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ANNUAL REPORT
HERMAN MYERS,
Mayor of the City of Savannah
FOR THE
/ear Ending December 31, 1896.
TO WHICH IS ADDED THE
TREASURER'S REPORT ; REPORTS OF THE DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS; COMMERCIAL STATISTICS,
. .' AND ORDINANCES PASSED IN 1896.
SAVANNAH, GA. :
THE MOBNING NEWS PRINT.
1897.
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MAYOR AND ALDERMEN FOR 1896,
flAYOR,
HERMAN MYERS.
CHAIRMAN OP COUNCIL,
THOMAS SCBEVEN.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL,
GEORGE W. TIEDEMAN.
H. H. BACON,
*J. J. CAROLAN,
L. A. FALLIGANT,
WM. GARRARD,
E. C. GLEASON,
G. A. HUDSON,
ALDERMEN,
HENRY KOLSHORN,
C. A. LAMOTTE,
THOMAS SCREVEN,
GEO. W. TIEDEMAN,
W. J. WATSON,
D. B. LE8TER,
ADOLPH M. LEFFLER.
*J. J. Carolan resigned Aug. 3,1886; Adolpb M. Leffler'elected Sept. 26,1886.
CITY OFFICERS, 1896.
MAYORHERMAN MYERS.
CLERK OF COUNCILA. N. MANUCY.
CITY TREASURERC. S. HARDEE.
CITY MARSHALJOHN POWER.
CHIEF OF POLICEFRANK McDERMOTT.
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICEOWEN F. REILLY.
RECORDER POLICE COURTH. E. WILSON.
CITY ENGINEERW. J. WINN.
HEALTH OFFICERDR. W. F. BRUNNER
QUARANTINE OFFICERW. J. LTNLEY.
CITY PHYSICIANS-DR. L. E. WELCH, DR. B. F. 8HEFTALL,
DR. C. C. LAWRENCE, DR. S. P. LLOYD, (c.)
HARBOR MASTERJ. J. GRAHAM.
CLERK OF THE MARKETD. 8. GARDNER.
CITY ATTORNEYSAMUEL B. ADAMS.
KEEPER LAUREL GROVE CEMETERYA. B. LAROCHE.
KEEPER PEST HOUSEWM. REAGAN.
PORT WARDENSLEWIS WIGGINS, W. B. ADAMS.
/ FIRE CHIEFJOHN E. MAGUIRE.
ASSISTANT FrRE CHIEFGEO. MOURO.
SUPERINTENDENT SCAVENGER DEPARTMENTH. E. DREESON.
SUPERINTENDENT WATER WORKSH. M. LOFTON.
CHIHNEY CONTRACTORSDANIEL SULLIVAN, Eastern Division ; THEO. BASCH, Western Division.
INSPECTORS OF NAVAL STORESJ. F. McEARCHERN, A. A.
McEARCHERN, NAT HARRI8ON, J. E. REGISTER,
J. F. BLISS, LEWIS BLISS, R B. JEWITT,
R. P. REGISTER, JAMES T. WELLS,
M. G. REGISTER.
MESSENGER OF COUNCILJOHN HARRI8ON.
COMMISSIONS.
Tax Assessor* and ReceiversJohn Schwaiz, Chairman; J. H. H.
Osborne, Clerk; W. W. Chlsholm.
PoliceEdward Karow, Chairman; Abram Vetsburg, Joseph W.
Jackson.
lireWm. L. Grayson, Chairman ; B. 8. Mell; *Hugh Logan,
Geo. W. Parish.
WaterJ. M. Bixoo, Chairman; Jonas Mendel, John H. Fox.
Park and FreeDr. Geo. H- Stone, Chairman ; W. W. Gordon,
Jr., Secretary; Geo. J. Baldwin, P. D. Baffin, Charles 8. Bills.
Commissioner of Public WorksHarry Willink.
Hugh Logan resigned March 11,189S. Geo. V. Parish appointed Hay 2,1*96.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL, 1896,
AccountsAldermen Tiedemen, Screven, Lamotte. . Assessments Aldermen Hudson, Bacon, Carolan, Watson,
Tiedetnan.
City LotsAldermen Kolshorn, Screven, Carolan.
DrainageAldermen Bacon, Failigant, Gleason.
financeAldermen Garrard, Tiedeman, Bacon, Wateon, Hudson.
FireAldermen Carolan, Bacon, Lester.
Harbor and WharvesAldermen, Lester, Carolan, Lamotte.
Health and CemeteryAldermen Failigant, Kolshorn, Lamotte.
MarketAldermen Lamotte, Watson, Gleason.
PoliceAldermen Screven, Garrard, Kolshorn.
Streets and Lanes Aldermen Gleason, Tiedeman, Failigant,
Kolshorn, Hudsou.
Water Aldermen Wateon, Lester, Tiedeman.
Special Committee on Opening StreetsAldermen Hudson, Glea-
<si son, Lamotte, Bacon, Failigant.
\ Special Committee on JRailwaysAldermen Kolshorn, Garrard,
/; Screven, Carolan, Lester.
i Sanitary BoardMayor Herman Myers, Chairman; Health Officer W. F. Brunner, Secretary ; Aldermen Garrard, Failigant; citizens, J. F. B. Beckwith, Dr. A. B. Simmonsand J. M. Barnard, Jr.
House Drainage Commissioners-Mayor Herman Myers, Chairman; Alderman Wm. Garrard, Vice-Chairman; Aldermen E. C.
Gleason, L. A. Failigant; Citizens, Jno. Screveu, Lawrence Lippman and J. 8. Colltns; A. N. Manucy, Secretary.
Revised Sept. 26, by substituting the name of Alderman Leffler In place of Alderman Carolan, resigned.
MftYOR'S ftNNUftL REPORT.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, )
CITY OF SAVANNAH, Jan. 13, 1897. J
To the Honorable Oily Council of the City of Savannah:
It is a time honored custom that the Mayor, as the
executive head of the city government, should submit at the close of each year a resume of its work,
accompanied by the reports of the several departments and commissions, which are herewith submitted.
As my term of office is about to expire, I feel justified in adding thereto such suggestions and recommendations as may seem to me pertinent, basing
them on my years of experience in city affairs.
Although the past year has been one of great stringency in financial matters, it is a pleasure to me to
inform you that the payment of taxes has been
prompt, and the receipts show a marked increase
over those of the preceding year, proving that the
great mass of our citizens do not shirk their responsibility as supporters of the city government.
Appreciating the depressed condition of business,
and realizing the imperative duty of those interested
with the city's affairs to obtain the fullest values
for the moneys expended, every effort has been made
to prevent any extravagance. In every department
special care has been taken to have the results accomplished, a full equivalent for the money paid
out. The fact has not been lost sight of, that the
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revenues of the city are derived from the citizen's
generally, and should be administered with the sole
intent of promoting their good. The financial condition of the city as a result of this policy was never
better, and its credit never stood higher than now.
Every obligation has been met promptly, and not
one cent of indebtedness has been incurred for that
purpose; on the contrary, the close of the year found
a cash balance of $37,490.04 in the city treasury,
while amounts outstanding, due for taxes, aggregate
3,810.00, and for street paving $8,555.15. This latter amount does not include $20.900 balance due
for paving Liberty, Jefferson and Bull streets.
I herewith present a comparative statement of receipts and expenditures for the years 1894,1895 and
1896:
1894.
Cash on hand Jan. 1..........................$ 19,267 08
Receipts........................................... 772,684 75
$791,951 83
Expenditures, $781,318 63.
1895.
Cash on hand Jan. 1..... ....................$ 10,633 20
Receipts.......................................... 745,568 86
$756,202 06
Expenditures, $717,664 00.
1896.
Cash on hand Jan. 1 (including $6.000
i'i due Sinking Fund Commission),...$ 38,538 06
i-j Receipts ......................................... 766,316 29
$804,854 35
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Expenditure, $767,364 31 (including $6.COO due
Sinking Fund Commission for 1895).
1897.
Cash on hand Jun. 1..........................$ 37,490 04
From the Treasurer's report you will perceive that
the cash outlay exceeded the amount appropriated
in the budget about $24,000. It is proper for me to
explain that this increase was not caused by the expenses of the various departments overrunning the
amount appropriated; these were really less than
the amount appropriated for them, but it is due to
the following causes:
First, the amount expended to repair the damage
done the city by the disastrous storm of Sept. 29,
1896, was $7,146.80; house numbering (a greatly
needed improvement, and for which there was no
appropriation) f 1,333.82. The expenses of the City
Court also exceeded the budget $2,000, which expense is entirely beyond the city's control, and appears to be increasing every year. I had hoped that
the legislature would have relieved the city of this
burden which should be borne by the county. Also
$6,000 was due the sinking fund for 1895, and paid
in 1896. In street paving there was an excess in expenditures of $24,842 over the $10,000 appropriated
for the city's share of such work. This is due to
the fact that the paving on South Broad street and
Louisville road was incomplete at the close of the
year, and no assessment of property or collections
could be made. There is also due the city by property owners on Abercorn street and Bay street extended, $8,555.15.
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It has not been the policy of this administration
to stop public improvements. This has been abundantly demonstrated by those made during the past
two years, as well as by the fact that the budget for
1897 contains appropriations for such work aggregating $105,000. At the same time it has steadily
borne in mind the advisability of relieving property
owners and business men of some of the burdens of
taxes that are imposed upon them so heavily. By
prudent economy and close supervision of every detail of municipal business, this has been rendered
possible. The tax rate for the present year has been
reduced from $1.50 to $1.45, and, in my judgment,
based on what has already been accomplished, a
small reduction can be made annually for several
I years to come, without intefering with the efficient
conduct of the departments, or checking necessary
: improvements. All that is required is to consider
the city government as a business institution, and
i conduct it as such.
j In this connection, as Mayor of the city, I cannot
but express my regrets that efforts are being made
to repeal the acts creating the various commissions.
,, I stated in my report of 1895 that these special laws
lj had been carefully considered, and would be jproduetive of much good. This prediction has been
! fully sustained. Any citizen who will impartially
study the reports of these commissions, cannot fail to
j be convinced of the benefits which have accrued to
; Savannah through their conscientious labors. With
!' so much accomplished by them in their first year, it
is natural to suppose that having had twelve month's
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experience, the result for the coming year will be
even more gratifying.
Local Legislation.
The only local legislation at the recent session of
the General Assembly of this State was the passage
of an act, recommended by the Mayor and Aldermen, extending the powers of the Park and Tree
Commission, giving it full control of all labor in
that department, and, in addition, putting under its
supervision all work in the city cemeteries.
The bill recommended by Council, amending the
act creating the Board of Police Commissioners, was
not passed. I was informed by one of the representatives from this county that this amendment was
not approved by the Chatham delegation. In my
opinion, the Mayor and Aldermen and Commissioners are the proper bodies to make such recommendations. They have the city's entire business in charge,
carefully watching the practical workings of all new
measures, they are surely more competent to judge
of the merits of a new bill affecting the administration of an important municipal department, than the
legislators, who cannot possibly have more than a
slight superficial knowledge of the practical workings of such a measure, or the need of its modification. It is generally conceded that all new measures when put into operation are found susceptible
of improvement. It is very desirable that our representatives in the legislature work in harmony
and cc-operate with the city authorities, otherwise it
will be impossible to secure for the municipality the
benefit of the experience of its officers. The inter-
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ests of the public should rise superior to every other
consideration.
While considering the matter of legislation, I
would recommend that the incoming administration
formulate and draft a bill, to be introduced at the
next session of the General Assembly, providing for
an extension of the term of the Mayor hereafter to
four years, and to render him ineligible for re-election. I would also advise that the city charter be
further amended, so that at the ensuing city election
six of the Aldermen shall be chosen for four years,
and six for two years, the terms of all Aldermen
elected thereafter to be four years. This would
secure the city at all times the services of six experienced Aldermen. The benefits from these changes,
are obvious enough, in my opinion, to recommend
the suggested legislation.
Public Health.
The conduct of this department has been most excellent. The death rate compares favorably with
that of previous years. Whilst this is true as to the
entire population, I would direct your attention especially to the continued high death rate amongst
the colored people, as c )mpared with that of the
whites. I cannot believe that this is entirely due to
the personal negligence o r indifference of the colored
citizens; I am more incli led to the opinion that it
is, to a considerable degr< e, the result of the unsanitary condition of the houses occupied by them. If
this is so, it can, and should be remedied. I would
recommend that a thorough and frequent inspection
be made of the tenements occupied by this class of
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our people. If necessary, ordinances should be
passed, compelling the placing and maintaining of
this class of property and its surroundings, in a
thoroughly sanitary state. I would also suggest that
the Health Officer and the Sanitary Board inquire
as to whether the services of an additional colored
physician would not tend to reduce this mortality.
Strenuous steps should be taken to modify the existing bad conditions, and render such other assistance
as will reduce the death rate among the colored citizens. Defective plumbing is another source of disease which might be reached by the city authorities.
I would also advise that a competent Inspector of
Plumbing be appointed, under such rules and regulations as the Sanitary Board and Aldermen may
adopt. Measures should also be taken bringing all
plumbing under the control of the Committee on
Public Health, or Sanitary Board. The Board of
Sanitary Commissioners has taken up the question
of milk as a food product, and will probably at an
early date make certain recommendations to Council. The adulteration of it is more easily overlooked
than any other food product; it is the only likely
source in our city for typhoid and scarlet fever, and -
also consumption. The registration of milk dealers
is being enforced in every city, and the examination
of milk is a necessary adjunct. The inspection of
cows, their stables, milking apparatus, and the manner of conveying milk to the customers, all need
legislation. The exhaustive report of the Health
Officer contains valuable suggestions and important
recommendations, ' which deserve earlv w consideration
IS MA I'O&'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The uncertainty of our continuing at the present
quarantine station has rendered it inadvisable to
expend any large sum of money in improvements
there. As soon as it is determined that there will be
no change, I would advise that an improved system
of discharging ballast be inaugurated, in order that
there may be no unnecessary detention of vessels.
House Drainage.
This important work, as you are aware, has been
delegated to commission. Whilst its progress has
been slow, it has not been idle, and by no means
unmindful of the importance of this undertaking.
The difficulty of securing a proper outlet for the
city's sewage has forced the Commissioners to proceed
with much care. Surveys have been made for an
outlet into Wilmington river, near Causton's Bluff,
and elaborate plans and specifications, with estimates
of cost, have been submitted by the City Engineer.
This outlet is being opposed by the town of Warsaw,
and an injunction is threatened by its authorities in
the event the city adopts this plan. Another has
been submitted to the Commissioners by one of its
.members, Dr. L. A. Falligant, based upon a plan prepared some years ago for City Council by that eminent sanitary engineer, Rudolph Herring, having in
view the Savannah river as its outlet, and this plan
is now under consideration bv the Commission. I
+i
am satisfied that sufficient data has been gathered to
enable the Commission to soon present a satisfactory
plan to Council, and that a satisfactory house drainage system will be begun this year. Sufficient funds
have been appropriated to begin this work.
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Opening Street*.
Public improvements have been continued on as
extensive a scale as the city's finances would permit.
Much has been accomplished in the opening of
streets, $21,054.39 having been expended for that
purpose during the year. The satisfactory adjustment of the long standing differences and litigation
between the city and the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company has led to the prompt
opening of all necessary crossings over that railroad,
the city being put to no expense. The city is now
negotiating for the opening of all streets in the section brought into the corporate limits by the Act of
1854, and which has been exempt from taxes since
that time. I would recommend that the lands for
the opening of streets be promptly acquiredj and the
streets opened, thereby bringing into the city for taxation real estate of the value of from $750,000 to
$1,000,000. I would further recommend that all
streets in the section south of Anderson street,
brought in under the Act of 1883, which have not
yet been acquired by the city, be bought at an early
a day as possible. In my judgment it would be a
decided economy to purchase all needed lands without delay. Besides, the owners of property and the
citizens living in that section are paying taxes, and
are therefore entitled to this, as well as other conveniences. Private improvements would speedily
follow the opening of streets and greatly increase the
city's revenues.
Paving Street*.
Paved streets are inseparable from municipal progress. Good roads are demanded by all citizens inter-
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ested in the city's development, as well as its appearance. The requirements of Savannah in this direction should be met as rapidly as the finances of the
city and the property owners will permit. Little
has been done, comparatively, until recent years, and
much remains to be accomplished before Savannah
can be referred to as a well-paved city. The present
administration has been, in its brief tenure of office,
fully mindful of the city's needs, and in 1896, as in
the preceding year, has expended considerable money
and given much attention to this class of public improvement. Some of our important thoroughfares
have been paved, in whole or in part, or were in the
process of being paved at the close of the year. In
all the city paid out $34,842.00 in street paving
during the year 1896. The policy of paving streets
to meet county roads was continued. Work of this
character, that will prove of great benefit to the city,
was the paving of Bay street extended and the Louisville road to the city limits, the county authorities
continuing the work from there to the distance of
some miles in the country. -This facilitates the conveyance of produce to this market, and will tend to
build up the section adjacent to the city, at the same
time giving the citizens two beautiful drives, thereby
adding to their pleasure as well as their business.
The county, in extending these highways, used Augusta gravel, which seems to give a smooth, durable
road, free from dust, at a minimum cost. In my
opinion this gravel is preferable to shells on streets
where there is a moderate traffic, and I would advocate its use on such thoroughfares hereafter. It is less
expensive than shells; costs less for maintenance, and
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is more desirable from a sanitary standpoint. For
the first time in Savannah vitrified brick were used
for paving purposes last year, portions of Abercorn
and Habersham streets being paved with this material. It seems to give a durable pavement; stands
heavy traffic; is easily cleaned and repaired, and is
worthy of favorable consideration for future paving.
South Broad street was in the process of paving at
the close of the year, asphalt being the material
selected by Council for that thoroughfare. The price
per square yard for this work is less than for any
similar work in the past. When this street is completed, Savannah will unquestionably have in it one
of the most attractive avenues in the country. A
change of name to one more commensurate with its
beauty might well mark the completion of this improvement.
Bryan street, in my opinion, should be paved with
granite blocks or some other substantial material,
from the Market to Farm street, and from Farm street
to Bay, it being of the utmost importance that better
facilities 'should be afforded for the immense traffic
with the Ocean Steamship Company's wharves. The
travel to and from these wharves, is heavier than to
'any other point in the city, and all roadways leading
to them have always been in a miserable condition.
The improvement of Drayton street, the paving of
Lincoln or Habersham street, the extension southAvard to Twelfth street, the pavement on either Jefferson or West Broad street, and the paving of Seventh street should, in my opinion, be the next work
undertaken. Augusta gravel would, I am satisfied,
be a satisfactory material for this purpose, with per-
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haps the exception of Drayton street. I would also
suggest for your consideration the advisability of
paving Twelfth street from the western side of Bull
street to the Ogeechee road with Augusta gravel as
soon as the right of way can be procured. This would
make a beautiful driving boulevard for our citizens
and an avenue by which the entire southern section
of the city could be reached by continuous paved
highways. This work could be done at a very moderate expense.
During the past year a new maintenance contract
for the asphalt streets of our city was entered into
with the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Company,
and the then existing one cancelled. I look upon
the contract as one of the most satisfactory, from a
standpoint of permanent economy, ever entered into
in the history of the city. By it the expense of maintaining all the asphalt streets in the city is cut down
fifty per cent., accomplishing a saving in the present
area of asphalt pavements of $4,500 per annum.
The Commla01onfl.
The wisdom of the creation of the various Commissions is abundantly demonstrated by a careful
perusal of their reports. What has already been
accomplished by these bodies indicates their possibilities for public usefulness. The report of the Board
of Tax Assessors and Receivers showed that the
alarming decline in returns of personal property was
more than checked in its first year, returns of this
class of property in 1896 having increased $1,250,000.
The elaborate report of the Fire Commissioners
show that the condition and efficiency of that depart-
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ment has been maintained,at a high standard; that
the number of men has been increased, buildings
renovated and put in first-class repair, equipment
added to, and a considerable cash surplus returned
to the City Treasurer, the appropriation having been
no larger than in previous years.
Under the Commission the Police Department has
also done excellent work. This Commission, like
the others, adopted a policy of gradual improvements, carefully studied the needs of the department,
and met them as soon as possible. Discipline has
been well maintained, the personnel of the force improved, and a very efficient and satisfactory service
given to the public, criminals being in every instance
promptly apprehended.
The finances of the city do not permit of as large
appropriations for these two departments as were
recommended by the commissions. The conscientious and intelligent supervision of the work of the
departments enables the Commissioners to secure
better results from the expenditure of the appropriations heretofore given by Council. As soon as the
city's finances permit, however, there should be an
increase of the police appropriation, to enable the
Commission to improve and enlarge the guard house
and add to the number of men patrolling the southern section of the city.
The report of the Water Commission shows a considerable reduction in the expenses of operating.
Every care has been taken to keep the plant at the
highest standard. The supply of water has been
entirely adequate, and the department is in every
respect worthy of commendation. Considerable im-
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provement has been mac|e; a complete electric plant
has been put in at the works; 10,100 feet of new
mains have been laid, and a well, giving about a half
million gallons of water daily, has been connected
with those already supplying the city. In my judgment this department was never in better shape than
at present.
While the work of the Park and Tree Commission
is of such a character that the results are not fully
apparent within a short time, still there has been
sufficient evidence of improvement to lead the public
to endorse your recommendations that the powers of
this Commission be materially extended. I am confident that under its control the beautifying of the
city will be intelligently directed and far better
results obtained than under the old system. During
the past year the old Cemetery on South Broad street
has been converted into a picturesque park, the area
of which has been increased by the addition of the
pound lot.
Xbe CommlMioner of Public 'Work*.
By the judicious management of the affairs of the
several departments entrusted to him, the Commissioner of Public Works has been enabled to carry on
their regular work at a less cost to the city. Out of
the usual appropriations for regular department
work he has been able to expend $ 10,000 for much
needed improvements. At the same time the handsome cash balance of $10,000 was left to the credit
of these departments at the close of the year. The
operation of the departments under this Commissioner have been on the same scale as heretofore, the
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savings being accomplished by a more effective use
of men and materials at hand. Careful scrutiny of
all work, strict requirements as to the quality of all
supplies purchased and the introduction of new and
more progressive methods have had their natural
effect in securing the city better results from the
money appropriated. From the report of the Commissioner it will be seen that he has abandoned the
old forms and adopted the system in use in leading
cities of the country, in presenting the results accomplished for the information of the public. The Commissioner has relieved the Aldermen of much arduous labor, and by this concentration of work under
one responsible official, the city's best interests have
been materially promoted. As with the other Commissions, what has already been done is the most
effective reply to those seeking the abolishment of
these bodies.
Charity.
In my First Annual Report I made such recommendations in reference to relieving the deserving
needy as I deemed advisable. I regret that no plan
has yet been devised lor the united action among
those seeking to ameliorate the condition of those in
distress. I again urge that some intelligent method
be applied to the distribution of charity. Concerted
action by the county and city authorities would prevent imposition and secure better results from the
money expended.
Our labors are fast drawing to a close, and I desire
to return my sincere thanks, not only to the mem
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bers of the board, but to all of the city officials, for
the prompt, punctual and intelligent manner in
which their important duties have been discharged.
Our official relations have been of the most pleasant
character; harmony has prevailed in all our deliberations, and all measures considered by the Board
have been with an eye singly to the public good, and
with a view to the advancement of our municipality.
Respectfully submitted.
HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. SI
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
SAVAKNAH, GA., January 2d, 1897.
To His Honor, Herman Myers, Mayor, (My of Savannah:
DEAR SIRThe Sinking Fund Commissioners
respectfully submit- the seventeenth annual report
the seventh of this Board.
With funds at our disposal since our last
report, provided by ordinance............ $40,000 00
Due from fourth quarter 1895............... 64 23
$40,064 23
Less due on fourth quarter 1896............ 91 50
$39,972 73
and with other funds made available by the ordinance of January 1st, 1896, authorizing the purchase
of bonds of the issue of 1879, when the Commissioners were unable to obtain a sufficient number of
bonds of the issue of 1883 to complete the desired
purchase.
We have purchased bonds of the issue of 1879 as
follows:
Jan. 6, 1896, $3,000 00 bonds for.........$3,285 00
Feb. 8, 1896, 7,000 00 " "......... 7,612 50
Feb. 17, 1896, 100 00 " " ......... 109 50
Feb 24,1896, 3,000 00 " " ......... 3,280 00
Feb. 25, 1896, 1,00000 " "......... 1,092 60
Mar. 12, 1896, 5,000 00 " "......... 5,475 00
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May 9, 1896, 2,000 00 bonds for......... 2,185 00
May 20,1896, 4,300 00 " " ......... 4,697 75
May 28, 1896, 1,000 00 " " ......... 1,092 50
May 30,1896,' 1,000 00 " " ......... 1,092 50
June 4, 1896, 3,40000 " "......... 3,714 50
June 5, 1896, 500 00 " "......... 546 25
June 5, 1896, 1,000 00 " " ......... 1,092 50
Oct. 17,1896, "l,00000 " "......... 1,072 60
Oct. 22, 1896, 900 00 " " ......... 969 75
Oct. 22, 1896, ' 1,000 00 " " ......... 1,078 75
Oct. 26, 1896, 1,00000 " "'......... 1,082 50
Nov. 13, 1896, 30000 " " ......... 322 50
Nov. 16, 1896,.. .500 00 " "......... 54000
Nov. 20, 1896, 2,000 00 " ......... 2,165 00
Nov. 23,4896, 2,00000 " "......... 2,165 00
Nov. 30,1896, 10000 " "........, 10800
41,100 00 " costing $ 44,779 75 386,70000 " << 379,93577
- . .$427,80000 " $424,71552
We have purchased bonds of the issue of 1883 as
follows:
Jan. 20, 1896, $. 100 00 bonds for .........$ 107 13
Feb. 17, 1896, 1,000 00 " " ......... 1,100 00
June 4, 1896, . 600 00 " ." ......... 547 50
Oct. 23, 1896, 6,00000 " " ......... 6,525 00
Nov. 6, 1896, 50 00 " " ......... 53 75
Nov. 6, 1896, 35000 " " ......... 38063
$ 8,000 00 " costing $ 8,7H 01
, \~~~- 67,800 00 " " 64,437 99
$75,800 00 $73,152 00
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. tS
All the above bonds and unmatured coupons have
been cancelled and handed to the City Treasurer for
such final disposition as Council may direct.
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IMUC of 1879.
Signed and made -available for exchange, as per last report.............. $3,522,800 00
Issued in exchange, as
per last report......... $3,517,000 00
Exchange for old bond
since last report...... 500 003,517,500 00
Bonds available for exchange in the
custody of City Treasurer.............. $ 5,300 00
Of the bonds issued $455,200 have been cancelled,
as follows:
Received for balances of ground rent... $ 9,200 00
Special purchase, as per previous report. 18,200 00
Purchased out of Sinking Fund.......... 428,800 00
$455,200 00
Which leaves outstanding bonds of the
issue of 1879 ..............................$3,062,300 00
Isaac of 1883.
Signed and made available for exchange..$390,000 00
Issued in exchange, as per last report...... 388,700 00
Leaving bonds available for exchange in
the custody of City Treasurer ...........$ 1,300 00
Of the bonds issued $90,700.00 have been cancelled, as follows:
*4 MA YOR'S A &KUAL RF.FOnT.
Special purchase................. ...............$14,900 00
Purchased out of Sinking Fund ............ 75,800 00
Which leaves outstanding of the issue of
1883 ............................................$298,000 00
Respectfully,
JOSEPH D. WEED,
S. GUCKENHEIMER,
JOHN LYONS,
D. R. THOMAS,
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL SHPOR2. SS
BONDED DEBTJANUARY 1st, 1897.
BONDS, COMPROMISE 1879 ,
Issued and outstanding Jan. 1,1896............$3,102,900
Issued In exchange for old bond.................. 600
3,103,400
Less redeemed and cancelled by Sinking
Fund Commissioners............................... 41,100
Amount outstanding................................. 13,062,300
BONDS, COMPROMISE 1883
Issued and outstanding Jan. 1. 1896............. 1306,000
Less redeemed and cancelled by Sinking
Fond Commissioners............................... 8,000
Amount outstanding.................................. $298,000
Old bonds outstanding not compromised.... 2,000
SAVANNAH, ALBANY A GULF RAILROAD
Indorsed bonds outstanding........................ 1,000
Add 30 per cent as per compromise agreement........................................................ 800 1,300
Total bonded debt....................................... 13,363.800
STATEiENT OF CITY OF SAVANNAH BONDS.
Issue 18795 Per Cent.
Blank Bonde Printed.
Value.
11,000
500
800
100
No.
2.00C
8,000
1,OCO
1,000
Amount
12,000,000
1,600,000
800,000
100,000
|8,9CO,OCO
Finance Committee
Ko.
290
573
675
Amount.

U>,(!00
172,500
5V.OO
$375.000
Signed by S.'F. Commleelonere,
No.
2,000
2,708
42)
413
Amount.
12,000,009
1,131,000
127,500
41,30I>
11,522,800
On Hand Signed.
No.
S
Ain't
l.fOO
11,000
On Hand
Not Signed
No.
12
Amount
1,200
81,2:0
Signed and letued.
No.
2,000
2,698
424
413
Amount.
$2,000,000
1,319,000
127,200
41, SOU
18,517,500
Not -Available.
No.
2
1
Amount.
l.COO
300
11,800
Cancelled by 8.F. Commlitlvntia.
No.
221
341
162
101
Amount.
1220,000*
170,600
45,600
10,100
1455,100
Amount Outitanding. fe;
k
No.
1,771
8,357
272
812
Amount.
k
k
q
11,771,000 k
J,nH,500 ^
." "" 81,100 K
81,200 S
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t8,08J,80Q
STATEMENT OF CITY OF SAVANNAH BONDS.
Issue 18835 Per Cent
Mutt Bond! Printed.
Vita*.
11,000
500
SO
No.
800
200
800
Amount.
1800,000
100,000
15,000
*415,000
Dettfoyid b Finance CommlttM.
No,
GO
Amount
125,001)
125,000
Signed by S. F.
Commissioner*.
No.
800
160
800
Amount.
1300,000
75,000
16,000
1890,000
On H*nd Signed.
No.
2
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Amount.
11,000
800
11,800"
8l|nd and Itcutd.
No.
800
147
804
Amount.
{300,000
- 7?,500
15,200
$338,700
Cancelled by S. F. Commiulonort.
No.
71
38
64
Amount.
in,ooo
16,600
8,200
190,700
Amount Outstanding.
No.
W9
114
240
Amount.
(229,030
57,000
12,000
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S8 MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Report of Tax Assessors and Receivers.1896.
OFFICE BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS AND RECEIVERS, )
SAVAKNAH, GA., JAN. 1st, 1897. J
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
SIRWe respectfully submit the following report
of the Tax Assessors and Receivers for the year ending December 31st, 1896.
We entered office on the 6th of January, 1896, and
at once began to receive the returns of personal
property. The total personal property returned was
as follows:
Stock in Trade..............................$ 1,960,047 00
Goods on Consignment.... .............. 75,775 00
Office and Household Furniture........ 911,363 00
Jewelry, Silverware, etc.................. 120,139 00
Musical Instruments....................... 76,549 00
Money and Solvent Accounts........... 2,489,582 00
Stocks and Bonds.......................... 656,435 00
Promissory Notes........................... 170,320 00
Mortgages"on Real Estate..../........... 437,745 00
" Personal Property........ 54,300 00
Bonds for Titles ........................... 3,50000
Shipping...................................... 675,990 00
Banks.......................................... 2,299,912 00
Horses, Mules and Live Stock.......... 116,160 00
Vehicles....................................... 61,865 00
Machinery, Fixtures, etc................. 182,140 00
MA YOKS ANNUAL REPORT. 9
Telegraph and Telephones............... 10,470 00
Libraries...................................... 50,295 00
Other Personal Property.................. 66,440 00
Total Personal Property for 1896...110,409,018 00
" " 1895... 9,160,522 00
Increase................................. $1,248,496 00
The above returns have been entered upon two
identical tax digests, alphabetically arranged, one of
which was retained for use in our office, and the
other turned over to the City Treasurer, as required
by ordinance of January 4th, 1896.
We have inspected and assessed during the year
291 permits for new buildings and improvements,
the total assessed value of which amounted to
$210,700.00
We found 14 new houses and 9 improvements
built without permits this year, and 8 houses built
prior to January 1st, 1896, all of which have been
assessed and are included in the above figures. The
book containing these assessments is now in our
officeopen to inspection by all parties at interest.
A complete copy of the books containing the
assessed valuation of all the real estate and improvements in the city has been made, and is now in our
office for reference by the general public.
The total taxable property of the city of Savannah
is as follows:
SO MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT.
Real Estate..................................$23,002,517 00
Ground Rent Lots......................... 1,357,940 00
Stock in Trade............... .............. 2,035,822 00
Furniture, Money, etc .................... 5,397,294 00
Banks.............!. ........................ 2,299,912 00
Shipping...................................... 675,990 00
Total.....................................$34,769,475 00
Very respectfully,
JOHN SCHWAKZ, Chairman,
City Treasurer'5 Report.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER.
Dr. Statement of Cash Received and Disbursed from Jan. 1,1896 to Dec. 31, 1896. Cr.
Cash In Treasury Jan. 1,1896. 38,538 06 Board of HMlth.
Salaries of Health Officer, City Physicians, Inspectors and Keeper of
Pest House from Jan. 1, 1896, to
Dec. 81,1896................................. 9,610 79
Drugs and medicines for city
patients....................................... 7,806 43
Time of hands for disinfecting......... 639 80
Printing mortuary reports, circulars, permits, stationery, advertising, eta ...................................... JJ37 60
Shoeing, repairs to buggy, empty
bottles, buckets, dippers, forage,
etc.............................................. 118 91
Coffins and wagon hire for paupers.. 322 10
Copperas, lime and carbolic acid for
disinfection purposes................... 1,002 65
Clothing and other articles destroyed by order of the Health
Officer........................................ 25 00

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(O. B. MACHINE.)
Office collection for odorless excavating machine......................... ..?
City Marshal for collections for account of odorless excavating
machine as follows:
Executions for year 1892.................
Executions for year 1894.................
Executions for year 1895......... ......
Executions for year 1896.................
City Maps.
Received for one mounted Map.......
3,619 92
40D
8 uO
186 00
64 00 3,881 92
250 250
Expenses of Health Officer attending convention at New York city. 100 00 19,862 OS
(O. E. MACHINE.)
Salary of Superintendent and time
of hands..................... ... ........... 1,596 21
Charcoal, lime, tar, forage aud other
incidentals................................. 276 75
J. W. Creekman as per contract for
cleaning vaults............................ 6,45900- 8,33196
City Lamps.
Brush Electric Light and Power
Company for lighting streets
from Dec. 1,1895, to Nov. SO, 1896..
City Clocks.
Amount paid for attending city
clocks and repairing office clocks..
City Court.
Clerk, Sheriff and deputies for attending court and fees......... .........
Clerk and Sheriff for cost in insolvent criminal cases and issuing
subpoanas... .................................
27,203 08 27,208 08
23000 23000
4,53000
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City Court.
Amount collected from Fretwell A
Nlohola by Cltv Treasurer for
bill for stationery paid them
twice........................................... 1765
Solicitor General fees...................... 80000
Printing and stationery and advertising........ ................................. 547 29
Furnishing meals to jurors..,........... 180 00
Amount paid witnesses.................. 346
Sheriff for conveying prisoners from
jail to court house...................... 96500 ^
Sheriff for summoning grand and
petit jurors.................................. 8000 "<$
Amount paid for hand cuffs, etc...... 29 60 g
Hire of carriages for grand jurors to &J
Inspect convict camps.................. 3500 ^
1755 Clerk for making out list of jurors... 6000 8,32085 fe
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Crematories.
Received from Superintendent proceeds of sale of cow and hone
hides...........................................
Beoelved from Commissioner of
Public Works proceeds of sale of
old material............... ..... ...........
1856
4400- 6265
Crematories.
Salary of Superintendent and time
of hands.......................... ...........
Blacksmith and bricklayer work.....
Oils, drays, forage, lime, cement,
lumber, bricks, etc......................
Fuel....................... .......................
Printing and stationery..................
Insurance premium........................
Chert..................................... ........
4,96568
196 23
85042
1.645 35
10 52
3000
147 18- 7 845 28
Dry Culture.
Bent of Twickenham plantation for
one year................................. ..... 1,20000
Citizens' Industrial Committee.
Amount paid D. Q. Purse, Chairman, for defraying necessary expenses attendant the exhibit from
Savannah at the Cotton States
and International Exposition at
Atlanta....................................... 165 00 166 00 ^
Dry Culture. to
Time of hands............................... 9,18805 **
Rent of Twickenham plantation
for one year................................ 1,50000 ^
Lumber, lime, nails, shovels and CJ
other incidentals......................... 747 25 ^
One horee....................................... 16000
One buggy and repairs to same....... 273 75 ff
Printing and stationery.................. 10262 ^
1,20000 Bent of telephone for one year........ 418612,00163 2
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Fire Department.
Pay roll of Firemen from Dec. 1,
1895, to Nov. 30,1896.................... 49,258 60
Repairs to engines, trucks, wagons
and buggy.......,...,.....,.........,...., 1.12287
Harbor Master for collection for
harbor fees from Dec. 1, 1805, to
-Nov. 80, 1896................................ 4,138 55
City Marshal for collection for executions........................... ............ 1,846 00
Harness and repairs to same........... 277 40
Repairs and renovating engine
houses, etc................................... 610 16
Fuel............................................... 581 00
Lights.................1....... ... ............... 860 52
Kent of engine house No. 2.............. 333 32
Waste, oil, paint, tools, ice, sawdust
and other Incidentals................... 2,157 95
Horses purchased........................... 725 00
Medicine and treatment of sick
stock........................................... 82 00
Rent of telephones for engine houses 82000
Shoeing bill.................................... 486 86
Printing and stationery.................. 166 90
One chemical engine...................... 724 25
Hose, couplings, suctions, nozzles,
5,48454 feedpumps, etc........................... 4,02205
Iron bedsteads and bedding ........... 50 80
Forage............................................ 2,270 66
Amount paid physician for attending firemen.................................. 420 60
Poles and Labor.............................. 79 82
Alarm signal and brackets.............. 23.2 90
Fifty badges................................... 37 50
Premium on bond of Chief and
Assistant Chief..................... ...... 85 00
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Fir* Department.
Beoeived from the Fire Chief proceeds of sale of old material.......... 304 36 804 36
Ground Rent*.
Office collections for ground rents
on city lots................................. 17,991 68 17,991 68
Ground Rent Lot*.
Received from various parties balance due on ground rent lots........ 2,158 88- 2,166 88
B. F. Finney professional services
making examination and report
on origin of fires............ .............. 25 00 65,238 06
Fir* and Polio* Uniforms.
Firemen's uniforms, shirts, caps, etc 3,246 67
Police uniforms, helmets, etc.......... 5,984 43 9,230 10
Harbor and Wharves.
Amount paid Harbor Master for use
of horse and buggy .....................
Printing and stationery..................
Port Wardens for amount of office
expenses of Harbor Master's office
Repairing wharf and cleaning out
basins...... ...................................
Coal.......................... .....................
24000
27 95
28 45
12000
12 75 429 15
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Savannah Hospital for keeping city
patient* for the year ending Dec.
31, 1890........................................ 8,600 00
St. Joseph Infirmary for keeping
olty patients for the year ending
Dec. 81, 1896................................ 8,600 00 fe
Georgia Infirmary for keeping city u.
patients for the year ending Dec. ^
81, 1896........................................ 8,600 00- 10,800 00 2
HOUM Drainage. tj
Amount paid for services of engineer 3
and time of hands making sur- fi
veys of outlet sewer.......... ........... 2,10569 s,
Lumber, shovels, rope, lanterns, etc 218 45 t?
Amount paid for plan sewer........... 860 00 2,676 14 |j>
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Incidentals.
Postage, telegrams, exchange, fares
for paupers, charity, ice and sundry incidental expenses............... 2,862 67
City Assessors for assessing improvements for 1896..................... 450 00
Incidentals.
Keeper of City Pound for collections
of pound fees...............................
Minks Interest on daily balances.....
1200
3,052 62
Rent of telephone......... ............... 6000
Carriage hire for assessors................ 100 00
Cost of court in Sunday cases......... 148 20
Expenses incurrred in entertaining
Rhode Island Press Club, Police
Chiefs and Mr. Btevens and party 309 75
Commission of Pilotage amount
assessed in defraying expenses for
1896............................................. 75 00
Amount paid for detective service... 102 50
A. N. Manuoy for compiling port
statistics...................................... !50 00
Lighting for city offices.................. 5 60
Fuel for city offices......................... 56 50
Tbe American Exchange National
Bank commission for paying coupons from city bonds in New
York city.................................... 59 50
Premium on bonds for city officers. 225 00
E. A. Gradot for copying mortgagea 100 00
John Fleming, Jr., for taking testimony In the scrap iron case.......... 2$ 00-
Expenses of committee attending
grain convention at Charleston.... 53 59
D. O. Purse expenses to Chicago attending convention..................... 98 60
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City Marshal, amount collected for
interest on executions......,.....,.,,..
City Marshal, proceeds of sales at
Court House................................
Received for surveying lots and
making plats...............................
Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Keeper for Burial fees..........
Keeper for sale of lots..........
Military Interstate Association for
171 60 Advertising................................. 250 00
Expenses of Speo. Com. to Atlanta.. 6090
38 00 Amount paid for pasting coupons
in coupon books from Nov. 1,1895,
240 00 3,614 31 to Nov. 80,1896........................... 100 00 6,292 81
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Interest.
Coupons from city bonds issue of 65
1879............................................. 158,006 25 u.
Coupons from city bonds issue of fcg
1888............................................. 16,658 61173,669 76 ^
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Laurel Grave Cemetery fcj
Salary of Keeper and time of hands 5,962 90 o
Material and tools........................... 9430
Rent of telephone for one year........ 46 00
Printing and stationery.................. 26 00
Amount paid for chert.................... 17382
Amount paid Kenan and Hartridge
for fees in case of Hopkins............ 25 00
1,328 60 Savannah Hedge Fence Company
650 00 1,973 60 for planting hedge as per contract 200 00 6,528 02
License*.
Office collections for liquor licenses
and interest on liquor notes for
1890............................................. 51,884 05 51,884 05
Market.
City Marshal rent of stores.............
City Marshal rent of stalls..............
Clerk of Marshal for collections.......
2,659 00
700 00
12,545 05- 15,904 05
Market
Salary of Clerk, Assistant Clerk and
time of hands.............................. 2,810 00
Lighting market............... ........... B74 12
Brooms, soda, aoap, sawdust and
other incidentals......................... 282 45
Printing and stationery.................. 33 85
Repairs and material...................... 172 80
Cleaning chimneys........................ 16 50
Fuel............................................... 22 75
Amount paid Joseph Fried for damages sustained by him caused by
water leaking through the market floor...................................... 5765
Repairing roof................................ 361 00
Opening Streets"!
Savannah Investment Company for .
land conveyed to the city for
opening streets........................... 1,000 00
J. A. G. Carson for land conveyed
to the city for opening streets...... 1,000 00
R. P. Lovell, Administrator, for
land conveyed to the city for
opening street*............................ 2,500 00
4,431 12
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Mrs. E. W. Lovell for land conveyed to city for opening streets..; 2,600 00
Charles Seller for land conveyed to
city for opening streets................ 4,000 00
George W. Alien for land conveyed
to city for opening streets............ 600 00
J. F. Glatigny for land conveyed to
city for opening street*..,............. 1,723 28
F. W. Mundorf for land conveyed
to city for opening street*............ 600 00
0. A. Minister for land conveyed to
city for opening streeta................. 660 00
B. J. Roche for land conveyed to
city for opening streets ............... 000 00
Southern Mutual Loan Association
for land conveyed to city for opening utreetB.................................... 460 00
Mrs. Matilda Krouskoff for land
conveyed to city for opening
streete.......................................... 833 84
F. J. Buokert for land conveyed to
city for opening streets................ 220 00
John M. Fisher for land conveyed
to city for opening streets............ 800 00
0. F. Pendergast for land conveyed
to city for opening streets............ 866 79
W. W. Gross for land conveyed
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Opening Streets.
Received from B. B. Beppard for
old building on 5| of Lot D, Beppard Ward, said building sold to
him by the Committee on Opening Street! to be removed by him
at his expense..............................
Squares.
Beoeived from the Park and Tree
Commissioners for Betting out
trees for sundry persons...............
Received from John Bourke & Son
proceeds of sale of railing around
Court House Square, Gordon
Monument and Forsyth Park......
Account paid by the Park and Tree
Commissioners to pity Treasurer,
being amount paid to H. H.
Oaborne for one horse and wagon.
100 00- 100 00
85 00
527 00
6000 66200
to city for opening streets............
Alexander Harris for land conveyed to city tor-opening streetsHenry H. Miller for land conveyed
to city for opening streets............
Interest on notes given for opening
streets............................ .............
Clerk Superior Court for recording
deeds................... ........................
Parks and Squares.
Salary of Keeper of Foreyth Place
and time of hands........................
Lumber, tools, brick, lime, painting, lawn mowers, repairs to same
and other incidentals...................
Plants and roses..............................
Printing and stationery..... ............
Chert, stone, gravel, etc..................
Laying walks................... ..............
Estill Park.... ...............................
Work at Colonial Park...................
Planting grass and plants..............
Horse, wagon and harness....... ......
Bench frames................................
86218
806 8T
46000
1,96968
22 85 21,034 39
7,645 13
1,88809
62449
56 62
660 16
86 00
1,00000
1,848 20
200 00
5000
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following streets: .
Aberoorn........................ ............... 853 25
Habereham..................................... 888 88
Ogeeohee Road.... ........................ 93 48
City Marshal for oolleotlons for improving .the following streets:
Bull............................................... 187 SI
Jefferson...,..................................... 807 27
Liberty........................... .... ......... 180 01
Ogeeohee Road............................... 1,803 76
Habereham,.................................... 8,474 78-
Paving Sidewalks.
City Marshal for collections for repairing sidewalks........................ 80 25-
Polloe Department
Received from George D. Barnard
& Co., amount of one cypher code
0,238 74
30 25
Paving Streets.
Paving and Improving streets.. 84,84-2 20 84,842 20
Police Department.
Police pay roll from Dec. 1,1895, to
Nov. 80,1896..............................:. 69,561 46
Material and repairs to buildings.... 023 95
Oils, ice, sawdust and sundry incidentals..................................... 492 69
Fuel............................................... 228 14
Printing and stationery................. 2S1 06
Forage............................................ 2,149 87
Harness and repairs to same.,......... 460 26
Food to prisoners........................... 641 95
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same collected by Treasurer.........
Proceeds of sale of horses.................
Proceeds of sale of manure..............
Proceeds of sale of old muskets,
brass, lead and sacks....................
Received from the Clerk of Council,
being the amount of fines imposed upon Policeman Arnold,
and afterwards remitted by the
Mayor. Credited to Arnold on
January pay roll by mistake........
T. A. Ward amount of his bill paid
twice and collected back by
Treasurer.....................................
Received from the Police Commissioners for fines recorded on police
pay rolls.................................. ....
Polio* Court.
Received from the Clerk of Council
for fines collected by him from
the Police Court...........................
Printing and Stationery.
City Marshal for advertising realestate sales, etc.....:......................
4 65
40500
50 00
51 47
200
13 75
161 DO- 687 87
5,389 00 5.389 00
196 03 196 00
Shoeing, repairs to wagons and
other incidentals.................. .. .
Batteries, wire, etc..........................
Rent of telephone...........................
Chairs, matting, etc................. ......
Medicine and treatment of sick
stock...................................... ....
Horses purchased...........................
Lighting barracks...........................
Special services..............................
Funeral expenses of Policeman P.
Russell................... ....................
Blankets........................ .............
Expenses of Chief attending convention at Columbus...................
I)r. Norton and Silverman for services rendered..............................
Iron safe and moving same.............
Printing and Stationery.
Salary of city printer, stationery,
printing circulars,, reports, proceedings of council and Mayor's
Report 1895........ ........................
794 33
271 37
235 00
89 66
9562
1,26500
447 12
231 44
5000
12 00
60 00
105 00
45 00 78,130 82
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Publlo Buildings.
Received from the Home Insurance
Company of New York for damage sustained to Exchange Building by the storm of September 29,
1896.............................................
Received from the Home Insurance
Company of New York for
amount of returned premium on
tornado policy...... .......................
36015
2 82 862 47
Quarantine.
Various vessels for boarding fees
and fumigating charges............... 4,543 10
Various vessels for discharging ballast at station.............................. 1,634 SO
Public Buildings.
Premium of insurance.................... 86 75
Repain and material, renovating
city offices, Exchange building.... 1,225 65
Fuel, furniture and sundry incidentals..................................... 549 66
Lighting City Exchange................ 318 63
Cleaning chimneys......................... 6 20
Public Property.
Amount paid interest on notes........
2,186 89
162 50 162 50
Quarantine.
Salary of Quarantine Officer and
time of hands from Dec. 1,1895, to
Nov. 30,1896............................... 5,094 91
Printing and stationery................... 24 60
Oil, tool8,rope, paint and sundry incidentals...................................... 42J 53
Machine and blacksmith work........ 31 24
Fuel................................................ 957 50
Rent of telephone........................... 200 00
Repairs to roof.............................. 356 00
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Received from Green A Gaynor for
ballast at Quarantine Station.......
Received from the Atlantic Construction Company for all the
rook ballast at the old Quarantine
Station. ................................. ...
Rent Account.
0. G. Beebe rent of land known aa
the McLeod track for year ending
Dec. 81,1893.................................
Brick store foot of West Broad
street...........................................
City Dispensary building................
Encroachment of south side of
wharf lot No. 8, Decker Ward......
Wharf slip foot of Dray ton street.....
Wharf slip foot of Whltaker street...
Eastern room Exchange building
from Dec. 81,1805, to Aug. 1,1806
Hutobinson Island from Dec. 1,
1805, to Nov. 80,1896....................
Lota on Springfield Plantation.......
600 00
350 00 7027 40
200 00
51000
48000
500
10000
10000
60000
10000
1000 2,105 00
Furniture, etc........................... ....
Premium of insurance on building
at station...... ..............................
Corrosive sublimate.......................
Dr. Kenan for services as acting
quarantine officer.......................
Quarantine Tug.
Salary of captain and crew from
Dec. 1,1895, to Nov. SO, 1896.........
Provisions, ice, etc..........................
Premium of insurance on Tug.........
Material, machine and blacksmith
work...........................................
Rope, oil, waste, paint and sundry
incidentals..................................
Fuel...............................................
Repairs on boat..............................
J. W. Daniels for services as ucti ng
captain........................................
15408
227 25
55 80
180 00- 7,655 91
8,268 91
931 31
80 00
29287
28360
141 18
326 52
26 66 5,800 85
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Salaries of city officers and clerks
from Dec. 1, 1895, to Nov. 80,18116 86,741 36
James L,"Bankln for examining
Treasurer's, Marshal's and Clerk
of Council's books........................ 25000 35,091 8

