REPORT OF
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN
MAYOR
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORTS OF THE CITY OFFICERS
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH. GEORGIA

FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31. 19O7
To whtoh * added th Comm.ralsl Statistics of
the Port. Rsports of Pnblio Institution* and
Ordinances passed Jnrlnft th. r.sr
19O7

MAYOR AND ALDERMEN FOR 1907 AND 1908
Mayor
GEORGE W. TIEDEMAN
Chairman of Council
R. J, DAVANT
Vice-Chairman of Council
W. F. McCAULEY
Aldermen
F. C. BATTEY A. S. GUCKENHEIMER
R. J. DAVANT M. J. KAVANAUGH
J. H. H. ENTELMAN W. F. MCCAULEY
J. D. EPPS J. F. PERRITT
J. B. GAUDRY C. G. WILKINSON
G. A. GORDON H. E. WILSON

INDEX
Assessments for Taxation for Thirteen Years............... 353
Bank Clearings at Savannah (compared with nine other cities) 348
Bank Clearings at Savannah for Twelve Years.............. 346-347
Board of Sanitary Commissioners......................... 221-251
Board of Tax Assessors.-.-.............................- 42-43
Bonaventure Cemetery.................................. 281
Bonded Debt........................................... 33
Budget for 1908........................................ 11-12
Building Inspector ...---.....---.--..--.---..--.---....- 41
Charity Hospital ................. .................... 294-295
Chief of Police.......................................... 45-83
City Attorney ......................................... 286-200
City Dispensary. .. .. .................................. 255
City Engineer ......................................... 179-220
City Marshal .......................................... 36-40
City Officers...... ............... .................... 9-10
City Physicans. ..... ................................... 252-254
Citv Treasurer...... ........ .. ..................... 127-145
Clerk of the Market .................................... 282-283
Commissions...................... ... ................ 8
Director of Public Works.............................. . .. 154-178
Electric Inspector-................ ..... .......... ... 120
Fire Inspectors.. ....................................... 121-122
Harbor Master......................................... 284-285
Health Officer........................................... 221-251
Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association............... 329-344
Laurel Grove Cemetery.................................. 280
Mayor and Aldermen...... ......... ................. . 5
Mayor's Annual Message.. ................... .......... 13-29
Ordinances Passed in 1907............................... 355-434
Park and Tree Commission . ............................ 258-279
Park View Sanitarium............................... .... 296-297
Plumbing Inspector..... ............................ .. 256-257
Public Institutions........... ............ ....... . 291-301
Public Library... ................................ .... 303-327
Recorder of Police Court............................... . 84-89
Reports to Council in 1907. ............ ........ . . . .... 459-462
Resolutions Adopted in 1907 ....... ................ . . 435-458
Savannah Hospital.. ........ ..... ........ ........ . .. 298
Savannah's Climate. . . .... ... .... ......... . ... 354
Sinking Fund Commissioners... ....... . ....... .... 30-32
Statement of City of Savannah Bonds... ............ .... 34-35
Statistics of the City of Savannah............ . . . 345-354
St. Joseph's Hospital.................................... 292-293
Superintendent Fire Alarm System ......... ............... 123-126
Superintendent Fire Department..... ............... .. 91-119
Superintendent Water Works Department ..... ... ..... 146-153
Telfair Hospital..................................... .. 299-301
Total Value Imports and Exports for Fiscal Year............ 351
COMMISSIOHS, 1907 AND 1908
Park and Tree
P. D. BAFFIN, Chairman
GEO. J. BALDWIN- CHAS. S. ELLIS
J. H. H. ENTELMAN I. A. SOLOMONS
Sinking Fund
H. P. SMART, Chairman
GEO. J. MILLS, Vice Chairman S. HERMAN
CHAS. G. BELL, Secretary JOHN LYONS
Pilotage
JAS. M. BARNARD, Chairman
GEO. P. WALKER W. W. WILLIAMSON
HENRY T. WILLIAMS JOSEPH HULL
J. FLORAXCE MIXIS J. COOPER HARRIS, Secretary
Massie School
GEO. W. TlEDEMAN
R. J. DAVAXT WALTER S. WILSON
CITY OFFICERS, 1907 AND 1908
Mayor............................. GEORGE W. TIEDEMAN
Secretary to the Mayor.................... NEYLE COLQUITT
Clerk of Council............................N. P. CORISH
Assistant Clerk of Council. .......... .CHAS. V. HERNANDEZ
Chief of Police............................. W. G. AUSTIN
1st Lieutenant of Police. ...................S. N. HARRIS
2d Lieutenant of Police................... .JOSEPH McCooL
City Treasurer.............................. C. S. HARDEE
City Engineer.............................J. W. HOWARD
City Engineer (Assistant).............W. O'D. ROCKWELL
City Attorney.............................. S. B. ADAMS
City Marshal........................ .FRED. WESSELS, JR.
Deputy City Marshal................... .WILKIE BROWN
City Physicians (2 white). .LAWRENCE LEE and J. V. MARTIN
City Physicians (2 colored)....... J. H. BUGG and P. E. LOVE
Clerk of the Market................... G. TROUP DUNHAM
Clerk of the Market (Assistant)..............T. B. GRACEN
Director of Public Works................. .HARRY WILLINK
Harbor Master................................ JOHN CARR
Health Officer........................... W. F. BRUNNER
Chief Sanitary Inspector................ HENRY G. GREENE
Food Inspector. ......................... . SIMON A. WEIL
Inspectors of Naval Stores LEWIS BLISS, R. B. JEWETT,
W. R. POWELL, J. E. REGISTER, J. C. REGISTER, J. F. BLISS,
JAS. T. WELLS and NAT. HARRISON.
Inspector of Buildings........................ H. BARTLETT
Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery........... .A. B. LA Roc HE
Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery (colored)..... HENRY WILLIS
Keeper City Dispensary.................... F. B. DURHAM
Assistant Keeper Dispensary................ . J. D. HARMS
Messenger of Council.................. .CHARLES A. GRADOT
Port Warden............................. W. H. SPENCER
Plumbing Inspector......................... .A. ROBIDER
City Officers, 1907 and 1908 Continued
Recorder............................ .JOHN E. SCHWARZ
Superintendent Scavenger Department.... THOMAS COOLEY
Superintendent Fire Department..... .THOMAS BALLANTYNE
Assistant Superintendent Fire Department. .J. J. CONNALLY
Superintendent and Engineer Waterworks.:...... J. P. FIGG
Tax Assessors, Chairman....................H. S. DREESE
Tax Assessors (Two).......A. B. PALMER and J. M. DREYER
Custodian City Hall......................R. W. FERGUSON
BUDGET FOR 1908
Ordinance read in Council for the first time November 20, 1907,
read a second time December 30, 1907, amended, placed upon its passage and passed.
By Committee of the Whole
BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1908
Fixed Expenses for 1908
Interest on bonded debt .......................... ....$144,317 00
Sinking fund.-..-..-.-.-....-.-...--.--..-.-..------ 46,000 00
$190,317 00
Maintenance of Regular City Departments
Departments Appropriation
Bonaventure Cemeterv. ..............................t 1,000 00
Board of Health .....'................................. 18,258 00
Charity.............................................. 5,000 00
City clocks.......................................... 400 00
City Hall, maintenance and insurance...-.--..---...--. 4,500 00
City lighting........................................ 19,014 50
Dispensary.-.....-...-...-....-...-....-...-..--...- 4,500 00
Drainage and dry Culture......................... ..... 10,000 00
Fire department,.................................... 101,000 00
Fire department, uniforms............................ 4,000 00
Harbor and wharves................................. 2,500 00
Harbor improvements and advertising.................. 2,500 00
Hospitals....................................... ... 14,400 00
House drainage......................._.............. 3,500 00
Incidentals, including office charity ........... .._.._., 5,000 00
Law department, incidentals.....'................ .... 600 00
Laurel Grove Cemetery,....................... ..... . 5,50000
Market............................................. 5,000 00
Notes for park purposes,............................. 14,723 24
Opening streets, including deferred payments and interest
on outstanding notes --.--...-..--..-.-...--..--. 37,506 00
Parks and squares.................................... 12,000 00
Police-.... ....... ................................. 115,80000
Police uniforms....................................... 4,200 00
Police reserves. .. .................................. ... 3,500 00
Printing and stationery _.-...___....... .-.-._.. ... . 3,50000
Public Library (white)'............................... 4,200 00
Public Library (colored), trustees appointed by city...... 360 00
Plumbing inspector............................"...... 2,655 00
Storm sewers...................................... . 5,500 00
Storm sewers, East Broad street....................... 1,000 00
Budget for 1908 Continued
Salaries, including aldermen___.....................I 48,280 00
Scavenger department..____--___-__,_____________... 42,000 00
Scavenger Department. Electric Railway contract with
county.--.-----__-----_-----__----_.,---_-__----_ 4,500 00
Sink Department (O. E. M.)-------------------------- 5,000 00
Streets and lanes.....________...__....... 66,000 00
Streets, asphalt notes and work___................... 40,000 00
Streets, resurfacing (gravel and shell)_____........... 3,000 00
Streets, paving under construction..................... 30,000 00
Waterworks____.............._.--..----...-.... 44,000 00
$694,396 84
Hew improvements to be made in 1908 to be passed on
by Council before expenditure
Board of Health (steam chamber. $1,50V).00; bacteriological laboratory, $6,000.00)...................... 7,500 00
Fire department, new station.................... L..... 10,000 00
Grading new streets.-..----.-........................ 3,000 00
Improvement, Gamewell svstem. ...................... 2,500 00
Paving streets....-.-...-.-...-.-.... .-...---...-.-.. 25,000 00
Waterworks, extension and improvements...-----..--.._ 24,000 00
Tree planting (to be designated)....................... 2,000 00
Damn Park..-...-...-.-.....- .................... . 2,00000
$ 76,000 00
Total budget for year 1908. ...................... .$960,713 84
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN
MAYOR
OF
SAVANNAH, GA.

Annual Message of Geo. W. Tiedeman
Mayor of Savannah
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
To THE BOARD OP ALDERMEN GENTLEMEN :
In accordance with custom, I submit herewith for your
consideration this my first annual report, briefly reviewing the
work of this administration for the past year, and recommending future policies such as I deem advisable.
You have every reason to feel gratified with your record
and to rest secure in the consciousness of duty well performed.
Succinctly enumerated, the principal benefits derived by the
public from the administration of affairs during the past twelve
months have been:
The complete abolition of all forms of public gambling;
The regulation of liquor traffic and the impartial enforcement of the law against tippling on Sunday;
The resurfacing with asphalt of several miles of the City's
principal streets, the paving of South Bull Street with asphalt
blocks, and much other street paving;
The purchase by the City of Bonaventure Cemetery, affording a burial place for the use of the public for more than a
hundred years to come;
The reorganisation, disciplining and equipment of the
Police Department;
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The adoption of a plan and the appropriation of funds for
the beautification of Baffin Park;
The signing by the City of a contract for improved electric
light service at an annual saving to the public of $20,000.00,
and with a provision prescribing a maximum rate for domestic
illumination;
Provision made for a City Laboratory and Bacteriologist;
Provision made for a new fire station on the east side;
Experts employed and appropriation made for improving
the City's water works and water supply.
Other Important Acts
These are what I conceive to be among the most important
acts of this administration. Less general and more indefinite
in their nature have been many other forward steps, such as
the installation of electric lights in many new sections; the advertising of Savannah at the Jamestown Exposition and in
other places; the appropriation by the City of a fund with
which, in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce and the
Savannah Electric Company, to advertise the advantages
offered by our City; the efforts of strong committees to secure
a sub-treasury, deeper water and other large improvements,
which efforts may yet bear bountiful fruit; the installation of
water meters; the regulation of automobiles, and many other
important matters of like character.
And yet, with all these improvements and correspondingly large expenditures for which little or no provision was
made by our predecessors in office, the scanty provision made
being largely reduced by over-due bills of considerable proportions, which were left as a heritage with the City's revenue appreciably reduced as a result of the operation of the prohibition
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law and with an adverse decision from the Supreme Court of the
United States in the back-tax case, by which the City had
hoped to profit handsomely with all of these hampering and
deterring influences, you have made provision for the expenses
of the ensuing year, provided for the improvements enumerated and have a comfortable balance in bank all this, without
increasing the City's tax rate.
This gratifying condition is a result of the judicious administration of affairs and the practise of practical not parsimonious economy in the various departments.
Purchase of Bonaventure
Before leaving the subject of these improvements I would
call attention to your purchase of Bonaventure Cemetery, already referred to, which I commend most highly. Had this
administration accomplished no other public service, that in
itself would be one for which every man, woman and child
should be grateful. For fifteen years and more your Health
Officer has stressed the imperative need of more burial space.
The condition which you relieved was a menace to the health
of the community, aside from the inconvenience and worry it
occasioned. By the purchase of Bonaventure the City acquired about ninety acres of land at a total cost of less than
$25,000.
A portion of this area is now available for cemetery purposes, and comprises what is renowned as one of the most
beautiful spots in this country. Ideally located far enough
from the City to insure tranquillity, yet easily accessible by
electric car or smooth road Bonaventure affords hallowed
ground for the City's dead for an almost indefinite period.
The price of lots has been placed at a nominal figure,
giving opportunity to all to purchase, and the care and supervision of the property has been entrusted to the Park and Tree
Commission, thus insuring its careful preservation.
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In this connection I mention the fact that a part of the
colored portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery had never properly
been laid out with regard to means of access and egress until
the past year, when the City Engineer made a map thereof
providing for the opening and dedication of the necessary
streets. In some instances bodies had been buried in the line
of extended streets. This was particularly true of Kollock
Street, making exhumation and reinterment a necessity.
The Police Department
The reorganization of the Police Department was a task
which was accomplished by the zeal of its Chief and the members of the police committee of Council, of which Alderman
Gordon is chairman, ably assisted by your board. Not only
was the force found to be in a demoralized condition but much
new equipment was needed in place of the old, which, in many
instances, was worn out or unfit for use.
Nor had the proportions of the Department increased
commensurately with the growth of the City. The reorganization was effected without disturbing the workings of the Department, gambling having been speedily and effectively rooted out and the liquor traffic regulated in a manner which reflected credit on the Department.
I would refer here to the policy pursued in connection
with the revocation of liquor licenses for violations of the law
of Sunday observance. Observation had convinced me that
the imposition of fines was about tantamount to high licensed
violation, and did not have a sufficiently deterrent effect on the
violator.
I announced my intention of revoking licenses in all cases
of conviction in Police Court for Sunday liquor selling. That
policy was pursued with the result that but five licenses were
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revoked, which leads me to the inevitable conclusion that the
certainty of summary punishment of this character had a
salutary effect.
Coming into office, you found the principal thoroughfares
of your otherwise beautiful City in an unsightly and unfit condition, with no provision for their betterment. Within less
than a year you find those same thoroughfares almost completely resurfaced with asphalt, and the while other sections have
received attention.
Much Street Paving
Bull Street, south of the Park Extension, has been transformed into a handsome avenue by the addition of asphalt
blocks, making an ideal residence street even in rainy weather
and freeing it from dust which formerly in dry weather annoyed residents and property owners.
More in connection with the improvements and conveniences afforded the public in the Department of Public Works
may be learned by reference to the report of the Director of
that Department, Mr. Harry Willink. His labors have been
faithful and efficient, and he has been ably assisted by Mr. J.
W. Howard, City Engineer, and by the Streets and Lanes
committee, of which Alderman Guckenheimer is chairman.
This administration has endeavered so far as practicable
with the funds available to give ear and hand to every needed
improvement. In pursuance to this policy provision has been
made, by the appropriation of $10,000, for a fire station for the
east side. The necessity for such a structure is impressed in
the report of the Superintendent of the Fire Department, and
I only add my approval of his recommendation in that connection. Superintendent Ballantyne has been a zealous and capable officer, and I am pleased that Council has evidenced its
appreciation of his effective work by making available a sum
adequate for some of the improvements he hopes to secure.
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The adoption of an elaborate but practical plan of improvement and beautification of Daffin Park was a well advised
action, and I can only supplement it with the hope that the city
fathers, prescient of the future, may be in a position in the
future to appropriate annually with liberality to this laudable
project, the consummation of which insures a beautiful pleasure and recreation ground for Savannahians for all time and
affords a monument to the intelligent labor and public spiritedness of the chairman of the Park and Tree Commission,
Mr. P. D. Daffin.
You are familiar with every phase of the matter of city
lighting, having given that subject your painstaking attention
at the time of the award of the contract for city lighting.
While from necessity I was absent from the City at that time,
I desire now to repeat that you deserve the thanks of the community for the careful and intelligent manner in which you disposed of the matter, at the same time not only securing to the
public better lights for the streets at an annual saving of about
$20,000, but protecting them under the provisions of your contract against any enhancement of the prevailing low rates for
house and store illumination.
Bacteriological Laboratory
I believe that a forward step in maintaining the City's
enviable health record has been taken in providing for a laboratory. While we should be largely governed by the opinions of our Health Officer and our local physicians in formulating plans for conducting such a laboratory, at this time I am
of the opinion that a bacteriologist should be employed at a
salary sufficient to insure the retention of a thoroughly capable
official, and the bacteriological laboratory should be placed
under the supervision of the Health Officer. The office could
be provided for by ordinance, the election or appointment
being upon recommendation of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, after competitive examination.
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The matters of health and of the City's water supply are
not without their relation. The City is blessed with a supply
of water, the purity of which is beyond question, but upon the
adequacy of the supply and condition of the water system
much depends. The Superintendent of this Department has
furnished increased water supply at reduced cost a combination devoutly sought. Needed extensions have not, however, been made this because it was not deemed advisable to
make extensions and other improvements until an expert had
examined the system and reported upon the advisability thereof under existing conditions. Superintendent Figg and the
committee on Water, of which Alderman Wilkinson is chairman, have devoted much time to a study of conditions and are
ready to further improve conditions at an early date.
The installation of water meters in such places as are accustomed to use large quantities of water has had the effect, I
believe, of preventing the careless or wilful waste of water.
The committee on Water selected these meters after thorough
and painstaking tests and they are, I am advised, giving satisfaction.
The work of Superintendent Figg and this committee has
been commendable. Appreciating the volume and importance
of their labors, I increased the membership of the committee
from three to five by appointing Aldermen Wilson and
Gordon members thereof.
The Custodian of the City Hall was placed under the supervision of the committee on City Lots and Opening Streets, of
which Alderman Entelman is chairman, there being many
matters connected with the care of the hall which would come
within the province of a committee of Council.
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City Market Improved
The City Market has received the utmost consideration
from this Board. A system of checking which has reduced its
operation to a business basis has been instituted, thus precluding further opportunity for criticism in this connection.
Mr. Dunham, the Clerk, and Mr. Gracen, his assistant, have
had the co-operation of the Market committee, of which Alderman Kavanaugh is chairman, in revising the rules and ordinances relating to this department and in putting the affairs of
the market in better shape. I hope the officials in charge will
continue their vigilance in this direction.
The Market is visited almost daily by the best people of
the community, and it is important that the public pantry
should be kept in clean and pleasing condition and conducted
on a thoroughly business footing. I recommend that the control of the sanitary condition of the stalls and meat blocks and
benches in the Market and in all green groceries be placed with
the Department of Public Health or the Sanitary Board, and
immediately under the supervision of the Health Officer.
Despite the financial flurry and the consequent depression
in money matters, Savannah has forged ahead in the past year.
In every field of enterprise and endeavor she has been unusually
active. A desire to advertise the commercial advantages and
natural beauty of the City has manifested itself to a degree
which augurs well for the future.
I would refer, in this connection, to the appropriation of
$2,500 by the City, which is to be used, together with like
amounts appropriated by the Chamber of Commerce and the
Savannah Electric Company, in advertising the City of Savannah to the world; to the representation which Savannah had
at Jamestown, a Special Commissioner, in the person of Mr.
Gordon Saussy, having been detailed there to promote the interests of the City and to deflect capital and residents to this
immediate section; the entertainment by the City and the
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Chamber of Commerce of the representatives of the largest
newspapers in the United States, and the advertising consequent thereto; the attendance of a special committee of five
upon the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington, the
said committee representing the City being but a portion of the
large delegation which Savannah had to that convention,
which delegation not only entered enthusiastically into the
business of the convention, but, moreover, spent every effort
in bringing influence to bear upon the authorities to establish
a sub-treasury at Savannah and to give this port deep water,
which efforts may yet prove not in vain; the activity of the
City authorities and trade bodies in securing the retention of
Col. Dan C. Kingman, United States Engineer at this port, besides numerous other important actions designed to insure a
greater Savannah.
A Greater Savannah
I believe that the splendid increase in cotton receipts is in
a measure attributable to this campaign of publicity and I am
convinced that the fruits of these labors are but beginning to
be felt.
Savannah's supremacy as the greatest seaport on the
South Atlantic has not only been maintained but has been
made doubly secure, as will be clearly seen by reference to
statistics which will be published in the Mayor's Report.
Nor would it be amiss for me to refer here to the splendid
showing made by the banks of the City during the financial unrest of but a few weeks ago. The confidence which citizens
generally willingly reposed in thei'r financial institutions was
fully merited. The universal adoption of the temporary expedient known as Clearing Association certificates, not alone
by Savannahians but by some non-residents, is proof of a confidence which exists in equal measure in few other places in
this country.
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The prompt action of Council in directing the use of the
certificates in all departments of the City government and the
timely passage of resolutions endorsing and encouraging their
general acceptance no doubt contributed to the feeling of
security.
The revenues of the City have been increased by the intelligence and diligence of the City Marshal, Mr. Wessels, and
his assistant. Many worthless executions which appeared as
assets on the books of this office were taken therefrom, while
valid ones were speedily reduced to their cash equivalent.
Upon the diligence of this department depends much of the
City's revenue, and I take pleasure in reporting to Council the
effectiveness with which it has been conducted.
Nor can I speak in terms too laudatory of the large amount
of work done in the City Treasurer's office. During a prolonged absence occasioned by the illness of the City Treasurer,
Capt. G. B. Pritchard acted in that capacity, at the same time
discharging the duties of his original position in that office.
Maj. Hardee's improved condition, which I am pleased to report, relieves the situation, but the attaches of the office deserve credit for their efforts in preventing congestion during
the busiest months of the year in that Department.
Automobile Regulation
Despite much insensate outside opposition, the automobile ordinance prohibiting the driving of an automobile faster
than eight miles an hour was repealed, and another ordinance,
regulating the speed at fifteen miles an hour, was passed.
Since the passage of the latter ordinance, the Judge of the
Superior Court, in passing upon the question of the validity of
the original ordinance, in a case of certiorari from the Police
Court, held that it was unreasonable. You will recall that I so
testified in the same case in Police Court, and the passage of
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the new ordinance by this board was prima facie evidence of
the -sentiment of this body, upon which has now been placed
the seal of judicial approval.
For the extensive improvement of the outlying southern
portion of our City, a plan, contemplating the erection of a
tourist hotel, was submitted to Council by the Chatham Land
and Hotel Company. A special committee of Council was
appointed and the matter was given careful consideration both
by the committee and by Council. Several propositions and
counter-propositions were made, with the eventual determination by the City that if the hotel were built, the City would
consider the proposition to provide the hotel with water, light
and house drainage facilities, and would do its share as far as
practicable towards improving its property in that vicinity.
The members of the special committee of Council were of
the opinion that there were too many other sections in which
house drainage and other facilities were needed, to admit of so
considerable an expenditure for the improvement of any particular section, the benefit to the community as a whole not
being commensurate with the expenditure which would have
been necessary, and the people in the other sections mentioned,
who have for many years paid taxes, being entitled to the utmost consideration also. Propositions to improve the City's
property in that vicinity, however, are under advisement, and
negotiations with the Land and Hotel Company are still
pending.
Street Railway Regulation
The matter of street railway regulation has claimed the
attention of this board and a committee of Council has been
charged with the preparation of an ordinance providing for
equipment and schedules that will be fair and equitable between the public and the railway company.
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It is a subject in which the general public has an interest
and its regulation is delegated almost exclusively to your body.
Your powers are plenary. Much has been done toward securing better accommodation and service, and, in justice to the
street railway authorities, I must say that they have manifested a willingness to meet the City's requirements and to relieve
and rectify conditions. When you provide for the comfort and
convenience of your fellow citizens, you incidentally establish
the City's reputation as a place where street railway service is
satisfactory a condition which exists in few cities in our
country.
Shortly after I became Mayor I addressed a communication to Council in regard to curtailing the City's salary account
by dispensing with unnecessary positions, should any be found
to exist. In furtherance of that design, the inspectors of the
Water Department were transferred to the Health Department
and became dual inspectors of water and sanitation, the consolidation being effected with the discontinuance of the service
of two inspectors, at an annual saving of over $2,000. The
consolidation of inspectorships was a natural transition, since
the inspectors of both water and sanitation had traversed the
same territory, and more effective service has been the result.
The inspector of plumbing, in addition to discharging the
duties of his office, has conducted the inspection of sewers,
which had previously been assigned to two employes. The
inspector thereby saved the City over $1,500 a year.
In the office of the Clerk of Council there has been an annual saving of $1,200, one clerk who received $100 a month
having been dispensed with and the duties assumed by the
Clerk and his assistant.
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Large Saving in Salaries
It will, therefore, be seen that nearly $5,000 has been saved to the tax payer and the efficiency of the administration of
affairs has been in no wise impaired.
The office of Chimney Contractor was abolished during the
year, it being found more desirable and effective to have the
work done under the supervision of the Public Works Department. The work is done at actual cost, as a result of which
property owners get better service at a lower cost to themselves.
-I found, too, that much of the work of the Harbormaster's
Department had been done in the past by Capt. Pritchard, in
the City Treasurer's office, the result being that he was overtaxed with work, while the clerk to the Harbormaster had had
little to do.
I therefore directed that this work hitherto done in the
City Treasurer's office should be undertaken and performed by
the clerk of the Harbormaster, and this was a condition incident to the appointment of the incumbent. I would call
your attention here to the increase in the receipts of this office,
which is attributable to the diligence of the Harbormaster and
his assistant.
The policy of practical retrenchment reviewed above will
be pursued wherever expedient.
Another kindred policy, outlined in the campaign which
antedated my assumption of office, was that of retaining in
office faithful servants of the City. I have observed this
promise and I believe the City has to-day the most zealous
corps of officials and employes it has ever had.
Early in my tenure I prepared a bill providing for Civil
Service in the municipal government. The details of that plan
are familiar to you. While it failed to receive the support and
28 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
encouragement of those who were in a position to make its
institution possible, I am, nevertheless, convinced that such a
condition affords the nearest approach to ideal municipal
government.
The Prohibition Law
One of the most perplexing problems which this board
will have to solve during the ensuing year is that, of the practical application of the prohibition law. While the law is, in
my opinion, undesirable and imposed legislation for the enforcement of which the state constabulary is largely responsible, the municipal authorities are obligated to its observance
and enforcement. I can only say that I shall enforce the law
in the most practicable manner possible and that, from my
knowlege of the personnel of this board, I am convinced that
you will co-operate with me in the undertaking.
I am opposed to the policy heretofore pursued by the City
in paying out large sums of money for the purchase of streets
in remote districts, and recommend that you consider this
matter at an early date so as to provide such legislation, if any
can be had, as will permit the opening of streets in undeveloped
tracts by assessment on adjoining tracts and in consideration
of the grading and other improvements to be made by the City.
In my judgment, sufficient compensation is given when the City
opens, grades and provides water facilities, and in some cities,
notably Atlanta and Baltimore, this is the only compensation,
while in some instances the streets are paved by the owners as
an inducement and consideration for the City to treat them as
public highways.
Refunding City's Debt
During the year you will have to arrange for the refunding
of about $2,600,000 of the City's bonds due in 1909. In this
connection i recommend that the new issue should fall due
fifty years after its date; that the interest be 4 per centum per
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 29
annum, and that a sinking fund be provided, starting with
$25,000 the first year and increasing $1,000 each year so that
after fifty years the debt will be practically paid off, and yet
the appropriation each year for interest and sinking fund would
gradually decrease; for the increase of $1,000 in the sinking fund
annually would be offset by the interest saved on the $25,000
sinking fund purchase annually, barring any small differences
arising from a premium on bonds purchased.
In conclusion I desire to add my appreciation of the zealous endeavors of your body. You have devoted many hours
of study and consideration to the City's work, oftentimes at
the sacrifice of business and pleasure.
By your unswerving devotion to duty, by your freedom
from political affiliations and restraints and the consequent
exercise of your best efforts, you have merited what is above
office or empty honor the esteem of your fellow citizens.
I trust you will be spared to the service of your City for
many years to come.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. W. TIEDEMAN,
Mayor.
30 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
' SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1907.
f
i Hox. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor,
i
SIRThe Sinking Fund Commissioners respectfully submit their Twenty-Ninth Annual Report.
With funds at our disposal we have purchased Bonds of
v the issue of 1879 as follows:
f
"' 1907.
January 21$ 2,500 at 102^...... $ 2,55625
j, " 23 2,000 at 101><andlnt. 2,047 50
], " 23 1,500 at 102X....... 1,53375
3 February' 12 2,000 at 102^------- 2,05000
March 8 300 at WOtf....... 30150
' May 1 1,000 at 100X....... 1,00250
" 9 8,000 at 100H....... 8,030 00
5 July 27 5,000 at 100.K----- 5,01250
ij " ' 27 4,000 at 90 and Int. 3,650 00
t; September 6 2,000 at 99......... 1,980 00
I; December 4 2,000 at 98......... 1,960 00
6 500 at 98......... 490 00
; " 27 2,500 at 99X-- 2,48125
31 2,000 at 99X--- 1,98500
" 31 1,300 at 99K- 1,29025
$ 36.600 $ 36,370 50
Previously
purchased $803,400 830,165 36
Total $840,000 $866,536 16
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 31
We have purchased Bonds of issue of 1883 as follows:
1907
January 23 $6,000 for ............$ 0,420 00
Previously
purchased 128,150................. 131,082 25
Total $134,150............... .$137,502 25
All 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
Issue 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 hands of the City
Treasurer................ 5,300 00
Of the Bonds issued $867,400 have been cancelled as
follows:
Received for balance of ground rent. ............$ 9,200 00
Special purchase as per last report. .............. 18,200 00
Purchase out of Sinking Fund.................. 840,000 00
Total....................................$867,400 00
which leaves outstanding from issue of 1879 . .. $2,650,100 00
32 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Issue of 1883
Signed and made available for
exchange. ............... .$390,000 00
Issued in exchange as per last
report.................... 388,700 00
Leaving available for exchange
in the hands of the City
Treasurer................. $ 1,300 00
Of these Bonds issued $149,050 00 have been cancelled as
follows:
Special Purchases. ............................$ 14,900 00
Purchased out of Sinking Fund................. 134,150 00
$149,050 00
which leaves outstanding of the issue of 1883... .$239,650 00
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. J. MILLS.
JOHN LYONS.
S. HERMAN.
CHARLES G. BELL.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 33
BONDED DEBT JANUARY 1,1908
Bond Compromise 1879
Issued and outstanding Jan. 1, 1907 . .$2,686,700
Less redeemed by Sinking Fund Commissioners. ...................... 36,600
-Amount outstanding........... $2,650,100
Bond Compromise 1883
Issued and outstanding Jan. 1, 1907 . .$ 245,600
Less redeemed by Sinking Fund Commissioners ...................... 6,000
Amount outstanding........... 239,650
New bonds outstanding. ............. $2,889,750
Old bonds outstanding, not compromised............................. $2,000
Indorsed Savannah, Albany & Gulf
R. R. outstanding. .............. 1,300
Old bonds outstanding............... 3,300
Total bonded debt.................... $2,893,050
STATEMENT OF CITY OF SAVANNAH BONDS
Issue 18795 per Cent.
Blank Bonds
Printed
o
3
$1,000
500
300
100
o
2000
3000
1000
1000
43
$2,000,000
1,500,000
300,000
100,000
13,900,000
Destroyed by
Finance
Committee
1
290
575
575
Amount
$145,000
172,500
57,500
$375,000
Signed by
Sinking Fund
Commissioners
o
2000
2708
425
413
Amount
$2,000,000
1,354,000
127,500
41,300
*
$3,522,800
On Hand
Signed
1
8

8
1
$4,000
$4,000
. On Hand
Not Signed
0
12
12
+3
$1,200
$1.200
Signed and
Issued
6
2000
2698
424
413
B
|
$2,000,000
1,349,000
127.200
41,300
$3,517.500
Not
Available
1
2
1
4
$1,000
300
$1,300
Cancelled by
Sinking Fund
Commission ers
0
Z
473
634
212
138
Amount
$473.000
317,000
63,000
13.800
$867,400
Amount
Outstanding
o
1527
20G4
212
275
+>
$1,527.000
1,032,000
63,600
27,500
$2,650,100
o
so
c/5
>
X
d
STATEMENT OF CITY OF SAVANNAH BONDS
Issue 18835 per Cent.
Blank Books
Printed
.. g
'-.I
*
"$1000
500
100
4
300
200
300
Amount
$300,000
100,000
15,000
$415,000
Destroyed by
Finance
Committee
6
53
50
Amount
$25,000
$25,000
Signed by
Sinking Fund
Commissioners
1
300
150
3DO
Amount
$300,000
75,000
15,000
$390,000
On Hand
Issued
o
2;
2
C
Amount
$1.000
300
$1,300
Signed and
Issued
o
K
300
147
304
Amount*
$300,000
73,500
15.200
$338.700
Cancelled by .
Sinking Fund
Commissioners
ci
S3
117
53
111
Amount
$117,000
20,500
5,550
$159.000
Amount
Outstanding
d K
183
94
193
|
$183,000
47.900
O-OSO
$239,050
50
t/5
36 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL
SAVANNAH, GA., January 6, 1908.
Hox. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI have the honor to submit my annual report for
the year 1907.
The collections in this office amounted to $51,170.25, as
per itemized statement attached hereto. This does not include the money or revenue produced through the efforts of
this office, and which were paid direct into the office of the City
Treasurer.
Ground RentsAll lots reported to this office by the City
Treasurer have been re-entered for arrears of rent, as required
by ordinance.
Real Estate ExecutionsWe have been reducing these by
encouraging regular, systematic payments, and as a result believe that our collections from this source represent the high
water mark, $23,437.77. Some of these Executions have been
standing for such a long time that, with the accrued interest, it
has been hard for some owners to settle in one payment. We
found it expedient to arrange payments in such a manner as
would fully protect the City and materially assist the delinquents, and by a persistent policy of following these payments,
old or ancient Executions should gradually become eliminated.
This is equally true of the Street Paving and Sidewalk Executions.
Specific TarWith one exception this is the largest
amount collected from this source in the history of the office
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 37
and the City has realized within the compass of $100.00 the
entire face value of the Executions which have come into our
office from the City Treasurer.
Personal PropertyOf all Executions coming into this
office, these are the most difficult to deal with and require the
greatest care in handling, in order to avoid differences.
We find that this Tax is not understood by a very large
number of persons, and the Double Tax which has been imposed in many instances for failure to make returns, only contributes to still further convince them that there must be an
error, as without exception, they contend, "We haven't anything to warrant such a tax."
Personal Property Executions demand considerable
thought and patient labor to thoroughly acquaint the public,
which, when once accomplished, will result in largely augmenting the treasury of the City.
Personal contact with persons against whom we hold these
Executions prove that they do not consider themselves amenable to this tax, and they seem to be conscientious in their
belief.
Quite some money is tied up in disputes growing out of the
work on the Subway and Street Paving. These will have to be
settled in some manner during the year.
Eliminating from the itemized statement that item designated: "Opening Streets and City Lots, $800.00," which is
$6400.00 less as compared with that of last year, the actual
results of our office are apparent, and show the revenue resulting from actual collections.
Proceeds from sales for account of "Opening Streets and
Lanes" are not represented by Executions, and the only "wind-
38 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
fall" coming to the office during the year was the amount from
the sales referred to.
Collections as a rule have been steady. This we attribute
to a policy of constantly following up those in arrears, which has
resulted in reviving a large number of Executions. Some of
these revived Executions have been standing for the past ten
years, and the interest has been working right along.
This system of consistently following up delinquents, I am
fully convinced, will result eventually in clearing the books of
back taxes, which will prove of .benefit not only to those in arrears but the City as well.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED WESSELS, JR.
City Marshal.
CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE
Itemized Statement of Collections
from this Office for the Year Ending December 31,1907
Real Estate:
1897.................$ 3.63
1898................. 3.63
1903................. 82.37
1904................. 754.62
1905................. 2,492.72.
1906................. 19,873.71
1907.................. 227.09$ 23,437.77
I
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 39
Personal Property:
1903........
1904........
1905. .......
1906........
1907........
Specific Tax:
1905:.......
1906........
1907........
Paving Streets:
Abercorn
t
Farm
Gaston
Gwinnett
Harmon
Henry
Lincoln
Price
Thirty-First
West Broad
Whitaker
j
Sidewalks:
1903........
1904........
1905........
1906........
1907........
.........$
......,..$
1904....$
1907....
1904....
1906....
1906....
1905....
1903....
1906....
1906....
1904....
1907....
1905....
1906....
.........$
1.45
14.50
157.33
786.31
2,655.99$
205.00
66.00
10,255.00$
118.52
889.45
8.01
2,781.43
907.31
363.94
18.05
82.72
1,052.12
33.43
442.63
113.45
182.61$
204.19
117.58
107.62
557.03
116.22$
3,615.58
10,526.00

' 6,993.67
1,102.64
40 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Fees ........................................$ 929.50
Advertising .................................. 90.00
Rents:
Market Vatdts. ........$ 2,083.35
Market Stalls......... 842.40
Houses. .............. 174.00$ 3,099.75
Interest..................................... 440.79
Opening Streets and City Lots................. 800.00
Incidentals ............................. 130.00
Cutting Weeds 1903........"............... 4.55
$ 51,170.25
Respectfully submitted,
FRED WESSELS, JR.
City Marshal.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 41
REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
SAVANNAH, GA., January 6, 1908.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI beg to submit my report for the year 1907.
Total number of permits issued during year 1907. .. .420
Number of permits carried over from 1906.......... 27
Total number of permits for building operations in
1907...................................... 447
Permits carried over from 1907 to 1908............ 38
Total number of permits used 1907................ 409
The building operations for the year were as follows:
Finished three-story concrete buildings. ........... 5
Finished three-story brick buildings............... 5
Finished two-story brick buildings................ 11
Finished one-story brick buildings................. 7
Finished two-story wood buildings................ 113
Finished one-story wood buildings................ 202
Total number of buildings completed in 1907....... 343
Additions, repairs, sheds, etc., completed in 1907.. .270
Buildings, additions, repairs, sheds, etc., carried over
to 1908....................................210
Respectfully submitted,
H. BARTLETT,
Building Inspector.
42 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1907.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRWe present herewith the report of the Board of
Tax Assessors for the year 1907.
*
Returns of personal property:
Stock in trade ...............................$ 2,299,905
Goods on consignment........................ 28,595
Furniture, etc................................ 1,145,726
Jewelry, silver, etc............................. 105,070
Musical instruments .......................... 62,400
Libraries, painting, etc......................... 56,070
Horses, mules, live stock...................... 111,736
Vehicles..................................... 147,740
Money and solvent accounts ................... 2,182,997
Stocks and bonds ............................. 807,295
Promissory notes ............................. 49,795
Mortgages on real estate ...................... 527,578
Mortgages on notes ........................... 26,960
Bond for titles ..................'.'............ 32,500
Shipping..................................... 225,570
Machinery and fixtures....................... 200,740
Banks....................................... 3,912,000
Other personal property....................... 13,275
Corporations, from Compt. Genl................ 1,406,174
Total.................................... .$13,342,126
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 43
During the year there were 420 building permits
issued, the improvements amounting to........ .$495,230
We have reassessed seventeen wards in the southern
section of the City, which shows an increase in
assessed valuation for the year 1908. .......... .$349,923
The books containing the new improvements and assessments are now open in our office for inspection.
The total taxable property of the City of Savannah is as
follows:
Real estate ..................................$34,049,925
Personal property............................ 13,342,126
Total....................................$47,391,051
1906 1907
Real estate ..................... .$31,000,593 $34,049,925
Personal property................ 14,215,475 13,342,126
Total.. ................... .$45,216,068 $47,391,051
Total for 1907............ .$47,391,051 at .0139 $658,749.50
Total for 190G............. 45,216,068 at .0145 655,632.99
Increase. .............$ 2,174,983
f
Very respectfully submitted,
HARRY S. DREESE, Chairman,
A. B. PALMER,
JOSEPH M. DREYER.

ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF OF POLICE
FOR THE YEAR
19O7
W. G. AUSTIN
CHIEF OF POLICE
46 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Mayor
GEORGE W. TIEDEMAN
Police Committee
G. ARTHUR GORDON, Chairman
FRANK'C. BATTEY
JULIUS B. GAUDRY
Chief of Police
WILLIAM G. AUSTIN
Lieutenants of Police
STEPHEN* N. HARRIS
JOSEPH McCooL
Chief Detective
JOHN J. MURPHY
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 47
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
To THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF SAVANNAH.
GENTLEMENI have the honor to submit herewith the
Annual Report of the Police Department for the year ending
December 31, 1907, together with such suggestions and recommendations as, in my judgment, would benefit the Department.
Arrests
While the number of arrests during the year 1907 has
been greater than the year before, I do not believe that there
has been any more disorder or drunkenness than in foimer
years.
Disturbances
There has been no serious outbreak of any nature during
the year, and the Christmas holidays passed off without unusual disturbance.
Injuries
I regret to report that, at the close of the year, on the
night of December 31, the Department suffered the loss of two
horses, and two patrolmen were slightly injured. One horse
and rider were struck by a runaway team on West Broad
Street, and Patrolman C. M- Malphus was injured. The horse
ridden by him was so badly hurt by the pole of the carriage
that it died the following morning.
48 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Assaults
in making an arrest on Broughton Street, Patrolman J.
K. Beach was assaulted and fired upon by one Thomas Anglin,
Jr. Patrolman Beach was slightly wounded in the left arm.
The horse ridden by Patrolman J. H. Lange, who was present
at the time, was shot so seriously that it died within five minutes after the shooting occurred. The assault and firing were
unprovoked, and most vicious in their nature. The firing
took place in a crowd of about one hundred people, several of
whom would doubtless have been seriously wounded had it not
been for the fact that the bullets took effect on the horse.
Statistics
The tabulated statistics attached hereto speak for themselves, and give every one interested in the subject a comprehensive idea of conditions existing during the period covered
by this report.
Roster
A complete roster of the Department, as of December 31.
1907, is shown, The expiration of terms of office; elections;
promotions; appointments; resignations; retirements, and
dismissals are also recorded.
Finances
The table of receipts and expenditures contained in this
report shows that the expenses of the Department during 1907
exceeded those of 1906 by $15,069.43. There were many
reasons for this increased expenditure. The more important
ones are set forth in detail, as follows:
First: An increase in the force of
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 49
Two Lieutenants,
One First Sergeant,
Two Sergeants,
One Chief Detective;
One Clerk,
One Quarter-Master,
Three Detectives,
Five Patrolmen,
Three Retirements on Pension.
Second: The purchase of one hundred new revolvers.
Third: The purchase of thirty-five, each, new saddles,
saddle-blankets, pads and bridles.
Fourth: The purchase of seventeen new horses.
Fifth: Extensive repairs and improvements on the
buildings.
Sixth: A twenty per cent, increase in the cost of grain,
and hay.
Increase in Force
The increase in the force was essential to the proper organization and discipline of the Department. This is especially true as regards the Officers, the Chief Detective and the
Sergeants.
50 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Purchase New Revolvers
The purchase of the new revolvers was absolutely necessary, as a large number of the revolvers with which the members of this Department were armed were utterly worthless.
In case of need, many of them could not have been used.
They were many of various makes and calibres; quite a few
were the cheapest kind, and had, no doubt, been substituted
by individual members of the Department after disposing of
the Smith & Wesson and Colt revolvers, which were the only
two makes issued by the Department.
Purchase of Equipment
The need for saddles and horse equipment was even more
imperative. There were but three serviceable saddles in the
Department. A large number had broken trees, which caused
serious injury to the horses' backs. Most of them had rotten
straps, girths and trappings. The bridles were in like condition, rotten and unserviceable. Saddle pads and blankets
were thoroughly worn out and unsanitary. The use of such
articles on the horses was inhuman.
Purchase New Horses
The horses purchased were to supply six additional ones
needed to mount the increase in the force, and to replace
eleven that were old, crippled and unfit for service. A number
of the horses had galled backs, and, in quite a few cases, had
large, quivering sores, of long standing. It gives me pleasure
to report that there is not now a single horse with a sore back
in this Department.
Repairs to Buildings
As the buildings were sadly in need of repairs and paint,
a much larger sum than usual was unavoidably expended for
this purpose.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 51
Feed Bills
The bills for feed were, of necessity, larger than those of
the previous year, as the number of horses had been increased
and the price of grain advanced steadily week by week.
Dismissals
Many changes were made in the personnel of the. Department. No dismissal was recommended until after a careful
investigation of each case had been made. The usual cause
assigned, which was "For the good of the service,'' covered a
multitude of shortcomings; principally drunkenness, inefficiency, and laziness. In no instance was a discharge made for
political reasons.
Promotions and Appointments
Political considerations were also disregarded in reference
to appointments and promotions, merit and efficiency being
the only requisites.
Assistance of Mayor, Police Committee and Council
I am glad to report that the Mayor has, at all times,
given his personal attention to the working of the Department, and has supported me in my efforts to create and maintain an efficient force.
The Police Committee and Members of Council have been
ready and willing to assist me in my duties as Chief of Police,
and much of the credit is due them for any success which may
have attended my efforts in the management of this Department.
52 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Recorder
The _ Recorder has earnestly co-operated with this Department in the handling of all cases tried in his Court, and,
for this co-operation and assistancewhich has been of great
benefit, not only to the Police Department, but to the public
in generalI desire to extend my thanks.
Public Gaming Houses
I am glad to be able to report that, during the past year,
the public gaming houses which, formerly nourished in this
City were abolished. War was relentlessly waged against
them and the prosecutions were pushed with such vigor that 1
feel safe in saying that there is not now a single public gambling
house running in this City.
Sunday Liquor Selling
Many cases have been made against Sunday liquor sellers. In every instance where a conviction has been had, a
heavy fine has been imposed and the license has been revoked.
Each and every case against Sunday violators was made by
officers of this Department. No spies of any kind or character were used, and their employment was not even considered.
Attitude of the Public '
It is very gratifying to note the high respect in which this
Department is now held, not only by those citizens who have
kept in touch with the progress made during the past twelve
months, but also by the general public. The earnest and responsible manner in which the officers and members of the
force performed their duties has brought about this state of
public sentiment.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 53
I take this opportunity to compliment the First and Second Lieutenant; the Sergeants; the Detectives, and the Patrolmen, for their faithful and efficient services during the
year, and I also desire to commend them for their cheerful
performance of many hours of extra duty.
Discipline
Discipline has been maintained, and the majority of the
members of the Department have performed their duties in a
highly creditable manner. Maintaining the discipline of so
large a number of men is, at all times, a difficult matter. Especially is this the case when each and every member of this
Department is under the immediate observation of the public.
Many people are ready to criticise a policeman for being overzealous in the performance of his duty, or for being neglectful
thereof, according to the manner in which he behaves when
confronted with the emergencies which he is daily called upon
to meet. Under these circumstances, it is only natural that a
member of the police force should endeavor to proceed with as
little friction as possible, so as to preserve the good opinion of
those among whom he is forced to perform his duty. My policy has been to impress each officer and patrolman with the fact
that his first thought should be the performance of his police
duty, regardless of other conditions.
To insure effective discipline, the Police Force must be
handled with firmness and judgment. The Department must
be conducted solely in the best interests of the public. No
fear can be shown and no favors extended.
Duties of the Chief
In my judgment, the most favorable results can be obtained only by the personal application of the head of the Department to all branches of the service. Since my election, I
have spent much of my time each day in the work of this
:. 54 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Department with a view t6 fully informing myself concerning
existing conditions. This has enabled me to judge correctly
11. the needs of the Department, and to distribute the force, as
well as the limited number would permit, in such a manner as
to obtain the best results, and to see that each section of the
City is receiving the proper police protection.
Patrolling
*
In the out-lying, resident section of this City, the beats are
so large that they can only be patrolled two or three times
during the night. An officer, consequently, has very little
, time to attend to the minor details that constantly require
attention. In view of the fact that the population of this City
! has increased very rapidly in the last few years, and that the
.',>., resident section has extended considerably, it follows that the
demands upon this Department increase, and that requests
from various sections of the City for better police protection
are frequent. These requests are worthy of Council's most
<! serious consideration. They cannot be complied with until
; the force is increased.
Detective Department
'-.-' The detective department is a most important branch of
: the service, and the members composing this Department
I (under the direction of Chief Detective J. J. Murphy,) have,
in the past year, performed the duties assigned to them in a
highly creditable manner, as the number of arrests made by
them, and the large number of convictions in the higher
1 courts, show.
> Mounted Force
I desire to call to your especial attention the mounted
; force of this Department, composed of three officers, nine sergeants and from twenty to twenty-five patrolmen. This
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 55
branch of the force is, in my judgment, a most important feature of the Department, and its value cannot be overestimated.
With a view to having at hand in case of an emergency a
body of well drilled men that could be quicklv assembled and
moved rapidly from point to point, I devoted a good deal of
time to drilling this mounted force. Their splendid appearance and marked proficiency in horsemanship, and their improvement in drill, have amply compensated me for the extra
time devoted to them.
The force has been paraded in various sectons of the City,
and I am firmly convinced that their presence has had an excellent moral effect in the direction of impressing the lawless
element with the efficiency of the organization. This has
doubtless had a tendency to keep down disorder. Many of
our citizens and numbers of strangers visiting this City have
commented most favorably on the appearance of this body of
men.
Dismounted Force
The dismounted force is drilled daily under the direction
of the two lieutenants. Marked improvement has also been
shown in this branch of the Department.
Gamewell System
I desire to draw especial attention to the condition of the
Gamewell System. I have had frequent opportunities to note
the workings of this system; practical demonstrations of its
failure to work can be had at any hour of the day or night.
This so-called system has been a source of great annoyance and
untold trouble and confusion to this Department.
Were it not for the local telephones, the business of the
Department could not be properly conducted. This system
56 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
is of vital importance and should be kept up to the highest
point of efficiency.
Shortly after assuming the position of Chief of this Department I endeavored to ascertain the reason that the system
failed to work. I visited the office of the Gamewell Company
in New York, and had Lieutenant McCool visit the factory in
Boston, and later had an expert of the Company visit Savannah and inspect this system. The report of the expert is on
file in this office, and verifies the conclusion that I had reached,
viz: lack of care, inefficiency and the incompetent services of
the electrician in charge. Neither the General Manager nor
the Southern Manager of the Gamewell Company hesitiate to
state in plain terms that the present occupant of the office of
Electrician is thoroughly unfitted to fill the position, and the
poor condition of the ^system together with its failure to work
are directly attributable to his incompetency.
City Council has appropriated $10,000.00 for the purchase
and installation of a new system. In my humble judgment,
the expenditure of this sum of money should be under the direction of a competent practical electrician.
Revolver Practice
But very little time was devoted to revolver practice. It
is my intention to begin quite early in the spring of this year
and put each member of this Department through a complete
course of revolver practice; both mounted and dismounted.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Increase of Force
In a recent letter to Council, I recommended that the
force be increased to the maximum number allowed by ordinanceone hundred privates; as the force at present numbers
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 57
eighty-two privates, this would mean an increase of eighteen.
I reiterate here that in my judgment this increase is necessary.
A policeman's duties can never be anticipated; the unexpected happens far more frequently than the expected. A
policeman should be always on the alert and prepared for any
emergency. The value of the prevention of any anticipated
crimes cannot be overestimated, nor can the citizen who reads
the statistics presented in this report fail to realize the benefits
derived from efficient police service.
I earnestly urge that Council appropriate in the near future a sum sufficient to enable this Department to increase the
force so as to properly police the many unprotected parts of
the City, especially the resident sections.
Tenure of Office
I regret to report that, in my judgment, the best results
are not at present being obtained. The uncertainty as to the
political complexion of succeeding administrations causes unrest and dissatisfaction amongst members of the force.
I recommend, therefore, that steps be taken by the City
Council to place the Police Department under a Commission,
thereby taking it entirely out of politics.
Each and every member of the force could then do his
duty without fear of personal consequences, whereas under the
present system, with the possibility of a change of administration every two years, there is naturally a feeling among
the members of the Department that the less they do, the less
liable they are to be removed.
It is my firm conviction, therefore, that in order to bring
this Department into a state of thorough discipline and efficiency politics and personal considerations should be eliminated.
58 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Modern Stables
I earnestly recommend that a modern stable be erected at
an early date. The present building is thoroughly unfit for
the purpose. It is entirely too small and unsanitary, and not
properly constructed. There is not sufficient ventilation in
summer, and no way to close it up to keep out the cold winds
during the winter. In case of fire, it would prove a most serious fire trapnot ten per cent, of the stock could be saved.
Policemen's Benevolent Association
I desire to call to the attention of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen, the Policemen's Benevolent Association, which was
organized some years ago by the members of this Department.
It is a most worthy society, the object of which is to provide a death benefit for the families of members, and is entitled to the hearty support and co-operation of the City officials.
The organization is sustained by dues from members and
by death assessments. A small fund has been accumulated
which is growing slowly.
I have recently been elected President, and since assuming
the duties of that office, have taken an active interest in the
financial affairs of the Association, and have considered ways
and means to build up this fund and make it, eventually, selfsustaining, as it should be.
If the fines imposed on the members of the Department,
which now revert to the City, were donated by the City to the
Policemen's Benevolent Association, the fund would be steadily, though not largely, increased, and the City would lose
very little.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 59
As is well known it is necessary to prefer charges against
the members of this Department in order to properly maintain
the discipline of the force. I am glad to state that cases of
this character are infrequent, and the fines assessed by the
Mayor, whose duty it is to judge such cases, are nominal.
It is not the desire of the Chief nor is it the desire of the
Mayor that the pay of members of the Police Department thus
deducted should inure to the benefit of the City.
I therefore, earnestly recommend that all fines imposed on
members of this Department from January 1,1908, be donated
by the City to the Policemen's Benevolent Association.
Very respectfully,
W. G. AUSTIN.
Chief of Police.
60 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
{lumber of Officers, Sergeants, Detectives, Patrolmen and
Attaches of the Police Department, December
31,1907, and Salaries of Each
1 Chief.........I............................$2,000.00
1 1st Lieutenant.............................. 1,500.00
1 2nd Lieutenant............................. 1,400.00
1 Chief Detective............................. 1,500.00
5 Detectives, Each............................ t,100.00
1 1st Sergeant................................. 1,200.00
8 Sergeants, Each............................ 1,120.00
1 Quartermaster.............................. 1.000.00
82 Patrolmen, Each............................. 900.00
1 Clerk...................................... 1,200.00
1 Clerk...................................... 1,100.00
1 Electrician (X Salary)...................... 600.00
2 Patrol Drivers, Each........................ 840.00
1 Ambulance Driver.......................... 840.00
1 Stable Keeper.............................. 960.00
1 Night Watchman........................... . 600.00
1 Porter..................................... 240.00
110 Total
Retired
1 Chief..................................666.66
5 Sergeants, Each.........................560.00
1 Sergeant...............................500.00
1 Private................................300.00
1 Groom................................. 180.00
9 Total
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 61
Roster of the Force, December 31,1907
NAME
W.G. Austin _ ..
S.N.Harris ..__--
W. D.Morgan ._--
T. R. Heff email ...
P. J.Eivers. ------
Julius Starke
J. H. W. Umbach -
C.T.Christie ...
E. D. Fallon.
H. W. Baughn. ...
R. E. Davis ___ ..
T. C. Murphy.. ...
W.H. Smith., ....
M.L.Meldrin-. .
J.S.Hallford....-
J. J.Deignan .
J.n. Swnlnwi
P. J.Kellv _______
Airs, M.S'. __...
Akins.J. M. _ ...
Alexander, E. D...
Atkinson, C. J..--_
Bryant, B.S, ....
Becker, W. L.--.--
Beach,J. K..-._--
Bell, J.C. -.....__
BeU,C.L.____..._
Best.C. D. _ ._..
Bentley.J. F. _ __
Brennan, T. _ ...
Burns, C._ __ ._
Burke, J.J._ _
Brant, R. F... .
Collins, M. N... ,__
Cleary,T.F.______
Coffee, E.J.
Cohen, M. G. -
Cowart, C. S. . _
Cowart, F. D.
Counihan, M. J.__.
RANK
Chief- _ _--
1st. Lieut. _.
Clerk .-.-__
Chief
Detective
-..-
1st. Sergt. ...
__
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NATIVITY
Texas. .. _
Georgia
Georgia
England _
Ireland.-. __
Hungary ...
Germany. --
Georgia . . _
So. Carolina
Texas.. . ...
Georgia ....
So. Carolina
Georgia ...
Georgia
Ohio.------
Georgia ....
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia ....
Poland- ..--
Georgia ....
Georgia ...
Georgia....
Georgia
Georgia ....

