REPORT OF
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORTS OF THE CITY OFFICERS
OF THE -
CITY OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31st, 1905
To which are added The Commercial Statistics of The Port. Reports of
Public Institutions, and Ordinances Passed During the Year
1905 and Sketch of the Old City Exchange
and the New City Hall.
RA|O * HUTTON{ i AVANNAH, GA.

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INDEX
Assessments (or City Taxation_..___.-..-_.'---.-__--- 246
Bank Clearings at Savannah (or Ten Years-- ---- 232
Bonded Debt___.__._..__....._.....___.__.__ 23-28
Budget (or 1906--...-.-.--.-...-.__..__.___........ 9-10
Building Inspector__..______........_......_._.. 32
Charity Hospital...__.____________._________ 217
City Attorney___......____.____........_...._ 205-11
City Dispensary-_...____....______...._.___. 186-87
City Engineer..._______...._____._____._ 132-56
City Marshal.....___..___-..__....... .._.__._ 29-31
City Officers...._____________..._.. 7-8
City Physicians-..-..---.......-..-..-.......__.. . 181-85
Climate o( Savannah, 1871-1905_____.-__________ 247
Commercial Statistics___________.__...... 23247
Commissions, 1905___-_____.__------_-...._-.. 6
Director o( Public Works__.._______..._...__-. 112-26
Electrical Inspector..--.-....-----__----- .... 83
Harbor Master_______________._.-.-._______ 204
Health Officer......__....___.__....___.___._ 157-89
Laurel Grove Cemetery..__....I___.....__--.--_ 201
Market __.__.__....._.__..---..-__--.-.._...._... 202-03
Mayor's Address.------.--..__-----__--. ---..-.. 13-22
Opening Streets Committee._____ -- 127-31
Ordinances Passed in 1905__________----...251-334
Park and Tree Commission__...__.._.- ........ 189-200
Plumbing Inspector----.-----.-..--------.------ -- .. 188
Property Acquired during 1905____._..-----...... .. 127
Public Library___________ ...__.... ... 218-29
Recorder o( Police Court..__..__........... .. 46-54
Resolutions Passed by Council, 1905.... ...... ... 335-52
Sinking Fund Commission.__-..._.._...--.. . . 23-28
Standing Committees o( Council__...__- ...- 6
Statement City o( Savannah Bonds. ____ . 27-28
St. Joseph's Hospital_________....__. .----- 214-15
Streets Opened, 1905___...-____... -- .156
Superintendent Fire Alarm System............ ..... 84-86
Superintendent Fire Department------- 55-82
Superintendent o( Police-....--.---- .--.__.. 35-45
Superintendent o( Water Works ... ----- 105-11
Tax Assessors__.-.._____..------ 33-34
Treasurer's Report_____.__________-- ---- 87-104
APPENDIX.
Sketch o( Old City Exchange and New City Hall, Illustrated.
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN FOR 1905.
Mayor
HERMAN MYERS.
Chairman of Council
JAMES M. DIXON.
Vice Chairman of Council
R. J. DAVANT.
Aldermen.
JAMES M. DIXON. fA. J. GARFUNKEL.
R. J. DAVAXT. fD. R. THOMAS.
E. A. M. SCHRODER. GEO. L. HARMAN.
JAMES II. MCKENNA. JOHN F. GLATIGNY.
WM. L. GRAYSON. W. H. WRIGHT.
JOHN P. FREEMAN. F. M. OMVER.
MURRAY McG. STEWART. JOHN F. CANTY.
t Resignation of Alderman Thomas accepted December II, 1905.
t Resifcnation of Alderman Garfunkel accepted December II, 1906.
* Murray McG. Stewart elected December 11,1905.
* John F. Freeman elected December 15,1905.
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COMMISSIONS, 1905.
Park and Tree
P. D. BAFFIN, Chairman.
GEORGE J. BALDWIN. CHARLES S. BLLIS.
J. H. H. ENTELMAN. I. A. SOLOMONS.
Sinking Fund.
JOSEPH D. WEED, Chairman.
S. HERMAN. H. P. SMART.
JOHN LYONS. CHARLES G. BELL.
Pilotage.
JAMES M. BARNARD, JR., Chairman.
GEO. P. WALKER. W. W. WILLIAMSON.
J. PLORANCE MINIS. JOSEPH HULL.
WALTER CONEY. 0. C. NEWCOMB, Secretary
HENRY T. WILLIAMS.
Massie School.
HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
PLEASANT A. STOVALL. R. J. DAVANT.
* Died September 6, 1U05.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL, 1905.
AccountsAldermen WRIGHT, THOMAS, DIXON.
AssessmentsAldermen OLIVER, DAVANT, GLATIGNT,
DIXON, CANTY.
City Lots and Opening Streets__Aldermen GLATIGNT,
DIXON, WRIGHT, SCHRODER, GARFUNKLE.
DrainageAldermen SCHRODER, MCKJENNA, HABMAN.
FinanceAldermen DIXON, CANTY, OLIVER, DAVANT,
SCHRODER.
FireAldermen DAVANT, GARFUNKEL, MCKJENNA, GLATIGNY, WRIGHT.
Harbor and WharvesAldermen MCKJENNA, GBAYSON,
THOMAS.
MarketAldermen CANTY, SCHRODER, GRAYSON.
PoliceAldermen GRAYSON, HARMON, SCHRODER.
Pnblic HealthAldermen HARMAN, OLIVER, CANTY.
Streets and LanesAldermen THOMAS, GLATIGNY, GARFUNKEL, MCKJENNA, GRAYSON.
WaterAldermen GARFUNKEL, WRIGHT, DAVANT.
SANITARY BOABD.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Chairman.
HEALTH OFFICER W. P. BRUNNER, Secretary.
ALDERMEN DIXON, HARMAN.
CITIZENS J. M. SOLOMONS, REV. W. C. SCHAEFFER, COL.
BEIRNE GORDON.
CITY OFFICERS, 1905.
Mayor______________________HERMAN MYERS
Secretary to the Mayor-_________THOMAS GAMBLE, JB.
Clerk of Council_______________J. EOBKBT CREAMER
Assistant Clerk of Council_____CHAKLES V. HEBNAUDEZ
Building Inspector__________HABBY BABTLETT
City Treasurer__________________C. S. HABDEB
City Engineer___________________W. J. WENN
City Engineer (Assistant)_________JOHN W. HOWABD
City Attorney-________________WILLIAM GAKKABD
Chief Sanitary Inspector__________JOHN J. STAFFORD
City Marshal________________HENRY E. DBEESON
City Marshal (Deputy)____________W. T. HUSSEY
City Physicians (two white) __B COURSHON, W. A. NOBTON
City Physicians (two colored)__J. H. LOVE, E. H. JOHNSON
Clerk of the Market______________ALEX. MENDEL
Clerk of the Market (Assistant)______PAUL H. BECOME
Chimney Contractor, E. D.____________E. THOMPSON
Chimney Contractor, W. D.___________E. T. McEvoY
Director of Public Works.____________GEO. M. GADSDEN
Food Inspector-_______________SIMON L. WEIL
Harbor Master_________________JAMES McBsiDE
Health Officer_______________WILLIAM P. BBUNNER
Inspectors of Naval StoresJAMES T. WELLS, W. B. POWELL,
NAT HARBISON, J. P. BLISS, E. B. JEWETT, J. C. EEGISTEB
LEWIS BLISS AND J. E. EEGISTEB.
Keeper of Laurel" Grove Cemetery_____B. H. CLEMENTS
Keeper of Laurel Grove Cemetery (Colored) _J. E. KTMBATJ.
Keeper City Dispensary..__________L. D. STBUTTON
Keeper City Dispensary (Assistant)ED. J. KKira'EU, JR.
Keeper City Clocks____________ROBERT SCHNEIDER
Messenger of Council______________C. A. GBAJDOT
Port Wardens (2)______J. H. HENNESSY, W. H. SPENCER
Plumbing Inspector________________F. W. CAMPOS
Recorder______________________SHELBY MYBICK
Superintendent of Police________CHARLES GARPUNBEL
SergeantsJAMES M. MOCK, HENRY W. BAUGHN, JOSEPH
McCooL, R. E. DAVIS, T. C. MURPHY, JAMES A. WOODS.
Superintendent of Fire Department___JOHN E. McGuiRE
Senior Foreman Fire Department_______GEORGE MOURO
Superintendent and Engineer Water Works__I. U. KINSEY
Tax Assessor, Chairman___________J. H. H. OSBORNE
Tax Assessors (2) ____SAMUEL REYNOLDS, MARION LUCAS
PREAMBLE.
Whereas, the administration of the government of the
City of Savannah for the fiscal year 1906, will cause an
expenditure in the various departments of said government
in sums estimated, to-wit:
BUDGET FOB THE YEAR 1906.
Fixed expenses for 1906
Interest on bonded debt______:_______$148,000 00
Sinking fund______________________ 46,500 00.
$194,500 00
Maintenance of Regular City Departments:
Board of Health___________________$ 19,000 00
Charity _________________________ 8,500 00
City clocks_______________________ 300 00
City Hall, maintenance and insurance______ 5,000 00
City lighting________________..___ 40,000 00
Dispensary ______________________ 5,000. 00
Drainage and dry culture______________ 9,000 00
Fire department__________________ 79,000 00
Fire department, uniforms_____________ 3,750 00
Harbor and wharves_________________ 2,000 00
Harbor improvement and advertising-!_____ 500 00
Hospitals _______________________ 14,400 00
House drainage____________________ 3,500 00
Incidentals, including office charity.______ 5,500 00
Law department, incidentals___________ 600 00
Laurel Grove Cemetery______________ 6,500 00
Market _______________________ 5,000 00
Parks and squares___________________ 9,000 00
Parks and squares, tree nursery_______ 500 00
Police _________________________ 99,500 00
Police uniforms____________________ 3,500 00
Police reserves_____________________ 3,000 00
Printing and stationery.____________ 5,000 00
Public Library_____________________ 3,500 00
Plumbing inspector____________________ 2,400 00
Storm sewers_________________.___ 3,000 00
Salaries, including aldermen 47,200 00
Scavenger department________________ 38,000 00
Scavenger department, Electric Railway contract
with county___________________ 4,500 00
Sink department (O. E. M.)____________ 6,000 00
Streets and lanes___________________ 60,000 00
Streets, maintenance of asphalt_______ 9,500 00
Streets, resurfacing_________________ 2,000 00
Waterworks, new, old and extension______ 46,000 00
Waterworks, meters_________________ 2,000 00
$552,150 00
New Improvements to be made in 1906, to be
passed on by Council before expended
Bilbo canal, improvements_______$ 6,000 00
City Hall, new, balance payments-____ 71,000 00
Emmet Park, roadway of vitrified brick_____ 3,100 00
Emmet Park, concrete walks____________ 1,000 00
Fire department, improvements in accordance
with recommendations of Southeastern
Tariff Association________________ 5,000 00
Grading new streets_________________ 2,000 00
Market, new floor________________ 2,000 00
Opening streets, including deferred payments_ 47,000 00
Parks and squares, tree planting_________ 1,000 00
Parks and squares, spraying apparatus with
insecticides __________________ 300 00
Paving streets___________________ 25,000 00
Sidewalk of concrete, west side of Drayton from
Gaston to Park avenue and across Park Extension on line of Bolton from Drayton to
Whitaker streets________________ 3,000 00
Storm sewer, East Broad street from Broughton
to River street_________________ 9,500 00
$175,900 00
Total budget for year 1906__________$922,550 00
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF
HERMAN MYERS,
MAYOR
OF
SAVANNAH, GA,

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF
HERMAN MYERS,
Mayor of Savannah, Ga,
SAVANNAH, GA., January 17, 1906.
To THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, GENTLEMEN :
It is my purpose to review but briefly the municipal
finances and work of the past year. The regular operations
of the various departments have been thoroughly commendable and satisfactory. Every branch of the local government has been apparently imbued with a desire to secure
the very best results from the expenditure of the funds
entrusted to it. As a result, their efficiency has been well
maintained and the service rendered the community has
been fully up to the highest standard of the past.
In new public improvements the policy of this administration has remained unchanged, as it will be this year.
Every dollar available has been devoted to those betterments the citizens of Savannah most desire. The experience of the past few years has demonstrated conclusively
that nearly one-third of our total revenues can be utilized
each year for works that tell for the future progress of the
city, as well as for the present convenience, comfort and
health of its people. This has been, and will continue to be,
done without impairing the efficiency of the regularly organized city departments. The growing necessities of these
departments can be met from the gradual increase in the
City's revenues incident to its growth in wealth and population. With the reduction of its interest charges, soon to
be brought about by a refunding of the bonded debt at a
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lower rate of interest, the municipal government will also
be in a position to consider the matter of a decrease in the
tax rate.
It had been hoped that steps looking to this could have
been taken prior to this, but the failure of the legislature
to definitely fix the State's policy as to the taxation of
municipal securities led to delay in the movement to refund
Savannah's debt. It is desired, in refunding the debt, to
keep the new bonds, to as great an extent as possible, at
home. An authoritative declaration from the legislature
that such securities are not taxable by the State will tend
materially to induce Georgia investors to subscribe liberally
for the new issue and may ensure a premium on a 3% or 4
per cent. bond. . At the approaching session of the General
Assembly this matter will be pushed by our representatives,
in conjunction with those of other municipalities, and by
autumn Council will, in all probability, be in position to
advertise for bids on the new bonds. In any event, at the
close of the present year I will favor a reduction in the tax
rate of six points, from 1.45 to 1.39, which, with the 10
per cent, discount for prompt payment, would give Savannah
a net tax rate of 1.25, one of the lowest in the South. This'
would mean a decrease in revenues from realty and personalty of about $25,000, which would be offset, in a measure,
by the steady decrease in interest payments and the increase
in assessable valuations. Even if the refunding of the
bonded debt should be further delayed, there is no apparent
reason why this decrease in the tax rate should not be made
at that time. There has been but one decrease since a uniform rate was established in 1890, that of 1896, when, under
this administration, it was reduced from 1.50 to 1.45, and
I know that it will be a gratification to this Council to feel
that it has so conducted municipal affairs, without impairing
in the slightest the efficiency of the government, as to be in
position to again lower the rate. This will be in accordance
with our well-defined policy of wise economy, continued improvements and lower taxes.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 15
The' financial status of the City continues in every way
satisfactory. It does not suffer by comparison with that of
other cities. Taxes have been paid promptly and throughout the year the government has carried a considerable cash
surplus to its credit at interest on daily balances.
Opening the year with a balance of $101,075, the City
received from all sources $981,682, and expended $1,038,882,
leaving on hand at the close of the year $43,875. Of the
expenditures $190,413, or over 18 per cent, was for interest
on the bonded debt and its reduction; $515,495, or 50 per
cent., was paid out in the conduct of the regular departments; $27,543 was for charitable purposes, including "hospital appropriations, dispensing medicine to the poor, direct
cash assistance to the needy, and remission of taxes and
sidewalk and paving bills to churches and other public institutions. The total expenditures for new improvements were
$297,539, or nearly 29 per cent, of the total. Deducting the
fixed charges of interest on public debt and the sinking
fund appropriation, a legacy from the past, the City expended $848,469, so that really 35 per cent, of the money
at the command of Council was used under its direction for
betterments.
In street paving $72,685 was expended, including the
cost to the property owners, for which practically two miles
of modern pavments were added to the improved area of
our thoroughfares, making thirty-nine miles at this time.
Streets were opened and obstructions removed at an expense
of $42,239. The total cost of the Gwinnett street subway
was $42,210.22, the City's proportion of this being $14,070.07.
The amount expended on this important improvement in
1905 was $24,937.37. On the extension of water mains and
the air lift $11,947 was paid out. Of the remainder, $143,551
represents 1 payments on the City Hall.
Within sixty days the new home of the municipal government will be entirely paid for. Savannah will then own
a beautiful, modern, thoroughly equipped structure, the expense of building and furnishing which was met from its
regular revenues. Many thousands of our people have
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already inspected the building and have evidenced their
appreciation of its imposing aspect and exquisite interior
finish. The total cost of the Hall as it now .stands is
$258,738.28. I present herewith an itemized statement,
showing how closely the committee adhered to its original
estimate of its construction and equipment, which was placed
at $240,000, not including the architect's fees:
Original contract for Hall_____ $205,167 00
Extras:
Strengthening 4th story walls$ 660 00 .
Bracing belfry on account of
additional wall_________ 500 50 .
Hoisting additional bell_____ 33 33
Preservative for exterior stone. _ 490 00
Extra appropriation for special :
design of hardware____ 495 00
Miscellaneous changes for various offices________I___ 918 80$ 3,097 63
Items Originally Contemplated But
Not Included in Contract:
Clocks and bells__________$ 3,640 00
Bronze fountain for rotunda- 2,000 00
Statues of "Art" and "Com- :
merce" _____________ 2,80000
Tinting interior walls______ 54950$ 8,98950
Total expenditures on building $217,254 13
Furnishings:
Counters and grilles________$ 4,777 93
Metal furniture and chairs____ 17,845 60
Lighting fixtures and fans____ 6,000 00 .
Rugs and window shades_ 539 75
Total expenditures on furnishings $ 29,163 28
Architect's Pees__________ 12,320 87
Total cost of City Hall_______ $258,738 28
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The small amount of "extras" on the building calls for
especial comment, representing, as they do, but one and onehalf per cent, on the original contract for the construction
of the Hall. This is probably unprecedented in the history
of public buildings, 10 per cent, being the usual additional
expenditure under this head. From the initial steps toward
providing Savannah with a hall in keeping with its position
as a city the interests of the tax payers have been carefully
protected. The Aldermen associated with the Mayor on the
building committee for the past two years have ever displayed the deepest interest in the progress of the work and
have heartily co-operated with the architect in his indefatigable efforts in the City's behalf. Harmonious relations
existed with the contractors and it adds to the public's
pleasure of ownership to know that the Hall was designed
by a Savannahian and erected by a Savannah firm. It
stands as a monument to the progressive spirit that marks
the Savannah of today. *
But it is not so much the past and its accomplishments
that we should consider as the future with its great responsibilities and unbounded opportunities. The people look to
you to: continue your work, to steadily advance their interests by furnishing them with needed improvements, to so
handle their money hereafter, as heretofore, that there will
be ample funds for a continuance of this policy. No
niggardly treatment of the departments is desired, but such
a careful expenditure of their appropriations that waste will
be avoided and full value obtained. This done, there will
be no lack of funds for a healthful development of the city
along.the lines of utility and beauty.
This year, and every year hereafter until Savannah
takes front rank as a city of well paved streets, two or three
miles of our thoroughfares should be paved. The completion of the house drainage system must be taken up; the
water supply must be extended to the outlying districts;
additional sewers are to be provided; the lighting system
must be increased and improved; Bilbo and Ogeechee canals
and other unsanitary nuisances are to be removed; many
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obstructions that yet mar the streets are to be wiped out;
and many miles of new highways remain to be opened.
There is accordingly no absence of important work to command the attention of this Council and of its successors.
For the year 1906 you have made appropriations for such
improvements aggregating $175,900. From this our citizens
will see that you are determined to meet their requirements
to as great an extent as possible, that there is to be no
cessation of your efforts to push Savannah steadily ahead
by giving it all that appertains to a city of modern ideas
and lofty ideals.
"While Savannah is rapidly developing as an industrial
centre, it is a cause for congratulation that its mills and
factories are so located that they do not mar the residence
section of the city. The great unused areas on the extreme
east and west of the city are gradually becoming the seat
of large and varied manufactures, while the trend of home
building remains steadily southward and southeastwardly,
along the plateau. This long, narrow stretch of highland
is rapidly filling up with substantial, in many instances,
handsome dwellings, and it should be the effort of the
municipal government to so beautify and enrich it as to
make Savannah one of the most attractive residential cities
of the Union. Much has already been done, but much yet
remains to be accomplished before we can rest satisfied with
our labors. Visitors are unanimous in the opinion that
Savannah has every opportunity, on the foundations already
laid, to become noted among American communities for its
beauty of aspect. More small parks should "be provided to
heighten this effect, and especially should a comprehensive
system of tree planting be prepared covering the entire city.
In this connection Council might well carefully consider the
suggestion that F,ast Broad street, no longer to any extent
an artery of traffic, be provided with a green in its center
from Liberty to Bay. Every reasonable opportunity to utilize an open space for park purposes should be seized.
Large expenditures on other improvements, imperatively needed, have not permitted Council in the past few
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years to make any large appropriations for tree planting and
park improvements. "We are now fortunately approaching
the time when greater sums can be placed at the disposal
of the Park and Tree Commission for that purpose. Before
doing this, though, Council should know exactly how the
money "is to be expended. I believe a definite scheme of
adornment should be presented to Council for its approval.
A haphazard system of tree planting does not commend itself
to me, nor, I believe, to the members of Council. While
much may have been accomplished in that way it does not
meet the requirements of the future. As this will come before us for discussion at the close of the year, when Council
will probably feel that the City's finances will permit of a
greater appropriation than heretofore, I would recommend
to the Commission that in the meantime it prepare and place
before Council a plan for systematic tree planting, covering
the entire city, designating the class of trees to be used on
each street, the estimated number required for each
thoroughfare, and the expense involved in the completion of
the work on each street. By dividing such work over a
period of years this Council could make 'an adequate appropriation for the first year's operations and its successors
could continue the work along these Imes. As with other
public improvements, once this is inaugurated I do not believe that any future Council would hesitate to make the
necessary financial provision for its continuance. Public
sentiment would speak in no uncertain tones in approval
of such a system of beautifying the entire city. Large
sections of our streets now entirely bare of shade would
soon possess a thriving growth of trees, and Savannah would
establish more firmly than ever its claim to its old and proud
title of "Forest City."
In the recently extended limits, now mainly unoccupied
commons, but which, within the next decade will be the seat
of population of many thousands of our people, more public
squares should be acquired. In the older limits the price
of land has become practically prohibitive of this. Beyond
42d street more "pen spaces should be secured before the
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same conditions exist. To that end I favor the closing of
some of the streets running north and south, and the use
of the money thus saved in the purchase of lands for this
purpose. In such a purely residential portion of the city
it does not appear to me that it is necessary to have the
streets so close together. Public convenience does not
require it. Before proceeding further in the matter of street
opening there I suggest that this matter be given your consideration. Two small parks have already been provided
in the new district, but if arrangements can be made for
more of them, suitably located, I believe the expenditure
would be a wise one. In the past we have perhaps failed
to grasp the full significance of Savannah's growth, to
realize that when a few more years have passed the old open
fields would be but things of memory and we should be face
to face with the problems that confront other centers of
large and increasing population. Elsewhere great sums are
being paid for public parks to redeem the errors of the
past. Before it is too late we should possess ourselves of
additional land for this purpose, extending the payments for
it, if necessary, over a period of years. I will instruct the
City Engineer to prepare a map of the territory referred to,
illustrating my views, to be submitted to Council as an aid
in its deliberations. You will then be equipped to devise
a system of parks and boulevards there, to connect up with
a system of similar improvements in the older sections of
the city.
This new section of the city must necessarily occupy
much of Council's attention after this year. Population will
rapidly pour into that territory when the city's plans have
been completed. It has been the experience of the Committee on Opening Streets that some citizens do not show a
proper willingness to meet the City in a liberal spirit when
it seeks to purchase land for public highways, despite the
fact that they are often the immediate and greatest beneficiaries of the City's large expenditures and subsequent
work. The City is always loth to condemn property it may
require for this purpose, and it is to be hoped that land
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owners hereafter will co-operate with the local government
in its endeavors to open up this new section for home makers.
The tax assessors have partially made their assessment
of this district and are expected to push the work to completion during 1906. With next year the extended limits
should be placed on the books for taxation. For some years,
at least, very much larger sums will be expended there
by the City than it will receive from it in taxes. While
this administration seeks to apportion the new improvements so that all sections will be directly benefitted, it is
inevitable that property owners in the newer portions of
the City will be benefitted immeasurably beyond their own
contributions to the treasury, and for that reason, if no
other, they should meet the City in a fair spirit in its expensive operations there.
While considering this question of open spaces for
health and pleasure, Council might well direct its attention
to a growing evil in certain areas of the already densely
populated sections. Tenements, mainly for negroes, are
being crowded on every available bit of land with a reckless
disregard of health conditions. Former yards are being
converted into building sites and the ratio of population is
being greatly swollen as a result. Public health rises para-
. mount to personal profits, #nd private property should not
be used in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the entire
community. Council may have the powerand if it has
not it should secure itto prevent undue crowding of dwellings in this fashion. If it already possesses it, then it should
use it for the protection of the citizens at large. Some
wise legislation on this line, I have no doubt, would commend itself to the intelligence of the community. More
and" more, city governments elsewhere are maintaining the
principle -involved in this question.
In another old section of the city, too, a revision of the
fire limits would add materially to its appearance. In the
district embraced in Greene and Washington wards,
bounded by Oglethorpe avenue and the Bay, Price and East
Broad streets, a decided tendency to deterioration is evi-
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dent. Being within the brick limits as now constituted,
there can be no permits issued for new buildings of frame
or for any substantial remodelings of existing frame properties. The rental values of properties there do not justify
expensive brick buildings, and as a result the territory so
bounded is steadily decaying. On a recent visit of the
insurance inspectors it was stated that there would probably
be no objection to this territory being excluded from the
brick district. It would be well for Council to immediately
take this matter up with the Southeastern Tariff Association.
At the same time it is suggested that consideration be given
to an extension of the fire limits east along the river front
from Price to the Bilbo canal, covering all wharf property
north of the Bay.
Among the minor, yet important, matters that will soon
engage your attention is that of the repairing of our asphalt
streets, the present contract for which expires at an early
date. Personally I favnr the City doing all its own work
and avoiding contracts whenever possible. Our experience
with the asphalt concerns has been continuously unsatisfactory. This and other reasons prompt the hope that
Council can see its way to authorize the Department of
Public Works to put in an adequate plant and hereafter
repair the asphalt streets witho*ut the long and vexatious
delays incident to the methods of the present contractors.
Working together as we have in the past for the proper
management of municipal affairs, ever keeping before us
Savannah's needs and endeavoring to fully meet them, I
feel that the year 1906 will maintain the record of the past
few years and that at its close the citizens will have reason
to feel that we have served them faithfully and that our
stewardship has been discharged honestly and to the best
of our united ability.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN jMYERS, Mayor.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 23
REPORT OF THE SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31st, 1905..
To His HONOR, HERMAN MYBRS, Mayor,
City of Savannah,
SIRThe Sinking Fund Commissioners respectfully submit the Twenty-Seventh Annual Report, the Seventh of this
Board.
With the funds at our disposal we 'have purchased
bonds of the issue of 1879, as follows:
February
May
May
May
June
June
July
July
July
Nov.
3, 1905,
12, 1905,
25, 1905,
31, 1905,
26, 1905,
30, 1905,
21, 1905,
24, 1905,
26. 1905,
27. 1905,
$10,000 bonds for_____$ 10,390 00
6,000 bonds for______ 6,210 00
500 bonds for______ 517 50
500 bonds for______ 517 50
1,000 bonds for______ 1,042 90
1,000 bonds for_____ 1,045 00
6,500 bonds for_________ 6,792 50
1,000 bonds for______ 1,045 00
1,000 bonds for______ 1,045 00
10,000 bonds for______ 10,387 50
38,000 bonds for______$ 38,992 90
Previously
purchased ___ 724,100 bonds for______ 748,814 62
Total ________ 762,100 bonds for_____$787,807 52
We have purchased bonds of the issue of 1883, as follows:
June 26, 1905, 1,000 bonds for_____$ 1,090 00
Dec. 20, 1905, 1,000 bonds for______ 1,095 00
2,000 bonds for______$ 2,185 00
Previously
purchased ___ 118,150 bonds for_____ 120,254 75
Total ______. 120,150 bonds for_____$122,439 75
24 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
All of the above mentioned bonds and unmatured coupons have been cancelled and handed to the City Treasurer
for such final disposition as Council may direct.
Issue 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
Exchanged for old bonds____ 500 00 3,517,500 00
Bonds available for exchange in
the hands of the City
Treasurer ___________ $ 5,300 00
Of the bonds issued, $789,500.00 have been cancelled, as
follows :
Received for balance of Ground Rent______$ 9,200 00
Special purchase as per last report___ 18,200 00
Purchased out of Sinking Fund_________ 762,100 00
Total______________________$ 789,500 00
Which leaves outstanding of the issue of 1879_.$2,728,000 00
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 25
Issue of 1883.
Signed and made available for exchange _______________$390,000 00
Issued in exchange, as per last
report ________________ 388,000 00
Leaving available for exchange in
the hands of the City Treasurer $ 1,300 00
Of the bonds issued $135,050.00 has been cancelled, as
follows:
Special purchase___________________$ 14,900 00
Purchased out of Sinking Fund__________ 120,150 00
$135,050 00
Which leaves outstanding of the issue 1883__$253,650 00
Respectfully,
JOSEPH D. WEED.
H. P. SMART.
JOHN LYONS.
S. HERMAN.
CHARLES G. BELL.
26 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
BONDED DEBT JANUARY 1, 1906.
Bond Compromise 1879
Issued and outstanding Jan. 1, 1905__$ 2,766,000
Less redeemed and canceled by Sinking Fund Commissioners___ 38,000
Amount outstanding_______ $2,728,000
Bond Compromise 1883
Issued and outstanding Jan. 1, 1905_$ 255,650
Less redeemed and canceled by Sinking Fund Commissioners______ 2,000
Amount outstanding________ $ 253,650
Xew bonds outstanding________ $2,981,650
Old bonds outstanding, not compromised ________ _______ 2,000
Indorsed Savannah, Albany & Gulf
R. R. outstanding__________ 1,300
Old bonds outstanding________ 3,300
Total bonded debt Jan. 1, 1906_ $2,984,950
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200
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REPORT OP THE CITY MARSHAL.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1905.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
DEAR SIRI have the honor to submit my annual report
for the year 1905, ending this day. The money collected
in this office amounts to $47,113.23, as per itemized statement hereto attached.
Ground RentsAll lots reported to this office by the
City Treasurer have been re-entered for arrears of rent, as
required by ordinance.
City PropertyNo City property or City lots were
offered for sale this year by this office.
The last installment for paving Jefferson street, 1895,
amounting to $255.81, was paid in January as it became due.
Obstructions of streets and sidewalks were promptly
removed. The sum of money collected last year for the
following items exceeded that of this year, viz:
1904 1905 Decrease
For paving Jefferson
street, 1895______$7,060 62 $255 81 $6,804 81
For City lots_______ 1,922 00 1,922 00
For cutting weeds___ 101 15 52 100 63
$9,083 77 $256 33 $8,827 44
Itemized Statement of Collections.
REAL ESTATE:
1899 ____________ 5 80
' 1900 ____________ 2 90
1901 ____________ 26 49
1902 ____________ 320 82
1903 ________^___ 1,628 13
1904 _____________ 17,692 70
1905 ____________ 993 04$20,669 88
30 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
PERSONAL PROPERTY :
1900 ____________ 13 05
1901 ____________ 2 18
1902 _____________ 4 35
1903 ____________ 21 90
1904 ____________ 1,126 78
1905 ____________ 2,028 15$ 3,196 41
86 00
8,682 00$ 8,768 00
255 81
21 64
49 00
86 29
31 84
1,385 68
372 05
75 00
100 00
150 00
324 54
1,399 40
835 44
1,769 07
Broughton Lane 1904__ 237 66
State, 1904__ 101 40
36th, 1904.:_ 110 82
Farm, 1904__ 422 47$ 7,728 11
PAVING SIDEWALKS .-
1902 _____1 ______$ 30 90
1903 ____________ 142 09
1904 ____________ 2,473 47
1905 ____________ 135 28-$ 2,781 74
SPECIFH
PAVING
DTAX:
1904 _ __ _
1905 ___ _
STREETS:
Jefferson
42nd
Stewart,
Price,
East Broad,
Abercorn,
Whitaker,
Habersham,
Drayton,
Hall,
Henry,
31st,
West Broad,
Park Avenue,
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1895 __ !
1902 __
1902 __
1902 __
1903 __
1904 __
1904 __
1904 __
1904 __
1904_ _
1903 __
1904 __
1904 __
1904 __
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 81
Market Vaults______$ 1,752 50
Market Stalls_
Execution FeesAdvertising __
Interest ________
Cutting Weeds_
Opening StreetsTotal___.
755 10
911 24
85 00
424 73
52
40 00-
$47,113 23
Very respectfully,
HBNBY B. DKEESON, City Marshal.
32 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
SAVANNAH, GA.? January 1, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
SIRI beg to submit my report for the year 1905.
Total number of permits issued during year 1905476
Number of permits carried over from 1904 51
Total number of permits for building operations in
1905 _________________________ 527
Permits carried over from 1905 tp 1906_______ 26
Actual number of permits used during 1905_______ 501
The building operations for the year were as follows:
Finished ten story steel frame office building____ 1
Finished three story brick buildings- 2
Finished two story brick buildings-_ 6
Finished one story brick buildings 4
Finished three story wooden buildings 9
Finished two story wooden buildings___ 69
Finished one story wooden buildings169
Finished one marine railway- 1
Total number of buildings completed in 1905___ 261
Repairs, additions, sheds, etc., completed in 1905_360
Buildings, additions, sheds, etc., carried over to
1906 _________________________ 55
Respectfully submitted,
H. BABTLETT, Building Inspector.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
EEPOET OF TAX ASSESSORS.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
DEAR SIRWe beg to present herewith the report of
the Board of Tax Assessors for the year 1905.
Stock in trade_____________________$ 2,124,605
Furniture, etc. _____________________ 1,056,635
Jewelry, Silverware, etc.; ______ 99,605
Musical Instruments__ 50,035
Libraries, etc.__ 58,910
Horses, Mules and Live Stock____________ 106,940
Vehicles ________________________ 118,895
Money and Solvent Accounts___________ 2.386.285
Stocks and Bonds__________________ 819,540
Promissory Notes _________________ 243,020
Mortgages ______________________ 195,490
Shipping ________________________ 1,421,450
Machinery and Fixtures_____________ 202,450
Banks ________________________ 3,537,800
Other Personal Property_____________ 34,305
Corporation Franchises______________ 770,599
$13,226,564
During the last year there were 527 permits
issued from this office, the improvements
amounting to ____________________$ 553,375
34 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
*i
Total taxable property of the City of Savannah is as
follows and is compared with 1904 to show increase in each
class .-
1904 1905
Real Estate_____________$29,356,642 $29,970,933
Personal property_________ 12,494,700 13,226,564
Totals _____________$41,851,342 $43,197,497
Total for 1905____$43,197,497 @ $1.45 $626,363 70
Total for 1904____$41,851,342 @ $1.45 $606,844 46
Very respectfully submitted,
J. H. H. OSBORNE, Chairman.
SAMUEL REYNOLDS.
MARION LUCAS.
Board of Tax Assessors.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.
Headquarters Police Department.
SAVANNAH, GA., .January 1, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MTERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah.
SIRI have the honor to submit herewith my Third
Annual Report as Superintendent of Police. During the
year ending December 31, 1905, there were 5,562 arrests
made. These figures show a decrease of 480 arrests when
compared with the previous year.
The year was a most satisfactory one in this department, as evidence of the fact that the members were attentive
to their duties, and City Council could have hardly selected
a more opportune time for increasing the salaries of the men.
The holiday season passed without a homicide in the city
and the streets were more orderly than during any Christmas holidays in a number of years. The men on duty
experienced little difficulty in maintaining order and fewer
arrests were made. The ordinance recently passed prohibiting the use of torpedo sticks in this city was obeyed
to the letter. None of these sticks were used and the
crowds that thronged Broughton street in no manner interfered with business on that" thoroughfare.
The agitation against the scattering of paper on the
streets meets with hearty approval of this department and
the members of the force will in every way co-operate with
the other city departments in this matter. The subject
was gone into thoroughly at a recent conference of the
Health Officer, the Superintendent of the Fire Department,
the Director of Public Works and myself with the Chairman
of the Streets and Lanes Committee. ~
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
I desire to commend the work done by the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals during the year.
The Society's activity resulted in the arrest of more than
twice as many people as the year before for cruelly treating dum brutes. Only nine arrests were made in 1904,
while twenty-three offenders were arraigned during the last
year. These figures speak well for the Society which
should be encouraged in every way.
The improvements at the Station House, suggested in
my report last year, will be made this year with the sanction of Council. The Police Committee has gone into the
matter carefully and the improvements outlined have been
agreed upon. They have been badly needed for several
years.
I wish to express appreciation of the cordial manner
in which this department has been treated by the Mayor,
the Police Committee and the Recorder.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES GAKFUNKEL.
Superintendent of Police.
The following are the number of arrests made during
the year 1905, this does not include parties placed under
the "Information Docket."
CRIME
Assault with Intent to Murder __ ...
Arson - _---..---- ._ ..
Accidental Killing . -
Attempt to Commit Rape .....
Adultry and Fornication. .
Burglary
Carrying Concealed Weapons
Cruelty to Animals .. .... --- --
Car Breaking-...- ------ -
Cheating and Swindling... ------ .....
Contempt of Court ..
Concealing Small Pox
Disorderly Conduct, Drunk and Drunk and
Disorderly . .. .- ..... .,_. __ ____
White
82
4
2
10
8
1
838
Colored
134
4
2
4
95
7
14
8
7
11
2
2489
Total
166
8
2
2
4
105
10
88
8
7
12
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3822
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 87
CRIME
Escape Convicts--.--.--- --.. - _--__.._
Fighting ._ - .--.-..- _.......
Gambling - -- -------- ..
Highway Robbery. ------- ._ _-------._--__
Horse Stealing- -..--.-.-.-----.-.-.......
Insanity . .. ..
Inciting Riot ------- - -...
Keeping open a Tippling House on the Sab
bath Day.. _ ____ - _ ____
Keeping a Lewd House.-.--. _ -.--.-----...-
Keeping a Disorderly House.-.--- _ ... _ - _
Larceny ... - --.-------------.--.-...
Licentious Conduct- .. _---.-.____
Manslaughter ... _ _. __ -------- __ ....
Malicious Mischief- ____ __ .... ___ ._..__
Obtaining Money under False Pretense. _ _
Robbery by Force _ ...-...-._ . __ .. __ ...
Rape . . .- ,.
Suspicious Characters. ___ - __ _ .. _ _ -
Stealing Rides on Railway Trains _ __ __ ..
Swimming in the River _________
Shop Lifting.. _____ . ___ ..... ......
Selling Liquors to Minors... __ -..-.. .. .
Trespass _ -- _ ------- _ -.....-. -
U: S. Deserting Sailors and Soldiers ___
Vagrancy ..__...i _ ....................
Violating Automobile Ordinance . - -
Violating Bicycle Ordinance. - _-- ..
Violating Hack Ordinance __ .---.. .....
Violating Quarantine Ordinance ....
Violating Sanitary Ordinance _____ .... .
Writing Policy _ ... _ _. __ . _ ... ....
Total number of arrests, Whites __ ._ ..
Total number or arrests, Colored . ... ..
Total number of arrests for year. . . .
While
1
59
6
1
2
6
1
83
2
1
50
84
11 9
1
2
21
4
6
5
8
8
8
2
1160
!
Colored
15
329
1
23
8
8
12
4
3
3
4
510
53
4
4
2
18
5
419
61
16
1
2
2
48
8
82
4
8
17
3492
Total
16
888
7
23
8
4
14
4
9
8
6
543
53
6
1
4
2
18
5
469
95
28
9
2
2
2
23
52
6
13
40
12
11
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5562
-1,170
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_5.E62
38 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Arrests Made by Detectives.
January __________ 59 July ____________ 78
February _________ 48 August _ 63
March ___________ 83 September ________ 76
April ___________ 89 October __________ 91
May ____________ 74 November ____ 86
June ___________ 73 December _ __131
Total___________________________951
Value of property recovered by detectives$36,517.93
Offices and buildings found open___512
Officers' Eeports.
January ________18,436 July __________18,323
February _______17,122 August 17,646
March _________18,242 September ______17,348
April __________17,986 October ________17,887
May __________17,864 November _______17,904
June __________17,790 December _______18,112
Total"._______________________214,660
Patrol Calls.
January _"________463 July _______397
February _________371 August __434
March __________486 September _________408
April____________364 October __._____379
May 402 November ________429
June 389 December _____._:439
Total______________________4,961
Ambulance Calls.
January _________118 July ____________116
February ___ 80 August __________ 87
March ___ 91 September ________110
April ____________ 93 October __________124
May ____________112 November ________108
June 97 December ________103
Total,._,_______.___________1,239
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 89
CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE YEAR.
D. W. Jeraigan.
D. R. Woods.
W. P. White
F. A. Harms.
W. P. Sims.
H. G. Beiber.
Appointed.
J. T. McLaughlin.
P. H. Moehrke.
T. P. Roach.
J. N. Lewis.
T. D. Putch.
Resigned.
W. Fogarty.
J. Behrman.
Dismissed.
B. McGonigle.
Retired.
M. McQuade.
40 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ROSTER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NAME
Charles Garfunkel __
J. R. Haynu __
Mock, J. M _ . __ .
Baughn, H. W.-- _
Davis, R. E.-_ .._-
MeCool, J. --
Murphy, T. C-
Woods, J. A... --------
Stark, J. --
Murphy, J. J, __ Wall V T
Bostick, R. B. -----
Atkinson, C. J. -
"Ro/*!?**!* W1 T >
Brazell, P, P.__-.-- _
Brantley, J. H- -------
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Blumberg, L. --
Brown, J. E.----- ..
Bryant, B. S.
Beach, J. K-- ---
Burns, C.
Cleary, T. P.
Christian, J. A. PhriaHft P T
Cowart, C. S._ Cronin, D. J.--- .
Cohen, M. G.
Collins, C. A. - -
Claacy, J. J._.-----.---
Cooen, D. _ ..--._ . _
Collins, M. N. .
Duffy, T. J. - -
Davis, E. T.... ........
Davls, M -
Davis, R. T.._ __
Davis, R. B, -
Deignan, J. J. -
Dwyer, L._ ------
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Fleming, M, B. -
Futch, T. D.- ----
Guilfoyle. J...- .__.
Griffin, T. J. __ -- __
Higgins, J. S.
Hallford, J. S. __-
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Clerk __ -_.-.
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January 26, 1903.
December 1, 1899.
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September 19, 1881.
September 13, 1869.
September 24, 1891.
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September 1, 1893.
IWrt vATn Hof 9A 1 SQ7
December 2, 1898.
September 1, 1891.
April 8, 1896.
July 24, 1891.
Tulv 91 1Qfl9
October 7, 1868.
February 4, 1896.
February 4, 1896.
September 25, 1902.
October 16, 1897.
T1-D- 93 1OA9
February 28, 1902.
Till TT- 9*? lOflQ
August 3, 1903.
October 1, 1890.
October 1, 1890.
October 9, 1900.
December 10, 1887.
July 23, 1902.
December 8, 1896.
O/tfrvhAr fi 1 Qflft
February 11, 1904.
December 11, 1904.
October 11, 1900.
August 18, 1881.
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January 10, 1890.
Tiiltr 9<l 1 QA9
February 6, 1894.
February 16, 1882.
June 27,. 1890.
January 3, 1895.
October 26, 1900.
Optnhor 4 1 Qftd
November 4, 1896.
June 30, 1903.
August 9, 1881.
September 13, 1894.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 41
NAME RANK WHEN APPOINTED
Hicks, W. E. -
Harper, H. J.---~- -
Harrison, W. H. -
Hartiey, E. P.
Hendry, E. L.-
Harley, H. E._
Keamey, F. J. ------
Kelly P J -- -----
Kiernan, W.----
Kearaey, P. Lange, J. H. ------
Laird, R. A.- ------
Lewis, J. N. ___ ---
Meldrim, M. L. -----
Malphus, C. M- Af TTVT*(a f* T\
Miller, H.-- -
Moehrke, P. J. _
McAlpin, T. E. _ ....
McCarthy, J. C. ......
McGrath, J. __ ---
McLaughlin, J. T. _
Paul A
Relaen, H.__ _
Reilly, J. J. ___ _ --
Remley, W. E.__ ------
Roach, T. P._- _ -__
Scully, M..-_ -_...
Sheehan, W. ......
Shea, C. P. ____ -----
Smith, G. I,.... ........
Smlth, W. H.--- ...
Semken, J. D.- -. .--..
Sullivan, D. ____ _.
Sims, W. F.-- _____ -
Tullis, B. L.---.
Ungar, B. ___ - _ _--.-
Williams, J. T. ____ -
Winn, W. S. ___ .__-.-
Walker, D. P.--
White, W. F..... ___ -
Woods, D. R.-_-._- _ -
Claiborne, W. D.--..--
Lane, J. ---------------
Boblasky, M.__.-_ ___
Monroe, J. H.--_ _ _..
Morgan, L. P..---.--,-
Owen F. Reilly- ------
B. G. Floyd _______
M. McQuade. ____ -.
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December 22, 1899.
January 16, 1900.
July 2, 1900.
October 9, 1900.
October 11, 1904.
March 29, 1905.
June 24, 1905.
December 14, 1891.
September 7, 1898.
January 26, 1891.
September 17, 1871.
March 6, 1901.
October 6, 1897.
March 2, 1903.
October 1, 1905.
February 14, 1896.
November 29, 1902.
December 4, 1903.
October 1, 1899.
October 28, 1905.
March 13, 1902.
July 2, 1900.
July 21, 1902.
July 29, 1905.
March 29, 1905.
March 16, 1901.
October 25, 1901.
June 11, 1904.
October 25, 195.
February 4, 1896.
December 1, 1882.
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September 5, 1893.
August 27, 1867.
February 4, 1896.
June 11, 1904.
July 14, 1905.
February 6, 1895.
April 1, 1889.
October 31, 1885.
December 8, 1896.
March 2, 1903.
Mfiv Q IQA^
February 1, 1905.
42 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP POLICE FORCE.
Under the supervision of the Superintendent of Police.
Sergeants.
W. H. Powell. J. M. Connelly.
Thos. Brennan.
Privates.
J. A. Blakewood. G. P. Lively.
H. W. Bond. F. E. MorrelJ.
C. Baker. B. McCabe.
E. L. Byrd. W. McKenzie.
G. J. Connors. W. G. Overstreet.
W. E. Douglass. J- D. EeiUy.
J. Eagleson. C. H. Ruth.
J. Higgins. T. C. Richardson.
J. Knox. S. E. Rhodes.
S. King. H. W. Smith.
T. Keane. E. C. Tabb.
D. Lysaught. M. H. Temple.
LIST OF FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE ARRESTED IN SAVANNAH AND TURNED
OVER TO AUTHORITIES AT OTHER PLACES.
ABBESTING OJFFICEB
Walker, B. P. . __
Wnllmr T\ P
Bostick, R. B._
Bostick, R. B... __
Bostick, R. B. Davis, M,__ . _..__.
Bostick, R. B. -
Bostick, R. B._... _ ..
Davis, M.__ _ _
Davis, M._ ----
Murphy, J. J.._
Davis, M._ ... ._
Jernigan, D. W. ....
Wall V T
Bostick, R. B. -__-.-
Bostick, R: B.-... ...
Bostick, R. B... ....
Elvers, P. J. ....
Hicks, W. B...- ...
Qtarlr T
Davis, M. _ ... -- __
Wall, F. T. .
Davis. M._
PBISONEK
Arthur Holloway (e). and
Charley Holloway _ .. _
W. Chamberlain (c). _ .
Sam Mclntire (w) __ _ ...
Geo. Kirby (c)_... ._ ......
Sullivan, alias Devil (c).....
Alien Edwards (w) ..........
Launey Miles (c) ......
Ellas Butler (c)..... ........
Henry Williams, alias
Bryant Bishop (c).... ..
Nelson Sapp (c) ___ ... _
T. O. Mathlson (w)__._ ___
John Nelson (c) _ ._ ......
Dan, Cooper (c). ..... ...
Henry Mitchel (c) ..........
Wm. Hellwlg (w)._. _ .....
Ed. Turner (c). ______
J
TliATlAT1 (\3tf\
Bud Rabb .... ...
Geo. G. Glenn (w).
Arthur Sams (c) ............
CRIME
Murder __... .__ __ .__
Horse Stealing ......... ...
Murder _ . ___ --....._...
Larceny -.--.--.--..........
Burglary
Burglary -.----__.-.-. _ .
Burglary ... ......__.
Burglary .-_-------.. ....
Highway Robbery ...........
Misdemeanor ..--...-----.-
Murder ...... _...._ ____
Obtaining money under false
pretense _ ...- _ ........
Highway Robbery ....__ ....
Highway Robbery.. ___ ...
Highway Robbery.. __ ....
Larceny ___ ..... _ .. __ .
Escape Convict...... _ ...
Embezzlement ..............
Murder .-.--..--..-.-.-.-..
TUBNED OVEB TO
AUTHORITIES AT
Edgefleld, S. C.
Edgefield, S. C.
Edgefleld, 8. C.
Valdosta, Gt,.
TXTd VfT* no a fi a
AiiP"iiHf"ft QQ
WilliamBburg, S. C.
Dublin, Ga.
Hardeeville, S. C.
Byron County, Ga.
Mount Vernon, Ga.
McRae, Ga.
Sylvanla, Ga.
"Vi/*trfiiVniT*P' *M"1faQ
Beaufort, S. C.
Beaufort, S. C.
Beaufort, S. C.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Beaufort, S. C.
Portland, Oregon.
Columbia, S. C.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Tattnall County. Ga.
en
I
I
ARRESTING OFFICER
Bostlck, R. B. _____
Bostick, R. B. _____
Bostick, R. B..... _ ._
Bostick, R. B. _ ___
Bostick, R. B... ____
Davis, R. B. _______
Murphy, J. J..... ___
Davis, M. ________ Elvers, P, J.___ __
Davis, R. B. ____ ....
Davis, R. B. _______
Davis, M. _ . ___ __
fTlQWMAll T
DaviB, M.. ..........
PRISONER
Ohas. Mayes (c)_ ...... __
H. Mitchell (c). ......... _.
John Nelson (c)___. __ .....
Will Mims (c)-~ ...-.. .-
Will Dupree (c).. ..........
C. Jimmerson (c) _ ........
Kid Albert (c)__. .__........
Will Timmons (c). ---------
George Brown (c).- . ...
Pierce Key (c)__ - .......
W. Bridwell (w) _______
John Graham (c). -----------
Graham Young (c) ----------
CRIME
Highway Robbery...... __
Escape Convict.............
Grand Larceny __ .. __ ...
Grand Larceny.- _....._....
Escape Convict... .-.,.____.
Larceny _ __._..._....._-_
Escape Convict-..--.--.---.
Larceny __ --._.-._.-._-
Escaoe Convict--..--. -..._.
Escape Convict-..-. .....
Ijarceny after trust... __ ...
Murder -_..-._.-..-_..._.__
Murder .--...---......-._..
TURNED OVER TO
AUTHORITIES AT
Beaufort, S. C.
Beaufort, S. C.
Beaufort, S. C.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Columbia, S. C.
Valdoste, Ga.
Burke County, Ga.
Anniston, Ala.
Augusta, Ga.
Augusta, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.
Beaufort, S. C.
Hardeeville, S. C.
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MAYOH'S ANNUAL REPORT. 45
EXPENDITUEES FOB 1905.
Salaries _________________-.$79,098 79
Stable Feed___________- 3,198 29
Horse Shoeing__________________ 440 60
Feeding Prisoners___________ 1,365 27
Fuel ____________________ 266 25
Lights ____________________-__ 291 19
Stable Bepairs, including repairs to Ambulance
and Patrol Wagons_______________ 438 66
Medical Attendance, Horses 233 30
Medical Attendance, Emergency Calls______ 65 00
Barracks Supplies _____________ 426 40
Printing __________________________ 265 05
Building Repairs____________________ 167 97
Postage and Telegrams_ 56 63
Insurance ________________________ 310 00
Gamewell System__________________ 306 63
Equipments _______________________ 181 39
Telephones _______________________ 149 85
Detective Department.______________ 18 61
Purchase of new horses________________ 675 00
Superintendent of Police, expense allowed attending Convention National Chiefs Association_ 100 00
Superintendent Gamewell System, attending Convention _______________________ 50 00
Dues to National Bureau of Identification_____ 15 10
Dues to National Chiefs Association________ 5 00
Purchase of Detective "Wagon, Harness and Saddle
Blankets_____________________ 476 33
Total______________________$88,593 31
46 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF RECORDER.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 15, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah.
DEAR SIRI beg to submit to you this my fourth annual
report, as Recorder of the Police Court of the City, embracing a record of the proceedings of the Court for the year
1905.
As is customary the report is prepared late in January
in order to include the month of December, many fines imposed in the latter month not being paid until January.
The work of Police Court has been increasing with the
rapid growth of the City for the past few years. The
receipts from fines collected during 1901, my first year in
office were approximately Five Thousand Dollars. The first
report submitted by this department covered the year 1902
and showed the sum of $6,242.95 collected. Since 1901 the
amount of fines collected has been growing, and for the year
1905 the receipts of the Court for twelve months amount to
$10,057.00, the largest sum ever collected in the history of
the Court. In the year 1904 fines aggregating $9,215.00 were
collected, for twelve months.
I have attached hereto a statement showing the amount
of fines imposed and collected during each month for the
twelve months of 1905 on both the fine docket and information docket of the Court.
I have also attached hereto a statement showing the
character and number of cases involving a violation of State
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 47
laws which were sent to the City and Superior Courts of
the County for trial during the year 1905. Six hundred
and twenty-three misdemeanor cases were sent to the City
Court and one hundred and eighty-nine cases involving
felonies were sent to the Superior Court, almost identically
the same number as committed to the higher courts in the
preceding year.
The decrease in the number of cases on the information
docket and consequently the decrease in the amount of fines
collected in the past few years is .due to the fact that the
old practice of placing eases on this docket involving charges
of disorderly conduct and the like have been discontinued,
all such cases now being placed on the regular Police Court
docket. The informaiton docket is devoted almost exclusively to cases made by the Health Department and the
City Marshal and the "Water Works Department. A considerable amount of money is collected by the Court each
year for the City Marshal by permitting the fine paid for
violating the ordinances in not paying licenses to be devoted
to the payment of the license. Such amounts are not credited
to the Court as fines paid.
I deem it my duty to direct your attention to the manner in which the power of this Court has been recently
restricted by a decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
By an Act of the Legislature all persons convicted in the
Police Court of Savannah for violations of City ordinances
could in the discretion of the Court be committed direct to
the chain gang of Chatham County which is controlled by
the County authorities and where the misdemeanor convicts
from the City and Superior Courts of the County are confined. The Supreme Court has decided that such an Act is
unconstitutional, and that Municipalities cannot sentence
persons from Police Courts to chain gangs controlled by the
County or State where State convicts are confined, without
giving such persons a jury trial and certain other privileges.
The Supreme Court, however, stated in this decision that
Police Courts could sentence persons without a jury trial
48 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
who were convicted of violating City ordinances to work
houses or chain gangs controlled or operated by the Municipality. The City of Savannah has no chain gang, no work
house or place for punishment of persons convicted in the
Police Court (except the jail); and inasmuch as it would
be unlawful under the decision of the Supreme Court for
the Police Court to further sentence persons convicted to
the Chatham County chain gang, the City is left without any
adequate means of properly enforcing its ordinances. At
the present time the Police Court of Savannah cannot sentence one convicted of violating a City ordinance to jail for
more than thirty days on any one charge. Such punishment amounts to very little when the class of offenders are
considered that this Court must handle and keep in check
in this City. There are many offenders in this City who are
often convicted in Police Court who care very little for a
sentence of thirty days in jail, and really would elect to
serving such time in jail to paying a small fine.
Unless the Police Court is given jurisdiction to administer more severe punishment thap a jail sentence affords
the revenue of the City from fines will decrease from the
present time as much as thirty or forty per cent, in my
opinion, for the reason already stated, viz., that a jail sentence is no punishment of any consequence to the great
majority of those convicted in Police Court and even though
such persons could pay the fine they would not do so.
In addition to this, I consider it absolutely necessary
for the preservation of peace and proper order and for the
continuance of respect of law in Savannah and other
Southern cities that the Police Court shall have the power to
inflict upon certain classes of offenders more severe punishment than a short term of imprisonment in jail affords.
For all of these reasons I think that it is eneumbent
upon the City of Savannah to take action with reference to
the enlargement of the powers of the Police Court to punish
for violations of City ordinances.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 49
For the City to establish a work house or chaingang of
its own would be expensive and impracticable, under present
conditions.
The Police Court might by an Act of the Legislature be
given the power to sentence persons convicted to jail for
sixty or ninety days. The objection to this however is that
the jail would very often become overcrowded as is the case
at the present time, and it is expensive to feed the prisoners.
The creation of a criminal division of the City Court
of Savannah and the consolidation of such Court and the
Police Court by appropriate legislation with jurisdiction conferred to try violations of City oridnances in addition to
power to try violations of State laws involving misdemeanor
charges, in my opinion would offer the most practicable
solution of the difficulty which now confronts the City. If
such a court was created, then by furnishing one accused of
violating the ordinances of the City, before trial, a list of
the witnesses aganist him, a complete specification of the
charges, and by further allowing such person the right to
demand a jury trial or the right to appeal to a jury after
conviction, I believe that such a court could under such
procedure sentence a person convicted of violating a city
ordinance to the chain gang of Chatham County, without
violating or conflicting with the recent decision of the
Supreme Court of Georgia or the laws of Georgia or of the
United States.
Even though persons charged with violating City
ordinances were allowed a jury trial in the first instance, or
given the right to appeal to a jury after conviction, there
would be comparatively few jury trials, just as at the present
time there ''are very few jury trials in the City Court in
the misdemeanor cases although the accused has the right
to demand a jury trial.
The establishment of such a court as herein advocated
would simplify and facilitate criminal court procedure in
Savannah; would result in the speedy and strict enforcement
50 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
of the law, and at the same time punishment could be administered to those violating City laws commensurate with
the character of the person charged and the nature of the
oft'ense. As Savannah is rapidly growing and its courts
are being crowded with civil business it will only be a
question of a short time before a criminal division of the
City Court must be created, and if such a court could be
clothed with jurisdiction to try violations of City ordinances,
its establishment at this time would not be premature.
In the event the consolidation of these two courts should
be found impracticable, then I strongly advocate the extension of the power of the Police Court to sentence to jail,
so that its limit will be ninety days instead of thirty at the
present time.
This will necessitate a Legislative enactment, and in
view of the fact that another act will be introduced at the
next session to relieve the Clerk of Council of his duty as
Clerk of Police Court as is right and proper, I think that
the Police Court should be entirely remodeled in one act
and its jurisdiction and powers extended and made absolutely clear and unambiguous. Many of the laws applicable to it are ancient and out of date, and it is not now
on the footing of the modern Police Courts. Its powers have
been added by piece-meal, and much is left to conjecture.
It is absolutely essential that new laws be enacted with
reference to this Court if it is to be continued.
The Court is greatly indebted to Clerk of Council, J.
Robert Creamer, for the very efficient manner in which he
has handled the finances and the large amount of documentary work; and to Superintendent of Police Garfunkel
for the excellent service rendered by the police officers in
Court.
I again call your attention to the fact that a general
ordinance should be passed by Council providing that wherever no penalty is named in an ordinance for a violation
thereof, the court shall have the power to fine or imprison
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 51
any party found guilty of a violation. As I stated in my
last report such an ordinance is absolutely necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
SHELBY MYBICK, Recorder.
Statement of Amount of Fines Imposed and the Amount of
Fines Collected on the Regular Daily Docket of the
Police Court for the Twelve Months of the Tear 1905.
Months.
Pines
Imposed.
January _____________$ 1,054 00
February _____________ 1,035 00
March ______________ 1,113 00
April _______________ 1,160 00
May ________________ 1,219 00
June _______.____ 1,551 00
July _______.______ 1,585 00
August ______________ 1,671 00
September ____________ 1,514 00
October __,____________ 1,274 00
November ____________ 1,290 00
December ____________ 1,655 00
Totals___________$16,121 00
Fines
Collected.
$ 650 00
591 00
696 00
680 00
835 00
962 00
943 50
995 00
965 00
697 50
958 00
955 00
$9,928 00
52 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Statement of the amount of fines imposed and the amount of
fines collected on the Information Docket of Police Court
for the Twelve Months of the Year 1905.
Pines Pines
Months. Imposed. Collected.
January _______________$ 20 00 $ 10 00
February______________ 2500 .......
March ________________ 103 00 3 00
April _________________ 20 00 20 00
May _________________ 200 00 35 00
June _________________ 50 00 .....
July _________________ 55 00 10 00
August ________________ 10 00 10 00
September______________ 15'00 1500
October _______________ 137 00 16 00
November ______________ 176 00 10 00
December ________....... .....
Totals_____________$811 00 $129 00
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 53
Comparative.Statement of the Fines Imposed and Fines Collected in the Years 1904 and 1905 in Police Court.
Total fines Imposed in 1904-.__________....-----..$20,010 00
Total fines Imposed in 1905.___---...-.__.......... 16,932 00
Total fines collected in 1904....-------.---.--........ 9,328 00
Total fines collected in 1905__------_--_-.._____ 10,057 00
Increases of fines collected in 1905 over fines collected
in 1904---.-._-._-------.----------..--__ 629 00
Total fines imposed on information docket. --....... 811 00
Total fines collected on information docket----- ... 129 00
Increases of fines collected from information docket in
1905 over fines collected from information docket in
1904 __.______-_-------_____ --..___$ 16 00
Statement of Cases Committed from the Police Court to the
City Court of Savannah for the Tear 1905 Involving a
Violation of State Laws.
Carrying Concealed Weapons. --------- .-. '55
Simple Larceny_._._______.------------.--.---_ .........104
Larceny from House of Property under value of $50.00---.- 202
Cruelty to Animals.___-__----__--.---.--- ...__.... 13
Stealing a ride on a railroad train__--.-_---. ------------- 24
Stabbing, not in his own defense..--_---.------__..._.._.. 30
Rocking a railroad train.------ ----- _.---..
1
Cheating and Swindling-...--.--.-. -.-- _---........_.. 15
Entering a railroad caT.--------_--------- ...
2
Disposing of personal property held under individual bill of sale
7
Gambling ..___...- . ....__
9
Vagrancy __------_.__- ------------- ..._ 49
Larceny from the person of property under the value of $50.00.. 17
Attempt to commit burglary-_._.-__-.--__._..._...-
2
Entering house with Intention to steal..... --.._
8
Pointing psitol at another------------ ........... 16
Shooting at another not in his own defense.----------...-.------
3
Escaped convicts---------- ------------------ . 6 Of
Injuring burying grounds---------- -.-. .............
1
Driving horse without owner's consent....-.... -------
2
Keeping open a tippling house. -------- ....... -...
8
Concealing cases of small pox.--.---.-------............
3
Carrying on policy lottery.----------------------___.. 10
Keeping a disorderly house.----.--- -..-.--........--..
1
Assaulting and beating his wife..-------------_....
3
Assault and battery----------------------------------- 23
Keeping a lewd house.--..-..------.-..__-------
4
Breaking into a house---. ...
1
Malicious mischief.-- ..-.._.-_- -. -......_......
1
Keeping a gambling house --.........
2
Disturbing Religious Worship... .___
1
Total_.................__..._............. 623
54 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Statement of Cases Committed from the Police Court to the
Superior Court of Chatham County for the Tear 1905
Involving a Violation of State Laws.
Assault with Intent to murder ....__..__.._, 45
Larceny after trust-.--__..__.....___...______ 37
Burglary ----- ---------- -------__-__----.--.__--__-- 69
Robbery by force.-- .... -------__...._,.-___...-..._- 15
Receiving stolen goods.---.---. ...--..-.--...... 9
Forgery -----.-.--_-------.-. .----.-..____._______. 6
Murder ---__--..._.._-.----.---.--.........._._._._._. 5
Larceny from the house of goods over the value of $50.00___ 6
Arson __ 3
Rape . _--. --.--. _. .L.-----.--..-. 3
Attempt to commit arson ...- ---..---.--_-..__. 1
TotalComparative Statement of the Cases Involving Violation of
State Laws Committed to the City and Superior Courts
from Police Court During the Years 1904 and 1905.
Cases committed to the City Court of Savannah for 1904___ 624
Cases committed to the Superior Court for 1904---....____ 169
Total_______._.___ 793
Cases committed to the City Court of Savannah for 1905____ 623
Cases committed to the Superior Court for 1905... ----- 189
Total______- --....---_-- 812
Increase of cases committed from Police Court to 1905 over 1904 19
Sixteenth Annual Report
OF THE
Paid Fire Department
OF THE
CITY OP SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st,
1905,
I
FIRE COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH,
FOR THE TEAR 1905.
E. J. DAVAKT, Chairman.
J. P. FREEMAN. JAS. H. MCKENNA.
JNO. P. GJUATIGNY. W. H. WBIGHT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JOHN E. MAGUIRE____________Superintendent
GEORGE MOUBO_________Assistant Superintendent
GEORGE A. MELL_________-Clerk and Storekeeper
W. A. HANCOCK__________Acting Electric Inspector
W. D. CLAJBORNE__Superintendent Fire Alarm
BOLL OF HONOR.
Members of Department December 31st, 1905.
October 17th, 1902, Foreman Arthur M. Rogers, Meritorious Service.
September 8th, 1903, Driver John L. Lady, Courageous
Conduct.
September 8th, 1903, Fireman John P. Duffy, Meritorious Service.
September 14th, 1903, Driver Hugh J. Larkin, Courageous Conduct.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL BEPORT. 57
SUPERINTENDENT'S EEPORT.
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1906.
To THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
SAVANNAH, GA.
GENTLEMENI have the honor to submit my annual
report of the operations and condition of the Fire Department of the City for the year ending December 31st, 1905.
This report being the Sixteenth Annual Report of the
paid Fire Department.
The total force of the Department at the close of the
year was eighty-seven men, as follows:
1 Superintendent.
1 Assistant Superintendent.
1 Clerk and Storekeeper.
1 Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
1 Acting Electric Inspector.
6 Foremen of Engine Companies.
6 Assistant Foremen of Engine Companies.
2 Foremen of Chemical and Hose Companies.
2 Assistant Foremen of Chemical and Hose Companies.
6 Engineers of Steamers.
19 Drivers.
2 Tillermen.
39 Firemen.
During the year the following changes were made in
the force:
1 Foreman; 1 Engineer and 5 Firemen resigned.
1 Fireman was discharged.
1 Driver was killed in the discharge of duty.
1 Assistant Foreman was made Foreman.
1 Engineer and 6 Firemen were appointed.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
On June 21st, an ordinance was adopted abolishing the
Supernumeraries and promoting to the regular force the
four men then serving as Supernumeraries.
FORCE BY COMPANIES.
Fire Station No. 1.
518-520-522 Broughton Street East.
Name Capacity In Service
D. P. Murphy___Foreman _________ 7 years
W. P. Carriek-___Acting Asst. Foreman_ 2 "
Jos. A. GoetteEngineer ________ 11 mos.
W. J. Cleary_______JDriver Engine__ 21 years
T. J. Fogerty_______Driver Wagon 7 "
J. P. Duffy________Fireman ____ 8 "
C. Christensen_______Fireman 8 "
Wm. J. Lane________Fireman 3 "
Geo. F. Byrnes______Fireman 4 mos.
E. P. Daley________Fireman _________ 3 years
Fire Station No. 2.
Headquarters, Indian and West Broad Streets.
Name Capacity In Service
T. D. Brunson_______Foreman _______ 8 years
A. J. Gannon, Jr._____Assistant Foreman___ 4
J. V. Bordnave_______Engineer 34
T. F. Lovett________Driver Engine._____ 7
J. A. Dukes________Driver Engine______ 7
John Cooper________Driver Truck_______ 7
W. W. Hughes______Tillerman ________ 8
Fritz Goritz________-Fireman ___ 5
M. J. Roach_______Fireman 5
P. J. Maguire_Fireman 6
B. Leddy________-Fireman ___.._______ 7
J. Rottenberg_______-Fireman ____________ 4
J. F. Brodmann______Fireman _________ 2
J. J. Whalen________Fireman __________ 2
B. E. Sheppard______Fireman ___________ 1
Geo. F. Kilroy________Fireman ______ 1
J. M. Hanly________Fireman _-_______ 4
F. J. Kilroy________Fireman _________ 7
________________Fireman _________ ...
MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT. 69
Fire Station No. 3.
Central Station, Oglethorpe Avenue and Abercorn Street.
Name Capacity In Service
A. J. Toshaeh______-Foreman 19 years
C. V. Egense_______Assistant Foreman 15
H. Elliott_______Engineer 5
J. A. McGrath_______Driver Engine______ 5
Geo. E. Johnson______Driver Wagon_ 5
T. Flynn__________Driver Truck______ 7
M. F. Moorhead______Tillerman ___ 7
E. V. Pacetti_______Fireman ____ 7
J. C. Dobbin_______Fireman ________ 6
E. T. Morrissey______Fireman _____ 4
C. B. Harrison______Fireman ____ 5
R. B. Hearn________Fireman ____ 5
T. G. Kearney______Fireman ________ 2
Thos. Dillon________Fireman ____ 5
H. J. Eady_________Fireman _________ 1
J. H. Monsees______JPireman ________ 2 mos.
Fire Station No. 4.
606 Barnard Street.
Name Capacity In Service
A. P. MeFarland-Foreman 19 years
J. J. Hearn_________Assistant Foreman___ 9
J. B. Harper________Engineer ________ 9
J. C. Bailey________Driver Engine______ 2
Geo. C. Donnelly_____Driver Wagon______ 15
W. J. Remley_____Driver Truck 4
C. W. Ellis_________Fireman _________ 3
H. F. Corley_______JPireman _________ 15
J. D. C. Schroder_____Fireman ____ 4
J. L. Lady_________Fireman _________ 5
E. C. Smith_________Fireman 1
60 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Fire Station No. 5.
11 Henry Street, East.
Name Capacity In Service
C. C. Steinberg______Foreman ________ 30 years
J. OTieary_________Assistant Foreman___ 12
C. A. Christians___Engineer ________ 14
Geo. W. Clark__________-Driver Engine_____ 2
J. B. Barthelmess_____Driver Wagon____ 9
J. R. Stofer________Fireman ________ 3
R. W. Harris________Fireman _________ 1
____________ ___Fireman _________ ........
Fire Station No. 6.
Thirty-Eighth and Barnard Streets.
Name Capacity In Service
C. M. Bnrnham______Foreman ________ 9 years
W. J. Futch_________Assistant Foreman___ 7 "
L. Trebony_________Engineer ________ 16 "
D. V. Whitaker______Driver EngineJ_____ 6 "
W.B.Jones________Driver. Wagon______ 6 "
F. H. Thompson______Fireman _________ 9 "
M. F. Sullivan_______Fireman _________ 3 "
B. P. Lockwood_____Fireman ________ 2 "
Chemical Company No. 1.
Central Station, Oglethorpe Avenue and Abercorn Street.
Name Capacity In Service
A. M. Rogers_______.Foreman ________ 14 years
R. J. Glass_________Assistant Foreman___ 20 "
L. F.. Henderson__ __-Driver __________ 7 "
J. C. Shehan________Fireman ________._ 2 "
V. S. Pacetti________Fireman _________ 2 "
Hose Company No. 1.
515 Waldburg Street, East.
Name Capacity In Service
J. J. Connolly-,_____ -Foreman _____ __ 22 years
Thos. Hamilton. ______Assistant Foreman___ 12 "
H. J. Larkin_______Driver _________ 15 "
W. W. Pringle______Fireman _________ 9 "
_ ________________Fireman _________ ........
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 61
The expenses were sub-divided as follows:
Salaries _______________________$67,097 40
Printing and Stationery_______________ 134 75
Peed for stock____________..________ 4,487 65
Horse Shoeing_____.._____. _.,______ 581 70
Medicine for Stock_________________ 74 12
Treatment of Sick Stock.______________ 206 50
Additional Stock __________________ 1,250 00
Harness and Eepairs to same____________ 215 15
Repairs to Apparatus_________:__:i_ 1,084 04
Engine Coal and Wood_______________ 100 65
Stove and Heater Coal and Wood__________ 917 89
Gas and Illuminating Oil______________ 743 77
Lubricating Oil and Waste___- _________ .80 18
Soda and Acid-___________________ 59 50
Beds and Bedding for Men______________ 40 79
Miscellaneous Shop Tools_____________ 28 27
Furniture and Fixtures___________:___ 207 91
Implements of the Service_________:__ 166 10
Paints, Varnish, etc._________________ 79 35
Repairs to Buildings________________ 220 28
Additional Hose_______L ____..!______ 2,888 10
Boxes, Instruments, Wire, Tools, Etc., Fire Alarm 254 03
Telephone Rat___________________ 392 67
Cleaning Tools, Etc.__________________ 169 02
Repairs to Heaters______________ 3 58
Ice ____________________________ 150 00
Surgeon's Fees___________________ 72 65
Extra Labor on Fire Alarm____________ 12 73
Incidentals __ ___________________ 313 80
Pensions _________________________ 360 00
$82,492 58
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ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
New Fire Alarm Box_________________$298 98
Three Horse Hitch for No. 4______________ 125 00
One Extra Horse, Harness and Hangers for No. 4_ 325 81
One Twenty-foot Extension Ladder__________ 40 00
Extra Beds and Bedding________________ 39 79
Ceiling Fan_______________________ 27 00
Hot Water Tanks____________________ 17 60
$874 18
ESTIMATED VALUE OF DEPARTMENT PEOPEETY.
Fire Station No. 1_________________$20,750 00
Fire Station No. 2_________________ 26,195 00
Fire Station No. 3_________________ 50,955 00
Fire Station No. 4___________________ 21,514 00
Fire Station No. 5__________________ 14,820 00
Fire Station No. 6_________________ 10,530 00
Chemical Company No. 1______________ 3,364 00
Hose Station No. 1________ _ 3,862 00
Fire Alarm System__________________ 26,246 00
Miscellaneous ____________________ 3,435 00
Total ______________________$181,671 00
EXPENSES BY STATIONS.
Station No. 1_____________________$" 8,754 11
Station No. 2_____________________ 13,267 42
Station No. 3____________________ 12,827 11
Station No. 4_____________________ 9,567 52
Station No. 5_____________________ 7,266 20
Station No. 6_______'-_____________ 7,276 01
Chemical _______________________ 4,609 51
Hose Station No. 1_________________ 3,862 00
Fire Alarm System__ 1,016 76
General Expenses 14,342 07
Total ______________________$82,492 58
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DESCRIPTION OF ROLLING STOCK.
Engines.
Engine No. 11st Size Double Pump La France.
Engine No. 2Double Extra 1st Size Double Pump
La Prance.
Engine No. 31st Size Double Pump La France.
Engine No. 43rd Size Double Pump La France.
Engine No. 55th Size Double Pump La France.
Engine No. 62nd Size Single Pump Amoskeg.
Reserve Engine No. 72nd Size Double Pump La
France.
Reserve Engine No. 82nd Size Single Pump Jeffers;
condemned.
NoteNos. 4 and 5 formerly reported as 2nd and 3rd
size engines, should be 3rd and 5th size.
The 1st size, formerly in reserve, was changed to No. 3
Station and the 2nd size, formerly in that Station, was
placed in reserve.
Hose Tenders.
No. 1One Two-horse Wagon.
No. 2One Two-horse Wagon.
No. 3One Two-horse Wagon.
No. 4One Two-horse Wagon.
No. 5One Two-horse Wagon.
No. 6One Two-horse Wagon.
(See Combinations.)
(See Combinations.)
(See Combinations.)
Hose No. 1One Two-horse Wagon.
ReserveOne One-horse Reel.
Chemical Engines.
Chemical No. 1One Holloway double-tank, 85 gallons
each.
, Hook and Ladder Trucks.
No. 1Hayes Aerial Extension, 55 feet
No. 2Leverich Wood Frame Tiller Truck, 52 Feet
extension.
No. 3Hayward & Co.'s Light Steel Frame City Truck.
(See Combinations.)
64 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
Combinations.
No. 2Originally Holloway Combination, with doable
tanks, 35 gallons each. One tank taken off.
No. 5Tank from Holloway Chemical Engine, placed
under scat of hose wagon.
No. 6Originally Holloway Chemical Engine, with
double tanks, 65 gallons each; remodeled in 1902, and
changed into a hose wagon with one tank under seat.
Truck No. 3Tank from Holloway Combination, hnng
under truck frame.
Supply and Coal Wagons.
One Two-horse large wagon.
Three One-horse small wagons.
Officer's Vehicles.
One Superintendent's four-wheel buggy.
One Assistant Superintendent's four-wheel buggy.
Hose.
On January 1, 1905, the Department owned 1,603 feet
of hose. Since that date 2,000 feet of new hose were
purchased.
4,603 feet of condemned hose were sold and 400 feet
were turned over to the Water Works Department.
The inventory of hose on December 31st, shows 15,600
feet, classed as follows:
Very Good__________ 9,950 feet
Good _____________ 2,200 feet
Fair ______________ 1,600 feet
Poor ____________ 900 feet
Chemical hose, Good___ 900 feet
Chemical hose, Fair__ 50 feet
Total__________15,600 feet
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Horses.
On January 1, 1905, there were in service forty-five
horses. During the year the horses "Waver" and "Siam"
were condemned and sold and two horses, "Leo" and
"Tag," are now on trial filling their places. There are at
least four horses in the Department which are unfit for
service and which should be disposed of without delay.
Apparatus.
During the year the repairs to apparatus were confined
to what was absolutely necessary to keep the machines in
perfect running order. The appearance of the several apparatus received little if any attention and as a whole it will
be necessary to have a general overhauling and repainting
during the coming year.
On March 7th, Chemical Engine No. 1 was sent to Thunderbolt in answer to a call for assistance and while at work,
after having discharged four tanks, the dome of the right
tank suddenly exploded, severely injuring Assistant Foreman R. J. Glass and Fireman Thomas Dillon. An investigation of the causes of this explosion proves that the charges
of both soda and acid were excessive and too great a pressure was generated. The responsibility for this could not
be placed, as it appears that the crew in charge had used
no more acid and soda than had been used for perhaps tea
years, and from what I can learn the original receptacles
had never been changed. An examination of the tank
proved that the lead lining had been worn out or eaten
away by the action of the chemicals and as a result the
acid had attacked the brass chamber, the same conditions
were evident in the dome and the result was that it became
weakened and when high pressure was suddenly put on it
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gave way. After this accident I reduced the charges and
continued the engine in service with one tank for two weeks
when a slight leak was detected in the remaining tank.
The engine was then taken out of service. The tanks were
shipped to the American La Prance Fire Engine Company
at Elmira, N. Y., where they were furnished with new domes
and agitators and the interiors of both tanks lined with
lead. On December 7th, the engine was tested and at
11 o'clock A. M. the following day was again placed in
service with regulated and reduced charges of acid and
soda.
The principal and practically the only other repairs
worthy of mention, made during the past twelve months,
were:
On Engine No. 5 a new boiler leg, new flues, valves
and springs were put in.
For Truck No. 2 a new tiller lock was bought.
In Reserve Engine (Now No. 3) new flues, valves and
springs were put in.
Assistant Superintendent's buggy was furnished with
a new set of axles and rubber tires.
Buildings.
Yery little important work has been done on the buildings during the year and as a result much repair work will
have to be attended to shortly.
Several of the outhouses have been repaired and the
floor at Hose Station No. 1 and at No. 3 were patched.
At No. 4 a cement floor has just been completed and
the stall posts renewed.
The roofs of Stations Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6 have been
repaired.
The condition of Hose Station No. 1 is such as to warrant me in making a special report to his honor, the Mayor,
and the Committee on Fire during the past year. The
house needs a very general overhauling and while it has
been patched up within the last quarter it is neither a fit
nor a safe place for either men or horses.
.. .DIED ...
FRANK N. HARRIS
DRIVER OF ENGINE No. 6.
BORN AT SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. AUGUST 3lt. 1666.
APPOINTED A FIREMAN, SEPTEMBER Znd.iaoo.
KILLED BY FALLING FROM HIS ENGINE ON HENRY,
EAST OF DRAYTON STREET. WHILE RESPONDING TO AN ALARM FROM BOX 113 ON
MAY 3Oth, 19O6, AT 3:36 P. M.
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Injuries to Employes.
February 1st, Driver Frank N. Harris, while driving
Engine No. 5, in answer to an alarm from box 113 ran
into an excavation between ear tracks at Henry and Abercorn streets, was thrown from the seat and was injured in
shoulder and arm. Off duty 27 days.
Februaiy 14th, Foreman J. J. Connolly of Hose Company No. 1 injured on head and shoulder by a falling beam
at fire in McMillan & Bro.'s copper works. Off duty 14
days.
March 7th, Assistant Foreman B. J. Glass of Chemical
Company No. 1, severely cut and bruised in the face and
head by flying glass and metal when the chemical tank on
double 85-gallon engine exploded at Thunderbolt. Off duty
31 days.
March 7th, Fireman Thos. Dillon of Chemical Company
No. 1 injured in the eyes by chemical solution when the
chemical tank exploded at Thunderbolt. Off duty 8 days.
March 24th, Engineer C. A. Christians of No. 5, cut in
left leg while repairing engine. Off duty 29 days and 18
hours.
March 31st, Fireman Geo. E. Johnson of No. 3 fell from
the top of a load of sawdust at Jefferson and Park Ave.,
severely bruising his face. Off duty 9 days and 19 hours.
May 8th, Assistant Foreman C.^V. Egense of No. 3 had
little finger on left hand severely bruised by a horse stepping on it while he was examining the horse shoe. Off duty
7 days and 12^ hours.
June 12th, Fireman F. H. Thompson of No. 6 injured
on left shin by a blow from a coupling while laying off
hose from wagon during a practice. Off duty 3 days.
August 5th, Fireman Thos. Dillon of Chemical Company No. 1 injured right leg by falling on asphalt pavement while running after engine going to a fire. Off duty
4 days and 13 hours.
August 16th, Fireman W. B. Jones of No. 6 slightly
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ruptured by being thrown forward while riding a horse to
shop for shoeing, horse stumbled. No time lost.
August 31st, Fireman E. P. Daley of No. 5 had his hand
severely burned at a fire at Whitaker and Jones street lane.
Off duty 8 days and 12% hours.
September 18th, Fireman Fritz Goritz of No. 2 severely
cut on head and hand by falling glass at fire, 19 York street,
West. Off duty 5 days and 19*4 hours.
December llth, Fireman H. F. Corley of No. 4 had his
foot mashed by a piece of lumber while repairing heater
pit at No. 4. Off duty 1 day and 17 hours.
Accidents to Horses.
April 4th, Sandy horse at No. 3 cut on right hind leg;
kicked by his mate while on exercise.
July 13th, Sehley horse at No. 6 picked up a nail while
exercising. Severely injured.
August llth, Senator Horse at No. 4 slipped and fell
while responding to an alarm and was slightly cut and
bruised.
August 13th, Sabine horse at No. 1 Chemical slipped
on floor while running to harness and slightly sprained
hind leg.
October 21st, Jasper horse at No. 4 slipped on brick
pavement at Hall and West Broad streets while answering
an alarm and severely cut and bruised in several places.
October 24th, Miles horse at No. 4 slipped and fell on
brick pavement at Hall and West Broad streets while
answering an alarm and was skinned and bruised in several
places.
October 27th, Abbott horse at No. 2 seriously sprained
his left hind leg while rolling in stall.
Accidents to Apparatus. .
March 7th, The dome on right tank of Chemical Engine
No. 1 blew off while in service at a fire at Thunderbolt
6.45 A. M.
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June 16th, while at pratiee drill Wagon No. 3 collieded
with a pile of lumber at Oglethorpe avenue and Drayton
street breaking the pole and bending one fender.
October 24th, shaft of coal wagon broken by horse
turning too short before driver could get in the seat.
Fire Alarm Service.
This branch of the service is by no means satisfactory
to me, but within the limited amount allowed for the maintenance and repair of the system we can look for no improvement. As I said in my last annual report the work
on this branch of the department is too much for one man
when he is required to divide his time between the Police
and Fire Departments. The two departments should be
separated with a competent man in charge of each, or the
Superintendent should be furnished with a competent
assistant.
The overhead wiring should be /placed underground or
be thoroughly overhauled and put in first class condition.
A limited number of the old interfering boxes should be
replaced with up-to-date boxes every year until the change
is fully made. The tower bells should be placed on special
circuits and operated by a special instrument, and the boxes
should be quickened up so that the companies would not
be required to wait for the round of the boxes after
hitching up.
During the past year a contract was made with the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company for Bell
telephones in all stations.
On July 23rd the wires of the fire alarm system became
crossed and were badly burned in the battery room, fortunately the fire was discovered and promptly extinguished,
the damage amounting to $2.00.
Additional Apparatus and Equipment.
I beg to renew my recommendation that an additional
hose station be established in Collinsville and that another
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hook and ladder truck be purchased. The nearest truck
to the Southern section is located at No. 4 Station on
Barnard street near Huntingdon and at times this apparatus
is required to run over a mile to answer alarms. Serious
damage to property and possibly loss of life may result
in the want of ladders while this truck is making these
long runs.
I recommend that the wagons in Station Nos. 1 and 4
and at Hose Station No. 1 be fitted with one chemical tank
each, of not less than 35-gallons capacity and that the
wagon at No. 3 be equipped with a turret nozzle.
The necessity of a reserve hose wagon is a long felt
want and I respectfully ask that during the coming year a
properly equipped reserve wagon be purchased.
I
Fire Protection, River Front.
I beg to again call your attention to the importance of
taking some action looking towards the protection of the
wharves and shipping by making some arrangements
whereby I could .secure the use of one or more of the towboats in case of serious fires on the river front.
Practice Tower and Scaling Ladders.
I again ask that a practice tower be erected and the
necessary scaling ladders and equipment be provided so that
the men may become proficient in the use of these implements. _
Repairs and Inspection of Engines.
I beg to recommend that one of the regular engineers
of the department be made Foreman of Engines and that
it be made the duty of such Foreman to see to the prompt
and proper repairs to engines, to inspect the engines at
stated periods and report any irregularity without delay
to the Superintendent of the Department, and to see to the
proper training of all engineers and assistant engineers.
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This work to be done in addition to the duties now performed under such rules and regulations as may be established.
Engine Stokers.
I recommend that six stokers be selected from among
the members of this department to take the place of the
regular engineers during their absence from the stations.
These stokers to be required to stand an examination to
prove their knowledge of machinery, mechanical skill and
their ability to properly operate the engines.
Electric Inspections.
This work is being performed by Assistant Inspector
W. A. Hancock to whom it has been assigned. His report
shows a total of 1,650 inspections made, for which $548.25
was paid the City Treasurer in settlement of fees.
The amounts collected for electric inspections are
turned in to the City Treasurer and they go to the account
of "Electric Fees." The salary of the inspector is paid
out of the appropriation for the Fire Department and this
department gets nothing in return, financially, while we lose
the services of one man. These inspections are of the
greatest importance and must be continued, but I do not
think that the Fire Department should be required to pay
the inspectors salary.
I respectfully ask that the amounts paid in settlement
of fees for electric inspections be applied towards the payment of the inspector's salary and if these collections are
not sufficient that the fire department pay the balance.
Inspection of Outside Wiring.
Under the ordinances relative to electric wires no provision is made for inspection of overhead wires or of underground lines. In the underground system the character of
the duct, the size of the wire, the class of workmanship, the
splices, connections, etc., are purely and simply a matter
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 73
of preference, economy or carelessness "on the part of contractors. In the overhead system the telephone, telegraph
and electric light and power lines are strung just as the
linemen may see fit, sometimes with an utter disregard of
the rights of anyone. This should not be permitted, but
the overhead and the underground system should be subject
to an inspection by a competent inspector and I beg to
recommend accordingly.
Overhead Verandas and Balconies.
In this connection I beg to say that on buildings where
fire escapes are not required, verandas and balconies, if
properly constructed, are very desirable and of great service to this department. In case of fire in the upper floors
of buildings under three stories on which these verandas
and balconies are erected, the firemen are enabled to do
better and quicker work and to accomplish far better results
than it is possible for them to do while standing on a ladder.
The danger is less and the men are enabled to handle
the hose and implements with greater freedom and better
success. The city ordinance requires no fire escape on these
buildings, but in case of fire in the lower floors, by which the
exits are cut off, these verandas and balconies have been
of great value to the occupants and I think if properly constructed with iron brackets and rails they should be encouraged throughout the City. There should be some standard
specifications regulating the weight of the brackets, etc.,
similar to the law regulating the erection of fire escapes and
they should be.inspected and approved by the Board of
Fire Escapes before being used.
In this climate these verandas and balconies are recognized as necessary to the health and comfort of the citizens
in the summer, this being the case they can be made to serve
several very desirable ends, if securely erected, and I recommend that the Building Inspector be requested to present
this matter to Council with the necessary specifications.
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InspectionNational Board Fire Underwriters.
In February a special committee of twenty from the
National Board of Fire Underwriters instituted an investigation into the condition, equipment and personnel of this
department. The investigation was very general and
minute as to details and was completed in March.
In this report on the City of Savannah the Committee
makes thirty-two recommendations, embracing everything
which in the opinion of the committee is necessary to make
the department as near perfect as it is possible to have it.
The adoption of the recommendations in full would be
very desirable, but it is impossible to do this owing to the
great cost of the additional apparatus suggested. So far
as I have been able to do it I have endeavored to comply
with the suggestions as to the management of the department and I trust that Council will adopt the policy of adding,
annually to the equipment and force.
Notable Fires.
The principal fires of the year and those which resulted
in the greatest loss were:
On March 20th, the plant of the Savannah Milling Company, located in the A. C. L. E. R. yard, East Broad street,
opposite Jones street, was almost completely destroyed.
The alarm for this fire was turned in from box 26 on Liberty
street at 11.10 P. M. The Chemical Engine was the first
apparatus on the ground and the entire building was then
in flames, showing a serious delay in sounding the alarm.
A second alarm was sent in at 11.19 P. M. and the fire was
under control at 12.30 and entirely extinguished at 2.15
A. M. The loss amounted to $9,000.00.
On May 18th an alarm was received from box 35 at
11.40 P. M. for fire in round house of the Southern Ry. Co.,
at the foot of Stewart street and west of the Union station.
"When the first company, No. 4, arrived, the entire building
was on fire, being of wood covered with corrugated iron it
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burned fiercely. The water supply was poor because of
the long lines of hose made necessary on account of the
distance between hydrants; this coupled with the delay in
sending in the alarm resulted in the total loss of the building, which amounted to $11,000.00.
On December 27th a fire occurred in the store occupied
by Chas. Marks & Co., wholesale hatters, 25 Congress street,
West. When the department arrived the fire was located
in the rear of the store on the second floor t the elevator;
before it was extinguished considerable water had to be
thrown into the building, and owing to the character of the
stock, a large damage resulted from water.
Inspection of Telegraph Poles.
I take pleasure in reporting that a recent thorough inspection of telegraph poles has been made and I find much
improvement in the condition of last year. Many decayed
poles have been replaced and taken down, and while all of
the poles in the City are not yet painted and stenciled, a
very noticeable disposition has been shown by the electric
companies to comply with the law. I find a number of poles
which have been abandoned and for which no owner can
be found. I also find a quantity of "dead" or abandoned
wires which should be removed, but as I am unable to find
the names of the owners of these wires I recommend that
they be removed by the City.
Alarms.
The total number of alarms was 315, an increase of
29 over the previous year. Distributed as follows:
^i
From Street Boxes 66 calls
By Telephone_____________197 " j
By Local Calls_____ 52
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The alarms were answered as follows:
Engine Company No. 1__________41 calls
Engine Company No. 2_________ 77 "
Engine Company No. 3_________ 52 "
Engine Company No. 4_________ 55 "
Engine Company No. 5________ 60 "
Engine Company No. 6_________ 34 "
Truck No. 1________.______ 36 "
Truck No. 2________________ 22 "
Track No. 3________________ 70 "
Chemical No. 1______________ 81 "
Hose Company No. 1_______ 42 "
Alarms were divided as follows:
Between River and Jones streets___147 calls
Between Jones and Anderson streets__120 "
Between Anderson Street and Limits. 48 "
The largest numher of alarms came from Street Box 34,
at Wilson and "Walker streets. A total of 4.
The greatest number of alarms were received during the
month of December, a total of 47. February comes next
with 43, and July shows 8 as the lowest of any month
during the year.
Monday is credited with the greatest number, 58; and
Sunday with the smallest, 30.
The largest number occurred between the hours of
6 P. M. and midnight, 102; and the smallest number between
the hours of 3 A. M. and 6 A. M., 14.
Causes.
The causes, as ascertained, were as follows:
Smoke Issuing____________234
Explosions ______ 14
Foul Chimney____________ 34
False and Test___________ 27
Beyond City Limits___ 6
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Of these 83 occurred in brick or stone buildings, 174
in wooden buildings, and 58 in other than buildings, and
they were brought about in heating, 164; in illuminating, 20;
in other ways, 131. The fires were found in dwellings, 190;
in business houses, 67; other than buildings, 58.
The direct causes of fires were attributed to the following causes:
Foul Chimneys_____________ 34
Carelessness _______________ 40
False and Test______________ 27
Flying Sparks______________ 30
Defective Flues______________ 24
Explosion of Lamps, etc.________ 14
Unknown _________________ 23
Electric Wires_______________ 7
Defect in Construction_________ 36
Incendiary and Supposed Incendiary_ 15
Out of City________________ 6
Mischievous Children__________ 11
Overheated Stoves, etc._________ 9
Fire "Works________________ 8
Other Causes _______________ 31
Fires.
Fires were extinguished as follows:
By Chemicals_________-________ 62
By Streams from Hydrants__________ 32
By Streams from Engines__________ 25
By Buckets of Water and other means___ 76
Out when Department arrived___120
Two hundred and fifty-seven were confined to point of
origin, or before they had made any headway.
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Twelve were confined to the floor on which they originated, thirty-five were confined to the building in which they
originated, and eleven extended to adjoining buildings.
Losses.
The total loss for the year was $80,232.50, divided as
follows:
On Buildings______________$28,626.00
On Contents_______________$51,606.50
The greatest loss occurred during the month of December and the smallest during the month of July.
The total loss was 2.5 per cent, of the value of the
property involved.
The following comparative statement is respectfully
submitted:
YEAR
1890- _____
1891__ _ ._
1892_ _ _____
1893
1894_ _ __
1895_ _ _ __
1896__ __ _
1897_ _ ___
1898 ___ __
1899__ _ _
1900_ _ _ _
1901_ _ _
1902_ _ _ __
1903_
1904_ _ _
1905__ _ __
Number
of
Fires.
_ 169
__ 190
- 208
_ _ 183
._ 168
__ 179
_ 196
_ _ 195
__ 293
_ 238
_ 225
__ 263
__ 261
_ 263
_ _ 286
_ 315
TOTAL Loss
139,486 84
345,265 84
166,837 46
172,986 39
452,407 36
112,645 26
390,970 23
96,293 75
440,630 78
153,599 83
41,837 00
61,743 75
54,157 50
93,675 90
183,420 50
80,232 50
Percentage of
Lows to Value
of Property
Involved.
13.2
19.2
11.8
7.8
9.6
5.8
11.2
4.3
10.2
. 6.4
3.3
5.7
3.6
5.5
10.2
2.6
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
In conclusion I beg to submit the attached tabulated
statement of alarms, fires, their causes, locations, etc,
I beg to tender to his honor, the Mayor, the Committee
on Fire, and the Board of Aldermen, my thanks for favors
shown me during the past year.
I thank the officers and members of the Police Department for assistance rendered, and I commend the officers
and men of this Department for the faithfulness with which
they have performed their duties.
Very respectfully,
JOHN E. MAGUIRE, Superintendent.
80 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Value of Property and Loss By Fire, 1905.
Percentage of Loss to Property Involved 2.6.
MONTHS
January ..............
February .............
March ................
April .................
May ..................
July ..................
August ...............
October ..............
December ............
Total...............
Valnc of
Property
Involved
$ 668,785 00
123,005 00
143,582 00
38.316 00
304,585 00
73,100 00
26,800 00
514,050 00
47,807 00
67.610 00
488,312 00
518,477 00
$3,085,649 00
LOSS
Buildings
$ 3,072 00
5,876 00
4,285 00
868 00
7,051 00
910 00
728 00
1,172 00
587 50
971 00
1,780 00
1,205 50
$ 28,626 00
Contents
f 1,230 50
2,060 00
7,066 50
613 25
7,954 00
366 50
130 00
2,447 00
269 00
2.543 00
1,235 00
25,691 75
f 51,606 50
Total Loss
$ 4,302 50
8,036 00
11,361 50
1,481 25
15.005 00
1,276 50
85SOO
3,6l8 00
866 50
3,514 00
3,015 00
26,897 25
$80.232 50
Alarms 1905Manner of Receipt.
MONTHS
January ..............
February .............
March ................
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
November ............
December ............
Total...............
Street Box
7
13
4
3
7
6
2
6
5
5
5
3
66
Telephone
24
23
15
18
14
14
3
9
6
9
25
35
197
Local
7
5
4
2
4
2
3
3
4
4
5
8
52
Total
38
43
23
23
25
22
8
18
15
18
35
47
315
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 81
Alarms 1905Cause of Same.
MONTHS
January ..............
February .............
March ................
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
October ..............
December ............
Total..............
S
I1
a50
80
32
18
16
19
11
6
13
11
14
82
82
234
Explosions
1
1
2
8
1
2
1
1
2
14
Foul
Chimneys
5
4
4
3
2
1
2
8
10
84
False and
Tests
2
6
2
1
6
1
8
2
1
3
27
%
3
8
I
1
2
3
6
3o EH
38
43
23
23
25
22
8
18
15
18
35
47
315
Origin of Fires, 1905.
MONTHS
January ..............
February .............
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
October ...............
November ............
December ............
Total..............
In Heating
&
g
17
21
7
12
10
10
8
4
7
8
12
20
131
a Z
I
5
7
1
1
1
2
1
6
24
's
J3
S
3
3
2
"i
0
"3
1
22
31
10
15
11
11
3
6
7
8
13
27
164
IllumnatiDK