Street Numbering. s
TimeX men................................... 757 50 OQ
National! Enameling Works for U.
numbering plates........................ 551 25 ^
Amount paid for drayage, tele- *j
grams, hammers and screws........ 2307 1,33382 x
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Scavenger Department. I
Salary of Superintendent and time |
of hands...................................... 15,654 97 "
New wagons, repairs to wagons,
shoeing........................................ 2,192 20
Oil, shovels and sundry incidentals. 412 41
Harness and repairs to same............ 382 85
Forage............................................ 4,869 23
Rent of lot...................................... 55'J 00
Scavenger Department.
Received from Commissioner of
Public Works proceeds of sale of
mules and horses.........................
Streets and Lane*.
Received from various parties for
repairing sidewalks.....................
Clerk of Council for collections for
sewer permits.................. .......
C. C. Eeebe proceeds of sale of
manure from city lots..................
Various parties for cutting weeds....
National Conduit Company for 680
bushels of oyster shells ...............
Commissioner of Public Works proceeds of sale horses, mules, barrels
and sacks.................... ...............
Amount expended by street and
lane department for paving streets,
charged to streets and lanes.
23000 23000
22998
264 41
100 00
3 15
27 20
255 65
Medicine and treatment to sick
stock...........................................
Mules and horses purchased............
Printing and stationery..................
Rent of telephone...........................
Roofing and painting new stables...
Insurance premium........................
Burglar Alarm & Telegraph Company running wires.....................
214 70
1,075 00
30 32
116 25
144 89
139 75
58 00 25,540 67
Streets and Lanes.
Time of hands................................. 33,040 29
Forage............................................ 2,585 45
Harness and repairs to same, shoeing, repairs to wagons, sprinklers,
tools and sundry incidentals......... 1,565 27
Lime, cement, brick, sewer pipe,
oil, lumber, tools and sundry incidentals ..................................... 4,431 59
Building cess pool and catch basins
and repairs to same.,.. ........ ........ 106 57
Oyster shell.................................... 1,098 75
Medicine and treatment of sick
stock........................................... 39 50
Warren Scharf Asphalt Paving
Company for repairing streets...... 4,366 84
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to paving streets, hence transferee!
to paving account, and streets and
lanes credited..............................
Commissioner of Public Works the
amount placed on pay roll for W.
B. Walker by mistake, and returned to Treasurer as cash..........
Tx*-1890.
City Marshal's collections for real
estate.,
Tax**-1891.
City Marshal's collections for real
estate.
TaxM-1892.
City Marshal's collections for real
estate........................ .................
Taxes-1893.
City Marshal's collections for real
estate..........................................
48382
14 83 1,378 89
1050
1050-
18 94
1050
1050
18 94
180 19 180 19
Stone curbing, etc...........................
Premium on bond for T. J. Gamble.
Hire of Teams, etc..........................
Printing and stationery,.., ............
Premium on insurance...................
Electric Kupply Company for a
watchman's register.....................
Lighting stables..............................
Sinking Fund.
(SINKING FUND BONDS.1870).
Commissioners for bonds issue of
1879 cancelled and retired ............
(SINKING FUND BONDS.1883).
Commissioners for bunds issue of
1883 cancelled and retired............
Storm Appropriation.
Time of hands cleaning streets........
Repairing roof City Exchange.........
Hire of teams.................................
Axes, lanterns, etc..
216 36
1250
80 75
214 40
28 50
74 50
76 00 47,887 27
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44,779 75- 4t,779 75
8,71401 8,71401
4,662 53
154 00
937 10
193 17
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Repairing damage to Market........... 1,200 00 7,146 80
TixM-1894.
City Marshal's collections for
JReal estate....................................
Stock In trade.,..................,,.,..,,.
Personal.......................................
TaxM-1895.
Office collections for
Real estate ..................................
Stock in trade...............................
Personal.......................................
Bhipping......................................
City Marshal's collections for Real estate..................................
Stock in trade..............................
Shipping......................................
Personal.......................................
Specific... ...................................
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Office collections from
Real estate.........................
Stock in Tmde..................
Shipping...........................
Personal............................
1,712 40
8275
1 50- 1.806 65
77,394 21
5481 18
19,257 11
2,154 31
21,423 58
320 98
7 60
756 29
800 10--127,095 26
231,888 58
19,320 87
6,656 27
75,812 60
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Amount refunded various parties
allowed by Council...................... 9012 9012
Bpectflc.......................................... 72,868 88
Received for badges as follows
One-horse wagon............................ 8,322 80
Two-horse wngon,.......................... 804 00
One-horse drays or trucks............... 477 60
Two-horse trucks............................ 1,368 80
One-horse hacks.............................. 207 60
Two-horse hacks............................. 109 60
Two-horse omnibus........................ 36 00
Street oars...................................... 563 50
Hucksters....................................... 810 50
Dogs............................................... 1,085 80
Push Carts..................................... 135 00
Poultry Hucksters.......................... 18 00
City Marshal's collection for
Real estate................................ ..... 457 92
Block in trade................................. 34 85
Personal......................................... 4,149 29
Shipping........................................ 179 75
Specific.......................................... 8,738 53426,123 19
Water Work*.
Waterrentfl....................................
Ocean Steamship Company for
freight on 32 pieces of cast iron
water pipe; freight was prepaid
77,618 40
TaxM-1696.
Amount paid for badges..................
Specific tax refunded to the Bankers Life Insurance of New York
by action of Council.....................
Amount of taxes refunded various
parties allowed by Council...........
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12092 g
180 00
26 30 327 22
and should not have been paid In
Savannah.................................... 8 82
Estate Jacob Waldburg for one
meter........................................... 21 60
National Conduit Company for use
of water in laying conduit........... 69 00
Central of Georgia Railway Co., for
meters......................................... 469 38
Savannah, Fiotida & Western Railway Co., for meters...................... 465 96
Mrs. E. Lathrope for one meter....... 21 60
Southern Express Company for one
meter........................................... 74 05
Mutual Gas Light Company for
meters........................................ 185 50
Savannah Theatre Company for
one meter .................................. 82 85
Baldwin Fertilizer Company for
cast iron plug.............................. 1 00
Home Insurance Company of New
York in payment of damages sustained water works plant by the
storm of September 29,1896.......... 860 10
Thomson Meter Company's bill
paid twice and collected by
Treasurer.................................... 17 80
Water Works.
Salaries of officers and employes
from Dee. 1,1895, to Nov. 30,1898 17,841 04
Running expenses of pumps, engines, etc..................................... 7,636 87
Flushing and repairing cess pools... 70 12
Incidentals, printing and stationery 701 78
Repairs to engines, pumps, mains,
etc............................................... 473 80
S2
T. M. Cunningimm, Agent, one flre
hydrant and putting in same.>..,.,
Savannah Cotton Exchange for one
meter...........................................
Central of Georgia Railway Co., repairs to flre hydrant....................
Southern Pine and Lumber Company for gate, value labor, etc......
Propeller Tow Boat Company for
meter...........................................
Improvement account..................... 1,54969
1790 Extension account.......................... 0,95478
Hydrant account......... .................. 675 90
4270 Connection account........'.... ........... 6784
Meter account......... ............ .......... 4,868 28
1590 Insurance account.......................... 25000
Electric plunt................................. 2,37686 u
1582 Storm Insurance account................. 85000
Overcharges refunded for water ^
90 00 79,953 27 rent............................................. 22 00- 46,834 36
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Nw Water Work*. J3
Amount of note given the Holly c*
Manufacturing Company in pay- ^
in en t for engines and pumps........ 18,180 00
Amount of interest on note given tj
the Holly Manufacturing Com- ^
pany in payment for engines and O
pumps......................................... 303 00- 18.483 00 g
Balance on hand Dec. 31,1896......... 87,490 04 '
$802,467 65 $802,467 65
We, the undersigned Committee on Finance, have examined the accounts and books of the
City Treasurer from the first day of January, 1896, to the thirty-first day of December, 1896,
inclusive, and find the same correct, with proper vouchers produced, and a balance in the
Treasury of f 37,490.04. WM. GARBAED,
W. J. WATSON,
GEO. A. HUDSON,
HAL H. BACON,
GEO. W. TlEDEMAN,
Finance Committee.
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BUDGET1896.
Board of Health............................. ......$ 18,500
City Clocks.......................................... 200
City Court............................................ 6.500
City Lamps.................. ....................... 29,000
Crematories........................................... 7,000
Drainage and Dry Culture....................... 14,000
Fire Department.................................... 70,000
Harborand Wharves.............................. 1,500
Hospitals........... ................................. 10,800
House Drainage.................................... 3,000
Incidentals........................................... 7,500
InterestBonded Debt.............. ............ 174,000
Laurel Grove Cemetery............................ 6,500
Market................................................ 4,600
Opening Streets.................................... 30,000
Parks and Squares (including $500 for Estill
Park)............................................ 11,000
Paving Streets....................................... 10,000
Police.................................................. 80,000
Police and Fire Uniforms................. ...... 5,000
Printing and Stationery........................... 3.500
Public Buildings.................................... 1,500
Quarantine .......................................... 16,500
Salaries................................................. 35,000
Scavenger Department............................ 26,000
Sink Department........ .......................... 8,500
Sinking Fund....................................... 46,000
Streets and Lanes................................... 54,000
Water Works......................................... 35,000
Water Mains Extension............................ 10,000
Water Works, New and Notes.................. 18,483
Total..............................................$743,583
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Trial Balance to December jist, 1896.
EXPENDITURES. RECEIPTS.
Board of Health.........,.............................! 19,862 08
Board of HealthO. E. Machine............... 8,33196 $ 3,88192
Balance of Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1895...... 38,538 06
City Clocks ........................... .. ............. . 230 00
City Court................................................ 8,320 85 17 55
City Lamps............................................... 27,203 08
City Maps ................................................ 2 50
Crematories .................. ........................ 7,845 28 62 55
Coupons, 1879 ........................ .................. 158,006 25
Coupons, 1883.................. ............... ......... 15,653 51
Cash on Hand December 31,1896 ............. 37,490 04
Dry Culture and Drainage........................ 12,00153 1,20000
Fees...................... ................................. 6,484 54
Fire Department....................................... 65,238 06 301 36
Firemen's Uniforms................................... 3,245 67
Ground Rents......................................... . 17,991 68
Ground Rent Lots ........ ........................... 2,156 88
Harbor and Wharves................................. 429 16
Hospitals .................................................. 10,800 00
Incidentals.................. .......................... 5,29281 3,51431
Laurel Grove Cemetery........................... 6,528 02 1,973 50
Liquor Licenses............................ ............ 51,884 65
Market.............................. ....................... 4,431 12 15,904 05
Opening Streets......................................... 21,054 89 100 00
Parks and Squares.................................... 13,047 69 662 00
Paving Street*......................................... 34,84220 6,233 74
Paving Sidewalks......... .... ...................... 30 23
Police........................................................ 78,130 82 687 87
Printing and Stationery............................ 3,22304 196 00
Police Uniforms............ ........................... 5,984 43
Public Buildings....................................... 2,186 89 362 47
Police Court............................................... 5,389 00
Quarantine ...................................... ........ 12,956 76 7,027 40
Rent Account............................................ 2,105 00
Salaries........................................ .. ........ 35,991 36
Scavenger Department.'............................. 25,54067 23000
Streets and Lanes...................................... 47,85727 1,37889
Sinking Fund, 1879 .............. .................... 44,779 75
Sinking Fund, 1883 ................................... 8,714 01
Taxes, 1890................................................ 10 50
Taxes, 1891................................................ 1050
Taxes, 1892.................. ............................. 18 94
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Taxes, 1893................................. .............. 130 1
Taxes, 1894................................................ 1,806 65
Taxes, 1895................. .............................. 90 12 127,095 28
Taxes, 1898................................................ 327 22 426,123 19
Water Works........................................... 46,834 36 79,953 27
Water WorksNew................................... 18,483 00
Public Property......................................... 162 50
Citizens Industrial Committee.................. 165 00
House Drainage........................ ........ ...... 2,676 14
Street Numberiug................ ..................... 1,333 82
Storm Damage.......................................... 7,146 80
$802,467 65 $802,467 65
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REPORT OF CITY MARSHAL.
CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE,
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31st, 1896.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
SIRI have to honor to submit my Annual
Report for the year 1896, ending this day. The
money collected in this office amounts to $43,191.78,
as follows:
Real estate, 1890..... ...............,...........$ 10 50
Real estate, 1891................................. 10 50
Real estate, 1892................................. 18 94
Real estate, 1893................................. 130 19
Real estate, 1894................................. 1,711 40
Real estate, 1895.................................. 21,424 08
Real estate, 1896.......................... ...... 457 92
Personal property, 1894........................ 95 25
Persona] property, 1895........................ 1,077 27
Personal property, 1896........................ 4,183 64
Shipping, 1895.................................... 7 50
Shipping, 1896........ ........................... 99 75
Specific tax, 1895............................... 300 10
Specific tax, 1896......... ...................... 3,818 53
Privy vaults, 1892............................... 4 00
Privy vaults, 1894.................. ............ 8 00
Privy vaults, 1895 .............................. 178 00
Privy vaults, 189(>....................... ....... 72 00
Fees................................................. 1,346 00
Advertising...... ................................ 196 00
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Interest............................................. 164 01
T -A *! f Sale of Horses, $38.00...) QQ KC\ Incidentals, j Oyerbids at c jj. 50... } 38 50
Recording of deeds.............................. 2 10
Rent of Market vaults.......................... 2,659 00
Rent of Market stalls......... ...... .......... 700 00
Paving streets.................................... 4,448 37
Paving sidewalks................................ 30 23
Total.......................... ................$43,191 78
Sidewalks.
Notices were served whenever repairs have been
necessary, and lot owners who have not complied
with the notice, have been reported to Council, and
the instructions received were carried out.
Ground Rent*.
All lots reported to this office by the City Treasurer have been re-entered for arrears of rent as
required by ordinance.
Very respectfully,
JOHN POWER,
(tity Marshal.
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REPORT OF CITY ATTORNEY.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor :
DEAR SIRSince my last annual report, to be
found on pages 52 et. seq. of the last Municipal Reports, only two cases have been brought against the
city of Savannah. One of these is that of Thomas J.
McEvoy, claiming damages in the sum of five thousand dollars for personal injuries alleged to have been
sustained upon the streets of the city of Savannah,
and the other is that of A. J. Gresham against the
city for injunction, denying the right of the city to
collect from him a specific tax of two hundred and
fifty dollars required of "persons other than pawnbrokers doing the business of lending money on personal property." I believe that the small ness of the
number of cases brought during the past twelve
months is probably unprecedented, at least it is since
my incumbency of the office. During the year a
number of claims were made upon the city by
petition to Council and otherwise, but none of them,
except the two mentioned, have ever found their way
into the courts. It frequently happens that, upon a
report from the City Attorney that the city is not
liable, a claim is not pressed.
In the Gresham case Judge Falligant granted a
restraining order until a hearing on the facts, without passing in any way upon any of the legal ques-
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tions raised. For the sake of precedent in this character of cases, I concluded to take to the Supreme
Court the grant of this restraining order, and the
case is now pending there. It will probably be heard
sometime next month.
Since my last report two of the Liberty street cases
have been again tried, and have resulted in judgments for the city for the full amount with interests
and costs. The property owners are still endeavoring to get rid of these adjudications, but I am confident that, the amounts claimed by the city will have
to be paid with interest at seven per cent, and costs.
This is certainly true, unless our Supreme Court
changes its mind, and this I cannot anticipate. The
city has certainly done those things which, in the
last decision, the Court said would make the executions collectible. I believe the Court intended that
this last decision should finally dispose of this litigation. There are still pending, however, thirty-four
of originally more than one hundred executions.
While this litigation has been protracted, yet, in its
essential and controlling results, the decisions of the
Supreme Court have been, in the main, favorable to
the city. In these cases the constitutionality of the Act
of 1887 and of like legislation was vigorously assailed
upon various grounds, which, if sustained, would
have deprived the city of making-these improvements, unless the entire expense was paid out of the
City Treasury. The sustaining of the validity of
this legislation has permitted the city to do a great
deal of improvement since, which would probably
not have been done had the law been set aside.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 6S
The litigation with the Savannah, Florida. &
Western Railway Co., noticed in my former report,
has been happily terminated by an agreement with
the Railway Company secured by the diligent and
assiduous work of the Committee, and by yourself
and the other members of the Board, which is an
exceedingly fortunate one, and will be of great service and advantage to the citizens of Savannah. As
you are aware, the Railway Company officials, in this
matter, manifested not only a just, but a liberal and
generous spirit.
The seven cases mentioned on page 55 of the Report, in which the city is a party defendant, are still
pending. The Jefferson street cases are assigned for
trial in our Superior Court for next month.
During the past year I have drawn a large number
of titles to the city, growing out, chiefly, of the
extension of streets, some of which have required
considerable investigation. I take it that it is not"
necessary to mention these, or the drawing of ordinances, or the routine business of the office in detail.
Yours very truly,
SAM'L B. ADAMS,
City Attorney.
64 MAYOR1 S ANNUAL REPORT.
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31st, 1896.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
SIRWhen this Commission, at the beginning of
the past year, took charge of the Police Department,
in accordance with the Act creating the Board of
Police Commissioners, it adopted as its policy not
one of sweeping reforms, but on the contrary, one of
gradual improvements. We therefore resolved to
acquaint ourselves first thoroughly with the system
of the department, and to watch its workings, before
making any improvements or changes at all.
For that purpose no change was made in the
beginning in the officers or men of the force, and the
discharges that have taken place since have, in every
instance, been ordered for the grossest misconduct on
the part of the delinquents, or for absolute unfitness
for service.
In order to improve the general physique of the
force, we adopted a higher standard of physical qualification for new appointments, requiring a strict
medical examination of the applicants on prescribed
blank forms and making the minimum standard as
follows:
Age, not over 40 years.
Height, 5 ft. 7i in.
Weight, 133 Ibs.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 65
By careful and patient investigation of all complaints made against members of the department,
and by enforcement of all our rules and regulations,
we have endeavored to obtain a stricter discipline
and adherence to duty, which, in our opinion, has
resulted in a better " esprit du corps" among our
men.
Since the cooler season has set in a daily drill has
been practiced in the barracks yard in order to make
the men more supple and keep them in better bodily
trim, a condition most important for a policeman.
The Commission has thought it proper to accentuate its desire to prevent members of the force from
taking an active part in "politics" by adopting the
most stringent rules for the guidance of the force in
this respect. It is earnestly hoped that the enforcement of these rules will result in banishing "politics" from our department, which end we consider
not only desirable, but absolutely necessary for the
maintenance of an efficient police force.
Under the provisions of the Act creating the
Board, a proper set of books has been kept at headquarters by our clerk and secretary, which books
show a complete record of the workings of the whole
department.
The annual report of the Chief is hereto attached,
showing the strength of the force, the changes therein
during the year, the detailed work of the department, and the status of our property. The annual
report of the Electrician is also attached.
Special attention is called to the work done by the
detectives. Deeming a more extensive detective department of great value, we increased the detectives
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from two to four, and the excellent record of our
detective bureau hasproven the wisdom of our action.
That portion of the city "South of Anderson
Street" has received our special attention, an additional patrolman being provided for that district
the only additional patrol our budget allowed us to
make.
To properly patrol the city, in the present limits,
the force ought to be increased to at least eighty patrolmen.
The horses of the department have been carefully
looked after; those becoming unfit for service were
promptly condemned, sold and replaced by new ones
as far as our budget would permit.
The buildings of the department are in good condition, with the exception of our Guard House,
which is partly out of repairs and absolutely unfit
for our requirements. There are only seven cells for
the detention of prisoners, and sometimes these and
the corridor connecting them are so crowded that
there is actually not room enough for the prisoners
to lie down. There is at present no provision for the
:separation of the sexes. Our department requires a
Guard House of at least 20 cells, with modern appliances for heating and other conveniences, and we
sincerely hope that Council will see its way to make
the necessary appropriation of about $5,000 for the
required alteration during the new year.
A better ambulance service is needed for our city.
As none of the three public hospitals have an ambulance of their own, they rely upon the police ambulance for doing their work. We also have to convey
.any sailors that fall sick aboard their vessels to the
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hospitals. A two-horse ambulance is badly needed
for our work. The ambulance service should also
be embraced in our Gamewell system and made as
prompt as the patrol service.
We append a statement of our expenditures and
receipts :
STATEMENTS.
Paid salaries from 30th Nov.,
1895, until 1st Dec., 1895.. $69,731 95
Paid stables .................... 2,820 75
" barracks expenses...... 314 48
" feeding prisoners........ 657 39
" blank books, stationery, etc......... .............. 214 10
Paid postage.................... 25 00
" horses..................... 950 00
" coal and wood........... 158 25
" Gamewell system....... 718 25
" equipment............... 20000
" repair to harness, etc... 287 20
" detective department.. 98 15
" storm damage........... 59068
" lighting........... ... .. 521 11
" funerals .................. 5000
" incidentals............... 411 50$77,749 42
RECEIPTS
For stable manure......... 40 00
" fees and empty sacks. 15 91
" condemned horses...,, 240 00 295 91
$77,453 51
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Paid for uniforms, 1896..... $ 4,603 43
Allowed in special budget
for uniforms................. 2,750 00
Excess ......... .............. $ 1,853 43
Total expenses.............. $79,306 94
It will be noticed that the storm in September last
necessitated repairs of our property, amounting to
$590.68, which sum we were able to pay out of our
budget.
The amount of $2,750 allowed for uniforms was
found totally insufficient for our requirements. A
city of our importance cannot afford to have her
police officers walk the streets in shabby or unbecoming uniforms. The usual summer and winter
uniforms can hardly be supplied for the money put
at our disposal, much Jess overcoats, which the men
stood in need of this winter.
As our uniforms cost us $4,603.43, and the city's
appropriation amounted only to $2,750, we have
paid the excess of $1,853.43 out of our budget.
Our net expenditures amounted to $79,306.94,
hence a saving in our budget of 693.06.
The authorities of the Ocean Steamship Company
have cheerfully complied with every suggestion
made by us to bring about a closer connection ot
their police force with that of the city, and the result
is undoubtedly of great advantage to both parties.
This Board commends Chief McDermott for strict
attention to his arduous duties, and alsoLieut. Reilly
for his efficient services.
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The AtCt creating this Board of Commissioners is
faulty in several respects, and we recommend its
revision in the following points:
The position of the Mayor regarding the Police
Department should be more clearly defined; the
Commissioners, under certain conditions, should be
subject to removal by Council; an unanimous vote
of the members of the Commission should have the
power of appointment, even without the Chiefs
consent.
In conclusion we beg to say that much of our work
thus iar, necessarily, has been experimental, as the
projected improvements must be limited to our
budget, and reforms can only be of gradual growth,
but we feel encouraged by the results so far achieved.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD KAROW,
.Chairman Board of Police Commissioners.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
HEADQUARTERS POLICE DEPARTMENT, )
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1897. 5
The Honorable Board of Police Commissioners, Oity :
GENTLEMENI have the honor to submit to you
my Second Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1896.
The year just closed finds the department in good
ondition, and on the line of improvement the discipline of the force is considered good.
The hurricane which visited the city last September, blowing down fences and trees, left the city in
total darkness for seven nights, giving burglars a fine
opportunity to get in their work, but I am pleased
to say not a burglary was reported as having occurred
during that trying time.
The force was divided in two reliefs, the men
required to do twelve hours duty out of twenty-four,
and they performed this duty faithfully.
There have been several murders committed, and
also a large number of burglaries, and start the new
year with a record that not one of these murderers
or burglars escaped arrest.
The police and detectives have done most excellent work. There have been during the year 3,747
persons arrested, 1,131 whites and 2,616 colored.
Included in the above number of arrests made by
the detectives is 457119 whites and 338 colored.
The following are thecrimes and misdemeanors for
which the arrests were made:
MA YOX'S ANNUAL REPORT. 7t
OFFENSE.
Abandoning children.......................... .............
Abduction ............................ ............................
Allowing animals at large..................................
Allowing vicious dogs at large...... .......... ..........
Arson............................................ ....................
Arson, attempt to commit..................................
Assaulting and cutting......... .............................
Assaulting and shooting....................................
Assaulting and striking......................................
Assault, with intent to murder...... .....................
Assault, with intent to murder, accessory to.. .. Assault, with intent to rape...............................
Bonfires ...................................... .....................
Burglary............... ......... ....................................
Buying and receiving goods, false pretenses... ......
Cheating and swindling................ ................... .
Concealed weapon*......... ....................................
Contempt of court..............................................
Cow stealing......................... .............................
Cruelty to animals.............. ..............................
Cursing, resisting and striking officers... ...... ......
Deserting seamen................ ..............................
Deserting U- S. soldiers................ ...... .................
Driving wagon on Bull street....... ....... ... ..........
Drunkenness
Drunk and disorderly....... ................................ ..
Escaped convicts.... ............................................
Exposing person............................................ ...
Fast, disorderly and reckless driving..................
Fighting............... ....................................... ......
Forgery......................................... ............ .........
Fugitive from justice..........................................
Gambling......... .................................................
Illegal voting............................. ......................
Interfering with officers......... .............................
Keeping disorderly house...................................
Keeping gaming house............ ............ .............
Keeping policy shops....... .................................
Larceny....................................... .....................
Licentious conduct.... .........................................
Malicious mischief.............................................
Murder ......................... ...... ........... ................
Murder, accessory to..... ......................................
Obscene language............. ..................................
Obstructing streets and sidewalks.......................
Peddling without a license........... .....................
Pickpockets. ......................................................
Playing ball. ................................ .....................

1
6
4
1
1
11
85
13"i
5
2
a
n
5
.
18
1
6I
4
127
172
160
2
3
11
87
5
6
4
9
f>
t
4
51
9
*
13
2
6
1
D
1
10
3
1
63
2
214
45
3
1
2
42
9
27
4
1
1
46
1
44
555
79
137
7
7
15
260
3
5
40
2
20
24
10
2
8
443
3
3
18
1
23
14
5
3
6
"9
is
3
1
16
T
1
2:
74
2
29fr
5fr
3
2
2.
47
a
15-
40
9
1
1
64
2
6
1
98
6S2
251
297
9
JO
26
347
8
5
4ft<.
24
33
12
4
12
494
3
3
27
2
36
16
11
4

7-2 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
OFFENSE.
Pointing a pistol................................................
Rape.......................... .................... ..................
Riotous conduct.................................................
Robbery............................................................ 9
Robbery, attempt to commit.............................. 1
Running vehicles without license....................... 3
Bafe keeping...................................................... 18
Shooting Ala. slings...........................................
Shooting guns and pistols.'.................................. 17
Suspicious characters...................... ...... . ......... 14
Shooting at officers........................ ....................
Swimming in canal and river................... .........
Seduction................................................ ......... I
Threatening to cut officers ..............................
Threatening to shoot officers.............................. 1
Throwing rocks.................................................. 11
Vagrancy........................................................... 44
Violating barber-shop ordinance.............. ......... 1
Violating barroom ordinance......... ............... fl
Violating bicycle ordinance............................... 18
Violating fireworks ordinance...... ..................... 2
Violating hack ordinance....... ...........................
Violating imrket ordinance................................
Violating push cart ordinance.................. ......... 4
Violating sanitary ordinance.............................. 1
Violating Sunday ordinance........ ..................... 24
Violating tax ordinance...... .............................. 41
Violating harbor regulations.............................. 2
Violating water regulations................................ 2
Violating U- S la.w*.......................................... 1
'o I
o
6
3
3
7
3
14
5
It
82
1
6
6
1
CO
I
I
8
14
2(1
II
17
6
11
6
8
3
IB
4
17
00
5
31
96
1
C
I
6
2
71
113
2
C
26
16
20
II
4
18
30
52
2
2
Total................................. ........... ................ 1,131 2.GI6 3,747
Animnls impounded, 60.
Animals and vehicles at large, 22.
Foundlings, 2, colored.
Lodgerswhites, 524; colored, 86610.
Lost childrenwhites, 8; colored, 614.
Stores and offices found open, 120.
MAYOR'3 ANNUAL REPORT.
Arrest* toy Detectives.
OFFENSE.
Abandoning children.. ............. .. .....................1 ...
Assaulting and cutting...................................... 2
Assaulting and shooting/................................... 1 ...
Assaulting and striking.................................... 5
Assaulting to murder....................................... 2
Assaulting to murder, accessory.......................... ...
Burglary............................................................ 5
Cheating and swindling.................................... 1
Concealed weapons......... .... ............ .. .............. ...
Cursing, resisting and striking officers............... ...
House-breaking.................................................. 1
Deserting seamen............................................... 6
Deserting soldiers......................... .................... 1
Drunkenness...................................................... 5
Drunk and disorderly....................................... 6
Disorderly conduct............................................ 8
Escaped convicts...................................... .. ..... 2
Fast driving........ ............................................. ....
Fighting....................................... .... ......... .. .. 9
Forgery.............................. ............................... 3
Fugitive from justice........................................... ...
Keeping policy shops....................... .................
Larceny................................:............................ 31
Obstructing streets and sidewalks..................... 1
Pickpockets....................... ..............................
Pointing pistols............................................ .... ...
Riotous conduct.................................................
Robbery.................. ........................................ 8
Robbery, accessory to......................................... ...
Safekeeping......................................................! 6
Suspicious characters......................................... 15
Swimming in canal and river.............................
Seduction................ ......................................... 1
Throwing rocks.................................. ............... ...
Vagrancy........................................ .................. 3
1
6
1
10
16
2
32
2
3
1
3
5
17
2
1
4
"*
2
151
1
2
2
1
2
5
10
40
5
1
8
1
15
18
2
37
3
3
1
1
6
I
8
II
23
4
1
13
3
4
2
182
2
2
2
1
10
5
16
55
5
1
1
9
Total.. 1 119 ' 338 : 457
Following is a list of arrests for murder duringthe
year, and the names of the persons killed, as well as
those of the officers making the arrests:
Murders1896.
Mack Frazer, col., for killing Jeff Brown, col.,
Jan. 19. Arrested by Detective Godbold Jan. 20.
74 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
E. L. Gest, J. E. Conley, D. P. Walker and F. Floyd
for killing Gibson, col., Feb. 18. Arrested by Detectives Wetherhorn, Sculiy, Kily, Godbold Feb. 18.
Mattie Clark, alias Sanders, col., for killing Willie
Sales, col., March 15. Surrendered March 15.
James Jackson, col., for drowning Mossa Stephney,
col., July 10. Arrested by Detective Wetherhorn
Julv 10.
V
Rosa Platz, col., for killing Laura Cuthbert, col.r
July 23. Arrested by Officer Cronin July 23.
Brister Graham, col., for killing Ben Wilson, col.r
Sept. 22. Arrested by Officer Eady Sept. 22.
George Gruver for killing Henry Voight Oct. 16.
Arrested by Officers Cronin, Shea, Mendel Oct. 16.
P. Kearney for killing J. W. Wyness Nov. 3. Arrested by Detective Sculiy Nov. 3.
Morris Sullivan and Simon O'Neil for killing Preston Brooks Nov. 9. Arrested by Officers Crimmins
and Murphy Nov. 9.
Lovett Pitts for killing A. Thornburg Dec. 3. Arrested by Officer Mock Dec. 3, 1896.
J. H. Perkins, col., for killing P. Barnes, col., Dec.
24. Arrested by Officer Barrett Dec. 24, 1896.
William Elmore for killing a man in South Carolina, Oct. 25, 1896. Arrested by Detective Kiley.
James Brown and Geo. Dyer for killing Wm. Titcomb Dec. 25. Arrested by Detective Sculiy and
Policeman Shea.
The detectives have faithfully discharged their
duty in every case, and many times have been on
duty night and day to effect their purpose. During
the year they have recovered stolen property to the
amount of $9,532.80.
MA FOB'S ANNUAL REPORT. 7$
The old station house is an eyesore to this department, and I would recommend that an appropriation
be made by the City Council for the purpose of building a new one, or remodeling the old one, with at
least twenty cells, in order that we may have room
to separate the sexes.
The horses of the department are in fine condition, in fact our department is up to date.
The aggregate strength of the department is 81, as
follows:
Chief............................................... 1
Lieutenant....................................... 1
Sergeants...... ...... ............................. 4
Detectives......................................... 4
Privates...........................................70
Clerk............................................... 1
Total.........................................81
The Ocean Steamship Company's force (doing
duty on the Company's property exclusively) consists of
Sergeants.......................................... 3
Privates...........................................21
Total.........................................24
RECAPITULATION.
City's force...................................... 81
Ocean Steamship Company's force........ 24
Total.......................................105
76 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Register of the Force.
Naae. Rank. Date Appointed,
Frank MeDerruott......... Chief................'Elected January 23, 1895.
Owen F. Reilly....... .... Lieutenant.......! " Nov. 1, 1895.
Henry Lingg............... 'Sergeant........... 'Appointed April 10, 1S66.
Jas. M. Mock
Henry W. Baughn......
Jno. B. Killourhy.........
D. F. Kiley................... Detective .........
Henry Wetherhorn......
Martin Scully...............
G. S- Godboli...............
T. B. Masters............... Clerk
Arnold, Jno.................. Private
Atkinson, C. J..............
Barrett, J- J.................
Beeker, W. L...............
Blumberg, L...............
Bostiek. R. B...............
Bradley, W. E..............
Brantlev, J. H..............
Brazell.'S. P ..... - ......
Christian, J. A..............
Christie, C. T...............
Clavton, A. J...............
Coffee, E. J..................
Collins, C. A ................
Crimmins, J. C............
Cronin, D. J................
Crosby, W. F...............
Davis, E F..................
Davis, R. E........... ......
Davis, R- T..................
Davis, S. M..................
Deignan, J. J................
Downing, D. T............
Dwyer, L.....................
Ewers, P. J..................
Farr, T.C.....................
Farrell, J.....................
Farrell, T. J..................
Fleming, W. H............
Floyd, B. G..................
Guilfoyle, J..................
Haar, M .......................
Halford, J.S................
Higgins, J. S................
Hodgos, \V. D..............
Jarreil, S. J..................
Jernigan, D. W............
Keane, J.......................
Kelly, P. J...................
Jan. 19, 1881.
Sept.-29, 1881.
Jan. 21,1866.
Jan. SI, 1895.
Feb. 2,1895.
Feb. 24,1890
Feb. 2, 1895.
April 23, 1886.
July 8. 1882.
April 8. 196.
Dec. 18, 1894.
July 24, 1891.
Feb. 4, 1896.
Sept, 30, 1894.
Nov. 17, 1894-
Oct. 7, 1868.
Feb. 2, 1894
Oct. 1,1890.
Oct. 1, 1890.
Oct. 23, 1*82.
Sept. 24, 1891.
Dec. 8, 1896.
Nov. 29, 1892.
Dec. 10, 1887.
May 30, 1S95.
August 21,1692.
Oct. 15,1869.
Jan. 10, 1890.
May 30, 1893.
Feb. 6. 1894.
July 23, 1894.
Feb. IB, 188?-
June 27, 1890.
Dec. 1, 1879.
Jan. 3,1895.
July 1, 1895-
Nov. 28, 1893.
Oct. 20, Ih70.
Nov. 4,1896.
April 20, 1896.
Sept. 53, 1894.
August 9, 1&81.
Jan. 3,1895.
Oct. 16, 1891.
Dec. 6, 1893.
Jan. 13, 1890.
August S, 1894.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Register of ttie force.Continued.
Name.
Kiernan, W.......... ........
Lariaey. J. W...............
McCabe, P....................
McCool,J. ....................
McHugh, M.......... ......
McQuade, M........ .........
Meldrim, M. ~L.. ...........
Mitchell, G. W. ............
Mock, C. W......... ........
Murphy, T. C...... .........
Neidlinger, C. S.... .......
Norris.J. J. .................
O'Keefe, B... .................
Sandiford, C. A............
Schroder, J. D. 0 .........
Bemken J. D ...............
Shea, J.......... ...............
Sbeehan, W.. ...............
Smith, F. J. .................
Smith, G.L .................
Smith, W. H.... ...........
Solomons, M. A............
Speight, W. G.... ..........
Stark, J........ ........._....
TuIIis, B. L.......... ........
Ungar, B-. ....................
Williams, B. W... .........
Williams, J. T.... ..........
Winn, W. S....... ...........
Woods.J. W.... .............
York,J. B....... .............
Hall, E. B...... .............
Rank.
Pn
t
vate ............
............
::::::::::::
............
.
Retired.
Date Appointed.
Appj>inted Sept. 17, 1871.
Jan. 3, 1895.
Oct. 7, 1873.
Sept. 24, 1891.
Sept. 29. 1890.
Oct. 24, 1868.
Feb. 14, 1896.
Oct. 16, 1893.
July 1, 1895.
August 22, 1890.
March 1, 1887.
Sept. 28, 1894.
Oct. 23, 1871.
Oct. 1,1895.
June 10, 1895.
Feb. 4, 1896.
Sept. 28, 1895.
Dec. 1, 18R2.
June 25, 1890.
Sept. 5, 1893.
Dec. 1, 1879.
Oct. 30, 1896.
Dec. 17, 1890.
Sept. 1, 1893.
Feb. 6, 1895.
Dec. 18, 1894.
Oct. 7, 1895.
Oct. 31,1885.
Dec. 8, 1896.
Feb. 12, 1896.
Sept. 1, 1893.
Nov. 1, 1865.
Chief of Police, Lieutenant, 4 Sergeants and 17
Patrolmen are mounted.
W. D. Clairborne, Electrician.
M. Beblasky, Driver Patrol Wagon.
J. Kelly, Driver Patrol Wagon.
B. T. Strobhar, Foreman Stables.
J. W. Pitts, Ambulance Driver.
Harvey Bacot, Groom.
Solomon Johnson, Groom.
Kogers Roberta, Groom.
18 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Ocean Steamship Company's Force.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Police and
the Police Commission.
Name. Rank. Date Appointed.
E. 8- Muse............JSergeant................. (September 26,1881.
F. W. Langbell............ " ...............'October4, Mil.
W. H. Powell................ ". ...............(September 25,1891.
Blakewood, ........."Private................ .(September J, 1881.
Brennan, T
Con nelly, J. M..
DouRlass, W. E
Eatfleson, J.......
Filzhenry, J. T
Harris, D. N......
Horning, J. B...
Joiner,.......
King, 8............
Knox, J ...........
Lee, C. P.........
Lee, W. N.......
Lysaught, D......
Mallette. L. E..............
Morrell.F. E................I
Parrish, H. A...............!
Powers, T. J...............J
Bweeney, M.T............J
Thorpe, <;. B-...............'
Thorpe. J. E.................I
i February 4, 1893.
^November 3, 1890.
May 14,1884.
June II, 1895.
September 4, 1895.
July S, 1893.
September 17,1895.
September 28,1896.
July 14,18W.
November 27, 1881.
October 18. 1894.
AuicustS, 1893.
March 1,1882.
Octobers, 1891.
October 28, 1894.
May 26, 1893.
May 25,1K92.
January 11.1882.
September 1,1886.
November 6,1891.
Inventory of City Property at Police Barrack*,
January x, 1:897.
42 Springfield rifles.
47 Winchester rifles.
16 Winchester shot guns.
19 Smith & Wesson pistols, 45 cal.
95 Smith & Wesson pistols. 38 cal.
74 Pistol holsters.
42 Bayonets and scabbards.
74 Waist belts.
81 Clubs.
74 Whistles.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
100 Shields.
81 Fire keys.
370 Police signal box keys.
2,000 Rounds ammunition for Springfield rifles.
4,000 Rounds ammunition for Winchester rifles.
195 Rounds ammunition for shot guns.
700 Rounds ammunition for pistols.
2 Patrol wagons.
1 Supply wagon.
1 Ambulance.
1 Buggy.
5 Sets harness.
28 Horses.
23 Saddles.
23 Saddle cloths.
24 Halters.
23 Pairs spurs.
5 Curry combs and brushes.
3 Rakes.
3 Shovels.
10 Buckets.
12 Brooms.
40 Spittoons.
4 Scrub brushes.
4 Water coolers.
2 Wheelbarrows.
2 Coal scuttles.
2 Axes.
1 Iron bucket.
2 Lawn mowers.
2 Saws.
70 Bedsteads.
SO MA YOJR'S ANNUAL REPORZ.
70 Mattresses.
70 Bedspreads.
70 Pillows.
2 Wardrobes.
24 Blankets.
6 Stoves.
35 Sabers and scabbards.
35 Saber belts.
80 Lockers.
1 Locker.
I Roller desk.
3 Roller chairs.
1 Rogues' gallery.
1 Carpet.
6 Chairs.
1 Sofa.
1 Table and cloth.
1 Water cooler.
1 Ink stand.
2 Spittoons.
1 Looking glass.
3 Desks, 1 table.
3 Chairs, 1 iron safe.
1 Stamp press.
3 Spittoons.
3 Ink stands.
1 Hat rack.
2 Strips carpet.
3 Rugs, 4 pieces matting.
1 Stove.
3 Chairs, 1 desk.
1 Cabinet, 2 clocks.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 8t
Gamewell table and appliances.
1 Large picture of police.
2 Spittoons.
The Game-well Signal Syatem.
This department of the service has given good satisfaction, with the exception of a few weeks after the
storm last September, which blew down Avires, &c.
During the year there have been registered in the
office 2,090 calls for the patrol wagon; 425 calls for
the ambulance, and 2,978 telephone calls. The number of reports received from the Patrolmen through
the signal boxes is 107,950, all of which received
prompt attention.
I recommend that the force be increased ten men.
The city is rapidly extending, and the need of a
larger number of Patrolmen to properly guard life
and property is apparent.
In closing I beg leave to express my appreciation
of the kindness of your honorable body in extending
to me every assistance in your power in the discharge of my duty, and for many courtesies at your
hands I return my sincere thanks.
I beg also to express my thanks to his Honor,.
Mayor Myers, for his valuable assistance and courtesies to me. Respectfully submitted,
FRANK MCDERMOTT,
Chief of Police.
SS MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT POLICE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1897.
Capt. Frank McDermott:
DEAR SIRI have the pleasure to submit the following report of the Police Telegraph system for the
year ending December 31,1896:
During the year 113,443 calls were transmitted
-over the system, of which 2,090 calls were for the
patrol wagon, 425 calls for the ambulance. The
number of telephone calls were 2,978, and the number of officers' reports 107,950.
The system has given fairly good service. Induction continues to be very strong, especially in bad
weather, but I hope to relieve this by stringing an
extra wire.
The following are the expenses of this branch of
.the service:
Banning; Expense*.
Bluestone and Zinc............................. ...$ 86 46
Telephone rent ..................................... 235 00
56 Samson Batteries and 47 Dry Batteries... 53 52
Register Paper, Ink, Ribbon..................... 42 05
Oil...................................................... 17 48
Sash Cord....................................... ..... 1 00
$435 51
JfAYOS'S ANNUAL REPORT 83
ImproYement*.
Double Harness and Wagon.....................fill 94
Lanterns and Lamps .............................. 1 50
$113 44
Repair*.
Repairs to Wagons.................................$147 10
Hinges for Signal Boxes.......................... 345
Extra Labor.......................................... 1 50
Lumber for Patrol House ........................ 15 36
One Gong for Patrol Wagon..................... 2 50
$169 91
Storm Damage.
Wire...................................................$101 70
Extra Labor......................................... 18 38
$120 08
Recapitulation.
Running Expenses.............................. ...$435 51
Improvements....................................... 113 44
Repairs................................................ 169 91
Storm Damage........................................ 120 08
Total............ ................................$838 94
Recommendations.
The following recommendations are respectfully
submitted, with the hope that they may receive earnest consideration, and that it may be found feasible
to carry them out:
S4 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
I recommend that two new street boxes be bought
and located, one in Collinsville and one at Bolton
and Cuyler streets.
I also recommend that box 412, at Florence and
Sixth streets, be moved to some convenient place on
the Ogeechee road.
I also recommend that two large rotary gongs be
bought for the two patrol wagons; the one on the small
wagon is worn out, and the one on the large wagon
is too small.
I also wish to inform you that during the year
1897 the Telephone Company of Savannah intend
to discontinue the overhead system and place their
wires under ground. We are at present depending
on the Telephone Company for right of way on a
great number of their poles, and by the Telephone
Company making this change it will be necessary for
us to go under ground with them or build routes;
therefore, I recommend that $800.00 be set aside for
that purpose.
I also recommend that an Assistant Superintendent of Fire and Police Telegraph be appointed, the
Police Department to pay one-half the salary.
I also recommend that we change from gravity to
storage battery, as I believe it to be much better and
cheaper.
I also recommend that we change from a two-wire
to a three-wire system, as at present it is very difficult to talk over our system, especially at night,
when the electric light is running and the weather
is bad. By this third wire the system would be
greatly improved.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 85
Permit me before closing this report to return my
thanks to the Chief of Police and to the officers and
members of the Police Department for courtesies extended.
I am, most respectfully,
(Signed) W. D. CLAIBORNE,
Supt. Police Telegraph.
MATOKS ANNUAL BEPOR1.
POLICE COURT-REPORT OF RECORDER.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 16, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
SIRIn compliance with the request contained in
your letter of 21st, ult. I submit below a statement
of the matters disposed of in the Police Court of
Savannah, for the year 1896.
Case* Fined for Violation* of City Ordinance*.
Convictions.........................................1,797
Acquittals.......................................... 940
2,737
Case* Diapoaed of for Violation* of State I^aw*.
Warrant issued and defendant turned over to State
Courts:
Arson.................................................. 1
Assaultand battery................................ 15
Assault with intent to murder.................. 30
Assault with intent to commit rape........... 2
Attempt to commit burglary .................. 1
Attempt to cheat and swindle ................. 1
Attempt to commit a larceny.................. 1
Burglary............................................. 28
Buying and receiving stolen goods, etc..... 1
Carrying concealed weapons................ ... 30
Cheating and swindling................. ........ 2
Cow stealing......................................... 1
Escaped convict.................................... 1
Forgery................................ .............. 2
Gambling............................................ 13
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 8T;
Illegal voting....................................... 1,
Keeping gaming house........................... 2"
Keeping a policy lottery ..... .................. 11
Larceny............................................. 294
Larceny after trust................................ 3
Malicious mischief ................................ 1
Murder............................................... 4
Pointing a pistol at another..................... 1
Rape ............................................ ..... 1
Robbery ............................................ 4
Selling liquor to a minor..........'.............. 2.
Shooting at another, etc.......................... ;3
Stabbing another, etc ............................. II
Vagrancy .................................... ........ 52:
519
Dismissals .......................................... 342
861
Investigated as being suspicious characters.. 113-
Sent to hospital for treatment.................. 6
Turned over under warrant from state court 25-
Turned over under warrant from the coroner 5
Turned over under warrant for lunacy...... 8
Turned over to officers holding warrant from
other States and U. S.......................... 7
Contempt of court................................. 6.
Total cases disposed of .......................3,768
Cash collected for fines imposed......f 5,389.00
Respectfully submitted,
H. E. WILSON,
Recorder.
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38 MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPORT.
*
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS SAVANNAH FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
Year Ending December 31st, 1896.
| Oflcer* of tbe Fire Department of the City of Sari vannah for tbe Year Ending: Dec. gut, 1896.
[| CommissionersWilliam L. Grayson, Chairman,
I Robt. S. Mell, Geo. W. Parish.
SecretaryJno. JE. Maguire.
Fire ChiefJno. E. Maguire.
Assistant Mre ChiefGeo. Mouro.
Superintendent Mre AlarmW. D. Claiborne.
Superintendent of HorsesThos. Brady.
Clerk and StorekeeperE. J. Seymour.
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.
5 ,. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, /
r SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 31st, 1896. )
I To the Honorable the Mayor and Aldermen,
I City of Savannah, Ga:
} GENTLEMENAs required by law, the Board of
| Fire Commissioners have the honor to herewith
respectfully submit their first annual report of the
\ condition and operations of this department for the
| year ending Dec. 31st, 1896.
I A report of this character, reviewing in a con-
| densed manner the operations and conditions of the
* department under our charge, by no means fully
i, -explains or represents the work incumbent upon a
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Commission responsible for the general management
of so important a branch of the public service. Matters are constantly occurring that require the time
and attention of the Commissioners, aside of their
regular and special meetings.
During the year the Board has held thirty-eight
(38) meetings, and we believe all matters pertaining
to the department have been acted upon in accordance with our duties as Commissioners.
There are now in the department eighty-six (86)
officers and men, a large portion of whom have long
experience as firemen, and our force, as a whole, are
faithful, brave and efficient. One member died during
the year from natural cause, and another lost his life
in the discharge of his duty.
On assuming charge of this important branch of
the public service, we found that there were many
needed improvements in the manner of conducting
the department, and that a great many of the apparatus were in need of repairs. It is the desire of
your Board to make this report as concise as possible, but we feel that the report would in nowise be
complete were we not to call your attention to certain improvements "and reforms that have been
accomplished during the past year.
The office was sadly in need of system, particularly as to the book work. The careless manner of
conducting this part of the service has been overcome by appointing a clerk, whose duty it is to take
charge of the storeroom (where all supplies are kept),
and to keep the books posted daily. It is due to
this particular method that we are enabled to make
our report on the first day of the new year.
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We have put into use the Metropolitan "leave of
absence," which gives members of the department
one day of 24 hours every 10 days, and 5 hours
every fifth day off, whereas, under the old system,
they were only allowed one day of 24 hours in every
10 days.
We found the department annoyed and hampered
by the public at fires, and we have overcome this
trouble by issuing fire line badges to only such per-
' sons whose duty calls them within the line.
A standard has been adopted which insures the
[ appointment to membership of only such persons as
are physically and mentally worthy of appointment.
A system of house inspection has been adopted, and
1 we are satisfied that much of the good work attained
this year by the Fire Department is traceable to the
; fact that the men are familiar with the interior of
j most of our business houses. While we cannot point
ij to any particular instance, we believe that many fires
P have been averted, by the inspectors calling atten-
, tion of owners to such hazards as would no doubt
i have caused numerous fires.
\ We found the petty cash of the department, loose-
;; ly kept, and instead of cash, due bills were found in
I the cash drawer. The clerk who is in charge of the
! petty cash, has definite orders to accept a due bill
from no one. The petty cash is checked and approved monthly. For detailed report of petty cash
see Exhibit A.
I During the year the department has been inspected
f- and tested with very gratifying results. We met
* with the Committee representing the "Underwriters"
of the city of Savannah, also the National Inspector
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of the "Underwriters Association" and we are very
glad to report that they could offer no suggestions
in the improvements, other than those mentioned at
this meeting by the Board of Fire Commissioners,,
which we have since learned has been endorsed by
them as a whole.
We have added during the year, to the department
four (4) regular men and eight (8) supernumerariea
at a total increase in the salary account of six
thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600).
We have been granted the use of a -large lot
adjacent to Hose Co. No. 1, by the Waring Estater
which we use as a lot for horses out of service and in
need of rest. In the rear of No. 1 House we have
built outhouses and stalls, so that the stock not in
use can be kept properly, and in cases where they
are thrown out of service temporarily, they can
receive such attention as will save them to the city.
New rules have been adopted and have given entire
satisfaction. We found that the Fire Chief who
preceded us, gave a personal bond to the city. We
have exacted a bond from both the Fire Chief and
the Asst. Chief in an indemnity company, which removes them, in their responsible positions, from
the necessity of being under obligations to individuals.
We found that No. 2 House was unsanitary,
unsightly and unsafe, and recommended the purchase
of the Tynan property, which received favorable
consideration, and we are at present at work on
same, and hope to have it tenantable within sixty
(60) days.
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Fire Record.
A review of the operations of the department during the past year justifies us in asserting that its
reputation for its efficiency has been fully sustained.
The same spirit of promptness, the same masterly
management have characterized the acts of officers
and men. We enjoy with our citizens, the uncommon pride taken in the department, and our
claim that this feeling is fully merited will, we
believe, be generally supported.
During-the past' year there were 196 alarms, and
in several instances the fires wer.e very threatening
in their character, but the department was in each
instance equal to the emergency. Were we to fail
to make special mention of the untiring energy displayed and the merited success attained by officers
and men during the holiday week, we feel that we
would be derelict in our duty were we not to commend
them for their untiring and successful services.
Numerous fires have occurred during the year,
which were promptly extinguished (with a comparatively small loss) which had in them, from the
character of the buildings and their contents, the
elements of an extensive conflagration, and but for
the energy and determination of the department
would have resulted in very serious destruction of
property. In this connection we would say that we
fear that some few of our citizens let their partisan
feelings get the better of their discretion, and in their
efforts to belittle and criticise this body of brave and
true men, they not only make the men feel, when
they are called upon to face danger, that their
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services are not appreciated, but they place before
other cities (which are not conversant with the
efficient service rendered by the department) a view
of our department which cannot be established by
facts, and which judging from the insurance comments we have seen in other parts of the country,
are working an unjust and a most irreparable injury
on the fair name of Savannah.
Improrements.
During the year the working strength of the department has been increased by the addition of one
Double Tank Holloway Chemical Engine, in order
that the southern section of the city should receive
better protection from fire.
Upon assuming charge we found a lot of old
material cast away in sheds at Hose Station No. 1,
among which were 5 old Hose Reels which had been
abandoned as useless. We found no Reserve Hose
tender and from these old reels we selected two, and
after having them put in thorough order located one
at Headquarters and one at No. 4 House for carrying
the Reserve Hose.
The department buildings have received proper
and necessarv attention, and several new outhouses, / ' '
for feed, coal etc., have been erected.
During the year 6,000 feet of fire hose were purchased. 1,300 feet of which were to replace hose
upon which the limits of guarantee had expired this
year, and 4,700 feet which the department was in
need of for effective service.
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HERITORIOUS CONDUCT.
It is with pleasure that we devote this page in our
report in commendation of the heroic conduct displayed by Fireman Jno. Morris, Jr., at the Hull fire
Sept. 23, 1896.
JOHN MORRIS, JR.,
Appointed by the Board of Fire Commissioners
to Membership in this Department,
January 15th, 1896.
While the Hull building was afire Fireman
McStay, in coming out of the building, fell through
the open space on Bay street, a depth of 35 feet.
When the alarm was given that a man had fallen
through the opening, Morris, without hesitation, and
conscious of the peril that confronted him, descended
amid the smoke and steam on a ladder, which was
attached to a rope held by several members of the
Fire Department, and succeeded in rescuing his fallen
comrade from the burning building, but, sad to
relate, only that he might die surrounded by his
beloved ones.
MAJOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
DEATHS.
TERRANCE BENNETT,
Driver Engine Co. No. 1, died Sept. 22d, 1896.
He was appointed a member of the call force at the
time of its organization and had served as a
member of the department in various
capacities for more than 25 years.
FRANK McSTAY,
Hoseman Engine Co. No. 2, killed while on duty
S,ept. 23d, 1896. He was appointed a member
of the department Oct. 8th, 1892.
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Finances.
Your Board has labored zealously to conduct the
department without extravagance, keeping in view
the fact that the service is an expensive one, and
must at all times be kept up to the highest state of
efficiency. The amount appropriated for the maintenance of the department for the fiscal year was
$70,000.00. Of this amount $65,226.57 were expended. $55,640.54 in payment of salaries of firemen and general expenses, and $9,587.03 for improvements There remains an unexpended balance
of $4,773.43 left in the City Treasury. A detailed
statement of expenses will be found under Exhibit 2.
In another part of this report will be found detailed statements of Clerk, Superintendent of Fire
Alarms, statements of fires, insurance, losses, etc., the
whole making a complete report.
In conclusion the Board desires to commend the
officers and members of the department for the faithful discharge of their duties; to thank the Police Department for the uniform courtesy and efficient aid
rendered this department, and to thank our citizens
generally, the public press, and all of the city .officials with whom we have had official business.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. L. GRAYSON,
R. S. MELL,
GEO. W. PARISH.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FIRE CHIEF SAVANNAH
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
For the Year Ending December 31st, 1896.
OFFICE FIRE CHIEF, )
SAVANNAH, GA., Jan. 1,1897.
To the Honorable Board of Fire Commissioners:
GENTLEMENI have the pleasure to submit the
following report of the Savannah Fire department
for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1896:
Force.
On December 31st, 1896, the force of this department consisted of 86 men, as follows: 68 Uniform,.
8 Supernumerary and 10 Volunteers.
1 Fire Chief.
1 Assistant Chief.
1 Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
6 Foremen.
1 Acting Foreman.
5 Engineers.
15 Drivers.
38 Uniformed Firemen.
8 Supernumerary Firemen.
10 Volunteers.
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During the past twelve months the force was
increased by the addition of 3 Firemen, 1 Engineer
and 8 Supernumeraries.
The volunteer force connected with Hose Company No. 1 continue to serve without compensation.
Nine resignations were received and accepted
during the past year.
Two members of the department died and twenty
were dismissed for cause.
Organisation of the Fire Department.
Headquarters, South Broad and Abercorn.
John E. Maguire, Fire Chief.
Geo. Mouro, Assistant Chief.
E. J. Seymour, Clerk.
W. D. Claiborne, Superintendent Fire Alarm Tel.
Engine Company No. i.
20 Broughton Street.
NAME. CAPACITY.
Connolly, J. J......... ............... Foreman.
Hamilton, Thos.......................Assistant Foreman.
Christian, Chas........................Engineer.
Williams, W. H.......................Engine Driver.
Equesne, C. V..........................Wagon Driver.
<jrady, J. W ........................... Hoseman.
Murphy, J. J ..........................
Oarrick, Jno........................... "
Drury, M.......... ....................
Sollar, J. J ............................
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Engine Company Mo. a.
Northwest Corner of West Broad and Olive Streets.
NAME. CAPACITY.
Campos, J.E........................... Foreman.
Cleary, T.J.............................Assistant Foreman.
Bordnave, J. V........................Engineer.
Cleary, W. J....................... ...Engine Driver.
Ward, F. S .............................Reel Driver.
Morris, Jno.............................Hoseman.
Lilienthal, S........................... "
Engine Company Mo. 3.
Headquarters Building on Southwest Corner of
South Broad and Abercorn Streets.
NAME. CAPACITY.
Toshaeh, A. J..........................Foreman.
Tow, W. H.............................Assistant Foreman
Mingledorf, B..........................Engineer.
Glass, R. J..............................Engine Driver.
Harper, J, E...........................Wagon Driver.
Lamotte, F. M.........................Hoseman.
Douglass, J. E........................ "
McGrath,W.F.................. .....
Cullum, M.............................
Rogers, A. M..........................
Engine Company Mo. 4.
No. 144 Barnard Street, East Side, Between Hall
and Huntingdon Streets.
NAME. CAPACITY.
Kier^an, A. J..........................Acting Foreman.
Strobhert, J. F ........................Assistant Foreman.
Doyle, J. M.............................Engineer.
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!: Hillsman, C. P........................Engine Driver.
I Gay, J. H ..............................Wagon Driver.
I White, Chas...........................Hoseman.
Frain, W. J.............................
Pringle, W. W........................
Clark, J.L.............................
Platshek, L............................
Engine Company No. 5.
No. Ill Henry Street, Between Dray ton and Bull
Streets.
NAME. CAPACITY.
Steinberg, C. C........................Foreman.
Corley, H. F...........................Assistant Foreman.
Remington, H. S.....................Engineer.
Hardee, J. F...........................Driver Engine.
Harris, F. N...........................Driver Wagon.
Rackstraw, J. T.......................Hoseman.
Harrell, W. E.........................
Richardson, G. W. H ...............
Henderson, J. C...................... "
Chemical Company No. I.
Headquarters Building.
NAME. CAPACITY.
Murphy, J..............................Foreman.
Flyran, C. J....................... .....Assistant Foreman.
Treboney, L ...........................Driver.
O'Leary, J..............................Operator.
Hearn, J. J.............................Hoseman.
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Cbemlcal Company No.
Engine Station S. Henry St:l!
NAME.
Burnham, C. M................................. DriverT
Barthelmess, Jno...............................Operator.
Williams, J. H..................................Hoseman.
Book and Ladder Co. No. z.
Headquarters Building.
NAME. CAPACITY.
McFarland, A. P...................... Foreman.
McKay, T. J.................... ...... Assistant Foreman.
Brady, Thos...........................Driver.
Pitts, Chas..............................Tillerman.
Paeetti, E. V...........................Ladderman.
Taylor, L. J...........................
Morell, Jos............................. "
Book and Ladder Company No. a.
South Side of Engine Company No. 4 Quarters.
NAME. CAPACITY.
Donnelly, Geo................................... Driver.
Cooper, Jno......................................Tillerman.-
Thompson, F. H................................Ladderman.
Hoe Company No. x.
On the South Side of Waldburg, Near Price Street.
NAME. CAPACITY.
Larkin, Hugh.;.................Driver.
Schwarz, Fred....................Foreman of Volunteers.
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Recapitulation.
Estimated Value of Department Property.
Engine Company No. 1...........$ 18,350 00
Engine Company No. 2............. 7,025 00
Engine Company No.3........... 36,577 00
Engine Company No. 4........... 19,025 00
Engine Company No. 5........... 14,325 00
Hose Company No. 1 ............ 10,050 00
Hose Company No. 2 ............ 1,700 00
Chemical Company No. 1 ...... 3,100 00
Chemical Company No. 2 ...... 1,534 00
Hose Company No. 1............ 3,300 00
Miscellaneous Property........... 9,898 75
Fire Alarm System .............. 22,18000
Total...............................$147,064 75
STATEMENT OF ROLLING STOCK.
Engines.
Engine No. 1, 3d size, double pumps, La France.
Engine No. 2, 2d size, single pumps, Amoskeag.
Engine No. 3, 2d size, double pumps, La France.
Engine No. 4, 5th size, single pumps, La France.
Engine No. 5, 3d size, single pumps, Jeffers.
Reserve No. 6, 2d size, single pumps, Jeffers.
Hose Tenders.
Engine Co. No. 1, two-horse wagon.
Engine Co. No. 2, one-horse reel.
Engine Co. No. 3, two-horse wagon.
Engine Co. No. 4, two-horse wagon.
Engine Co. No. 5, two-horse wagon.
Hose Co. No. 1, one-horse reel.
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Chemical*.
Chemical Co. No. 1, Double Tank Holloway, 85
gallons each.
Chemical Co. No. 2, Double Tank Holloway, 65*
gallons each.
Trucks.
Truck Co. No. 1Hayes' Aerial Extension Truck,,
55 feet when extended.
Truck Co. No. 2Leverich Wooden Frame Truck,
40 feet longest ladder.
\ Reserve Hose Tenders.
Engine Co. No. 31 Amoskeag one-horse reel.
Engine Co. No. 41 Amoskeag one-horse reelsupply Wagons.
1 Two-horse large wagon.
1 One-horse small wagon.
1 One-horse dump cart.
Officers Vehicles.
1 Chiefs four-wheel buggy.
1 Assistant Chiefs four-wheel buggy.
1 Reserve two-wheel gig.
1 Reserve four wheel buggy.
Kose.
On January 1st, 1896, we had in use 11,350 feet of
hose as follows: 7,800 feet of good, 2,000 feet fair
and 1,500 feet worthless, leaving about 7,800 feet for
engine use and 9,800 feet for all purposes.
During the past year 6,000 feet were purchased
and 1,100 feet were condemned.
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At this time the inventory of hose shows that
there are in service and in reserve 14,700 feet. Of
this 13,700 feet are in good condition and 1,000 feet
in fair condition.
Horses.
On January 1st, 1896, there were in the service 33
horses. Since that time five horses were bought, one
was sold and one died. At this date we have 36
horses.
Sub-Dlvialon of ExpensesYear 1896.
Expenses incurred for which bills have been approved
and forwarded to'Council to be passed for payment.
Pay rolls...........................................f49,247 80
Printing and stationery........................ 166 55
Oats, bran, hay................................... 2,456 55
Horse shoeing.................................... 812 24
Medicine for stock............ 1.................. 12 15
Treatment of sickstock........................ 152 95
Additional stock ................. .............. 779 14
Harness and repairs to same ............... 28424
Hepairs to apparatus ........................... 1,501 41
Additional apparatus......... ................. 704 95
Engine coal and wood.......................... 109 75
Heater and stove coal......... ........ ....... 459 35
Oas and illuminating oil....................... 429 76
Lubricating oil and waste..................... 84 67
Soda and acid........................ ........... 94 46
Beds and bedding for men.................... 62 45
Miscellaneous tools............................. 163 05
Furniture and fixtures ........................ 140 22
Implements of the services...... .............. 110 74
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Paints, oils, varnishes,&c..................... 115 68
Repairs buildings................................ 421. 72
Additional hose ................................. 4,538 75
Bents............................................... 333 32
Bluestone for battery........................... 129 43
Zincs for battery................................. 43 75
Copperas for battery ............................ 8 75
Battery / Jars ...................................... 4 00
Instruments, wire, tools, &c.................. 382 56
Repairs to fire alarm ........... ............ 9 22
Poles, cross-arms, brackets, &c............... 71 74
Rent of telephone................................ 3 20
Stable tools, &c... ................................ 16 16
Soap, pol.paste, sponges, <fec ................. 108 70
Repairs to heaters .............................. 12 39
Extra service fire alarm lineman........... 3 50
Ice .................................................. 105 93
Surgeon feesinjured employes ............ 442 00
Incidentals ....................................... 250 40
New buildings.................................... 452 94
Total......... ..... .............................$65,226 57
Of the above Amount the following; la for
Addition* and Improvement*.
Additional fire and chemical hose............$4,538 75
Salary of 3 additional men for 5 months... 750 00
Difference in salary between engineer and
private for 10 months ........................ 333 30
New chemical engine and cost of repairs
and equipments ................................ 809 75
New outbuildings, Eng. No. 1, Hose No. 1
and-Eng. No. 5................................. 392 05
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2 Horses for new chemical, including harness, names, hangers, blankets, &c........ 401 25
1 Additional horse................................ 175 00
New suctions Eng. No. 2 and No. 4......... 298 46
Shop machine work, general overhauling
Eng. 3L, No. 2, No. 5 and Reserve........ 385 15
Painting Eng. No. ], No. 2 and Reserve
reels............................................... 77 00
New flooring Eng.'Stations No. 3 and No 5.. 198 51
Rebuilding hose wagon No. 5 ................. 197 90
Additional fire alarm box, signs, keys, etc. 218 85
Repairing damage caused by storm......... 187 02
Private telephone line Hose No. 1 to Eng.
No.4........ ................................... 61 15
Additional bed and bedding for men........ 42 20
Hose hoists, nozzles, etc ........... ............ 92 60
Furniture and fixtures........................... 88 00
New flanges Truck No. 1 ........................ 60 00
Remington Typewriter ......................... 70 00
Platform scales.................................... 30 60
Fire line badges........................ .......... 38 70
Gong and expander.............................. 29 00
Whitfield oats cleaner........................... 20 00
Mechanical tools....... ......................... 99 79
Total............... ..............................$9,586 03
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EXHIBIT "A"
Receipt front Sale of Old Material and from
other Sources.
Jan. 6. Amount received from W. B. Puder to balance petty
cash account................................................. .....$ 6 15
25. Sale of empty oil barrels......................................... 4 70
Mar. 8. Received from Geo. Mouro in settlement of due bill
turned in by W. B. Puder.................................... 20 00
Apl. 28. Sale of empty oil barrels ......................................... 240
May 1. Finevs Jno. Morris................................................ 1000
1. Fine vs J. F. Hardee....................... ....................... 10 00
1. Fine vs L. Platshek................................................ 10 00
10. Sale of 1 horse........................................................ 50 00
June 1. Fine vs C. C. Steinberg.......................................... 1000
1. Fine vs Jno. Morris ................................ ...... ........ 10 00
1. Fine vs J. E. Lenzer ......................................... ..... 10 00
Aug. 2. Sale of damage hay ................................................ 260
Sept. 1. Fine vs Geo. W. Sapp ............................................. 10 00
1. Fine vs J. F. Hardee................................................ 10 00
1. Park and Tree Com. for old hose ............................. 30 00
7. M. O'Mara and Co. old material.............................. 53 97 Oct. 1. Fine vsL. Platshek................................................ 1500
1. Finevs W.J.Fraiu....................... . ................... 1000
1. Fine vs J. C. Henderson .......... .............................. 10 00
1. G. A. Hudson for 429 feed sacks..... ........................ 21 45
1. Jno. Cooper part payment on bill Dr. Norton paid
by department. Cooper charged with visits after
emergency call as per rule................................... 10 00
Total..............:..........................................$316 99
Petty Cash Disbursements.
1896.
Jau. 13. J. D. Weed, Twine ................................................. 23
21. H. H. Livingston, Acid............................. ........... 10
21. B. J. Warrick, Mimeograph Work .............. ........... 3 00
27. J. H. Gay, Fare to Pooler and returu....................... 54
31. Southern Express (Jo., Freight on pipe.................... 70
Feb. 8. Southern Express Co., Freight on nozzles............... 25
14. Sundries................................................................. 1 18
15. Southern Express Co., Freight on F. A. Keys......... 45
Mar. 2. Sundries........................................ ....................... 1 10
9. P. H. Klernan, Charcoal......................................... 50
9. Norton & H, Grate frame............ .......................... 25
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Mar. fl. H. H. Livlngaton, Camphor................................... 25
11. T. Fogarty, Balance Account wages........................ 42
24. A. Wittkamp, 2 pillows.................................... ..... 1 50
17. P. Cole, Sawing wood............................................. 6 50
31. Sundries................................................................ 1 12
Apl. 1. L. A. McCarthy, Onions......................................... 60
11. W. B. Puder, Balance Account wages.................... 8 18
21. Wing Sing, Office laundry...................................... 60
22. H. L. Bennett, Stall signs....................................... 7 20
22. W. U.Tel. Co.,Telegram......................................... 25
22. R. Washington, Sawing wood......... ....................... 1 50
23. Sundries................................................ .............. 73
27. O. DeLoach, Balance Account wage?....................... 83
28. J. Welinsky, Repairing Badges................................ 75
39. 0.8. S. Co., Freight on Suction No. 4..................... 1 00
May 29. O. S. S. Co., Freight on Soda................. ................. 1 94
29. O. S. 8. Co., Freight on Hose Hoists........................ 60
12. O. S. 8. Co., Freight on Wheels No. S..................... 6 61
18. Post Master, Stamps................. ............................ 2 00
Jnne 1. Sav. Steam Lauudry, Testing Cap covers................. 60
1. Sundries....................................... ......................... 1 18
10. W. D. Ciaiborne, Labor moving pole....................... 90
10. O. S. S. Co., Freight on respirators......................... 52
10. Jno. Cooper, Error in pay-roll... ............................. 6 40
12. So. Ex. Co., Freight on Suction couple No. 2... ... .... 95
12. So. Ex. Co., Freight on expander............................. 85
IS. Geo. Mouro, Ink for No. 4....................................... 03
J8. J. M. Anderson, Balance Account wages................. 2 30
18. Post Master, Stamps............ ............................ .... 2 00
80. H. F.Corley, 1 Rip saw.......................... .............. 1 25
30. R. B. Mmgledorff, Altering uniforms..................... 3 50
July 11. W. Coakley, Whitewashing.................................... 8 75
17. Theus Bros., Clock oil.................................... ....... 73
18. Neidlinger & Rabun, Climber straps........................ 1 00
18. Post Master, Stamps................................................ 2 00
31. A- M. .Rogers, Balance Account wages.................... 75
Aug. 4. O. 8. 8. Co., Freight on Suction ret'd..................... 64
7. S. Hall, Whitewashing.......................................... 6 85
8. Southern Express Co., Freight on coupling............ 30
14. W. McCrea, Balance Account wages......................... IS 00
15. Sundries......................................................... . . 90
Sept. 1. Post Master, Stamps............................................... 2 00
15. Sundries.................................................... ..... 1 00
17. Fretwell & Nichols, India Ink................................ 60
21. E. B. Mell, Balance Account wagee........................ 1 60
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Oct.
28. Post Master, Stamps...............................................
2. H. L. Bennett, Painting Sign No. 5........................
6. A. Wittkamp, Mattresses.......................................
10. J. E. Brown, Balance Account wages.....................
13. Sundries.................................................................
19. J. Meitzler, Balance Account wages........................
22. W. T. Toshack, Balance Account wages..................
23. Dr. K. 8. Kenan, Prof, services........ .......................
29. Sundries.................................................................
24. G. Young, Labor on Fire Alarm..............................
24. Younglove & Goodman, Part payment for 2 horses..
24. M. O'Mara&Co., Zincsand castings.......................
Balance cash on band.
2 10
7 00
6 00
10 14
1 1-5
26 27
23 33
5 00
50
9 63
50 00
.. 5240
$304 36
. 12 63
$316 99
Casualties.
I regret to have to record the death of two members during the past year.
On Sept. 22d Driver, Terrance Bennett, of Eng.
Co. No. 1 died at his home on Broughton St. after a
short illness from natural causes.
On Sept. 23d, Fireman Frank McStay of Eng. Co.
No. 1, while on duty at fire in the store of A. B.
Hull & Co. on Bay Street fell through the opening
in front of building and sustained injuries from
which he died one hour after.
During this year, seventeen (17) men were slightly
injured.
Fire Alarm Service.
This branch of the department has given satisfaction, as a general thing, but there has been times
when it was plainly evident that the Superintendent
of Fire Alarm has had too much work to attend to,
and in another part of this report I will offer a suggestion which, if adopted, will I think be the means
110 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
of enabling him to keep the system up to a proper,
and a very necessary state of perfection.
Recommendations.
In presenting the following recommendations, I
will endeavor to be as brief as the subject will permit.
The Fire Commissioners know the importance, and
the necessity of what is recommended just as much
as I do myself, and I think it entirely unnecessary to
make any effort to further endeavor to impress the
Board in these matters.
I beg to recommend the purchase of 6 horses. One
for No. 1; Two for Chemical No. 1; Two for Truck
No. 1 and One for Engine No. 3.
For Engine Co. No. 2,1 recommend the purchase
of a hose wagon, and a City Hook and Ladder Truck.
After carefully noting the service performed by
the Chemical Engine No. 1, and observing how
frequently it has been impossible to get the apparatus
to fires, even a short distance off the paved streets,
I recommend that an additional hose be furnished
and a three horse hilch be provided for this machine.
'I Chemical Engine No. J weighs about 6,500 Ibs., and
i is too much of a load for two horses.
j< During the past year numerous complaints were
| made as to the workings of the Fire Alarm system,
! but I am pleased to say that nothing of a serious
I character resulted. I have carefully investigated the
I irregularities reported, and I am of the opinion that
the work of superintending the Police and Fire Department telegraph system is too much for one man.
I think that the proper thing to do, would to have
I
MAYOJR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Ill
one man for each system, if we are to expect efficient
and reliable service. If this cannot be done, I recommend that the Superintendent of Fire Alarm be
allowed an Assistant and that he be furnished with
a horse and wagon, the cost and maintenance of
which the Police Department should participate equally with the Fire Department.
I recommend that two additional hose stations be
provided. One in the section known as Robertsville,
and the other south of Anderson Street. These two
stations can be furnished at a very small cost, and
are very necessary.
I earnestly ask that the crossings on Henry Street
be changed so as to allow the apparatus to pass over
without danger of breaking down, or injuring and
perhaps killing some one. During the past year the
Reserve Engine and Hose Wagon No. 5 were damaged by these crossings, and I apprehend some serious
accident if something is not done to correct these
crossings.
I beg to recommend that a new Water Main be
laid on Indian street in place of the 4 inch main now
there. We find it impossible to furnish even one
engine on this street.
I recommend the employment of nine additional
men. Eight for Engine Co. No. 2, and one for Hose
Co. No. 1.
The system of House Inspection, inaugurated in
the early part of the year, has proven of such
importance that I recommend that one man be assigned to that duty alone. It will take one man's
full time to properly do this work. During the past
year 317 inspections were made, and numerous risks
112 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
were removed, which have caused disastrous fires
had they been allowed to continue unnoticed.
I beg to recommend that the Board consult with
the proper authorities, with a view of having put in
conduits on River street for the use of our engines,
as I find it almost impossible to reach the river with
our machines, owing principally to the decayed and
dangerous condition of the wharves, and the large
quantities of merchandise piled thereon.
In conclusion, I recommend the changing of the
old fire alarm boxes now in the system, for new
boxes of non-interfering pattern. We cannot hope
for strict efficiency in this system, until the work of
changing these boxes is accomplished.
Very respectfully,
JOHN E. MAGUIKE,
Fire Chief.
RECORD OF FIRES DURING MONTH OF JANUARY, 1896.
ALABM.*
D*t
Jan.
1
1
1
1
8
9 10
\l
15is
19
IB
22
22
26
28
27
28
29
29
By
L
115
.84
5
T
I,
31
74
L
Si
25
L
23
67
T
13
L
I<
L
1,
35
T
Tint
G48am
286pm
231pm
1208pm
326pm
1280pm
801am
868pm
740pm
1248am
1 55pm
7 43 pro
12 13 am
281am
12 10 am
712pm
730pm
440pm
1 15 pm
301pm
985am
285pm
FIRE AT
161 New Houston......
213 New Houston lane
213 New Houston lane
Lumber and 81ms. ....
8t.Jullan E.Randolph
18&X Hall.............
jAbercOrn and Harris.
198 Hall. ..............
UjTatnall.. ..........
89 Margaret..... ......
C.R.H. Yard...... ..
Charlton and Bull ....
Indian La., nr Ann...
39X Indian...... .....
8Bobert........ ....
Bay St., over canal. .,
DESCRIPTION OF PROPBRTY.t
1ft
3
1
1
2
8
3
2
2
2
2
4
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
Of
w
B
W
]
W
B
W
B
W
B
W
Use
D
Store,
D
Store.
Warehouse
Store & l>
Htore.
Church.
D
Office.
Store. 1)
School.
1)
OH Works.
Owner
H. H. McKee. ........
0. Heldleraan.........
Ueo. Deiter... .........
Mrs. A. K. Rowland.
Not ascertained .....
Cotton Press Ass'n. .
Jno. Juchter.........
Mra.M.C. Ferreli...
Roman Catholic Ch .
A. Samuels...........
D. J. Morrlsson. ...,,,
W. I,. Koines.. ........
Central of Ga. R. H . .
T. A. Russell. ........
Kst. (1. W. Garnmny.,
Hev.O.C.Prendergaat.
B. t. ShotterACo....
Occupant
H. H. MoKee . ........
Mrs. C. Gassman. ....
Mrs. A.T. Rowland..
G. R. Hoslgnol.. ......
Frlu Wenter.........
Chtts. Collman. .......
St. Johns Cathedral. .
Dr. C.B. Royal.,,....
Jno. Molntyre. . ......
C. R. K. Inspector....
8av. Tailoring Co....
Annie Jenkins, e .....
Klliot Holloway, a....
Sylvia Johnson, o. . . . .
8. P. Shelter & Co....
CauM
Unknown .............
Unknown..............
Smoke from heater...
Defective construot'n
Unknown.............
Defective construot'n
Defective stove pipe.
Overheated stove p..
INSUBANCK.
Conttnts
(2,00000
1,20000
90000
5,366 66
15,00000
...........
2,00000
...........
(25,70000
Building
( 2.50000
WOOD
60000
40000
5.00000
2.50000
2,50000
3,500 UO
.,oou oo
75,00000
1,200 00
2,50000
1,00000
3,666 66
40000
60000
30000
1,00000
(106,600 00
INSURED LOSS.
Content*
(3500
...........
1584
20000 """"i'so
83436
(1.086 70
Bul'dlng
t 100
100
20 UO
500
500
13000
500
480 00
II 50
8800
300
H i2
(741 60
Total Lost
( i 66
1 01)
2&00
400
5 UO
14584
500
68000
6 50
150
S4286
300
17 12
'(1,773 82
LLocal. TTelephone. FiguresNumber of Box. tl>Dwelling, SStore. BBrick. FFrame. 8Stone,
kECORD FIRES DURlVfO MONTH OP FEBRUARY, 1896.
Al^ARM.*
Dite
Fob.
1
X
10
18
18
111
20
20
21
21
21
23
*\
26
n
28
By
125
125
I,
T
T
34
4.1
L
L
141
L
T
53
li
0
8
T
8
45
84
Thnt
S38pm
7 15 pm
20 pm
760am
1 25 pm
120am
3 It! pm
12 HO pm
12 45 pm
108.1am
5 55 pm
800am
raipm
'( 22 pin
ft 05 am
704pm
122pm
a 30 pm
1295am
II 21 pm
8 18 pin
F1RK AT
Fifth..... ..........
41 Oak. ................
20 WHon .............
i! Fiord...... ..........
AKIoyd... .............
llth, & Haboreham. . .
Oontral Cotton 1*. . . . .
260 New Houston.....
120 Bay................
Blms It W. Boundary.
DESCRIPTION OIT PROPERTY.!
M
35
1
Fe
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
1
S
3
1
1
Wr>
2
i
0!
W
lira
W
n
w
1!
w
w
ood
B
W
Die
ftflro
I)
Out onse )
Yard
Store
1)
Stable
Owner
lobt. Stuart..........
lohn O. Hawklns.....
Killle Battle, o.......
J.N.Gell .............
Chrlsflelrt* Qolden..
il. Bunt. .............
II. Blun ..............
b'alse Alarm..........
J.K.Nolan ...........
J. C. I'uder ...........
Floyd & Co., & othera
Occupant
Martha law, o. .......
Dolllo Battle, o.......
tfrs. C. K. Holmes....
Fred Wragge... ......
Klla Hose, c, ..........
11, Bunt. .............
Jane Klmore, o , ....
II. Blun...............
[>efect in Fire Alarm.
H. Klllot.. ............
m. Fltigerald .......
J. C. Puder...........
A. B.Hull & Co,.....,
O.F.RelUy...........
Floyd A Co., A othera
Cau*
Defective flno ........
Defeotlre Hue ........ Carelessness..........
Defective Hue .. ..... Flying sparks, . ....... i, it "
False
Sap. deft. In elot. wire
Unknown .............
INSUBANCK.
Contents
i-V,5,W66
5.00000
20000
31,00000
2.56666
110,300(10
Bulit'lng
$ 50000
72500
200 00
4.00000
00(1 00
8,500 00 loooo
10000
1.566 66
5,000 00
2.00000
46660
oou oo
H.011000 i,&oooo
80000
130.500 00
imum.DTXH*.
Contents
.1 1 1 . . i ,.
""i95'50
...........
u,6666o
sou
1.00000
18.09850
BulMIng
1 15 00
2000
15 1X1
15 00
10 00
..........
22500
2 66
:<0 00
Not Ace.
5 00
80000
11,137 60
Total
Lost
t 1500
20 IW
15 00
210 00
10 UO
""""JO
1 00
,156 66
200
2 W
3000
7,50000
800
3,30000
11,4C4 00
IfLocal. TTelephone. FiguresNumber of Box. tl>I>welllng. 8Store. BBrick. F Frame. 8Stone,
RECORD OF FIRES DURING MONTH MARCH, 1896.
ALARM.*
Dtle
Mar.
2
2
a
4
4
li
8
9
12
111
20
20
27
2S
30
By
L
T
T
45
7S
I,
T
i;
2U
14
I,
67
I,
L
Time
1 05 pm
fi 06 pm
1030am
645 pm
7 43 pm
10 10 am
1 10 am
4 58 pm
7 30 am
1 50 pm
U fti pm
11 45 pm
11 15 nm
1U 10 am
8 30 an
FIRE AT
105K W. Htmndary ...
60 DuBy.. .............
3tt and Ancleraim....
River and Houston. . .
74 Duffy..... ..........
DMSOUII'TION OF PROPBBTY.t
5>
2
2
2
1
;\
1
T
2
I*
2
I
ot
W
w
ur
W
Ute
T)
DruK Btoro
Hturo
pot
I)
Owner
Mm. O. rairlers.......
.j. Morris, o...........
(ifri<e llutheiis. ....
I'. A.Blenn.o.........
a. Chemical Co......
Nora Camplteld, o. . . .
Mrs. y.Hubnor.......
M. Feoluy. ............
,1. A. Kelly............
Occupant
J. Porltmkl .... ......
U. Morrln, o...........
Minnie Walker, o ....
1'. A. Qleen.o.. .......
.Alarm................
W.B. O'Kear.........
H.Sapel. .............
Ua. Chemical Co. .....
Nora CamjiHekl, c....
Mrs. F. Hubner.......
Mrs. Anna Ott.... ...
WownoB Wright,o...
CtUN
tt *
Lamp explosion. .....
Mischievous children
Defective stove pipe. Koulohtmney.. ......
INSUBANCK.
Contents
Not aao.
1 70000
1,200110
ll,00 00
Building
1 COO 00
25000
Not aso.
40000
1.50000
1,000 Oil
1,50000
8011 OU
IWOOU
701) OU
rr.vaooo
1N8UBKD LOSS.
Content*
t 150
200
1 50
JOOIW
2 00
*7oruu
Building
1 400
26000
1000
5 00
t2t;UUQ
Total Lot*
$ I 50
5 00
(i 00
1 50
950 00
10 00
7 00
IW1 00
*LLocal. TTelephone. MinirosNumber of Box. tl>Dwelling. SStore. BBrick. FFrame B-Stone.
RECORD OP FIRES DCRING MONTH OF APRIL, 1896.
ALAHM.
Dt.
April
2
2
8
8
6
0