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MARRIED
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Vac
Yes
DATE
APPOINTED
Jan. 22, 1907
Jan. 30, 1907.
Sept. 24, 1891
Jan. 22, 1907
Feb. 4, 1907
Nov. 20, 1897
Jun. 27, 1890
Jan. 31,1907
Jan. 31, 1907
Oct. 1 1890
Aug. 10, 1906
Sept. 29, 1881
Sept. 13, 1869
Aug. 22, 1890
Aug. 27, 1867
Feb. 14, 1896
Dec. 10, 1887
Sept. 13, 1894
Feb. 6, 1894
Feb. 4, 1896
Jan. 26, 1891
Mch. 12, 1907
Dec. 18, 1907
Feb. 8, 1907
Apr. 8, 1896
Jul. 23,1902
Jul. 24, 1891
Feb. 28, 1902
Jan. 31, 1907
Apr. 12, 1907
Nov. 3, 1899
Jan. 31, 1907
Jan. 31, 1907
Feb. 4, 1896
Jul. 23, 1903
Jul. 5, 1907
Oct. 9, 1907
Dec. 11,1904
Aug. 3, 1902
Mch. 8, 1907
Jul. 23, 1902
Oct. 9, 1900
Dec. 5, 1907
Mch. 8. 1907
62 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Roster of the ForceContinued
NAME
Crosbv, W. F......
Clancv.J.J. ......
Callahan, L. M. ...
Davis.E.F. ......
Davis, R.T.._.___
Fleming, \V. H....
Fleming, M. B.....
Futch.T.D..-..-.
Forehand. R. A. ..
Goslee, M. A. .....
Guilfoyle.J.--.-.-
Harlev, H.E......
Harlev, R.H......
Harper. !.G. .....
Hinelx-, Fred......
Huttd, P. S. .....
Ivey, A. _........
Jones. H. ........
Kearnev, F. J. ....
Keane, D.J. ......
Kemp. H.H......
Relief C. \V. .....
Kennedv, R. F. ...
Lovett, R. F. .....
Lively, G. P.... ...
McCarthv.J.C. ...
McAlpin.'T. E..-..
McGrath.J. _ ..
Mitchell, \V. R. ...
Malphus.C. M.....
Moehrke, P. H....
Miller, H. ........
Xantz, L. H. __ ..
Newton, E. L. ....
O'Xeil.T.G. ...
Padgett, D. A.....
Price.H.L. ......
Quarterman, T. A.
Remlsy, YV. E.....
RANK
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--
-.
--
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NATIVITY
Georgia
So. Carolina
So. Carolina
Georgia --...
Georgia ....
Maryland...
Georgia
Florida.. ...
Georgia ....
Georgia ....
Georgia ....
Georgia ....
Georgia
Germanv. . .
Georgia "....
Georgia ....
So. Carolina
So. Carolina
Georgia
So. Carolina
So. Carolina
Georgia
So. Carolina

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32
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29
30
38
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35
28
IMARRIED
YPS
YPS
Yes
Xo
Yes
YPS
YPS
Yes
YPS
Yes
Yes
Xo
Xo
YPS
YPS
Yes
YPS
Xo
YPS
Yes
Xo
No
YPS
YPS
Xo
Xo
Yes
YPS
YPS
Yes
No
Yes
YPS
Yes
YPS
YPS
Yes
YPS
Xo
Xo Xo
Yes
Xo
Yes
Yes
DATE
APPOINTED
Feb. 8, 1907
Oct. 8, 1900
Jul. 5, 1907
Dec. 8, 1907
Aug. 18. 1881
Jan. 10, 1890
Jul. 3, 1906
Oct. 26, 1900
Oct. 4, 1904
Jul. 5, 1907
Apr. 12, 1907
Nov. 4, 1896
Mch. 29, 1905
Oct. 18, 1907
Jan. 16, 1900
Oct. 18. 1907
Dec. 8, 1907
Oct. 1, 1906
Feb. 27, 1906
Sept. 7, 1898
Feb. 6, 1904
Feb. 8, 1907
Apr. 12, 1907
Apr. 12, 1907
Sept. 25, 1907
Dec. 3, 1906
Jan. 31, 1907
Feb. 8, 1907
Oct. 9, 1897
Oct. 1, 1905
Jul. 2, 1900
Mch. 13, 1902
Jul.21, 1902
Dec. 19, 1907
Jan. 31, 1907
Nov. 29, 1902
Oct. 28, 1905
Oct. 1, 1899
Feb. 19, 1907
Apr. 12, 1907
Dec. 5, 1907
Jul. 6, 1906
Sept. 25, 1907
Oct. 9, 1907
Jun. 11, 1904
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 63
Roster of the ForceContinued
NAME
Remley, D. D. ....
Reilly.J.J. .......
Strate, H. H. ....
Sheehan, Wm.---.
Smith, G. L... ...
Stewart, W. H. ...
Sherrod.M.H.-.-.
Sivers, Wm. ......
Tullis.B.L. ......
Ungar, B._ .......
Winn.W.S.......
WrightJ.C. .....
Wright, B.B. _ ..
W. D. Claiborne ...
John Kelly.......
J. B. Barthelmess
W. W. Warner ...
T. J. Fogarty . ...
M. Bobolasky _ .
Wm. Frazer (col)
RANK
Patrolman..
"
Electrician .
Stbl. Keeper
Driver......
"
Watchman .
Porter .....
NATIVITY
So. Carolina
Georgia ....
Germany. . .
Georgia ....
Georgia ....
Georgia
Georgia
Virginia....
Georgia ....
Bulgaria. ...
Georgia ....
So. Carolina
So. Carolina
Georgia....
Ireland. ....
Georgia ....
Georgia ....
Georgia ....
Poland.....
Georgia ....
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29
41
35
51
41
23
32
35
44
47
35
25
25
45
61
31
28
39
50
23
MARRIED
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
DATE
APPOINTED
Apr. 12, 1907
Oct. 25, 1901
Mch. 16, 1901
Feb. 8, 1907
Dec. 1, 1882
Sept. 5, 1893
Oct. 9, 1907
Oct. 18, 1907
Dec. 12, 1907
Feb. 6, 1895
Apr. 1, 1889
Dec. 8, 1896
Sept. 25, 1907
Oct. 18, 1907
May 1, 1893
Jan. 31,1907
Feb. 9, 1907
Jan. 31,1907
Nov. 1, 1907
Apr. 17,1907
Jul. 3, 1907
CHANGES IN DEPARTMENT DURING 1907
Expiration of Term of Office
Charles Garfunkel, Superintendent
J. R. Haym, Clerk
Elected
W. G. Austin, Chief
W. D. Morgan, Clerk
64 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Promoted
Joseph McCool...........................2nd Lieutenant
John J. Murphy.........................Chief Detective
H. W. Baughn........................... 1st Sergeant
M. L. Meldrim........................... Sergeant
W. H. Smith............................
D. J. Cronin.............................
J. S. Hallford............................
J. J. Deignan............................ "
J. D. Semken............................
Michael McQuade...:.................... "
William Kiernan.......................... "
John H. Brantley........................
John S. Higgins..........................
i i) C. T. Christie............................ Detective
E. D. Fallon............................
P. J. Kelly.............................. Quartermaster
Appointed
S. N. Harris. ...........^................1st Lieutenant
Julius Starke............................Detective
J. H. W. Umbach........................
T. R. Heffernan........................ -Clerk
Avaunt, T. L............................ Patrolman
Alexander, E. D..........................
Airs, H. S...............................
Akins, J. M..............................
Brennan, Thomas........................ "
Brinson, R. H...........................
Bentley, J. F............................
Bell, J. C................................
Bell, C. L...............................
Bell, A. E...............................
Burke, J. J..............................
Brant, R. F.............................
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 65
Brennan, James.........................Patrolman
Cowart, F. D............................
Counihan, M. J...........................
Cordray, J.A............................
Connors, J. J............................
Cameron, T. J............................
Coffee, E. J..............................
Cooper, G. B.............................
Crosby, W. F............................
CaUahan, L. M...........................
Dobbin, J. C.............................
Dyer, L.................................
Forehand, R. A..........................
Griffin, J. W.............................
Griffin, J. N.............................
Goslee, M. A. ..........................
Harley, R. H............................
Hankinson, W. A.........................
Hinely, F...............................
Hutto, P. S..............................
Keane, Timothy.........................
Kelly, J. M..............................
Kemp, H. H.............................
Keller, C. W.............................
Kennedy, R. F...........................
Lysaught, D.............................
Lively, G. P.............................. "
Mitchell, W. R...........................
Morgan, L. P............................
Maher, J. A..............................
Murry, W. J.............................
Nantz, L. H. ...........................
Newton, E. L............................
O'Neil, T. G. ............................
Powers, B. J.............................
Price, H. L..............................
Quarterman, T. A........................ "
66 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Remley, D. D............................ Patrolman
Strate, H. H.............................
Salter, J. H..............................
Stewart, W. H...........................
Sherrod, M. H...........................
Sivers, Wm.............................
Woolett, F. F............................
Wright, B. B............................
Wright, J. C.............................
Palmer, G. I.............................Stable Keeper
Kelly, John.............................
Dyer, C. W..............................Driver
Warner, W. W............................
Barthelmess, J. B........................ "
Fogarty, T. J............................
Boblasky, M............................. Night Watchman
Fraser, W. C.................... ........ Porter
Resigned
Avaunt, T. L............................Patrolman
Connors, J. J............................
Cameron, T. J...........................
Davis, R. B.............................
Griffin, J. W. ............................
Griffin, J.N.............................
Hicks, W. E.............................
Hendry, E. L............................
Jernigan, D. W..........................
Laird, R. A..............................
Muny, W. J.............................
Woods, D. R.............................
Woolett, F. F............................
Dyer, C. W............................. Driver
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 07
Dismissed
Hartley, E. P............................Sergeant
Woods, J.A.............................
Brown, J. E............................. Patrolman
Brazzell, P. P............................
Bell, A. E...............................
Cohen, D...............................
Counihan, D. J..........................
Cooper, G. B............................
Davis, M................................
Duffy, T. J..............................
Dobbin, J. C............................
Dwyer, L............................... "
Griffin, T. J.............................
Harms, F. A............................
Kelly, J. M..............................
McLaughlin, J. T........................
Meyers, C. D............................
Maher, J. A.............................
O'Reilly, J. J............................
Paul, A...... ...........................
Powers, B. J............................
Roach, T. P..............................
Robinson, O. K..........................
Scully, M........'........................
Sullivan, D..............................
Sims, W. F..............................
Salter, J. H............................. "
Walker, D. P............................
White, W. F............................
Lane, James............................. Stable Keeper
Palmer, G. I. ...........................
Monroe, J. H................... ........ Driver
Retired
Brantley, J. H...........................Sergeant
Higgins, J. S............................
Kiernan, Wm...........................
68 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Number of Days Lost by Each Member of the Department on
Account Vacation, Special Leave, Sickness, Sickness in
Family, Suspended, or Injured on
Duty during 1907
NAME
W. G. Austin- ..........
W. D. Morgan..........
I". R. Heffernan---..----
\.J. Murphy.-.. .....
?. J. Eivers ____ _....-
}. H. W. Umbach. __ ..
C. T. Christie. _ .......
E. D. Fallon __ _ . ..
H. W. Baughn __ ......
R. E. Davis. ____ ....
T. C. Murphv _ ........
W. H. Smith". .__.-.-__
M. L. Meldrim.. ........
J. S. Hallford.. __.___.._
. J. Deignan. ..........
P. J. Kelly-. ...........
Airs, H. S. .............
Akins, J. M, ....... _ ..
Alexander, E. D... .. ..
Atkinson, C. J. ___ ....
Brvant, B. S.... ........
Becker, W. L...... ......
Beach, J. K.............
Bell,J. C...... ........ .
Bell, C. L.. .............
Best, C. D..............
Bentley, J. V...... ......
Burns, C.._ .............
Burke, J. J.. .........
Brant, R. F. _ .........
Collins, M.N.... ....... .
Clearv, T. F. ____ . _ .
CoSee, E. J. ............
Cohen, M. G... _ .......
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10
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 69
Number of Days Lost, etc.Continued
NAME
Cowart, C. S... ---------
Cowart, F. D... ------
Crosby, W. F. ____ _-..
Clancy, J. J. . -----
Cordray, J. A. -..
Callahan.L. M._ --------
Davis, E. F. ---------
Davis, R. T. _ .........
Fleming, W. H... -------
Fleming, M. B._ ....
Futch.T. D. ___ .-. -.
Goslee, M. A. _ --------
Guilfoyle, J. -----------
Harley, H. E.. _ .-.-
Harley, R. H. ........
Harper, J. G..-_--------
Hutto, P. S.---_--------
Kearney, F. J.._--------
Keane, D. J._ ..........
Keane, T. ___ - ------
Kernp, H.H... . --------
KeUer.C.W... ---------
Kennedy, R. F. _ . .. -
Lovett, R. F. _ --.---"--
Lively, G. P. __ --------
Lange, J. H. .---.....
Lewis, J. N. ._-_----._--
McCarthy, J. C. _ _ ...
McAlpin, T. E. ___ ....
McGrath, J. _ ... _ ....
Mitchell, W.. R._ ........
Morgan, L. P.
Malphus, C. M.. .........
Moehrke, P. H. _ ..
Mffler, H..-.. ... .
Nantz, L. H.
Newton, E. L.
O'Neil, T. G...
Padgett, D. A. . .
I
1Vacation
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
irt
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
i!&
5
I
1
3
10
3
49
16
6
4
4
12
2
3
1
7
8
1
2
Sickness
8
1
1
16
1
3
4
2
5
16
5
43
3
5
15
7
21
7
12
5
1
21
3
31
29
7
5
13
12
16
10
30
1Q
Sickness
in Family
i
2
2
8
2
2
3
6
10
1
4
10
1Suspended
6
1
2
i
8
8
1
57
I
31
12
12
28
1
21
16
12
18
40
5
11
58
13
28
3
59
84
20
41
19
22
21
1
37
23
14
48
41
19
15
26
11
30
34
24
11
30
41
70 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Number of Days Lost, etc.Continued
NAME
Price, H. L.__. ..........
Remley, W. E.. __ ...-.
Remlev, D. D... -...-...
Reilly.'J. J..... .........
Reisen, H.... ...........
Strate, H. H.. ..........
Sheehan, Wm . -------
Smith, G. L....... ......
Stewart, W. H.... __ ..
Sherrod, M. H. ..........
Sivers, Wm.. ...........
Tullis.B. L... ..........
Winn, W. S... .... ......
Wright, J. C... ... -.-.
Wright, B. B... _ -...--
Claiborne. W. D... ------
Kelly, John.. ------.-..-
Warner, W. W.. ........
Bobolasky, M. ........._
Fogarty, T. J. ...........
Totals. __ .-.-..--
Vacation
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
757
_g
"3 V
<o
1
3
4
2
24
1
1
9
3
2
7
1
361
Sickness
43
4
13
6
7
6
1
2
2
6
5
3
3
871
Sickness
Family in
13
6
1
1
7
4
4
2
1
151
Stlspended
28 ]
1
>, 1 IsA
141
5 &
14
52
14
23
21
20
47
14
2
13
19
15
10
10
5
12
12
21
4
2309
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 71
Number of Arrests Made by Each Member of
the Department during 1907
NAME
W. G. Austin.. .........
S. N. Harris... _----__-.
P. J. Eivers. ____ .....
J. H. W. Umbach. _.__._
C.T.Christie. ---------
E. D. Fallon ___ --..-..
H. W. Baughn __ ......
R. E. Davis.. .----..--.
T. C. Murphy... .-.-.--.
W. H. Smith.. ......... .
M. L. Meldrim.. -.._--_.
i
S. Hallford... ........
D. Semken __ .-..-..
.J. Kelly--. ..---._.-.
Airs. H. S..... .. _ ..
Akins, J. M. ............
Alexander, E. D._ _ ....
Atkinson, C. J._ __ ....
Bryant, B. S. _ ........
Becker, W. L. ....-..---.
Beach, J. K....._. ......
Bell, J. C..............
Bell, C.L... -...-._..-.
Best, C. D.... ..........
Bentley, J. P..... ......
Brennan, T. ............
Blumberg, L... __ .......
Burns, C. __ ...... ....
Burke, J. J..............
Brant, R. P... ..........
Collins, M. N.. ... .. .
Cleary, T. P.
Coffee, E. J... ..
Cohen, M. G
Cowart, C. S.
Cowart, P. D
Counihan, M. J . __ ... .
Crosby, W. P. ..
RANK
Chief--.-.--.......-..
Chief Detective- .......

<
1st. Sergeant. .........

i
'
<
'

<

30To June
3
7
12
105
83
38
82
88
63
5
1
32
14
7
24
22
27
10
2
23
42
12
20
13
42
36
4
7
68
24
61
12
82
25
39
47
95
20
24
i-t
CO
1

4
8
30
142
164
45
173
132
169
8
48
10
2
74
13
7
13
1
59
1
48
17
37
13
31
47
32
12
71
63
45
5
38
5
37
44
17
60
157
7
31
43
"3
1
7
15
22
247
247
83
255
220
232
13
1
80
24
9
98
35
34
23
a
82
1
90
29
57
26
73
83
36
19
139
87
106
17
38
5
119
69
56
107
252
7
51
67
72 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Number of Arrests, etc.Continued
NAME
Clancy, J. J. __ ..... ..
Callahan,L.M..- -------
Davis, E. P. __ ..... ..
Davis, R. T._ _ __ _
Fleming, W. H. _ ......
Fleming^ M. B. ____ ..
Futch, T. D. ____ _ ..
Forehand, R. A... ......
Goslee, M. A. _ --_..-..
Guilfoyle. J. ___ ____
Harlev, H. E..... .......
Barley, R. H...... ._....
Harper, J. G. _ _ _ ...
Hinely, Fred. _ ........
Hutto, P. S. _ --..-.-.
Jones, H. ---------
Keane, D. J. ___ _ ...
Keane, Timothy. ... __ .
Kemp.H.H. --------
Keller.C.W..... ---....
Kennedy, R. F. _ ......
Lovett, R. F,__ .. ....
Lively, G. P. ____ ....
Lange, J. H. ._ -....
Lewis J. N... ..........
McCarthy, J. C. _ ......
McAlpin, T. E. ___ ....
McGrath, J. ------------
Mitchell, W. R. __ -....
Malphus, C. M. ____ ..
Moehrke, P. H. _ . _ ..
Miller, H.._. . ..........
Nantz, L. H..._ _ ......
O'Neil, T. G.. ........
Padgett, D. A. __ ......
Price, H. L. __ .-.--..-
Remley, W. .... _ ....
Remley, D, D. __ ......
RANK
Patrolman . ,,.,...
r
30June To
28
2
1
1
45
51
65
8
11
61
25
60
24
14
43
15
19
4
14
32
23
26
32
39
14
28
28
38
100
14
36
9
19
17
20
Dec. 31To
22
26
4
1
40
50
127
13
100
18
42
11
26
13
2
68
22
29
59
33
68
9
4
29
30
53
17
16
46
11
25
6
75
65
92
9!1
110
16
7
17
36.
19
?,0
69
3

50
28
4
1
2
85
101
192
13
108
29
103
11
51
13
2
128
46
43
102
48
87
13
4
43
62
76
43
48
85
25
53
6
103
103
192
35
146
25
7
36
36
19
37
89
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 73
Number of Arrests, etc.Continued
NAME
Reilly.J.J. ------.
Reisen, H. _____ ......
Strate, H. H............
Sheehan, Wm._, ...._...
Smith, G. L. _ ........
Stewart, W. H.... ......
Sherrod, M. H...........
Tullis,B. L. .........
Ungar, B. ____ ___ ..
Winn, W. S. __ --------
Wright, T. C... _----_.--
Wright, B. B. __ ....-
RANK
g
I >->
&
1Q
25
45
11
7
52
6
34
-t
CO
t
&
29
39
72
11
12
41
21
1
35
4
56
14
7
*3
s
A ft
C.A
117
22
19
41
21
1
7
10
90
14
7
Total Number of Arrests During 1907
White women
White men....
Negro women
Negro men....
Chinamen.....
Minors........
. 140
.2685
.1205
.3489
. 2
. 558
Total. .8079
74 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Arrests Each Month
Month
April. _____._.._-. --
Mav.... ...........
July...............
September _ .......
October...... ......
Totals.. _ .....
Negroes
276
509
380
361
327
282
347
466
497
369
381
499
4694
Whites
133
257
449
172
248
216
214
273
192
204
206
261
2825
Minors
18
71
39
35
93
57
51
33
51
50
28
32
558
IChinamen
2
2
Total
429
837
868
568
668
555
612
772
740
623
615
792
8079
Disposition of Above Cases
Sentenced in Recorder's Court................
Dismissed in Recorder's Court................
Sentenced and sentence suspended by Recorder
Turned over to Superior Court................
Turned over to City Court...................
Turned over to Ordinary's Court..............
Turned over to various County Sheriffs........
Turned over to foreign vessels . ..............
Turned over to Army and Navy..............
Paupers sent out of City.....................
.4482
.2167
. 196
. 201
. 889
. 32
. 63
. 30
4
. 15
Total..........................................8079
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 75
Fines Collected in Police Court During the Year 1907
Jamuuy. ..........,,..........,......$ 971.00
February.:........................... 2,228.00
March................................ 1,445.00
April................................. 1,190.00
May............................... .. 993.10
June................................. 964.80
July.................................. 1,243.10
August............................... 1,964.50
September............................ 1,951.90
October............................... 1,924.85
November............................ 1,564.45
December............................. 1,814.55
Total............................ .$18,255.25
Fines collected for the year 1906......... 12,236.00
Increase of fines collected in 1907 over
fines collected in 1906. ...............$ 6,019.25
Statement of fines collected in Police Court for each year from
1902 to 1907 inclusive
1902.................................$ 6,242.95
1903................................. 9,492.90
1904................................. 9,328.00
1905................................. 10,057.00
1906................................. 12,236.00
1907................................. 18,255.25
76 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Causes of Arrest
Adultery, and fornication ............................ 13
Assault and battery .................1............... 64
Assault with intent to murder........................ 80
Assault with intent to rape........................... 8
Assault with intent to rob............................ 3
Assaulting and stabbing............................. 66
Attempt to break and enter.......................... 6
Begging on the streets............................... 2
Bigamy............................................ 2
Breaking and entering a railroad car .................. 4
Burglary........................................... 58
Carrying concealed weapons ......................... 74
Cheating and swindling .............................. 27
Contempt of court.................................. 51
Cruelty to animals.................................. 28
Cruelty to children.................................. 2
Deserters from Aimy................................ 3
Deserters from foreign vessels ....................... 30
Deserters from Navy................................ I
Disorderly conduct................................. 2466
Disturbing public worship ........................... 2
Drank and disorderly ............................... 1986
Drunkenness on public highway ...................... 2
Escaped convicts................................... 14
Exposure of person.................................. 10
False keys: having in possession...................... 2
Fast and reckless driving............................ 23
Forgery............................................ 5
Fugitive from justice................................ 63
Gambling.......................................... 65
Involuntary manslaughter........................... 17
Illegal Voting...................................... 1
Keeping a disorderly house .......................... 4
Keeping a lewd house .............................. 4
Keeping and maintaining a gambling house ............ 14
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 77
Keeping open a tippling house on the Sabbath ......... 35
Keeping an opium joint ........................ .... 1
Keeping a place of business open on the Sabbath......... 13
Kidnapping........................................ 4
Larceny after trust.................................. 28
Larceny from the house............................... 30
Larceny from the person............................. 33
Larceny; grand .................................... 5
Larceny; s imple ..................................... 486
Lunacy............................................ 34
Malicious mischief................................... 5
Murder............................................ 14
Non-payment of City license ......................... 154
Not confining a vicious bull.......................... 3
Not confining a vicious dog.......................... 10
Perjury............................................ 3
Pointing a pistol not in own defense................... 19
Rape.............................................. 3
Receiving stolen goods............................... 6
Renting building for gambling purposes. ................ 2
Robbery by force................................... 17
Seduction.......................................... 1
Selling liquors to minors............................. 8
Selling liquor without a license........................ 20
Selling opiates without a prescription.................. 1
Shooting at another not in own defense............... 7
Shooting in public highway.......................... 2
Sodomy........................................... 4
Stealing a ride on railroad train ...................... 16
Stowaways......................................... 1
Suspicious characters................................ 379
Vagrancy.......................................... 370
Violating City Ordinances............................ 1064
Violating Automobile Ordinances. ......'.............. 84
Vote buying....................................... 3
Vote selling ................................. ...... 1
"Wife beating............................. .......... 13
Total..........................................8079
78 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Ambulance Calls for Year 1907
Month Whites Negroes Total
January
February .
March
April
May .....
June .....
July .....
August ...
September.
October...
November _
December .
35
32
29
37
37
38
35
26
52
41
41
36
36
41
32
38
44
46
53
34
49
42
33
38
71
73
61
85
81
84
88
60
101
83
74
74
Totals. 449 486 935
Patrol Wagon Calls
'January................................... 389
February.................................. 763
March..".............................. ..... 756
April................... .................. 482
May....................................... 577
June....................................... 463
July....................................... 541
August.................................... 694
September................................. 672
October.................................... 545
November................................. 517
December.................................. 686
Total..................................7085
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 79
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE
DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1907
Receipts
Appropriation for 1907....................... .$119,800.00
Services of patrolmen; special.................. 2,064.50
Sale of horses ................................ 675.65
Sale of revolvers .............................' 250.00
Sale of saddles ............................... 72.50
Sale of empty sacks .......................... 57.25
Sale of old property, etc....................... 217.17
Unclaimed money............................. 40.00
Station house fees ........................... 173.40
Total....................................$123,350.47
Expenditures
Salaries. .....................................$ 99,019.83
Horse feed ...............................'... 5,062.95
Horses...................................... 3,240.00
Horse shoeing ................................ 545.88
Veterinary services........................... 99.00
Uniforms.................................... 2,924.65
Prisoners rations.............................. 923.27
General improvements and repairs ............. 1,418.04
General supplies.............................. 1,191.73
Saddles, bridles, blankets, etc .................. 1,295.55
Revolvers.................................... 1,024.60
Badges, belts, holsters, clubs, etc ...........:... 472.14
Furniture and rugs ........................... 490.30
Patrol Wagons and harness .................... 425.00
Buggy and harness ........................... 175.00
Miscellaneous property........................ 623.0S
Lights....................................... 606.08
Fuel........................................ 321.83
80 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Telephone rental .............................$ 256.42
Printing, stationery, etc ....................... 307.11
Gamewell system."............................ 475.19
Postage and telegrams ........................ 91.42
Insurance.................................... 75.00
Expenses Chief; convention .................... 100.00
Incidentals................................... 186.40
Total................................... .$121,350.47
Balance turned in to City Treasurer. ........$ 2,000.00
Expenses of Department for 1903. ..............$ 90,866.13
Expenses of Department for 1904............... 89,399.88
Expenses of Department for 1905............... 93,029.20
Expenses of Department for 1906............... 106,281.04
Expenses of Department for 1907............... 121,350.47
Amount appropriated for 1908 ................. 120,000.00
Inventory of Property
Police Department grounds .................... .$20,000.00
Police Headquarters building ................... 25,000.00
Police outbuildings ............................ 12,000.00
Gamewell system .............................. 10,000.00
Inside telephone system ........................ 200.00
37 Horses. .................................. 7,400.00
2 Patrol wagons ............................ 500.00
2 Ambulances............................... 500.00
1 Buckboard................................ 75.00
1 Buggy.................................... 60.00
1 Patrol wagon (unserviceable) ............... 50.00
1 Supply wagon ............................ 50.00
5 Sets of single harness ...................... 125.00
2 Sets of double harness ..................... 100.00
42 Springfield rifles .......................... 400.00
42 Winchester rifles .......................... 400.00
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 81
100 Revolvers. ................................$ 1,000.00
34 Saddles, bridles and blankets ............... 1,300.00
4 Roller top desks .......................... 300.00
4 Small desks ............................... 80.00
1 Flat top desk, standing .................... 55.00
1 Steel filing cabinet ........................ 250.00
1 Wooden filing cabinet ..................... 40.00
1 Small filing cabinet ....................... 15.00
1 Prisoners property cabinet .................. 60.00
93 Clothes lockers ............................ 360.00
92 Iron cots ................................. 275.00
92 Mattresses................................ 125.00
30 Prisoner's blankets ........................ 30.00
3 Iron safes ................................ 200.00
1 Large table ............................... 175.00
6 Small tables .............................. 80.00
6 Revolving desk chairs ..................... 100.00
11 Leather back chairs ....................... 120.00
45 Court room chairs ........................ 100.00
5 Stoves for heating......................... 150.00
1 Cooking stove and utensils .................. 20.00
3 Clocks..................................... 50.00
1 Steel clothes locker ....................... 50.00
1 Medicine chest and contents ................ 25.00
4 Electric fans .............................. 120.00
1 Art square ................................ 40.00
8 Rugs..................................... 30.00
3 Foot mats................................ 10.00
52 Cuspidors................................. 50.00
1 Lounge................................... 30.00
1 Book case ................................ 40.00
1 Steel book case ........................... 75.00
20 Window shades ........................... 35.00
Floor coverings ............................ 250.00
Pictures, mirrors, etc....................... 50.00
2 Water coolers............................. 10.00
34 Sabres.................................... 100.00
6
82 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
50 Web cartridge belts ......................$ 50.00
25 Club sockets.............................. 15.00
100 Badges................................... 50.00
100 Wreaths.................................. 75.00
100 Clubs..................................... 75.00
100 Whistles.................................. 25.00
1 Letter press and copying outfit ............. 10.00
4 Horse blankets ............................ 15.00
27 Yale locks ................................ 30.00
2 Wheelbarrows............................. 10.00
$83,015.00
GAMEWELL BOXES
Stations
12. .Lincoln and River
13. . Bay and Randolph
14. .Bay and East Broad
15. .Bay and Bull
21. .Congress and Abercorn
22.. Broughton and East Broad
23.. Oglethorpe Avenue and East Broad
24. .Broughton and Bull
25.. President and Randolph
31.. York and Bull
32. . Park Avenue and Waters Road
33.. Wheaton and Randolph
43.. Barnard and River
44.. Ocean Steamship Wharf
45.. Indian and Fahm
51.. Bay and West Broad
52. .Bull and Estill Avenue
53.. Broughton and West Broad
54.. Zubly and Fahm
121. .Oglethorpe Avenue and West Broad
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 83
122. .Oglethorpe Avenue and Barnard
123.. McDonough and Drayton
124. .Cemetery and Gwinnett
125. .Liberty and West Broad
131.. Union Station
144. . Market, South Entrance on Congress
152.. Minis and West Broad
212. .Huntington and Whitaker
213.. Waldburg and West Broad
214.: West Broad and Henry Lane
215. .Liberty and East Broad
221.. Liberty and Whitaker
242. Jones and Whitaker
243. .Jones and East Broad
312. .Taylor and Lincoln
313.. Huntingdon and East Broad
314. .Harmon and Wheaton
321. .Bolton and East Broad
322. .'Waldburg and Drayton
323.. Bull and Thirty-ninth
331. .Anderson and Habersham
341.. Abercorn and Thirty-sixth
412. .Ogeechee Road and Thirty-sixth
413. .Howard and Thirty-ninth
8i MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE RECORDER
SAVANNAH, GA., January 11, 1908.
To THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF SAVANNAH.

GENTLEMENI have the honor to submit this my first
report as Recorder of the Police Court of this City.
Inasmuch as it is the policy of .the law to inflict punishment with a view to deterring future violations, I have endeavored at all times to be governed by this policy. A comparison
of the dockets of the Police Court for this year and those previous hereto will show a decided decrease in the size of the
fines imposed in like violations. This decrease was induced
by two considerations:
Firstly, because I do not believe that the Court should be
conducted solely as a source of revenue. Its purpose as heretofore stated is to prevent crime rather than punish for it.
Here we are thrown in contact with the weaker and poorer
class of our citizens, and to impose heavy penalties often
means deprivation of the necessities of life to those dependent
upon the violators of the law for support and maintenance.
Secondly, because the reduction- of the fines within the
financial limits of the offender makes it possible for him to pay
and not thereby become a burden on the City, as his confinement in jail would be.
That the policy pursued has been a good one as far as
revenue is concerned, is evidenced by the fact that the total
fines collected in the Police Court for the year 1907 exceed
those of 1906 bv one third.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. . 85
The figures accompanying the report show only the actual
fines collected in Police Court and do not include cases that
were certioraried, and which amount to over $1500.00.
I would most respectfully recommend to your honorable
body the necessity for the establishment of a City Stockade
at the earliest possible moment. Such a step would in my
humble opinion do much to discourage petty violations of the
law, and would put a discount on idleness. There is a certain
class of offenders who care absolutely nothing for confinement
in jail and in fact seem to welcome it at certain seasons of the
year. The City has at all times approximately sixty persons
in the jail who must be fed at the City's expense, and who contribute nothing in return.
The establishment of a stockade would not only mean
that they would become self-supporting, but would also mean
a legitimate increase in the City's revenue. When this class of
offenders are confronted with work, it will induce not only a
cessation of violations but will encourage honest industry
among them. I do not intend, of course, that they shall come
in contact or interfere in any measure with honest labor, but
there is any amount of employment that they could be put to
that would not require the discharge of a single City employee.
I would also recommend in this connection, the passing
of an ordinance making it a violation to loiter or idle about the
streets. An inspection of the report hereto attached shows
that during the year 1907, three hundred and seventy vagrants were committed for trial to the higher court. There is
a certain shiftless element in our City who work just enough
to take them without the statute defining vagrancy, and even
where they do nothing at all, it is an exceedingly hard matter
to secure a conviction, as they seem always to be able to prove
by their friends that they do perform a certain amount of labor. These near vagrants constitute the vast majority of
offenders against the law and the establishment of a stockade
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and the passage of an ordinance above referred to, will have
jhe effect of compelling them to perform honest labor, thereby
decreasing crime, and at the same time aiding the business
interests of the City.
The Court has rendered every service in its power to assist the Health Department in enforcing cleanliness and promoting health, and has as well assisted the City Marshal very
materially in the enforcement of the payment of City licenses
by parties who had no visible assets upon which an execution
might be levied.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN E. SCHWARZ,
Recorder Police Court, City of Savannah.
Statement of Fines Collected in the Police Court of the City of
Savannah during the Twelve Months of the Year 1907.
January. .....................................$ 971.00
February..................................... 2,228.00
March..'...................................... 1,445.00
April......................................... 1,190.00
May.......................................... 993.10
June......................................... 964.80
July.......................................... 1,243.10
August....................................... 1,964.50
September.................................... 1,951.90
October...................................... 1,924.85
November.................................... 1,564.45
December..................................... 1,814.55
Total receipts. ........................... .$18,255.25
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 87
Total receipts as shown by records in City Treasurer's
office for twelve months of 1907............ .$18,255.25
Total receipts as shown by records in City Treasurer's
office for twelve months of 1906............. 12,236.00
Increase of fines collected in 1907 over fines collected
in 1906...................................$ 6,019.25
Statement of Cases Investigated in the Police Court of the City
of Savannah for the year 1907
Adultery and fornication ............................ 13
Assault and battery ................................. 64
Assault with intent to murder......................... 80
Assault with intent to rape........................... 8
Assault with intent to rob............................ 3
Attempt to commit burglary......................... 6
Begging on the streets........:...................... 2
Burglary........................................... 58
Breaking and entering a railroad car with intent to steal 4
Carrying concealed weapons.......................... 74
Cheating and swindling.............................. 27
Contempt of Court.................................. 51
Cruelty to animals.................................. 28
Cruelty to children.................................. 2
Disturbing public worship............................ 2
Disorderly conduct..................................2466
Drunk and disorderly ................................ 1986
Drunk on public highway ........................... 2
Escaped convicts.............................:..... 14
Exposure of person.................................. 10
Forgery........................................... 5
False keys, having possession of...................... 2
Fast and reckless driving............................ 23
Gambling.......................................... 65
Illegal voting....................................... 1
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Keeping a disorderly house........................... 4
Keeping a lewd house............................... 4
Keeping and maintaining a gambling house............ 14
Keeping an opium joint.............................. 1
Keeping open a tippling house on the Sabbath.......... 35
Keeping place of business open on the Sabbath......... 13
Kidnapping........................................ 4
Larceny after trust.................................. 28
Larceny from the house.............................. 30
Larceny from the person............................. 33
Larceny, grand ..................................... 5
Lanceny, simple.................................... 48(5
Lunacy............................................ 34
Malicious mischief................................... 5
Manslaughter....................................... 17
Murder............................................ 14
Non-payment of City license......................... 154
Not confining vicious dogs........................... 13
Perjury............................................ 3
Pointing a pistol at another.......................... 19
Rape.............................................. 3
Receiving stolen goods............................... (>
Renting a building for gambling purposes.............. 2
Robbery by force.................................... 17
Seduction.......................................... 1
Selling liquor without license......................... 20
Selling liquor -to minors.............................. 8
Selling opiates without a prescription.................. 1
Sodomy........................................... 4
Shooting at another, not in own defense............... 7
Shooting on public highway. ........................ 2
Stabbing........................................... 66
Stealing a ride on a railroad train..................... 16
Vagrancy.......................................... 370
Violating City ordinances other than before enumerated.. 1148
Vote buying........................................ 3
Vote selling........................................ 1
Wife beating....................................... 13
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 89
Disposition of Cases Investigated in Police Court of the City of
Savannah for the Year 1907
Sentenced for violations of City ordinances.............4482
Sentences suspended................................ 196
Committed for trial in Superior Court................. 201
Committed for trial in City Court..................... 889
Committed for trial in Ordinary's Court............... 32

EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR
19O7
THOMAS BAULANTYNE
SUPERINTENDENT
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FIRE COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH
FOR THE YEAR 1907
R. J. DAVAXT, Chairman
A. S. GVCKEXHEIMER " J. F. PERRITT
C. G. WILKERSOX H. E. WILSON
FIRE DEPARTMENT
THOMAS BALLANTYNE. .................... .Superintendent
J. J. COXXOLLY. ..................Assistant Superintendent
R. J. Stewart.......................Clerk and Storekeeper
G. T. JOHXSTOX. ............... .Acting Electric Inspector
F. J. KILROY.............................. Fire Inspector
V. S. PACETTI. .................. .Assistant Fire Inspector
\V. D. CLAIBORXE. ..............Superintendent Fire Alarm
ROLL OF HONOR
Members of Department December 31,1907
October 17,1907, Foreman Arthur M. Rogers, Meritorious
Service.
Sepember 8, 1903, Driver John L. Lady, Courageous
Conduct.
September 8, 1903, Fireman John P. Duffy, Meritorious
Service.
September 14, 1903, Driver Hugh J, Larkin, Courageous
Conduct.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 93
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Office of the Superintendent of the Fire Department
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, J908.
To THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
SAVANNAH.
GENTLEMENI have the honor to submit my first annual
report of the operations and conditions of the Fire Department
of the City for the year ending December 31,1907, this report
being the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Paid Fire
Department.
The total force of the Department at the close of the year
was eighty-eight men, as follows:
1 Superintendent.
1 Assistant Superintendent.
1 Clerk and Storekeeper.
1 Superintendent Fire Alarm.
1 Acting Electric Inspector.
I Fire Inspector.
I Assistant Fire Inspector.
<5 Foremen of Engine Companies.
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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.
38 Firemen.
During the year the following changes were made in the
force:
1 Foreman made Assistant Superintendent.
1 Assistant Foreman made Foreman.
3 Firemen made Assistant Foremen.
1 Engineer, 1 Assistant Foreman, 1 Acting Electric Inspector and 8 Firemen resigned.
1 Clerk and 7 Firemen discharged.
1 Fireman made Engineer.
1 Assistant Foreman died from natural causes.
1 Foreman pensioned.
1 Foreman and 8 Firemen reinstated.
1 Clerk, 1 Acting Electric Inspector and 16 Firemen appointed, leaving the force 88, 2 short of the number authorized by City Ordinance.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 95
FORCE BY COMPANIES
Fire Station No. 1
518-520-522 Broughton Street-East.
Name Capacity . In Service
A. P. McFarland......... Foreman............... 21 years.
T. J. Fogarty............ Assistant Foreman...... 9 "
J. A. Goette............. Engineer............... 3
W. J. Cleary............Driver Engine..........23
Jas. J. Whalen........... Driver Wagon.......... 4 "
W. F. Carrick........... Driver Supt.'s Buggy .. 4
F. Goritz...............Fireman............... 6
T. Walsh............... Fireman........"! ....... 4
J. A. Lane, Jr........... Fireman............... 2
J. J. Hunter............. Fireman............... 6 mos.
J. Higgins............... Fireman............... 3 "
Fire Station No. 2
Headquarters, Indian and West Broad Streets
Name Capacity In Service
D. P. Murphy.......... .Foreman............... 9 years.
M. J. Roach............ .Assistant Foreman...... 7 "
J. V. Bordnave.......... Engineer.............. .36 "
T. F. Lovett............ Driver Engine.......... 9
L. F. Henderson......... Driver Wagon.......... 9
J. C. Cooper............. Driver Truck........... 9
B. Leddy...............Tillerman.............. 9
J. P. Duffy.............. Fireman............... 10
G. F. Kilroy............. Fireman............... 3
J. C. Hirt...............Fireman............... 2
J. H. Alien.............. Fireman............... 2
J. W. Whalen...........Fireman............... 2
J. J. Fitz.patrick......... Fireman............... 2
J. R. Wohanka..........Fireman............... 1
J. Gay.................. Fireman............... 4 mos.
R. J. Hayes.............Fireman............... 4
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Fire Station No. 3
Central Station, Oglethorpe Avenue and Abercorn Street
Name Capacity In Service
A. J. Toshach........... Foreman............... 21 years.
C. V. Agense............Assistant Foreman...... 17 "
S. W. Peck.............. Engineer............... 2
J. C. Sheahan........... Driver Engine.......... 4 "
T. G. Kearney........... Driver Wagon.......... 4 "
B. E. Sheppard..........Driver Truck........... 4
M. F. Morehead..........Tillerman.............. 7
E. T. Morrissey..........Fireman............... 6
J. Rottenburg........... Fireman............... 4 "
W. F. "White............Fireman............... 3
R. C. Smith............ .Fireman............... 3
D. S. O'Connor.......... Driv. Asst. Supt.'s Buggy 1
M. F. Harvey........... Fireman............... 1 "
J. C. O'Brien............ Fireman............... 11 mos.
J. J. Brake.............. Fireman............... 8
J. N. Egense............ Fireman............... 4
R. J. O'Keefe. ..........Fireman............... 3
Fire Station No. 4
606 Barnard Street
Name Capacity In Service
T. D. Brtmson...........Foreman............... 10 years.
J. J. Hearn..............Asst. Foreman.......... 11
W. J. Futch............. Engineer............... 9
J. C. Bailey............. Driver Engine.......... 4 "
G. C. Donnelly.......... Driver Wagon.......... 17
W. H. Remly........... .Driver Truck........... 6
C. W. Ellis.............. Fireman............... 5
C. W. Stein..............Fireman............... 2
J. H. Roley.............Fireman............... 2
J. H. Lady.............. Fireman............... 7
R. M. Richardson........Fireman............... 9 mos.
P. E. Forehan...........Fireman............... 9
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Fire Station No. 5
11 Henry Street, East
Name Capacity In Service
A. M. Rogers............Foreman............... 11 years.
H. F. Corley........... .Assistant Foreman....... 17
C. A. Christians.......... Engineer............... 16 "
L. Walsh............... Driver Engine.......... 1 "
M. F. Sullivan...........Driver Wagon.......... 4
J. Henderson........... .Fireman............... 3 "
C. C. Edwards...........Fireman............... 11 mos.
F. Schwarz..............Fireman............... 9 "
Fire Station No. 6 ' ^
Thirty-Eighth and Barnard Streets
Name Capacity In Service
C. M. Burnham..........Foreman............... 11 years.
D. V. Whitaker..........Assistant Foreman...... 8
L. Trebony.............. Engineer............... 18 "
J. H. Monsees........... Driver Engine.......... 2 "
F. H. Thompson.........Driver Wagon.......... 11 "
W. B. Jones............. Fireman............... 8 "
J. A. McGrath........... Fireman............... 7 "
E. J. Storey.............Fireman............... 1
Chemical Company No. 1
Central Station, Oglethorpe Avenue and Abercorn Street
Name Capacity In Service
J. Murphy.............. Foreman............... 7 years.
T. Flynn................Assistant Foreman...... 9 "
R. B. Hearn.............Driver................. 7
G. E. Johnson...........Fireman............... 7
J. P. Kavanaugh.........Fireman............... 11 mos.
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Hose Company No. 1
515 Waldburg Street East
Name Capacity In Service
J. O'Leary.............. Foreman............... 14 years.
T. Hamilton............. Assistant Foreman...... 14 "
W. W. Pringle........... Driver................. 11
H. J. Larkin............Fireman............... 17
EXPENSES
The expenses were sub-divided as follows:
Salaries...................................... .$77,678 05
Printing and stationery ........................ 116 07
Feed for stock ................................ 5,614 26
Horse shoeing................................. 598 90
Medicine for stock ............................. 43 70
Treatment of sick stock ....................... 232 00
Additional stock .............................. 1,000 00
Bedding for stock ............................. 3 00
Harness and repairs to same ................... 216 45
Repairs to apparatus .......................... 725 11
Engine, coal and wood ......................... 72 27
Stove and heater, coal and wood................ 1,098 25
Gas and illuminating oil........................ 679 90
Lubricating oils and waste...................... 84 81
Soda and acid ................................. 104 13
Beds and bedding for men ..................... 30 53
Furniture and fixtures ......................... 188' 95
Implements of the service ...................... 168 15
Paints, varnish, etc ............................ 68 98
Repairs to buildings ........................... 915 11
Additional hose ............................... 2,028 40
Battery jars .................................. 312 32
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Boxes, instruments, wires, tools, etc. .'...........$ 399 35
Telephone rent ............................... 606 14
Cleaning tools, etc............................. 212 15
Repairs to heaters ............................ 33 91
Ice............... ; .......................... 106 00
Surgeons' fees...................:............. 510 00
Rent of houses ................................ 00 00
Extra labor on Fire Alarm ..................... 28 67
Incidentals................................... 578 15
Pensions..................................... 647 50
Total................................... .$95,161 21
Excess of Budget
Owing to the unfortunate catastrophe at the Carbo Fire
in December, 1906, the surgeons' fees were extraordinarily
heavy for the past year. One man who was injured in the
Carbo explosion was under the treatment of surgeons for six
months; also, the repairs that were absolutely necessary to the
different stations of the Department were very heavy, the
increased cost of supplies, of which there was an advancement
on most everything we use in the running of the Department,
have caused me much to my regret to slightly overdraw the
budget for the year.
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ESTIMATED VALUE OF DEPARTMENT PROPERTY
Fire Station No. 1. ...........................$ 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. G............................ 10,530 00
Chemical Station No. 1........................ 3,364 00
Hose Station No. 1........................... 3,862 00
Fire Alarm System........................... 29,446 00
Miscellaneous................................ 3,435 00
Total...................................$184,871 00
EXPENSES BY STATIONS
Fire Station No. 1............................ .$10,569 02
Fire Station No. 2............................. 16,391 18
Fire Station No. 3............................. 16,788 39
Fire Station No. 4............................. 12,537 85
Fire Station No. 5..............:.............. 8,096 91
Fire Station No. C............................. 8,530 57
Chemical Station No. 1......................... 4,820 02
Hose Company No. 1........................... 4,010 21
Fire Alarm................................... 1,348 04
General expenses ............................. 11,342 60
Supplies...................................... 726 42
Total................................... .$95,161 21
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DESCRIPTION OF ROLLING STOCK
. Engines
Engine No. 1First Size Double Pump LaFrance.
Engine No. 2Double Extra First Size Double Pump
LaFrance.
Engine No. 3First Size Double Pump LaFrance.
Engine No. 4Third Size Double Pump LaFrance.
Engine No. 5Fifth Size Double Pump LaFrance.
Engine No. 6Second Size Single Pump Amoskeag.
Reserve Engine No. 7Second Size Double Pump LaFrance.
Condemned Engine No. 8Second Size Single Pump
Jeffers; recommend that this Engine be overhauled and anew
boiler put in her.
Hose Tenders
No. 1One Two-Horse Wagon.
No.2One Two-Horse Wagon. (See Combinations.)
No. 3One Two-Horse Wagon.
No. 4One Two-Horse Wagon.
No. 5One Two-Horse Wagon. (See Combinations.)
No. 6One Two-Horse Wagon. (See Combinations.)
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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. 3Rumsey & Co's Light Steel Frame City Truck.
(See Combinations.)
Combinations
No. 2Originally Holloway Combination with double
tanks, 35 gallons each. One tank taken off.
No. 5Tank from Holloway Chemical Engine placed
under seat 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, hung
under truck frame.
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Supply and Coal Wagons
One Two-Horse large wagon.
Three One-Horse small wagons.
Officers' Vehicles
One Superintendent's four wheel buggy.
One Assistant Superintendent's four wheel buggy.
Hose
On January 1, 1907, the Department owned 16,450
feet of hose.
Since that date 1,000 feet of 2> inch and 300 feet of
chemical hose were purchased.
One thousand, four hundred and seventy feet of condemned hose were sold, given to the Streets and Lanes
Department and destroyed.
The inventory of hose on December 31 shows 16,280
feet, classed as follows:
Very good .................... 9,420 feet
Good... ..................... .3,865 "
Poor............". ............. 200 "
Chemical hose good ............ 400 "
Chemical hose fair ............ 750 "
Useless............. ....... ...1,645 "
Total.................... 16,280 feet
104 " MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Horses
On January 1, 1907, there were in service 45 horses.
During the year the horses, "Actor," "Sailor" and "Keno"
were condemned and sold. The "Capt. Dick" horse was
turned over to the Health Department. Four new horses were
purchased during the year. We now have 44 horses, 1 horse
short in place of the " Capt. Dick'' horse.
Repairs to Apparatus
Superintendent's Buggy; general overhauling and
painted.
Assistant Superintendent's Buggy; general overhauling,
new seat and new tires.
No. 1Wagon; general overhauling and new axle.
No. 2Wagon; new pole.
No. 3Wagon; general overhauling, new axle and
hind spring.
No. 1Truck; general overhauling, new tiller lock and
chafing plate.
No. 4Engine; general overhauling, 2 new tires, resetting tires and painted.
No. 4Wagon; repainted.
No. 3Truck; general overhauling and tires reset.
No. 5Engine; general overhauling, new boiler, resetting tires and painted.
No. 6Engine; general overhauling and painted.
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No. 6Wagon; general overhauling and front of wagon
raised.
Supply Wagon; general overhauling.
No. 1Chemical; tires rest.
Injuries to Employes
December 19, 1906, Assistant Foreman Jeremiah
O'Leary injured in the Carbo explosion. Reported for duty
June 17, 1907.
. December 26, 1906, Fireman J. H. Alien, Engine Company No. 2, sprained both ankles while sliding down pole in
response to box 58. OS duty 25 days.
March 13, 1907, Fireman J. C. Sheahan, Engine Company No. 3, cut his foot while working at fire at box 17. Off
duty five days.
March 17, 1907, Assistant Superintendent J. J. Connolly, while responding to telephone alarm, was thrown from his
buggy and seriously injured. Off duty 20 days.
April 5, 1907, Foreman A. M. Rogers, Chemical Company No. 1, responding to telephone alarm, fell from his
machine and broke his arm. Off duty 35 days.
April 5, 1907, W. F. Carrick, Driver Superintendent's
buggy, had his hand slightly burned at box 143. Off duty
2 days.
July 22, 1907, Fireman J. C. Hirt, Engine Company No.
1, horse stepped on his foot, slightly injured. Off duty
3 days.
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July 23, 1907, Fireman E. J. Storey, Engine Company
No. 6, while responding to an alarm, was thiown from engine
seat, received severe gash in his back and sprained an ankle.
Off duty 23 days.
October 7, 1907, Fireman Florence Schwarz, Engine
Company No. 6, while on practice run cut his knee. Off duty
30 days.
October 26, 1907, Assistant Foreman T. J. Fogarty,
Engine Company No. 1, while storing feed, slightly injured
his head. Off duty 18 hours.
December 7, 1907, Superintendent Ballantyne while
responding to box 522 collided with a street car, slightly
spraining ankle and wrist No time lost.
December 7, 1907, W. F. Carrick, Driver Superintendent's buggy, slightly injured responding to box 522 by colliding with street car. No time lost.
Accidents to Horses
February 6, 1907, " Sabine'' of No. 2 Wagon while responding to fire alarm box 9, injured in collision with street
car. Out of service 9 days.
March 6, 1907, " Leo'' of No. 4 Engine while responding
to fire alarm box 48, injured in hind legs. Did not go out of
service.
March 6, 1907, "Senator" of No. 3 Truck while responding to fire alarm-box 48, injured in front legs. Out of service
10 days.
March 6, 1907, "Friskey" of No. 5 Wagon while responding to fire alarm box 48, injured his shoulders. Out of
service 13 da vs.
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May 6, 1907, "Dewey" and "Hampton" of No. 6
Wagon while responding to fire alarm box 121, fell down and
slightly bruised.
October 14, 1907, "Johnny" of Chemical No. 1, while
responding to fire alarm box 82, fell and cut himself. Out of
service 34 days.
October 27, 1907, "Wilkerson" of No. 4 Engine while
responding to fire alarm box 34, fell and slightly bruised himself.
October 27, 1907, "J. K." Assistant Superintendent's
buggy horse while responding to telephone alarm fell and
slightly bruised himself.
December 7, 1907, "Harry" Superintendent's buggy
horse while responding to fire alarm box 522, collided with
street car at Habersham and Broughton streets, received severe cuts. Out of service 10 days.
Accidents to Apparatus
Feburary 6, 1907, No. 2 Wagon while responding to fire
alarm box 9, collided with a street car. Broke wagon pole.
' March 7, 1907, No. 4 Engine while responding to fire
alarm box 48, ran into a fence and bent front frame of engine.
March 17, 1907, Reserve Engine at No. 4 Station while
responding to fire alarm box 48, sprang a leak in the boiler.
Out of service 2 days.
May 8, 1907, No. 6 Wagon while out exercising collided
with a telegraph pole. Broke wagon pole.
July 21, 1907, No. 6 Engine while responding to fire
alarm box 143, collided with curbing, bending front frame of
engine.
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August 19, 1907, No. 3 Engine while out exercising ran
up on curbing, breaking pole shoe.
September 5, 1907, Superintendent's buggy responding
to fire alarm box 62, collided with fire hydrant at Price and
Gaston streets. Bent hind axle.
December 7, 1907, Superintendent's buggy while responding to fire alarm box 522, collided with street car. No
damage.
IN MEMORIAM
George Mouro
Assistant Superintendent, entered the Department February 6, 1878; died December 20, 1906, from injuries
received at a fire December 19, 1906.
E. P. Daley
Hoseman of Engine Company No. 5; entered the Department October 6, 1902; died December 20, 1906, from
injuries received at a fire December 19, 1906.
H. J. Eady
Hoseman of Engine Company No. 5; entered the Department November 9, 1904; killed in the discharge of his duty
at a fire, December 19,1906.
DIED DURING THE YEAR
Robert J. Glass
Assistant Foreman of Chemical Company No. 1; entered
the Department October 1, 1884; died from natural causes.
July 31, 1907.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 109
Buildings
All of the roofs in the Department have been repainted
and repaired, except Hose Company. This building is unsafe,
unsanitary, and dangerous to men and animals. Nothing has
qeen done to the stalls in the Department, but I expect, during the coming year, to have the stalls and buildings repaired
and painted. I am glad to say that during the coming year I
expect to have a new up-to-date fire station in the south eastern part of the City, which will add better protection to that
section.
Fire Alarm System
I am pleased to report that all the wires in the mercantile
district have been placed under-ground, and that during this
year I expect to add to the number of fire alarm boxes, and to
try and put this system in better shape than it is at the present
time. For a more extended and detailed report of this system
I beg to refer to the report of Superintendent of Fire Alarm
W. D. Claiborne, hereto attached.
Recommendations
I would recommend that the strength of the present companies be put on the following basis.
That Engine Company No. 1 be made an 11-man house.
That Engine Company No. 2 be made a 20-man house.
That Engine Company No. 3 be made a 20-man house.
That Engine Company No. 4 be made a 15-man house.
That Engine Company No. 5 be made a 10-man house.
That Engine Company No. 6 be made a 10-man house.
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That new Engine House be made a 12-man house.
I would also recommend that a new up-to-date Fire Truck
be placed at No. 3 station, in place of Truck No. 1, and that
truck No. 1 be placed at No. 2, and that No. 2 be placed at
No. 4, in place of Truck Company No. 3, and that the Ramsey Light Steel Frame City Truck be placed in the new Engine House, which would add greatly to the effeciency of this
Department.
Electric Inspections
. The work of inspections of electric installations has been
ably and efficiently handled by my assistant Mr. George T.
Johnston, and 1 am pleased to say that very recently the
Chief Electrician of the South Eastern Tariff Association complimented him very highly on his work. The attached report
shows the work done and the character of the same.
Alarms
The total number of alarms was 259, distributed as
follows:
From street boxes .................. 79 calls
By telephone ...................... 154 "
By local calls....................... 20 "
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The alarms were answered as follows:
Engine Company No. 1.............. 40 calls
Engine Company No. 2.............. 50 "
Engine Company No. 3.............. ."30 "
Engine Company No. 4.............. 3.'i "
Engine Company No. 5.............. 4:> "
Engine Company No. 6.............. '23 "
Truck Company No. 1............... 2<i "
Truck Company No. 2 ............ 20 "
Truck Company No. 3............... o(5 "
Chemical Company No. 1............ 51 "
Hose Company No. 1......./........ 32 "
Alarms were divided as follows:
Between River and Jones Streets....... 125 calls
Between Jones and Anderson Streets.... 86 "
Between Anderson Street and City Limits 39 "
Outside the City Limits................ 9 "
The largest number of alarms came from Street Box 58,
a total of 5 calls.
The greatest number of alarms were received during the
month of December, a total of 37. October comes next with
34, and September shows 5 as the lowest of any month during
the year. Wednesday is credited with the greatest number,
41, and Saturday with the smallest, 22.
The largest number occurred between the hours 12 o'clock
noon and 6 P. M., a total of 91, and the smallest number between the hours of 6 P. M. and 12 o'clock midnight, a total of
46.
112 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Causes
The causes, as ascertained, were as follows:
Smoke issuing..................... 165
Explosions........................ 25
Foul chimneys.................... 41
False and test ..................... 19
Beyond City limits................. 9
Of these 62 occurred in brick or stone buildings, 160 in
wooden buildings, and 37 in other than buildings, andjthey
were brought about in heating, 189; in illuminating, 19; in
other ways, 51. The fires were found in dwellings, 150; in
business houses, 55; and in other than buildings, 54.
The direct causes of fires were attributed to the following:
Careless children...................... 19
Unknown............................34
Explosions of lamps, etc .............. 25
Over-heated stoves ................... 6
Gasoline stoves ....................... 7
Sparks from chimneys ................. 18
Incendiary and supposed incendiary ... 11
Carelessness..........................20
False and test........................ 19
Gas brackets.......................... 8
Defective flues .......................27
Flying sparks........................ 19
Stove pipes..........................10
Chimneys............................ 14
Over-heated ovens .................... 8
From matches........................ 5
Beyond City limits ................... 9
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 113
229 were confined to the point of origin, or before they
had made any headway.
20 were confined to the floor on which they originated, 7
were confined to the building in which they originated, and 3
extended to adjoining buildings.
Fires were extinguished as follows:
By chemical streams .................. 59
By hydrant streams...................43
By engine streams....................34
By buckets of water .................. 45
Grass and chimneys allowed to burn out.. 35
Out when the Department arrived ....... 15
False and test ........................ 19
Beyond the City limits ................ 9
[Losses
The total loss for the year was $291,107.00, divided as
follows:
On buildings .........................$ 71,652.00
On contents ......................... 219,455.00
The greatest loss occurred during the month of January,
and the smallest during the month of August.
The greatest loss was prior to my induction in office
amounting to 87.51 per cent, and for balance of year 092,
making a total loss of 8.9 per cent, of the property involved.
The greatest fire occurred January 17, at 5 A. M. at the
South Atlantic Car Works, and was outside the City limits.
This fire created a loss of $250,000.00.
lit MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The following comparative statement is respectfully submitted.
1890.
1891 ......
1892......
1893......
1894......
1895......
1896......
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900......
1901......
1902......
1903......
1904......
1905.
1906......
1907......
...... 169
...... 190
... . 208
...... 183
...... 168
...... 179
...... 196
...... 195
......293
. . . . . .238
. . . . . .225
......263
. .....261
. . . . . .263
......286
. . . . . .315
......280
...... 259
$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
119,720.98
291,107.00
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
4.3
8.9
In conclusion I beg to submit the attached tabulated
statement of alarms, fires, their causes, locations, etc.
I desire to extend my thanks to his Honor the Mayor, and
to the Honorable City Council, to the Committee on Fire, for
the prompt and favorable response to such requests as I have
made from time to time; to the Police Department, for their
co-operation and assistance at fires and to all other City officials for the many favors and interest they have manifested in
the well being of the Department.
To my Assistant, J. J. Connolly, I am under obligations for
assistance and courtesy shown. To the officers and men of
the entire Department, I have naught but words of praise.
They have worked hard and faithfully when required to do so.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 115
they have been prompt and courteous at all times, and I would
further extend grateful acknowledgments for the assistance
rendered and the faithful and efficient manner in which they
have performed all their duties.
To the press and public in general, I desire to return my
sincere thanks for compliments' received for the good and
efficient work done by this Department.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS BALLANTYNE
Superintendent Fire Department.
116 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Value of Property and Loss by Fire, 1907
Percentage of Loss to Property Involved, 8.9 per cent.
HfflVTW
Februarv ....
March.......
April .......
Mav. _.._.___
July.........
September . . .
October.... .
November . . .
December.. -.
Total....
Value of
Involved
$ 566,130 00
82,730 00
377,315 00
230,275 00
385,225 00
203,450 00
676,585 00
102,562 00
23,825 00
175,430 00
495,102 50
159,325 00
$ 3,578.954 50
LO
Buildings
$ 56,450 00
305 00
2,422 50
626 50
775 00
1,375 00
857 00
90 00
507 00
6,932 00
824 00
488 00
$ 71,652 00
SS
Contents
$ 304,335 00
40 00
1,718 00
1 097 00
577 00
102 00
202 00
194 50
61 00
10,480 50
208 00
440 00
$ 319,455 00
Total Loss
$ 260,785 00
345 00
4,140 50
1,723 50
1 352 00
1,477 00
1,059 00
284 50
568 00
17,412 50
1,032 00
928 00
$ 291,107 00
Alarms, 1907Manner of Receipt
MONTH SBO^
1 Januarv .............. 7
February. .............. 4
March. ................. 13
April. .................. 8
Mav.............. ..... 9
June ................... 8
July.. .............. 3
September...... ...... 3
October.......... ....... 7
Total............... 79
1
Telephone
12
10
12
8
7
6
11
11
2
25 J
20
30
1 ~ A
Local
4
4
3
1
2
4
2
1
0
26
TOTAL
23
18
28
21
17
14
14
17
9
34
27
37
259
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 117
Alarms, 1907Cause of Same
MONTH
January. _..----....-..
May...................
June. .-..-.--.------.-
July ................
August. ....-..-.-.....
December..... . ........
Total..... ..........
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1
13
10
18
17
11
8
9
13
6
20la
22
165
Explosions
3
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
3
2
5
25
Foul
Chimneys
3
4
3
2
3
2
3
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1
8
5
5
41
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2
2
2
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1
1
3
2
5
19
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2
1
3
2
1
9
TOTAL
23
18
28
21
17
14
14
17
9
34
27
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Origin of Fires, 1907
MONTH
January..........
March. __ ...-.-.
April... ..........
May-.-.,........
June -.--.-..-.
July.............
September. ..-.-.-
TotaL .....
In Heating
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10
16
7
9
6
7
8
2
14
13
19
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4
3
4
3
2
2
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5
4
36
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2
2
3
5
1
1
1
4
2
5
3
6
35
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1
16
12
23
15
12
9
8
12
4
28
21
29
189
Illuminating
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1
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1
2
2
2
13
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2
2
2
4
2
1
19
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1
2
2
2
2
1
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2
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1
2
3
19
m
2
1
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1
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2
"i
3
13
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2
2
2
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2
3
1
2
1
1
1
19
1
6
5
4
4
4
3
6
3
3
2
4
7
51
118 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Fire Statistics, 1907
MONTH
March./. ..............
Mav ..................
June .................
Julv .....................
October. ............._
Total. ..-------.---.-
FIRE
ORIGINATED
IN
1 I
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m
6
4
8
4
3
3
2
3
2
10
7
10
|
' 11
15
13
15
16
12
9
11
10
6
20
14
19
1
62 1 160
1
1 SB fe"3
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2
1
5
I
2
2
1
4
1
4
6
8
37
Confined Poitto
|Origin of
20
16
25
19
15
13
13
15
9
28
23
33
229
Confined Floor t
Origin of
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
3
20
Confined Build to
Origin of ing
1
"I"
2
2
1
7
Extended Ad to
|Building joining
1
1
1
3
1
!
....
Cause of Fires, 1907
Spark from chimney ..........
Incendiary and
supposed incendian' .........
Carelessness. _.-._-.'_-..___..
False and'test ................
Gas brackets ......... ........
Beyond City Limits. ..........
Total................ .....
January
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36
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23
1February
1
2511211221
18
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21
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17
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14
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17
1September 111111219
October 1
<>3111531433321
34
November 22211122134141
27
December 12511235247211
37
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19
34
2567
18
11
20
198
27
19
10
14859
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120 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Electric Inspector's Report
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1907,
MR. THOMAS BALLANTYXE,
Superintendent Fire Department.
SIRI herewith respectfully submit my report from
January 1 to December 31, 1907, inclusive:
Incandescent lights ......................... 8320
Fixtures for incandescent lights..............2630
Electric fans ............................... 289
Arc lights ................................. 118
Electric signs .............................. 4
Electric motors............................. 141
Wiring for other electric service, instruments, etc. 97
A total of 1800 inspections were made and fees to the
amount of $634.75 were collected by the City Treasurer. The
above report includes inspections of wiring and other electric
service for temporary work.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE T. JOHNSON,
Acting Electric Inspector.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 121
Fire Inspectors' Report
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
MR. THOMAS BALLANTYNE,
Superintendent Fire Department.
SIRWe respectfully beg to submit our report of
inspections made during the year 1907. There were a total of
2680 inspections made, classed as follows:
Inflammable material in building and yards ............. 137
Fire Hydrants blocked ............................... 20
Places that had fire works stored on premises........... 70
Dynamite and other high explosives found in places....... 7
Defective wiring found, notified Electric Inspector ........ 52
Bars ordered across windows, open elevator shaft beneath
them...:....................................... 5fi
Defective stoves, chimneys and flues. ................. .943
Cellars filled with inflammable material and trash ......... 122
Places O. K. on first inspection........................ 301
Broken window glasses, ordered fixed.................. 41
Places that had gasoline on hand ...................... 153
Special duty performed, such as answering fire alarms, etc. .131
Tin ordered placed under or around stoves and ranges...... 148
Double-backs to see if orders were carried out............. 493
Total number of inspections ..................... 2680
We also inspected every telephone pole in the City in May
and in October. In conclusion we desire to thank you for the
confidence you have shown in us, and for the many favors
extended us during the past twelve months.
122 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
We also desire to thank the Police and Health Departments for the great help they have rendered us during the past
year.
Very respectfully,
F. J. KILROY,
V. S. PACETTI,
Fire Inspectors.
MAYOR'S ANN UAL REPORT. 123
Report of Fire Alarm Telegraph
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
MR. THOMAS BALLANTYNE,
Superintendent Fire Department.
SIRI have the pleasure to submit the following
report of the Fire Alarm Telegraph Sendee for the year ending
December 31, 1907.
During the year 233 alarms were turned in over the lines
of the alarm system. Telephones are credited with 154 and
the alarm boxes with 79. In addition there were 26 local
alarms.
For fire ............................ 240
For daily test. ......................311
For false and test.................... 19
Total...............................570
The Fire Alarm System consists of the following:
1 8-circuit controlling board.
250 Cells of chloride accumulators (6 ampere hour Type /p i ,\
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1 12-circuit automatic repeater.
83 Street boxes.
65 Poles.
124 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
2 Bell strikers.
6 Combination gongs and indicators.
2 18-inch gongs.
30 miles insulated copper wire No. 10 and No. 12, 25000
feet of cable.
3 Indicators.
5 Electric trips.
8 6-inch gongs.
Expenses
Salary..........................................$600.00
Boxes, wire, tools, etc............................. 393-20
Extra labor on system............................ 28.67
Batter}' jars.'.................................... 314.32
Paint........................................... 3.85
Incidentals...................................... 8.00
Total..................................... .$1,348.04
During the year boxes 69 and 76 were changed from the
Sector type to Non-Interfering Successive Type
During the year 250 Cells chloride accumulator (6 Ampere
hour type "T") have been received and installed.
Box 76 was transferred from the Bolton Street Rail Road
Power House to Henry and East Broad Streets.
The work on the under-ground system has been completed, with the cable terminating in the City Hall. It was
the original plan to transfer the fire alarm headquarters to a
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 125
fire proof building. The Fire Committee has seen fit to withhold most of the $2500.00 appropriated for that purpose, and it
was necessary to temporarily attach the underground system
with the old board and equipment at No. 3 station.
The under-ground system consists of one complete circuit, with the following boxes, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 58, 81,
82, 91, also boxes, 5, 6, 24, 25, 38, 42, 43, 47, 54, which are in
close proximity to the trunk line on Bay Lane from East
Broad to Abercorn and on Bay from Abercorn to Ann street
Abercorn, to Perry Lane to Barnard Street, Drayton and
Perry Lane on Drayton to Huntingdon Street, and Abercorn
on Huntingdon, and to Henry on Abercorn Street. So far the
under-ground System has given perfect satisfaction.
Expenses of Under-ground System
Pay Roll
Tak ng down poles. ..............................$ 18.99
Painting fire alarm boxes ......................... 36.25
Splicing cables and overhauling lines ............... 288.50
Laying conduits on East Broad Street.............. 7.50
Total.......................................$351.24
Supplies
Paint for boxes. .................................$ 17.40
Repairs to wagon................................ 29.50
Hire of horses................................... 49.00
Material for Under-ground System ................. 364.63
Total.......................................$460.53
Grand Total.................................$811.77
126 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Credit by S. A. L. Railroad .......................$ 16.03
Credit by the sale of old Poles...................... 13.00
Credit by the sale of old Wire, etc.................. 394.33
Total.......................................$423.33
Difference.................................. .$388.44
Recommendations
For a number of years it has been my practice to make
recommendations of such changes, additions and improvements as occurred to me to be of importance, but as I have
been unsuccessful in having my recommendations seriously
considered, I beg to refrain from my usual custom. At the
same time I am forced to call attention to the suggestions of
the Committee of Twenty of the National Board of Fire Underwriters and to say that as these suggestions and recommendations cover the present needs of the fire alarm system they
should be given prompt and favorable consideration.
Very respectfully,
W. D. CLAIBORNE.
Superintendent Fire Alarm System.
AHHUAL REPORT OF THI CITY TREASURER.
Dr. Statement of Cadi Received and Disbursed from January 1,1907, to December 31,1907. Cr.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Received from Sale of Bedstead.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries of Health Officer, City
, Physician, Keeper of Pest
House and time Hands___. $17,385 25
Printing Mortuary Reports, Circulars, etc..-_------_.- 250 53
Coffins and Wagons for Pauper
Burials------------- 141 70
Articles Destroyed........_._. 365 35
Provisions, Forage, Vaccine
Points, etc..___--...__.' 725 67
Inspector's Horse and Buggy,
S 1 88 Telephones and Incidentals.. 965 71 $19,834 21
CHARITY
Clerk of Council expended for
Charity.---.--..----_ 1,323 14
King's Daughters__ ...___ 480 00
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CHIMNEY SWEEPING
Received through Snperintendent of Public Works, for
work done..._..............
CITY CODE
Received from Sale of Codes...
CITY HALL
Received from Savannih Ice
Delivery Co., bill paid twirs..
$54 65
51 81
10 25
1 Savannah Female Orphan Asylum._... ....... ....--
Female Benevolent Society
Working Peoples' Homr ... ..
Mary Mac-Lean Circle . .... ..
Mrs. MeStay. _ . ...... ...
Mrs. Kane... .... .....
Mrs. Fender... .. . . .......
Mrs. Kearney .. .. .......
Mrs. Harris.. . ............
$480 00
480 00
000 00
300 00
144 00
144 00
144 00
144 00
144 00
CHIMNEY SWEEPING
Salaries and Implements.-.....
' CITY CLOCKS
Keeper's Salary . .... .......
CITY HALL MAINTENANCE
Salaries and Employees...__. 3,183 34
Fuel, Lighting, Telephones and
Incidentals....- .......... 2,57431
Insurance. ......... ^. ..... . 98 35-
$4,383 11
286 47
387 46
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5,856 00
CITY LOTS
Received from Sale of Lots Nos.
1, 2 and E, parts of 57, 58 59.
90 and 99 Springfield Ward..
CUTTING WEEDS
Received from Sundry Persons
for cleaning vacant Lots ....
CITY LIGHTING
Savannah Electric Company,
for Street Lighting..-..-.-.- $38,448 77
$5,150 12 || Expenses of Experts..---....- 674 71 $39,123 48
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CUTTING WEEDS95 12 || Time of Hands..---.---...-.- 1,631 65
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DAFFIN PARK
John Nolan, Expert, for Services 500 00
DISPENSARY
Salaries of Keeper and Assistants-----..-.--. ._----..- 2,428 04
Medicines and Supplies-------- 1,507 26
Rent, Lights, Fuel and Incidentals.---..___-.---..--....- 838 12 4,773 42
ELECTRIC FEES
Received through Superintendent Fire Department._... $634 75
EVERGREEN CEMETERY
Received from Sale of 100
Shares Treasury Stock ...... $5,000 00
Received from R, J. Davant,
Treasurer__-...-..-.....-. 1,760 83
Received for Care of Lots,..... 236 30
Received from Sale of Lots __ 364 10
Received from Burial Fees-.... 160 50-- 7.530 73
FEES
Received from City Marshal, for
Pees on Executions Satisfied
by him . ................ 997 50
DRY CULTURE
Time of Hands and Material- -
ELECTRIC FEES
Supplies and Repairs..........
EVERGREEN CEMETERY
Title Deeds to Evergreen Cemetery, Bonaventure and Wiltberger Tract................ $33,250 00
Fertilizers, Seed, Tools, Telephones and Incidentals...... 318 71
Salaries and Time of Hands ... 1,192 33
FAIR GROUND TRACT
G. H. Miller, Noteand Interest. 2,625 00
C, H, Dorsett, Note and Interest 2,625 00
J. D. Hirsch, Interest on Note . 275 00
G.H. Miller, Interest on Note... 125 00
B. H. Levy, Interest on Note.. . 320 00
$0,584 10
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Received for Balances due on
Account of Sales of Ground
Rent Lots. ............. .....
HARBOR AND WHARVES
Received from Harbor Master
for Harbor Fees, 1007.......
$1,431 00
5.708 21
HARBOR IMPROVEMENT AND ADVERTISING AT
IAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
Received from Popular Subscriptions. ._-.__-._____.--- 852 00
GRADING NEW STREETS
Time of Hands and Materials... $2,007 50
HARBOR AND WHARVES
Salary and Time of Hands...... $ 1,270 06
Repairs to Wharves, Postage,
Buggy and Horse.--..-...-- 87872
Commissioners of Pilotage..-.. 7500 2,22378
HARBOR ADVERTISING AND JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
Special Appropriation to Jamestown Exposition__....... 2,000 00
Candelabrum for U. S. S. S.
"Georgia"__.............. 1,000 00
Gordon Saussy, Representative,
Salary and Incidentals____ 691 22
Advertising, Booklets, Litho
graphs, etc.__............ 1,538 45
Freight and Expenses on Furniture returned............. 9072 5,32039
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INCIDENTALS
Received through Clerk of Council for Ball Permits, etc..._ $ 63700
HOSPITALS
Savannah Hospital, keeping
City Patients for year. _.--_.
St. Joseph's Infirmary, keeping
City Patients for year. _.-_-.
Georgia Infirmary, keeping City
Patients for year..-.---..-.._
Park View Sanitarium, keeping
City Patients for year.......
Charity Hospital, keeping City
Patients for year.---------..
INCIDENTALS
Furniture, Official Bonds,
Stamps, Telegrams, Extra
Compensation, etc.--.---._._
City Marshal's Office, Incidentals. .......................
Telephones, etc...............
Election Expenses, January,
1907.-......-.-.--.---....
Judgments, Satisfied and Settled....................
$3,000 00
3,000 00
4,500 00
3,000 00
900 00 $14,400 00
2,496 28
679 19
270 31
978 40
1,058 75
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Received through Office Collections for Surveys-........
Received from Pound Fees
INSPECTION FEES
Received as Fees from Plumbing
Inspection....._-.. .......
INTEREST
Received from Banks for Interest on Daily Balances.....
Received from City Marshal, Interest Collected on Executions
$393 00
1,15 05
LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY
Received from Keeper for Burial Fees collected by him __ 2,024 00
Received from Sale of Lots __ 1,544 50
$1 185 05
088 00
4,108 00
204 37 4,402 43
3,568 50
Clerk of Council, Petty Cash.... $
Expenses of Committee to
Washington .............
568 52
411 85 $ 6,463 30
INTEREST
Coupons of City Savannah
Bonds issue 1870........... 133,520 00
Coupons of City Savannah
Bonds issue 1883........... 11,559 89 145,079 80
LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY
Keeper's Salary and Time of
Hands-.-.-----....-..... 5,755 48
Materials, Plants, Seeds, Tools,
etc.........__........... 346 39
Repairs to Buildings____... 223 32
Lights, Fuel, Phones and Incidentals_.._.. - 224 66 6,549 85
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Received from Office Collections
for 241 Retail Licenses. 15
Wholesale Licenses and 2
Brewery Licenses........
MARKET
Received from Clerk for Fees
collected.--------- .......
Received from City Marshal for
Rent of Vaults-..-.........
Received from City Marshal for
Rent of Stalls-. .-..-.---....
$52,425 00
$10,388 55
2,644 95
280 80 13,314 30
LAW DEPARTMENT
Incidentals in City Attorney's
Department_.____... $ 599 94
MAINTENANCE OP HOUSE DRAINAGE
Pay Rolls and Material___ _ 3,997 65
MARKET
Salaries and Time of Hands.... $3,492 00
Lights, Fuel and Implements 688 51
Repairs____.............. 664 09
Insurance and Improvements .. 178 07 5,022 67
NEW CITY CODE
William Garrard, City Attorney 1,000 00
A. H. MacDonnell, Preparing
and Digesting__.-....._.. 1,000 00
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Received from Sale of House on
Lots 61 and 03 Norwood
Ward..... ................
G. Noble Jones, Assistance rendered .. . .... ... ......... $ ir>o oo
Morning News Printing 1000
Copies...................... 2.07780 $4,22780
OPENING STREETS
2 Salary of Committee's Clerk... 27 16 >
Deferred Payments, Interest
$800 00 and Notes................. 38,820 70 38,847 86
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Salaries and Time of Hands... 5,51012 >
Material, Tools, Forage and In
cidentals_.-.... ........ 2,514 77
Plants and Seed.............. 51183 8,53672