a
1
Q
2
1
2
3
1
2
1
1
8
16
1

1
"i
2
I O
...
1 1
...
2
I
2
I
8
3
1
3
1
1
1
4
20
Miscellaneous
i
1
Q
6
2
4
2
6
1
2
4
1
5
4
6
43
1 "3
CO
5
2
8
4
2
2
2
2
2
3
8
6
41
S
1
3
7
3
2
3
7
1
3
4
1

4
47

14
11
10
8
11
10
5
0
7
9
21
16
131
82 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Cause of Fires, 1905.
MONTHS
January ..............
February .............
March ................
April .................
Hf air
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
October ...............
November ............
Total..............
|Mischevious Children.

1
1
1
1
5
11
|Electric Wires
1
1
1
?,
2
7
| Heated Over
1Stoves, Etc.
1
2
1
1
2
2
T
|Carelessness
6
3
7
1
3
5
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S
I
1
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7
5
3
2
3
1
?,
2
2
3
2
4
36
|Defective Flues
2
5
"5
1
2
1
2
"2"
4
24
1 Incendiary and
|Supposed Incendiary
2
1
1
4
1
2'
1
1
2
15
|Flying Sparks
3
7
4
2
5
1
1
5
2
30~
IUnknown
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
7
3
i
|Kxploslons
1
i
'2
3
1
2
1
1
'2
14
IFoul Chimneys
5
4
'i
2
"i
2
3
10
34
I>nd False Tests
2
6
2
i
6
1
3
2
1
3
27
1of City Out
1
2
3
--
6
t*
a0
7
5
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
5
12
39
1 t*
38
43
23
23
35
22
8
18
15
18
35
47
315
Fire Statistics, 1905.
MONTHS
January ..............
March ................
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
October ...............
November ............
December ............
Total..............
Fire Originated In
10
1?Sso
M&
ss 5-S Km
15
'i
4
5
7
2
4
4
5
8
16
1 *c
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20
22
15
15
17
8
5
10
6
12
18
26
83 | 174
1
2
a*Sa
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O
3
10
6
4
3
7
1
4
5
1
9
5
58
Confined to
Point ofOrigin
28
35
15
17
20
19
5
17
14
16
27
44
257
Confined to
Floor Origin of
7
"l"
....
1
2
12
Confined to
Building Origin of
2
5
7
5
4
2
8
...
6
1
35
Extended to
Adjoining Property
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
11
1Conflagration
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 88
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1905.
MB. JOHN E. MAGUIBE,
Superintendent Fire Department.
DEAR SIKI herewith respectfully submit my report
from January 1st, to December 31st, 1905, inclusive:
The following installations were made:
Incandescant Lights_____________________ 7,282
Fixtures for Incandescant Lights____________ 3,419
Electric Fans _______________________ 274
Electric Motors_______ 51
Are Lights_______________________ 153
Electric Signs ____________ 3
"Wiring for other electric service, instruments, etc. 32
A total of 1,650 inspections were made and fees to the
amount of $548.25 collected by the City Treasurer. The
above report includes inspections of wiring and other electric
service for temporary work.
Very respectfully,
W. A. HANCOCK,
Acting Electric Inspector.
84 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Report Fire Alarm Telegraph.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1906.
MR. JOHN E. MAGUIRE,
Superintendent Fire Department.
DEAR SIRI have the pleasure to submit the following
report of the Fire Alarm Telegraph Service for the year
ending December 31, 1905.
During the year 608 alarms were turned in over the
lines of the alarm system. Telephones are credited with
197 and the alarm boxes with 66.
For Fire ____________________ 236
For Daily Tests_______________ 345
For False and Test_____________ 27
Total__________________ 608
The fire alarm consists of the following:
1 8-circuit controlling board.
190 cells of chloride accumulators (6 ampere hour
Type "T.")
1 12-eircuit automatic repeater.
82 street boxes
90 poles.
2 bell strikers.
6 combination gongs and indicators.
2 18-inch gongs
41% miles insulated copper wire, No. 10 and No. 12.
3 indicators.
5 electric trips.
8 6-inch gongs.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 85
Expenses.
Salary _____________________$ 600 00
Box, wire, tools, etc.___________ 354 03
Extra labor on system____________ 12 73
Expenses Superintendent to Convention_ 50 00
Total____'_____________$1,016 76
During the year one new box was received and installed:
Box 523, at Eagle Manufacturing Company's plant at Louisville road and Magazine avenue.
Recommendations.
That the Superintendent of Fire Alarm and Police Telegaph be provided with a competent assistant.
That fire alarm headquarters be installed in a fireproof
building.
That a register be provided at headquarters for every
circuit.
That the mechanism in all boxes be changed so as to
include platinum point breaks and non-interfering mechanism, eventually with successive attachment.
That not less than 18 of the old boxes be replaced.
That all boxes have keys attached, either with or without a glass guard, and until keys are attached, that a
sign be immediately posted near every box indicating where
the keys may be found.
That boxes be painted red and be furnished with red
lights wherever praetiele.
That not less than 12 additional boxes be installed at
once and the policy of continued additions be adopted for
86 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
the future. Localities now in need of boxes are: Near Beynolds Square, Oglethorpe Avenue, two locations; Gaston,
near Montgomery Street; two or three locations in Collinsville; three locations near Barnard Street, south of "Waluburg Street, etc.
That special circuits be provided for the tower bells,
to be operated by a manual transmitter, and that the gongs
in the department houses be connected to additional special circuits.
That circuits be placed underground wherever conduit
space is available and the underground construction be constantly extended.
That the overhead wiring be put in good shape, all sections having defective insulation be replaced.
That the batteries be charged by current of not more
than 220 volts.
That all alarms be sent to the electric light and power
company and to the gas company.
That every box be tested at least once a month.
That proper provision should be made whereby towboats shall receive all alarms of fire.
That the Superintendent of Fire Alarm be provided
with a suitable office so that he may be enabled to keep
proper records of the system.
In conclusion, I desire to thank you for the confidence
you have shown in me, and for the many favors extended
to me during the past twelve months.
Very respectfully,
W. D. CLAIBOBNB,
Superintendent Fire Alarm.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER.
Or. Statement of Cash Received and Disbursed from January 1st, 1905, to December 31st, 1905, Cr.
Cash in Treasury Jan. 1st, 1905
CITY LOTS
Received from James' McGuire
for 2 3-10 Acres of Lot No. 4
Old Water Works Tract__ 1,150 00
Received from James L. Rankin
for Lots Nos. 6, 8, 10 and 12
Old Water Works Tract___ 2,850 00
Received from Messrs. Gardner
& Mercer for Lots Nos. 26
and 27, Thomas Ward__ 5,400 00
Received from M. Bluenthal for
strip of Land on the East
Side of Abercorn Street between 42d Street and Estill
Avenue _______..__ 120 00
Received from George A. Beach
for Lot No. 98 and a portion
of Lot No. 97, Solomons Ward 2,100 00
Received from Edward Taylor
for Eastern Strip of Lot No. 1
Law Ward ._._._....._ 115 70
$ 101,075 34 BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries of Health Officer, City
Physicians and Keeper of Pest
House ____.______-$ 17,699 96
Time of Hands Disinfecting.
Printing Mortuary Reports, Circular, Postage, etc...__.____
Vaccine Points, Soap, Forage,
Ice, etc. _ __ - __ - _. _
Coffins and Wagons for Paupers
Rent of Telephones
Articles Destroyed, etc. ...
Chief Sanitary Inspector, for use
of Buggy ..
303 55
264 25
2,277 60
331 25
158 00
29 00
250 00$ 21,313 61
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BOARD OF HEALTH (Quarantine)
Salaries of Inspectors and Expenses ______________ 4,488 46
CITY CLOCKS
Attending City Clocks.
CHARITY
Female Orphan Asylum.
153 06
520 00
4,488 46
153 06
Received from John L. Day for
Northeast part of Lot 34 and
North Part of Lot 85 and SG
Reppard Ward ______
Mrs. McStay ..._..__........._ 144 00
Mrs, Fender ..__.__...__... 144 00
Kings Daughters ..... ......._ 800 00
111 CO 11,847 30 Working People's Home..... 300 00
Savannah Orphans' Benevolent
Society __.....___...... 440 00
Clerk of CouncilExpended for
Charity .._....__._...... 1,189 18
Mary McLean Circle ______ 275 00
Savannah Hospital Refunded for
Taxes -_.__.._- 2,031 00
Georgia InfirmaryRefunded for
Taxes .____ 547 65
Savannah Port SocietyRefunded for Taxes_ 356 25
Park View SanitariumRefunded for Taxes____ 250 40
Union Society Refunded for
Taxes __........._.....__ 1,100 00
Westminister Presby. Church
Refunded for Taxes..... 38 70
Telfair HospitalRefunded for
Taxes _____________ 870 C3
Womana' Home Mission Society
Refunded for Taxes ...__.. 189 60
Charity HospitalRefunded for
Taxes .....____._ 44 50
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ELECTRIC FEES
Received from Sundry Persons
for Electric Pees . . 648 25
Womans' Temperance, Union
Refunded for Taxes _____ 282 75
Mrs. Cain _...__......__.__.... 84 00
Mount Tabor Baptist Church 6 44
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Refunded for Paving_____ 155 64 9,269 01
CITY LAMPS
Lighting Streets from Dec. 1st, - 1904, to Nov. 30th, 1905-___ 37,232 61 37,232 61 Q
DRY CULTURE
Time of Hands ..________ 9,047 35 >.
Lumber, Lime, Cement, Forage, 3
Etc. _________.___.... 860 77 ; 9,908 12 c
DISPENSARY
Salaries of Keeper and Assistant 2,455 73
Lighting, Fuel, Ice, etc. ____ 293 02
Rent of Building _.__....__.. 480 00
Printing and Stationery____. 5 00 -
Drugs, etc. _ 1,721 99
Insurance 17 44
Rent of Telephone _______ 25 00 4,998 18
ELECTRIC FEES
Repairs to Bicycle, Printing and
548 25 Stationery ___________ 18 25 18 25
FEES
Received from Harbor Pees for
Year Ending Dec. 31th, 1905..
Received from City Marshal for
Executions ..... ..
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Received from the Superintendent of the Fire Department,
Proceeds of Sale of Horses,
Barrels, Sacks, etc..____..
GROUND RENTS
Received from Ground Rents...
5,404 74
911 24 C.815 98
201 13 201 13
7,772 17 7,772 17
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Pay Roll -.......__..._.
Attending Sick Stock._......
Horses ..__.._. ..
Harness and Repairs to Same..
Repairs to Engines........
Oil, Paiint, Fuel, Soda, etc......
Repairs to Buildings ..__...
Hose, etc. _..__.......__...
Incidentals ... ......_.
Tools and Repairs ..........
Furniture anl Fixtures ._.
Rent of Telephones ......_.
Fire Alarm . ..
Surgeons Fees ........ .._.
Beds and Bedding for Men__.
Repairs to Heaters _.
Extra Labor on Fire Alarms
Pensions . . ....
Printing and Stationery....
Forage _. ........_.
Shoeing .
07,094 38
280 02
1,250 00
215 15
7CO 9G
2,095 80
220 28
88 10
313 80
363 39
207 91
392 C7
354 03
72 G5
40 79
3 58
12 73
SCO 00
134 75
4,487 65
581 70
FIRE AND POLICE UNIFORMS
Firemen's Uniforms, Shirts
Caps, etc.___...____ 3,781 77
Police Uniforms, Helmets, etc.. 4,435 89
79,330 94
8,217 66
GROUND RENT LOTS
Received for Balances due on
Ground Rent Lots.. 10,434 83 10,434 C3
GWINNETT STREET TUNNEL
Received from the Savannah
Electric Company their Proportion as per Contract
114,070.07, Less Credit $434.00 13,636 07
Received from the Atlantic Coast
Line R. R. Co., their Proportion as per Contract 114,070.07
Less Credit $7,729.60__ 6,340 47
Received from Commissioners
of Public Works, Proceeds of
Old Lumber ..... ..
HARBOR AND WHARVES
Received from P. O'Connor,
amount of his bill paid twice,
and same returned in Cash
to Treasurer ...,. 19 85
80 75 20,057 29
19 85
GRADING STREETS
Time of Hands_______
Material, etc. .......
614 03
11 90
GWINNETT STREET TUNNEL
Time of Hands __________ 1,579 78
Cement, Lumber, Shells, Pipe,
etc _..______ 2,399 49
Sidewalks .__________ 425 60
Use of Teams ..______... ' 361 35
Savannah Lumber Company on
Contract .____________ 20,171 15
HARBOR AND WHARVES
Expense of Horse and Buggyj._. 240 00
Rent of Office ______.___ 240 00
Fuel, Postage, Lights, etc___ 469 00
Salary of Clerk __________ 900 00
Rent of Telephone _______ 115 00
Buggy and Harness ___ 150 00
HOSPITALS
Savannah Hospital, Keeping City
Patients for year___.__._ 3,000 00
625 93
I
24,937 37
2,114 00
St. Joseph Infirmary, Keeping
City Patients for year........ 3,250 00
Georgia Infirmary, Keeping City
Patients for year.__..__ 4,500 00
Park View Sanitarium, Keeping
City Patients for year_..... 2,750 00
Charity Hospital, Keeping City
Patients for year._... 900 00 14,400 00
INCIDENTALS
Telegrams, Postage, etc. 819 56
Premium on Bonds of City Officers and Employes....... 307 50
Fuel, Lights, Ice, etc.______ 974 57
City Marshal for use of Buggy.. 260 00
Cost of Court __-----__--.. 78 73
Pasting Coupons from City Savannah Bonds in Coupon Book- '100 00
Expenses of Commissioners of
Pilotage for 1906________ 75 00
J. R. Creamer Compiling Ordinances ___ 100 00
Expense of City Marshal Attending Convention .__.._ 35 00
Rental of Telephones ._. 114 00
Extra Compensation Paid City
Attorney ..__-. - 250 00
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INCIDENTALS
Received from the National
Bank of Savannah for Interest
on dally balances. 5,832 35
Received for Surveying Lots and
Making Plats ....__..__ 172 00
Received from City Marshal for
Interest on Executions ... 424 73
Received from Foreman of City
Lots for Pound Fees..._ 25 00
Expenses of City Attorney to I
Washington ..._..._ 71 50 j
Entertaining Railroad Commissioners ____.________. 80 75
Election Managers 304 00
Preparing List of Voters 254 55
S. P. Brazzell for Erecting Voting Stands __..__...__ 50 00 ' *
J. R. Creamer, Compiling Election Returns ___----____ 50 00
J. K. P. Carr, Swearing Election
Managers ___-______ 20 00 >
J. R. Creamer, Indexing Tax
Ordinances __..__ 50 00
R. Schnieder, for Repairing
Clock at 38th Street Engine
6,454 08 House ..____...__ _ 50 00 4,045 16 J|
I INTEREST -
Coupons from City of Savannah
Bonds of Issue 1879__._.. 135,967 60 135,967 50
Coupons from City of Savannah
Bonds of Issue of 1883____ 12,751 09 12,751 09
Coupons from Old City of Savannah Bonds .___.___ 75 00 75 00
INSPECTION FEES
Received for examination of
Plumbing __________ 723 BOLAUREL GROVE CEMETERY
Received from Burial Fees__
Received from Sale of Lots__
LIQUOR LICENSES
Received from Liquor Licenses.
1,879 00
1,251 00
MARKETS
Received from Collections
Received from rent of Vaults_
Received from rent of Stalls....
METER INSPECTION
Received from Inspection of
Gai Meters ...........___
10,558 25
1,752 60
755 10
13 00
723 50
3,130 00-
54,336 41 54,336 41
13,065 85
13 00
INSPECTION FEES
Salaries of Inspectors .......__ 2,535 00
Postage, Printing and Stationery 27 66
LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY
Salary ot Keeper and Time ot
Hands .._....__........
Material, Tools, Forage, etc.
Flowers and Plants .....____
Rent of Telephone.-.....
Printing and Stationery
Hot House Boiler, etc .
LAW DEPARTMENT
City Attorney's Incidental Account . ..... .
MARKET
Salaries of Cleric, Assistant and
Time of Hands ..__.__...-..
Lighting and Fuel .
Sawdust, Brooms, Soap, etc.
Insurance __..._......____
Repairs and Material
5.G46 92
495 IS
118 CC
25 00
4 75
548 25
650 00
3,402 00
615 07
552 70
25 00
358 30
MAINTENANCE OF HOUSE DRAINAGE
Salaries of Inspectors and Hands 3,883 80
Plumbing Work, etc_...___ 18 25
2,582 55
6,738 76
650 00
4,953 07
3,902 05
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MAINTENANCE OP ASPHALT STREETS
Gravel, Drayage, etc, __ 371 20
Repairing Streets _____... 7,699 64
Time of Hands __________ 261 00 8,331 84
OPENING STREETS
George H. Miller __.____ 600 00
Ellen E. Lynch ..___......_ 444 78
Gibbs and Hayes ________ 223 21
Catherine McRae .._____ 212 50
Est. L. A. Falligant.._____ 2,144 25
J. P. Brooks' Guardian__ ___ 500 00
Belle S. Hardee _________ 450 00
J. P. Brooks' Guardian _____ BOO 00
J. F. Brooks' Guardian ____ 100 00
A. H. Entelman __._______ 500 00
Mrs. W. S. Sawyer________ 492 30
Horace Rivers _________ 250 00
Charles E. Stults ___________ 374 56
M. L. Byck ___.-__________ 433 33
Horace Rivers _______ 300 00
John Ohsiek ._....__.____ 250 00
William McNichols -_______ 325 00
Catherine C. Baker._______ 333 33
A. R. Lawton __________ 509 67
L. L. Poultney ___.___._.__. 338 88
P. R. Moale __________.. 29 81
96 MAYOR'S ANNUAL RKPORT.
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1904, charged in Dec. 1904,
Note not presented, and same
Credited as Cash ______ 239 82
PAVING STREETS
Received from Office Collections
Received from City Marshal
Beceived from Foremen of City
Lots, Proceeds of Sale of
Sacks ...
28,829 12
6,946 45
Land Purchased _________ 4,715 99
Recording Deeds-________ 37 00
Removing Houses ______-. 686 00
390 31 Time of Hands, etc.-.- 196 73 42,239 33
PARK AND SQUARES
Time of Hands ___. ______ 7,272 30
Material, Tools, etc ___..__ 438 84
Plants, Trees, etc.____ 104 65 >
Printing and -Stationery 10 75
Forage, Fuel, Shoeing, etc..__ 1,273 74
Insurance __ 16 00 9,116 28
FORSYTH PARK EXTENTION
Artificial Stone Walk, as per
Contract .._~___._... 2,815 99 2,815 99
PARK AND SQUARE (Tree Planting and Nursery)
Time of Hands .._._ 1,232 53 Q
Material, etc. ______.___ 112 01
Trees, etc. ____________ 115 80 1,460 34
59 30 35,834 87
PAVING STREETS
Paving and Improving Streets.. 72,865 86 72,865 86
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries .._.-___ 79,098 79
Material and Repairs ..__._ 169 97
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Received for Keeping Prisoners. 161 35
Received from Union Station
Company Salary of Policemen 260 00
Received from Sale of Horses.. 189 00
Fuel and Lights _'______ 657 44
Shoeing, Repairing Vehicles,
Harness, etc, _..._...__ 879 26
Insurance ______...__... 810 00
Printing and Stationery, Postage, etc. . .. .......... 265 05
Rental of Telephones ....___ 149 85
Forage _...__._....... 3,198 29
Food for Prisoners __...___.. 1,365 27
Medicine and Attending Sick
Stock ............._..__... 223 30
Horses ____.___....... 675 00
Equipment, etc. . _. 181 39
Gamewell System ____ 306 63
Barracks Supplies 426 40
Detective Department . 18 61
Medical Attention to> Emergency
Calls -...._-..-,.__ 65 00
Postage and Telegrams..... 56 63
Superintendent Attending Conventions _____ 100 00
W. D. Claiborne Attending Conventions ___._- 50 00
Dues to National Association of
Chief of Police and Bureau of
Information ___-- 20 10
610 35 Detective Wagon, Horse, etc 476 33 88,693 31
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS (New City Hall)
H. W. Witcover, Architect..__.... 6,239 65
Savannah Contracting Company,
payments for work on New
City Hall.as per contract..._ 132,807 14
Insurance .___._..__..... 671 50
Howard Clock Company __... 750 00
Electric Supply Company.__- 4,000 00
Tlmeof Hands--...... 8281 143,55110
PAVING SIDEWALKS |
Time of Hands, Material etc.__ 9,184 96 9,184 96
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation by Council ._.__ 3,000 00 3,000 00 .
SINKING FUND BONDS, 1879
Bonds Cancelled and Retired,
Issue 1879* ___...___-- 39,510 40 39,510 40
SINKING FUND BONDS 1883
Bonds Cancelled and Retired,
issue 1883 __..___._____ 2,185 00 2,185 00