8
9
10
11
14
16
19
20
90
92
J3
M
24
n
80
Br
19
L
Tel.
91
58
1!
18
43
g
18
42
121
T
L
85
I,
I
26
1,
L
6T
T
Time
1220am
440pm
130pm
400am
805pm
8 10 am
1000am
1065pm
110am
648am
223pm
906pm
220am
8 07 am
840pm
910am
816pm
965am
IMam
845pm
920am
6 SO am
923am
FIBK AT
83 to a; Indian........
Stsh'p Ceoellla.C.C.Pr
SPerry.. ..............
Givlnnett.eHKAWKy.
By....... ............
Whlt'kr.orPres&Slate
55 toCl Gwinnett.....
5th at., nr Waters Kd.
nworUrayt'n&Jonesla
se cor. Drayton & Bay
1M Huntingdon.......
20TW.Broad... .......
Liberty and Wheaton
106 Taylor... ..........
N.H.labtWhtt.iBar'd
233 Jones..............
DESCRIPTION OF PBOPEIlTY.t
1
I!
4
3
2
'2
8
5
3
2
2
2
2
3
2*

1
Of
B
W
W
B
W
B
W
B
W
B
W
B
W
UM
Store 1)
l)
Kit. Ship
Clothing H
8nw Mill
W. Grocery
1'ost OtMco 1)
Cook Shop
Lttbratory
Office
Parsonage
Owntr
OddKello Ans'n....
Potor Hellly, at .....
Brunswick, (ia [Gulro
McAlcor, CHrroll, MtJ. F.MInls, ant........
A. McOruadtuonil ost.
H?h dumber Co......
Wlleox, Glbti A Co...
Botbesda Union [anm
Snertekor. Bryan * AdV. 11. Miller. ..........
Dr. H. S. Coldlng. ....
Mrs. Moyftr. ..........
W.H. Woonor.........
DlionMltohelliWells
Hrat Presbyterian Ch
J. Manlon.... .........
Occupint
OOO. K. Hauls. ........
J.M.Hmlth,(ieo.IIaU,e
MoAleer, Carroll,
Captain and orew. ....
Havh dumber Co. .....
Savh Grocery Co.....
Havh Post UOtce ......
Hned'k'rCheatb'mBry
K.H.MlUer.tan, Adams
B. Coleman, o. ........
K.Mell... ..............
Sarah Brightly, o. . . . .
I^aura Williams, o , . . .
Dixon.MHchell, Wells
Ij.C.Vass.. ...........
Hacbie Williams .....
Henry Johnson, o . . . . OllaUlsen... ..........
CcttM
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
Sup. Incendiary ......
Caused by gas jet.. . . .
Unknown .............
Defective flue........
INSURANCE.
'Contend
Not sac,..
I 1.80000
Not asc...
"isb'.wg'oo
4,20000
Notaio'.!!
s'.floo'oo
1141,643 90
Budding
Mfl.onnoo
1,90000
8,20000
IJOOOO
"'2,466' 66
8.00000
9,60000
90000
80000
7,00000
1,00000
2,50660
60000
1,10000
173,60000
INSURE)) LOSS.
Content!
Not asc...
3,90000
"102,600' 66
1,66000
...........
1104,640 00
Bidldlng
( 282 70
1.400 00
Not axo. . .
V700
"is.ooo'oo
7,45000
...........
15000
500
25 00
181,409 70
Total LOM
t 3,232 70
i.omoo
5,00000
1)7 00
10,000 00
125,00000
10,00000
No two..
6 00
800
20000
500
32500
7600
2600
1165,917 70
TTelephone. FiguresNumber of Box. tDDwelling. 8Store. BBrick. FFrame. 8Stone.
RECORD OF FIRES DURING MONTH OF HI A V, 1896.
ALARM.'
Date
May
2
1
!!
10in
20
2:1
By
89
K
141
182
T
143
Time
1 30 am
8 27 pin
li 04 pm
12 6a am
10 45 tat
1 10 pm
9 12 pm
FIRE AT
ISTaylor..............
10th, and Wbltnkor...
Hsnlenbct litti, 4 7th,.
Me Alllstera Marble Yd
s e or. 10th, Burroughs
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.*
1
*fl
1*
^
i
2
Of
W
Use
n
Tool house I)
Owner
Mary Lloyd, o. ........
Paul Kuhlnborg ......
Walker Bat.. .........
Krtwarrt Lovell A Son.
Dnrcos Hull, o........
Occupant
Vncant.... ............
Josuiihine Jonus ... ..
K. P. Postull..........
P. W. Williams.......
A. McAlllator.........
Durcasllull, c........
Ciute
Kxploslon of lamp . . . Unknown .............
Buy with matches.. ..
Uufcnown .............
INSURANCE.
Contents
t 40000
1,30000
11,71X1 UO
Building
S 80000
79000
1,200 00
TOUUD
"'"wo" 66
B,:o 00
INSURED LOSS.
Contents
fuoooo
r.iuooo
Bulldl-g
73500
H 30
Sib 00
'""iiwi'oi
$70U 50
Total
LOM
( ;is oo 11 m
1,300 00
iw in
5 00
:^5 (K
2.41K DO
*Ir-Local. TTelephone. FiguresNumbor of Box. tl*-DwolllnK. 8Store. BBrick. SStono.
RECORD OF FIRES DURING MONTH OF JUNE, 1896.
ALA KM.*
Data
Juno
8
I)
10
18
IS
25
an
m
27
By
57
T
4ti
L
114
lit
81
35
25
lime
(141 pra
2 Ml pin
1 81! am
11 57 am
4 88 pin
11 40 urn
840m
820pm
12 40 pin
WHK AT
l>uffy AM, flroml.,.,.
5S Congress lano
3d atr bet Bull * IJ'ton
237- 2iNi Jones........
I'rentlorKast * Slmrns
101 Liberty.. ..........
DKHCHII'TION OF PKOl'KUTY.t
|
2
4
I
I
1*
1
01
w11
w1!
w
Use
n
omco Outhouse 1)
Outhotifio
usedankltob
Owner
VnA Sohrodor ........
Thus. Thomaason nut.
K.Vrolhor...... .......
Kato H. Brown .......
Occupant
Mrs. Hussy ...........
DwolloDunlelCotlniiK
I, aura Wllliiuiis ......
Aunustn Wllllnnis..,,
Anna Wllliiuus. ......
Aim 1 lonilortiim. o. . . .
I.. H, Moreiin... ......
Cause
IJNjfuctlvo Hut) ........
Spurks from iihlinnuy
1NSUUANOK.
Content!
Not ne.
...........
Building
t fiwoo
D.UUU 1X1
liUOOO
Uccllnt'il
iKWOO
1NSUU1*
Contents
...........1 f7.ouo UD'.. ........
l> UWS.
Building
$51)0
15 W)
Declined
5(10
Total
LOSI
t i on
5 1X1
6 OU
1 00
15 OU
10000
5UU
f25 ml t!33 00
LLocal. TTelephone. FiguresNumber of Box. tUDwelling. 8Store BBrlok. FFrame. 8Stone.
RECORD OF FIRES DURING MONTH OP JULY, 1896.
ALAUM.*
Date
July
4
II
9
11
15
17
182:1
24
24
27
27
By
in L i,
:u
as
28
17HI
57
68
T
T
Time
10 45 pin
10 15 am
8 60 pin
into urn
U 18 Hill
7 42 am
1 48 am
111 38 piu
1 30 mil
9 02|i'
2 30 pill
946pm
KIRK AT
Robert and Btewart..
31 Charlton lane......
41 W. Broad........... Broughton and W Bid
110 Liberty............
DKSC1UPTION OF PROPERTY.t
I
w
2
2
2
1
1
2
4
1
2
!*
Of
w
B
W*
W
B
W
B
W
B
Use
D
IBarlFactr
D
Rice Mill
Bar Uoom
Krult Store
I)
Cwner
Grlffln Williams......
F.C. Batty.. ..........
Planters Kice Mill Co.
J. Williams...........
R. 1). Guerard........
Aim Fay ..............
Planters Kice Mill Co.
Feely est. . . ...........
W.J.DeUenne. .......
Occupant
Jas. Finnish, o. .......
L.C.GuKlo............
J. W. Leavy, Mfjr.....
J.B.Butler...........
Matilda Williams ....
Alien Lorell, c.......
Ram Barber...........
Planters Ulce Mill Co.
Kriward Lawson......
Oeorgo Chrlstuphor . .
W. P. Uutner.........
Cause
Smoke Issul'c [rinbUli!
CuiiKhf roiii stove plpu
Spttrks from chhiiney
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
(jiisullno stove ex|i....
1NSHHANCB.
Contents
$1,00000
"wJm'w
2.0UO 00
sou uo
t;u,;m uo
Building
f '-'.MM
2,000 00
ioo HI
S10000
1.UOO 00
50.1)0(1 (M)
11.200 00
3.0UUUO
4,:VK) 00
1N8UUKI) LOSS.
Con'ents
$ 1000
"xiMmm
400 OD
BuHdlng
$ 1000
ij UO
Total
Loss
S 10 (
15 (
87 UO U7 (
1 00 It
40 00 40 I
49,600 OUJ 154.000 (
48 U) 500 t
S,4uO OO1 t29.!)10 00 Wfl.TOl 00
15 (
1 154,678 (
*I<Local. TTelephone. FiguresNqmbor of Box. tl>Dwelling. 8Store. BBrick. vFrame, 8Store.
RECORD OP FIRES DURING MONTH OP AUGUST, 1896.
ALARM.*
Ditt
Aug. 8
6
10
11
15
17
21
24
2*
28
2tt
29
29
ao
81
HI
By
i,
117
]j
L
la
13i,(k'> m
21)
27
L
84
L
T
29
Tlra
11 41 am
li 00 am
12 .SO ]>m
U .VI pin
2 04 am
12 K4 pin
2 16 am
1 01 pin
2 1)7 am
3 62 pin
4 611 pm
2 20 pm
12 18 pm
685pm
4 80 pm
U58pm
F1KK AT
12 Farm...............
274 llonry. ............
158 KWBrouKhton...,
21! 28 Indian,-, [and 1st
Burnanl.bt. Amlereon
White Bluff nl, IX m
10 Harris.... [out city.
UK Harris..............
It tjuerarrt..... ....,..,
12 ConnreiuiLane.....
Jones, near Guurard..
DKSCRIPTtON OK PROI'KUTY.t
|
i
2
'M
2
2
2
4
2
1
1
2
2
2
01
w
B
W
B
W
B
W
Die
p
Dry H Store
D.Bbocntorc
1) Moh, Shop.
Store and I)
I)
Kn.A C "hop
Owner
Josephine Jones, .....
K. 1). (inoranl ........
Mm. 1). K. Duaxnue..
Solomona est... . ......
J.W.MlsCHlly, agt...
Planters Hlce Mill Co
J. KiominK............
11. F. Ijeudornian... ..
R Mendel.... .........
1>. Cookuhnt...........
Mn>. tieo. Burnea. ....
.Iiui. Kuurko. ..........
Central U.K.. ........
K. I>. Uuerard . .......
Occuptnt
C. U.rartwrlKht......
Kllon (ireen.e.. ......
I. Kessel.... ..........
M. L. I,amhort.. ......
J. C. FiumintJ . ........
T. F. O'lkmneU.......
J. H. lluwanl.........
H. F. l^udoriuan. ....
I*noh Bunsos. ........
T. Boltun .............
Knlce Austin .........
Minis (itlllara. .......
Central K. K.. ........
Dim Limlaw. ..........
fiute
Bpark from chimney.
Spark from ohlmney.
unknown..............
Unknown .............
Broken pipe tncelllnx
Unknown.............
Sparks.........'.......
OverhtmUsii smokestk
Foul chimney.........
1NSUBANOK.
Contmtt
"i'i.ww
8,00000
Not'asb.i!
3,00000
tlO,600 00
Building
i noow
2.MHI 00
a.ouooo
""uwo'65
NOt UBO...
700 OU
1.00000
1,00000
tio.ioo uo
INPUUKD LOSS.
Content*
"j" '&' on
s,uu w
Not 1190. . .
B,02uOB
Building
f 100
AOOO
& Ml
llo 00
10 IX) '"s.2i6'o
Not use...
is I'M
12136
K,' S7 30
Totil
Lot*
t 200 i in
(HI Oil
75 (W itwoo
10 OU
','.:>UU IK)
SAW 00
Not ae ,
25 OU
16 OU
121 an
15.039 30
ITxwal. TTelephone. FiguresNumber of Box. 11>l>welllng. 8Store. BBrick. FFrame. 8Stone.
RECORD OF FIRES DURING MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. 1896.
ALAKM.*
Date
Bent.
2
4
7
8
10
U
12
14
15in
Hi
18
2S
24
24
211
2T
29
29
2!>
By
i,
62
I,
Ij
T
116
20
118
12
I,
llfi
66
8
Ij
T
21
1)54
L,
I.
J,
Time
10 Man
12 65 pm
U 16 am
4 60 pm
1005 am
1 6 am
720pm
4 64 am
9 43 pm
12 10 am
6 Hi pm
4 OS aul
435am
11 00 am
2 30 am
a Oil pm
440am
1 20 pm
1 40 pm
5 57 pm
FIUBAT
Blumark at...... .....
Old field over canal..
118 Drayten...........
Xl'ettf lane.. ........
>th, near Florence. . . .
18 Taylor., ............
241 Habenham .......
Broughton& Jefferson
Haboraham n of 2il st.
Ugeecheerdn lilsmark
24hj W. Boundary.....
128 Bay.... ............
7 Kioyd...... ........
8 Whltaker...... ......
40 Montgomery .......
IDOllve ...............
South 8. V ft W. whf .
Luthern church ......
DESCRIPTION OK PROPKRTY.t
I
v>
2
2"
1
2
2
2
2,'i
1
&
2
6
i*
2
2
Of
WB'
w
"])'
B
W
B
W
B
Die
D
"""!)'""
Shoo shop
D
"'"ii"""
W. Grocery
I)
M. News
I)
(3. Works
Church
Owner
K.M.Dennis..........
Central K. It..........
W. W. Owens.........
D.C. Urlmin.. ........
J. W. Heater..........
Glilen eat...... .......
KateM. Muiler.......
Test alarm.... ........
Burning. .trash., on..
James O'Brten. .......
Mary B. 11. King......
J. H. Kstlll..... ......
A. BlumberK. .........
Mrs. O. 0. Mhlers.....
Plant System.........
Hav'h giiuno works. . .
Lutheran unurch asn
Occupant
Anna Sf mmons. .....
Central K. K. .........
Miss IX) nt.............
?ora Uublnson ........
J. w. Hester..........
Kate Blake, o.........
A. I.. Muiler..........
..vacant. .lot .........
Defour* Jones.......
A. Meuclum. ..........
Oetman & Davis ......
J.H. Kstlll...... ......
John Perllne .........
Plant System.........
Sav'h guano works. . .
Lutbomn church assu
Cause
^up. Inoendtary ......
Ut-known .............
Unknown .............
Defective Hue.........
Unknown .............
Koul chimney ........
Unknown ....... .....
Burning brush........
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
Burning waste. .......
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
Smoke from heater . .
INSURANCE.
Content!
$ 1,00000 '"V,so6'flo
'""MO'OO
" Sow' 66
Not asc.
Not asc.
14,40000
Building
Not asc.
* 500UO
2.00000
1.00000
2.60000
'""coo'oo
Not asc,
9.00000
2,700 UO
Not asc.
1UO 00
10900
Not use.
tl8,5UO UO
INSURED LOSS.
Contents
1 flOOOQ
'""iou'oo
75 00
28,8T5 25
2!I,'.I50 25
Building
1 500
i.28udo
1 00
55 UO
""'220'66
100 (X)
5,041 00
1000
i 66
luOOO
100 UO
K,>00
Total
Low
r 5 w
2,18U i oa
"":i2o"o
17508
3a,OOUU
1U It
150 M
loom
K<8,003 1!
Local. TTelephone. FiguresNumber of Box. tn-DwelHnK. 8Store. BBrick. VKramo. 8Stone.
RECORD OP FIRES DURING MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1896.
ALARM.
Date
()ot.
1
S
5
7
T
10ia
14
21
21
By i Time
I.
21
US
1,
1,
125
U
I,
It
I,
1,
10
40 Mil
820am
8 84 inn
7 1'l am
12 OS ]iiii
1 1? am
!t40l>m
1100am
5 30 pin
X 10 ant
8 M itm
U (W am
K1UK AT
10 Montgomery .......
180 H. Broad...........
klonncd and Bth His. .
tOtb.nearBullook....
1 lull fit ex, e Watnrd
W. Broad and Olive..
8. Broad, bt Aborcorn
7 Hry an.,., (A Lincoln
DKSCUIITION OK 1'KOl'KBTV. t
|
f
a-iH
Hru
2
2
01
W
8h
V
Use
i)
Bsmlthshop
1'ark.
Owner
A. Minis... ............
Mrs. 8. M. Btanton &
........ IM, Wylly.
Mrs. Murphy..........
I), Knoll1 * J.Monroe.'e
W. V. CorlHJtt..,.,,.,.
City of Bavannnh. ....
J.V, Heidtman.......
Occupant
Krank Olnclvlch......
C, K, JiU8Uil ,..,,.,.,
Clam (IrtHJn. o........
Flunincd Wutera,. , . . ,
Knoll and Monroo, e..
T.A. Ward............
Ben iKHits, ............
Caute
Defective stove pliio. Dcfooilvu Htuvo pliio.
HtOVO |li|O ............
Hnuike froniBtove....
Unknown .............
K|>arkK from fori;o....
Stove |il|o ............
1NSUUANCK.
Contents
Not HSO . ,
; Tiuu uo
Not use...
.'.J.IXIO M)
r>-,,m IHI
Building
t l/iOO OU a.K no
mw oo
'.! U)
IMOUO
NOf HMC...
s.ooo uo
I.WK'I 06
1,000 01)
70000
*l:i,SK 00
1NSUKK1) I.OSH.
Contints
""'iao'oii
Not use . .
tto oo
Building
t a HI
lf> (10
3 00 """lao'oo
Not use. . .
19000
XT) OU
JTdft 50
Total Loss
1 :i 50
IS 00
3(10
Not use..
130 00
3000
&71 00
* Ir-IiOcal. T Telephone. Klffurcs Number of Box. 1 1> Dwelling. 8 Store. B Brick. K Kranio. K~Stono.
RECORD OP FIRES DURING MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1896.
ALAKM.*
Date
Nov.
U
10
12
15
18
20
21
23
24a;
28
21)
By
67
10
18
in
T 5
I,IB
T
8
51!
113
Time
2 32 pin
12 10 inn
12 30 am
I! 33 pm
1! 2U l>ni
12 03 piu
4 80 pm
1! 48 Bill
a 25 1)111 U 1'J am
11 K> |im
4 43 urn
FIRE AT
Barnuril and State . . .
Uandolph.ftBrough'n
Steamship Hlpon City
Bay la, Houston A KB
N.IiuuBton,2d.K.Prlco
Randolph, ft Bniunh'n
278-280 Bryan 1&. 1st t
Heynolds,bt Anderson
OK8C1UPTION Of 1'UOPKHTY.t
M
4
5
2
....
1
1*
1-2
Of
B
W
WA
W
B
W
u*
Grocery,
L.B. i'aot'ly
B&U
D
Stable.
1)
I)
8*1)
Owner
Odd Fellows Ass'n . . . .
Mr. McGuire.. ........
J. F. Minis, agt.......
A. Kent...... ..........
Laamr tist..... ........
Sent, In by Kiro Chief.
Venus Walker, c......
Occupant
Mutual Grocery Co. . .
Mr. Mciiulre. .........
Captain tuiil crow,. . . .
KoKer Black, o, .......
Hove nil families, c . . .
Venus Walker, o.. . . . .
Cause
Waxon striking polo..
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
Unknown .............
MlKChto vons children.
Unknown .............
INSURANCE.
Contents
$11.0W 00
301)00
Not asi-er
$11.500 00
Building
Wti.UOO (W
2,!W) 66
tillnuil.
40000
60000
fjl.SOU 00
INSUHKI) I.OSS.
Contents
$S,(WU 00
JO 00
Not uscer
:::::::::::
S5.K70 00
Building
f TH4 4ti
12S 00
tfilneil.
25 00
141 89
""'iio'66
*1.3J9 3r
Total
Loss
rMioo o
5,001)00
7uOO
l.V) 00
SoOO
41 00
uOOO
17000
ri2,oi oo
*LIxal. TTelephone. ilguresNumber of Box. t Dwelling. 8Store. BBrick. KFrame. S-Stone.
RECORD OP FIRES DURING MONTH OP DECEMBER, 1896.
ALARM,
Dte
Den.
2
8
6
8
8
11
11
18
111
21
28
24
24
24
24
24
25
26
26
20
28
HI
81
HI
81
By
02
L
2U
62
U5 'I 1
T
61!
T
24
24
24
21
T
15
611
04
L
I,
S4
T
114
212
Time
1 25 pm
4 05 pm
0 15 pm
HO am
fi 11 pin
2 18 am
II 10 am
11 20 am
H 46 am
11 16 am
760pm
ISSani
7 48 pm
065am
122pm
r. 60 pm
7 18 pm
1102am
269pm
410pm
0 25 pm
800pm
010pm
428am
12 50 pm
2 03pm
1060pm
Finn AT
44 Oak................. Foot W. Broad st. .
25 H. Boundary ...
103 K. Broad .:.... .
(Jnodwln's Milk Da ry
2.17 W. Broad...... .
Steamship Cldral. .
Steamship Klpon City
Olive and Farm.......
Barnard and Congress
8., F. &W. My Yard..
W. Boundary..........
2M-4 Harris. ....[Hull
Bull.bt.MolXmouKh A
218 Bolton. ............
226 Montgomery ......
MontgomeryiB.B'rt la
Dray ton and Churl ton
26-28 Broughton lane.
82 Farm,...,..,,......
218-220 Bolton
220 Anderson'tW.Bdry
Walker.bt. Lumber &
York and Wbltaker...
2d. bt. Bull A Drayton
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY ,t
1
2
I
1
i'
V
2
2
2
i
2
1
2
1
I
1
Tra
01
W
W
W Irjn
W
B
W
B
W
W
B
W
B
W
vel

Uie
T>
Coal Yard
D
Store
Dairy
D
Freight
Store and D
Drug Store
Box Car
Store and D
D
Theatre
p
Kmpty Ixit
Stable
Market
D
ngVan
Owner
D. ,1. Morrlson..,.,..,
A. O. Uund... .
if'.'i'/Hoodwin '. '.
H.T. Skipper. .
.T. F, Minis, agt..
J. F. Minis, agt.
j. K.Fulton & son.agt
s'.FJt w'Ry ' pYantSys'.
J. H. Pratt............
Owen Uellly.. ........
(ircenwnll Thoafl Co.
W. B. Sturtevant.....
Rutherford.. ..........
Jno. Barry.......... .
T. Whltesldes
218 John Morrlso ,
220-J,Kpstein....
City of Savannah... ,
Fas. MeQInley est , . . .
Frank Foster, ,...,,
Mr. Kldred............
Mrs. A. Carson,. ......
Ann Carstens. .,,,,.,,
Occupant
Carrie Black..........
.Ino. 1'rcdronno... ..
C. Christopher. ... ..
S. 1'. Uoodwln..... ..
H.T. Skipper..... ..
Captain and Crow ..
Captain and Crow ..
W. Blockor. .......
Solomons 4 Co ...
1'lant System..... ..
August I'ratt. ....
Unoccupied. ..........
Ureenwall Thoat'l Co
1. W. Johnson........
S. W. Whltehurst
William Jackson, o. . .
Unoccupied...........
Katie Smith...........
21S Vacant. 220 M.
K, Uoblnson ........
Sommer & Wlnkler. . .
Frank Foster.,,....,,
Mr, Kldred............
Mrs. A, Carson........
Ann Carstens. ..,..,
Ciuse
Smoking stove........
Spon. combustion... , . Crack In chimney,. ...
Defective stove pipe.
Burning brush.. .....
Unknown ....... .....
Unknown ....... .....
Unknown....... .....
Unknown ....... .....
Carboy vitriol bursted
Unknown ....... .....
Unknown....... .....
Unknown .............
Overheated oil stove.
Kparks from chimney.
Unknown . ...........
Foul chimney,....,. ..
Unknown .............
Unknown ..,,.,,,..,,.
Supposed fire works..
Bunting aflre on top
stall Unknown,, . , .
Bxplos'n gasoline tv
Hot ashes............. Unknown .,...,,....,.
INSURANCE.
Contents
KI.OOO III)
""'sou' 60
Not ascer000 tX)
Informa- '"V.ooo'oo
Sot ascer60000
<ot aseer15,400 00
Building
f 40000
aoo m
70000 '""iioo'oo
talnod.
1,00000
tlon decll
175 (!!)
l.OUO 00
1,600 00
talned.
40000
700 00
60000
4.60666
talned.
INSUIVKD T40SS.
Contents
i.iai 66
"'"SOB'OB
Not'Bd]u8
nod by oc- '"i',666'66
Not ascerNotascertll,17f> 69 r.'.4l 00
Building
f 2 00
""'250'00
ted. '.ill) "66
ciipnnts. mi no
1,0110 00
10 00
talned.
talnod.
S5.46DOO
Total
Loss
11.184 W)
200 ""ftso'oo
"'"is'66
64(100
526
10000 2,60001)
1000
2 00
1 00
500
2500
raw
60 UO
40000
260
2,00000
I7.5; 76
J,-ix>eal. T-Telephone, Figures Number of Box, t Dwelling. S Store. B -Brick. F Frame, 8 Stone.
MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ALARMS.
Manner of Receipt.
Numlw.
Street BoxesTelephones....
Locals ..........
Ill
27
58
Total. 196
Causes.
MONTH. f
January....... ........................
February ........... ..................
March........ ...........................
April..... .............................. ..
May......................................
June ................................ .....
July ......................................
August .................................
September....... ......................
October ......... .......................
November...................:.........
December................ .... ..........
Total..................................
|
*>
>
CO
20
16
9
20
5
7
10
13
18
11
9
16
154
ExplotlMt
1
1
i
i
2
1
1
6
14
Foul Chimney
2
3
4
2
1
1
2
1
3
19
Test and F list
1
1
1
2
5
o
1
"i
2
4
i
22
21
15
23
7
9
12
16
20
12
12
27
196
126 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ALARMS.
Day on "Which Received.
MONTH.
January .................................
February.. ............................ ..
March...................................
April......................................
May.................... ..................
June........... ........................ ...
July.......................................
August ................... .............
September....... ........................
October...................................
November..............................
December ..............................
Total...... ....... ..... ....... ......
s
4
9,
1
1
1
1
1
?.
1
14
M
1
9,
4

1
9,
6
2
3
1
9.
30
T
9,
9,
9,
1
1
1
fi
1
9,
9,
19
W
7
9,
T
1
1
4
6
1

37
T
2
1
6
1
9:

8
1

8
30
F

4
4
5

3
8
3
9,
fl
37
S
3
2
1
1
6
9.
8
4
S
?!
29
Total.
22
91
15
23
12
16
20
12
12
27
196
Time of Receipt.
MONTH.
January ...........
February .........
March .............
April ...............
May ........ .........
June........... ......
July .................
August.............
September ....... .
October ........... .
November ........
December.. ...... .
Total.... .........
Midnight
10
3A M
4
2
1
5
2
1
2
3
2
2
1
25
3 A.M.
to
6A.M.
1
3
1
4
1
4
14
6A.M.
to
Noon.
o
5
6
6
1
2
4
2
5
2
5
47
Noon
to
3 KM.
7
2
2
2
1
2
6
0
1
5
31
3P.M.
to
6P.M.
4
8
2
3
1
4
f
3
3
34
6P.M.
to
Midnight
4
4
4
4
3
2
6
2
2
3
3
9
45
Total.
22
21
15
23
7
9
12
16
20
12
12
27
196
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Origin of Fire*.
MONTH.
January ......
February .....
March..........
April...........
May ............
Juiie. . ..........
July ......... ...
August........
September ...
October........
November ...
December.....
Total.........
Is HEATING.
f
10
7
fi
fi
1
4
4
5
3
7
8
15
70

3
......
......
4
O>
O
2
1
1
2
1
1
7
1
15
8
7
fi
1
4
4
6
4
8
S
16
81
In ILLUMINATING.
f
0
1
1 1
2
1
6
**
1
1
2
I
......
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
8
MISCELLANEOUS.
1
!
3
7
6
6
4
......
6
9
3
2
8
fil
i
3
""l"
1
1
3
4
4
......
6
31
1
1
4
1
4
1
2
1
""s"
1
6
2
25
1
7
11
7
17
5
3
8
9
16
4
9
11
107
Cattaea of Klrea.
MONTH.
January ....................
February.......... .........
March .......................
April ........................
May ..........................
June...... ................. ...
July..........................
August......................
September........... ......
October .....................
December..................
Total..... ................
S
K
f
~I
f
I
1
!!
o
1

3
m m
c
m O
1
3
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
16
1 Construe- DefectIn
1tie*.
4
1
ft
1In Flue.Defect
4
4
1
3
91
?,
1
1
6
24
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1
9.
?,
1
1
1
1
9

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4
1
3
3

3
1
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8
1
1
13
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8
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66
Explosions.

1
1
1
1
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?
1
8
14
|Foul Chimney.
3
4

1
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1
4
17
Iand FalteTt.
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12
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196
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Fire Statistics.
MONTH.
January .....................
February ....................
March ........................
April ................. .........
May...........................
June......... ..................
July..... .....................
August _..:..................
September ..................
October.......................
December........ ............
Total .......................
OKIG
Bldgi. * StontBrick
8
4
ib
2
4
8
4
3
4
42
INATE
Woodn Building*.
13
14
13
11
7
8
13
13
11
6
16
132
TDIN
Building* than Other
1
3
2
2
3
1
3
7
22
o
Point of Confined to
18
17
13
14
4
8
8
11
14
9
10
18
144
o
of Floor Confined to
4
3
2
4
3
1
3
4
4
3
1
7
39
&
i
Adjohiln Extended to
'i
5
1
1
2
I
2
13
Conflagration*.
None
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Fire Loss.
In presenting this statement, I desire to say that a
comparison of one year or, one month's work with
another is almost impossible, and even though the
loss is less it is of itself no evidence of increased
efficiency. It must be remembered that the amount
of fire loss is regulated entirely by the number of
fires, and it must also be remembered that ever time
an alarm is sounded more or less loss is sustained.
No two fires burn alike, and the only proper way to
determine whether one years' work is as good as
another is to ascertain the percentage that the property destroyed bears to the total property involved
and compare the results, thus we arrive at a reasonable basis for the establishment and measurement of
the money results of fire department work in a really
accurate manner. Our statistics become valuable
alike to ourselves and the Insurance Companies, they
introduce an element of certainty in the question of
fire losses which must at once be appreciated and
valued.
The amount of insurance carried has no place in
such an inquiry. We have to do with much property on which there is no insurance, much that is
not insured for its full value, some that is over insured. We should seek the value of the property
burned, the actual loss, not the insurance loss and
statistics showing the amount of insurance on property, and the loss entertained by the insurance
companies are practically of no value to anyone.
The information may however be of service in
determining to what extent the insurance businesshas suffered, and I present the usual statement.
ISO MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Value of Property and Loaa.
MONTH
January ..................................... ......
February .................. .........................
March ........................................ .......
April .. ...............................................
May .......................................... .........
June............................................ ......
July ........ ..........................................
August ............................................. ..
September..........................................
October...... ........................................
November .. . .. ........ ........................
Total.... .........................................
Value <rf Property
Imrohed
$
000 ACA iiA
85,800 00
31,200 00
855,900 00
18.200 00
13,925 00
336,900 00
40,500 00
44S.500 00
22,800 00
444,300 00
954,075 00
3,475,150 00
Total lets
f
" 1 77'-* fi*>
n
AftA OO
QDf Aft
155,917 70
2,416 60 IQO nn
i^id. R7ft fin
5,030 36
88,003 10
Q7| AA
12,096 00
7,598 75
$390,970 23
Percentage of total loss to Property involved 11 per cent.
Statement of Insurance.
MONTH
.January ..............
February ............
March .................
April ..................
May ................. ...
.June..................
July........... .......
August ...............
September...........
October ...............
November ...........
December............
Total...............
"*Totnl TnBUrftTi^M*
INSURANCE
BaiMing
$106,600 00
30,50000
7,650 00
73,500 00
2,350 00
7,000 00
65,450 00
10,100 00
18.560 00
13325 00
61,800 00
11,175 69
393,010 69
Content*
i
$ 25,700 00
40,20000
1,90000
141,648 00
1,700 00
00
33,300 00
10,500 00
34,400 00
25,500 00
11,500 00 ;
5,400 00
$331,748 00
INSURANCE LOSS
Building
$ 741 00
1,137 50
269 00
Sl,4<)9 70
766 50
25
49,701 00
2,637 36
6,96900
795 50
1.229 37
5,456 00
$101,112 78
Total InsaranceliOH ................... ......... ......................
Contents
$ 1,086 70
8,098 50
70700
104,540 00
900 00
00
29,910 00
3,025 00
29,950 25
50 00
6,870 00
2,484 00
$186,621 45
..$729,758 69
.. 287.734 23
Amount of Insurance over Loss ......................................$442,024 46
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 1S1
REPORT OF CLERK OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SAVANNAH, GA., Jan., 1st, 1897.
Jno. E. Maguire, Esq., Fire Chief, City:
DEAR SIR :I beg to submit the following report
for the period commencing October 19th, and ending
December 31st, 1896.
Supplies turned over to me as per inventory
to the value of.................................$319 71
Charged to me since October 18th............. 43 49
Total......................... ..............$363 20
Out of this I have filled 115 requisitions and
charged out................................... 78 53
Balance.......................................$284 67
Deduct amount of loss in issue.................. 1 21
Total value of supplies now on hand...$283 46
During the past 12 month 1067 letters have been
issued from this office.
Report were made on 141 building permits.
317 Reports of house inspections were filed.
564 Special leaves of absence were granted.
516 Letters and documents were filed.
A Theatre detail of 4 men was furnished at each
performance in the Savannah Theatre.
Very respectfully,
E. J. SEYMOTJB,
Clerk.
US MA VOX'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ANNUAL REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE
ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Jno. E. Maguire, Esq., Fire Chief, S. F. D.
DEAR SIB:I have the pleasure to submit the
following report of the Fire Alarm Telegraph service
for the year ending December 31st, 1896. During
the year 134 alarms were transmitted over the lines
of the Alarm system. Telephones were credited with
24 and the Alarm boxes with 112.
During the year one new box No. 15 has been received of the non-interfering pattern, and located at
Broughton and Price Sts. One new station has been
created at Gwinnett and Ott Sts., and numbered 212.
During the year Engine Co. No. 1, has been connected by private telephone, which has been a great
convenience to the Department generally.
The late storm which struck Savannah last Sept.
was very disastrous to the system. The only suggestion that I can advance would be to put the entire
system under ground, which would be very expensive.
The following is the expense of this branch of the
service.
Running Expenses.
! Salary of Superintendent........................! 600 00
Blue Stone 129.93, Zincs & Coppers 104.30 234 83
Telephone rent 320.00 Stationery 2.00........ 322 00
Clock oil............................................. 35
V _____^____
$1,157 18
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Repair*.
24 Battery Jars 4.00 Lumber 2.03 Climbers
Straps $1.00......................................$ 7 03
35 Telephone poles 47.60 Extra Labor 25.12.. 72 72
Drayage................................................ 8 50
$88 25
Extensions.
1 Fire Alarm box 125.00 1 mile wire 33.50..$158 50
2 Telephones, wire brackets and glass......... 45 25
Tin frames for signs on Fire Alarm poles..... 10 50
Fire Alarm keys.................................... 25 45
$239 70
Storm.
Wire 74.40 Tools and Hardward 6.91 Winding Magnets 5.75.............................$ 87 06
Extra labor 9.63 Rope 1.59 Wire & Gleets
4.18............................................. 15 40
Total ..........................................$1,587 59
Less old material sold........................ 53 97
fl,533 62
Recommendations.
I recommend that the old style gongs at Engine
Co. Nos. 1, 4 and 5, and Hose Co. No. 1, be taken
down and exchanged for new ones of improved
patterns.
I also recommend that as many as possible of our
old style boxes be changed for new ones of the noninterfering pattern.
ISi MA TOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
I also recommend that twenty-five or thirty Key
guard boxes be bought; by means of these boxes
many alarms could be turned in much sooner than
they are at present.
I also recommend that we change from gravity to
storage battery, as I believe it to be better and would
reduce our running expenses at least 50 per cent.
I also recommend that this branch of the service
be furnished with a horse and wagon, as the system
has grown so large as to make it very difficult to
attend to its duties on foot.
I also recommend thatan Assistant Superintendent
of Fire and Police Telegraph be appointed.
I also recommend that all of the iron wire be
taken down and replaced with copper wire.
Permit me before closing this report to return
my thanks to the Hon. Board of Fire Commissioners,
and to the Fire Chief for the confidence that they
have shown in me.
Very respectfully,
W. D. CLAIBOENE,
Supt. Fire Alarm.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 1SSREPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
DEAR SIRHerewith you will find the report of
Superintendent of the Water Department for the year
ending December 31st, 1896. The report is full, giving in detail the operation of the department, together
with all improvements, and the expenses of the various sub-departments;
The report of the Superintendent shows that 10,100
feet of mains have been laid, 38 new fire hydrants
put in, 159 meters set, new artesian well connected,
new electric light plant put in, and many other minor improvements made during the past year.
The operation of the department during the past
year has been most satisfactory. The expenses have
been kept down to the lowest possible point. The
revenue has been increased considerable by extendthe mains into new territory. The Board endeavored to lay these mains in sections where they were
most needed, taking into consideration at the same
time the general system as adopted for the best distribution of the water.
The meters put in have so far proved most advantageous to the department, having saved during the
time they have been in nearly a half million gallonsof water per day.
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The Board have endeavored in every way possible
to improve the department, and to manage it in a
manner that would best subserve the interest of the
people generally. The report of the Superintendent
shows that the expenses for the operation of the department proper has been $29,289.44, a very satisfactory showing, considering the efficient manner in
which it has been operated.
The Board would recommend that Council take
some action looking to the extension of the conduit
to the river. While this is not needed at the present
time, it is well to have this done as a precautionary
measure. We also recommend that an office of
Plumbing Inspector be created and an efficient inspector employed. Said office will cost the city about
$1,000.00 per year. Under the present system there
is a large amount of plumbing done annually which
is not alone expensive to property owners to maintain, but is also unsanitary and unhealthy to occupants and a great annoyance to this department.
Very truly yours,
JAS. M. DIXON,
Chairman.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER
WORKS.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1897.
To the Board of Water Commissioners:
GENTLEMENI herewith submit to you the annual
report of the Water Works Department for the year
ending December 31st, 1896.
The total pumpage of water for the year has been
2,253,212,145 gallons, an average per day of 6,173,-
184 gallons, as against 2,402,693,708 gallons for the
year 1895, showing an annual decrease of 149,481,-
563 gallons, and a daily decrease of 409,296 gallons
for the year 1896.
I have during the past year made every effort possible to reduce the unnecessary waste of water, and
the above figures will show that I have been in a
.measure successful.
The total amount of coal consumed during the
past year has been 1,779 tons, an average of 4 8-10
tons per day, as against 1,894 tons for the year 1895,
with an average of 5 1-5 tons per day, showing a decrease of 115 tons for the year 1896. The average
quantity of water pumped per ton of coal in 1896
has been 1,266,561 gallons, as against 1,268,536 gallons for the year 1895, showing a slight difference in
favor of 1895. This is accounted by using steam for
the electric light engine during part of the past year.
1SS MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Expenses.
Following will be found a financial statement for
the year:
Appropriation for operation of water
works proper ................................$ 35,000 00
Expenses for operation of water works
proper......................................... 29,289 44
Cost of Electric Light Plant .............. 2.376 86
Repairing damage caused by storm,
(covered by policy)........................ 850 00
Total expenses paid out of regular appropriation.......................... ........ ... 32,516 30
Balance appropriation unexpended ...... 2,483 70
Appropriation for extension of mains... 10,000 00
Amount expended in extension of mains. 9,954 78
Balance unexpended ........................ 45 22
Appropriation for meters..................... 3,500 00
Amount expended for meters and putting in same................................. 4,363 28
Amount collected from sale of large meters............................................. 1,333 64
Amount expended, (deducting amount
collected)..................................... 3,029 64
Balance unexpended of meter appropriation........................................... 470 36
Grand total expenses .............. ......... 46,834 36
Grand total appropriations.................. 48,500 00
Total amount unexpended.................. 1,665 64
Receipts from water rents, <fcc............ 79,953 27
The following are the expenses of the various subdivisions of the department:
Salaries, account.............................. $17,841 04
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Running, account..................... ...... 7,636 37
Incidentals, account.......................... 701 78
Flushing and repairing catch basins,
account....................................... 70 12
Repairs, account.............................. 473 80
Improvement, account ..................... 1,549 59
Hydrant,account............................. 675 90
Connections, account........................ 67 84
Insurance, account. .......................... 250 00
Electric Plant, account.................... 2,376 86
Overcharges refunded on water rent, account.......................................... 22 00
Meter, account................................ 4,363 28
Extension, account ...... ................. 9,954 78
Storm insurance, account.................. 850 00
Total.......................................... $46,834 36
Engines and Machinery.
The engines and machinery are in first-class condition and working satisfactorily. All the bearings
on pumping engines have been examined periodically, and are in perfect condition. Engine No. 410
has been in operation 232 days, and Engine No. 411
has been in operation 133 days during the past year.
Boilers.
The boilers are in good condition and free from
scale. The surface blow-off pipes that were put in
last year have proven to be very valuable in preventing the accumulation of scale. This, together with a
boiler compound that I am now using, keeps the
boilers clean, and with very little expense.
140 MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Buildings* &c.
The recent severe storm damaged the roof, sashes,
&c., at the New Water Works building very badly.
This was repaired without any serious inconvenience. The damage caused by the storm was covered
by a policy in the Home Insurance Company, which
was promptly settled for the sum of $860.10. The
cost of repairing this damage and putting the building in perfect condition was $850.00. The roof was
also blown from the residence at the Old Water
Works. This was replaced at a cost of $53.10.
Grounds.
Much work has been done towards improving the
grounds at the pumping station during the past year,
over 100 trees having been put out, together with
about 200 ornamental shrubs, roses, &c. Several
ornamental beds have also been made and planted.
Mains.
All the mains are now in good condition. There
has been no serious breaks or leaks of any kind during the past year. I have adopted the plan of testing the mains to a much greater pressure than is
ordinarily required, in order to find the weak places,
after which they are immediately repaired. In this
way I have been enabled to carry, when needed, a
pressure of thirty pounds more than was formerly
carried.
Public Hydrants.
There are about sixty public hydrants in use at
present. About ten new ones were put in to replace
those worn out. The Board of Commissioners have
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Ul
adopted the plan of cutting them out where they are
not needed.
Flushing Catcb Basin* and Sewers.
Water has been used unsparingly in flushing catch
basins and sewers, having had one man to devote his
entire time to this work.
Improvements.
An Electric Light Plant, with 85 16 C. P. incandescent lights, and six 2,000 C. P. arc lights has been
put in, at a cost of $2,376.86. This plant is one of
the most modern make, being an Eddy multi-polar
dynamo, directly connected to a Harrisburg Co.'s
Ideal Engine. The wiring is doubly insulated, that
around engines being through iron-armored tubing,
with fuse boxes leading to each lamp. No trouble
nor expense was spared to make this the most substantial lighting plant in the country.
The old Springfield well has been connected, giving an additional supply of over a half million gallons of water per day. In connecting this well, 2,000
feet of 12-inch double thickness terra cotta pipe and
150 feet 12-inch iron pipe was used. The cost of connecting this well was $900.00.
Meters.
The following meters have been placed duiingthe
year:
31 6-8-inch meters.
Ill f-inch meters.
7 1-inch meters.
1 li-inch meter.
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' 5 2-inch meters.
1 3-inch meter.
2 6-inch meters.
Making a total for the year of 159 meters.
The department also has on hand now 76 meters
that were paid for out of last year's appropriation
that were not placed. The meters have been placed
on all of the largest consumers in the city, and also
on the following "streets:
On Gaston, between Tatnall and Price streets.
On Huntingdon street, between Drayton and Price
streets.
On Hall street, between Drayton and Price streets.
The department has on hand 76 meters, in sizes of
I to II inches.
The meters put in the past year have caused a
great decrease in the wastage of water, and at the
same time have not increased the cost of same to
* consumers. With some of the largest consumers the
saving in water ranges from 50,000 to 100,000 gallons per day, without any decrease in the revenue
from these sources. Considerable opposition was
manifested when meters were first introduced, but
since they have become better known we have more
applications than can be filled.
Bliscellaneona.
During the past year water was turned on 85
places and off at 27 places; 156 taps were put in;
1,480 leaks of various kinds were reported to this
office and the same investigated. Among the largest
repairs done by the department are the following:
121 fire hydrants have been repaired, 37 gate valves
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MAYOR'S ANJfUAL REPORT. 14$
have been repacked, 27 leaks to mains and 49 catch
basins have been repaired.
Fire Hydrants.
The fire hydrants have been inspected, packed and
oiled regularly, and are in first-class condition. Following is a list of hydrants added during the year:
1 at Bay and Lincoln streets.
1 at Bay and Habersham streets.
1 at Bay and Price streets.
1 at Bay and Houston streets.
1 at Bay and E. Broad streets.
1 at Lincoln and 7th streets.
1 at Lincoln and 8th streets.
1 at 8th and Abercorn streets.
1 at 8th and Drayton streets.
1 at 8th and Bull streets.
1 at 10th and Jefferson streets.
1 at 10th and Montgomery streets.
1 at 10th and W. Broad streets.
1 at 10th and Burroughs streets.
1 at 10th and Cuyler streets.
1 at 10th and Florence streets.
1 at 9th and W. Broad streets.
1 at 9th and Burroughs streets.
1 at 9th and Cuyler streets.
1 at 9th and Florence streets.
1 at Florence and 8th streets.
1 at Florence and 7th streets.
1 at Florence and 6th streets.
1 at Florence and 5th streets.
1 at Florence and Lavinia streets.
144 MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The following is a list of new hydrants that have
been put in to take the place of the old-fashioned
small ones:
I at Abercorn and Bryan streets.
1 at Abercorn and Congress streets.
1 at Abercorn and Broughton streets.
1 at Drayton and Broughton lane.
1 at Barnard and Broughton lane.
1 at Jefferson and Broughton lane.
1 at Whi taker and Bryan streets.
1 at Whitaker and York streets.
1 at Whitaker and Liberty streets.
1 at Congress and Bull streets.
1 at Liberty and Bull streets.
1 at Congress and Barnard streets.
1 at Arnold and Liberty streets.
Making a total of 38 new fire hydrants for the
year, and a grand total to date of 495.
The department has on hand now 18 new hydrants
that were purchased last year.
Extension of Mains.
The following is a list of new mains laid during
the year:
1,600 ft. 16-inch on Bay, from Abercorn to East
Broad streets.
800 ft. 6-inch on Lincoln, from 6th to Oglethorpe
avenue.
1,600 ft. 6-inch on Oglethorpe avenue, from Lincoln to Whitaker streets.
1,500 ft. 6-inch on 9th, from Montgomery to Florence streets.
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MAYO'& ANNltAL REPORT. 145
2,100 ft. 6-inch on 10th, from Barnard to Florence
streets.
2,000 ft. 6-inch on Florence, from 10th to Lavinia
streets.
600 ft. 6-inch on Lavinia, from Florence to Ogeechee road.
Being a total for the year of 10,100 feet, and a
grand total of 471 miles.
There has also been laid 1,125 ft. H-inch pipe to
the colored cemetery. Also 1,200ft. li-inch in Laurel Grove cemetery.
New Cate Valves.
The following is a list of new gate valves put in
during the year:
1 16-inch at Bay and Abercorn streets.
1 6-inch at Bay and East Broad streets.
1 6-inch at Lincoln and 7th streets.
1 6-inch at Whitaker and Oglethorpe avenue.
1 6-inch at 9th and Montgomery streets.
1 6-inch at 9th and Florence streets.
1 6-inch at 10th and Barnard streets.
1 6-inch at 9th and Barnard streets, south side.
1 6-inch at Lavinia street and Ogeechee road.
New Gate Valves for Fire Hydrants.
The following is a list of new gate valves for fire
hydrants put in during the past year:
1 6-inch, Bay and Lincoln streets.
1 6-inch, Bay and Habersham streets.
1 6-inch, Bay and Price streets.
1 6-ineh, Bay and Houston streets.
1 6-inch, Bay and East Broad streets.
UK MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
1 6-inch, Bryan and Whitaker streets.
1 6-inch, Whitaker and York streets.
1 6-inch, Whitaker and Liberty streets.
Recommendation*.
I would recommend that the machinery at the Old
Water Works be repaired and put in proper condition for use, as it is deteriorating very fast in its
present condition; also that separate water connections be put in for the street sprinkling carts; also
for watering the squares, &c., as the continued use of
fire hydrants for this purpose will soon cause serious
trouble.
I would also recommend that track scales be put
in the water works for weighing the coal.
In conclusion I wish to thank your Board for their
hearty co-operation in the management of this
department. Respectfully,
H. M. LOFTON,
Superintendent.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS,
HARRY WILLINK.
CLERK COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS,
THOMAS GAMBLE.
SUPERINTENDENT STREETS AND LANES.
ROBERT HUNT.
SUPERINTENDENT SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT,
HENRY E. DREESON.
SUPERINTENDENT CITY CREMATORY,
WILLIAM H. PECK.
SUPERINTENDENT O. E. M. DEPARTMENT,.
B. O. ROGERS.
SUPERINTENDENT LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY,
A. B. LAROCHE.
FOREMAN DRY CULTUREEAST,
W. E. CLARKE.
FOREMAN DRY CULTUREWEST,
W. P. CARMICHAEL.
SUPERINTENDENT PARKS AND SQUARES*
G. BEVILL.
SEWER INSPECTOR,
JOHN BRESNAN.
US MAYO&S ANNUAL REPORT..
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC
WORKS OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH,
For tbe Tear Ending December 31st, 1896.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1897.
To Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
SIBIn accordance with the provision of the Act
of the Legislature creating the office of Commissioner
of Public Works requiring an annual report from
that official, I herewith submit a detailed statement
of the operations of the several departments under
my control during the year ending December 31,1896.
On assuming the duties of Commissioner on January 6, 1896, I found an absence of any system by
which complete, or even approximately correct, data
could be obtained of all the work done in the departments consolidated under my direction. The records
kept in previous years were so inadequate as to be
almost valueless. Realizing the importance of reliable statistics, the several Superintendents were
required to furnish daily reports of the work done
in their departments. Suitable books of permanent
record were provided for the office, and, as a result
it is now possible to furnish at any time a correct
statement of the amount and cost of all work done.
As a basis for future estimates and comparisons, these
records will be found of steadily increasing value.
By their means I am enabled to give a far more com-
MA YQ&S ANNUAL REPORT. 14$
prehensive analysis of the operations of each department than has heretofore been attempted.
No appropriation having been made for the salary
of the Clerk to the Commissioner, or for any of the
other expenses incident to such an office, it was
found necessary to distribute them among the departments. The salary of the Clerk, $1,200 per annum,
was charged to the Dry Culture appropriation, and
the cost of printing, stationery, etc., was charged
mainly to the Streets and Lanes Department. The
incidental expenses of the City Engineer's office, not
being otherwise provided for. were also charged to
either the Streets and Lanes or Dry Culture Department. The work of the Commissioner, largely affecting the general public, has kept the office in constant
communication with citizens seeking information.
Meeting their requirements and the performance of
the routine clerical labors have been sufficient to absorb the time of the Clerk and to even occasionally
necessitate assistance for him. The books of the
office, as well as its other records, are in excellent
shape, and will no doubt compare favorably with
those in similar offices elsewhere.
In order that the actual cost of the operations in
other departments may not be seemingly increased
by the addition of office expenses, I would suggest
that in future separate provision be made by the City
Council for the salary ol the Clerk, and for office expenses of the Commissioner and of the City Engineer.
The Act of the Legislature referred to placed under
the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works
all work done in the following departments: Streets
150 MAYOR'S ANNUAL JREPORT.
and Lanes, Scavenger, Crematory, Dry Culture, O.
E. M., Laurel Grove Cemetery, Public Buildings,
Street Paving, Parks and Squares, Harbors and
Wharves, and City Lights. Especial pains have been
taken to obtain full value for all money paid out,
prices and samples being secured from reliable houses
on purchases of any magnitude. By encouraging
competition, preference being always given the home
dealers, and by carefully scrutinizing all goods on
delivery, the city's interests have been protected.
The several Superintendents and Foremen have
faithfully and satisfactorily performed their duties.
In each department the work has been well attended
to and good results have been obtained. Comparison
with results secured from corresponding expenditures
elsewhere will reflect no discredit on Savannah. The
condition of the streets and lanes will compare most
favorably with that of other cities. The storm of
September was a severe test of the efficiency of the
department. The rain had hardly ceased before large
forces of men were at work clearing the main thoroughfares, which by nightfall were passable to
vehicles. In every instance the work was performed
promptly and effectively.
The appropriations made by the budget for 1896,
the expenditures during the year, and the balances
or the excess of expenditures in the departments in
which the work has been actually done through this
office follow:
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Balance or
Excess of
Department. Appropria'ion. Expenditures. Expenditures.
Streets and Lanes.........$54,000 00 $47,88727 $6,11273
Scavenger......... ........... 26,000 00 25,54067 45933
Dry Culture.................. 14,000 00 12,001 63 1,998 47
Crematory..................... 7,800 00 7,845 28 45 25 E.
O. B. M......................... 8,50000 8,33196 168.04
Laurel Grove................. 6,50000 6,52802 2802E.
Public Buildings........... 1.500 00 2,199 64 699 64 E.
City Lights.................. 29,000 00 27,203 08 1,796 82
Paving Streets .............. 10,000 00 84,842 20 24,842 20 E.
In five departments there was a balance at the end
of the year ot $10,535 49. In three departments the
expenditures were $772.91 greater than the appropriations, the larger part of this being due to improvements to the City Exchange. In "Paving
Streets" about sixty per cent, of the money expended
returns to the city from the assessments on property
owners and from the portion paid by the railroads
using the streets paved. The city's actual expense
for street paving -will accordingly be a little short of
the $10,000 appropriated.
The total of expenditures given above may be
divided as follows: Regular work of departments,
including minor improvements, $127,596.47; new
improvements (paving streets, stables, roadways, and
at crematory), $44,783.18.
The receipts from the departments under this office
were larger in 1896 than in previous years, owing to
contracts having been entered into soon after the Commissioner entered office for the sale of all stable manure, street sweepings, crematory ashes, etc. Money
was also turned into the city treasury for the sale of
articles for which there appears to have heretofore
been either no market or no accounting. The conL
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tracts referred to were made in March, and were as
follows:
Sweepings from asphalt streets to John McGrath
at 40.00 per annum, payable quarterly.
Screenings from crematory to A. R. Fawcett for
$115.00 per annum, payable quarterly.
Manure from scavenger wagons, manure from the
scavenger and city lots, and ashes from city crematory to John F. Guilmartin & Co., at $485.00 per
annum, payable quarterly.
A former contract with A. R. Fawcetl for all
screenings, manure and ashes, at $260.00 per annum,
beginning November 15, 1895, was made void on
February 29, 1896, and the above contracts were
entered into.
Under these contracts bills were placed in the
hands of the City Treasurer against the parties mentioned amounting to f 488.68.
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Streets and Lanes Department.
There are within the city limits ninety-six and
five-tenths lineal miles of streets and twenty miles of
lanes. Twenty lineal miles of streets are paved.
The paved streets, the material and the superficial
area of pavement are as follows:
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Broughton...... ........ Asphalt..... ............... 17,950
Bryan..................... Asphalt..................... 619
Bull.........................Asphalt.....................32,831
Congress..................Asphalt..................... 6,539
Harris..................... Asphalt..................... 1,675
Liberty.....................Asphalt..................... 30,430
St. Julian................. Asphalt..................... 1,088
Abercorn............. Vitrified Brick................ 3,501
Habersham........... Vitrified Brick................ 3,439
Bay..........................Chert...................... 4,977
New..........................Chert...................... 900
Bay.........................Cobble.....................35,042
Factors Walk............ Cobble..................... 8,800
Lanes.......................Cobble..................... 13,000
Pine.................. .....Cobble..................... 1,800
Kew........................Cobble..................... 1,378
River.......................Cobble..................... 21,833
Streets & slips N of Bay. Cobble..................... 9,000
Randolph..............."...Cobble...................... 8,500
Reynolds..................Cobble..................... 3,500
Barnard....................Cobble..................... 5,500
East Broad................Cobble..................... 15,800
West Broad...............Cobble..................... 26,000
Whitaker..................Cobble.....................25,000
Bay.. ................ Granite Blocks................ 1,707
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Bryan.................Granite Blocks................ 902
East Broad...........Granite Blocks................ 9,190
Jefferson.............Granite Blocks................ 20,311
Wadley...... .........Granite Blocks................ 4,409
Wheaton..............Granite Blocks................ 5,000
Bolton....................... Shell....................... 11,700
Bull.........................Shell....................... 12,700
Barnard.....................Shell....................... 6,500
Drayton.....................Shell.................... .. 25,000
Jones........................Shell....................... 15,400
Gaston.......................Shell....................... 12,300
Hall..........................Shell....................... 12,300 j
Henry........................Shell....................... 21,000 :
Ogeechee....................Shell....................... 16,000 ;i
Wheaton....................Shell....................... 8,000
Recapitulation.
MATERIAL. SQUARE YABDS.
Asphalt.................................... 91,132
Brick...... .................................. 6,940
Chert....................................... 5,877
Cobble....................................... 175,153
Granite..................................... 41,519
Shell........................................ 14,900
461,521
The expenditures iu streets and lanes were as follows :
Cleaning asphalt streets........................! 4,155 06
Cleaning streets other than asphalt.......... 3,919 02
Cleaning catch basins........................... 4,072 95
Cleaning crossings............................... 1,840 00
Cutting and removing weeds, etc.......:.... 1,966 50
166 MAYOR'S ANKUAL REPORT.
Grading and filling.............................. 3,678 21
Laying and repairing crossings and sidewalks.......................................... 1,062 32
Maintenance of shelled streets............... 1,904 82
New stables, lotman's house, etc............. 5,751 89
Repairing and cleaning sewers and catch
basins.......................................... 565 00
Repairing asphalt streets....................... 4,366 84
Repairing streets other than asphalt........ 1,292 90
Work and supplies other than above....... 13,311 76
147,887 27
Cleaning Streets.
The cost of cleaning improved streets follows:
MATEBIAI. 8QFABEYABDS. COST. p^Q^KE vllL
Asphalt...............$ 91,132 $4,155.06 .0456
Cobble and granite. 216,672 1,888.59 .0087
Shell.................. 140,900 1,215.47 .0086
From asphalt streets there were removed 3,516 cart
loads of waste; from Jefferson street 1,650 loads, and
from other streets 13,378 loads. It will be seen that
the cost of cleaning asphalt streets is about five times
that of cleaning shell, cobble or granite. Asphalt,
while a pretty pavement, and as claimed by some
the most sanitary of all pavements, unless kept absolutely clean speedily becomes the most unsanitary
and injurious to the public's health as well as offensive to its eyes. It accordingly requires more attention than any other class of pavements. The method
of cleaning also makes it especially expensive. The
work is done by hand scrapers, the dirt being collected by carts as deposited in piles by the scrapers.
MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPOR1. 157
As far as I have been able to ascertain, the method
in use here will compare favorably, both as regards
expense and results, with that of any other city. It
has been claimed that it would cost equally as much
to keep other classes of pavements clean as asphalt
pavements are kept, with the same amount of traffic
upon them. Experience does not bear this out. On
granite pavements the horse, sweeper can be used to
great advantage. Such pavements are smooth
enough for machines to do the work well and the
preliminary watering does no injury. Asphalt streets,
though, cannot be swept as granite and brick pavements are. The wetting required to prevent dust is
injurious to the asphalt, as is evidenced by the fact
that the asphalt pavements in this city wear out
first in the gutters where there is little oi no traffic.
Whatever the expense, though, asphalt pavements
must be cleaned continuously. During the summer
months, owing to the heavy traffic to a late hour
Saturday nights, these streets were swept early Sunday mornings.
Granite pavements are undoubtedly the cheapest,
so far as the expense of cleaning is concerned. Brick
pavements can also be cleaned by machine at about
the same cost as granite. Cobble and shell streets
a're swept by hand, cobble pavements being too uneven to permit of the use of the machine, and the
shell streets requiring a greater degree of care than
is permitted by its use.
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Repairs to Pavements.
Repairs were made to paved streets at a cost of
$7,564.56. In detail they are as follows:
Sq. Yds Cost of Average Cost
Material. of Area. Repairs, sq. yd. of Area.
Asphalt, not under contract.. 60,350 $4,366 84 $ .0723
Cobble...................................175,153 1,289 40 .0074
Shell.....................................140,900 1,904 82 .0135
On granite pavements there were repairs required
to but 10 sq. yards, at a cost of $3.50.
In repairs to shell streets 29,835 bushels of shells
were used. . Of this quantity 11,145 bushels were
used on Drayton street, the repairing of which cost
about $560. This money was practically thrown
away, the shells being quickly ground into powder,
and .being either blown away by heavy winds or
washed away by the rains. Shells are entirely unsuited for a street with such continuous and heavy
traffic as passes over Drayton street. The shell and
cobble pavement should be taken up and a granite
block or other substantial pavement substituted.
The asphalt pavements were in need of repairs
early in the fall, but the plant of the company had
been damaged by the storm, and it was necessary to
delay operations. In the meantime the City Council began the consideration of a new maintenance
contract, and repairs were accordingly postponed.
This proved fortunate for the city, as the repairs now
in progress would, under the old contract, have cost
an additional $5,000. As it is, all asphalt streets in
the city must be maintained in proper condition
throughout the year for but $4,500. The City Council is certainly to be commended for the great saving
it has effected.
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Cleaning: Crossings.