PARKS AND TREE PLANTING
Time of Hands and Trees...... 5 839 57
PARK PURPOSES (For)- .
Interest on Notes........... 1,290 00
PAVING STREETS
Received from Office Collections
Received from City Marshal
$9,347 75
7,013 74 $16,361 49
POLICE COURT
Received from Fines collected
in Recorder's Court.- ------- 18,206 25
PAVING STREETS
Time of Hands and Material,
Paving and Improving Streets
PLUMBING INSPECTIONSalaries and Incidentals. ......
POLICE COURT
Fines Remitted_ ............
Furniture, etc., for Court Room
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Pay Rolls---------------- 99,019 83
Forage....------.----------- 5,062 95
HorseShoeing-..----.------ _ 54588
Veterinary Service. - ...--- ' 99 00
Prisoners' Rations. - . -- . 923 27
Fuel and Lights...----....---- 927 91
Printing, Stationery, Postage
and Telegrams.------- 398 53
$40.363 23
2,789 08
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Received from llninn Station for
pay of two Officers___.... $ 675 65
Received from Sale of condemned Horses- ............. 07565
Received from Board of Prisoners, Old Boss, etc.......... 1,074 82
Telephones and Gnmewcll Sys- <v>
tern.,..................... $73161 *
Property Account--....-....-. 4,505 67
General Supplies.-..----....-. 1,101 73
Insurance--.-------..--.-..-. 75 00
Horses...-._............. ' 3,240 00
Improvements and Repairs.... 1,418 04
$3,550 47 Incidentals.. .............. 291 90 $118,425 82
PUBLIC LIBRARIES &
J. M. Thomas, Secretary and
Treasurer-__............. 4,200 00
A. L. Tucker, Secretary........ 360 00 4,560 00 >
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POLICE RESERVES
Appropriation for Military and
Naval Reserves-............ 3,500 00
POLICE UNIFORMS
Uniforms. Helmets, etc........ 2,924 65
PRINTING AND STATIONER VReceived from City Marshal for
Advertising_............. $ 89 00
RENTS
Received from City Marshal for
House Rents collected..._.. $246 76
Received from Est. Remshart,
Rent of Wharf, foot Barnard
Street.___............ 45 00
Received from American Canning Company (Old Water
Works Tract)..,...____ 200 00
Received from Wilcox, Gibbs
Co., Wharf foot Whitaker
Street.---..--._......... 300 00
Received from Georgia Pine Co.,
Wharf foot Bull Street___ 100 00 89 J 76
RESURFACING STREETS
Received from "Wild West
Show" for damage to Estill
Avenue_................. 44 00
PRINTING AND STATIONERY
City Printing, Circulars, Proceedings of Council, Mayor's
Report 1907, etc.___------ $5,129 SO
RESURFACING ASPHALT STREETS
Time of Hands, and Materials . . 35,931 22
RESURFACING STREETS
Time of Hands and Materials...
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SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT
Received from Chatham County
on account Garbage Contract $3,000 00
Received from Sale of emptv
Sacks..--..--......-.....". 61 23 $3,061 23
SEWERS
Received from Sale of old Material.--.-........-..--.-.-..
SIDEWALKS
Received for Repairing Sidewalks..-.---..-..-.. . ...
11 44
6,646 53
SALARIES
Salaries of Mayor, Aldermen,
City Officers, Clerks and Auditor........................ $47,538 87
SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Time of Hands. _ $26,206 57
Lights, Fuel, Tools, Lumber, etc. 3,843 31
Savannah Electric Company,
Garbage Contract. .......... 7,360 02
Mules, Wagons, Harness and
Forage ................... 8.770 89 46,270 79
SEWERS
Time of Hands and Material.... 9284 97
SIDEWALKS
Time of Hands and Material..... 5,685 20
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Received from Office Collections
for cleaning Privy Vaults... . $2,593 15
STREETS AND LANES
Received from Sale of condemned Mules................ $1,077 50
Received from Sale of empty
Sacks, etc.................. 113,18
Received from special Sale of
Horse and Buggy by City Marshal.._....'-...__....... 123 50 1,314 18
SINKS
Superintendent's Salary....... $ 1,200 00
Cleaning VaultsForage and Incidentals-.
3,123 60
149 77-
SINKING FUND, 1879
Bonds Cancelled and Retired...
SINKING FUND, 1883
Bonds Cancelled and Retired. . .
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
Carl Shuman Settlement__
STREETS AND LANES
$ 4,473 37
36,370 50
6,420 00
546 00
Salaries and Time of Hands__ 44,542 08
Insurance, Telephones and Incidentals_._--...---.... 1,094 87
Mules, Wagons, Harness and
Forage..-..-----.-._..-... 11,920 81
Lumber and Tools............ 4,895 75 62,453 51
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Received from City Marshal-.. S 363
TAXES, 1808
Received from City Marshal -_- 3 63
TAXES, 1903
Received from City Marshal... 83 82
TAXES, lOOtReceived from City Marshal... 76912
TAXES, 1905
Received from City Marshal ... 2,905 05
TAXES, 1906
Received from Office Collections $111,911 45
Received from City Marshal _ 28,75544 140.66680
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Received through Office Collections for Taxes on Realty,
Personalty and Stock in
Trade..._._.____ $443,903 30
Received through City Marshal. 2,853 92 $446,757 22
TAXES, 1907(Specific)
Received through Office Collections for 2103 Licenses Issued
Received through City Marshal.
100,067 40
10,255 00 110,322 40
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Received through Office Sales
for 881 One Horse Wagons..
140 Two Horse Wagons..
40 One Horse Drays....
96 Two Horse Drays ...
2 Three Horse Trucks..
217 One Horse Hacks ...
16 Two Horse Hacks...
29 Peddlers....... ....
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5 Poultry Dealrrs-....
2474 Dogs...-.-...-..--.
45 Street Cars _......
0 Omnibus...........
7 Fruit Wagons.----..
WATER WORKS
Received from Office Collections
for Water Rents.. ------ $113,630 54
Received from Meters, Sale of
Material, etc.--....... ...... 542 55
Received for use of Water for
laying cement sidewalks..... 129 59
Total Receipts____....
Bal. brot. for'd from Dec. 31,1906
$ 12,868 50
114.311 68
987,070 76
20,755 99
$1,007,826 75
TAXES 1907
Amount Donated to Sundry Individuals, Public Institutions
and Charitable Corporations
by Resolutions and Ordinances of City Council. ..._.. $ 13,190 07
WATER WORKS
Salaries and Time Rolls........ $23,268 49
Running Expenses of Engines
and Pump-...-.--.--....-- 15,737 84
Meters and Incidentals........ 3,493 49
Improvements.--._......... 1,156 38
Repairs.-.-.--...--.-....-- 557 26 44,213 46
Total Disbursements 1907 ..... 971,930 31
Balance Carried to January 1,
1908 .-..-..--.--.--..---. 35,896 44
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Acting City Treasurer.
We, the undersigned Committee on Finance, C. S. have examined the accounts of the City Treasurer from January
1, 1907 to December 31, 1907, and find. the same correct, with proper vouchers, and a balance in the Treasury
of $35,896.44.
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WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT
Superintendent's and Engineer's Report for the Year 1908
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
Hox. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI have the honor to submit herewith my annual
report for the Water Works Department for the year ending
December 31, 1907.
The appropriation by budget was $50,000.00 for Water
Works, new, old, maintenance and extensions; $2,000.00 for
water meters and $8,000.00 for new pump and expert service
at Old Water Works, to which was added by resolution of
Council on July 3, 190?", $5,000.00 for maintenance and extensions, making an available total of $65,000.00 for all purposes.
The appropriation of $8,000.00 for new pump and expert
service at Old Water Works, being insufficient for contemplated improvements, was not used.
The appropriation by resolution of July 3 of $5,000.00 for
extensions was not used, leaving a balance of $50,000.00 for
maintenance, extensions and repairs, and $2,000.00 for water
meters, total $52,000.00, from which the following disbursements have been made:
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Expenses
Salary Account................................ $22,738.17
Running Account.............................. 16,273.16
Extension Account............................. 1,927.03
Maintenance and Repair Account................ 1,272.05
Incidental Account............................. 694.13
Stable Account................................ 285.54
Improvement Account.......................... 220.35
Printing and Stationery Account. ............... 219.29
Total...................................43,629.72
Appropriations and Disbursements
Amount appropriated for maintenance, repairs and
extensions................................. $50,000.00
Disbursements................................. 43,629.72
Leaving a balance of. ......................$ 6,370.28
Appropriation for Water Meters................ .$ 2,000.00
Expenditure for Water Meters................... 563.94
Said expenditure of $563.94 is only apparent as the same
is being collected back by the City Treasurer.
Receipts and Expenditures
Receipts for the year 1907. ...................$ 114,311.68
Total Expenditures.......................... 43,629.72
Leaving a balance of. ....................$ 70,681.96
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Pumpage
The total pumpage for the past year was 3,144,508,314
-gallons, a daily average of 8,615,091 gallons, as against
3,274,971,924 for the year 1906, annual decrease in pumpage
of 130,463,610.
The heavy apparent pumpage for the past year and previous years is due largely to the enormous amount of waste, to
which special attention has been given by this Department for
the entire year, very ably assisted by the force under the
Health Officer, and the very gratifying reduction in pumpage
is due largely to the combined efforts of the above mentioned
Departments.
Monthly Statement of Pumpage
GALLONS
January.................................... 300,922,787
February................................... 248,555,929
March..................................... 265,037,764
April...................................... 244,011,998
May....................................... 268,461,514
June....................................... 253,840,849
July....................................... 270,439,123
August..................................... 273,234,680
September.................................. 255,953,784
October.................................... 263,311,771
November.................................. 248,882,121
December.................................. 251,855,994
Total................................3,144,508,314
Coal Consumption
Total consumption for the year 3,628.7 tons, as against
3,846.4 tons for the year 1906, an annual saving of 217.7 tons.
Daily consumption for the year, 9.93.
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Extension of Mains
New mains were laid during the past year as follows:
SIZE
LOCATION FEET III INCHES
Ogeechee Road, from 35th to 37th Streets... 840 6
Lumber Street Lane from Oglethorpe Ave... 275 2
36th Street near Waters Road............. 220 2
Waters Road, 37th to 38th Streets.......... 480 2
37th Street, West of Waters Road.... ...... 50 2
Total........... ............... .1,865
Making a grand total to date of 67 miles and 2180 feet.
There were laid in Laurel Grove and Cathedral Cemeteries :
SIZE
IN INCHES FEET
Pipe. .......................................... 200
Pipe. .......................................... 300
K Pipe. .......................................... 45
1 Pipe. .......................................... 60
Total...... ................................ 605
New Fire Hydrants
New fire hydrants were placed at the following locations :
One, Ogeechee Road and 36th Street.
One, Ogeechee Road-and 37th Street. .
One, Bryan and Jefferson Streets.
Making a total to date of 666 in service.
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New Fire Connections
Two 3-inch, Savannah Theatre, Bull and Hull Streets.
One 3-inch, Frank & Co., West Broad Street.
One 8-inch, American Can Co., Old Water Works Tract.
One 8-inch, Wilcox, Ives & Co., Lathrop Ave.
One 6-inch, Mutual Fertilizer Co., Lathrop Ave.
Broken Mains Repaired
Repaired 3-inch supply to fire hydrant, Broughton and
East Broad Streets.
Repaired 2-inch main, Styles Ave. and Gwinnett Street.
Repaired 10-inch main, Anderson Street and Waters
Road.
Taps
Number of taps placed.......................... 201
Water Meters
The following new meters have been placed:
Julius D. Hirsch, 310 Liberty Street West.
Decatur Car Wheel Works, Head of West Gwinnett Street.
American Can Company, Old Water Works Tract, West of
Styles Avenue.
Southern Excelsior Company, near New Water Works, West
of Styles Avenue.
I. W. Keller&Son, 533 West Oglethorpe Avenue.
J. G. Highsmith & Co., near New Water Works, East of
Styles Avenue.
W. D. Champion, Gwinnett Street, West of Styles Avenue.
Citizens Southern Bank, 17 Drayton Street.
John Wolf, No. 2, 919 Anderson Street East.
Paul Conida, No. 1, 135-139 Bull Street.
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Paul Conida, No. 2, 135-139 Bull Street.
Southern Asphalt Paving Co., South side of Bay Street 1st
East of Randolph Street.
Swift & Co., 309 West Broad Street.
Feeley's Transfer Co., No. 1, 30-32 West Broad Street.
Feeley's Transfer Co., No. 2, 224-226 Drayton Street.
Rhodes-Haverty Co., South-West corner of Broughton and
Jefferson Streets.
Savannah Cut Stone Co., Paulsen Street near Rockefeller
Street.
Savannah Theatre, No. 1, 222-226 Bull Street.
Savannah Theatre, No. 2, 222-226 Bull Street.
Wilcox, Ives & Co., No. 1, Lathrop Avenue.
Wilcox, Ives & Co., No. 2, Lathrop Avenue.
Cope & Baffin, Lathrop Avenue.
S. Dich, Oglethorpe Avenue near Jefferson Street.
Rowland & Rowland, 22 Bay Street East.
Standard Oil Co., No. 2, 502-508 Bay Street East.
Livingston's Pharmacy, 26 Broughton Street West.
E. C. Gleason, 104-108 Bryan Street East.
. K. of P. Hall Association, 125 York Street West. '
Mingledorff & Co., 510 Indian Street.
W. I. O'Brien, No. 1, 511 Pine Street.
W. I. O'Brien, No. 2, 123-125 West Broad Street.
Making number of meters in service to date ninety-three.
Miscellaneous
Fire hydrant moved, Jefferson and Anderson Streets . . 1
Fire hydrant moved, St. Julian and Randolph Streets . 1
Fire hydrant replaced, Whitaker and Hall Streets. .... 1
Fire hydrant replaced, Bryan and Barnard Streets .... 1
Fire hydrants cleaned and oiled..................... 663
Fire hydrants packed.............................. 650
New valves....................................... 1
Valves packed.................................... 83
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j j Valves cleaned and oiled........................... 410
i I New valve boxes.................................. 83
i i Water shut off for City taxes....................... 46
; Water shut off on account of leaks................... 253
I Meters repaired................................... 10
J Leaks reported.................................... 7,356
, ' Repairs to cesspools. .............................. 263
': Pumps, Compressors and Boilers
The pumps are in a condition to give a safe and satisfactory service to the City and yet they are far from being in the
condition which I desire.
" * Such repairs and improvements to them as were necessary
""# . have been continued throughout the year and shall be further
.,,.* continued until they are in a perfectly satisfactory condition.
?! ,1 We are now placing a new beam shaft in pump No. 410 to re-
,i|. place the broken one of several years' standing. We are also
preparing to install a new set of valves in water end of pump
V and after these repairs and minor ones have been made the
jk pumps will be in a perfectly satisfactory condition.
t The compressors are in perfect condition and have rendered excellent service.
The boilers are in first class condition.
Building and Grounds
During the year we have repaired the roof of engine and
boiler room at a cost of $350.00, making them habitable.
The grounds are in good condition and have been carefull v attended to.
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Recommendations
I would recommend for the betterment of the system,
that all old 4-inch mains be removed as early as practicable
and replaced by .6-inch or 8-inch.
I would also recommend, that the Old Water Works be
put in condition, and to that end would recommend a battery
of one hundred and fifty horse power boilers be installed to
replace the ones there, which are unfit for satisfactory service.
I would also recommend the installation of one air-lift,
thereby increasing the supply from the wells, three million
normal, to a possible eight or nine million gallons daily.
In conclusion I wish to thank your Honor, the Board of
Aldermen, and the employes of the Department for their
co-operation in the successful management of the Water
Works.
Very respectfully,
J. P. FIGG,
Superintendent and Engineer.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Director of Public Works. ................... Harry Willink
Chief Clerk to Director of Public Works...... Leander Butler
Clerk to Director of Public Works.............. W. J. Hayes
Superintendent Scavenger Department.........Thos. Cooley
Superintendent Construction of Streets and Lanes
.................................... .Geo. W. Alien
Superintendent Maintenance of Streete and Lanes
....................................F. M. Cornwell
Foreman City Lot ......................... .C. J. Melvine
Superintendent O. E. M. and Sidewalks. ........ J. H. Grady
Foreman Dry-Culture, East................. Henry F. Lubs
Foreman Dry-Culture, West.................... Jos. Schatz
Chimney Inspector............................ P. F. Curry
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1907.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI have the honor to submit the Annual Report of
the Department of Public Works, showing the operations of
the several branches of the City's affairs under my control
and supervision for the year 1907. I assumed charge as Director on the twenty-second day of January, 1907. I immediately began a thorough examination and investigation of all
work being done by the Department and inspected thoroughly the City's property used and operated in the public
work. At that time West Broad Street was being paved
with vitrified brick from Bay Street to Broughton Street.
It occurred to me from an examination of this street that the
character of the brick being supplied by the Contractors was
not in compliance with the contract made with the City.
I, therefore, insisted upon a rigid examination of the material being furnished with the result that West Broad
Street in the area mentioned, may be considered a fairly
well paved thoroughfare.
I also found at that time that the City owned one hundred horses and mules, thirty-two of these, however, being
unfit for use. During the year there were twenty-two head
sold and five died; to replace these thirty were purchased.
The City at that time owned twenty-six wagons in use
in the Scavenger Department, two of which were unfit for use,
thirteen in bad condition, and eleven unsightly for want of
paint. These wagons have been placed in good condition and
four new ones built. During the year the carts and wagons
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in use in the Streets and Lanes Department were also overhauled and three new ones built; the sprinklers belonging to
the City were repaired and two additional purchased, and all
of these are now in use. In the Scavenger Department the
City is still short of wagons. In order to thoroughly remove
all the garbage this Department should be supplied with adequate number of teams. In the hot summer months the wear
and tear on the stock and apparatus of the Scavenger Department is very great because it is at that season that the garbage
accumulates, and in the preservation of the health of the people must be promptly removed. You will bear in mind that
this work has to be done on Sundays as well as on week-days.
Condition Of The City's Asphalt Streets
When the present Director assumed charge of this Department the Asphalt Streets of the City were in a deplorable condition.
i '!V All contracts for the maintenance of these streets had
T; expired. The surface of the Asphalt had become worn to such
!i-i an extent that holes and breaks existed in every part of the
'JH City. To promptly remedy this, condition, appropriate ad-
-~f vertisements were published for bids to resurface where necesj ' | sary and to repair and patch where same could be done con-
;"" sistently with the City's interest. In response to these advef-
''< tisements certain bids were received. After full and complete
consideration, the work was awarded to the Southern Paving
Construction Company, whose headquarters are in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the price of one dollar and ten cents per
square yard, guaranteed for five years. To insure a proper
performance of the Contractor's undertaking, ample surety
company bonds were furnished by the Contractor. The work
has now almost been completed and has been done in accordance with the City's specifications. This Department has
maintained a rigid inspection of the work and has insisted at
all times upon full compliance by the Contractor of its obliga-
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tion, as a result of which splendid results have been obtained
for the money expended by the City. The Contracting Company has at times thought that this department was inclined
to be harsh in its supervision of the work, but your Director's
conduct has been inspired by a determination to protect the
City at every point and secure for the Citizens lasting and
smooth thoroughfares. I would recommend the purchase by
the City of a small Asphalt Repair Plant, that cuts made in the
pavements for the purpose of making underground connections may be promptly repaired. A plant of this description
will cost about six hundred dollars.
I desire to impress upon you the desirability of keeping
these streets in proper condition of cleanliness. This Department has worked with this end in view, but it is an impossibility to keep the same in sightly condition as long as waste
paper is allowed to be scattered promiscously; this condition of
affairs also exists in the Lanes except to a greater extent
Ashes have been thrown in them to such an extent that their
beds have been considerably raised, and this is so, in spite of
the Ordinances, and a persistent effort on the part of this Department to relieve the existing condition. Within a very
short time after the lanes have been systematically cleaned
and graded, they are in the same condition as they were before this work was done. We are powerless to prevent the
littering of the streets and lanes, and unless an appeal to the
civic pride of our people is sufficient to remedy the evil, I
would earnestly recommend that you direct the Police Department to make docket cases against the offenders. If this is
done I am satisfied that the imposition of small fines would
bring about the desired result.
Another matter to which I desire to direct your attention
is the dripping from automobiles and other vehicles of gasoline and oil upon the streets of the City.
158 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
This is harmful in the extreme that will result in the wearing away of the surface of the asphalt streets. Experience in
other cities has demonstrated this beyond doubt. An earnest
and vigorous enforcement of the law by the police would result
in the saving of the City of many thousands of dollars, probably, which would otherwise be destroyed.
Street Cleaning
Upon these streets where traffic is heaviest, street cleaning gangs are at work three times each week. The other paved
streets, with the exception of Asphalt streets, are thoroughly
cleaned twice a week. Asphalt streets are gone over twice
daily. These are a greater number of cleanings than our
streets have received before, and, of course, additional expense
is thereby entailed; but the money so expended is well invested
because of the resulting greater comfort of the Citizens and
the cleanlier appearance of the highways. On the asphalt
block pavements laid on Gaston and on Bull Streets, we have
used a "Pickup Machine", thus avoiding noise and dirt and
resulting in a cleanlier condition of these streets at less cost
than if the work had been done by hand. In this connection,
I would recommend the purchase of additional machines
whenever the finances of the City will warrant the expenditure.
Expenditures
For the expenditures in the Scavenger Department and
the Streets and Lans Department, I refer you to the tabulated
statement files herewith. In the former department there
has been expended up to January 22, 1907, the day I took
charge, $3,741.49 and in the later Department up to the same
date $6,438.11.
Street Paving
During the year the following streets were paved:
West Broad Street from Bay Street to Broughton Street with
vitrified brick.
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Abercorn Street from Hall Street to Gaston Street with vitrified brick.
Bull Street from Park Avenue to Estill Avenue with asphalt
block.
York Street from Whitaker Street to Bull Street with asphalt
block.
All of this work was done with as much economy as was consistent with good material and good workmanship. The
cost to the City and Property Owners will appear in
the accompanying statement.
Vitrified Brick Pavements
I find that some of these pavements are not in good condition, but at present it is not necessary to relay any of them.
The City has required proper bonds from the Contractors who
furnished the brick, and the guarantees upon the pavements
have some time yet to run.
Whenever, in my judgment, it becomes necessary to repair or repave any of these streets, I will promptly call same
to the attention of the proper Committees of Council.
House Drainage
Upon inspection of this system, I found that a number of
property owners had not complied with the Ordinance requiring connections to be made.
Notices were inserted in the daily papers calling attention
to the fact that this must be done and in quite a number of
instances the law has been complied with. On account of the
financial panic and the consequent stringency in money affairs,
this Department has not been as insistent upon the Ordinance
as it would otherwise have been, but in view of the relieved
condition of affairs, your Director hopes by this spring to secure all necessary connections.
Where all other means fail, we will have docket cases
made of the offending parties.
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Telephone and Telegraph Poles
I would respectfully call your attention to the unsightly
condition of our City occasioned by the vast number of telegraph and telephone poles which have been erected and which
will increase from year to year as the different systems are extended. In this connection I would recommend that appropriate action be taken by City Council, compelling a yearly
increase in the underground area now in use. This increase
could be so regulated as not to become a hardship upon the
Companies interested and would materially enhance the
beauty of our City.
I herewith submit a detailed account of the work done
by the several departments under the direction of the Director
of Public Works in the year 1907, together with a statement of
all expenditures for the same period.
During the year the business of the City entrusted to
this office has been administered with the view of securing the
best results for the money paid out. All supplies have been
bought under competition, bids being secured from responsible dealers and contracts awarded to the lowest bidder, due
regard being had to the quality of the supplies offered. Faithful and efficient service has been insisted upon from all employes. Without exception they have labored in harmony
and given full value for their wages. The several foreman
have intelligently and conscientiously performed their duties
and are entitled to proper credit for their valuable assistance
in conducting the affairs of the different departments successfully.
Full information is given under the department headings
of the volume of regular work done, which was placed in charge
of this office.
The appropriations made by the budget for 1907, togethe rwith the expenditures during the year, and the balances
of appropriation, or excess of expenditures over the budget,
at the close are as follows:
DEPARTMENT
Dry-Culture
Sink Department, O. E. M. ............ ___ ....
Maintenance and Resurfacing Asphalt Streets.. _ .
City Lighting ... ...-_.-._......_... .-....-
Paving Streets... . .._..-_.--_........--........
Sidewalks
Resurfacing Streets..... -... ..................
Storm Sewers, East Broad Street ........_....
Cutting Weeds. .
Chimney Sweeping- ............................
Appropriation
S 62,000 00
4,000 00
3,000 00
4,500 00
40,000 00
10,000 00
I 4,500 00 1
\ 3,000 00 ]
5,600 00
2,000 00
80,000 00
40,000 00
50,000 00
2,500 00
2,500 00
Expenditures
$ 61,824 59
3,997 65
3,311 42
3,881 25
39,782 99
9,582 10
7,360 02
4,473 37
2,212 78
35,109 31
39,123 48
40,412 03
5,468 99
2,491 71
5,392 97
1,631 65
286 47
Balance of
Appropriation
$ 175 41
2 35
618 75
217 01
417 90
139 98
1,026 63
44,890 69
876 52
9,587 97
8 29
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Appropriation
$ 311 42
212 78
2,892 97
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Streets and Lanes Department
The addition to the paved streets of the city during the
past year amounted to 1,691 lineal feet, or 0.22 miles, the
city now has 41.21 miles of paved streets. The inrcease in
the superficial area of such paved thoroughfares in 1907 was
4,122 square yards, making a total at present of 832,054.16
square yards, divided as follows:
Square Yards
Broughton......... .Asphalt......... 17,950
Bryan.... ........... " ......... 619
Bull................ " ......... :-2,S31
Congress............ " ......... 6,539
Drayton... ......... " ........ .22,522
Harris.............. " ......... 1,675
Liberty............. " .........30,430
Oglethorpe Avenue . " ........ .25,933
President........... " ......... 780
St. Julian.... ....... " ......... 1,088
York.... ........... " ......... 447 140,814
Abercorn. ..... .Vitrified Brick........39,640.70
Bay................ " ......... 9,381.9
Rear City Hall...... " ......... 227.7
Barnard............ " ......... 3,005
Congress Lane....... " ......... 2,086
Gwhinett. .......... " ........ .31,695.4
Habersham......... " ......... 19,956.48
Park Avenue........ " ......... 14,208
President........... " ......... 3,961
Wheaton........ ... . " ......... 7,256
Jefferson...... ...... " ......... 17,228
| Thirty-Eighth, east. . " ......... 3,875
Montgomery........ " ......... 405
Forty-Second, west . " ......... 1,165.4
West Broad......... " ........ .43,120.9
Jones, west.......... " /........ 5,682
Berrien............. " ......... 2,351.1
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Tattnall. .......Vitrified Brick........ 1,321.6
Stewart............. " ......
Price................ " ......
Henry.............. " ......
Perry Lane.......... " ......
Broughton Lane..... " ......
East Broad. ........ " ......
Macon.............. " ......
Thirty-Sixth. ....... " ......
Roberts............. " ......
Whitaker........... " ......
Thirty-First......... " ......
Drayton............ " ......
State............... " ......
Hall................ " ......
Wayne. ............ " ......
Harmon............ " ......
Gaston. ............ " ......
Lincoln............. " ......
Bay Lane, E. Linc'ln. " ......
Emmett Park. ...... " ......
Louisville Road...... Chert ......... 4,377
Bay St. Extension... " ......... 9,255
President........... " ......... 1,280
Bay................ Cobble .........25,000.1
Factors Walk........ " ......... 8,800
Lanes. ............. " ......... 11,786.1
Pine........ ........ " ......... 1,800
New................ " ........ .17,214.9
Sts. Slips north Bay.. " ......... 8,772.3
Randolph........... " ......... R.500
Reynolds............ " ......... 4,200
Barnard............ " ......... 4,420
East Broad......... " ......... 15,800
West Broad.... ..... " ......... 15,941.1
W. Bound'y at dump " ......... 1,244
Whitaker..'......... " ......... 6,724.3
4,063.9
16,585.2
12,917.16
749.3
1,917.3
10,408.3
211
6,456
689.7
18,295.7
11,934.6
1,033.2
2,862.35
4,960.6
595.7
5,534
1,550.5
689.6
122.26
2,453.4 311,197.56
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Orange............. Cobble ......... 660
Williams............ " ......... 4,500
Williamson.......... " .."....... 2,252
Zubly.............. " ......... 2,645
Margaret............ " ......... 7,000
Sycamore........... " ......... 711 150,031.6
Bay............ Granite Blocks....... 1,707
Barnard............ " ......... 1,049
Bryan.............. " ......... 7,362
East Broad......... " ......... 9,190
Farm............... " ......... 10,103.2
Jefferson............ " .........21,913
Indian....... ....... " ......... 7,572
Railroad............ " ......... 6,097
Wadley............. " ......... 4,309
Wheaton........ .. . . " ......... 5,000
Water.............. " ......... 2,297
River............... " ......... 4,618.1
Coffee Alley......... " ......... 634.881,8521
i Bolton....'.......... Shell .........11,700
' Barnard............ " ......... 6,500
Jones............... " ......... 9,972.8
Hall................ " ......... 7,339.4
Henry.............. " .........21,000
Ogeechee Road...... " ......... 16,000 72,512.2
Gwinnett........... Gravel ......... 5,666
Liberty Lane...... .. " ......... 332
Bull................ " .......... 7,374.6
New................ " ......... 4,500
Harris.............. " ......... 1,937
St. Julian........... " ......... 5,244.9 25,054.5
ii Gaston.......... Asphalt Block....... 9,998.9 .
| Bull....... ......... " ....... ..25,175.4
York............... " ......... 505.7 35,680
MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
Recapitulation
Sheet Asphalt................................. 140,814
Asphalt Block................................. 35,680
Vitrified Brick.................................:U1,197.5(5
Chert......................................... 14,912
Cobble....................................... 150,031.0
Granite Blocks. ............................... 81,852.1
Shell......................................... 72,512.2
Gravel........................................ 25,054.5
Total...................................832.054.K)
Expenditures in Streets and Lanes were as follows:
Cleaning Asphalt Streets. ......................$ 6,008 52
Cleaning Streets other than Asphalt............. 12,611 72
Cleaning Catch Basins......................... 4,279 42
Sweeping Crossings............................ 1,580 16
Grading and Filling.........................:.. 6,095 64
Grading and Opening Streets................... 645 55
Laying and Repairing Crossings................. 599 55
Maintenance Shell Streets...................... 372 00
Repairing and Cleaning Storm Sewers............ 769 28
Repairing Streets other than Asphalt............ 0,026 12
Paving Streets (Factors Walk).................. 793 96
Cutting and Hauling Weeds.................... 409 80
Help City Engineer and City Lot................ 1,818 24
Oil Catch Basins............................... 438 00
Hauling Cinders............................... 375 00
Sprinkling and Sweeping....................... 1,084 20
Work and Material other than above and Salaries. 17,917 43
Total............................... .$61,824 59
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Cleaning Paved Streets
The cost of cleaning improved streets follows:
Square Cost per
Yards Square Yard
Asphalt................ 140,814 $6,008 52 .0428
Cobble and Granite. . . . .231,883.9 2,853 36 .0123
Shell, Gravel and Chert 112,548.7 670 40 .0059
Vit. Brick. Asp. Blocks. .321,702 9,007 96 .0282
$18,020 24
Repairs to Paved Streets
The cost of repairing improved streets follows:
Average
Square Cost Per
Yards Cost Square Yard
Asphalt.......... ...... 140,814 $90,10931 .6399
Cobble................ 150,031 2,127 93 .0140
Granite Blocks. ........ 81,582.1 1,372 19 .0167
Vitrified Brick..........311,197.56 1,667 80 .0053
Shell.................. 72,512.2 730 90 .01
Gravel and Chert....... 40,036.5 486 20 .0121
$96,494 33
Of the amount spent for repairing Asphalt Streets
$55,000.00 was paid for by notes. The amount of cash
expended amounted to $35,109.31.
The resurfacing of the Asphalt Streets was certainly a
necessity as they have been an eye sore to the community for
several years. The repairs to the other streets were for the
most part necessitated by excavations made by plumbers
Gas Company and the Railroad Company. The total number
of these cuts for the year was four hundred and seventy-six.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 167
Catch Basins
There were in the city, at the close of 1907, 1,207 catch
basins, a net increase of thirteen during the year. The expe nse
of cleaning these and the eleven fountains was $4,279.42. In
all 7,213 catch basins were cleaned, an average of six hundred
and one and a fraction monthly. The eleven fountains were
cleaned 630 times during the year, an average of fifty-two and
a fraction monthly.
Sidewalks Department
There were 1,668 sidewalk repairs made during the year,
including crossings and portions of paved streets, at a cost of
$6,770.30. The amount of curbing laid was 1,521.10 feet.
There were laid during the year under the supervision of this
office 27,270 square feet of Artificial Stone Sidewalk at a cost
of $3,333.00.
The total expenditures for sidewalks during the year was
$5,468.99, and amount of bills rendered to be credited to this
account amount to $6,646.00.
Street Crossings
Thirty-two new street crossings using 15,500 vitrified
brick for centers were laid at a cost of $770.05. Four men
were engaged in the work of sweeping crossings during the year.
Storm Sewers Department
Owing to numerous storm sewers deing almost completely
filled with sand, thus affecting the drainage to such an extent
as to make it imperative that these sewers be thoroughly
cleaned the expenditures for this purpose was necessarily
large. There were forty-nine breaks during the year which
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cost for repairs $769.28; also forty connections made. The
total amount expended in this department in 1907 was $3,881
.25 exclusive of East Broad Street sewer.
There are now in the city 24.30 miles of storm sewers.
The new addition to the storm sewers for the year were
as follows:
Montgomery, Bolton to Gwinnett............... 15 340
Paulsen, Waldburg to north of Bolton Lane...... 12 80
Total number of feet.........................420
Repairs to Asphalt Streets
Practically all of the Asphalt Streets are being resurfaced,
therefore the cost will be very large as the city has 140,814
square yards.
Paving Streets Department
There were 12,041.7 square yards of vitrified brick pavement laid during the year, 25,681.1 square yards Asphalt
Blocks. The total amount expended was $40,412.03.
Below you will find a detailed account showing the streets
paved, with amounts charged against the city, property owners
and railroads.
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In addition to the above, Frank's Alley was paved by the
city with vitrified brick at a cost to the property owner of
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Scavenger Department
Below you will find a tabulated statement of the work
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1,851
2,083
2,047
2,004
2.000
2,280
2,384
2,150
2,368
2,212
2,231
25,605
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1,227
1,143
1,550
1,267
1,592
1,350
1,275
1,381
1,300
1,648
1,512
1,577
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Dry Culture Department
Under the care of this department there are G.48 miles of
canal and 45.26 miles of ditches, with a large number of drains,
culverts, dams, bridges, etc., the work is brought so little to the
attention of the general public that its importance is apt to be
minimized in its eyes. As a matter of fact this is really one of
the most important departments, its duties having a decided
bearing on the health of the city.
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The cost of keeping these ditches clean and clear of weeds
amounted to $9,582.10 for the year.
-Below you will find a statement in detail of the work of
this department:
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Sink Department O. E. M.
The expenses of this department were $4,473.37, of which
$3,134.35 was paid to contractor for cleaning privy vaults, etc.
The details of the work of the department are given in the
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Sewers Storm
(..'oaland Wood................................. 27425] 30 5o' _ - ---------- ----------- Feed for Stock___-._.__ ....____.__._________-__, 14,48292, 0,52176 .......... Incidentals...----...--. .-----...----------.-..-I 18690 1?2 40J - _ - -- Paving Pitch.--.---.---.....-.-...----...--..-- 36 85|_-._ .............
Rent of Telephones.-..- .-.-.----------_-----._-! 3502 334 \Vharfage-.-_---_--.---.---.-------------.---.-! 234 871 ........... Vitrified Brick.--.....-.....---...----..--.....-! 5,00000..... . ... Tools and Implements .......................... 1,92682 1,02498 shell.---.-...---.---.....---------...---...--- 35890 10254 Vehicles and Repairs to Same. -..____.____..___._: 1,810 66 1,213 34 .....--...-
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51 27
City Lights.---.-.--.-....---.-----....--...--- 39,123 48 ........... ........... Lumber.....--.-----.-...---...---------...--. 3,012 00 164 52 ...........
Repairs to Tools and Implements _-.._--_._--__.. 358 81 144 90 Cleaning Sinks. ................................ \ 3,123 60 . __ ...__. Gravel.....---.-.- ............................ \ 76 28 .---.....-. Granite Curbing.... ............................ 95 96 .. ___ .... Cement, Lime and Fire Clav. . ................. _.i 390 98 49 73 ...........
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Rents.......-.-.------.---------..----.-----..; 24 00 ....... ....|.. ......... Dravage....... ................................ 9 65 0 65i_. ......... Hauling . --.. .............................; 5,345 65j 18100 Insurance....--.. ........-.-..................; 74300 39300 Harness and Repairs to Same.. ..................' 1,174 00 497 73r ._ _ ...... Illuminating Oil..... ..-._.._-_---.-.-__..._--..; 296 81 251 28 .---...._.- Lubricating Oil.... ........................ .....j 0244 3272
Oils, Paint, Putty, Etc.. -.-..--.-.---.-..-.-..-.- 362 09 175 96 ...........
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Lights, Citv Stables.-......-----.------------..- 369 96 73 32!........... Horsesand' Mules...----. ..-.-----.-------. -----i 5,83500 5,660 0! -
Freight-...-----..-.-. .......................... 7,78548 2 40 Hardware.-..--------------.-.----------------- 604 06 188 25 _..___.____ ...........
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2 60
30 34
1 85
94 67
^and -----------.----------.------.----------- 1,017 28 ......... .. Stationery, Stamps. Etc.....-.---------...--.... 42616 24022
Repairs and Resurfacing Asphalt Streets. .......... i 32,384 94 ----------- Paving Streets..-.-.. --.------.-.--.-.-------.-; 2,344 98 ........... Plumbing Work. ....-...-------..---...-.--.... 277 74 17 96 Horse and Mule Shoes, and Horse Shoe Nails. . .....' 479 07 306 26 ...........
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Office Furniture and Repairs. ...... ............. .\ 2 50 2 50| _________ ._ latch Basin Covers...--.-.---....-----------... 30750 6000
Time of Hands.. .... .........._......__........ 115,875 27 j 43,982 16 Brick. ..................--.------------.------ 841 00|. _ ---._. Board of Harbor Master's Horse......... ......... 220 00 ........... Scavenger Contract with Countv. ................. 7,360 02 -----------
Asphalt Blocks....-..---.--------.-------------: 10,330 00 ...........
Totals ........ ......--------.--.---.. ...-!$266,342 7s'$ 61,824 59
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!$ 3,997 65
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3,172 16
$ 3,311 42
22 35
67 77
157 50
27 44
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25 37
18 65
93 50
87 50
3,380 18
$ 3,881 25
Scavenger
$ 72 50
7,551 68
25 00
6 68
468 85
578 82
1,086 68
463 35
5 30
I 50
237 00
350 00
644 57
38 57
175 13
296 64
7 50
245 42
16 50
164 06
27,347 24
S 39,782 99
Dry-Culture
$ 50 00
284 46
16 00
2 00
32 56
5 00
550 69
4 00
63 28
9 30
4 65
41 03
16 85
8,502 28
$ 9,582 10
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3,123 60
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323 49
25 70
1 75
175 00
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45 00
7 50
1,270 06
220 00
117 20
$ 2,212 78
Maintenance
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Resurfacing Asphalt Streets
$ 2 50
2 50
34 85
24 30
2 60
28 50
9 75
2 40
2 00
32,384 94
12 85
27 50
330 00
2,244 62
$ 35,109 31
City Lighting
$ 39,123 48
$ 39,123 48
$
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$ 98 75
6 00
234 87
5,000 00
129 91
119 33
133 83
39 75
1 50
4,369 62
13 09
1 10
4 60
7,292 17
2 76
958 55
21 99
2,344 98
104 81
132 50
25 00
8,941 92
105 00
10,330 00
$ 40.412 03
Side Walks
$ 15 00
6 83
286 87
05 96
56 31
262 99
27 35
5 40
4,046 28
666 00
$ 5.468 99
Resurfacing Streets
$ 205 09
45 94
77 00
187 00
1,976 68
$ 2,491 71
Sewers Storm Broad East
Street
9 15.50
408 05
139 55
24 00
47 55
2 75
1 00
3 00
14 02
99 25
40 08
23 47
4,504 75
70 00
$ 5,392 97
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254 66
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4 75
1,216 55
$ 1,631 65
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271 18
$ 286 47
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Harbor and Wharves
This department had an appropriation of but $2,000.00
and fixed charges of $1,455.00, $175.00 for a horse purchased
by the former administration had not been paid for therefore
this amount was paid out of the appropriation of 1907.
At Abercorn Street a new wharf was built, East Broad,
Barnard and West Broad Streets wharves were repaired, which
were actual necessities, as they were in a dangerous condition. This caused the excess of $212.78 shown in this
department.
City Lighting Department
At the beginning of the year 1907 there were five hundred
and thirty arc lights costing $72.00 per light per annum, since
which time, eight arc lights and three fifty candle power lamps
have been added. This makes a total at present of five
hundred and thirty-eight arc lights and three fifty candle
power lamps in use. The cost has been $39,123.48.
Owing to competition the city entered into a contract
with the Savannah Electric Company to furnish "Ground Glass
Globes" and an "all night schedule" at $30.00 per light per
annum instead of the open arc lights moonlight schedule; this
contract is for the next two years. The contract also includes
forty-five ornamental iron poles which will be placed in the
business portion of the city and light said portion materially
better than is now the case. The contract has a clause in it
which in case of their being no competition at the expiration
of this two year contract that protects the citizens against
any raise in rates.
The all night schedule, instead of moonlight schedule,
the ground glass globes, the ornamental poles (which necessitates wires being put under ground, thus doing away with a
176 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
number of unsightly poles) and the protection given to consumers and the very much lower rate, readily shows the advantages the new contract has over the old.
House Drainage Department
The inspections and repairs to this system amounted to
$3,997.65.
Grading New Streets Department
The cost of grading new streets for the year amounted to
$3,311.42.
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Resurfacing Streets Department
(Shell and Gravel Streets.)
The cost of maintaining the shell and gravej streets of
the City for the year 1907 amounted to $2,491.71.
Cutting Weeds Department
Under instructions this department cut the weeds on
private lots and the streets of the City. The amount expended
was $1,631.65.
Chimney Sweeping Department
The work of cleaning chimneys was formerly under a
contractor which proved to be unsatisfactory indeed as the
property owners were overcharged and the work was very
poorly executed, therefore Council ordered that this work
be put under the direction of this office. It was found thnt
it would cost ten cents per flue per story to do the work properly and a charge of that amount was made. This manner of
having the chimneys swept has proven to be very much more
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 177
satisfactory, as very few people there are who do not agree
that the work has been performed with despatch and perfectness.
Storm Sewer Department (East Broad Street)
The amount, appropriated to complete this work was
$2,500.00; of this sum there should have been paid by the
previous administration for 1906, $489.95; actually brought
over for 1907, $2,010.05.
From January 1 to January 22, 1907 the retiring administration contracted bills to the amount of $1,630.25
leaving available for your Director $379.80.
There was left for the completion of this sewer 520 feet
which we did at a cost of $2,786.14. The total length of the
sewer being 1,035 feet.
The previous administration laid 515 feet costing for
labor alone $5,034.00 so that your Director feels that the
present administration has been wisely economical in doing this
work, when the facts are the cuts made by us were very much
greater than those done by the former administration. In
the amount named above as expended by this office since your
present Director assumed charge is the expense incurred in
grouting the sewer owing to the defective pipe used therein.
To repave the street we also spent the sum of $473.30, and
for manhole $143.69.
All operations have been entirely under the direction
of the City Council. The work has been promptly and
properly done, and, from all appearances, to the complete
satisfaction of the various committees in charge.
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178 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
The chairman of such committees have co-operated with
the Director throughout the year and given him their advice
and assistance.
I desire to express my appreciation to them, and to your
Honor for courtesies shown the Director during that time.
Very respectfully,
HARRY WILLINK,
. Director of Public Works.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 179
CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1907.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI have the honor to submit this my annual
report upon the operations of the City Engineer's Department
during the past year. The work done has been mostly of a
routine character, but has been ample to fully occupy the
time of the employees of this Department. There are some
points to which I think it advisable to call your attention,
leaving the detailed statement of work done to speak for itself.
Condemning Old Pavements
At the beginning of the year, when the resurfacing of our
asphalt pavements came up for consideration, and at the request of the Streets and Lanes Committee, I made a thorough
examination of the existing condition of these pavements
with the view of ascertaining which required resurfacing or
patching. The streets recommended to be resurfaced, with
their age and approximate area, are as follows:
Broughton St..... .Age 18 to 21 Years, Area 17,950 Sq. Yds.
Bryan St....
Congress St. .
Harris St....
Liberty St...
St. Julian St.
. . " 15
.. " 19
.. " 18
18
16
Bull St........... Age 14 to 19
Drayton St., So. of Broughton 9
619 "
" 6,539 "
1,675 "
" 30,430 "
1,088 "
" 32,831 "
" 20,047 "
Total, 111,179 "
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I found on taking samples from various parts of these
pavements that they were badly worn, being full of holes,
ridges, depressions and old patches, and the parts not subjected to traffic were badly cracked. Disintegration of the
surface material had taken place to such an extent that its
ability to resist the wear of traffic had gone and the complete
destruction of the whole surface was "a matter of but a short
time. This disintegration is due to the evaporation of the
volatile oils and the oxydation of the asphaltum, resulting in a
"dead" pavement, or one in which the mineral aggregate
(sand and dust) has not sufficient binding material to hold it
together. By constant patching, these pavements had become
rough and uneven and a continued patching would not be satisfactory. The only way to effectively and economically repair these pavements was to entirely remove the old wearing
surface and relay it with new material over its entire area.
Furthermore, I did not think it advisable to patch these
streets with a standard mixture, lasting for probably fifteen
years, against the old surface lasting probably but two years.
Drayton Street
The condition of this pavement was somewhat better
than the foregoing streets; especially was this the case with
the gutters and intersections, where the suiface was nearly at
its original thickness and disintegration had not taken place
to such an extent as to destroy the life in the surface material.
The center of the roadway, however, was so worn by traffic as
to expose the binder course in large areas, all the way from
Broughton St. to Anderson St., and would have to be resurfaced accordingly. I, therefore, believed that it would be
practicable to resurface only a roadway of twenty-one feet in
width for the length of the street, leaving undisturbed a strip
three feet wide next the curb on both sides and, also, that
part of the paving extending to the property lines on both sides
beyond these strips at intersecting streets.
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From the standpoint of economy a roadway of twenty-one
feet wide or 14303.3 Sq. Yds. at $1.34 per yd. (the contract
price for patching) would amount to $19.166.42, while the resurfacing of the entire street would require 20237 Sq. Yds. at
$1.10 per yd., amounting to $22,260.70, approximately saving
the City $3,094.28, but, as an offset to this, the completed
pavement would consist of a strip of new material twenty-one
feet wide, with a strip of old paving on each side which would
not last more than two or three years; besides, there would be
no guarantee to cover the twenty-one feet resurfaced, as under
the contract this would be considered a patch. Under these
circumstances I recommend the resurfacing of this pavement,
at least, from Broughton St. south to Anderson St. North of
Broughton street, its condition was rather better than south,
and I believe, can be patched to advantage for the present.
Streets Recommended to be Patched
I found on examination that the following pavements
were in fairly good condition and could be put in order by
patching, this being the best and most economical disposition
to be made of them under the circumstances.
Drayton St. N. of Broughton St. . Age 9 years 2475 Sq. Yds.
Oglethorpe Avenue............." 10 " 25933 "
President St..................." 10 " 980 " "
York St...................... " 10 " 447 " "
Total, 29835 " "
Estimated area of patching, one-eighth of the above area,
amounted to 3729 Sq. Yds.
Resurfacing Streets
At the time that the contract was awarded to the Southern Paving and Construction Company for resurfacing and
patching these streets as shown above, it was understood that
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this work should be done in accordance with standard specifications to be prepared by the City Engineer. These specifications were prepared from the best information obtainable, and
conform with customary work of this character. For the
wearing surface of this pavement, I adopted the same as used
by the Engineer's Department of Washington, D. C., dated
March 2, 1907, for the reason that that city has had greater
experience in asphalt paving than any other in this country,
and has conducted a great number of experiments to produce
the best paving surfaces.
On account of the variable nature of the materials entering into the composition of asphalt paving surfaces, they varying to such an extent as to materially influence the usefulness
and stability of pavements constructed with them, and knowing that the correct composition of an asphalt wearing surface
was more a matter for the chemist and expert than the Engineer, I recommended to the Streets and Lanes Committee the
advisability of having the materials going into these pavements chemically analyzed and subjected to the various physical tests for determining whether they complied with our specifications.
My recommendation in this matter was adopted by the
Committee, and acting under their authority, I first selected
Prof. Clifford Richardson, proprietor of the New York Testing
Laboratory-. Professor Richardson was to my knowledge the
best known authority and expert on asphalt pavements in
this country, having been for some years inspector of asphalt
and cement for the District of Columbia, and also at one time
principal assistant chemist in the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He is also the author of the " Modern Asphalt Pavement,' ' a standard work on the subject.
Prof. Richardson made the first analyses of the materials
used in these pavements, and during the progress of the work,
from time to time, he analyzed and gave his opinions of samples of surface mixtures, and the materials used for same.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. . 183
After the work had fairly started I thought it advisable
to employ a local chemist, who could analyze the materials and
surface mixtures and give a prompt opinion of their quality.
Accordingly I employed Mr. B. F. Finney, proprietor of the
Southern Chemical and Testing Laboratory of this City, who
has made the majority of the analyses, as shown below.
The number of analyses made by these chemists to December 31, 1907, are as follows: Surface Mixture 29, Petroleum
Flux 11, Naptha 8, Penetrations to determine the consistency
of the Asphalt Cement 128, Refined Asphalt 4; also two opin-'
ions from Prof. Richardson regarding the two grades of sand,
and five opinions from both chemists regarding the mineral
dust. Twenty-one of these analyses were made by Prof.
Richardson and the balance by Mr. Finney.
As shown by these analyses, the material composing the .
surface mixtures and "paint coat" complied with both the
wording and spirit of the specifications, excepting one car of
flux (oil) and some naptha which, for the purpose of expediting
the paving work, I allowed to pass on the advice of the chemists, they assuring me that these materials would produce
satisfactory results.
I found, it necessary to reject some of the mineral dust
offered for use as a filler, on account of its being too coarse.
A large quantity of the dust used, while complying with the
specifications as to the sieve test, I considered of too coarse a
character to make the best filler, and directed the use of a
sufficient quantity of Portland Cement to improve its character of fineness.
Prof. Richardson, after his examination of samples of surface mixture, expressed the opinion that they were satisfactory,
advising me, however, as to how these mixtures could be improved. I, therefore, ordered the necessary changes in these
mixtures to accord with his advice.
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In order to watch carefully the character of asphalt cement it has been necessary to make penetration tests almost
daily, to determine the proper proportion of oil mixed with the
refined asphalt. This test is a very important one, on account of the fact that a pavement not made of the right consistency will be too susceptible to changes in temperature.
Soon after this work started I thought it necessary to
have the inspector at the asphalt plant make daily reports to
this office, showing the sand, temperature and weight test, and
all other information of this character, so that I might be intelligently informed as to what was being done daily at the
plant. These reports were carefully examined, and any irregularities shown were corrected.
Every effort has been made on my part, not only to have
the materials entering this work meet the requirements of the
specification, but to see that the mixtures were properly
made, and to have them of uniform composition and consistency. This has been a difficult matter owing to the variable
nature of the different materials, and with the facilities at
hand it was not possible to have the mixtures as uniform as I
would have liked. For this purpose it would be necessary to
establish a laboratory at the plant, and have there a chemist
to make prompt and frequent tests of all the different materials and mixtures. This, however, would have entailed an extra expense on the City which I did not think under the circumstances was warranted.
The most important factors to my mind in the construction of an asphalt surface, judging from the opinions of experts,
are, that the mixture shall be so dense as to resist the action
of water and the impact of traffic and at the same time contain
sufficient bitumen to prevent its cracking or contracting due to
a sudden fall in temperature, and to have the voids in the surface mixture as small as possible, to fill them with bitumen of a
consistency which will permit of contraction and to stiffen the
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 185
latter with a proper amount of filler. If the voids are not filled
and the mixture is not a dense one, water quickly enters and
destroys the pavement. As the surface mixture is one of the
most important elements of a pavement, requiring skill in
handling the materials entering into its composition, I have endeavored to see that the best possible results were obtained
with the facilities we had at hand.
It is quite possible that for the next few years during very
hot weather that some of these pavements will become soft, rut
and mark under traffic. I do not believe that this will affect
their wearing ability and they will not suffer in consequence.
Softness is due to excess of oil in the asphalt cement, which
excess will evaporate in time. Judging by our own experience
in the case of Liberty Street, which pavement was laid over
nineteen years ago, and it was so soft when first laid, and for
some years afterwards, that even the foot prints of predestrians
were noticed on the surface. It also marked excessively under
the action of traffic, causing such unfavorable comm'ent that
the City was doubtful about accepting the work, but it has
proven that this was one of the best pavements laid in the City.
We might well accept the opinion of some well known experts on this subject. Prof. Clifford Richardson in his book,
"The Modern Asphalt Pavement," page 459, in speaking of a
pavement in a certain western city says: "The surface marked up under traffic excessively, however, during the first summer and aroused much comment. Communities soon become
accustomed to this, and the marking in new surfaces is objected
to no longer, as it is understood that the pavement will eventually be a superior one; in consequence much of the cracking
of asphalt surfaces could now be avoided if they are originally
laid with sufficiently soft bitumen, and the reason for the ensuing marking is properly explained to the public.''
Geo. W. Tillson, C. E., President Brooklyn Engineering
Club, etc., in "Streets and Paving Materials," page 238,
speaking of asphalt pavements, says: " It is a well known fact
186 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
that a pavement hardens as the volatile oil evaporates, and the
asphalt becomes oxidized, so that the softer the pavement is
laid the longer it will probably last. * * * Very frequently
complaints are made of new pavements cutting up and becoming rough under the action of traffic when first laid in hot
weather, which, after the first summer, give no trouble whatever. * * * A pavement that is laid soft will seldom give
trouble by cracking, except after it has been laid a long time."
For future record and reference I have kept on file in this
department the daily reports of the inspector, reports of chemists and samples of raw and manufactured materials used in
the wearing surface in their regular order on streets where they
have been laid, together with samples of the old wearing surface.
I am indebted to Mr. B. F. Finney for aiding me with his
advice in other respects than as Chemist for this work. Mr.
W. J. Donnelly, the inspector at the plant, has faithfully discharged his duties.
The work is nearing completion. At the close of the year,
99.5-'>2 square yards of surfacing and 1514 square yards of
patching have been completed.
Records
Owing to the limited force in this Department in former
years, the numerous maps, plans, profiles and records on file
have never been completely indexed or any system adopted
whereby this information could be readily found. This office
has been fortunate in collecting a large amount of old and exceedingly valuable maps and records, being the accumulation of
many j-ears. These records represent time and expert labor
at a considerable cost to the City. They are becoming more
valuable each day, and are consulted frequently, not only by
City officials, but by citizens generally. Owing to the lack of
proper indexing considerable time and labor is wasted seeking
this information.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 187
Upon my recommendation, a clerk was employed at the
beginning of the year to do this work, and while it has not yet
been completed, owing to frequent interruptions caused by
other important work which had to come up requiring the services of this clerk, still the work is progressing satisfactorily,
and elsewhere in this report will be found what has been done
in this connection.
It must be taken into consideration that an office of this
character contains information that can not be found by the
citiren generally, or by those unacquainted with the details of
engineering work. It is, therefore, necessary to have some one
in the office who can give this information when required.
I believe that, when this index work referred to above is
completed, this will be one of the best equipped Engineer's
offices in the south, and this will be the case, provided I am not
restricted in the necessary help.
Bonaventure
A survey was made of the Evergreen Cemetery Tract,
known as Bonaventure Cemetery, and also Lots 16, 17, and IS,
of the Merchants and Mechanics Land Company's sub-division,
adjoining the cemetery proper on the south, and purchased by
the City as an addition to the cemetery. The area of the entire cemetery is as follows:
Area of Evergreen Cemetery in present enclosure?!. 19 Acres
Area outside of enclosure purchased from the
Evergreen Cemetery Co., excluding right of
way of the Savannah Electric Railway and
Skidaway Shell Road..................... 7.74
Lots 16, 17, & 18 purchased from Mrs. M. J.
Strickland.............................. 12.29
Total, 91.22 Acres
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Laurel Grove Cemetery
Owing to the closing of Kollock Street adjacent to the
colored portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery, said street having
been used for burial purposes for some years, and finding that
bodies are being buried at random in the different portions of
this cemetery proper, a survey was ordered by Council and
made by this office, and a map made showing the present roadways and avenues and also the undeveloped part and the
streets adjacent to this cemetery. This plan will be submitted
to the Park and Tree Commission.
DaffinPark
An elaborate topographical survey of Damn Park was
made by this office for the purpose of furnishing data to be
used by the landscape architect in designing a plan for its improvement. An idea of the magnitude of this work can be
understood when it is known that it required over fifteen hundred instrumental observations on the ground with corresponding calculations and plotting of the map. In addition to
the above a large amount of other information was furnished
in this connection.
Survey of Lots
In my last annual report. I called the attention to the necessity of regulating the fee for the survey of lots. I believe
that these fees should be so graded that the City would be paid
at least for the actual labor of making them, and at the same
time, make the charge reasonable to the property owners. I
believe that a new ordinance should be passed, covering all fees
to be charged in this office. A statement of the details of such
an ordinance would be too long to incorporate in this report
but I trust that some action will be taken during the ensuing
vear.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 189
Encroachments
It being the duty of the City Engineer to report to the
Mayor or Council all encroachments by individuals or otherwise that now exist on the public streets, squares, lanes, etc.,
I have during the year made a report of encroachments previously reported by this Department, and also those that have
occurred during the year. Some of these encroachments have
been removed, but there are some that are still in existence,
and have been so for some years. I think that some action
should be taken by Council to have them removed.
Foundation of Brick Pavements
The experience of eleven years of brick pavements has
shown that a sand foundation such as used in this City is not
an unqualified success, owing to the difficulty of rolling the
foundation to a uniform thickness and compression. This
results in the pavement settling in spots, causing depressions
that make the travel on these pavements uncomfortable and
at the same time destructive to the pavement itself.
I would suggest that in future pavements, oyster shell or
gravel be used for a foundation with a cushion of sand. I
believe that the small increase in cost of a pavement so constructed would be more than offset by its increased efficiency
and durability.
Asphalt block is a recent claimant for favor as a paving
material in this City, and is now at the beginning of the experimental stage, but what has been said above, as to brick pavements, applies also to asphalt block, although a block having
an area double that of a brick, a given load is distributed over
twice the area of foundation, so that an asphalt block pavement can stand a somewhat softer foundation than can a
brick pavement.
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The asphalt block pavement on Gaston Street is laid over
an old shell pavement, and is in perfect condition after two
years' use. The block pavement on Bull Street is laid over the
old gravel pavement, but having just been completed, cannot
be fairly criticised.
Opening Streets
During the past year the City acquired for opening streets
the following property:
Part of lot No. 9 Mercer Ward, for the
opening of Nicoll street to Price street, and
Rose Court to Nicoll street.................. 3,771.6 Sq. Ft.
Fortieth street lane, from Jefferson to
Montgomery streets (17 feet wide)........... 4,122.5 " "
Lots 5, 6, 69 and 70 Solomons Ward, for
the opening of Thirty-Ninth street from Bull
toWhitaker streets........ .......... ......13,149 " "
Butler, Chapman, Nelson and Hall streets
Schreck subdivision, Springfield Ward........54,295 " "
Anderson street (south side) from Waters
Road to City limits, in Purse Ward ...... .43,890 " "
Barnard street, West portion of. Lots 45
and 46 Solomon's Ward................ 1,350 " "
Harmon, Thirty-First, Thirty-Second,
Thirty-Third, Thirty-Fourth, Thirty-Fifth,
and Thirty-Sixth streets, through Millen
Farm Lots 4 and part of 3, in Grayson and
Harmon Wards..................... 184,569 " "
Total, 305,147.1
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In addition to the above, the location of Montgomery
street, from Forty-Second to Fifty-Second streets, has been
changed so as to include the whole of the Middle Ground Road.
This change utilizes about 22,500 square feet of the road,
which area would have otherwise had to be purchased from the
property owners east of this road.
Survey of Lots With Plats, for Private Parties
LOT NO.
62 ...................
18 ...................
8 ....................
60 ...................
South y3 35----.-.-.-..
3 and West 1-5 4 .......
6 ....................
1 _ ..--....---......
H ...................
9 ....................
10 ...................
10 ...................
38 ...................
1 and 8. ..............
20 and 21.... ..........
S pt. 29................
East X 6.. ........ ....
East ^ 9..............
West % 8..---.--......
West ^ 61. ..........
46 ................ ..
East yi 8----.----.....
16 _-.-.-.---__._
30 -..--.-.-______
14 ...................
D, Band pt., of C.......
27 ...............
'West % 12 ...........
21 ......... ....
5 ................
Tract ________________
92 .-
8 ....-
50 .,... _ . .
54 ......
93, 97 and East pt, 91 ....
SUBDIVISION
Section 3--.-..--......
Section 3.--.. .........
Section 9...... ........
Tower Tything. ........
Estill ...... .........
Section 3. ...... ..--...
Garden Lot 16 West.. . . .
Garden Lot 16 West. ....
Teynac Farm Lots 6, 7, 8,
Millen Lots 3and4 .....
Schwarz Section 7 ...
Section 3, Block 4_. . . . . .
Section 3, Block 4. ......
WARD
Atlantic
Canty
Charlton
Charlton
Charlton
Cuthbert
Cuthbert
Cuthbert
Dale
Decker
Elliott
Estill
Estill
Estill
Falligant
Falligant
Garden
Garrard
Griffin
Griffin
Griffin
Gue
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Survey of Lots With Plats, for Private PartiesContinued
LOT NO. SUBDIVISION
I WARD
Tract.................. Lamar....---____.____- Hardee
4 . ................ Sestion7,BlockC_..-- Harden
Tract ....... .. Teynac Farm Lots 6,7. 8 Harden
HO . .... .... Prendergast and Black.. Hay wood
5 .... ...... . EylesTvthing. __._.__._ Heathcote
Q . . ...... ......._...---...-....-. Heathcote
3, 4 and :>.... . . .. ..................... Hull
2 ........ . . ...... ........... ....... . Jackson
0 . . . ........ ..................... ..! Jasper
West X 21 ... .......... ........... I Jasper
22 ...... .. ...... . . .. ........... ..! Jasper
37 .. ...................................... Jasper
64 .. . . . . . . ... .. ..-...-......- Johnston
124 and 127 ........... ....................... Johnston
32, 33, 34and3o............. ...... ........... Jones
62 ........... . . . .. ... ....... ........ Jones
59 --....-.-..--...... .---.-... ......-.....-- Jones
36 ---....--..----.... ....... ............... Jones
1 .................... Park Place-..-...--.-.. Kehoe
21 and 22...............___................ Lafayette
31. 36, 44, 45 and Tract .. Lamar.....-..----..-.- Lamar
Tract.................. Lamar................. Lamar
10,11, 13and 14......... Section 17............. Law
17, A and B.---....---. Section 17.-..-..--.--. Law
8 .._.................. Section I!)............. Law
60 and Bl.............. Gammell-..--..--.-.... Lee
76 and 80-.----..--...- Gammell............... Lee
1 -.--.-.---..---.---- Waring, Section 1...---. Lee
51 -..--.-.---...---.. Gammell.-.----.------- Lee
East pt, 63 and West pt.
64 -__------------ Waring Section 4.------ Lee
West }6 90............. Waring Section 5....... Lee
1 ___---....---..--. .___-------.-----... Liberty
13 ................... ....................... Liberty
South 2-3 16..........J....................... Liberty
67 __--....-..--.-- ----.-.--...---.-----.. Lloyd
S. W. pt. 1C............ ...................... Marshall
46 and 48-...-....-.. -.1 Garden Lot 14.-.-.-...- Meldrim
8 and 10 pts._.......... Garden Lot 12.......... Meldrim
D and F............... ._................... Mid. Oglethorpe
46 and 47....... .-....- .-..-.....---...-.-..-- Mid. Oglethorpe
48 and E /i l 47......... .-.--.----..---..---.. Monterey
151819.__..-.-.....- Barstow Tract..--...... McKenna
West K I.--.-----.-----.-----.-------.----.-- New Franklin
2 ..--...--....--....-_...--....--..-.-....-- New Franklin
4 and t5_............... Kings....--...--....-- Norwood
35 ..-.-..--...----.-- Kings....---..--...--- Norwood
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Survey of Lots With Plats, for Private PartiesContinued
LOT NO.
55 _ .---....--......
S.W.pt. 19...... ......
9
M. pt.ofS.pt. 10........
N.W.pt. 19.. .........
103 and 104... ..........
97 ...................
92 ____ ............
K, L, 56 and 57. ........
68, 69 and 70. -.-_--._..
36 and 38.-----.---....
6 and E K 7. ..........
30 --..----.---...
182 ... ............
17, 18 and 19.. ..........
3 ___ . ___ ....
N. X 5.&W. J< 4......
A and pt. 12.. .........
S.W.pt. 3 ___ ........
7, 10, 11 and 14... ......
18, 19andpt. 20-----....
S.pt.57. __ ..- .......
E. pts. 11, 12 and 13.-.-.
N.W.pt. 30 _ -----._.
W. X 18 and E. *4 23 ..
S. % 58...-..-.-...-...
29 __ ..----..--...-
E.pt. 27..... ..........
Tract-.---..--.-.......
1 and 2................
90 and 99..............
32 ...................
10 pt. __ --..--..-.._..
E.K 23--....--.---...
W.pt. 78..---...- ...-
162 -..--..-.--..---..
172 ..................
154 ..................
1 ....-....-..-.-.....
7
25 ...................
27 ...................
E. pt. 58, 59, 60 ........
E. 1-3 26-.. ........
N. 1-3 of W. Xof7--.-._
4 and E. K 6 __ ......
3 _ ..---.--...-.._..
SUBDIVISION
Kings.. ..-...-...-. ...
M.&M. LandCo. .......
Third Tything. .--......
Miller----.-.........-.
Garden Lot 58.. ........
Estffl.. . -..-........
Estill _ ..-.-.......-..
Teynac Farm Lots 6, 7, 8
Garden Lots (West of) . _
Block 12... .............
Block B, Section 1......
WARD
Norwood
N. Oglethorpe
N. Oglethorpe
N. Oglethorpe
Owens
Owens
Padelford
Reynolds
Roberts
Schley
Solomons
S. Oglethorpe
S. Oglethorpe
S. Oglethorpe
S. Oglethorpe
S. Oglethorpe
Southville
Stephens
Stiles
Stiles
Telfair
Telfair
Telfair
Teynac
Teynac
Thomas
Thomas
Troup
Trustees Garden
Wadley
Warllpv
13
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Survey of Lots With Plats, for Private PartiesContinued
LOT NO. SUBDIVISIONMid.pt. 1..............I........ . ... ... 'Walton
62,63, 64,6-i. 66 and67. .I............... ...... ..'. Walton
P and Q. ______.....__._ Section 6..--.._.. ... .' Waring
N. pt. 2. ........ ....' East of Bull St...... .. Wharf Lots
28 ..... ..... .. ................. . . 'White
54 .................. ; . . . ................. IWylly
E. X 53............. ; .. . . . . ........ i Wylly
Survey of Streets
STREET
I
FROM To PURPOSE
(2) Barnard....) Forty-Second .
(2) Montgomery j Forty-Second .
City Limits. .. -1 Opening Street
City Limits.---| Opening Street
Haps and Plats of Streets
STREET FROM To PURPOSE
I
Thirtv Seventh-1 Abercorn. __-__[ Ogeechee Road I Paving
>v-i\ I-*" __ ^ _ Jl JT*_ _._.. O__-__J ^"s>?-i.__T ' __ ' A.~ \ ^*__ _ _ '__ (2) Barnard.... Forty-Second .
(2) Montgomerv ! Forty-Second -
----- ", [ ~
City Limits.--.
City Limits....
(2) Montgomery ! Showing proposed change location
Opening Street
Opening Street
Opening Street
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 195
Street Lines Given During the Year
LOT NO.
62.....................
SUBDIVISION WARD
Atlantic
1 .................... I ......'.................! Atlantic
29 ...................I ......................jBacon
7 ___.--..--.--....-I ......................| Bacon
Lavinia St. Lane.... .... | Minis................ .. Bacon
3
241
88 and 89.
Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Barry
153, 154 and 155-...... .! ..............I.......: Barry
60 ___..............j -----......----... ...J Brown
N. X 60...-...........! ......................i Brown
27 and pt. 23........... j ..................... J Brownville
105 and 109............ I ...................... | Brownville
53 ------.-...-..--.--I---.--.---------...-. I Brownville
27 to 32........ ........ i 86 and 87... ....... ...j Batterv
46 ...................)' ._-_-----...----.-... . j Choctaw
110 ................. .1 Louisville... ......... .|Colding
56 .-----..--.--..-.--I ..--.-.-------.-.--..-I Crawford
4, 5, 12andpt. 13--.--.--i ......................i Gumming
A ..-.---........---. -----_----.-.-----._._! Cuthbert
E. X 56andW. X 57-.. .................... .jDale
31 and 33. ___.._____._._! Block 3...-. ...........] Dasher
3,4 and 5..............J ..................... .| Davis
45 _-----..-..-.--.-.-I ___.__._.--..--._....._ : Davis
B -----.-_.---_------;--..--.-.- ......... .| Derby
36 ...................1 .................... .| Duncan
23 ................... | .__........... .......; Elbert
13 ...................i ......................! Elbert
N.pt.
30 ..
27 ..
i Elliott
Lester et. al. _ .........; Estill
... j Falligant
W. X 12----- ----------i ----.---.----------- .-I Flannery
E. pt. 11__............I......................! Flannery
Forsyth
Forsvth
50
60 and 61.
38,39, 19,20 and 21.....| ......................| Garden
E. *A 26...............1 ...-....----.-...-....I Gilmerville
E. X 32 and 34.
W. pt.Tract.-.-------
111 to 121.............
139, 138 and E. X 137 .
135, 136 and E. X 137 . 10 and N. X H ------
77 ..................
28 ..................
Section 3.............. i Griffin
Section 5... ........... _| Griffin
Section 1.............. Harmon
Haywood
Haywood
i Block 2, Eastville..-....! Hull
.I Eastville.-------- JHull
i Section 3, Eastville-..... I Hull
11 ...................I Block 1............. | Hull
2 ...... ..............I Block 2--.....-....JHull
38 ...................i ......................|Jackson
196 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Street Lines Given During the YearContinued
LOT NO. SUBDIVISION WARD
I
23 and 24. ........... .
75 and 70 ..............
95 ...................
05 ........ .........
Part of Tract. . .........
60, 61, 62 and 0:5. ......
58, 50, 63 and 64 .......
52 ...................
50, 60 and CI . ... ....
82. 83 and 84. ..........
25 and '6. .............
S. X 26... ........
8 ......... . .........
w. y* 20. .. ...........
Uand V. ....... ...
51
W. y* 64....--..--.....
32 ....................
W 5/ 90
E. % 46 and E. y* 47...
N % 55
7 ................ ... .
44 ...................
I1!" IX f^t C IX 1 &
48
84 and N. X 83 ____ ..
9 .....................
51 ...................
12
48 and E. /l 2 47.. .......
S.W.pt. 19.. ..........
1 , 2 and 3. .............
53 and 55. -....---..-..
P. Q.and 91............
5, 6. 7, Sand !>_______ ...
9
6 and E. y* 1.. ... ......
Tract __ ..............
Tract..................
14 - --.--...---.-..
3 ....................
6 ....................
6 ....................
Tract..................
10 ...................
Miller. ................ J
:::..::::....:. .:.-.: i
Section 21.. ........... I
Section 22. ............ 1
Section 2. .......... . I
Section 4. ............. I
I
Sections.-.---..-....- I
. I
.----..---.....---.... J
...................... J
...................... J
Kline.. ................ J
. --.-.----..-..--.-. J
5
...................... J
...................... I
...................... ?
Kings. .--..-...--.-.-. P
Kings ................ P
...................... I
...................... I
Central of Ga. Rv.. . .... I
Central of Ga. Ry.. . .... I
...................... I
Third Tything.......... I
Third Tything __ ...... I
Third Tything-....-.-.. I
.--.....-----......-..
Jackson
asper
ohnston
ohnston
obnston
ohnston
ohnston
ohnston
Johnston
johnston
ones
Lathrop
Law
Law
Law
Law
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lester
Lovell
Magazine
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Meldrim
Mercer
Mercer
Minis
Monterey
N. Oglethorpe
Norwood
Norwood
Owens
Padelford
Padelford
Percival
Rail Road
Rail Road
Reppard
Reppard
Reynolds
Reynolds
Reynolds
Rivers
Schley
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 197
Street'Lines Given During the YearContinued
LOT NO.
50 ................. .
150 and 151.... ........
146 ..................
North pt. 21............
3 .-.. . ..............
G ...... ............
50 ....... ...........
30 ........---.-......
29 __--.---.-__._--
61, 60, 59 and 58 S #...
7 _ .................
4Q
26 ...................
15 ...................
23,24 and pt. 25.. ......
239 ..................
244 .---.-.-...........
1 O
3 ...................
14 .. .................
1
265 ...................
265 ---..-...... .....
E
T/ OO
156 and 162...... ......
172 ..................
22 and 23... ...........
1 ....................
7 and 8... .............
27 ...-......-.......--
29 ...................
3 and 4... .............
8 ....................
62 to 67.--. ...........
92
1,2, Sand 16.. .........
28 W. pt. ..............
3 .. _ . . .............
54 ...................
SUBDIVISION10 Millen Lots..... . . . . ..
10 Millen Lots.. ........
10 Millen Lots...... ....
8 Hulls.... ...........
57........ ...........
Estill ....... .........
Section 6.......... ...
11 and W X 12.........
18.... ................
48....................
47.......... .........
47-----..-----.... ....
11 and W X 12 ......
11 and W X 12........
11 and W X 12. .......
8....- .... ...........
46...... .............
46.... .. ........ .... .
Section 4 Block 12... ....
Section B... ...........
Section 5. ..-.--.-. ....
Section 6. ------ ......
West of Bull St... .....
WARD
Schlev
Screven
S. Oglethorpe
S. Oglethorpe
S. Oglethorpe
Southville
Springfield
Springfield
Stiles
Telfair
Telfair
Telfair
Teynac
Thomas
Troup
Wadley
Wadley
Walton
Weed
Wharf Lots
White
Wright
Wvllv
108 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
Maps and Plats of Lots
LOT
South Y* 22..-.
32 to 35 -------
17 to 25........
Part of 61. _ ..
48, 50, 52, 54,
and 40, 42. 44
6...........1
15,18,10.... }.
7,10,11, 14.. J
SECTION
Kings ........
Kings. ........
Barstow Tract .
Millen. --..-...
WARD
Jones .-.-
f Canty..... ]
{ McKenna.- )
1 Schroder .- J
Harmon.
PURPOSE
Private Parties
Record
Private Parties
Miscellaneous Measurements and Surveys
Survey of roadways, walks and grass plats for the improvement of Strand, between Drayton and Lincoln streets
and \Vhitaker and Jefferson Streets north side of Bay Street.
Survey of City west of Magnolia street, between Laurel
Grove Cemetery and Gwinnett Street, showing location of
improvements.
Measurement of vitrified brick approach on West Broad
St. in front of H. Traub & Sons building.
Measurement of vitrified brick approach on West Broad
vSt. in front of H. P. Smart's property.
Measurement of gravel pavement on Lathrop Ave. from
City limits to Augusta Avenue.
Survey showing land to be purchased by the City for the
opening of Xicoll Street and Rose Court, through Lot 9 Mercer
Ward.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 199
Measurement of angles at intersection of Whitaker and
Fortieth Streets.
Locating lines of River Street, through Rourke property
at foot of Reynolds Street.
Survey to locate turnout for track on River street entering Asphalt Plant Works, Lot 19 Wharf Lots East.
Location of Streets and Parks in Granger Tract.
Survey for water and sewer system for the South Eastern
portion of the City.
Survey of Bonaventure Cemetery Tract and Lots 16, 17,
18, adjoining same to show acreage.
Location of Streets through the Granger tract showing
obstructions.
Measurement of paving laid in Alley, south of Frank &
Cos. new building
Survey and examination of the brick retaining wall on the
east side of Randolph street, near Broughton street.
Locating corners for new catch basins on Bull street,
between Park Avenue and Estill Avenue
Survey of part of Roberts property to show proposed
opening of Minis and Gaston Streets to Roberts street.
Measurement of curbing at the North West corner of
Whitaker and Duffy streets.
Measurement of asphalt block on Bull street, between
Park Avenue and Estill Avenue, to ascertain the average
number of block to the square yard.
200 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Measurement on Bull street, from Oglethorpe Avenue to
Hull Street, for Chatham Academy Architects.
Survey of lots 3 & 4 "Millen Lots" in Granger and Harmon Wards, to show streets purchased by the City.
Survey of colored portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery and
adjoining streets.
Measurement to ascertain the number of paving brick per
square yard, laid by the City during the years 1906 and 1907.
Topographical survey of Baffin Park.
Maps and Plats Miscellaneous
Three maps of City, showing location of City property to
date.
Two maps of City, showing water mains, fire hydrants,
stop valves etc.
Twenty four small maps of City, showing paved Streets
for Fire Department.
Map of part of City showing improvements West of Magnolia Street, between Gwinnett and Sycamore Streets.
Plan of manhole for storm sewer at the intersection of
Broughton and East Broad Streets.
Plan of roadways, walks and grass plats for improvement
of Strand, North side of Bay Street, between Drayton and
Lincoln Streets, and Jefferson and Whitaker Streets.
Two large plans of City, showing present incandescent
and arc lights.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 201
Plan for ventilating permanent record vault City Hall.
Two maps of the house drainage system complete, showing the different size pipe, location of manholes, flush tanks, etc.
Two maps of the stormi sewer system, showing the different size pipe, locations, etc.
Three small maps of City, showing present incandescent
and arc lights.
Two maps of City, showing paved Streets and the various
materials used in pavements.
Plan showing land to be purchased by the City for the
opening of Nicoll street and Rose Court, through Lot No. 9
Mercer Ward.
Plan of Wharf Lots 7 & 8, west of Bull Street, showing extension of same to new harbor lines.
Two maps of City, showing location of Southern Bell,
Georgia and Western Union Company's system of conduits,
also location of Standard Oil Company's oil mains.
Two maps of City, showing location of Savannah Electric
Company's and Savannah Lighting Company's system of conduits.
Map showing encroachment on River and Reynolds
Streets.
Two maps showing fire limits.
Location on City map of Districts for Health Department.
Two maps of City, showing location of City property and
Streets purchased and dedicated to the City to date.
202 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Two maps of City, showing location of parks and wards,
and relative distances of various points of City from City Hall.
Map of the Falligant property, east of East Broad Street,
in Schwarz Ward, to show streets offered for sale to the City.
Map showing location of turnout for track on River Street
for entrance into Asphalt Plant. Lot 19 Wharf Lots East.
Plan of Fortieth and Whitaker Streets, showing angle at
intersection of Savannah Electric Railway tracks.
Plan showing the proposed extension of Fortieth Street
through Citizens Land Company's tract in Garrard, Harden
and Teynac Wards.
Plan of stairway in Factors' Walk, at foot of Price street.
Plan of Fortieth Street Lane, between Jefferson and
Montgomery Streets, to be purchased by City.
Plan for water and sewer system for the Estill, Granger,
Goerz and Barstow tracts, in south east portion of City.
Two plans of Bonaventure Cemetery and Lots 16, 17 and
, 18 adjoining same, to show acreage.
; Topographical map of Baffin Park.
j. Plan showing proposed opening of Minis and Gaston
j streets to Roberts street.
I i Plan for protecting apron at outfall of East Broad street
> : storm sewer.
H Plan showing proposed exchange of land between the
Planters Rice Mill Company, and the Ocean Steamship Company.
li
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 203
Plan of Colored portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Two plans of City extension, showing boundaries of New
Wards.
Location on blue print map of City of various underground conduits. (Four copies).
Tracings of Lots
"o <u <>'
Zo
?,
o
?,
2
1
. 1
1
1
1
1
LOT No.
90 and 99- -----------
1 and 2--------------
57, 58 and 59-. -------
3 and 4. -------------
56,57, 68, 69, 70, 97 and
104, 103, LandK.--
lO, 11,12, 13, 14, 17and
A and B... _ ------
E. pt. CandD.--------
76 and 80. -----------
17 and 25.-. ---------
48, 50, 52, 54, 40, 42, 44
'
SECTION
Garden Lots West
Kings... ........
Kings. . .........
WARD
Estill
Lee
Tracings Miscellaneous
Plan showing lands of the Merchants & Mechanics Land
Company, needed for opening Anderson street, from Waters
Avenue to corporate limits. (Three copies).
Plan of part of City, showing improvements west of
Magnolia street, between Gwinnett and Sycamore streets.
Plan of Lots 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, Barstow Tract
in McKenna, Schroder, and Canty Wards. (Three copies).
Plan showing land to be purchased by the City for the
opening of Nicoll street and Rose Court, through Lot 9 Mercer
Ward. (Two copies).
204 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Plan of map of Hutchinson Island.
Plan of intersection of Whitaker and Fortieth streets.
Plan locating turnout for track on River street, entering
Asphalt Plant Works, Lot 19 Wharf Lots East.
Plan showing the location of Montgomery street, from
Forty-Second street to City limits. (Two copies).
Plan of lots owned by the Estate of L. A. Falligant in
Barry, Gartland, Schwarz and Glatigny Wards, showing parts
needed for streets.
Plan showing the proposed extension of Fortieth street,
through Citizens Land Company's tract, in Teynac, Garrard
and Harden Wards.
Plan showing proposed steps in Factor's Walk, at foot of
Price street.
Plan of Fortieth street lane, between Jefferson and Montgomery streets. (Two copies).
Plan showing lands belonging to the Estate of C. A. L.
Lamar, in Hardee and Lamar Wards. (Two copies).
Plan of Bonaventure Cemetery from County map.
Plan of Bonaventure Cemetery from survey made by
Percy Sugden.
Topographical map of Daffin Park
Plan of proposed opening of Minis and Gaston streets to
Roberts street.
Map of Merchants & Mechanics Land Company's subdivision Bonaventure Tract, from County records.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 205
Plan of subdivision of Lot No. 4 of the Teynac farm Lots.
Plan of colored portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Plan of -protecting apron at outfall of East Broad street
sewer.
Plan showing part of Lot No. 1 Kings subdivision, Norwood Ward, owned by City.
Plan of Lots 35 and 36 Solomons Ward, for the opening of
Barnard street.
Plan of proposed paving of Thirty-Seventh street from
Abercprn street to Ogeechee Road.
Plan showing the location of Barnard street, from FortySecond street to City limits. (Two copies).
Estimates Miscellaneous
1. Estimate curbing, sidewalks and roadways on the
Strand north of Bay street, between Whitaker and Jefferson
streets and Drayton and Lincoln streets.
2. Estimate cost of improving Strand from Jefferson
street to Lincoln street.
3. Estimate cost of cement sidewalk on. the north side
of Bay street, from near Lincoln street to east of Houston
street.
4. Estimate cost of laying sewer and filling DeRenne
Canal running through Park Place at Waters Road and Dale
Avenue.
5. Estimate of the number of square yards of vitrified
brick in gutter on Bull street, from Park Avenue to Estill
Avenue.
206 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
0. Estimate for the number of feet of curb needed for
Cann Park.
7. Estimate number of lineal feet of car track in
Broughton and Liberty streets for headers. (Asphalt Resurfacing) .
8. Estimate for water and sewer system for the Estill,
Granger, Goerz and Barstow Tracts in the South East portion
of the City.
9. Estimate of areas needed for streets and parks in
Barstow, Goerz, Granger and Estill Tracts in South East section of the City.
10. Estimate for laying vitrified pipe sewer from the
Savannah Pure Milk Company's property on Forty-Third
street for connection with house drainage sewer at FortySecond and Barnard streets.
11. Estimate of area and approximate cost of grading
the following streets: Butler, Chapman, Nelson and Hall, in
Schrecks subdivision, Springfield Ward.
12. Estimate cost of constructing house drainage sewers
in Collinsville and portion of unfinished sewers West of Farm
street.
13. Estimate of gravel pavement laid by County on
Henry street, from Waters Avenue to City limits, for settlement with County.
Grades and Lines for Sidewalks
Grades and lines for sidewalks, W. % 27, and E. / l 20,
i Troup Ward.
Grades and lines for sidewalk in front of Nos. 326 and 328
West Broad street.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 207
Grades and lines for sidewalk, North East corner of Park
Avenue lane and Whitaker streets.
Grades and lines for sidewalk in front of houses Nos. 701
to 727 inclusive, Park Avenue West.
Grades and lines for sidewalks on Dale Avenue, from
Waters Road, east to City limits.
Grades and lines for sidewalks on Thirty-Fifth street,
West of West Broad street.
Grades and lines for sidewalk, North West corner Waters
Avenue and Thirty-Seventh streets.
Grades and lines for sidewalks, South West corner Burroughs and Waldburg streets. (Lot 20 Screven Ward).
Grade for sidewalk around Trinity Church.
Grades and lines for sidewalk, North East corner Huntington and Abercorn streets.
Grades and lines for sidewalks in front of lots 50, 52, and
54, Griffin Ward, South West corner Habersham and ThirtyEighth streets.
Grades and lines for sidewalk, lot 23 Green Ward, South
East corner President and Houston streets.
Grades and lines for sidewalks on Perry, Montgomery and
McDonough streets, Lot 21 Elbert Ward.
Grades and lines for sidewalk on Waldburg street, Lot 60
and 61 Lee Ward.
Grades and lines for sidewalk on Taylor street, between
Bull and Drayton streets.
208 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Grades and Lines Miscellaneous
Grades and lines for curb around Grayson Park.
Grades and lines of Bull street for new Chatham Academy
building.
Locating road through lot No. 1 Old Water Works Tract,
connecting Stiles Avenue to the American Can Company's
plant.
Grades and lines in Broughton street lane, from rear of No.
117 Broughton street West to manhole on the South East corner of Broughton and Barnard streets. (Conduit).
Grades for paving alley adjoining Frank & Go's, building
on West Broad street opposite Oglethorpe avenue lane.
Grades for repaving intersection of Jefferson and McDonough streets.
Lines of Gwinnett street lane, at North West corner of
Atlantic street.
Grades for street car tracks in asphalt paved streets.
Grades and lines for resetting curb on Oglethorpe avenue
at intersections of Abercorn, Drayton, Bull, Whitaker and
Barnard streets.
5 Grades and lines for setting curb at North West corner
j DufTy and Whitaker streets.
f Line of right-of-way of Bilbo Canal opposite Lot No. 1
Atlantic Ward.
Grades for Central of Georgia Railway tracks, on River
street, at foot of East Broad street.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 209
Levels Miscellaneous
Levels of site for Chatham Academy building.
Levels near Cedar Street and Dale Avenue for proposed
drainage of Baffin Park.
Levels to ascertain elevation of the Pure Milk Company's
building on King street for house drainage sewer connection
at Forty-Second street sewer.
Levels to determine the feasibility of making house
drainage sewer connection on West Bismark street to
Ogeechee Road sewer.
Elevation at Gordon and Habersham streets to determine
the proper surface drainage.
Levels of Sarah street to determine if property could be
connected to the house drainage system in Ogeechee Road.
Elevations taken at Bull and Charlton streets for Young
Men's Christian Association building.
Blue Prints
No. of
Prints
2. Plan showing a portion of the City south of Gwinnett
street and west of Cemetery street.
4. Plan showing proposed improvements of Strand north of
Bay street, between Lincoln and Jefferson streets.
2. Plan of City Market.
1. Plan of wharf adopted by Council.
2. Plan showing proposed ventilation of permanent record
vault in City Hall.
14
210 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
6. Plan showing portions of underground conduits as used
by City Fire Department.
2. Plan showing new wards in extended City limits.
1. Plan showing wards and lots in the South Eastern portion of new City extension.
2. Plan showing the extension of Montgomery street to new
City limits.
2. Plan showing Damn Park.
3. Plan of conduit on West Broad street built by Savannah
Lighting Company.
2. Plan showing encroachment on River street.
1. Plan showing lots 104, 103, 97, 90, 69, 68, 57, 56, and
L. &. K. Law Ward.
1. Plan showing lots 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, and A & B,
Owens Ward.
1. Plan of Hutchinson Island.
1. Plan showing angle of street at intersection of Whitaker
and Fortieth streets.
6. Copies of plans of Gwinnett street subway.
8. Plan showing location of turnout for track on River
street, for entrance into Asphalt Plant Works.
2. Plan showing lots owned by the Est. L. A. Falligant in
Barry, Gartland, Schwarz and Glatigny Wards.
1. Plan of Granger Tract.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 211
2. Plan showing the proposed extension of Fortieth street
through Citizen Land Company's Tract, in Teynac,
Garrard and Harden Wards.
1. Plan showing stairway for Factors' Walk at the foot of
Price street.
5. Plan showing lands belonging to Estate of C. A. L. Lamar, in Hardee and Lamar Wards.
3. Topographical map of Damn Park.
4. Plan showing proposed opening of Minis and Gaston
streets to Roberts street.
4. Plan of City showing underground conduits.
1. Plan showing construction of apron at mouth of East
Broad street storm sewer.
2. Plan of old Water Works, showing location of wells and
pumping station.
2. Plan showing horizontal and vertical section of conduit
at artesian well (Water Works.)
2. Plan of Savannah and vicinity, showing New Water
Works as constructed, and proposed future additions.
2. Plan of Savannah Water Works showing profile along
line of existing conduit.
4. Plan showing water mains, fire hydrants, stop valves, etc.
12 Plan showing underground conduit system in the City.
212 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Encroachments
Report of encroachments and obstructions in streets have
been reported at the following places:
Lincoln and Thirty-Eighth Street.
Dixon Street, between Center Ditch and Springfield Canal.
Bilbo Canal, between Wheaton and Perry Lane.
River Street, foot of Reynolds Street.
Waldburg Street, West of Atlantic Coast Line Railway.
Waldburg Lane, between A. C. L. Ry. and East Broad
Street.
Streets through Granger Tract.
Streets through Twelfth Street Land Company's Tract.
Burroughs and Forty-Eighth Streets.
Ott and Thirty-Seventh Streets.
Streets through Millen Farm Lots 3 and 4, Grayson and
Harmon Wards.
Streets through Millen Farm Lot 5, in Grayson and Harmon Wards.
Gwinnett Street extended, West of Magazine Street.
Unnamed Street, West of Stiles Avenue, between Gwinnett and Blun Streets.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 213
Jones Street, between West Boundary and Brow Ditch.
Lavinia Street Lane, between Ogeechee Road and Harden
Streets.
Wolf Street, between Harmon and Paulsen Streets.
Jones Street, between Brow Ditch and Springfield Canal.
Miscellaneous
Information regarding sewers around old Southern Bank
building for architects.
Examination and report of condition of reinforced concrete sewer, East Broad street, between Broughton street and
Savannah river.
Inspection of construction, Union Society wharf, at the
foot of Bull street.
Examination of permanent vaults in City Hall for improving the ventilation of same.
Investigation and report as to the encroachment of improvements on Lot 55 Gaston Ward on street.
Inspection of wharves and slips owned by City for purpose
of estimating repairs to same.
Report and information as to the advisability of City
owning Asphalt Plant.
Report on construction of sidewalk in front of Lots 60
and 61, Atlantic Ward.
214 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Report of damage to improvements on Lot 4 Schley
Ward.
Report and analyses of asphalt block used on Bull street,
south of Park avenue.
Estimates of Streets
STREET
West Boundary
West Boundary
Cohen... .......
New. ...... ....
Bull .........
Thirty-Seventh
Whitaker-... ...
Fortieth.. ....
Ogeechee Road .
Barnard. .......
Jones.... ...'...
Thirty-Sixth . . .
President.......
Hull ......
McDonough
Perrv __ ......
Charlton .......
Taylor. ........
East Broad... ..
East Broad.. ...
Bay.. ---..-...
Bav. . . ........
PROM
Zublv. ___...._
Wilson........
West Broad . . .
Park Ave.
Anderson ......
Dravton.... ...
Whitaker. .....
Bull. ... ...
Drayton .......
Bull-..-......
Oglethorpe Ave.
Barnard. ......
Liberty..-..-
To
Dixon. --.--...
Liberty. ..... ._
West Boundry
West Boundry .
Estill Ave. __ .
Ogeechee Road
Fortieth.. .--'_-
City Limits ....
Fortieth... ... .
State... .-...-
East Broad ....
Ogeechee RoadBull- __ --
Whitaker .....
Whitaker......
Whitaker......
Whitaker......
Whitaker......
Whiteker......
Whitaker. .....
Whitaker......
Whitaker.
President.... ..
West Broad.. ..
Lafayette Sqr. _
MATERIAL
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Asphalt Block
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Vit. Brick
Asphalt Block
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 215
Grades and Lines
STREET
East Broad ....
Forty-Second . . .
West Broad ....
York..........
Albert... ......
Thirty-Seventh
Lane..------
East Broad ....
Forty-First __ -
Harris. ........
Bull.... . ....
Broughton ......
Bull. . ......
St. Julian . ...
Factors Walk . .
Forty-Second __
Fortieth ........
Thirty-First. . . .
Thirty-Second .
Thirty-Third . -
Thirty-Fourth .
Thirty-Fifth. . . .
Thirty-Sixth . . .
Wolf."..........
Thirty-Fifth....
Huntington ....
Thirty-First-...
Montgomery . . .
Hall Lane. ....
Alice...........
West Broad....
FROM
St. Julian.. ....
Indian..--... ..
Bull... .......
Hall...........
Whitaker
St. Julian......
Bull......."....
Bull....... ...
East Broad . . .
Bay... .... ..
Bull.. ......
Bull...--....-.
E. of Lincoln St.
Montgomery. ._
Anderson .....
Harmon ......
Price. ..........
Price.. ..... ...
Perry Lane ....
East of
Hall Lane.....
To
Broughton .
Live Oak .....
Zubly.. .......
Cedar. .... ...
Coffins.........
West Broad. ...
Whitaker ......
Whitaker . .. ..
Estill Ave......
West Broad. ...
Whitaker. ....
Whitaker .....
(North Side) .
West Broad ....
Thirty-Seventh
Paulsen . .....
West Broad....
East Broad ...
Dudy Lane
West Broad....
PURPOSE
Storm Sewer
Sidewalk
Paving
Curb
Sidewalk
Curb
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Curb
Relay Track
Grading
Grading
Sidewalk
Curb
Sidewalk
Ducts
Ducts
Ducts
Ducts
Ducts
Ducts
Tree Planting
216 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Grades and Lines
STREET
East Broad ....
West Broad. . .
Liberty Lane. . Montgomery . .
Montgomery . . .
Butler. .......
Chapman
Henry Lane. - . Kollock...... .
Park Ave..-.. . .
Fortv-Second.
FROM
Bav...........
Broughton
Lane.... . . . Whitaker......
Forty-Second ..
Gwinnett North
Gwinnett North
Gwinnett North
Battery ____ .
TO
Gaston. .......
Bull...........
Bolton. ...... .
City Limits. . . .