POLICE COURT
Received from Police Court for
Pines ________.__- 10,243 BOPRINTING AND STATIONERY
Received from City Marshal for
Advertising ._____. 85 00
RENT ACCOUNT
Received from L. Gibbs, Son &
Co., for rent of Wharf Slip,
foot of Whitaker Street, from
Nov. 1st, 1903, to Oct. 31st,
1904 __.._._..._..... 100 00
Received for Rent of Lots,
Springfield Plantation ._.. 50 00
Received for Rent of Houses. 4 . 103 72
10,243 50
85 00
POLICE RESERVES
Appropriation by Council___- 2,999 88 2,999 88
PRINTING AND STATIONERY
City Printing, Printing Circulars. Proceedings of Council,
Mayor's report for 1904, and
Stationery ._ 4,656 91 4,656 91
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Fuel and Lights ..._.
Incidentals __
Insurance . -....._
Printing and Stationery __..
795 43
99 80
18 50
16 25 929 98
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RESURFACING STREETS
Time of Hands _......... 316 02
253 72 Material ..__......__..__..__ 1,873 55 2,189 57 6

SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
Salary of Keeper of Powder
Magazine ________ 120 00
V. G, Schreck, for List of Property Owners in Extended
Limits __.._....___..__... 950 00
Post A. Travelers Protective Association Appropriations __... 2,000 00
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Convention ._______.. 1,000 00 4,070 00
SEWER ACCOUNT WEST BROAD
STREET EXTENSION
Time of Hands __.___.._.. 1,502 1C
Castings, etc. .._...._.._.... 135 70
Lumber, Pipe. etc. ....__.__ 121 16 1,819 01
STREET AND LANES (Emmet Park)
Artificial Stone Walk..._..._. 944 46
Material, etc. .____._..... 67 00 1,001 46
SEWER WEST BROAD STREET ^
EXTENSION
Time of Hands .._..-....._.. 270 24
Material __._........_....... 201 20 471 44
SALARIES
Salaries of Aldermen, City Officers, Clerks for year ending
December 31st, 1905, and
Auditor for examining the
books of the Treasurer, Marshal and Clerk of Council. 47,974 86 47,974 86
SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT
Salary of Superintendent and
Time of Hands ____ ___. 24,718 50
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Received from Chatham County
as per Contract for Garbage
for the Year...._____
Received from W. W. Osborne
for Service rendered by John
J. Garrlty for boring an Artesian well at White Bluff....
SIDEWALKS DEPARTMENT
Received for Repairing and
Laying Sidewalks ..____..
Received from the Foreman of
City Lots, Pounds or Sale of
Empty Sacks, Barrels, etc..__
Received from the Southern
Railway Company, Amount of
Freight Bill Paid Twice, and
returned as Cash . -____
Received from the City Marshal
3,000 00
125 00 3,125 00
7,675 91
300 74
IS 00
1,731 90 9,726 55
Forage .____..._...._
Tools, etc. .__...__--__-.
Lumber, Hardware, etc. ..__
Attending Sick Stock__..__.
Rent of Telephone .._._____
Harness and Repair to same..
Lighting Stables _______
Insurance ._____..__
Use of Teams.......
Garbage __.
Mules .. .. .
Fuel ..__..__.___...__.
STREET AND LANES
Time of Hands .__..__.._.
Forage _.__...
Oyster Shells __.__..
Cement, Brick, Lumber, etc...
Attending Sick Stock._....
Harness and Repairs to same_
Printing and Stationery ...__
Insurance .....-
Mules _-__-_.____--__. ..
Freight Charges and Drayage.
Plumbing Work .............
Lighting Stables and Fuel._
Catch Basins __......__
Repairs to Pavement, etc. .
6,818 09
99 75
2,113 66
143 50
63 00
147 67
267 13
102 50
186 00
8,893 32
674 00
36 50
45,547 68
4,326 26
726 22
3,394 07
195 00
486 73
233 03
198 00
674 00
153 10
12 00
208 73
157 50
23 88
44,263 62
56,336 20
SINK DEPARTMENT
Received for Clearing Vaults_
TAXES, 1899
Received from City Marshal__
TAXES, 1900
Received from City Marshal__
TAXES, 1901
Received from City Marshal....
TAXES, 1902
Received from City Marshal__
TAXES, 1903
Received from City Marshal
6,511 35 6,511 35
8 70
13 05
7 98
345 86
8 70
13 05
7 98
345 86
1,650 03 1,650 03
TAXES, 1904
Received from Office Collections 119,352 04
Received from City Marshal.... 18,874 66 138,226 70
TAXES, 1905
Received from Office Collections
from Real Estate, etc. 414,745 71
Specific Taxes ______...._ 94,395 40
SINK DEPARTMENT
Salary of Superintendent-_..
Cleaning Vaults ......._..
Forage ........... ......
Printing and Stationery..
TAXES, 1904
Amount Refunded by Council.
1,300 00
5,352 25
158 35
10 35 6,820 61
7 25
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Received from Badges
One Horse Wagons -.. 4,261 20
Two Horse Wagons .-_____ 1,490 40
One Horse Trucks _______ 349 40
Two Horse Trucks __1....... 915 60
One Horse Hacks ..___ 720 00
Two Horse Hacks __ 80 00
Two Horse Ominibus...-- 43 20
Street Hucksters ...._____. 133 50
Dogs ....__..__...._.... 2,011 40
Three Horse Trucks ______ 25 20
Street Cars ____ _______ 675 00
Poultry Dealers _. 58 50
Peddlers ______-.____.. 72 00
Received from City Marshal__ 11,703 19 531,679 70
WATER WORKS
Received from Water Rents 107,796 08
Received from W. W. Osborne
for services rendered by W.
H. Peck for boring an Artesian
Well at White Bluff___... 100 00
Received for use of Water for
Laying Cement Pavements.- 84 26
TAXES, 1905
Amount Refunded by Council... 4,464 50 4,464 53
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WATEBi WORKS
Salaries of Officers and Employees for year ending No-
- vember 30th, 1905 _______ 18,810 10
Running Expense of Pump and
Engine ___.......__... 17,209 68
Incidentials ._____.___ _ 1,138 07
Repairs .______________ 353 80
Improvement Account _ 105 00
Extension Account -..__. 6,889 16
Received from Sale of Meters
and Taps ._...______. 31 00 108,011 34
$1,082,757 61
Air Lift __..............._..
Cash on Hand Dec. 31st, 1905.
5,058 95 49,364 76
43,875 77
$1,082,757 61
We the undersigned Committee on Finance have examined the accounts of the City Treasurer, from January
1st, 1905 to the 81st day of December. 1905 and find same correct with proper vouchers and a balance in the Treasury
of $43 875,77 (Forty-Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five Dollars and Seventy-Seven Cents).
JAMES M. DIXON, Chairman,
E. A. M. SCHRODER,
J. F. CANTY,
F. M. OLIVER,
Finance Committee.
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WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent's Report for the Year 1905.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 2, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah.
SIRI have the honor to submit herewith my Annual
Report for the Water Works Department for the year ending
December 31, 1905.
The appropriation for 1905 was $48,864.08. The cost
of maintainance and repairs amounted to $36,894.00, and
the amount which went for betterments was $12,470,76; this
includes air lift, mains, fire hydrants, valves, taps, gas and
electric testing machines.
The receipts for the year 1905 are_______$ 108,011 34
Total Expenditures_________________ 49,364 76
Leaving a surplus of___$ 58,646 58
The accompanying statements show in detail the operation of the Water Works Department for the year ending
December 31, 1905:
Pumpage.
The total pumpage for the past year was 3,220,411,479
gallons-; an average per twenty-four hours or 8,823,046 gallons.
Coal Consumption.
The total amount of coal consumed during the year was
3,710.7 tons; an average per twenty-four hours of 10.16 tons.
106 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Monthly Statement of Pumpage.
Gallons.
January _____________ . _______________ 274,390,689
February _______________________ 262,867,219
March _________________________ 282,848,380
April _______________________ ^ _ 278,527,802
May __________________________ 277,470,953
June _________________________ 266,275,787
July __________________________ 265,335,592
August ________________________ 261,616,284
September ______________________ 262,110,188
October __ _ ___________________ 274,828,589
November ______________________ 263,313,809
December ____________ - ________ ___ 250,826,187
i Total ______________________ 3,220,411,479
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Expenses.
.i The following statement shows in detail the expenses of
the Department for the past year:
t Salaries Account __________ ________ $18,810 10
; Weekly Pay Roll __________________ 3,800 88
Running Account ___________________ 13,208 80
Repairs Account ___ _ ___ 353 80
Incidental Account _____ _______ _______ __ 1,138 07
Improvement Account ___ ____ 105 00
Extension Account _____ __________________ 6,889 16
Air Life Account ________ ___ _________ 5,058 95
Total Expenditures________.__.___$49,364 76
Appropriation _____________ -___ 48,864 08
Balance ___________________$ 500 68
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 107
Miscellaneous.
Statement showing the miscellaneous work done by the
employes of the Department during the past year:
Water shut off for City Taxes______________ 19
Special Inspections for the City Treasurer_______ 96
Leaks Reported by Health Inspectors__________4,596
Water Rent Due, and Notices Served________ 521
Water Shut Off on account Leaks_________1_.._ 811
Water Turned On________________________ 22
Special Inspections______________________5,849
Repairs to Mains______________:________ 18
Gate Valves Packed and Repaired____________ 338
Repairs to Chess-pools___________________ 383
Repairs to Meters______________________ 5
Fire Hydrants packed and repaired____ 729
Fire Hydrants moved___________________ 16
New Fire Hydrants___________________ 13
New Taps__________________________ 364
New Mains, (feet)______________________6,511
New Gate Valves___________________-__ 7
New Valve Boxes put in___________ 115
Extension of Mains.
New mains were laid during the past year at the following locations :
Location. Feet. Size.
On Harmon from Henry to Gwinnett______1,572 6"
" Atlantic from Gwinnett to Bolton______ 336 6"
" 33rd from R. R. crossing to Reynolds___ 588 6"
" Reynolds from 33rd, South__________ 408 6"
" Congress from Abercorn, East________ 468 6"
" Jones from West Broad to Whitaker___1,416 12"
" Jones from Abercorn to Price________ 948 8"
" Oglethorpe Avenue from Farm to West
Boundary__________________ 480 6"
" Dooley Ave. from Louisville Road South_ 325 2"
Total____________________6,541
108 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Deducting 1.416 feet of 12" and 948 feet of 8" pipe laid
on Jones street to replace old 4" mains, leaves a grand total
to date of 66 miles and 824 feet.
There was also laid in Laurel Grove Cemetery 803 feet
of 1%" and 200 feet of 1%" pipe.
New Fire Hydrants.
The following is a statement of new Fire Hydrants
placed during the past year:
One on Jones and Montgomery, S.-W. corner.
, One on Jones and Jefferson, S.-W. corner.
One on Jones, near Tattnall, North side.
One on Jones and Whitaker, N.-W. corner,
i One on Jones and Lincoln, N.-W. corner.
One on Jones and Habersham, N.-W. corner.
One on Jones and Price, N.-W. corner.
! One on Thirty-Third and Reynolds, S.-W. corner.
: One on Reynolds, near Thirty-Fifth, West side.
j One on Congress and Lincoln, N.-E. corner.
One on Harmon and Duffy, N.-W. corner.
One on Harmon and Waldburg Lane, N.-W. corner.
' One on Oglethorpe Avenue and West Boundary, S.-E.
corner.
Making a total of thirteen new hj'drants and a grand
total to date of 658.
New Gate Valves.
New Gate Valves were placed at the following locations:
One 12" on Jones and Whitaker streets.
One 8" on Jones and Price streets.
, One 6" on Atlantic Avenue and Bolton street.
] One 6" on Thirty-Third and East Broad streets.
I One 6" on Henry and Harmon streets.
One 6" on Gwinnett and Harmon streets.
One 6" on Oglethorpe Avenue and Farm streets.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Making a total of 7 new Gate Valves and a grand total
to date of 404.
New Meters.
New Meters were plaeeyd at the following locations:
One 4"atDeSotoHotel.
One 2 " at Meyer & Richardson's.
One 1" at Standard Oil Co.
One % " at Mrs. Winters.
One %" at Central of Georgia.
One 1" at Savannah & Beaufort S. S. Line.
Making a total to date of 68 Meters.
Pumps and Compressors.
Pump No. 410 has been in operation during the past
year 3,387 hours, and Pump No. 411 5,373 hours. The
bushings in No. 410 have been replaced with the Chase
Patent Ajustable Bushings, and all of the admission and
discharge valves have been overhauled and vales renewed
where found necessary. Both sets of pumps are now in
first-class condition; the slippage being reduced to a
minimum.
The Compressors have been operated alternately during
the year and have given perfect satisfaction.
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Boilers and Furnaces.
The Boilers are in first-class condition; free from scale
and all other defects.
All of the furnaces have been, re-lined with fire brick
and are now in good condition, with the exception of grate
bars; these will be renewed this year.
Boilers are inspected quarterly by the Maryland Casualty Company.
110 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Waste of Water.
It is only a question of a few years, if the wilful waste
of water is not checked, when the present source of supply
will become inadequate. The average pumpage per capita
for the past year was One Hundred and Seventeen (117)
gallons.
There has been reported by inspectors Five Thousand
Eight Hundred and Forty-Nine (5,849) leaking fixtures and
house supply pipes; there were only 18 repairs to mains,
five of these were broken mains and 13 were defective joints,
showing conclusively that the excess waste of water is in
the house fixtures and connections.
The only effective way to stop this waste is to
as soon as possible, a universal meter system. I am satisfied that if our consumption was metered that the present
plant as it is now equipped would furnish an abundant
supply of water for double the number that are now using it.
Recommendations.
I would again recommend, that the 10" main on Anderson street be extended to "Waters Road. This extension is
very important and should be made this year if possible for
the betterment of both fire and domestic use, as there is
nothing larger than a 6" main to supply Collinsville, which
is not sufficient for good fire protection.
I would also recommend that an 8" main be laid on
Gordon street from Lincoln to West Broad, and on Harris
street from Tattnall to Price. Both of these mains are to
replace old 4" mains that are not giving good service.
The 10" main on -Montgomery street should be extended from Forty-Second street to the Atlantic Coast Line
crossing ; this extension should be put in as soon as possible,
as there are no mains extending East of Forty-Second street
and in case of fire in that locality the firemen are badly
handicapped.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT, 111
In 'conclusion, I wish to thank your Honor, the Water
Committee, the Board of Aldermen and the employes of the
Health, Police and Water Departments, for their hearty
co-operation in the successful management of the Water
Works during the past year.
Very respectfully,
I. U. KINSEY, .Superintendent.
112 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY OF
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
(For the year ending December 31st, 1905.)
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah.
SIRI have the honor to herewith submit the Annual
Report of the Department of Public Works and Improvements, for the year 1905.
You will find in this report the amount of work accomplished by this department during the past year, with
detailed statements of all expenditures.
The statement below gives a list of all the departments
under the direction of this office, with a comparison of the
amount appropriated and the amount expended by each:
DEPARTMENT
Scavenger-. _ ._. _____
Paving Streets. _.
Sidewalks-.. ____ .... ___._
Dry Culture---------.. _ -
O. E. M. Department ___ ...
Harbor and Wharv s. -...-..
Public Buildings-. ____ ....
Storm Sewers.-.- __ -_. ..
S. E. Co., Garbage..- .____.
Maintenance House Drainage
Grading New Streets. _ _-..
Citr Lighting _______ ..
Maint Asphalt Streets _______
Gwinnett Street Subway. _ _.
Appropriation
158000 00
87,000 00
20,000 00
8000 00
6,500 00
1.350 00
1.000 00
3,000 00
4,500 00
2,500 00
1,000 00
39,000 00
1,200 00
9,500 00
4,000 00
Expenditures
154,537 50
33,288 75
72,498 13
9,30402
9,649 00
6,758 91
1.462 '40
863 61
1,564 26
9,519 98
8,638 30
469 68
87.232 61
1,001 46
8,595 59
24,937 37
Difference
$ 3,462 50
3,716 25
52 498 13
1,649 00
258 91
112 40
136 39
1.485 74
5,019 98
1,138 30
530 32
1,767 39
198 54
904 41
20,937 37
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The excess in paving streets is only apparent, as with
the amount paid by the property owners, railroads, and the
amount of material on hand there will be a balance to its
credit.
Streets and Lanes Department.
The additions to the paved streets of the City during
the past year, amounted to 11,000.5 lineal feet or 2.08 miles.
The City now has 38.99 miles of paved streets. The
increase in the superficial area of such paved thoroughfares
in 1905 was 48,931 square yards, making a total at present
of 813,084.20 square yards, divided as follows:
Broughton ____Asphalt.
Bryan _________ "
Bull __________ " .
Congress __ "
Drayton ________ "
Harris _________ "
Liberty ________ "
Oglethorpe Avenue_ "
President ______ "
St. Julian _______ " .
York __________ " .
Abercorn ____Vitrified
Bay, front Exchange- "
Barnard ________ "
Congress Lane "
Gwinnett _______ "
Habersham^ ___ "
Park Avenue_____ "
President _______ "
Wheaton _______ "
Jefferson _______ "
Thirty-Eighth, east_ "
Square Yards
17,950
__ 619
__32,831
__ 6,539
__22,522
__ 1,675
30,430
25,933
.__ 980
.__ 1,088
. 447 -140,814
__36,024.40
.__ 698
.__ 3,005
.__ 2.086
.31,695.4
.-19,956.48
.-14,208
. 3,961
.__ 7,256
.17,228
. 3,875
114 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
Square Yards
Montgomery __ Vitrified Brick ___ 405
Forty-Second, \vest___ " _____ 1,165.4
West Broad ______ " _____34,690.11
Jones, west____ " _____ 5,682.6
Berrian ________ " _____ 2,351.1
Tattnall ________ " _____ 1,321.6
Stewart ________ " _____ 4,663.9
Price -_________ '" _____13,142.5
Henry _________ " _____12,917.16
Perry Lane______ " _____ 749.3
Broughton Lane ___ " _____ 1,917.3
East Broad______ " _____10,408.3
Maeon _________ " _____ 211
Thirty-Sixth, east__ " _____ 6,456
Roberts________ " _____ 689.7
Whitaker _______ " _____12,432
Thirty-First ______ " _____11,934.6
Drayton ________ " _____ 1,033.2
State __________ " _____ 2,862.35 "
Hall __________ " _____ 4,960.6
Wayne ________ " _____ 595.7
Harmon ________ " _____ 5,534 276,116.7
Louisville Road ____ Chert _____ 4,377
Bay __________ " _____ 9,255
President _______ " _____ 1,280 - 14,912
Bay __________ Cobble _____34,344
Factors Walk_____ " _____ 8,800
Lanes _________ " _____11,786.1
Pine __________ " _____ 1,800
New __________ " _____ 1,378
River __________ " _____17,214.9
Streets and Slips
north Bay______ " _____ 9,000
Randolph _______ " _____ 8,500
Reynolds _______ " _____ 3,500
Barnard _______ " _____ 4,420
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 115
East Broad______ Cobble ____
"West Broad______ " __.
Whitaker _______ " __
Orange "
William ________ " ____
Williamson ______ " __
Zubly _________ " __
Reynolds _______ " ____
Margaret ____ " ____
Barnard ______Granite Blocks___ 1,049
Bay ___ _ ______ " __
Bryan _________ " __
East Broad______ " ____
Farm __________ " __
Jefferson _______ " __.
Indian _________ " __
Railroad ________ " __
Wadley ________ " ____
Wheaton ______ " __
Water _________ " ._
Farm __________ " ____
River _________ " __
Bolton ________ Shell __
Barnard ________ " __
Jones __________ " __
Gaston ________ " _i__
Hall __________ " __
Henry _________ " ____
Ogeechee Road_ " ____
Gwinnett ______ Gravel ____ 5,666
Liberty Lane_____ " _____ 332
Bull __________ " _____32,550
New __________ " ____ 4,500
Harris _________ " _____ 1,937
St. Julian, east____ " _____ 5,244.9
Square Yards
.15,800
.24,374.9
.12,588
. 660
. 552.2
. 2,252
. 2,312
. 720
7,000 -166,982.1
1,707
. 7,362
. 9,190
. 4,422
.21,913
. 7,572
. 6,097
. 4,309
. 5,000
. 2,297
. 5,681.2
. 4,618.1 81,217.3
.11,700
. 6,500
. 9,972.8
.10,300
. 7,339.4
.21,000
.16,000 - 82,812.2
50,299.9
lift MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Recapitulation.
Square Yards
Asphalt _________________________140,814
Vitrified Brick_____________________276,116.7
Chert ___________________________ 14,912
Cobble ________________________166,982.1
Granite Blocks_____________________ 81,217.3
Shell ___________________________ 82,812.2
Gravel __________________________ 50,229.9
Total________________________813,084.20
Expenditures in Streets and Lanes, for 1905, divided as
follows:
Cleaning Asphalt Streets______________$ 6,256 50
Cleaning Streets other than Asphalt________ 6,911 35
Cleaning Catch Basins________________ 4,669 50
Cleaning Crossings________________ 1,875 75
Grading and Filling_____,.___________ 3,855 46
Grading and Opening New Street_________ "429 35
Laying and Repairing Crossings_________ 673 50
Maintainanee Shell streets_____________ 1,930 68
Repairing and Cleaning sewer___________ 920 69
Repairing streets other than Asphalt and Shell_ 5,356 32
Paving Streets_____________________ 2,362 24
Inspecting Sewers.___________ 280 50
Cutting and hauling weeds________________ 1,799 52
Help City Engineer and City Lot__________ 1,872 50
Resurfacing Gravel Streets_____________ 1,095 37
Work by Streets and Lane hands at Subway__ 1,007 56
Hauling Cinders____________.______ 403 75
Sprinkling Streets____________________ 1,008 75
Laying and Relaying Sidewalks and Curbing and
Repairs _______________________ 2,203 69
Building retaining wall, Repairs to Bridges__ 249 37
Work and Material, Salaries other than above
and Balance on Hand, $3,462.50________ 12,255 Or.
Total______________________$58,000 00
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 117
Cleaning Streets.
The cost of cleaning improved streets during the year
1905, amounted to $13,749.85.
Material Sq. Ydt, Cost. A. Cost Sq. Yd.
Asphalt _______140,814 $ 6,838 50 .0485
Cobhle and Grauite__428,199.4 2,377 18 .0095
Shell, Chert, Gravel-.147,954.1 885 98 .0059
Bricfl _________279,116.70 3,648 19 .0132
$13,749 85
The cost to paved streets during the year 1905,
amounted to $14,327.70.
Matwlal Sq.Ydi. Cost. A Colt Sq.Yd.
Asphalt _______140,814 $ 7,040 70 .05
Cobble ________166,982.1 2,130 82 .012
Granite Blocks___ 81,217.3 1,034 25 .012
Brick ________276,116.70 1,101 57 .0039
Shell _________ 82,812.2 1,930 68 .023
Gravel and Chert' 65,141.9 1,089 68 .015
$14,327 70
The cost of repairs to Asphalt streets during the year
was 5 cents per square yard. Total amount expended on
Asphalt pavements this year amounted to $8,595,59, of this
amount $1,534.89 was for excavations made by the City.
The most of the repairs to Vitrified Brick pavements was
caused by excavations by plumbers, gas company, railroads
and telephone companies.
The total number of Catch Basins cleaned during the
year was 7,235 at a cost of $4,669.50. Eleven Fountains
cleaned 702 times.
There were thirty-eight new Catch Basins put in during
the year, making a total at the close of the year 1905, of
1,180.
118 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
Sidewalks Department.
During the year 1905, there were 1,025 repairs made,
including crossings and portions of paved streets, at a cost
of $3,273.69.
The amount of granite curbing laid during the year
was 32,500.49 feet or 6.15 miles.
The total area of sidewalks laid during the year was
81,823.22 square feet, of which 59,271.72 feet was Artificial
Stone, laid under the direction of this department, and
22,551.5 square feet of brick was laid by the City.
The total expenditures for sidewalks during the year
was $9,384.02 and the bills to be credited to this department
amount to $8,954.98.
Storm Sewers.
There were sixty-five sewer breaks during the year at
a cost $920.69, also thirty-four connections made to the
storm water sewers during the year.
The total amount expended in this department during
1905 was $1,564.26.
Below you will find a tabulated statement showing the
new additions to the storm water sewers.
Size. FMt.
Jefferson, Park Avenue to Duffy__ 15 300
Lincoln, Gwinnett to Bolton________ 15 327
Price, Hall to Gwinnett__________ 15 350
Burroughs, 31st to Anderson______ 12 330
Harmon, Henry to Park Avenue__ 15 625
Harmon, Henry to Park Avenue_ 12 325
York, Jefferson to Montgomery_ 12 300
Henry, east of Paulsen___________ 6 220
Thirty-Sixth to Atlantic___________ 15 27.6
Thirty-Sixth to Vine____________ 15 27.6
Catch Basins connections___10-12 380
Total feet___,__________. 3,212
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 119
Repairs to Asphalt Streets.
The mamtainenee contract of the City with the Southern
Asphalt Company now embraces every asphalt street in
the City, amounting to 140,814 square yards, at 5 cents per
square yard.
During the year the repair force for this Company was
in Savannah twice, the asphalt streets of the City have been
almost continually out of repair.
The condition our asphalt streets are now in and have
been in during the past several years, indicate clearly that no
City should lay on its streets as a pavement any material
chat can not be kept in repair by its own. employes.
I wish to call your attention specially to the fact that
the contract between the City and the Southern Asphalt
Paving Company for keeping in repair the City's asphalt
streets except Drayton street, expires this year and some
provision will have to be made for keeping the asphalt
streets in condition.
Paving Streets.
There were 48,931.10 square yards of Vitrified Brick
pavement laid during the year, the total amount expended
was $72,498.13.
Below you will find a detailed statement showing the
streets paved with the amount charged against the City,
property owners and railroad companies, except Gwinnett
street from Drayton to Hermon street, which is not completed, owing to the delay of the Savannah Electric Company in putting in a curve at the intersection of Gwinnett
and Harmon streets.
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Streets Paved 1905.
STREETS
Whitaker St..
Jones St. .....
Harmon St. ...
Abercorn St. . .
Thirty-first St.
Gwinnett St.*.
Subway ......
Total ......
MATERIAL
Vitrified Brick
Vitrified Brick
Vitrified Brick
Vitrified Brick
Vitrified Brick
Vitrified Brick
Vitrified Brick
If
8,918.3
5,437.2
5,584
6,671.7
2,874.6
15,226
4,979.4
48,981.1
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$ 12,922 88
7,260 91
7,789 42
9,866 15
4,171 88
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$ 41,466 69
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8 8,971 26
247 44
69 92
8,523 14
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3,689 58
8,808 54
2,786 08
1,680 16
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$ 15,977 04
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$ 8,888 89
4,879 89
3,860 96
8,057 98
2,491 72
$ 17,078 89
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1.89.8521
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2.01.67
1.70.8148
1.59.81
1.66.8872
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1,180.8
1,496.7
1,218.9
838.5
8,286
679
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Williams Street............ [ Whitaker StreetNo cost to
Zubly Street................. ) property owners.
At a cost to the City of $2,862.24.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 121
Scavenger Department.
Below you will find a tabulated statement of the work
done in the Scavenger Department during the year 1905:
1905
MONTHS
February .............
March ................
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
November ............
Total...............
Loads HauledScav by jWaRons Dump to enger
1;
2,035
1,865
2,143
1,963
2,135
2,086
2,121
2,562
2,296
2,245
2,013
2,005
25,469
Loads Hauled by Street and Lane Cartsto
Dump.
1,449
1,039
1,307
1,282
1,031
1,092
893
982
925
993
1,081
914
12,988
Loads Hauledby Paper
Wagons toDump
150
142
160
148
162
156
152
162
152
156
152
148
1,840
Garbaeel No. C-ar sHauled by B.Poor to
Farm
165
133
164
152
169
163
163
174
163
166
159
148
1,919
Dead Stock
Removed
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5
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7
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12
10
9
17
15
16
17
11
14
12
20
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Dry Culture.
The City's health necessitates this department doing
thorough work and is a very important one in the City government, as, although not brought prominently before the
public, the health of the City depends largely upon it.
The cost of keeping the ditches clear of weeds, etc.,
and the salary of the clerk to the Director of Public Works,
amount to $9,649.00.
Below you will find a tabulated statement of the work
of this department.
122 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
In addition to the work shown below, there was laid
197 feet of sewer pipe, one new bridge built, and repairs to
quite a number of old bridges, opened five new streets, euttinjr 2,550 feet of new ditches, building two new sand
traps, etc.:
1905
MONTHS
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
October ..............
November ............
December ............
Total...............
Feet No.
Ditches Cleaned
91,950
75.660
115,390
105,450
103.810
135,460
113.015
105,095
81,148
74,155
85,210
95,510
1,181,853
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9,240
3,700
12,650
22,850
9,200
1,830
5950
3,550
9,800
8.650
18,310
2,250
107,980
No, CubicFeet SandTraps from
2,058
2,539
6,482
i.cid
2,880
3,330
18,949
No FeetCut Weeds
36,800
63,500
57,500
56,400
34,300
237,500
No. Days
Worked
418
357
407
430*
514
475
541
511
460
404
37 U
295
5,284
0. E. M. DEPARTMENT.
Below you will find a tabulated statement, showing the work done in this department, during
the present year. The total amount expended was $5,352.50:
MONTHS
TW">fntYiT^if>T* 1 QOtl
January, 1905..........
February ..............
March ................
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
October ...............
November ............
Total...............
Vaults
Cleaned
92
86
73
66
118
189
74
20
75
79
132
58
1,061
Amount
$ 280 00
215 00
180 00
165 00
29500
472 50
185 00
50 00
187 50
197 50
330 00
145 00
I 2,652 50
Vaults Filled
4
3
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2
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11
2
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43
Amount
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600
8 00
400
6 00
22 00
4 00
18 00
2 00
8 00
$ 86 00
Dry Welto
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2 50
2 50 1
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$9 60
Surface Vaults Cleaned
2
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97
Amount
$ 4 50
2 25
65 25
2 25
4 25
15 75
2 25
18 00
4 50
101 25
$220 26
Vaults
Cleaned andfilled
3
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125
89
83
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47
535
Amount
$ 18 50
18 50
22 50
99 00
40 50
49 50
396 00
562 50
400 50
878 00
225 DO
211 50
S 2,407 50
1.
$ 251 50
233 00
207 25
887 75
345 75
548 50
687 00
686 75
610 00
595 50
557 00
465 75
$ 5,875 75
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$ 5,353 50
124 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Harbor and Wharves.
Only such minor repairs as have been necessary to keep
the wharves in good condition have been done this year.
These, with the expenses of the Harbor Master's office,
necessitated the expenditure of $1,462.40.
City Lighting.
There are at present 520 Are Lamps in the City, costing
for the year $37,232.61.
These lamps are of old antiquated pattern, open arc
lamps, the first ever used in the United States. They are
continually going out and causing trouble and annoyance
to this department, besides with the present open arc lamps,
it is impossible for the Electric Company to give us a continuous candle power of 600 candles, called for by our
contract.
The Savannah Electric Company has promised that
these old lamps will be replaced with modern enclosed arc
lamps, but as yet it has replaced none of them.
Maintainance of House Drainage,
"We are glad to report that there were only a few minor
breaks to the house drainage system this year.
The cost of maintaining the department this year
amounted to $3,638.30.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 126
Statement Showing the Entire Length of the City House
Drainage Sewer Built by Contract and by City to
January 1, 1906.
6 Inch
8 "
10 "
12 "
15 "
16 "
18 "
24 "
30 Inch
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12,520.5
_70,597.3
_ 1,673.3
947.5
205.0
2,582.0
_ 866.7
_ 1,308.5
705.7
2,179.8
2,775.4
137,524.7
7,985.3
6,052.2
2,539.0
6,961.7
2,071.5
4,881.5
2,814.4
15,295.9
208,122.0
9,658.6
6,052.2
3,486.5
205.0
9,543.7
2,938.2
6,190.0
705.7
2,179.8
2,814.4
Total_________93,586.3 173,605.7 267,192.0
Number of sewer connections made to new system, 1900, 276
1901. 1 530
1902. 1 514
1903. 448
1904. 828
1905. 887
Total, 4.678
Public Buildings.
The expenditures in this department, was for moving
office furniture from the Police Barracks to New City Hall,
fitting up offices at Police Barracks, fuel, insurance, etc.,
amounting to $863.61.
Emmet Park.
By resolution of Council the Artificial Stone Pavement
has been laid along the north side of Emmet Park, at a cost
of $1,001.46.
128 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Gwinnett Street Subway.
The work on the Gwinnett Street Subway as provided
for by Ordinance of City Council, begun by the contractors
on September 6th, 1904, has been completed and accepted.
The amount expended during this year for this purpose
amounted to $24,937.37. Much comment has been made by
the general public who seem to appreciate this great improvement and most especially by those who daily have
occasion to avail themselves of its convenience and protection.
Forsyth Park Extension Pavement.
The Artificial Stone Pavement through the center of
Forsyth Park Extension, as provided for by resolution of
Council, has been completed and accepted, the amount expended for this purpose was $2,815.99.
The whole public are loud in their praise and appreciation for this much needed improvement and convenience.
Very respectfully,
GEO. M. GADSDEN,
Director of Public Works.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 127
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON OPENING STREETS.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1. 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah.
DEAR SIBThe accompanying tables show the transactions for opening streets during the year 1905. Property
acquired and titles completed during the year 1905:
Sq. Ft.
Waldburg Street______________________ 44,232
Henry Street_______________________208,279
Thirty-First Street_____________________ 14,220
Thirty-Second Street__________________ 14,750
Thirty-Third Street___________________ 18,142
Thirty-Third Lane_____________________ 7,856
Thirty-Fourth Street___________________ 12,318
Thirty-Fifth Street_____________________ 32,861
Thirty-Sixth Street____________________ 13,320
Estill Avenue________________________ 445
Forty-Fourth Street____________________ 1,010
Florence Street_____________________ 32,861
West Broad Street___________________ 7,000
Jefferson Street__- _____________________________ 5,409
Barnard Street____________-_______ 3,600
Bull Street_________________________ 287
Reynolds Street_______________________ 3,989
Street Bast of A. C. L. Ey.________________ 24,102
Atlantic Street_______________________ 73,166
Pauken Street____________________ 4,670
Harmon Street_______________________ 4,570
Ott Street__________________________ 4,485
Total___._______________-_____531,572
128 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The following lands were sold during the year 1905:
Sq. Ft.
Lot 1, Sec. 17, Law ward_________________ 948
Lot 42, Sec. 8, Southville ward_____________ 669
Lots 26 and 27, Thomas ward______________ 13,709
Lot 98 and part 97, Solomons ward__________.. 4,476
Lots 6, 8, 10, 12. water works tract__________413,820
Total_________________________433,622
Recapitulation.
Sq. Ft.
Property acquired and titles completed_______531,572.0
Property sold during the year 1905__________.433,622.0
Grand Total____________________965,194.0
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 129
.The following improved property owned by the City
and not being used for any purpose, may be sold:
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The City has purchased a strip of land of the Dasher
Tract on the north side of 33rd street lane and extending
from Bull street to a point 153.6 feet east of Lincoln street
an average width of 23 feet and amounting to approximately
25,609.6 square feet. The reason for this purchase is particularly set forth in the report of the City Attorney.
In addition to the streets opened within the City limits
the City has acquired Hunter, Ellis and Barrow streets, in
the subdivision of 6, 8 and 10 of the old water works tract,
the consideration being the grading of said streets.
Respectfully submitted,
J. P. GLATIGNY,
Chairman,
Committee on Opening Streets.
132 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 10, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah.
SIRI have the honor to submit the following report
of the operations of the City Engineer's Department for the
year ending December 31,1905:
Surveys of Lots with Plate, for Private Parties.
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Canal Lots.
_..___________.-.-. Franklin.
__.__....._____.___. O'Neil.
...___________.__ Southville.
Canal Lots-.-.._______ ' ---..-...____..__.-. Flannery.
_.____________ Lloyd.
1 and 2._____ I ...________________ Swoll.
97 & S& 101 - _-_-_-_----- Brownsville.
25 .___----- _,__.. . -___------ Johnston.
27 .. ... __ __'_ _!"__ , . ..._ Johnston.
15 __..___ . , , ,Lloyd.
Part 22.--_.-. __ ...... -. . ...___'Swoll.
44 .......__.. ............................,Ke!ly.
W pt 50___.. -. -.___.iFlannery.
22 ._______ _...._______...__|S. Oglethorpe.
32 _ Bowen -____--___--_ ! Bavis.
_. ._.._.____....-.--. I Reppard.
Hulls 79 -. ! Choctaw.
Owens.
Pritchard 18.
37 .-...__....
6 and 7- -.....
55 __...___.__..
17 and 18-.....__
108 -_.._,
106 _ - ___..
14 ____.,__....
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Part Tract 1 _
4 and 5-.______..
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Teynac.
Teynac.
Screven.
Battery.
Falligant
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--._-_. ._._ -.-.. ! Solomons.
16 __ I Garden.
17,
84
73 _----_----..-.1 -------- .___-----.-_- I Brownsville.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 133
Surveys of Lots With Plats, for Private P&tiesContinued.
LOT No.
S. E. pt Tract .
Pt. Sec. A _
W. 45 ft. 25- _ --
17 . _
E. pt. 14 _
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214 ___ _ ..__
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Kline ------- - - --
Heathcote Ty.
13 to 16-- -
Milieu 9 - -
Hulls 7, 8 and 9 __
Prendergast - -----
Reppard No. 2
TV^wf*!* T^v
18 - - _-- _ ...
WARD.
Falligant.
Demere.
Flannery.
S. Oglethorpe.
Lovell.
N. Oglethorpe.
S. Oglethorpe.
S. Oglethorpe.
South ville.
Solomons.
Cuthbert.
Flannery.
Bartow.
Columbia.
Meldrim.
Berrien.
Decker.
Reppard.
Wylly.
Lee.
Schwarz.
Davls.
White. , Berrien. . N. Oglethorpe.
Gumming.
Gumming.
Flannery.
Weed.
Charleton.
Decker.
|*"|oqjiiif*
Gartland.
Springfield.
Bartow.
Brown
Stevens.
134 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Maps and Plats of Lots.
LOT
6, 8, 10, 12 __
26 and 27 ___
8, 10, 12 and 14
42 _______
54 . ______
Teynac Farm 2
9, 10, 11, 12, 13
46 and 48 _____
Public dock
84 _.__. _ ...
TCT1/ -|0
Part 1. ___-.
14-20..-.-.-...
W1-1* 7
3 and 4 ___ ..
32
4 and WV4 29.
SECTIO?
Water Works
Tract .
Suler Tract
Sub. 21 ____
King sub. ___
Reynolds St..
WARD
Thomas ___...
SouthviHe ...
Southvilie ...
IjOw
Trustees _
Brownsville _.
Reppard -.
Low ___ _.
H. T. Decker..
Cuthbert ___
Barry . .
Reonard _____
PtJKPOSE
Sale of Lots.
Dimensions.
Open Estill Avenue.
Sale part of Lot.
Open 44th and Montgomery.
Lines bet. Kehoe
and Rourke.
Opening 38th Street.
Private party..
Sale of Lot.
Private party.
Private party.
Showing Lines.
Sale.
Survey of Lots.
LOT
4, 6, 8, 10, 12
93 and 94 _____
2 ____________
Teynac Farm 2
9, 10, 11, 12, 13
A -. _______
Lester and
Meinhard Tr
Part Lot 1 _
5 ____ . _ ..
Schley Tract..
84 _____ _.
SECTION
Water Works
Tract _ _____
Water Works
Tract
Lester Tract
Sub. 21 _ .
Sub. Millen 1.
WARD
Owens ... __
T f_w
Low _...___-.
Schley ____
R i" r_'_(n"i * v i 11 &
PURPOSE
Sale of Lots.
Opening of 36th St
Opening Streets.
Opening Henry St.
Sale of Lot
Opening 35th Street.
Opening Streets.
Opening 38th Street
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 135
Maps and PlatsMiscellaneous.
Slap showing streets to be purchased for opening
through Demere and Brownsville Wards.
Map of Emmet Park, showing location of roadway.
Map of City, showing streets opened to date and lots
owned by City.
Map of Brown property, Demere Ward, for opening
36th, Bulloch and 40th streets.
Map of City, showing sewers (2).
Map of intersection of 40th, street and A. C. L. Ry.
Map of proposed walks in Emmet Park.
Plan of the City Market.
Plan of Clerk of Council's Office for arrangement of
furniture.
Plan of City Engineer's Office for arrangement of furniture.
Proposed location of tracks for Mutual Fertilizer Co.,
through Lot 1, water works tract.
Three maps of the City, showing property of the several
railways in the City.
Plan of walks in Emmet Park.
Plan of concrete culvert for Bilbo crossing at Gwinnett
street.
Plan of intersection of Gwinnett and Atlantic streets,
for location of street car tracks.
Plan of Bilbo canal crossing at Gwinnett street.
Plan of house drainage sewer at the foot of West Broad
street.
Map of Pig and Hutchingson Islands, showing division
line.
Plan of northwest corner of West Broad and Huntingdon streets for sidewalk.
136 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Plan for tool house, Bilbo canal and Gwinnett street.
Plan for opening Henry street through lands of Lester
and Meinhard.
Sketch of East End Subway, Gwinnett, for curb connection.
Map of Teynac Farm, Lot 1, for opening Reynolds,
Atlantic, Paulsen, Harmon and Ott.
Map showing number square feet through Lot 11, Section 19, Low Ward, for opening 32nd street.
Plan of Center of Bilbo canal.
Plan of portion of Reppard and Gumming Wards, showing strip of land south 33rd street.
Plan of the Meadows, showing streets to be opened by
the City.
Plan of Lot 5, sub. Millen Lot 1, for opening streets.
Map of Bilbo canal, St. Julian street to river.
Map of Bilbo canal, Wheaton street to Perry lane.
Plan of Congress and Bull streets.
Portion of Dasher property, Gumming and Reppard
Wards, showing strip purchased by the City. ; . ;
Map of crossing at 37th, A. C. L. and Habersham streets.
Map of crossing, Waldburg and A. C. L. Ry.
Map of City of Savannah, showing areas drained by
the sewers.
Plan of old water works, showing 1 and 2 for the wireless telegraph station and railroad right of way.
Map of strip south of Lots 15,16 and 21, Reppard Ward.
Map of strips south of Lots 10 and east half of 9, Reppard Ward.
Map of strip south of Lots 28 and west half of 33, Reppard Ward.
Map of strip south of Lot F, Reppard Ward.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 187
Survey of Streets.
STREET
Jefferson .
Gwinnett __
Old Burroughs
Road _
Henry -------
Waldburg __
Randolph __ )
FROM
Best .--. __
Abercorn .
Anderson ___
Lester and
Meinhard Tr.
Bast Broad
Jackson -..
To
47th _____
East Broad
35th ____
Thunderbolt
Road _ - _
A. C. L. ___-
Oglethorpe
PURPOSE
Opening Street.
Proposed Paving.
Determine property
rights.
Opening Henry St.
Opening Waldburg
Street.
Evidence (or Court,
Maps and Plats of Streets.
STREET
Jefferson _
Gwinnett _.__
Bay _________
Burroughs Rd.
Henry _
Randolph ____
FROM
Best ____ .
Abercorn _ ._
Gwinnett ..--
Drayton . ____
Meinhard Tr.
Jackson ______
To
47th ____ .
East Broad. ..
Whi taker ..__
35th ____ .
Thunderbolt -
Oglethorpe
PURPOSE
Opening Jefferson St
Proposed Paving.
Paving and Sewer.
Improvt. of Strand.
rights.
Opening Henry St
Evidence.
Tracings of Streets.
STREET
Jefferson ____
Henry (2).--.
FROM
42nd . __ -
Lester and
Meinhard
To
47th -. _______
Thunderbolt Road _ -.-
PURPOSE
Opening Street
Opening Street
138 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Street Lines Criven During the Year.
LOT No.
I and J . -----
6 -- _ -------
22 and 24
51 ------ ----
27C. _ --------
23 ----------- ...
g
5 and 7. ------
23 and 29------
50 -..- __ ------
17 and 48
213
B-F and 11-14
44 ------- --
F and E -
Tract-. ---------
rTmf*t
42 and 43 _ __
7 and 8- -
Tract -- --
21 and 22 _ -
25 --------------
35 ----------
OQ
F --------------
B. C. and D - -
12 -----------
13
92 and 93--------
Q9
Q4
29 --------- -
31 - __
E'A 47--.--. -
16 --------------
41 --------------
N. part 54
25 and 26
16 and 17.----
W% 47
25 ----- - -
11 _ ------------
55-58 -----------
Si'Bnrvrsiox.
Canal Lots West __ ..__ __.
Falligant --------- -------
Brady . ___
Brady ......................
Brady. ------------ ----...---
Brady ---------------- -_
Pritchards 18-
Branch Tract-------- _.
Branch Tract----------- ....
WABII
South Oslcthor;>e
Walton.
Springfield.
South ville.
Charlton.
Southville.
Law
Screven.
Stiles.
Kelly
Gartland.
Kelly.
Padelford
Kelly
Falligant
Kelly.
North Oglethorpe
Jones.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Waring.
Kelly
Lester
Weed.
Barry.
Owens.
Owens.
Estill.
Solomons.
Dale.
Screven.
Springfield.
Wylly.
Barry.
Springfield.
Cue.
Dale.
Flannery.
Falligant
South Oglethorpe
Granger.
Dixon.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 139
Street Lines Given During the Year.Continued.
LOT No.
197 22 and 24--v _
55 -- .
33-40-------- -
6 --------------
E% 29-----------
3 and 4- ._ _ W% 33 & Ei4 34.
10, 12 and 14
24 ----- .
59-62 -
i ft
31 --------- ...
24 __ -. ______
7 and part 8
E part 7---------
E*A 14 ____ -- ---
23
12 and 13 -----
24 -- --- -
E. part 11-- -
E% 39- ---.
QQ
18 __ -- ______
E. 50 ft. No. 10
3 and 4... N. 30 ft. No. 3 _
130 -_-
E%7
4 ------
E% 31- -
C5 -------------
22 _ ... ____ -.
Triangle --------
8 -----------
68 ____ -----
5 ____ -- ___
89 and 90 -
42 and 43 ...
12 & S% 11-----
21 -------------
12 _ ____ ___
9 .--. --.---.
E. part 1. -.--
N. part 24-
31 -----------
3 --------------
105 and 106 _
2 ____
SUBDIVISION
11 and 12 __ __- -_ ---
10 ___ . ___ ------ .--..
Sec. 5 . ------- _ .
CAP 1 fl
Sec. 10. __ _ ---.--_ - ___
Kline -.-- . _
11 and 12 _ ------- _ . _ .
Millen 9__-~~ __
Millen 9._.----._ -.._...---
WAHD
XVarllfiV
Springfield.
Springfield.
Crawford.
Gue.
Southville.
I
pcf of
Barry.
South Oglethorpe
Solomons.
Marshall.
lister.
I^aw
Lovell.
Hull.
Troup.
Cuthbert.
Cuthbert.
Cuthbert.
Brownsville.
Flannery.
North Oglethorpe
Dale.
Atlantic.
Swollville.
Springfield.
Magazine.
Telfair.
Ballantyne.
Meldrim.
Springfield.
Hull.
Elliott.
Flannery.
Schwarz.
Law.
Wylly.
T AQt^ST*
Schwarz.
Estill.
140 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Street Lines Given During the Tear.Continued.
LOT No.
5 . ..--
31 and 33
4 ____ . ------
21, 22, 23
30 and 31 ...
8 ----------
71 - _
97
26 __ - --.-
11 ..-..--.--
10 -- -----
9 ... _ __
14 to 20 ___ _ -
30, 31, 32---__.
3 .. _ _
tnt
W% 49. ..______
34, 36, 38
6 and 7-----
19 ___ - __
Qt OO
10 and 11-- ------
F -- ____ .-.--
20 and 21 __ ....
12 ..............
59 and 61--------
10
90
76 ---_ -- __ _
OQ
55 ____ _--._--
190 ________ -
37 to 44 --..
26 and 28
S% 20.-- . -
112 and 113
13 _________
8 and 9.-.--- _ -
68 and 69- -----
12 ----- -
M 1-3 4.- _ __
15 --. --.
1 -----
SUBDIVISION
4th Ty._ ------ .... __ ..
King ---------------------
.
Milieu 9
13 and 14 __.
Sec. 4. ---------- _ -__ .
Block 3 -
Wharf Lot 2 . _______
WARD
Reynolds.
Norwood.
Railroad.
Reppard.
Garden.
Troup.
Johnston.
T Act^Ar
Weed.
Gilmerville.
Wylly.
Sehwarz.
Bartow.
Gallic.
Padelford.
Lester.
Gallic.
Elltott
Lee.
Flannery.
Charleston.
Law.
Cuthbert.
Gue.
Dasher.
Hull.
Barry.
Barry.
Telfair.
Falligant
Elbert.
Estill.
Waring.
Davis.
Springfield.
Atlantic.
Marshall.
Lloyd.
North Oglethorpe
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 141
Estimates of Streets.
STREET
32nd . ____
33rd __-__-
Bay _.
William __ .
East Broad...
40th _____ .
Brady __ _.
Whitaker ..
Abercorn ....
Whitaker __
Gwinnett ____
FROM
Lincoln .
Lincoln . .
Pahm ____ .
West Broad _
Barnard _ .-.
Whftakpr
34th __ ...
Hall _____
Gaston - -
Tattnall .....
Gwinnett -
To
Habersham __
Water ____...
Fahm .. _ __
Bolton . --...
Jefferson .....
Bull __..____.
40th ..__ ...
Park Avenue _
Oglethorpe
Ave. .-.-
Henry - .____.
Harmon .....
MATERIAL.
Brick.
Brick.
Brick.
Brick.
Cement
Cement.
Cement.
Brick.
Brick.
Brick.
Brick.
Brick.
EstimatesMiscellaneous.
Number of square yards laid in 1904 by Frank Barker,
of cement sidewalks.
Estimate of work, timber foundations, piles, concrete,
bolts, to date at subway.
Square feet of land needed to complete opening of
Drayton street, through Southville Ward.
Square feet of cement sidewalk on Whitaker street from
34th to 40th.
Number of square feet needed for opening Harmon,
Ott, Paulsen and Atlantic and Reynolds through Teynac
Farm (for Alderman Glatigny).
Square feet needed for opening Reynolds, Atlantic,
Paulsen, Harmon and Ott streets through the Seiler tract.
Estimate of square feet cement walks in Emmet Park.
Estimate for concrete culvert for Bilbo canal crossing
Gwinnett street.
Estimate of square feet needed for opening streets
through Teynac Farm, Lot 1, for City Attorney.
142 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Estimate of number of square feet through Lot 11, Section 19. Low Ward, for opening 32nd street.
Estimate of paving the Strand and Bay street from
Drayton to "Whitaker.
Estimate as to width of Bilbo canal from river to Bolton
street.
Calculation of Jones street paving from Tattnall to
Drayton .streets.
Areas of lots needed for opening Jefferson street from
42nd to 47th streets.
Estimate of curb for Bay street and Strand from Whitaker to Drayton.
Statement of property owners on 33rd street.
Estimate of square feet of strip of Dasher estate in rear
of lots fronting on 33rd from Bull to Ilabersham.
Estimate of curb to go around City Hall.
Estimate of cost of fence across Pig Island.
Estimate of cost of sewer on East Broad street, from
Broughton to river.
Cost of sewer on East Broad street from Perry lane to
river.
Estimate of cost of sewer in Perry lane from East Broad
to Perry lane canal.
Estimate of cost sewer in Perry lane from East Broad
to Bilbo canal.
Number square feet needed for opening street through
property of Citizens Land Co.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 143
Grades and Lines.
STREET
Bay ___ ._ .
35th ___ .
31st ....
32nd .........
Habersham . .
41st ___ .
Gwinnett ....
39th .........
40th .........
41st .........
Stevens ......
Henry Lane _
36th ____ ..
Gwinnett . _
Grant .____..
A. C. L. Sts...
Abercorn ____
West Broad _
Gwinnett . ...
Abercorn ...
West Broad
Whitaker . _
Gwinnett _ ._
Atlantic ....
Burroughs ...
Whitaker .....
Lincoln .._
Abercorn .. _
York ___ .
Hall Lane _. . ._ .. . __ _
FROM
Fahm . __ ...
Lincoln __..
West Broad...
Montgomery _
Cohen . ______
34th Lane-
Gaston .__
Montgomery _
Abercorn . .__
Bulloch ___ .
Bulloch . __ .
Bulloch ______
39th . ___ .
250' west of
West Broad..
Both sides .
North of _ ..
Bolton - __ ..
Park Avenue .
3Gth _ __ _.
Drayton _ ..
Park A venue .
35th ____ . .
Subway __. _
Bolton _...-.
31st __. ___ .
Gaston _ __
York __ ...
A hprnorn
Taylor ....... Drayton _ _
Harmon _ . _ Gwinnett .. .
Margaret -. .
York _...._
Whitaker _ .
Estill AvenuePrice _ .. ..
William ___ .
Congress Lane
Huntingdon __
McDonough _
West Broad .
West Broad...
Liberty ______
Waters Road
Bull .... __ .
Park Avenue. .
Howard ..._ _
37th ___ ____
To
Water . _____
Habersham _ .
Ogeechee Rrt.
West Broad..
35th __ ...
Gaston Lane _
West Broad ___
East Broad ___
Ogeechee Rd.
Ogeechee Rd.
Ogeechee Rd.
42nd .... _____
Paulsen - .
Ogeechee Rd.
Subway _
Gwinnett __
Entleman . _
Hall ___ ...
37th ---... .-
Hall ___ ...
36th ......
Oglethorpe ...
Atlantic --...
Gwinnett -....
Anderson
Oglethorpe ...
York Lane. _
Park Avenue. .
Jefferson .. _
Lawton corner
W. Boundary..
Whitaker ____
Duffy --. __
Whitaker _-.
Flloyd --. ..
40th .. .. _
PURPOSE.
Curb.
Curb.
Curb.
Curb.
Wooden Curb.
Curb.
Curb.
Curb.
St. Railway Tracks.
Opening Roadway.
Opening Roadway.
Opening Roadway.
Opening Roadway.
Sewers.
Curb.
Curb.
Building bridge
across Bilbo Canal
Grading Streets.
Curb.
Curb.
Curb.
St. Railway Tracks.
Sidewalk.
Curb.
Track.
Track.
Sewers.
Paving.
Sidewalk.
Curb.
Curb.
Sewer.
Curb.
Sidewalk.
St. Railway Tracks.
Sewer.
Curb.
Pavement.
Sewer.
Curb.
Curb.
Curb.
144 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Grades and LinesMiscellaneous.
Grades and lines, four corners of 35th and Whitaker,
for curb.
Grades and lines for paving Police Barracks yard.
Grades and lines Tiny Thompson Park for sidewalk and
curb.
Grades and lines for sidewalk in the Park Extension.
Grades and lines for sewer in Gwinnett street subway.
Grades and lines for sewer, Roadway, north side o
subway.
Grades and lines for sewer, foot of "West Broad street
for house drainage.
Grade for manhole in sidewalk front of Marine Hospital.
Line for grading street in Water Works Tract.
Grade and line for concrete culvert Bilbo canal #nd
Gwinnett street, paving Gwinnett street.
Lines for pile foundationculvert, Gwinnett street and
Bilbo canal.
Grade and lines for sidewalk in Emmett Park from
Lincoln to East Broad street.
Line and grade for catch basin corner York and Abercorn.
Grade, coping around Marine Hospital.
Lines for Jefferson street through property of Solomons
for opening street.
Grade for coal chute manhole in City Hall.
Line for fence around strip purchased from Dasher
estate, north of 33rd lane.
Line of Florence street, 42nd to Cleary Tract, for grading street.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 145
Line for grading Bullock street from 42nd to 48th.
Lines for center grass plat in 37th street.
Line of Florence street to Ogeechee road for tree planting.
Line for .moving anchor for wireless telegraph pole to
line of right-of-way granted A. M. Camming Co.
Northeast corner of Barnard and 44th streets for opening streets.
Grade and line for sidewalk, corner of East Broad and
Gwinnett streets.
Wheaton street at McDonough 's mill for track crossing.
Levels of Streets.
STREET
Congress Lane
York __ __
Broughton
Gwinnett
Whitaker __
Perry Lane.--
Atlantic ___
FROM
Bull __ .. _
Jefferson -
Bilbon Canal. -
Gaston ..
River ___ .
East Broad 37th - ___ -
To
Whitaker ....
Barnard -- _. .
Oglethorpe _ .
Perry ___ ...
Bilbo Canal. ..
Anderaon. _ .
PURPOSE.
Sewer.
Drainage.
Paving.
Sewer.
Sewer.
Grading Roadway.
Profiles and Cross-Sections of Streets.
STREET
Whitaker . ...
East Broad __
Perry Lane _
FROM
Gaston
River ___..____
East Broad
To
Oglethorpe
Perry Lane___
Bilbo Canal,
PURPOSE.
Paving.
CjpTxroT*
Sewer.
146 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Measurements of Streets.
STREET
39nd
FKOM
I.innnln
33rd __ .. ..'Lincoln .-_.-.
Bay -_ _ 'Fahm .__...._
William ......
East Broad.-..
40th .-_-.-_-_
Tlrarl v
\Vhitaker --.-
32nd -.... .
T^ttv
Williams -----
36th --------
32nd ---------
35th -----
41st --- _ .-.-
West Broad- .-
Whitaker ----
Cwinnett -----
West Broad
Whitaker .-.-
34th -. ----
Ogeechee Cnl.
West Broadaa.
West Broadaa.
West BroadaaWest Broadaa .
34th ------ ...
Hall --
Hall -.------.
Tattnall -----
Gwinnett ....
Drayton ------
To
Habersham _ .
Habersham _
Waters _ . . .
Fahm ........
Bolton -.-- ...
Bull .- ___ -.
40th ___ - _
Habersham ...
Fahm .........
Fahm -_-.-__.
Burroughs -...
Montgomery -.
Habersham -.-
Montgomery --
Gaston Lane.-
37tb -..- __ .
W. Boundary- -
Park Avenue --
Park Avenue. .
Oglethorpe Av
Drayton ------
PURPOSE.
Sidewalk.
Sidewalk.
Sidewalk.
Sidewalk.
Sidewalk.
Sidewalk.
Sidewalk.
Sidewalk.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Curbing.
Paving.
Paving.
Paving.
Paving.
Paving.
LevelsMiscellaneous.
Levels for southeast corner of Bolton and S. P. & W. Ry.
for drainage of baseball park.
Levels at Bilbo canal crossing at Gwinnett street.
Levels at the foot of West Broad street for house drainage sewer.
Miscellaneous Measurements and Surveys.
Survey of Dasher Park for laying of same.
Survey of lots on south side of Roberts street, between
West Broad and Huntingdon streets, for location of stoops.
Right-of-way for Railway tracks of Mutual Fertilizer
Company through the Water Works Tract,
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 147
Established division line on Fig Island between Shells
and the City.
Survey of the Branch Tract.
Survey as to encroachment of stoop, Lot 31, dimming
' Ward, on 31st street.
Location of Blue Print Room in City Hall.
Survey of house drainage sewer at the foot of West
Broad street.
Measurement of sidewalk in Gwhmett street subway.
Measurement of sidewalk in front of Lot 7, Forsyth
Ward.
Measurement of sidewalk in front of Lot 70 Brown
Ward.
Survey of the northwest corner of West Broad and
Huntingdon streets.
Survey of Reynolds street from President street to the
river, for line of Public Dock.
Survey for estimate for repairs to City wharves.
Survey of Schley Tract, east of A. C. L. Ry. for opening
street.
Survey for opening Reynolds, Atlantic, Paulsen, Ilarmon
and Ott streets through Teynae Farm, Lot 1, for opening
streets.
Measurement of sidewalk on East Broad street from
Gwinnett to Bolton streets.
Measurement of bricks per yard on Abercorn street.
Survey of Strand from Whitaker to Drayton streets.
i Measurement for location of Oglethorpe Memorial.
Survey of Bilbo canal from St. Julian street to the river
to determine canal rights.
148 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Survey Bilbo canal, Wheaton street to Perry lane, to
locate encroachments.
Examinations of Lot 2, old Water Works Tract, for
drainage ditch.
Measurement Congress lane and Bull street to show
sidewalks.
Survey of crossing at 37th, Habersham and A. C. L. Ry.
Survey of crossing Waldburg street and A. C. L. Ry.
Measurement of river front of Water Works Tract for
location of A. M. Canning Co.
Reconnoissance of Branch Tract for proposed drainage.
Measurement of bridge across Ogeeehee canal at Bay
street.
Location of stones for marking division line on Pig
Island.
Survey of site for American Canning Co.
Measurement of 131' on Brady street, east of Whitaker.
Location of stones marking streets formerly dedicated
through Branch Tract.
Survey of Schley Tract in Schley Ward for opening
Waldburg street and street east of A. C. L. Ry.
Measurement for Oglethorpe Memorial.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 140
Tracing of Lots.
LOT No.
21 - _ _
99
26 . _____
27 -.--._- ___ TO
98
oq
Q1 t/i PQ
34 __ __ __
oc
36 - .
2 A- C O 1 A
926, 8, 10 and 12 _
1, 2, 3, 4, 6-. _
33 and 34 _____
1 and 2 _..-..
31, 32 and W% 33
8, 10, 12, 14 ....__
42 -. --.. .....
1 and 2 ______
57, 58 and 59 _
32, 31 and 30 ... ..
1, 2 and 3 _ _
61, 62 and 63 _
54 ... ___ _. ...
Tey. Farm Lot 1.
61 and 63 _ ... .
14 and 16 __....
Strip 1-. _ .
Q+rirt oroat 49
14 and 12.. ...
14, 12 and 10 __ 7 and 8 ____ _
i <
14-20 _____ _.
Part 1-. .........
East part 1 _
1 . _. _ ..
Tract ___ - __
Strip Dasher __
42 '~~
46 and 48- _
31 and 33 fiK
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31 and 29 ____ ,
SECTION.
Brady Sub._ _-----.__-- _ .
Brady Sub. _ . _ _ -
Brady Sub. _ _-.-.--__-- _..
Brady Sub- _ - ...
Brady Sub. _ __.. _..
Brady Sub- ...---._-. ..
Brady Sub. _ ----- _ .. _ .
Brady Sub. __ .. __ ..
Brady Sub. __ -..----. ..
Brady Sub. _ - __.. _ .
Water Works Tract ___ _.
W&tfir '^Vorks Tifict
Brady Sub- ___ .. ........
Water Works Tract. ._ .....
Seller Tract ___ __ ..
Sec. 19. .... _ _______
Schley - - -. ... __
WARD.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Estill.
Demere.
Estill.
Swoll.
Estill.
Southville.
Southville.
Springfield
Plantation.
Pulaski.
Law.
Kingsville.
Low.
Norwood.
Law
Southville.
Norwood.
Solomons.
Fred. Ty. Derby
T fi\xr
Bartow.
Low.
Low
Schley.
Schley.
Reppard and
Gumming.
Norwood.
Norwood.
Norwood.
Norwood.
Norwood.
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Tracings of LotsContinued.
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1
1
1
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1
1
1
3
2
2
2
LOT No.
Tract of land in
33 _--_ __
34-35
57 .......... -
58-59
A . __ - __
B __.- . .....
5, 6, 7 and 8_ __
15, 16 and 21 __
10 and E% 9 __
4 and W% 9 .....
98 anil *W1. 95
SECTION.
Kingsville ....._..__...
Hull Sub... _....
Hull Sub. _________ --__
Hull Sub. ________ . __
Hull Sub..-.. ... ...........
Teynac Farm Lots _.
WABD.
Norwood.
Norwood.
Norwood.
Norwood.
Norwood.
Norwood.
Reppard.
Reppard.
Reppard.
Reppard.
TracingsMiscellaneous.
Part of Water Works Tract, showing proposed tracks
connecting line of Central Railway Co. with plant of Mutual
Fertilizer Co. (2) T.
Twelve maps of Pig Island.
Four Tracings of maps of Fig Island, copied from map
in Court House.
One plan of lots owned by Croty in Louisville.
One plan of Emmett Park, showing design for walks.
One plan for opening River street through Rouke
property.
One plan of the Gas House Tract, showing old Fort
Wayne.
Three plans showing land needed for opening Reynolds,
Atlantic, Paulsen, Hannon and Ott streets through Teynac
Farm, Lot I, on the north side of 37th street.
Two tracings of map showing proposed opening of Reynolds, Atlantic, Paulsen, Harmon and Ott streets from 37tli
street to Millen lots,
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 151
Two maps of Fig Island and Hutchingson Island
boundary.
Three plans showing portion of Reppard and Gumming
Wards showing strip of land and owners south of 33rd street
for opening lane.
Two plans for opening Henry street through lands of
Lester and Meinhard.
One plan of opening Henry street through land of
McCommack.
One plan showing portion of Schley Tract in Schley
Ward.
ReportsExaminations.
Compiling report on opening streets.
Examination of encroachment colored portion of Laurel
Grove cemetery on Kollock street.
Removal of obstructions, Atlantic and 31st streets.
Removal of obstructions, Barnard and 44th streets.
Removal of obstructions, Whitaker and 35th streets.
Removal of obstructions, Bull and 35th street.
Specifications for 6" dressed Curbing around City Hall.
Examinations of East Broad street pavement from Gwinnett to Jones, for report to Council.
Examination as to obstructions in Barnard street between King and 44th streets.
Examination of encroachment at Bull and 35th streets.
Examination of brick pavement on East Broad street
from Jones to Gwinnett.
Report as to encroachment of fence on 35th street in
rear of Lot 36, Estill Ward.
Examination as to obstruction in Atlantic, south of
Anderson,
152 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Blue Prints.