The expense of cleaning crossings, mainly on unimproved streets, was $1,840. It is necessary to keep
a small force on this work throughout the year to
have the crossings in a passable condition.
Cleaning Catch Basins.
There were in the city, at the close of 1896, 807
catch basins, a net increase of 15 during the year.
The expense of cleaning them was $4,072.95. In all,
5,796 catch basins were cleaned, an average of 483-
monthly; 6,113 loads of waste, measuring about 4,074
cubic yards, were taken from them and mainly
hauled to the outskirts of the city. In some instances,
owing to the character of the waste, it was necessary
to take it to the crematory. This was due to the
misuse of the catch basins by unknown persons converting them into receptacles for night soil, garbage
and other foreign substances. Offensive odors arising
from them were generally found to have their origin
in such abuses. Efforts to discover the guilty parties
were unsuccessful. Nuisances of this character, it i&
evident, can only be corrected by the constant
co-operation of the police.
Cutting: and Removing Weeds, Etc.
Work of this character in previous years was generally not begun until late in the summer or early
in the fall. In 1896 the work of removing weedsand grass from vacant lots and streets was begun in,
the latter part of May and continued until early in
October. A considerable force was at times employed
and the expenditures were f 1,966.50. The greater
part of this work was done in the southern section of
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the city. Traffic over the sand streets there is so limited that the weeds and grass attain a large growth,
and would soon render the streets impassable were a
continuous war not maintained on them. The large
number of vacant lote there also required constant
attention. Work on such lots was begun at the time
designated by the Health Officer, after notice had
been served on the agents or property owners by public advertisement.
Grading and Pilling: and New Roadways.
Under the agreement entered into between the
city and the S., F. & W. Railway Company for the
opening up of the southern and southeastern sections
of the corporate limits, a roadway was constructed
on each side of the right of way of that railroad,
extending from Anderson street to the Drouillard
tract, or to about Sixth street, a distance of 2,000
feet. These roadways are thirty feet wide. The railway company furnished the earth for their construction, 11,500 cubic yards, and the work was done by
the city hands. The cost was as follows:
Street and lane hands...............$ 399 26.
Dry culture hands.................... 1,053 70
Total................... ...............$1,252 96
Outside of this work there was expended in grading
and filling $3,478.95, as follows:
Unimproved streets..................$1,292 63
Unimproved lanes..................... 362 77
Streets south of Anderson street.. 1,823 55
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From this it will be seen that there was a total
expenditure in work of this character in the portion
of the city south of Anderson street of $3,071.51. As
a matter of general interest the following statement
is given of the expenditures in the new sections for
grading and filling, outside of the roadways referred
to:
Barnard, south of Sixth...................,..$ 7 63
Bull, south of Anderson..................... 86 50
Burroughs, between 7th and llth sts..... 103 62
Eighth, between Bull and West Broad... 142 47
Eleventh, bet. Barnard and Burroughs.. 139 37
Gwinnett, east of Bilbo.. .................... 361 12
Gwinnett, east of S., F. & W............... 82 50
Jefferson, between 4th and llth streets.. 344 62
Ninth, between Bull and West Broad... 229 74
Second, west of Bull.......................... 25 25
Seventh, west of Jefferson................... 221 92
West Broad, between 10th and 12th..... 78 81
Repairing; Sewers and Catcta Basins and Cleaning;
Sewers.
There are in Savannah sixteen and seven-tenths
lineal miles of sewers, with 807 catch basins. These
sewers are, for the most part, nothing but elongated
cesspools, deficient in all the scientific requirements
of such avenues of escape for waste. They are, without exception, imperfect and laid with an absolute
lack of system. This is either the result of imperfect
engineering or of unscrupulous or ignorant contracting. It being, of course, the desire of the contractors
to make all the money possible, they, no doubt,
avoided excavating to the proper grade, but rather
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sought to conform to the surface of the street. The
result is that, for hundreds of feet on a stretch, the
sewers, instead of having the proper fall, are actually
built on an incline, backing up the sewage instead of
permitting its free escape. In the Broughton street
sewer, which is beyond question the best in the city,
this is true to a certain extent. The condition of the
Barnard street sewer became so bad, owing to the
accumulation of foecal matter, resulting from its improper construction, that, acting under the instructions of the Ma3?or and the Health Officer, a force
was put to work at night to clean it thoroughly
throughout. At places it was found that this sewer
ran for some distance at a level, or even at a decline
from the outlet. Proper flushing of such sewers is
almost impossible, and it is apparent that they are a
source of constant danger to the public health.
The structural weakness of the sewers is demonstrated by the frequent breaks. In 1895 there were
twenty-four of such breaks, and in 1896 there were
thirty-three. Prior reports do not give the cost of
repairs. Last year the expenditures for this purpose
amounted to $486.06.
The location of the breaks and the cost of repairs
were as follows:
LOCATION. COST.
Abercorn and Duffy streets............! 4 87
Abercorn and New Houston........... 10 75
Anderson and East Broad streets..... 7 50
a u n tt ti 212
. Barnard and Gaston streets............ 600
Barnard and Jones streets.............. 11 78
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LOCATION. COST.
Barnard, north of Jones................. 3 37
Barnard and McDonough streets..... 2 00
Barnard, west of city market........... 2 75
Broughton and Bull streets............ 18 34
Congress and Whitaker streets........ 4 00
Congress la., bet. Bull and Whitaker... 3 75
Duffy and Abercorn streets............ 7 50
Duffy, west of Dray ton street......... 11 38
Fifth and Drayton streets.............. 2 50
Habersham and Duffy streets ......... 22 25
" " " " ......... 93 13
" " " ........ 38 53
Hall, east of Howard street............ 4 50
Hall and West Broad streets........... 12 28
Jones, near East Broad street......... 36 65
Jones, west of East Broad street...... 63 56
Price and Bolton streets................. 17 30
Eiver, near Bull street.................. 41 15
River, west of West Boundary......... 8 25
Railroad, west of West Broad street.. 7 50
State, west of Drayton street........... 7 50
Whitaker, near Eiver street........... 22 85
Whitaker, north of Perry lane........ 2 50
West Broad an d New streets........... 2 00
" Sixth streets......... 2 00
" Hull streets.......... 300
< : " " Jones.................. 2 50
164 MA YOJPS ANNUAL REPORT.
Kew Sewers and Catch Basins.
During the year l,527i feet of sewer pipe was laid,
as follows:
220 lin. ft. 12-in. pipe and 32* lin. ft. 10-in. pipe
on McDonough street, to connect catch basin southeast corner McDonough and Houston streets with
East Broad street sewer.
365 lin. ft. 12-in. pipe and 25 ft. 10-in. pipe on
South Broad street, to connect catch basins at Habersham and South Broad streets with Price street
sewer.
285 lin. ft. 18-in. pipe on Louisville road, to connect catch basins with Musgrove creek.
385 lin. ft. 15-in. pipe and 215 ft. 10-in. pipe on
South Broad street, to connect catch basins at South
Broad and Houston streets with East Broad street
sewer.
Twenty-three new catch basins were put in, located
as follows: McDonough and Houston 1, Habersham
and South Broad 2, Abercorn 6, Bay street extended
6, Louisville road 4, Houston and South Broad 4.
One cesspool with man hole was built at East Broad
and South Broad streets. Eight catch basins were
abandoned, 2 at Abercorn and Liberty, 2 at East
Broad and South Broad, 2 at Price and South Broad
and 2 at Bull and South Broad.
Sewer Connections.
In order to place the responsibility in the event
that streets torn up for sewer connections or for
other purposes were not put back in proper order a
rule was established that permits must be secured
from this office in addition to those issued by the
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 165
Health Officer or the Clerk of Council. A large
number of such permits were issued to various parties during the year, including 73 for sewer connections, which were inspected by this office. These
connections were with the following sewers : Abercorn street 4, Anderson street 1, Barnard street 4,
Bilbo canal 1, Bolton street 1, Broughtou street 3,
Bryan street 1, Bull street 3, Dray ton street 3, Duffy
street 1, East Broad street 9, Farm street 1, Habersham street 5, Houston street 3, Hull street 1, Jefferson street 6, Jones street 4, Liberty street lane 1,
Montgomery street 1, Price street 2, Sixth street 3,
Wayne street 1, West Broad street 10, Whitaker
street 3.
Crossings and Sidewalks.
Nineteen street crossings, measuring 616 square
yards, have been put down at a cost of $590.23.
Repairs have been made to 35 others at a cost of
$194.24, giving a total expenditure on crossings of
$784.47. The storm of September 29, by uprooting
many trees throughout the city, caused considerable
damage to sidewalks. Repairs were made by the
city hands to 146 sidewalks torn up in this way.
In addition to this there were repaired during the
year 88 sidewalks at a cost of $277.85. Of these sidewalks 3 were "accepted," the city keeping them in
order, and 10 were repaired free, the damage having
been done by tree roots. For repairing the other 76*
property owners were billed to the amount of $243.03
A vitrified brick sidewalk is being laid on the western side of Colonial Park. While the cost is greater
than that of an ordinary brick pavement, the wearing quality more than offsets the additional expense.
166 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
In this connection I would respectfully suggest
the advisability of Council extending the sidewalks
ordinance to include the city limits, framing the
amendment in such a manner that its operation
would not be burdensome to the people. A start
must be made in this direction. Owing to the limits
set by the present ordinance a large area of the city
is without either sidewalks or a vestige of a curb,
although in part densely populated. One result of
such a condition of affairs is that a large number of
catch basins stand practically in the street, and from
10 to 12 inches above its surface. This not only impairs the service of the catch basins but renders
them dangerous to the public.
Mew City Stables, Etc.
On city land, at Cemetery and Sycamore streets,
new city stables, together with lotman's house and
suitable outbuildings were erected and equipped during 1896 at a cost of $6,888.02, as follows::
Stables....................................$4,958 27
Lotman's house and office........... 1,258 70
Tool house and closet, etc........... 353 20
Indicator and clock.................. 7200
Filling in lot, etc...................... 245 85
$6,888 02
Of this amount $5,751.89 was charged to streets
and lanes, and $1,136.13 to scavenger appropriation.
The lot on which these buildings are situated is 80
feet wide at the front, tapering to 54 feet at
the rear, and is about 800 feet long. It
adjoins Laurel Grove Cemetery, to the north
MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPORT. ' 167
and is convenient to the city crematories,
which are but a short distance to the west, saving
considerable time for the scavenger teams hauling
city waste there. Prior to the erection of these
stables the stock of the streets and lanes department
was stabled at the city pound in quarters which were
inadequate in size and deficient in accommodations.
In these stables the stock were uncomfortably
cramped, and were cared for at a decided disadvantage and expense. The stock of the scavenger department had been quartered since 1888, at least, in hired
stables at West Boundary and Cohen streets. For
the most miserable accommodations the city paid a
yearly rental of $600. The stables were situated in
a hollow, which in rainy weather became the outlet
for the drainage of a considerable area, converting
the stables into a drain and the surrounding lot into
a slough of mud. The building was merely a shed,
requiring frequent repairs at the city's expense. The
stalls were so small that the animals were unable to
secure proper rest. With such unhealthful surroundings the maintenance of the stock in first-class
condition was out of the question. It was apparent
that the city must either expend a considerable
amount in improvements to these hired sheds, or . \
erect suitable stables of its own. Considerations of ;
proper economy suggested the consolidation of the J
two stables in a new, commodious and thoroughly <
modern building. The size of the pound lot and its I
situation rendered its use inadvisable, and the lot on ;
Cemetery street was selected as the most suitable
place for the stables. The new structure is 232 feet
long, 44 feet wide, contaijns 88 single and 4 double
168 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
stalls. The feed bin, above the stable, is 232 feet by
10 feet. The dwelling house is 39 feet by 36 feet,
contains five rooms, and, like the stables, is lighted
by electricity and well supplied with water. The
cart shed is 198 feet by 18 feet. Another shed is in
process of erection. The tool house, containing three
rooms, is 30 J feet by 10J feet.
The expenses of the buildings and other work incidental to this improvement, as stated, were borne
by the regular street and lane and scavenger appropriations. Savannah's stock is now as well housed
and as well cared for as the stock of any other city,
and the expense to the city in this connection has
been so reduced as to make the investment a very
profitable one to it.
Street Paving.
During 1896 there were laid 12,500.9 square yards
of pavement at a total cost of $20,516.68, and work
was well under way at the close of the j'ear on pavements aggregating 34,000 square yards on which the
city had, up to that time, expended $14,110.70. The
following table gives full information in regard to
the completed work.
STREET
Abercorn.....
Habersbam
Bay Ext d...
Wadley.......
MATERIAL
Vit. Brick ......
Vlt. Brick......
Crashed Rock
and Chert
Granite
Blocks
Totals... .... :
Sq. Yds.
3,501.7
3,139.6
4,9:7.0
682.6
J2,6*.9
Total Cost
* 6,484 27
6,7139i
6,43925
614 18
M,58i fig
Cott to CHy
*4,ie 54
2,88533
V0092
80473
$8,55752
Rai'rotdi
Proporiion
$1,041 66
2,211 51
.............._.
13,28317
Cost to
Property
Owners
$1,276 07
1,117 14
4,23833
609 45
7,7iO 98
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The average cost per square yard of the paving ol
these streets was as follows:
STREET
Bay Ext'd......
Wadley ...........
MATERIAL
VJtrffled Brick.. .................. ......
Vttrifled Brick.... .........................
Granite Bloofe..... ........................
Square
Yards
8,501.7
8.489.6
4,977,0
532.8
Coit of
Paving
15,521 88
6,92847
5.011 35
14 18
Average
Cost Per
Square Yard
H.577
1.72*
1.008
1.5
Vitrified brick was used for the first time in Savannah as a pavement material. Samples of all
bricks competing were secured and put to severe
tests to determine their respective qualities. On the
basis of these tests, coupled with information obtained
from other cities where the bricks have been used,
the City Council selected the Bobbin pavers for use
on Habersham street and the Virginia Paving Cornpan's brick for Abercorn street. The former, manufactured by the Tennessee Paving Brick Company,
of Chattanooga, were contracted for at the rate of
$1.14| per square yard, the latter at fl.OSi per
square yard. All bricks were inspected on arrival
and those hot up to the original samples were rejected. Every care was taken to secure a first-class
pavement. Paving pitch was used to fill the interstices. By the use of sand instead the cost of paving
would have been reduced about 12 cents per square
3rard. The results were eminently satisfactory ; the
two pavements, according to good judges, comparing
favorably with the best of their class elsewhere.
Factitious objections, such as the one so strenuously
urged, that the noise from brick pavements would
be too great, proved entirely baseless. In my
opinion these pavements will be found durable,
easily and cheaply repaired, and the cost of cleaning
170 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
less than on any class of pavements except granite
blocks.
The paving of Bay street extended, from Wadley
street to the city limits, was the first use by the city
of crushed rock and chert for paving purposes. On
a foundation of six inches of crushed rock a surface
bed of three inches of chert is laid and rolled. The
result is a solid roadbed, having all the good qualities of a macadam road and in addition that of
smoothness. The expense of paving of this character, as will be seen from the preceding statement, is
decidedly in its favor. Its durability is beyond
question. Repairs will cost but little. Pavements
of this kind stand heavy traffic well. Gravel could
be used instead of chert, if desired. Pavements of
this character have much to commend them and
careful consideration should be given to these materials for city streets hereafter. The Louisville
road, the paving of which from the Ogeechee canal
to the Augusta road is now nearing completion, will
be another fine example of this class of pavement.
The paving of South Broad street with asphalt,
which will be completed in March, will add about
23,650 square yards to the area of this class of pavements. The contract price, $1.95 per square yard,
is the cheapest at which work of this character has
ever been done in Savannah.
Bry Culture Department.
Under the care of this department there are 6.48
miles of canal and 45.26 miles of ditches, with a large
number of drains, culverts, dams, bridges, etc. The
work is brought so little to the attention of the gen-
MAYOR'S ANNUAL &EPOR1. 171
eral public that its importance is apt to be minimized in its eyes. As a matter of fact this is really one
of the most important departments, its duties having
a decided bearing on the health of the city. The
amount of work done has also been but little appreciated, owing, perhaps, to the failure to present the
results in a sufficiently tangible shape. During the
year under review, in addition to many minor matters, work was done equivalent to cleaning 1,211,369
feet of ditches and 80,112 feet of canals, and 15,368
cubic feet of sand was removed from the traps. The
hands of the eastern division were also employed in
the construction of the roadways along the S., F. &
W. The expenditures charged to this department
were $12,001.53, but, as stated elsewhere, it bore, in
addition to $ 1,053.70 expended on the roadways, the
salary of the Commissioner's Clerk and incidental
expenses of the City Engineer's office. The main
work of the department by months follows:
MONTH.
January. ...... ..............
February ... .... .........
March.. .................. ...
April ........................
May..........................
July..........................
August ......... ............
September..... ....... ....
October....... ...............
November.................
December...... .. ........ ..
Totals............ ........
No. Feet Dltcnes Cleaned.
81,000
103,400
118,370
130,798
111,115
104,360
95,214
90,691
103,730
112,900
85,653
71,132
1,2H?69
No. Feat Ca nals cleaned.
i.boo
3,700
20,425
4,685
22,810
3,800
13,540
6.570
1,620
2,462
80,112
Cable ft. Sand Taken Prom
Traps.
159
2,058
1,654
150
4,094
1,804
150
1,431
100
2,368
250
1,150
15,368
No. Days Worn.
374
300
90
375
352
469
507
483
496
519
434
397
5,096
I desire to call attention to the unsanitary condition of the Ogeechee canal. From the foot of Zubly
17S MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
street, going west and south to Gay's lock, the canal
is grown up with grass and weeds to such an extent
that it can but be injurious to the health of the city.
From Zubly street the canal does not seem to be used
for any commercial purposes, and is simply a receptacle for filth. At the point where the Hogg sewer
crosses the canal there is a dam that prevents the
tide water from passing. This dam has a trunk with
a shutter that lets the drainage water out from the
west and into the eastern portion of the canal. Several years ago the Central Railroad Companj', after
urgent demands by the city to place the canal in
proper sanitary condition, placed a dam across the
canal about two miles from the city to prevent the
drainage water west of that point coming this way.
This dam has been cut so that a heavy rainfall would
flood lower Springfield plantation. The Central
Railroad has also had dug a ditch to the dam. This
ditch is not kept in a sanitary state. Beyond this
dam the canal is full of grass and weeds, and the
water is stagnant. Steps should be taken to remedy
this nuisance.
Scavenger Department.
The operating expenses of this department have
been $24,404.54. In addition it has been charged
with $1,136.13 on account of construction of new
stables, etc., making a total of $25,540.67.
Twenty-one regular wagons have been at work
during the entire year, and during the summer
months an extra wagon was added. During the fiftyeight days that the crematory was shut down the
waste collected was carried two miles in the country.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 17S
This long haul in the hot weather was especially
severe on the stock and the men, making the hours
of labor longer than usual. The clearing of the city
after the storm of September 29th also greatly increased the work. No department has been more
efficiently managed than this one, the Superintendent, Mr. Henry E. Dreeson, securing the best results
possible with the teams at his command. With a
city of the area of Savannah, the collecting of garbage once a day from all residences, with such a limited number of wagons, pushes the stock to a point
almost beyond endurance. That the number of complaints was so small is proof of the satisfactory character of the services rendered. With the southern
section of the city developing so rapidly, an increase
in the number of wagons is imperative. In adding
new wagons, in my opinion, the most improved covered sanitary vehicles for this purpose should be
bought. The present wagons, the repairs to which
form no small item of expense, should also be discarded as soon as possible and succeeded by those
especially designed for this work.
There was hauled during the year 1896 8,653 loads
of garbage to the country and 19,041 loads of garbage, 161 horses, 45 mules and 105' cows to the ci*ematory. A detailed statement of the work of the
department follows:
174 MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Work of the Scavenger Department, January xat
to December iat, 1896.
1838
"IToh
March...
May......
June.....
July...... .
1
LOIDS REMOVED
1
,2
1,584
1,569
t
1
S
ff
443 .
S
S
i 1
v
i

4181 16
1,715 436 1 13
1,164
. i
I
2 12
2 18
3 14
932 ! fl 5 9
............ 1,847
715 1,184
2,173
August.! 2,166
S*-pt.....| 1,959
October 1,889
Nov...... 1.992
Dec.....J 2,115
Totals,! 19,041
665
420
608
975
487
243
8,658
3
7
3 17
2 11
12 3 9
4
2
10
4
8
91
5 18
8 10
5 19
4 10
3 14
45 161
FEED
S
5
19,975
17,450
21,410
18,847
22,359
18,126
22,814
21,452
20,579
11,878
23,463
27,573
245,956
O
o
1
9,291
672
6,544
4,839
7,296
9,234
8,986
8,999
4,523
3,824
7.050
7,341
77,499
f
S
18,808
24,615
20,168
19,947
17,479
16,745
5,909
14,415
18,273
23,305
18,644
18,337
216,043

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I
5
3,420
1,824
1.93S
1,140
8,322
City Crematories.
The expenses of operating the city crematories
during 1896 were $6,045.28, In addition $1,800.00
was expended in necessary improvements, making
the total expenditures of the department $7,845.25.
In assuming charge it was apparent that the crematories would have to be abandoned or considerable
repairs made. Complaints had been frequent of
offensive odors spreading over the city from the
crematories. This was due to the draught being so
inadequate that the garbage and other waste instead
of being completely incinerated simply charred on
the surface, and instead of ashes being drawn out
when new material was fed to the flames a half
burned mass of decaying matter was exposed from
which the stench referred to came. A special appro-
MA YOJR'S ANNUAL REPORT. J75
priation of $800 was granted by Council for repairs
and improvements. With this, and part of the regular appropriation, a new stack was built and one of
the furnaces completely overhauled. No cause for
complaint has since arisen. At one time after the
repairs had been made there were complaints alleging that the stench from the crematory was rendering life unbearable all over the city. The crematory
was shut down but the stench continued, and was
soon found to come from burning rice chaff in fields
near the city. Official reports from the weather
bureau at this time showed the prevailing direction
of the wind to have been from the east, which, even
were there an offensive odor at the crematory, would
have driven it from the city. I cite this merely to
show the injustice of running into newspapers with
complaints about the crematory without first investigating the matter.
While one of the furnaces is now in first-class
order the other now needs repairs. This work will
be attended to early in the spring, I would recommend the building of a second crematory east of the
city. The two crematories would be able to consume
all the waste and would materially lighten the work
of the scavenger department, thereby increasing the
service rendered by it.
The amount of matter consumed at the crematorv
in previous years has been greatly overestimated.
Experiments have demonstrated that it was an impossibility to incinerate the quantity claimed. Especial care was taken during the past year to secure
reliable data. The work done by the crematory follows :
176 MA YOk'S ANNUAL REPO&T.
Work of the City Crematory, January it to
December 310!, 1896.
January
Feb....
Mrcn.
April..
June . .
July...
Atlgast
Sept...
October
Nor......
Dec......
Totals..
GARBAGE!
i
1,584
1.569
1.TI5
1,164
5
2,831
2.884
3.239
2,243
7ia 1.778
2.173' 3.705
2.166 4.183
1.959 4,336
1.889 4.427
1,992 4.350
2.115 4.417
19.041 38.393
BE
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S5 23
II 1 14 2
IB 24 2
131 16 1
6; 9 3
8
15
i
S'....
13 4
25....
18....
25....
48....
18 I
105 218 13
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g
i
184
164
232
148
153
224
226
265
264
212
212
E
5
o
265
239
308
182
243
308
319
351
350
317
329
2,284' 3,211
FISH. BBLH.
4
4
12
1
....
H
DC
O
880
1,000
250
2,000
1,100
300
1,500
1.060
1 HiA1)8f
SS\ 1*OIJLTV.
1,260
850
1J407
1.410
1,552
1,460
1,340
24 ) 8,090' 12,789
OQ
O
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10
15
t'HUlTB LJUB. AND
VIO1STAB8.
......
......
384
112
FUEL.
COKD8 NO,
WOOD.
6694
83
i
496 100
No. TONS
COAI..
1
1
UALLB. Oil..
M
29
31
31
61
81
31
31
31
324
The crematory was closed from April 20th, to June
17th, 1896.
Laurel GFOTC Cemetery.
The expenses of Laurel Grove Cemetery during
1896 were $6,528.02. The storm of September 29th
did considerable damage to the trees and shrubbery,
which was repaired as quickly as possible. The
grounds were kept in good order throughout the
year, and the services at interments were in everywise satisfactory. With the appropriation as at present, improvements on any large scale are impossible.
The drives in both the white and colored cemeteries
should be paved with chert, gravel, or some similar
material,and I would recommend a special appropriation for that purpose. A beginning was made in this direction last year, when the main drive was paved for a
distance of two hundred feet from the entrance to a
width of twenty feet. The chert used in this work
cost $173.81, the hauling being done by the streets
and lanes carts, and .the laying by the cemetery
MAYOR'S ANNVAL JSEPORT. 177
hands. A frame shelter has also been built in the
colored cemetery, an improvement greatly appreciated by those visiting that portion of the grounds.
There is still a considerable area of land available
for cemetery purposes that could be utilized at small
cost. Some addition should be made to the Hebrew
portion of the cemetery, scarcely a lot being now
available there.
Beginning with January 1, 1897, the control of
the cemetery is transferred to the Parks and Squares
Commission, under an Act of the Legislature.
During the year there has been collected from
sales of lots in the white portion $510.00, and from
sales of lots in the colored portion $130.00. Burial
fees amounted to $1,339.00, giving a total income of
$1,979.00.
Interments at the city's expense were as follows:
WhitesFrom city, 44; from hospitals, 14; total, 58.
ColoredFrom city, 198; from infirmary, 123; total
321. Total of free interments, 379.
The following table gives the number of interments from January 1 to December 31, 1896:
12
178 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Interments From January x, 1896, to Dec. 31,1806
MONTH.
February.......... ............
March ..........................
April ...........................
May .UXOJ ........................' ... ......... ..........
June... ....................... ...
July .............................
September ....................
October..... . ............. ..
^ffrt vf* Tin \\f* i*
December.....................
Totals........... ............
City Dtathl In
18
10
m
is
9K
HI
21
SI
?4
28
16
23
256
Stillborn
[and Premature
3
3
1
X
<?,
I
2
g
2
f,
2
28
Interment! Other
Total WhHet
4 25
3 16
& 26
5 26
7 i 85
5 , 37
9 1 32
1 25
6 32
7 37
6 26
... : 25
58 ! 342
1Deathl InCity
66
55
7
65
fiO
flfi
57
71
56
59
60
62
794
| Stillborn
|Premature and
9
8
8
13
7
f)
11
11
14
10
8
14
122
Other Interments
5
5
5
11
14
6
10
8
Q
13
4
6
96
Total Colored
60'
Pft'
80
89:
1011
111
78
flfl
79
8?!
72
82
1.01-2
Total of
Both Cemsterlet
lOfi
84
106
115
136
148
110
115
111
119
98
107
1.354
O. E. H* Department.
The expenses of this department were $8,331.96, of
which $6,459.50 was paid to contractor for cleaning
privy vaults, etc. The details of the work of the
department are given in the accompanying table:
'Work of the O. K. m. DepartmentDecember x, 1895, to November So, 1896.
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. A
c:SI
1
Dec., 1895. 108$ 486 00
Jan.,1896. 89 400 50
Feb., ' 9S 441 00
Mar., ' 88 396 00
Apr., 10-2 459 00
May, , 79 355 50
June. 103 463 50
July, 120 540 00
Aug., 75 337 50
Sept.. 78 351 00
Oct., 91 409 50
Nov., 45 202 50
Totals... 1,076'$4,842 00
i
m
o
40
17
24
11
42
45
19
23
28
31
1

$12000
51 00
7200
33 00
126 00
135 00
57 00
69 00
84 00
93 00
No.' Tubs
17
4
11
11
3
1
2
1
280|$S40 00
i
$51 00
12 00
33 00
3300
12 00
900
3 00
12 00
6 00
3 00
58.$ 174 (10
|1 Cleaned "o.M _H--
I |ind Filled *.wm-cs <i05*.>-< -j H^
$4550
71 00
26 00
10400
45 50
39 00
71 00
91 00
3900
26 00
19 50
26 00
I
$ 702 50
483 50
551 00
605 00
549 50
529 50
672 50
700 00
451 50
461 DO
525 0(1
22850
93 $603 50;$6,459 50
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 179
Public Bulldinga.
Repairs, improvements and furnishing of public
buildings cost $2,199.64 during 1896. This does not
include the repairs of storm damages. In the City
Exchange the office of the City Treasurer was completely renovated, and the offices formerly occupied
by Ellis, Young & Co. were furnished and converted
into suitable offices for the Board of Tax Assessors
and Receivers and the Commissioner of Public
Works. Small repairs to the closets and other parts
of the Exchange were frequently required. The condition of the building is such as to necessitate its
early renovation throughout. The exterior presents
a discreditable appearance and should be repainted
and otherwise improved. The plumbing in the building is in such condition as to require constant
repairs.
The powder magazine is now located within a very
short distance of the water works and within the city
limits. Here are stored, on an average, 175,000 Ibs.
of powder and 17,000 Ibs. of dynamite. Situated as
it is, it is a constant and terrible menace to the public safety. The keeper's house is in bad order and
the magazine is an old structure. I would earnestly
recommend that the magazine be removed at least
five miles beyond the city limits, and placed within
easy access of a railroad to facilitate the storage or
removals of explosives. As there are now three paved
roads leading out of the city to the distance of four
or five miles, and as small magazines for the storage
of 400 Ibs. of powder are permitted in the business
section of the city, this would entail no hardship.
The keeper cf, the magazine now receives his com-
180 MAYOKS ASNUAL REPORT.
pensation in fees, and the city has absolutely no income from the magazine. I would respectfully
recommend that, whether the magazine be removed
or not, the keeper be paid a salary and the fees be
turned in to the city treasury.
Storm Damage.
On the morning of September 29th Savannah was
visited by a cyclone of considerable severity. Much
damage was done to buildings and to the trees in the
parks, cemeteries and streets. A large extra force of
men was at once put to work to clean up the debris,
and within a comparatively few days the city had
resumed its normal appearance. This work and the
repairs to the public buildings required large expenditures, for which a special appropriation was made.
These expenditures were as follows:
Labor, streets and lanes..................$2,854 17
" parks and squares.................. 1,022 89
" Laurel Grove cemetery........... 433 12
" Scavenger department............ 270 75
" Citv market......................... 8510 /
Teams for hauling debris.................. 937 10
Repairs to city market, on account..... 1,525 00
" " " exchange.................. 108 50
Tools, hardware, etc........................ 163 67
Lumber ....................................... 40 00
Bricks.......................................... 22 00
Repairs to water pipes..................... 11 00
Total.........................................$7,473 30
The wood from ruined trees was distributed by the
city among the poor.
J
MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPORT. 181
House Numbering.
The renumbering of the buildings of the city on a
modern principle is rapidly nearing completion.
Within a few weeks this important work will be
ended. The cost, for which a special appropriation
was made by the City Council, is slight, compared
with the necessity for the work and the thorough
manner in which it has been done. The decimal
system, allowing one hundred numbers to the block,
using no fractional parts or alphabetical designations,
was adopted. Under it a plain, easily read and very
durable number was secured. There have already
been placed in position 7,328 of these plates, which
are of copper base, with white enameled face, the
figures being burned in in black. About 4,800 more
plates will be put up before the numbering is finished.
The expenditures for this work during 1896 were as
follows:
Timeof hands..........................$ 757 50
Number plates.......................... 551 25
Tools, etc................................ 2507
Total.................. ................$1,333 82
It is estimated that it will require a further expenditure of about f 1,100 on this work, making a total
cost of about $2,400.
In this connection it may be stated that, under the
direction of Chairman Kolshorn, of the special committee having it in charge, the matter of street signs
has been quite thoroughly considered and investigated during 1896. Samples of signs of different
characters have been secured from several parties,
182 MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT.
and this office is now in position to move intelligently on this work whenever Council may see fit to
authorize it. Suitable signs for the city's thoroughfares are second in importance only to house numbers. At present there are few streets the names of
which are so displayed that visitors or residents can
ascertain them without inquiry.
City Lighting
The expense of lighting the city during 1896 was
$27,203.08. At the beginning of the year there were
305 arc lights of 600 candle power each, at a contract
price of $7.50 per month for each light. Deductions
of 1.00 a night are made in the event that any light
is reported not burning for an houror longer. During
the year the light at Rose Court and Herndon street
was moved to Mercer and Herndon streets and
changed to a swinging light. Five lights were also
added, giving 310 lights at the close of the year.
These new lights are situated as follows: Colonial
Park, 2; Seventh and Habersham streets, 1; Police
Barracks sally-port, 1; Margaret and West Broad
streets, 1.
Of the present lights 29 are situated in the district
south of Anderson street. Additional lights are
required for that portion of the city. Attention is
also directed to the fact that twenty-five poles for
lights are situated in the roadways at the intersection
of streets, a danger to both pedestrians and vehicles.
A special appropriation has been requested for their
removal during the coming .year.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 18S
Harbor and Wharves.
The expenditures in this department, of which this
office is cognizant, amount to but $41 75, of which
$35.00 was paid out for cleaning the West Broad
street slip. A. much larger amount appears to have
been paid out, but as the work was not done through
this office, no accounts were kept here and no further
information can be given. The attention of the
Chairman of the Harbor and Wharves Committee
was directed to the necessity of repairing certain
slips and wharves which were in a dangerous condition. Under the law all such work should be done
through this office, under the instructions of Council. I am informed that some, at least, of this work
has been done. Not having been consulted in the
matter there are no records at hand from whieh a
report can be made.
Parks and Squares.
The direction of the labor employed in this department was vested in the Commissioner of Public
Works, under the original act creating the Board of
Parks and Trees Commissioners. This law has since
been amended, and beginning January 1, 1897, the
control of the labor is removed from this office.
During the past year due regard has been given to
the wishes of the Board in the employment of hands,
and the instructions of that body have been carried
out. As its Chairman will present a detailed report
of the work done and the monies expended, it would
be a needless repetition for me to give more than a
passing allusion to this department.
184 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.