Ogeechee Road.
Riill
Monteomerv. . . Tefferson ......
PURPOSE
Gutters
Ducts
Ducts
Sewer
Ducts
Grading
Grading
Grading
Grading
Opening
Paving
Conduit
Measurements of Streets
STREET FROM To PURPOSE
West Broad
York......
Abercorn.
Bull........ ..
Park Ave.... .
West Broad ....
Broughton .....
Oglethorpe Ave.
Bull-... . . ...
Bryan.-.
St. Julian .
Congress. .
Liberty. .......
Oglethorpe Ave.
Drayton ...._..
Bryan. ........
Thirty- Eighth. .
Forty-Second. . .
Indian ...... ...
Bull....... ...
Hall... ...
Park Ave. .....
Bull.. ......
Zubly---...- ..
East Broad . . .
Broughton.
Lincoln..... . . .
Bav .... ......
Bull...... .
Drayton...
Wheaton.... .
East Broad . . .
Bay........ ..
Bull....... .. .
Burroughs. ...
Whitaker..... .
Montgomery. . .
Zubly.... .....|
Whitaker......
Estill Ave .....
West Broad. . . .
Abercorn
(North Side)
Gaston..--....
Whitaker. ....
Whitaker. .....
Bull... ........
West Broad. . . .
Bull. .......
Whitaker. ...
Bull ........
West Broad....
Assessment
Assessment
Assessment
Assessment
Assessment
Yds. Graywacke
and Cobble
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Resurfacing
Patching
Patching
Patching
Patching
Curb
Curb
Curb
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 217
Levels of Streets
STREET
York-.---..-..
Dale Ave-.. ....
Estill Ave & lane
Forty-Fourth
Forty-Fifth and
Lane
FROM
Bull-..--.-.-.
Waters Ave. . . .
-TO
Whitaker. .....
Bee Road......
Stiles A ve._ ...
PURPOSE
Paving
Establish Grade
Establish Grades
Establish Grades
Establish Grades
Water Works Dpt.
Profiles and Cross-Section Streets
STREET
Dale Ave _ . ...
Waters Ave .
FROM To
Bee Road. .....
Forty-Seventh
PURPOSE
Park and Tree
Com.
Park and Tree
Com.
Statement showing location of street lights for committee
on Streets and Lanes.
Examination and report on bridge over Center Ditch in
Springfield Plantation, near Seaboard Pipe Foundry Co.'s factory.
Report of closing Kollock street, between Battery street
and Ogeechee Road.
Report of means for draining intersection, at Gaston and
Lincoln streets.
Examination of street car tracks in West Broad street,
between Margaret and Rail Road streets, for establishing
grades.
218 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Examination of Bull street paving to establish locations
for new catch basins.
Lists of property owners in Jefferson, Barnard and Montgomery streets from Forty-Second street to City limits, showing the area of land needed from each for the opening of said
streets.
Report of the condition of roof to City Hall.
Report of wharf property owned by City.
Area of lands needed to be purchased by the City for the
opening of Montgomery street, from Forty-Second street to
City limits, in accordance with new location.
Investigation of drainage at Thirty-Seventh and Abercorn
streets and remedies suggested for same.
Examination and report of condition of crossing at Southwest corner of Bay and West Broad streets.
Approximate location of boundary line between Chatham
and Effingham Counties, on map furnished by the Post Office
Department. .
Information as to elevations at different points throughout City for "Water Works Department.
Records
In addition to the above work I have had compiled and
carefully indexed in book form the following records:
Over two thousand applications, surveys and plats of lots
covering a period of twenty-one years.
MAYO R'S AN N UAL REPO RT. 219
All street paving done in the City from 1855 to date, showing streets paved and material used, area, cost, etc.
All streets purchased by or dedicated to the City, showing
location, from whom purchased or by whom dedicated, area,
cost, reference, etc.
All property owned by the City, showing location, grantors, area, price, reference, etc.
We "are now having all letters indexed by subject, dating
from 1888 to the present time. Also all maps, profiles, prints
and other records on file in this Department.
220 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
Recapitulation
Survey of lots, tracts and parts of lots, for private parties .. 203
Plats of above lots for private parties.................... 137
Survey of streets..................................... 4
Miscellaneous measurements and surveys................ 24
Maps and plats of lots................................ 7
Maps and plats of streets............................. 7
Maps and plats, miscellaneous........................... 78
Tracings of lots...................................... 14
Tracings, miscellaneous............................... 33
Street lines given during the year....................... 137
Estimates of streets.................................. 30
Estimates, miscellaneous............................. 13
Grades and lines..................................... 55
Grades and line's for sidewalks.......................... 15
Grades and lines, miscellaneous........................ 12
Measurements of streets. ............................. 22
Levels of streets..................................... 6
Levels, miscellaneous.........................:...... 7
Profiles and cross sections streets...................... 2
Blue prints.......................................... 94
Report of encroachments............................. 18
Miscellaneous reports, etc............................. 23
Total.........................................942
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. HOWARD,
City Engineer.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 221
BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS
SAVANNAH, GA., April 6,1908.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIR:The following report of that part of the Health
Department of this city which comes under my supervision is
submitted. This work includes vital statistics, the prevention
of the spread of epidemic diseases and sanitary inspection.
Following this report will be found a series of tables showing
deaths from natural causes, deaths from violence, still and premature births, longevity, age summary and nativity of decendants.
VITAL STATISTICS
The sanitary history of the year 1907 was marked by an
outbreak of Typhoid Fever, a full history of which will be
given later in this report. The following comparative tables
show the relative death rate of the year with that of the year
previous:
Year White Colored Total
1906............517............. 980..............1497
1907............547.............1025..............1572
The Annual Ratio Per One Thousand
Year White Colored Total
1906. ........... 15.66............25.12. ........... .20.79
1907............ 16.58............26.28. ........... .21.87
This annual ratio is based on a population of thirty-three
thousand whites and thirty-nine thousand colored, a total of
seventy-two thousand.
222 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The principal causes of death were as follows:
1906 1907
White Colored Total White Colored Tota]
Tuberculosis........ 55 163 218 51 122 173
Heart Disease...... 41 62 103 44 54 98
Bright's Disease.... 33 53 86 43 44 87
Malarial Fever...... 15 64 79 12 73 85
Pneumonia......... 25 51 76 35 71 106
Marasmus.......... 16 47 63 25 64 89
Typhoid Fever..... 14 7 21 32 19 51
The significant features of this table are the decrease in
deaths from Tuberculosis in 1907; this, probably, is accounted
for by a marked lack of humidity, the rainfall for the year
being much below that of a normal year; the second feature
was the unusual number of deaths from Thypoid Fever in 1907;
especially is this noticeable when over fifty per cent, of the
deaths in the white population, in 1906, occurred in persons
who were brought from the country to the different hospitals
in this city for treatment; another feature is shown in the
deaths from Malarial Fever in both years. It is one white
death to four colored deaths.
Births
Nearly every physician in this city reports births occurring in his practice. Those who do not obey the law are either
careless or not in sympathy with the law compelling physicians
and midwives to report all births occurring in their practice.
The table, given below, shows, by months, the births, White
and colored.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 223
MONTHS WHITE COLORED TOTAL
January......................... 75 82 157
February........................ 81 75 156
March........................... 61 84 145
April............................ 47 84 131
May............................. 57 70 127
June............................ 58 73 131
July............................. 71 74 145
August.......................... 63 114 177
September....................... 73 92 165
October.......................... 60 79 139
November. ...................... 68 81 149
December........................ 83 90 173
Total (1907).................. 797 998 1795
Excess of Births Over Deaths
WHITE COLORED TOTAL
250' 27 223
This showing, with the statement that, during the year,
there wereStill Births, (White) 29(Colored) 252.
This demonstrates the remarkable difference in the conditions between the white and colored races. It is only fair
to say that, when the environment of the colored pregnant
female and the personnel of the colored rm'dwives, who attend
them in childbirth, are considered, the figures are not so
astounding.
The colored population in this city is" only increased by
immigration from the rural districts. Probably, this obtains
in every city. Incidentally, it may be of interest to state
that twenty per cent, of the colored population is from the sea
islands or coastal plain of South Carolina. They are negroes
of unmixed blood, densely ignorant, and furnish an abnormal-
224 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ly high death-rate. Their neglect of the sick contrasts strongly with the great care they give their dead who, in nearly every
instance, are shipped back to South Carolina for a funeral
function. They are the drones of the colored population here
and the enforcement of the Vagrant Law with the.se people
would benefit Savannah morally and hygienically.
Contagious and Infectious Diseases
(Diphtheria)
There were one hundred and seven cases reported by
physicians to this office and, of that number, seventy-five
were proved by bacteriological investigation to be true Diphtheria. There were nine deaths, which is a twelve and a half
per cent, mortality. There were three cases treated without
anti-toxin, with a mortality of two; sixty-six and two-third's
per cent, mortality. The mortality of this disease can be reduced to less than five per cent, by immediate use of large
doses of this serum therapy. The physicians are beginning to
realize both the advantage of its early introduction and the employment of three or four times the dosage formerly used.
(Scarlet Fever)
There were but ten cases of this disease reported, without
a death. This is the fourth consecutive year without a death
from Scarlet Fever.
(Whooping Cough)
There were thirty-two deaths of Whooping Cough, six
white and twenty-six colored, this disease prevailing to the
extent of several hundred cases among the whites and, probably, it was even more widespread among colored children.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 225
(Measles)
There was but one death from this disease, but, in December, it was prevailing to a marked extent with a possible wide spread. Personally, your Health Officer believes
that "every normal child raised in a city should be allowed to
contract the disease. The reason for this statement is that,
in this climate, the mortality from Measles in children is a
minimum one. It is a disease that will probably attack a
majority of city people and becomes dangerous in adult life.
(Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis)
This disease, a most fatal one, was in evidence the latter
part of the year, but only showed its transmission by personal
contact in the infection of a nurse from a patient in a hospital.
Both cases resulted fatally, but the disease ended there.
Such is the history of the disease. The cause of this small
outbreak here cannot be traced by your Health Officer.
(Small-Pox)
The last case of this disease appeared May 27, 1906.
(Typhoid Fever)
But that is a different story. Your Health Officer finds
it necessary to quote from his Annual Report for the year
1906 to trace the origin of this disease that prevailed to a
greater extent than had been known for years. It should be
stated that not until 1906 was this disease made a reportable
one and, even in the beginning of the trouble in 1907, there
were physicians who were under the impression that it was not
a regulation of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners to report
cases of Typhoid Fever occuring among their patients, yet a
circular letter, informing them that such a regulation would be
in force, was prepared in July, 1906, and every physician in
Savannah was mailed a copy.
15
226 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
My Annual Report for 1906, (page 156, Mayor's Report)
says: (Typhoid Fever)"From this cause there were twentyone deaths, fourteen among the white and seven among the
colored. Ten of the deaths among the white people occurred
in persons who were brought to this city for treatment, ill with
the disease, and in the month of July this practice became so
common that the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, believing
that a transmissible disease should not be brought to Savannah
forbade such cases being brought here. This regulation went
into effect August 1, and here is the result:
There were thirteen (13) deaths recorded from Fever in
July and the next one that occured was in November. This
statement is submitted to show the wisdom of the regulation
put in force. Under the law of vital statistics a death must
be recorded where it occurs and here were people in Liberty,
Bryan and Bulloch Counties contracting a transmissible disease by, and it was proved, drinking from polluted water
supplies and brought here to die for, in this disease, the removal of a person with the disease well developed is contraindicated and the proof of this is here presented when the statement is made that, of the ten white persons brought to Savannah in July suffering from Typhoid Fever, only eight of the
ten died. It is a penalty of a hospital town situated like
Savannah that the death rate will be augmented by deaths of
persons brought to such a town for treatment, (Fifty-seven
deaths among the whites occured in such persons in 1906) but
the line had to be drawn at transmissible diseases and especially where the bringing of such patients was against their
recovery."
So far as the hospitals were concerned the wholesale introduction of persons suffering from Typhoid Fever, from the
surrounding counties, ceased, but the traffic did not cease
entirely.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT, 227
The first death from Typhoid Fever in 1907 was in the
person of a young women from Groveland who died February
19, at a hospital. It is claimed that she left Groveland with
her malady diagnosed as some liver trouble, but certain it is
that she had Typhoid Fever when she entered the hospital here.
Just how many cases were brought here after the Board of Sanitary Commissioners forbade it will never be known. It is in
evidence that the different hospitals discouraged the sending
of such patients to Savannah for treatment, but it is equally
true that, like a number of children of school age, from the
surrounding counties, who come hejre to obtain an education,
they stopped with relatives or friends.
On March 5 a boy named Willman, a resident of Savannah,
died with the disease. On April 2 a second case resulted
fatally, and there were no more fatalities until May 25 but,
on May 14, Dr. Marion Thomas was called to attend two
patients living next door to where the Willman boy had died
and, recognizing the cases as probably Typhoid Fever he reported personally that the patients he was attending had
bought milk from the Willman family. Going there, your
Health Officer found that the Willman family resided over a
bakery and milk depot conducted by the family. Investigation showed two cases of Typhoid Fever in the persons of two
Willman children and that the milk depot received two daily
consignments of milk, morning and afternoon, from the largest
dairy supplying milk to the city. The dejecta of the two
patients was swarming with flies and in a few minutes it was
easy to prove that infective flies from the sick room had access
to milk containers. The supply of milk was destroyed and the
proprietor was put out of the milk business and the necessary
measures to prevent the further spread of disease from these
cases were takenthe screening of patients, sterilization of
dejecta and the. killing of flies as well as the destruction of
their larvae. The proprietor of the dairy was sent for and he
was instructed to sterilize all his milk containers and your
Health Officer visited his dairy to see that these instructions
228 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
and additional ones were carried out. His books were gone
over and his customers noted, and there were many, and included hotels, restaurants, milk depots, drug stores, and many
private families.
The circular letter of July, 1906, was sent out to all
physicians not reporting and, an May 28, it was found that
the disease prevailed, with the infection traced with a certainty
to this dairy. The dairy was closed to the public on the date
mentioned above and every precaution was taken to wipe
out the infection before the milk of the dairy was again put on
the market. From seventy-five per cent, of infection, the infection from the dairy was proved to be over ninety per cent.
The dairy became infected through flies infecting the
two daily return of milk containers from the Willman depot.
In less than three' weeks from the closing of the dairy, the n*w
cases began to fall off. July showed but few new cases, August
less and, in September, October and November, when Typhoid
Fever prevails to its greatest extent, the number of cases was
below the normal. There were three hundred and fifty-nine
cases and fifty-one deaths.
Several remarkable and, in some instances, disagreeable
episodes developed during and after the prevalence of Typhoid
Fever. It was to be expected that rival cities would take
some advantage of the prevalence of the disease. From Atlanta it was expected that its papers would give us a "dig,"
even though Typhoid Fever exists there the year round and last
summer the State paid nearly four hundred dollars for bottled
water for the members of the Legislature to prevent their becoming infected by the supply of water common to its citizens,
or that Charleston, where cisterns, holding the family's supply
of drinking water, sit snugly by the privy vault and Typhoid
Fever results. It was expected that traveling salesmen would
invade Savannah's territory and proclaim that Yellow Fever
existed here, speaking confidently that it was being hidden and,
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 229
come July and August, the world would shut their doors
against us and your Health Officer was so certain that the
friendly (?) boards of health nearby would entertain the same
opinion that he prevailed on Surgeon-General Wyman to send
an officer of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
to inspect conditions and when the inquiries dropped in, even
St. Mary's Ga., and Beaufort, S. C. wished to know of the
character of the fever which existed, they were told the truth
and they were entitled to know it and they were invited to
send a medical representative to examine conditions and were
told that a medical officer of the National Government had
been here. In return they wrote that they were satisfied,
but that did not prevent them from getting information from
Washington. They believed what your Health Officer had
said and yet they did not. All this is to be expected in modern
commercialism and there are other facts to be produced.
Note excerpts from a letter:
STATE OF INDIANA
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Indianapolis, December 27, 1907.
Hon. George W. Tiedeman, Mayor,
Savannah, Georgia.
Dear Sir:
Mr. James W. Mclntire, whose acquaintance I had the
honor to make this summer in the mountains of North Carolina
writes me in regard to the existence of typhoid fever at Savannah, and as he is deeply interested in the uplifting of the
public health, he asks me, in a recent letter, to give you something of our experience in Indiana in the combat against preventable diseases. In this mail, please find one of our envelope packages, which contains pamplets upon the prevention
and the sanitary management of certain preventable diseases.
Among thece pamplets, you will find one on typhoid fever,
which gives as plainly as possible, the facts pertaining to the
hygiene of this disease.
230 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
There is absolutely no need for typhoid to originate in
your city. It simply means uncleanlinessin those cities
which have secured a pure, public water supply, and which
have been thoroughly sewered, typhoid fever is practically
abolished. We have several cities in Indiana which have laid
sanitary sewers, so that every lot is properly drained. Your
Health Department should be empowered to condemn and
close polluted wells and should be given a laboratory if one
does not exist. It is absolutely certain if Savannah were to
pass an up-to-date health law, were to open a laboratory in
charge of a competent man and were to appoint a competent
and trained health officer, you would reap abundant profits
in wealth and happiness.
(Signed) J. N. Hurty,
Secretary.
Note the date of the letter, written when the writer must
have supposed that Typhoid Fever was prevailing at the time
he wrote it. Note how well informed he was as to the origin of
the disease, the necessity of our getting a pure, public water
supply and of laying sanitary sewers but note, above all, the
patriotic citizen of Savannah "who is deeply interested in the
uplifting of the public health." Note whether it is a fact that
this patriotic citizen has had the time from his arduous occupation to devote to uplifting anything in Savannah. And,
before we leave our medical adviser from Indiana, note that in
Indianapolis, Indiana, from the we'ek ended July 21 to the week
which ended December 29, 1907, there had been reported to
the United States Government three hundred and fifty-eight
cases and thirty-five deaths from Typhoid Fever. Let us go
into detail and cover the four months preceding the date of
his letter. The following data is an exact copy taken from the
Public Health Reports. The State Board of Health of
Indiana of which our medical adviser is the secretary, and the
figures are his, and it is the town in which he lives and here he
should do his best work:
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 231
Indianapolis, Indiana
(Typhoid Fever)
WEEK ENDED CASES REPORTED DEATHS
September 1,1907............. 27 5
8, 1907............. 41 4
15, 1907............. 26 2
22,1907............. 36 2
29, 1907............. 29 1
October G, 1907............. 24 3
13, 1907............. 11 0
20, 1907............. 20 3
27, 1907............. 17 1
November 3, 1907............. 12 0
10, 1907............. 7 0
17, 1907............. 1 1
24, 1907............. 6 1
December 1,1907............. 5 0
8, 1907..... ........ 9 0
15,1907............. 2 0
22,1907............. 5 3
29, 1907............. 1 0
Total...................... 279 26
It is only fair to say that Indianapolis is a city of a population of probably two hundred thousand people, but note
how glibly he tells other people to do that which he cannot do
himself. Your Health officer only mentions these few facts
which are but introductory remarks to a paper that will be
served on the1 medical adviser by me.
Note that there has not been a city in tUe State of Indiana
free from small-pox any year since 1900 and, up to the present
writing, there has beren no change in the small-pox situation.
Note that, on December 27, 1907, he tells us to get a laboratory
232 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
and this with the knowledge that the The Chatham County
Medical Society on May 31, and The Chamber of Commerce on
June 17, and the Health Officer, in every Annual Report since
1894, has recommended this laboratory and City Council had
already provided in the budget for it. Again, it is right that
another episode in our sanitary history during the summer of
1907 be touched on, only touched on, for the details might give
offense where none is intended. A battalion of troops from
this city were scheduled to go into camp at Fort Screven with
other organizations from southern Georgia, in the early part of
July. On June 26 you were requested to direct a communication to the Governor, requesting him to call this encampment
off on account of the prevalence of Typhoid Fever in Savannah.
This request was submitted to The Board of Sanitary Commissioners. It was shown that the Medical Department of
the United States Army knew what any well-informed man in
Savannah could have known that, on May 28, the origin of
Typhoid Fever had been wiped out, that since June 16 the
disease had begun to disappear, meaning new cases, that no
member of the troops either had the disease or had had it.
It was shown that there was a well-developed disinclination
on the part of the Savannah organization to going to the
rendevous during the hottest month in the year, when mosquitos were at their best. It was shown that the scheduled
time was unsatisfactory before Typhoid Fever was thought of,
and your Health Officer showed that to send such a letter
would have confirmed the report, spread by travelling men of
other cities that Yellow Fever existed in Savannah. The
letter was never written, the troops went into encampment,
and if a case of Typhoid Fever developed there it was not
known to me. t
Bacteriological Laboratory
In 1894 your* Health Officer first recommended the establishment of such a labortory and every year since, that recommendation has appeared in his Annual Report. On May
31. H)07, The Chatham County Medical Society sent a com-
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT, 233
mittee to The Board of Sanitary Commissioners, who presented
one of a set of resolutions passed by the society, strongly recommending the establishment of such a laboratory. On
June 17, a committee from the Chamber of Commerce appeared
before the Board and as strongly recommended the establishment of this laboratory. Finally, City Council, in its budget,
provided sufficient amount of money for a bacteriologist and
expenses of the laboratory. This is the most important health
work that has ever been taken up by any administration since
Savannah has been a city. Your Health Officer cannot express in words the value of this work to the people of this city.
Another adjunct to the Health Department is the provision made by City Council for the purchase of a steam chamber for the disinfection of infected textile fabrics. This chamber will save much money to private individuals as, in the past,
it has been necessary to destroy the property of persons who
have been financially unable to replace articles destroyed in
this part of the disinfection necessary for the prevention of the
spread of transmissible diseases.
House Drainage
There is considerable territory well within the city limits
which should have, in common with the rest of the city, a
system of house-drainage. One of the best portions of the
city, known as Collinsville, which is building up rapidly and
which has long waited for this sanitary improvement, should
have it. This system should be installed in that part of the
city south of Collinsville and east of the Atlantic Coast Line
tracks. There are open drains now in that section into which
house-drainage empties and such a condition calls for an
immediate change.
Sanitary Inspections
Mr. Henry G. Greene is in immediate charge of the
sanitary inspections. Since August 1, this office, with three
additional men, has been in charge of leaks occurring in water
fixtures on private property.
234 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Your attention is called to the table which follows and,
in a measure, shows the amount and character of the work
done.
Water closets choked................................ 1507
Sewers choked...................................... 292
Sewer broken-burst................................. 65
Sewer open......................................... 2
Sewer leaking...................................... 18
Sewer, with hole.................................... 2
Sink waste pipe choked.............................. 121
Sink waste pipe broken.............................. 11
Sink waste pipe leaking.............................. 77
Sink waste pipe disconnected......................... 11
Sink waste pipe with hole............................ 0
Sink broken........................................ 11
Bathtub waste pipe choked.......................... 56
Bathtub waste pipe broker,........................... 1
Bathtub waste pipe leaking.......................... 29
Bathtub leaking.................................... 5
Bathtub corroded................................... 1
Wash-basin waste pipe choked........................ 17
Wash-basin waste pipe leaking........................ 6
Wash-basin B. O.................................... 1
Urinal waste pipe choked............................ 4
Urinal waste pipe leaking............................ 11
Urinal trap leaking.................................. 2
Urinal waste pipe disconnected....................... 8
Urinal broken and cracked........................... .1
Urinal trough removed.............................. 1
Ice boxes and refrigerators leaking..................... 4
W. C. Tank (none).................................. 2
W. C. Tank (loose and insecure)...................... 10
W. C. Tank (broken).........................'....... 10
W. C. Tank (leaking)................................ 117
W. C. Tank (no valve-ball-float etc)................... 5
W. C. Tank B-O (not specified)....................... 92
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 235
W. C. Tank (overflow from same)..................... 16
W. C. Tank (no water in same)....................... 46
W. C. Flush pipe (leaking)........................... 382
W. C. Flush pipe (disconnected)....................... 7
W. C. Flush pipe (choked by foreign substance)......... 21
W. C. Flush pipe (broken and mashed)................ 15
W. C. Flush pipe (none)............................. 7
W. C. Flush pipe B-O (not specified).................. 11
W. C. Flush pipe (with hole)......................... 3
W. C. Supply pipe leaking........................... 81
W. C. Supply pipe burst-broken...................... 8
W. C. Supply pipe (none)............................ 3
W. C. Supply impaired-insufficient.................... 144
Water Supply shut off............................... 33
W. C. Valve leaking................................. 13
'W. C. Valve B-O (not specified)...................... 6
Water closet (no seat)............................... 290
Water closet (broken seat)........................... 87
W. C. Bowl leaking................................. 76
Water closet bowl cracked-broken..................... 6
W. C. bowl (none).................................. 2
W. C. Bowl (overflow of water from same)............. 8
W. C. Bowl loose. .................................. 29
Water closet bowl detached.......................... 8
W. C. Waste pipe leaking............................ 53
W. C. Waste pipe disconnected....................... 1
W. C. Waste pipe broken. ........................... 3
W. C. Trap leaking.................................. 11
W. C. Trap disconnected............................. 4
W. C. Trap broken.................................. 10
W. C. Trap improperly fastened........:............. 3
W. C. Trap loose.................................... 1
W. C. Trap corroded................................ 1
W. C. Trap cover or cap (none)....................... 158
W. C. Trap cover or cap loose........................ 14
W. C. Trap cover or cap detached..................... 2
W. C. Trap cover or cap broken...................... 4
236 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
W. C. Floor (none).................................. 6
W. C. Floor broken and decayed...................... 201
W. C. House roof leaky and defective.................. 225
\V. C. House dilapidated............................. 9
W. C. House in disrepair............................. 42
W. C. House (no door).............................. 48
\V. C. House (no floor).............................. 6
Soil pipe stack disconnected.......................... 5
Soil pipe stack (leakage from)........................ G
\V. C. General disrepair and bad order not specified. .... 43
Roof's houses leaky................................. 103
Roof's sheds leaky.................................. 10
Houses untenanted (for which notices are sent)......... 154
Sheds unwholesome and dilapidated................... G
Houses abused and made filthy by trespassers.......... 14
Yards abused and made filthy by trespassers........... 2
Yards littered with trash and garbage................. 130
Houses littered with trash............................ 4
Space beneath houses littered with trash and garbage.... 5
Lots littered with trash and garbage................... 4
Sheds littere d with trash and garbage................. 7
Out-buildings littered with trash and garbage........... 4
Cellars littered with trash and garbage................. G
Yards, improper drainage of (holding rainfall).......... 55
Lots, improper drainage of (holding rainfall)........... 2
Yards flooded with waste and waste water from sewers
etc............................................ 75
Yards flooded with waste from privy vaults............ 14
Yards flooded with water from hydrants and supplies ... 36
Yards caved........................................ 5
Yard drains choked with debris....................... 2
Water in cellars..................................... 2
Ditches choked..................................... 3
Ditches, improper use of............................. 8
Ditches holding stagnant water....................... 9
Premises without sanitary convenience (neither W. C. nor
P. V.) ........................................ G
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 237
Stagnant water in privy vaults. ...................... 10
Water closets kept in filthy condition.................. 10
Urinals kept in filthy condition....................... 3
Toilet rooms kept filthy............................... 5
Weeds and other rank growth on private property. ..... 1(55
Weeds cut but permitted to decay where razed......... 4
Manure heaps on lots and in yards.................... 11
Manure in cow stalls and on cow lots.................. 10
Manure in horse stables and on stable lots.............. 21
Curing and storing green hides........................ 4
Houses infested with bats............................ 10
Stormwater pipes disconnected. ...................... 43
Stormwater pipes, improper arrangement of............ 16
Stormwater pipes broken............................ 16
Stormwater pipes, length missing from................. 26
Stormwater pipes corroded........................... 11
Stormwater pipes mashed............................ 2
Stormwater pipes none for houses..................... 3
Stormwater pipes choked with leaves etc............... 6
Requests made of plumbing inspector to examine plumbing. ........................................... 151
Privy vaults reported to Director of Public Works for
cleaning. ...................................... 1222
Surface vaults reported to Director of Public Works for
cleaning. ...................................... 331
Privy vaults recommended to Director of Public Works
for abandonment............................... 74
Trash reported in streets and other public places........ 8
Ditches and drains (on city property) choked........... 1
Ditches and drains (on city property) holding stagnant
water.......................................... 5
Ditches and drains (on city property) caved............ 1
City sewers and trap reported in bad order............. 4
Cesspools, offensive odors therefrom................... 10
Cesspools choked and reported for cleaning............. 5
Low places in streets and lanes holding Stormwater...... 72
Additional scavenger service recommended............. 5
238 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
Vaults and dry wells referred to Director of Public Works
for examination................................. 20
Privy vaults sunken after being filled with earth......... 17
Dry wells sunken after being filled with earth........... 4
Dry wells holding stagnant .water,..................... 4
Weeds on streets, lanes and other city property and on
open lots, recommended to Director of Public Works
for cleaning.................................... 55
Weeds cut, removal of same reported to Director of Public
Works......................................... G
Hogs penned within corporate limits. ................. 22
Cow pasture improperly fenced....................... 1
P. V. over ditch running water (for abandonment)...... 1
Improper heaping of rice chaff........................ 4
Roadways in railroad yards holding stormwater......... 9
Tracks in railroad yard holding stormwater (drain choked) G
Horse troughs leaking (trough decayed)................ 3
Dockets in Recorder's Court.......................... 33
Care of the Indigent Sick
This class of people has been cared for at the following
institutions: Savannah Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital and
Park View Sanitarium, caring for whites, and The Georgia
Infirmary and Charity Hospital for colored patients.
Maritime Quarantine
The entire South Atlantic and Gulf coasts are now under
National control and the danger of Yellow Fever introduction
is minimized. Incidentally, it should be borne in mind that
this city has ample protection and has been able to place in
public improvements nearly one hundred thousand dollars
which is about the amount of money it would have taken this
city to conduct a modern maritime quarantine.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT, 230
This administration has done much in providing for the
prevention of the spread of transmissible diseases, which means
a lower death rate, but, under present conditions, the colored
people will furnish such an abnormally high death rate that
there is no chance for this city to be placed in the front rank of
American cities from a health standpoint. A survey of conditions by a committee of citizens would demonstrate that
there are too many of these people in this city for their own
good and for the good of the white people. It is not philanthrophy, but self-protection. You are earnestly requested
to take this matter up for careful consideration.
Very respectfully,
W. F. BRUNNER, M. D.,
Health Officer.
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CAUSE OF DEATH
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Epilepsy - .............
Fever, Malarial Remittent-. --
Fever, Typhoid _ __._.-..---.
Gangrene- _ ._ . ............
Gastritis--.--..-. ......-.--.
Gastro Enteritis. ............
Heat Exhaustion. .....--.-..
Heart Disease. ...-....--.---
Heart Disease, Valvular. -----
Hepatitis. .._...........--..
Hip, Fracture of... ......
Hydrocephalus. .--.--..-----
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248 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Longevity.
White Hale.
Tavloir. Thomas D. . . ...
Nagle, Joseph. --......
Burnham, W. C...... . .
Johnson, Elliott C. . .....
Black, William. .........
Walsh, Patrick. .........
Bigham, J. C........ . .. .
Orme, R. R...... ...
Wells. David....... .. .
Gradv. Wm. H.... ....
Stearns, Frederick. . Butler, John G ..... . .
Dovle, M. J....... . Golden, Peter J...... .
Pacettv, Andrew T-. . .
Waters, George W .....
Tishler, M .........
Fleming, Thomas.. . . .
Hernandez, Christopher ..
Flannery, William. . .
Johnson, Michael. --.
Age.
88
87
85
83
83
82
81
81
80
80
80
80
79
78
78
78
78
77
77
76
76
75
75
74
74
74
74
74
73
72
72
72
72
71
71
71
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McCarthy, Elizabeth Mrs.
Hardwick, J. L. Mrs......
Conollv, Bridget. --------
Clarke, Catherine Mrs -...
Barthelmecs, Mary E. Mrs
Mallory, Catherine Mrs. . .
Flock, Matilda L. Mrs.__.
Steadwell, Isabella Mrs. . .
Clack, Carrie H. Miss-....
Holman, Frances Mrs ....
Lawson, Margaret W. Mrs
Waters, F. A. Mrs .......
Age.
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92
85
85
85
84
84
84
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83
83
82
82
81
80
80
79
78
78
77
77
76
75
75
75
75
75
74
73
73
73
73
72
72
70
70
70
70
70
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 249
Longevity.Continued.
Negroes Hale.
Maxwell, J. N.....
Elliott, Hunter.. . .......
Freeman, Joe... ....
Loney , Joe. .......... .
Hill, Dennis.. ....... . ..
Randal, James. ......... .
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95
90
87
85
85
85
85
80
80
80
80
80
78
78
57
75
72
71
70
70
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Ottrnan, Martha. ........
Butler, Term. . . . .......
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90
88
85
80
80
78
78
75
75
72
70
70
70
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Georgia, other than Savannah
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North Carolina... ...... . ..
New York .................
Florida.. - ...............
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Alabama. ..... ... ......
Pennsylvania. ...---.-.-....
Massachusetts. ..............
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 253
SAVANNAH, GA. ( January 1, 1908.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI have the honor submitting my report as City
Physician of the Eastern District, for the year ending December 31, 1907, the following being a tabulated report of patients
attended.
MONTHS
May....................
June. .--.--....--.......
July....................
December- ..............
Total... -.....-...-.
Calls Office
183
134
140
163
187
190
168
120
165
140
165
138
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281
262
325
244
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351
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September 28 and 29, I was engaged at the East Broad
and Maple Street schools, respectively vaccinating 140 applicants.
Respectfully,
J. H. BUGG, M. D.
City Physician, Eastern District.
254 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
HON. GEO. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRThe following is a report of my work as City
Physician of the Northern District, from January 22, 1907 to
January 1, 1908.
MONTH
Mav...... ...................
July........ ..................
September. ............ .......
October. ... ...................
November. .....................
Totals _ ...... ............
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174
208
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Number of office calls from January 22, 1907,
January 1, 1908....................... 2082
Number of house visits from January 22, 1907,
to January 1, 1908..................... 1945
Total number visits paid................ 4027
Average cost to city per visit................ 18XC
Respectfully submitted,
LAWRENCE LEE, M. D.
City Physician, Northern District.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. . 255
REPORT OF THE CITY DISPENSARY
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI beg to submit to you this my report for the year
ending December 31,1907. The number of prescriptions filled
is as follows:
White Colored Total
January..................... 279 1,556 1,835
February................... 452 1,017 1,469
March...................... 376 1,083 1,459
April....................... 430 996 1,426
May........................ 410 1,092 1,502
June........................ 433 1,033 1,471
July........................ 403 942 1,345
August...................... 464 980 1,444
September................... 574 1,061 1,635
October..................... 517 1,013 1,530
November................... 429 1,026 1,555
December................... 458 1,371 1,829
Total...................5,230 13,170 18,460
The amount of expenditures was $4,555.09. This includes supplies for the various charitable institutions and
the City Physicians.
Very respectfully,
F. B. DURHAM,
Keeper Dispensary.
256 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAX, Mayor.
SIRI have the honor to submit to you herewith my report for the year ending December 31,1907.
In addition to the duties of Inspector of Plumbing, I
have also performed the duties of Inspector of Sewers, thus
causing a yearly saving of $1560.00 to the City, which sum
prior to my appointment as Inspector of Plumbing was paid
to two Inspectors of Sewers.
During the year 1907 I have inspected a large number of
old plumbing in houses, have ordered the same removed or
renovated and put in a sanitary condition, which has improved
the health of many homes,
I have made inspections of various kinds during the past
year amounting to eighteen hundred and thirty-one, which is
four hundred and six more than were made by my predecessor during the year 1906.
The fees collected during the past year amounted to
$716.50, which is $115.00 more than were collected by my
predecessor for the year 1906.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 257
Statement of Work Performed and Fees Collected, 1907
Number of fixtures inspected.............. 1432
Number of sewers inspected............... 165
Inspections for Health Department......... 128
Inspections for property owners, no fee
charged........................ 106
Fees collected for year................... .$716.50
In conclusion I wish to thank your Honor and the committee on Public Health for the many favors extended to me
during the past year.
Very respectfuly,
A. ROBIDER,
Inspector of Plumbing.
17
258 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
PARK AND TREE COMMISSION
GEORGE J. BALDWIN .... Term Expires January 1, 1908
J. H. H. ENTELMAN ...... Term Expires January 1, 1908
CHARLES S. ELLIS ....... Term Expires January 1, 1910
PHILIP D. BAFFIN ....... Term Expires January 1, 1912
ISAIAH A. SOLOMONS .... Term Expires January 1, 1912
Chairman
PHILIP D. DAFFIN
Vice-Chairman
CHARLES S. ELLIS
Secretary
ISAIAH A. SOLOMONS
Clerk
WILLIAM H. ROBERTSON
Foreman
JAMES B. WISE
Florist
FRANZ SCHWALBE
Keeper Laurel Grove Cemeteiy (White Portion)
A. B. LaROCHE
Keeper Bonaventure Cemetery (White)
B. C. THORPE
Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery (Colored Portion)
HENRY WILLIS
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 259
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PARK AND TREE COMMISSION
FOR THE YEAR OF 1907
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRIn accordance with Section 6 of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, approved November 30, 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.
Forsyth Extension..................................21.
Colonial Park...................................... 6.6
Twenty-five Squares................................ 21.8
Oglethorpe Green................................... 3.44
Liberty Street Green................................ 2.18
Dasher Park....................................... .2
Thomas Park...................................... 2.
Wells Square...................................... 1.4
Emmet Park....................................... 4.75"
Myers Park........................................ 1.56
Cann Park......................................... 2.18
Dixon Park......:................................. 1.29
Grayson Park...................................... 1.75
Baffin Park........................................78.40
Park in Dixon Ward (not named).................... 2.17
Park in Grayson Ward (not named).................. 2.78
Park in Watson Ward (not named)................... 1.29
Total........................................ 104.79
260 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Total area of Parks and Squares..................... 164.79
Laurel Grove Cemetery (White, 57.1; Colored, 00.8)... 117.9
Bonaventure Cemeterv............................. 91.22
Total area of our Public Grounds................373.91
Financial Statement
Parks and Squares
There has been appropriated during the year..... .$10,000.00
There has been expended....................... 11,351.21
Budget being overdrawn. .......................$ 1,351.21
Parks and Squares (Tree Planting)
There has been appropriated during the year. .....$ 3,000.00
There has been expended....................... 3,025.08
Budget being overdrawn ........................$ '25.08
Parks and Squares (Special AppropriationBaffin Park)
There was appropriated .........................$ 500.00
There was expended........................... 500.00
Laurel Grove Cemetery
There has been appropriated during the year. .....$ 6,500.00
There has been expended....................... 6,515.59
Budget being overdrawn........................ $ 15.59
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT, 261
Bonaventure Cemetery
There has been expended during the months of
August, September, October, November and
December................................. S 1,511.04
, Daffin Park Fund
Received from rents............................. S 277.00
Expended as per vouchers on file................ 155.95
Cash balance on hand January 1, 1908 .... ..... .S 121.05
Trust Fund for the care of the Mary E. Williams lot in Laurel
Grove Cemetery i
Cash on hand January 1, 1907................. ..S .45
Received from City Treasurer, August 2, 1907..... 15.00
$ 15.45
Paid Wm. Hall, August 2, 1907, as per voucher on
file....................................... 12.00
Cash balance on hand January 1, 1908........8 3.45
Forsyth Park, Colonial Park and Bull Street Squares
Forsyth Park
Planting of Hedges around this Park has been completed.
The Drayton Street side of the Park has been grassed between the benches, and also the strip of ground between the
walk and the street.
262 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The following planting has been done in the Park during
the year: 65 Trees, 175 Shrubs, 100 Roses, 9000 Bulbs and
the usual attention given to watering Trees and Plants, mowing grass, pruning, sweeping and caring for walks, etc.
Bull Street Squares
4500 Bulbs were planted, watering, pruning and general
care.
Bay Street and Emmet Park. On Bay Street and in this
Park we have planted 2250 Bulbs.
Colonial Park
The Hedge on the South side has been trimmed six times
during the year, and is now twelve feet high, eight feet thick,
and four hundred and fifty feet long, making it a marked
feature of the Park, and especially beautiful in the Spring,
when it is flowering. We find this Privet (Amoor River)
superior to the California Privet in this climate and recommend it for general planting.
The winding walk from Oglethorpe Avenue to the South
side of the Park bordered on both sides with Cornus Florida
(white flowering Dogwood) is growing more beautiful every
year, as the trees grow larger and more floriferous. Shrubs
and Trees have just had their annual pruning, walks edged,
dead wood removed, etc.
Greenhouse, Barnard Street
At a cost of $200.00 has been renovated, half of the roof
built entirely new, the other half repaired, new benches made
and all woodwork painted. The work was all done by our own
force, which also renewed the fence on the Barnard Street side
of the lot, the old fence having completely rotted down. A
new Hedge has also been planted alongside this fence.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 263
The Greenhouse now shelters over thirteen thousand
Plants, which at wholesale florists prices aggregate between
$9000.00 and $10,000.00. Some of this stock, notably the
Palms and Ferns which we have been accumulating eight or
ten years, are very valuable, and the small Greenhouse is more
and more inadequate to a stock as large and as valuable as
this stock is. We continue to ask for a larger and more suitable Greenhouse.
Bonaventure Cemetery
Since this Cemetery has been placed under our charge by
the Mayor, all the work has been done under the Regulations
in force at the time we assumed charge. This is according to
the request of the Mayor, and until the City Council formulates plans under which the Commission is expected to work.
Evidently there has been no attempt of late years to make
permanent improvements. The avenues and walks are
rough, some sandy, some wet and muddy at times, all needing
work.
The trees and shrubbery tangled and obstructing the passage of vehicles in the drives and the general appearance careless and dilapidated. While it is all right to keep the natural
scenery of the Cemetery, the grand old oaks, the weird drooping moss, and the grassy sward, the main features, it cannot
be considered unnatural or contrary to Nature to curb the
luxuriant foliage of the trees, to fill up and harden the wet
muddy roads and walks, so as to permit the passage of carriages or pedestrians, in order that the beauties of nature can
be observed with comfort and ease.
At the suggestion of the Commission, the Cemetery, including the purchase of land on the south side, has been surveyed, and at request of the Mayor, certain recommendations
have been made to Council looking to a definite plan for the
further development of this most lovely and appropriate
"City of the Dead."
264 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
In addition to the usual and ordinary care of lots, burials,
etc, the Commission is having the undergrowth cut out of that
part of the Cemetery which has never been opened up, and the
brush hauled and dumped on the river bank, thus forming
mattresses for the protection of the bank, which is washing
away gradually. No trees are being cut down, and all shrubs
and plants that promise to be useful are left standing until
wanted. Until the lots are laid out and needed for burial
purposes, drives and walks can be made that will give the
Cemetery a Park-like appearance and be an attraction to our
people.
The clearing up of this tangled mass of wildwood will not
only be additional beauty to the Cemetery, opening up vistas
of land and water, but will remove the temptation to illicit actions which have characterized the past at this point.
The Commission have established a Nursery on the river
front, on low land not eligible for burial purposes and have
already nearly ten thousand Plants coming on for hedges and
general planting purposes. These plants consist of 500 Conifers (different varieties), 600 Cherokee Roses, 27-50 Altheas,
2500 Lagerstremias, 2000 Privets, 200 Camelias, besides Hydrangeas, Euonymus, etc. These plants will soon be available
not only for planting in this Cemetery, but in other places as
wanted.
The immediate wants of the Cemetery now are better
drives and walks, a Burial Lodge and Morgue, safe protection
to the river bank and opening up the new portions of the
Cemetery.
We beg to commend the intelligent, uniformly good work
of our Florist, Mr. Franz Schwalbe, who has been not only in
charge of the Greenhouse, Forsyth, Colonial and Emmet
Parks, and the Bull Street and Bay Street Squares, but has
had especial charge of the new Nursery at Bonaventure.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 265
The Commission also beg to call your attention to the
entirely satisfactory work of Mr. B. C. Thorpe, Keeper of
Bonaventure Cemetery.
Wells Square, Thomas Place and Dasher Park
These Parks have been looked after as usual the past
year, the grass having been kept mowed, the walks kept clean
and the benches repaired and painted.
The appropriation which Council made January 1, 1907,
for artificial stone walks in Thomas Park, was not made available by the present Council and we were therefore unable to
have the said walks laid, and regret the same very much, as
this Park is badly in heed of good paved walks, as the former
paving (Augusta gravel) has worn through.
Dasher Park will be planted with trees the coming year,
and although a small tract of land, being but two-tenths of an
acre, it will afford some pleasure and comfort to the residents
in that section.
Squares East and West of Bull Street and North of Gaston
Street.
During the past year these Squares have been kept in as
good condition as possible with the funds at hand, and beyond
keeping the grass mowed, the walks edged and dead trees
removed and new trees planted, there has been no other improvements.
The Strand North of Bay Street and Directly East and West
of the City Hall
These plots of ground have been cared for in the past
year.
266 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The grass plats were sowed in Italian Rye grass and presented a very pretty appearance, and the shrubbery and beds
are beginning to make a very good showing.
Although an appropriation of $5000.00 was made by
Council in December, 1906, to be available in 1907, for the improvement of this Strand, the said appropriation was not made
available and we have been unable to make any improvement
whatever.
We must again urge Council to make some provision for
the improvement of this portion of the City's Park System,
as it can be made a most beautiful spot without a very large
expenditure of money, and we therefore trust Council will aid
us in its improvement, by giving us the necessary funds with
which to do the work of curbing, grading, paving, laying walks
and beautifying.
Cotton Exchange Circle
According to our custom in former years, this plot of
ground was planted in short staple cotton, and the same made
a very attractive show, and is quite an attraction to visitors
to our City, especially to those who have never seen the staple
growing.
To the west of the Cotton Exchange, we had a patch of
Sea Island (long staple) cotton planted, in order that we might
demonstrate to visitors the difference between the long and
short staple cotton, and to be better able to explain to them
the many uses to which the staple is put and what an important part it plays in the making of cloth and fine goods.
The Park Extension
We have removed the dead trees, planted new trees and
done all the necessary trimming in this Park the past year
and beyond that nothing has been done towards its improvement.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 267
Myers and Cann Parks
No new work has been done in Myers Park and in Cann
Park no work has been done at all the past year, but we are
contemplating planting trees in it the coming season.
Again we call to Council's attention the necessity of having
these Parks curbed, and we trust that the same will be done
the coming year, without any further delay.
Grayson and Dixon Parks
The Commission will commence planting trees in these
Parks in the early part of January, and if we have sufficient
funds at hand, hope to be able to make other improvements
during the year.
Grass Plots
Owing to the fact that we did not receive an appropriation for the improvement of the grass plots bordering our
streets, we were unable to fill in and grade the same, and so we
must again ask Council's careful consideration of this matter,
and request that they allow us an appropriation with which
to make a most needed improvement, and one which we are
quite sure will add as much to the beauty and attractiveness
of our City as any that could be made.
Estill Park
We requested Council last year to aid us in securing Estill
Park from the County again and it is with exceeding regret
that we must inform you that as yet no steps have been taken
towards its recovery by the City.
It does seem a shame that such a beautiful natural Park
as this should slip from the City simply because no* effort has
been on the part of previous City Councils to get the same from
the County.
268 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
In years to come this Park, embracing all the natural
advantages that it has, would mean much to Savannah and its
citizens.
We hope that during the coming year some determined
effort will be made by Council to add this magnificient Park
to Savannah's Svstem of Parks.
Trees
During the past year we have planted trees amounting to
1100, and the following will show the varieties and number of
each.
Live Oak............................. 762
Sugarberry............................ GO
Magnolia................... .......... 47
Sweet Gum........................... .'55
Dogwood............................. 7
Sycamore............................. 8
Palmetto............................. ^3
Crab Apple............................ i
Poplar.................... ......... ]
Lagerstremia ..........................}'22
Yaupon............................. 10
Pecan................................ 1
Wild Orange...................... 4
Wild Olive............................ 1
Hollv................................. 8
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Fortunately for our City the trees in our Squares are protected to ~ a certain extent from the ravages of the untied
horse; it is indeed a great pity that we cannot say as much for
the trees in our streets.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 269
In regard to the evil of horses nibbling or gnawing trees,
the Commission has this to say on the subject, that the practice is one that should be broken up and stopped by the Police
Department, and we respectfully ask that your honor take
some steps towards this end at an early date.
The gnawing of trees by horses is indeed one of the most
discouraging things that we have to contend with, when one
stops for a moment and thinks that a few minutes gnawing of
a horse on a tree, which perhaps has taken twenty-five or
thirty years to make its growth, and that the damage done by
such gnawing means that the heart of the tree is exposed to
the elements, which soon cause its decay, the tree in the course
of time becomes dangerous and has to be removed; even
should a tree be fortunate enough to heal the gnawed bark over
it always presents an ugly scar and the tree is disfigured and
unsightly.
One year alone there were over five hundred trees which
had been gnawed by horses and soon became dangerous and
had to be removed.
A pernicious practice of some thoughtless drivers is that
of tying horses to trees, and the Commission warn all such now,
that in future where it comes to the notice of the Commission
that anyone has violated the ordinance relative to the tying
of horses or other animals to trees and the Commission should
be so fortunate as to discover the guilty party or parties, they
will be dealt with by the law, and it is our desire that the Recorder impose the limit, as this practice must be broken up at
all hazards.
We are now equipped with a Gasoline Spraying Machine,
and have in our employ Mr. William H. Robertson, who holds
a Commission as Deputy Inspector of the State Board of
Entomology for the County of Chatham, a man who understands the making of insecticides and how and when to apply
270 MAYOR'S AN'XUAL REPORT.
them, and what are best adapted for the control and eradication of the various forms of insects, caterpillars, scale, borers,
etc. We are better prepared and equipped now than we
have ever been before to combat with the insect pests which
are so destructive to our trees.
In summing up the injuries to our trees, it is not amiss to
state here that we fear many of our Magnolia and Lagerstremia trees on Liberty Street have been seriously injured by the
Southern Asphalt Paving and Construction Company, which
Company has the contract for resurfacing our asphalt streets.
Some effort was made, however, by the said Company to protect the trees, but we are afraid the protection they were afforded was not sufficient, and that the result will be a loss of
many trees.
We have tried hard to protect our trees against the mischievous small boy, the runaway horse, the ruthless driver,
the occasional ruffian and also the layers of gas, sewer, water
and electric wire mains, and the repairers of street paving and
trolley tracks, who often smother the young trees with dirt
and stones, and also against the builders who bruise, bend and
break 'trees with lumber and bricks, and it requires constant
vigilance to protect our trees from the above named.
When a tree becomes injured, we endeavor as near as
possible to alleviate the injury, and should the injury be such
that we cannot save the tree, it is promptly removed and
replaced by a new tree.
We have during the past year saved some of our old trees
which had been gnawed and become decayed, by removing
the decay and filling the cavity with cement, thereby stopping
the decay and preventing the heart of the tree being further
subjected to the elements.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 271
It gives us much pleasure to report that we have planted
Bull Street, East Broad Street and West Broad Street with
our magnificent and characteristic Live Oak trees, and they
are growing nicely and it will be only a question of a very short
time when these Avenues will vie with Oglethorpe Avenue
in beauty.
We will start the planting of Henry Street with Sugarberry trees early in January, and after the same show a suitable growth, we will remove all of the old, scraggly, ugly and
irregular trees and allow the Sugarberry trees to make their
normal and natural growth, and this street will be beautiful,
because of its regularity and uniformity.
Trimming Trees
The trees throughout the entire City have had attention in
regard to trimming, and show much improvement from the
same.
There is still much pruning necessary, and we hope to be
able the coming year to give our trees more attention in this
direction, and know that the improvement in their growth
will be marked.
Removal of Trees
During the year we have removed 132 dead trees. The
following will show the varieties and number of each.
Chinaberry.....,.......,.......:.......33
Sycamore..............................23
Water Oak.............................40
Locust................................. 2
Magnolia............................... 2
Dogwood.............................. 3
Elm................................... 10
Mulberry.............................. 15
Pine................................... 1
Pecan................................. 1
Willow................................ 1
Sweet Gum............................ 1
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
We have removed during the year 129 trees for cause,
and the following will show the varieties and number of each.
Sugarberry............................. 1
Mulberry.............................. 24
Chinabefry.............................24
Sycamore..............................30
Water Oak............................. 19
Poplar................................. 7
Elm...................................15
Live Oak.............................. 1
Ash... ................................ 2
Pecan................................. 5
Magnolia............................... 1
Of the above trees some were removed because they were
blown down by storms and damaged beyond a possibility of
further usefulness.
It became necessary to remove the following trees,
amounting to thirty-one, from Drayton Street; first, many were
old and dangerous, and would have only lived a very few years
longer, and second, because the street was to be resurfaced,
and as these trees would have to be removed in a very short
time, we thought it best to remove them before the resurfacing
was done, so that the street could be put in proper condition.
Elm......."............................ 4
Sycamore....................I. % ....... 6
Live Oak............................. 15
Magnolia..........................'..... 4
Water Oak............................. 1
Ash................................... 1
Tree Nursery
During the year past we have given the Tree Nursery our
careful attention, and the trees are now in good healthy condition, and ready for Street and Park planting.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 273
We are now drawing trees from our Nursery for planting
in our Parks, Squares and Streets, and they being good young
trees and stocky, we are sure that the results obtained will be
entirely satisfactory.
We hope to be able to draw enough trees from the Nursery
the coming year to plant three or four streets through, and
next year we will be able to draw a much larger stock for
planting.
According to the agreement between the City and County,
we must furnish the County a certain percentage of suitable
trees each year, for road planting.
We furnished the County 126 Sugarberry trees on January
15, 1907, and 374 Sycamore trees on January 24, 1907, for
the said road planting.
We have in our Nursery nearly 20,000 Hedge Plants
(Amoor River) which are good stocky plants, and ready for
immediate planting.
Owing to lack of funds for the Nursery, we were unable
to install a pumping plant, and as the flow to the artesian well
is not as strong as it was before the County sunk its well, which
is just a short distance from ours, we are therefore prevented
from operating a ram sufficiently large enough to give us the
water that is necessary for the proper maintenance and forcing
of the young trees.
We hope that Council will see the absolute necessity of
this Nursery, and give us sufficient funds with which to install
a pumping plant, so that we may have sufficient water always
on hand to properly care for the young trees. A pumping
plant that will meet all requirements, can be installed at a
cost of $200.00.
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274 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
Emmet Park
We were unable to complete the work of grading and
planting the grass plots in Emmet Park, owing to the lack of
funds at our command, but we earnestly hope that Council
will make an appropriation for the completion of the work in
this Park.
It is needless to call Council's attention to the natural
beauty of this Park, overlooking our harbor as it does, and it
would not require a very great expenditure of money to make
this a most beautiful and attractive spot.
We have placed new benches in this Park, but we must
still complain that the same are being mutilated and very
often torn up and carried away.
Vaults in Colonial Park
We regret exceedingly that we must again call your attention to the dangerous condition of the vaults in this Park, and
unless something is done by Council very soon to repair them,
these vaults are liable to crumble, and some serious accident
is likely to accur, and the City will probably have a lawsuit
upon its hands which would cost many times over what it
would cost now to make the repairs which are necessary to
put these vaults in a safe condition.
We have requested Council many times to furnsh us
with an appropriation to repair the dilapidated and dangerous
vaults in this Park, and as yet no aid has been received from
Council in this matter, and until Council see fit to supply the
necessary funds with which to do this work, we are powerless
to put these vaults in proper condition. We sincerely hope
that Council will see the necessity of the above matter and
provide the necessary funds at an early date.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 275
Baffin Park
On February 4, 1907, Baffin Park, a tract of land containing 78.40 acres, was turned over to the Park and Tree
Commission, and on June 5, the Commission employed the
services of Mr. John Nolen, Landscape Architect, Cambridge,
Mass., to draw up a general plan in color, a working plan, a
construction plan, a tree planting plan and a full report, for
which services we paid Mr. Nolen the sum of $500.00.
The Commission studied very carefully the plans as submitted by Mr. Nolen for the improvement of Baffin Park, and
adopted the said plans, which were afterwards submitted to
the Honorable Mayor and Council for their approval and
adoption. After some discussion upon the part of Council,
these plans were adopted, subject to such modifications as
may be necessary.
Since the adoption of the general plan, we have received
the construction plan from Mr. Nolen, and it is now in the
hands of the City Engineer, who is endeavoring to ascertain
the amount of cut and fill that will be necessary to bring this
Park to the proper grades, as called for by the plans of Mr.
Nolen.
As soon as the City Engineer gives the Commission the
facts and figures relative to the amount of dirt that it will be
necessary to move in the proper grading of Baffin Park and
the probable cost thereof, it is the intention of the Commission
to appear before the County Commissioners and request them
to do the necessary grading of this Park, as their proper share
in this public improvement.
The general plan for this Park calls for a central Mall,
210 feet wide and 1440 feet long, containing two driveways,
and one central promenade in addition to the walks bordering
on the outside of the roadways. This Mall is laid out with
six rows of trees. At each end of the Mall will be found a
276 MAYOR'S AXN'UAL REPORT.
wading pool eighty by one hundred and twenty feet, for the
pleasure of the children. There are four entrances or approaches to this Mall, each of which is one hundred feet wide,
and planted with four rows of trees.
This Park also numbers among its good features, Tennis
Courts, Lawns, Groves, Gymnasiums for both men and women,
Swimming Pool, Casino, Parade Ground and Base Ball Field.
Provision is made at the western end of this Park for a
School House, which would be beautifully situated, as it would
afford a splendid open air play ground for the scholars.
The property owners adjoining this Park on the south
have offered to donate to the City the thirty foot roadway
south of the said Park, and any reasonable addition of land
necessary to make a street between Damn Park and their
property, provided that the City will pave the same.
The proposition of the property owners to donate this
land was submitted to our body and was forwarded to Council
with the endorsement of the Commission.
The Commission think the City would do well in obtaining
this street under such liberal conditions, and recommend
that the City avail themselves of this opportunity.
Miscellaneous
By permission of the Mayor we have torn down some of
the dilapidated buildings on Baffin Park, and with the lumber
obtained therefrom we have rebuilt our stables, and now have
good stables, workshop, blacksmith shop and house for storing
our spraying apparatus.
We have purchased two horses and one mule for the use of
our Department, and traded in one blind mule as part payment
on the cost of horses.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 277
We graded the yard of the Savannah Female Orphan
Asylum, and also made flower beds so that the children might
be taught to love the beautiful in nature, and then also to be
afforded pleasure in making the plants and flowers grow.
We have also planted shade trees in the yard to the
Home and in the grass plats around the building.
There was much more work which could have been done
by the Commission the past year but the lack of funds
prevented it. We feel, however, that we must say in justice
to the "powers that be, our Honorable Mayor and Council"
that they no doubt furnished the Commission with all the
money that they could spare under the existing conditions.
The budget that we had, allowed us nothing for extras
and by the strictest economy we were able to a great extent,
to keep our City up to its usual attractiveness.
The ladies living in the south eastern section of the City,
in what was formerly known as Collinsville, have organized a
Ladies' Auxiliary to the East Side Improvement Association,
and responding to an invitation, I, representing the Commission, appeared before the ladies at their first meeting and discussed with them plans for the good of and improvement of
that section of the City in which they live.
At the request of the ladies representing the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Commission had two very fine
Bay trees, in tubs, placed in front of the building, and the
same add very much to itsappearance.
We have also placed two Bay Trees in the east and west
panels of the portico to the City Hall, and they add a touch of
life to the building.
278 MAYOR'S AXN'UAL REPORT.
Laurel Grove Cemetery
In this Cemetery the work of keeping the flower beds
beautiful, the grass plats mowed and in good condition, the
dead and dangerous trees removed and new trees planted, has
gone on as usual and the Cemetery is in good condition generally.
The grass plats have been planted in Italian Rye Grass,
and present now a very Spring-like appearance, being very
beautiful and green.
We have also resurfaced the walks running through the
circle with Augusta gravel, and they are much more comfortable to walk upon now than they have been in several years.
It is the intention of the Commission to pave as many of
the roadways in this Cemetery the coming year as the funds
at hand will permit.
We have laid a drain pipe to the south of the Hebrew
Section, and we are fast filling in the old ditch, and in a very
short time we will have quite a number of nice lots to put upon
the market. We expect to continue the work of reclaiming
this low land by underground drainage, and it will when filled
in give us more good salable lots.
In regard to the Mary E. Williams lot, we have had the
same cared for the past year by Mr. William Hall, Florist, at
a cost of $12.00, and we now have a balance of $3.45 to the
credit of the trust fund for the care of this lot.
Laurel Grove CemeteryColored Portion
This Cemetery has been cared for the past }rear in a very
satisfactory manner, and is in very good condition.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 279
The City is going to open Kollock Street, which seems to
have been enclosed in the Cemetery for years, and was supposed to have been a part of the Cemetery proper, and was
used as a stranger burial ground, and has in the neighborhood
of five hundred bodies buried upon it.
The opening of this street has been authorized by Council,
and the removal of the bodies will be done by Henry Willis,
the present keeper, at a cost to the City of $500.00.
I attach to this report the mortuary statistics of the Keepers of both Laurel Grove Cemetery, and Bona venture Cemetery.
Yours respectfully,
P. D. DAFPIN,
Chairman,
280 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Mortuary Report of Laurel Grove Cemetery for 1907
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Sale of Lots from January 1907 to January 1908
(White).........'...................."...... 1,267.50
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(Colored.)............'................"...... 484.00
Grand Total............................... .$3,597.00
Respectfully,
A. B. LAROCHE,
Keeper.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 281
Mortuary Report of Bonaventure Cemetery
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Five and one-half months ending December 31, 1907
Deaths in City
July................................... 1
August................................ 2
September............................. 2
October......... ....................... 3
November.............................. 5
December.............................. 6
Total. ........................ 19
Other Interments
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September............................. 1
October................................ 4
November............................. 1
December............................ . 2
Total......................... 11
Grand Total........................... 30
Burial and removal fees from August 7 to December
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Sale of lots from August 15 to December 31 .......... 303.70
Grand Total.................................$533.20
Respectfully,
B. C. THORPE,
Keeper-
282 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE CLERK OF THE MARKET
SAVANNAH, GA., January 4, 1908
Hox. GEO. W. TIEDBMAX, Mayor.
SIRI herewith submit to you my report as Clerk of the
Market for the year of 1907.
Butchers Stalls ......................$ 4,825 00
Fish Stalls........................... 2,001 00
Poultry Stalls........................ 715 00
Vegetable Stalls. ..................... (590 00
Bakers, Stalls ........................ 234 00 "
Crabs, Shrimps, Etc .................. 180 00
Basements Vaults..................... 290 00
Miscellaneous......................... 208 00
Countrv Carts and outside Stands...... 1,323 05
$10,466 05
This report shows an increase of nearly $100.00 from last
year, mainly from inside stalls, though the report for the outside has fallen off, which we attribute to the cold spell in the
early spring which killed the vegetation.
Would like to recommend that, as much as the butchers'
side of the market has been concreted, the other side be concreted in the same manner.
The relations between this Department and its patrons and
the citizens generally have been very pleasant.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 283
The chairman of this committee, Mr. M. J. Kavanaugh,
has been ever ready to help and advise, as have the other
members of the committee.
Most respectfully,
G. TROUP DUNHAM,
Clerk of the Market.
284 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE HARBOR MASTER
SAVANNAH, GA., January 2, 1908.
Hox. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI have the honor to submit herewith my report
for the year ending December 31, 1907. Eleven hundred and
twenty eight (1128) vessels of various kinds and nationalities
with a net tonnage 1,893,507 net tons register arrived at this
port during the year.
In addition to the above quite a number of local steam
boats, and small coastwise vessels not included in the above
are regular callers at this port.
The handling and docking of vessels has been very much
facilitated during the past year by the assistance rendered
through the merchants, ship agents, pilots and the Savannah
Towboat Company, and for such timely assistance due acknowledgment is hereby made.
A tabulated statement given below will show in detail
the vessels with their net tonnage, also the amounts collected
for Harbor Fees for each month during the year.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 285
Vessels arriving at Savannah and Harbor Fees
collected during 1907
MONTHS
Mav.. _____.._
June . ....
Julv... ...... .
September....
November.
December.-i.
Total ....
American Steamers
42
40
47
42
43
45
44
45
45
46
45
46
530
Foreign Steamers
15
19
18
19
17
13
12
13
24
29
27
32
238
American Sail
19
30
18
26
18
24
12
14
17
23
14
16
231
'
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
9
with Tugs Barges Oil
1- 1
1- 1
- 2
1- 1
0- 0
1- 1
0- 0
1- 1
.1- 1
0- 0
1- 1 1- 1
10-10
-"!
<3 u c
H
147,073
142,103
153,710
151,339
141,789
145,300
135,434
136,397
172,791
186,187
183,265
198,119
1,893,507
2 $ t- u
$ 392 00
495 00
482 00
446 00
427 00
367 00
316 00
360 00
596 76
633 72
607 48
644 15
$5,767 11
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN CARR,
Harbor Master.
286 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

