of this class who
have died during the year/^two hundred are reported without
any physician in attendance, while among the whites only
twenty-six thus appear. It is presumably correct, therefore,
that if this number had availed themselves of medical aid
and attendance, a fair proportion of those deaths would have
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 51
been averted. Accepting the fact that seventeen persons in
a thousand/ (or 1.70 is the death rate of a city or town, in
which no person dies of a preventable disease or cause,) it is
manifest that there is still a necessity for the most untiring
vigilance upon the part of all interested in the preservation
of human life; and while sufficient has already been done by
the authorities to place the City of Savannah upon a favor
able basis of comparison with other cities, North and South,
many preventable causes of death still occur, and a field of
usefulness is still presented.
The accompanying Meteorological Eeport has been pre
pared by Mr. Joseph O. Manson, Observer Signal Service, U.
S. A., from daily observations taken by him, and obligingly
furnished to the City by request.
Very respectfully,
W. DUNCAN, M. D,
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REPORT CITY DISPENSARY.
OFFICE OF THE CITY DISPENSARY, )
SAVANNAH, December 1st, 1873. f
HON. E. C. ANDERSON, Mayor of Savannah .-
SIRIn obedience to your order I submit the following
Eeport:
I took charge of the City Dispensary on the 28tli day of
March last, and this Eeport begins with the 1st day of April,
and terminates on the 1st day of December, 1873. Until the
1st day of October, I had the assistance of Dr, E. T. Eogers,
whose special work was to compound prescriptions. My
duty is the general supervision and direction of everything
connected with the institution, subject, however, to the ad
vice and suggestions of the Committee on the Dispensary.
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS PUT UP AT THE
DISPENSARY FROM APRIL 1ST TO THE 1ST DAY OF DECEMBER,
1872 AND 1873; ALSO, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY EXPENDED FOR
MEDICINES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
1873. 1873.
No. of
Pres'ns
Amt. p'd for
Medicines.
No. of
Pres'ns
Amt. p'd for
Medicices.
1689
1317
14(16
1923
240.5
$ 335 93
214 88
323 96
343 73
4<>0 75
1494
1246
1057
1263
1458
1651
1726
1019
10914
$ 206 60
May 195 52
179 65
July 131 SO
August 183 %
September 2800! 546 28 312 31
2170
1295
383 33
302 00
$2,869 86
323 70
November 302 00
Erom the above statement I find that the prescriptions
were dispensed this year, at a relative cost, the number be
ing taken into consideration, of twenty per cent, less than
for the same months of the past year, and that [the actual
expense is $1,151 32 less.
MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. 57
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS MADE DURING
1873, AT THE DISPENSARY, COLOR AND SEX.
April
May
June
July
August
September,
October ....
Novembe*. i
Total 7197 37513346 2930 4267
993
834
683
812
909
1058
1032
a
^_
398
409
338
460
524
551
566
505
595
415
345
352
385
507
466
381
399
340
272
347
338
429
410
395
03
B
594
484
411
465
571
629
632
491
I have made no report of the diseases of the parties re
sorting to this charity, because the data furnished from the
record were too imperfect; the result from an attempt to
classify them would have proved of little value to the profes
sion and of no use to the public. I have excluded the month
of March from my Eeport, as I began my duties at the Dis
pensary when the month had nearly expired. I have also
left out the month of December, as the record of this month
is not yet completed.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. S. MOEEL, M. D.,
Keeper City Dispensary.
58 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT.
COMMERCE OF SAVANNAH.
IMPOETS POET OF SAVANNAH, 1873.
ARTICLES.
Salt, lbs
Coffee, lbs
Malt Liquors, gals
Coal, tons
Bar Iron, lbs
Railroad Iron, lbs
Chains, lbs
Steel Bars and Plates, lbs
Cotton Ties, bdls
All other manufactures of Iron and
Spirituous Liquors, gals
Guano, tons '.
Molasses, gals
Cochineal, lbs
Fruits of all kinds
All other Articles not specified above
Steel.
Total values 1890,664
QUANTITY.