In closing I desire to express my appreciation of
the uniform courtesy extended to this office by your
Honor and by the Aldermen, and also to acknowledge the valuable assistance of the City Engineer,
who, despite his numerous and arduous duties, has
at all times promptly complied with requests for information. Very respectfully,
HARKY WILLINK,
Commissioner.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 185
REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.
OFFICE CITY ENGINEER. >
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1897. j
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:,
SIRI have the honor to herewith transmit the
report of the work carried out under this department
for the year ending December 31st, 1896.
The tabulated statements show the work of surveys, grades, estimates, reports, plans and profiles
made by this department.
Opening Street*.
The negotiations with the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway in reference to crossing their tracks,
resulted in the opening of St. Thomas, St. Nicholas,
Abereorn, New Houston and Henry streets, and
the granting of two drive-ways, each thirty (30)
feet in width, from Anderson street to the north line
of the Drouillard Tract, each some twenty-two
hundred (2200) feet in length. The material
for constructing these drive-ways was furnished by
the railway company, but the grading done by the
city.
Paving: Street*.
The portions of Habersham street and Abercorn
street, between Liberty street and South Broad
street, have been paved with vitrified brick, and the
method employed in laying these pavements was
that used by the city of Jacksonville, Fla. (Number
ISfi MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
square yards, on Abercorn 3,507; on Habersham
3,439 square yards).
On Bay street (extended) from Wadley street to the
city limits, a roadway thirty (30) feet in width, inclosed by a granite curbing, and provided with the
necessary catch basins, etc., has been paved (number
square yards 4,977). This pavement consists of a
crushed granite foundation six inches in depth, and
a chert surface three inches deep, each layer being
thoroughly rolled.
The Louisville road is now being similarly constructed.
A portion of Wadley street, north of the Central
of Georgia Railway warehouse No. 4, to River street,
has been paved with granite blocks (Number square
yards 5,826). The roadway being thirty (30) feet in
width, and inclosed by granite curbing. The portions
of River street, from the Savannah and Ogeechee
Canal to the '* Y" of the Central of Georgia Railway,
has been paved by said railway company, the paving
being thirty feet in width (number square yards
4,174), and inclosed by granite curbing, and provided
with the necessary catch basins, etc.
The contract for paving South Broad street from
East Broad to West Broad streets, has been let to the
Warren-Scbarf Asphalt Paving Co., and the work of
grading was begun on Monday, December 7th, 1896.
The plans and profiles for this improvement were
made and grades given by this department.
The bridge across Musgrove Creek has been
thoroughly repaired.
The obstruction to travel on the Louisville road,
at the water works trestle, is now being removed.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 1ST
The Florida Central and Peninsular Railway making
the necessary preparations to span the roadway with
a steel bridge.
Dry Culture.
As Inspector of Dry Culture, I have made frequent
examinations of the work done in this department
and highly commend its character. I have repeatedly called attention to the obstruction to the free
flow of water in Musgrove Creek, caused by the
numerous piles driven in the creek, as well as by the
water main which crosses it, and I would again recommend that steps be taken to remedy this evil.
The area for voiding the water of Musgrove Creek,
at the double trunks, is entirely inadequate to properly drain the scope of country tributary thereto,
and should be enlarged. One of these trunks is now
in a dangerous condition, and liable to succumb to
any extraordinary pressure.
Harbor and Wharves.
The " slip " at the foot of West Broad street has
been rebuilt, new piles driven, the floor of the incline renewed and rails placed on the sides for protection.
Bids for repairs to the wharf foot of Abercorn
street has been called for; said repairs to be constructed in conformity to the plans and specifications
on file in this office. I would recommend that the
abutments at the various slips owned by the city be
bu i 11 of masonry.
Estimates of the cost of repairs to the wharf and
tramways at Quarantine Station have been made and
are on file in this office.
L
188 J/AYOS'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The proposed improvement of the channel of the
Savannah river will cut away the entire wharf and a
large portion of the tramways, and I would suggest,
that the question of determining as to the proper location for dumping the ballast, as well as other
methods for discharging the same, be thoroughly investigated, ere additional expense be encountered for
repairs to the tramways at the station. The improved
method of discharging ballast by means of cable
ways are so highly recommended, both for economy
and dispatch, that it certainly merits investigation
at OUT- hands.
Sewers.
In order to ascertain the condition of the present
system of sewers, and their adaptability as a part of
a system of house drainage, a survey of them was
made by Mr. E. J. Thomas, Civil Engineer, under
the direction of this office, and his report is one of
so thorough a nature, that I have hereto appended
it in full, and would call your especial attention to
same.
House Drainage*
On July 23rd, 1895, the Commission on House
Drainage directed that I prepare "a plan for an outlet for the sewage of the city from the terminus of
the Bolton street sewer to the Savannah river," said
"plan to be estimated fora population of 200,000
people." After having several routes surveyed and
the conditions of each carefully considered, I decided
that if the sewage must be emptied into the river, the
farthest point from the city's front economically
reached, would be the best. September 23rd, 1895, I
MA YOWS ANNUAL REPORT. 189
made my report to the committee. After the hearing
of said paper, I was again instructed to make a report
on an outlet into Wilmington river. This required
additional surveys, and not being acquainted with
the tidal movements of said river, this too had to be
carefully examined.
Mr. E. J. Thomas was assigned the duties in the
field, and Mr. J. de Bruyn Kops placed in charge of
the investigations at said river.
The various lines, with the accompanying profiles,
were mapped, estimates of cost, etc., carefully prepared, and an outlet decided on at Causton's Bluff'.
On June 4th, 1896, my report on this outlet was
submitted, and with it a very complete report by Mr.
J. de Bruyn Kops, Assistant City Engineer, as to the
Wilmington river waters. Contrary to previous understanding, sufficient tidal velocity and volume were
found to make the dilution of sewage into this river
practicable. The report was favorably recommended
by the Commission on House Drainage.
Recommendations.
I would again call your attention to obstruction
to travel caused by the bend of the trestle of the C.
of G. Ry. in Railroad street. This divides this narrow
street into two parts (one of which is occupied by a
street railway company), and does not allow sufficient room on either side for the passage of vehicles
approaching from opposite directions. Should the
teams become unmanageable from the noise of overhead trains, accidents of a serious nature are liable to
occur. I would recommend that negotiations with
said road be entered into for its removal.
ISO MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Jefferson street, from Bay to Henry, is paved with
Granite blocks, excepting that portion between Bay
and Broughton streets. I would recommend that
this interval be paved with the same material.
On account of the heavy traffic on a portion of
Railroad street and the heavy grade, I would recommend that this street be paved with granite blocks,
with tarred joints, from West Broad street to the
Ogeeehee canal, thereby connecting the pavement of
the Louisville road with that on West Broad street.
The condition of Drayton street demonstrates the
impracticability of using shells as a covering for cobble stone pavements.
, The county has been experimenting with Augusta
gravel as a paving material. This gravel seems to
be giving satisfaction. I would recommend that
some of our streets, not subject to heavy travel, be
paved with it.
The restrictions as to travel on Bull street, the narrowness of Drayton street, necessitates the paving of
another avenue, running north and south, for travel,
and I would recommend that either Lincoln or
Habersham streets be paved to Henry street.
East Broad street has been paved as far south as
Jones street, and I would all your attention to the
desirability of paving this street as far south as Henry
street. West of Bull street there are only two narrow streets, running north and south, which are
paved, and one of them (Whitaker) being occupied
by an electric railway line, the travel is almost entirely concentrated on Jefferson ttreet. In view of
these facts, I would recommend that the paving of
West Broad street be extended to Henrv street.
MAYOR1 S ANNUAL REPORT. 191
The southern section of the city demands our attention. I would recommend that Seventh street be
paved with Augusta gravel, and that the portion of
Jefferson street, in the city extension, be paved with
the same material.
I would also recommend that the portion of Bryan
street, from the west side of Barnard to Farm street,
and Farm street, from Bryan to Bay, be paved with
granite blocks, with tarred joints.
I*lst of Plans, Maps, Profile*, Etc., Etc., Blade Daring:
the Year 1896.
DESCRIPTION.
Map of the city of Savannah and tracing same.
Cross section map of Wilmington river and tracing same.
Section of sewer, Philadelphia, and tracing of same.
Contour map of city extension, showing elevation,
and tracing same.
Map of the city of Savannah, showing the location
of water mains, fire hydrants, stop valves, etc.
Map of the city of Savannah for house numbering.
Map of Eiver street, for extension of Central of
Georgia Railway.
Plan of Abercorn street, between South Broad and
Liberty, for proposed pavement.
Plan of a portion of River street, through the Georgia Chemical Works, with tracing.
Plan showing crossing of F. C. & P. Ry. over Louisville road, and tracing same.
Plan of Louisville road and tracing same.
Plan for opening Burroughs street from Anderson
to Seventh street.
192 MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Plan of a portion of a street showing system of
street numbering.
Tracing of a plan of South Broad street.
Plan of a part of Estill ward for establishing street
lines.
Seven plans of property on the east side of city for
opening streets.
Map of eastern section of Savannah, showing proposed streets through various properties.
Map of the city of Savannah, showing paved
streets.
Map of the city of Savannah, showing location of
sewers.
Profile of Charles street.
Profile of South Broad street, from East Broad to
West Broad streets.
Profile of proposed sewer on right of way from
Tenth to St. Charles street.
Profile of Ogeechee road.
Profile of Louisville road.
Profile of bottom of Bilbo canal.
Plan of Bryan street, from Farm to Whitaker
street to proposed pavement.
Profiles of various proposed lines from mouth of
Bolton street sewer to the Savannah and Wilmington
rivers for proposed outlet sewer.
Plan for opening Twelfth street from Bull street
to the Ogeechee road.
Plan of city pound lot.
Plan lot 18, Garden.
Plan lot L, west portion, Middle Oglethorpe ward.
Plan lot 10, Hull's sub-division, Choctaw ward.
J
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 1SS
Plan lot 7, N J of west half, Trustees Garden.
Plan lot 3, Estill ward.
Plan lot 17, Liberty ward.
Plan lots 81, 82, 83 and 84, Barry ward.
Plan lot 53, south half, Johnson ward.
Plan lot 8, Holland Tything, Derby ward.
Plan lot 9, West Point, Digby Tything, Decker
ward.
Plan lot 3, section 7, Cuthbert ward.
Plan lot 1, east portion, North Oglethorpe ward.
Tracing map of the city of Savannah, showing
Waring's proposed sewerage system.
Tracing of the eastern vicinity of the city of Savannah to Wilmington river.
Tracing Sugden and Kollock's profile.
Tracing of Sugden and Kollock's proposed outlet
for the sewerage of this city.
Plan showing portion of Bilbo canal and surroundings.
Six diagrams to accompany report on gauging Wilmington river.
Plan of land north of Wheaton street, bordering
Bilbo canal.
Plan showing analysis of Sugden and Kollock's
plan of sewer under S., F. & W. Ry.
Tracing plan of the property of John 0. Smith, on
Wheaton street, east of Bilbo canal.
Diagram showing discharge of the Bolton street
sewer.
Plan showing construction of proposed outlet sewer.
Cross sections of Bilbo canal.
Cross section of Casey canal.
Plan for repairing wharf foot of Abercorn street.
13
194 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Plan showing line for proposed outlet sewer from
Bolton street sewer to Wilminglon river.
Topographical plan of Estill park.
Plan of Forsyth park, enlai'ged from city map of
1868.
Map of city, marking proposed route of S., T. & I.
of H. Ry.
Plan of Colonial Park.
Plan of River street, through the Georgia Chemical Works.
Map of city, showing location of water mains, fire
hydrants, stop valves.
Opening streets east of S., F. & W. Ry. (7 plans.)
Lots 2 and 4, Falligant ward.
North half lot 9, Middle 'Oglethorpe ward.
Lot 68, Camming ward.
Lot No. 54, Atlantic ward.
Lots 4, 5 and west portion 6, wharf lots east of
Lincoln street.
Letter N, Middle Oglethorpe ward.
22 (east half) and N. W. portion No. 58, Gaston
ward.
Lots 1 and 2, Estill ward.
23 and west portion No. 22, Brown ward.
Northwest portion lot 10, and south portion lot 11,
Currytown ward.
No. 16, portion, Brownsville ward.
Lot 33, Estill sub-division Solomon's ward.
Lot 12, Troupe ward.
Northwest portion lot 19, Washington ward.
Lot for opening Fourth street, Lester ward.
Lot 11, east half, Trustee's Garden.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 19S
West portion lot 29, Elbert ward.
Lot 19, sub-division Garden lot 24 west, Robert's
ward.
Lot 13, Washington ward.
Lots 55, 56 and 57 for opening streets, Estill ward.
Lot 54, Southville ward.
Lot 13, portion north half, Crawford ward.
Lots 32 and 33 Atlantic ward.
West portion lot 76 and east portion lot 77, Gaston ward.
Lot 76 east portion, Gaston ward.
Lot 19, south half, Wesley ward.
Lot 19, north half, Wesley ward.
Lot No. 11, east half, Sec. 1, Schley ward.
Lot 108 north half, Brownsville ward.
Lot 31 Lee ward.
Lot 35 east half, Lovell ward.
Lot 58, Atlantic ward.
Lot 29, Reppard ward.
Lot 15 west half, South Oglethorpe ward.
Lots 32 and 33 Atlantic ward.
l,It of Reports Made on Various Subjects During:
Tne Year 1896.
SUBJECT.
Property belonging to the Dry Culture Department.
List of parks, squares and grass plats in the city
of Savannah.
Encroachment of lot 16 Brownsville ward on
Bullock,
Condition of asphalt pavement.
Lay ing. of sewer on President street.
19G MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Square yards of asphalt pavement in the. city of
Savannah.
Tinning roof of Quarantine Officer's dwelling at
Quarantine station.
Condition of incline foot of West Broad street.
Line of Abercorn street south of S., P. & W. Ry.
Cost of surveys.
Examination of bridge, Musgrove creek.
Examination of low places in city extension.
Examination of wharves and tramways at Quarantine station.
Condition of asphalt, Congress and Liberty streets.
Condition of iron work, bridge, Musgrove creek.
Condition of incline foot of West Broad street.
Examination of warehouse under Screven sewer.
Lot 13 Crawford ward (property lines).
Encroachment of fence on 30 (east half) Dale ward.
Damages to Exchange building by storm of September 28th.
Sewers in southern section of the city.
Property line of a portion of lot 13, Green ward.
Track of the City & Suburban Ry. on Ogeechee
road.
Gutters across Henry streetconstruction of same.
Square yards brick pavement laid on Habersham
street front Police Station.
Opening streets through Gann and Hollis properties.
Streets owned by the city through Ehrlich property.
Encroachment of lot No. 10 Holland Tything,
Derby ward.
Draining lot on Gwinnett St. east of S., F. & W.
Railway.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 197
Petition of citizens for sewers in southern section
of city.
Report of Sugden & Kollock's plan for outlet sewer
at Bilbo canal.
Report pn outlet sewer to Wilmington river.
Report on gauging Wilmington river.
Report on pipe line for Standard Oil Co.
Report of cost of changing intersection of Bull and
South Broad streets.
List of Estimates Hade tor Paving: Streets During:
the Year 1896.
NAME OF STREET.
!-'outh Broad
Bay St. Ext'ion
Lincoln
Habersbam
Abercorn
Bail road
Hull
McDonough
Harris
Perry
State
President
President
York
York
Gwinnett
Habersham
Abercorn
South Broad
Jefferson
Louisville Road
Louisville Road
Bull
Bryan
Farm
FROM
West Broad
Wadley
Bay
South Broad
South Broad
West Broad
Whitaker
Whitaker
Whitaker
Whitaker
Bull
Bull
Bull
Drayton
Bull
Jefferson
South Broad
South Broad
West Broad
Bryan
Ogeechee C'l
Ogeechee C'l
Anderson
Whitaker
Bryan
TO
East Broad
City .Limits
South Broad
Liberty
Liberty
S. & O. Canal
Abercorn
Abercorn
Bull
Abercorn
Drayton
Drayton
Wbitaker
Bull
Whitaker
Cemetery
Liberty
Liberty
East Broad
Broughton
Augusta Road
Augusta Road
Estill Avenue
Farm
Bay
ROADWAY
25ft.
SOft.
30ft.
40ft.
40ft.
SOft.
22ft.
30ft.
30ft.
22ft.
23ft.
40ft.
37.4ft.
23ft.
22ft.
SOft.
40ft.
40 ft.
25ft.
32ft.
25ft.
25ft.
SOft.
21 ft.
MATERIAL
Vitrified Brick
Chert
Vitrified Brick
Vitrified Brick
Vitrified Brick
Granite Blocks
Chert
Chert
Asphalt
Chert
Brick
Brick
Brick
Brick
Brick
Granite Blocks
Asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt
Granite Blocks
Augusta Gravel
Chert
Gravel
Granite Blocks
3'" ft. sGrauite Blocks
198 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
List of Estimates and Statement* Hade During: the
Year 1896.
FOR WHAT.
Enclosing Thomas park, Wells square and Tiny
Thompson park with curb.
Measurement of Water Works track in Springfield plantation.
Value of track of the Central of Ga. Railway in
River street.
Sidewalk in front of Colonial park on Abercorn st.
Square feet of ground required for opening streets
through the Schley property.
Bill of lumber for repairing bridge over Musgrove
creek, Bay street.
Estimate of number of lineal feet curbing, square
yards paving on Wadley street.
Ground necessary for right of way for proposed
sewer to Wilmington river.
Amount of work done on Bay street and frontages
on same.
dumber ot yards of paving and curbing laid and
frontages on Habersham street.
Cost of conduit from Savannah to points along
River street.
. Cost of repairing the Abercorn street wharf.
Number of bushels of oyster shells contained in
flat.
Number of yards of asphalt paving done by Warren
S. A. P. Co., guarantee not expired.
Square yards of walks in Forsyth park and Extension, and curbing.
Square yards of walks in all unpaved squares in
the city.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 199
Paving and curbing laid on Abercorn street with
frontages.
Cost of survey of parks and squares in city.
Curbing necessary to protect trees along South
Broad street.
Cost of remodeling gutters across Henry street.
Cost of repairing slips and wharf foot of Abercorn
street, and slip West Broad street.
Cost of constructing sewers in city extension.
Lineal feet headers required for South Broad street.
Square yards in portions of President and York
streets.
Surveys Made Daring: 1896.
LOCATION.
Lot 12 Bartow ward.
Lot 21 Garden ward.
Lot 9 Southville ward.
Lot 24 Brown ward.
Lot 3 Reppard ward.
Lot 9 Middle Oglethorpe ward.
Lot 66 Crawford ward.
Lot 2 Walton ward.
Lots 54 and 55 Atlantic ward.
Lot 68 Gumming ward.
Lot 54 Atlantic ward.
Lot 23 and 22 Brown ward.
Lot 20 Crawford ward, east.
Lot N Middle Oglethorpe ward.
Lot 10 Reppard ward.
Lot 20 Stiles ward.
Lots 16 and 21- White ward.
Lot 19 Southville ward.
SOO MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Lot 22 Stiles ward.
Lot 4 Stiles ward.
Lots 22 and 58 Gaston ward.
Lots 1 and 2 Estill ward.
Lots 10 and 11 Currytown ward.
Lots 16 and 17 White ward.
Lot 72 White ward.
Lot 28 Lovell ward.
Lot 11 Troupe ward.
Lot 6 Berrien ward.
Lot 20 Gaston ward.
Lot 33 Solomons ward.
Lots 8 and 9 Da vis ward.
Lots 99, 100, 101 and 102 Waring ward.
Lots 1 and 2 Estill ward.
Lot 48 Duncan ward.
Lot 20 Railroad ward.
Lot 19 Wesley ward.
Lot 17 Stiles ward.
Lot 11 South Oglethorpe ward.
Lot 19 Washington ward.
Lots 88 and 89 Estill ward.
Lot 34 Dale ward.
Lot 19 Roberts ward.
Lot 13 Washington ward.
Lot 11 Trustees Garden.
Lots 11 and 13 Southville ward.
Lot 23 Wadley ward.
Lot 108 Brownsville ward.
Lot 19 Wesley ward.
Lot 31 Lee ward.
Lot 35 Lovell ward.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPOliT.
Lot 58 Atlantic ward.
Lot 29 Elbert ward.
Lot (church) Lester ward.
Lot 11 Schley ward.
Lots 32 and 33 Atlantic ward.
Lot 29 Reppard ward.
Lot 14 Green ward.
Lot 15-South Oglethorpe ward.
Lots 32 and 33 Atlantic ward.
Lots 1 and 6 Estill ward.
Lot 65 Flannery ward.
Lots 1 and 2 Estill ward.
Lots 33 and 34 Barry ward.
Lot 127 Brownsville ward.
Lot 24 Stephens ward.
Lot 54 Southville ward.
Lot 24 Haywood ward.
Lot 13 Crawford ward.
Lot 14 Marshall ward.
Blocks 3 and 4 Wadley ward.
Lot 25 Calhoun ward.
Lot 35 Lovell ward.
Lot 7 Trustees Garden.
Lot 72 Gue ward.
Lot 63 Jones ward.
Lot 30 Forsyth ward.
Lots 171 and 172 Gartland ward.
3 wharf lots, North Oglethorpe ward.
Lot 1 Estill ward.
Lot 17 Elliott ward.
Lots 5 and 6 Griffin ward.
Lot 15 Davis ward.
SOS MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Lot 3 Estill ward.
Lot 44 Marshall ward.
Lot 39 Section 2, Garden ward.
Lot 8 Cuthbert ward.
Lot 18 Section 1, Garden ward.
Lot 29 Dale ward.
Lot 10 subd. 79 to 86 Choctaw ward.
Lot L Middle Oglethorpe ward.
Lot 17 Liberty ward.
Lot 38 Gilmerville ward.
Lot 53 Johnston ward.
Lots 81, 82, 83 and 84 Barry ward.
Lot 89 Estill ward. .
Lot 1 Choctaw ward.
1 subdivision, 84 Springfield plantation.
Lot 10 South Oglethorpe ward.
Lot 8 Holland Tything, Percival ward.
Lot 4 Law ward.
Lot O Heathcote ward.
Lots 62 and 63 Mercer ward.
Lot 9 Digby Tything, Decker ward.
Lot]9 Digby Tything, Decker ward.
8 wharf lots east of Lincoln street.
Lot 2 Section 3 Cuthbert ward.
Lot 43 Section 7, Southvilie ward.
Lot 14 Hay wood ward.
Lot 7 Heathcote Laroche.
Lot 24 Wesley ward.
Central Railroad lot on West Boundary street.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. S09
Ust of Specification* made for Various Improvements daring the Year 1896.
FOR WHAT.
Repairing wharf foot of Abercorn street.
Moving track of West End Railway on Louisville
road.
Paving South Broad street with sheet asphalt.
1
I
PROPERTY PURCHASED FOR OPENING STREETS DURING THE YEAR 1S6.
DATE. GBANTOK. DESCRIPTION.
January 2........'Mrs. Mary 0. Repp:trd........,! A. B. & C. Reppard Wd......
January 2........ H. B. Keppard...................JLotbet. C.&l). Reppard Wd..
R. B. Rt-ppm-d....................Lot north of A. "
Savannah Investment C'o...iGlatigny Tract.......................
Trustee Hebrew Cemeicry..jGarden Lot 22 West... ...........
Ueo, W. Alien.................., : 7 & 14 Reppard Wd...............
W.F. Reid.........,...............jE.& P. Reppard Wd... ...... ...
Waring Kussell..................-22, 23, 26, 26, 27 Roberts Wd...
J. 8. ColliiiH........................i8 & 9 Estill Wd....................
January 2...
January 3....
February 8..
March 10....,
April 7........
April 31)......,
May 5.........
May 23........
June 16
June 24
.September 11...
Ellen M. Prendergast.........'!. 20 & 21 Reppard W<1..
Alexander Harris............... B. Sec. 7, Southville Wd.
D. R. Thomas..................... .55, 56, 57 JSstlll Wd ,
FOR OPENING
Henry H. Miller................;A. Sec. 7, Southville \Vd...!..".lBull Street.
Bull Street.
Bull Street.
Bull Street.
Lincoln, Habersham and Seventh.
Wilson Street.
Abercorn Street,
Bull Street,
Huntingdon Street.
Seventh Street.
Bull Street.
Bull Street.
Barnard and Seventh Streets
J. 8. Sehley........................ : Schley Tract, ,'Bolton, New Houston and Atlantic SU.
MAYOR'S ANKUAL REPORT. tOS
Electricity and Ita Effects.
In all our large cities the effect of electricity on
the water and gas pipes is attracting attention. The
crude method first adopted by the Electric Railroads
of binding the ends of the rails with a small copper
wire, to induce the current passing through the
motors to find an unbroken passage back to the
generators at the power house, is now considered
obsolete. Particularly is this true on railways whenever these small copper wires are frequently broken,
with good T or girder rails, when the rails,- even at
the joint, are rigid, this objection of improper connection is not so frequent, but with the old horse car
centre bearing rails, as still used on many of the
streets in this city, these joints are more or less always broken; hence the current, seeking the path
of least resistance, leaves these rails at every broken
joint, passing through the moist earth to the water
and gas pipes, before finally returning to the rail.
This leakage produces electrolysis on these pipes,
much to their injury. As yet no complaints have
been made by the gas and water companies, but the
injury is surely going on and the complaint must
eventually come. While perhaps in a small measure
this leakage must occur, still the railroad companies
should be induced to do all in their power to reduce
this injury'to the minimum. Well bonded rails is
the remedy; and if the railroads could be induced
to use the latest improvements in this line, they
would, in the end, commend the authority which required the change. -The city of St. Louis furnishes
an excellent example. The Missouri R. R. Co. had
great trouble with leakage of current. To quote
06 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
from one of their papers, " It was a case of buying
additional generators or attending to the return conductors." The best improved cast welded joints were
discussed, and it is estimated the consumption of
energy for the operating of their lines, will be reduced some 20 per cent.
I herewith attach a tabulated statement of the
number and character of the vehicles passing over
Broughton street pavement for one week. This
gives an idea of the wear to which the asphalt pavement on Broughton street is constantly subjected.
I am very respectfully,
W. J. WINN,
City Engineer.
Record of Traffic on Broughfon St, Between Bull and Whitaker Sts, for One Week, Showing Totals for Week and Average per Hour.
CLASSIFICATION.
VEHICLES AND LOAD UNDER ONE
TON, HUCH AS
1 or 2-horse carriages, empty or loaded l*horse wagons, empty Or light loaded. 2-horse wagons, empty.
1-horeo carts, empty.
VEHICLES AND LOAD, ONE TO THREE TONS, HITCH AS
1 horse wagons, heavily loaded
1-boree earn, loaded. 2-horse wagons, loaded.
VEHICLES AND LOAD, OVER THREE
TONS, SUCH AS
Wagons or trucks drawn by two or
more horses and heavily loaded.
Horses not attached to vehicles.
Specially heavy loads, over fire tons.
Street Cars. .,..,.,.......,,.,...........
7!*
If
1=
"
IS
^ .
is
If
|t
If
1 Horse.
2 Horse..
4 Horse.
1 Horse.
2 Horse.
4 Horse.
2 Horse.
1 Horse..
2 Horse.
2 Horse.
2 Horse,
2 Hurse..
4 Horse..
Electric.
SOMBER OK HOUSES AND VKHICLKS.
6W7
A.M.
1
6
2
118
13
1
4
6
1
3
75
Average
0.9
0.3
16.9
1.9
0.1
0.6
0.9
0.1
0.4
10.T
7 to 8
A.M.
3
56
29
288
42
6
13
7
1
3
16
....
Average
8.0
4.1
41.1
6.0
0.9
1.9
1.0
0.1
0.4
2.1
selis.?
8to9
A.M.
I
95
29
373
59
10
12
7
14
18
2
11
27
105
j
13.6
4.1
53.3
8.4
1.4
1.7
1.0
2.0
2.6
0.3
1.6
3.9
18.0
BtolO
A.M.
1
112
32
634
88
21
43
1
15
23
5
12
1
106
Average
16.0
4.6
76.3
12.6
30
6.1
0.1
2.1
3.2
....
0.7
1.7
01
15.1
10 to 11
A.M.
"3
134
36
689
69
21
44
1
7
48
3
6
M
1
103
Average
19 1
5.1
84.1
9.9
3.0
6.3
0.1
1.0
6.9
0.4
0.9
2.4
0,1
14.7
11 to 12
A.M.
3
S
139
53
531
81
24
51
21
40
1:1
15
105
Average
19.9
7.6
0,1
75.9
11.6
3.4
7.3
3.0
5.7
1.7
2.1
15.0
12W1
1>. M.
1
134
41
1
545
74
3
36
21
11
28
1
13
16
102
1
19.1
5.9
01
7,9
10.6
0-4
6.1
3.0
1.6
4.0
0.1
1.7
2.1
14.6
1102
P.M.
I
85
20
475
66
17
21
14
11
5
14
I
12.1
2.9
67.9
9.4
2.4
30
2.0
1.6
0.7
2.0
1 01
102 14.6
2 to 3
P.M.
I
116
30
413
65
29
3ti
2
5
19
3
5
11
1
Average
16.6
4.3
69.0
9.3
4.1
5.1
0.3
0.7
2.7
0.4
0.7
1.6
0.1
3 to 4
P.M.
3
g
127
45
481
76
25
45
5
37
4
6
18
i
102;i4.6 99
8

18.1
6.4
68.7
10.9
0.1
3.6
6.4
0.7
5.3
0.6
0.7
2.6
0.1
0.1
14.1
4 to 5
P.M.
1
137
49
628
111
18
52
15
33
2

20
1
1
104
Average
19.6
7.0
89.7
15.9
2.6
7.4
2.1
5.0
5 to 6
P.M.
3
g
1(3
33
522
77
11
23
1
19
15
2
1.3J 8
2.9
0.1
0.1
"
I""
14.9! 85
I
3
27.0
5.5
87.0
12.8
1.8
3.8
0.2
3.2
2.6
O.S
1.3
1.8
14.2
8W7
P.M.
1
109
19
365
45
11
7
5
1
6
6
87
Average
18.2
3.2
G0.8
T.5
1.8
1.2
0.8
0.2
1.0
1.0
14.5
908 MA YOX'S AJfJVUAL REPORT.
REPORT ON EXAMINATION OF THE SEWERS OF
THE CITY OF SAVANNAH.
By E. J. THOMAS, CIVIL ENGINEER.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 26, 1896.
Col. W. J. Winn, City Engineer:
SIRIn compliance with your instructions I here
submit report of the sewers of the city.
Prior to 1869 the city was virtually without drainage. The Perry lane sewer had been constructed
from Whitaker street eastwardly, emptying into the
low lands of the Lawton estate; the Barnard street
sewer had been laid from about Taylor street and
meandering through the low places towards Huntingdon street, thence through the Park, and finally
in a zigzag southeasterly direction, discharging into
an open ditch through the Waring property, thus
contributing to the swampy condition of all lands
immediately to the southeast of the city. It was no
unusual spectacle, after a heavy rain, to see many
portions of the city several feet under water and the
city's street force, reinforced with mules and plows,
endeavoring to lead the water to the Perry lane
sewer, and should their efforts be successful, only to
surcharge this sewer, causing it to be frequently ruptured, and at times inflicting damage to adjacent
property owners. After every heavy rainfall the city
was completely water-logged and only received partial relief by virtue of its sandy soil and considerable
elevation above the immediate low lands towards the
east, south and west. But the benefit received by the
one only enhanced the injury to the otherthese
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miserable swampy lands at this time surrounding the
city. To quote from the Mayor's report of 1870,
"In particular localities, some of them the oldest in
the city, drainage, whether by absorption or by the
surface, has become impossible, while it is notorious
that these localities are not merely the coverts of
malaria and filth, but, though well adapted to social
and commercial convenience, remain reproachful
vestiges of a defective system of public improvement."
Just at this time the city government fortunately
was placed in the hands of citizens of progressive
ideas. We read from the Mayor's report, dated Oct.
1st, 1870: " During the past year the attention of the
City Council has been earnestly directed to organize
an enlarged and permanent system of sewerage and
drainage. The sewers heretofore constructed had not
been laid upon a very comprehensive plan looking to
a common purpose for the common good." The
report goes on to state that skillful engineers were
employed, and that the "system of drainage recommended by the engineers, having been approved and
adopted, the City Council proceeded to authorize the
construction of a portion of the main sewers forming
a part of the same." Suitable appropriation was made
for these sewers, and they were forth with constructed,,
and where located gave almost instant relief.
Speaking of the Bolton street sewer to Abercora
street, and thence up Duffy street, etc., the above
mentioned report says: " It has effectually and permanently dried a large area of the land lying in the
southeast section of the city, and converted an uninhabitable fen into a locality at once inviting and val14
10 MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPORT.
liable." The drainage of the low lands to the eastern
and western portions of the city was also improved.
The unspeakable benefits resulting from this work
would brook no delay, and what was begun as
" merely to lay the foundation of a system to be gradually enlarged" (Mayor's report) was urged to completion.
Quoting from the Mayor's report of October, 1871:
"The great usefulness, developed by the very first
results of the system, invited a demand for its expansion, which refused all denial and forced a concession to well founded public necessity."
While the expense of these improvements to the
city was large, yet the benefits resulting cannot be
computed. It can only be estimated by comparing
the soil-sobbed city of 1869 with the well drained
city of to-day.
These sewers were constructed chiefly to relieve
the city of storm water. This is evidenced by the
inverts of the sewers being laid dry, by the manner
in which the catch basins in the manholes are built,
by the absence of any provisions for connections with
dwellings and for flushing the upper ends, and by the
rough material used. In fact the reports ot the Mayor
and City Surveyor at that time, in commenting on
| this work in their annual reports, allude only to the
i advantages derived from drainage. Nevertheless,
1 connections from dwellings were made by simply
< punching holes in the sewers and inserting the desired length of piping. At the date of the building
of these sewers, the methods of sewage disposal from
the dwellings to the outlet had not been so fully discussed and understood as at this date. The world
MAYOR'S ANNDAL REPORT. til
progresses rapidly, and what was considered the best
in 1870 cannot be tolerated in 1896.
Surrey and Examination.
A careful survey and examination of these sewers
have been made; levels ran over the principal streets,
establishing the necessary bench marks from which
the elevations of all the sewers were computed ; profiles made and exact location of all sewers, manholes,
sand traps, etc., noted ; sizes, conditions and grades
of all sewers and pipes (except a few small pipes under asphalt pavements) carefully measured. The
largest sewers were entered by the force in charge,
and, with level, rod and line, the grades of the inverts established. Lengths of all these taken from
records in City Engineer's office, velocity and discharge of each computed, according to Kutter's formula m R
v
VR
m and n co-efficients of average brick work or average pipe, and ail carefully recorded in a book now in
file in City Engineer's office.
Present Arrangement* of Sewers.
Bolton street, at East Broad street, being the lowest point of the plateau on which the city of 1869
stood, excepting the eastern and western slopes, was
selected as the point to which this system of sewers
should converge, from thence in its final outfall
temporarily, according to the Mayor's report, into
Bilbo canal, Warsaw river at that time being selected
as the proper outlet.
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Conformable to the elevations, the city was
divided into drainage districts. That portion between the river and East Broad and West Broad
streets, extending southward to Jones, thence via
Habersham street to Bolton street, containing some
381 acres, drains the northern portion into the
Broughton street sewer, and the southern portion
into Perry lane sewer, and thence into East Broad
street sewer, will be known in this report as District
No, 1; that area south of this district, extending
westward as far as Purse street, and southward to
Hall and Bolton streets, containing 180 acres, drains
into Hall street sewer via Abercorn to Bolton, as
District No. 2; that between Hall street, Cuyler
street to the west, Second Avenue to the south and
Price street to the east, containing 207 acres, drains
via Abercorn and Habersham street sewers into Bolton street, as District No. 3; that area tributary to
East Broad street south of Bolton street, containing
about 35 acres, direct into the Bolton street sewer at
East Broad street as District No. 4. The discharge
from the Dufly and Hall system of sewers uniting
via Abercorn street and flowing down Bolton street
sewer, meeting the discharge at Bolton and East
Broad streets, northward and southward from East
Broad street sewers, all more fully shown by accompanying map.
Rainfall and Discharge of Sewer*.
The amount of storm water that reaches the sewers
in a certain space of time is very indefinite. Even
in well built urban districts, properly sewered, with
well graded and paved streets, roof gutter connec-
I
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tions and paved yards where it would be supposed
every gallon of storm water would find immediate
access to the sewers, it has been demonstrated that
not 75 per cent, reaches the sewers during the storm
or immediately after. On sparsely built up districts,
sandy soil, few underdrains, wide and unpaved
streets, badly paved sidewalks, grassy yards and trees
along the streets, but a small per cent, reaches the
sewers during the interval of the rain. Valuable
data have been furnished the Society of Engineers
by Emil Kucklin, M. Am. So. Civ. Engs., from a
series of gaugings of the flood discharge of a number
of sewers in the city of Rochester:
"A drainage area of 128.67 acres, the average
density of population estimated at about 32 per acre.
The area contains many large business blocks and
other buildings along North Avenue, but the rest of
the territory is occupied chiefly by residences of
medium size, standing on moderately large lots. The
soil is mainly a clayey loam, with muck in the lower
districts. All the streets sewered and graded and
about 4 of the aggregate length of roadway has been
paved with asphalt, stone, etc., macadam predominating ; the remainder of the roadways are common
earth. The average grade of the streets is 1 in 130,
and the sewers 1 in 50 to 1 in 630." From such a
district he reports:
DATE INCHES PER DURATION OP PERCENTAGE OF
HOUR. BAIN. DISCHARGE.
Dec. 10, '87.:...... 0.31 60 Minutes 24.1
May 26,'88........ LOO 13 " 25.9
Aug. 26, '88....... 2.50 14 " 12.2
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Again quoting: " Drainage area of 132.96 acres
is chiefly a well developed residental district with a
few large buildings close together in lots of medium
size. The average density of population is about 36
per acre. Every street is sewered and graded and
the roadways are nearly all improved with macadam
or gravel, but there is not a first-class pavement in
the whole district. The soil is generally of a loamy
character, with some clay, gravel and muck in different portions; the surface in undulating; the average grade of the streets is about 1 in 151 and the
sewer grades range from one in 54 to 1 in 400."
From this district he reports the same rain fall as
last quoted:
, INCHES PER DURATION OP PERCENTAGE OF
UAii HOUR. RAIN. DISCHARGE.
Dec. 10, '87........ .31 60 Minutes 41.6
May 26, '88........ 1.00 13 " 18.7
Aug. 26, '88....... 2.50 14 ' 13.8
Mr. Kucklin also reports an area of 25.12 acres, a
well improved city district, on December 10, 1887,
with a maximum intensity of 0.31 inches of rain for
one hour, the discharge was 58 per cent. August
26, 1888, with a maximum intensity of 2.50 inches
per hour for 14 minutes, the percentage of
discharge was 33.5. While the first shower was
not as intense as the second, the first was of sufficient
duration to saturate the soil and allow the water to
flow from the surface; the second of short duration
and 66.5 per cent, was taken off by absorption, etc.
It will be seen from the above that even on well improved urban districts the percentage of storm water
reaching the sewers is small, 58 per cent, the largest
MA YOJPU ANNUAL MEPOBT. S15
reported, and even with a heavy down pour of 2.50
inches per hour, in 14 minutes only 13.8. per cent,
was discharged. Of course, the per cent, of storm
water that is not discharged direct into the sewers is
absorbed, except so much as is taken up by evaporation or, held by the foliage and finally percolates into
the various drains, but this sepage is so gradual
that it need not be calculated in determining the
dimensions of the sewers. Such rainfalls as are here
tabulated for the city of Rochester are not infrequent
in this city. In fact the heaviest rain storms of the
states occur in the South Atlantic and Gulf sections.
The following table shows the heaviest rain falls
in Savannah as recorded by the U. S. signal service.
DATE AMOUNT IN
INCHES.
DUBATION OF
BAIN.
BATE IN ONE
HOUR.
Sept. 17, 74........ 2.16
Aug. 21, '76........ 3.40
JuneS. '78......... 2.00
June 9, '89......... 0.40
Aug. 6, '89......... 0.80
July 13, '95........ 1.80
July 13, '95........ 1.70
July 13, '95......... 1.40
July 13, '95........ 1.00
July 13, '95......... 0.55
This shows that the rains in this section are twice
the rate of those falling in Rochester. Regret that
we have no percentages of discharges to refer to.
The Present Sewera of the City, as to Their Utility.
This brings "me to the discussion of our sewers, as
regards their capacity to discharge the storm waters
of their respective districts, and as to their fitness for
1.00 Hour
1.05 "
0.50
0.05 "
0.10 "
0.25 "
0.20'
0.15 "
0.10 "
0.05 "
2.16
3.14
2.40
4.80
4.80
4.32
5.10
5.60
6.00
6.60
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sewage conveyors. If it was the simple proposition
of how much water falls on the land, and all of it to
be conducted away by sewers as fast as it falls, it
would be an easy problem to solve, so far as the engineer is concerned, but a sad one for the banker.
The sizes of the conduits would be so large as to
make their construction financially prohibitory. The
factors of absorption, filtration, leakage and evaporation must be considered, which, in our warm sandy
soil, are even greater than at Rochester, where the
experiments referred to above, and now accepted by
the Engineering Society, were formulated by perhaps
the most learned engineer of the times in this special
branch of rainfall and discharge of sewers.
Again, in determining the sizes of sewers necessary to drain a certain territory, the average rainfall
of one inch per hour, or even two or three inches per
hour, must not control the engineer's decision. Sewers must be designated, not for the quantity of rainfall per hour, but for its intensity. To illustrate, a
rainfall of one inch per hour on District No. 1 of 381
acres would require a sewer, supposing 50 per cent,
to reach the sewer, of capacity and construction to
discharge 192 c. f. per second, whereas, a rainfall of
one inch in 15 minutes over the same area, would
require a sewer four times the size, i. e. of capacity
to void 768 c. f. per second.
Just such a rain did occur on July 13, 1895.
MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Table of Rainfall of District No. x, 381 Acrea.
Riintall bi
One Hsiir.
Inches.
1
2
3
Upon
OiwAcrt.
C. f.
3,630
7,260
10,890
Upon
381 Acre*.
C. f.
1,383,031
2,786,082
4,149.093
VOLUME PER SECOND.
Upon
On* Acre.
C.f.
1.01
2.02
3.03
Upon
SSIXcras.
C. f.
3.84
7.68
1.152
Approxtmitt Dtschargt.
60 p. c.
U. f,
192
384
576
26 p. c.
C. f.
96
192
288
10 p. e.
c. f.
38
77
115
An inch rain in 15 minutes would be four times
the volume per second, as the same rain in one hour;
hence approximate discharge per second reads 50 per
cent. 768 c. f.; 25 per cent. 384 c. f. per second; 10per
cent. 152 c. f. per second.
If by reason of sandy streets, badly paved sidewalks, large yards and gardens and open plateaus,
called by us squares, as composes the greater part of
this district of 381 acres, 50 per cent, of the storm
water does not reach the sewers during its duration,
then, of course, the sewers will not require such discharging capacity.
The sewer on East Broad street, just south of Perry
lane receives 9-10 of the storm water of this 381
acres. This is a sewer of 6' 3" diameter, constructed
ot Savannah grey brick, with a grade of 1 in 728.
The discharging capacity of this sewer (computed
from Kutter's formula before mentioned) is 131 c. f.
per second, which is not 11 per cent, of the storm
water falling on this area with a three-inch rainfall
in one hour, and only eight per cent, of a two-inch
rain in 30 minutes, or a one-inch rain in 15 minutes.
According to notes made by Mr. J. de Bruy n Kops,
Assistant City Engineer, on August 18, 1898, with
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rain at a rate of 1.65 inches per hour, lasting 20 minutes, the East Broad street sewer, between Perry
street and Jones street, was so badly surcharged that
the catch basins on Liberty, Harris, Charlton and
Jones were overtopped. Under existing circumstances it is impossible, unless a proper system of
gauging is introduced, to determine the per cent, of
storm water falling on this area of 381 acres that
reaches the sewers during the storm. Surely 30 per
cent, does not reach it, or there would be more water,
after one of our heavy rainfalls, pouring out of the
catch basins and running down the streets than in
the sewer.
It is very evident, however, that, as this section
becomes more improved with paved streets, etc., and
hence less impervious, the capacity of this sewer will
be entirely inadequate to the demands. Fortunately
a proper relief is at hand by constructing an overflow
into Perry lane. In fact this relief is called for at
once, if the sewage is continued in these storm water
drains. Every overflow at these catch basins necessaril}' leaves a scum of sewage more or less obnoxious. The regular hourly flow of household sewage
has not been discussed in this report. This discharge
is so small, as compared with storm water, that it
need not be considered in discussing storm drains.
MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Table of Rainfall of District No. 2, 180 Acres.
VOLUME PER SECOND.
Rainfall in
One Hour.
Upon
On Acre.
Upon
180 Acre*.
. One Acre. ISO Acres. .
Approximate Discharge.
60 p. e.
Inches, i c. f.
1 I 3,630
2 i 7,260
3 ! 10,890
Rainfall one'
Inch In I 3 630
15 minutes ]
t
c. f.
653,400
1,306,800
1,960,200
653,400
c. f.
1.01
2.02
3.03
4.04
c. f.
181
863
545
727.
c. f.
91
182
273
363.
C. f. i C. f.
45 j 18
91 36
136 54
182. j 72.
I
25 p. c. 110 p. c.
The storm water of this district concentrates at
Hall and Abercorn streets and discharges southward
from this point in a brick sewer of four feet diameter
down Abercorn street, slope of 1 in 105, velocity of
10.1 feet per second, capacity to discharge 127 c. f.
per second. This sewer voids all the rain fall on this
area under its present semi-urban condition. The
outlet by this discharge is good, but the sewers at the
upper ends are only makeshifts. The West Broad St.
sewer, the Barnard street to Taylor, and the Dray ton
street sewer to Jones, thence west on Jones to Whitaker, and north on Whitaker to Charlton, are all
tributary to this system. To specialize, the first 1,500
feet of the West Broad street sewer, i. e. from Stone
to Wayne streets, is choked with sewage. The Barnard street sewer, from Taylor to Huntingdon, can
scarcely be called a drain. It is simply a depository
of filth, and only finds relief, as would a privy vault,
by uncovering and shoveling out; yet dwellings are
connected with both these so-called sewers. They
also have auxiliary pipes leading into them from
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abutting side streets with which the dwellings fronting are connected. These localities stand to-day reeking masses of filth. The Drayton street sewer is but
little better. With uneven grades, inadequately designed sections, they do not convey the deposits into
them from the adjoining houses until overtaken by
a rain storm, and then, if the storm is heavy, become
so surcharged as to overflow the catch basins. During
every severe rain the catch basins in this street, at
Gordon, Gaston and Huntingdon are overtopped. A
comparison as to rainfall on tributary areas and discharging capacity of these sewers could be here written, did space permit. A glance at the accompanying profiles of these sewers will be sufficient to the
intelligent observer, or if detail information is desired, to the notes and drawings as filed in the City
Engineer's office.
Table of Rainfall, District No. 3, 907 Acres.
IbhMta
II lit HOW.
Inches.
1
2
8
RaMallMie
inch in
IS ntaiite*.
UpM
OntAcn.
C. f.
8,630
7,260
10,890
3,630
UpM
MTXcriJ.
C. f.
7-51,410
1,502,820
2,254,230
751,410
VOLUME PER SECOND.
On* ACT*.
C-f.
101
2.02
3.03
4.04
407 Aw**.
C-f
209
418
627
S36
nt
*"rr" "
60 p. e.
C. f.
104
209
813
418
25 p. c.
c. f.
52
104
156
209
10 p. c.
c. f.
21
42
62
83
This district lies between Gwinnett street and Anderson street, and discharges via the Duffy street
sewer into the Abercorn street sewer. Of 4' 8" diam-
MA YOB1 S ANNUAL REPORT. eei
eter, grade 1 in 462, discharging capacity 94 c. f. per
second. Evidently this end of the Abercorn street
sewer has not the discharging capacity to void the
water from this district of 207 acres. It has not the
capacity of the north end that voids the rainfall from
District 2 of 140 acres. This sewer will discharge
but 11 per cent, of a 1" rain in 15 minutes over this
area. It is fed by the Duffy street sewer of capacity
101 c. f. per second. It is often so badly surcharged
that the catch basin at New Houston and others
along this line are overtopped and frequently the
sewer is disrupted. The fault here is not altogether
on account of the low gradient of this length
(although this would be cause sufficient), but also by
reason of its meeting at Bolton street the discharge
by a sewer of four feet diameter of the drainage area
of 180 acres, and, meeting, flows down the Bolton
street sewer of dimensions 4' 8", grade 1 in 170, discharging capacity 169 c. f. per second. These two
sewers draining the second and third districts of
united capacity 194 c. f. per second, attempting to
flow down the Bolton street sewer of 169 c. f, the
sewer of lesser velocity suffers, and hence the surcharge and breaking of the Abercorn sewer from
Duffy street. The upper ends of this section of drains
are also defective; that portion from Burroughs street
via Anderson and Henry is almost level. I chanced
to have with me on the examination of this work
one of the foremen employed by the contractor who
laid this piping. This foreman (and an intelligent
mechanic he is, too,) told me that the guide he had
for the grade when laying the pipe was a tack on one
end of his carpenter's level, but that the contractor
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supplemented this by saying, "Foreman, you have a
long ways to go, so keep down." Result, no grade.
Council decides to put in certain lengths of drains,
the Street and Lane Committee lets the work to the
lowest bidder, and the contractor is turned loose
without proper engineering superintendence.
That section of the city not included in the districts here mentioned lies just west of the S., F. &
W. Ry, and "extends southward to about Second
avenue. This area is drained by a three-foot sewer
in East Broad street into Bolton street outlet. Considerable fudging was done to connect this sewer at
Boltou street with the outlet, and in doing so the
drainage capacity of this sewer of three feet is considerably lessened. Its invert is'on the same level as
the three large sewers meeting at this manhole, and
being of lighter gradient, its outlet at this manhole
is considerably backed up with deposits of sewage.
Better results would have followed had the crowns,
and not inverts, been at the same elevation.
The southern section of the city is being rapidly
improved, and is now calling for relief from storm
water, and, as heretofore, incidentally for sewage disposal. It only asks to have the area about them
drained These citizens, very justly, are tired living
on water-sobbed land and want a sewer. They don't
know (it is not their business to know) and don't
care where the drainage is carried. When the sewer
is built they punch holes in it and connect pipes for
household sewage, and don't know and don't care
(not their business) where this goes. It gets out of
sight somewhere. They, have sufficient influence to
get what that section needs, and soon the owner of
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the territory somewhere below gets a whiff of something disagreeable, and, on inquiry, finds that "it
comes from that sewer up yonder to help those people and injure me." The Sixth street sewer is a fair
illustration of this Only sufficient appropriation is
made to put another length on an already obsolete
systemno extensive and intelligent plan devised.
There are several sewers* that empty directly into
the river. These are the West Boundary, the West
Broad, the Barnard, from Market place, and the Whitaker, from Broughton street, but most of the water
closet connections from the Bay street offices, as the
Cotton Exchange, etc., are by special pipe with the
river. These house connections were not inspected
or inquired into.
Sewers Inadequate.
It is very evident that, as the city improves, lots
built on, streets paved, etc., and consequently the
sewers called upon to discharge 30 to 40 per cent, of
rainfall, the present Bolton street sewer outlet will
not void the storm water of the entire city south of
Anderson street, as now contemplated and designed
for. The sewer of 9 feet diameter down Bolton street,
with grade 1 in 445, has capacity to discharge 556 c.
f. per second. This is about 25 per cent, of a threeinch rainfall in one hour on this territory, and only
a small per cent, of a one-inch rainfall in 15 minutes; but even this amount of storm water, under the
present system of leaders to this system, will never
reach it; the sewers leading to the point of outlet are
inadequate. I do not think it good engineering practice to conduct the storm water of the entire city in
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large sewers to one point of discharge. It would be
advisable, surely economical, to divide the city into
storm water districts, and each have its own outlet.
Have District No. 1 drained into Perry lane sewer;
Districts Nos. 2, 3 and 4 into Bolton street outlet,
and that portion south of Anderson street by way of
Sixth street sewer and its proper connection into a
tributary of the Casey canal. The eastern and western
slopes direct into the river. This proposition conveys with it the idea that the household sewage of the
city is taken in a special system of drains to a proper
point of discharge.
Profiles.
I invite close examination of the profiles of these
sewers. It shows for the Mayor's and City Surveyor's
reports of 1871-72 that extreme precaution was taken
in the design of these sewers. The Mayor's report of
this date speaks as follows: "The sewers heretofore
constructed had not been laid under anv / combined
plan looking to a common purpose for the common
good. * * * Council authorized the employment
of skillful engineers, &c." and the City Surveyor, in
his report, speaking of the improvements of the past
year, says: "Foremost among these has been drainage. During the past year this subject has received,
as it deserved, a large share of attention from Council. A suitable plan has been devised and we confidently expect that, in construction of our sewers in
the future, the best results will be obtained and the
errors of the past avoided." Also, on reporting on
them, he says: "The depth of the Broughton street
sewer at East Broad is a little over sixteen feet, and
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proceeds with a uniform grade to West Broad street,,
where the depth is six feet." Other sewers are similarly described, showing that much time and intelligent thought was given to the subject. How, then,
can we account for the imperfect grades on which
these sewers, every one of them, were constructed?
Contractors build sewers as they do all other structures, for the money they expect to make, and every
foot of excavation saved, particularly in deep cutting,
counts largely on the side of profit. Examining the
profiles, we find that the very best laid sewer in thecity, from East Broad to West Broad in Broughton
street, the contractor did not go to the grade required
by three feet at Lincoln and Abercorn streets, where
the cutting was excessive, and thus so interfered with
the slope of the invert of this sewer as to have the
upper end very defective in grade. The other systems are even more slighted, all as shown by profiles
accompanying. The trouble perhaps was not in the
designs, but for want of honest, reliable and intelligent engineering supervision on the part of the city.
Too much was expected of the detail work from thevery efficient and trustworthy city surveyor of that
date.
Now keeping the main sewers down to proper elevation has caused in part the drains laid at the upper,
ends of the several systems to be defective in gradeDisliking to make this report too long prevents
itemizing. I can only call attention to the jaggedl
condition of the invert in the Bolton street outlet
sewer, 500 feet east of East Broad street sand trap;.
of the depression in the invert of the East Broad,
street sewer, about 400 feet north of this sand trap,.
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in which depression brickbats and sewage of all kinds
lodge and accumulate. In this particular locality, I
judge, 25 or 30 cart loads; in the Perry lane sewer,
when the invert reaches up, so to speak, two feet to
find access in the East Broad sewer; of the various
level sections in the various systems, as shown by the
profiles, all more or less basins for sewage of all
kinds.
The description, thus far, of these sewers will perhaps convince any one that, while they are adapted
for storm drains, with the exceptions already pointed
out, they are not suited as conveyors of sewage as
understood to-day and accepted by foremost sanitariansopen inverts, rough material and sand traps
to catch and hold deposits, unequal grades, allowing
accumulation of foul matter, level sections, where
these deposits stop and putrify, waiting for a rain
storm, which may not come in 60 days, dead ends,
that never get relief, no flushing arrangements, and
the entire length creating foul gases, the larger the
sewer the greater the supply, that find access into
every dwelling connected therewith. They do not
possess a single quality among the requisites for
household drains. Sewers, as conveyors of domestic
wastes, should be laid at grade to at least assure a
velocity of three feet per second, to allow the complete removal of all excreta, <fec., to the outlet before
putrefaction can begin at any point; all cesspools or
other seats of putrefaction should be strictly prohibited. To quote from the conclusion of the committee
appointed by the local Government Board of London : "That the retention of refuse or excreta in cess-
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pools or other places in the midst of the town must
be utterly condemned."
House Connection*.
In examining the sewers, I find that the methods
used in connecting house drain pipes are fearful, both
in a sanitary and mechanical point of view. A citizen wants to connect his domestic appliances to the
sewer. He engages a plumber to do the work. The
plumber gets the permit to do so from the Clerk of
the City Council and is then fully authorized to
pirate any sewer he pleases in the cheapest way. A
laborer digs down, and with a cold chisel and mallet,
breaks a hole into the sewer, all the debris falling
into it, and hence the cart loads of brickbats, <fec.,
found at East Broad and Bolton street sewer.
April 3d I saw a plumber making such a connection on Broughton street from Seiler's place. I
remonstrated. He said, " Can't help it, the bats will
fall in and the sewer is too deep to get them out."
When his so-called connection is made, the pipe is
run towards the dwelling, without much consideration of grade and none for ventilation, and the job is
finished. The sewer is permanently injured and the
breath of disease is introduced into the household. I
inspected such a pipe in Whitaker street April 15th.
It was packed with sewage, and being opened, putrified stuff of the worst description squashed out. Yet
to this pipe, in this condition, innocent dwellers in
this, one of the best sections of the city, had their
house connections, and are still connected. This pipe
has been laid for 12 or 15 years, and I doubt if it has
ever been cleaned. I had no opportunity of inspect-
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ing many of these house drains, but am satisfied from
what I saw, that an intelligent and decided engineering supervision of this work should be immediately
introduced.
Conclusion.
Mr. Hering, in his report for a system for the city,
says: " It was not possible, without special surveys,
to ascertain the exact elevations of the existing sewers, and therefore to fix the exact grades for those
which are proposed, and which are to cross above or
below them. When it is desired to build sewers,
these elevations must be carefully obtained."
This work is, then not only essential within itself
to determine the character of the sewers now constructed, but also to give the proper information to
the party devising any other improvement in this
line.
Reports on sewers of the city, both as regards construction within the city and the outlets, have been
made by Waring, Hering, Winn and Faliigant. Surveys have been made looking to the proper outlet.
In fact, the whole field, both within and without the
city, has been gone over carefully and intelligently,
and now awaits the decision of the commission appointed to look into this matter.
When questions of law are to be decided, even if
they involve only a few hundred dollars, and frequently when only an intelligent opinion is desired,
the cause is taken before a tribunal of the most
learned of this profession, evidence in shape of briefs
submitted, and the decision of this body is generally
accepted. When communities are scourged by pesL
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tilence of any kind, the people unhesitatingly call in
counsel the most scientific professors of medicine and
sanitation, and obey their dictates without a murmer.
When a question comes before this community,
where not only a few hundred, but perhaps a half
million dollars is at stake, and more, the health and
lives of 60,000 people involved, with briefs from some
of the most noted engineers, would it not be well to
submit them to a tribunal of the most learned in the
profession of Engineering and Sanitation ? It surely
seems to me that this course would produce the best
results. I am, Very respectfully,
EDW. J. THOMAS,
Oivtt Engineer.
SSO MATO&S ANNUAL BEPO&T.
REPORT OF PARK AND TREE COMMISSIONERS.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1896.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor City Savannah, Ga.:
SIRIn accordance with Section 6th of an Act of
the Legislature of the State of Georgia, approved Nov.
30th, 1895, to create and organize a Park and Tree
Commission for the City of Savannah, the Commissioners" have the honor to submit this as a report of
their doings for the past year, with some suggestions
for the ensuing year.
The Commission is composed of five Commissioners, appointed by the Mayor of Savannah and confirmed by the Mayor and Aldermen, in Council
assembled, and their terms of office are one for two
years, two for four years, two for six years, and the
Commissioners appointed were Chas. J. Ellis, two
years, W. W. Gordon, Jr, four years, Phillip D.
Baffin, four years, Geo. J. Baldwin, six years, and
Geo. H. Stone, six years. Upon organization the
Commission elected the following officers:
Geo. H. Stone, Chairman.
Geo. J. Baldwin, Vice Chairman.
W. W. Gordon, Jr., Secretary.
W. W. Gordon, Jr., Treasurer of Estill Park Fund.
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Our Public Ground*.
Forsyth Park.......................... 10 Acres.
Parade Ground....................... 21 "
(Colonial Park........................ 5.9 "
Twenty-five Squares................. 21.8 "
Tiny Thompson Park............... .4 "
Estill Park............................275
Total................................334.10 "
And all grass plats and trees.
Financial Statement.
Expenditures.
Superintendent and Clerk Hire.........$ 964 83
For Forsyth Park........................... 2,490 84
The Parade Ground ........................ 118 50
The City Squares........................... 1,863 41
The Grass Plats and Street*............... 1,140 30
The Colonial Park.......................... 4,903 64
The Storm Work............................. 545 50
$12,027 02
There has been appropriated during the year the
following amounts:
General appropriation..............$10,500 00
Special for Colonial Park ......... 1,000 00
From sale of park fen ces........... 527 00
Balance................................. 02
$12,027 02
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EM111 Park Pond*.
Receipts.
1896.
Jan. 25. From Estill Park Commissioners..$ "504 00
Mar. 18. " City appropriation, 1895-96 1,000 00
July 1. " Interest on deposits........... 10 00
Oct. 1. " " " " ........... 11 20
Nov. 24. Rentof land.................... 400
$1,529 20
Disbursements.
Jan. 25th to Dec. 22d, 1896.....................f 914 03
Dec. 31. By balance unexpended.............. 615 17
$1,529 20
List of Trees.
Not including Laurel Grove.
Oak, Live, Quiercus Virens......................... 1,028
" Water, " Aquatica..................... 2,210
" White, " Alba............... ........... 38
" Red, " Rubra........................ 14
" Turkey, " Catesbaei..................... 2
Pine, short leaved, pinis mitis...... .............. 75
Magnolia, magnolia grandiflora.................... 383
Palmetto, sabal......................................... 232
Sycamore, platanus ocidentalis..................... 2,045
Elms, ulmus Americana ............................. 1,536
Sugarberry, ulmusceltiscrassifolia................. 26
Maple, acer dasycarpum ............................. 395
Ash, fraxinus pubescens.............................. 212
Sweet Gum, liquid amber styraciflua.............. 343
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Tulip Tree, liriodendrom tulipifera populus
abba................................................ 86
Poplar, Carolina, populus Carolina............... 31
Lombardy, populus itilica fastigita............... 13
Mulberry, Morus....................................... 724
Chinaberry, ailanthus glandulosus............... ], 101
Heaven Tree, " .............................. 24
Red Bud Judas Tree, cercis canadensis........... 56
Sweet Bay, magnolia glauea........................ 22
Hickory, cayratomentosa........................... 2
Cherry, prunusserolina.............................. 30
Iron Wood, vernonia neveboracensis............. 7
Catalpa, Indian Bean Catalpa, bignonioides... 12
Privet Prim, ligustrum vulgare.................... 8
Ligustrum, evergreen ................................. 17
Willow,salix............................................ 19
Crape, or Crepe Myrtle Lagerstromia............ 87
Japan Varnish Copal, sterculiaccae platonissoho.................................:..'............. 36
Dog Wood, Cornus Florida................ ....... 101
Wild Olive, olea....................................... 48
Holly, ilex opaca ...................................... 9
Locust, Flowering, robinia pseudacacia.......... 11
Cedar, cedrus libani................................... 28
Pear, Pyrus.......................... ................' 2
Parsley Haw, crataegus.............................. 3
Sassafras,sassafras officianale....................... 3
Sumach, Rhus.......................................... 1
Flowering Almond, prunus triloba............... 11
Silver Leaf Poplar, populus alba.................. 12
Cotton Wood ..........................................
Persian, purple leaf plum prunus pissardii..... 3
Birch, betula............................................ 3
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Beech, fagus ferniginea.............................. 4
Christmas Tree, spice wood.......................... 6
Basswood, Tilia Cordate.............................. 1
Japan Plum, Prunus ....................... ......... 1
Mock Orange, Philadelphia corondrius......... 1
Total.................................... ..............11,063
Forayth Park.
In assuming charge of the work entrusted to them,
the Commission decided that the fences around the
parks and squares should be removed, and so recommended to Council, which recommendation was approved and the fences ordered sold, and the proceeds
expended on Forsyth Park.
Our reasons for this action were due, 1st, to a
petition from a large number of the residents around
the park. 2d, That the fences were not an addition
to their beauty. 3d, That fences were intended for
protection, which, under the present cattle laws, were
not needed.
In September a cyclone visited us and converted
our city for a time into a tangled wild wood; 639 of
our beautiful trees were laid prostrate, while at least
2,500 were torn and twisted and dismantled of many
of their branches. Forsyth Park lost many of its
stately pines and choicest variety of trees, the destruction in this park alone being 319 broken off or uprooted.
During the year 100 new benches were provided
for the park and the old ones repaired, the falling
trees during the storm crushing a great many which
had to be rebuilt.
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The Parade Ground or Park Extension.
Owing to a conflict of opinion as to our powers and
jurisdiction over the parade ground, very little work
has been done, except to cut grass and clear the
ground of obstructions. In order to come to a better
understanding, we have called for and obtained a
meeting between the Commission and the Military,
and hope to come to a mutual agreement upon the
question which it is proposed to submit to Council
for approval. *
Squares.
It has been the experience of the Commission that
no permanent improvement of a square can be made
until the walks are properly graded and curbed. We
suggest that if we can only improve one square a
year it be done in a thorough manner. During the
year nearly all of the squares have been ploughed
and planted with bermuda grass, which we claim has
produced a decided improvement. We have introduced carpet bedding around the monuments in the
Bull street squares, adding materially to their appearance. We have adopted a standard tree box, a sample of which can be seen in Wright square.
On the first of January the men will appear in the
uniform adopted by this Commission for the working
force.
We feel that Thomas Place, Wells Square, and
Tiny Thompson Park, situated in the southern portion of the city, should secure attention. They should
be curbed and trees planted, as a start toward a more
extensive improvement. We recognize the fact that
years must elapse before our work can be complete,
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if it is ever complete, but we desire to place such imprint of systematic, scientific treatment that it can
never be effaced, and if the Commission in future
years but follow up the work, each year will add
fresh beauty to an already lovely city.
CtraM Plato and Trcc.
The care of trees is a subject to which the Commission has devoted a great deal of thought. To
select proper varieties for different places, to give to
the flora of Savannah a distinct characteristic peculiar to this section has been the frequent subject matter of discussion. We believe that the magnificent
trio of evergreenthe majestic live oak, the grandiflora magnolia and the picturesque palmettoto be
the distinct characteristic features of our flora, and
should appear in every point of vantage. We have
a fine variety, each of which possess many features
to be commended, and it is the desire of the Commission to so distribute them that they may enhance the
beauty of the city, while holding to the main characteristic of this section.
In the past the water oak has met with much more
favor than the live oak, there being twice as many
in the city of the former, but we have decided that
the live oak is much to be preferred, and the reasons
are that the live oak's life runs into the hundreds,
while the water oak begins to decay at 40 years; as
both require the same care to cultivate, we have a
vast difference in the results obtained. Again, the
live oak being the hardest of the two, heals better
after trimming, and is much less liable to decay. The
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water oak suffers to a greater extent from the lowering of water stratum by reason of the sewers.
It was noticed by all observers of the late storm
that the palmettoes suffered very little, if any. The
magnolia withstood the fury of the winds as well, if
not better than any of the others, while the chinaberry suffered most. The sweet gum we consider
one of our most valuable trees. It is beautiful through
the summer and its autumn foliage is exquisite in
coloring. The red and turkey oak, the black gum,
the dog wood, all lend great beauty to the flora in
the autumn and early winter, while the dog wood is
doubly valuable by reason of its early blossom in the
spring. In the latter part of summer the lagerstromio or crepe myrtle shows its beautiful blossoms with
fine effect. It is our desire to so distribute this class
of trees that, during each season, something striking
and pleasing will catch the eye in each of the parks
and squares.
The sugarberry, or hackberry, a species of elm, has
not been very much noticed in the past, but is pressing itself forward by its interesting merits, and will
become a great favorite. It is as easily cultivated as
the sycamore, is less liable to injury, and requires
less trimming. It makes a very desirable shade in
summer. The elm in our section, although not the
grand tree of the north, is still a very fine tree, the
only objection to it being the tendency of its small
roots to creep into sewers.
The tulip tree is a beautiful species that finds favor
with many.
The pine, we regret to say, is destined to disappear
from Forsyth Park, although we shall probably make
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efforts to continue its culture. It is a very exclusive
tree and does not take kindly to the close proximity
of its neighbors. We found some of the old trees
which were laid prostrate by the storm (the oldest
being 127 years) afflicted with a dry rot extending
up fifty feet from the ground, either from senile decay or from the appropriation of their essential nutriment by other trees. Perhaps when we adopt a better system of fertilizing we may have greater success.
In the plan of improvement of South Broad street
we are planting at regular intervals the live oak and
filling the spaces between with other trees, giving the
flowering varieties a prominent place, maintaining
the live oak as a fixed characteristic, refraining as far
as possible from planting the oak near the sidewalks,
and limiting their growth to the center plat. We do
not intend to remove the good trees at present, but
will follow the system adopted in planting, and gradually remove as decay makes it necessary.
The Commission has undertaken the planting of
trees for private parties, and propose to plant, care
for and insure growth. By this means we will be
able to secure more uniform growth and better
results.
Colonial Park.
Colonial Park was the burial place of colonial
times, and was turned over to the control of the city
by a decree of court, based on the mutual consent of
all parties in interest.
It consists of 5.9 acres, and is situated on the southeast corner of South Broad and Abercorn. To convert a burial ground into a combination park and
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cemetery was a puzzle to us, considering the fact that
we were not to detract from either, and must harmonize both objects, but the result has been, we
think, very satisfactory.
First, the entire park had to be regraded, a survey
and contour map made, vaults and head stones
repaired and placed in position, walks laid out, 1,400
square yards of cement and 1,062 square yards of
rubble, covered by gravel and granite screenings.
We have placed watermains all over the grounds,
planted 2,000 ornamental shrubs, plants and trees,
and have secured a fine bermuda sod all over the
park. It is the intention of the Commission that, as
the vegetation becomes larger, with the tombs covered with vines and surrounded by trees, it will impart to the visitor the suggestion of a cemetery of the
past age, surrounded and guarded by the impressions
of a more modern time.
Acting upon our recommendation, the city has
laid a sidewalk on the west side of the park.
In the development of Colonial Park we were fortunate in securing the valuable services of P. J.
Bercksman, of Augusta, Ga.
Eatlll Park.
Estill Park comprises 275 acres of land, situated
about five miles south of Savannah, and is crossed
by the City and Suburban R. R. and by the old and
new Casey canal. It was donated to the city by the
Commissioners of Chatham county, upon condition
that the municipal government should appropriate
for its improvement $500 per annum for six years
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and $1,000 per annum for five years. The first period
commenced in 1893.
During the year we have started an artesian well,
which will be complete in January, 1897. We have
planted four rows of magnolias, 256 trees on the Meridian road, which crosses the western side of the
park. We have had a survey and contour map made,
commenced a nursery from which to obtain trees for
planting in the city, have completed a beautiful rustic bridge over the Casey canal, and a log cabin for
the Superintendent, which is a typical cabin of antebellum days. The artesian well will feed the lake
and the bridge will be one of several connecting the
drives about the park. In our work we have had the
advice of Olmsted, Olmsted & Elliot, Landscape Artists.
GEO. H. STONE,
Chairman.
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J REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER.
ft j ______
OFFICE OF HEALTH OFFICER, )
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1897. J
To the Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor City of Savannah :
SIRThe annual report of the Health Officer for
the year ending December 31st, 1896, is respectfully
submitted.
Attached to this report are tables of vital statistics
showing
1st. Deaths from natural causes.
2d. Age of decedents.
3d. Nativity of decedents.
4th. Deaths from violence, still and premature
births, etc.
5th. Names and ages of decedents aged 70 years
and upwards.
Embodied in the report are other statistics. It cannot be said that the year 1896 has been a year of
healthfulness, if we may judge from the total mortality, which is in excess of the average mortality for
the past ten or fifteen years, yet a careful examination of the table of deaths from natural causes will
show that the city has had an immunity from deaths
from diphtheria and scarlet fever; that but few
deaths have occurred from typhoid fever, and that
the deaths from the different forms of malarial fever
among the whites are much below the average.
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The following comparative statement of deaths
may be of interest:
Death* from 181 to 189 Inclusive.
POPULATION.
Whites
16,000
Ncgroe*
14,000
16,500 '14,500
17,000
18,000
18,500
19,0'JO
20,000
21,000
15,000
15,500
16,000
16,500
17,000
17,500
22,500 118,500
24,000
25,500
27,000
28,000
29,000
30,000
80,500
19,500
20,500
21,500
22,500
23,000
24,500
25,000
TUI
30,000
Y*ar*
1881
31,000' 1882
32,000 1883
33,500
34,500
35,500
37,000
38,500
41,000
43,500
46,000
43,500
50,500
52,000
54^00
55,500
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
Whlet
453
375
488
466
333
452
460
366
884
479
464
468
475
413
472
465
Ncgroet
703
740
659
703
659
936
796
665
685
870
746
834
ToU!
1156
1115
1147
1169
992
1388
1256
1031
1069
1349
1210
A1NIML RATIO PER 1,000
Whttet
28.
22.
28.
25.
18.
23.
23.
17.
17.
19.
18.
1302 1 17.
791 1266
766 1179
826
867
1298
16.
14.
15.
1332 15
Ntgroet
50.
51.
43.
45.
41.
65.
46.
38.
37.
45.
85.
38.
85.
32.
33.
34.
Total
38.
35.
35.
34.
28.
39.
34.
26.
26.
31.
28.
27.
25.
22.
24.
24.
It may be well to present here the principal causes
of death for the year:
Disease. Whites. Negroes.
Phthisis Pulmonalis..........80 132
Malarial Fevers................27 68
Pneumonia..................... 24 49
Convulsions....................10 42
Dropsy............. .............. 2 42
Heart Disease...... ...........17 22
Old Age.........................13 25
Paralvsis........................16 21
Total.
212
95
73
52
44
39
38
37
INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Diphtheria.
There were six cases of this disease reported to my
office, and at least four of them were true diphtheria.
There were no deaths.
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The last death from diphtheria.occurring in this
city was on October 25th, 1895. The records of the
city fail to show that Savannah ever enjoyed such an
immunity before.
Your Health Officer, with no little pride, spoke of
this immunity at the meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Buffalo, N. Y., last
September, and the Health Officials of different
cities expressed surprise at our freedom from this and
other epidemic diseases, and since returning home I
have received communications from several sources
asking for information concerning the absence of
diphtheria. Your Health Officer will be frank in
stating that he is not able to state why the disease
has been restricted to a few cases.
Dr. A. P. Waring has kindly made bacteriological
examinations whenever called upon to do so, and as
this work was done without charge, the thanks of
this office is due him.
Measlea.
This disease assumed a severe type during the
months of February and March, and several deaths
occurred during the following three months, after
which time there was no mortality, and there were
but few cases during the last six months of the year.
There were many cases of this disease not reported
to this office. Nearly all of those reported occurred
in the work of the City Physicians. The following
figures show the number of eases and deaths:
Cases, 244. Deaths, 11.
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Scarlet Fever.
There were eight cases of this disease reported during the year. None of them resulted fatally.
Typhoid Fever.
There were eleven deaths from this cause. During
the first eleven months of the yearthere were but five
deaths, but during the month of December six deaths
occurred. It is. not likely that there will be any
serious outbreak of the disease.
Phthisis Pulmonalla,
Using the common term, consumption, causes more
deaths than any other disease, in fact more than any
three, and those physicians interested in preventive
medicine are trying first to discover a specific for a
radical cure of the disease, and, second, to adopt such
measures as will prevent the spread of the disease
as have been taken with other infective diseases, i. e.
isolation, quarantine, etc. The disease is caused by
a specific gerin. It is transmissible from one person
to another. The infection can be conveyed by milk
from a cow suffering from tuberculosis, and the meat
of tuberculous animals may be infective.
No specific has yet been found, nor has any practical methods been evolved to prevent the spread of
the disease as practiced in other infections, although
many papers have been prepared by sanitarians advocating colonization of consumptives, sleeping cars
and rooms at hotels to be set aside for those afflicted
with this disease, and many other methods, none of
which are practical. Consumption cannot be treated
like diphtheria,scarlet fever and other acute infections,
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as these latter run a course of short duration, while
the former may continue for years.
This part of my report is suggested by the increased
number of deaths from this disease, and it is apparent that it is spreading more rapidly than the general public is aware of. There were more deaths from
consumption among the whites during the year 1896
than during any year for twenty years.
It may not be amiss to dwell on the prevention of
the disease that the public may have some knowledge of its prevention. The report of the Health
Officer is hardly a paper in which a scientific discussion of a disease should be presented, nor is it my
intention to try to do more than present from a high
authority the best preventive measures against this
growing infection.
The sputa of consumptives should be collected and
destroyed. Portable flasks to receive the same are
for sale in every city, and they should be used. The
chances of infection are greatest in young children.
The patient should occupy a single bed.
The possibility of transmission by infected milk
has been fully demonstrated; tuberculous cattle
should be killed; veterinary inspectionof dairies should
be made.
A mother with consumption should not suckle her
child. An infant born of consumptive parents, or of
a family .in which the disease prevails, should receive
special attention as to food, .clothing and general environments.
Report* of Infectious and Contagious Diseases.
Reports of all infectious or contagious diseases are
not made to this office by the attending physicians,
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and it is evident that many physicians are under the
impression that only cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever,
small pox should be reported.
The list of diseases that should be reported are as
follows:
Asiatic Cholera, Yellow Fever,
Small Pox, Varioloid,,
Varicella, . Typhus Fever,
Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever, Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Measles.
Whooping Cough,
Phthisis Pulmonalis should be included in this
list.
Take whooping cough, seldom reported, there were
27 deaths from this disease during the year 1896.
More deaths during the year from this cause than
from diphtheria and scarlet fever for two years. A
circular letter will be addressed to each member of
the medical profession asking their assistance in getting a report of all the diseases enumerated above.
Malarial Fevers.
There were 95 deaths from all forms of malarial
fever. Of this number 27 were whites and 68 were
negroes, and it would appear the mortality from this
disease among the whites is getting beautifully less
each year, in spite of a statement made in a medical
journal last year to the effect that malarial fevers
were again becoming prevalent in this city.
During the month of "August two deaths occurred
from the congestive type of malarial fever. Both of
these cases were attended by prominent medical men
and certificates were given by these gentlemen as to
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the cause of death. The Morning News published
an account of the deaths, stating the true cause of
death, which attracted the attention of the Spanish
Consul at this porthis name would appear here, but
space and time forbids the publication of an old Castillian name in this reportwhereupon he made up
his mind that the cases were yellow fever and so told
it on the streets until it came to the ears of a prominent medical gentleman, who immediately reported
the diagnosis of this representative of a noble and
ancient, yet almost defunct race.
When the rumor was traced positively to him, he
was sent for by the Mayor and at first refused to appear before him. Finally, on going to the Mayor,
he was persuaded that in view of the existing relations between his country and the United States, and
more particularly on account of a law punishing persons spreading false reports about the existence of
disease in the city, any attempt on his part to determine the causes of death in this city would not be to
his interest.
Nearly every summer these reports spring up here,
based on newspaper reports, and frequent visits are
paid to this office by timid persons asking if yellow
fever prevails in the city.
This is a result of one or more persons with some
notoriety, not reputation, availing himself or themselves of the privileges of the press to advocate their
views on sanitation, epidemic diseases, etc., who have
predicted direful epidemics for years without the
same showing up according to prediction.
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Sanitary Inspection.'
Much improvement has been made in this direction during the past year. In addition to the two
Sanitary Inspectors holding over from 1895, two
were appointed on January 1st, and in the early
spring two more were appointed, making six men for
the summer months. It is just to state that these
Inspectors were the best men that have ever served
under me. They were more intelligent and more industrious than any appointed in previous years.
On November 1st the force was reduced to four
men. One of the men allowed to go, Mr. C. C. Lebey,
was one of the best men.
Mr. C. J. Melvin, Chief Sanitary Inspector, has
given the city intelligent service, and has been of
great assistance, not only as an Inspector, but has
done good, careful, conscientious work in the disinfection of premises; he has also done, in addition to
this, as much clerical work as usually falls to the
lot of a man employed for that purpose alone. To
all of these Inspectors the Health Officer returns his
thanks for their creditable work.
To many persons the work of the Inspectors does
not seem to be of much value; the intelligent, educated man does not know how his neighbor, the unintelligent, uneducated man, lives; the latter must
be watched and told how to live.
The work of the Sanitary Inspectors takes them
into the yards, and often the houses, of filthy persons
living in filthy houses; there they not only advocate
cleanliness, but see that it is practiced. It is a thankless task, and often abuse is showered on the official
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who says a yard is foul and dirty and should be
cleaned and proceeds to have it cleaned, and sometimes, yes, often, the moral effect of the police is
called upon before that object is obtained.
It is doubtful if any city in the South has a more
unclean negro population than those who live in the
two sections of the city called Yamacraw and Frogtown, and a frequent inspection of these two localities is made necessary for the protection of the rest
of the city.
The following statement of _the work accomplished
by the Sanitary Inspectors gives but a vague idea of
the work done by them:
Nuisances abatedfilthy yards and wharves,
streets, drains, cellars, choked supply and
waste pipes to houses, etc.......................... 547
Privy vaults reported for cleansing.................1,725
" " disinfection.............. 1,042
" faulty construction... 239
" " ordered abandoned.................... 20
Surface wells " " .................... 101
Dry " " " ...... ............. 11
Complaints against scavengers....................... 55
Notices to cut down weeds... ....................... 128
" " ventilate untenanted bouses............ 201
Leaks reported to Water Works Department
Hydrants, private and public..................... 792
Supply pipes to water closets, bath tubs........... 700
Milk.
The Board of Sanitary Commissioners have taken
up this important subject for serious consideration,
and it should receive the most careful attention, for,
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if ever a city needed legislation on any subject, Savannah needs it on the milk question.
The infant mortality is increased by the sale of impure milk. The diarrhoeal troubles of the spring
and summer can be obviated to a considerable extent
by protective legislation. The milk from cows kept
in filthy yards and fed on slops and other waste matter cannot be wholesome food for either adults or
infants.
These cows are housed iu narrow, dirty yards, with
offensive privy vaults in close proximity. With few
exceptions, the persons milking these cows are dirty,
the vessels in which the milk is placed are unclean,
and if there is any redeeming feature to the milk
business, so far as the milk from cows kept in the
city is concerned, it has never been revealed during
four years' inspection.
There are a few isolated cases where the above conditions do not exist.
mile Adulteration* and Impuritiefl.
1st. The cheapest method of adulterations, and, of
course, the most popular, is the addition of water.
If pure water is used there is but little harm done
beyond defrauding consumers. If the water is impure, which is often the case, the milk will be impure.
2nd. After dilution milk becomes pale and bluish,
and to overcome this and restore the yellow color,
annotto, a common dye, is used.
3rd. Preservatives are sometimes added to milk to
keep it from souring. Sodium bicarbonate, borax
and boric acid and sometimes salicylic acid are used
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to prevent souring. Milk so treated is injurious as
infant food.
4th. Milk, after dilution by water, is thickened by
whiting, tragacanth, etc., and sugar is added to raise
the specific gravity.
Contaminated Milk or Milk Unfit for Ue.
1st. Cows fed on brewers' swill, or cabbages, turnips or onions will give unhealthy, bad tasting or
deteriorated milk.
2nd. The milk of cows immediately after calving
is turbid, viscid, and unfit for food.
3rd. Cows suffering from certain diseases may
transmit them through their milk to the human family. Tuberculosis and diphtheria can be so transmitted. It is estimated that 6 per cent, of all cows
are tubercular. Milk from such cows is of poor quality, being thinner and bluer than normal milk. The
transmission of diphtheria through cow's milk is said
to be rare, but some authorities uphold the possibility of such transmission.
4th. Other disease germs may find their way into
milk from unclean hands, from filthy vessels used to
hold the milk.
Cow's milk is too often tainted with foul matter
from the stable or cow yard.
One author says that, in judging the quality of
milk, one should consider " not so much what the
cow fed on as rather what kind of cow dung the
milk contains."
Milk carelessly transported absorbs gerins from the
air or from unclean receptacles, and it is an excellent
medium for the rapid growth of such germs as those
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of tuberculosis, scarlet fever, diphtheria and typhoid
fever.
Epidemics of typhoid and scarlet fever have been
traced to infected milk.
At the Seventh International Medical Congress E,
Hart reported a series of epidemics, the origin oi
which he had traced to milk. Of these fifty were oi
typhoid fever, fourteen of scarlet fever and seven oi
diphtheria.
5th. Decomposing milk, or sour milk, is adanger-
\ ous food for infants. In this climate, during many
; months of the year, it should be kept cool, but if
placed in a refrigerator with food which is stale, it
soon becomes unfit for food. It should never be left
in a sick room, in a bathroom or near a water pipe.
To Provide Against Milk Infection
Laws should be enacted in this city touching on the
following points:
No cow should be allowed to remain in the city.
An inspection of dairies should be often made, in
order that the following conditions should prevail:
1st, That all cow barns or stables should be kept
in a good sanitary condition.
2nd, That all milking cows should be healthy, and
that they should be clean and well fed.
3rd, That all swill and fermented food be excluded
from the food of the cows.
4th, That absolute cleanliness be observed from
the removal of the milk from the cow until the
product is sent to the consumers.
5th, That the cows obtain pure water.
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Registration of all milk dealers should be made
compulsory.
A law should be passed giving the health authorities the right to obtain samples of milk wherever it
is found for inspection.
A standard of foods for cows, vessels for delivering
milk should be enforced.
Some of these reforms will meet with opposition
from certain direction.
The removal of the cows from the city limits will
certainly call forth a howl of indignation from those
persons who keep cows in the city, but in order that
the public can obtain good nutritious milk, free from
the contamination of dirt and filth, the cow must go.
There is no use to delay the inauguration of strict
laws, which should be rigidly enforced, unless this
city wishes to fall back in sanitary progress, and
certainly no one can but see the good results to be
obtained from this legislation on a most important
food product. Your Health Officer has for j'ears
watched this matter carefully, and he would earnestly recommend prompt action in this matter.
House Drainage.
What is written here on this subject does not
touch upon a system of sewerage, nor on an outlet for
said system, beyond the statement that the city is
warned against using the present sewers of the city
beyond making them carriers of surface water. They
can never be used in connection with house drainage, except to increase an evil. What will be spoken
of here is that house drainage which begins at the
top of a house and ends at the public sewer.
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That Savannah will in due time have a proper system of sewerage, with a proper outlet for the same,
is evident, and the apparent delay of confirming this
or that plan by the Commission appointed for that
purpose is but a proof to me of the wise and conservative action of the gentlemen composing said Commission.
The reports of the Sanitary Inspectors and my personal observation have led me to believe that there
are many instances of bad plumbing in this city.
There is no way of comparing our deficiency in this
matter with other cities, but it is a safe statement to
make that no city can produce any worse plumbing
than Savannah.
The fault lies with the city authorities, for there is
practically no laws which prevent incompetent men
\ from doing business here, nor is there any law which
\ compels the owner of a house to use standard matei rial. On the contrary, when a man builds a house
i to rent, not to live in, all the material is obtained at
| the cheapest figure, and the work is done by the
i cheapest man.
I In order for a man to do a plumber's business in
f this city, it is necessary for him to get a license from
I the Clerk of Council, for which he pays a certain
i sum, and a small bond is given to protect the city
| against his abuse of the water mains and street pave-
: ment. His ability to do skillful work does not enter
I at all into the matter.
I Provided with this license he has the authority to
I enter the plumbing business without giving any evi-
[ dence of having, any knowledge of it. Such a man
[ can be ignorant of the rudiments of a business that
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now has a direct influence on the health of a community.
He can do work in dwelling houses which may
endanger the' life of every occupant, and such work
is often done.
Certainly legislation is needed here. The following recommendation for such legislation is submitted:
A Sanitary Code of Plumbing should be adopted,
the salient points of which are as follows: No person
should be allowed to engage in the business of plumbing unless such person has received a permit from
the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, said permit to
be issued by said Board on evidence that the applicant has learned the business by working for at least
two years as an apprentice, and who has then worked
for at least one year as a first-class journeyman
plumber, or that he has employed to do plumbing
work such a man or men. A penalty should be imposed for any person other than a registered or
licensed plumber carrying on the plumbing business,
or making any connection with any sewer, drain,
soil or waste pipe, or any pipe connected therewith.
No plumber shall construct any work within any
building, or connected with it, until he has submitted to the Board of Sanitary Commissioners plans
and specifications of said work, and such plans or
specifications shall show the location of every fixture,
pipe and trap, and the ventilation of the rooms in
which plumbing fixtures are to be placed.
This regulation should cover all repairs and alterations, as well as new work, for there is so much old
work that should not be repaired, but it should not
cover removal of stoppages, repairs of leaks and
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repairs of broken fixtures, tanks, range boilers or
faucets.
An Inspector of Plumbing should be oppointed,
said appointment to be made by that Board and eonfirmed by Council. He should be an officer of the
Board, under the direction of the Executive Officer.
His duties will be to examine all the work under
course of construction, making daily reports of such
work. He shall inspect all complaints of citizens
against defective plumbing; he must, on the completion of any work, test the same and give certificate
of approval before such work can be used.
Rules should be laid down enforcing the use of
standard material for sewers, soil waste and vent
pipes, enforcing the proper caulking of joints; compelling diameter of supply, soil and waste pipes to be
of standard measurement; designating sizes of traps
and branch waste pipes. Above all a law should be
passed against the use of pan closets, plunger closets
and all others having any mechanism in connection
with the bowl forming a mechanical seal.
The enclosing water closets, with wooden casings,
should be prohibited.
No steam exhaust, blow-off or drip pipe from any
steam boiler should connect with any sewer or with
any drain, soil or waste pipe.
Within one hundred yards of the City Exchange a
waste pipe from the Pulaski House runs into the
catch basin of a sewer.
The recommendations submitted above are in line
with the action of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, who were waited on by a delegation of plumbers
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asking that an Inspector of Plumbing be appointed,
and that a Code of Sanitary.Plumbing be instituted.
It will be seen that the plumbers themselves ask
that this practice be given the community. While
no one will deny that a proper system of public sewers are essential for the public good, and such we
have not, yet what is house drainage proper is more
important and costs but little money.
The writer does not pose as an exponent of sanitary plumbing, but he has a fair knowledge of it
theoretically, and he has many practical evidences
in the past nine years of the many instances of
ancient and faulty works existing in this city.
To further insure competent plumbing an act
should be passed by legislature giving the city the
right to call for an examination of all applicants
desiring to do the work of a plumber.
Upturning: the Soil of the Public Domain.
Your Health Officer is in a quandary as to the
evil effects arising from digging up the streets and
lanes during the summer months, and he is unable
to say, from his experience as a Health Officer (he
was elected in .April, 1888), that it has ever been
demonstrated that it has produced harm.
During the month of August, 1892, he saw in New
Orleans an excavation in one of the streets which
must have been 2,500 feet long, 20 feet in width and
as deep as they could dig it in that soil. The bottom
of the trench was filled with water, which, according
to the statement of the President of the State Board
of Health, did no harm and was but a small part of
some extensive digging done that summer. On the17
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other the outbreak of dengue in Charleston in 1895
was attributed to extensive upturning of the soil.
While the public health should be the first thought
and has always been with your Health Officer, it is
recommended that the ordinance prohibiting it be
enforced .on and after July 1st, instead of May 1st.
It is not intended that no permits be issued until
July 1st, but that the Health Officer be allowed to
issue permits without the sanction of the Board of
Sanitary Commissioners until July 1st.
Hedical Charity.
Four City Physicians have been employed during
the year, whose duties have been to attend the indigent sick, and their medicines have been compounded
at six contract drug stores.
It cannot be said that these contract stores have
given good service, nor is the system an economical
one.
It is open to grave abuses, and they have been
steadily growing for the past two years. The situation has been carefully gone over by your Health
Officer, who has presented the facts to the Board of
Sanitary Commissioners, who, in turn, recommended
to City Council that the system be abolished and the
City Dispensary be again used to dispense medicines
to the poor. City Council has acted favorably on
that recommendation, and during the present year it
is to be hoped that the city will profit by the change.
The City Drug Store should be properly fitted up
and equipped with all the officinal remedies and surgical appliances; there should be two competent
pharmacists,, one of \vhom should be in local charge
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of the store, and one of them should sleep in the
building, there being comfortable apartments above
the store. All material should be bought from wholesale firms, thereby saving considerable money for the
city.
There is a room attached to the drug store which
should be fitted up as an office for the different City
Physicians, one of whom could always be present to
attend to the demands made for free medical aid.
Drs. Aikin and Hiers, two specialists on the diseases pertaining to eye, ear, nose and throat, have
kindly offered their services to treat persons at this
ofiice for diseases coming under their specialties.
The hours of the physicians can be so arranged
that the services of one of them can always be obtained.
The high death rate of the negro race still continues, and still another step could be taken towards its
reduction.
Since the election of Dr. Lloyd it was evident that
no mistake was made, as that physician has done
much good work. It would appear to me if another equally competent and industrious negro physician could be obtained that he should be appointed.
Over 80 per cent, of the applicants for free medical
services are negroes.
These City Physicians should be appointed by the
Board of' Sanitary Commissioners, as the requirements for the office are better understood by this
Board on account of there being several physicians
serving, and because the rules and regulations laid
down for the guidance of the City Physicians emanate
the Board.
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The pay of the City Physicians is by far too small,
and both the Board of Sanitary Commissioners and
your Health Officer have advocated that their salaries
be increased. An increase of salary to cover their
expenses will tend to improve the personnel of applicants for the positions, and, as a matter of fact, there
is some room for improvement.
Peat House.
The building used for receiving cases of small pox
is habitable, but it has been five years since it has
been used.
Your Health Officer has recommended that the
position of Pest House Keeper be abolished, as it is
a position without employment. A care-taker employed for a nominal sum, with permission to plant
the small tract of land, would be a wise economy.
In the past, whenever cases of small pox have
been sent to the institution, the Pest House Keeper
has been of but little or no help in the care of the
sick, on account of physical infirmities or a lack of
knowledge of nursing.
Vital Statistics.
It is to be regretted that but little attention is paid
to vital statistics. For several years your Health
Officer has attempted to obtain a record of all births
occurring in the city, but he has not succeeded so
well. There is a law to the effect that physicians,
midwives, etc., shall report all births coming under
their care, but this law is sometimes disregarded,
and in some instances by the most intelligent and
reputable men of the medical profession. The midwives, as a rule, make full and prompt reports of
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their cases. The following table will show the number of births reported to this office during the year
1896:
MONTH
January............
February...........
TWatv*li
April...............
May................. / June................
July........... ......
August.............
September.........
October............
November.;.......
December ,,;......
Total .........
WHITES
36
20
19
22
8
10
25
35
40 . 37
28
26
306
NEGROES
53
52
55
44
39
39
52
60
73
108
50
58
683
TOTAL
89
72
74
66
47
49
77
95
113 14/5
78
84
989
City Waste*.
Another crematory is necessary in order that all
wastes of the city can properly be disposed of. This
crematory should be placed at some point east of the
city limits.
It might be well to mention here that the Engle
Company, which built our crematory, has made
some sanitary improvements in their crematories
during the past year and many cities have adopted
this furnace as the best means of destroying waste
matters.
The open wagons used for collecting garbage are
still a source of many bad smells and they should be
abandoned; but as it may be too great a tax on the
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finances of the city to purchase an entire new outfit,
it is suggested that whenever one of the present wagons becomes worn out that a new sanitary wagon be
purchased in its place.
Your Health Officer would earnestly recommend
that the work of removing the contents of privy
vaults be done by the city instead of by a con tractor,
as it is evident to me from the reports of the sanitary
inspectors and from my own .observation, that it
could be more thoroughly accomplished if a good,
competent official of the city had the matter in
charge.
laboratory.
Again the recommendation is made that a laboratory be provided for this office. Savannah has attained a population which calls for this necessary
adjunct to every properly organized board of health.
Without a fairly well equipped laboratory the work
of a health board cannot be intelligent. With the
proper milk and other sanitary regulations added to
our code the laboratory must come.
Sbell Pavements.
While it is not in the province of the Health
Officer to deal with the pavements of the city, yet
when any street becomes a nuisance prejudicial to the
public health, it then becomes his duty to point out
said nuisance. During the past year Drayton street
has nearly all of the time been such a nuisance.
It has been fully demonstrated that oyster shells
are unfit for the paving of a street over which there
is much traffic.
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dsed as paving material in the southern portion
of the city, where there is comparatively little wear
on it, its best recommendation is the cheapness of
construction.
The shells remaining on top ot the cobble stones
on Drayton street should be removed immediately.
Your Health Officer would recommend that the
city of Savannah investigate the asphalt pavements
of Buffalo, N. Y. This city has about 200 miles of
this pavement, and some of this pavement has been
in use for fourteen years. It is evident that so far
as its lasting qualities are concerned, Savannah has
not had the same asphalt pavements as Buffalo.
American Public Health Association.
Your Health Officer, by the kind courtesy of the
Board of Sanitary Commissioners and City Council,
was allowed to attend the meeting of this association
at Buffalo, N. Y., during the month of September.
This association has its annual meetings, attended
by members from every State in the Union, from
every Province in Canada, as well as from every State
in the Mexican Republic. Your Health Officer could
not but obtain useful knowledge in meeting the best
sanitarians of the three countries named above. *
During the session many valuable papers were
read on matters pertaining to State Medicine, the
most valuable being the Report of the International
Committee on the Prevention of the Spread of Yellow
Fever; Report of Committee on Pollution of Water
Supplies.
The first named paper could not but be of interest
to all the delegates from the Southern States and it
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as it called forth a resolution, passed by the association, for a fight against the disease in places where it
is endemic.
The most important subject for discussion was that
on Formaldehyd, a new disinfectant. Formaldehyde
or Formic Aldehyde is a volatile gas obtained by the
combustion of Methyl Alcohol under conditions which
remove 2 atoms of its hydrogen, and being about the
same specific gravity of air, is -rapidly diffused in
every direction when liberated.
By practical experiments, it is an efficient and
rapid germicide, and will within a year entirely supersede sulphur-dioxide as an atmospheric disinfectant.
This discovery gives the Health Officer and the
Quarantine Officer the first atmospheric germicide
known to be efficient.
This agent has been used in car sanitation and the
different National Quarantine Stations are being
equipped with the apparatus for generating Formaldehyd gas.
Your Health Officer would advocate the use of the
disinfectant, both in the disinfection of infected houses
in the city, as well as the disinfection of vessels at the
Quarantine Station. In addition to its superiority
over sulphur as a germicide, it performs its work in
less than one-fourth the time.
Maritime Quarantine.
The quarantine service has been faithfully conducted by Dr. W. J. Linley, Quarantine Officer of
this port, and the employes under him have done
their work satisfactorily. Complaints of ship masters
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against our quarantine service were frequently made
during the year, citing cases of unnecessary and injurious disinfection and long detentions, and harrowing tales of the filthy condition of the sleeping apartments for crews of vessels, and abusive treatment of
masters of vessels by the Quarantine Officer were
given to the public through the medium of the press.
On the publication of these statements the Board
of Sanitary Commissioners decided that the charges
should be investigated. The complainants appeared
before the Board and gave their testimony, which
was in substance an arraignment of everything at the
Quarantine Station. The Board then proceeded to
the Quarantine Station and made an investigation of
the charges. Their verdict is submitted in the following communication:
SAVANNAH, GA., July 15th, 1896.
To the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah:
G-ENTLEMENWe beg to inform you on account of
certain charges appearing in the Morning News,
reflecting upon the condition of the Savannah Quarantine Station, and also reflecting upon the official
conduct of the Quarantine Officer, the Board ot Sanitary Commissioners deemed it necessary for the public good that a full investigation be made of said
charges.
The several masters of vessels who we^e quoted in
the Morning News as complaining against the Quarantine Officer, the apparatus at Quarantine and the
detention of vessels coming to the Savannah Quarantine Station, appeared before the Board on Thursday,
July 9th, 1896, and gave their testimony, which was
S66 MAYOR?& ANNUAL REPORT.
in substance the same as that which appeared in the
Morning News. On the following day the Board proceeded to the Quarantine Station, where they made a
minute inspection of the wharves, ballast runs, accommodations for sailors, disinfecting plant and everything appertaining to the station.
The Quarantine Officer was given a stenographic
report of the statements of the several complaining
masters of vessels and was called upon to give a
written answer to the same.
While the Board was there it had a practical illustration of the disinfection of textile fabrics, the steam
cylinder being charged, clothing being placed therein,
and the temperature put several degrees higher than
is ordinarily done, and upon opening the cylinder it
was found that no injury resulted to the textile fabrics whatever.
We find that on account of the harbor regulations
compelling us to carry ballast to the extent of between
400 and 500 feet, that there is a delay which is unavoidable.
We find also that there are certain piling necessary
to the wharves, and certain improvements that are
necessary at the end of the runs, which are provided
for in the following, report by the City Engineer, and
in this connection we beg authority be given so that
these repairs may be made at once.
###******
From statements made by the masters of vessels,
and from the statement of the Quarantine Officer, as
well as from our own personal observations, we do
not find the charges sustained in any particular, ex-
MAYOR'S ANMUAL REPORT. tfff
eept in so far as is concerned the necessary improvements to the ballast runs and the piling for the
wharves.
We find the quarters for the sailors perfectly clean,
and that there is ample room for the accommodation
of sailors and officers, excepting for ships of extraordinary large size, but arrangements can be made for
these vessels during the process of fumigation.
In the matter of complaint as to oil skins being
ruined by sulphur fumigation, the Board requested the master of a vessel then at the station to
bring out his oil skins that had been exposed to the
fumes of sulphur for forty-eight hours, and upon examination they found that the fabric had not been
injured in the slightest by discoloration, or in any
other way.
Much has been said in the public print about the
detention of vessels at the Savannah quarantine station. Quoting from the " Sanitary Abstract," a bulletin which is issued from the Bureau of the Marine
Hospital Service at Washington, we find when comparing detentions of vessels at Savannah with those
of Brunswick, Mobile and other Southern ports, that
sailing vessels discharging ballast are detained from
three to five days longer at any other port.
To particularize, we will quote that the French
brig, Georges Valentine arrived at the quarantine
station at Brunswick on June 3d and was released on
June 25th. The Spanish brig Alfredo arrived June
10th and was released June 27th. The Spanish brig
Chanito, a very small vessel evidently from her rig,
and with a very small amount of ballast on hand,
came in on the 9th and was released on the 24th.
t68 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
At the Mobile station the Norwegian bark Campbell arrived May 31st and was released June 15th.
British bark Zebina Gxmdez was detained from June
1st to 20th. British ship George T. Hoy arrived
June 2d and was released June 25th. Holland ship
Highlander arrived June 4th and was not released
up to June 27th.
We would like to give statistics from Charleston,
but as Charleston quarantine station reports no
transactions for thirty days we can give no statistics
on that point; but other Southern quarantine station?, as reported, show detentions of from 13 to 23
and 24 days.
It is not on record that we have ever detained at
the Savannah quarantine station, at least within the
past year, any vessel longer than fourteen or fifteen
days, the case of the British bark Varina, which remained 20 days, excepted; this vessel being allowed
to take on 600 barrels of rosin at the station.
The Board calls attention to the fact that while our
quarantine here has been considered very onerous
and a hamper to commerce, we wouM like to call the
attention of City Council to something that we can
prove: that we quarantine only against places, countries and ports known to be infected, or which cannot
prove that they are not infected, but we go a great
deal further than any other port, and do not quarantine against latitudes. * * * *
The Board feels constrained to say that it has every
confidence in the integrity and ability of Dr. Linley.
We feel that he has in no way treated any one uncivilly or impolitely. On the contrary, we believe
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 69
that he is working for the best interests of the city,
and treats everybody with due consideration, and facilitates the work at the station with dispatch compatible with the best interests" of the city, and we not
only exonerate him from the charges made against
him, but commend his work as being that of an intelligent official conducting the quarantine service as
it should be.
(Signed) HERMAN MYERS,
Chairman Board of Sanitary Commissioners.
No one can deny that our system of ballast discharge has been a delay to vessels, and your Health
Officer advocated an automatic trolley discharge to
shorten this work during the month of December.
Aside from this, the city of Savannah, through the
Board of Sanitary Commissioners, has removed
every restriction possible.
An apparatus for the generation of formaldehyd
should be purchased, as this known germicide must
soon supersede the doubtful sulphur at every wellequipped quarantine station.
The tug Theckla has not been in good running order for several months, thereby causing some delay,
but so far no serious one, in the rapid boarding and
inspection of vessels. A new boiler is being constructed for her and she will be laid up four or five
weeks in order that the same can be placed in her.
The work of repairing the wharves and runs should
be commenced at an early a date as possible in order
that it can be finished before the close quarantine
season sets in.
The National quarantine station at Sapelo Island
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has not sufficient wharf room for vessels sent there
from the different ports, and the Marine Hospital
service should be urged to provide the needed wharf
room before next summer.
The following Board of Sanitary Commissioners
served during the past year: Hon. Herman Myers,
Chairman; Aldermen Grarrard and Falligant, Hon.
J. F. B. Beckwith, Dr. A. B. Simmons, Mr. J. M.
Barnard, Jr., and W. F. Brunner, Secretary.
The Board met thirty-five timesthere having
been twenty-six regular and nine special meetings
during the year.
Your Health Officer would return his thanks for
your uniform courtesy.
Very respectfully,
W. F. BRUNNER,
Health Officer.
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Gunshot Wounds.......... .........................
Internal Injuries..... ......... .......................
Potash Poisoniiiif....................................
Compound Fracture of Leg......................
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Incised Wounds.......................................
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Gunshot Wounds....................... ............
Hanging..................................... ............
Opium Poisoning....................................
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OA.USK3 OF DEATH,
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Abscess of Liver.. ...........................
Adenitis. ......................................
Alcoholism ............................. .....
Anthrax........... ..............................
Appendicitis........ .......... ... ............
Apoplexy............ ...........................
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Asthma..........................................
Aortio Stenosis. ..............................
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Brain, Abscess of... .....................
Brain, Congestion of........ ...............
Brain, Inflammation of.............. ...
Brain, Thrombus of....,..,.,... .........
Brain, Concussion of.. ....................
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Bowels, Obstruction of.. .................
Bowels, Tuberculosis of... ..............
Bowels, Congestion of....................
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Cancer of Uterus................. ...........
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CAUSES OP DEATH,
Fever, Malarial Continued..............
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Lungs, Gangrene of......... ................
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CAUSES OF DEATH.
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462
146
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Germany.............................................
England ............................................
Norway & Sweden..............................
West Indies....... .... ...........................
Austria................................. .. .........
Spain...... ......................... .................
France... ................................ ............
Russia............................ .................
Holland .................... ........................
Greece....... ..........................................
Scotland..................................... .......
Denmark.......... .................................
Syria................................ .................
Africa.................................................
Unknown...........................................
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74
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AGE SUMMARY.
MONTHS.
January..................... ......
February...........................
March................ ............ ...
April...................... ......... ..
May.................... .... ..........
June..................................
July... ..............................
August........ .....................
September........................
October........ .....................
November ........................
December.......... ...............
Total................. ............
Year Under 1
W
3
2
3
4
16
7
6
7
g
6
6
6
74
C
15
18
15
16
28
24
16
20
17
17
17
21
224
c