One print, Lot 21, Brady sub., Estill Ward, for opening
35th street.
One print, Lot 22, Brady sub., Estill Ward, for opening
35th street.
One print, Lot 26, Brady sub., Estill Ward, for opening
35th street.
One print, Lot 27, Brady sub., Estill Ward, for opening
35th street.
One print, Lot 28, Brady sub., Estill Ward, for opening
35th street.
One print, Lot 29, Brady sub., Estill Ward, for opening
35th street.
One print, Lots 31, 32 and 33, Brady sub., Estill Ward,
for opening 35th street.
One print, Lot 34, Brady sub., Estill Ward, for opening
85th street.
One print, Lot 35, Brady sub.; Estill Ward, for opening
35th street.
One print, Lot 36 and strip, Brady sub., Estill Ward, for
opening 35th street.
Three prints, Estill sub., Blocks A. P. B. & 0., Southville
Ward.
Six prints, Extending Charles lane.
One print, map showing wells and table of depths
Water Works Tract.
Three prints, 6, 8, 10 and 12, old Water Works Tract,
for sale.
Eight prints, plan of old Water Works Tract.
Five prints, plan of 36th street, for opening street.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 153
Six prints, plan of City Extension, by Thomas au>i
others.
Three prints, plan showing opening of 35th street.
Three prints, plan showing opening of Barnard street.
Two prints of intersection of 40th street and A. C. L. By.
Five prints, Lots 57, 58 and 59, Springfield plantation,
belonging to City.
Four prints, plan of opening 37th street.
Two prints of Teynac Farm, Lot 2, for opening streets.
Two prints, plan of Lot 1, Low Ward.
Two prints, Lots 14 and 16, Kingsville.
Four prints, plan of the Branch Tract.
Six prints, plan showing land needed for opening Reynolds, Atlantic, Paulsen, Harmon and Ott streets.
Six prints, plan of the City Market.
Four prints, Lots 14, 10 and 12, needed for opening 44th
and Barnard streets.
Four prints, Lots 131, 129, 115 and 114 in Louisville,
Colding Ward.
Three prints, plan of wharf, Lot No. 19 E.
v
Five prints, plan of Emmet Park showing design for
walks.
Six prints, plan of the City Extension.
Two prints, Gas House Tract, showing old Fort Wayne
Two prints, plan of River street through Rouke
property.
One print, plan of Deiter Tract, at Waters road ami
Lovers Lane.
Three prints, plan of Farm, Lots 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18
and 19 of Barstow sub.
154 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Two prints, tract of land between Skidaway Shell road
and White Bluff road, 2% miles southeast of City.
Two prints, plan of Lots 8 and 6, Water Works Tract.
Pour prints, plan of Gwinnett street culvert.
Three prints, plan of Henry street through the Harmon
lots.
Six prints, plan of Pig Island.
Two prints, part of Lot 11, Sec. 19, Low Ward, for opening 37th street.
One print, plan of Harmon street paving.
Two prints, plan of Lot 11, See. 19, needed for opening
33rd street.
Two prints, plan of City limits showing wards.
Two prints, map of Bilbo canal.
Two prints, plan of Henry street, through Lester and
Meinhard Tract.
Two prints, plan of Burroughs road from Anderson to
35th street.
Two prints, Lots 1 and 2, old Water Works Tract, showing right-of-way of railroad.
Two prints, plan showing land needed for opening
street through land of Citizens Land Company.
Two prints, plan of Schley property in Schley Ward, for
opening streets.
Teynac Farm, Lot 2.
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 155
Summary of Work Done in City Engineer's Office During
the Year 1905.
Park and Tree CommissionStreets and Lanes ---------
Private Parties
Opening Streets. > _
City Engineer .. _____
Miscellaneous .---__--__-_-.
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I again respectfully call your attention to the recomtoendation contained in my report for the year 1897 which
suggests a plan whereby this Department might be placed
on a paying basis.
Very respectfully,
W. J. WINN, City Engineer.
STREETS OPENED.
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681
532
583
634
585
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GRA.NTOR
Sanrnel K. Platshek.. ..............
Wm, M. Davldson. .................
R F.Spencer and Spencer Donlass.
M. M. Keniokell... .................
R.M. Hull. .........................
Annie M. and Cassle Schwarz. Mary E. Ray.. ......................
Eat. P. M. Russell ..................
J. S. Colllns...... ...................
J. v. Williams et. al...... ...... ....
R. E. Lester et. al ...... ............ Marianne A. Sohley __ __ ....
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
81 and 88 Klnsrrllle (Best Snb> Norwood...... 1U, 116, 129 and 181 Hall Sub., Colding Ward. South paitXS Estill Ward....... .......... .... 81, 82 and 88 EBtill Ward.......................
West part M Law Ward.. .................... South part 84 Estill Ward ..................... South part ->9 Estill Ward ..................... South part SiEstlll Ward ..................... 1'artBiiEBtm Ward...... ....................... South parts f, 10, 12 and 14 Southvllle Ward.. South part 27 Estill Ward..... ................ Part Millen lot 9...... .......................... South part21 Estill Ward............ ........ East part 11 Law Ward...... .................. South parts 88 and Strip. ................... . No. Sohley Ward ...............................
14 and parts 10 and 12 Kiogsville... ...........
Part Schiey Sub., Schley Ward ...............
FOR OPENING
W. Broad and 4Cth Sis.............................
85th St.............. .................................
SSthSt......... ..................... . ..............
85th St.... ......................... .................
85th St...... ......................................... asth st...................... .........................
Bull St................... ..........................
Rstill Ave..... ..................................... .
3-lth St....... .......................................
Atlantic, 81st, 82nd, 88rd, 84th. 85th, 88th..........
85th St.. ................. ....... ....................
82nd St.......................... ....................
85th St................ ...............................
Street ea?t of A.C. L Railway... ...............
Henry St............. ...................... ........ Reynolds, Atlantic. Pauleen, Hanon and OttMs
Waldmirtr and street east of A. O. L...... .......
No, of
square ft.
5JOP.OO
7,000.08
1.J28.00
6,010.00
1.46V.60
1,666.00
2,4A.'i.OO
1,787.00
1.S
445.7
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1,776.0
45K.9
2,132.0
2,607.8
78,180.0
22,M4.6
4,666.0
130.U9.5
85,787.00
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BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS.
SAVANNAH, GA., February 8, 1906.
To THE HONORABLE HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah,
SIRMy Annual Report, for the year which ended
December 31, 1905, is respectfully submitted, herewith.
Our health conditions have been good, yet there is room
for improvement in our work. The death-rate of our white
population is remarkably low, but that of the negroes is high
and never will be as low as that of the whites, but it is
within our power, and it is our duty, to prevent the high
negro death-rate which has prevailed since the emancipation
of these people. Later in this Report this subject will
receive consideration.
You are presented, below, with the mortality by months
and the figures presented are not easy to understand when
it is known that, at no time during the year, was there an
epidemic disease prevailing.
Mortality.
White. Negro. Total.
January _____________ 58 105 163
February ____________ 53 127 180
March ______________ 60 121 181
April _______-_____ 44 97 141
May _______________ 46 85 131
June"_________________ 46 84 135
July _______________ 39 74 113
August ___ 46 63 109
September __________ 40 83 123
October _____________ 42 96 138
November ____________ 26 69 95
December ____________ 46 69 115
Totals___________546 1,073 1,619
158 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Annual rate per thousand_16.87 29.00 23.46
First Quarter__________171 353 524
Second Quarter________136 266 402
Third Quarter__________125 220 345
Fourth Quarter_________114 234 348
The high rate of the first quarter can be partially accounted for by the large number of deaths from Pneumonia.
This refers particularly to negro deaths.
Those of our people who go away for their health dur-.
ing the summer months should note that the mortality of
the months of July, August and September furnish the lowest
of the year. You attention is called to the fact that the
white death-rate for November was the lowest recorded since
your Health Officer took charge of this office in 1888.
The principal causes of death were:
White. Negro. Total.
Tuberculosis __________ 53 146 199
Pneumonia ___________ 47 118 165
.Malarial Fever_________ 21 82 103
Bright's Disease________ 43 49 92
Heart Disease__________ 27 65 92
Marasmus ____________ 17 51 68
Paralysis ____________ 11 44 55
Old Age_____________ 15 35 ' 50
Births, 1905.
White. Negro. Total.
January ____________ 53 72 125
February ____________ 41 64 105
March ______________ 71 76 147
April _______________ 42 79 121
May _______________ 54 73 127
June _______________ 55 67 122
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 159
Births, 1905.Continued.
July _______________ 61 72 133
August _____________ 69 84 153
September __________ 60 79 139
October _____________ 67 94 161
November ____________ 61 65 126
December ____________ 43 74 117
Total_____________677 899 1,576
Contagious and Infectious Diseases.
(Diphtheria.)
There were sixteen cases and four deaths. In but one
fatal case was anti-toxin given a fair test. Three children
were past medical aid before the serum therapy was used.
(Scarlet Fever.)
There were but nine cases and none of these were fatal.
There have been no deaths from Scarlet Fever during the
past three years. This is a remarkable showing.
(Measles.)
This disease, nearly always mild in this latitude, prevailed to some extent during the first part of the year, one
death occurring.
(Whooping Cough.)
What has been said about Measles covers the ground
about this disease. Only one death resulted from the
disease.
(Typhoid Fever.)
There were nineteen deaths from this disease; eight
among the white and eleven among the negro population.
Your attention is called to the fact that but two of these
deaths occurred in persons who contracted the disease in
160 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Savannah. Five of the deaths occurred in hospitals and,
in two instances, the patients were brought from another
State to this City for treatment.
(Small-Pox.)
For the last seven years small-pox has prevailed in this
and every other State in the Union. On the first of January, 1905, there were five cases on hand, but infected persons from other places caused seventeen eases among the
whites and sixty-six among the negroes.
Nearly eighteen thousand people were vaccinated during the year. The disease seldom appears among the Cityborn population and only then in the mildest form. Of
the seventeen white cases, but two were City-born or reared,
and they were attacked with what is known as Varioloid,
meaning Small-pox modified by successful vaccination.
There are many white people in Savannah who have only
recently moved to the City and who refuse vaccination until
forced to receive it. The only members of many such families who we find successfully vaccinated are the children
who are attending the public schools and the only reason
why they are vaccinated, and their parents are quoted:
"They could not get into the schools unless they were."
It has been evident for some time that this disease will
run out in a few years just as it did after the Civil War,
for, outside the City of Savannah, compulsory vaccination
is not practiced and other radical measures are not in vogue.
There were no deaths, all the cases, with the exception of
seven or eight, being very mild.
In connection with this subject it should be stated that
the position of the City of Savannah in reference to the
change of site of its Small-pox Hospital has not been correctly stated. This plant should be at a point well isolated
but, at the same time, accessible to the City and when the
gentlemen, interested in the site of the new rifle range for
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 161
the military, approached us with the proposal that the
City reomve its Small-pox Hospital they were informed of
the requirements stated above, and, after the last conference
with several officers, one of that number, Captain William
Austin, was selected to show your Health Officer such a site
and did take your Health Officer in the direction of said
site but could not locate it, and he never tried to show it
to him again. It is necessary to make this statement because
the City government has been put in a position of keeping
the military from getting a rifle range.
(Quarantine Against Yellow Fever.)
In the latter part of July it was discovered that Yellow
Fever had appeared in New Orleans and, later on, it became
apparent that the disease had been concealed by both the
State Board of Health of Louisiana and by the New Orleans
local board for weeks.
Your Health Officer proceeded to New Orleans to confer
with Surgeon J. H. White of the United States Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service and was there a sufficient
length of time to observe that the disease had a strong hold
on the city after a probable prevalence of not less than eight
to twelve weeks.
Quarantine was instituted against New Orleans and
other infected points for, through the concealment at New
Orleans, four States were infected, namely: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
Probably this visitation will be of much service to the
Southern States inasmuch as it is in evidence that Yellow
Fever is transmitted only by the mosquito, known as the
Stegomyia Fasciata, and that it is not a difficult matter to
destroy this one agency, thereby preventing an epidemic
of Yellow Fever. Further, it is in evidence that the people
of the South are tired of the incompetency of the State
Boards of Health and so far as the prevention of the intro-
162 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
duction of Yellow Fever into the United States is concerned
that work will now be under the control of the National
Government. That this is true is evident when, at Chattanooga, Tenn., November 9th and 10th, 1905, every Southern
State but Texas was represented by delegates who, after
listening to six or more hours of pyrotechnical oratory to
prove 'that our women are the most beautiful and our men
the bravest and our soil and climate the finest in the world,
buckled down to business and passed resolutions which
demanded the protection, from the general government,
which it should have given us years ago without our asking
for it. With this protection comes the end of Yellow Fever
in the United States.
The land quarantine operated by the City was successful
in the prevention of the introduction of Yellow Fever but,
like all rigid health measures, worked hardships on many
individuals. To the officers and employes of every railroad
entering this City, City authorities should give thanks, for
their co-operation was in evidence as long as this disagreeable work was performed. In return, the City broke up no
schedule of any railroad during the same period. To those
citizens, probably in the majority, who gave these protective
measures their hearty support, we should also give thanks.
For those who could not see the effectiveness of such a quarantine we have but to say that they never saw as we did
the holes in the quarantine net and that, in less than twenty
years. Yellow Fever had prevailed in the South five times
and it was one year within fifty-eight miles of Savannah
and not a single case has appeared in Savannah.
Eecommendations.
The high death rate among the negroes demands our
serious consideration; for the protection of the whites if
for no other reason. The City has done much for these
people; when sick, by medical attention and hospital ser-
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 163
vice. .In that direction it can go on further so far as results
are concerned.
There are too many negroes without employment in
Savannah and this statement is in the face of industrial
companies bringing foreign labor here. An inspection of
that part of the City west of West Broad street, from River
to Gwinnett streets, on a clear, warm day, between the hours
of 9 A. M. and 12 M. will show from a thousand to fifteen
hundred adult male negroes loafing on the streets and in
shops and barrooms. Your Health Officer has made such an
inspection with the result stated. There must be female
adults and children with these men. With little or no work
these people must herd together in defiance of all sanitary
laws and they do. This, your Health Officer can prove.
In January and February, 1905, sixty-three negroes died
from Pneumonia; one hundred and twenty-six from the same
disease during the year and one hundred and forty-six from
Tuberculosis, or Consumption. These people lack proper
food, clothing, and habitation. These three things lacking,
any race of people must produce an abnormally high
deatjh-rate. Are we to blame? There is no doubt of it.
It is a self-evident truth that the negro race is sustained by
the white race and when there are not enough white people
in a City to sustain the negro population the negro reverts
to type, which means that he is dangerous to the morals
and to the sanitation of the community in which he lives.
In my opinion, this the most important question which
faces us.
It is recommended that a commission be appointed, of
men able to cope with such a problem and it is no prophecy
to state ,that this commission would recommend that the surplus negro be removed; that laws be enacted prohibiting the
erection of narrow, ill-ventilated "shacks" in which five
families live, where only one should live. These recommendations come from observation and from practical experience of nearly twenty years and is but a mild statement
164 - MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
about a condition that is yearly producing crime, sickness,
and death.
Ogeechee Canal.
The river level of this waterway is shoaling all the time
and the sand which runs into it from the streets and the
debris thrown into it have brought about this condition.
That part of the waterway which has no commercial use is
overgrown with rank vegetation and its bed is used as a
deposit for waste matter.
The second level, with the two connecting basins, which
is already within the corporate or jurisdictional limits, is
in a bad condition. There is a small ditch in the centre
of the canal bed while the rest of its area is covered with
a thick overgrowth or jungle, which harbors the waste matter deposited there. This part of the canal and the two
basins mentioned should be filled up as, on account of its
elevation, it cannot drain the low lands through which it
passes. In connection with this matter it should be stated
that the burrow-pits on either side of the rights-of-way, of
every railroad entering Savannah, hold stagnant water which
breeds mosquitoes which are known to be the most potent
factor in producing Malarial Fever, which prevail so often
among the people living west of the City. The most severe
type of fever seen here comes from that section of the
county close to Savannah. No such conditions exist east
of the City.
Bilbo Canal.
While this open sewer is not the producing factor in
disease, so often represented, still it should be covered up
on account of its offensive odors and because the sight of
foecal matter in full view from a City's sidewalks is hardly
in line with modern progress. There can be no doubt but
that this open sewer has prevented a normal growth of
that section of the City known as Collinsville. It should
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 165
also be mentioned that, on account of the lack of system in
instituting house drainage, in vogue in the City proper, Collinsville's growth has also been retarded.
Disposal of Waste Matter.
One of the most flagrant abuses of the City service is
the class of waste matter forced on the Scavenger Department. Seventy per cent, of the matter they remove is not
true garbage. Some of this 70 per cent, can be used for
filling low places. Quite an element of it can be destroyed
by fire on premises. The droppings of horses and cows are
valuable as fertilizer and should be removed by owners at
their own expense.
Kerosening Barrels Containing Water.
It has been clearly proven that mosquitoes transmit,
at least, two diseases, i. e., Yellow Fever and Malarial Fever.
That both species of mosquitoes, which produce the two
diseases mentioned, are propogated here, is an absolute fact.
A law should be enacted which would cause to be removed,
all broken glass bottles on walls as the water contained
therein produce thousands of mosquitoes every year. This
law should also cover the kerosening of water in barrels used
for protection against fire, at the different wharves and cotton compresses along the river front. There are hundreds
of such barrels.
Bemoval of Weeds.
Last, but not least, the present law covering the cutting
and removal of weeds should be so amended as to call for
the preyention of the growth of such vegetation at all seasons of the year, the present law now being, that: "In the
opinion of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners it is necessary that all rank vegetation should be cut and removed and
it is recommended that the Mayor issue his proclamation to
that effect."
166 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
FITTING UP BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
Destruction of Textile Fabrics, Etc.
"While it has not been arranged for in the Budget, this
year, for the fitting up of the Bacteriological Laboratory in
connection with the Health Office, it should be stated that
the time has come when such a laboratory is absolutely
necessary in order that the Health Department of the City
should have this valuable adjunct in the prevention of the
spread of epidemic diseases.
In order to protect the citizens of the City of Savannah
against the loss of household effects, more particularly, textile fabrics, mattresses, and pillows, destroyed at their residences on account of the different quarantinable diseases
that visit their families, apparatus should be provided. We
have no such apparatus and I deem it as necessary in the
pevention of the spread of epidemic diseases as the various
fire department apparata are in the prevention of the
spread of a conflagration, when effective disinfection could
be performed without damaging the fabric undergoing disinfection.
The sanitary inspection of the City has been under the
local charge of Mr. John J. Stafford. Chief Sanitary Inspector, who has not only performed this work in a most
efficient manner but who has rendered valuable service in
the fumigation of houses and who, also, during the quarantine against points infected with Ytllow Fever, was untiring
in superintending the work of the men engaged in that part
of the work of this office.
The men performing sanitary inspections have given
good service and it should be understood that their work is
the most disagreeable performed by the City government.
Their labor benefits every other department of the municipality. "Without their co-operation, at least, two other
departments would have been inefficient.
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 167
The maritime quaratine service has, for nearly seven
years, been conducted with satisfaction to the commerce of
Savannah and with perfect protection for the City against
the introduction of epidemic diseases.
The Board of Sanitary Commissioners has met regularly,
its personnel having been as follows: Hon. Herman Myers,
Chairman; Aldermen Dixon and Harman, Mr. J. M. Solomons, Eev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer, Col. Beirne Gordon, and
W. F. Brunner, M. D-, Secretary.
For your official courtesies please accept thanks from,
Yours respectfully,
W. F. BRUNNER, M. D., Health Officer.
Annual Report of Deaths from Natural Causes in the City of Savannah, Ga., for the Year 1905.
CAUSE OF DEATH
Abscess, Celebral ................
Alcoholism .......................
Anaemia .........................
Anaesthesia, Chloroform ..........
Angina, Pectoris .................
Aorta, Aneurism of ................
Arterio, Sclerosis .................
Appendicitis .....................
Asphyxia ........................
Asthenia .........................
Asthma ..........................
Bladder, Rupture of '..............
Bowels, Congestion of ...........
Brain, Congestion of ..............
Brain, G-umma of ..................
Brain, Hemorrhage of .............
Brain, Softening of ...............
Brights Disease ..................
Bronchitis .......................
Bronchitis, Capillary ..............
Birth, Abnormal ..................
Cholecystitis .....................
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Cancer of Uterus. .................
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Chill, Congstive ..................
Cholera, Infantum ...............
Cirrhosis of Liver. ................
Convulsions .. ^. ..................
Convulsions, Puerperal ...........
Cystitis ..........................
Congestion, Hypostatic ...........
Collapse .........................
Dementia, Acute .................
Diabetes .........................
Diarrhoea ........................
Diphtheria .......................
Dropsy ...........................
Dysentery .....;..................
Emphysenia ......................
Endocarditis .....................
Endometritis .....................
Enteritis .........................
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Annual Report of Deaths from Natural Causes in the City of Savannah, Ga., for the Year 1905Continued.
CAUSE OF DEATH
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Fever, Malarial ...................
Fever, Malarial Congestive. .......
Fever, Malarial, Hemorrhaglc.... ..
Fever, Malarial Intermittent. ......
Fever, Malarial Remittent. ........
Fever, Typhoid ..................
Fibroids, Multiple ................
Foot, Gangrene of .................
Gastritis .........................
Gastro, Entritis ..................
Glottis, Oedema of ................
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Heart, Hypertrophy of ............
Heart, Dilatation of ...............
Heart Disease ....................
Heart Disease, Valvular. ..........
Hemorrhage ......................
Hemorrhage, Post Partum. ........
Hernia. Strangulated .............
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Influenza .........................
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Intestines, Obstruction of .........
Jaundice .........................
Labor, Complicated. ...............
Liver, Yellow Atrophy of ..........
Lungs, Congestion of ..............
Lungs, Gangrene of ...............
Lungs, Oedema of ..................
Lymphangitis ....................
Lungs, Hemorrhage of ............
Malformation, Congenital .........
Marasmus ........................
Meningitis .......................
Meningitis, Cerebro Spinal. .......
Meningitis, Spinal ................
Meningitis, Tubercular. ...........
Morphinism ......................
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Perityrhilitis .....................
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CAUSE OP DEATH
Paralysis .........................
Patent Foramin Ovale ............
Pericarditis ......................
Peritonitis .......................
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Pemphigus, Congenital ...........
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Pneumonia, Broncro ..............
Pneumonia, Lobar ................
Prostatltus .......................
Pyaemia .........................
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Scurvy ...........................
Septicaemia ......................
Septicaemia, Puerperal ...........
Shoulder, Ulcer of ................
Spina Biflda .....................
Spleen, Abscess of ...............
Spleen, Rupture of ................
Stomach, Congestion of ...........
Stomach, Ulcer of .................
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Tetanus ...........................
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Tuberculosis .....................
Ulcer of Rectum .................
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Undefined ........................
Uraemia .........................
Whooping Cough .................
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Deaths from Violence, Still Births, Premature Births, Etc.
Accidents
Asphyxia ........................
Brain, Concussion of ..............
Burns ............................
Decapitated by Railroad Train....
Drowning ........................
Electrocuted, Live Wire...........
Gunshot Wounds .................
Internal Injuries. .................
Legs and Arms Crushed, Street Car
Shock............................
Skull, Fracture of .................
Snake Bite .......................
Homicides
Gunshot Wounds .................
Ill Defined .......................
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Incised Wounds, ..................
Poison, Laudanum. ...............
Poison, Morphine ................
Poison, Opium ....................
Cruehed by Train ................
Drowning ........................
Still Births ......................
Premature Birth ..................
Deaths Without Physician ........
Deaths Under 10 Years. ...........
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176 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Longevity.
White Male.
Barle, C. Eugene .........
Steadwell, Cyrus H.......
McFarland, W. T.........
Miller, John .............
Bordley, W. H.. ..........
Nichols, George N........
Clements, John ..........
Gentry, R. L.. ............
Fitzpatrick, Phlllip ......
Manner, John ...........
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Carmlchael, W. P.........
McCarthy, W. T.. .........
Taggart, Grantham I. .....
Wray, James R.. .........
Moses, Daniel, L.. ........
O'Sullivan, Mortimer .....
Brandt, Carl Ludwig......
Keilbach, Franz J. ........
Llndig, John F.. ..........
MUler, J. ................
McAlpin, James W.. ......
O'Connor, Patrick ........
Grassie, Emanuel ........
Hubbell, Oretus. .........
I^edlie, Charles S. ........
Welkir, Emory O.. ........
Wright, Henry J.. ........
Palmer, A. C.. ............
Pease, Williams .........
Powell, Thomas B........
Ward, James ............
Hubbell, Lester .........
A,.
94
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87
85
85
84
82
81
81
80
80
80
80
78
77
77
77
76
76
76
75
75
74" 74
74
73
73
73
73
73
72
72
72
72
72
71
71
71
71
70
White Female.
Brailsford, H. C., Mrs.....
McCall, Esther, Mrs.......
White, Mary, Miss.......
Sullivan, Julia, Mrs..
Ward, Mary, Mrs.........
Pridgeon, Ann, Mrs.. .....
McKuan, Annie, Mrs. .....
Dinkins, Sarah A., Mrs.. . .
Garner, Amelia, Mrs. .....
Tucker, Caroline, Mrs.. . . .
Burnell, Margaret, Mrs....
Bellune, Mary S., Mrs.....
Dent, Ophelia, Mrs.. ......
Cook, T. A., Mrs.. . .......
Crapps, Rachel E., Mrs. . . .
Kieffer, A. E., Mrs.. ......
Buer, E. H., Mrs.. ........
Love, Elizabeth, Mrs.. ....
Bordley, Margaret S., Mrs.
Rosa, Elizabeth, Mrs......
Furlong, Mary, Mrs.......
Lawton, Mary J., Mrs. ....
Miller, Julia, Mrs.. ... .....
O'Connor, Mary, Mrs......
Schroder, Nora, Mrs......
Forgarty, Bridget, Mrs. . . .
Wright, Salina, Mrs.. .....
Griffin, A. W., Mrs........
McCoy, Jane, Mrs.........
S win ton, Martha, Mrs.....
Adams, Margaret B., Mrs..
Kelly, Drusella, Mrs.......
Marcher, Anna M., Mrs... .
Platshek, Rebecca, Mrs. . .
Cuckard, Jane, Mrs.......
Garmany, Jane M., Mrs...
Taylor, Margaret S., Mrs..
Age.
94
93
91
88
86
85
85
84
83
81
81
81
80
79
79
78
78
78
77
77
77
76
75
75
75
75
74
74
74
74
74
73
73
72
72
72
71
71
71
71 . 70
70
70
MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT. 177
Longevity.
Negroes Male.
Hill, James ..............
Smith, Henry ............
Reed, Ely ................
Colbert, Doctor. ..........
Brown, Edward S... ......
Davis, Samuel ...........
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Berrien, Owen ...........
Green, Charlie. ...........
Alston, James B. .........
Black, Walley ...........
Hicks, 'Benjamin .........
Failey, Dennis ...........
Gilyard, Hector ..........
Jenklns, Joseph ..........
William, Lewis ..........
Afle.
92
90
85
85
83
80
80
78
76
76
75
75
75
75
75
75
73
73
71
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
Negroes Female.
Waters, 'Hannah. .........
Brown, Rose... ..........
Flemming, Rosa .........
Miller, Tina .............
Flood, Catherine ........
Aadms, Diana ............
Gaynor, Clara ...........
Weston, Charlotte .......
Williams, Rachel ........
Campbell, Nancy ........
Frazier, Maria ...........
Wiley, Eliza .............
Polite, Ellen .............
Ferris, Rosa .............
Anderson, Essie .........
Avery, Daphney .........
Beasley, Sylvia ..........
Bennett, Rebecca ........
Henderson, Lenora ......
Ralph, -Affle .............
Shiels, Clara ............
Washington, Catherine . .
Carter, Martha ..........
Ford, Lydia .............
Thrash, Mary ............
Giles, Sylvia ............
MItchell, Jane ...........
Mclntosh, Diana .........
Singleton, Selina ........
Baker, Mary .............
Harris, Rosa .............
Williams, Diana .........
Age.
130
106
100
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90
90
87
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85
85
80
80
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78
78
78
76
75
73
75
75
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75
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75
74
73
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72
72
71
70
70
70
70
70
NATIVITY.
Savannah ........................
Georgia other than Savannah.
South Carolina ...................
Florida ...........................
North Carolina ...................
Virginia .........................
New York ........................
Pennsylvania .....................
Maryland ........................
New Jersey ......................
Mississippi .......................
Ohio .............................
Connecticut ......................
Massachusetts ....................
Rhode Island .....................
Texas ............................
Alabama .........................
Deleware .........................
District of Columbia. ..............
Illinois ...........................
Maine ............................
Michigan .........................

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16
34
14
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1
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86
289
85
7
10
6
10
2
5
4
8
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2
9
2
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1
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1
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205
604
189
11
8
9
1
2
1
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1
....
1
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wand o
291
843
324
18
18
15
11
4
5
4
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8
8
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
I
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United States ....................
Ireland ..........................
Germany .........................
England ..........................
Ruslsa ...........................
Africa ...........................
France ...........................
Italy .............................
Canada ..........................
Europe ..........................
Nova Scotia. ......................
Portugal .........................
Porto Rico .......................
West Indies ......................
Unknown ........................
Total .......... ... ........
2 5
fi811
58
218
105
288211
1
53
18
127
2 4811
60
11
121
4 4?1
44
11
97
1 8111

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2
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8 4121

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1

84
1 11
89
88
74
211
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1
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1 84
?, 111
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116
83
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42
18
96
1
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2 651
46
2
69
22
88
29
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2 2111118
546
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1078
1
81
88
29
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AGE SUMMARY.
MONTHS
January ..............
February .............
March ................
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
October ..............
November ............
December ............
Total...............
Under Year 1
W
5
8
8
5
4
18
6
11
4
7
2
8
80
o
19
14
19
19
24
15
14
14
24
18
18
12
]!
w
'i
8
8
5
2
1
1
2
1
1
20522
0
3
4
5
8
5
7
4
2
8
5
8
2
51
Between a and 5
w
4
8
4
2
4
1
'2
'2
1
2
25
0
'1
4
1
7
2
4
3
5
1
1
2
4
85
Between and 105
w
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
'i
3
1
1
14
0
1
3
1
2
1
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1
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1
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w
3
'5
5
2
5
2
3
1
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1930
i
0
8
4
11
5
6
8
7
3
4
4
4
4
68
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300and
w
6
2
2
4
4
6
3
4
4
3
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44
0
21
82
28
14
14
12
14
14
16
21
9
9
199
Between 40and 30
W
8
9
6
4
1
3
4
0
8
7
8
8
57
o
15
17
14
11
8
14
4
5
9
8
10
6
121
Between and 504
w
4
10
10
6
1
6
6
8
8
1
5
5
60
o
18
20
17
18
6
8
6
6
8
18
9
11
185
Between SOandW
w
6
5
4
5
7
8
7
6
11
1
3
8
61
*
12
10
12
14
9
8
12
4
6
8
6
12
108
Between and 708
W
8
6
H
8
8
2
7
6
3
8
4
8
69
0
8
7
11
5
4
7
5
2
4
6
fi
8
87
Between 80and TO
w
10
3
8
4
5
2
8
3
7
6
5
2
58
0
S
9
6
4
3
8
3
4
6
5
46
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2
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2
1
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2
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1
1
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w
1
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2
5
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1
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1
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1
5
100 Over
w

0
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,
W
58
58
60
44
44
46
89
46
40
42
26
46
546
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105
127
121
97
85
84
74
68
88
96
69
69
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163
180
181
141
181
180
113
109
123
188
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115
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 181
REPORT OP CITY PHYSICIANS.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah.
SIBI herewith respectfully submit report of work done
by me as City Physician of the Northern District for the
year 1905.
Japuary ..............
February .............
March .............. j
April ............... |
May ..................
June .................
July .............".....
August ...............
October ..............
December ............
Total...............
S
i
180
217
130
Vac
Vac
187
223
251
240
285
185
241
201
225
Colored
58
140
26
cin
cin
24
90
72
57
80
156
51
64
74
f-t
238
357
156
atio
atio
211
313
323
297
365
341
292
265
299
8457
Visits Office
116
139
89
n -w
n w
100
200
169
193
146
128
211
179
169
1838
House Visits
132
150
70
as i
as i
120
189
144
125
149
140
186
132
112
1649
Patients Sent to Hospital
3
J<P3
i
CD
8
6
4
n p
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5
4
4
5
3
3
5
8
58
0
sAs 8>5
Z
&
8
4
5
rog
rog
7
8
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
61
-2"S 3
f
6
4
2
ress
ress
6
5
4
4
3
2
4
2
3
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2
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3
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2
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1
1
2
2
10
The months of March and April to 15th inst. were taken
up with the house to house vaccination, during this period
I vaeeirfated approximately five thousand eight hundred
people (5,800). The summer months passed with but few
cases of malaria and my experience has been that the remittant (continued) malaria Aestivo Autumnal is more preva-
182 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
lent with the City poor on the Western and Northwestern
extremity of the City than does the Inotidian, Fertion or
Inartan types.
The fall months were remarkably pleasant and very
little sickness prevailed until the slight evidence of Dengue
Fever began, for a period of six weeks, beginning about
November 1, mild eases of Dangue could be found in all
sections of the City.
Other than above already mentioned the work consisted
of the usual class of patients.
Very respectfully yours,
WALTER NORTON,
City Physician, Northern District.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 2, 1906.
To THE HONORABLE HERMAN MTERS, Mayor.
SIBI herewith submit my Annual Report in tabulated
form, as City Physician for the Southern District, for the
year 1905:
Respectfully,
B- CouRsgoN, M. D.
Tabulated Annual Report City Physician for Southern District, for the Year 1905.
January ..............
March ................
April .................
1\rOTT
June .................
July ..................
August ...............
September ............
October ..............
November ............
December ............
Total...............
White
288
248
1866
509
156
101
151
132
132
170
118
114
3480
Colored
171
163
162
144
160
111
142
162
126
167
142
130
1780
I
459
406
1528
658
816
212
293
294
258
387
200
244
5260
Calls Office
293
280
2:7
188
190
121
154
175
128
173
159
155
2178
Visits House
800
855
136!)
547
284
152
223
202
180
820
167
150
4211
Calls TotalOffice
Visits and House
598
585
1586
7H5
424
?,7H
877
877
309
499
826
805
6889
Deaths

I
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
!
5
8
ft
U
2
1
2
1
19
I
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7
4
6
1
1
2
1
3
2
27
Sent to Hospitals
3
13
i
5
8
4
1
1

1
1
2
4
2
2
2
26
1
fi
a
rH
(C
S
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4300
3
1
5
3
1
2
2
2
1
20
\
\
>
i

i
3
2
4
3
3
4
8
2
25
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a
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1 13
2
118
4
6
I
]
5
5
8
1
2
49
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1
.&
!
"i
"2
8
I
9
19
4
fi
J6
2
10
11
14
18
8
1
123
Intermittent Malaria
1
6
11
18
15
12
16
1
74
! i
i '"2
5
8
!)
20
3o
7
11
15
20
15
25
1
94
Remittent
Malaria
3
!d*
2
'4
2
1
9
1
O

1
1
1
3
1
2
1
5
8
1
18
Total Malaria
7
18
15
21
20
28
2
106
184 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City of Savannah.
SIRI have the honor of submitting my Report as City
Physician of the Eastern District for the year ending December 31st, 1905. The following being a tabulated report of
patients attended:
January ..............
February .............
March ................
April .................
May ..................
June .................
July ..................
September ............
October ..............
November ............
December ............
Total...............
Office Calls
281
383
283
226
330
252
244
315
825
258
200
143 '
3239
House Visits
301
111
130
159
234
213
231
272
232
303
233
200
2621)
No. of
Patients
462
462
868
333
477
400
394
500
478
469
357
274
4974
&
1
P
e
6
4
3
4
3
8
2
5
4
5
3
3
45
Charity
Hospital
1
2
i
l
i
i
i
i
9
In addition to the above, I was engaged in a house to
house vaccination, daily, from February llth to April 29th,
working from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. with an hour's intermission
for dinner. Vaccinating about ten or twelve thousand.
Having also vaccinated all applicants at East Broad and
Staple Street Schools at the beginning of the session.
Respectfully,
J. H. Buoo, M. D.
City Physician, Eastern District.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 185
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
City "of Savannah.
I herewith submit my Annual Eeport as City Physician
oJ the Western District, ending December 31, 1905:
MONTHS-1905
February .............
April .................
May ..................
July ..................
August ...............
October ..............
November ............
December ............
Total.... . .....
House toHouse Vaccinations
1073
2760
983
4816
Patients
Treated aOffice
194
136
202
94
240
832
255
813
250
231
192
2439
Visited
Patients attheir Homes
131
139
210
170
298
854
815
416
851
265
364
8013
Number ofPatients Treated
871
374
361
243
481
682
465
635
574
437
476
4999
Patients set Georgia t Infirmary
8
1
6
1
6
16
9
17
13
9
16
102
Patients set Charity to Hospital
1
1
2
2
3
1
9
Patients sentto ParkView Sanitarium
1
1
2
In closing I wish to thank the various City officials for
their many kindly advices to me in the work and also the
interest they took in me.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD H. JOHNSON, M. D.
City Physician, Western District.
186 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE CITY DISPENSARY. .
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, 1906.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor.
Dear Sir:I have the honor to submit my report for the
year ending December 31st, 1905.
Number of prescriptions filled as follows:
White. Colored. Total.
January ____________ 586 1,619 2,205
February ___________ 630 1,487 2,117
March _____________ 548 1,587 2,135
April ______________ 433 1,599 2,032
May ________ ______ 544 2,094 2,638
June ______________ 511 2,035 2,546
July ______-________ 493 2,214 2,707
August _____________ 615 2,233 2,848
September ___________ 551 2,103 2,654
October ________ ___ 747 2,397 3,144
November ___________ 529 1,860 2,389
December ___________ 572 1J642 2,214
6,759 22,870 29,629
Appropriation for year 1905 _____ _______$5,000 00
Expenditures.
Salaries for officers and employes__________$2,460 00
Rent ___________________________ 480 00
Insurance, lights, fuel, repairs and incidentals_ 143 27
Drugs, surgical supplies, etc. _ 1,915 21
Balance in City Treasury ______________$ 1 52
Total ______-________-________.$5,000 00
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 187
The drugs and surgical supplies used by the City Physicians, Police Barracks, Pest House and all the various charitable institutions in the city are annually increasing and are
all supplied by the Dispensary.
Very respectfully,
L. D. STBUTTON,
Keeper City Dispensary.
188 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, 1906.
Hon. Herman Myers,
Mayor City of Savannah, Ga.
Bear Sir:I am able to report the same marked improvement in the work that has been a feature of this office since
the first of its inception.
Occasionally during the year perplexing questions in regard to the construction of the laws have arisen, but they
have been decided without any controversj', and, in my judgment, in a manner that will best subserve the public welfare
and bring about better sanitary conditions.
Statement of Work Performed and Fees Collected.
Total number of plumbing fixtures inspected _____1,512
Total number of sewers inspected ______'____ 207
Total inspections for Health Department ________ 94
Total inspection for property owners (for which no fee
is collected) ______________________ 614
Fees collected for year ending 1905_________$751 00
Very respectfully,
FRANK W. CAMPOS,
Inspector of Plumbing.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT, 189
PARK AND TREE COMMISSION.
PHILIP D. BAFFIN__Terra Expires January 1st, 1906.
ISAIAH A. SOLOMONS -Term Expires January 1st, 1906.
GEORGE J. BALDWINTerm Expires January 1st, 1908.
J. H. H. ENTELMAN__Term Expires January 1st, 1908.
CHARLES S. ELLIS__Term Expires January 1st, 1910.
CHAIRMAN.
PHILIP D. BAFFIN.
VICE-CHAIRMAN.
CHARLES S. ELLIS.
SECRETARY.
ISAIAH A. SOLOMONS.
CLERK.
WILLIAM H. ROBERTSON.
FOREMAN.
JAMES B. WISE.
FLORIST.
FRANZ SCHWALBE.
KEEPER LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY (WHITE PORTION).
ROBERT H. CLEMENTS.
KEEPER LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY (COLORED PORTION).
J. E. KIMBALL.
190 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PARK AND TREE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR 1905.
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, 1906.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor, City:
Sir:In accordance with Section 6 of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, approved November 30th,
1895, to create and organize a Park and Tree Commission for
the City of Savannah, the Commissioners have the honor to
submit this report of their doings for the past year:
Our Public Grounds.
Acres.
Forsyth Park _________________________ 10.
Porsyth Extension _____________________ 21.
Colonial Park _____________________ 6.6
Twenty-five Squares ____________________ 21.8
Ogiethorpe Green _____________________ 3.44
Liberty Street Green ___________________ 2.18
Tiny Thompson Park ____________________ .2
Thomas Place _________________________ 2.
Wells Square ___________- 1.4
Emmet Park (area not yet known).
Myers Park ________i_______________ 1.56
Cann _____________________________ 2.18
Laurel Grove Cemetery (White, 57.1; Colored, 60.8)__117.9
Total _________________________. .190.26
MA TOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 191
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Parks and Squares.
There has been appropriated during the year__ _$8,500 00
There has been expended ______________ 8,519 88
Budget being overdrawn ______________$ 19 88
Parks and Squares (Tree Planting).
There has been appropriated during the year__$1,000 00
There has been expended _______________ 999 95
Leaving a balance of _____$ 05
Parks and Squares (Tree Nursery).
There has been appropriated during the year___$ 500 00
There has been expended _______________ 496 79
Leaving a balance of _________.______$ 3 21
Laurel Grove Cemetery.
There has been appropriated during the year__$6,000 00
There has been expended ______________ 6,083 93
Budget being overdrawn __________$ 83 93
Parks and Squares (Special Appropriation).
Appropriated Dec. llth, 1905, ____________$ 550 00
There was expended _________ 550 00
Laurel Grove Cemetery (Special Appropriation).
Appropriated Dec. llth, 1905, ____________$ 600 00
There was expended _______________ 600 20
Appropriation being overdrawn ______$ 20
192 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Forsyth Park, Colonial Park and Boll Street Squares.
Work in these parks and squares has gone on as usual during the year.
The spring bulbs and afterwards the beds of tropical
plants, have been successfully cultivated to the apparent
satisfaction of the community. The fountain in Forsyth
Park has been thoroughly repaired and painted, presenting
now a very attractive appearance. The statue of Mercury
and the Sphinxes have also been painted, and the fountain
in Chippewa Square is in process of being repaired and painted. The railings around the fountains and monuments have
also been thoroughly scraped and repainted.
We have removed the unsightly wire from the beds in
the squares and partially in Forsyth Park and substituted
hedges of the Japan Hardy Orange, which will prove more
satisfactory and be more beautiful.
The spring bulbs have been planted, having used 3,750
Dutch Hyacinths; 11,700 Tulips, and 2,000 Lilies.
We have also planted on both sides of the Bull Street walk
in Forsyth Park large Rhododendrons, which we hope will
be a feature in the park hereafter. Have planted 100 trees
in Forsyth Park and 500 Althea plants.
Colonial Park has been carefully attended to, but little
new work is practicable there. We are now trying to eradicate some of the noxious plants that have so long been a
nuisance there, this and the care of the southern hedges has
been about the extent of our work in Colonial Park.
In November of this year one of the vaults in Colonial
Park was broken into and exposed, the coffins being mutilated and other vandalism committed, the guilty parties were
discovered and arrested by the Clerk of the Commission,
Mr. W. H. Eobertson, and tried and punished by the Court.
I beg to call attention to the delapidated condition of the
greenhouse on Barnard Street; it now contains upwards of
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 193
12,000 Palms and Plants, some of them very valuable, and
all of them necessary for the summer adornment of the parks
and squares and it is almost impossible to keep heat in the
building, to preserve the plants in very cold weather. Many
of the plants, such as the Coleus, Crotons, Salvias, etc., are
.very tender and easily affected by the cold weather.
The work done by the employes under my charge has been
excellent. I beg especially to commend the intelligent and
vigilant labors of the head gardner, Mr. Franz Sehwalbe.
In Colonial Park the dead trees have been removed, new
trees have been planted, new benches have been placd in this
park and the old ones have been repaired and painted.
The grass has been kept mowed and in good condition.
We must again call the Council's attention to the delapidated condition of the vaults in this park, and to state that
we have many times been called uyon to repair these vaults,
but have not had funds with which to do the work.
We have brought the matter to the attention of Council and have asked for an appropriation of $500.00 to be
used to put these vaults in good condition and we are sorry
to say that Council did not grant our request and that these
vaults will necessarily have to remain unsightly and in this
delapidated condition unless Council grants us an appropriation during the year for the repairing of these vaults.
We respectfully beg to also call Council's attention to the
condition of the walks around Colonial Park and to say that
if Council would grant us an appropriation for the laying
of artificial stone walks that nothing would be more attractive than this broad avenue of beautiful palms with an artificial stone walk running through its center.
Wells Square, Thomas Place and Tiny Thompson Park.
The "Wells Square" has been kept in order as usual and
we have put as many new benches as our budget would al-
194 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
low. We also planted trees and kept the grass mowed and
in good condition.
"Thomas Place" received our attention during the year;
the benches were repaired and painted, the grass mowed,
trees planted and the shrubbery kept watered, and in a few
years this will add much to the beauty of this park.
The Park and Tree Commission had hoped that Council
would grant us an appropriation with which to lay artificial
stone walks through and in this park, as same are badly
needed and would make this park so much more attractive.
During the latter part of the year the Streets and Lanes
Department curbed the Tiny Thompson Park and then later
on graded the streets around it, so that the Park and Tree
Commission are now in a position to do something towards
beautifying this park.
Squares East and West of Bull Street and North of Qaston
Street.
"We beg to report that the squares have been looked after
as usual the past year and we have done everything towards
their improvement that our budget would permit. We hope
to be able to make them more attractive in the coming year.
The Park and Tree Commission has on several occasions
granted permission to various organizations for the use of
the squares during conventions and did so with the stipulation that these squares were not to be mutilated or disfigured
and were to be put in as good condition after such convention
as they were before. The Commission regret that these
stipulations have not been complied with as requested, and
they therefore feel that it is not best to allow these squares
to be used in the future for such purposes.
The Strand North of Bay Street and Directly East of the
City Hall.
We beg to say that this plot of ground has recently been
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 195
vacated by the contractors for the new City Hall and the
Commission are anxious to do something towards its improvement. "We, however, planted some few beds of flowers,
but otherwise than that were unable to make any further
improvement.
The Strand.
We have recently planted an Amoor River Privit Hedge
on the Strand between Abercorn and Lincoln Streets and
same will add much to the appearance of the plot of ground
located there, and we also planted a row of Yaupon or Cassena Holly trees in the same plot, which will be very attractive in a few years.
We also planted a row of Holly trees along the Strand,
and we are quite sure that these trees will attract much attention and be much admired by both citizens and visitors.
Cotton Exchange Circle.
" The circle this year was planted in a crop of short staple
cotton, and we also planted a crop of long staple, sea island
cotton, just west of Circle, and same attracted much attention from visitors.
. Myers and Cann Parks.
We have this year replaced the dead trees, but have been
unable to make any further improvement there as we had no
funds for that purpose.
In Cann Park we have done nothing as this park has never
been laid out.
Grass Flats.
We are indeed sorry that we have not been able to do
more towards the improvement of the grass plats bordering
on the streets, but we. have endeavored to fill them in and
plant grass seed and we hope that we will soon be in a position to fill in and grade all of these plate as they should be
and have them uniform throughout the city.
196 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Trees.
"We have planted during the year trees amounting to 457.
The following will show the different varieties and the
number of each:
Live Oak _________________172
Sugarberry ________________ 84
Dogwood __________________ 23
Lagerstromia ______________ 41
Red Bud __________________ 3
Sweet Gum ________________ 55
Elm _____________________ 22
Holly ____________________ 15
Palmetto __________________ 18
Magnolia ______ 9
Crab Apple ___________ 1
Flowering Locust ______ 1
Yaupon ___________________ 13
We beg to say that the Commission has devoted a great
deal of time this year to the planting of new trees and the
replacing of dead ones, and it has been our purpose always
to fill up such bare places as we could, doing so from time
to time and using our judgment as to which places needed
trees most.
"We planted a number of trees around our public institutions, among them being the Savannah Female Orphan
Home and the First Regiment Armory, etc.
It is the desire of the Park and Tree Commission to increase its tree planting and to cover a larger area than we
do at present, and we hope now that Council is relieved of
the heavy demands made upon them by the City Hall appropriations that they will see their way clear to increase our
appropriation for this purpose.
We beg to report that when the Commission planted
Thirty-seventh Street with an avenue of Live Oaks that they
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 197
were unable to extend and complete this avenue beyond
Florence Street, owing to the fact that the city at that time
had not acquired the land for the opening of Thirty-seventl
Street to the Ogeechee road, but since the city has recently
acquired the necessary land and opened this street, and tht
City Engineer having given us the street lines, the Commission therefore expects to finish this street through from
Florence Street (where they left off several years ago) to
the Ogeechee road, and when this is done we can boast that
there is no avenue of Live Oaks in the country that can
equal it.
Distribution of Wood From Dead Trees.
We beg to report that we have delivered 13 double wagon
loads of wood to the various public and charitable
institutions of the city and also to many of our worthy poor.
The Commission is indeed sorry that it does not have the
time to do more charity in the way of helping the poor along
by the donation of wood.
Trimming of Trees.
We have the past year done a great deal of trimming,
which helps our trees in many ways, making them grow
more symetrical and more stocky.
Removing of Dead Trees.
We have removed during the year 127 trees, the cost of
such removal being borne by our regular appropriation.
The following will show the varieties and number of trees
which were removed during the year 1905:
Water Oak _______________ 38
Chinaberry _ 16
Mulberry ______ 10
Lombardy Poplar 1
Sycamore 24
198 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Ash _____________________ 2
Maple _-________ ____ 16
Elm _____________________ 14
Tulip Poplar ______________ 2
Sweet Gum ________________ 3
Live Oak ________________ 1
Tree Nursery.
The Tree Nursery has progressed as nicely as we could
expect; the trees are making good growth and we will be
able to draw from the Nursery the coming year trees for
planting in our parks and squares and also for our street
planting.
We now have in our Tree Nursery 16,000 young trees,
consisting of the following varieties: White Oak, Red Oak,
Pin Oak, Scarlet Oak, Chestnut Oak, Sweet Gum, Sycamore,
Basswood, Magnolia Acuminata, Red Bud, Tulip Poplar, Sugar Maple, Scarlet Maple, Hackberry, White Dodgwood, Yellowwood, American Elm, American Ash, River Birch, Sourwood, Holly, Catalpa Kaemferri, Catalpa Speciosa, Catalpa
Teas, Japan, Silver Maple, Red Dogwood, American Beech,
Umbrella Magnolia, Lombardy Poplar, Willow, Live Oak,
Magnolia Grand de Flora, Lagerstromia, Honey Locust,
American Linden and Bitternut Hickory.
During the latter part of the past year the county farm
sunk an artesian well just about a mile from our Nursery
well and it so decreased the flow of our well that it will no
longer be able to operate our ram and I am afraid that it
will be necessary to install a gas engine and pump in order
to keep our tank full.
Emmet Park.
In regard to this park we desire to state that an appropriation of $1,000.00 was made the first of the year in the annual
budget of the city for the purpose of laying artificial stone
walks in this park and the Park and Tree Commission acting
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 199
in accordance with the Act creating the Commission, which
Act states that all monies expended upon the parks and
squares must be done under the supervision and solely by
the Park and Tree Commission, the Commission let the contract for said walks and the contractor had started work,
when the Commission were notified that the $1,000.000 appropriated for artificial stone walks was made for the Streets
and Lanes Department and not for the Park and Tree Commission. The Commission therefore regret exceedingly the
embarrassed position in which they were placed and ask
that Council will direct them in regard to an appropriation
of $1,000.00 dollars for artificial stone walks, which was
made in 1906 budget for Emmet Park.
Miscellaneous.
We are very sorry Council could not see their way clear
to give an appropriation for new stables, etc., as we are
really in very great need of same and we sincerely hope that
Council in making up its budget for the year 1907 will make
provision for this necessity.
The work upon our mules is very hard and severe and we
find that one or more of our mules showing signs of giving
way under the intense strain which we find necessary to
place upon them, and we fear that it will be necessary to
purchase one or more mules during the coming year.
Finding that it was absolutely necessary to protect the
roots of our trees while in transit from the woods to place
of planting, we had made a large canvass cover 20 by 30
feet to be used for this purpose and we are sure that we will
save the lives of many trees'in this way.
We have found that the El mtrees which we have previously been planting along our streets as it was a good, quick
growing tree for shade purposes, has been penetrating the
sewers of the city with its roots, causing thereby a stoppage
which costs the city much money annually for the unstop-
200 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ping of said sewers, we, therefore, think it best to discontinue planting these trees along our streets. They can, of
course, still be utilized for planting in our parks and squares.
The Commission beg to call Council's attention to the extreme darkness around the fountain in Porsyth Park and beg
to request that Council will have four lights placed around
the same as there are now only four lights in this park, which
is a tract of land containing ten acres and the present lights
are inadequate to properly illuminate the said park.
Laurel Grove Cemetery (White Portion.)
In the Laurel Grove Cemetery we have built a beautiful
Green-house 112 feet long and same is a great and much
needed improvement of said cemetery. This Green-house is
modern in every way and we ar.e now able to raise and take
care of many plants for the adornment of the cemetery during the summer.
We beg to state that the Park and Tree Commission accepted the trust of the Mary E. Williams estate on Dec. 6th,
1905, to care for her lot No. 566 in Laurel Grove Cemetery,
in perpetuo, and that the Park and Tree Commission will refer to said lot each year in the Chairman's annual report,
showing that the said trust has been properly administered.
Laurel Grove Cemetery (Colored Portion.)
The colored portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery has been
run in a very satisfactory manner and the present Keeper
seems to be taking quite an interest in the work and has
endeavored to keep the cemetery clean and in good condition.
I attach to this report the mortuary statistics of the Keeper of the cemetery.
Yours respectfully,
P. D. BAFFIN, Chairman.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 201
. Mortuary Report of Laurel Grove Cemetery.
January .............
February ............
April ................
May .................
July.................
August ..............
September ...........
October............ ..
December. ...........
Grand Total.......
WHITE
if
o
_c
00
as
<u
Q
22
86
80
1925
18
22
19
22
17
10
23
268
Stillborn and
Pre'ture Births
8
1
4
2
7
8
2
8
1
6
1
5
88
Other Interments
8
4
8
8
8
7
9
7
11
11
8
5
79
TOTAL
28
41
87
29
40
28
83
29
84
84
14
88
380
Free Burials
1
7
2
1
2
8
2
4
8
6
1
8
45
COLORED
Deaths inCity
70
95
83
59
88
70
54
47
61
75
42
60
799
Stillborn andPre'ture Births
10
6
6
10
9
15
8
1
16
8
17
8
109
Other Interments
5
6
5
4
6
5
8
4
9
5
2
1
55
TOTAL
85
107
94
78
98
90
60
52
86
88
61
69
963
1 Total Interments in
IIBoth Cemeteries
113
148
131
102
138
118
98
81
120
122
75
102
1343
Burial Fees, (White)___________________$1,747.50
Sale of lots from Jan. 1905, to Jan. 1906 (White) __ 977.00
Sale of lots from Jan. 1905 to Jan. 1906 (Colored) __ 143.00
Grand Total ._________________$2,867.50
Respectfully,
ROBERT H. CLEMENTS, Keeper.
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REPORT OF THE CLERK OF MARKET.
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, 1906.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor.
Dear Sir:I have the honor to herewith submit my annual
report for the year 1905. The collections for the year from
the various sources were as folllows:
Butchers ___________________$ 4,800.00
Fish Dealers ________________ 1,701.00
Poultry ___________________ 695.00
Vegetables Stands ____________ 710.00
Bakers ________. __________ 234.00
Crabs, Schrimp. etc._____________ 165.00
Basement Vaults_______________ 320.00
Miscellaneous ________________ 300.00
Country Carts and Outside Stands____ 1,447.25
Total ___________________$10,372.25
This report shows a small decrease in receipts in comparison with the previous year, which was the best the market
has had for several years. This decrease is due mainly to
having had a number of stalls vacant during the year and
also a falling off in the outside business. The relations between the Department and its tenants and the public have
been very pleasant, in fact, more so than ever before and it
shall be my aim, to keep them so in the future, in all of which
I have been ably assisted by Mr. P. H. Broome, the Deputy
Clerk.
Mr. S. A. Weil, the Food Inspector, has been very prompt
whenever we needed his assistance.
Alderman John F. Canty, Chairman of the Market Com-
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
mittee, has been very kind to all of the force and has been
of great help and it is due to the efforts of him and his colleagues, Aldermen Schroder and Grayson, that we will have
a much prettier and more sanitary market next year, for all
if which I express my sincere thanks.
Respectfully,
A. MENDEL,
Clerk of Market.
2M MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
HARBOR MASTER'S REPORT.
Savannah, Ga., January 10th, 1906.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor.
Dear Sir:I have the honor to submit to you my report
for the year 1905. A thorough examination was made by
the Committee on Harbor and Wharves of all the wharves
and a'n exhaustive report of their condition made to the
Committee of the "Whole, which has recommended extensive
repairs. The steam tonnage of the port has increased during
the past year and with the operation of factories now in
course of construction, I look for added revenue from this
source during the coming year. The following is a monthly
statement of the money collected during the year 1905:
January ________________$ 364.00
February ______________ 370.00
March _______________._ 341.00
April _________________ 396.00
May _________________ 407.00
June _____________.___ 436.90
July __________________ 338.00
August ________________ 475.00
September ______________ 453.00
October ________________ 551.00
November ______________ 731.00
December ______________ 541.00
Total _______________$5,404.74
Tours truly,
JAS. McBBIDE
Harbor Master
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 205
REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1906.
HON. HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
SIRI beg to sumbit to you, herewith, my report as to
operations of Law Department for year 1905.
I.
H. M. Morgan vs. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Savannah, an equitable action, involving the title of the
City to the eastern half of Pig Island, filed in Superior Court,
to December Term, 1902, is referred to at length in my
report for 1904, paragraph 27.
On April 24th, 1905, an amendment was filed, by consent, making Thomas E. Shiels, a party plaintiff, and on
same day, the case was wound up by final decree, by terms
of which Shiels is declared to be the owner of the Western
half and The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah
the owner of the Eastern half of "Fig Island," and the
dividing line is described and fixed, with an annexed plat
showing same.
In pursuance of said decree, I drew duplicate deeds between Shiels and the City, so as to carry out the decree,
and said deeds were duly executed, with plats attached, and
put to record in Clerk's office of Superior Court of the
County.
I then took up the matter of the true dividing line to
the northward of "Fig Island," in the old water way,
separating the holdings of Shiels and the City from that of
Georgia & Alabama Terminal Company. After much labor,
I got the line agreed on between the Engineers of the three
parties, and fixed by surveys and platted.
I then drew duplicate deeds between Georgia & Alabama Terminal Co. and the City, and they have been executed
206 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
and put to record. This largely increased the area of the
Eastern half of the Island. Similar deeds were drawn between Shiels and the Georgia & Alabama Terminal Co., and
put to record.
I have advised that a wire fence be erected on the dividing line between Shiels and the City, at joint expense, and
I believe this has been ordered done. I have also advised
that this valuable holding of the City can be increased in
value, by causing vessels to deposit ballast thereon, and by
requesting the United States Engineers to cause earth taken
from the river, to be deposited thereon, and you have given
directions that this be done.
n.
J. B. Hoist vs. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Savannah and Savannah Electric Company, in Equity, in
United States Court, is referred to in my report for 1904,
paragraph 25.
In continuation, I beg to state, that the decision of Judge
Speer was rendered on February 6th, 1905, refusing the
injunction asked for, and thereafter, the street car tracks
were laid on Gwinnett street, according to the original plan,
and the directions of the City Council.
m.
Savannah, Thunderbolt & Isle of Hope Railways vs. The
City, an equitable action, involving right of City to charge
specific tax against street railway company, is referred to in
my report for 1904, paragraph 11.
In continuation, I beg to state, that I argued this cause
in the Supreme Court of the United States, in Miy, 1905,
and on the 15th of that month, the Court pronounced judgment, affirming the decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia
therein.
The mandate of the United States Supreme Court was
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 207
received by me, August 16th, and I filed it in Supreme Court
of Georgia, taking the proper order.
The remittitur of Supreme Court of Georgia, thereon,
has been received here, and made the judgment of our
Superior Court.
So that, this case is finally ended, in favor of the City.
IV.
The eertiorari case of Cato Priester vs. City, for obstruction of street with hack, was tried, and on June 29th, 1905,
Judge Cann rendered his decision, sending ease back for new
trial, on the ground that the sentence of the Police Court
was, in part, not authorized by law, and giving directions
to the Court below.
V.
G. H. Vickery vs. Alexander Mendel, Clerk of Market,
et al., is referred to in my report for 1904, paragraph. 21,
a case in Superior Court, involving claim for $2,500.00
damages for alleged false imprisonment. Judgment December 27th, 1904, in favor of defendants.
A motion for new trial was filed by plaintiff, in February, 1905, and was thereafter heard, and determined, the
Court refusing to set aside the judgment in favor of de"
fendants, and refusing a new trial.
VI.
Franklin Sugar Refining Co. vs. The City, was an equitable petition for injunction, with rule ni si granted by
Judge Cann, January 5th, 1905. I examined this case, and
the facts closely, and found that the plaintiff's contention
was well founded in law, and gave opinion to you accordingly
on January 20th, 1905, which ended the controversy.
vn.
The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah vs.
206 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
C. P. Heath and H. L. Smith, Surety, was a claim put in
my hands by City Treasurer, based on two liquor notes,
fifty dollars each. I presented the claim to the Administrator
of Heath. On August 1st, 1905, I collected from Administrator $112.66, in full of principal and interest, and paid over
same immediately to City Treasurer.
vm.
Horatio C. Tabb vs. the City, was a suit filed in Superior
Court to March Term, 1905, to receover Lot 116 Brownsville Ward. I filed the necessary defenses, and on April
15th, 1905. hearing was had upon my demurrer, whereupon
plaintiff dismissed his ease.
IX.
The State vs. Bernard L. McDonald, assault and battery,
in City Court of Savannah, was tried May 5th, 1905.
At your request, I represented the defendant, a Health
Inspector, with the vaccinating corps. The Court found him
technically guilty, and fined him one dollar or one day in
jail, and on my motion, granted an order suspending the
sentence.
X.
In the case of Augusta Grocery Company, et al. vs.
Southern Transportation Co., in Superior Court, I filed intervention in behalf of City for $233.00 for taxes for 1904,
and costs. This matter has not yet been decided.
XI.
Several claims having been presented to Council by
owners of lots on south side of Thirty-third street, east of
Bull street, I have given much attention to the vexed
questions of title involved, and working in conjunction with
Hon. John P. Glatigny, Chairman of Committee on City Lots
and Opening Streets, a plan was evolved, just to the City
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 209
and to' the complaining property holders, which Council
adopted, (details of which not necessary to here elaborate),
and it is being successfully carried out.
xn.
One suit for damages was filed to the June Term by
John Creswell, claiming $500.00, not yet determined.
Four suits for damages were filed to the December Term,
to-wit, Maud L. Zipperer, claiming $410.00, as widow of an
alleged City policeman; Jackson S. Kaufman, claiming
$3,000.00 for one half of Thirty-eighth street between Bull
and Whitaker streets, asserting himself to be half owner of
said strip of land, now part of said street; Elizabeth McPike,
claiming $1,123.00 for damages, flowing, as alleged, from
construction of Subway, to her lots Two and Three in Sehley
Ward; and J. J. Methvin, claiming $10,000.00 damages for
personal injuries. To which suits I am preparing the necessary defenses.
XHL
On my recommendation, Council adopted a very important set of resolutions on March 30th, 1904, touching the
matter of the sidewalks of the City and the keeping of the
same in reasonably safe condition for pedestrians by night,
as well as by day. Under and in pursuance of these resolutions, the Director of Public Works gave public notice in
the Morning News four times a month for six months, to
owners of real estate and all concerned, warning them that
they must put in order and keep in good condition for use,
the sidewalks along their property frontages, and that they
would be held ultimatley liable for all damage resulting
from negligence in such regard.
In further pursuance thereof, the Director of Public
Works was instructed to take all steps necessary to carry
these resolutions into practical effect, and to cause every
sidewalk in the City to be closely and systematically inspected, and to give proper notices to owners of abutting
210 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
property to repair defects, and where such defects were not
remedied, he was directed to make the repairs promptly, at
abutting owner's expense.
I beg to impress upon the municipal authorities that
this important action of Council was in the right direction,
so as to lessen the number of damage suits resulting from
defects in and obstructions on sidewalks, and no doubt good
has resulted therefrom. The publication of the notice given
in 1904 to abutting property owners, should be given periodically during each year, and the inspections required by these
resolutions should be made regularly during each year.
Deeming it my duty to keep the City out of litigation
as far as possible, I beg to direct your attention to this
important matter, so that the condition of the sidewalks
of the City may be kept constantly in view, to the end, that
all defects and obstructions may be remedied by the owners
of abutting property, and, if not by them, then by the municipal authorities, at the expense of such owners.
XIV.
On June 6th, 1905, at your request, I gave you an
Opinion touching the matter of refunding the outstanding
City bonds, which Opinion was published in the proceedings
of Council of June 7th, 1905. In this Opinion, I took the
position, that the bonds of the City are non-taxable. It
appears, however, as shown therein, that in the instructions
sent by the Comptroller General of Georgia each year to
the Tax Receivers, municipal bonds are declared to be taxable at their full market value. I recommended that action
be taken in the Legislature to get, if possible, a joint resolution passed, declaring municipal bonds to be non-taxable.
Council took proper action thereon at the same meeting,
June 7th, 1905, by resolutions adopted, and thereafter a
joint resolution to said effect was introduced in the General
Assembly by the members from this County, but the Legislature adjourned without action taken thereon.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 211
If it is possible, with the approval of Council, I will
attempt to have a case made when the books are opened for
tax returns, so as to test this question in the Courts, and have
it determined by the Supreme Court of Georgia.
XV.
In addition to the foregoing, a number of matters have
been settled and disposed of without litigation, but it is not
necessary to detail them here.
XVI.
I have investigated the titles and drawn deeds to lands
sold to the City for extension and opening of streets, and
all other necessary contracts and conveyances, and beg to
refer to said documents filed in the Clerk of Council's office,
as well as to the proceedings of Council, wherein the same
are set out, without detailing them herein.
XVII.
I have attended the meetings of Council and of committees when summoned, have drawn all such ordinances and
resolutions, reports and other legal documents as were necessary to be drawn, from time to time; have attended to the
regular daily business of the office, including the giving of
opinions and advice to the Mayor, the Aldermen, heads of
departments and officials generally.
With assurances of high respect, I remain, sir,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM GARRARD, City Attorney.