653,301
187,432
19,150
2,890
318,933
404,200
131,385
131,527
51,846
4,292
3,3"
16,629
26,686
S 46,177
354,689
20,863
10,670
13,284
102,994
7,402
6,887
98,093
18,665
4,638
113,091
3,481
14,556
4,913
69,561
FOEEIGN EXPOETS, POET OF SAVANNAH, 1873.
ARTICLES.
CottonSea Island, 2,945 bales, lbs.,
Upland, 374,752 bales, lbs...
Naval Stores
Lumber, million feet
Staves and Headings
Timber, cubic ft
All other Articles, not specified
Total value.
QUANTITY.
966,551
174,541,385
14,755
"412,383
VALUE.
313,532
!, 900,732
7,523
298,031
75,512
88,959
38,983
$29,850,275
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 59
TONNAGE OF THE POET OF SAVANNAH, 1873.
i

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American Vessels Entered 30,330
34,171
142,130
126,540
333,171
387,000
410,133
636
American Vessels Cleared 760
Foreign Vessels Entered 3,386
3,075
7,857
13,019
13,883
Foreign Vessels Cleared
Total Foreign
Coastwise Arrivals
Coastwise Clearances
Total Coastwise 797,133
333,171
25,902
Foreign 7 857
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NAMES OF
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
IFi O n. 1 8 'Z S-^Z 4 .
MAYOR.
EDWARD C. ANDERSON,
CHAIEMAN OF COUNCIL.
RICHARD D. ARNOLD.
CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL, pro. tern.
HENRY BRIGHAM.
ALDERMEN.
1. JOHN A. DOUGLASS.
2. JOHN McMAHON.
3. EDWAED LOVELL.
4. G. M. SOBREL.
5. HENRY BRIGHAM.
6. S. H. ECKMAN.
7. JOHN CUNNINGHAM.
8. MATHIAS H. MEYER.
9. JNO. L. VILLALONGA.
10. FRANCIS BLAIE.
11. THOS. BALLANTYNE.
12. RICH'D D. ARNOLD.
62 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
CITY OFFICERS-1873.
CLERK OF COUNCILJAMES STEWART.
CITY TREASURERJNO. R. JOHNSON.
ASSISTANT CITY TREASURERJNO. D. DELANNOY.
CITY MARSHALGEORGE "W. STILES.
CITY SURVEYORJOHN B. HOGG.
JUDGE OF CITY COURTWALTER S. CHISHOLM.
CLERK OF CITY COURTPHILIP M. RUSSELL.
CITY SHERIFFR, R. HABERSHAM.
HEALTH OFFICERJos. C. HABERSHAM, M. D.
KEEPER CITY DISPENSARYJ. S. MOREL.
HARBOR MASTERTHOMAS LYON.
JAILORWARING RUSSELL.
CLERK OF THE MARKET-^HENRY L. DAYIS.
PUMP CONTRACTORALFRED KENT.
KEEPER OF LAUREL GROVE CEMETERYA. F.
TORLAY.
KEEPER OF CITY CLOCKSA. THIEME.
KEEPER OF POWDER MAGAZINEEDWARD POWER.
KEEPER OF PEST HOUSEM. T. DUKE.
CITY PRINTERE. L. BEARD.
CITY SCAVENGER, (Contractor)WILLIAM SWOLL.
MESSENGER OF COUNCILLUKE LOGAN.
KEEPER OF FORSYTH PLACETHEODOR MEVES.
PORT WARDENSR. T. TURNER, EDMOND FLAHERTY,
WM. H. MAY, AV. W. WASH, LAURENCE CONNELL. ClericE.
A. WAYNE.
CITY ASSESSORSROBERT D. WALKER, JNO. C. TAYLOB,
C. A. MAGILL.
CHIMNEY CONTRACTORSEastern Division, MICHAEL
NAUGHTON ; Western Division, C. DEUBLER.
POLICEROBERT H. ANDERSON, Chief; J. T. HOWAED,
First Lieutenant; JOHN REILLY, Secoiid Lieutenant; JAMES
FOLEY, S. C. LEE, JOHN GREEN, JAMES LEONARD, WILLIAM M,
MORAN, H. LINGG, Sergeants.