W
"2
3
4
8
11
4
5
6
1
1
47
Years |and2n .
3
1
14
7
7
1
8
3
3
69
1 *2Between
' B Years and 0
1
2
2
1
"i
19
6
1
3
5
4
4
6
5
6
1
4
3
47
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Years 10 ando
...
2
2
"2
2
1
1
4
2
3
4
1
4
3
1
9'23
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Years 20 and'
"i
2
3
"l
1
2
"l
3
5
4
2
7
8
7
4
1
1
3
6
1448
20 Between
30 Years and
W
3
2
4
3
5
10
3
4
4
3
8
5
C
13
12
5
12
9
0
10
12
6
6
12
14
54120
30 Between
40 Years and
W
5
4
3"s
2
6
3
8
5
3
44
C
6
4
10
10
13
12
2
8
3
6
5
10
89
| 40 Between
||BO Years and
W
2
1
6
6
3
8
5
3
5
6
7
A
C
10
5
9
8
7
7
6
8
4
7
6
5
5681
sc
W
4
1
8
2
3
4
3
3
9
2
5
47
o
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C
3
10
g
4
5
g
5
5
3
5
8
5
69
Between 80
70 Years and
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5
2
1
6
6
6
5
7
6
3
4
3
54
C
7
6
1
7
3
5
1
6
5
5
2
3
60
Between 70
80 Years and
W
5
4
2
2
4
1
2
2
7
3
"4
36
C
2
2
1
3
3
3
1
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2
3
2
24
| 80 Between
|SO Yearsand
W
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
8
C
4
2
1
2
2
3
4
18
j Between 90
Yearsj andlOO
W
1
2
3
C
2
2
1
6
Over 100Years
W
...
...
C
...
...
1
W
27
20
39
31
55
53
38
40
49
41
35
37
465
C
74
64
70
75
87
102
60
79
52
65
69
70
867
1
j
101
84
109
106
142
165
98
119
101
106
104
107
1,332
8
2
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80 MA YOE'& ANNUAL BEPOlll.
LONGEVITY.
The following decedents, aged 70 years and upwards, are reported for the year 1896.
WHITES. MALES. WHITES, FEMALES.
O. T. Rogers ......................... 71
John T. Campagnac............... 75 I
Joseph A. Brown .................. 73
John Rae Habersham............ 721
Jacob 'Simon........................... 76 , Peter McOarity..................... 80
A. 8. Vorse........................... 76
Thomas Flannigan................ 72
J. D. Johnston....................... 75 |
Julius Gaudry....................... 71,
Robert Sisaions...................... 75 ' Phillip A. Pollie..................... 70
Thomas Flaherty................... 92;
Louis Vogel........................... 711
Michael Barrett..................... 77
John N. Lewis.......................'85;
Stephen 8. Scanlon................ 75 \
A. Farnbarm......................... 77'
Isaac H. Stroup..................... 70 \
John 5Teill........._.................. 74
Mrs. Cassandra Scott............. 1 74
Mrs. Susan Guilfoyle............ 73
Mrs Sophia Pape.................. 7R
Emma Bourgoise....!............. 75
Mary Scott.................... ....... 70
Mary Woods......................... 75
Mrs. B. Clark................... ...> 76
Margaret H. Lenrd................89
Mrs. Ann T. Palmer.............. 70
Mrs. Julia Haverty............... 86
Mrs. Anna 8. Ruwel.............. 78
Mrs. Mary H. Elliott...... ..... 83
Mrs. Mary McGee.~ .. . ........ 74
Mrs. Bridget Donnelly........... 81
Mrs. Mary McNulty.... ......... 79
Mrs. 8. A- E. Dellannoy......... 74
Mrs. Marie A. Z. Boice.......... 77
Mrs. Leocadie Blois......... .... ! 79
Johanna Redmond.............. .70
Mrs. Ellen Seanlon............,..! 91
Mrs. Anna Frances Cunniug-
| [ham 92
'Mrs. Dora Lowe....................' 76
; Mrs. Ann Burns.................... 1 73
Mrs. Mary A. Prendegast...... 85
iMrs. Catherine D. FJvnn....... 72
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. S81
LONGEVITYConcluded.
NE1ROES, MALES.
Nicholas Colbert........... .......
William Edwards......... ........
Alexander Grant.......... ........
David Andereon....................
Alex Murry ...........................
Stephen Mabry...... ...............
Samuel Robinson........... ......
Samuel Brodnlck ..................
Robert Notice. .......................
George Green........................
Mack Murray................ .......
July Miller.................... .... ....
Bid Ponder.................. ...........
Abram Andereon ..... ............
J,
as
so
75
79
74
88
70
70
73
70
hO
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80
9rt
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NI6ROES, FEMALES.
Mary A. Bowles.... ...... ...........
Rosa Bowen................. ........
Lala Stewart. ........ ...............
Mary LiRhtburn.. ..... ............
Minda Stewart........ ............. .
Harriet Thomas.....................
Violet Mitchell...... ...............
Sarah Hunter....... .................
QUA Clfiylaa
Effle Windson.... .._............. .
Jane Morris.......... .......... .......
Ann Gaston .. ......................
Linda Davis. ........ .................
Rebecca Butler........... ...........
Nancy Collier.................. .....
Judy Doy.... .................... ......
Elizabeth Butledge ...............
Eliza Bentban................. ......
Elizabeth Garey ....................
Luclnda Brown. ...................
Sarah Ellison............... ........
Laura Duncan. ....... ...............
Mary Nobles...... ...................
Lillie Bowles.... .....................
Missouri Telfair... ..................
Rachel James.. ................ ....
Lizzie Williams............. ........
Rosa Spring........ ..................
Rachel Stiles.... .._...... ............
Daphne Jackson............ . .......
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01
78
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70
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70
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9
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81
80
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89
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90
S81 MA FOJB'-S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF QUARANTINE OFFICER.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, )
QUARANTINE STATION, January 1st, 1897.j
Dr. W. F. Brunner, Health Officer, Savannah, Ga.:
SIRI respectfully submit the following, my annual report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1896:
During the year 358 vessels (50 of which were
boarded in Tybee Roads), carrying 6,039 seamen and
33 passengers, have been boarded and inspected. Of
these vessels 300 were passed and 58 detained for
quarantine regulations.
The average period of detention of vessels for the
3'ear was 85 days. On account of vessels no being
held 5 days after disinfection between Nov. 1st and
March 15th, the average period of detention is less
for the winter than the summer season, as the following table will show:
Vessels.......................
Steamships.................
Sailing Vessels............
Yeirty
Average
Sidavs o
Winter
Average
1J days */
5 7 days
Summer
Average
3 days */
9? days /
The above averages of detention will compare favorably, I think, with those of any other Southern
port, and with those of last year. A larger class of
sailing vessels, carrying more ballast, and in many
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. S8S
instances requiring large quantities of stiffening
have been handled. About 9,000 tons of ballast hare
been discharged.
During the year all of the buildings on the station
have been whitewashed, the roofs painted, and the
quarantine officer's quarters repainted by the employees.
The damage done to the station by the storm of
September 29th was very slight; a couple of dozen
window panes were blown out and a few fender piles
carried away.
I would respectfully recommend that some mode
of discharging ballast be adopted which will do away
with the labor and detention involved by "runs"
and a "harbor line" extending over 300 feet from
the wharf.
Below will be found a list of vessels for each
month, with numbers of crew and passengers compared as to nationality and class.
Very respectfully,
WM. J. LINLEY,
Quarantine Officer.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
LIST OP VESSELS, 1896.
January.
Steamships......
Ships.............
Barques..........
Barquen tines...
Schooners.......
Total..........
i
6
1
6
&
7
1
C9
1
1
2
i
1
9,
3
i
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
i
1
1
22 vessels. Crews, 369. 2 vessels detained for
quarantine regulations. 18 vessels inspected and
passed.
February.
Steamships...............
Ships........... ............
Barques....................
Schooners.................
Total.....................
3
1
6
1
1
8
|
7
p&
1
17
18
1
E&
1
i
54

3
3
S
3
3
a
-i
1
1
2
35 vessels. Crews, 560. Passengers, 5. 4 vessels
detained for quarantine regulations. 31 vessels inspected and passed.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
march.
S8S
Steamships... ..
"Ptd 1*J"1 ! 1 ACl
Schooners.......
Total..........
ja
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5
ft
7
a
I
ift
1?
9
i
1
2
3
M
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1
ft
3
1
1
5
1
1
1
5|
J
1
1
Q
I
1
1
29 vessels. Crews, 464. Passengers, 8. 2 vessels
detained for quarantine regulations. 27 vessels inspected and passed.
April.
Steamships......
Barques..........
Barquen tines...
Brigen tines.....
Schooners.......
Total..........
1
3
3

1ft
1
13
i
t
1
1
4
4
i I
Q
o
o
1
1
1
2
2
|

1
ft
3
29 vessels. Crews, 402. Passengers, 4. 3 vessels
detained for quarantine regulations. 26 vessels inspected and passed.
t86 MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
May.
Steamships...............
Ships.......... ............
T* YVI n AQ
Barquentines ............
Total....................
!
4
1
5
f
10
10
j
1
3
j
q
1
4
^
0
9,
1
1
1
23 vessels. Crews 392. 5 vessels detained for
quarantine regulations; 18 vessels inspected and
passed.
June.
&
Steamships......... 2
Ships................ ......
Barques............ 1
Total............. 3
i
1
8
9
3
1
2
i
4
4
j
1
9,
3
^
1
1
I
.1
1
23 vessels. Crews 370. Passengers 1. 5 vessels
.detained for quarantine regulations; 18 vessels inspected and passed.
MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
July.
S87
Steamships........: ...........
Barques........... ...............
Barquentines ........ .........
Total..........................
a
1
3
1
5
i
8
8
1
1
|
q
3
1
0
9,
19 vessels. Crews 252. Passengers 1. 8 vessels
detained for quarantine regulations; 11 vessels inspected and passed.
August.
Steamships .....................
Ships.. ..........................
Barques..........................
Barquentines ..................
Brigentines..................... o
Total................... ......
$
I
3
1
1
1
6
.
1
5
fi
S3
1
1
I
1
1
1
1
1
15 vessels. Crews 229. Passengers 4. 3 vessels
detained for quarantine regulations; 12 vessels inspected and passed.
sss MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPOKJ.
Kept ember.
Steamships...
Ships........ ..
Barques........
Barquen tines.
Tugs..... ...... ..
Total.........
3
i
7
-3
1
11
3
f

14
14

S
1
1
9,
4
m
B
1
4
5
|
aa
3
3
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
a
2
1
1
i
1
g
I
1
1
42 vessels. Crews, 674. 5 vessels detained for
quarantine regulations. 36 vessels inspected and
passed.
October.
Steamships.........
Ships................
Barques............
Barquentines......
Schooners.........
Total.............

i
21
9.
9.
25
i
i
13
14
!e
9,
2
5
3
3
1
1
1
9
9.
.
1
1
48 vessels. Crews, 972. Passengers, 2. 8 vessels
detained for quarantine regulations. 40 vessels inspected and passed.
MA YO&'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Korember.
S89
Steamships......
Ships.............
Barques..........
Total..........
1
13
13
K

14
14
{
1
1
2
|
5
5
1
1
1
4
1
1
|
1
1
I
1
1
9,
39 vessels. Crews, 754. Passengers, 4. 9 vessels
detained for quarantine regulations. 30 vessels inspected and passed.
December.
Steamships.........
Ships...............
Barques.............
Schooners..........
Total.............
1
8
1
1
10

3
13
16
1
9,
2
1
%
2
J
9,
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
34 vessels. Crews, 601. Passengers, 4. 4 vessels
detained for quarantine regulations. 30 vessels inspected and passed.
Steamships .........
Ships.................
Barques..............
Barquen tines ......
Brigentines.........
Schooners...........
Tugs............ ......
Total...............
i
78
1
15
6
1
1
109,
&
3
4
133
1
141
I
3
r>
13
91
1
3
33
1
37
3
3
q
1
7
7
M
1
16
17
i
1
1
0
I
1
8
.
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j
4
1
K
|
1
1
8
1
11
1
1
1
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9,
0
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09 y
11
226 J
9 Q g
3 b
9 fej i I
358
Total number of vessels for the year, compared as to nationality and class.
MA YOS'S ANNUAL REPOR2. tl
REPORTS OF CITY PHYSICIANS.
First District.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor City Savannah, Ga.:
SIRI have the honor to submit to you my report
as City Physician of the First District for the year
ending December 31st, 1896.
I have attended as city patients 5,437 persons
1,933 white and 3,524 coloredmaking 3,026 house
visits and 4,088 office calls.
I have sent to the hospitals 351 persons, distributed as follows: Savannah Hospital 137, St. Joseph's
Infirmary 139, Georgia Infirmary 75.
Seventy-five (75) deaths have occurred, a list of
which is given below. Of this number 15 were white
and 60 colored, a ratio of 7.7 for white and 16.7 for
colored per thousand persons attended, giving 13.9
deaths per thousand for total rate.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Asthma.. .................................................. . 1
Bronchitis..................................................... 3
Carcinoma...................... ............................. 1
Cholera Infantum ........................................ 2
Convulsions.................................................. 6
Dentition ......................... ........................... 1
Diarrhoea, Chronic......................................... 2
Entero-Colitis................................................ 5
gas MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Epilepsy.................. .................................. 1
Fever, Rem. Malarial...................................... 5
Fever, Pernicious Mal.................................... 3
Gastritis, Acute ............................................. 1
Inanition .................................................... 3
Jaundice...................................................... 1
Marasmus..................................................... 2
Measles................................................ ....... 1
Nephretis, Acute............................................ 2
Nephretis, Chronic ......................................... 2
Peritonitis..................................................... 1
Phthisis, Intest.............................................. 1
Phthisis, Pul.................................................12
Pneumonia, Cat............................. ............... 1
Pneumonia, Labor.......................................... 2
Premature Births .................................... ..... 4
Senility................... .................................... 1
Septicaemia.................. ................. .............. 1
Shock......................................................... 1
Syphilis.................... ................................... 1
Typhoid Fever............................................ 1
Uraemia........................................................ 4
Hsemmorrhage, Umbilical...... ......................... 2
Whooping Cough .......................................... 1
The following table shows the work done in the
district for the past year:
MU.N JLri
January....................
February................... / March......................
At~HM 1
May ........................
June............. .........
July.. ......................
August...... ...............
September... . .............
October,. .................
November.................
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Total..................
Treated
w
164
190
191
161
185
158
158
166
130
128
1,59
143
1.933
Pitlenti
Monthly.
C
187
222
311
259
347
304
349
299
319
316
318
294
3.524
j.
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Total Num Attended
351
412
502
420
532
462
507
465
44.Q
443
477
437
5.437
E
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11.3
14.2
162
14.
17.1
15.4
16,3
15.
14.9
14.3
1.5.9
14,1
14.9
5* if * S
> *
240
397
343
200
232
213
245
246
181
225
318
186
3.026
.
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7,7
1.3.3
11
6.
75
7,
79
79
6,
72
106
6.
8.2
1-
of NumbirMo Call*
213
213
327
362
400
354
404
353
358
375
369
360
4.088
&
f
6,9
n o
107
12,1
129
11 8
13
114
11.9
121
12,3
11 6
11.2

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1
1
1
2
1
1
2
9
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1
1
1
1
1
1
6
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1
2
1
3
2
1
4
2
2
6
27
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1
2
1
3
0
6
4
4
1
5
2
33
f
6
6
2
7
5
8
10
6
0
10
75
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Very respectfully, LEONARD E. WELCH, M. D.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Second District.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1896.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor of the Oity of Savannah:
DEAR SIRI have the honor of submitting herewith my report as City Physician for five months
ending December 31st, 1896. During this time I
have prescribed for 2,268 patients. I have sent 15
patients to the St. Joseph's Infirmary, 9 to the Savannah Hospital, and 19 to the Georgia Infirmary.
The following is a tabulated report of patients attended, including those of my predecessor, Dr. M. X.
Corbin.
Respectfully submitted by
C. C. LAWRENCE,
Oity Physician Second District.
MONTH
January ............ /
February...........
March................
April ...............
May / ........ .........
June........... .....
Julv........ .........
August..............
September.........
Optrtlvr
November..........
December .........
Total............
w
62
118
159
123
110
98
106
119
85
133
104
129
1346
c
174
211
244
332
512
343
279
419
293
317
306
363
3793
Pally Average
7.8
10.9
13.4
15.1
20.7
11.1
12.8
19.9
12.6
15.
15.
16.4
14.
Number of
Vltile HMth pr
157
258
359
447
298
286
290
211
165
219
148
208
3046
Dally Average
5.2
8.6
11.9
14.9
9.3
9.5
9.5
7.
5.5
7.3
4.9
6.9
8.3
Numbtr of
Office Call*
301
422
473
649
738
575
526
429
262
269
302
355
Dally Average
10.
14.
15.7
21.6
24.6
19.5
19.5
14.3
8.7
8.9
10.6
11.7
5304i 14.5
MAYOR'S AN AVAL REPORT. tSS
Third District.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor of the City of Savannah:
DEAR SIKI have the honor to submit herewith
the annual report of the.treatment of indigent persons which the municipality humanely provides for
those who are so unfortunate as to require medical
aid of this character. I had the honor to be appointed
by you Feb. 19th, 1896, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of W. J. Jennings, M. D. Subsequently the City Council elected me, and my report
covers the period embraced between the date of my
appointment and Jan. 1st, 1897.
The city having been free from epidemic visitations last year, as it has been for many years, the
fatalities in proportion to the number treated, and
especially when the cases of a chronic nature are
taken into account, have been comparatively few.
There has been, however, a large and constant demand for medical service, and this is-due to many
causes, the general depression in the country having
naturally affected Savannah to a degree, those being
unable to find employment, or being but irregularly
employed, being compelled to avail themselves of the
medical service and free medicines supplied by the
city. The large reduction in the rice-producing area
and depression in other towns and cities have tended
to an influx to the city of a class who, from their
condition of privation, are subject to disease, and
have been continually dependent upon the city's
care. The mortality is necessarily greater among
this class, for their vitality has been encroached upon,
996 MA YOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
as it must be, where unwholesome food and quarters
more or less unsanitary is common to them.
There is, too, among the more ignorant class of the
African race a dread of going to a hospital, and this
operates not only to keep their illness concealed as
long as possible, but to increase the moribund cases,
and to compel the patients to be treated in quarters
unfitted for the sick, ' and to be indifferently V
looked
after by inefficient nurses, who, in many eases, so unintelligibly administer the remedies prescribed as to
lessen the chances for the patient's life. While I have
found the hospital officials prompt to receive those
whom I have directed to be sent thither, and painstaking in treatment and nursing, it is highly essential that additional facilities for treating the colored
should be provided, as the Georgia Infirmary, provided for colored sick, is inadequate to the demands
upon it, which have grown, and must continue to
grow, with the city.
The McKane Hospital for colored women and children, founded by Dr. Cornelius McKane and other
colored physicians of this city, is a struggling institution that, if properly encouraged, must exert a beneficial influence, and in my judgment is worthy of
substantial aid from the city.
While there has been considerable malarial fever
during the past year, it has not been of a malignant
type, and the eastern portion of the city has been
almost exempt from it, the greater number of cases
treated by me being in the western and southwestern
portion of the district.
The minimum mortality cannot be reached until
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some practical system of house drainage has been
adopted, and it is fortunate that, with the imperfect
and unsanitary drainage, the city has thus far escaped
epidemic.
It cannot be too strongly impressed upon those
charged with the sanitation of the city that the more
unsanitary quarters of the city, where the inhabitants are poorly fed, poorly housed, and live in disregard of the ordinary rules of health, are hotbeds '.
for disease, and, like the sleeping volcano, is likely
to be in eruption at any season when conditions are
favorable, and involve all in the common sweep of ,
disease and death. No system of house-to-house in- '
spection can be too vigilant, nor should it be abated i
after the removal of quarantine. The mildness of our j
climate is favorable for the growth of disease germs i
at all seasons, and sanitary enforcements are not as
strict as the danger is imminent. ;
In some portions of the city the garbage is not ;
removed with sufficient frequency, nor is the city }j
adequately supplied with the means to promptly I
remove and incinerate it. The vaults are a constant !
menace to the health of the city, and every consider- i
ation for the health and lives of the citizens and for '
the protection of the city from pestilential visitation .
that would cripple every commercial and industrial '
enterprise, demands that preparations for a perfect
system of house drainage be entered upon with
promptitude and prosecuted without delay until completed, thus insuring to Savannah, with the proper
enforcement of sanitary measures, practical immunity from the ravage of epidemic diseases.
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I earnestly recommend that if the municipality
contemplates retaining the City Dispensary for supplying medicines prescribed for indigent patients,
that either a more central location be secured, or that
a second dispensary be located in the southern section. It is neither humane nor right that the only
place where the sick can procure their medicine
should be miles distant. Physicians know how urgent many cases.are that the treatment should begin
at the earliest possible moment. If the poor and unfortunate sick are proper subjects for the city's help,
it is just as essential and just as necessary that they
should have it as promptly as possible. It is inhumane to deny them this essential because they are
poor. While it is true that the city and its physicians are imposed upon at times, it is not always possible to detect the intended imposition in time to
frustrate it. In this connection City Physicians have
little protection where, in the city's interest, they decline to prescribe medicines at the city's expense for
those whom they know, or have reason to believe,
are able to purchase the medicines. The disappointed
person will often circulate reports of a lack of efficiency on the part of the physician, unwillingness to
perform the duties for which the city pays him, and
even to report him for inattention to duty
The pay of the City Physicians is wholly inadequate, and does not amount to ten cents per visit.
While this has not detracted from the efficiency of
those holding positions of City Physician, the salary
is manifestly low beyond the reason of a doubt, and
should be increased. If City Physicians had to pay
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car fare, and were not provided with their own
vehicles, the compensation would hardly cover the
cost. There is no profession so poorly paid as this
branch of the medical fraternity, and if the salaries
are not increased, it will be difficult to secure physicians iii good standing willing to accept or retain the
office.
If the street numbering system be not extended to
the lanes it will fall short of the actual necessity of a
proper system. They are thickly populated by the
colored classes who are constantly demanding the
services of a physician. The residences in the lanes
are not numbered by any system, but according to
the fancy of the occupant, and I have often had to
drive from one end of a lane to the other to find a
patient, probably calling at a half dozen or more
places where the number corresponded with the
number at which I was summoned to call. I would
suggest that the residences in the lanes be numbered
on the same plan as that recently adopted for the
streets, but it might be done with a less expensive
material upon which the figures could be placed.
Ninety-seven patients were sent to the hospitals
by my directions, as follows: To Savannah Hospital
25, to St. Joseph's Infirmary 27, and to the Georgia
Infirmary 45.
The deaths happening among those treated by me
for the city during the period embraced in my report
were from the following causes:
Anaemia ...................................................... 1
Asthma......................................... .............. 1
Bright's Disease ............................................ 2
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Cholera Infantum.................................. .. .... 6
Congestive Fever.......................................... 1
Congestion of Lungs....................................... 1
Convulsions.................................................. 1
Dropsy ....................... ......... .... ................. 3
Dysentery ......................... ......................... 1
Enteritis...................................................... 2
General Debility............................................ 2
Heart Disease ....... ....................................... 1
Malarial Fever................. ............................. 3
Marasmus.............................................. ...... 1
Measles............"............................................ 1
Moribund..................................................... 2
Paralysis............................ ......................... 2
Phthisis Pulmonalis....................................... 8
Pneumonia...... ............................. . ............. 1
Premature Birth............................................ 1
Pyaemia........................................................ 1
Teething...................................................... 2
Tetanus................................ ....................... 1
Trismus Nascentium ...................................... 2
Typhoid Pneumonia....................................... 1
Undefined..................................................... 1
Total...................................................49
The following table will disclose the more active
service of the office, by months, and for that portion
of the year during which I have served as City Physician of the district:
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MONTH
February ........ .................
March................................
April.................................
May...................................
June .................................
July........ ...................... .....
August...............................
September................... .........
October..............................
November............................
December.... .... ..................
Totals..........................
Office Cillt
69
268
273
364
332
349
446
376
372
328
314
3.491
Houte Wilts
127
327
388
352
451
392
503
390
303
272
361
3.866
Patients
Trailed
156
348
351
4.97
437
411
536
JKO
4] 2
325
318
4.174
In closing this report, I beg to convey my thorough appreciation of the courtesy you have extended
me in my official relations, and to thank you for the
interest you have manifested in the sanitation of the
city, which has had material influence upon the
general health of the community.
I have the honor to remain yours and the city's
obedient servant, BENJ. F. SHEFTALL, M. D.,
Oity Physician Third District.
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City Physician at Large.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor City of Savannah:
SIRI herewith respectfully submit my report as
City Physician at Large for the year ending December 31, 1896.
I have treated during this period as city patients
7,816. I have made 5,332 house visits and recorded
5,624 office calls. I have issued 3 permits to Savannah Hospital, 2 to St. Joseph's Infirmary, 130 to
Georgia Infirmary; total, 135. Total number of
deaths is 89, five of whom were in a moribund condition when called. Death rate is 11.38 per thousand. I have made 12 calls at the Police Barracks,
only 2 being day calls. I have made 37 night calls.
I have dressed 6 gunshot wounds, 100 contused and
lacerated wounds, 72 incised wounds, making a total
of 178 wounds.
1 cannot but thank the druggists and nurses at
Georgia Infirmary for their kind and courteous treatment.
I would recommend that each City Physician be
furnished with a key to police patrol box in order
that emergency cases may be 'promptly attended.
My experience in such cases warrants me in making
the above recommendation.
Respectfully submitted,
S. PALMER LLOYD, M. D.,
City Physician at Large.
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MONTH
January....... /
February.....
March ........
April .........
May........... */
June...........
July...........
August ......
September...
October......
November. . .
December ...
Total
f
X
1
e
ac
552
578
697
707
662
700
711
715
696
673
558
597
7816
|
i
1
16.8
19.9
294 ti.^x
23.5
91 Lil.'J1
91 0.01
22.9
OO A
23.2
21.7
18.6
19.2
21.3
.e
i

f
s
0
4no
407
4.79 Tt 4 j
467
482
489
447
428
429
368
392
5332
r
i
1
159
14.3
Z 1^9"J. t
15.0
16.0
1 K 7
1O. I
14.4
14.2
13.8
12.2
12.6
14.3
f
|

O
S
368
418
590
489
s:qx t>OO
552
606
648
656
587
472
473
5624
|
1
e>
11.8
14.4
16.7
16.3
172 j i .&
184 Jl *../ JC
19.5
20.9
218
190
15.7
15.2
17.2
1
1
8
2
oq
7
7
15
10
11
7
9
6
4
89
M
X
S
i
14
10
16
10
8
12
12
13
8
9
10
13
135
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REPORT OF CLERK OF MARKET.
SAVAXXAH, GA., January 1st, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
DEAR SIRI have the honor to herewith submit
my report as Clerk of the City Market for the year
ending December 31st, 1896.
From the effects of the storm in September the
southern portion of the wall was blown in, and
whereas it took some time to rebuild it. still 'tis in a
stronger condition now than ever. While the contractor was at work rebuilding several of the butchers were forced to vacate their stalls, and others used
them, at reduced rates, which accounts for the shortage in my collections for the. year. The repair work
is all completed but some little outside iron work,
which will be finished in about ten days, and then
every department will be in its usual order.
During the year I have carefully enforced Ordinance No. 374, regarding unwholesome meats, &c.,
with the result that a better class of all goods were
sold.
Below will be found a report of the moneys collected from each department, not including that
which was collected by the City Marshal:
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Butchers ........................... ........$ 5,701 00
Fish Dealers................................ 1,631 80
Poultry Dealers..... . ................... 1,065 45
Vegetable Stands........................... 1,453 25
Bakers........................................ 389 00
Schrimp Department..................... 107 30
Scale Fees.................................... 246 70
Miscellaneous Stands. ................. 304 10
Basement Vaults........................... 333 50
Country Carts Outside................... 1,318 50
Total...................;...................$12,550 60-
Very respectfully,
D. S. GAEDNEB,
Clerk of Market.
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REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 11, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
SIRI have the honor to hand you herewith a
statement of the tonnage and nationality of vessels
that arrived in the port of Savannah during the year
1896, and the fees received for harbor dues for same,
and also a statement of the number of American and
foreign vessels that arrived during said year. These
statements do not include vessels that have arrived
at Tybee or Quarantine, but only those that arrived
at the wharves in Savannah. Nor do the statements
include inland coasting vessels or vessels under 100
tons, except those trading foreign.
Respectfully,
JAMES J. GRAHAM,
Harbor Master.
HARBOR MASTER'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1896.
1896.
January.........
February.......
March.. ........
April.............
May......... ......
June..............
July ........... ...
August..........
September .....
October.........
November.....
December......
Total..........
e
<
72,425
67,979
75,659
61,575
60,756
63,809
63,426
63,657
50,947
63,050
67,194
73,835
774,212
im
7,418
9,865
8,300
6,172
6,163
5,167
4,869
6,079
14,276
32,306
23,767
17,234
139,616
e
4,419
13,098
7.418
7,506
7,919
8,157
2,772
5,203
8,121
8,287
8,190
13,039
94,129
|
O.