REPORTS
OF
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH.
214 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF HOSPITALS.
St. Joseph's Hospital.
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, 1906.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor.
Sir:I beg to submit herewith the annual report of St.
Joseph's Hospital for the year 1905:
Report of city and county patients treated, nursed, fed,
supplied with medicines, stimulants, operation outfits, surgical dressings, bedding, laundry, etc., from January 1st,
to December 31st, 1905:.
Summary of reports submitted each month to Dr. "W. P.
Brunnner, Health Officer.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 215
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Average cost per capjta, per annum to City_____$ 7.461/4
Average dost per capita, per annum to County__ 4.97%
Average cost per capita, per annum combined___ 12.43%
"Moribund on admissionSix (6.)
Respectfully submitted,
SISTER M. DOMINICA,
Superintendent.
216 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
Park View Sanitarium.
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, 1906.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor.
Sir:The Board of Directors of the Park View Sanitarium respectfully submit the following annual report for city
patients treated and cared for at the Sanitarium for the year
ending January 1st, 1906:
January... ....... ..._ .
February ....................
March ........................
April .....-..-.....-
May-...... .. .-----..--
Jane ......... ....... ----...--
Jnlv .........................
Aagnst --.-...------. --------
September . ...._.-.--_----
October .-...--.----...-...-..
November ..,-..-.. _ .......
December ....................
Hospital Days
841
865
378
839
295
304
293
308
846
293
284
164
0)
IEi
10
10
10
6
10
5
6
10
15
8
fl

Females
12
11
7
15
7
9
5
19
7
11
8
6
OQ
fea
*.

2
9,
1
1
1
2
1
Deaths
2
3
1
4
1
1
IAdmitted
99.
81
17
81
17
14
11
W,
W,
19
17
12
Discharged
SO
18251
209
13
91?
90
18
20ai
Remain
11
1
7
13

17
9
8
11
12
8
5
Total.....---------.----! 8705 105 110 10 ; 12 i 215 212J 118
The above report for the year 1905 does not include County
or non-resident patients.
Respectfully submitted,
RALSTON LATTIMORE, M. D.
Secretary Park View Sanitarium.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 217
Charity Hospital.
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, 1906.
Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor.
Sir:Following is the report of Charity Hospital for the
year ending December 31st, 1905:
Charity Patients.
Total number of Males__..-_..........._-__-_--__-__.- 25
Total number of Females.-----------.--_______...._ 25
Total number of Patients_-._--_..-____..____ 93
Total number of Days------------------.-.--.__----.---.1,393
Total number Surgical cases__----._----._-_-__.__._.. 28
Total number Medical cases.-.-----_.---_-.---_-.-__..-.. 65
Total number Discharges.---__------_.--._-._-------.- 79
Total number Deaths__..-------_......_.-..-- 11
Total number in Hospital, Dec 31_..-----.---------_____ 3
Receipt*.
Appropriation from City____.-.---------$ 900 00
Appropriation from County.-.----..--_------.. 300 00
Appropriation from Pay Patients..--------_. 331 05
From Churches, Schools, etc.--..____----- 16 05
From Mr. Charles Uinkston._---._.. 9 00
$1,556 10
Balance on hand, January 1, 1905__ 67 35fl,623 45
Expenditures.
Salaries -_---_--------__-------..| 354 65
Groceries ... --- ----- 205 13
Fuel .- ---- - - 98 35
Medicines and Surgical Supplies 53 07
Meats, Vegetables, Milk and incidentals-_. 188 81
Burial of paupers. 6 00
Improvements .......... T ---- -- 284 50
Insurance 32 00
Printing __------- - 3 50
Telephone ...--- ----------._ 24 00$1,250 01
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1906__ 373 44
218 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 15, 1906.
To THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND AJLDEKMEN, OP THE CITY OF
SAVANNAH, AND TO THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY.
GENTLEMENIn accordance with the agreement between the City of Savannah and the Georgia Historical
Society, the Board of Managers of the Puhlic Library now
has the honor to submit its third annual report covering its
proceedings during the year ending December 31, 1905. In
accordance with the instructions in that agreement, the reports of its Librarian and Treasurer are attached.
The membership of the Board during the year has been
as follows:
Apvx>inted by the
Appointed by Georgia Historical
Teim Expires City of Savaitnab. Society.
December 31, 1905__John M. Thomas, George J. Baldwin,
December 31, 1906W. C. Travis, Otis Ashmore,
December 31, 1907_A. A. Lawrence, R. J. Nunn,
December 31, 1908_.Thos. Gamble, Jr., A. R. Lawton,
December 31, 1909_.H. W. Witcover, H. C. Cunningham.
During May, Mr. William W. Mackall resigned and Mr.
A. R. Lawton was appointed by the Georgia Historical
Society to fill the vacancy. The terms of office of Messrs.
H. \V. "Witeover and Mr. H. C. Cunningham having expired
December 31, 1904, they were each re-appointed to serve
five years.
The officers of the Board of Managers elected and serving during the year were:
Geo. J. Baldwin, Chairman.
A. A. Lawrence, Vice-Chairman.
Thos. Gamble, Jr., Secretary.
John M. Thomas, Treasurer.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 219
The Chairmanships of the two Standing Committees of
the Board of Managers were as follows:
Special Library Committee, Mr. Otis Ashmore.
Finance and Auditing Committee, Mr. W. C. Travis.
There have been no changes in the By-Laws or in the
rules of the Library during the year.,
At the request of the Georgia Historical Society, the
insurance upon the building and contents was increased and
the building is now insured for $10,000, while the contents
are covered by $15,000 of insurance, which is deemed adequate both by the Georgia Historical Society and by the
Board of Managers of the Public Library.
There appears to have been during the year a very
marked increase of interest on the part of the public, not
only in the Public Library of this city, but throughout the
South. This was evidenced by the meeting held in Atlanta
during December of the Georgia Library Association, which
was also attended by representatives from a large number
of libraries in other Southern States. Interest in this meeting was very great and the continuance of the Georgia
Library Association seems secure and promises increasing
benefits. The question of having a Southern meeting of
the American Library Association is also under consideration and will probably be carried out during the coming year.
This body is composed of librarians from all sections of the
country and its opinions are regarded as standard on all
subjects treated by it.
One of the special subjects investigated by the American Library Association has been the percentage of fiction
demanded by the public and the result of purchasing such
books. It has been found that more than fifty per cent, of
the current fiction purchased by standard libraries throughout the country becomes after two years of very little value
and is hardly ever called for, so that the use of these books
is purely temporary and their purchase should not be
220 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
countenanced, excepting to such small extent as may be
absolutely necessary in order to secure the interest of the
public.
The purchase of books for the Public Library has been
conducted on the most careful plans and instead of buying
large amounts of current fiction, nearly all books of this
class have been rented from the Booklovers' Library, which
furnishes at small cost a constantly changing supply of fiction
suitable for light reading. By supplying such books in
liberal quantity to the readers of the Public Library, they
have been induced to take out and read larger numbers of
more standard books and in this way we feel that the Library
has been of great service.
Especial attention is called to the facts shown by the
Librarian's report in regard to the use of the facilities of
the Library by children under fourteen years of age, to
whom 640 cards were issued during the year. The books
given out on these cards are carefully selected and only
volumes suitable for this class of readers were permitted
to be taken out by them.
In connection with the issue of childrens' cards, the
Board has discussed during the year the advisability of opening a special childrens' reading room where more particular
attention may be g'iven to their needs. This idea, which was
suggested by one of the assistant librarians, Miss Heyward,
received the approval of the Board of Managers, but they
felt that the funds in their hands and the facilities at their
command were inadequate and therefore concluded that it
was inadvisable to attempt this improvement, although most
of the better class of libraries in this country now maintain
and operate a special childrens' room. We believe this
move would prove to be of very great public benefit and hope
at some future time to accomplish it.
Attention is called to the statistics and facts given in
the Librarian's report, which show that interest in the
Library has steadily increased from its opening to the present
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 221
time. We feel that no public institution in the City of
Savannah has contributed so much to the pleasure and instruction of all classes of our people as has the Public
Library. This interest is fully shown in the reports showing the daily visits to the Tiibrary and the increasing number
of books borrowed each year, together with the cheerful
compliance with all necessary rules and the care which is
taken by the borrowers of all of the books used by them.
A careful study of the occupations of those taking out
books shows that the users of the Public Library are almost
entirely those who would be unable to purchase books in any
quantity for their own reading. Almost every occupation in
the city is represented by our patrons.
The number of books taken out necessarily entails a
very heavy wear and tear on the Library, the efficiency of
which must be maintained by a much larger purchase of new
books than heretofore. Outside of the necessary wear and
tear, the books of the Library are in excellent condition and
will be so maintained so far as the funds at our disposal permit, although we have very little money for rebinding and
the binding of certain periodicals which are worthy of a
continued place on our shelves.
We regret to see that while the interest of the public
is very great, yet during the year no donations of any amount
have been received by us for the benefit of the Library.
We believe there are many citizens who would be glad to
donate funds or especially valuable books if their attention
could be called to the needs of the Library and we trust
that during the coming year receipts from this source may
be considerably augmented.
The Treasurer's report shows that the expenditures have
been in accordance with the budget laid out at the beginning
of the year, to which the closest attention has at all times
been given by the Board. It will be especially noted that
there was a sufficient amount of cash on hand on December
222 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
31st to pay all the bills incurred by the Library that month.
In other words, the Public Library carries forward to the
new year no liabilities of any kind, although it has expended
every dollar which was appropriated for its use. We believe
that all public boards should adhere to this policy of careful
and exact expenditure.
It is gratifying to be able to report that in making up
the budget for the coming year, the City has increased its
appropriation for 1006 from $3,000 to $3,500, and as the
bulk of this increase can be expended for new books, we
hope by this means to considerably increase the interest in
the Library.
In this connection, we desire to call to your attention
the fact that the Public Library in Atlanta, Ga., with about
eleven thousand borrowers, receives from that City $11,000
annually; while in Savannah, with more than six thousand
borrowers, the Library received from the City in 1905 only
$3,000. This financial expenditure is just half as much for
each user of the Library in Savannah as it is in Atlanta; but
in spite of this, it has been our constant effort to increase
the relative efficiency of our working force and we congratulate ourselves on the retention of the services of our
capable and efficient Librarians. We believe that the ratio
of efficiency to expenditure in the Library of this city will
compare favorably with that of any other Library of similar
size in the country and we are satisfied from the personal
investigations of members of our Board that our affairs are
more efficiently and economically conducted than in many
libraries of much larger scope.
I have the honor to submit this third annual report, together with the attached reports of the Librarian and of the
Treasurer, by order of the Board of Managers,
Very respectfully,
Board of Managers of the Public Library.
GEO. J. BALDWIN, Chairman,
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 223
' LIBRARIAN'S RETORT.
Savannah, Ga., January 1st, 1906.
To the Board of Managers of the Savannah Public Library:
The close of the calendar year 1905 marks also the end of
(he third year of the history of our City Public Library, and
j have the honor of presenting the report of its operations
during that period.
At the time of my last report 4,256 borrowers' cards had
been issued. That number has been increased to 6,141,
making 1,885 added in the last twelve months.
During the same time, 66,294 volumes have been borrowed,
distributed in the matter of classification as shown in the
table annexed to this report, which reveals a gratifying falling off in the percentage of fiction.
The record of the number of visitors is interesting as it
shows a marked increase over the year 1904 amounting to
11,852.
With the opening of the year, we began in accordance with
instructions from your honorable body, to issue cards to children under 14 years of age who could read and write. The
result of such action is 640 cards so issued.
The number of volumes added to the Library, almost entirely by purchase, is 613, a small gain over the previous year.
The accessions in three years are just 1,400.
The arrangement with the Book Lovers' Library was continued and we have had in use 500 volumes belonging to that
institution, exchanging the same montly for newer books for
which the demand was greatest. An increase in the price
charged for such service necessitated a change in our contract, and the Board at its last meeting authorized the renewal of it to the extent of 300 volumes for the coming year
on the paymetn of an increased rental.
The work of cataloguing goes on satisfactorily, two more
224 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
departments having been finished and work on a third well
under way.
The tables attached to this report show at a glance every
item in the way of work done and from them may be estimated the amount of service we have rendered the public.
Your Librarian cannot close this report without again commending his assistants, Miss Maude Heyward and Miss E. V.
McLaws, for the faithful performance of their duties and
their courtesy and willingness to undertake any work required of them. In this connection , he expresses his appreciation of the services of Miss V. R. McLaws, acting for Miss
Heyward while the latter is absent, by permission of the
Board, in the study of special library work. To the members
of the Library Committee, also, he tenders his thanks for
hearty co-operation and uniform kindness.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed)'WILLIAM HARDEN,
Librarian.
I
MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT. 223
Number of Books Taken from the Library.
January ....^. ......
February ...........
March ..............
April ............
May ...--...-....-..
July................
August -... ......
September. .........
October ....-.--.-.-
November --....--..
December ...... ....
Total...........
Accessions ..........
Books temporarily
rented -------- ....
"S
S
s
<D
0
2
1
3
20
t>.
1
'S
h
15
13
12
12
15
13
12
10
11
17
11
15
156
15
16
[Religion
18
14
13
5
11
20
5
5
8
4
10
9
122
7
20
|Sociology
21
87
38
27
21
13
22
19
24
29
26
17
294
16
37
|Philology
"a
"a
"I
2
"I
5
13
|Nat. Science
29
55
54
43
41
31
27
13
21
19
23
23
379
20
84
0)
V
p
9
12
17
12
13
14
10
14
21
15
18
7
162
12
10
1
a

24
27
19
14
13
10
9
6
8
19
20
21
189
9
53
Literature
108
110
134
72
60
68
71
72
89
124
147
115
1170
57
46
1
S
850
435
421
318
305
248
269
243
225
200
228
182
8424
63
152
Fiction
5103
5400
5958
5420
5346
4786
5160
4775
4750
4776
4735
4173
60382
894
932
3-s
EH
5677
6105
6666
5925
5825
5203
5585
5157
5159
5203
5221
4568
66294
613
1300
Total new books added to Library daring the year, 1918.
Months
January .....................
February ...................
March .......................
April .........................
Mav
July ........................
September . __ ... .....
October -..-.........-..---..
November ............ .....
December ... ......... .
Totals..... .............
Previously Issued .......
Total....................
Cirds
Issued
298
288
235
147
125
118
146
105
96
144
119
64
1885
4256
6141
Monthly
VMtt
Public
8177
8226
9370
8073
7981
7466
78(13
7113
6731
6992
6431
5546
89969
Monthly
Visit*
Library
Committee
57
85
75
64
65
62
64
57
25
80
61
67
662
Hnes
and
Reserves
I 3682
46 62
49 62
49 42
4842
47 3fi
50 70
89 72
45 20
43 16
42 00
5326
$552 30
226 . MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
CARDS ISSUE!) DURING THE YEAR TO CHILDREN
UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGEINCLUDED IN
GENERAL TOTAL.
January ..____...___..._..________.... 124
February -.....-. .___.......________ 116
March __..._______......._____.___._ 72
April _.------_-_-..__.....--__.- 64
May .......___....__._______.___.___ 51
June -- -- -. ------- 45
July .---__.-___.____._--___ ._______ 49
August .__ ....___ 32
September ___________-.-.-. 22
October _..___^___._-.____ 21
November _-------__._-------_-..-._.____.. 28
December ._ 16
Total .._-__-- ..____..._..___ 640
PERIODICALS SUBSCRIBED FOR.
Quarterlies_____-_ ---._-.---_.-. 5
Monthlies __--_.__ 34
Weeklies ...-.---....---_...__ 19
Dailies __.__. ..._ --..-. 3
Total different periodicals subscribed
for ___.___________.___ 61
I
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 237
LIST OF HOUDEBS.
Architects 2
Artists _____ 10
Authors 1
Bakers : 4
Bankers 13
Blacksmiths 1
Boilermakers 2
Bookbinders _ 2
Brewers 2
Brokers 8
Butchers 2
. Cabinetmakers 1
Carpenters 24
Chemists 5
Civil Engineers 21
Clergymen ____ 11
Clerks __________1,567
Conductors __ 9
Contractors ___ 10
Dairymen 3
Dressmakers __ 8
Druggists 12
Editors _______ 3
Electricians 5
Engineers, E. E._ 9
, Exporters -_ 10
Firemen _____ 21
Grocers ______ 13
Hairdressers ___ 1
Inspectors -___ 13
Insurance Agents 31
Ironworkers ____ 1
Jewelers _ 4
Journalists ____ 5
Kindergarten Teachers- 18
Lawyers _ __ 46
Letter Carriers _ 2
Machinists _-______ 60
Managers ________ 125
Merchants______ 147
Milliners ________ 4
Musicians _______ 43
Painters __ ______ 12
Paper Hangers ____ 1
Pawn Brokers _____ 1
Photographers _____ 3
Physicians ________ 42
Pilots ________._ 2
Planters______ 8
Plumbers _______ 6
Policemen __ ____ 10
Port Wardens _____ 1
Printers ________ 22
E. E. Officials _____ 4
Eeal Estate Agents __ 12
Eeporters ________ 8
Secretaries (private) _ 7
Steamship Officials __ 2
Stenographers _____ 101
Students ________2,117
Teachers ________ 133
Telegraph Operators _ 12
Tinners _________ 2
Trained Nurses ____ 23
Upholsterers ______ 2
Watchmen _______ 7
Wheelwrights _____ 1
Wood Dealers ____ 1
Females without employment ______1,009
Males without employment _________ 313
Total _________6,141
228 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
January 1st, 1905, to January 1st, 1906.
Receipts.
Cash on hand January 1st, 1905___$ 36 99
From City of Savannah________ 3,000 00
From Georgia Historical Society_-_ 500 00
From fines and reserves ________ 538 42$4,075 41
Expenditures.
Salaries _. _______________$1,776 45
Rent of books ___..________ 383 75
New books ___-__..__.________ 421 59
Periodicals, etc. ______________ 206 23
Fuel _____________________ 79 95
Lighting _________________ 242 25
Stationery' ____________ _____ 68 75
Printing __________________ 27 25
Repairs ___________________ 212 30
Improvements ________ 26 00
Insurance ________________ 132 50
Miscellaneous _______________ 160 47
Furniture _________________ 41 50$3,774 99
Cash on hand January 1st, 1906__ $ 300 42
The December, 1905, bills will about cover cash balance
on hand.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) JOHN M. THOMAS,
Treasurer, Public Library.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 229
I have examined the accounts and books of the Treasurer
of the Public Library from the 1st of January, 1905, to the
1st of January, 1906, and find the same correct, with proper
vouchers produced, and a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of three hundred dollars and forty-two cents.
(Signed) W. C. TRAVIS,
Chairman, Finance Committee, Public Library.

STATISTICS
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH, GA,
Its Trade and Commerce
FOR THE YEAR
1905.
COMPILED BY
THOMAS GAMBLE, Jr.
Secretary to the Mayor.
BANK CLEARANCES AT SAVANNAH FOR TEN YEARS.
January .....................
March..... .............. ..
April .........................
May. .......................
July................. ........
AURUSt .... ............
September .... ..............
October ........... ..........
November. ..................
December . .... ..............
Total.....................
January..... ................
February ....................
April .... ....................
May ........... .......
June . . ..................
July.... ........ ...........
August.. ........ ... .. ....
September. ..................
October... .......... _ ....
November ....... ............
December.... . ...........
Total.... ........ ..........
1905
$ 15,88ft, 784 70
13,H27,77 95
13,593,807 10
18,55fl,47 78
14,245,151 40
10.887.300 08
18.847,900 48
15,958,849 74
38.088,449 38
27,711,854 84
81.576,095 55
24.944.199 72
$282.522,089 97
1900
C 19,208,700 54
32.493,043 04
22,792,462 29
10.844,541 80
18 511,250 54
18,088.557 45
16,743,276 05
18,172,194 58
80,580.047 68
80,413,424 76
24,888,524 75
22,865,490 02
$345.594,512 45
1904
$ 17 571,068 46
18 2H4.852 02
12.474,099 18
10,988,288 51,
11.584 580 25
12,874,848 98
11.888,614 54
18,255.577 99
27,089,913 91
27.455.967 17
22,589,668 88
21,844,158 85
$201,796,751 64
1899
$ 12,664,548 92
8,852,776 86
8,188,186 78
8,546.058 45
9.961,071 86
9,184,856 16
9,088,495 62
9,265,668 95
12,282,879 16
15,878.009 76
17.799,296 21
17,018.416 61
S188.514.714 24
1908
$ 19.543,420 26
15,581,205 99
14,908,188 08
10 *7Oft 7MJ O*7
n
iAQ AAA Jia
11,897,250 94
11,875,012 47
10,600 800 14
19.089,811 63
25,850,785 86
22,470.266 59
18,968,277 99
8195,265.562 48
1898
$ 18,104,180 88
10,042,845 12
9,654.926 57
8,270,880 94
7.871.082 50
7 49R 4A4 1 7
0,875,788 73
7,054,579 43
11,028,865 87
17,594.875 82
15.780,940 85
14.544.581 08
$129.248,854 94
1902
$ 10,888,841 19
11 604 478 80
11,402,899 13
18,004 404 75
14,488,208 12
11.458,595 00
11,492,579 00
11.090,495 01
18,098,740 88
19,588,972 00
21,450.068 88
20.400,292 71
$181,069,677 89
1897
$ 12,063,089 02
8.456.510 94
8,480.045 10
8.828,858 11
7.581,828 81
0,888,168 11
7.778,990 40
6.685,568 51
18,866,012 18
17,661.581 48
15.809.895 14
14,192,869 19
$127.777.401 99
1901
$ 21,294.903 99
17,872,890 25
14,007,803 47
18,529,275 78
12,809,440 15
10.892,722 67
10,458,907 29
9,400,585 27
13.988.688 01
31,884,803 28
19,925,528 88
18.020.090 95
$182,201,154 89
1890
* 12,868,716 17
10,852,586 17
8,408,368 42
7,867,729 82
7,991,895 88
6,889,431 67
6,281,808 02
6.810,978 90
14,006,850 18
16.888,458 21
14.608,548 45
18,441,925 74
*124.756,887 08
2
8
1
Bank Clearings at Savannah, Ga., in Comparison with Ten Other Cities.
CITY
SAVANNAH, GA... ........
Memphis, Tenii... .....
Atlanta, Ga... ...........
Norfolk Va
Augusta, Ga. _.__..._. ...
Birmingham, Ala. .......
Knoxville, Tenn. ........
Charleston, S. C. ........
Chattanooga, Tenn......
Jacksonville, Fla. ... ...
Macon, Ga.. ..........
CLEARINGS 1906
$232,522,039
278,422,557
185,625,645
108,888,208
93.521,142
82,109,811
63,440,172
64,899,794
51,781,090
59,962,427
40,661,457
CLEARINGS 1904
$201,796,751
260,664.826
158,022,808
90,491,868
75,617,866
66,145.876
61,440,172
59,491,116
40,515,550
38,894,871
85,966,791
CLEARINGS 1903
$195,265,562
214,009,568
144.992,084
84,921,740
72.526,926
63,445,858
58,850,812
87,112,105
26,071,912
40,782,000
CLEARINGS 190!
$181,069,678
179,199,927
181,200,453
78,891,020
28,021.693
22,605,305
87,842,000
CLEARINGS 1801 CLEARINGS 1800
$182,261,154
154,482,940
116.855.848
67,186 431
28,871 778
16,757,775
84,560,600
$245,594,512
146,981,048
97,982,247
68,142,460
20,428,740
12,763,028
34,767,000
in
53
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234 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Shipping' at the Port of Savannah for the Tears
1905 and 1904.
Arrivals from Foreign Ports -..
Clearances for Foreign Ports.. .
Arrivals Coastwise Steamships.
Clearances Coastwise St'mships
Clearances Coastwise Sailers . . .
TEAR 1906
Number
110
199
670
581
9145
241
2",046
Tonnage
188, 709
430,870
1.500,501
1,254,495
144,090
142,051
8,661,876
TEAR 190*
Rmntwr
111
196
607
514
288
285
2,001
Toning*
165.884
873,576
1244,537
1,022388
164,179
160.489
8,130,553
In addition there was an additional tonnage of 100,000
representing sloops, river steamers and other small craft plying between Savannah and nearby river points.
Foreign Exports From the Port of Savannah, Ga., for the Year Ending December 31, 1905, and for the Fifteen Preceding Years.
COHHTBY
A PTJUB
Argentine Republic. . . .
Belgium ..............
Bermuda .............
Brazil ................
China (French). .......
Cuba .................
ChIU .................
Denmark .............
East Indies ...........
England ..............
Egypt .................
India (British) ........
Ireland ...............
Italy .................
Japan ................
Nova Scotia, Etc. .....
Pern .................
Portugal ..............
Quebec ...............
Russia ...............
San Domingo .........
Scotland ..............
Spain ................
Sweden and Norway. . .
Uragnay ..............
West Indies (British)..
Totals...... ...1905..
" .........1904..
.........1903..
.........1902..
.........1901..
.........1900.. ie&Q
.........1898..
.........1897..
.........1896..
.........1895..
- .........1894..
- .........1893..
" .........1892..
** 1S01
- .........1890..
January
*.........
56,649
31,279
1,236,808
34,622
1,432,575
3,952
171,796
7,098
31,297
218,300
601,121
113,128
$3,938,625
7,893,709
6,882,150
5.099,332
3,757,192
4,319,773
3,141,804
3,020,500
2,709,709
1,360,085
2,484,074
3.662,165
2,373.899
1,618,106
3,492,777
3.249,444
February
$.........
58,564
17,859
5,423
96,860
1,562,648
1,283
75,378
197,869
9,28i
3,630
March
$.. .......
7,774
27,688
9,344
17,577
300,229
56,8i6
1,552,904
830
14,330
65.602
6,134
15,873
168,0231 193,096
363,669
119,433
..........
$2,679,859
3,872.091
4,928,263
3,388,814
4,650,926
4,762,120
2,139,211
S.506.424
1,399,482
1,352.946
1,554,103
999,283
1,069,959
2,587,415
3 030 868
212,487
98,273
50
12,579,001
1,552,940
4,605,860
1,353,405
2,720,851
6,206,264
957,133
2,247,860
1,608,049
1.942,083
1,292,602
1,262,792
1,117,798
1,167,248
2.004,ftOfl
April
$.........
25,805
18,266
951,276
40,326
238,697
12,976
39,445
303,337
23,298
1,240
$1,654,666
2,391,806
3,539,085
2,042,930
3,137,333
3,310,838
653,111
1,524,133
1,166,34
1,031,209
1,477,436
1,307,212
803,992
752,365
1 22ft ftflfi
2,206.202 1.621,869 811,181
May June
$.. .... '.- - ...
29,940
38,277
1,653,213
2,446,301
51,435
144.739
4,493
31,853
150,577
449,672
61,592
.........
15,062,122
820,635
1,479,144
2,290,572
2,629,638
1,366 , 804
877,702
890,857
1,090,874
1,449,343
835,746
1,189,987
847,273
834,^25
958,872
501.335
17,738
6,041
388,256
34,220
103,443
1,337,346
31,064
70,762
8,524
11,080
45,763
260,258
41,123
$2,345,618
856,840
749,610
1,640,027
1,459,007
1,190,082
1,212,859
1,105,833
788,496
865,892
638.863
712,131
929,103
762,429
705,899
465.024
July
1... ......
28,290
230,688
109,925
907,107
1.535,044
129,525
125,319
10,388
192,796
58,315
August
$.........
2,195
2,205,991
107,773
8,013
1,000
8,837
$3,333,897
543,162
763,426
1,038,873
1,452.505
1,806,641
1,076,125
839,272
588,824
668,239
1,024,405
401,197
683,671
541,731
474,091
455,582
$2,833,809
535,333
474,855
855,511
653,264
1,120,161
845,555
722,415
557,171
646,931
549,729
283,257
466,004
513,339
840,052
822.433
September
$.........
151,125
259,196
2,300
643,768
423,723
5,501,359
76,409
297,837
422
2,824
722,108
548,683
195,089
31,770
Ocloher
$
265,270
24,279
12,506
89,610
i, 939,558
19,115
4,048,216
228,535
336,692
9,i66
i,122,2i9
777,688
165,265
November
$..........
156,176
168,496
56,395
137,180
2,609,743
28,000
2,095,700
4,257,544
1,280
229,279
December
$
235,920
17,643
11,249
68,000
45,306
2,105,769
274,618
4,469,951
441,060
204,674 185,670
343,734
56,376
768,893
158,784
6,863
9,392
90,196
1,382,631
107,826
$8,856,613
9,815,325
4,389,382
6,620.984
2,676,564
6,424,584
3.077,701
1,501,923
1,928,908
1,680,198
1,348,396
789,908
1,566,238
970,991
816,968
8.529,782
$ 9,037,453
14,705,929
9,854.486
7,260,964
6,818,107
9,442,112
4,743,510
8,088,123
5,164,491
2,721,958
4,495,246
8,894,571
4,889,438
8,820,117
4,410,403
6,165,418
$11,279,117
10,074,689
11,547,482
7,409,853
7,442,998
5,631,579
4,897,041
5,101.507
5,142,515
6,101,477
8,337,539
3,596,128
4,941,933
4,994,804
7,253,087
4.766.822
$9,445,231
8,306,156
9,352,730
8,771,686
6,767,674
4,449,297
2,956,110
3,794,044
4,260,139
8,860,450
2,652,154
3,375,885
3,896,139
1,856,281
4,761,903
6,854.898
Totals 1905
$..........
163,950
1,065,485
717,462
12,506
25,300
11,249
404,715
45,306
11,881,341
71,335
2,988,916
31,301,155
7,345
1,489,137
1,975,634
30,701
18,673
111,087
13,904
3,101,473
57,376
5,860,575
1,151,463
38,633
1,290
$62,546,011
61,368,615
58,566,773
47,671,951
44,166,059
49,530,255
26,077,862
26,342,891
26,405,522
22,680,811
21,690,283
21,374,516
23,535,503
20,419,051
29,476,491
80,949,991
Totals 1904
( 4,253
34,538
560,841
475,837
2,857
87,318
9,330
80,83H
3,955
15,781,284
2,936,173
30,216,948
3,275
5,719
2,186,092
1,310,989
45,662
881,027
94,653
2,617,584
3,612,685
891,220
15,820
13,952
$61,368,615
Totals 1903
$ 6,277
55,295
529,153
1,559,705
145,325
7,081
161,350
12,603,251
3,529,680
28,386,379
18,021
24,411
1,368,150
1,567,137
130,613
21,926
120,198
83,392
3,326,468
3,121
55,988
4.032,751
811,712
11,089
$58 566,773
Totals 1902
$.....,...
56,737
872,807
1,489,529
105,239
4,300
10,079
233,625
31,018
11,445,214
2,460,314
21,848,454
45,072
1,462,868
1,542,127
67,041
198,502
3,875
2,232,684
4,500
261,769
2,821,991
939,722
15,331
12,000
$47,671,951
Totals 1901 Totals 1900
$.........
91,541
329,848
7,121
1,650,435
72,321
2,632
3,996
57,540
25,547
12,330,928
1,472,171
21,953,409
10,525
1,062,387
1,043,091
21.963
12,665
447,980
4,453
288,049
3,215,821
9,015
33,958
25.102
5... ......
122,113
537,235
2,382,283
63,740
16,748
78,838
13,976,623
1,636,133
22,633,813
54.200
2,700,948
190,849
1,069,568
44,590
661,134
105,313
3,177,953
50,941
11,631
15,702
$44,166,059 $49,530,235
COCNTRV
Africa.
Argentine Republic.
Austria-Hungary.
Azores.
Belgium.
Bermuda.
Brazil.
China (French).
Cuba.
ChilL
Denmark.
East Indies (Dutch).
England.
Egypt.
France.
Germany.
Greece.
India (British).
Ireland.
Italy.
Japan.
Netherlands.
Nova Scotia, Etc.
Peru.
Portugal.
Quebec.
Russia.
San Domingo.
Scotland.
Spain.
Sweden and Norway.
TJraguay.
West Indies (British).
Totals.... .....1905
' .........1904
* 1QAO
' 1QAO
. ' .........1901
* .........1900
* 1SQO
I -\ QQQ
* t fiQ7
' ......... 189G
' .........1895
* 1fi<lJl
* 1 OQO
* 1899
* ........ .1S31
........... ............. .......................... .. ' .........189ft
COASTWISE ARRIVALS OF AMERICAN VESSELS AT PORT OF SAVANNAH, QA., FOR 1905.
(This does not include Foreign Steamships from American Ports.)
MONTR
1903
January ....
February ..
March ......
April .......
May........
June.-....-.
July ........
September .
October ....
November..
December ..
Totals 1905 .
Totals 1904 .
Totals 1903 .
STEAMSHIPS
No.
48
89
45
42
44
48
44
43
45
49
45
48
585
488
446
Tonnage
108,676
87,046
91629
90,794
92,422
92,883
95,218
94,441
96,767
106,087
98.814
105,724
1,154,951
970,281
881,494
SOHOONIB8
No.
19
18
13
22
22
20
8
21
10
26
11
80
215
244
232
Tonnage
9,788
8,015
6,074
13853
11,855
12,155
4,896
12531
5,891
14,487
6.108
16,602
120,749
187,878
184,448
BARKBNTINIS
AND BKIOS
No.
2
2
1
1
1
7
18
11
Tonnage
1,044
985
546
546
654
8,725
6,994
5,564
BABKS
No.
8
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
8
16
15
80
Tonnage
2,107
656
688
495
1,889
1.178
656
495
688
1,698
9,985
9,718
21,001
HA ROBS
No.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
6
Tonnage
1,118
1,599
1,599
1,599
1,118
1.599
1,699
10,281
TOTAM 1908
Vessels
70
55
59
65
70
66
52
68
57
78
58
82
780
9,594 766
719
Tonnage
115621
97,168
98.859
108,829
107,806
107,976
100,114
110,295
104,482
123,164
106,704
124,678
1.299.641
1,184,460
992,507
TOTALS 190*
Vessels
68
58
70
71
70
54
60
68
59
74
62
57
766
Tonnage
91,824
88,020
89,058
94,191
92.859
80,689
90451
101,998
97,898
118,941
100,612
98,419
1,184.460
TOTALS 1908
Vessels
47
68
50
76
52
58
61
52
66
68
58
63
719
Tonnage
71,887
80.809
72,986
89,008
76,507
87,988
87,480
78,067
92,915
91,448
82,932
86,595
992,507
Increase itj Tonnage Coastwise Arrivals, 1905 over 1904.
" " 1905 " 1908.
1905 " 1908.
.165.181 Tons.
.807,184 "
.81 Per Cent.
Arrivals and Clearances of Vessels at the Custom House, Savannah,
Ga., for Thirty-three Years.
(Thi Statement does not include Coastwise Sailing Vecsels which do not enter or
clear at the Custom House.)
AKRIVED.
COASTWISE FOREIGN PORTS
Am. Vessels For. Vessels
TOTAt,
No. Tons . Crew No.l Tons I C'w No.l Tons ! U'w ' No.l Tons I Crew JIC
1 1
1873' 463
1874 4181
1875 370,
1876 355,
1877 333
1878 322
1879 3W
1880 338
1881 382
1882 391
IfiSJ 380
1884 388
188.) 365
18*6 393
1887 430
1888 4)1
1889 40
18DO 483
1831 484
1892 449
ISO'S 445
1W4 445
1895 4"VT
1* 4?1
1
381,595 11.934 34 16,140
3*4,71)0 10,048 60 41.030
310.887 10,102 87 39,832
320.015 10,348! 58 4I-29B!
373,826 10,67i 54 40 948,
385,532 10.688 61 45,208
414,794 8,2351 30 21,394
416.1-81 9.936: 14 7,724'
508,422 11,069 21 10,729
544,488 12,605 11 4,StSfi l
468,220 lfl.50 10 4.115
482,917 13.735, 14 5.832
493,610 14,622 12 5,058
503,07:1 14,534! 13 5,952
543235 15.127! 8 2,725
539,578 14^07 8 3.X 1
561,463 15.547 12 6,563
717,581 1H.178I 9 2,303
719.328 19014 13 4.778
92,72 18.345
667,848 16,970
691,613 17.354
73?,707 18,045
697,;,77 17.502
I8H7 US 734.716 WAV)
18W 4231 700,681 17.K65
183 4-3
19(50 481
1901 513
1903 580
1900 551
1904 807
1905. 870
784,131 19,614
835,388 19,449
850,877 I8.50W
1,059.081 22 265
1,OI!>,964 21,380
1.344.537 24.429
1,500,501 27.556
6 3.UOO
7 2,761
6 3877
5 3.680
7 4,884
383
487
781
987
9>1
576
1,576
439
17(1
237
106
90
116
125
185
6U
213
284
222
260
287
326
279
244
2H
204
160
2:7
251
268
119,316
182,517 145,74-*
1 1
2,993 710 517,051
4,232, 768 578347
3,290 659! 495A3
160.640 3,865! 673
168,247 3,950 674
235,787
198,040
172.224
151.463
115,061
87,0*U
174,676
183,3-1
177.229
231 130,136
229
111 309
60 300
123 325
51 ai8
59 330
R8 258
46 235
58 269
8 4,236' 153' 297
8 4,820
21 9,337
143 307
307 252
32 11,725 18* 280
21 12,084
7 3,829
7 3,274
2541 249
52 172
145
111
61 103
146,075
215.8SS
193,283
238,123
259,482
255.632
222,383
204,177
233,754
315,120
310,411
2H7,9U
291,883
530,496
589,021
5,814 709 666.527
3,980 628 634,828
3.533 596
3,474 656
2,.18 6U6
823,829
670.614
666,374
1,965 550 559,396
3,984 689 663,225
3,416 fe58 668,989
3.719 671
2.800 663
3^88: 848
4,530' 7-O
4,058
4.790
772
822
5,228 813
4,796
4,152
3,598
4,359
5,242
5,229
4.186
4,216
277,380 4,369
197,792 3,126
208,277 3,089
165,384 2.583
185,4951 2,573
775
709
707
687
747
738
746
7U3
774
756
696
718
780
686,254
677,096
689,211
783,991
913,217
962,229
955.208
923,480
917,863
940.564
956^15
1,014,072
1.031,912
1.031,279
1,138,9/8
1,140,341
1,260,603
1.253,241
1,403.921
1,689,270
15,316
15.127
14.173
15,200
15,768
18,078
12,634
13.899
14,780
16.429
12.714
17,835
18.163
18,438
17,987
18,30
20,231
2J.3C5
20,927
23,624
21,946
21,564
21,689
21,919
24.050
23,037
24.107
23,854
23,132
25,443
24,449
26,992 _..
17.50
17.tO
17.50
17.75
1KJJ5
18.50
17.75
18.33
19.00
1900
18.25
19.00
20.75
211.00
20.40
20.67
20.70
20.CO
20.00
SO.OD
22.12
2C.07
22.50 sj
24.00
24.00
24.08
23JJ5
25,50
25.50
a-, in
30,190 2.1 BO
CLEARED.
1873 466
1874 480!
1875 319
1876 410
1877 400
1878 378
1879 365
1?80 3101
1881 389
1882 aiO
1883 >'
1884 363
1885 414
188U 378
1887 380
18S8 382
1889 395
1800 452
1891 445
1802 453
1893 411
1894 403
1895 412
1893 363
1897 383
1898 387
1899 436
1900 432
1801 461
1932 480
1903 436
1904 514
190> 581
398,050!
407,2F!5
234,831
361.9B9.
439,370
418,9:>8
442,734
434.864
508.422
50X213
41.>,720
452,80-2
602,773
473.13*
4?0,r30
507,075
540.29J
6B3^i7
676,900
685,620
622,381
636^02
643,303
623.96S
688,
648,365
730,5*8
743,217
758,387
852,586
905.379
1,022588
1,254,485
13,749
12,748
9,376
11.222
12,031
10,475
8,834
10.108
11,458
11,917
9,780
13,363
14,72
13912
14,167
14,231
15.505
18,815
18.209
18.235
16,190
16,425
16,642
16JJ93
17,680
16,902
18,756
18,127
17,122
19.493
T9,07
21^89
22,727
C5
71
72
80
65
64
38
26
23
10
15
20
3
4
8
7
14
4
7
9
4
2
6
6
2
17
i 8
7
9
8
30,102
40,397
39,311
49,483
44,829'
40.128
24,891
12,538
13,062
9,155
4,115
5,634
8,722
939
678
2,583
1.323
4,087
9,909
1.766
4,059
1,555
718
2.763
2,534
3,552
8.420
3,252
2,574
5.041
<MS42
669 224
8-22 229
804 195
1,163 185
1.066 161
1,255 260
497 223
S71 242
253 231
205 2OT
90 135
131: 285
148 228
24: 262
29 269
63 283
81| 307
161' 323
208 339
48 353
75' 338
32 311
21 297 57 ini
55 338
63 326
211 281
91^ 31)
63, 284
84! 257
1 210
! 196
128 191
129,184
145,038
128,056
119,899
103,342
183,757
156,070
168.255
180,579
135,375
87,400
194,075
154858
194,793
202,858
167,836
2-28,181
248,013
271.057
293,166
282,880
289,882
303,534
315,315
373,714
3,326
315,114
377,780
368,553
377,115
357,337
373,57a
424,228
3,194
3,437
2,924
2.827
2,489
5,375
3,129
3,446
S745
3,023
2,015
4.315
3.344
3,970
4,18
3,557
4,601
5,078
5.429
5,151
.5,524
5,155
5.220
5,310
6,137
5,731
4992
5,&5l
5.641
5.645
5,14-i
5,263
1 5,538
755
780
586
875
628
702
624
578
85?
585
530
663
662
643
853
623
711
789
788
813
749
718
711
683
730
720
734
751
752
746
696
710
780
557,31'i
592,730
452^28
531,7il
887,541
642.843
624,035
615.655
702.053
650,743
507,235
a=i2,411
666,353
668,867
683,364
677.494
787,747
913,327
957,876
950,252
905,061
927,6%
947,555
942,344
1,045,194
l,W)j,243
1.054,102
1,124,249
1,127,514
14879,742
1,282.716
1,305,964
1,685,365
17.632
17,007
13,404
15,212
15.736
17,105
12.460
13,825
15,456
15.145
11,885
17,809
18,164
17,906
18,382
17,851
J0.157
24,054
23,837
23,484
21,714
21,612
21,883
21,600
23,872
22,693
23,959
24.019
22,876
25,222
24,?42
28.532
28.398
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.75
18.25
18.50
17.75
18.33
19.00
19.00
18.35
19.00
20.17
20.00
0.00
"2075
20.75
21.60
21.75
22.50
23.02
23.60
24.00
2VOO
24.10
4.08
24.33
25.50
25.50
I
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 23?
Table of Comparative Railway Distances.
Portland, Ore. ....
San Francisco, Cal. .. _____
Salt Lake City, Utah _ .....
St. Louis, Mo._ . _ ___ _.
Memphis, Terra. _ -.--_ _ _
Nashville, Tenn.__. .
Atlanta, Qa.. ____ -.___._ .
Boston
Miles
8.172
8,858
1.516
2,595
1.468
1.208
1,447
1,201
1,137
1,255
1,263
1,038
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Miles
8,225
8,269
1.383
2506
1,342
1,048
1,234
1,052
924
1,042
1,050
875
Baltimore
Miles
8,166
3210
1,324
2,447
1,303
1,003
1,020
870
719
855
863
688
Norfolk
Miles
8.224
8,306
1.392
2,505
1279
979
980
821
670
712
720
545
Savannah
Miles
3,138
3,168
1,303
2,386
1,159
889
672
583
432
421
359
294
of In favorSavannah Over York New
Miles
87
101
80
120
183
159
562
469
492
621
691
581
From the above table of railway distances it will be
seen that St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and other centers
for the distribution of food products, as well as Chattanooga,
Birmingham, and other important points in the mineral section of the South, are many miles nearer to Savannah than to
any of the Northern seaports.
The comparison in favor of the Gulf ports from some of
the points named is still more favorable, but the greatly
increased water mileage from ports on the Gulf Coast* to
Europe or to the North Atlantic ports, and the heavy marine
insurance around the dangerous capes of Florida have
already favored the commerce of the South Atlantic ports,
and the tendency i'n that direction is likely to increase.
The average run from Savannah to Liverpool by sailing vessel is ten days less than from New Orleans.
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Foreign Exports of Lumber from Savannah, Ga., 1905 and 1904, in Running Feet.
COUNTIIY
Africa ..................
Brazil... . .............
Belgium and Nether- 1
Ohlll. ...................
Cuba....................
Rgypt ..................
Italy ....................
N. B,N,S.,ndP,E. 1
Inland .............. f
Peru ................ ....
Spain...................
West Indiesi British)..
TotalR..... ..............
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January
219,000
11,000
82,000
23.000
89,000
489.0UO
7,000
820.000
February
1,483,000
461,666
....
977,066
215.000
40,000
8,176,000
March
492,000
55,000
409,000
490,000
168,000
498,000
834,000
53.000
2,490,000
1
880.000
100.000
926.000
27,000
103,000
2,381.000
1
24,000
3.188,000
1,~666,66
O/fa QjJQ
80,000
303,000
75,030
5,452.000
!
7,666
1,746,000
759,665
2422000
204 000
868!000
290,000
753,666
59,000
8,802,000
jj"5
787,000
77,000
49 000
..........
81,665
994,000
August i
i
8.1B1.000
j,coo,ooa
4,191.000
September
837,000
821,000
<0 000
1,494,030
401,000
8,756,000
!October
2,112.000
290,666
i,I,666
9.*,000
8.912,000
1
'November
j
(147,000
193,6o6
952,000
1,798,003
i
December
878,000
50,000
RJflfra
1,154,000
816.000
19.000
8,383,000
Totals 19U5
492,000
80,OcO
15,867,0110
50.000
951.000
290,000
8,848,000
3,833,000
689,000
6.072,000
859 000
1,955.000
531,000
753,000
758,00
7,000
106,000
87,788.000
Totals 1901
822.000
197.000
92f>.OiO
2,480,000
157,1)00
740,000
100,000 QA& ilfVi
2ififYtt
2,41(1,000
,524,000
1.861,000
8,085.000
518,OUO
258,000
19,521,000
Totals Exports Lumber from Savannah for the Year 1905, in Running Feet
MONTH
January .... . .......... .... February ............. . ...... ... ... March ....... ....................
April ..................................
May ................. .................
June. .............. _ .................
July..................................
August ........ _ . ....................
September. __ .. ___ . __ . .....
October ..... ___ _ ............. _ .
November.. __ .. __ . __ ...........
December... _ ...... ........ __ . _ ..
Totals. .............. ............
BY STEAMSHIP
5,630.708
8,907.608
9.610.272
6,818,815
5,574,660
4,898.157
8064.804
8,725,051
5,698,680
6.887,704
7,100,848
5,485,694
77,887,496
BY SAIL
2,985,769
1,890 767
5,099,994
5,970 412
4,682.822
7,991,117
8,186,288
4,769,049
6.808,848
4.882,221
6.880.848
1,890,628
56,857 258
TOTALS
8,556,477
5,798875
14.710,276
12 784 227
10 206,982
12,889.274
11,200.587
18 514.100
12 507,028
11,219.925
18.981,191
7,826,822
184,194,749
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Exports of Phosphate Rock (In Tons of 2,240 Ibs.) from Port of Savannah, Ga., for Five Years.
COUNTRY
AiiBtria.. ....
England....
Germany
Italy...... ..
Netherlands..
Spain...... ..
Sweden......
Totals. ..1905
Totals. ..1904
Totals... 1008
Totals.. .1902
Totals... 1001
Values. ..1005
Values... 1904
Values.. .1908
Values. ..1902
Values... 1901
JiMumry 1
1.412
4.7(16
5,888
8,064
2,016
18.591
8,680
.7,157
8.704
9,886
185.915
86,860
71,576
87.940
100,236
Tebrnary
8,066
1,882
1,099
13,497
18,186
8.644
18,005
17,106
$124,970
181,860
86,451
180.050
205,623
March
2,749
15,087
1,488
8,500
22,719
12,681
28,042
10240
12,059
if 227, 190
126,810
230,424
102.400
181,840
April |
12,185
1,145
2,757
16,087
21,509
20.048
20,025
16,428
160,370
215.090
200.437
200 250
189,800
Mny i
802
15,988
2,298
.June
10,265
540
2,001
18,588
10.182
14,108
21.287
16,042
18,415
7,924
6.084
15,408
6,558
8185.8808184.150
101.88* 79,240
141.089J 60,880
212,876! 154,081
200,850 74,415
July
688
8,768
1,410
5,805
5,160
8,850
8,911
7,640
$ 58,650
51,680
88,500
89,110
76,415
August
8,165
1,528
0,688
8.722
3,024
10,287
$ 96,880
87,228
80,240
102,870
Sept.
527
17,221
2.015
5,029
........
-
25.802
28.224
18,677
84440
18,488
5m 020
282.245
186,776
844422
184.845
October
1,875
80H
5,714
2,195
2.750
12,842
24005
19,414
27,704
25,810
$128,860
247,215
194 155
277,040
258,115
Nov.
1.008
8,628
600
1,5(10
2,748
14029
18.108
10,880
20948
17,408
8146,290
181,085
198.800
209,493
174,998
Dec.
12,428
8,600
16,029
8,579
18,585
10.021
11,031
8160.290
85,790
185,650
100,190
110,880
Totals
1WW
5.897
7.828
128,883
21,051
20,820
2,748
2,016
1,999
185,787
152,456
156,488
185.778
168,828
*l,ar>7.815
1.527,887
1.564,408
1,857,852
1,809,840
Totals
11104
7,181
10,701
95,786
17,200
20,984
654
152,456
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 245
Savannah's Coastwise Trade.
The quantity of freights handled by the vessels visiting
this port during 1905 was not less than 1,800,000 tons. There
are four railroads centering here, whose tracks cover ten
Southern States with a population of 16,000,000. They are
the Central of Georgia, mileage 1,845; Seahoard Air Line,
mileage 2,612; Atlantic Coast Line, mileage 4,034; Southern,
mileage 7,139, a total mileage of 15,630. Their terminals
here cover nearly 760 acres. Two steamship lines ply regularly between Savannah and Northern ports. They are the
Ocean Steamship Company, operating ten steamships, with
at tonnage of 42,235 and the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, operating seven steamships with a total
tonnage of 17,000, giving seventeen steamships with a total
tonnage of 58,235, regularly employed in the trade of this
port. These vessels carry passengers in addition to freights
and give each way three sailings weekly to New York, two
to Boston, two to Philadelphia and three to Baltimore. The
Ocean Steamhsip Company has another large steamship in
construction for its New York-Savannah line and another
will also be ordered in the near future, giving it twelve
steamboats with a total tonnage of about 56,000.
246 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ASSESSMENTS FOR TAXATION AT SAVANNAH, GA., FOR
ELEVEN YEARS.
YEARS City
Real Estate
City
Perso alty TOTALS
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1,1905...............
1904...............
1903...............
1902 ...............
1901.... ...........
1900 ...............
1899 ............. ..
1898...............
1897 ...............
1896...............
1895.... ...........
$29,356.642
28.975,057
28,044,040
27.290,022
26,230,742
25,965076
24,920,795
24425 729
24,360,457
24,163,380
24,763,080
112,494,700
11,791,620
11,007,880
11,070,935
10,877,335
10,617.783
10,560,052
10,629,258
10 409,018
9,160,522
9,160,522
$41,851,342
40,766,677
39,051,920
88,360,957
87,108,077
86 582.859
85,480,847
85,054,987
84,769,475
83,323,902
33,923,602
The net city tax rate is $1.31 on the $100. The city government 's income is, in round figures, $900,000 a year, of which
a large amount is yearly spent on public improvements of a
permanent nature.
I
MAYOR'S AUNTJAL REPORT. 47
SAVANNAH'S CLIMATE.
(1871-1905, Inclusive.)
TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL AND MISCBLLANBOOS DATA.
Compiled from United States Weather Bareau Records at Savannah, Ga., Thirty-five Years.
TEMPERATURE.
Annual
Mean
86
Highest Minimam on Record
105
Date
July 12, 1879
Lowest Minimum
on Record
8
Date
Feb. 13, iw
Absolute
Range
97
SEASONAL TEMPERATURE MEANS.
December. ..
Mean....
..52
61 March......
Anril
..58 Miv __ _ ~w
Mean ...
.....58
.....86
.... -74
...li
July ........
Mean
......78
.....82"
.....81
.....81 Mean.....
....76
....67
....58
....67
PRECIPITATION (Amount of Rain-fall In Inches and hundredth*).
Annual Mean
60.48
Greatest Yearly
73.91
Year
1885
Least Yearly
88.81
Year
1901
SEASONAL RAIN-FALL. AVERAGES IN INCHES
December ......8.10
January ........8.09
Sea'able Avte..9.58
April. ............ 8.09
May ....... .... ...!!.92
Seasonable A vge 9.68
Jane ...... .......S.94
July.... ...... ....6.11
Sf a'able Avge.- 19.72
September.. ...5.59
November __ 2.41
Hea'aMeAvge 11.55
MISCELLANEOUS OArA
Month
January ...
February March ........
April..........
Miy...........
July..... ......
August - ---- ..
September....
October.......
November _ . December..:..
Total.. ......
Average nnm -
ber of day B with
.01 of an inch or
more of preciptatioB
10
10
10
7
9
12
13
15
11
7
7
9
120
Average num ber of clear days
10
9
ID
13
13
8
8
8
10
14
12
12
127
Average num
ber of partly
cloudy days
11
10
12
11
13
15
18
15
12
10
10
10
145
Average num ber of cloudy days
10
9
9
8
5
7
B
8
7
8
9
93
Average date on which first "killing" frost occurred (in autumn). November^.
Average date on which last "killing" frost occurred (in spring), February 26.
H. B. BOYER, Local Forecaster,
Savannah, &a.

ORDINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH
TOGETHER WITH IMPORTANT
Reports and Resolutions
ADOPTED DURING THE YEAR
1905.
COMPILED BY
J. ROBERT CREAMER,
Clerk of Council.
CLERK OF COUNCIL'S OFFICE.
J. ROBERT CREAMER,
Clerk of Council.
CHARLES V. HERNANDEZ.
Assistant Clerk of Council.
THOMAS HALLIGAN,
Recording Clerk.
CHARLES GRADOT,
Messenger of Council.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 251
ORDINANCES.
Building B. B. Tracks Mutual Fertiliser Company.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Feb. 15, read
a second time March 1, 1905, placed upon its passage and
passed:
By Committee of the Whole.
An ordance to permit Mutual Fertilizer Company- its
successors and assigns, to construct, maintain and operate
railroad tracks across an avenue fifty feet wide running
through the old water works tract, which avenue separates
lot No. 3 from lot No. 4, so as to connect the proposed fertilizer plant of said company on lots 3 and 5 of said tract,
with the tracks of the Central of Georgia Railway Company,
and for other purposes.
Section 1.Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That permission is hereby given to Mutual Fertilizer Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain and operate two
railroad tracks of standard gauge, extending from the proposed mill building or fertilizer plant of said company on
lots 3 and 5 of the old water works tract (in Chatham County, west of Savannah), in an easterly direction, upon and
across an avenue fifty feet wide, said tracks converging into one track just to the eastward of said avenue,
the said avenue running in a southerly direction from the
public road, sixty feet wide, which extends through said
old waterworks tract in an easterly and westerly direction,
as shown upon a plat or plan of said old waterworks tract
made by the city engineer on June 1, 1904, and heretofore
adopted as "official" by ordinance, which said avenue to be
crossed by said tracks, separates lot No. 3 from lot No. 4 of
said tract; the said tracks so laid down to be used for the
transportation of goods, wares, merchandise and other ar-
252 MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT.
tides; provided that the said railroad tracks shall be laid
and constructed across said avenue in such a manner as may
be prescribed by the Committee on Streets and Lanes of the
City of Savannah, and so as to conform to the grade of said
avenue; and provided further, that the space between said
tracks on said avenue shall be paved with such hard material
as the Committee on Streets and Lanes shall prescribe, and
that the said Mutual Fertilizer Company, its successors and
assigns shall construct and maintain on said avenue safe and
convenient crossings leading up to and acros's said tracks for
vehicles and foot passengers, such crossings to be of the full
width of such avenue, which crossings shall be of such material and laid in such manner as shall be approved and prescribed by the said Committe on Streets and Lanes, and if,
at any time, such crossings or the space between such tracks
on said avenue shall in the judgment of the Committee on
Streets and Lanes, become unsafe or out of repair, the said
Mutual Fertilizer Company, its successors or assigns, shall
forthwith repair the same at its or their own cost and
expense, and if, upon notice given to it or them by the Mayor
of said City of Savannah, the said crossings and the said
space between said tracks shall not have been repaired to
the satisfaction of the Streets and Lanes Committee of the
City of Savannah within the space of fifteen days from the
date of such notice, then, and in any such event, the said
Mayor of the city shall have the right to cause said tracks
to be removed from said avenue, at the expense of said Mutual Fertilizer Company, its successors and assigns, and all
rights of said Mutual Fertilizer Company, its successors and
assiarns to cross said avenue with said tracks shall cease and
be determined: it being the intent and meaning of this ordinance, that the right to cross said avenue with said tracks,
and to operate and maintain the same shall exist only so long
as such crossings and said tracks shall be kept in such good
order and condition, and be maintained to the satisfaction of
the Streets and Lane Committee of the City of Savannah,
and no longer.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 253
See. 2. Be it further ordained, That said avenue shall not
be obstructed by cars more than five minutes at any one time,
and upon failure of the Mutual Fertilizer Company, its successors and assigns, to comply with this requirement, the
Mayor of the City of Savannah shall have the right, in
writing to direct it or them to remove said tracks from said
avenue within ten days, and if not so removed said Mayor
shall have the right to cause them to be removed, at the expense of said Mutual Fertilizer Company, its successors and
assigns, such removal of tracks to end all rights of said fertilizer company, its successors and assigns, to have and maintain such crossings.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That nothing herein contained shall be taken or held to preclude or prevent the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah from hereafter
regulating such repairs, rate of speed on said avenue, keeping said crossings clear and providing arrangements for the
prevention of accidents by the running of cars across said
avenue; and nothing herein contained shall be taken or held
to abridge the right of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Savannah to pass, hereafter, such other police regulations
from time to time as it may see fit, affecting the use of said
avenue by said company, its successors and assigns, and the
crossing of same by said tracks.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That before said Mutual
Fertilizer Company shall be permitted to cross said avenue
with its said railroad tracks, after the passage of this
ordinance, it shall execute an acceptance and agreement
to and with the Mayor a_nd Aldermen of the City of Savannah, which acceptance and agreement shall be drawn by
the city attorney, accepting the terms of this ordinance in
all respects, and agreeing to abide by the same, to which
agreement, shall be attached a plat made by the city
engineer, showing the portion of said avenue affected by
these crossings, which crossings shall be deliniated upon the
254 MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT.
same, and the Streets and Lanes Committee will see to it that
such crossing are made in conformity with said plat.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed March 1st, 1905.
COMMITTEES.
Defining Power of Chairman.
Ordinance read in Council Dec. 6, 1905, read a second
time Dee. 20, 1905, placed upon its passage and passed:
By Committe on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to defiine the powers of the chairman or
chairman pro tern, of certain committees touching suspension
of employes and laborers working under the jurisdiction
of said respective committees, and for other purposes:
Sec. 1. Be it ordained, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the chairman
or chairman pro tern, of certain standing committees of
Council, to wit, Streets and Lanes, Water, Harbor and
Wharves and Drainage, and of any other special committees
which may be appointed by Council, having employes and
laborers working under their respective jurisdictions, shall
have the power, in his judgment, from time to time, to suspend, for such cause as may seem to him proper, any employe
of laborer working under the jurisdiction of his committee
provided that such chairman or chairman pro tern, shall call
his committee together as soon as practicable after such
suspension and report to said committee the said suspension
and the cause thereof, whereupon it shall be the duty of such
committee to take such action in the premises as to it may
seem proper.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 255
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed Dec. 20th, 1905.
Construction of Shed Across Bilbo Canal.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Aug. 30, 1905,
read a second time Sept. 13, 1905, placed upon its passage
and passed.
By Alderman Dixon:
The ayes and nays were called for upon the passage of
the ordinance. Ayes, Aldermen Davant, Glatigny, Dixon,
Harman, Grayson and Canty6. Alderman Wrjght being
excused from voting.
Alderman Grayson voted for the passage of the ordinance
and gave notice that he would move to reconsider same at
next meeting of council. The Mayor ruled that in regard to
ordinances that this could not be done, and referred Alderman Grayson to rule 5 of the rules of Council.
An ordinance, to permit Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company to construct a shed across Bilbo canal, at or near
the mouth of the same, and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That Atlantic Coast
Line Eailroad Company is hereby permitted to extend one
of its sheds, located just to the east of Bilbo canal, near its
mouth, to the westward, over said canal, said extension shed
to be so constructed, as not to interfere, in any way, with the
flow of water in said canal, and so as not to impede or interfere with the drainage through the same. The said construction shall be on plans approved by the director of public works, and under his supervision and direction, and if
any expenses is incurred by said director in the premises,
same shall be paid by said railroad company.
356 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah reserves the right to terminate, at any time, its said permission to cross said canal with
said shed, and to cause the removal of said shed, so as to
clear said canal, and the right of way on either side thereof,
whenever it sees fit to do so, and shall be the duty of said
railroad company, its successors, assigns, officers and servants, within fifteen (15) days after reception of written
notice from the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, directing such removel, to remove the same to the satisfaction of the director of public works, and it shall be the
further duty of said railroad company, its successors, assigns, officers and servants, to so use and manage such extension shed as not to incommodate or interfere with the
water or drainage in said canal, and if, any time, it shall
be necessary, while said extension shed remains, in the
judgment of said director of public works," for the municipal authorities to have access to the portion of said canal
beneath said shed for work therein,-or repair thereof, or for
other purposes, such access shall be promptly, on request,
afforded, at the expense of said railroad company, its successors or assigns, and said extension shed shall be kept in
good repair, at all times, to the satisfaction of the director of
public works.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That, if Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company, its successors, assigns, officers servants or agents shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, then said company, its successors or assigns, shall be
liable to be punished, on condition, before the Police Court
of Savannah, for each and every offense, by a fine not to
exceed one hundred (100) dollars.
4. Be it further ordained, That any ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.
Passed Sept. 13, 1905.
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Fire Department.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time June 7, 1905,
read a second time June 21, 1905, placed upon its passage
and passed: \
By Committee on Fire:
An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance providing for the control, regulation and better efficiency of the fire department of the City of Savannah,"
adopted Sept. 16, 1903, by increasing the number of regular
firemen and by doing away with the supernumerary firemen,
and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That Section 1
of said ordinance set out in the foregoing caption be, and
the same is hereby amended by adding four firemen to the
number of regular firemen mentioned therein so that instead
of the words "fifty-five (55) regular firemen," these words
shall be inserted, "fifty-nine (59) regular firemen;" and,
further, by striking out in said section the words, to wit,
"and four (4) supernumerary firemen;" so that said section
when amended will read as follows:
"1. The fire department of the City of Savannah shall
consist of one (1) superintendent of the fire department,
one (1) assistant superintendent, one (1) superintendent
fire alarm telegraph, eight (8) foremen, eight (8) assistant
foremen, six (6) engineers, six (6) assistant engineers, fiftynine regular firemen, with such engines, hose, wagons and
reels, hook and ladder trucks, chemical engine, supply wagons and carts, buggies and horses, and such quantity of
hose, harness, appliances, implements and other equipment as
shall be requisite for efficient service in and by said fire department."
Sec. 2. Be it further amended, That said ordinance of
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Sept. 16, 1903, as herein amended, is in all respects confirmed.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, are hereby repealed.
Passed June 21st, 1905.
Fire Works.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time May 24, 1905,
read a second time June 7, 1905, placed upon its passage
and passed.
By Committee of the Whole:
An ordinance to prevent the discharge of fire works, firecrackers, torpedo canes, or sticks, torpedoes, percussion caps,
or other explosives of any kind or character, and the building of bonfires in the City of Savannah, except as herein
designated and permitted, and for other purposes.
See. 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, during the Christmas or
other holidays, or at any othertime, to discharge fire works or
fire-crackers of any kind or size, torpedo canes or sticks,
torpedoes, percussion caps, or other explosives of any kind or
character, any where in the corporate limits of the City of
Savannah, Georgia, provided, however, that the firing of
fire-crackers . and fire works, excluding, however, torpedo
canes or sticks, torpedoes, percussion caps, or other like explosives, is hereby permitted in said City of Savannah on
Liberty street and south of Liberty street (except on such
portion of Bull street as is north of the parade ground, and
except in, from or into Madison Square, Montery Square,
and Porsyth Park), but not north of Liberty street, from
Dec. 24 of any year to Jan. 1 of the succeeding year, both
inclusive.
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See. .2. Be it further ordained, That hereafter it shall
not be lawful for any person, during the Christmas or other
holidays, or at any other time, to build bonfires of any description in the corporate limits of the City of Savannah.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That any person violating
this ordinance, or any provision thereof, shall be subject,
upon conviction before the Police Court of the City of Savannah, for each and every such offense, to a fine not exceeding
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and imprisonment not exceeding
ten (10) days, either or both in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed June 7th, 1905.
Hack Stand.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time May 10, 1905,
read second time May 24, 1905, placed upon its passage and
passed:
By the Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to establish a hack stand on Stewart street
and to abolish a stand heretofore established on West Broad
street, between Taylor and Wayne streets, and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the hack stand
heretofore established on the east side of West Broad street
in the City of Savannah, Georgia, between Taylor and Wayne
streets, i^s hereby abolished, and in lieu thereof a hack stand
is hereby established on the south side of Stewart street, in
the space between the carriage entrance to the Union Passenger Station and the next entrance to the westward extending
into the train shed.
Thereafter it shall be lawful for drivers of hacks or other
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vehicles for hire in the City of Savannah to cause their vehicles to stand in the space designated above as hack stand on
said Stewart street, with the same rights and privileges as
they have at other hack stands now designated by law in the
City of Savannah.
See. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed May 24,1905.
Sale of Land.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Jan. 18, 1905,
and by unanimous consent read second time, placed upon
its passage and unanimously adopted.
By Committee on City Lots:
An ordinance providing for the sale of lots Numbered
26 and 27, Thomas Ward, in the City of Savannah, Georgia,
to George A. Mercer, Jr., and Fred W. Garden.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the offer
of George A. Mercer, Jr., a'nd Fred W. Garden, to purchase
lots Numbered 26 and 27, in Thomas Ward, in the City of
Savannah, Georgia, at and for the sum of fifty-four hundred
dollors ($5,400) cash, be, and the same is hereby, accepted,
and the said lots are hereby directed to be conveyed to said
parties by fee simple warranty deed, upon the payment of
said sum of money, and deed will be made and delivered
accordingly; said deed to be executed on behalf of the Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of Savannah by the Mayor, attested by the clerk of Council, with the corporate seal affixed.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
epealed.
Passed Jan. 18, 1906.
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Sale of Land.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Jan. 18, 1905,
and by unanimous consent read a second time, placed upon
its passage and unanimously adopted. Alderman E. J. Davant voted no as to the sale of land to J. L. Eankin as he
did not consider the price sufficient.
By Alderman Thomas.
An ordinance touching the old waterworks tract, adopting a survey or plan thereof, providing for the sale of certain lots, as shown on said plan, to James McGuire and
James L. Eankiu, ratifying and confirming sales heretofore
made of certain lots as shown on said.plan, to Southern Cotton Oil Company, and to Mutual Fertilizer Company, and
for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the survey
made June 1, 1904, by the city engineer of that certain tract
of laud, the property of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Savannah, lying to the westward of the City of Savannah,
and known as the old waterworks tract, said survey showing a division of said tract, into twelve lots, be and the same
is hereby adopted as the true plan of said tract, and the
streets and avenues as thereon laid out are hereby dedicated
to public uses, provided, however, that the strip of land
marked "Old Eoad," extending in an easterly and westerly
direction from the eastern line of said waterworks tract to
Stiles avenue, immediately to the northward of and adjoining the avenue of sixty feet in width which is laid out on
said plan between lot numbered two (2) and lots numbered
three (3) and four (4), is not hereby dedicated to public uses,
it being the intent of this ordinance that said strip marked
"Old Eoad" is not to be used as a public throroughfare,
but is to remain just as it now is until such time as the Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of Savannah shall have the right
to close it up, in which event the land contained in said strip
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is agreed to be sold to the Southern Cotton Oil Company, or
its assigns; and provided, further, that the reservation of a
right-of-way by the city delineated on said plan along the
western portion of lot numbered two (2) is not dedicated to
public uses, the said right-of-way being reserved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah for purposes of its
own and of such parties with whom it may have contracted
or may in the future contract with; and it is further prescribed that said plan on file in the engineer's office shall be
marked "Adopted" and signed by the Mayor and by the
Clerk of Council, and shall be taken and regarded as the
true and official plan of said tract.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That full and public notice
having been heretofore given of the intention of the Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of Savannah to sell the lots as laid
out on said plan, and inviting bids for the same, resulting
in certain bids which were satisfactory to Council, it is hereby declared that the offer of James MeGuire to purchase
lot numbered four (4) on said plan at and for the sum of
one thousand, one "hundred and fifty ($1,150) dollars, cash,
be, and the same is hereby, accepted, and sale will be made
to said MeGuire of said lot, as described on said plan, deed to
be made of the same, with full warranty, i>y the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah, and the Mayor is authorized and directed to sign said deed for and on behalf of the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, attested by
the Clerk of Council, with the corporate seal affixed, upon
the payment by said MeGuire of said sum of money into
the city treasury.
See. 3. Be it further ordained, That the offer of James
L. Rankin to purchase lots numbered six (6), eight (8), ten
(10) and twelve (12) as delineated upon said plan, at the
rate of three hundred ($300) dollars, cash, per acre, as surveyed by the city engineer, be, and the same is hereby, accepted, and deed is directed to be made to him by the Mayor
apd Aldermen of the City of Savannah, with full warranty
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of title, conveying said property at and for said consideration, and the Mayor is authorized and directed, on behalf of
the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, to execute
said deed, same to be attessed by the Clerk of Council, with
the corporate seal affixed, upon the payment into the city
treasury by said Eankin of said consideration of money.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That the sale heretofore
made to the Southern Cotton Oil Company of lot numbered
two (2) of said old waterworks tract, said lot containing six
and one-tenth (6.1) acres, more or less, at and for the price
of five hundred (500) dollars per acre, the said sale having
been made in pursuance of resolutions adopted by the City
Council of Savannah at the meeting held June 8, 1904, to
which reference is had for greater particularly, is in all respects approved and confirmed, and all of the terms of said
resolutions, as well as all of the terms and stipulations of the
deed and agreements executed on behalf of the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah, by the Mayor, attested by
the Clerk of Council, with the corporate seal affixed, are in
all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed just as
if set out herein.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That the sale heretofore
made by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah,
to Mutual Fertilizer Company of lots numbered three (3)
and five (5) of the old watei-works tract, as per said plan,
containing thirteen and four-tenths (13.4) acres, more or less,
at and for the price of five hundred (500) dollars per acre,
said sale being made in pursuance of resolutions adopted by
the City Council of Savannah at the meeting held June 8,
1904, is in all respects approved and confirmed, and the terms
and stipulations of said resolutions and of the deed and
agreements executed in pursuance thereof on behalf of the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah by the Mayor
attested by the Clerk of Council, with the corporate seal
affixed, are hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed in all respects just as if set out herein.
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Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed Jan. 18, 1905.
Sale of Land.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time, April 12,1905,
and by unanimous consent of Council read a second time,
placed upon its passage and passed by Committee on City
Lots and Opening Streets.
An ordinance providing for the sale of a strip of lan.l belonging to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah,
being a part of lot No. 1, Law ward, on the east siue of Burroughs street to Wm. Taylor's Sons.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah in Council assembled ,that permission
is hereby granted to sell at private sale all that certain tract
or parcel of land in Law ward, being a portion of lot No. 1,
in the City of Savannah lying along the eastern side of
Burroughs street, being 97 feet long, with an area of 982.6
square feet to Wm. Taylor's Sons at and for the consideration of $115.70 and upon the payment of said sum into the
city treasury it is directed that a deed be executed to said
grantees, in the name of the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah by the Mayor or acting Mayor, attested
by the Clerk of Council with the corporate seal affixed conveying said land and good and sufficient title thereto.
Section 2. Be it ordained that all ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same
are hereby repealed so far as this tract of land is concerned,
Passed April 12th, 1905,
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Sale of Land.
Ordinance read in Council for first time Aug. 2, 1905, and
by unanimous consent of Council read a second time, placed
upon its passage and passed:
By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets
An ordinance to amend an ordinance adopted April 12,
1905, entitled an ordinance providing for the sale of a strip
of land belonging to the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah, being a part of lot No. one (1) Law ward, on the
east side of Burroughs street, to William Taylor's Sons, by
striking out the words William Taylor's Sons, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words Edward Taylor, and for other
purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen, in
Council assembled, That the ordinance named in the caption be and the same is hereby amended by striking out in
said caption and in the first section thereof the words William Taylor's Sons and by inserting in lieu thereof the words
Edward Taylor and also by striking out in said section first
the word grantees and by inserting in lieu thereof the word
grantee, so that said ordinance shall and does provide for
the sale of said strip of land to Edward Taylor, instead of
to William Taylor's Sons.
Sec. 2. Be it ordained, That all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same
are hereby repealed so far as this tract of land is concerned.
Aug. 2nd, 1905.
Jurisdiction Over Land Granted to County.
On its first reading and by unanimous consent of Council,
read a second time placed upon its passage and passed.
By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets.
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An ordinance granting to the county of Chatham jurisdiction over a certain strip of land, extending from the east
corporate limits of the city of Savannah with a width of
sixty-five (65) feet, to Moore avenue, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the county
of Chatham is hereby granted the right to take charge of a
certain strip of land recently purchased by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah from Eufus E. Lester,
Henry and Isaac Meinhard and Annie E. Doyle, the said strip
being for the extension of Henry street, and extending from
the east corporate limits of the City of Savannah, eastwardly,
with a width of sixty-five (65) feet, twelve hundred and
eighty-nine (1,289) feet to the western line of the Doyle
property, thence eastwardly ten hundred and eighty-five
(1,085) feet, through said Doyle property, and thence in a
northeasterly direction one hundred and seventeen (117)
feet, to Moore avenue, and to exercise dominion over and
use the same as a public road, the said county of Chatham
agreeing, through the Board of Commissioners of Chatham
county and ex-officio judges, to lay out the said strip as a
public road, from Moore avenue to the east corporate limits
of Savannah and to grade and pave the same.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty
of the city engineer to co-operate with the county authorities
and to mark out and delineate the said strip so to be used
as a road, and to make such plats as may be required by the
said county authorities.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed Nov. 8th, 1905. ____
Inspection and Sale of Milk.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time, Aug. 2, 1905,
read a second time, Aug. 16, 1905, and laid on the table until
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Friday, Aug. 18, 1905, taken from the table Friday, Aug.
18,1905, amended, placed upon its passage and passed.
By Alderman Dixon:
An ordinance to regulate the inspection and sale of milk
and dairy products in the City of Savannah, Ga., and for
other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the Ctiy of Savannah, in Council assembled, That all milk
dealers engaged in the business of selling milk or dairy
products in the City of Savannah, Ga., from place of business,
located in the corporate or jurisdictional limits of the said
city, or making deliveries to customers living in the said
city, are hereby required to register as milk dealers, at the
office of the health officer of said city within sixty (60) days
after the passage of this ordinance, and, it shall not be lawful
for any person to continue to sell or deliver milk in the City
of Savannah after the said sixty (60) days, unless he or she
shall have so registered. Any milk dealer opening up business hereafter in Savannah, shall not do business until he
shall have so registered. It shall be unlawful for any person
to sell or offer for sale within the corporate or jurisdictional
limits of the said City of Savannah, any impure, adulterated
or unwholesome milk, or to sell, or to offer for sale, as pure
milk, any milk to which water or other substances have been
added, which in effect injure its quality or lessen its value;
or, to sell or to offer for sale, the milk of any cow that may
be sick, diseased or suffering from any bodily condition or
disorder liable to render her milk unfit or unsafe to be used
as food; or the milk obtained from a cow kept in a filthy, or
unventilated stable or building, or in an offensively filthy
lot, pen or shed, or that may be fed upon food, or allowed to
drink any liquid that may affect the milk injuriously, so that
consumers may be exposed to the risk of sickness or disease
therefrom.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That no milk or cream
shall be sold, kept or offered for sale, or in any other manner
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disposed of, within said limits, drawn from cows within
fifteen (15) days before and within ten (10) days after
parturition, nor shall the same be mixed with any other milk
or cream for such purposes.
See. 3. Be further ordajned, That no milk shall be sold
or ottered for sale, kept, or otherwise disposed of, within
said limits, if it contains more than eighty-eight (88) per
cent, of water, or less than twelve (12) per cent, of milk
solids, which solids shall not contain less than three (3) per
cent, of fat.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That if milk or cream sold
or offered for sale within said limits, shall be transported or
carried in wagons or other vehicles, the latter shall have
painted thereon, on both sides thereof, in conspicuous and
legible letters, not less than four (4) inches in height, the
name and location of the dairy, or place from whence the
milk was obtained.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all dairies and other
places of business of milk dealers supplying customers in the
City of Savannah, whether such dairies and other places of
business be within or without said city, shall be subject, at
any time, to the inspection of the health officer of said city,
or of the food inspector, under the direction of the health
officer, and it shall be the duty of the said health officer, or
of the food inspector to visit and inspect all places and
vehicles from which milk or cream may be sold, offered for
sale, stored, delivered or disposed of, as well as to inspect
and examine all vessels, cans, receptacles, places or establishments of any kind, containing milk or cream, and ascertain
or examine the condition thereof with reference to cleanliness and sanitation, and the said health officer or said inspector is hereby authorized, directed and empowered to
cause the removal and abatement of any unfit, unclean or
injurious condition attending the keeping, storage, care,
custody or control of milk, or cream at any and all such
places.
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Sec, 6. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of
the said health officer, or the said food inspector to see to
it, that all vendors of milk, who sell, or offer for sale, "skimmed milk,'' have attached to. the can or vessel containing
such milk, the words "skimmed milk" in plain and distinct
letters, not less than one inch high.
Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, That the said health officer
and said food inspector shall haye the right to enter and
have full access to and egress from, all places where milk
or cream is stored or kept for sale, also to and from all
wagons or other vehicles, cars or conveyances of any kind
used for the transportation and delivery of milk; and to
take samples of milk and cream therefrom, not exceeding
one quart, for the purpose of inspecting, testing or analyzing
the same; provided, that, if upon analysis it is shown that
the said inspected milk or cream is unadulterated, the city
shall be liable for the value of the amount of the milk or
cream so taken.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That all samples of milk
or cream taken or brought to the office of the health officer
under the provisions of this ordinance, by said health offi'cer,
said food inspector, or by any other person, shall, by the said
health officer, be analyzed, or otherwise satisfactorily tested,
and whenever the said milk or cream so tested or analyzed
shall be found violative of the provisions of this ordinance
the necessary steps shall be taken through the health officer,
or the said food inspector for due prosecution of the offender
thereof. Th'e analysis-or test herein required may be made
with such instruments, apparatus, chemicals, or otherwise,
and to such extent, as may by the health officer be deemed
necessary.
Sec. 9. Be it further ordained, That no person shall sell,
deliver or offer for sale, within the corporate or jurisdictional limits of said city, or bring or send into the said limits
for sale, any milk without a permit to do so from the health
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officer. Such permits shall be furnished gratuitously to applicants who may have registered in conformity to this ordinance., and shall be conditioned, that all ordinances and regulations of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah
concerning dairies, milk and cream dealers and dairy products shall be strictly complied with; such permit shall be
revocable by the health officer for violation of any of the
above conditions.
See. 10. Be it further ordained, That the Board of Sanitary Commissioners of Savannah shall have power, from
time to time, to adopt such rules and regulations, in general
conformity to the terms of this ordinance, touching milk
dealers and the sale of milk and dairy products in this city,
and for the government of dairies and milk depots supplying milk and dairy products to the people of the city, and
such rules and regulations when so adopted, shall be printed,
and copies furnished to all such milk dealers, dairies and
milk depots, and it shall be the duty of all milk dealers and
persons engaged in such business to obey and strictly conform thereto, under all the penalties hereof.
See. 11. Be it further ordained, That any person violating
the provisions of this ordinance or any one of them, or disobeying any of the said rules and regulations of the Board
of Sanitary Commissioners shall be subject, upon conviction before the Police Court of the City of Savannah, for
each and every offense, to a fine not exceeding hundred
($100.00) dollars and to imprisonment, not to exceed thirty
(30) days, either or both, in the discretion of the court.
In addition, the health officer shall be authorized to publish, for the information of the citizens of Savannah, the
analysis of any milk which he may inspect.
Sec. 12. Be it further ordained, That the word "person"
in this ordinance shall include individual, firm or corporation.
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See, 13. Be it further ordained, That all owners of lands,
renting the same as pastures for cattle, are required to erect
substantial wood or wire fences, which will effectually prevent cows using such pastures, from having access at any
time, to Bilbo canal or to any other unsanitary ditch or
water-way.
Sec. 14. Be it further ordained, That the ordinances of
June 12, 1901, regulating the inspection and sale of milk,
and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.
Passed August 18, 1905.
Parks.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time March 29,
1905, read a second time April 12, 1905, and placed upon
its passage and passed.
By Alderman D. R. Thomas:
An ordinance recognizing the dedication of a certain parcel of land in the City of Savannah, Georgia, as a park, and
defining and naming the same, and fo other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah, in Coueil assembled, That all that certain
strip or parcel of land in the City of Savannah, Georgia,
heretofore donated by the Dasher estate to the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah for the uses and purposes
of a "public park, and which has been received by the said
municipality for such uses and purposes only, situated east
of Lincoln street and south of Thirty-fifth street, formerly
St. Michales street, in Dasher Ward, shall be known and
designated as "Dasher Park."
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Passed April 12th, 1905.
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Poles and Wires.
By Alderman Dixon:
An ordinance providing for the removal of all poles and
wires now in or upon Bay street, in the City of Savannah,
Georgia, between the east side of Drayton street and the west
side of Whitaker street, except the poles and wires used
by the Savannah Electric Company, in the operation of its
trolley system for street cars, and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That within ninety
(90) days from and after the passage of this ordinance the
owner or owners of all poles erected on Bay street in Savannah. Georgia, and all wires strung thereon, between the east
side of Drayton street and the west side of Whitaker street,
except the poles and wires used by Savannah Electric Company in its trolley system for operating its street car lines,
are hereby directed to take down and remove the same from
said portion of Bay street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That if the owner or owners of said poles and wires so to be removed shall desire to
lay wires in place of same, underground, along said portion
of Bay street, then the said underground wires shall be laid
under the direction of the Streets and Lanes Committee, and
in pursuance of existing ordinances touching the manner of
laying underground conduits, tubes or pipes for conductor,
cables or wires.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That if at the end of said
period of ninety (90) days said poles and wires shall not
have been taken down and removed, as hereinbefore required
and directed, then in each event, the Streets and Lanes Committee shall cause the same to be taken down and removed at
the expense of said owner or owners.
Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall, for each and every such violation,
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upon conviction before the Police Court of Savannah, be subject to a fine, not to exceed one hundred ($100) dollars, and
imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, either or both,
in the discretion of the court, and if any person or corporation shall neglect or fail to carry out the instructions of the
Committee on Streets and Lanes under this ordinance, such
person or corporation shall be subject, on conviction before
said Police Court, to a fine not to exceed fifty ($50) dollars,
and imprisonment not to exceed fifteen (15) days, either or
both, in the discretion of the court, for each and every day's
delay in carrying out such instructions.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.
Passed June 21st, 1905.
Savannah Lighting Company.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Aug. 9, 1905,
read a second time Aug. 16, 1905, and laid on the table until
Friday, Aug. 18, 1905, taken from the table Friday, Aug.
18, amended, placed upon its passage and passed.
By Committee of the Whole:
An ordinance granting to Savannah Lighting Company
rights through, over and under streets, lanes and squares of
the City of Savannah, Georgia, for the purpose of furnishing
to the City of Savannah and citizens thereof electric lights
and heat, and also power, produced by electricity, for operating machinery and for any and all uses, and for other
purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, that Savannah Lighting Company be, and same is hereby granted,
rights of way, as hereinafter limited and defined, through,
over and under the streets, lanes and squares of said city,
for the purpose of furnishing to the City of Savannah and
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the citizens thereof electric light and heat, and also power
produced by electricity, for the operating of machinery, and
for any and all uses whatsoever.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that if said lighting company shall accept this ordinance in all of its terms, it shall
do so, in writing, within thirty (30) days from and after
the date of the adoption of this ordinance, and such acceptance, which shall include an agreement to conform hereto
in all respects, and to do and perform as herein required,
shall be in such manner and form as may be satisfactory
to the City Attorney, which written acceptance and agreement shall be delivered to the Mayor; and within two (2)
months after the date of such acceptance and agreement,
work shall be, bona fide, begun by said company in the installation of its said system within the City of Savannah.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that within three (3)
months from and after the date of such acceptance and
agreement said company shall begin laying electrical conductors for the purpose of conveying and distributing electric current for light, power and heat, by what is known as
the underground system, within the section or territory
of said city, which is bounded on the north by the north
side of Bay street, on the south by the north side of State
street, on the east by the east side of Abercorn street, and
on the west by the west side of West Broad street, within
which district the underground system alone, when completed, shall be used, except that said company shall have
the right within said district to erect, acquire or maintain
such poles and wires as may be necessary for the purpose
of hanging or suspending thereon or therefrom, the globes
and lights proper or necessary to the lighting of streets,
lanes and squares and other public places of the city.
Conduits within said district shall be laid so as to extend
along the front or rear of each lot, and to this end said company shall have the right, within said section or district,
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to open and excavate trenches through the streets, lanes
and squares and other public places, so as to lay therein
said electrical conductors, for the purposes aforesaid, under
the terms of ordinances now existing, or hereafter to be
adopted by the City Council, regulating the laying of underground conduits.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That said conduits in said
underground district or section, shall be laid and such underground work done, under the supervision, and to the
satisfaction of, an inspector to be appointed by the Streets
and Lanes Committee, who shall work under the direction
of the director of public works, which inspector shall be
paid by said company at a salary or compensation to be
fixed by said committee, not to exceed three (3) dollars
per day, until said underground work shall have been completed.
In all the conduits used one duct shall be reserved and
provided for the use of the city of Savannah, without charge
to the city.
Said work in and throughout said underground section
or district shall be completed, and said district system be
in full operation therein within one (1) year from the date
of the beginning of such work in said underground district.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That, whatever any streets,
lanes, squares or public ways or places are opened by said
company, for the purpose of laying its electrical conductors,
or of replacing the same, or for any work incident to the
operation of the underground system, the said company
shall, at its own expense, rebuild all such openings and leave
the surface of such streets, lanes, squares or public highways, or places, in as good condition as before the openings
were made.
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All work done by said company shall be done and performed under the direction and supervision of the Streets
and Lanes. Committee of the City Council, and subject to all
the ordinances of the city, and to its sanitary and police regulations.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, That, within thirty-three
(33) months after the date of said acceptance and agreement specified in Section 2, said company shall thoroughly
cover that section or district of Savannah bounded north
by the north side of State street, south by Anderson street,
east by East Broad street and west by West Broad street,
with what is known as an overhead system for conveying
and distributing electric current for light, power, heat or
other purposes, and to this end, within said section or district, shall have the right to erect, acquire and maintain
along the streets, lanes, squares and public places, in said
section, in such manner as may be prescribed by said Streets
and Lanes Committee, poles with wires and attachments or
cross-arms thereon for the support of its wires, and for conveying and distributing said electric current for the purposes aforesaid, and shall have the right to run on such
poles to and from its power station, such wires as may be
necessary to supply the needs of its patrons, and the demands of its business.
Within said time, said company shall be ready to serve the
public, and all citizens in said district, with such current for
electric lights, power, heat, or other purposes, as may be
asked for, it being the intention of this ordinance, that this
franchise is granted to said company, conditioned on its
strictly doing and performing, as herein required, so that
it may serve all public or citizens, within said district, who
may demand its services, as aforesaid.
Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, That within forty-eight
(48) months after date of acceptance and agreement specified in Section 2 of this ordinance, said company shall extend
and perfect its overhead system, all over that district in
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Savannah bounded north by Anderson street, south by
Forty-second street, east by Habersham street and west by
West Broad street, just as provided in the next preceding
section for the district between State, Anderson, Bast Broad
and West Broad streets, so as to be ready to serve with
electric current for light, power, heat, and other purposes,
the public and all citizens needing or requesting the same,
as far south as and including Forty-second street, and between Habersham and West Broad streets; with all rights
and powers to said company as in the Sixth section specified.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That said company shall
have the right, in other sections of Savannah than herein
specified, to extend its poles, wires, and overhead system
over and through the streets, lanes, squares and public
places, under the direction and supervision of the Streets
and Lanes Committee, and as its business may need and
demand.
Sec. 9. Be it further ordained, That said company in and
upon all its electric system in Savannah, shall use only the
best approved and modern equipment and appliances, to be
approved by the Streets and Lanes Committee, through the
director of public works; that said wires and electrical conductors used by the said company shall be thoroughly insulated, and that such insulation shall at all times be maintained to the satisfaction of the Streets and Lanes Committee of the City Council, or other proper authority appointed
by Council, and that such committee or such other proper
authority shall, at all times, have the right to require samples of all kinds of wires or conductors proposed to be used,
to be submitted to them, or to it, for examination and approval, before the same shall be put up or installed by said
company.
Maps shall be filed with the director of public works as
and when required of said company, by said Streets and
Lanes Committee, showing every proposed or completed conduit and route of every overhead line of wiring.
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See. 10. Be it further ordained, That this franchise is
granted to said lighting company upon the further consideration and condition, that the maximum charges to be
made by said Savannah Lighting Company for electric service, shall be as follows:
(a) For furnishing series alternating street arc lamps
of the most modern type, and the best service, six and fivetenth (6.5) ampere capacity, the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, the rate shall not exceed seventy-two
dollars ($72) per year net, when taken in groups of not less
than one hundred (100).
(b) For furnishing electric current for lighting purposes,
the maximum rate shall not exceed fifteen (15) cents per
one thousand (1,000) Watt hours, enter measurement, less
ten (10) per cent., if paid by the 15th of the succeeding
month.
Sec. 11. Be it further ordained, That all poles shall be
painted and numbered according to existing ordinances,
and the said company shall provide and maintain one crossarm on each pole, for the free use by the municipal authorities of Savannah, of the same, for police or fire alarm telegraph system, or fo^ other purposes.
Sec. 12. Be it further ordained, That in the erection of
poles in the streets, lanes, squares and public places of Savannah, all street or other public places and said squares,
that may be damaged or disturbed in the construction of
said lines of the overhead system, shall be promptly replaced
and repaired by said company, at its own expense, to the
satisfaction of the Committee on Streets and Lanes; provided, however, that if said company shall fail to do so,
after due notice in writing shall have been given by the
municipal authorities to the said company, the Streets and
Lanes Committee may cause the said repairs to be made, and
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collect the expense so incurred, from said company, and it
shall be the duty of said company to pay the same promptly
on demand.
Sec. 13. Be it further ordained, That whenever, in the
judgment of the Committee on Streets and Lanes, work is
necessary to be done by said company on its lines throughout
the City of Savannah, either underground or overhead, upon
notice, in writing, given to said company by said committee, such work shall be promptly done, to the satisfaction of
said committee, who shall, in each instance, be the judge of
the necessity thereof, and if said company shall fail in
responding to the direction of said Streets and Lanes Committee in this regard, it shall be punished as hereinafter
directed.
See. 14. Be it further ordained, That the requirements
made in this ordinance, as to the installation of the underground system in that portion of the city described in Section 3 and in regard to the installation of the overhead system in that) section of the city described in Section 6, and
also in Section 7, and the requirements of this ordinance in
regard to maximum charges for electric service, shall be
deemed and taken as conditions attaching to the exercises
of the franchise granted herein to said company, and the
periods of time mentioned in Sections 4, 6 and 7 shall be
rigidly adhered to by said company, time being considered
of the very essence of this ordinance, and of the agreement
of said company to conform thereto, and if said company
shall fail in providing the service required in and by this
ordinance, within the times mentioned, respectively, ami
within the districts between the north side of Bay, Anderson, East Broad and West Broad streets, and between
Anderson, Forty-second, Habersham and West Broad streets,
or shall make any charge for electrical services exceeding
said maximum charges provided for herein, then, and in
any such event, the franchise granted hereunder shall cease
and determine, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
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of Savannah shall have the right to direct the said company to cease its operations, and to remove its poles and
wires from the streets, lanes, squares and public places
of Savannah, as well as to remove its conduits and wires
from the underground portion specified hereinbefore, it being
the intention of this ordinance in granting this franchise
to give to this municipality and to each and every citizen
. living within said respective districts, the right and privilege
of service by the Savannah Lighting Company under this
franchise, at its established rates, if said city, or such
citizens, so elects, and it is the further intention hereof to
require the company aforesaid to construct its conduits and
lines and so equip itself as to be able to serve this city in
public lighting, .and each and every citizen within said districts, and thus insure competition for all citizens, therefore
this franchise is granted only on the above conditions, and
the company must rigidly adhere to, or lose all rights hereunder.
Sec. 15. Be it further ordained, That if at any time said
company shall sell out to another competing company, or
shall consolidate or merge therewith, or shall buy the stock
or rights of any competing company, then the rights herein
granted shall cease.
See. 16. Be it further ordained, That if said corporation,
or any officer or agent thereof, shall violate the provisions
of this ordinance, or any of them, such corporation shall,
upon conviction before the Police Court in the City of Savannah, be subject to a fine of not exceeding one hundred
($100) dollars, for each and every offense; and, further, if
said corporation shall fail or neglect to carry out the instructions of the Committee on Streets and Lanes under this
ordinance, said corporation shall be subject, upon conviction before the Police Court of the City of Savannah, to a
fine not to exceed fifty ($50) dollars for each and every day's
delay in carry-ing out such instructions.
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Sec. 17- Be it further ordained, That all the existing ordinances of the city of Savannah in relation to poles in streets,
lanes, squares or other public places, and in relation to the
laying of underground conduits, or any other ordinances
now existing affecting such matters, are not affected or repealed hereby, but that, with this qualification, all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with ordinance,
are hereby repealed.
Passed Aug. 18, 1905.
Sidewalks.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time March 1,
1905, read a second time March 15, 1905, placed upon its
passage and passed.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to secure uniformity in the sidewalks on
Bull street in the City of Savannah, Georgia, from Bay to
Gaston street, and also from Park avenue to the city limits,
to provide for the width of said sidewalks, material to be
used in the laying of same, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That on Bull
street, in the City of Savannah, from Bay to Gaston street,
and each side thereof, the sidewalks shall be paved the entire width to the outer curbing, and shall cover the space
now taken up by grass plats, except in the cases of lots
around squares, commonly known as trust lots.
Whenever the present sidewalks on said portion of Bull
street shall become defective and need renewing, and said
renewing shall be determined upon in the manner provided
by law, the property owners shall be required to renew or
relay the entire length of said sidewalks with artificial stone.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That on said Bull street
in the City of Savannah, from Park avenue to the Southern
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city limits, whenever new sidewalks shall be hereafter laid,
or old sidewalks be renewed or relaid, the said sidewalks
shall be of artificial stone, and shall be six (6) feet in width,
with grass plat on each side.
See. 3. Be it further ordained, that as to all sidewalks
provided for in this ordinance, granite curbing shall be used
to enclose the same, and the said curbing shall be four (4)
by eighteen (18) inches.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That all renewing or relaying of sidewalks in compliance herewith shall be. in
accordance with the city ordinances and under the supervision of the director of public works, and that all existing
ordinances with reference to the paving of sidewalks being
required by the property owners, or being done at their
expense, and the remedies of the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah in the event of the failure or refusal of
the property owners to relay or renew as hereinbefore provided for, shall apply to the sidewalks on said portions of
Bull street, as hereinbefore set out.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, shall be
amended or repealed so far as the same relate to said portion
of Bull street.
Passed March 15, 1905.
Uniformity in Sidewalks.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time, May 24,
1905, read a second time, June 7, 1905, and laid on the table.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to secure uniformity in the sidewalks in the^City of
Savannah mentioned in this ordinance, to provide for the
width of sidewalks and roadways, the material to be used
for the sidewalks, and for other purposes," adopted April
5,1899, by including several streets, and parts of streets, not
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mentioned in said ordinance, by making changes as to kind
of material to be used in sidewalks, and as to the width of
sidewalks, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the second
section of said ordinance, mentioned in the foregoing caption, adopted April 5, 1899, be and the same is hereby
amended in the following particulars:
(a) The words "First street," "Second street," "Third
street," "Seventh street," "Eighth street," "Ninth street"
and "Tenth street" are stricken out, and, in lieu thereof,
respectively, the words "Thirty-first street," "Thirtysecond street," "Thirty-third street," "Thirty-seventh
street," "Thirty-eighth street," "Thirty-ninth street" and
"Fortieth street" are hereby inserted.
(b) The words "West Broad street," wherever they occur
in said section, are stricken out, and in lieu thereof, the
words "Ogeechee road" are hereby inserted.
(c) In the sentence wherein "Seventh street," now "Thirty-seventh street," is referred to, and its roadway and sidewalks defined, just after the word "street,'.' being the second
word in said sentence, these words shall be, and are hereby
inserted, viz.: "from East Broad street to Ogeeehee road."
(d) As to the sentence touching "Eighth," "Ninth" and
"Tenth" streets, now known as "Thirty-eighth," "Thirtyninth" and "Fortieth" streets, the words, in each, "from
Abercorn to Burroughs streets" are stricken out and in lieu
thereof these words are hereby inserted, viz.: ""From East
Broad street to Ogeechee road."
(e) At the end of the sentence relating to "Tenth" street,
and just after the last word therein, to-wit, "mentioned,"
these clauses are inserted before the succeeding words, "The
sidewalks mentioned," namely: "Thirty-fourth street,
Thirty-fifth street and Thirty-sixth street shall have sidewalks from East Broad street to Ogeechee road, to be laid
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in accordance with this ordinance. Forty-first street and
Forty-second street shall have sidewalks from Abercorn
street to Florance street, to be laid in accordance with this
ordinance."
(f) The words "hard brick" in the next to the last sentence in said second section are stricken out, and these words
are inserted in their stead, to-wit: "material satisfactory
to the Committee on Streets and Lanes."
So that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:
"Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That Anderson street,
from East Broad street to Laurel Grove Cemetery, shall
have a roadway of thirty-two (32) feet in width, sidewalks
on either side thereof nine (9) feet in width and grass plats
on either side thereof five (5) feet in width. Thirty-first
street, from East Broad street to Ogeeehee road, shall have
a roadway thirty-two (32) feet in width, sidewalks on either
side thereof nine (9) feet in width, and grass plats on
either side thereof three and one-half (3V-j) feet in width.
Thirty-second street, from East Broad street to Ogeeehee
road, shall have a roadway thirty-two (32) feet in width,
sidewalks on either side thereof nine (9) feet in width, and
grass plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in width.
Thirty-third street, from East Broad street to Ogeeehee
road, shall have a roadway of thirty-two (32) feet in width,
sidewalks on either side thereof nine (9) feet in width, and
grass plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in width.
Brady street, from Bull to Barnard street, shall have a roadway of thirty-two (32) feet in width, sidewalks on either
side thereof nine (9) feet in width, and grass plats on either
side thereof five (5) feet in width. Thirty-seventh street,
from East Broad street to Ogeeehee road, shall have two
roadways of twenty-five (25) feet each in width, one on the
north and the other on the south side of the street, with sidewalks on either side thereof ten (10) feet in width, grass
plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in width and a
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twenty -(20) foot center bed. Thirty-eighth street, from
East Broad street to Ogeeehea road, shall have a roadway
thirty-two (32) feet in width, on the east side of Bull street,
the sidewalk on either side of Thirty-eighth street shall be
six (6) feet in width and grass plat three (3) feet in width,
and on the west side of Bull street the sidewalks of Thirtyeighth street, on either side thereof, five (5) feet in width,
and the grass plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in
width. Thirty-ninth street, from East Broad street to Ogeechee road, shall have a roadway thirty-two (32) feet in
width; on the east side of Bull street the sidewalks of said
Thirty-ninth street, on either side thereof, shall be six (6)
feet in width and the grass plats three (3) feet in width;
on the west side of Bull street the sidewalks of Thirty-ninth
street shall be nine (9) feet in width on either side thereof,
and the grass plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in
width. The roadway of Fortieth street, from East Broad
street to Ogeechee road, shall be thirty-two (32) feet in
width, and the sidewalks and grass plats, east and west of
Bull street, shall be of the same width as those of Thirtyeighth and Thirty-ninth streets just mentioned.
"Thirty-fourth street, Thirty-fifth street and Thirty-sixth
street shall have sidewalks from East Broad street to Ogeeehee road, to be laid in accordance with this ordinance.
Forty-first street and Forty-second street shall have sidewalks from Abercorn street to Floranee street, to be laid in
accordance with this ordinance.
"The sidewalks mentioned in this section shall be paved
by the property owners and with material satisfactory to
the committee of the Council of the City of Savannah known
i-a the Committee on Streets and Lanes, within eight months
from the passage of this ordinance. Should the pavements
not be laid within the time mentioned, then the City of
Savannah shall proceed to lay the said pavements with
material satisfactory to the Committee on Streets and Lanes
and at the expense of the property owners.
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"Whenever pavements are laid under any section of this
ordinance granite curbing shall be used to enclose the same,
and the said curbing shall be four (4) by eighteen (18)
inches."
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the third section of
said original ordinance be and the same is hereby amended
in these particulars, to-wit:
(a) In the clause wherein Barnard street is referred to
the word "Seventh" shall be and is stricken out and in lieu
thereof the words "Forty-second" are inserted, so that said
clause shall read, to-wit: "Barnard street, from Andersen
to Forty-second street, shall have a roadway," etc., as specified in said original clause.
(b) In the next to the last line of said section, the words
"hard brick" shall be and are elided, and in lieu thereof
these words are inserted to-wit: "materials satisfactory to
the Committee on Streets and Lanes."
(c) At the end of said section third of the original ordinance the following shall be and is added, to-wit: "As to
the sidewalks provided lor in Section 2 and Section 3 of this
ordinance, whenever artificial stone is used for the same,
the minimum width of such sidewalks shall be five (5) feet,
in lieu of the width prescribed in said sections for the same.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That said ordinance of
April 5, 1899, in all other respects than as herein amended,
shall be and remain in its full and original force, and that
all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with such
ordinance of April 5, 1899, and this amended ordinance be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Passed June 7,1905. ____
Uniformity in Sidewalks.
An ordinance read in Council for the first time May 24,
1905, read a second time June 7, 1905, and laid on the table.
Taken from the table July 19th, 1905, amended, placed upon
its passage and passed.
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By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to secure uniformity in the sidewalks in the city of
Savannah mentioned in this ordinance, to provide for the
width of sidewalks and roadways, the material to be used
for the sidewalks, and for other purposes," adopted April
5, 1899, by including several streets and parts of streets, not
mentioned in said ordinance, by making changes as to kind
of material to be used in sidewalks, and as to the width of
sidewalks, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the second
section of said ordinance, mentioned in the foregoing caption, adopted April 5, 1899, be and the same is hereby
amended in the following particulars:
(a) The words "First street," "Second street," "Third
street," "Seventh street," "Eighth street," "Ninth street"
and "Tenth street" are stricken out, and in lieu thereof,
respectively, the words "Thirty-first street," "Thirty-second
street," "Thirty-third street," "Thirty-seventh street,"
"Thirty-eighth street," "Thirty-ninth street" and "Fortieth
street" are inserted.
(b) The words ""West Broad street," wherever they occur
in said section, are stricken out, and in lieu thereof the words
"Ogeeeb.ee road" are hereby inserted.
(c) In the sentence wherein "Seventh street," now "Thirty-seventh street," is referred to, and its roadway and sidewalks defined, just after the word "street," being the
second word in said sentence, these words shall be, and are
hereby inserted, viz: "from western right of way of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to Bulloch street."
(d) As to the sentence touching "Eighth," "Ninth" and
"Tenth" streets, now known as "Thirty-eighth," "Thirtyninth" and "Fortieth" streets, the words, in each, "from
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Abercorn to Burroughs streets" are stricken out and in lieu
thereof these words are hereby inserted, viz.: "Prom
western right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company to Bulloch street."
(e) At the end of the sentence relating to "Tenth" street,
and just after the last word therein, to-wit, "mentioned,"
these clauses are inserted before the succeeding words, "The
sidewalks mentioned," namely: "Thirty-fourth street,
Thirty-fifth street and shall have sidewalks from western
right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
to Ogeechee road, and Thirty-sixth street shall have sidewalks from the western right of way of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company to Bulloch street, to be laid in accordance with this ordinance. Forty-first street and Fortysecond street shall have sidewalks from the western right
of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to
Bulloch street, to be laid in accordance with this ordinance."
(f) The words "hard brick" in the next to the last sentence in said second section are stricken out, and these words
are inserted in their stead, to-wit: "material satisfactory to
the Committee on Streets and Lanes."
So that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:
"Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That Anderson street,
from East Broad street to Laurel Grove Cemetery, shall
have a roadway of thirty-two (32) feet in width, sidewalks
on either side thereof nine (9) feet in width and grass plats
on either side thereof five (5) feet in width. Thirty-first
street, from western right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company to Ogeechee road, shall have a roadway
thirty-two (32) feet in width, sidewalks on either side
thereof nine (9) feet in width, and grass plats on either side
thereof three and dne-half (3X4) feet in width. Thirty-second
street, from western right of way of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company to Ogeechee road, shall have a roadway thirty-two (32) feet in width, sidewalks on either side
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thereof nine (9) feet in width, and grass plats on either
side thereof five (5) feet in width. Thirty-third street from
western right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company to Ogeechee road, shall have a roadway of thirtytwo (32) feet in width, sidewalks on either side thereof nine
(9) feet in width, and grass plats on either side thereof five
(5) feet in width. Brady street, from Bull to Barnard
street, shall have a roadway of thirty-two (32) feet in width,
sidewalks on either side thereof nine (9) feet in width, and
grass plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in width
Thirty-seventh street, from western right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to Bulloeh street, shall
have two roadways of twenty-five (25) feet each in width,
one on the north and the other on the south side of the
street, with sidewajks on either side thereof ten (10) feet
in width, grass plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in
width and a twenty (20) foot center bed. Thirty-eighth
street from western right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company to Bulloeh street, shall have a roadway
thirty-two (32) feet in width, on the east side of Bull street,
the sidewalk on either side of Thirty-eighth street shall be
six (6) feet in with and grass plat three (3) feet in width,
and on the west side of Bull street the sidewalks of Thirtyeighth street, on either side thereof, five (5) feet in width,
and the grass plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in
width. Thirty-ninth street, from western right of way of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to Bulloeh street,
shall have a roadway thirty-two (32) feet in width; on the
east side of Bull street the sidewalks of said Thirty-ninth
street, on either side thereof, shall be six (6) feet in width
and the grass plats three (3) feet in width; on the west side
of Bull street the sidewalks of Thirty-ninth street shall be
nine (9) feet in width on either side thereof, and the grass
plats on either side thereof five (5) feet in width. The roadway of Fortieth street, from western right of way of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to Bulloeh street,
shall be thirty-two (32) feet in width, and the sidewalks
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and grass plats, east and west of Bull street, shall be of the
same width as those of Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth streets
just mentioned.
"Thirty-fourth street and Thirty-fifth street shall have
sidewalks from western right of way of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company to Ogeechee road, and Thirty-sixth
street shall have sidewalks from the western right of way of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to Bulloch street,
to be laid in accordance with this ordinance. Forty-first
street and Forty-second street shall have sidewalks from
western right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company to Bulloch street, to be laid in accordance with
this ordinance.
"The sidewalks mentioned in this section shall be paved
by the property owners and with material satisfactory to the
committee of the Council of the city of Savannah known as
the Committee on Streets and Lanes, within eight months
from the passage of this ordinance. Should the pavements
not be laid within the time mentioned, then the city of
Savannah shall proceed to lay the said pavements with material satisfactory to the Committee on Streets and Lanes
and at the expense of the property owners.
"Whenever pavements are laid under any section of this
ordinance granite curbing shall be used to enclose the same,
and the said curbing shall be four (4) by eighteen inches."
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the third section of
said original ordinance be and the same is hereby amended
in these particulars, to-wit:
(a) In the clause wherein Barnard street is referred to
the word "Seventh" shall be and is stricken out and in lieu
thereof the words "Forty-second" are inserted, so that said
clause shall read, to-wit: "Barnard street, from Anderson
to Forty-second street, shall have a roadway," etc., as specified in said original clause.
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(b) In the next to the last line of said section the words
"hard brick" shall be and are elided, and in lieu thereof
these words are inserted to-wit: "materials satisfactory to
the committee on Streets and Lanes."
(c) At the end of said section third of the original ordinance the following shall be and is added, to-wit: "As to
the sidewalks provided for in Section 2 and Section 3 of this
ordinance, whenever artificial stone is used for the same,
the minimum width of such sidewalks shall be five (5) feet,"
in lieu of the width prescribed in said sections for the same.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That said ordinance of
April 5, 1899, in all other respects than as herein amended,
shall be and remain in its full and original force, and that
all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with such
ordinance of April 5, 1899, and this amended ordinance be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Passed July 19, 1905.
Skating on Sidewalks and in Parks and Squares.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Aug. 25, 1905,
and by unanimous consent of Council read a second time,
placed upon its passage and passed.
By Alderman Harman:
An ordinance to regulate skating upon the sidewalks,
walks, crossings and parks and squares of the city of Savannah, to provide penalties for the breach thereof, and for
other purposes.
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
any person to skate upon roller skates upon any sidewalk or
upon the walk or crossing of any park or square in the City
of Savannah, except upon the walk through the center of the
292 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Park Extension, from Hall street to Park avenue, and the
walks in, through and about Emmet Park; provided, it shall
be unlawful for any person to skate in said excepted places
upon skates with steel or metal rollers.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That any person violating
the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction in the
Police Court of the city of Savannah be fined in a sum not
exceeding $100 or imprisonment 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 be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Passed Aug. 25th, 1905.
Begnlating Traffic on Streets.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Aug. 2, 1905,
read a second time Aug. 16, 1905, placed upon its passage
and passed.
By Alderman Harman:
An ordinance touching the streets, thoroughfares and public places of Savannah, Ga., regulating the use of and providing for good order in and about the same, so as to prevent injuries to persons and property, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the city of Savannah, in Council assembled, That it shall
be the duty of the city police force to see to it that all engines, steam or street cars, automobiles, wagons and other
vehicles of every description propelled or driven on or
across the streets, ^horoughfares or other public places of
Savannah, and all bicycles and riding animals thereon, shall
be operated, handled, guided and managed by -those in
charge of the same, respectively, with care and caution, so
as to avoid damage to person and property.
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Policemen shall be stationed at such points in. this city as
may be deemed by the superintendent necessary and proper,
so as to carry out the provisions of this ordinance, and to
prevent unnecessary obstructions of streets and highways
by such engines, cars, automobiles, vehicles, bicycles or
animals, so as to keep the streets and thoroughfares free
and open for travel, and to protect pedestrians and other
persons, and property of all kinds thereon.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all automobiles,
wagons and other vehicles, bicycles and riding animals shall
keep to the right in passing over or traversing the streets
or thoroughfares of this city, and the persons handling, driving or riding the same shall see to it that this is done.
It shall not be lawful for cars, automobiles and other
vehicles, bicycles or animals to be propelled, driven or ridden so near each other that there shall not be openings sufficient between the same for free passage of pedestrians crossing the streets.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That the superintendent
of police, his officers and the policemen on duty shall be and
are hereby empowered and directed to see to it that the
provisions of this ordinance and of other ordinances applicable, are complied with, and are further empowered to order
engines, steam cars, street cars, automobiles, wagons and
other vehicles, bicycles, equestrians or pedestrians to stop,
to move on, to move backwards, to go slow, or to move faster,
as emergencies may demand, in the judgment of said superintendent, officers or policemen, and such respective orders
shall be promptly obeyed, by those to whom they shall be
directed, the burden being on the police to keep sidewalks,
streets and all thoroughfares clear and open, not only on
ordinary occasions, but also, in cases of fire, riots, great
crowds, parades, public demonstrations or upon other extraordinary occasions.
294 MAYOR'S ANNUAL BEPORT.
Any persons disobeying any order of said superintendent,
police officers or policemen, as aforesaid, shall be subject to
all the penalties of this ordinance, in addition to those of
other ordinances which may apply.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That any person or any
corporation doing any act or thing contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, or disobeying any order of said
superintendent, police officers or of policemen on duty, as
aforesaid, shall be punished, on conviction before the Police
Court of the city of Savannah, for each and every such offense, by a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100.00) dollars,
or by imprisonment, not exceeding thirty (30) days, either
or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed Aug. 16th, 1905.
Naming of Streets.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time March 29,
1905, read a second time April 12, 1905, amended, placed
upon its passage and passed:
By Alderman D. R. Thomas:
An ordinance to provide for the designation and naming
of certain streets within the corporate limits of the city of
Savannah and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the city of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the street
immediately north of the right of way of the Central of
Georgia Railway Company and extending from the Augusta
road to Lathrop avenue, shall be known and designated as
"Augusta avenue."
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Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the street in the
western portion of Savannah, being immediately west of the
Ocean Steamship Company's property, and extending from
Bay street extension to the Louisville road, running through
the viaduct under the right of way of the Central of Georgia
Railway Company, and formerly called the "Old Waterworks road," shall be known and designated as "Lathrop
avenue."
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That the street laid out
through lot numbered eighteen (18), Springfield plantation,
extending from the Louisville road to the Savannah and
Ogeeehee canal, shall be known and designated as "Pritchard street."
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That the street lying between lots numbered ninety-two (92) and ninety-three (93),
Springfield plantation, and running from Spring street to
Stiles avenue, shall be known and designated as "Eyals
avenue."
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That the first street north
of Gwinnett street, between East Broad street and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, shall be known and designated
as "Entelman street."
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, That the street lying between the Savannah Union Station Company's property and
"Brow ditch," in Springfield plantation, and extending
from Dixon to Gwinnett street shall be known and designated as "Philpot street."
Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, That the street in Springfield plantation heretofore called "West Boundary street,"
between lots sixty-nine (69) and seventy (70), and extending
from Roberts street to Sycamore street, shall be known and
designated as "West Boundary street."
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That the proposed street
in Springfield plantation, through lots numbered fifty-seven
(57), fifty-eight (58), and fifty-nine (59), covering "Center
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ditch," and being fifty (50) feet wide, extending from Dixon
to Gwinnett street, shall be known and designated as "Winn
street."
Sec. 9. Be it further ordained, That the first street east
of MeAllister street in Jones ward, and extending from
Jackson street to what would be an extension of Liberty
street, shall be known and designated as "Shields street."
Sec. 10. Be it further ordained, That the street in Hull
ward, lying between Sections one (l).and two (2), formerly
in Eastville, extending from Waters avenue in a southeasterly direction, shall be known and designated as "Culvei
street."
See. 11. Be it further ordained, That the street in HuU
ward, lying between Sections two (2) and three (3), formerly Eastville, extending from Waters avenue to Thunder
bolt road, shall be known and designated as "Wright street."
Sec. 12. Be it further ordained, That the thoroughfare
formerly called "Thunderbolt road," being north of Hull
ward and Eastville, extending from Waters avenue to the
eastern corporate limits, shall be known and designated as
"Moore avenue."
Sec. 13. Be it further ordained, That the street lying between Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh streets, and extending from Haines street to the Millen lots, shall be known
and designated as "Hamilton street."
Sec. 14. Be it further ordained, That the ways or thoroughfares recently laid out in the Old Waterworks tract,
west of the city of Savannah, in accordance with plan made
by the City Engineer June 1, 1904, and subsequently adopted
by Council, are hereby designated and named as follows:
The way or thoroughfare laid out on said plan being sixty
(60) feet wide and extending from Stiles avenue eastwardly
along the northern side of lots three (3) and four (4) to the
eastern boundary of said Old Waterworks tract, shall be
known and designated as "Miller avenue."
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 297
That certain street or thoroughfare shown on said plan,
being fifty (50) feet wide, extending from the above named
Miller avenue in a southerly direction, immediately west
of lots four (4), six (6), eight (8), ten (10) and twelve (12)
of said Old Waterworks tract, to the southern boundary of
said tract, shall be known and designated as "Hopewell
avenue."
That certain street or thoroughfare shown on said plan,
being thirty (30) feet wide and extending from the eastern
boundary of the Old Waterworks tract, south of lots numbers seven (7) and eight (8), on said plan to Stiles avenue,
shall be known and designated as "McKenna street."
That certain street or thoroughfare fifty (50) feet wide,
shown on said plan, extending from the eastern boundary
of the Old Waterworks tract, along the southern boundary
of said tract, to Stiles avenue, shall be known and designated
as "Eankin street."
Sec. 15. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed April 12, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Feb. 1, 1905,
and by unanimous consent read the second time, and placed
upon its passage and unanimously adopted. Before the
passage of this ordinance Council heard evidence touching
the correctness of the said statement and assessment roll
and duly verified the same.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to establish official statement and assessment roll touching the improvement of River street, in the
city of Savannah, Georgia, from the west property line of
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Farm street to the west property line of Water street, as
made under an ordinance of the city of Savannah adopted
Dec. 23, 1903.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the statement and assessment roll submitted to Council by the director of public works for the City of Savannah, and the
Committee on Streets and Lanes of said city, made under an
ordinance adopted Dec. 23,1903, and entitled "An ordinance
for the improvement of River street from the west property
line of Farm street to the west property line of Water
street, under the terms and provisions of an act of the
Legislature of Georgia, approved October 1, 1887," be,
and they are hereby declared to be, the official statement and assessment roll of said improvement, under said
ordinance, the said statement and assessment roll being that
entitled: "Statement and Assessment Roll for Improving
River street. Statement showing the cost of improvements
of River street in the City of Savannah, Ga., beginning at
the west property line of Farm street and ending at the
west property line of Water street; as under an ordinance
of the City of Savannah, passed Dec. 23, 1903. With au
assessment roll of showing as to two-thirds of this cost, how
it is apportioned among the several abutting parcels, and
giving the sums chargeable to each parcel, with the names
of the owners." And the clerk of Council of the city of
Savannah is hereby directed to mark said statement and
assessment roll filed as of this date, and 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 directed to make out and send to
the property owners, including the railroad company, a Lill
for the respective amounts due by them, as provided for
by said ordinance. Should the said bills be not paid within
thirty (30) days from the date of the bills, then it shall be
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the duty. of the treasurer to issue executions as provided
for. by said ordinance, which shall be made and levied 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.
Passed Feb. 1st, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Feb. 15, 1905,
read a second time March 1, 1905, placed upon its passage 5
and passed, all members voting in the affirmative, except i
Alderman Oliver, voting no: j
By the Committee of the "Whole: \
An ordinance for the improvement of "Whitaker street,
in the city of Savannah, from the south property line of i
Oglethorpe avenue to the south property line of Gaston <
street, except the Liberty street intersection, under the terms
and provisions of an act of the Legislature of Georgia, ap- j
proved Oct. 1, 1887, and also under the terms and provisions !
of an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, entitled: " An j
act to provide for renewing or repairing any pavement now
laid or to be laid in any city of this state having a popula- ]
tion over twenty thousand (20,000)," approved Oct. 10, ]
1891, said last named act being codified in Section 724 of the |
Code of Georgia, and for other purposes: ]
Whereas, At meeting of the City Council of Savannah, I
held Nov. 9, 1904, certain resolutions were introduced by
the Committee of the "Whole and adopted by Council, touch-
ing the cobblestone pavement on Whitaker street in this -,
city, between Oglethorpe avenue and the south property i
line of Gaston street, by the terms of which resolutions the ,
director of public works and the city engineer were di- I
reeted to make a thorough and close examination of said '
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pavement of cobblestone on said Whitaker street, so as to
ascertain its true condition and as to whether or not it is
worn to such an extent as to be no longer servicable us a
good pavement, and these officers were directed to make
a detailed report to Council concerning such pavement and
their examination thereof; and,
Whereas, At a meeting of the said City Council held
on Nov. 23, 1904, the said officers made their report to Council, showing that they had made an examination of said
portion of Whitaker street and the cobblestone pavement
thereon, and reported that said pavement is unsanitary and
is worn to such an extent as to be no longer servicable as a
good pavement; and,
Whereas, At the present meeting of Council said officers
have been, in open Council, sworn and examined concerning
their said report, and Council at this meeting adopts resolutions declaring that, being fully informed in the premises
by the reports of said officers and by their testimony, as
well as by other evidence, the said cobblestone pavement
on said portion of Whitaker street is, in the judgment of
Council, unsanitary and is worn to such an extent as to be
no longer servieable as a good pavement, and it is so determined, and further declaring that said portion of Whitaker
street should be repaved, as soon as practicable, with vitrified brick, all members of Council present voting for the
adoption of said last-named resolution; and,
Whereas, The city of Savannah has a population of over
twenty thousand (20,000); therefore,
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, and also under the terms and
provisions of an act entitled, "An act to provide for renewing or repairing any pavement now laid or to be laid in any
city of the state having a population over twenty thousand
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 801
(20,000)," approved Oct. 10, 1891, said last-named act being
codified in Section 724 of the Code of Georgia, and it having
been determined by Council that the present cobblestone
pavement on Whitaker street, between Oglethorpe avenue
and the south property line of Gaston street, is unsanitary
and is worn to such an extent as to be no longer serviceable
as a good pavement, so as to make the repaving of such portion of said street necessary, that the director of public
works for the city of Savannah and the Committee on
Streets and Lanes of said city be and they are hereby authorized and directed to build and construct on Whitaker
street, in the city of Savannah, from the south property
line of Oglethorpe avenue to the south property line of Gaston street, except Liberty, an intersecting street, which
has been heretofore paved, a roadway of vitrified brick
twenty-seven (27) feet in width between the curbing, said
pavement at all street and lane intersections to extend over
the full width of said Whitaker streetthat is to say, to
lines coincident with the respective property lines, except
on Liberty, said intersecting street already paved; and
they are authorized and directed to lay the necessary curbing and to do all 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 on said portion of Whitaker street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad
company having tracks running through said portion of
Whitaker street to be improved under this ordinance, is
hereby required to pave the width of its tracks and two
feet on each side of every* line of the tracks of said street
railroad company with vitrified brick, as the said work
progresses, and in the event this is not done by the said
company, the said director of public works and the said
committee shall see to its being done at .the expense of said
railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That after the total cost
of said work, exclusive of that done by or for a street rail-
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road company, shall have been ascertained, one-third of
such total cost shall be paid out of the city treasury, and
the other two-thirds (2-3) by the persons owning at the date
of the adoption of this ordinance the real estate abutting
on the said portion of Whitaker street to be improved under this ordinance, according to frontage, and the pro rata
amount of the cost of such work is hereby assessed against
the said abutting real estate and its owners, as aforesaid,
according to frontage.
The frontage of intersecting streets and lanes is assessed
as real estate abutting on said portion of Whitaker 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 of the cost of such work, according to frontage, in
addition to its one-third (1-3) of the entire cost, as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That after the improvement hereinbefore provided for has been completed, the
said director and the said committee shall prepare and
submit to the Council of the city of Savannah a statement showing the cost of the improvement herein provided
for, and also an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds
(2-3) of the cost to be apportioned, how it is apportioned
among the several abutting parcels, including the street
and lane intersections, and giving the sum chargeable to
each parcel with the name of the owner.
Upo:a 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 execution for
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 803
the amount, together with costs, against the persons and
property aforesaid, which executions 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 any railroad
company, and should such company fail or refuse to pay a
bill for the same thirty (30) days after the presentation
or sending of the same, it shall be the duty of the city
treasurer to issue execution against said company and its
property for said bill, 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 her?h>
repealed.
Passed March 1, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Feb. 15, 1905.
read a second time March 1, 1905, amended, placed upon its
passage and passed, all members present (12) voting in the
affirmative:
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance for the improvement of Abercorn street
from the north property line of Park avenue to the south
property line of Hall 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 director of public works
for the city of Savannah and the Committee on Streets and
Lanes of said city, be, and they are hereby authorized and
directed to build and construct on Abercorn street, in the
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city of Savannah, Georgia, from the north property line
of Park avenue to the south property line of Hall street,
a roadway of vitrified brick forty-five (45) feet in width
between the curbing, said pavement at all street and lane
intersections to extend over the full width of said Abercorn street, that is to say to lines coincident with the re->
spective property lines, and they are authorized and directed to lay the necessary curbing, and 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 on said portion of Abercorn street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad
company having tracks running through said portion of
Abercorn street to be improved under this ordinance, is
hereby required to pave the width of its tracks and two
feet on each side of every line of the tracks of said street
railroad company, with vitrified brick, as the work progresses, and in the event this is not done by said company
the said director of public works and the said committee
shall see to its being done, at the expense of said railroad
company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That after the total <sost
of said work, exclusive of that done by or for a street 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 (2-3) by the persons owning at the
date of the adoption of this ordinance, the real estate abutting on the said portion of Abercorn street to be improved
under this ordinance, according to frontage, and the pro
rata amount of the cost of such work is hereby assessed
against the said abutting real estate and its owners, as aforesaid, according to frontage.
The frontage of intersecting streets and lanes is ass&ased
as real estate abuting on said portion of Abercorn street
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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 such work, according to frontage, in
addition to its one-third (1-3) of the entire cost as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That after the improvement hereinbefore provided for has been completed, the
said director and the said committee shall prepare and
submit to the Council of the city of Savannah a statement
showing the cost of the improvement herein provided for,
and also an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds (2-3)
of the cost to be apportioned, how it is apportioned among
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 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 any railroad
company,- and should such -company fail or refuse to pay
a bill for the same thirty (30) days after the presentation
or sending of the same, it shall be the duty of the city
treasurer to issue execution against said company and its
property for said bill, together with costs, which shall be
made and levied as are executions for city taxes.
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Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Passed March 1st, 1906.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time March 29,
1905, read a second time April 12, 1905, placed upon its
passage and passed, all members present (13) voting in
affirmative :
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance for the improvement of Gwinnett street
from the east property line of Drayton street to the east
property line of Harmon 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 director of public
\vorks of the city of Savannah and the Committee on Streets
and Lanes of said city, be, and they are hereby authorized
and directed to build and construct on Gwinnett street, in
the city of Savannah, from the east property line of Dra/ton
street to the east property line of Harmon street, a roadway of vitrified brick forty (40) feet in width between
the curbing, said pavement at all street and lane intersections to extend over the full width of said Gwinnett
street, that is to say, to lines coincident with the respective
property lines, except the intersection of Habersham street,
which has already been paved, and the intersection of
Abereorn street, where paving has already been provided
for by ordinance, and also excepting that portion of Gwinnett street lying within the subway constructed underneath
the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com-
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pany, including the approaches to said subway to the eastward and to the westward, as far as the respective ends of
the retaining walls, the paving of all of said subway in
Gwinnett street and its approaches having been heretofore
provided for; and they are authorized and directed to lay
the necessary curbing, and to do all the work in the way of
grading, the placing of catch basins, drains, and all other
things incident to the construction and completion of said
roadway on said portion of said Gwinnett street, including
the construction and paving of a suitable bridge the full
width of said street over and across Bilbo canal.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad
company having tracks running through said portion of
Gwinnett street to be improved under this ordinance, is
hereby required to pave the width of its tracks and two feet
on each side of every line of the tracks of said street railroad company with vitrified brick, as the work progresses,
and in the event this is not done by said company, the said
director of public works and the said committee shall see
to its being done at the expense of said railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That after the total cost
of said work, exclusive of that done by or for a street 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 (2-3) by the persons owning at the date
of the adoption of this ordinance, the real estate abutting
on the said portion of Gwinnett street to be improved under
this ordinance, according to frontage, and the pro rata
amount of the cost of such work is hereby assessed against
the said abutting real estate and its owners, as aforesaid,
according to frontage.
The frontage of intersecting streets and lanes and of said
Bilbo canal is assessed as real estate abutting on said portion of Gwinnett 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
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pro rata as such owner of the cost of such 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
said director and the said committee shall prepare and
submit to the City Council of Savannah a statement showing the cost of the improvement herein provided for, and
also an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds (2-3) of the
cost to be apportioned, how it is apportioned among the
several abutting parcels, including the street, lane and canal
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 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 any railroad
company, and should such company fail or refuse to pay a
bill for the same thirty (30) days after the presentation
or sending of the same, it shall be the duty of the city treasurer to issue execution against said company and its property for said bill, 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.
Passed April 12th, 1905.
MATCH'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time June 7, 1905,
read a second time June 21, 1905, and laid on the table, and
on motion reconsidered and taken from the table and adopted by nine votes in the affirmative, Alderman R. J. Davant
voting nay:
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance for the improvement of Harmon street from
the south property line of Gwinnett street to the north
property line of Henry street, under the terms and provisions of an act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved
Oct. 1, 1887.
Sec. 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 director of public works for
the city of Savannah and the Committee on Streets and
Lanes of said city be, and they are hereby, authorized and
directed to build and construct on Harmon street, in the
City of Savannah, from the south property line of Gwinnett
street to the north property lines of Henry street, a roadway
of vitrified brick thirty (30) feet in width between curbing,
said pavement at all street and lane intersections to extend
over the full width of said Harmon street, that is to say,
to lines coincident with the respective property lines, and
they are authorized and directed to lay the necessary curbing and 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 on said> portion of Harmon street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad
company having tracks running through said portion of
Harmon street to be improved under this ordinance, is
hereby required to pave the width of its tracks and two
feet on each side of every line of the tracks of said street
310 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
railroad company, with vitrified brick as the said work
progresses, and in the event this is not done by said company, the said director of public works and the said committee shall see t.o its being done at the expense of the said
street railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That, after the total cost
of said work exclusive of that done by or for a street railroad company, shall have been ascertained, one-third (1-3)
of such total cost shall be paid out of the city treasury and
the other two-thirds (2-3) by the persons owning at the date
of the adoption of this ordinance, the real estate abutting
on the said portion of Harmon street to be improved under
this ordinance, according to frontage, and the pro rata
amount of the cost of such work is hereby assessed against
the said abutting real estate and its owners, as aforesaid,
according to frontage.
The frontage of intersecting streets and lanes is assessed
as real estate abutting on said portion of Harmon 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 of the cost of said work according to frontage, in
addition to its one-third (1-3) of the entire cost, as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That after the improvement hereinbefore provided for has been completed, the
said director and the said committee shall prepare and
submit to the Council of the City of Savannah, a statement
showing the cost of the improvement herein provided for,
and also an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds (2-3)
of the cost to be apportioned, how it is apportioned among
the several abutting parcels, including the street and lane
intersections, and giving the sum chargeable to each parcel,
with the name of the owper,
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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 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 any street railroad company, and should such company fail or refuse to pay a bill
for the same thirty (3.0) days after the presentation or sending of the same, it shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to
issue execution against said company and its property for
said bill, 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 read in Council for the first time June 7,
1905, read a second time June 21, 1905, and placed upon its
passage and passed.
Passed June 21, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
An ordinance for the improvement of a portion of Jones
street, in,the City of Savannah, Georgia, from the east
property line of Tattnall street to the west property line of
Drayton street, except the Bull and Whitaker street intersections, under the terms and provisions of an act of the
Legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, and also
under the terms and provisions of an act of the General
312 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Assembly of Georgia, entitled, "An act to provide for renewing or repairing any pavement now laid or to be laid in
any city of this state having a population over twenty
thousand (20,000)," approved Oct. 10, 1891, said lastnamed act being codified in Section 724, of the Code of
Georgia, and for other purposes.
Whereas, at meeting of the City Council of Savannah,
held June 7, 1905, certain resolutions were introduced by
the Committee on Streets and Lanes, and adopted by Council, touching the shell pavement on Jones street, in Savannah, Georgia, between Tattnall and Drayton streets, by the
terms of which resolution the director of public works and
the city engineer were directed to make a thorough and
close examination of said pavement of shell on said portion
of Jones street, so as to ascertain its true condition, and
as to whether it is worn to such an extent as to be no longer
servicable as a good pavement, cutting into the same wherever deemed necessary, and these officers were directed to
make a detailed report to Council concerning such pavement and their examinations thereof, which report condemning said pavement has been made; and,
"Whereas, At the present meeting of Council, held on June
21, 1905, said officers have been, in open Council, sworn and
examined concerning their said report, and Council at this
meeting adopts resolutions, declaring that, being fully informed in the premises by the reports of said officers and
by their testimony, as well as by other evidence, said shell
pavement on said portion of Jones street is, in the judgment of Council, worn to such an extent as to be no longer
serviceable as a good pavement, and further declaring that
said portion of Jones street should be re-paved, as soon as
practicable, with vitrified brick, all members of Council
present voting for the adoption of said last-named resolution ; and,
"Whereas, the City of Savannah has a population over
twenty thousand (20,000); therefore,
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Section !. 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, and also under the terms and provisions of an act entitled, "An act to provide for renewing
or repairing any pavement now laid or to be laid in any
city of this state having a population over twenty thousand (20,000)," approved Oct. 10, 1891, said last-named act
being codified in Section 724, of the Code of Georgia, and it
having been determined by Council that the present shell
pavement on said portion of Jones street, between Tattnall
and Drayton streets, is worn to such an extent as to be no
longer servicable as a good pavement, so as to make the
repaving of said portion of said street necessary, that the
Director of Public Works and the Committee on Streets
and Lanes of said city, be, and they are hereby, authorized
and directed to build and construct on Jones street, in the
City of Savannah, from the east property line of Tatrnall
street to the west property line of Drayton street, excepting the intersections of Whitaker and Bull streets, the paving of which has already been provided for, a roadway of
vitrified brick forty (40) feet in width, between the curbing,
said pavement at all street and lane intersections to extend
over the full width of said Jones street, that is to say, to
lines coincident with the respective property lines, except on
Whitaker and Bull streets, said intersecting streets for
which pavement has already been provided; and they are
authorized and directed to lay the necessary curbing, and
to do all work in the way of grading, placing of catch basins,
drains, crossings and all other things incident to the construction and completion of said roadway on said portion
of Jones street.
See. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad
company having tracks running through said portion of
Jones street to be improved under this ordinance, is hereby
required to pave the width of its track and two feet on each
side of every line of the tracks of said street railroad com-
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pany, with vitrified brick, as the work progresses, and in
the event this is not done by the said company, the said
Director of Public Works and the committee shall see to
its being done at the expense of said railroad company.
See. 3. Be it farther ordained, That after the total cost
of said work, exclusive of that done by or for a street 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 by the persons owning at the date
of the adoption of this ordinance the real estate abutting
on said portion of Jones street to be improved under this
ordinance, according to frontage, and the pro rata amount
of the cost qf such work is hereby assessed against the said
abuting real estate and its owners, as aforesaid, according
to frontage.
The frontage of intersecting streets and lanes is assessed
as real estate abutting on said portion of Jones street, 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 such
work, according to frontage, in addition to its one-third of
the entire cost, as hereinbefore provided.
See. 4. Be it further ordained, That after the improvement hereinbefore provided for has been completed, the said
director and the said committee shall prepare and submit
to the Council of the City of Savannah 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, among the several abutting parcels, including 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
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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 execution for
the amount, together, with costs, against the persons and
property aforesaid, which executions 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 any railroad
company, and should such company fail or refuse to pay
a bill for the same thirty (30) days after the presentation
or sending of the same, it shall be the duty of the City
Treasurer to issue executions against said company and its
property for said bill, 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.
Passed July 5,1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Aug. 2, 1905,
and by unanimous consent read a second time, placed upon
its passage and unanimously adopted. Before the passage
of this ordinance Council heard evidence touching the eorrection of the said statement and assessment roll and duly
verified the same.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to establish the official statement and assessment roll, touching the improvement of a portion of Thirtyfirst street in the City of Savannah, Georgia, from the west
property line of West Broad street to the east property line
of Ogeechee road, as made under an ordinance of the City
of Savannah, passed Nov. 23, 1904.
816 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the
statement and assessment roll submitted to Council by the
Director of Public Works for the City of Savannah and the
Committee on Streets and Lanes of said city, made under
an ordinance passed Nov. 23, 1904, and entitled "An Ordinance for the Improvement of Thirty-first Street from the
West Property Line of West Broad Street to the East
Property Line of Ogeechee Road in the City of Savannah,
Georgia," under the terms and provisions of an act of the
Legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, be, and they
are hereby declared to be the official statement and assessment roll for said improvements under said ordinance and
said statement and assessment roll being that entitled,
"Statement and Assessment Roll for Improving Thirty-first
street. Statement showing the cost of Improvements to
Thirty-first street, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, beginning at the west property line of West Broad street and
extending to the east property line of Ogeeehee road. As
under an ordinance of the City of Savannah, passed Nov.
23, 1904, with an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds of
this cost, how it is apportioned among the several abutting
parcels, and giving the sums chargeable to each parcel, with
the names of the owners." And the clerk of Council of
the City of Savannah is hereby directed to mark said statement and assessment roll filed as of this date, and to enter
the same on the minutes of Council for due authentication
and preservation.
See. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Treasurer of
the City of Savannah is hereby directed to make out and
send to the property owners a bill for the respective
amounts due by them as provided for by said ordinance.
Should the said bills be not paid within thirty (30) days
from the date of the bills, then it shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to issue executions as provided for by said ordinance, which shall be made and levied as are executions for
city taxes.
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See. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed Aug. 2nd, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Aug. 30, 1905,
and by unanimous consent read a second time, placed upon
its passage and unanimously adopted. Before the passage
of this ordinance Council heard evidence touching the correctness of the said statement and assessment roll and duly
verified the same.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to establish the official statement and assessment roll touching the improvement of a portion of Abercorn street, in the City of Savannah, Ga., from the north
property line of Park avenue to the south property line of
Hall street, as made under an ordinance of the City of
Savannah, adopted March 1, 1905.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the
statement and assessment roll submitted to Council by the
Director of Public Works for the City of Savannah and the
Committee on Streets and Lanes of said city, made under
an ordinance passed March 1, 1905, and entitled, "An ordinance for the improvement of Abercorn street from the
north property line of Park avenue to the south property
line of Hall street, under the terms and provisions of an
act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887.''
be, and they are hereby declared to be the official statement
and assessment roll of said improvement under said ordinance, the said statement and assessment roll being that
entitled, "Statement and assessment roll for improving
Abercorn street. Statement showing the cost of improvements to Abercorn street, in the City of Savannah, Ga., be-
318 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ginning at the north property line of Park avenue and
extending to the south property line of Hall street. As
under an ordinance of the City of Savannah, passed March
1, 1905, with an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds
of this cost how it is apportioned among the several
abutting parcels, and giving the sums chargeable to each
parcel, with the names of the owners." And the clerk of
Council of the City of Savannah is hereby directed to mark
the said statement and assessment roll filed as of this date,
and 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 directed to make out and send
to the property owners, including the railroad company, a
bill for the respective amounts due by them, as provided for
by said ordinance. Should the said bills be not paid within
thirty (30) days from the date of bills, then it shall be the
duty of the Treasurer to issue executions as provided for by
said ordinance, which shall be made and levied 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.
Passed August 30th, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Oct. 11, 1905,
and by unanimous consent read a second time, placed upon
its passage and unanimously adopted. Before the passage
of this ordinance Council heard evidence touching the correctness of the said statement and assessment roll and
duly verified the same.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to establish the official statement and assessment roll touching the improvement of a portion of Jones
street, in the City of Savannah, from the east property line
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 819
of Tattnall street to the west property line of Drayton street,
as made under an ordinance of the City of Savannah, passed
July 5, 1905.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the
statement and assessment roll submitted to Council by the
Director of Public Works for the City of Savannah, and
the Committee on Streets and Lanes of said city, made under
an ordinance passed July 5, 1905, and entitled, "An ordinance for the improvement of a portion of Jones street, in
the City of Savannah, Georgia, from the east property line
of Tattnall street to the west property line of Drayton street,
except the Bull and Whitaker street intersections, under
the terms and provisions of an act of the Legislature of
Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, and also under the terms
and provisions of an act of the General Assembly of Georgia,
entitled, 'An act to provide for renewing or repairing any
pavement now laid or to be laid in any city of this state having a population over twenty thousand (20,000),' approved
Oct. 10, 1891, said last-named act being codified in Section 724, of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes,"
be, and they are hereby declared to be, the official statement and assessment roll of said improvement under said
ordinance, said statement and assessment roll being that
entitled: "Statement and assessment roll for improving
Jones street. Statement showing the cost of improvements
to Jones street, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, beginning
at the east property line of Tattnall street, and extending
to the west property line of Drayton street; as under an
ordinance of the City of Savannah, passed July 5, 1905, with
an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds of this cost how
it is apportioned among the several abutting parcels, and
giving the sums chargeable to each parcel, with the names
of the owners." And the Clerk of Council of the City of
Savannah is hereby directed to mark the said statement
and assessment roll filed as of this date, and to enter the
same on the minutes of Council for due authentication and
preservation.
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Sec. 2. Be it farther ordained, That the Treasurer of the
City of Savannah is hereby directed to make out and send to
the property owners, incuding a railroad company, a bill
for the respective amounts due by them, as provided for by
said ordinance. Should the said bills be not paid within
thirty (30) days from the date of the bills, then it shall be
the duty of the Treasurer to issue executions, as provided
for by said ordinance, which shall be made and levied 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.
Passed Oct. llth, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Ocl 11, 1905,
and by unanimous consent read a second time, placed upon
its passage and unanimously adopted. Before the passage
of this ordinance Council heard evidence touching- the correctness of the said statement and assessment roll and duly
verified the same.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to establish the official statement and assessment roll touching the improvement of a portion of Whitaker
street, in the City of Savannah, from the south property
line of Gaston street to the south property line of Oglethorpe avenue, as made under an ordinance of the City of
Savannah, passed March 1, 1905.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That thd
statement and assessment roll submitted to Council by the
Director of Public Works for the City of Savanr/.-h, and
the Committee on Streets and Lanes of said city, made under
an ordinance passed March 1, 1905, and entitled, ''An ordi-
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nance for the improvement of Whitaker street, in the City
of Savannah, from the south property line of Oglethorpe
avenue to the south property line of Gaston street, except
the Liberty street intersection, under the terms and provisions of an act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved
October 1, 1887, and also under the terms and provisions
of an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, entitled,
'An act to provide for renewing or repairing any pavement now laid or to be laid in any city of this state
having a population over twenty thousand (20,000),' approved Oct. 10, 1891, said last named act being codified in
Section 724 of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes,"
be, and they are hereby, declared to be the official statement and assessment roll of said improvements under said
ordinance, said statement and assessment roll being that
entitled, "Statement and Assessment Roll for Improving
Whitaker Street. Statement showing the cost of improvements to Whitaker street, in the City of Savannah, Georgia,
beginning at the south property line of Gaston street and
extending to the south property line of Oglethorpe avenue;
as under. an ordinance of the City of Savannah, passed
March 1, 1905, with an assessment roll showing as to twothirds of this cost, how it is apportioned among the several
abutting parcels, and giving the sums chargeable to each
parcel, with the names of the owners." And the Clerk
of Council of the City of Savannah is hereby directed to
mark the said statement and assessment roll filed as of this
date, and 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 directed to make out and
send to the property owners, including a railroad company,
a bill for the respective amounts due by them, as provided
for by said ordinance. Should the said bills be not paid
within thirty (30) days from the date of the bills, then it
shall be the duty of the Treasurer to issue executions as
provided for by said ordinance, which shall be made and
levied as. are executions for city taxes.
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See. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances ftnd
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
Passed Oct. llth, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Oct. 11, 1905,
and by unanimous consent read a second time, placed upon
its passage and unanimously adopted. Before the passage
of this ordinance Council heard evidence touching the *orrectness of the said statement and assessment roll and duly
verified the same.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to establish the official statement and assessment roll touching the improvement of a portion of Harmon
street, in the City of Savannah, from the south property
line of Gwinnett street to the north property line of Henry
street, as made under an ordinance of the City of Savannah,
passed June 21, 1905.
Section 1. Be it ordained, by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the
statement and assessment roll submitted to Council by the
Director of Public "Works for the City of Savannah and
the Committee on Streets and Lanes of said city made under
an ordinance passed June 21, 1905, entitled "An ordinance
for the improvement of Harmon street from the south
property line of Gwinnett street to the north property line
of Henry street, under the terms and provisions of an act
of the Legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887," be,
and they are hereby declared to be, the official statement
and assessment roll of said improvements under said ordinance, said statement and assessment roll being that entitled,
"Statement and assessment roll for improving Harmon
street. Statement showing the cost of improvements to
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Harmon street, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, oeginning at the south property line of Gwinnett street and extending to the north property line o Henry street; as under
an ordinance of the City of Savannah, passed June 21, 1905,
with an assessment roll showing as to two-thirds of this
cost how it is apportioned among the several abutting parcels, and giving the sums chargeable to each parcel, with
the names of the owners." And the Clerk of Council of the
City of Savannah is hereby directed to mark the said statement and assessment roll filed as of this date, and 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 directed to make out and
send to th* property owners, including a railroad company,
a bill for the respective amounts due by them, as provided
for by said ordinance. Should the said bills be not paid
within thirty (30) days from the date of the bills, then it
shall be the duty of the Treasurer to issue executions as
provided for by said ordinance, which shall be made and
levied 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.
Passed Oct. llth, 1905.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Nov. 8, 1905,
and laid on the table, taken from the table Dee. 20, 1905,
amended, placed on its passage and passed.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance for the improvement of a portion of Bay
street, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, from the east
property line of Drayton street to the west property line of
Barnard street, under the terms and provisions of an act
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of the Legislature of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887, and
also under the terms and provisions of an act of the General
Assembly of Georgia, entitled "An act to provide for renewing or repairing any pavement now laid, or to be laid,
in any city of this state having a population over twenty
thousand (20,000)," approved Oct. 10, 1891, said last-named
act being codified in Section 724 of the Code of Georgia, and
for other purposes.
Whereas, at a meeting of the City Council of Savannah,
held Oct. 11, 1905, a certain resolution was introduced by
the Committee of the Whole, and adopted by Council, touching the pavement on Bay street, between the east property
line of Drayton street and the west property line of Barnard street, by the terms of which resolution the Director
of Public Works and the City Engineer or Assistant City
Engineer were directed to make a thorough and close examination of said pavement on said portion of Bay street,
so as to ascertain its true condition, and as to whether it
is unsanitary and worn to such an extent as to be no longer
servicable as a good pavement; and said officers were further directed to make a detailed report to Council concerning such pavement and their examinations thereof; and,
Whereas, at a meeting of the City Council held Oct. 25,
1905, a report was made by the Assistant City Engineer and
the Director of Public Works, in compliance with the terms
of said resolution of Oct. 11, 1905, showing that they had
made the examination required of said portion of the pavement on Bay street, and that the said pavement is unsanitary
and worn to such an extent as to be no longer serviceable
as a good pavement, except that that portion of the pavement in front of the City Hall, which is paved with brick,
is in fair condition, said report further recommending, for
the sake of uniformity, that these brick be taken_ up and
new brick laid, and the cost of replacing these brick be
borne by the city; whereupon said officers were sworn in
open Council and examined relative to the matters con-
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tained in said report, and during the same meeting of Council a resolution was introduced by the Committee of the
Whole and adopted by Council, declaring, that, in the
judgment of Council, the stone pavement on said portion
of Bay street is unsanitary and is worn to such an extent
as to be no longer serviceable as a good pavement, and further declaring that it is so determined by Council, and
further, that said portion of Bay street should be repaved
as soon as practicable with vitrified brick, and that, as to
the portion of the pavement in front of the City Hall now
paved with brick, the said brick should be taken up and
new brick laid down, but the cost of replacing these brick
should be borne by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Savannah; and,
Whereas, the City of Savannah has a population over
twenty thousand (20,000), therefore,
Sec. 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, and also under the terms and provisions
of an act entitled, "An act to provide for renewing or repairing any pavement now laid or to be laid in any city
of this state having a population over twenty thousand (20,-
000)," approved Oct. 10, 1891, said last-named act being
codified in Section 724 of the Code of Georgia, and it having
been determined by Council that the present stone pavement
on Bay street, between the east property line of Drayton
street and the west property line of Barnard street, is worn
out and no longer serviceable as a good pavement, so as
to make the repaving of such portion of said street necessary, exception being made, however, as to the brick pavement in front of the City Hall, which shall be taken up and
new brick laid down in place of the same, the cost of replacing said brick, however, to be borne by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah and the Committee on
Streets and Lanes of said city be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to build and construct on Bay street,
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in the City of Savannah, from the east property line of
Drayton street to the west property line of Barnard street,
a roadway of vitrified brick, fifty-seven (57) feet in width
between curbing, said pavement to extend over the full
width of said Bay street; that is to say, to lines co-incident
with the respective property lines, and they are authorized
and directed to lay the necessary curbing and to do all the
work necessary in the way of grading, placing of catch
basins, drains, crossings and all other things incident to
the construction and completion of said roadway on said
portion of Bay street; provided, however, that as to the brick
pavement now in front of the City Hall, the same shall be
taken up and new brick laid down, but the cost of taking
up and replacing these brick will be borne by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, as a separate piece
of work, and same shall not be included in the total cost
hereinafter mentioned.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad
company having tracks running through said portion of
Bay street to be improved under this ordinance, is hereby
required to pave the width of its tracks and two (2) feet on
each side of every line of the tracks of said street railroad
company with vitrified brick, as the work progresses, and,
in the event this is not done by said company, the said
Director of Public "Works and the said committee shall see
to its being done at the expense of said street railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That after the total cost
of said work, exclusive of that done by or for a street railroad company, shall have been ascertained, one-third (1-3)
of such total cost shall be paid out of the city treasury, and
the other two-thirds (2-3) by the persons owning, at the
date of the adoption of this ordinance, the real estate abutting on said portion of Bay street to be improved under this
ordinance, according to frontage, and the pro rata amount
of the cost of such work is hereby assessed against the
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said abutting real estate, and its owners, as aforesaid, according to frontage.
The frontage of intersecting streets and lanes is assessed
as real estate abutting on said portion of Bay 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
of the cost of such work, according to frontage, in addition
to its one-third (1-3) of the entire cost, as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That after the improvement hereinbefore provided for has been completed, the said
Director and the said committee shall prepare and submit
to the Council of the City of Savannah a statement showing
the cost of the improvement herein provided for, and also
an assessment roll, showing as to two-thirds (2-3) of the
cost to be apportioned, how it is apportioned among 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 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 be not paid within thirty (30) days from the date of the
presentation or sending of the same, it shall then become
the duty of the City Treasurer to issue execution for the
amount, together with costs, against the persons and
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 the presentation or sending of the same, it
shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to issue execution
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against said company, and its property for said bill, 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.
Passed Dec. 20th, 1905.
Vehicles, Regulating the Use on Streets.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Dec. 11, 1905,
read a second time Dec. 20, 1905, placed upon its passage
and passed.
By Alderman Wright:
An ordinance to regulate the use of drays, carts, wagons,
carriages, cabs, hacks, automobiles and other vehicles for
hire on the streets or within the limits of Savannah, Georgia,
and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah in Council assembled, That each
dray, cart, wagon, carriage, cab, hack, automobile or other
vehicle intended for hire on the streets or within the limits
of the City of Savannah, Georgia, shall be driven and managed by a sober, discreet and able male person, not less than
eighteen (18) years of age, nor shall any such vehicle be
left by any person owning or controlling the same, for any
period of time on the streets or within said limits in control
of any one except such a male person, eighteen years old
or over. For all infractions of this section the owner, as
well as the driver of the vehicle in question shall be punished as hereinafter prescribed.
See. 2. Be it further ordained, That no license shall be
issued to any one to drive, use or operate such vehicles
within the limits of said city, except he be of such required
age and possess such qualifications,
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Sec.. 3. Be it further ordained, That each driver respectively of such drays, carts, wagons, carriages, cabs, hacks,
automobiles or other vehicles for hire shall be obliged and
is hereby required at all times when he is on said streets,
with such vehicle to perform his full duty as common carrier, nor shall such driver when not actually engaged or
pre-engaged to work for some other person refuse to immediately carry all goods, wares, merchandise, commodities or
passengers as the ease may be according to the adaptability
and capacity of such vehicle on application being made to
such driver and payment of the proper carriage price or
fare being tendered to him and for every neglect or refusal
to comply with the requirements of this section, such driver
or drivers shall be punished as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 4. It is further ordained, That any person or any corporation failing or refusing to comply with the requirements of this ordinance shall be punished on conviction before the Police Court of the City of Savannah for each
and every such offense by a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, or by punishment not exceeding thirty
(30) days either or both in the discretion of said court.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed Dec. 20th, 1905.
Wards, Naming and Defining.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time March 15,
1905, read a second time March 29, 1905, placed upon its
passage and passed.
By Alderman Thomas:
An ordinance to provide for the laying out, defining and
naming of certain wards within the corporate limits of the
City of Savannah, Georgia, and for other purposes.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the
following wards in the City of Savannah, Georgia, are
hereby laid out and designated, that is to say:
That portion of the city lying between and bounded north
by the Savannah river, east by Bilbo canal, south by President street continued, and west by Bandolph street, shall be
known and designated as Lamar Ward.
That portion of the city lying between and bounded north
by President street continued, east by Bilbo canal, south
by Bilbo canal and Wheaton street, and west by Jones and
Gilmerville wards, shall be known and designated as Hardee
Ward.
That portion of the city lying between and bounded north
by the Savannah river, east by the Savannah river and
Ogeeehee canal, south by Bay street extension, and west
by the corporate limits shall be known and designated as
Osborne Ward.
That portion of the city lying between and bounded north
by Bay street extension, east by West Boundary street, south
by the Louisville road and west by the corporate limits, shall
be known and designated as Carmichael Ward.
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.
Streets and Lanes.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time March 15,
1905, read a second time March 29, 1905, placed upon its
passage and passed.
By Committee on Streets and Lanes:
An ordinance to permit and authorize Thomas Cooley to
erect and construct an awning in front of his place of business, at the southeast corner of Eiver and West Broad
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streets, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, upon certain terms
and conditions herein specified, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That, it being
deemed, expedient and proper that special permission
should be given Thomas Cooley to erect in front of his place
of business, at the southeast corner of Eiver and West
Broad streets, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, an awning,
as hereinafter prescribed, by reason of the peculiarity of
.said location, the same being on a thoroughfare in this city
not much used, the said Thomas Cooley is authorized and
permitted to erect and construct, under the supervision,
direction and inspection of the Building Inspector of the
City of Savannah, an awning in front of his said place of
business, which awning shall be supported by wooden
girders resting upon iron posts, and the roof of the same
shall be of metal, securely fastened upon ceiling boards;
all further details of construction to be left to the said
Building Inspector, to the end that the same -be made strong
and substantial and be properly covered with metal.
See. 2. Be it further ordained, That this permission to
erect and construct said awning shall be at the will of
Council, that is to say, that upon the repeal of this ordinance at any time by the City Council of Savannah, the
said Thomas^Cooley and his heirs and assigns shall lose all
rights hereunder as to such awning, and upon such repeal
the Mayor of Savannah shall give written notice that said
awning be removed within ten (10) days thereafter, and
if the same be not removed by the said Thomas Cooley, his
heirs or assigns with'in the said ten (10) days, then the
Mayor of Savannah shall have the power, by and through
the City Marshal, to have the said awning torn down and
removed at the expense of the said Cooley, Ms heirs or
assigns, he agreeing for himself and themselves, by the
acceptance of the permission given by this ordinance, that
they will abide hereby, and will pay for such expense of
removal.
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Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, shall be
amended or repealed only so far as the same may pertain
to this particular awning, and except as herein ordained
this ordinance shall not impair the force and effect of said
ordinances in regard to awnings.
Passed March 29th, 1905.
Weeds, Cutting and Removal.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time Aug. 2, 1905,
read a second time Aug. 16, 1905, placed upon its passage
and passed.
By Committee of the Whole :
An ordinance to amend an ordinance adopted Aug. 28,
1900, entitled, "An ordinance to provide for the cutting and
removal or destruction of weeds and other rank vegetable
growth growing on private property within said city limits;
to provide a penalty for non-compliance with the provisions
hereof, and to authorize the city authorities to cut and
remove and destroy such weeds and other rank vegetable
growth at the expense of the owner or owners of the
property on which it grows," by providing for the issuance
of executions to enforce liability of persons-and property
thereunder, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the
second section of the ordinance named in the caption be
and the same is hereby amended, by adding at the end of
said section these words, "the expense of cutting, removal
or destroying such weeds and other rank vegetable growth
so incurred by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, shall be a charge upon the property from or upon
which weeds or other rank vegetable growth were cut,
removed or destroyed, and the said amounts shall be re-
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ported by the Director of Public Works to the City Treasurer, together with the names of the persons owning the
the lots in question, and it shall then and there become the
duty of the City Treasurer to send to the said property
owners bills for such work as was done through the Director
of Public Works, which bills may be presented personally
or sent by mail, and should the said bills not be paid wthin
fifteen (15) days after the sending of the same, it shall then
become the duty of the City Treasurer to issue executions,
respectively, against such property owners and the said
property from and upon which said weeds and other rank
vegetable growth shall have been cut and removed, or destroyed, together with interest and costs, which executions
shall be made and levied out of the property described
therein, as are executions for city taxes." So that said
section second as amended shall read as follows:
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That in the event of the
failure of the owner or owners, or agents of such property
having charge of the same, as the case may be, to cut and
remove such weeds and other rank vegetable growth or
destroy the same within the time above named, then and
in that event the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, through the Director of Public Works, shall, at
the expense of the owner or owners of such property, have
the same cut and removed or destroyed. The expense of
cutting, removal or destroying such weeds and other rank
vegetable growth so incurred by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah shall be a charge upon the property
from or upon which such weeds or other rank vegetable
growth were cut, removed or destroyed, and the *aid
amounts shall be reported by the Director of Public Works
to the City Treasurer, together with a list of the names of
the persons owning the lots in question, and it shall then
and there become the duty of the City Treasurer to send to
the said property owners bills for such work as was done
through the Director of Public Works, which bills may be
presented personally or sent by mail, and should the said
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bills not be paid within fifteen (15) days after the sending
of the same, it shall then become the duty of the City
Treasurer to issue executions respectively against such
property owners and the said property from and upon which
said weeds and other rank vegetable growth shall have been
cut and removed or destroyed, together with interest and
costs, which executions shall be made and levied out of
the property described therein, as are executions for city
taxes.
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.
Passed Aug. 16th, 1905.
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RESOLUTIONS.
Discount on Ground Bent Lota.
By the Committee of the Whole:
Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That all holders of lots
in the City of Savannah, commonly known as ground rent
lots, held under fee simple conditional titles shall be, and
are hereby permitted to pay to the City Treasurer the
balance of purchase money due on said lots respectively,
and thereby make their titles fee simple absolute, on the
following terms, that is to say:
First. Those who pay into the city treasury said balances
of purchase money at any time on or before March 1, 1905,
shall be allowed a discount gn the same of 25 per cent.
Second. Those so paying at any time after March 1, 1905,
up to and including May 1, 1905, shall be allowed a discount
of 20 per cent.
Third. Those so paying at any time after May 1, 1905,
and up to and including June 1, 1905, shall be allowed a
discount of 15 per cent. Adopted.
Adopted Jan. 4th, 1905.
Land, Purchase and Sale of.
By Committee of the "Whole:
Eesolved, That the Committee on City Lots and Opening
Streets be instructed to invite bids for the purchase of lots
57, 58 and 59, Springfield plantation, east of Springfield
canal, reserving ground for street fifty feet wide, running
north and south through the center of said lots. Adopted.
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By Alderman Thomas:
Resolved, That the special committee, consisting of the
Mayor and Aldermen Thomas, Glatigny and Sehroder be
authorized to accept such bid or bids for portions of the
old water works track, as they deem advantageous to the
city. Adopted.
By Alderman Thomas:
Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen, in Council assembled. That the action taken by the Mayor and the Committee on Opening Streets in purchasing lot No. 94 Owens
ward, from J. H. Lankeneou for fifteen hundred ($1,500)
dollars, $300 cash and $1,200 in two (2) notes ($600 each),
at one and two years, with interest at 5 per cent., payable
semi-annually, with other covenants as in the deed set out,
is approved and in all respects confirmed. Adopted.
By Committee on City Lots:
Resolved, That the Committee on City Lots and Opening
Streets be authorized to purchase land for opening Thirtyfifth street at not exceeding the following prices: 1,V74.5
square feet from Mrs. M. E. Ray for $600; 1,767 square feet
from Nat Harrison, $1,200; 1,738.5 square feet from M. M.
Kennickel. $650; 1,731 square feet from H. F. Lubs, $600;
1,725 square feet from B. D. Rosenbrook, $938.75; 2,458.7
square feet from Mrs. Nora Sehroder, $1,300; 5,085 square
feet, from W. M. Davidson, $1,579.75; 1,668 square feet from
R. S. Douglass and R. P. Spencer, $583.80; 2,140 square feet
from J. D. Persse, $1,600; total, $9,052.30. All buildings,
sheds, fences and sehrubbery to be removed by parties selling land at their expense except those of Mrs. Sehroder are
to be removed by the city at its expense. Payments to be
by note running two and three years, with interest at 5
per cent., payable annually, and titles to be satisfactory to
the City Attorney. Adopted.
Adopted Jan. 4th, 1906.
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Land, Purchase of.
By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Besolved, That the offer of D. Kirkland, to sell to the city
so much of lot No. 54, Law ward, as may be needed for
opening and widening Morance street, at 20 cents per square
foot, be accepted, payment to be by note running two years,
with interest at 5 per cent, per annum, and titles to be
satisfactory to the City Attorney. Adopted.
Adopted Jan. 18th, 1906.
Adopted January 18, 1906.
By Alderman Thomas:
Resolved, That the Committee on City Lots and Opening
Streets be authorized to pay J. H. Heitman one hundred
seventeen and 71-100 dollars for 445.9 square feet of land
for widening Estill avenue instead of seventy-four 71-100
dollars for 273.9 square feet as provided by its report
adopted in Council July 27, 1904, titles to be satisfactory to
the City Attorney. Adopted.
Rules of Council.
By Alderman Dixon:
Resolved, That a special committee of three be appointed
to prepare rules to govern Council during the ensuing two
years. Adopted.
Adopted Jan. 23rd, 1906.
Adopted February 1, 1906.
By Alderman Glatigny:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the purchase made by
the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah from
Pennis Dooley of lot number ninety-three (93), in Owens
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Ward, for the purpose of using a portion of said lot for the
opening and extension of Thirty-sixth street at and for the
sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), is approved and in
all respects confirmed, and the payment out of the city
treasury to said Dooley of said consideration money, one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00), is hereby ratified.
Befnnd of Bonded Debt.
By Alderman Dixon:
Resolved, That a committee of three, of whom the Mayor
shall be one, be appointed to take steps looking to the refunding of the bonded debt of the City of Savannah, said committee to draft a bill for presentation at the next session of
the State Legislature authorizing the city to proceed with
such refunding, such measure to be first presented to Council
for its approval; said committee is also herewith authorized
and directed to consider all measures looking to the refunding of the debt which may be presented for its consideration
and to prepare a plan for submission to Council.
Adopted February 1, 1905.
Adopted March 15, 1905.
Resolved, By the Committee on City Lots and Opening
Streets, That the price of 4% cents per foot be paid Youmans & Demmond, agents, for such land as may be needed
for the opening of Reynolds, Atlantic, Paulsen, Harmon and
Ott streets, north side of Thirty-seventh street, east, payment to be made in notes two and three years; interest 5
per cent, per annum; titles to be satisfactory to City Attorney. That the offer of Blumenthall to buy strip of land
about eight feet wide on Estill avenue and Abercorn street
for the sum of one hundred and twenty ($120) dollars be
accepted. Adopted.
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Adopted May 24,1905.
By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, That the offer of J. L. Crotty to sell to the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, lots Nos. 114,
115, 129 and 131 Colding Ward, needed for the opening of
Burroughs and West Broad streets, at and for the sum of
one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars each be and the same
is hereby accepted, payment to be by notes running one,
two and three years, with interest at five (5) per cent, per
annum, payable annually. Titles to be satisfactory to the
City Attorney. Adopted.
Shell Pavement on Jones Street.
By the Committee of the Whole:
Whereas, at the meeting of Council, held June 7, 1905, a
resolution was adopted touching the shell pavement on Jones
street, from Tattnall to Drayton streets, and its present condition, by the terms of which the director of public works
and the city engineer were directed to make a thorough and
close examination of the said pavement, so as to ascertain
its true condition, and to report to Council as to whether
or not it is worn to such an extent as to be no longer serviceable as a good pavement; and,
Whereas, said officers made report at the meeting held
this day, and have been at this meeting sworn and examined
concerning the said report, in open Council, the said report
and testimony supporting these resolutions, and Council
being fully informed in the premises by this and other evidence; it is,
Eesolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled:
First. That, in the judgment of Council, said shell pavement on said portion of Jones street is worn to such an extent
as to be no longer serviceable as a good pavement, and it so
determined.
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Second. That said portion of Jones street should be
repaved as soon as practicable with vitrified brick.
Adopted June 21, 1905.
Adopted July 5, 1905.
By Alderman Glatigny:
Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the offer of twentyone hundred ($2,100) dollars cash for lot 98 and part of lot
97, Solomons ward, having a frontage of forty and fivetenths feet on Bull street, from George U. Beach, be and
the same is hereby accepted. Titles to be drawn by the City
Attorney. Adopted.
By Committee on City Lots:
Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the offer of Mrs. P. M.
Russell, to sell to the city 452.9 feet of part of lot No. 11,
Section 19, Law ward, needed for the widening of Thirtysecond street, for the sum of one hundred and thirteen
dollars, be and the same is hereby, accepted, titles to be
satisfactory to the City Attorney. Adopted.
fig and Hutchinson Island Dividing Line.
By Committee of "Whole:
Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled,
First. That the plat made May 27, 1905, by the City
Engineer of Savannah, approved by the Engineers of Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company and of Thomas B.
Shields, showing the division line between Fig and Hutchinsons Islands, is approved in all respects and adopted.
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Second. That deeds, in duplicate, will be made by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah with the
Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company, establishing said
division line marked "D E F," said deeds to contain such
clauses as may be deemed necessary and proper by the
City Attorney, and said deeds are to be executed and delivered by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, by the Mayor or Acting Mayor, attested by the Clerk
of Council, with the corporation seal affixed.
Third. That the Mayor is requested to take all other
steps necessary to carry into execution these resolutions.
Adopted.
Adopted July 12th, 1905.
Land, Sale and Purchase of.
By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the offer of George
and Conrad Schwartz, of land for the opening and widening
of various streets, to-wit: Atlantic street, 68,336.8 square
feet; Thirty-first street, 14,220 square feet; Thirty-second
street, 14,298 square feet; Thirty-third street, 11,820 square
feet; Thirty-fourth street, 12,318 square feet; Thirty-fifth
street, 12,816 square feet; Thirty-sixth street, 13,320 square
feet, making a total of 147,128.8 square feet, at and for the
sum of 7 cents per square foot, payment to be by notes running one, two, three, four and five years, with interest at 5
per cent, per annum, payable annually, be, and the same is,
hereby accepted. Titles to be satisfactory to the City Attorney. Encroachment and improvements to be removed
at expense of said owners. Adopted.
Adopted July 19th, 1905.
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Damage for Moving Buildings.
By Alderman Glatigny:
Besolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the action of the Committee on Opening Streets touching the building on the
northern portion of lot numbered twenty-nine (29), Bstill
ward, on Whitaker street, formerly the property of Nora
Schroder, deceased, and now the property of Margaret T.
Thompson, her daughter and sole heir-at-law, in agreeing
to pay to Mrs. Thompson the sum of three hundred and
fifty ($350.00) dollars in consideration of which the said
building is to be put in condition as per the contract made
with Mrs. Schroder, it having been moved to its present position so as to clear Thirty-fifth street in pursuance of said
contract, except that the stoop on Whitaker street is to be
abolished, and the said building is not to come beyond the
east property line of Whitaker street. Said sum to be in
full for all damages in the premises and to bo in full payment for the abolition of said stoop. An agreement in writing will be made between Mrs. Thompson and the city under
the direction of the City Attorney carrying this resolution
into effect, and when said agreement is perfected said sum
of money will be paid out of the city treasury in pursuance
hereof. Adopted.
Adopted Aug. 2nd, 1905.
Land, Condemnation Proceedings.
By the Commitee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That so much of the land
of Elizabeth Skinner, of Savannah, Ga., as is needed for
the extension and opening of Thirty-fifth street, in the City
of Savannah, Ga., be, and the same is hereby, condemned,
the said land consisting of the southern portion of lot numbered thirty-five (35) Brady sub-division, Estill ward, being
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 843
*
an are* of sixteen hundred and fifty-nine (1,659) square
feet, extending southwardly beyond the proposed north
line of Thirty-fifth street, the said tract of land being thirty
(30) feet wide from east to west, and being, in length, from
north to south, fifty-five feet and fourteenths on its western
line, and fifty-five feet and fifteen one-hundredths on its
eastern line, being all of said lot numbered thirty-five (35),
lying to the southward of proposed north line of Thirty-fifth
street; all as shown upon plat showing the part of said lot
numbered thirty-five (35), needed for the opening of Thirtyfifth street, made by W. J. Winn, City Engineer.
%
To this end, Jacob S. Collins, of the City of Savannah,
Ga., is hereby appointed the Assessor on the part of the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, under the
provisions of the law touching condemnation. It is further,
Resolved, That due notice of these resolutions be served by
a certified copy thereof, on said Elizabeth Skinner, to the
end that she may select her assessor, and that further proceedings be had in conformity with the statute in such eases
made and provided, under the direction of the City Attorney.
Adopted.
Adopted Aug. 16th, 1905.
Adopted September 13, 1905.
By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the offer of R. E.
Lester and Samuel Meinhard to sell to the city 130,149.5
square feet of land needed for the opening of Henry street
to the eastward at and for the sum of 3 cents per square
foot, payments to be by notes running two, three, four and
five years, with interest at 5 per centum per annum, payable
annually, titles to be satisfactory to city attorney, be and the
same is hereby accepted.
Be it further resolved, That the offer of Mrs. L. T. Doyle
to sell to the city 80,015 square feet of land needed for the
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opening of Henry street to the eastward at and for the sum
of 2% cents per square foot, payment to be by notes running
two and three years, with interest at the rate of 5 per centum
per annum, payable annually, titles to be satisfactory to
the city attorney, be and the same is hereby accepted.
Adopted.
Land, Purchase of.
By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah in Council assembled, That the offer of J. S. Collins
to sell to the city lot No. 1, Schley Ward, containing 2,607.6
square feet of land needed for the opening of a street-east
of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway right of way, between
Bolton and GwLnnett streets, for the sum seventeen cents
per square foot, payments to be made by notes running two
and three years at 5 per centum per annum, payable annually, titles to be satisfactory to city attorney, be and the
same is hereby accepted.
Be it further resolved, That the offer of the estate of
James M. Schley to sell to the city 4,755 square feet of land
needed for the opening of a street east of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway right of way, Schley Ward, between Gwinnett
and Bolton streets, for the sum of twenty cents per square
foot, payments to me made by notes running two and three
years at 5 per centum, payable annually, titles to be satisfactory to the city attorney, be and the same is hereby
accepted.
Adopted September 13, 1905.
Land, Purchase of.
By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled that the offer of estate of
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 345
J. M. Schley by J. S. Schley, agent, to sell to the city 60,972
square feet of land needed for the opening of Waldburg
street, from East Broad street to Atlantic street, and an
unnamed street to the east of the Atlantic Coast Line Bailway right of way, extending from Bolton street to Park
avenue at and for the sum of 20 cents per square foot, the
estate of Sehley to donate all land needed for the opening
up of Gwinnett, Bolton and Waldburg lanes in said tract,
the obstructions in the lanes to be removed by said estate,
whenever the city shall so require be and the same is hereby
accepted, payments to be two thousand one hundred and
ninety-four dollars and forty cents ($2,194.40) cash, and the
balance in notes running, two, three, four and five years,
with interest at the rate of 5 per centum, payable annually,
titles to be satisfactory to the city attorney.
Adopted October 11,1905.
Streets and Lanes, Extension of Thirty-seventh and Habersham Streets Across A. C. L.
By the Committee on Streets and Lanes:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled:
First. That it is deemed expedient and necessary to open
and extend Thirty-seventh street and Habersham street
across the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company, at grade, and to this end, the chairman of the
Streets and Lanes Committee is directed to communicate
with the president of said railroad company so as to obtain
the consent of said corporation, without putting the city to
the expense or trouble of condemnation proceedings. Such
consent is probably inferable from the communication of
Mr. Erwin, president, to the Mayor, Dated March 2, 1904,
touching the opening of Thirty-ninth street across said rightof-way, but it is proper that express consent should be had
in each instance before any action be taken by Council.
846 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Second. If the said railroad company consents to the foregoing, then and in such event the Committee on Streets and
Lanes will proceed to construct said respective street crossings over said right-of-way of said railroad company, conferring with the engineer of said railroad company as to all
details of the same, and the expense thereof will be charged
to the account of the Streets and Lanes Department.
Adopted October 11,1905.
Land, Purchase of From Dasher Heirs. ,
By Committee on CityJJots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That, the offer of the Dasher
heirs to sell to this municipal corporation certain lands in
Reppard and Cummings Wards, is accepted, to-wit:
1. Two hundred and seventy and two-tenths (270.2)
square feet of land on the east side of Bull street, between
Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets, for 50 cents per
square foot.
2. Twenty-five thousand six hundred and nine and sbc.-
tenths (25,609.6) square feet of land lying along the northern
side of what was known as the Dasher tract and next to the
Greenwald tract, between Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth
streets, and between Bull street and the eastern end of
said tract, except for the intervals made by Drayton, Abercorn and Lincoln streets, being composed of four strips of
land, the first extending from Bull street to Drayton street,
being twenty-two and nine-tenths (22.9) feet wide at the Bull
street end, the second extending from Drayton street to
Abercorn street, being twenty-three and two-tenths (23.2)
feet wide at Drayton street end, said last-named strip being
immediately north of a lane recently dedicated and established, the third strip extending from Abercorn street to
Lincoln street, being twenty-three and seven-tenths (23.7)
feet wide at the Abercorn street end, said last-named strip
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 847
being immediately north of a lane recently dedicated and
established, the fourth strip extending from Lincoln street
eastward one hundred and fifty-three and six-tenths (153.6)
feet, and being about the same width as the others, at and
for the price of thirty (30) cents per square foot.
3. The Dasher heirs to dedicate to public use and to convey to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah
seven thousand eight hundred and fifty-six (7,856) square
feet of land as a lane sixteen (16) feet widethat is to say, a
lane between Bull street and Drayton street, lying immediately to the south of the strip of land to be conveyed as
aforesaid, and a lane extending from Lincoln street to the
eastward one hundred and fifty-three and six-tenths (153.6)
feet, lying immediately to the southward of the strip of land
described above to be conveyed.
4. The amount of money paid by the owners of said
property for the recent paving of Abercorn street, for the
frontages of said strip on said street, being twenty-four and
five-tenths (24.5) feet on the western side and twenty-three
and seven-tenths (23.7) feet on the eastern side, to be
refunded to said respective owners.
5. Payments to be made for said lands (nothing to be
paid for said lanes) by notes of the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, running two, three and four years,
with interest at the rate of five (5) per cent, per annum,
payable annually.
6. Titles to be satisfactory to the city attorney.
Adopted October 25, 1905.
Water Bates.
By the Committee on Water:
" Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, that from and after the first
848 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
day of January, 1906, the use of water in and by bar rooms,
photograph galleries, laundries, soda fountains, fish houses,
dental offices, drug stores, restaurants and dye houses, shall
be by the meter system, and all persons or corporations controlling or using water in the above lines, shall, before said
first day of January, 1906, install, at their own expense,
respectively, water meters, or the Piston type, such as may
be prescribed by and will be satisfactory to, the Committee
of Water.
Resolved, Further, that the rates for the use of water by
the foregoing parties, in the lines aforesaid, are hereby fixed
as follows:
Meters Cents.
10.000 cubic feet, or less, per month, per 1,000 gallons. .12%
10,000 to 20,000 cubic feet per month, per 1,000 gal.__ .10
20,000 and over, per month, per 1,000 gallons_ .8
"Which rates have been reported to Council by the said
committee, and are duly approved by Council, and the same
will go into effect on the first day of January, 1906.
Adopted October 25, 1905.
Land, Purchase of.
By the Committee on Opening Streets and City Lots:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the deed in duplicate
between the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah,
and Albert V. Chaplin, providing for the conveyance by the
former to the later of the northern portions of lots numbered
thirty-eight (38) and thirty-nine (39), Reppard Ward, lying
to the southward of lot twenty-eight (28), and west half of
lot thirty-three (33), said ward, and northward of a lane,
and the conveyance by Chaplin to the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, of so much of lot twenty-eight (28)
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 849
and west half of lot thirty-three (33), Beppard Ward,
extending northward beyond the southern line of Thirtythird street as now established, is in all respects approved
and confirmed, and the said sale and exchange of property
will be made; the said deed, in duplicate, to be executed by
this municipality, by the Mayor, or acting mayor, attested
by the clerk of Council, with the corporate seal affixed.
Titles to be satisfactory to the city attorney.
Adopted December 11, 1905.
Adopted December 15, 1905.
By the Committee on Opening Streets and City Lots:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the deed, in duplicate,
between the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah
and John L. Day, prepared by the city attorney, by the terms
of which the city conveys to said Day the northern portions
of lot thirty-five (35) and of the western portion of lot thirtysix (36) and of the eastern portion of lot thirty-four (34),
Eeppard Ward, and also a narrow strip of land along the
eastern edge of lot twenty-one (21), and of the northern
portion of lot thirty-six (36), said ward, for $111.60, and the
said Day conveys to said city all of the northern portions of
lots fifteen, sixteen and twenty-one (15, 16 and 21), said
ward, to the northward of the southern line of Thirty-third
street, as now established, is in all respects approved and
confirmed, and the said deed will be executed on behalf of
this municipality.! by the Mayor or acting mayor, attested
by the clerk of Council, with the corporate seal affixed.
Titles to be satisfactory to the city attorney.
Land, Conveyed By and From City.
By the Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the deed, in duplicate,
350 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT.
between the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah
and Elizabeth A. Derby, prepared by the city attorney, by
the terms of which the city conveys to said Elizabeth A.
Derby the northern portions of lots thirty-three (33) and
thirty-four (34), Reppard "Ward, and the said Elizabeth A.
Derby conveys to said city all of the northern portion of lot
numbered ten (10) and the east half of lot numbered nine
(9), Reppard Ward, to the northward of the southern line
of Thirty-third street, as now established, is in all respects
approved and confirmed, and the said deed will be executed
on behalf of this municipality by the Mayor, or acting mayor,
attested by the clerk of Council, with the corporate seal
affixed. Titles to be satisfactory to the city attorney.
Adopted December 15, 1905.
Conveyance of Land.
By the Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Resolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, that duplicate deeds will be
executed between Benj. S. Wells et al., owners of lot four
(4), and west half of lot nine (9), Reppard ward, and the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, by which the
latter conveys to the former the northern portions of lots
thirty-two (32) and thirty-three (33), said ward, lying immediately to the southward of lot four and the west half of
lot nine, and to the northward of a public lane, and by which
Benj. S. Wells et al., convey to the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah all of northern portions of said lot four
and of the west half of lot nine, lying to the northward of
the southern line of Thirty-third street as now established.
Said deeds, in duplicate, shall be executed on behalf of the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, by the Mayor
or acting Mayor, attested by the Clerk of Council, with the
corporate seal affixed, and in such form as may be approved
by the City Attorney, titles to be satisfactory to him.
Adopted.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 851
By the Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets:
Eesolved, By the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, that duplicate deeds will be
executed between Butherford E. Oakman and the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah, by which the latter conveys to the former the northern portions of lots of thirtyone (31) and thirty-two (32), Reppard ward, Savannah, Ga.,
lying immediately to the southward of lot numbered three,
said ward, and to the northward of a public lane, and by
which said Oakman conveys to the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah all of the northern portion of lot numbered three (3), said ward, lying to the northward of the
southern line of Thirty-third street, and quit-claims all land
which may have been a part of lot E, said ward, lying to
the northward of said southern line of Thirty-third street as
now established.
Said deeds, in duplicate, shall be executed on behalf of the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, by the Mayor
or acting Mayor, attested by the Clerk of Council, with the
corporate seal affixed, and in such form as may be approved
by the City Attorney, titles to be satisfactory to him.
Adopted.
Passed Dec. 20th, 1905.
Sidewalks.
Resolution read in Council for the first time, December
6,1905, and laid on the table; taken from the table December
20, 1905, read a second time and laid on the table.
Passed December 20, 1905.
By the Streets and Lane Committee:
Whereas, by an ordinance adopted February 19, 1902, for
securing uniformity in the sidewalks of Savannah, it is
352 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
provided, among other things, that Gwinnett street, in said
city from East Broad, east, to the city limits, shall have sidewalks on either side of the roadway ten (10) feet in width,
and grass plats on either side thereof ten (10) feet in width;
therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled:
First. That a sidewalk of such width is hereby required
to be laid on each side of Gwinnett street, from Habersham
street to Waters avenue, excepting that portion of Gwinnett
street embraced by the subway; the said sidewalk to be
of any hard material, subject to the approval of the Streets
and Lanes Committee.
Second. That the sidewalks in the foregoing limits shall
be laid within ninety (90) days from and after the passage
of this resolution, and if not so laid within that time, then
the municipal authorities of the City of Savannah shall proceed to lay the same, at the expense of the property owners,
and the remedies by the muncipial authorities of Savannah
in the event of the failure or refusal of the property owners
to lay said sidewalks as herein required, shall apply as to
such sidewalks.
APPENDIX.
Old City Exchange, Erected 1799. Cost about $32,000. Removed 1904. The Steeple was built in 1802; the Portico was
added to the Building in 1855At the time of its Erection the
Exchange was one of the Finest Public Buildings in the South.
The Old and The New
Sketch of the OLD CITY EXCHANGE (1799-
1904), and the NEW CITY HALL,
SAVANNAH, -GEORGIA.
BT
THOMAS GAMBLE, Jr.,
Secretary to the Hcror.
APPENDIX TO THE MAYOR'S REPORT
FOR 1905.
Old City Exchange, Savannah, Ga., from print made In 1850.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
After one hundred and five years of continued public service, the old Savannah "City Exchange" was razed to the
ground in 1904. For ninety-two years of that time it had
served as the seat of the municipal government. During all
of its long life it had been used for public purposes. With
its destruction passed away one of Georgia's oldest and
most historic structures. The tide of progress removed the
ancient landmark, built sixty-six years after the landing
of Oglethorpe, not far from the spot where he first set foot
on Georgia soil, and upon the site now stands the beautiful
new City Hall, the emblem of Savannan s twentieth century position of expanding business prosperity and high
civic pride.
For some years after its erection the old filature in Eeynolds Square, that reminiscence of the blasted hopes of Georgia as a land of silk culture, divided with the Exchange the
honors as the gathering place of the public. Of the filature
no description or illustration remains. It was doubtless a
structure of moderate dimensions and unassuming architecture, just such a frame building as one would expect in a
weak and struggling community, yet eombatting with savages and with nature for a foothold. It had served its
varied purposes well for many years. Built in early Colonial
days, held in some veneration as Georgia's oldest public
edifice, its inadequate accommodations had long been apparent. It was doubtless more because of this than on account of the decrepitude of age or through dissatisfaction
with its location, just beyond the business v district, that the
suggestion of Mayor Stephens in 1795, calling for an Exchange for business and public purposes, was received with
approval. The municipal government had then been in
4 APPENDIX.
operation five years, its treasury was empty, its total income being less than $5,000 a year, the population of the
little port was but 4,500, half of whom were negroes, the
population of the entire State was probably less than 100,-
000, and Savannah's business can hardly be described as
flourishing. Nevertheless its leading men had that faith
which prompts great undertakings. They believed in the
future of their State and of Savannah as its seaport, and
the committee of CouncilAldermen Wayne, Tobler and
Youngto whom Mayor Stephens' recommendations were
referred, after some delay, reported in favor of the citizens
building an Exchange by stock subscriptions, the city government to purchase a number of shares in the enterprise.
The committee favored an issue of two hundred shares of
$100 par value, believing $20,000 sufficient for a building
that would amply meet all needs for- many years to come.
They proposed that the Exchange should be placed where
the vendue house then stood, the municipality to give title
to the ground to the company building it.
This was entirely different from the plan suggested by
Mayor Stephens. He did not press his own views, but gave
the weight of his influence to the stock company project.
Unfortunately, before definite action had been taken, Savannah was devastated by the first of its four great fires, that
of November 26, 1796, which swept away the greater portion of the town, 229 houses being burned and but 171 buildings left standing in the compactly built part of the city.
Naturally, such a heavy loss brought to an end temporarily
all talk of a large public structure. Two years passed before
the project was revived. On November 26, 1798, the second
anniversary of the conflagration, Council appointed Aldermen Bolton, Dennis, Hunter and Glass, with Messrs. William
Stephens, John Habersham, Ebenezer Jackson and John
Morel, as a joint committee to report a plan of an Exchange,
where to be erected, the cost, and the mode of providing
the necessary funds. The selection of the anniversary date
of the great fire for the renewal of the enterprise may have
Entrance to the Old City Exchange.