........
........
4,402
2,802
7,204
e
1,267
1,447
2,903
479
1,152
2,514
768
4,571
1,930
2,544
2,845
22,420
(A
"2,529
1,189
774
2,765
2,137
1,949
2,588
13,931
m
l',993
560
........
436
2,989
e
I
666
801
1,206
656
1,198
665
2,324
7,416
e
3,188
3,188
2,884
716
4,340
2,085
506
3,901
1,831
3,329
1,309
27,227
i
Portuguese
........
404
763
........
1,167
j
241
1,050
1,291
1
1
......
553
......
553
K
1,832
1,882
1,832
1,832
1,832
1,832
1,832
12324
1
1
91,065
86,911
100,661
80,011
80,209
89,782
75,289
77347
87,851
112,559
111,982
111,900
1,114,069
tt
o
$ 834 80
327 72
379 00
311 60
268 12
30400
243 50
26200
402 00
542 00
455 00
476 00
$4,305 74
6
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Statement of American and Foreign Vessels Arrived at the Port of Savannah During the Year 189B.
American Steamships.......................................... 366
American Sailing Vessels ................. .................. 292658-
Forelgn Steamships............................................. 96
Foreign Sailing Vessels....................................... 228323
981
JAMES J GRAHAM,
Harbor Master.
SOS MAYO&S ANNUAL REPORl.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Organization of the Board of Public Education.
OFFICERS.
GEORGE A. MERCER........................President
J. B. READ, M. D....................... Vice-President
J. R. F. TATTNALL.............. ............Treasurer
OTI3 ASHMORE ...............................Secretary
ROLL OF MEMBERS.
GEORGE A. MERCER, LEE ROY MYEHS,
J. B. READ, M. D., M. A. O'BYRNE,
J. R. SAUSSY, B. A. DENMARK,
HENRY BLUN, r HERMAN MYERS, "j Massie
J. H. ESTILL, < P. A. STOVALL, > School
J. R. F. TATTNALL, IT. J. CHARLTON, M. D., I Com'r.s
STANDISTC} COMMITTEES.
(The President is ex officio a member of each committee.)
Finance.
J. H. ESTILL, HENRY BLUN,
B. A. DENMARK, T. J. CHARLTON, M. D.
HERMAN MYERS.
Examination of Teachers.
GEORGE A. MERCER, J. B. READ, M. D.,
HENRY BLUN, J. R. SAUSSY,
SUPERINTENDENT.
MAYOR'3 ANNUAL REPORT. S09
School Hoiiies.
LEE ROY MYERS, M. A. O'BYBNE,
B. A. DENMABK, J. R. F. TATTNALL,
T. J. CHABLTON, M. D.
Text Boolu.
GEOBGE A. MERCEB, LEE ROY MYEBS,
J. R. SAUSSY, M. A. O'BYBNE,
J. B. READ, M. D., SUPEBINTENDENT.
Account*.
HENBY BLUN, J. H. ESTILL,
P. A. STOVALL.
Supplies.
J. R. F. TATTNALL, J. R. SAUSSY,
LEE ROY MYEBS.
Sanitation.
GEOBGE A. MERCEB, J. B. READ, M. D.,
T. J. CHABLTON, M. D.
Visiting.
October, December, February, April, June:
J. B. READ, M. D., P. A. STOVALL,
J. H. ESTILL, LEE ROY MYEBS,
B. A. DENMARK, M. A. O'BYBNE.
November, January, March, May:
J. R. SAUSSY, HEBMAN MYEBS,
HENBY BLUN, T. J. CHABLTON, M. D.,
J. R. F. TATTNALL.
310 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
STATISTICS.
I. POPULATION.
(U. S. Census, 1890.)
City ......................................................43,189
Country..................................................14,551
Total..... .........................................57,740
II. SCHOOL POPULATION.
City (census 1893}....................................11,169
County (census 1893)................................. 4,261
Total................................... ...........15,430
III. SCHOOLS.
High School.
Number of teachersmale, 6; female, 4............ 10
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 113; girls, 253..366
Average number belongingboys, 93; girls, 218..311
Average daily attendanceboys, 87; girls, 200....287
Per cent, of daily attendance .......... ............... 92
Number of deaths.............. ..........................
Barnard Street School.
Number of teachersfemale................. ......... 10
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 210; girls, 219..429
Average number belongingboys, 180; girls, 196..376
Average daily attendanceboys, 161; girls, 174..335
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 89
Number of deathsboys................................ 1
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Cathedral School.
Number of teachersmale, 1; female, 8............ 9
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 203; girls, 176..379
Average number belongingboys, 184; girls, 162..346
Average daily attendanceboys, 162; girls, 142..308
Per cent.of daily attendance... ....................... 89
Number of deaths............................... .........
i
Chatham School (No. 1.)
Number of teachersmale, 1; female, 9............ 10
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 191; girls, 227..418
Average number belongingboys, 160; girls, 186. .346
Average daily attendanceboys, 140; girls; 164...304
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 88
Number of deathsbovs, 1............................. 1 w *
Chatham School (No. 2.)
Number of teachersmale, 1; female, 8............ 9
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 211; girls, 229..440
Average number belongingboys, 172; girls, 183..355
Average daily attendanceboys, 150; girls, 158...308
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 87
Number of deaths-boys, 1; girls, 1.................. 2
Henry Street School.
Number of teachersfemale, 14....................... 14
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 331; girls, 347..67S
Average number belongingboys, 269; girls, 297-566
Average daily attendanceboys, 234; girls. 259...493
Per cent, of daily attendance............).............. 87
Number of deathsgirls; 1............................. 1
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Massie School.
If umber of teachersmale, 1; female, 9............ 10
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 185; girls, 230..415
Average number belongingboys, 148; girls, 198..346
Average daily attendanceboys, 133; girls, 175... 308
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 89
Number of deathsgirls, 1.............................. 1
St. Patrick's School.
Number of teachersmale, 1; female, 11........... 12
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 247; girls, 229..476
Average number belongingboys, 218; girls, 210..428
Average daily attendanceboys, 194; girls, 184...378
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 88
Number of deathsboys, 1............................. 1
Night School.
Number of teachersmale ............................. 3
Number of pupils enrolledboys...................... 178
Average number belonging............................. 98
Average nightly attendance ........................... 63
Per cent, of nightly attendance......................... 64
Number of deaths...................'......................
Anderson Street (Colored) School.
Number of teachersmale, 3; female, 5............ 8
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 296; girls, 386..6S2
Average number belongingboys, 195; girls, 262. .457
Average daily attendanceboys, 165; girls, 177...342
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 75
Number of.deaths.........................................
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East Broad Street (Colored) School.
Number of teachersmale, 2; female, 13........... 15
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 367; girls, 495..862
Average number belongingboys, 296; girls, 442..738
Average daily attendanceboys, 289; girls, 376...665
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 90
Number of deaths.......................:..... ...........
West Broad Street (Colored) School.
Number of teachersmale, 1; female, 14........... 15
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 345; girls, 448-793
Average number belongingboys, 308; girls, 394..702
Average daily attendanceboys, 272; girls, 348...620
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 89
Number of deaths......................................... 1
Country SchoolsWhite.
Number of teachersmale, 5; female, 11........... 16
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 368; girls, 268-636
Average number belongingboys, 298; girls, 216..514
Average daily attendanceboys, 232; girls, 150...382
Per cent, of daily attendance........................... 75
Number of deathsboys, 2; girls, 1.................. 3
Country SchoolsColored.
Number of teachersmale, 6; female, 18.......... 24
Number of pupils enrolledboys, 781; girls, 783-1,564
Average number belongingboys,663;girls,677..1,340
Average daily attendanceboys, 457; girls, 474. 931
Per cent, of daily attendance........................ 70
Number of deathsboys, 3; girls, 1................ 4
SU MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
SUMMARY.
Schools.
Number of schools in citywhite, 9; colored, 3 12
Number of schools in countrywhite, 12; colored, 24............................................. 36
Total....!........................................ 48
School Officers.
Superintendent........ ................................... 1
Assistant to Superintendent .......................... 1
Treasurer.................. .................. ............. 1
Total ............................................ 3
Teachers.
Number of teachers in city (white)male, 11;
female, 75 .......................................... 86
Number of teachers in city (colored)male, 6;
female, 32 .......................................... 38
Total............................................. 124
Number of teachers in country (white)male,
5; female, 11....................................... 16
Number of teachers in country (colored)male,
6; female, 18....................................... 24
Total............................................. 40
Grand total of officers and teachersmale, 3J;
female. 136 ......................................... 167
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Pupils.
Number of pupils enrolled in city schools (white)
boys, 1,869; girls, 1,912.......................3,781
Number of pupils enrolled in city schools (colored)boys, 1,008; girls, 1,329 ...............2,337
Total enrolled in city schoolsboys, 2,877;
girls, 3,241......................................6,118
Number of pupils enrolled in country schools
(white)boys, 368; girls, 268................. 636
Number of pupils enrolled in country schools
(colored)boys, 781; girls, 783...............1,564
Total enrolled in country schoolsboys,
boys, 1,149; girls, 1,051........ ........"...2,200
Grand total enrolledwhite, 4,417; colored, 3,901...................................8,318
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF TREASURER
BOARD PUBLIC EDUCATION.
School Year from October 1st, 1895, to October 1st,
1896.
All appropriations from State and from county run
from 1st January to 1st succeeding January.
Received Cash.
Cash in bank from last school year........$ 20,716 49
Cash from county, balance
from 1895....................f 5,000 00
Cash from county, appropriation, 1896.............. 75,000 00 80,000 00
Cash from State, account
1895..................'.......... 16,608 02
Cash from State, 1895...... 14,831 50 31,439 52
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Cash from return premiums
insurance .................... 31 20
Cash, S. W. Railway dividends.......................... 216 00
Cash, loan from Germania
Bank.......................... - 6,000 00
Expended Cash.
Account Supplies
Stationer's .....................$ 1,024 31
Fuel.............................. 899 85 '
Household ..................... 897 78
School furniture .............. 1,485 30
Printing........................ 431 40
Miscellaneous ................. 526 38
$5,265 02
Account School Houses
Sites...............$ 4,486 65
Building......... 14,503 50
Repairs............ 3,298 33
Improvements.... 38 00
Insurance ........ 347 21
Rentals............ 731 75-23,405 44
Payrolls........................ 99,084 90
Paid loan Germania Bank.. 6,000 00
Paid interest Germania Bk. 87 45
Balance carried to school
year 1896 to 1897 ......... 4,560 40
$138,403 21 $138,403 21
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN R. F. TATTNAIX,
Treasurer.
I
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORI. Sir
PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
Mr. Otis Ashmore, the new Superintendent of the
Public Schools, was established in his present office
only at the beginning of the current school year, and
for that reason it is difficult, if not embarrassing, for
him to comment upon and describe the condition
and progress of the schools during the preceding
year.
It is, therefore, deemed proper that the Board of
Public Education, through its President, should present to the patrons of the schools and the public by
way of introduction to the Superintendent's report
such facts as are considered important, and offer such
suggestions and criticisms as may be called for, leaving it to the Superintendent to report such statistics
as will best exhibit the condition of the system for
the last scholastic year. Perhaps the most pregnant
fact which should now be brought before the public
attention is the very rapid growth in the school population of this city and county, and the pressing
necessity for larger school facilities and accommodation.
The Superintendent has prepared a chart which
exhibits at a glance the rapid growth in school population and enrollment from the first organization of
the public schools to the present date. The chart
shows cleaily the increase, not only in the population entitled to public instruction, but in the respective growth in city and county of the number of enrolled children, both white and colored, for each year.
The entire details would prove extremely interesting,
but would too greatly enlarge a report of this character.
SIS MAYOR'S ANNUAL J3EPORT.
Suffice it to say that at the date of the organization
of our public schools, in 1865 and 1866, the number
of enrolled children was only 520. At the end of the
first decade, in 1875, the number had increased to
4,572, made up of 2,391 white in the city and 91 in
the county, and 1,186 colored in the city and 904 in
the county.
Owing to the presence of and loss caused by the
yellow fever in 1876, the total enrolled number in
1877 fell to 4,081, and the number of 1,875 was not
restored until after 1883, in which year the number'
was 4,504. In the second period of ten years the total
number had increased to 4,898 in 1885; of these,
2,287 were white children in the city and 310 in the
county, and 923 were colored children in the city
and 1,378 in the county. In 1895 the number was
8,127, composed of
3,727 white in the city;
594 white in the county;
2,141 colored in the city;
1,665 colored in the county.
In the present year the total number reaches 8,318,
showing an increase in one year of 191. At this rate
of increase it is obvious that the present school
accommodations and facilities will soon become, and
are in fact at present, totally insufficient. From the
best information obtainable, at least fifty white children, in the first and second grades, have been unable
thus far to obtain accommodation, and at least one
thousand colored children. The Chatham Academy,
which the Trustees very kindly allowed the Board
of Public Education to use free of rent, contains
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t
1,096 pupils, of which number 398 belong to the
High School. Many of the classes, particularly those
of the first and second grades, in all the schools are
largely overcrowded, and have multiplied beyond the
effective instruction of any one teacher, however
capable.
It was not uncommon some years since for certain
skeptics to question the utility and necessity of public education; but it is now safe to say that no
enlightened modern community entertains doubts
upon this vital question, and that such an assertion
by any thoughtful individual would seem as remarkable as a denial of the earth's rotary motion.
The Constitution of Georgia, expressing the deliberate judgment of the people of this State, provides
that there shall be a thorough system of common
schools for the education of the children in the elementary branches of an English education only, as
nearly uniform as practicable, the expenses of which
shall be provided for by taxation, or otherwise. The
schools shall be free to all the children of the State,
but separate schools shall be provided for the white
and colored races. The language of this supreme law
is mandatory and. not permissive. So long as it exists, it, is the manifest duty of every county in this
State to provide for the public education of all children, within the school age, of all races. It is, therefore, clearly incumbent upon this Board, if the county
authorities will provide the requisite means, which it
is their manifest duty to furnish, to supply to all
children seeking a public education, sufficient school
houses, accommodations and facilities, and a present
pressing obligation rests upon both bodies to afford,
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not only to every white child, but to the large number of colored children now unprovided for, adequate
school advantages. The additional expense required
must necessarily fall upon the property owners and
the tax payers of this city and county. To many this
may appear a grievous burden, but it must be recognized as one of the penalties of progress, and yielded
to with the best grace possible as the inevitable exigency of a high modern civilization.
The former Superintendent, in his report for the
year ending June 30th, 1895, gives a succinct history
of the schools in this city erected and existing at that
date, including the Henry Street School. During
the last school year, the Board of Education, through
the liberality of the Board of County Commissioners, added the new school building on Anderson
street. The Henry and Anderson Street Schools are
the only ones erected by the Board of Education, and
are the only modern and complete school edifices in
this county. They possess almost every modern advantage, and are as nearly perfect as the present
means of the Board would allow. Some criticism
has been made, even in an intelligent quarter, that
they are defective because they lack basements for
play grounds, and scientific ventilation. But both
these questions were carefully investigated by the
intelligent School House Committee, of which Mr.
Lee Roy Myers is the efficient Chairman, and by the
Board of Education. There are few days when the
children cannot enjoy their recess in the open air,
and it was deemed unwise to apply the limited means
at the use of the Board, sadly needed for new school
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Stl
rooms, to the construction of basement play rooms,
which are costly and inadequate.
The medical members of the Board expi'essed
strong opposition to the use of basements in this
damp climate.
The scientific ventilation of jchool houses is, of
course, wholesome; but it is very expensive, and
there are few days in this clin ate when the rooms
cannot be thoroughly ventilated through the windows, even during the school hours, and always after
the schools are dismissed. The new schools enjoy the
great climatic advantage of having a southern front
for every room. In the new Anderson Street school
house "there are twelve large, well ventilated rooms,
each twenty-four by thirty-si-x feet, the light falling
so as to best preserve the eyesight of the pupils. All
the sanitary adjuncts of the school and the modes of
ingress and egress have been carefully considered
with a view to safety, health and comfort; and the
school proper, not including the fencing and the best
sanitary closets, has been constructed at a cost slightly
exceeding $19,000. The Board can justly claim that
there are no other school buildings in this State superior to, if as complete, as the two new school houses
erected under its direction.
Upon the whole, the course of the schools during
the last school year was very satisfactory. Several
unfortunate incidents occurred, but, as a general rule,
the teachers were active and efficient, and the progress of the pupils commendable. The abolition of
the fees in the High School has caused a marked in21
*ti MA YOB'S ANNUAL kJSPOXl.
<jrease in the number of scholars, and an evident desire to enjoy the higher instruction there afforded.
The number of attendants in the High School is
now 398, and with proper effort on the part of the
pupils, the foundation of a good education can be
laid. This school is really the keystone of the arch,
and is a marked stimulus to effort and progress in all
the lower grades. As our local system of education
was formulated and in use when the present Constitution of the State was adopted, it is expressly
excepted from the operation of the instrument, and a
large discretion is granted to the Board of Public
Education to increase the character and extent of the
tuition. Some criticism has been made upon the
introduction of music and drawing, but these studies
possess very manifest advantages. They tend greatly
to relieve the mind of the scholars, and to interrupt
the mental strain which often becomes too tense. It
is well known that a horse will make better progress
on a rolling than upon a level course, because different muscles are exerted. The great Mendelssohn
declared that when exhausted by his deep studies in
harmony he found great relief by counting the tiles
on the housetop. This philosophy may be usefully
applied to the studies of the young. But these
diversions from the purely intellectual tension that
prevails have a higher meaning and character. One
of the great objections to the present system of public education is the exclusive cultivation of the brain
to the almost total neglect of the imagination and
the emotions. Any study which fills this void must
be ot great educational importance. Children receive
MA YOM'S ANNUAL REPORT. SiS
much valuable tuition through their feelings. They
are largely taught by example; and it cannot be
doubted that many a pupil derives more useful and
lasting impetus from the high character and influence
of a good teacher than from all the instruction imparted by books and lessons. The moral and religious
training of the young must necessarily be left almost
wholly to the home circle and to the suasion of the
church and Sunday school. But there is grave reason
to fear that under the system of training in our public schools the products of the brain may issue cold
and crude unless warmed and ripened by the glow
of the heart and the emotions.
GEORGE A. MERCER,
President.
St4 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORTS OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
SAVANNAH HOSPITAL.
Annual Report for Year 1896.
His Honor, Mayor Myers, Savannah, Ga.:
DEAR SIRThe following condensed report for the
fiscal year, February 1st, 1896, to January 31st, 1897,
is hereby respectfully submitted, by authority of the
Board of Managers Savannah Hospital.
Very respectfully,
W. DUNCAN, M. D.,
Superintendent,
To balance on hand last annual report,
February 1st, 1896........................$ 330 68
To cash received from February 1st, 1896,
to January 31st, 1897 .................... 11,885 17
12,215 85
By amount expended as per vouchers ..... 12,029 18
To balance.............................f 186 67
Source of receipts during the year 1896-97 :
To cash from George I. Mills, President...^ 4,900 00
" " " pay patients...................... 3,26417
< foreign seamen................. 121 00
" " " City of Savannah, $300 00
per month....... ........................... 3,600 00
$11,885 17
MA YOS'S ANNUAL REPORT. SfS
Number of patients remaining in hospital at last
annual report, 45.
Number of patients admitted during the year 1896
-97, 451.
Number of patients discharged during the year
1896-97, 435.
Number of patients died during the year 1896-97,
32.
Number of patients remaining Feb. 1st, 1897, 29.
Largest number in hospital at any one time, 45.
Smallest number in hospital at any one time, 22.
Daily average in hospital, 35J.
Average number of attendants, 21.
Total expense, $12,029.18.
Expense per diem, $32.96.
Expense per capita per diem, .61.
Mortality per cent, on total number treated, 6.45.
Mortality per cent, on total number treated, exclusive of moribund cases, 6.25.
Very respectfully,
W. DUNCAN, M. D.,
Superintendent.
ST. JOSEPH'S INFIRMARY.
Number of patients remaining January 1,1896,49.
Number of patients admitted from January 1,1896,
to December 31, 1896, 706.
Number of patients discharged from January 1,
1896, to December 31, 1896, 671.
Number of deaths during year, 42.
Brought in moribund during year, 9.
SS6 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. ,
Number of patients remaining December 31,1896,
42.
Total number treated from January 1, 1896, to
January 1, 1897, 755.
Largest number at any time, 68.
Smallest number at any time, 33.
SAVANNAH WIDOWS' SOCIETY.
At the "Abrahams Home" thirty-one aged and
indigent females have been cared for during the past
year. Each inmate has one room entirely at her
disposal, with means for heating and making themselves comfortable in every way. Three meals a day
are provided in the dining-room, presided over by
the matron, and each inmate is entitled to all the attendant privileges. The sick are furnished, in their
rooms, with whatever is deemed necessary.
At the "Mary Telfair Home" twelve families
have been provided with homes. Each family includes a mother with from two to five children.
These families are expected to provide for themselves, their rent being given them, but sickness and
inability to procure work has made it impossible for
many of them to do so, and in many instances their
needs have been supplied by the society to the extent of the funds at its command.
The work of the society is confined exclusively to
these two homes, and from year to year is about the
same, as the inmates are generally permanent, and
when removed by death, or from any cause, their
places are immediately filled from the long list of
applicants awaiting admission.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
SAVANNAH FEMALE ASYLUM.
SS7
A. N. Manucy, Esq.,- Clerk of Council, City of Savannah, Ga.:
DEAR SIRYour favor of 5th inst. to hand, and
in reply would state that the report in regard to the
Savannah Female Asylum for the year 1896 shows
that 54 children (girls) have been provided for during the year. There are now 52 in the home. The
cost of maintenance, including food, clothing and
education, has been $85.76 per capita, or $7.15 per
month.
The storm of 1896 damaged the property about
$450, of which amount the Savannah Benevolent
Association kindly contributed $250. The institution is well kept, is cleanly, healthy, and the children are happy.
The charity is a very deserving one and is a credit
to the city.
Very truly yours,
JNO. M. BRYAN,
Treasurer.
\- !
Commercial Statistics.
SSO MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
THE SAVANNAH COTTON EXCHANGE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, \
SAVANNAH, GA., January 2d, 1897. 7J
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor City of Savannah:
SIRLimited space makes it impossible to give
more than a brief sketch of the development of the
cotton business of the port during the past twentysix years.
This organization of active business men was incorporated in the year 1873 and has, through many
channels of influence and efforts, been a leading factor in the progress of the city of Savannah to the
present time.
If the business community realized what a large
factor the Exchange is in promoting the general
prosperity of the city more of those who have no
direct interest in cotton matters would give it their
support and thus enable it to increase its usefulness.
From the season 1868-69, in which Savannah received 363,000 bales, the annual receipts have been
increasing, varying from year to year, according to
the extent of the crop, until the season of 1890-91,
when they passed the 1,000,000-bale mark.
The receipts at this port during the past season
(784,983 bales) have been smaller in the gross than
those of the previous year by 161,289 bales, or 17.04
per cent.
MA YOJR'S ANNUAL REPORT. SSt
The net receipts (782,996 bales) have been smaller
than those of the previous year by 161,414 bales, or
17.10 per cent., and constituting 10.63 per cent, of
the total crop, as against 09.55 per cent, for the year
1894-95.
It is gratifying to know that this loss was on account of the reduction in the size of the crop, viz:
2,730,293 bales, and that our port actually received
an increase in the proportion of net receipts to the
total crop. Our gain in percentage was the largest
of any port.
It is to be remarked in this connection that there
was shipped through this port to Charleston 16,142
bales, and to Port Royal 921 bales, of which no account was taken here, the cotton being credited to
the above-mentioned ports.
Savannah still holds her own as the third largest
cotton market in the country, and the first Atlantic
port.
The value per bale of cotton was considerably
more than the previous year, and while the receipts
fell off about 161,000 bales, the value was over
$5,000,000 greater.
For the year 1895-96 the average value per bale of
upland cotton was $40.18, and of sea island $68.63,
as against $27.71 for upland and $66.55 for sea island
in 1894-95. The differences, as will be seen, being
as much as $12.50 per bale for upland and $2.00 for
sea island.
The cotton crop of 1895-96 was 7,162,473 bales,
against 9,892,766 bales for 1894-95, showing a decrease of 2,730,293 bales.
9SS MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPOR1.
The season opened with middling quoted at
Tic. in Savannah,
Sic. in New York,
4id. in Liverpool.
By October 16 Savannah was 8 ll-16c., New York
9lc., and Liverpool 4 15-16d.
The lowest points touched during the season were
as follows, viz:
Savannah, July 15, middling 6f c.
New York, July 15, middling 7 l-16c.
Liverpool, July 27, middling 3ld.
Sea IfllandThe total crop of sea island for the year was 93,187
bags, the largest ever grown, exceeding that of 1894-
95 by 18,348 bags.
Of this, Georgia raised 60,522 bags, as against
53,716 bags last year.
Savannah's receipts for the year amounted to
77,399 bags, or 83.05 per cent, of the entire crop, an
increase of 13,094 bags over 1894-95, making Georgia
still rank first as a sea island cotton-growing State.
Of the 77,399 bags, Savannah's receipts, Georgia
furnished 76.52 per cent., Florida 23.31 per cent, and
South Carolina 00.17 per cent., as against Georgia
82.01 per cent., Florida 17.19 per cent., and South
Carolina 00.80 per cent, in 1894-95.
The whole movements for the years 1895-96, 1894
-95 and 1893-94 is given in the following pages.
Detailed Statement of Cotton Movements at Savannah for the Years !895-'96,1894-'95 and !893-'94.
SEASONS
December.............
January ..............
February. ............
Match ................
April.................
May..................
June..................
July..................
August...............
Total. ............
GROSS RECEIPTS.
1895--96
Upland
83,437
188,847
90,178
102,172
52.585
GO.Oll
45,579
27,422
17,973
7,220
2.U14
29.646
707,584
Sea Island
7,161
10,034
25,710
16,200
8,029
4,347
1,814
848
2.8S1
70
140
229
77,419
1894-'95
c
"a

111,803
237,925
155,134
126,171
79,798
61,008
67,190
33,007
14,078
11,073
02ti
2,950
881,907
bland Sea
5,125
12,158
19,097
18,477
6,638
2,754
673
247
119
5
51
64,305
>
189S--04
1
5
110,045
239,08?
180,002
159,929
RH.2S8
S9.17P
84.BOB
2U.83I
MUSi
15,873
7,220
4,065
1)17,146
bland Sea
1,893
13,81
10,354
11.580
B,OIO
3,550
1,023
217
3
23
3
10
54,259
NET RECEIPTS.
1895-'96
1
e. U
83,437
188,847
90,168
102,172
52,065
60.009
45,578
27,422
17,967
I,10O
2,314
28,453
705,597
a
I
2,161
10,034
25,1190
15,200
8,02ft
4,347
1,814
848
2,831
76
140
229
77,399
1894-'95
1
1
111,803
237,925
155,134
120,171
79,714
51,008
56,112
33,310
13,778
11,073
0%
2,851
880,105
I
1
5,125
12.158
19,097
18,477
5,588
2,754
673
247
119
5
61
04,305
1893--94
Upland
109,990
288,747
180,002
159,929
83,223
39,140
34,567
20,534
15,54
15,873
7,217
4,289
918,171
Island Sea
1,893
13,381
16,364
11,580
6,016
3,550
1,023
217
203
1
16
54,259
ElPOMTS GREAT BBITAIV
1895--W
ts!
12,934
8,971
3,008
|........
24,913
bland Sea
US8
5,8fiO
975
10,473
1894--95

1
16,074
ir,86
11,107
45,047
I
I
4,348
8,478
5,259
18,085
1898-94
I
1)1,352
30.238
18.120
17.fi<8
3,501
88,859
bland Sea
4,608
6,801
4,29
5,631
1,601
22,932
Detailed Statement of Cotton Movements at Savannah, Etc.-Continued.
SEASONS.
September
October....
November .
December ,
January . , .
March......
April ......
May .......
July .........
August ......
Total......
KXPORTB FRANCE.

1
(1,501
5,450
0,305
6,174
24,433
Sea Island
507
800
602
97
1.9SO
1894-'95
e
1
8,350
6,650
8,059
4,760
2,784
25,043
Sea Island
287
1,510
255
109
!!,117
1893-'94.
a
6,300
11,H50
4,200
4,460
5,601
81,101
Sea Island
633
404
253
256
1&40
KXP'TS CONTINENT.
1895->98
|
18,400 ro,ii5
89,089
49,245
20.860
80,810
40.467
15,118
20,508
6,022
304,331
1894-'95
|
' 129,749
81,184
01,398
47,200
4r,693
35,817
35,144
5,226
8,776
8,250
466,335
1893- '94
I
23,300
68,732
02,860
65,249
64,868
16,818
26,790
22,351
26,309
0,162
371,884
HXPOBTB CHANNEL.
1896-'98
Upland
1894--95
O
U93-'94
|
KXPOHTS COASTWISE.
1896--06
1
.28,942
64,445
42,972
43,720
40,878
84,645
39,246
14,240
18,724
6,662
4,188
13,328
330,440
3
1
914
T.8IS
121623
5,583
7,683
7,127
8,878
4,907
452
192
290
02,742
1894--95
1
U
37.06G
52,789
72,642
44,805
3!459
24,06(1
28,609
23,780
19,848
13,274
3,685
1,878
856,032
Island Sea
1.011
7,994
8,750
6,710
5,803
7,557
3,160
1,812
781
173
49
9
44,139
mv
I
is
76,420
87,870
42,767
,686
28,766
19,056
11,792
19,440
9,402
3,583
424,490
I
1,817
8,821
4,(M4
4,206
4423
3,640
4.421
2,491
825
65!
149
103
29,518
SPOT SALES.
1896- '98
Upland
19,852
21,82?
0,978
8,861
17,819
9.009
7,886
6,204
2290
342
650
6,626
108,918
18W-'95
I
35,182
41,627
17,789
15,338
19,817
9,959
8,883
6,884
6,907
1,083
449
2,621
168,864
1893- '94
Q,
a
86,093
61,421
32,453
36,416
14,808
8.SI9
10,887
6,0*4
7,249
2,709
1,880
3,078
198,344
(fit which 410 Sea Island,
isns-oi J Manufactured, 1788 Upland. IBUO-WI ( jjeitfojred by tt9i 5 upland.
I IteBblpped to Interior, 218 Upland.
f Of which, 824 bales Sea Island.
J Manufactured, 2,199 Upland.
< Degirayga by Flrei Ks Upland, 2 Bea Island.
IKeshtpped to Interior, 1,807 Upland.
f'Of which, 780 bales Sea Island.
J Manufactured, 1,623 Upland.
< Dggtjoyga b, Br6i 755 inland, 68 Bea Island.
Interior, 830 Upland, 2 Bea Island.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Exports in Detail.
SS5
SEASON.
Halmo ......................................
Oporto ..................................
Warberg ....................................
Hangb...... .................................
8t. Petersburg...... .......................
GelHe. .......................................
Riga
1895-'96.
T>

48
59,028
162,643
110,966
3,548
195
12
836,440
213
1,738
24,913
24,433
24,433
Sea Illand
6,714
46,595
9,318
115
62, 742
. _
10,473
1,9H6
1,986
3,650 ........
16,175 *
119,924 10
46,215
85.564
3,990
450
8.400
1,000
1,000 14,500 ........
4,103 ...
2,600
500
250
600
303,931
691,658
410
75,591
18M-'95
c
1
244
n
110,42i
160,806
76,881 T'H
356,036
MOT
2,475
45,047
25,043
11
Sea Illnnd
3,465
30,r72
9,962
44,199

2
18,085
2,117
25,043
8,100
51.675
187,904
2,750
66,947
93,590
7 175
2,117
'""324
........
4,450........
4,125........
3.500
16.507
8,013
3,050
1,100
1,075 ........
50
455,011
884,919
324
64,727
1893-'94.
0
c
M"a
U>
67,088
92,079
10,510 im
424,496
830
2,378
88,858
81,101
81,101
1,700
50,909
131,389
65,767
82,632
3,150
1:300
1,000
27,210
2,750
371,104
913,268
Sea Inland
3,016
21,006
5,496
29,518
2
68
22,932
1,546
1,546
"""280
........
500
780
54,846
S36 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Foreign Exports, via Direct and Coastwise Steamships, from
Savannah, Ga., for the Years !895-'96, !894-'95 and
!893-'94.
Liverpool....... .................................
Havre.................... ..........................
Bremen ........................................
Hamburg. ..................................... ..
Amsterdam .................... .................
Antwerp.............. ...........................
Ghent..............................................
TrlaatA
Barcelona........ .................................
Lisbon.............................................
Oporto .............................................
Genoa................................... ...........
Beval... ......... ..................................
St. Petersburg.......................... ........
Hiogo...............................................
BJga .......................... .....................
Leghorn .......... . ..............................
Christian ia.........................................
Bergen.......... ..................................
Hango .......................................... ...
Gothenburg..... .................................
Malmo ........................................... ..
Norrkoping.... ............ ......................
Nykoping. . .............. ........................
Glasgow ..........................................
Manchester.................... ..................
Geffle .............................................. .
Naples............. .............................
Libau ............ .................................
Bantanda. ........ ................................
Coruna................................... .........
Warberg .......................................... T-*H(^H!A.
Vera Cruz. .......................................
Panzecola.............................. .. ....... ..
Orizaba ^............... ... ........................
Leou..... ...................... .....................
City of Mexico.................... .......... .
Guadalajara.....................................
Uddevalla........................................
/^SlTf-tltf^TFftki
Total......-..........-....-.........-.........
VjdMd.
Stt^3is4.
isutitr
8llil. 1896-'M.
129,659
44,765
183,255
5,753
4,303
9,625
700
6,000
85,564
1,800
1,000
55,765
38,450
23,600
1,4UO
1,395
1,050
1,000
11,654
3,650
1,400
6UO
2,685
4,300
3,600
200
200
300
3,400
627,463
Uplud. CNrUud. Outfit; Bain.
1884-'96.
125,633
46,241
243,960
24,702
15,954
16,710
. 300
2,700
95,690
2.745
6,525
73,544
85,152
27,362
1 400
200
2,000
1,100
3,500
13,700
4.450 4 dnn
1,100
878
i son
3,650
8,600
1,200
200
. 500
3,050
50
813,696
IpUad.
BM Uui.
Sawtity
BMN.
1883- '91.
159,499
orv oQo
171* fiHQ
Q QOn
|0 QQfi
Oe Aftn
3,250
(Ttfl
87,170
O ftcn
O fUZf*
79 riftQ
70,535
34,725
I
QJlA
o 7ftn
1,200
I
ooe
i*? *\fiy5
700
*> 7AA
1,010
3,484
150
100
I
UAfl
100
3,165
200
200 9f\n
500
50
800
OAfk
732,405
Receipts of Upland and Sea Island Cotton at the Port of Savannah, 6a., and Weight and Value for the
Years !895-'96, !894-'95 and !893-'94.
Upland........
Wea Island...
Total........
QUANTITY, BALES.
1895-'96.
707,564
77,419
784,983
1894-'5.
881,967
64,305
946,272
1893-'94.
917,146
64,259
971,405
WEIGHT, POUNDS
1895-'96
344,831,316
30,146,410
374,976,725
1894-'95.
437,049,927
25,176,050
462,225,977
1893-'94.
448,952,138
20378,320
469,830,458
VALUE, DOLLABS.
1895-'96
28,429,921
5,313,265
33,743,186
1894-'96.
24,439305
4,279,497
28,718,802
1893-'94.
34,814,862 15
4,114,769 g
60
38,929,631 th.
Exports of Upland and Sea Island Cotton from the Port of Savannah, Ga., and Weight and Value for the
Years !895-'96, !894-'95 and 1893-94.
Upland. ......
Sea Island....
Total........
QUANTITY, BALES.
1895-'96.
691,658
75,591
767,249
1894-'95.
884,919
64,727
949,646
1893-'94.
918,268
54,846
978,114
WEIGHT, POUNDS.
1895- '96.
387,079,526
29,433,623
366,613,14?
1894-'95.
438,512,761
25,841,267
463,854,028
1893-'94.
449,501,868
21,104,192
470,605,660
VALUE, DOLLARS.
1895-'96.
27,790,818
5,187,810
32,978,628
1894-'95.
24,621,105
4,307,581
28,828,686
1893-'94.
34,857,453
4,169,392
39,026,845
s
Prices of Spot Cotton at Savannah, Ga., !893-'94. Showing Highest and Lowest Price Each Week.
WEEK W.VJHNII.
ISM 9i.
September,........ a
September.,,...... 15 September,........ W September,..,,....29 October,,,,.,.,,,., 6
October,,,.........18 October............80
October............ 27 November......... H
November.........10 November .........17
November.......... 21
December.......... 1
8
Decent ber.,........ 15
December.......... 23 December,.........2t)
January............ 6
January............!;
January ...........19
January...........! February.......... "
February..........
February........... 16
23 March............. 2
March..,,..,,..... 9 March.......,....,16
March.............23
March.............80
April.............
April....,....,....,*
April.,,............27
May................ May ...............i:
May................18
June.............
June........ ...
June.............
June.............
June.............
July..............
.1 illy.............. JuVy................2
AUKUMt.............
V'AIB. Mmm.iNii KAIH.
Ilgheat Lowest Highest Lowest
i-16
l-,6
O. MlDllI.INO.
Highest Lowest
8MB
77-16
-16
7Mfl
71&-1H
7 11-18
7 H-lfl
7 15-16
8
MlDlll.l.Vll.
Highest Lowest
7 15-18
7-16
MB
BM
B 13-16
Prices of Spot Cotton at Savannah, Ga., !894-'95, Showing Highest and Lowest Price Each Week.
WEEK ENDING.
1884-'M.
October.. ........ ..18
November ......... 9
Noyember.........l6
November......... 23
December..'........ 7
January ...........11
January. ...... ....18
February........... 1
8
February..........!!
February ...... ....28
March............. 1
March............. f March.,...........16
March... ...... ....2!
April............... 6
April......... ......11
April............ .
May................ i May................ll
May........ ...... ..17
May................!!.
May.......... ......3
July................
July................i:
July................!
July........,.......*
AuKult... ...... ....H
i'AIK.
Highest Lowest
MIDDLING FAIK. .
Highest
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Lowest
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
G. MIDDLING |
Highest. Lowest
CH
m69-16
6 li-16
6
6
6 11-16
6
57-16
6 7-16
63-16
11-16
6
8
EI-,6
67-18
67-16
6
5K
5X
67-16
57-16
515-16
63-16
6M
68-16
6K
8M8
69-16
6 16-16
7 1-16
7
7
7
816-16
6M
6 16-16
615-16
8 16-16
615-16
7
78-16
7 11-16
69-16
69-16 '
T
6 11-16
69-16
67-16
5 7-16
lj-16
56-16
57-16
69-16
k
61-16
6 3-16
8 9-16
6 9-16
69-16
6 9-16
f
7
6 16-16
H
as8 16-16
16-18
8 16-16
6 16-16
7 1-18
T 6-16
17 7-16 .
MIDDLING.
Highest
6*
KM
6 6-16
5 15-16
m
F16
53-16
63-16
415-16
% 63-16
6M
6H
6 1-18
5 1-16
6 1-16
5H
11-16
6 1-16
6
6 1-16
6 1-16
5 3-10 S*
616-16 3""
66-16
6 5-16
6 11-16
6 13-16
-8*1-16
Hl-16
6 11-16
8 11-16
6 11-16
6M
ff-,6
'K
Lowest
65-16
65-16
6
8
57-16
56-18
5 Mi;
68-16
47*
4 13-16
1
51-16
61-16
5
6
6H
5 1-16
6 1-16
6
5
6
6
5
6U-I6
fls-ir,
513-16
5 16-16
6 5-16
65-16
86-18
66-16
1
611-16
6
III
6 11-16
8 11-18
8 11-16
6 11-16
7*
r
L. Mil)
Highest
61-16
6 1-16
6
5*7-l
5 7-16
6^
4 15-16
4 1MB
4 11-16
6
4 15-16
4M
4 13-16
4 18-16
413-16 ;L i
56-16
5 11-16
ftia
tfw.
6 1-18
6 1-16
6
6
6
6M
6M6
67-18
67-11
6W6
67-16
69-16
flu
DLINO.
Lowest
6
6
6 11-16
5 3-16
P*
4 15-16
415-16 4 *i
4 9-16
4
4
JW
413-16
ffl-M
4 11-16
4 1S-16
4H
4 11-16
4 11-16
4 11-18
4 11-16
4 11-16
415-18
5*S
69-16
8
F>, is
B
61-16
87-16
6 7-16
67-16
<9
86-16
6 6-16
65-16
W
6>16
6 11-18
6 13-16
G. ORDINARY.
Highest
511-16
6 6-16
6Hi 5*4
4 13-16
4 11-16 L
J
4 11-16
4Hit
8JW
11-16
4 7-16
4
4 7-18
47-16
49-16
6
5 6-16
5M6
lilB
5 11-16
5 11-16
H
6 1-lfi
6 1-16
6 1-16
B
6 16-16
8
6
11
IS
61-1
6 Hi
611-16
Lowest
6 11-18
5 11-16
61-16
m418-18
4 11-16
4
.
k
41-16
4 7-16
4^-16
4 7-16
4K
4
4
6 1-16
6 3-16
S
m
:
6 11-16
61-16
6 1-16
6 1-16

515-16
6 16-16
5 16-16
1!
6
6
5
1 11-16
ORDINARY.
Highest
4
4
4Hi
49-16
4 13-16 ?u
ft 1-16
5 846
5 M6
6 "
11-16
59-16
16M8
8%
67-16
57-16
67-16
6K*
Lowest
4
4
4
4 3-1
4M
4 11-16
6M
m6H
6M
6H
8 1-16 iH
11-16
5 7-16
6 7-16
67-18
5*
6K
Prices of Spot Cotton at Savannah, Ga., !895-'96. Showing Highest and Lowest Price Each Week.
WEKK KNIIIMI. FAIU MIDIILINQ FAIB u. MIWJLINQ ,
i80&-'iM.
Hoptombor. ........18
Houtembor. ....... .20
September. ........ 27
October. ........... 4
October..., ........11
October............ 18
November.......... 1
November,,,,,.,,.. It
November ....... ..2S
November.. . ...... .29
December.......... 6
December.......... IS
December.......... 20
December.......... 21
January ........... 5
January ........... 1C
January ...........11
January ...........24
January. ........... 31
February .....,..,, '
February ........ ..!
FebruarT...........2S
March.............. tl
March... ...... ....,13
March..... .........20
Mareh..,..........,27
April...... .........11
April............ ..17
April ...... .........24
May................ 1
8
May.. ....... .......15
May........ .......22
May....... .........28
June,..............,i:
June ......... ......V
June,.... ........ .,28
July................ 8
July...... ....... ...li
July....... ....... ..17
July. ............ ..2-
July...... ....... ...3
AuKUSt. ............
August........... ..28
August.. ....... ....81
llKhoat Lowest Highest
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
""'
7
7
7
lowest
Nominal Nominal Nominal
7
7M
Highest
815-16
8 18-16
88-16
85-16
8 5-16
ftis
7 15-16
8M
!*
8
8 8
ki6
7tl6 IS
7lll6
7 11-18
7 11-16
i
718-16
li 18-16
6 18-16
75-M
77-16
7
%
Loweit
PL
718-16
atie
88-16
a
8M
8 1-18
81-16
8
715-16 %
1
8
%
11-16
?l*
7 11-16 PL' 7 11-16
fu
7 18-16
8 18-16
6 13-16
6 18-16
6 18-18
7 8-16
71-16
MIDDLING
Hlgheit f
sli-ie
H-16
8 MB
85-16
8
83-16
88-16
81-16
8
?K
7 15-16
7 U-18
79-16
7 7-16
7^.16 \
79-16
79-18
7ll-16
7
7
il,6 7 11-16
7
Lowest
?M
71,8
7 0-18
P-16
F*
715-16
7 15-16
7 18-16
7 11-16
7 11-16
7 11-18
7 11-16
PL
11-18
79-16
79-16
PL
?1i.i
?1l-16
?Kr
7
k
6M
?
71-18
7
6 18-16
L, MIDDL1NO
Iltgheit
1.
m
8S-16
8 8-16
83-16
8 1-16
7 13-18
7 W-16
79-18
?1l-l,
79-16
7 >18
77-16
75-18
PL
77-16 in
7 7-18
7 7-18
79-16
79-16
79-16
7 M6
78-18
815-16
6 15-16
8 18-16
fi 18-16
S1-i6
6 7-16 |K
77-18
7 7-16
6M
Lowest
7
615-16
7 3-16
11-16
83-16
713-16
713-16
m
lll
7 13-18
77-16
7>16
%
n.16
75-16
11-16
Tt-18
7M
75-16
7 3-16
8 18-18
8 13-16
6 18-16
818-18
a,8
67-16
8 MS
87-16
81W6
?il6
U. OHU1NAKY
Hiiinest
7 11-16
11-18
,1-16
75-16
7 W8
T8-16
7
li 1MB
7
7 3-16
r.M6
%
nu 73-18
75-18
75-18
75-18
H-16
8 15-16
6 11-16
6 11-16
69-18
6 9-16
68-18
68-16
8M
6K
7W
7 8-16
Ix)wet
7 W6
8 15-16
6 15-16
6 15-18
7M
7H
71-16
7 1-16
?*-,.
11-16 n*6 15-16
89-16
6M8
69-16
89-16
ill.
68-16
68-16
63-16
ft- 6M
OHDINAKY.
HlKheit Ix>we>t.
Dates of First Light and First Killing Frosts at Savannah, Ga.
YEAR
fQirO
1873........................
IflTj.
1875.......................
1876........................
1ft*77
1(17(1
1879.......... .............. tooA
ififti
1882................ .......
1883........... ............
Iftftd
TQQ=
IfifiA
1887........................
1QOQ
f QCQ
1890........................
1RO1
1892........................
1(|OQ
1894.......... ..............
18Q5
1896........................
LIGHT
November 16........ ...............
November 14. .....................
October 15...........................
October 17............ ....... .......
November 21....... ........ .......
October 20.... ...................... . November 10........... ............
October 24............. ........ ......
November 26.......................
November 16........'.. ....... ....
November 3........... . ............
October 17............... ...... ....
November 15...... ....... ..........
October28................. .........
October 81. ..................... ....
November 11.......................
November 19.......... .............
November 1...... ..................
October 24........ ..................
October 26.. . .................. ......
October 81........................ ...
November 6........................
November 13.............. .........
November 14.......................
W/\\rpmlv*i* 4
KILLING
November 22 (?).
November 20.
"January 30 (1875).
December 10.
December 20.
November 30.
November 2.
November 22.
November 16.
January 4 (1882).
November 22.
December 18.
December 3.
November 23.
November 27.
November 20.
November 27.
November 29.
December 10.
November 18.
November 16.
November 11.
November 21.
December 3.
November 27.
*Not included in average.
Tonnage at Port of Savannah, 1895-96 and 1894-95.
Coastwise Entries.........
Coastwise Clearances....
Total Coastwise.... ........
Foreign Entries...... ......
Foreign Clearances.......
Total Foreign...............
Grand Total..................
Sept. 1,1895, to HE. 31, 1896
Vessels
480
877
807
239
290
529
1,386
Tonnage
716,013
635,000
1,350,013
211,089
288,954
500,043
1,850,056
Sojt.U89UOAlt.31, 1895
Vessels
487
420
907
268
318
586
1,493
Tonnage
737,833
649,303
1,886,636
243,710
8 J 5,497
659,207
1,945,848
Prices of Spot Cotton at Savannah, Ga., !895-'96. Showing Highest and Lowest Price Each Week.
WKKK KNIHNR.
1895-'(M,
October...... ......18
November.......... 1 November .........
November......... 25
Deoemlier.......... (
January........... .3:
February ..........1
March....... .......18
March......... .....IS
April...............
April....... ........10
April............ ..17
April ........ .......24
May................
May....... ......... 8
My................l
May........ .......38
1>r atf n
June.,.......,,...., June................!' Jane...............!
July................ July................l
July. ...... .,,.,,.,-U July. ......... ......3
August... ...... ....28
AuKUlt....... ......3
k'AIU
lilRhet l.DWUKt
Mll>l,IN(l KA11I
Highest
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
.. .......
7
7
7
l<owest
Nominal
Nominal
Nominal
...........
7
7
7>i
, MlUDLlNQ (
HlghOit
816-16
813-16
fi-is
86-16
86-18
8U
8W8
7 16-16
8M
?
8
8
8
ki6
7^16
?S
7lll8
7 11-16
7 11-16
7^8-16 IK
6 13-16
I! 13-11! 7 wr>
77-16
i
Loweit
a?>ie
7 13-16
l>18
83-16
11-18
8 1-18
8
% 7 16-16
!
8
?
?ll6
ft.
7 11-16
7 11-16
ft.
?U
?U
6M
8 13-16
G 13-16 ii is-in
H 13-16
73-18
PL
Miuuiatio' j
Illgheit t
85*
Of?
8 11-18
H-16 8 Me
86-16
83-16
83-16
81-16
8
7-16
7 1M8
79-16
W
PI,.
79-16
79-16
711-16
P
7
R-16
7 11-16
Low 0 t
a
71-16
; v-ie
11-16
8
r*
716-18
7 1W6
7 13-16
7 11-18
7 11-16
7 11-16
7M6
?L
!f-16
7 9-16
79-16
iL
WM.
lfl-16
r
7
7M6
7
818-16
L. MlUDLlNO "
Illgheit
83-16
8Mnie
83-18
83-18
8 1-16
7 1S-16
8
kw
79-16
?\16
79-18 il
7 7-18
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ii.
77-16
7 7-16
7 7-18
7 9-16
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616-16
816-16
6 13-18
li 13-16
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M
67-16
M
77-16
77-18
B*
Lowest
7
7 816-16
7 3-18
If-,6
8S-18
7 13-18
71S-16
IU
718-18
77-18
7 3-16
?i
7 M6
76-ltt
7H
7 7-18
79-16
n
7 3-16
8 18-16
8 13-16
613-16
6 13-16
SI-16
6 7-16
a r-16
67-16
OS-IB
*
" O. OBU1NAHY
lllghot
7 11-16
lf-,6
11-16
7 6-16
7 6-18
78-16
li 16-16
7 3-16
73-16
J MB
73-18
76-16
76-18
76-16
11-16
16-16
6 11-16
6 11-18
69-16
89-16
83-16
88-16
*KRio
73-16
Ix>wet
'
7 3-16
6 16-16
6 16-16
6 16-16
7
7M
?1-16
7 1-16
111.
11,8
Pi6 16-16
69-16
69-16
6 9-18
69-16
6M6
6 3-16
8 8-18
63-18
69-16
6M
OllBlNAKY.
lllgbent ijowett.
.........
. "
Dates of First Light and First Killing Frosts at Savannah, Ga.
YEAR
lR7->
1S7Q
1874........................
1875........... ............
1876....... .................
IB'77
1878............ ... .........
1879........................
IQQA
Iflftl
1fi&9
1883........................
1AA1
1885.......... ........... ...
1880.......... ..............
1887........................
Ififtfi
IftftQ
1890.......................
tOQl
1892......... ...............
1893........................
IftQj
1895....... ............ .....
1896........................
A vfitffvirA llfltiA
LIGHT
November 16......................
November 14. .....................
October 16................ ....... ....
October 17....... ................. ..
November 21......... ..............
November 10......... ............. .
October 20..... .................... ..
November 10..................... ..
October 24............ ...............
November 26.......................
November 15-......1.. ....... ....
November 3............ ......... ...
October 17...... ............... ....
November 15............ ...........
October28........ ......... .........
October 81............... ....... ....
November 11,......, ...............
November 19.......................
November 1...... ..................
October 24........ ..................
October 26.. ........................ . October 31......................... ..
November 6.......... . .............
November 13..... ..................
November 14.......................
November 4.................. ......
KILLING
November 22 (?).
November 20.
January 30 (1875).
December 10.
December 20.
November 30.
November 2.
November 22.
November 16.
January 4 (1882).
November 22.
December 18.
December 3.
November 25.
November 27.
November 20.
November 27.
November 29.
December 10.
November 18.
November 12.
November 16.
November 11.
November 21.
December 3.
November 27.
*Not included in average.
Tonnage at Port of Savannah, 1895-96 and 1894-95.
Coastwise Entries... ......
Coastwise Clearances....
TVifal rVtffltuHaA
Foreign Entries............
Foreign Clearances.......
Total Foreign...............
Grand Total..................
Stpt. 1,1895, 18 ill.31, 1896
Vessels
480
877
807
239
290
529
1,886
Tonnage
715,013
635,000
1,850,013
211,089
288,954
500,043
1,850,0,56
Swt. 1,1894, to All 51,1895
Vessels
487
420
907
268
318
586
1,493
Tonnage
737,333
649,803
1,386,636
243,710
315,47
559,207
1,946,843
S4S MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Record of Cotton Receipts, Exports and Value at Savannah'
Ga., Years Named, Ending August 31st, 1875-76 to 1895-96,
21 Years.
YEAR.
1876.........
1877... .....
1S78.........
1879.........
1880.. ......
188!. .. ......
1882.........
1883. ...... ..
1884.........
1885.........
1886.........
1887.........
1888..........
1889.........
1890.........
1891.........
1892.........
1893.........
1894.........
1895.........
1896 ........
Total.....
Receipt* Bates.
Upland
538,825
482,371
611,982
691,446
737,431
881,161
728,148
814,047
655,784
710,459
786,051
781,089
875,017
798,628
924.282
1,093.978
985,732
758,119
917,146
881.769
707,664
16,359,207
Stt Is'M.
7,172'
5.7361
11,311
8,280
11,577
15,520
17,229
12,004
9,331
19,543
23,388
27,365
23,518
29,991:
32.235
45,630
42,084
35,779
54,259
64,305
77,41!
Value.
Dollar*.
32,945,558
25,557,282
32,062,191
32,446,294
38,701,243
48,151,769
40.038,020
41,715,575
33,026,168
36,310,299
38,805,449
36,051,016
41,709,123
40,537,041
49,162,900
6,168,413
42,815,047
34,598,595
38,929,631
28,718,802
33,743,186
573,676 .1 802 343,602
Exports Bale*.
Upland.
536,826
484,434
610,496
693,122
728,231
879,201
733,656
815,143
658,836
708.344
785,045
778,555
874,669
797,146
921,467
1,095,296
988,088
756,388
918.2:68
884,919
691,658
Sea Is'ld.
7,033
5,871
11,396
8,286
11,526
15,201
17,541
12,055
9,255
19,083
22.790
27,939
24,033
29.382
32.8S1
43,782
42,160
36,162
54,846
64,727
75,591
16,339,7881571,540
Value.
Dollars.
32,817,572
25,691,547
31,993,123
32,525,777
38,233,425
48,019,799
40,495,221
41,773,265
33,221,875
36,191,441
38,8(17,726
36,159,996
41,678,008
40,413,541
49,087,006
56,081.501
42,915,719
34,559,941
39,026,845
28,828,686
32,978,628
801,600,642
Cotton for Twenty-One Years.
Aggregate receiptsbales.................. 16,932,883
Aggregate value receipts.................... $802,343,602
Aggregate exportsbales.................. 16,911,328
Aggregate value exports.................... $801,500,642
Very respectfully,
- J. P. MERRIHEW,
Secretary and Superintendent.
MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPORT. 34S
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 25th, 1897.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor:
SIRAs requested by you, I beg to hand you herewith some statistics showing amount of naval stores
handled at this port for the year ending December
31st, 1896.
It will be seen by comparison of amount of naval
stores received here during the past nine months,
and the same time in 1895, that there is an increase
of 12 per cent, over last season's receipt?, which were
the largest ever received here.
Turpentine has ranged in price from 22c., the lowest price paid, to 261 e., the highest.
Rosin has ranged as follows: Good stained, $1.30
to $1.65; low pales, $1.55 to $1.85, and water white,
$2.00 to $2.85.
; Respectfully,
EDW. G. TRENHOLM,
Superintendent.
S44 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Comparative Statement of Naval stores at Savannah, Ka., December Siflt. 1896
Receted this season. ...................
SHIPMJENTS-FORKIGN
Cork. f.o... ...............................
Hull. .....................................
MODteTUeo,t.o.... ......................
SHIPJiBNTS-COASTWlSE
Philadelphia.............................
r*t/Uat~.. .............................. .
Total.................................
Stock remaining. ....................
SPIRITS
5,319
307,906
313,224
ROSIN
134.878
946.164
1,081,142
THIS 8IA8O.V
Spirits
200
39,186
"^S
100
2,422 roii
7,850
35,892
6,873
16,354
58,587
200
200
32,018
131
"S
see
3.769
11.011
6,881
27,444
2,721
278,59
34.621
Rosin.
4,160
12,525
15,428
2,975
18,265
15,827
2.966
j
4,250
63,849
22,737
35352
4,400
3,408
W32
46,116
M.988
2,400
4,060
4,968
84,131
13,485
10,521
1.638
9,645
12JOO
450
8,032
6373
4,300
69,408
12,300
2.000
8,800
m
15,609
S2,40g
5,883
47.769
6,903
27,754
97,964
25,453
I 828.333
t 252310
Jame Time Last Season
SPIRITS ROSIN
2,421
285,798
288,219
88,280
931, 72 1
1,021,007
8AKX TIME
LAST 8XA80K
Spirits
150
28,216
6,714
400
900
84*0
28,374
18,720
15,590
73,312
18,038
2,430
TOO
5,799
11358
B.803
47.006
8,606
269J07
18.31
Rosin *
8,875
9,757
17,239
9.733
26,521
1,800
11,598
400
10.325
12,896
8.829
8.006
8,573
21,162
70,652
80,388
13,470
6,700
18,635
7,300
8,140
2,858
10.579
7,502
6,594
62,860
700
2,909
5,671
1,000
907
6,306
21,755
2,455
91,295
48,630
23490
148.7*7
41,654
816J26
203.781
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. S45
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movement of Naval Stores at Savannah, 1896-97.
Htook on hanil April tot, 1MB. . . . . . .................................................................................................
Total supply. . .................................................................................... .,..,.....,...,,..,,.,......
8H1PMKNT8.
April......................................
Mftjr................... ....................
July..,, ....................................
Stock on band December 31, 1886. .......
FORKIGN.
8PIKIT8.
7,050
33,320
84,871
28,21?
86,600
18,365
27,159 27,708
18,471
226,761
ROSIN.
61,950
54,820
52.T18
88,018
51.805
85,770
77,780
92,073
711,538
683,B89
NKW YORK.
, SPIRITS.
7,736
8,713
H.214
2.9T6
87
1,270
2.ti80
2,088
Oil
ItoSl.N.
12,424
18.585
13,276
12,17 "
9,779
6,800
111,632
5.B54
4,149
27,444 | 97,064
8UNJHHKS.
Sl'lHlTS.
8,948
4,045
2,755
2,240
2,350
2,668
2,720
2,1118
1,474
24,393
ROBIN,
15,872
23.1W
20,722
18,181
1U,(B2
10,624
13,(ll
10,328
n.oro
136,979
Sl'IHITS,
6,319
H07.W5
813,224
278,506
84,626
HOfilN.
184,9(8
04H.1U4
1,081,142
828,832
252,810
s
MA YOS'S ANNUAL REPORT. S47
Entrance* and Clearance* In and from this Port
January i, x89<, to December 31,1896.
Coast entry....................... /
Coast clearance ..................
Foreign entry............... ..... O J
Foreign clearance. ...............
Total..............................
Ho.
421
366
fl7fi
317
1,280
Tonnage.
698,577
623,966
258,638
318,378
1,899,559
Crew.
17,502
16,293
4,417
5,367
43,579
Exports Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1896...........$22,710,012 00
J. F. B. BECKWITH,
Collector.
848 MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT,
BANK CLEARANCES.
SAVANNAH, GA., Jan. 5th, 1897.
A. N. Manucy, Esq., Clerk of Council, Savannah, Ga.:
DEAR SIRIn reply to yours of this date, I beg to
inform you that the bank clearings for the year 1896
amounted to $124,756,337.08by months as follows:
January.................. ......$ 12,368,716 17
February........................ 10,852,586 17
March........................... 8,403,368 42
April........... ................. 7,367,729 82
May.............................. 7,991,395 38
June.............................. 6,339,421 67
July.............................. 6,231,868 02
August........................... 6,810,973 90
September........................ 14,006,350 13
October.......................... 16,338,453 21
November....................... 14,603,548 45
December....................... 13,441,925 74
Total...... ...................$124,756,337 08
Yours truly,
JNO. M. HOGAN,
Sec'y and Treas. Savannah Clearing Assn.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 849
Bank Clearances, Showing increase for Years
1895189*.
Clearances for 1894... ................... .$108,566,174 79
" 1895....................... 124,302,142 27
" 1896....................... 124,756,337 08
Increase for 1895 over 1894..... ...... ...$15,735,967 48
" 1896 " 1895.............. 454,194 81

ORDINANCES
OR THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH
PASSED IN 1896,
COMPILED BY
A. N. MANUCY,
Clerk of Council.
SSt MArOS'S ANNUAL REPORT.
BONDED DEBT.
An ordinance to amend section three (3) of that
certain ordinance adopted by the Council of the city
of Savannah July 4,1883, and entitled "An ordinance
to compromise that portion of the bonded debt of the
city of Savannah known as the bonds of the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad Company, guaranteed
by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah
and hamlets thereof, to provide for the issue of new
bonds with which to redeem the bonds so guaranteed
now outstanding, to provide for the establishment of
a sinking fund for the redemption of such bonds,
and for other purposes."
Whereas, by reason of the high and unreasonable
prices at which the bonds issued under the terms of
the above entitled ordinance are held by the owners
thereof, it is sometimes impracticable for the sinking
fund commissioners to purchase said bonds to the
face value of six thousand dollars, as directed by said
section three of the ordinance, and it is, nevertheless, the purpose of the Mayor and Aldermen of the
city of Savannah to observe the contract made by the
said ordinance in its spirit and intent.
Section 1. For remedy whereof, it is hereby ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah, in council assembled, That said section
three (3) of the said ordinance, which said section is
embodied in section 1386 of MacDonell's Code of Savannah, be and the same is hereby so amended that
the sinking fund commissioners, mentioned in the
said section, are authorized, when they find it impracticable, on account of the high and unreasonable
prices at which they are held, to obtain the bonds of
MA YOJR'S ANNUAL REPORT. S6S
1883, issued under said ordinance to the face value
of six thousand dollars, to purchase bonds of the city
of Savannah, issued in 1879, in lieu thereof, and, in
this event, it is made the duty of the said commissioners to have the said bonds of 1879 registered in
their names as commissioners, and to hold the same
as a trust investment for the benefit of the bonds of
1883, so that at any proper time the said bonds of
1879 so held may, by them, be converted into cash
for the purpose of purchasing the bonds of 1883 and
facilitating the complete redemption of the said bonds
of 1883 as contemplated by the said ordinance of
July 4, 1883. As the coupons on the bonds of 1879,
held under this ordinance, mature, the said commissioners shall detach the same and turn them over to
the treasurer of the city of Savannah for cancellation.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 1st, 1896.
An ordinance to amend that certain ordinance
passed Jan. 1, 1896, and entitled "An ordinance to
amend section threeof that certain ordinance adopted
by the Council of the city of Savannah July 4, 1883,
and entitled ' An ordinance to compromise that portion of the bonded debt of the city of Savannah
known as the bonds of the Savannah, Albany and
Gulf Railroad Company, guaranteed by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah and hamlets
thereof, to provide for the issue of new bonds with
which to redeem the bonds so guaranteed, now out23
36f MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
standing, to provide for the establishment of a sinking fund for the redemption of such bonds, and for
other purposes.'"
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That section one of the above entitled ordinance,
passed Jan. 1, 1896, be so amended that hereafter it
shall not be necessary for the sinking fund commissioners to have the bonds of ^879 which they may
purchase, because they find it impracticable on
account of the high and unreasonable prices to obtain
the bonds of 1883, registered in their names as commissioners, and to hold the same as a trust investment for the benefit of the bonds of 1883, but the
said commissioners, when they purchase the bonds of
1879, may treat the same exactly as they would treat
the bonds of 1883, that is to say, may cancel the
same, provided that the commissioners shall keep an
account of the bonds of 1879 so purchased and cancelled, so that when the bonds of 1883 become purchasable they can then devote any part of the sinking fund for the purchase of the said bonds of 1883
to the extent required by the bond contract.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed June 17, 1896.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
An ordinance to permit the Planters' Rice Mill
Company to improve front wharf lot Number three
(3), Yamacraw, in the city of Savannah, as herein
provided, and upon the conditions herein expressed:
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. S6S
Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
that permission be and it is hereby given to the
Planters' Rice Mill Company to improve front wharf
lot Number three (3), Yaniacraw, in the city of Savannah, in the manner and to the extent asked for
in its petition to council dated Aug. 19, 1896; that
is to say, by erecting thereon one mill building of
wood three stories high and about fifty by seventy
(50x70) feet in dimension, and one granary of wood,
about forty-five feet high and about one hundred by
seventy (100x70) feet in dimension, provided both
of said buildings are covered with corrugated iron
and the plans therefor are approved by the fire committee of council and the chief fireman, and also by
erecting thereon one shed, two stories high, to be
built of brick and wood and enclosed with corrugated iron, and one unenclosed shed.
Provided, however, the roofs of all four (4) of the
structures above described are covered with tin or
gravel, and provided, further, that such open spaces
be left between the said structures and between said
structures and the buildings on the adjacent lots, and
such means of ingress and egress be made in said
buildings as shall be satisfactory to the fire committee of council and the chief fireman.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and they are hereby repealed, in so far as
they apply to this special case.
Ordinance passed August 26, 1896.
SB6 MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT.
RENTS.
An ordinance to amend section 1156 of MacDonell's Code of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the above mentioned section, to be found on
page 306 of MacDonelPs Code of Savannah, be and
the same is so amended that hereafter it shall be
lawful for the council of the city of Savannah, by
resolution, to authorize, in its discretion, a division
of land held in the city of Savannah under deeds
commonly known as ground rent titles, notwithstanding the fact that the division asked for may
cause a part or portion of land to have a frontage of
less than twenty (20) feet on a public street or
square.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed Nov. 4, 1896.
HACKS.
An ordinance to amend that certain ordinance of
the city of Savannah, passed Oct. 11, 1893, entitled
"An ordinance to regulate passenger vehicles for hire
in the city of Savannah," as amended by ordinance
passed March 27, 1895.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That hereafter it shall be the duty of the drivers of
passenger vehicles for hire in the city of Savannah,
when waiting to be hired, to stand at the place,
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. SS7
or places, designated by the committee on streets
and lanes under the above entitled ordinance, and it
shall not be lawful for the said drivers to keep their
vehicles in motion around and about the hotels in
the city of Savannah when waiting for custom, the
purpose of this prohibition being to prevent the said
drivers from moving their vehicles up and down in
front of and around the hotels, and thus obstructing
the use and passage of the streets when the said drivers are on the lookout for customers.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That any person
violating this ordinance shall be subject, on conviction before the police court of the city of Savannah,
to a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars, and to
imprisonment not to exceed ten days, either or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 22, 1896.
* HARBOR.
An ordinance to regulate the mooring of dredges
and scows in the Savannah river and the port of Savannah, and for other purposes connected therewith.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That all dredges and scows in the Savannah river
and the port of Savannah shall be so operated that
in the day time there shall not be less than one hundred (100) feet of clear channel way when vessels are
passing on the channel side of the plant. At night
S68 MA YOX>S ANNUAL REPORT.
time the dredge or scow shall he hauled out of the
channel so as to leave a clear channel of not less than
one hundred (100) feet from the center range of the
channel side.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That, in mooring
scows at the anchorages, extra care must be taken
so that the moorings are put as far from the channel
as safety will allow, and one light placed on forward
part of scow and one on the aft part. In daylight a
black and white flag shall be displayed on the channel side of the dredges. At night all lights must be
extinguished as far as possible, except that three
white lights shall be placed vertically on the channel
side. At signals given by approaching steamers, all
lines obstructing the channel must be slackened until such steamers pass.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, The above and foregoing sections are not applied to the dredge "Frolic,"
as she is being continuallv towed by a tug, and it is
not intended that her maneuvering shall be controlled by this ordinance.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That any person
operating any dredge or scow on the Savannah river
and in the port of Savannah, who shall violate any
provision of this ordinance shall be subject, upon
conviction before the police court of the city of Savannah, to a fine not exceeding one hundred (100)
dollars and imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30)
days, either or both in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed May 6, 1896.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. S59
HOUSE NUMBERIMC}.
An ordinance to provide for house numbering in
the city of Savannah:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Ijie city of Savannah, in council assembled,
that Bay street be and it is hereby made the northern
initial point for house numbering, and Bull street the
dividing line, numbers to run east and west from
said Bull street, in the city of Savannah.
The decimal or block system shall be used; that is
one hundred numbers to the block, the first block
from one to one hundred, and the next block commencing with one hundred and one, and so on.
Odd numbers shall be placed on south and west
sides of the street, and even numbers on north and
east sides.
Streets running east and west shall be designated
as Bay street east, Bay street west, etc., and in cases
where a street extends north of Bay street, like Farm
street, it shall be designated as Farm street north,
but the part running south of Bay street shall be designated as Farm street.
The division of one hundred for streets running
north and south, north of Gaston street, shall be as
follows: From Bay to Broughton street, Broughton
to South Broad street, South Broad to Liberty street,
Liberty to Jones street, and Jones to Gastou street,
and said divisions south of Gaston street to be applied
to every block.
Any street having its beginning separate from Bay
street shall be numbered so as to correspond with
numbers on parallel streets, and streets running east
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and west beyond East Broad and West Broad streets,
although with another name, shall be numbered as
if they were a continuation of the streets ending at
those points.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Commissioner of Public Works for the city of Savannah,
under the guidance and direction of the special committee in charge of the house numbering, shall see
to the carrying out of the above and foregoing plan
for house numbering in accordance with the said
plan, and shall have plats prepared of every street,
showing number of.houses and vacant lots, and shall
see to it that a number is designated to every thirty
feet of space, and further, that any points not covered
in this ordinance which may arise during the progress of the work shall be submitted to Council for
consideration.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That, after the completion of the work hereinbefore provided for, when
numbers shall thereafter be made necessary on
account of fire, or rebuilding, or new buildings, then
the owners of the property shall be required, at their
expense, to furnish their own numbers, and they
shall be of same style and material as other numbers
on the said street.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That the Commissioner of Public Works, in connection with the said
special committee, is hereby directed to renumber the
city of Savannah as herein provided for, and, further,
that the preliminary work as to cost of materials,
preparation of plats, and other details shall begin at
once, and the placing of numbers on houses, as here-
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inbefore provided for, shall be commenced not later
than Oct. 1, 1896, and be completed by Dec. 31,
1896.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed July 15, 1896.
MARKET.
An ordinance to amend that certain ordinance
passed April 30, 1890, entitled "An ordinance to
prescribe the market hours for the public market of
the city of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the above entitled ordinance be and the same
is hereby so amended that the following shall be the
hours of opening and closing the public market of
the city of Savannah, to-wit: Prom April 1 to
October 1, of each year, to open at 4 a. m., and close
at 10:30 a. m., daily, Saturdays and Sundays excepted.
From October 1 to April 1, of each year, to open at
4 a. m., and close at 11:30 a. m., daily, Saturdays and
Sundays excepted. On all Saturdays the market will
open at 4 a. m., and close at 10 p. m. The time
herein referred to is that now observed by the city of
Savannah, known as the eastern or fast time.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed May 6, 1896.
See MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPOJtl.
PARKS.
An ordinance, touching Estill park, and amending
an ordinance relating to the same, passed May 10,
1893, by annulling that portion providing for commissioners for said park, and in lieu thereof, putting
said park under control of the Park and Tree Commission for the city of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That so much of said.ordinance passed May 10, 1893,
as provides for commissioners of said Estill park is
annulled, and hereafter the Park and Tree Commission for the city of Savannah shall have the
exclusive management of said park, and shall be
charged with the care, preservation, improvement,
adornment, good order and regulation thereof.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all money
which has been, or may hereafter be appropriated for
said park, shall be used and expended thereon by
said Park and Tree Commission, and whatever unexpended balance may be in the hands of the late commissioners, will be turned over to said Park and Tree
Commission.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 29, 1896.
An ordinance to add the city pound lot, lying
immediately south of Colonial park and between the
said park and Perry lane, to the said Colonial park,
as part of the same, and to dedicate the said lot for
park purposes.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That that certain tract or parcel of land in the city
of Savannah, known as the city pound lot, now
adjoining Colonial park on the south, and fronting
on Abercorn street, sixty-seven and nine-tenths
(67.9) feet, running back from said Abercorn street
eastwardly, along Perry lane, four hundred and
ninety-two and five-tenths (492.5) feet, said tract of
land being fifty-seven and four-tenths (57.4) feet
wide where it adjoins the county jail lot, and being
bounded north by Colonial park, south by Perry
lane, east by the county jail lot, and west by Abercorn street, be and the same is hereby added to Colonial park, as a part of the same, and is hereby dedicated to park purposes, under the conditions and
limitations in this ordinance contained.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That this dedication
of the city pound lot, to be hereafter a portion of
Colonial park, shall in nowise put the said lot so
dedicated under the terms and conditions of the
decree made in Chatham Superior Court in 1895, in
the cases of John Williamson et al., complainants,
and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, defendants, and the church wardens and vestrymen of the Episcopal church in Savannah, called
Christ church, complainant, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, defendant, the said
decree being limited by its terms to the land described
therein; it being expressly reserved hereby, as a right
to the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah,
to erect upon said addition to Colonial park such
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structures and improvements as it may deem best, in
its judgment, and to manage and control the said
tract of land and improvements absolutely.
See. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 9, 1896.
PAVING STREETS.
An ordinance for the improvement of Bay street
extension, from the west side of Wadley street to the
corporate limits of the city of Savannah, under the
terms and provisions of an act of the legislature of
Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
under the terms and provisions of an act of the legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, that the
Commissioner of Public Works for the city of Savannah be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to
build and construct a roadway thirty (30) feet in
width from the west side of Wadley street, in the city
of Savannah, to the western corporate limits of the
said city, on that certain street in the said city known
as Bay street extension, and to pave the said roadway on said Bay street extension with a crushed
granite stone foundation six (6) inches deep and with
a wearing surface of chert three (3) inches deep, and
also to enclose the said roadway with stone curbing,
and to do all the work in the way of grading, the
placing of catch basins, the construction of drains
and crossings, and all other things incident to the
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construction and completion of thelsaid roadway on
the said Bay street extension.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That after the total
cost of the said work shall have been ascertained
(there being no street railroad company having
tracks running through the said portion of Bay street
extension), one-third of such cost shall be paid out
of the city treasury, and the other two-thirds from
the persons owning, at the date of the adoption of
this ordinance, real estate fronting on said portion of
Bay street extension and on either side thereof
according to frontage; and the pro rata amount of
the cost of the said work is hereby assessed against
the said abutting real estate and its owners as aforesaid. The frontage of intersecting streets and lanes
shall be assessed as real estate abutting upon the portion of said street improved, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah shall be, for all the
intents and purposes of this ordinance, the owner of
the real estate so abutting, and shall pay from the
city treasury its just pro rata, as such owner, of the
cost of said work, according to frontage, in addition
to its one-third of the entire cost.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That, after the said
improvement has been completed, the Commissioner
of Public Works for the city of Savannah shall prepare and submit to Council a statement showing the
cost of the improvement herein provided for, and
also an assessment roll showing, as to two-thirds of
the cost, how it is apportioned amongst the several
abutting parcels, including the street intersection, and give the sum chargeable to each par-
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eel, with the name of the owner. After the consideration and adoption of said statement and assessment roll by the Council of the city of Savannah, it
shall then become the duty of the City Treasurer to
send to the abutting property owners their proper
bill for the same, as it may be ascertained by the
City Council, and if such bill so sent be not paid
within thirty (30) days after the presentation or sending of the same, it shall then become the duty of the
City Treasurer to issue an execution for the amount,
together with costs, against the persons and property
aforesaid, which execution shall be made and levied
out of the property described therein as are executions for city taxes.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 11, 1896.
An ordinance for the improvement of South Broad
street, in the city of Savannah, from the west side of
East Broad street to the east side of West Broad
street, under the terms and provisions of an act of
the legislature of Georgia approved Oct. 1, 1887.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
under the terms and provisions of an act of the
legislature of Georgia approved Oct. 1, 1887, That
the Commissioner of Public Works for the city of
Savannah be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to build and construct, on South Broad
street in the city of Savannah from the west side of
East Broad street to the east side of West Broad
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street, two (2) roadways of vitrified brick, each
twenty-five (25) feet in width, one of the said roadways of twenty-five (25) feet to be on the north side
of the said street, and the other on the south side of
the said street. The said commissioner is also
authorized and directed to enclose the said two roadways with stone curbings, to construct grass plats at
the sidewalk pavements on either side of said street,
also to do all the work in the way of grading, the
placing of catch basins, drains, crossings, and all
other things incident to the construction and completion of the said two roadways of vitrified brick
and the said improvement on the said South Broad
street. The intersecting streets and lanes shall be
paved to the property line with the said vitrified
brick.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad company having tracks running through the
said South Broad street to be improved under this
ordinance is hereby required to pave the width of its
track and two (2) feet on each side of every line of
track of the said company with vitrified brick, as
the said work progresses, and, in the event this is
not done by the said street railroad company, the
said commissioner shall see to its being done at the
expense of the said railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That after the total
cost of the said work, exclusive of that done by or
for a railroad compan}', shall have been ascertained,
one-third of such total cost shall be paid out of the
city treasury, and the other two-thirds from the
persons owning, at the date of the adoption of this
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ordinance, the real estate abutting on each side of
the said South Broad street between East Broad and
West Broad streets according to frontage; and the
pro rata amount of the cost of said work is hereby
assessed against the said abutting real estate, and its
owners as aforesaid. The frontage of intersecting
streets and lanes are assessed as real estate abutting
upon the portion of the said South Broad street to be
improved, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Savannah shall be, for all the intents and purposes of this ordinance, the owner of the real estate
so abutting, and shall pay from the city treasury its
just pro rata as such owner for the cost of said work
according to frontage in addition to its one-third of
the entire cost as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That after the
improvement hereinbefore provided for has been
completed, the Commissioner of Public Works for
the city of Savannah shall prepare and submit to
Council a statement showing the cost of the improvement herein provided for, and also an assessment
roll showing as to two-thirds of the cost to be apportioned, how it is apportioned amongst the
several abutting parcels, including the street
and lane intersections, and giving the sum
chargeable to each parcel, with the name of the
owner. Upon the consideration and adoption of
said statement and assessment roll by the Council of
the city of Savannah it shall then become the duty
of the City Treasurer to send to the abutting property
owners their proper bill for the same as it may be
ascertained by the City Council, and if such bill so
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sent be not paid within thirty (30) days after the
presentation or sending of the same, it shall then
become the duty of the City Treasurer to issue an
execution for the amount, together with costs, against
the persons and property aforesaid, which execution
shall be made and levied out of the property described
therein as are executions for city taxes.
The said statement and assessment roll shall also
show the amount payable by a street railroad company, and should such company fail or refuse to pay
a bill for the same thirty days after its presentation,
it shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to issue an
execution against the said company and its property,
together with costs, which shall be made and levied
as are executions for city taxes.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 19, 1896.
An ordinance for the improvement of Habersham
street, in the city of Savannah, from the south side
of South Broad street to the north side of Liberty
street, under the terms and provisions of an act of
the legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
under the terms and provisions of an act of the legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, That the
Commissioner of Public Works for the city of Savannah be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to
build and construct on Habersham street, in the city
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370 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
of Savannah, from the south side of South Broad
street to the north side of Liberty street, a roadway
of vitrified brick forty (40) feet in width. The said
Commissioner is also authorized and directed to
enclose the said roadway with a stone curbing, to
construct grass plats at the sidewalk pavements on
either side of said street, also to do all the work in
the way of grading, the placing of catch basins,
drains, crossings and all other things incident to the
construction and completion of the said roadway of
vitrified brick, and the said improvement on the said
Habersham street. The intersecting streets and lanes
shall be paved to the property line with the said vitrified brick.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad company having tracks running through, the
said Habershara street to be improved, under this
ordinance, is hereby required to pave the width of
its track and two (2) feet on each side of every line
of track of the said company with vitrified brick, as
the work progresses, and, in the event this is not
done by the said street railroad company, the said
Commissioner shall see to its being done at the
expense of the said railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That, after the total
cost of the said work, exclusive of that done by or
for a railroad company, shall have been ascertained,
one-third of such total cost shall be paid out of the
city treasury, and the other two-thirds from the persons owning, at the date of the adoption of this ordinance, the real estate abutting on each side of the
said Habersham street, between South Broad and
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Liberty streets, according to frontage; and the pro
rata amount of the cost of said work is hereby assessed
against the said abutting real estate and its owners
as aforesaid. The frontage of intersecting streets and
]anes are assessed as real estate abutting upon the
portion of the said Habersham street to be improved,
and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah shall be, for all the intents and purposes of this
ordinance, the owner of the real estate so abutting,
and shall pay from the city treasury its just pro rata
as such owner for'the cost of said work, according to
frontage, in addition to its one-third of the entire
cost as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That, after the improvement hereinbefore provided for has been completed, the Commissioner of Public Works for the city
of Savannah shall prepare and submit to Council a
statement, showing the cost of the improvement
herein provided for, and also an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds of the cost to be apportioned,
how it is apportioned amongst the several abutting
parcels, including the street and lane intersections,
and giving the sum chargeable to each parcel, with
the name of the owner. Upon the consideration and
adoption of said statement and assessment roll by the
Council of the city of Savannah, it shall then become
the duty of the City Treasurer to send to the abutting property owners their proper bill for the same,
as it may be ascertained by the City Council, and if
such bill so sent be not paid within thirty (30) days
after the presentation or sending of the same, it shall
then become the duty of the City Treasurer to issue
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an execution for the* amount, together with costs,
against the persons and property aforesaid, which
execution shall be made and levied out of the property described therein, as are executions for city
taxes.
The said statement and assessment roll shall also
show the amount payable by a street railroad company, and should such company fail or refuse to pay
a bill for the same thirty days after its presentation,
it shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to issue an
execution against the said company and its property,
together with costs, which shall be made and levied
as are executions for city taxes.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 19, 1896.
An ordinance for the improvement of Abercorn
street, in the city of Savannah, from the south side
of South Broad street to the north side of Liberty
street, under the terms and provisions of an act of
the legislature of Georgia approved Oct. 1,1887.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
under the terms and provisions of an act of the
legislature of Georgia approved Oct 1,1887, That the
Commissioner of Public Works for the city of Savannah be and he is hereby authorized and directed to
build and construct, on Abercorn street in the city
of Savannah, from the south side of South Broad
street to the north side of Liberty street, a roadway
of vitrified brick forty (40) feet in width. The said
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Commissioner is also authorized and directed to
enclose the said roadway with a stone curbing, to
construct grass plats at the sidewalk pavements on
either side of said street, also to do all the work in
the way of grading, the 'placing of catch basins,
drains, crossings and all other things incident to the
construction and completion- of said roadway of vitrified brick and the said improvement on the said Abercorn street. The intersecting streets and lanes shall
be paved to the property line with the said vitrified brick.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad company having tracks running through the
said Abercorn street to be improved under this
ordinance is hereby required to pave the width of its
track and two (2) feet on each side of every line of
track of the said company with vitrified brick as
the said work progresses, and in the event this is not
done by the said street railroad company, the said
Commissioner shall see to its being done at the expense of the said railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained. That-after the total
cost of the said work, exclusive of that done by or
for a railroad company, shall have been ascertained,
one-third of such total cost shall be paid out of the
city treasury, and the other two-thirds from the
persons owning, at the date of the adoption of this
ordinance, the real estate abutting on each side of
the said Abercorn street, between South Broad and
Liberty streets, according to frontage; and the pro
rata amount of the cost of said work is hereby
assessed against the said abutting real estate and its
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owners as aforesaid. The frontage of intersecting
streets and lanes are assessed as real estate abutting
upon the portion of the said Abercorn street to be
improved, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Savannah shall be, for all the intents and purposes
of this ordinance, the owner of the real estate so
abutting, and shall pay from the city treasury its
just pro rata as such owner for the cost of said work,
according to the frontage, in addition to its one-third
of the entire cost as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That after the
improvement hereinbefore provided for has been
completed, the Commissioner of Public Works for
the city of Savannah shall prepare and submit to
Council a statement showing the cost of the improvement herein provided for, and also an assessment
roll showing as to two-thirds of the cost to be apportioned, how it is apportioned amongst the several
abutting parcels, including the street and lane intersections and giving the sum chargeable to each parcel
with the name of the owner. Upon the consideration and adoption of said statement and assessment
roll by the Council of the city of Savannah it shall
then become the duty of the City Treasurer to send
to the abutting property owners their proper bill for
the same as it may be ascertained by the City
Council, and if such bill so sent be not paid within
thirty (30) days after the presentation or sending of
the same, it shall then become the duty of the City
Treasurer to issue an execution for the amount,
together with costs, against the persons and property
aforesaid, which execution shall be made and levied
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out of the property described therein as are executions for city taxes. The said statement and assessment roll shall also show the amount payable by a
street railroad company, and should such company
fail or refuse to pay a bill for the same thirty days
after its presentation, it shall then be the duty of the
City Treasurer to issue an execution against the said
company and its property, together with costs, which
shall be made and levied as are executions for city
taxes.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 19, 1896.
An ordinance for the improvement of a part of
Wadley street, in the city of Savannah, under the
terms and provisions of an act of the legislature of
Georgia, approved Oct. 1,1887.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
under the terms and provisions of an act of the legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, That the
Commissioner of Public Works for the city of Savannah" be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to
build and construct on Wadley street, in the city of
Savannah, from the southern line of River street to
the northern line of the present pavement of granite
blocks now laid in Wadley street, just south of the
Central railroad tracks, a roadway forty (40) feet in
width of granite blocks. The said Commissioner is
also authorized and directed to enclose the said roadway with a stone curbing, and construct all neces-
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sary catch basins, drains and crossings, and to do all
the work incident to the said improvement.
See. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Central of
Georgia Railway Company, a railroad company
which has two of its tracks crossing the said portion
of Wadley street, is hereby required to plank between
its tracks and two (2) feet on each side, and to keep
the said planking in repair.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That, after the total
cost of said work, exclusive of that done by or for
the railway company, shall have been ascertained,
one third of such total cost shall be paid out of the
city treasury and the other two-thirds from the persons owning, at the date of the adoption of this ordinance, the real estate abutting on each side of the
said portion of Wadley street, according to frontage,
and the pro rata amount of the cost of the said work
is hereby assessed against the said abutting real estate
and its owners as aforesaid. There being no streets
or lanes intersecting the said portion of Wadley
street, no provision is made therefor.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That, after the improvement hereinbefore provided for has been completed, the Commissioner of Public Works forxthe
city of Savannah shall prepare and submit to Council
a statement showing the cost of the improvement
herein provided for, and also an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds of the cost to be apportioned,
how it is apportioned amongst the several abutting
parcels, giving the sum chargeable to each parcel,
with the name of the owner, and also the amount
chargeable to the said railway company. Upon the
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consideration and adoption of said statement and
assessment roll by the Council of the city of Savannah, it shall then become the duty .of the City
Treasurer to send to the abutting property owners
and the said railway company their proper bill for
the same as it may be ascertained by the City Council,
and if such bills so sent be not paid within thirty
(30) days after the presentation or sending of the
same, it shall then become the duty of the City
Treasurer to issue an execution for the amount,
together with costs, against the persons and property
aforesaid, which execution shall be made and levied
out of the property described therein as are executions for city taxes.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 8, 1896.
An ordinance for the improvement of the Louisville road, in the city of Savannah, from the western
end of the bridge over the Savannah and Ogeechee
canal to the bifurcation of the Louisville and Augusta roads, under the terms and provisions of an
act of the legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1,
1887.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
under the terms and provisions of an act of the leglature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, that the
Commissioner of Public Works for the city of Savannah be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to
build and construct a roadway twenty-five (25) feet
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in width, from the western end of the bridge over the
Savannah and Ogeechee canal, in the city of Savannah, to the bifurcation of the Louisville and Augusta
roads, in said city, on that certain road known as the
Louisville road, and to pave the said roadway on said
Louisville road with a crushed granite stone foundation six ((>) inches deep, and with a wearing surface
of chert to be three (3) inches deep after being compressed, and also to enclose the said roadway with
stone curbing, and to do all the work in the way of
grading, the placing of catch basins, the construction
of drains and crossings, and all other things incident
to the construction and completion of the said roadway on the said Louisville road. The intersecting
streets and roadways shall be paved to the property
lines, with the said crushed granite stone foundation
and wearing surface of chert, as above prescribed.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad company having tracks running through and
along the said Louisville road, to be improved under
this ordinance, is hereby required to pave the width
of its track and two (2) feet on each side of every line
of track of the said company with the said crushed
granite stone foundation, and with wearing surface
of chert, as above prescribed, as the said work progresses, and in the event this is not done by the said
street railroad company, the said Commissioner shall
see to its being done, at the expense of the said railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That, after the total
cost of the said work, exclusive of that done by or for
a railroad company, shall have been ascertained, one-
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third (4) of such total cost shall be paid out of the
city treasury and the other two-thirds ($) from the
persons owning, at the date of the adoption of this
ordinance, the real estate abutting on each side of
said Louisville road, between the western end of the
bridge over the Savannah and Qgeeehee canal and
the said bifurcation of the Louisville and Augusta
roads, according to frontage; and the pro rata amount
of the cost of said work is hereby assessed againstthe
said abutting real estate and its owners, as aforesaid.
The frontage of intersecting streets and roadways is
assessed as real estate abutting upon the portion of
the said Louisville road to be improved, and the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah shall
be, for all the intents and purposes of this ordinance,
the owner of the real estate so abutting, and shall pay
from the city treasury its just pro rata as such owner
of the cost of said work, according to frontage, in addition to its one-third () of the entire cost, as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That, after the improvement hereinbefore provided for has been completed, the Commissioner of Public Works for the
city of Savannah shall prepare and submit to Council a statement showing the cost of the improvement
hereinbefore provided for, and also an assessment
roll showing as to two-thirds (?) of the cost to be apportioned, how it is apportioned amongst the several
abutting parcels, including the street and roadway
intersections, and giving the sum chargeable to each
parcel, with the name of the owner. Upon the consideration and adoption of the said statement and
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assessment roll by the Council of the city of Savannah, it shall then become the duty of the City Treasurer to send to the abutting property owners their
proper bill for the same, as it may be ascertained by
the said City Council, and if such bill so sent be not
paid within thirty (30) days after the presentation or
sending of the same, it shall then become the duty of
the City Treasurer to issue an execution for the
amount, together with costs, against the persons and
property aforesaid, which execution shall be made
and levied out of the property described therein, as
are executions for city taxes.
The said statement and assessment roll shall also
show the amount payable by a street railroad company, and should such company fail or refuse to pay
a bill for the same thirty (30) days after its presentation, it shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to
issue an execution against the said company and its
property for the amount, together with costs, which
shall be made and levied as are executions for city
taxes.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed August 26,1896.
An ordinance to establish the official statement and
assessment roll, touching the improvement of that
certain street in the city of Savannah, known as Habersham street, from the south side of South Broad
street to the north side of Liberty street, made under
an ordinance passed by council on the 19th day of
March, 1896.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the citv of Savannah, in council assembled,
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that the statement and assessment roll, made under
direction of council, for the improvement of that certain street, in the city of Savannah, known as Habersham street, from the south side of South Broad
street to the north side of Liberty street, under the
above mentioned ordinance, filed by the clerk of
council on the 24th day of October, 1896, be and they
are hereby declared to be the official statement and
assessment roll for the said improvement, under the
said ordinance. The said statement and assessment
roll being that entitled, "Statement showing the cost
of the improvement of Habersham street, from the
south side of South Broad street to the north side of
Liberty street, as made under an ordinance of the
city of Savannah, passed March 19, 1896, and an
assessment roll showing as to two-thirds of the cost,
how it is apportioned among the several abutting
parcels, including street intersections, and giving the
sum chargeable to each parcel, with the name of the
owner." And the Clerk of Council of the city of Savannah is hereby directed to enter the same on the
minutes of council for due authentication and preservation.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the treasurer
of the city of Savannah is hereby authorized and directed to send bills to the owners of the property
assessed, as they appear upon said assessment roll,
and who are indebted thereunder, as provided for by
said ordinance of March 19, 1896, and also a bill to
the railway company mentioned in said assessment
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roll, and as provided therein. Should this assessment be not paid by the property-owner or the said
railway company within thirty (30) days after the
presentation of the said bill, it shall then become
the duty of the city treasurer to issue an execution
for the amount that may be due by the propertyowner or railway company, together with the costs,
against the property assessed and the person owning
the same, according to such assessment, which execution shall be made and levied out of the property
described therein as are executions for city taxes.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 24, 1896.
An ordinance to establish the official statement
and assessment roll touching the improvement of
that certain street or roadway in the city of Savannah known as Bay street extension, from the west
side of Wadley street to the corporate limits of the
city of Savannah, made under an ordinance passed
by council on the llth day of March, 1896.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the statement and assessment roll made under
direction of council for the improvement of that certain street or roadway in the city of Savannah known
as Bay street extension, from the west side of Wadley
street to the corporate limits of the city of Savannah,
under the above mentioned ordinance, filed by the
clerk of council on the 26th day of September, 1896,
be and they are hereby declared to be the official
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statement and assessment roll for the said improvement under the said ordinance. The said statement
and assessment roll being that entitled, "Statement
showing the cost of the improvement of Bay street
extension from the west side of Wadley street to the
corporate limits of the city- of Savannah in the city
of Savannah under an ordinance of the city of Savannah passed March 11, 1896, and an assessment
roll showing as to two-thirds of the cost, how it is
apportioned among the several abutting parcels,"
and the Clerk of Council of the city of Savannah is
hereby directed to enter the same on the minutes of
council for due authentication and preservation.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Treasurer
of the city of Savannah is hereby authorized and
directed to send bills to the owners of the property
assessed, as they appear upon said assessment roll,
and who are indebted thereunder, as provided for by
said ordinance of March 11, 1896. Should this assessment be not paid by the property owner within
thirty (30) days after the presentation of the said
bill, it shall become the duty of the City Treasurer
to issue an execution for the amount that may be due
by the property owner, together with the costs,
against the property assessed, and the person owning
the same, according to such assessment, which execution shall be made and levied out of the property
described therein as are executions for city taxes.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordiare hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 24,1896.
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An ordinance to amend that certain ordinance
adopted by Council March 19, 1896, entitled, "An
ordinance for the improvement of South Broad street,
in the city of Savannah, from the west side of East
Broad street to the east side of West Broad street,
under the terms and provisions of an act of the legis-
} lature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, by substi-
! tuting sheet asphalt for vitrified brick,
i Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Alder-
' men of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That sections one and two of the above entitied
ordinance be, and the same are hereby amended by
substituting for "vitrified brick" wherever they
occur, the words "sheet asphalt," so that the same
ordinance as amended shall provide for roadways of
sheet asphalt instead of vitrified brick.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict wifh this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed November 11, 1896.
An ordinance to establish the official statement
and assessment roll touching the improvement of
that certain street in the city of Savannah, known as
Abercorn street, from the south side of South Broad
street, to the north side of Liberty street, made under
an ordinance passed by Council on the 19th of
March, 1896.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the statement and assessment roll made under
the direction of the Council for the improvement of
that certain street in the city of Savannah, known as
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Abercorn street, from the south side of South Broad
street to the north side of Liberty street, under the
above-mentioned ordinance, filed by the Clerk of
Council on the 2d of December, 1896, be, and they
are hereby declared to be the official statement and
assessment roll for the said improvement under the
said ordinance. The said statement and assessment
roll being that entitled, "Statement showing the cost
of the improvement of Abercorn street from the
south side of South Broad street to the north side of
Liberty street, as made under an ordinance of the
city of Savannah, passed March 19, 1896; and an
assessment roll showing as to two-thirds of the cost,
and how it is apportioned among the several abutting
parcels, including street intersections, and giving the
sum chargeable to each parcel with the name of the
owner." And the Clerk of Council is hereby directed
to enter the same on the minutes of the Council for
due authentication and preservation.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Treasurer
of the city of Savannah is hereby authorized and
directed to send bills to the owners of the property
assessed, as they appear upon said assessment roll,
and who are indebted thereunder, as provided for by
said ordinance of March 19, 1896, and the said
Treasurer is also directed to send to the railway company mentioned in said statement, its bill for paving
between its tracks and two feet on each side of its
tracks. Should this assessment be not paid by the
property owners, or railway company, within thirty
days after presentation of said bill, it shall then
become the duty of the City Treasurer to issue an
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execution for the amount that may be due according
to the said statement and assessment roll, together
with the costs, against the property assessed and the
persons owning the same, and also against the said
railway company, which execution shall be made
and levied as are executions for city taxes.
See. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed December 2, 1896.
POWDER MAGAZINES.
An ordinance to permit Charles A. Conklin & Co.,
to keep a powder magazine, as herein provided, in
the city of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aidermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That permission is hereby given Charles A. Conklin
& Co., of Savannah, Ga., to keep a portable powder
magazine within the city of Savannah, on Bay and
Barnard streets, near their warehouse, No. 8 Williamson street, as asked for in their petition, as to which
a report was adopted by Council at its meeting of
Sept. 9, 1896. The said magazine is to be made of
heavy sheet iron, 'with overlapping and projecting
cover, and is to have a capacity of holding cot
exceeding four hundred (400) pounds of powder.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, Thai; the right is
reserved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah to cause the removal of the said powder
magazine at any time it is determined by the said
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah that
the same is dangerous.
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Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed September 23,1896.
An ordinance to permit S. Guckenheimer & Sons
of Savannah, Ga., to keep a powder magazine in the
city of Savannah as herein provided.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, That permission is
hereby given S. Guckenheimer & Sons of Savannah,
Ga., to keep a portable powder magazine within the
city of Savannah in front of their place of business
on the corner of Bay and Jefferson streets, to be
located by the Committee on Streets and Lanes, near
the walk on the north side of Bay street, as asked for
in their petition, which was referred to the Committee on Streets and Lanes by Council at its meeting
of Oct. 21, 1896. The said magazine is to be made of
heavy sheet iron, with overlapping and projecting
cover, is to be safe and secure, and is to have a
capacity of holding not exceeding four hundred
(400) pounds of powder.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the right is
reserved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah to cause the removal of the said powder
magazine at any time it may be determined by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah that
.the same is dangerous.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed November 18, 1896.
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PrBUC HEALTH.
An ordinance for the preservation of the public
health of the city of Savannah.
Whereas, Impure milk is a constant and prolific
source of disease, and is injurious to the public
health of the city of Savannah, and
Whereas, The drinking of polluted water by milch
cows makes the milk of such cows impure, and
Whereas, The waters of Bilbo canal are polluted
by sewage:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
that from and after the passage of this ordinance it
shall be unlawful for the owners or tenants of lands
adjacent to said Bilbo canal to use such lands as
pastures for milch cows, unless access to said canal
by such cows is prevented by the erection of a good,
substantial fence between such lands and said canal,
or by some other effective means.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that any person or
persons guilty of a violation of the provisions of the
first section of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction
thereof before the police court of Savannah, be subject to a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed ten days, either or both, in the
discretion of the court; and each day that such lands
are so used in violation of the terms of the first section of this ordinance shall be deemed and held to be
a separate offense.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed September 23, 1896.
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RAILWAYS.
An ordinance to extend the time within which the
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company
may become the owner absolutely of certain lands,
rights of way, privileges and facilities at Savannah,
and to amend the ordinances heretofore passed on
this subject.
Section 1. Whereas, by an ordinance passed March
2, 1892, under certain conditions therein expressed,
certain lands, rights of way, privileges and facilities
at Savannah were granted to the Macon, Dublin and
Savannah Railroad Company, and under a resolution of Council passed Aug.. 17, 1892, certain other
lands and rights of way, privileges and facilities were
granted to said railroad company, subject to the conditions therein expressed; and by an ordinance
passed Feb. 14, 1894, the time within which the conditions were performed for the acquisition of certain
rights and privileges before granted was extended to
March 1, 1895, except those relating to Olive, West
Broad, West Boundary and Bay streets, and by an
ordinance passed Feb. 27, 1895, a further extension
was granted to May 1, 1895; and by an .ordinance
passed April 30,1895, a further extension was gran ted
to May 1, 1896, under certain restrictions and conditions therein expressed.
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the
same, that a further extension of time of two years
from May 1, 1896, be and the same is hereby granted
to the said Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad
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Company, within which it may comply with the
requisite conditions in order to become the owner of
said rights of way, privileges and facilities set forth
in all the ordinances and resolutions above mentioned, except those rights and privileges relating to
Olive, West Broad, West Boundary and Bay streets,
subject to the following additional conditions:
First. The said Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company shall complete its entire line between
Macon and Savannah and have the same in opera-
tion by May 1, 1898, and shall pay into the treasury
of the city of Savannah within four months from the
( date of the adoption of this ordinance the sum of
j1 twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), which said payj ment of twenty-five hundred dollars is in considera-
! tion of the extension of time herein mentioned, and
; in no event shall the said railroad company have a
right to demand that it be refunded.
Second. Should the said Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company complete its entire line
between Macon and Savannah, and have the same in
operation by May 1,1898, and should the said Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company comply with all and every condition imposed upon it by
the ordinances and resolutions heretofore mentioned,
then and in that event it shall be entitled to a deed
to the property more particularly described in said
ordinance, and to such rights-of-way, privileges and
facilities as are set forth in said ordinances and resolutions above mentioned.
Third. Should any railroad company complete fifty
miles of an independent line of railroad, with Savant
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nah as its initial or terminal point, before the said
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company
shall complete its entire line between Macon and Savannah, under the terms and conditions of this ordinance, and should the city of Savannah desire to
encourage such railroad by a grant of the privileges,
rights-of-way and facilities aforementioned, then and
in that event it is expressly understood and agreed
that the city shall have the right to repeal this ordinance, and in that event it is expressly understood
and agreed that the Macon, Dublin and Savannah
Railroad Company shall have no right whatever to
said lands, rights-of-way, privileges and facilities
aforementioned, or any claim whatever against the
city of Savannah in any way, by reason of any of the
rights granted by this or by any other ordinance, or
any payments it may have made by reason of this or
any other ordinance.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with the same be
and they are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed June 3, 1896.
An ordinance to extend to the purchasers of the
property of the Electric Railway Company of Savannah the market privileges conferred by the ordinance
of the city of Savannah, adopted June 8, 1892, and
entitled "An ordinance to permit the Electric Railway Company of Savannah to extend its line of railway track through the public market, in the city of
Savannah, east and west, upon the terms and conditions herein mentioned."
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the persons or company who may purchase the
property, rights and franchise of the Electric Railway
Company of Savannah, at the public sale now advertised under the decree of the United States Circuit
Court, are hereby, as the successors of the said Electric Railway Company, authorized to maintain the
railway built under the said ordinance, and to enjoy,
in reference to the market, the privileges conferred
by the said ordinance, subject, however, to all the
terms, conditions and restrictions of the said ordinance, and subject also to the terms, conditions and
restrictions of that other ordinance passed July 9,
1890, and entitled "An ordinance to authorize the
Savannah Street and Rural Resort Railroad Com-
" pany, the City and Suburban Railway Company, and
the Coast Line Railroad Company, corporations
located in the city of Savannah, to use electricity as
motive power for their cars in the city of Savannah,
upon the terms and conditions herein expressed, and
for other purposes/' and subject to all other ordinances heretofore passed regulating or controlling
electric railways in the city of Savannah.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed December 30, 1896.
STREETS AMD LAKES.
An ordinance to make it unlawful for trucks,
drays and wagons to use that certain asphalted street,
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in the city of Savannah, known as Bull street, from
the south side of Broughton street to the north side
of Gaston street.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That, for the purpose of preserving that portion of
Bull street, hereinafter described, from damage as far
as possible, and of maintaining the same as a boulevard or pleasure drive for the people of Savannah,
it shall, hereafter, not be lawful for the driver of any
truck, dray or wagon to use that certain street in the
city of Savannah, known as Bull street, from the
south side of Broughton street to the north side of
Gaston street, except in crossing said street; provided,
however, that drivers of such trucks, drays or wagons
shall have the right to use such portion of said street
as may be necessary, and no more, in making deliveries of articles to or from any point or points along
the line of said street, and any driver violating the
provisions of this ordinance shall be subject, upon
conviction before the police, court of Savannah, to a
fine not to exceed ten ($10) dollars, and imprisonment not to exceed ten (10) days, either or both, in
the discretion of the said court.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 11, 1896.
An ordinance to suspend all ordinances heretofore
passed prohibiting the stretching of signs or awnings
across the streets of Savannah during May Week.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the ordinances referred to in the title to this
ordinance be, and they are hereby suspended during
May Week, that is to say, during the week beginning
May 11, 1896.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed May 6, 1896.
An ordinance to amend section 1126 of MacDonell's
Code of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That section 1126 of MacDonell's Code of Savannah,
to be found on page 299 thereof, is hereby amended,
so that the same shall hereafter read as follows:
"Bull street, in said city of Savannah, shall be
extended south to the southern limits of the city of
Savannah as defined in the act of the general
assembly, approved Sept.'21,1883, as follows: That
is to say, the central line of Bull street, between
Andersen street and Fourth street, shall be a line
drawn from the central point of intersection of
Anderson and Bull streets, as prolonged from the
north to the central point of intersection of Bull and
Fourth streets, and from the central point of intersection of Bull and Fourth streets to the center of
Bull street at the southern limits of the city, that is
to say, thirty-seven feet and six inches east of the
western line of the White Bluff road, and the eastern
and western lines of Bull street shall be parallel to
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and thirty-seven feet and six inches at all points east
and west of said central line of Bull street, as herein
laid out, between Anderson street and the southern
limits of the city.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed May 6, 1896.
An ordinance to prevent the throwing, dropping
or otherwise placing in or on the roadways and sidewalks of any of the streets and lanes of the city of
Savannah, or in or on any of the parks, squares and
grass plats therein, and in or on any of the public
roads within the jurisdictional limits of the city of
Savannah of any glassware, crockery, earthenware,
broken glass, broken crockery, broken earthenware,
nails, tacks or any other substances calculated to
injure the feet of pedestrians or animals, and the
wheels of bicycles or other vehicles.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person
or persons to throw, drop or otherwise place in or on
the roadways and sidewalks of any of the streets and
lanes of the city of Savannah, or in or on any of the
parks, squares and grass plats therein, or in or on
any of the public roads within the jurisdictional
limits of the city of Savannah any glassware, crockery,
earthenware, broken glass, broken crockery, broken
earthenware, nails, tacks or any other substances
calculated to injure the feet of pedestrians or animals,
and the wheels of bicycles or. other vehicles, excepting
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such material as is used by the city or permitted to
be used by other corporations or persons in the construction or repair of roadways, driveways, etc.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That any person or
persons violating this ordinance shall, upon conviction before the police court of the city of Savannah,
be fined in a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars
or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days, either or
both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed August 26, 1896.
An ordinance to change the name of that portion
of Perry lane, which extends from Abercorn street
to Habersham street, to "Colonial Place."
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the name of that portion of Perry lane, which
extends from Abercorn street to Habersham. street,
in the city of Savannah, is hereby changed, so that
the said portion shall hereafter be known as "Colonial Place."
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Ordinance passed October 9, 1896.
An ordinance to grant to the trustees of Wesley
Monumental Church for the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, in Savannah, ten (10) feet to be taken
from the west side of Abercorn street, between Gor-
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don and Wayne streets, opposite Calhoun square,
thereby increasing the depth of Trust lot number
twenty-seven (27), Calhoun ward, ten (10) feet.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the eastern boundary of Trust lot number
twenty-seven (27), Calhoun ward, in said city, be
extended ten (10) feet, to be taken from the west
side of Abercorn street, between Gordon street and
Wayue street, opposite Calhoun square, and the said
10 feet are hereby added to and made a part of said
lot, provided, however, that an act of the Legislature
of the State of Georgia, confirming this ordinance,
be obtained.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 21, 1896.
SALARY.
An ordinance fixing the compensation or salary of
the Commissioner of Public Works for the city of
Savannah and of his clerk.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the^Commissioner of Public Works for the city
of Savannah shall receive for his compensation or
salary the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly installments, out of the treasury of the city of Savannah,
during his term of office, beginning on the first
Monday in January, 1896.
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Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the clerk of
said Commissioner shall receive, as his compensation
or salary, the sum of twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars
per annum, payable in equal monthly installments,
out of the treasury of the city of Savannah, beginning on the first Monday in January, 1896.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Ordinance passed January 1, 1896.
SINKS.
An ordinance to fix the charge to owners of property for cleaning and removing the contents of tubs,
barrels and similar movable receptacles.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That hereafter the charge to owners of property in
the city of Savannah for the cleansing and removal
of the contents of a tub or barrel, or similar movable
receptacle used by them in place of a privy vault,
shall be three dollars in each case, and this charge is
hereby assessed against said owners.
Sec. 2. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, and particularly section 2 of the ordinance of January 8, 1879,
entitled "An ordinance for the better promotion of
the public health and to provide for the cleansing
and cementing of privy vaults at the expense of the
owners, and to equitably distribute the burden of
such expense," be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Ordinance passed January 1, 1896.
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SURFACE WELLS.
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An ordinance to amend that certain ordinance
passed August 28, 1895, entitled "An ordinance to
prevent the use of surface wells in the city of Savannah."
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the above entitled ordinance be, and the same
is, so amended that it shall hereafter be within the
discretion of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah, in council assembled, upon petition, to
permit the use of a surface well in any case which
presents, in the judgment of the said Mayor and Aldermen, by its special facts and circumstances, a proper case for an exception to the policy manifested by
the said ordinance.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 25, 1896.
TAX: ASSESSORS AND RECEIVERS.
An ordinance touching the Board of Tax Assessors
and Receivers for the city of Savannah, the compensation or salary of the members thereof, and of their
Clerk, their bonds, duties and powers, requiring tax
returns to be made, and the manner, and prescribing
penalties for failure to comply with the requirements
hereof, and for other purposes connected herewith.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That the Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers for
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the city of Savannah, provided for by an act of the
legislature of Georgia, approved on the 10th day of
December, 1895, and entitled "An act to create and
organize a Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers for
the city of Savannah, ,to define its powers and duties,
to provide a Clerk tor said Board, to provide for the
compensation of said Tax Assessors and Receivers,
and said Clerk, and for other purposes,'' shall immediately upon their qualification organize, and shall
at once proceed to carry out the duties imposed upon
them by the said act, and the ordinance of the city
of Savannah in pursuance thereof. They shall take
and subscribe before the Mayor of the city the oath
provided for in section two of the said act, and shall
each of them give a bond in the penal sum of three
thousand dollars ($3,000), payable to the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah, conditioned for
the faithful performance and discharge of all his
duties as said Tax Assessor and Receiver, and, in
addition to this, the bond of the Clerk of said Board
shall be conditioned for the faithful performance and
discharge of all of his duties, not only as s'aid Tax
Assessor and Receiver, but also as the said Clerk.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That each of said
Tax Assessors and Receivers shall receive as his compensation the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly instalments out of
the treasuiy of the city of Savannah, and, in addition
to this compensation, the Tax Assessor and Receiver
serving as the Clerk of said Board, shall receive, as
such Clerk, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal monthly instalments out of
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the treasury of the said city of Savannah, in addition
to his said compensation or salary as such Tax Assessor and Receiver.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That the said Tax
Assessors and Receivers shall have an office in the
City Exchange, or at such other place as the Mayor
of the city of Savannah shall designate, of which notice shall be given to the tax payers and citizens of
the city of Savannah, and it shall be the duty of the
said Tax Assessors and Receivers, other than the
Clerk of the Board, to be and remain at their said
office every day, Sundays and holidays excepted,
between the hours of 4 p. m. and 6 p. m., except
when their official d-uties as said Tax Assessors and
Receivers shall require their presence elsewhere, but
the Clerk of the said Board is hereby required to be
at the said office every day, Sundays and holidays
excepted, from nine a. m. to two p. m., and from four
p. m. to six p. m., except when his absence from the
said office is required by his official duties.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That the Clerk of
said Board shall keep a true and correct record of the
proceedings of the said Board, which shall always be
subject to the inspection of the Mayor, orany Alderman of the said city, and shall perform such other
duties as may hereafter be imposed upon him by
ordinance, or by the rules and regulations of the said
Board not inconsistent with the act of the legislature
creating the said Board, or with any ordinance of the
city of Savannah.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That in addition to
the powers and duties conferred upon them by seeas
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tion three of the said act of the legislature of Georgia,
the said Tax Assessors and Receivers shall also have
the following powers, and exercise the following
duties, to-wit:
(a) They shall require all returns of personal
property subject to taxation, and held or owned on
the first day of January of each year, to be made
before them at their office, in the city of Savannah,
upon such form or forms as they may prescribe or
approve of, by the first day of February of each year,
and the following oath or affirmation shall be
administered to each and every person making
returns for taxation of personal property to said
Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers, to-wit: "You
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the returns which
you are about to make shall be a just and true statement of all personal property of every kind, which
you held or owned on the first day of January
(inserting here the year), or were interested in, either
in your own right, or the right of any person or persons whomsoever, either as a parent, guardian,
executor, administrator, agent or trustee, or in any
other manner whatsoever, to the best of your
knowledge, information and belief. You do further
swear that you will truly, correctly and fully answer
all questions asked you by the Tax Assessors ami
Receivers in reference to said return, and that you
have not conveyed or assigned to others, or removed
out of the city of Savannah any property whatsoever
to avoid returning the same for taxation."
The said Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers
shall keep the tax books open and ready for returns
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until the time specified above, and of which full
notice shall be given to the tax payers, by publication
in the official organ of said city, and by such other
means as the said Board may adopt.
It shall be the duty of said Board of Tax Assessors
and Receivers to have prepared suitable books for
the purpose of receiving returns as provided herein.
(b) If any person fails, neglects or refuses to make
a return of his or her personal property within the
time appointed, or to truly answer such questions as
may be asked, or to submit his personal property for
the inspection and valuation of said Tax Assessors
and Receivers, or to furnish such data and information as may be called for by them, then it shall be
the duty of the said Tax Assessors and Receivers,
jo.intly, from the best information they can get in
reference to the amount and value of the personal
property owned and possessed by such person, 'to
arrive at the true value of the same and place it upon
their books. They shall also enter upon their books
the name of any person, firm, company or corporation who shall either fail or refuse to give in their
property, and of all they are unable to find, and
whom they may believe to be subject to a tax on
personal property, and of the amount of the tax
assessable against them.
(c) In the discharge of their duties, the said Tax
Assessors and Receivers shall be authorized to enter
the store or place of business of any person, but shall
not enter any private residence against the consent
of the occupant.
(d) In case of false, fradulent or unfair returns,
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the said Tax Assessors and Receivers shall cite the
person making the same to appear before them on
some day to be fixed by them, and show cause why
the return should not be corrected. Upon any such
person so cited appearing before them, they may, and
shall, if requested, hear evidence as to the real value
of the property in dispute and determine the same.
If such person so cited refuses or neglects to appear,
his return shall be corrected by the said Tax
Assessors and Receivers, according to the best
information they can obtain.
(e) After the returns are in and corrected (where
corrections are necessary), the said Tax Assessors and
Receivers shall enter the same upon two identical
tax digests, alphabetically arranged, one of which tax
digests shall be retained for use in their office and
the other for the City Treasurer
(f) They shall have power, in all cases, to swear a
person making a return that he will tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth in answer
to their questions, and to interrogate him or her
closely for the purpose of having a just, full, true and
correct return made.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, That in case of the
failure of the owner or agent, trustee, guardian or
person in charge of any property, which ought to
appear on the tax books, to come to the office of the
Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers, and take the
oath and make the returns required by law, the said
Tax Assessors and Receivers shall keep a digest, to
be known as the "Defaulters' Digest," in which all
such names and the amounts returned by them or
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assessed against them, shall be recorded, and it shall
be the duty of the marshal, before settling with them,
to require all defaulting taxpayers to go to the office
of the said Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers and
take the oath and make the returns required by law;
and any defaulter failing to comply with this section,
when thus required by the marshal, shall be subject
to a fine not exceeding $50.00 or imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, or both, upon conviction in
the police court of the city of Savannah.
Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, That any pel-son
who shall knowingly make any incomplete or
unfaithful return for taxation, or who shall refuse to
make a return, shall, on conviction before the police
ccurt of the city of Savannah, be subject to a fine not
exceeding f50 or imprisonment not exceeding thirty
days, either or both, in the discretion of the court, *
for each offense.
Sec 8. Be it further ordained, That in case any
person, firm or corporation liable under the tax
ordinances of the city of Savannah shall fail or refuse
to make returns of personal property as required in
this- ordinance, it shall be in the power of said Board
of Tax Assessors and Receivers to assess such persons,
firm or corporation at double the amount of the
immediately preceding tax return, and if no return
shall have been made, then the said Board shall have
the power to assess such person, firm or corporation,
in its discretion; provided, however, that upon
petition made to said Board by any such person, firm
or corporation, within thirty days after such assessment, or double assessment, and not thereafter, the
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said Board may hear the said petitioner, and such
evidence as may be adduced before it, and if proper
excuse be shown, in the judgment of said Board, it
shall have the power to reduce such assessment or
double assessment and upon such terms as it may
deem just and equitable.
Sec. 9. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the
duty of every male resident of Savannah, who shall
have attained the age of twenty-one (21) years, to
report in person at the office of said Board of Tax
Assessors and Receivers, between the first day of
January of each year and the first day of March of
each year, and give in his full name, age, occupation
and residence by street and number, and make his
return as required by this ordinance, if he has any
personal property whatsoever, or show to the satisfaction of said Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers
that he held or owned no personal property on the
first day of January of that year, and answer all
questions put to him by said Board of Tax Assessors
and Receivers, relating to personal property, and
non-compliance by any such male resident with the
terms of this section, or with any of them, shall subject him, on conviction before the Police Court of
the city of Savannah, to punishment by a fine not
exceeding fifty (f50) dollars, or imprisonment not
exceeding thirty (30) days, either or both, in the discretion of the Court, for each offense; the meaning
and intent of this section being to require returns to
be made by every male resident of Savannah of
twenty-one years of age and upward; those holding
or owning personal property on the first day of Jan-
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uary of each year to make their returns by the first
day of February of each year, and those alleging that
they held or owned no personal property on the first
day of January of each year to make their returns
on showing, as the case may be, by the first day of
March of each year.
Sec. 10. Be it further ordained, That the assessment of the said Tax Assessors and Receivers as
finally made by them shall be final, and there shall
be no appeal therefrom.
Sec. 11. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in council January 4, 1896.
An ordinance to amend that certain ordinance
adopted January 4, 1896, entitled "An ordinance
touching the Board of Tax Assessors and Receivers
for the city of Savannah, the compensation or salary
of the members thereof, and of their clerk, their
bonds, duties and powers, requiring tax returns to be
made and the manner, and prescribing penalties for
failure to comply with the requirements hereof, and
for other purposes connected herewith," by repealing
section nine thereof.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled,
That section nine of the above-recited ordinance be,
and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 29,1896.
REPORTS. PAGE
CITY ATTORNEY ...................... 61- 63
CITY ENGINEER ..... ................ 185-207
CITY PHYSICIANS ..................... 291-303
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH (SUPERINTENDENT) ...... 132-134
FIRE CHIEF ........................ 97-130
FIRE COMMISSIONERS ................... 88- 96
FIRE DEPARTMENT CLERK ................ 131
HARBOR MASTER ..................... S06-307
HEALTH OFFICER ..................... 241-281
MARKET .......................... 804-305
MARSHAL ......................... 69- 60
MAYOB'S ANNUAL ..................... 5-20
PABK AND TREE COMMISSIONERS ............. 230-240
POLICE CHIEF ....................... 70-81
POLICE COMMISSIONERS .................. 64-69
POLICE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM .............. .82-85
POLICE (RECORDER'S) COURT ............"... 86- 87
PCBUC WORKS COMMISSIONER .............. 147-184
QUARANTINE ........................ 282-290
SAVANNAH HOSPITAL ................'... 324-325
SAVANNAH FEMALE ASYLUM ............... 327
SAVANNAH WIDOWS' SOCIETY ............... 326
SEWERS (E. J. THOMAS, CIVIL ENGINEER) ........ 208-229
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS ........;.. . . 21- 24
ST. JOSEPH INFIRMARY .................. 325-326
TAX ASSESSORS AND RECEIVERS .............. 28-30
TREASURER ........................ 31- 55
WATER COMMISSIONERS .................. 135-136
WATER WORKS (SUPERINTENDENT) ............ 137-146
MISCELLANEOUS.
BANK CLEARANCES .................... 348-349
BOARD OF TRADE ..................... 343
BONDED DEBT ...... ........ . . . 2-5
BUDGET FOR 1896 ....... ............ 56
CITY OFFICERS1896 ....... ......... 3
COTTON EXCHANGE .................... aW-342
COTTON STATISTICS .................... 333-342
INDEXContinued. PAGE
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN .................. 2
NAVAL STORES STATISTICS ................ 344-346
ORDINANCES PASSED IN 1896 ............... 851-407
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ............... ...... 808-323
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL, 1896 ......... 4
STATEMENT OF CITY OF SAVANNAH BONDS . ...... 26- 27
TRIAL BALANCE, 1896 ................... 57- 58
VESSELS ENTERED AT AND CLEARED FROM CUSTOM
HOUSE, 1896 ...................... 847
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