APPENDIX. 6
been intended to inspire public confidence, to reassure the
world that Savannah had arisen from its ashes, re-established its old prestige, and stood ready to push forward to
greater things. It is indicative of that resolute spirit which,
under stress of fire and of epidemic, of war and of business
depression, has always animated Savannah, holding it
steadfast to its purposes. At no time in its eventful history
are there signs of a faltering, wavering spirit. No project
of merit on which it has embarked has ever been entirely
abandoned. The example of 1798, when a little city that
but twenty-four months before had seen over one-half of its
property blotted out by fire, a total loss, announced its determination to erect a structure for public purposes that
would equal any in the South at that time, speaks volumes
for Ihe indomitable courage of its leaders and the confidence
felt in their judgment and ability by the community. It
was the same spirit that had lead the feeble colonists to
withstand the might of Great Britain, the spirit whose
renascence made their grandchildren undertake the then
vast railroad enterprises of four decades later, the spirit
that may sometimes lie dormant but is never dead.
There was no further delay in pushing the Exchange project to a successful consummation. In two months the committee had selected plans prepared by a Mr. Boueher, and
had chosen the site at the head of Bull Street, instead of
the suggested vendue house lot. At the head of Bull Street,
facing south, an old exchange had stood, which had been
destroyed in the fire, and the site had remained unoccupied.
It was far more suitable than the site of the vendue house
and to this day the sagacious foresight of the early fathers
of the city in this matter is recognized. The next month
(February 18) subscription books^ were opened at a platform in frbnt of Commerce Row, on the Bay.
The City Council headed the list, taking 25 shares for the
municipality. No one was allowed to subscribe for more
than one share until five days had passed. Then, if the
entire stock had not been subscribed for, the privilege was
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extended to any individual of purchasing not more than
ten shares. The committee had appreciated the wisdom
of enlisting popular support for the enterprise, of having
as many citizens financially interested in the Exchange as
possible. Their plans in this, as in other respects, met with
general endorsement. The stock was quickly taken, and
on March 16, 1799, less than four months after the consideration of an Exchange had been resumed, the stockholders
met on Commerce Row and elected five leading citizens
William Stephens, Matthew McAllister, Robert Bolton, John
Glass and William Hunteras the first trustees. On June
5, 1799, the corner stone was laid with the usual ceremonies,
by "the Right Worshipful, the Honorable William Stephens,
Grand Master of Masons in the State of Georgia." The
corner stone, instead of being placed, as in the present City
Hall, on a level with Bay Street, was located on the lower
level, in the northeastern corner of the rear of the
building. In it were put some coins, doubtless the usual
newspapers, and a plate of copper bearing this inscription:
A. L. 5799
A.D. 1799
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE *
the 23d year.
MATTHEW McALLISTER,
MAYOR.
WILLIAM STEPHENS,
GRAND MASTER.
When the old building was removed, this plate and some
coins were found in the debris. The coins were placed in
the corner stone of the new Hall. The inscription plate, an
illustration of which is given herewith, was retained, and
will be inserted in one of the interior walls of the City Hall
as an interesting memorial of its predecessor,
Plate found in Corner Stone of old "City Exchange."
APPENDIX. 7
Only a meagre account of the ceremonies of 1799 appear
in the Georgia Gazette of that date. Its report says:
"Yesterday the corner stone of the City Exchange was
laid by the Bight Worshipful, the Honorable William Stephens, Grand Master of Masons in this State, on the spot
where the former one (destroyed by the fire of 1796) was
erected.
"The Right Worshipful, the Grand Master, was accompanied by the Grand Lodge of Georgia in procession, at
the particular request of the Honorable Matthew MeAllister, Mayor, and Aldermen, who attended and were, with
the eraft, aptly addressed by the Grand Master.
"This building is intended to be of brick and stone, 75 feet
by 50, three stories high, with apartments suitable for the
different public officials, and otherwise calculated for a City
Exchange."
It was thirteen years later before the Mayor and Aldermen were established in the Exchange. Until then the filature, at Abercorn and St. Julian Streets, where Castle Row
now stands, continued the municipal headquarters. There
the city government had made its home shortly after the
inauguration of Mayor John Houstoun on March 8, 1790.
The walls of its long room had doubtless resounded with
the ringing voices of patriots long numbered with the dead,
precious memories clustered about it, reaching back through
the travail of revolution to the era of royal rule. Because
of these associations, binding the venerable building so intimately to all the past history of Savannah, the Council
was loth to abandon the filature. But pressing needs forced
sentiment aside and 1812 found the filature vacant and for
rent and the Mayor and Aldermen installed in the Exchange.
Eight years later the filature was swept away by fire.
The city government had been gradually increasing its
holdings of Exchange stock. Here and there, as opportunity
offered, shares were bought until in August, 1806, the municipality held sixty-five. The idea of using the building for
8 APPENDIX,
city purposes, though, had apparently not been entertained,
for in 1811 a committee was appointed to inquire into the
expediency of erecting a city hall of brick on the site of the
filature. At this time the city held 82 shares of Exchange
stock and the committee recommended its sale as the first
preliminary step toward the erection of a hall. The discovery was soon made that other holders of shares preferred
to sell to the city rather than buy the city's holdings. Council adopted this as more feasible than the erection of a new
building. Certificates running ten years and bearing eight
per cent, interest were issued, and the 118 shares held by
private parties were bought at $150 a share. The original
plan to issue 200 shares at $100 had not provided enough
funds and the actual amount paid on each share seems to
have been $156, making the cost of the Exchange, as it then
stood, exclusive of the steeple, $31,200. By rents from the
building the committee of Council believed that the property
would pay for itself within the ten years, the income from
that source being placed at $2,400 to $3,000 a year. These
expectations were disappointed. It was not until the fall
of 1830 that Council finally ordered that the entire outstanding debt on the Exchange should be paid at once, and
it was not until some years later that the last certificate of
indebtedness was presented and cancelled.
On November 12, 1812, Aldermen Minis, Mendenhall and
MeAllister were appointed to close up the accounts of the
Exchange trustees, five of whom had been elected each year.
This committee received all books and papers from the
Board and the Exchange became the property of the municipality. The area covered by Savannah, and its topographical surroundings at that time, are well shown on the accompanying map of 1810. Beyond South Broad Street, now
Oglethorpe Avenue, there were practically no buildings,
rice lands reached to the limits of the built-up territory,
and the greater part of the present city site was covered
by the garden lots. The Exchange was the most pretentious
Structure in the town. Doubtless it was looked upon with
Mayor's Office In the Old City Exchange 1853-1904. This Room wat partitioned off from the
the use of the Mayor.
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pardonable pride by all Savannahians. The building was at
once put in good order and such portions as were not needed
for city purposes rented out. It was not until 1896 that
the last tenant left the Exchange and the entire building
was reserved by the city for its own business offices.
As originally constructed the Exchange had neither
steeple nor porticoes. In 1802 an appropriation which had
been made for a clock in the Independent Presbyterian
Church steeple was rescinded and $1,000 was set aside for
Messrs. Robert and John Bolton to import a clock and bell.
The steeple or belfry was then erected at a cost to the city
of $1,148.42 for their reception. The Messrs. Bolton provided the clock and bell free of expense to the city beyond
actual cost and charges, a total of $990.63, and the $9.37 remaining of the appropriation was turned back into the
treasury. The bell and clock were not in position until early
in 1804, the first reference to the use of the former being a
resolution of May 28, that year, providing for its ringing
from March 31 to September 22, at 9 o'clock every night,
and the remainder of the year at 8 o'clock, as the signal for
closing places of business. For many years the city authorities
regulated the hours of trade as they regulated many other
matters that would now be considered an interference with
personal liberty. Prom 1790 until 1804 the city marshal had
caused a church bell to be rung to give notice to the public
that Council was about to meet. When the Exchange bell
was in place it was used for that purpose. The beat of the
drum, which at times had succeeded the church bell as the
signal for puting up of store shutters, ceased entirely to
reverberate through the streets, and the Exchange bell
ringer, who also kept the clock in order, was charged with
the duty of giving regular warning to the merchants. For
some years, too, the guards notified the citizens of fires by
ringing the Exchange bell. Its clear, loud tones added to
the general jubilation of the people over every American
victory in the war of 1812. When the Exchange was re-
10 APPENDIX
moved the bell was transferred to the tower of John Ronrke
& Son's foundry, at Bay and East Broad Streets, where it
continues to announce the hours. One hundred and two
years it has done good service for Savannahians.
This bell is probably the oldest in the State. "When it was
placed in the Exchange Georgia was almost uninhabited
by whites beyond a little fringe of country along the eastern
border. In the entire State the white population was hardly
greater than that of Savannah today. Generation after
generation, to whom its familiar voice was that of an old
friend, has come upon the scene and passed away since the
bell's arrival from Amsterdam. Its brazen notes have welcomed Presidents and other distinguished visitorsMonroe,
Lafayette, Polk, Filmore, Clay, Webster among them. For
the great dead of the nation it has tolled. In a city not
devoid of sentiment it is worthy of special remembrance.
The old clock was taken down in February, 1896, and also
given to Mr. Rourke, under an agreement that it would be
placed in a tower on the foundry and used for the public
benefit. This structure was burned in 1902, and the old
clock was destroyed. Its successor was given to the same
firm and is now used in conjunction with the old bell.
In addition to its useful function as the abiding place of
clock and bell, the old Exchange steeple served other practical purposes in its early life. From 1810 until 1830 the
watchman in the ward, or one stationed in the tower itself,
was required to "hang a lantern with a lighted candle
therein over the side of the steeple in the direction of the
fire so as to direct the engines to the place of the fire." During the second war with Great Britain, when there was fear
of an attack on the city, a watchman with a telescope was
stationed in the steeple for signalling purposes, being one
of a chain reaching to Tybee lighthouse.
In the second of the great fires that have devastated Savannah, that of 1820, the Exchange had a narrow escape.
This fire, one of the greatest in the history of the United
The "I ono Room" of the Old City Exchange, used by the City Council for Eighty-nine years, 18151904.
APPENDIX. 11
States up to that time, occurred in January. Four hundred
and sixty-three tenements, besides outbuildings, were
burned. The fire mainly covered the section from the river
front to Broughton Street, from Jefferson to Drayton, with
the block from Bay to Bryan and Abercorn to Drayton,
Inside of these lines but a few brick buildings were left
standing, the total loss amounting to over one million dollars. As fifteen years later the assessments for realty and
improvements were but $2,500,000 it can be appreciated
what a tremendous blow this was to a town of 7,500 people,
followed as it was by a yellow fever epidemic in the summer and fall. Wide-spread attention was directed to Savannah by this misfortune, and assistance poured in from
all directions. A painting entitled "The Burning of Savannah," by J. Shaw, an engraving from which was made
by J. Hill and published by M. Carey & Sons, of Philadelphia, was sold throughout the country, few copies of which
are now in existence. From one a reproduction has been
made and is given herewith as an historical curio. Fortunately for the city and its official records the Exchange
had been built of brick and withstood the shower of sparks
that must have descended upon from the burning buildings
that almost surrounded it.
For many years the custom house and postoffiee were
located in the Exchange. A public bar was also one of its
features. The old Georgian office was in the building in
the early 50's, and in it what was probably the first steam
printing press in Georgia was erected. The long room was
utilized on many occasions for public meetings, for the reception of distinguished visitors, and as a suitable place
where the honored dead might lie in state. Many of the
great men of the Republic there received the homage of
Savannahians. Around no building in Georgia clustered so
many interesting and historic memories as made memorable
this venerable edifice. In the infancy of the Exchange the
belles and beaux of the city danced therein, and at various
times rooms were granted temporarily for school purposes
12 APPENDIX.
to worthy pedagogues of limited means. For many years
it was the centre of the social life of the community. Itinerant actors and passing showmen with strange animals to
exhibit found it a convenient place for their purpose, and
the City Council leniently consented to its use for such popular amusements. Here the "learned goat," the "skeleton of
the mammoth," wax works, and other traveling exhibitions
delighted the children of the town, while older members of
the community in its "long room" faced the Council on
charges of more or less gravity. On election days the building served for many years as a polling place. Rooms were
also given up to the military. In 1845 the use of those on the
top floor was granted to the Savannah Volunteer Guards,
the Republican Blues, the Georgia Hussars and the Phoenix
Rifles. The Guards and the Blues gave up the use of the
rooms in April, 1859, and the Irish Jasper Greens and Oglethorpe Light Infantry succeeded them. It was not until
late in the 70 's that this use of the Exchange by the military
ceased. Many of those who went forth in the Civil War to
illustrate Savannah on the field of battle had been drilled
in the Manual of Arms in the old Exchange, and the first
of those to fall in defense of the South, Coi. Francis Bartow
and others, were laid in state within its walls that the public might do honor to the valiant dead.
No special accommodations were provided for the Mayor
until 1853. On March 10 of that year Council directed that
the eastern part of the long room, which until then had
extended the entire Bay Street front of the second floor of
the building, should be partitioned off for the Mayor's
office. For a half century this room was so used. Beyond
this and the changes already mentioned but minor alterations had been made in the structure. In the great storm
of 1854 it was badly damaged. Builders who were called in
to examine it reported that the wood work throughout the
building was decayed. Improvements that were already in
progress were greatly extended, the porticoes were erected
in front, and the Exchange generally renovated, the total
Last Meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen in the "Long Room" of Old City Exchange,
APPENDIX. 13
expnditure being over $25,000, almost equal to the original
cost of the building. It was probably at this time that the
walls were stuccoed and painted brown, which remained its
color until the early 90's, when white was substituted.
For some years the inadequacy of the Exchange for the
business requirements of a fast growing city were felt. In
his annual address to Council, on January 26, 1903, Mayor
Herman Myers directed attention to this, and urged "the
initiation of steps toward erecting a new public building
adequate for the needs of a thriving and growing municipality, centrally located, and more' in accord with the Savannah of today." In his address of the following year
Mayor Myers stated that Council was "convinced that the
site of the Exchange was the proper place for the new
building." "This will, in all probability, continue the centre of the business interests of Savannah. The trade bodies,
the banks, the offices of the commercial houses, will always
be within a few blocks of Bull and Bay Streets, and the
retail district will remain within easy access. A noble structure where the present antiquated Exchange stands will be a
notable landmark to the travel of the river. The erection
of the new municipal building is one of the steps in the
creation of the Greater Savannah, the spirit of which has
been making itself manifest in recent years."
Mayor Myers' suggestion was at once acted on and he and
Aldermen D. B. Thomas and B. J. Davant were appointed a
special committee to consider the question of a site and
plans. This committee reported to Council on February
18, 1904, that "after a thorough investigation of the situation and the most careful consideration of the city's finances,
in its opinion a new municipal building was urgently needed,
and steps should be taken at once looking to the erection
of a modern and adequate building as soon as possible."
At present, the committee continued, the city departments
did not have proper room in which to carry on their work,
and their operations and usefulness as a result were
hampered.
14 APPENDIX.
"It is impossible by the expenditure of any reasonable
sum," the committee held, "to make the present City Exchange suitable for the purposes of the city government.
Money expended upon it is largely wasted." The committee also held that the site of the Exchange was in every
way suitable for a new hall. "It is easily accessible from
all parts of the city and will remain the centre of business
interests. Being the property of the city its use for this
purpose will save the city in the neighborhood of $100,000."
It was accordingly recommended that the Exchange site
be used and that $500 be appropriated for the use of a committee in securing plans, specification^, etc.
The report was unanimously adopted by Council and the
committee was continued with the addition of Aldermen
James M. Dixon and W. J. Watson. Plans were at once advertised for and a number received from architects in different cities. On May 27 the. committee reported to Council
that it had "deemed it advisable to reject all of the plans
submitted, none in its opinion meeting the requirements of
the building desired." Honorariums amounting to $650
were paid to the architects who had submitted what were
considered the best plans, and the committee was empowered
to engage an architect, under such conditions as to compensation as it might deem proper, to develop plans under its
directions until a satisfactory set was obtained. The committee then engaged Mr. H. W. Witcover, of Savannah, as
architect for the hall, and the plans submitted by him were
finally approved by the committee and adopted by Council.
In order to secure additional area for the new building
a bill was passed at this session of the Legislature, providing for a grant of land on all sides of the old Exchange site.
In the fall bids for the erection of the hall were called for,
and on February 6, 1904, they were opened. The bids ranged
from $209,795 to $241,900. The plan adopted by the committee called for Winnsboro blue granite up to the top of
the first floor above Bull Street, and limestone above that.
Rotunda of New City Hall. 30 feet in diameter, 70 feet
high to Dome of Stained Glass. Large Bronze Fountain to be
placed in Center.
APPENDIX 15
In its report to Council the committee said:
"While the outlay required for the new hall will be considerably in excess of the amount originally contemplated,
it appears to be the opinion of our citizens generally that in
the erection of a municipal building, expected to serve the
purposes of the city government for a century to come, the
cost should not be scaled down to a point where either the
beauty or usefulness of the building would be impaired.
It is our desire and intention to give the eity a building that
in size, accommodations and attractiveness will conform to
the present standard of excellence in architecture, will satisfy
the most .exacting taxpayer, and will be a full return for
every dollar expended upon it."
The bid of S. S. Leonard was accepted by Council, but
through his inability to complete arrangements new bids
were called for. On February 11 a permanent building committee of five was provided for, fully empowered to represent the Mayor and Aldermen, and this committee, composed
of Mayor Myers and Aldermen Thomas, Dixon, Davant and
Schroder, continued in charge of the building until its completion.
On March 19 a contract was made with the Savannah
Contracting Company for the erection of the hall at a cost
of $205,167. On March 16, the last meeting of the City
Council in the old Exchange was held. On March 24 its
destruction began. From the mahogany banister of the old
building Mayor Myers had beautifully finished canes made
as mementoes of the Exchange for presentation to the Aldermen and city officials. Temporary quarters for the various
eity departments were prepared at the police barracks,
where they remained until the completion of the hall.
The corner stone of the new hall was laid in the afternoon
of Thursday, August 11, 1904, with elaborate ceremonies,
including a military and civic parade, which was reviewed
by the mayors and other officials of forty-nine Georgia cities
and towns, in attendance on the League of Georgia Munici-
16 APPENDIX
palitiesj they later witnessing the laying of the corner stone.
The Savannah Morning News and Evening Press gave complete reports of the proceedings. The News report was in
part as follows:
"In the presence of thousands of people who thronged
Bay Street from Drayton to Whitaker, filled every available
place along Factors' Walk, sat in windows and stood on
balconies, crowded the steps of the Custom House, and
craned their necks from the tops of buildings as far away
as the Germania Bank, the corner stone of the new City Hall
was laidjwith imposing ceremonies.
"Not in a long while has such a crowd assembled in Savannah and the sight was one that will not be forgotten in
a long while. There were more than 10,000 people in the
immediate neighborhood during the exercises. Hundreds
and hundreds of people were unable to get within several
blocks of the site. These unfortunates contented themselves
by lining Bull Street and waiting for the disintegration of
the military and civic bodies. More than a thousand people
were seated within the space that had been roped off for the
invited guests.
"Within this enclosure hundreds of ladies, without invitations or escorts, were provided with seats. After the
invited guests had been provided with places the police permitted as many as could" be accommodated to enter the enclosure, preference being given the ladies, while every niche
in the vicinity of the site was occupied, and standing room
was at a premium.
"From the tops of the tall buildings, and from the hundreds of office windows, men and women waved their handkerchiefs and lustily cheered the utterances of Senator Clay,
the orator of the day. The Custom House steps and windows, the buildings along the Bay and the roof of the
Germania Bank building two blocks away were crowded
with humanity.
"The buildings on either side of the street, and the bridges
and walks along the Bay formed an immense ampitheater,
with the platform and the corner stone in the center. The
gently waving flags, the white dresses of the ladies, the yellow uniforms of the regulars, the blue and gray of the other
companies, the glitter of sunshine on sword and saber and
Masonic emblems, all blended to make an animated picture
of remarkable beauty and interest.
Laying of Corner Stone of New City Hall on August 11, 1904.
APPENDIX. 17
"There were thousands of people present. The crowd was
variously estimated at from 12,000 to 20,000 people. Which
of these figures is nearer correct, it would be impossible to
say.
"Even as the parade was forming in the Park Extension,
and almost two hours before the ceremonies were to begin,
the crowd began gathering about the City Hall. Before 5
o'clock the platform had been filled, with the exception of
the seats reserved for the members of the League of Georgia
Municipalities and the Masons.
"With the arrival of the parade, the visiting mayors and
other city officials took their seats on the platform. The
United States band from Charleston furnished music, until
the arrival of the Masons. The members of the Grand Lodge,
headed by Grand Master Max Meyerhardt, of Rome, were
the last to march on the platform.
"The Grand Lodge officers marched to the northern end
of the platform, where the corner stone hung from an immense derrick, directly over the spot where it was to be
laid. Acting Grand Marshal W. S. Rockwell then mounted
the steps leading to the corner stone and proclaimed silence
in the name of the grand master.
"The ancient and impressive ceremonies of the Masons
were at once begun. The requests from the Mayor on behalf
of the city for the Grand Lodge to lay the corner stone was
read and the usual ritual gone through with. The acting
grand chaplain, Rev. C. H. Strong, offered a prayer and
'America' was sung by the male quartette.
"Acting Grand Architect H. W. Witcover examined the
stone and reported to the grand master. Acting Grand
Treasurer B. P. Pinney placed in the box the articles that
-had been selected to be put in the corner stone and with
the invocations of the grand master that ages and ages might
pass before those articles would be again seen by man, the
box was sealed.
"The box was then placed in the stone and the stone
slowly lowered into place, Acting Grand Architect Witeover
having himself laid the cement. The grand architect reported to the grand master and the tests of the various
Masonic offices were then applied.
18 APPENDIX.
" 'I have tried this stone by plumb, square and level, and
pronounce it to be well formed, true and trusty,' announced
the grand master.
"The gold and silver vessels were then brought forth and
the corn, wine and oil were poured upon the stone. The
grand master then said:
" 'May the all-bounteous Author of nature bless the inhabitants of this place with all the necessaries, conveniences
and comforts of life; assist in the erection and completion of
this building; protect the workmen against every accident,
and long preserve this structure from decay; and grant to
us all, a supply of the corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment, and the oil of joy.'
" 'So mote it be,' responded the other officers.
'' The grand master then struck the stone three times with
his mallet, and returning to the grand architect, delivered
the implements by which it had been tested, to that official.
"The Masonic ceremonies were closed by the grand master
with the following:
" 'Men and Brethren here assembled: Be it known unto
you that we be lawful Masons, true and faithful to the laws
of our country, and engaged by solemn obligations to erect
magnifiicent buildings, to be servicable to the brethren, and
to fear God, the Great Architect of the Universe. We have
among us concealed from the eyes of all secrets which cannot
be divulged and which have never been found out; but these
secrets are lawful and honorable and not repugnant to the
laws of Gqd or man.
" 'They were entrusted in peace and honor to the Masons
of ancient times, and, having been faithfully transmitted to
us, it is our duty to convey them unimpaired to the latest
posterity. Unless our craft were good and our calling honorable, we should not have lasted for so many centuries nor
should we have been honored with the patronage of so many
illustrious men of all ages, who have ever shown themselves
ready to promote our interests and to defend us from all
adversaries. We are assembled here today, in the face of
you all, to build a house, which we pray God may deserve
Bronze Fountain to be placed in Rotunda of City Hall.
APPENDIX. 19
to prosper, by becoming a place of concourse for good men,
and promoting harmony and brotherly love throughout the
world, till time shall be no more.'
" 'So mote it be,' responded the other Masons.
"Mayor Myers then escorted Senator A. S. Clay, the
orator of the day, and Grand Master Meyerhardt to the
platform that had been erected for the speaking. The
Mayor introduced the grand master and he delivered an
interesting address, dwelling upon the important part
Masonry has played in Georgia, beginning with its introduction in this city. He paid Savannah a high tribute in
the course of his short address and was roundly applar-ded
at the conclusion of his speech.
"Senator Clay was then introduced by Mayor Myers as
'the distinguished and noble Georgian whom we all know.'
Though speaking with difficulty at times because of a sore
throat, Senator Clay held the attention of his audience from
beginning to end and was frequently interrupted by applause. He reviewed at length the historic and commercial
development of Savannah. The address concluded the ceremonies and the assemblage dispersed."
Following is a list of the articles placed in the corner
stone:
Copy of the reports of the Mayor and city officers for
1903.
Copy of the city code of Savannah.
Copy of the history of the city government of Savannah.
Copy of the rules of the City Council of Savannah.
Pac similie of the Declaration of Independence.
Copy of the proceedings of the 154th anniversary of the
Union Society.
Copy of the constitution of the congregation B'Nai B'rith
Jacob.
Photograph of the old City Exchange of Savannah.
Photograph of the last meeting of City Council of Savannah in old City Exchange,
20 APPENDIX.
Photograph of British steamship Saint Andrew, on which
was shipped from Savannah, the world's record cotton cargo.
Photograph of the automobile parade tendered visiting
mayors and other city officials of Aug. 10, 1904.
Photograph of the monument to Tomochichi.
Copies of the Savannah Evening Press of Savannah, of
Saturday, Aug. 6, and Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1904.
Copy of the Savannah Morning News of Aug. 11, 1904.
Address from the League of Georgia Municipalities, signed
by the members in attendance at the convention at Savannah,
Aug. 10,11,1904.
Stamps of the United States from 1 cent to 15 cents in
denomination. (In envelope.)
Series of stamps of the United States, issued in commeoration of the St. Louis Exposition. (In envelope.)
All coins of the United States from 1 cent to $1. (Envelope.)
Several old coins. (In envelope.)
An engraved plate, complimentary to Mayor Herman
Myers. (Envelope.)
A copper engraved plate, giving Mayor Myers' tenure of
office, with compliments County Treasurer Russell. (In
envelope.)
Pamphlet giving commercial statistics of Savannah.
Official programme of League of jQeorgia Municipalities
and laying of corner stone.
Lists of membership of Solomons Lodge, No. 1; Zerubbabel Lodge, No. 15; Clinton Lodge, No. 54; Ancient Landmark, No. 231; Landrum Lodge, No. 48.
Masonic Herald.
Relic of Joe Wheeler.
Pen staffs from Wesley Oak and old coins from Palestine,
by R. B. Reppard.
The military and civic parade was a brilliant feature of
the occasion. As a matter of future interest the Morning
News report is given herewith:
Council Chamber of New City Hall. All Woodwork and Furniture is Mahogany and Dimension of Room 28ft. x 78ft.
Great Savannah Fire, January, 1820, which destroyed the greater part of the CityFrom engraving of painting by
J. Shaw, published at that time.
APPENDKL
"Under the inspiring strains of martial music the long
parade of civic and military bodies was formed in the Park
Extension yesterday afternoon preparatory to the march to
the new City Hall at the foot of Bull Street. Nearly 2,000
men were in line.
"Though numerically the weakest organization in the
parade, the Confederate Veterans, the remnant of those who
wore the gray, attracted the most attention. Mingling with
them in the parade were the blue blouses of the regulars
from Port Screven, the khaki of the state militia, the gray
suits of the Guards, and the brilliant uniforms of the secret
orders.
"In the contrast of gray and brown, and the showy uniforms of the secret orders, with the civilian dress of the
non-uniformed men, there was a happy blending of color,
which gave variety and harmony to the scene.
"The hour for starting had been fixed at 4 o'clock, and
long before that the military companies were on the march
from their headquarters to the Park Extension. A quarter
of an hour before the time set for the formation the battalion from Port Screven, led by Col. Anderson, moved south
on Drayton Street, and with flags flying and the band playing, swept into the park.
'' Marching in perfect time more than 300 soldiers of Uncle
Sam, clad in khaki trousers and blue blouses, marched the
entire length of the Park Extension, and stacked arms,
awaiting the order to move.
"Following them came companies of the First Georgia
Regiment, followed later by the Confederate Veterans and
still later by the four companies of Guards under command
of Capt. Hutton.
"Conspicuous among the troops were the two squadrons
of cavalry, Troop A, the Georgia Hussars,, and Troop B, of
Emngham county, both under the command of Capt. W. W.
Gordon, Jr. The'Naval Reserves brought with them a small
rapid fire gun, hauled by three men.
"Entering from the west side came the uniformed ranks
of the various secret societies. The Junior Order, ununiformed, also turned out in force. The Masons were out in
numbers, being better represented than any of the other
societies.
22 APPENDIX.
"To watch the evolutions and the departure of the troops
several thousand people assembled around the park and
in the park itself. On the Drayton Street side there was a
continuous line of onlookers, while groups of men and
women and boys and girls were distributed along the walks.
"For the purpose of clearing the way for the soldiers a
squad of eight mounted patrolmen were on hand and did
service in keeping the crowd back from the line of march.
"After a number of maneuvers for the purpose of bringing each company into proper position, the bugle call was
ordered by Gen, W. W. Gordon and at 4:20 o'clock the order
to march was given.
"Led by Gen. W. W. Gordon and his staff and Col. Anderson, U. S. A., and his staff, the regulars responded first to
the signal, and with an easy swing the army men were soon
moving northward. The Port Moultrie band from Sullivan's
Island discoursed martial strains for the soldiers.
"Preceding the companies of the First Regiment was
Lieut. Col. Grayson and staff, with Middleton's band. Maj.
Elliott's command came first.
"The Savannah Cadets formed the first company of the
regiment. The battalion of artillery followed the companies
of infantry. The Naval Reserves and the Chatham Artillery,
with mounted guns, came next, followed by two troops of
cavalry, one the Georgia Hussars and the other the Effingham
troop.
"Gen. C. A. Cox, in command of the first battalion of Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, accompanied by Ms staff,
led the uniformed secret society section of the parade; which
consisted of three companies of the Uniform Rank, Knights
of Pythias and one company of the Uniform Rank, W. 0. W.
"Excelling in point of numbers all of the other secret
societies represented were the Masons, their officers clad in
the regalia of the order. In the same division were the Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Junior Order, U. A. M., and
the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
"In the last division was the German Friendly Aid Society, with the Lafayette McLaws Camp, United Confederate
Veterans.
General Office of the Mayor in New City Hall. Private Office Adjoins.
APPENDIX. 23
"Leaving-the Park Extension at the Drayton Street
entrance the parade marched to Gaston Street, west to Bull,
and north on Bull to "the City Hall. Both sides of the street
were crowded by a surging mass of humanity.
"Assembled on the balcony of the De Soto were the visiting mayors who reviewed the parade. As the troops passed
the salute was given, the civic bodies raising their hats to
serve the purpose."
On the date of the corner stone laying the Savannah Evening Press contained an editorial, under the caption "Savannah's Red Letter Day," which so well expressed the sentiment of the occasion that it is herewith reproduced:
"There are red letter days in the lives of municipalities
as there are red letter days in the lives of individualsdays
that stand out with distinct prominence and importance
above the level of ordinary events. Today is a red letter
day in the history of Savannah. The layinjr of the corner
stone of the new city hall commemorates another great stride
forward in the swift march of progress our beloved city is
making. It marks the consummation of long cherished
plans and tells to the world that Savannah's civic greatness
has reached that point where a municipal building commensurate with its importance has been found necessary.
On an historic site a beautiful pile is arising that will be
both a credit and an adornment to the city. As the old
building served Savannah for over a century, so the new
hall will doubtless remain an enduring monument of the
city of the opening days of the twentieth century, until another hundred years, perhaps two, have been gathered into
the grave of time.
"It is a matter of pride to Savannahians that the new
building is to be a structure beautiful in design, solid in
construction, and composed of materials that can resist the
tooth of passing ages. The Georgia granite which faces it
is emblematic ,of the enduring character of our prosperity. It has been built solidly from the beginning and
rests upon a foundation of one hundred and sixty years of
conservatism and well balanced enterprise. From the day
when Habersham opened up the first commercial house on
the Bay until the present time Savannah has develoned
slowly, steadily and safely. There has been nothing sporadic
in its growth. The progress it has made has been perma-
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nent 'progress. Every step forward has been a step retained.
Civic pride has flourished, the love of the ornate has been
cultivated, hospitality has thriven, a martial spirit has ever
been encouragedthese have gone hand in hand with the
spirit of commercialism. Its people have developed a well
rounded character that has fitted them for the highest enjoyment of existence, for the gratification of the nobler impulses of the human nature as well as for the strenuous
activities of business life. If there is a city in the land where
the cankering cares of business have not been allowed to
absorb the entire individuality of its citizens and grind
them into the dust of sordid materalism it has been Savannah.
"There is no fear today but that the Savannah of the
future will continue its expansion along the same lines that
have marked its progress in the past. Its people have a
well defined character that is more likely to be strengthened
by the spirit that prevails, the institutions that exist, than
to be marred or changed by circumstances which may hereafter arise. The love of Savannahians for Savannah is more
apt to be broadened with the coming years, to be strengthened for the duties that lie in store for them. There is not
apt to be any lessening of devotion to its interests, any
diminution of that zeal for the maintenance of its reputation for other things than business, that is the heritage of
past generations of men who appreciated that life contained
something grander, nobler, more enduring, more highly to
be esteemed, than mere money making. While we are
proud, and justly so, of the material growth of our city, of
the expansion of its world-wide commerce, of its industrial
upbuilding, we are prouder still of that reputation it enjoys
for unrestrained hospitality, for generosity in all worthy
causes, for patriotic love of city, state and native land. The
blood that has been shed in defense of principle is here more
esteemed than the treasure that has been accumulated. The
time has never yet been when it could be justly charged that
Savannah was so absorbed in the pursuit of money that its
ears were deaf to the calls of duty, of friendship, or of pure
philanthropy. It has never failed to stand the tests when
they have arisen.
"Today there is nowhere a more united people than those
of this city. Nowhere is there more general interests felt in
all plans and movements intended for the betterment of a
city than exists here. This spirit seems to grow with each
Interior View of Cltv Treasurer'* Office In New r.ltw Hn " B..--I*.
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year. It is-shown today in the hearty manner in which all
citizens are uniting in making the ceremonies of the corner
stone laying worthy of the occasion. It is shown in the general feeling of commendation of the local administration
for its work in this direction, and the unanimous pride felt in
the noble building that is to face Savannah's most beautiful
thoroughfare. The city's future is both safe and glorious."
On December 20, 1905, the City Hall was again occupied
by the officials. The first meeting of Council in it was held
on January 3, 1906. Prior to this, on January 2, a public
reception was held in order that the people of Savannah
might have an opportunity to inspect the building. In its
report of this event the Morning News said:
"Thousands of people visited the new City Hall during
the hours of the public receptions yesterday afternoon and
last night to inspect the building, and expressions of surprise at the beauty of the structure were heard on every
side.
"The reception really developed into surprise parties for
the citizens, for no one who had not previously visited the
building had any conception of the beauty and artistic arrangement of the interior. Mayor Myers, who received the
visitors in his private office, and all the eity officials were
warmly and repeatedly congratulated upon the appearance
of the building. Architect Witcover, who was present at
the receptions, was kept almost as busy as the Mayor, shaking hands and responding to congratulations.
"Both the afternoon and the evening receptions were delightful affairs, though the effect of the illumination made
the building more attractive at night than during the day.
Palms and potted plants were grouped about the rotunda
and flowers of various kind were scattered throughout the
building, greatly enhancing its beauty. At night miniature
electric bulbs shone amid the array of palms, which had
been placed in the fountain basin in the center of the rotunda
on the first floor. The effect of these variously colored lights
against the palms was startlingly beautiful.
"There was a great crowd at both the afternoon and night
receptions, the larger number being present at night. At
both receptions there were continuous streams of people
coming and going, so that it was practically impossible to
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form any accurate estimate of the number. There were
probably 4,000 people in the building during the afternoon
and at least 6,000 at night.
"During the afternoon hours, from 3:30 to 5 o'clock, the
number of children was large, and there were also far more
women than men. The afternoon reception had been specially planned for the benefit of the women and children, it
being feared that many of them might not be able to come
at night. The appreciation was shown by the large numbers that were present. At night the throng was about
equally divided between men and women, with only a small
number of children. The visitors went at will through the
building, inspecting it from tower to basement. In each
office they were received by one of the heads of departments,
or their assistants, and made to feel at home. On the second
floor, where the office of the Mayor, the Council Chamber
and the Clerk of Council are located, it was necessary to
form lines to prevent a congestion in the crowd. The police
on duty saw to this, and the crowds, even when they were
largest, managed to get through and see everything with
little confusion."
The final payment on the Hall and its furnishings was
made in April, 1906. The total cost was summarized by
Mayor Myers in his report to Council, on January 17, 1906,
as follows:
Original contract for hall______ $205,167 00
Extras:
Strengthening 4th story walls__$ 660 00
Bracing belfry on account of
additional bell ________ 500 50
Hoisting additional bell_____ 33 33
Preservative for exterior stone_ 490 00
Extra appropriation for special
design of hardware__ 495 00
Miscellaneous changes for various offices ___________ 918 80$ 3,097 63
New City Hall, Savannah, Ga., Erected 1904-05. Cost with
Furnishings, $260,000.
City of Savannah Flag, Adopted January 18, 1905: White Field,
City Coat of Arms and Thirteen Stars in Blue, Red Outer Border,
Biue Iniisr Border. The Coat of Arms Was Adopted in 1794.
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Items Originally Contemplated But
Not Included in Contract:
Clqeks and bells _________$ 3,640 00
Bronze fountain for rotunda__ 2,000 00
Statues of "Art" and "Commerce" ____________ 2,800 00
Tinting interior walls______ 549 50$ 8,989 50
Total expenditures on building $217,254 13
Furnishings:
Counters and grilles______$ 4,777 93
Metal furniture and chairs____ 17,845 60
Lighting fixtures and fans___ 6,000 00
Rugs and window shades 539 75
Total expenditures on furnishings $ 29,163 28
Architect'8 Fees __________ . 12,320 87
Total cost of City Hall____ $258,738 28
"The small amount of 'extras' on the building calls for
especial comment," said Mayor Myers, "representing, as
they do, but one and one-half per cent, on the original contract for the construction of the Hall. This is probably unprecedented in the history of public buildings, 10 per cent,
being the usual additional expenditure under this head.
From the initial steps toward providing Savannah with a
hall in keeping with its position as a city the interests of
the tax payers have been carefully protected. The aldermen associated with the Mayor on the building committee
for the past two, years have ever displayed the deepest interest in the progress of the work and have heartily co-operated
with the architect in his indefatigable efforts in the City's
behalf. Harmonious relations existed with the contractors
and it adds to the public's pleasure of ownership to know
that the hall was designed by a Savannahian and erected by
a Savannah firm. It stands as a monument to the progressive spirit that marks the Savannah of today.''