SAVANNAH, GA,, January 1, 1908.
Hox. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI beg to submit this my report as City Attorney for
the year 1907:
When I became City Attorney I found the following cases
pending, and report as to each one:
I.
The case of Maud L. Zipperer against the City, involving a
claim for funeral expenses, salary, etc., referred to in Col.
Garrard's last report, was pending in the Supreme Court when
I became City Attorney. The case was heard, and the judgment in favor of the City was affirmed. This disposed of the
litigation.
II.
The case of Jackson S. Kaufman against the City, in which
he sought to recover a one-half interest in land now embraced
in Thirty-eighth Street, between Bull and Whitaker, was dismissed by the Judge and thus finally disposed of.
III.
The case of J. J. Methvin against the City was tried before
I became City Attorney and resulted in a verdict for plaintiff
in the sum of $500.00. The motion for a new trial, filed by
Col. Garrard, was subsequently overruled, and, after conferring with him and examining the pleadings and evidence, I concluded to advise the payment of this small judgment, and this
was done.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 287
IV.
The claim of the City against H. F. Lubs and H. F. Kuck,
as sureties on the bond of a former Keeper of Laurel Grove
Cemetery for the sum of $805.50, has not been tried. It is
now pending in the City Court of Savannah, and I will see to
its trial.
V.
The case of A. R. Stewart against the Savannah Contracting Company and other defendants, including the City, is pending in the United States Circuit Court. This is a case in which
the City seems to have paid, lawfully and properly, all that
could be claimed against the City, and I do not see how the
City can be held responsible for any further payment.
The foregoing notices all the cases mentioned in the report of Col. Garrard of January 1, 1907, a copy of which I have
before me.
The following cases have been brought against the City
during the past year:
I.
A suit for injunction by Lines & Hardeman involving
the right of the City to charge them a tax of $250.00 as Money
Lenders or Money Brokers. After a hearing, Judge Cann decided in favor of the City, and, at this writing, the case is pending in the Supreme Court on appeal.
A suit brought by other money brokers was dismissed by
them, and, so far as I can learn, all parties have settled with
the City, paying the tax, save Lines & Hardeman, whose
case is now. pending in the Supreme Court.
288 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
II.
M. A. Farrell brought an injunction suit against the City,
attacking the right of the Mayor to revoke a license to retail
liquor after conviction. Judge Cann decided in favor of the
City. A bill of exceptions was filed by the Attorneys for
M. A. Farrell to the Supreme Court, and this was subsequently
withdrawn, thus terminating the litigation.
III.
The certiorari case of A. Simon against the City, involving
three fines of $100.00 each, assessed by the Police Court for a
failure to observe certain regulations touching pawn brokers,
was heard in the Superior Court, and, upon motion of the City,
the certiorari was dismissed and the judgments below affirmed.
A bill of exceptions, however, has been taken by the Attorney
of Simon to the Supreme Court, and the case is there pending.
IV.
The certiorari case of C. H. Wilcox, involving the reasonableness of a former Ordinance of the City forbidding automobiles and similar vehicles to proceed faster than eight miles an
hour, was heard in the Superior Court, and Judge Cann held
that this speed ordinance was unreasonable. This is a case
where all the witnesses, including representatives of the City,
testified that it was impracticable to observe the limit without
injury to the machine, and the decision of Judge Cann was to
have been expected in the light of the undisputed facts. I
knew nothing about the matter, except what I had read in the
papers, until I saw the record in the Superior Court. After
this trial the City passed an Ordinance regarded by the Mayor
and Aldermen as a more reasonable speed ordinance.
V.
Mrs. Malvina McLane brought to the October Term 1907
of the Superior Court her action for damages against the City
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 289
based upon her falling into a hole on the corner of Price and
Huntingdon Streets on April 16, 1906. She claims damages
in the sum of $5,000.00 and the case is, at this writing, pending.
VI.
The Savannah Cut Stone Company filed, in the Superior
Court, a petition for injunction to prevent the removal of
fences on Bull Street, and the matter was disposed of in accordance with the position of the City, and the fences removed.
VII.
James A. Burke, by next friend, has brought a suit for
damages in the City Court of Savannah against the City claiming that on September 19, 1906, while travelling upon a bicycle along the east side of West Broad Street, and when he
had reached a point about twenty feet north of the intersection
of Broughton Street, he was thrown violently and sustained
serious injuries, and this was ascribable to the fact that the
City, at this point, had removed the cobblestones from the
street and neglected to replace them, filling an excavation with
dirt, and leaving the excavation in flush with the surrounding
cobblestones with nothing to indicate the danger of the dirt
giving away. Damages are laid in the sum of $5,000.00.
VIII.
Mrs. Annie Kiley brought a suit against the City for damages alleged to have been sustained by her on Broughton Street
near Barnard on the night of July 1, 1907, due to hei stepping
into a hole alleged to be in the asphalt pavement. She laid her
damages in the sum of $5,000.00. The case was tried in the
City Court on the 9th ultimo, and resulted in a verdict for the
plaintiff in the sum of $750.00. I have since moved for a new
trial in the case, and this motion is now pending.
19
290 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
IX.
A small suit has been brought in a Justice's Court against
the City by J. H. Bonnell, claiming damages because his horse
fell on Whitaker and Jones Street Lane by reason of an obstruction in the street. Damages are laid in the sum of $90.00,
and this suit is now pending in the Magistrate's Court.
The foregoing covers all litigation, to which the City is a
party, now pending.
I have, during the year, drawn a large number of papers,
given advice and attended to the usual routine work of the
office of City Attorney. I take it that a specification of the
things done would not be of any value.
Yours very truly,
SAMUEL B. ADAMS
City Attorney.
REPORTS
OF
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH
292 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF HOSPITALS
Annual Report of St. Joseph's Hospital, 1908
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, January 1, 1908
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI beg to submit herewith the annual report of
St. Joseph's Hospital for the year 1907.
Report of city and county patients treated, nursed, fed,
supplied with medicines, stimulants, operation outfits,
surgical dressings, bedding, laundry, etc., from January 1
to December 31, 1907.
Summary of reports submitted each month during the
year to Health Officer.
1907 .
January -
May. _-.----
June -----
July-
September . .
October.
November. __
December . .
Total
Treated
29
24
30
33
32
31
36
38
44
32
30
33
392
I
12
11
12
15
16
14
15
20
26
19
12
19
191
*
8
S
l
l
1
2
1
3
2
0
2
1
2
2
18
Remaining
16 on Jan. 31
12 Feb. 28
17 Mch. 31
16 Apr. 30
15 May 31
14 June 30
19 July 31
18 Aug. 31
16 Sept. 30
12 Oct. 31
16 Nov. 30
12 Dec. 31
183
Dlnesa Days of
510
395
498
537
460
573
602
732
595
521
489
467
6,379
Average Days
17 1-2
16 1-2
16 1-2
16
14 1-3
18 1-2
16 2-3
23 1-5
13 1-2
16 1-4
16
14 1-2
16
Cost per Capita per Diem
Appropriations
City
$0 5180
0 6333
0 5025
0 4640
0 5425
0 4360
0 4150
0 3414
0 4200
0 4780
0 5100
0 5350
$0 4850
County
$0 3260
0 4200
0 3350
0 3120
0 3625
0 2900
0 2767
0 2271
0 2800
0 3180
0 3400
' 0 3550
$0 3200
Combined
$0 8340
0 0533
. 0 8375
0 7760
0 9050
0 7260
0 6917
0 5685
0 7000
0 7960
0 8500
0 8900
$0 8050
o
SO
CD
>
y,
2
50
M
Cost per capita, per annum to City ..................................$ 7 6533
Cost per capita, per annum to County ................................ 5 10
Cost per capita, per annum to combined ............................... 12 7533
Respectfully submitted,
*Moribund on admission, 3. SISTER M. DOMINICA, Superintendent.
to
o to
294 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Annual Report of Charity Hospital
SAVANNAH, GA., January 16, 1908.
Hox. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor
SIRFollowing is the report of Charity Hospital for
year ending December 31, 1907.
Charity Patients
Total number of males............................... 93
Total number of females............................. 75
Total number of patients............................ 168
Total number of days...............................2242
Total number of medical cases ....................... 105
Total number of surgical cases ....................... 65
Total number discharged, cured, or benefitted.......... 143
Total number of deaths ............................. 19
Total number of births .............................. 6
Total number in Hospital December 31, 1907........... 9
Receipts
Appropriation from City. ........................$ 900.00
Appropriation from County...................... 300.00
From pay patients.............................. 432.81
Donations from Churches, Societies and Individuals 220.67
Total......................................$1,853.48
Balance on hand January 1, 1907................. 59.05
$1,912.53
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 295
Expenditures
Salaries. .......................................$ 432.00
Fuel...... .................................... 117.70
Groceries. ..................................... 284.86
Medicine and surgical supplies ................... 250.49
Burial of paupers............................... 28.75
Meats, vegetables and milk....................... 219.01
Repairs and improvements....................... 895.26
Printing....................................... 10.00
Telephone and insurance ........................ 46.50
Total..................................... .$2,284.57
Deficit.................................... .$ 372.04
Respectfully submitted,
N. WILLIAM ESTE, M. D.
Secretary.
296 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT,
Annual Report of Park View Sanitarium
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1907.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRThe Directors of The Park View Sanitarium have
the honor to submit to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Savannah this annual report for the year ending December,
1907. The care of city patients at the Sanitarium, includes
treatment, lodging, nourishment, medicines, surgical operations, surgical applinces and care of obstetrical cases. The
Sanitarium has received without limitation, all patients sent
in by the city physicians of Savannah, Georgia.
Very respectfully,
RALSTON LATTIMORE, M. D.
Secretary.
MONTH
January. ........... ..
February.......-..--
-
March ..............
April..... -... .........
May.................
June.. ....... .........
July ................
August. . .... ......
Total .--.---...--
F
314
254
312
345
337
345
337
- 390
315
354
378
399
4080
\ Admitted IMales
14
16
16
15
17
14
17
17
17
18
19
17
197
Admitted Females!
8
10
16
14
14
15
19
9
12
14
14 9
154
Remained
8
10
8
12
8
11
12
11
8
11
11 9
119
1
4
1 16
Deaths
1
2
1
2
3 32
2 11
18
Cause of Death
1 Arterio-Sclerosis
2 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
3 Gastritis
4 Epilepsy
5 Senility
6 Drug Habtt
7 Drug Habit
8 Abscess of Liver
9 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
10 Blights Disease
11 Idocy Gastritis
12 Ovarian Cyst.
13 Pneumonia .
14 Delirium Tremens
15 Marasmus Infant i Infants
16 Marasmus Infant \ from
17 Marasmus Infant ? Salvation
18 Spinal Meningitis Infant ) Army
50
CO
55S
298 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Annual Report of Savannah Hospital
SAVANNAH, GA., January 6, 1908.
Annual report of Charity patients in Savannah Hospital
the vear 1907.
JL
for the year 1907
Charity Patients
MOXTH
January. ......... . .....
March... ... ...... .......
May. . . ....... .... .....
June . . ... ........
Julv. ......... . ...
October.. .. ... ........
Total.. . ..... .......
Number ofpatients treated
35
40
41
39
41
42
43
39
41
40
39
43
483
- 3 >,
oQ
X
407
468
526
568
571
562
634
442
531
459
395
415
6068
M

1
2
1
1
1
2
2
10
10
X
$Q
1
2
3
1
2
3
2
1
1
3
4
23
1 Died in24of hours
1Admittance
1
2
1
1
5
Total deaths, 28. Mortality, .058.
Cost to City per patient, $6.211; per day, $0.494.
" "County" " $4.138; " " $0.329.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS J. CHARLTON, M. D.
Superintendent.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 299
Telfair Hospital
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
Disbursements 1907
Beef, Mutton, etc. .................$ 1,147 83
Groceries, eggs, vegetables. ......... 2,611 53
Bread............................ 132 05
Milk.............................. 399 71
Gas and Electricity................ 508 17
Coal and Wood.................... 782 75
Medicines......................... 656 72
Medical Supplies................... 1,147 04
.Salaries........................... 4,872 98
Incidentals........................ 194 76
Repairs........................... 406 44
Improvments...................... 1,300 71
Crockery and Furnishings........... 762 15
Sundries.......................... 649 33$ 15,572 17
Receipts 1907
Balance from 1906................. 475 43
Received from Telfair Estate........ 9,300 00
" Pay Patients........ 5,833 18
" other sources........ ' 166 39$ 15,775 00
Expenses of 1907.................. $ 15,572 17
Balance carried forward............ 202 83
Number of patients treated.......................... 528
Number of infants born.............................. 60
Deaths............................................ 18
300 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Hospital Days
Free Patients....................................... 4280
Pay Patients.......................................3501
Total ............................ 7781
Statistical Report for 1907
Patients Admitted
Pay....... ........................................ 218
Free............................................... 310
Total.................................. 528
Medical cases....................................... 173
Surgical cases ................................... t .. 226
Obstetrical cases.................................... 69
Infants born....................................... 60
Deaths

Medical............................................ 14
Surgical............................................ 3
Obstetrical......................................... 1
Hospital Days
Pay ..................................... ..3501
Free ....................................... 4280
Total ............................ 7781
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 301
Patients Admitted
.Women............................................ 365
Children........................................... 103
Infants born....................................... 60
Total..............:............... 528
Condition of Patients on Discharge
Cured............................................. 382
Improved.......................................... 59
Not improved...................................... 14
Died.............................................. 18
Infants born....................................... 60
Not treated........................................ 8
Total.................................. 541
Number of Surgical Operations....................... 318
LOUISA P. MINIS,
President.

MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT, 303
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
To THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
SAVANNAH, AND TO THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
GENTLEMENOn March 26,1903, an agreement was entered into between the City of Savannah and the Georgia Historical Society creating.the Savannah Public Library and determining the functions of its Board of Managers.
In accordance with this agreement, this Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Free Public Library of
Savannah is respectfully submitted, showing the acts of the
Board, the manner in which its funds have been expended,
and various other matters of interest and importance to the
white people of Savannah.
Changes in Membership of the Board
The terms of office of Mr. W. C. Travis and Mr. Otis Ashmore having expired on December 31, 1906, Mr. Travis was
reappointed by the Mayor for the five-year term ending December 31, 1911, and Mr. Ashmore was reappointed by the
Georgia Historical Society for the tame term.
There have been two additional changes during the year.
At the regular monthly meeting of the Board on May 16, the
resignation of Mr. Thomas Gamble, Jr., both as a member of
the Board and as its Secretary, was tendered, he having removed from the city. Mr. N. B. F. Close having been appointed on
304 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
April 23, 1907, by the Mayor to fill the unexpired term of Mr.
Thomas Gamble, Jr., ending on December 31, 1908, took his
seat as a member of the Board.
At the same meeting the resignation of Mr. W. C. Travis
was received and the Board received notice of the appointment by Mayor Tiedeman on May 9, 1907, of Mr. Neyle Colquitt to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Travis ending on December 31, 1911.
Both of these appointments by the Mayor were confirmed
by the City Council, acting on the opinion of City Attorney
Adams, who advised that confirmation of such appointment
was advisable, although not definitely demanded by the
agreement.
At the close of the year the membership of the Board was
as follows:
Appointed by
Term Expires City of Savannah
December 31, 1907A. A. Lawrence,
December 31, 1908N. B. F. Close,
December 31, 1909H. W. Witcover,
December 31, 1910John M. Thomas,
December 31, 1911Neyle Colquitt,
Appointed by
Georgia Historical Society
R. J. Nunn,
A. R. Lawton.
H. C. Cunningham.
George J. Baldwin.
Otis Ashmore.
Officers
The officers of the Board of Managers elected to serve
during the year were:
George J. Baldwin, Chairman.
A. A. Lawrence, Vice-Chairman.
John M. Thomas, Treasurer.
Thomas Gamble, Jr., Secretaiy.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 305
Upon the resignation of Mr. Thomas Gamble, Jr., Mr.
Neyle Colquitt was elected Secretary of the Board.
The Chairmanship of the two standing committees of the
Board of Managers was as follows:
Special Library Committee, Mr. Otis Ashmore.
Finance and Auditing Committee, Mr. H. C. Cunningham.
The salaried officials of the Library are as follows:
Mr. William Harden, Librarian.
Miss Maude Heyward, Assistant Librarian,
Miss Elizabeth V. McLaws, Assistant Librarian.
" John Noisette, Janitor.
Changes in By-laws
No special changes of any moment have been made either
in the by-laws or in the rules governing the Library with the
exception of one of considerable importance in the by-laws.
In order that the management of the Library might not
become merely routine work, but should receive fresh impetus
from time to time, the Board, upon the recommendation of its
chairman, enacted a by-law providing that no chairman
should serve for more than two successive terms of one year
each, although at the expiration of another year, a former
chairman then becomes eligible for re-election. The officers
of the Board are all elected annually.
Insurance
No change has been made in the insurance upon the
building and contents. The present amount in force on the
building remains at $10,000, and upon the contents $15,000.,
this being in accordance with the best judgment of the Board
of Managers and having been assented to by the Georgia Historical Society.
20
306 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Public Interest and Co-operation
The Library has issued eight hundred and forty cards to
children under fourteen years of age, most of them to children
attending the public schools. There has been a. most efficient
co-operation between the Public Library and the public school
authorities in regard to increasing the interest of the children
in the Library, which has been pushed as far as our limited
means permit. There is a very decided need that travelling
libraries should be provided for all of the public schools of
Chatham County.
In addition to this, the Public Library has not debarred
those citizens transacting business in Savannah and living in
the County outside of the city line, but on the contrary, has
issued cards to sixty such persons. It seems evident, therefore, that as the Public Library is of such value to the public
schools of Chatham County and to citizens of the County at
large, that there should be an annual appropriation made by
Chatham County to assist in sustaining and extending the
usefulness of the Library.
The interest of the different women's organizations in the
City associated for purposes of study has been developed to a
very marked degree and the Public Library has responded to
the demand of the various educational clubs and organizations
by the purchase of a very considerable number of books desired by them for reading and study. In the department of
literature the use of books has very largely increased. During 1906 the number taken out was nearly double that of 1905,
while the results during the year 1907 have been most encouraging. The same proportionate increase is also shown in
works on Philosophy, Religion, Sociology and Philology, together with a very considerable increase in Fine Arts, all of
which is most gratifying, as it is the effort of the Board of
Managers to stimulate the reading of books of real interest
and value.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 307
The particular organizations most interested in this increase of educational reading have been the Woman's Club,
now the Huntingdon Club, the Shakespeare Club, various
reading circles, the Normal Training Class of the Kate Baldwin
Free Kindergarten Association and the teachers in the public
schools, for all of whom a considerable number of special
books have been purchased and it is evident that no mistake
has been made in placing these volumes upon our shelves as
their circulation has been large and is still continuing. The
usefulness of this branch of the Public Library work has been
fully demonstrated.
There should be more co-operation with the Public Library by other organizations and it is suggested that our medical societies should build up a good medical library for physicians by annually setting apart funds to be devoted to the
purchase of books for the medical department of the Public
Library. These could be cataloged, classified and cared for
at no cost to the medical societies and would probably be of
great service to all of their members.
There has for many years existed a very definite need for
a proper lawyers* library in Savannah. One of the principal
reasons why it has not been created was the cost of handling
it. It is suggested that the best method of building up a
library of law books would be for the lawyers of our city to
purchase annually and place with the Public Library a moderate number of books each year until a first class law library
was secured.
Although we have now upon our shelves a rich collection
of material relating to the history of our State, which is frequently consulted, often by persons coming from a distance,
yet we should have the best collection in the State of Georgia
and very particular attention should be given to the amplification of our existing stock of historical books. No book of any
308 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
value bearing on Georgia history should be absent from our
shelves, and we are satisfied that if the Historical Society
should be relieved from its annual payment, that it would be
glad to co-operate with the Board of Managers in this respect.
Purchase of Books
Special attention has been given to the purchase of standard books and while the percentage of fiction read by patrons
of the Public Library is nearly ninety per cent, of all books
taken from it, yet the percentage of fiction purchased is only
seventy per cent., the remaining thirty per cent, being purchases of standard works on subjects of permanent interest and
value, the details of which are attached.
It is interesting to note the method of selection adopted
by the Board of Managers in adding new books. About
twelve per cent, of the purchases are renewals of existing volumes which have been lost or worn out and of such renewals
about seventy-five per cent, is fiction. Of Ihe new books
eighty-six per cent, were requested by the public, eight per
cent, suggested by the Librarian and six percent, by the members of the Library Committee, showing that the Public Library is operated in response to popular demand, but at the same
time, the line of reading is directed as far as possible by the
officers of the Board.
Seventy-nine periodicals are regularly subscribed for and
placed upon reading tables. These contain a very wide range
of information as is shown by a list of them attached.
The year 1907 again shows the largest number of* books
bought in any one year since the establishment of the Library.
The additions by rental, gifts and exchanges have also been
large and gratifying.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 309
Special Departments
There are many different departments which could and
should be built up in connection with the Public Library
work. A larger reference library and a room devoted to its
use are both needed. This most valuable department of
public library work is one in which we are quite deficient, both
because we have not sufficient funds to purchase the many
needed reference books and also on account of the fact that we
have not so far been able to properly catalog, index or arrange
all of the reference material we now have so that it may be
used to the best advantage. This should be done and the
reference department should be enlarged.
As a part of such a department we have a most valuable
collection of old newspapers, the most important of which is
the Georgia Gazette, which began publication in 1763, although
our files began only in 1774, but after which we have files of the
succeeding papers nearly complete until, the year 1855.
These newspaper files are most valuable and are listed in such
a manner that persons desiring information from them may be
directed how to secure it. They have excited much interest
among historical writers and more or less complete lists of
them have been published from time to time.
We have also a very extensive set of publications of the
United States Government, many of which are of great interest and usefulness.
Our very large collection of magazines is catologed by
means of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature.
A department of Nature Study and Applied Science is
almost wholly wanting, the general trend of purchases by the
Historical Society having naturally been along the lines of
History and Fiction.
310 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
A glance at the classification of readers attached to this
report shows that the creation of a proper department of
Science and Nature Study and Handicraft would be appreciated and used to a large extent, but we need ample funds for
this special purpose, as our existing funds will not permit us to
supply this need to any material extent.
Donations
There have been no donations during the year from individual citize'ns but we have received one hundred and four books
from our exchanges with other libraries and outside parties
and one hundred and sixty-eight volumes of United States
Government publications.
The Board suggests that many of our citizens have valuable libraries devoted to subjects in which they are particularly
interested, and that these might be of more service to the owner
if donated to the Public Library, and cataloged and classified
in order that their contents can be readily known and more
widely used. Why should not some of our people take a
greater interest in the benefitting of our Public Library by devoting their collection of books to the public use, thus following
the example set by the Georgia Historical Society?
There are so many urgent needs that the attention of our
wealthier class of citizens is called to this method of benefitting
the city in which they live. At the time when the Library was
organized there were decided objections to requesting a donation from outside parties for the purpose of building a library.
Our people felt that the work to be done and the money to be
supplied should be by our own people, and the Board of Managers notes with regret that no public spirited citizens have yet
come forward with any considerable donations for the benefit
of the Library as has been done in so many places.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 311
Condition of the Books
A very casual inspection of the books of the Library shows
that continued use is gradually wearing them out, while the
replacements are not sufficient to maintain the Library in its
present state of usefulness.
When the rapid circulation of our books is considered, and
we find that many of them have been issued more than fiftyfour times, and that the entire twenty-eight thousand seven
hundred and ninety volumes in the Library are issued on an
average of three times per annum, and that each white inhabitant of Savannah averages two books per annum taken from
the Library, the requirements for repair work become evident.
The condition of many books upon our shelves is shocking,
and we are constantly compelled to send out volumes which
should not be issued without proper repairs. For this work
the Library jneeds an additional assistant, more money and an
adequate work shop in which to do the repair work ordinarily
done by the Library assistants. In addition to this, a great
many of the books should be rebound in the Chivers bindings,
which are so cheap and convenient, costing but fifty cents per
volume. These bindings last several times as long as the
original ones, making the volume actually of more value after
rebinding than it was in the beginning.
The Board of Managers are sending as many of these old
volumes and back numbers of our periodicals to the binder as
our means permit and it is proposed to continue this until
everything of value in the Library is properly bound, but this
work should be done more rapidly and funds are very badly
needed to bring the work to a quick conclusion.
In addition to this, the Library has a very large number of
old and interesting pamphlets, books and magazines of great
use for purposes of reference. All of these should be promptly
312 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
bound, classified and cataloged, as in their present condition
satisfactory use of them is difficult and requires too large a
proportion of the time of the Library assistants.
During the last few years, the regular assistants of the
Library have performed a great work in the cataloging and
rearranging of the volumes now in use, but it has been entirely
impossible for them to completely sort out, rearrange and put
in proper shape all of the material, much of which is now lying
idle and of little use to the public. We need to have every
book, pamphlet, magazine or document of any kind in the
Library thoroughly gone over, cleaned, repaired, classified and
cataloged.
Publicity
The usual efforts have been made to bring the value of the
Library before the public, and there have been twenty-two
newspaper notices concerning it published during the year, for
which the thanks of the public are due to the Morning News
and the Savannah Press, both of which papers are co-operating in every possible way with the work of the Library.
Lists of books are published during the year on timely
topics, as for instance, the list made public at the time of the
One Hundredth Anniversary of General Robert E. Lee, those
on Gardening published May 30, and on Forestry, printed
about the time the United States forestry experts were in
Savannah.
in addition to all previous methods of publicity, the
Board of Managers have begun the issue of bulletins giving a
complete list of all new books added to the Library, sending
these out as often as may seem wise and supplying them freely
to all readers. The first bulletin published is a most interesting document, and shows the quality and quantity of new
reading matter now being furnished to our people, together
with suggestive lists of books for earnest readers.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 313
In addition to these methods of publicity, a bulletin
board stands in the Library building on which notices are
posted. We have also special stacks of books set out for the
public, calling their attention to particular matters of interest.
The officials of the Library do not wait for the public to
come to them, but endeavor by every means in their power to
stimulate an intelligent interest. The results show that they
are succeeding.
Repairs and Improvements
The present building, and especially the library room itself, needs a considerable expenditure of money in order to
make it cleaner, brighter and more attractive. No material
repairs of any kind have been placed upon the buildingin
many years, and the entire interior has become dingy and not
in accord with a city of the size and intelligence of Savannah.
The ceiling is much in need of repair, and the interior of
this room, as well as the basement rooms, all need repainting.
The wood work needs refinishing and new varnish; the central
passageway should be provided with a more attractive piece
of carpeting; the curtains around Mr. Hodgson's portrait
should be replaced by clean and attractive ones; the outside
of the building should be repainted and various other necessary repairs should be made.
The very limited funds at our disposal are inadequate for
such repafrs, which should be made at once.
New Public Library Building
The Savannah Public Library has now become so established an institution with such widespread popularity, that it
is now proper to call attention to a need which should be supplied at the earliest possible date.
314 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
In 1903 when the Savannah Public Library was organized
by the co-operation of the Georgia Historical Society and the
City of Savannah, the Society agreed to loan the use of its
building, and in addition to appropriate annually $500 of its
funds, doing this as a matter of public spirit, and for the general welfare in order to thoroughly launch an enterprise which
the members of the Society believed would be so beneficial to
the public at large. In doing this the Society intended to devote its remaining means and energy to the furtherance of its
original purpose, the preservation and collection of matters of
historic interest and the spreading of an interest in such matters throughout the State.
The wisdom of this action on the part of the Society and
of the City has been very fully demonstrated and the beneficial
results have exceeded the expectations of both parties to such
an extent that further steps have now become advisable in
order that the Public Library may continue increasing its
usefulness to the people of our city.
The time is coming, even if it has not already arrived, when
thePublic Library should be entirely divorced from the Georgia
Historical Society, should be installed in an adequate and
commodious building, and should be supplied with sufficient
public funds to meet the requirements of our people.
The present building now owned by the Society was
planned for its uses and while serving as temporary quarters
for a public library, has now become inadequate for such use.
A properly designed public library building for the City
of Savannah, must necessarily have additional space because
of the sadly overcrowded condition of the present building;
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 315
the rooms must be better arranged and there should be more
of them; they should be more convenient, better lighted, and
each room adapted for its uses.
There should be a quiet room for the study of the reference
books in the Library, a general reading room free from the
constant interruption of persons coming in to take out books
from the Library. The many children using the building require a special room of their own where suitable books can be
be kept for their reading. The considerable amount of book
repairs, cataloging and other manual duties required of the
Library assistants can be properly done only in a separate
room where this portion of the library work can continue
uninterrupted.
A special building should be planned and erected for
library purposes as has been done in so many of our neighboring cities. The interior of this building should be suitably
arranged for the convenience of the public and the care of the
books. It should also be an architectural ornament and inspiration to the people of the city.
Why will not some public spirited citizen of Savannah
perpetuate his memory and live forever in the minds of our
people by supplying this great need ?
Reports
The report of the Librarian, which is attached, gives
many interesting statistics concerning the use of the Library,
and is sufficient in its scope to answer all reasonable inquiries
in connection with iits use. During the year a new record
system of statistics was inaugurated which gives complete and
exact information dating back to the establishment of the
Library.
316 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The records of the Board of Managers and of the special
Library Committee are thoroughly kept and have been fully
indexed so that reference may be had to any action of the
Board from the time of its first appointment.
Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer's report attached shows that the Board of
Managers have in accordance with their custom spent the
money appropriated for the use of the Library, but have
created no indebtedness, the cash on hand being exactly the
amount required to pay the bills contracted during December.
This is a fixed policy of the Board, and especial attention is
called to the complete and exact financial statement submitted
bv the Treasurer.
For the sake of convenience the Treasurer's vouchers are
each year bound in book form and filed in the Library for
reference at anv future time.
In our last annual report it was shown that the income of
the Savannah Public Library was only seven cents for each
individual in Savannah, while Norfolk, Va., expends twelve
cents; Galveston, Texas, forty-two cents; Charlotte, N. C.
fourteen cents; Atlanta, Ga. eighteen cents, and Jacksonville,
Fla.. twenty-five cents, showing that Savannah expends much
less upon its Public Library than any of these cities in proportion to its population.
On the other hand, the use of the Public Library in Savannah is greater in proportion to population than in most
of the cities mentioned.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 317
This statement showed that the Savannah Public Library
is operated with the greatest possible economy, that the services rendered the public are highly efficient and seem to be
thoroughly satisfactory to the people of Savannah.
The Board of Managers wish to especially commend the
careful and thorough work of the Librarian and the Assistant
Librarians during the year.
Respectfully submitted by order of the Board of Managers.
GEORGE J. BALDWIN.
Chairman.
318 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Report of the Librarian
SAVANNAH. GA., January 1, 1908.
To THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, SAVANNAH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
GENTLEMENI have the honor to present the Librarian's
report for the year ending December 31, 1907.
It is a common saying that we live in an age of progress;
but it is a remark that may be made of any age, for, unless the
world does progress constantly, our condition would be pitiable. Some years, undoubtedly, show a more marked advance
than others and the result is pleasing; and so it is with our
Library during the past year. Our aim should be to make
this institution so necessary to the citizens of Savannah, that
its steadily growing power for good will be clearly shown in the
statements of its work made year after year. I am sure that
all the members of our Board have that object in view, because every one of them has signified his approval of any suggestion in the way of improvement. They have constantly,
without exception, shown that they are of the opinion expressed by Henry Ward Beecher that "We should so live and
labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the
next generation as blossom, and that what came to us as
blossom may go to them as fruitand this is what we mean
by progress.'' Healthy progress, I am glad to say, has been
made all along the line in our past year's work, and the statistics herewith presented will bear me out in that assertion.
The first item exhibiting a degree of improvement worthy
of note, is the record of the circulation of books. As compared with the year 1906 the increase is 8367 volumes, and an
MAYOR'S ANN-UAL REPORT. 319
examination of the table annexed to this report will reveal the
further gratifying fact that the patrons of the Library have
more liberally than usual consulted the departments not devoted to fiction. In our present condition, we have no method
of dividing the patronage of the children from that of the
adults, and, until we establish a children's department, it will
not be possible to make anything like a true report of that
matter. The time will come, and it is not far distant, when a
separation must be made, and it would not be unwise to begin
to consider seriously, without delay, that important measure.
A library is restricted in its usefulness unless it is properly
cataloged, and it goes without saying that a good catalog is
not only a great help to the reader, but is an actual necessity.
Our card catalog, begun when we first opened our doors to the
general public in 1903, is now practically complete, and every
book hereafter received will at once be listed, and the cards
(arranged and made out by author, title and subject) inserted
in their proper places in the drawers in the cabinet. This
work has been admirably performed by the two assistants,
Miss Maude Hey ward and Miss Elizabeth V. McLaws, whose
faithful and conscientious labors in all matters connected
with the affairs of the Library are now fully acknowledged,
and their diligence most heartily commended.
The following table will s'how just how the collection of
books has increased in the twelve months covered by this
report:
Schedule of Book Account
No. of volumes in Library at beginning of year........27,158
320 " MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Additions
No. of vols. added by purchase............... 1,466
" " " " " gift................... 104
" " " " " Government ........... 168 1,738
Total additions for the year.............. 28,896
Withdrawals
No. vols. worn out, destroyed on account of contagion, or condemned for other reasons............92
No. vols. missing.............................. 2
No. vols. lost and paid for by borrowers.......... 12
Total withdrawals for the vear.................. 106
Total volumes at the beginning of 1908........... 28,790
Binding and Repairs
Total number of vols. bound during the year............ 15
" " " rebound " " " ............767
" mended by Library staff..........378
It will be seen, by reference to the exhibit attached hereto,
that we have loaned 74,188 volumes. The Census of 1900
gives this City a white population of 26,154. Since then our
City limits have been greatly extended and our population has
otherwise been increased, and a fair estimate will, I think,
give us at this time 35,000 white inhabitants. This will make
a showing of a little more than two volumes loaned per annum
to each inhabitant.
With 29,000 volumes in the Library, and an annual circulation of 74,000 volumes, the average circulation per volume
is nearly three.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 321
Referring again to the assistance given by us to the literary societies of this community, it is gratifying to note that our
efforts in that direction are really appreciated, as the Library
Committee, at the last meeting, received from the Literary
Department of the Huntingdon Club a special letter of thanks
for the favorable consideration of their request for the purchase of a list of books desired for use in their course of study
during the present season.
*
The Library is open every day except Sundays from 10
o'clock A. M. to 10 o'clock P. M. arid on Sundays from 4 to 10
o'clock P. M. It is open every day in the year except three
Christmas, Memorial Day and Thanksgiving Day362 days
in all.
Since this report was begun, the first number of our Library Bulletin has been issued, and seems to give general
satisfaction.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed) WILLIAM HARDEN,
Librarian.
21
Books Taken From the Library
MONTH
January. , _ . . .
February..... .
March,....-, . ...
April. . . . . ....
May..,, ..__..,--
June..... ... . ..
July...........
August..^ ... . .
September
October..-..-.-
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December.. ....
Totals, 1907.-..
Totals, 1906....
Totals, 1005.....
Totals, 1904
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......11112783
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36
37
39
44
28
18
23
30
21
21
21
24
342
379
156
22
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23
22
19
30
12
20
22
25
27
21
21
30
272
236
122
40
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47
27
30
29
21
15
19
19
18
. 17
20
20
204
454
294
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23
26
133
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23
24
26
18
29
23
17
18
23
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264
302
379
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15
17
25
24
28
25
23
22
22
32
27
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283
185
162
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20
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13
18
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170
223
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190
170
150
160
178
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125
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143
175
201
180
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1,098
1,170
225
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215
230
231
212
217
148
175
172
190
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197
178
2,347
2,787
3,424
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5 077
5,545
5,025
5,877
5,000
4,875
5,726
5,857
6,161
5,035
0,164
5,069
68,201
59,223
60,382
16,384
2
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6,243
0,083
6,186
0,424
0,210
5,280
6,141
6,294
0,627
6,414
6,696
5,584
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65,821
66,294
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 323
Cards Issued, Visits, Fines and Reserves
MONTH
January......... ..
February........ ..
March. --... ......
May..-.-.-----...
J
une.-...-. ...---.
uly..._. . ........
October __ . ......
Totals, 1907..-. .
Totals, 1906. ......
Totals, 1905. ......
Totals, 1904.......
Cards
Issued to
Adults
98
100
67
66
58
62
88
75
118
117
91
65
1,005
955
1,245
1,913
Cards
Issued toChildren
31
26
20
14
15
23
SB
31
33
23
21
18
291
337
640
No
Record
*!a fs-g ST
5,272
4,980
5,093
4,907
4,525
4,149
4,304
4,782
4,542
4,639
4,514
4,533
56,240
89,783
89,969
78,117
Monthly Visits ofChildren
3,106
2,892
3,241
3,203
3.264
2,012
3,015
2,749
3,002
2,608
2,606
2.200
34,798
NoRec'd
NoRec'd
Mnth. VisitsLibrary Co'mittee
68
56
65
58
60
58
67
62
25
14
53
58
644
714
662
668
Fines and
Reserves
$ 57 74
57 78
61 28
63 10
59 04
57 46
56 62
52 22
50 32
58 22
62 44
75 72
$711 94
665 17
552 30
439 85
NOTE:
Prior to 1907 no separate record of monthly visits of children
was kept, the figures being included in the column o monthly
visits of adults.
324 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Classified List of Periodicals Subscribed For
Literary Reviews..................................... 5
Popular Literature.................................... 23
Historical............................................ 3
Fine Arts............................................ 5
Useful Arts. ......................................... 10
Bibliography......................................... 3
Religion............................................. 4
Domestic Economy.................................... 4
Juvenile...................."......................... 4
Language............................................. 1
Music............................................... 1
Horticulture.......................................... 2
Humor............................................... 3
Science.............................................. 11
Total periodicals..................................79
Classified List of Books Purchased in 1907, Showing
Percentage of Each Class
Fiction ...... .^. ............................. 70
History. . .f.''. .............................. 6
Literature................................... 6
Fine Arts................................... 2
Useful Arts.................................. 3
Natural Science.............................. 4
Philology. .................................. 1
Sociology.................................... 4
Religion-.................................... 2
Philosphy................................... 1
General..................................... 1
.100 per cent.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 325
Classified List of Card Holders
Architects.............. 3
Artists................. 12
Authors............... 3
Bakers................ 6
Bankers. .............. 19
Blacksmiths............ 8
Boiler Makers.......... 6
Bookbinders............ 4
Brewers............... 3
Brokers................ 20
Butchers............... 2
Cabinet Makers......... 2
Carpenters............. 28
Chemists............... 5
Civil Engineers......... 21
Clergymen............. 17
Clerks................ .2132
Conductors............. 10
Contractors............ 10
Dairymen.............. 3
Dressmakers........... 8
Druggists.............. 16
Editors................ 3
Electricians............ 15
Engineers R. R....... . . 13
Exporters.............. 10
Firemen................ 48
Grocers................ 20
Hair Dressers........... 1
Inspectors............. 13
Insurance Agents....... '31
Iron Workers........... 2
Jewelers............... 4
Journalists............. 9
Kindergarten Teachers. . 34
Lawyers............... 56
Letter Carriers.......... 4
Machinists............. 78
Managers.............. 125
Merchants............. 209
Milliners............... 6
Musicians.............. 48
Painters............... 12
Paper Hangers....'..... 2
Pawn Brokers.......... 3
Pilots.... ............. 4
Port Wardens.......... 1
Plumbers.............. 11
Printers............... :JO
Photographers.......... 5
Policemen.............. 19
Planters............... 8
Real Estate Agents..... 28
R. R. Officials........ . . 11
Reporters.............. 8
Secretaries (Private).... 19
Steamship Officials...... 12
Stenographers.......... 121
Students.............. .3125
Teachers............... 149
Telegraph Operators..... 12
Tinners................ 4
Trained Nurses......... 31
Upholsterers........... 7
Watchmen............. 15
Wheelwrights........... 8
Wood Dealers.......... 3
Females, no employment 1450
Males " " 564
Total..........................................8729
326 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
TREASURER'S AHlfUAL REPORT
January 1, 1907, to January 1, 1908.
Receipts
Cash on hand January 1, 1907. ........$ 308 92
From City of Savannah............... 4,200 00
From Georgia Historical Society....... 500 00
From fines and reserves............... 700 40
From lost books..................... 7 30
From old and duplicate books sold..... 51 35$5,767 97
Expenditures
Salaries............................ .$2,220 00
Rent of books....................... 400 00
New books.......................... 1,583 87
Periodicals, etc...................... 231 31
Fuel............................... 98 50
Lighting............................ 279 37
Stationery........................... 220 86
Printing............................ 39 30
Repairs............................. 12 75
Improvements.......................
Insurance........................... 40 00
Miscellaneous........................ 422 55$5,548 51
Cash on hand January 1, 1908..... $ 219 46
The December, 1907, unpaid bills will about cover cash
balance on hand.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) JOHN M. THOMAS,
Treasurer Public Libraiy.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 327
I have examined the accounts and books of the Treasurer
of the Public Library from the 1st of January, 1907, to the 1st
of January, 1908, and find'the same correct, with proper
vouchers produced, and a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of Two Hundred and Nineteen Dollars and Forty-six
Cents.
(Signed) HENRY C. CUNNINGHAM,
Chairman Finance Committee, Public Library.

MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 320
KATE BALDWIN FREE KINDERGARTEN ASSOCIATION
SAVANNAH, GA., January 18, 1908.
HON. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, Mayor.
SIRI have the honor to transmit to you the annual report
of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association.
Yours very truly,
GEORGE J. BALDWIN.
President:
Enclosure.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1908.
MR. GEORGE J. BALDWIN, President,
Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association,
Savannah, Georgia.
My dear Mr. BaldwinI have the honor to present to you
the following report:
No. of Free KindergartensFour, maintained as follows:
Two.
(Fully supported and maintained by the Association.)
330 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
Namely:
South Side Kindergarten, Montgomery and Thirty-First
Streets.
Jessie Anderson, Principal.
Ethel Reid, Assistant.
Chatham Kindergarten, East Broad and Taylor Streets.
Carol P. Oppenheimer, Principal.
Henrietta A. Falk, Assistant.
One.
Supported in the main by the Association, but receiving
this year SI 00 from the Kindergarten Club as a contribution
toward running expenses.
Namely:
East Side Kindergarten, Habersham and Congress Streets,
Clara B. Vaughan, Principal.
Loretta McCarthy, Assistant.
One. .
(Supported by Trinity Methodist Church)
Namely:
Trinity Kindergarten, York and Jefferson Streets.
Clara V. Hinson, Principal.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 331
Stella Truslow, Assistant.
Number of Private Kindergartens whose Principals
attend the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association conferences for teachersthree.
Miss Hardee.
Kindergarten, 10 West Taylor Street.
Miss Elliott,
Froebel Kindergarten, East Taylor Street.
Miss Axon,
Kindergarten, Haskell-Pape School.
The Private Kindergarten and Primary School, at Park
Avenue and Bull Streets, is conducted by Miss Broughton and
Miss Lyons, both of whom are graduates of the Kate Baldwin
Free Kindergarten Association.
Miss Amram, Principal of the Jewish Mission School,
Broughton and Ann Streets, also attends the conferences.
The Mission School has a register of forty (40) children. There
is also a Mother's Club in connection with this school. Membership 25.
Average Register in the Free Kindergartens.... .185
South Side.................................. 55
Chatham.................................... 40
East Side................................... 40
Trinitv...................................... 50
332 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
That the number of Free Kindergartens is absolutely
inadequate, even for the demand in the immediate neighborhood where they are established, is evidenced by the fact that
each Kindergarten is carrying a long waiting list. At the
beginning of the school year, October, 1907, this list very
nearly equaled the number of children that we were able to
enroll.
In many of the school districts no provision is made for
the education of children of the kindergarten age.
The attention of the Association has been specially called
by Dr. Van Deventer, Pastor of the Duffy Street Baptist
Chuich, to the need for kindergartens in the neighborhood of
the West End Mission and Berrien Mission Room.
Kindergartens are also greatly needed in that section of
the city known as Yamacraw.
But it is not the poorer sections of the city alone where
the Kindergarten is greatly needed. The largest present demand for the Kindergarten comes from citizens of the middle
class which class constitutes in this city, as in every community, the largest element in the population. These citizens
would naturally send their children to public school kindergartens. No kindergartens being maintained in the public
school systems in Savannah, these people seek admittance
for their children in the free kindergartens. These kindergartens, established to meet the needs of children of the very
poor, are obliged to refuse admission, and never, of course, is
tuition taken.
In cases where there is no room for the child, we are confronted by this query on the part of the parent" What am I
to do? I want my child to have a kindergarten education;
I cannot afford to pay the tuition of the private kindergartens; there are no kindergartens in the public schools."
The query is an intelligent one, the grievance just. The redress is obvious, establish the kindergarten as a part of the
public school system.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. .333
Normal Department
Four new students have entered our Training Department this year. Three of these students are candidates for
our Normal diploma. One is registered as a special student
in the departments of Psychology and the History of Education.
Mothers* Clubs
Mothers' Clubs are established in connection with all of
the free kindergartens.
The average register is 172, divided as follows :
South Side.............................. 55,
President, Mrs. Keck Secretary, Mrs. Sullivan.
Chatham................................52.
President, Mrs. Corcoran Secretary, Mrs. Davis.
East Side...............................35.
President, Mrs. Ryan Secretary, Mrs. McGoldrick.
Trinity.................................30.
President, Mrs. Freidman Secretary, Mrs. Deiter.
The Mothers' Clubs have come to be very strong and
effective organizations, working intelligently and wisely with
the kindergartens to understand and meet the needs of the
children and co-operating with the teachers in their effort to
extend the influence of the kindergarten into the home and to
disseminate it in the community.
Each club holds a monthly meeting, devoted partly to the
discussion of practical problems, such as: proper diet foi
young children; study of the Kindergarten program that the
334 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
mothers may better understand what the kindergarten seeks
to accomplish; the educational significance for the children of
such festivals as Thanksgiving and Christmas; talks, by the
doctor in charge, on hygiene; some of the meetings are devoted to hand work; the making of baskets, aprons for sales,
candy bags for the children's Christmas trees, etc.
It is the custom to devote the last half hour of every meeting to purely social purposes and it is an inspiration to see
hard-working, tired mothers relax and respond to the spirit of
the march, the rhythm games and the folk dances, as truly
benefitted by these recreative exercises as are their children
by the kindergarten games.
The mothers have taken another and very 'practical way
of showing their appreciation of the kindergarten. By their
own efforts the three Mothers' Clubs connected with our Association have earned this current year $280, distributed as
follows:
South Side Mothers' Club........................ .$100 00
Chatham " "......................... 100 00
East Side " " ......................... SO 00
This money has been used for the purchase and framing
of really beautiful and suitable pictures to hang on the kindergarten walls; for shades and curtains, that best meet both
aesthetic and hygienic requirements; for the decorating of the
interior of East Side Kindergarten.
Chatham Mothers' Club has put aside $50, to make a
garden for the Chatham Kindergarten in the spring.
The Mothers' Club also attends to the gathering of nature
material for the kindergarten and the decorating of the kindergarten with suitable nature material for such festivals as
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 335
It is the purpose of the kindergarten organization not
only to continue the meetings of the Mothers' Clubs, but occasionally to hold parents' meetings at which mothers and
fathers are invited to be present. Such meetings are of necessity held in the evening and cannot be too frequent, lest
they prove too great a tax on the kindergartners.
One such meeting has already been held with great success, on the evening of December 12 at Chatham Kinder -
garden, and at that meeting it was voted, on a motion by one
of the fathers, to hold a second meeting in January.
On Monday evening, December 30, a concert was given
at South Side Kindergarten under the auspices of the South
Side Mothers' Club for the benefit of the Kindergarten.
The father of one of the kindergarten children, house
painter, has offered to paint the exterior of the South Side
Kindergarten if the Mothers' Club will furnish the paint.
The offer has been accepted. Another father, a carpenter,
built a fine new wood box for the South Side Kindergarden
this fall.
Could the spirit of true appreciation show itself better
than in such genuine co-operation?
Kindergarten Health Report
"The problem of giving the child a healthy, sanitary
physical environment, good, simple food, rational exercise,
bodily culture, wise medical care when needed, is distinctly
a moral problem, indeed, is a basal element in rnoral
education."
Medical Inspectors
For South Side Kindergarten, Dr. John K. Train,
Chatham Kindergarten, Dr. Lawrence Lee.
336 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
East Side Kindergarten, Dr. Marion Thomas.
Specialists, Dr. H. H. Martin, Dr. J. F. Chisholm
The aim of the medical inspection is three fold.
1.To prevent the dissemination of contagious disease;
2.To remove disabilities of individual children;
3.To develop health and vigor among the children by
special and expert attention to proper food, clothing, sleep,
cleanliness and the observance of all the laws of hygiene.
That this third aim may be in any degree attained, it is
necessary to do direct work with the mothers. This has been
done by special talks on the laws of health and the care of
children given by the doctors before the Mothers' Club.
Dr. Train has. addressed S. S. Mothers' Club, Dr. Thomas
has spoken to E. S. Mothers' Club, and Dr. Lee has spoken to
Chatham Mothers' Club.
Special physical examinations have been conducted in all
the Kindergartens in accordance with the following formula:
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 337
DATE.
KINDERGARTEN.
NAME.
ADDRESS.
SKIN AND GENERAL COMPLEXION:
..................... | TREATMENT.
EYES
NOSE AND THROAT
THORAX
ABDOMEN
22
338 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The results of these examinations are subjects for serious
thought.
Twenty-five cases of adenoid growths were discovered.
Adenoids, of course, come under the head of removable disabilities. Three successful operations have already been
performed by Dr. Martin, and the remaining cases are to be
operated on during the first three weeks in January.
Six cases of defective vision. These cases are under the
care of Dr. Chisholm.
One case of arrested development.
Two neurotic children.
The most startling of all the facts revealed by the medical
inspections, is that over one quarter of the children are anaemic. Anaemia in growing children is a very serious thing.
It not only means an undeveloped physical organism, but a
starved brain as well. Anaemia is the direct result of malnutrition which in turn comes from poor and improper food.
In a recent report to the Board of Education of New
York City, Dr. William H. Maxwell says:
" Malnutrition is the chief cause not only of physical
weakness, but of mental weakness and is ho doubt responsible
for the dreadful ravages made by the various forms of tuberculosis. A badly nourished body furnishes poor support for
intellectual effort and is a standing invitation to disease."
Upon a careful investigation of the food given to the
children in their homes this is what we find:
Improperly prepared food; badly made bread; a quantity of fried food; batter cakes with syrup (and no other
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 339
breakfast); tea and coffee given to the children; children
allowed to eat great quantities of green pickles and cheap
candy.
The result is that the children are overfed and very much
undernourished. Their taste for wholesome food like milk
and eggs is prevented and spoiled, they demand stimulants,
food which satisfies the appetite without nourishing the organ-
ism. This wrong standard of diet and the lack of knowledge
on the part of the mothers of how properly to prepare food
shows the great need that there is for introducing Domestic
Science into the Public Schools.
Unfortunately the lack of health is still regarded by many
" as a mysterious dispensation rather than as a result of definite
and controllable causes." But the insistence upon good health
for the children is the only intelligent way of safeguarding
the interest of the community, of conserving the strength of
the future men and women.
Dr. Elias G. Brown, who made, in 1905, the famous report
on the defective children in the public schools of New York
City, said in that report: "The problem of the dullard is
largely a physical problem." And if we fail to relieve and
cure physically defective children, we may know that we
thereby help to recruit the reformatories, the prison and the
asylum.
We, the undersigned physicians, endorse this health report and earnestly commend this department of kindergarten
work as of much value to the children:
(Signed) LAWRENCE LEE,
JOHN K. TRAIN,
MARION R. THOMAS,
H. H. MARTIN, M. D.
JULIAN F. CHISHOLM.
340 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Club Work for the Older Boys and Girls
Any careful observer of conditions in Savannah knows
that there are evidences in the public squares, more particularly in the poorer parts of the town, on the streets and about
buildings, of the vandalism of half grown boys, boys still in
school, but who seem to have much unoccupied time in the
later afternoon and early evening.
Now, energy that does not result in good and definite action is always dangerous. The Kindergarten Association
proposes, as fast as it can find suitable leaders, to offer the
use of the Kindergarten room in the afternoon and evening for
the purposes of boys and girls clubs, knowing with Jacob Reis,
that "it is by the Boys' Club that the street is hardest hit.
In the fight for the lad it is that which knocks out the 'gang'
and with its own weapon, the weapon of organization.''
Two clubs have already been established in connection
with the extension work of the Chatham Kindergarten. One
for boys and one for girls.
The Boys Club is lead by Rev. Geo. Solomon.
The Girls Club, a story club, lead by Miss Carol P. Oppenheimer.
Concluding Remarks
The kindergartners have paid during the past year
seven hundred and eight visits to the homes of the children.
In cases of sickness or trouble, the kindergartner is the first
person to whom the family turns. Her relation to the families
in the community is in no sense an imposed or an artificial
thing. It grows out of the desire on the part of both the parents and the kindergartner to meet in the best and wisest way
all the needs of the child.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 341
The excursion of the kindergarten and the parts of the
kindergarten program relating to the industries and activities of the community bring the kindergartner and the children into close touch with the workers and producers of the
city. This dignifies labor in the eyes of the child, broadens
his sympathies and understanding and is a distinct element of
strength in his education.
At Christmas time the children of Chatham Kindergarten
visited the Abrahams Home and sang their Christmas songs to
the old ladies there. The children of the East Side sang their
songs to the sailors at the Sailor's Home. And the children
of the South Side visited the children's ward at Telfair Hospital
and presented a picture book that they had made.
President Eliot of Harvard University, says: " The world '
is still governed by sentiments and not by observation, acquisition and reasoning; the national greatness and righteousness depend more upon the cultivation of right sentiments in
the children than anything else. Now, the sentiments which
American schools ought to cherish and inculcate are family
love, respect for law and public order, love of freedom and
reverence for truth and righteousness.''
We ask you to examine this report for evidence of these
sentiments in our Kindergarten work, and we believe that you
will not find them wanting.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed) HONTENSE MAY ORCUTT,
Supervisor.
342 MAYOR'S AXNUAL REPORT.
Outline Showing Preparation in Kindergarten for Future
School Work
I. ENGLISH.
1.Increase in vocabulary.
2.Ability to listen and hear with intelligence.
3.Concentration.
4.Power to relate in clear and simple English.
(a) Happenings that come within the child's experience.
(b) Short stories.
5.Ability to memorize and recite verses and short
poems.
6.Some appreciation of the beauty of good speech,
i I. OCCUPATION OR HAND-WORK.
1.The habit of joyous and orderly activity and a liking
for employment.
2.Ability to make or construct from
(a) Imitation,
(b) Suggestion,
(c) Definite direction.
'.1.A little skill with materials with planning, combination and invention.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 343
4.A general increase of the power of accomplishment,
"the power to do.''
III. ART. (Using the term in its inclusive sense.)
A little mental content of good
1.Stories,
2.Poems,
3.Drama,
4.Songs,
5.Music,
6.Rhythm,
7.Pictures.
IV.NATURE STUDIES.
1.An aroused and stimulated interest in the nature
world, and a love and sympathy with that world.
2.A sympathy with the lower animals, a sense of human
superiority, and the corresponding sense of responsibility in the care of pets and domestic animals.
V. MORAL TRAINING.
1.Habits of obedience, promptness, neatness, order,
truthfulness, and a training of the sense of justice.
2.The development of the social side with its accompanying virtues.
344 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
(a) A habit of good humored, kindly co-operation
with the activity of others, and an acceptance of
community regulations.
(b) The beginning of altruism.
A.Service,
B.Generosity,
C.Courtesy,
D.Love.
3.Admiration of others which lead to the growth of
ideals.
VI. INTELLECTUAL TRAINING.
The beginning of a habit of comparison and the power of
discrimination, of likeness and difference, which, if continued
in the school, should be the basis of good generalization or
classification. See James' Psychology, Briefer Course, Page
251.
STATISTICS
OF THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH, GA.
ITS TRADE AND COMMERCE
FOR THE TEAR
19O7
CoatpUo* by
NEYLB COLQCITT
Soerctar? to Hon. Goo. W. Tiedfnn, Mayor
BANK CLEARINGS AT SAVANNAH FOR TWELVE YEARS
January. ....
February ....
March ...... .
April. . ....
May. ..... ....
June.. .......
July.........
August.... ...
September .. .
October. .. .. ...
November ....
December. ....
Total. --....
i
1007
$ 24,127,225
10,604,958
15,551,230
13,706,744
15,231,942
12,669,398
12,397,118
12,090,009
23,107,734
30,279,450
25,790,147
23,2.V.),WH
$224,821,619
1000
$ 19,563,208 41
17,619,627 21
16.182,388 23
16,397,851 04
19,504,211 24
14,172,074 80
15,126,835 64
15,223,707 11
20,827,539 33
32,764,347 79
29,293,042 16
25,!)29,.-()4 01
$242,603,427 0(1
1005
$ 15,836,784 70
12,327,773 95
12,592,307 10
13,556,467 78
14,245,151 40
10,287,200 03
18,847,900 43
15,958,349 74
28,638,449 23
27,711,354 34
31,570,095 55
24,!)4I,1!H) 72
$232,521,039 97
1901
$ 17,571,003 46
13,284,352 02
12,474,699 13
10,933,238 51
11,584,530 25
12.374,343 98
11,888,614 54
13,255,577 99
27,089,912 91
27,455,967 17
22,539,708 83
21,314,153 .1"
[$201,796,751 64
1903
$ 19,542,420 26
15.531,205 99
14,903,183 03
12,720,753 27
11,148,444 32
11.397,250 94
11,375,012 47
16,666,300 14
19,689,811 62
25,850,735 86
22,476,266 59
13,003,277 09
$195.265,562 48
1 902
$ 16,388,841 19
11,604,478 86
11,462,399 12
13,004,404 75
14,433,208 12
11,453,595 66
11,492,579 06
11,690,495 61
18,093,746 38
19,588,072 60
21,456,663 83
2:1,490,292 71
$181,069,677 8
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Foreign Exports from the Port of Savannah, Ga., for the Year Ending
COUNTRY
Africa- _ ______ -___._-_
Argentine Republic. ------
Belgium -_ _ - -
Bermuda. ----_.---.--_--
Brazil _____________
China ___ .. _ ..-. _ .
Cuba ____ ___ ----- .
Chili __________ ---...
East Indies (Br.)-- _ ----
England.. ______________
Egypt
France. _________________
Germany.. __________
Greece ______ -----
India (Br.) ___ __ __ -
Italy.. .. __ -.....--_-.
Japan... ________ -..-_
Peru _ .. _ .... _ _ .
Scotland (see Eng,)_ ....
Spain. .. .._. _.......
Sweden (and Norway) ____
West Indies __ _.__ _ ___
Totals ... ______ 1907..
___ . __ ..1906-.
_____ ._ .1905
_ - _ .1904
_____ __ -.1903--
. .1902-
... ___ . 1901
-_-__-_ __1900_.
.... . ___ .1899
____ 1898..
_ . _ ..... 1897
___ . .. .1896
___ - 1895
_ .. __ 1894..
.. _ ... __ 1893-
.-. _ 1892
_ .-. 1891
---.---1890--
January
$ 369,655
126,768
3,166
1,535,036
4,693,756
138,285
353,503
36,483
213,277
605,043
129,703
* 8,204,675
4,540,185
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
9 2,397
22,103
4,255
1,011,224
265,831
1,288,469
405,992
51,387
123,669
$ 3,175,327
3,473,537
2,679,859
3,872,091
4,928,263
3,388,814
4,650,926
4,762,120
2,139,211
2,506,424
1,399,482
1,352,946
1,554,103
999,283
1,069,959
2,587,415
3,030,868
2,206,202
March
$ 26,838
222,053
125,121
48,486
694,399
2,255,019
251,638
227,398
1,185
438,067
306,667
106,855
April
$ 123,407
160
58,343
1,580
281,512
211,829
1,370,750
20,800
219,770
27,392
293,012
297,497
1,500
323,577
14,002
1
$ 4,703,726
2,793,147
2,579,001
1,552,940
4,605,860
1,352,405
2,720,851
6,206,264
957,133
2,247,860
1,608,049
1,942,083
1,292,602
1,262,792
1,117,796
1,167,248
2,004,608
1,621,869
$ 2,962,119
3,752,685
1,654,666
2,391,806
3,539,085
2,042,930
2,137,333
3,310,838
653,111
1,524,133
1,166,364
1,031,209
1,477,426
1,307,212
803,992
752,365
1,226,996
811,181
May
$ 19,116
33,217
6,028
3,935
1,137,985
517,650
32,761
777,267
13,965
16,386
35,167
227,287
92,500
3,027
$ 2,916,291
2,675,911
5,062,122
820,635
1,479,444
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
834,225
958,872
501,335
June
$ 57,549
50,030
44,552
62,860
211
347,717
85,689
91,224
53,458
241,290
7,766
28,300
350,637
104,072
10,606
* 2,335,355
3,114,214
2,345,618
856,840
749,610
1,540,027
1,459,007
1,306,641
1,212,859
1,105,833
788,496
865,892
638,863
712,131
929,103
762,429
705,899
465,024
July
$ 24,867
15,011
65
700,435
647,498
28,404
144,180
3,817
516
19,316
66,052
101,904
$ 1,752,065
1,726,325
3,333,987
543,162
763,426
1,038,873
1,452,505
1,306,641
1,076,125
839,272
588,824
668,239
1,024,405
401,197
633,671
541,731
474,091
4o5,5S2
August
$ 36,746
304,392
212.620
305,795
6,706
$ 866,259
2,54?, 140
2,333,809
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
513,33!)
340,052
322,433
September
$ 41,363
18,196
970,388
1,021,225
3,001,061
32,116
121,396
14,815
94,622
204,987
121,666
$ 5,641,790
3,032,650
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
816,965
3,529,782
October
$ 160,307
25,918
6,002
3,282,133
1,475,520
4,180,063
257,031
29,920
12,675
23,500
37,326
1,328,078
159,831
4,272
$ 10,982,576
11,970,486
9,037,453
14,705,929
9,854,486
7,260,964
6,818,107
9,442,112
4,743,510
3,088,123
5,164,491
2,721,958
4,495,246
3,894,571
4,889,436
3,820,117
4,410,403
6,165,418
\<nl
* 11
-
1,1
1
$10,
9, n,9
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7>fl 5,1 4,1
5,1 5-l
5,1
3,1
3,1
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4'1
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Foreign Exports from the Port of Savannah, Ga., for the Year Ending December 31,1907, and for the Seventeen Years Preceding
May
> 19,116
33,217
6,028
3~ 935
1,137,985
517,650
32,761
777,267
13,965
16,386
35,167
227,287
92,500
June
$ 57,549
50,030
44,552
62,860
211
347,717
85,689
91,224
53,458
241,290
7,766
28,300
350,637
104,072
3,627;' 10,666
2,916,291 $ 2,335,355
2,675,911; 3,114,214
5.062,I22| 2,345,618
820,635 856,840
1,479,444! 749,610
2,290,572 1.540,027
2,629,638 1,459,007
1,366.804 1,306,641
877,702 1,212,859
890,857 1,105,833
l,090,874i 788,496
1,449,343 865,892
835,746 638,863
1,189,987 712,131
847,273; 920,103
834,225i 762,429
958,872: 705.899
501,335| 465,024
July
$ ~24~867
15,011
65
700,435
647,498
28,404
144,180
3,817
516
19,316
66,052
101,904
$ 1,752,065
1,726,325
3,333,987
543,162
763,426
1,038,873
1,452,505
1,306,641
1,076,125
839,272
588,824
668,239
1,024,405
401.107
633,671
541,73!
474,091
455,582
August
$ 36,746
304,392
212.620
305,795
6,706
$ 866,259
2,54?,! 40
2,333,809
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
340,052
322,433
September
$ 41,363
18,196
970,388
1,021,225
3,001,061
32,116
121,396
i,il5
94,622
204,987
121,666
$ 5,641,790
3,032,650
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
816,965
3,529,782
October
$ 160,307
25,918
6,002
3,282,133
1,475,520
4,180,063
257,031
29,920
12,675
23,500
37,326
1,328,078
159,831
4,272
$ 10,982,576
11,970,486
9,037,453
14,705,929
9,854,486
7,260,964
6,818,107
9,442,112
4,743,510
3,088,123
5,164,491
2,721,958
4,495,246
3,894,571
4,889,436
3,820,117
4,410,403
6,165,418
November
$ "130,790
76,590
199,300
1,514,741
1,158,773
5,532,568
297,926
478,231
5,400
193,984
1,062,529
118,085
$ 10,769,549
9,952,478
11,279,117
10,074,689
11,547,482
7,409,853
7,442,998
5,631,579
4,397,041
5,101,507
5,142,515
5,101,477
3,337,539
3,596,128
4,941,933
4,994,804
7,253,087
4,766,822
December
S 24.-100
474,161
34,266
87,133
27,000
2,823,213
44,457
4,572,695
5,990
620,220
249,846
294,093
1,111,877
68,826
$10,837,811
9,511,377
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
3,860,450
2,652,154
3,275,885
3,896,139
1,856,281
4,761,903
6,854,899
Totals 1907
$ 84,387
- 24,100
992,342
538,876
197,820
6,002
290,744
36,001
14,603,175
4,263,324
29,172,328
5,990
1,732,639
3,554,588
81,657
31,201
12,675
30,701
320,104
1,663,720
1,500
5,586,734
1,138,819
17,299
$ 65,147,666
58,867,666
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
30,949,991
Totals 1906
$ 12,200
48,509
1,596,299
89,938
1,382,556
418,705
45,900
11,210
263,498
31,464
11,681,731
4.116,617
26,774,490
2,916
1,119,536
2,980,359
22,772
17,390
13,660
39,188
1,766,942
4,847,157
1,253,970
26,462
4,197
$ 58,867,666
.
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
$ tj2~,546,6f 1
Totals 1904
$ 4,253
34,538
560,841
475,837
2,857
87,318
9,330
80,845
3,955
15,781,284
2,936,173
36,216,948
3,275
5,917
2,186,092
1,310,989
45,662
381,027
94,653
2,617,584
3,612,685
891,220
15,820
13,952
$ 67,368,615
Totals 1903
S 6,277
55,295
529,153
1,559,705
145,325
7,081
161,350
12,627,662
3,529,680
28,386,379
18,021
1,368,150
1,567,137
130.613
21,926
120,198
83,492
3,326,468
3,121
55,988
4,032,751
811,712
11,089
$ 58,566,773
Totals 1902
$ 56,737
372,807
1,489,529
105,239
4,300
10,079
233,625
31,018
11,490,286
2,460,314
21,848,454
1,462,868
1,542,127
67,041
198,502
3,875
2,232,648
4,500
261.769
2,821,991
939,722
15,331
12,000
$47,671,951
Totals 1901
$ 9"l,541
329,858
7,121
1,650,435
72,321
2,632
3,996
57,540
25,547
12,341,453
1,472,171
21,953,409
1,062,387
1.043,091
21,963
12,665
447,960
4,453
, 288,049
3,215,821
9,015
33,958
25,102
$44,166,059
Totals 1900
$ 122,113
537,235
2,382,283
63,740
16,748
78,838
14,030,823
1,636,133
22,633,813
2,700,948
190,849
1,069,568
44,590
661,134
105,313
3,177,953
50,941
11,631
15,702
$ 49,530,255
COUNTRY
Africa.
Argentine Republic.
Austria-Hungary.
Azores.
Belgium.
Bermuda.
Brazil.
China (French).
Cuba.
Chili.
Denmark.
East Indies (Dutch).
England.
EgyptFrance.
Germany.
Greece.
India (British).
Italy.
Japan.
Netherlands.
Nova Scotia, Etc.
Panama.
Peru.
Portugal.
Quebec.
Russia.
San Domingo.
Scotland.
Spain.
Sweden and Norway.
Uruguay.
West Indies (British).
Totals _ .--.-....1907
.... ____ .1906
--..-......-1905
__ . . _ 1904
------......1903
___ ... _ 1902
-...--...-.-1901
... _ . _ .-1900
---.--- . 1899
.- - - --1898
. -1897
-. ---.-1896
____ ..1895
-. --------1894
... _ -. 1893
.. . _ 1892
. _ - .....1891
________ 1890
BANK CLEARINGS AT SAVANNAH FOR TWELVE YEARS
January.. .-.._
February
April.- --.-
May..........
June ..-._
July..... ..
August __ .-.
September
DecemberTotal .......
1901
$ 21,294,903 99
17,372,890 25
14,067,862 47
13,529,275 78
12,869,446 15
10,392,722 67
10,453,907 29
9,466,585 27
12,983,638 01
21,884,303 23
19,925,528 33
18,020,090 05
SI 82, 26 1,1 54 39
1900
$ 19,203,700 54
22,492,042 04
22,792,462 29
16,344,541 80
13,511,250 54
13,088,557 45
16,742,267 05
13,172,194 58
30,580,047 63
30,413,424 76
24,388,524 75
22,865.400 02
$245,504,512 45
1800
$ 12,664,448 92
8,852,776 36
8,133,136 78
8,546,058 45
9,961,071 36
9,134,356 16
9,033,495 52
9,265,668 95
12,232,879 16
15,878,009 76
17,799,296 21
17,013,416 01
$133,514.714 24
1898
$ 13,104,180 88
10,042,845 12
9,654,926 57
8,270,830 94
7,871,082 50
7,425,404 17
6,875,786 72
7,054,579 42
11,028,865 37
17,594,875 82
15,780,046 35
11,511.531 OS
SI 20,248,854 94
1897
$ 12,063,089 02
8,456,510 94
8,480,045 10
8,823,353 11
7,581,823 81
6,883,168 11
7,773,990 40
6,685,563 51
13,366,012 18
17,661,581 48
15,809,895 14
14,102,369 19
$127,777,401 90
1896
$ 12,368,716 17
10,852,586 17
8,403,368 42
7,367,729 82
7,991,395 38
6,339,421 67
6,231,868 02
6,810,973 90
14,006,350 13
16,338,453 21
14,603,548 45
13,441,925 74
$124,756.337 80
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CITY
SAVANNAH, GA._ ..........
Memphis, Tenn..-
Atlanta, Ga._..-
Norfork, Va..
Augusta, Ga. . . . .
Birmingham, Ala,-- - - .
Charleston, S. C.....
Chattanooga, Tenn. ... ....
Jacksonville, Fla... ... ....
Clearings
1907
$224,821.010 00
$248,871,040 43
254,905,803 94
138,032,419 00
04.358,811 20
113,789,357 47
71J04.818 64
73,270.197 82
76,046,049 49
3.5,466,698 00
Clearings
MM
1242,603,427 00
247,fl84,43.-i 42
235,907.800 00
124,551,553 00
8r>,766,4in 00
100,536,000 (X)
68,303,295 64
67,486.782 27
74,018,826 00
31,916,293 00
Clearing!
1*05
$232,522,030
273,422.657
185,625,645
103,888,208
93,521,142
72,109,311
64,809,794
51,781,090
159,962,427
40,661.457
Clearing*
1*04
201,700,751
260,065,326
158,022,103
80,491,368
75,017,866
66,145,876
59,491,116
40,515,550
38,894,871
35,966,791
Clearings
IMS
1105,205,602
214,009,563
144,994,034
84,921,740
72,526,926
63,445,853
37,112,10;;
26.071,912
40,782,000
Clearings
IKK
$181,069,678
179,190,927
131,200,453
73,391.020
2H,021,03
22,605,305
37,343,000
Clearings
1*01
$182,261,154
154,482, WO
116,855,848
67,186,451
23.371,778
16,757,775
34,560,600
Clearings
1900
$245,594.512
146,981,043
97,982,247
68,142,460
20,428,74
12,703,028
34,787,000
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COUNTRY
Italy _____ . ........
Totals. _ . ___ ..1907
Totals.... _ ___ 1906
Totals __ . _____ 1905
Totals. _______ 1903
Total*..... ___ ..1902
Totals ________ 1901
Values ________ 1907
Values ________ 1905
Values.. _ . __ _ 1904
Values ________ 1903
Values ________ 1902
Values. __ _ _ 1901
January
8,744
878
9,022
19,534
18,591
3,636
7,157
3.794
9,386
f 96,220
195,340
185,915
36,360
71,576
37,940
100,236
February
5,643
2,501
8,144
13,876
12,497
13,186
8,644
13.005
17,106
t 81,440
138,760
124,970
131,860
86,451
130,050
205.623
March
901
12,709
2,087
4,384
20,081
17,302
22,719
12,681
23,042
10.240
12,059
S 200,810
173,020
227,190
126.810
230,424
102,400
131,840
April
2.022
1,250
9,994
4,919
18,185
19,967
16,037
21.569
20,043
20,025
16,428
t 181,850
199,670
160,370
215.690
200.437
200,250
189,300
May
2,380
10,171
7,174
19.725
17,711
18,583
10,182
14,103
21,287
16,042
t 197,250
177,110
185,830
101,834
141.039
212,876
200,850
June
2,004
3,135
11,305
,640
19,084
8,988
13.415
7,924
6,084
15,408
6,553
S 190,840
89,880
134,150
79,240
60,330
154,081
74.415
July
517
3,165
10.290
1,064
15,036
4,076
5,865
6,160
3,350
8,911
7,640
t 150.360
40,760
58,650
51,630
33,500
89,110
76.415
August
3,511
4,032
7,543
16,048
9,688
3,722
3.024
10,287
S 75,430
160,480
96,880
37,228
30,240
102.870
September
1,406
5,853
7,259
10,631
25,392
23,224
18.677
34,440
18,483
S 72,590
106.310
253,920
232,245
186,776
344,422
184,845
October
1,036
333
13,640
655
15,684
7,365
12,342
24,095
19.414
27,705
25,810
S 156,840
73,650
123,360
247,215
194.155
277,040
258,115
November
1.040
11.072
4,609
1,511
' 16,775
11.266
14,629
18,198
19,380
20,943
17,498
S 167,750
112.660
146,290
181.985
193,800
209.493
174,998
| December ! Totals! 907
1.967
300
8,810
685
2.614
15,887
5,980
16,029
8,579
13,565
10,021
11,031
S 158,870
59,800
160,290
85.790
135.650
100,190
110,330
10,913
10,563
117,742
11,010
18,675
2,176
7,902
178.981
164,959
185.787
152,456
156,483
185.778
168,323
* 1,789,810
1,649,590
1,857,815
1.527,887
1.564,408
1,857,852
1,809,840
NOTEIt will be observed that the increase in values in 1907 was more than $140,220 over 1906.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 349
Table of Comparative Railway Distances.
Portland, Ore.. ............
San Francisco, Cal ..........
Salt Lake City, Utah .......
Kansas City, Mo ...........
Nashville, Tenn .............
Birmingham, Ala ...........
Montgomery, Ala ...........
Atlanta, Ga. ..............
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Miles
3,172
3,358
1,516
2,505
1,468
1,208
1,447
1,201
1,137
1,255
1,263
1,038
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3,225
3,269
1,383
2,506
1,342
1,048
1,234
1,052
924
1,042
1,050
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3,166
3,210
1,324
2,447
1,303
1,003
1,020
670
719
855
863
688
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3,224
3,306
1,392
2,505
1,279
979
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821
670
712
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3,138
3,168
1,308
2,386
1,169
889
672
683
432
421
369
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87
101
80
120
183
169
662
469
492
621
691
681
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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
'in that direction.is likely to increase.
The average run from Savannah to Liverpool by sailing vessel is
ten days less than from New Orleans.
Foreign Exports from Savannah, Ga., During 1907,1906,1906 and 1904, of Sea Island Cotton,
Cotton Seed Oil, Cotton Seed Heal, Cotton Seed and Staves,
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January-..
February.'
March- . - April. - - . May.-.
June...
July.. .
September.
October..- . November.
December. . .
Totals 1907. . . .. .
Totals 190C ....
Totals 1905... . .........
Totals 1004. . -... . ........
SKA ISLAND
COTTON
(Bales)
1,782
55!)
2,005
212
428
72
23
"""3,222"
5,61!)
2,648
10.570
10,554
10,041
16,507
COTTON SKRH
OH.
(Oallons)
52,';,449
719,345
500,880
362,71)1)
1,271,561
516,34!)
171,626
:;07,7l>5
286,821
4,670,5!)!
4,511,413
2,457,171
068,245
GOTTEN SKB1)
MKAL .
(Pounds)
147,1)01)
S'.HJ.'KH)
10,13,52U
7,840,000
25,317,420
53,028,041
88,600,172
18,635,450
COTTON SKB1>
(Pounds)
:;:n,L% i7
2,417,200
1,11)0,077
71,864
.i, (53
400,144
2,253,720
2,304,085
U.032.7GO
!),708,;i7!)
13,063,054
9,028,641
STAVKS
(Number)
IJ.ISSO
2,475
25,812
42,105
10,075
27.H05
15,372
21,980
1,084
45,116
181,284
515,025
374,602
319,776
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Foreign Exports of Upland Cotton from the port of Savannah, Ga. or 1907-6-5-4-3-2-1 in round bales of 500 pounds average
(Doi not includ* Sea I and Cotton)
COUNTRY
Belgium..-- -----------
Italy
Netherlands __ _ _____
Totals.... ______ 1907
Totals. __ . __ _ 1906
Totals.......... ...1905
Totals. ___ ____ 1904
Totals-... ..-----.1903
Totals....... ...... 1902
Totals. ___ . ___ .1901
Values........ __ 1907
Values __ _____ 1906
Values.... _____ 1905
Values _______ .1904
Values.... _____ 1903
Values _ . _ .....1902
Values..... ...... .1901
January
5,910
2,083
17,888
86,493
1,030
850
4,102
11,052
1,363
150
13,1821
59,958
99,273
107,334
136.216
115,046
58,123
9 6.906,787
3,135.545
3,477,813
7.204,387
5,786,279
4,565,688
2,805,885
February
98
1,606
3,177
23,230
237
973
1,213
44,987
39,810
84,732
43,190
90,956
70,376
78,474
$ 2.307,460
2.349,314
2.059,015
3,235.297
4,079,111
2.864,010
3.766,838
March
3,585
1,464
6,420
40,696
2,651
450
8.417
5,145
1,200
70,028
58,051
49,309
15,736
77,821
23,901
45,200
* 3,567,999
2,050.700
1,936,838
1,230,314
3,841,766
1,035,327
1,962,350
April
1,879
3,251
3,477
22,068
200
3,425
5,877
250
40,427
38,646
33.020
26,759
54,473
32,932
53,985
$ 2.097,188
3,167,085
1,261,918
1,881,547
2,704.728
1.465.572
2,245.474
May
85
500
15.522
7,308
466
822
600
3,877
700
29.880
22,587
11,392
6,861
15,196
26,802
40,689
9 1,569,792
2,122,821
4,318,804
450,465
789.052
947,751
1,688,676
June
II
336
138
1,050
11,683
335
48
450
5,268
390
10
19,708
28,779
40,066
7,397
7,034
14,892
14,046
t 1,158,119
2,242.264
1,622,840
386,850
397,205
617,615
581,427
July
4.341
3,948
186
875
644
9,994
22,587
35.734
4,203
3,328
7,568
18,367
$ 547,935
1,147,051
1,853,188
221.820
213.052
308.996
757,220
August
229
90
1,150
14
66
1,549
29.779
39,158
310
$ 64,617
1,479,766
2,006,125
16,043
September
100
12,505
15,906
45,676
100
1,400
3,000
1,850
80,537
42,774
142,434
165,676
73,913
122,729
49,366
$ 4,976,815
2,072,341
7,388,770
9,124,311
4,005,527
5,253,308
2,019,208
October
1,800
47,085
25.098
71,429
4,990
600
24,446
2,749
400
178,597
198,225
160,361
257,382
187,871
144,068
148,584
$ 9,954,166
10,919,400
8,244,117
13,425.636
8,732,440
6,185,289
6,036,784
November
1,950
1,150
18,116
18,102
95,720
4,460
1,000
3,225
19,216
2,051
100
100
165,190
167,983
172,237
181.880
183,020
133,269
166.583
t 9,030,020
8,818,292
9,545,536
9,083,201
9,701,136
5,511,585
6,351,009
December
7,133
600
40.520
7,966
79.237
10,366
519
5,239
19,491
1,093
100
600
172,864
155,265
142,402
181,627
139,118
167,946
146,313
t 9,506,499
8.012,888
8,317,465
7,304,576
8,370,590
7,003,281
5,766,094
Total
23,105
5,797
167,482
74,776
488,638
25,498
4,126
28,431
98,247
13,569
350
1,110
945,582
881,462
980.131
1.000.355
961,946
855,527
819,737
$ 51,687,397
47,517.467
52,030,426
53,584,453
48,620.886
35.758,422
33,980,965
NOTE:An increase of $4,169,930 in the value of Upland Cotton exported in 1907 over that of 1906and 1907 was the "panic" year.
Foreign Exports of Rosin from Savannah, Ga., in Bbls. of 280 Lbs.1907-6-5-4
COUNTRY
Brazil.... .._____.__.
Chili _ ....... _ ......
India (Br.).__ _ _ . ...
Italy __ . _ . __ _ ..
Scotland .....
Spain...
Totals... ...... ....1907
Values... ....... ...1907
Totals.. _ . _ _ .1906
Values..... .....1906
Totals.. ---..--. --.1905
Values.. ........... 1905
Totals..,,, _____ 1904
Values..... __ ....1904
January
9,189
1,555
26,145
708
12,688
7,063
24,538
' 81,886
f 349,926
45,202
t 172,920
26.395
% 83,812
53,592
$ 144,189
February
5,050
11,757
1,031
9,339
10.495
37.672
t 157,762
78,243
$ 319,317
43,652
t 136,005
86,772
9 249,782
March
2.859
170
9.850
2.556
11,932
11,119
7.523
267
46.276
9 205,480
43,783
t 180.452
35,012
t 109,734
45.458
f 119,381
April
4,754
4,243
363
11,167
8.633
24,177
53,337
9 251,098
14,163
$ 48,644
18.099
* 56,468
34.337
$ 92,896
May
1,603
1,786
2*844
698
2,078
9.009
9 43,767
26,756
t 122,779
32,654
9 102,633
22,052
t 62,495
June
528
1.062
4,475
14,077
2,561
3,166
1,242
27.111
{ 140,329
32.926
$ 134,384
19,191
S 76,364
3.444
9 9.721
July
2,952
17,689
27,872
1,935
3,204
106
902
54,640
9 267,769
37,792
9 186.010
48.055
9 176,265
9,821
$ 28,130
August
1.142
10,956
16.378
23,397
51,873
238,270
35,753
9 230,213
20,211
t 74,988
19.769
$ 51.569
September
3.098
599
16,543
18,870
2,890
6,292
271
904
49,467
9 224,605
75,780
$ 238,332
80,786
9 342,939
41,595
9 114,281
October
10,146
1,066
19,489
3,185
268
3,205
402
107
274
70
38,212
9 169,324
65,327
$ 292,363
28,284
9 138,881
57,050
9 157,834
November
7,399
766
6,593
19.271
5.998
13,021
1,820
December
12.308
29,326
9,972
11,184
9,994
529
220
1
54,864 73,483
$ 211.4331* 254.789
40.231
9 176,492
71,923
9 335,251
43,610
9 130,705
88,913
S 407,513
57,423
$ 204,422
56,244
f 187,001
Totals 1907
50,082
5,294
24.129
1,066
161,140
2,102
144,079
44,321
113.622
402
480
25,251
3,916
575.884
9 2.514,552
Totals 1906
30.633
10,711
7,306
63,633
2,357
138.750
195.639
1,917
29.956
86.613
534
714
10,088
4,466
3,452
586,769
$ 2,489.425
Totals 1905
13.385
32.131
21.646
2,633
3,393
114,802
12,163
176,990
2.468
13,624
62,818
2,269
534
9,579
2.700
3.746
4,915
1,439
481.685
9 1,832,762
Totals 1904
33.252
11.975
7,669
25.450
111,674
167,058
3,153
18,684
78,166
4,054
O.923
2,677
473,744
9 1,347,984
NOTE:An increase of more than 125,000 over 1906, the national panic notwithstanding.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 351
Total Value Imports and Exports for Fiscal Year Ending
June 30, 1907
South Atlantic Ports
Savannah ..................................... .$65,243,691
Wilmington.............................:........ 19,379,344
Newport News ......................:........... 17,878,590
Brunswick ...................................... 11,264,870
Norfolk and Portsmouth ........................ 9,305,123
Fernandina...................................... 8,791,161
Charleston ...................................... 4,611,019
Savannah's exports are greater in value than those of all
other South Atlantic ports combined. Her combined exports
and imports are nearly as large as all others combined. This
is .because Savannah is the natural outlet of the Southeast.
352 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Savannah's Coastwise Trade.
The quantity of freights handled by the vessels visiting
this port during 1907 was over 2,000,000 tons. There are four
railroads centering here, whose tracks cover ten Southern
States with a population of nearly 18,000,000. They are the
Central of Georgia, mileage 1,890; Seaboard Air Line, mileage
2,879; Atlantic Coast Line, mileage 4,334; Southern, mileage
7,631, the Brinson Railroad, now under construction, with a
proposed mileage of 200; a total mileage of 16,934. There
terminals here cover 800 acres. Two steamship lines ply regularly between Savannah and Northern ports. They are the
Ocean Steamship Company, operating ten steamships, with a
total gross tonnage of 48,200 and the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company, operating eight steamships with a
total gross tonnage of 16,416, giving eighteen steamships with
a total tonnage of 64,715, 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,
and at times a schedule is maintained with Norfolk.
In addition thereto, there are many other coastwise
steamships and sailing vessels. Savannah ships yearly to
New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston an enormous
amount of cotton and other commodities, which are shipped
from these ports and credited to their export trade.
Foreign Exports of Spirits of Turpentine from Savannah, Ga., 1907-6-5-4
COUNTRY
Italy.. --_-----_-.-._--
Netherlands. ....
Totals... ...... .--.1907
Values _ ......----1907
Totals.. _______ 1906
Values...--.....- 1906
Totals.. .--... -----1905
Values .......... 1905
Totals.-.. ____ .-1904
Values. ...... ...1904
January
363.258
94.729
457.987
9 317,037
188,186
t 101.699
58,246
$ 30.574
215.191
t 137.434
February
101,688
17,022
95,876
214.586
157,553
110,316
t 74,228
140,814
$ 75,496
143,995
S 81.633
March
5,150
38,262
43,412
* 31,382
54.728
f 37,771
213.730
$ 114,817
19,245
S 11.585
April
89.883
58.274
148.157
t 98.763
75,842
* 48,832
59.946
S 35.767
180,397
S 98.164
May
168.049
29.263
163,739
311,051
t 204.225
162,843
S 99,835
380,462
t 233.407
231,664
$ 125.622
June
362,908
56,515
27,987
53,285
500.695
S 299,385
599,275
$ 343,068
379,481
S 234.570
500.339
$ 264,187
July
2.575
25,380
482,580
200,662
2.575
158,849
872,621
S 508,135
263,619
152,213
1,801,000
( 1,029,221
264.624
t 139,513
August
26,771
387.898
56.093
245,963
716,725
* 412,443
753,063
* 440,571
115,500
$ 69,302
769.304
f 408.357
September
25.607
271,770
58,121
23,450
136,520
515,468
* 290,306
707,678
* 438.443
i;014.318
* 656,438
October
40,799
296,054
52,316
23.041
412,210
S 217,607
516,001
t 347,568
235,013
* 167,563
347,219 324,805
* 186,515$ 170,275
1
November
15,276
12,881
159,698
74,530
328,090
590,475
S 272,517
340,614
S 231,208
468,471
S 298,474
170,226
S 88,674
December
461.389
56,197
11,686
71.549
600,821
S 269,415
239.734
* 160,751
549,097
t 352.345
410,285
S 201.375
Totals 1907
2,575
133,833
2,545,217
1,144.178
178,490
1,429,915
5.434,208
S 3.083.768
----------
----------
Totals 1906
500
3,102
2,157,836
644,406
68,504
1,140,700
1.849
4,016,899
$ 2.476,187
------.-..
Totals 1905
691,825
3.056,416
816,653
90.876
760,308
..........
5,416.078
S 3.297,974
Totals 1904
36,214
328,500
2.237,075
644.530
112,857
218,118
---------
------ -
3,577,294
S 1,919,334
NOTE:Despite the depressed condition of the financial tnarlcek if the country, it will be noted that the exports exceeded any previous year,
being $1, 417,309 greater in value than in 1906.
Foreign Exports of Lumber from Savannah, Ga., 1907-6-6-4 in Running Feet
COUNTRY
Belgium and Netherlands
Chili.-.--- _ .........
Cuba ..
England ...............
Egypt-..--. .--.......
Prance- ...-.-....-
Italy- ...... ........
Canada. ... ...
Spain ..---.-----.-
Sweden----.-.-.....--.
West Indies, (Br.)_. _ ..
South Africa. (Br.) _ ...
January
166,000
~5~,666
58.000
1,464,000
190.000
1.875.000
February
100.000
86.000
34,565
122,000
----------
242,000
March
84,000
1,096,000
62,000
""637,666
974.000
3,573.000
April
1,094,000
88,000
128,000
32,666
313,000
1,079,000
352,000
3,086,000
May
233.000
387,000
162,000
674,000
173,000
573,565
254.000
2,456,000
June
1,573.000
670,000
8,000
197,000
234,666
353.000
78.000
1,931,000
5,044.000
July
419,000
8.000
143,000
133,000
1,175.566
187,000
2.065,000
August
.
15,000
259,000
m,666
386,000
September
106,555
136,000
309,555
"""714,666
1.265,000
October
24,000
39,000
217,000
2"77,656
440,000
""782,666
1,779,000
1 November
48,000
113~,66o
""310.666
471,000
December
1,740,000
8.000
271,000
64,000
311,655
"185,660
2,379,000
Totals 1907
1,740,000
8.000
3,000.000
2,364,000
39,000
178,000
2,953.000
32,000
2,217,000
440.00C
4.644,000
3,689,000
2,905,000
24,209,000
Totals 1906
690,000
104,566
3,819,000
2,732,000
62.000
143,000
2,305,000
514.666
2.165,000
430.00C
621.00C
376.00C
2,323,000
1.560,000
303.000
44,000
18,184,000
Totals 1905
490,200
86.000
15,867,000
50,000
951.000
290,000
3,848,000
3.833,000
639,000
6.972,000
359.00C
1,955,000
531.00C
752,000
758,000
7,000
105,000
37,738,000
Totals 1904
322,000
197,000
928,000
2.480.000
157.000
740,566
100,000
842.000
240,000
2,416.000
2,524,000
4.861.000
3,035.000
513,666
256,000
1 19.521,000
NOTB:There were over six million more feet of lumber exported in 1907 than in 1906. The above table includes lumber only, and is exclusive
of timber, logs, joists, scantlings, shingles, &c, there being Two Million Dollars worth of logs, alone, exported in 1907.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 353
Assessments for Taxation at Savannah, Ga., for Thirteen Years
YEARS
January 1, 1907. ......._......
1906...............
1905... ........ ..--
1904-.-.....-....-.
1903..... ..........
1902.:... ...........
1901. ----------- .--
1900...............
1899-----.-----.---
1898.--. .. ---------
ISO?.......-.....-.
1905. --------------
City
Real Estate
$34,049,925
31,000,593
29,970,933
28,975,057
28,044,040
27,290,022
26,230,742
25,965,076
24,920,795
24,425,620
24,360,457
24,163,380
24,763,080
City
Personalty
$13,342,126
14,215,475
13,226,564
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
TOTALS
$47,391,051
45,216,068
41,851,342
40,766,677
39,051,920
38,360,957
37,108,077
36,582,859
35,480,847
35,054,987
34,769,475
33,323,902
33,923,602
The net City-tax rate is $1.25 on the $100. The City government's income is, in round figures, $1,000,000 a year, of
which a large amount is yearly spent on public improvements
of a. permanent nature.
The increase in taxable values for the year 1907 was
$2,174,983.
23
354 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
SAVAITNAH'S CLIMATE
(1871-1907, Inclusive)
TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL AND MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Compiled from United States Weather Bureau Records at
Savannah, Ga., Thirty-Seven Years.
TEMPERATURE.
Annual , Mean j
66 j
Hightest Maximum on Record
105
Date
July 12.
I87g
Lowest Minimum
on Record
8
| Date
!
1 Feb. 13,
I 1809
Absolute
Ran (re
g7
SEASONAL TEMPERATURE MEANS.
December.....
January------
Febuarv------ Mean.....
..->2 March......
..->l"l April.......
..Wl May.. .
.:>-2"\ Mean....
...59 June ....
.6fi July.........
. -7-Ij August...-. .
Mean....
September-..... 76
October____..67^
November......:W
PRECIPITATION (Amount of Klin-fall in inches and hundredth*).
Annual Mean I Greatest Yearly Year Least Yearly Year
4g.gs 73.94 1885 36.84 1901
SEASONAL RAINFALL, AVERAGE IN INCHES.
Fphltarl ^
09 March ...... .3.53 June.... -----6.07
04 April __ ....3.07 July...... _ 6.13
9.7 Mav 2Q Aii<nit 751
Sea'able Avge. 9.40 Sea'able Avge. 9.58 Sea'able Avge 19.71
Sep
Oct
No\
Sea'a
tember.----5.54
ober... ---.3.43
bleAvge. 11.29
MISCELLANEOUS DATA.
MONTH
March...........
May.... ... ......
July.............
November. ______
Total........
Average number of days with
.01 of an inch or
more 01 percipitation.
10
10
?
9
12
13
14
11
7
7
9
118
Average number of clear
days.
10
9
12
13
12
8
8
g
11
14
12
12
130
Average number of partly
cloudy days.
11
10
11
11
13
15
16
14
11
10
10
10
143
Average number of cloudy
days.
10
g
8
6
G
7
7
8
8
7
8
g
92
Average date on which first "killing" frost occurred fin autumn), November 2">.
Average dote on which !ast "killing" frost occurred (in spring), February 27.
H. B. BOYER, Local Forecaster,
Savannah, Ga.
ORDINANCES
OP THE
CITY OF SAVANNAH
TOGETHER WITH IMPORTANT
REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED DURING THE YEAR
19O7
Compiled by
N. P. CORISH
Clerk ol Council
I
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 357
ORDINANCES
As to Ice Factories and Ice Delivery Companies
By Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to amend the tax ordinance for year 1907
as to ice factories and ice delivery companies and for other
purposes:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the ordinance to assess and levy taxes and raise revenue for the City of
Savannah, etc., adopted December 29, 1906, is hereby amended by striking out in the clause "ice factories, three hundred
dollars," the word "three" and inserting the word "two" so
as to make the business tax two hundred dollars further in the
next clause as to ice factories having a storage place or office
in Savannah or regularly supplying customers, etc., where the
word three occurs by striking out three and inserting the
word two, so as to make said business tax two hundred dollars.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That said ordinance
be further amended by inserting after said last mentioned
clause the words ice delivery companies, two hundred dollars,
thus imposing said tax on said ice delivery companies.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances conflicting herewith are repealed so far
as they apply to this special case, the tax ordinance in all other
respects being unimpaired and unaffected.
Ordinance passed January 2, 1907
358 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
As to Pawnbrokers
By Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to amend tax ordinance for year 1907 as to
pawnbrokers, reducing license to $500.00.
Section 1. Be it ordained- by the Mayor and aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That in the clause
in said ordinance which was adopted December 29, 1906,
touching pawnbrokers, where the words occur: ' 'Pawnbrokers,
one thousand dollars,'' the words "one thousand'' be stricken
and the words " five hundred'' be inserted in place, thus reducing the license to five hundred dollars.
Section '2. Be it further ordained, That ordinances and
parts of same conflicting herewith are repealed so far as they
apply to this case.
Ordinance passed January 2, 1907.
To Pave Bull Street
By Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance for the improvement of Bull street, in the
City of Savannah, Georgia, from Park avenue to Estill avenue,
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 (20,000) thousand," approved
October 10, 1891, said last named act being codified in section
724, of the Code of Georgia, and for other purposes.
MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 3o<)
Whereas, at a meeting of the City Council of Savannah
held November 21, 1900, certain resolutions were introduced
by the Committee of the Whole, and adopted by Councils
touching the gravel pavement on Bull street, in said City of
Savannah, between Park avenue and Estill avenue, by the
terms of which resolutions the director of public works and the
city engineer or assistant city engineer were directed to make a
thorough and close examination of said gravel pavement on
said portion of Bull 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 serviceable as a good pavement, and these officers were
directed to make a detailed report to Council concerning such
pavement and their examination of the same: and
Whereas, at a meeting of the City council held on this, the
nineteenth day of December, 190(5, the said officers have made
their report to Council, showing that they have made an examination of said portion of Bull street and the gravel pavement
thereon, and have reported that' said pavement is worn to
such an extent as to be no longer serviceable as a good pavement; and,
Whereas, at this meeting of Council said officers were 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 the
.said officers, and by their testimony, as well as by other evidence, the said gravel pavement on said portion of Bull street
is, in the judgment of Council, worn to such an extent as to be
no longer serviceable as a good pavement, and it is so determined, and further declaring that said portion of Bull street
should be repaved as soon as practicable with asphalt blocks;
and,
Whereas, the City of Savannah has a population of over
twenty (20,000) thousand; therefore,
1
360 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
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
October 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 (20,000) thousand,'' approved
October 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 gravel pavement on Butt street,
between Park avenue and Estill avenue, 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
Bull street, in the City of Savannah, a roadway of asphalt
blocks, forty (40) feet in width between the curbing, from
Park avenue to the north curb line of Anderson street, and
forty-five (45) feet in width between the curbing, from the
north curb line of Anderson street to Estill avenue, said pavement at all street and lane intersections to extend over the
full width of said 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 Bull street.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That a street railroad
company having tracks running through said portion of Bull
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
even.- line of tracks of said railroad company, with asphalt
blocks, 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 to its being done at the
expense of said street railroad company.
r
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 361
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That separate accounts shall be kept and separate assessments made for the
improvement between Park avenue and the north curb line of
Anderson street, and that between the north curb line of
Anderson street and Estill avenue, and that, after the total
cost of said work, exclusive of that done by or for a street railway company, shall have been ascertained, one-half of such
total cost shall be paid out of the city treasury, and the other
one-half by the persons owning, at the date of the adoption of
this ordinance, the real estate abutting on said portion of Bull
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 Bull 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-half of the entire cost as
hereinbefore provided.
Section 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 two statements
(one for the part of Bull street between Park avenue and the
north curb line of Anderson street, and the other for the part
between the north curb line of Anderson street and Estill
avenue), showing the cost of the improvement herein provided for, and also two assessment rolls showing as to the onehalf 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.
362 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT.
Upon the consideration and adoption of said statements
and assessment rolls by the Council of the City of Savannah,
it shall then become the duty of the city treasurer to send to
the abutting property owners their proper bill for the same as
it may be ascertained by the city Council, and if such bill so
sent be not paid within thirty (30) days after the presentation
or sending of the same, it shall then become the duty of the
city treasurer to issue an execution for the amount, together
with costs, against the persons and property aforesaid, which
execution shall be made and levied out of the property described therein, as are executions for city taxes. The said
statements and assessment rolls 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 within 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.
Section 5. Be it further ordained. That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 2, 1907
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 363
To Abandon Burroughs Road as a Public Highway
By the Committee of the Whole
An ordinance declaring old Burroughs road, in the City of
Savannah, Georgia, to have been and to be discontinued and
abandoned as a public highway.
Whereas, Joseph Stiles, owning a certain strip of land
lying south of what is now Anderson street and between the
White Bluff and Ogeechee roads, in 1851, sub-divided said
property and laid out the roads therein, known as Barnard
road, Montgomery road and Burroughs road; and,
Whereas, when the City of Savanneh was by an act of the
Legislature extended over this territory south of Anderson
street, the said old Burroughs road was largely encroached
upon and obstructed, so that the same could only be partially
used as a highway in some portions of it; and,
Whereas, Burroughs street in this locality, that is to say,
from Anderson street southward to about Thirty-fifth street,
has been established, laid out and opened by the municipal
authorities, and said old Burroughs road, or the remnants of
it have been discontinued to a large extent for public uses, and
is no longer useful or necessary, in view of the extension of
Burroughs streets as aforesaid; therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the said
old Burroughs road referred to in the foregoing preamble, or
what remains thereof, extending from Anderson street, in the
City of Savannah, southward to about Thirty-fifth street, is
hereby declared to have been and to be discontinued and
abandoned as a public thoroughfare.
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Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 2, 1907
To Fix Salaries of City Officers
By the Committee of the Whole
An ordinance touching city officers, their respective compensations or salaries, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the amounts
of money, respectively, paid to the city officers in the way of
salaries in the years 1905 and 1906, are in all respects approved
and confirmed.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That in the general
election of city officers in 1907, and biennally thereafter,
Council shall fix the respective salaries or compensations of the
various city officers prior to such election of the same, and
shall state upon the official proceedings of the meeting at which
the election is had, by any means which Council may choose to
adopt, what the respective salaries or compensations of said
respective city officers shall be for the ensuing two (2) years,
or until their successors are elected and qualified.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 2, 1907.
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To Grant Rights and Privileges to Brinson Railway
Ordinance read in Council for the first time January 16,
and by unanimous consent of Council read a second time,
placed upon its passage and adopted. By Committee on City
Lots and Opening Streets
An ordinance to grant certain rights and privileges to
Brinson Railway, to convey to said railway certain parcels of
land in the City of Savannah, Georgia, upon certain terms and
conditions expressed herein, 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 to
the interest of the City of Savannah that Brinson Railway
should be built into said city and have its terminal facilities
therein, a quit-claim conveyance is hereby directed to be
executed on behalf of this municipality, by the Mayor or Acting Mayor, attested by the clerk of Council, with the corporate
seal affixed, unto Brinton Railway, in and to a right-of-way
for said railway through garden lots numbered ninety (90) and
ninety-nine (99) and through Springfield lots numbered one
(1) and two (2) of the width of one hundred (100) feet, provided said railway shall construct its lines through said lots
within twelve (12) months from the time when said conveyance shall have been made.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That, in order to
afford to said railway proper terminal facilities within the corporate limits of the City of Savannah, a conveyance is directed
to be made on behalf of this municipality, through the Mayor
or Acting Mayor, attested by the clerk of Council, with the
corporate seal affixed, conveying to said railway the eastern
portions of lots numbered fifty-seven (57) .fifty-eight (58) and
fifty-nine (59), Springfield plantation, being all of said lots lying east of the right-of-way of Springfield canal, which rightof-way is sixty-six (66) feet wide, said eastern portions of said
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lots extending from said right-of-way of Springfield canal
eastwardly to the western edge of the right-of-way of the
Brow ditch, which right-of-way is forty (40) feet wide, which
Brow ditch is contiguous to Philpot street, the said eastern
portions of said lots being bound on the north by Dixon street,
on the east by said right-ofLway of said Brow ditch, on the
south by Gwinnett street and on the west by the right-of-way
of Springfield canal, the consideration of said deed to be five
thousand ($5.000) dollars, to be paid by said railway into the
city treasury.
In this connection reference is made to the ordinance of
April 12, 1905, laying out and defining ceratin streets in the
City of Savannah, by the eighth section of which a "proposed
street," covering Center ditch, which runs through said eastern portions of said lots, was defined to be fifty (50) feet wide
between Dixon and Gwinnett streets, and to be called, when
laid out, " Winn street," which proposed street has never been
laid out or projected or dedicated, as contemplated to have
been done by said ordinance, and therefore said proposed
street is abandoned and will not be laid out and dedicated, but
the right-of-way of said Center ditch, twenty-five (25) feet
wide, is. and shall be, preserved through said eastern portion
of said lots between Dixon and Gwinnett streets, and said
Center ditch, being an important auxiliary to the drainage
system, will be preserved in its integrity. It shall be stipulated in the conveyance to be made to said railway that said
railway, at its own expense, shall have the right to use said
space covered by said Center ditch and build over the same,
provided it put proper drainage tubes through the said Center
ditch of material, size and construction to the satisfaction of
the director of public works and the city engineer, and that it
will always keep and maintain the same in good order and
condition, and will do all necessary repairs, from time to time,
upon the same, so as to preserve said Center ditch inviolate as
a drainage canal.
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Section 3. Be it further ordained, That said conveyance
to Brinson Railway shall be drawn by the city attorney and
shall express as conditions, the violation of which shall void
the title and cause a reverter, that said Brinson Railway shall
construct its line within twelve (12) months from the date of
said conveyance, through said lots specified in Section 1, and
shall begin the construction of its terminals upon said eastern
portions of lots fifty-seven (57), fifty-eight (58) and fifty-nine
(59), Springfield plantation, within twelve (12) months from
the- date of said conveyance, and thereafter proceed with said
construction, in good faith, until completion, and shall, after
said terminals have been constructed, use the said eastern
portions of said lots fifty-seven (57), fifty-eight (58) and
fifty-nine (59) permanently for the terminals of said railway
in the City of Savannah, and for no other use or purpose
whatsoever; and upon the further condition that the said
railway, in filling in and grading the said eastern portions of
said lots to use the same as terminals, and shall do so under
the superintendence and direction and to the satisfaction of
the director of public works and the city engineer, it being
expressly stipulated that said grading shall not be done so as
to injure the grade of Dixon street, and, if necessary, to accommodate the grade of said last named street, the said railway,
at its own expense, shall properly grade Dixon street, under
the direction of said city officers; nor shall said filling in and
grading in any wise operate to close up or impair the usefulness
of any established streets or drains in the City of Savannah,
and whatever necessary expense shall be incumbent on said
Brinson Railway (including any proper retaining wall along
Gwinnett street), in the judgment of said director of public
works and city engineer, to carry out these requirements,
shall be borne by the said railway, and this municipality shall
not be in any wise liable therefor; and, if such necessary works
be not done by said railway promptly upon notice from said
officials, then this municipality will do the work and charge
the same to said railway, which shall promptly pay the same.
repair, said railway shall forwith repair the same, at its own
368 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
cost and expense, upon notice from the Mayor of the city,
and if within twenty-four (24) hours after the giving of such
notice the said railway shall not have repaired or begun to
repair said crossing, then and in that event, the municipal
authorities may proceed to have the same done, at the cost
and expense of said railway.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That the said railway,
in constructing its tracks into said terminals, shall see to it
that no damage is done to any water mains or drainage canals,
and the city reserves the right to lay any such water mains or
other necessary pipes for municipal purposes through the
lands herein to be conveyed, at any time, without cost to it,
the said railway to afford all necessary facilities for said purposes, at its own expense, in passing through said lands or
under the tracks of said railway; and in crossing Dixon street
with said railway tracks, the said tracks shall be so laid as not
unreasonably or unnecessarily to interfere with the use of said
street by vehicles and foot passengers passing over the same,
and the grade of said street shall be properly maintained by
said railway, in conformity with the requirements of the
director of public works and city engineer, who shall establish
the grade of said tracks. Further, that if said Dixon street
shall hereafter be paved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah, the said railway shall, at its own expense,
pave between its tracks and two feet on each side of each of its
said tracks, in such manner as the Committee on Streets and
Lanes shall require.
Said railway, in using any street which it may cross or
lay its tracks upon, shall protect this municipality from any
damages arising from the operation of said railway upon such
street, and shall pay the same itself.
In crossing said Dixon street, or any other street which
it may be hereafter permitted to cross, said railway shall keep
in good order and condition, safe and convenient crossings over
its tracks for both vehicles and foot passengers, of the full
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width of said street so crossed, built and constructed to the
satisfaction of the director of public works and city engineer,
and if a any time said crossings shall become unsafe or out of
repair, said railway shall forwith repair the same, at its own
cost and expense, upon notice from the Mayor of the city,
and if within twenty-four (24) hours after the giving of such
notice the said railway shall not have repaired or begun to
repair said crossing, then and in that event, the municipal
authorities may proceed to have the same done, at the cost
and expense of said railway.
The locomotives and cars of said railway cannot be propelled across said Dixon street, or any other street which it
may hereafter cross, at a speed exceeding four (4) miles per
hour; and no cars or locomotives are to remain standing upon
said street or any other street which said railway may cross,
except when necessarily stationary in the effort of crossing
the same.
Whenever the municipal authorities of the City of Savannah shall desire to lay conduits or pipes or do other necessary
work under the tracks of said railway, they shall have the
right to do so, without any liability to said railway, the said
authorities having given sufficient notice of the proposed laying of such pipes or conduits or the doing of other necessary
work, so as to enable said railway to properly shore its tracks,
to the end that traffic be not impeded.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, That the rights and
privileges hereinbefore granted shall not be conveyed or assigned by said railway to any railroad company owning or
controlling competing lines, or to any individual acting in
behalf of such corporation, and any attempt by the said railway to do this shall result in a forfeiture of all of the rights,
privileges and title to land conveyed herein or by the conveyance specified herein.
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Section 6. Be it further ordained, That the said railway
shall be at all times subject to the police regulations of the
City of Savannah, and to all other lawful and reasonable
ordinances which the said City of Savannah may from time to
time see fit to pass.
Section 7. Be it further ordained, That said Brinson
Railway shall, within thirty (30) days after the passage of this
ordinance, if it accepts the same in all of its terms, signify, in
writing, in such form as the city attorney may dictate, to the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, its acceptance
of all of the terms hereof, and agreement to be bound thereby.
Section 8. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 16, 1907
To Fix Salary of Mayor
By Committee of Whole
An ordinance to fix the salary of the Mayor of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the salary
of the Mayor of Savannah is hereby fixed at the sum of three
thousand ($3,000) dollars per annum, which shall be paid to
him out of the city treasury, in equal bi-monthly installments.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.
Ordinance passed January 16, 1907
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To Adopt New City Code
By the Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to adopt and make of force a code of the
City of Savannah prepared under the direction and authority
of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, and for
other purposes.
Section I. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the code
of the laws and ordinances of the City of Savannah, prepared
by Alexander H. MacDonell and examined and recommended
by William Garrard, acting for and on behalf of the City
Council, be and the same is hereby adopted and made of force
as the code of the City of Savannah, the manuscript whereof
to be placed on file in the office of the clerk of Council.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That said code does
not embrace paving ordinances, temporary ordinances or
resolutions, or ordinances directing conveyances of land to
persons or corporations, or containing grants of special privileges or franchises and the like; and what it not embraced in
said code in the way of ordinances, resolutions or laws heretofore adopted or enacted by Council and not of general scope or
operation, but touching or relating to rights of individuals or
corporations, or to particular streets or localities, and other
special matters whatsoever, is not affected or repealed by
said code, and all of such special ordinances, laws or resolutions
remain unaffected by it; but all ordinances or resolutions or
parts of same, of a general character, in conflict with said code,
or omitted from it are hereby repealed, and where there is any
variance between the language or text of any section of said
code and the original ordinance or resolution on which it is
based, then the text of the said code shall govern.
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Section 3. Be it further ordained, That the Mayor shall
have the said code copyrighted for the benefit of the city.
Ordinance passed January 19, 1907.
To Increase Salaries in Fire Department
By the Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to amend Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section 3
of ordinance regulating the fire department, adopted September 16, 1903, by increasing the salaries or compensations of the
foremen, assistant foremen, engineers, assistant engineers and
regular firemen, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section 3 of the ordinance named in the caption be and the same are hereby amended, by increasing the
salaries of the foremen, assistant foremen, engineers, assistant
engineers and regular firemen ten ($10) dollars per month each,
so that said paragraphs of said section as amended, shall read
as follows :
"First. The superintendent of the fire department
shall be paid a salary of $2,000.00 per annum, the assistant
superintendent a salary of $1,500.00 per annum, the clerk a
salary of $900 per annum, the electrician a salary of $1,200
per annum (one-half of which last named salary shall be paid
out of the budget of the fire department and one-half out of
the budget of the police department), the foremen shall be
paid a salary of $960 per annum, each, the assistant foremen
a salary of $900 per annum each, the engineers a salary of
$1,120 per annum each, the assistant engineers a salary of
$S40 per annum each. All salaries to be paid in equal bimonthly payments.
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" Second. The pay of the regular firemen shall be at the
rate of $60 per month for the first year's service, at the rate of
$65 per month for the second years' service, at the rate of $70
per month after two years' service, at the rate of $75 per
month after five years' service, and the time of service shall
date from the day on which the firemen were appointed to
membership in the fire department."
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That said ordinance
of September 16, 1903, as amended, is in all respects confirmed.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 19, 1907.
To Change Title of Superintendent of Police
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to change the title of the superintendent of
police to that of chief of police, and to provide for a lieutenant
of the police force.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter
the title of the superintendent of police of the City of Savannah
shall be chief of police and the said chief of police shall have the
duties, powers and rights heretofore belonging to the superintendent of the police force of the City of Savannah.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That there shall be
appointed by the Mayor of the City of Savannah, upon the
recommendation of the chief of police and the approval of the
374 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Committee on Police, an officer to be known as the lieutenant
of police for the police force of the City of Savannah, who
shall, in the absence of the chief, have the authority of the
chief, and who shall be clothed with such other powers and
duties as may be provided for by the rules and regulations of
the Mayor and the Committee on Police of the City of Savannah and may belong to the office of lieutenant of police.
The said lieutenant of police shall hold his office during
good behavior subject to discharge under existing ordinances
with reference to sergeants. He shall take the oath of office
required of other police officers.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That the said lieutenant of police shall receive a salary which shall be at the rate
of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars a year, and the same shall
be payable as other salaries of the officers of the City of Savannah.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 30, 1907.
To Provide for Appointment of Sergeants
and City Detectives
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to provide for the appointment of sergeants
and city detectives.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 375
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter
there shall be nine (9) sergeants of the police force of the City
of Savannah, the appointments to be made by the Mayor upon
the recommendation of the chief of police and the approval 'of
the Committee on Police.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That hereafter there
shall be not more than eight (8) city detectives, one of whom
shall be designated chief detective, members of the detective
force of the City of Savannah and of the police department.
Appointments to the office of city detective shall be made by
the Mayor, upon the recommendation of the chief of police and
the approval of the Committee on Police.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That hereafter the
sergeants and city detectives shall hold their office during
good behavior, subject to discharge under the existing ordinances.
. Section 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 30, 1907.
To Pension J. H. Brantley, Patrick Kiernan,
and John S. Higgins
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to promote to the rank of sergeant and to
retire with a pension John H. Brantley, Patrick Kiernan and
John S. Higgins.
376 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That John H.
Brantley, a private of the police force of the City of Savannah,
who has served the City of Savannah faithfully, as a member
of said force, for thirty-nine years; Patrick Kiernan, another
private, who has served faithfully as member of said force for
thirty-five years, and John S. Higgins, a member of said force
who has served faithfully for twenty-six years, be and they
are hereby promoted to the rank of sergeant, and, thereupon,
for their long and honorable service, they are retired with
pensions, to be payable during their lives, the said pension in
each case to be equivalent to one-half of the compensation
now paid a sergeant of the police force of the City of Savannah,
and the same to be payable as are salaries of city officers.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed January 30, 1907.
To Prohibit Sale of Liquor on Sunday
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to prohibit any person within the corporate
or jurisdictional limits of the City of Savannah from selling in
any quantity, directly or indirectly, any spirituous, vinous,
malt or other intoxicating liquors of any character from
12 o'clock Saturday night to 12 o'clock Sunday night, and to
provide for the punishment for a violation of this ordinance.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That it shall not
be lawful for any person within the corporate or jurisdictional
limits of the City of Savannah to sell in any quantity, directly
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 377
or indirectly, any spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors of any character from 12 o'clock Saturday night to 12
o'clock Sunday night and any person violating this ordinance
shall on conviction thereof before the Police Court of the City
of Savannah be subject and liable as a punishment for each
and every offense to a fine of not more than three hundred($300)
dollars and to imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months,
either or both at the discretion of the court, and shall also be
subject, in the discretion of the presiding officer of the court
or of the Mayor of the City of Savannah, whether the Mayor
has presided at the trial or not, to the revocation of a license
to sell.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed February 13, 1907.
To Reduce Tax on Manufacturers of Stills
By Alderman McCauley
An ordinance to reduce the business tax on manufacturers
of stills provided for on page 14 of the printed pamphlet of the
tax ordinance for the year 1907.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the business
tax to be required of manufacturers of stills for the year 1907,
in the City of Savannah, shall be one hundred ($100) dollars
instead of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars, and that part of
the tax ordinance referred to in the title to this ordinance is
hereby changed accordingly.
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A party paying this tax within fifteen (15) days after the
passage of this ordinance shall be entitled to the usual discount.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed February 13, 1907.
To Pension Michael McOuade
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to make Michael McQuade a sergeant of the
police force of the City of Savannah, and to retire him on the
half pay of a sergeant.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That Micheal McQuade of the City of Savannah, who has served as a member of
the said police force for thirty-seven years with entire faithfulness and efficiency, has been a number of times wounded in
the discharge of his duty and is now suffering from his wounds
and he is hereby made a sergeant of the police force of the City
of Savannah and that he is hereby retired with a pension of
one-half of the compensation now paid a sergeant, which said
pension shall be payable during his life as are the salaries of the
police force.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed February 27, 1907.
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To Change Name of Baffin Athletic Field
By Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to change the name of the tract of land heretofore designated as "Baffin Athletic Field" to "Damn Park."
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That that tract of
land located on Dale avenue in Chatham county consisting of
78.4 acres, more or less, purchased by the City of Savannah on
the 16th day of July, 1906, from J. H. Estill and others, and
heretofore named, by resolution, as the "Damn Athletic Field,"
is hereby named "Damn Park," and is placed in the jurisdiction and control of the Park and Tree Commission of the City of
Savannah as are other parks.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed February 27, 1907.
Respecting Report of Building Inspector
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance respecting the reports of the Building Inspector of the City of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the Building
Inspector of the City of Savannah shall hereafter make to the
committee on Streets and Lanes of the said City the reports
heretofore made under ordinance to the Mayor of the City of
Savannah, instead of making them to the Mayor.
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Whenever any matter is referred to the said Building Inspector by any committee of the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah it shall be the duty of the said Building Inspector to report thereon in writing to the committee making
the reference.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.

Ordinance passed February 27, 1907.
To Correct Errors in Police Ordinance
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to correct errors in the ordinance passed
January 30, 1907, entitled "An ordinance to promote to the
rank of sergeant and to retire with a pension John H. Brantley,
Patrick Kiernan and John S. Higgins."
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the above entitled ordinance be and the same is hereby amended by changing the name of Patrick Kiernan wherever it appears in the
said ordinance to William Kiernan, the name of the private referred to being William Kiernan and not Patrick Kiernan, and
that the ordinance be futher corrected so as to let it oppear
that the service of John H. Brantley has been thirty-one years
instead of thirty-nine years, the correct service being thirtyone years.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed February 27, 1907.
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As to Social and Fraternal Clubs
Ordinance read in Council for the first time February 13,
1907, read a second time February 27, 1907, placed upon its
passage and adopted.
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to amend that portion of the tax ordinance
passed in Council December 29, 1906, which applies to social
and fraternal clubs.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the tax ordinance referred to in the title to this ordinance be and the same
is amended by striking therefrom the following words to be
found on page 26 of the printed pamphlet: "Such clubs being
hereby denominated retail liquor dealers, and being subject to
all the requirements as set out in this ordinance touching such
retail liquor dealers, and all other ordinances affecting or applying to retail liquor dealers, shall apply equally to such social or
fraternal clubs."
Section 2. Be it further ordained.That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed February 27, 1907.
To Require Use of Water Meters
By Alderman Wilkinson
An ordinance to require the use of water meters as herein
provided.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah in Council assembled, That it is hereby
made the duty of the Committee on Water of the Counci lof
the City of Savannah to install water meters in saloons, drug
stores, hotels, confectionaries, stables, factories and in business
houses generally in the City of Savannah, so as to measure the
supply of water and charge accordingly. The kind and size
of the said meters shall be selected by the said committee,
whose duty it shall be to avoid meters of inferior make, and,
as far as practicable, different kinds of meters and the carrying
of an unnecessary stock of repairs by the Water Department
of the City of Savannah.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That meters shall be
attached to all premises as provided for in the first section of
this ordinance, where the city water is used, except in cases
where the said Committee on Water shall otherwise determine.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all the meters
to be used as herein provided for shall be purchased by the
said committee, who shall charge the property owner the cost
price of the same, and, after this purchase, the City of Savannah will keep the said meters in repair and replace the same
with new meters when'necessary without further expense to
the property owner.
Section 4. Be it further ordained. That no one but an
authorized plumber doing business in the City of Savannah
and paying a license therefor, shall be allowed to install one of
the said meters, and all work due to the said installation shall
be approved by a representative designated by the said committee before the water shall be turned on. .
Section 5. Be it further ordained, That the location of
the said meters shall be absolutely controlled by the said committee through a representative designated by the committee.
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No one but an authorized agent of the Water Department of
the City of Savannah, or of the said committee shall be allowed
to repair the said meters.
Section 6. Be it further ordained, That where meters
are installed the water of the City of Savannah shall be used
only through the said meters, and for rates to be fixed by the
said Committee on Water, which committee is authorized to
fix rates and provide for the collection and enforcement thereof.
Section 7. Be it further ordained, That any person,
firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance
shall, on conviction before the Police Court of the City of
Savannah, be fined in a sum not to exceed one hundred ($100)
dollars", or imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, either
or both in the discretion of the court.
Section 8. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 13, 1907.
To Close Bar-rooms on Sunday
By Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to punish the keeping open of tippling
houses on the Sabbath day in the City of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, That it shall be unlawful to keep open
a tippling house on the Sabbath day, commonly known as
Sunday, that is to say from 12 o'clock Saturday night to
12 o'clock Sunday night, in the City of Savannah, and any
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person violating this ordinance shall be subject upon conviction in the Police Court of the City of Savannah, 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 in addition to this to a revocation of the license
to sell (if such person has a license) within the discretion of the
Recorder or judge of said court presiding at the trial, or within
the discretion of the Mayor of the City of Savannah, whether
the Mayor presided at the trial or not.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 13, 1907.
To Prohibit Use of Bicyles on Sidewalks
Squares, or Parks
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to prohibit the use of a bicycle, or similar
vehicle, upon any of the sidewalks, squares or parks of the
City of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter
it shall not be lawful to use a bicycle or any similar vehicle,
upon any of the sidewalks, squares or parks in the City of
Savannah, including the Strand on the north side of Bay street
and the walks around Forsyth Park and the Park Extension,
provided this ordinance shall not apply to the section south of
Thirty-first street as to sidewalks, where there are no paved
streets.
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Section 2. Be it further ordained, That any person
violating this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction before the Police Court of the City of Savannah, to a fine not to
exceed ten ($10) dollars and imprisonment not to exceed five
(5) days, either or both in the discretion of the court.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 13, 1907.
To Increase Appropriation for Police Department
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to add sfx thousand ($6,000) dollars to the
appropriation for police in the tax ordinance adopted December 29,1906.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the sum of
six thousand ($6,000) dollars be and it is hereby added to the
appropriation for police in the budget of the above mentioned
tax ordinance so as to make this appropriation for the year
1907, the sum of one hundred and six thousand ($106,000)
dollars.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and
they are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed March 13, 1907.
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To Regulate Automobiles
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to regulate automobiles in the City of
Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That all automobiles of every kind and character, whether operated by
gasoline, steam, electricity, or other motive power, used upon
the streets of the City of Savannah, shall be, by their respective
owners, at the time of first operation and each year thereafter
not later than the thirty-first of January, registered in the
office of the clerk of Council of the City of Savannah in a book
to be kept by the said clerk for that purpose, which registry
shall show the style or kind of such automobile, the name and
street address of the owner, and the number assigned to the
owner, to be attached or displayed on such automobile, which
number shall be designated and assigned by the clerk of Council in each case. A certificate of registry shall be given by the
said clerk to each owner, and, from and after fifteen (15) days
from the passage of this ordinance, no automobile of any kind
or character shall be operated or used upon the streets of the
city of Savannah until the same shall have been registered as
herein required, and, unless the person so operating shall display upon the rear of the frame of the said machine, securely
attached thereto, the registered number conspicuously shown
in figures of not less than three inches in height and threeeighths of an inch in width, which figures shall be so colored
as to contrast with the color of the machine, and be readily
discernible. Automobiles already numbered shall retain the
automobile number assigned at previous registration.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the
duty of any person or persons using upon any street of the
City of Savannah an automobile of any kind or character, or
any like vehicle, to proceed carefully and cautiously and to so
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operate, handle, guide and manage the said machine as to
avoid damage to persons or property, and the speed of said
machine shall in no event exceed ten (10) miles an hour north
of Park avenue, and fifteen (15) miles an hour south of Park
avenue, iri the corporate limits of the City of Savannah, and
shall be less than said rates when, because of the presence of
people or vehicles on the streets, or other cause, proper prudence and caution shall dictate a slower rate of speed. It
being the intent of this ordinance to prohibit at all times
speed that is rendered careless by the- conditions existing at
the moment, although the speed may be within the maximum
limit herein stated.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That it shall not be
lawful for any person to use or propel, on any street in the City
of Savannah, after nightfall, any automobile or similar vehicle
unless such person shall display, attached to the vehicle, a
lighted lamp on front and shall at all hours ring a bell or sound
a horn as a signal when turning from one street to another.
Each automobile shall be provided with a rear lamp
showing red to the rear and a white light cast upon the number
attached to the rear of the frame of the said automobile.
All automobiles and similar vehicles going north or south
.shall have the right-of-way over those going east or west, and
it shall be their duty to keep to the right of the road and use
all reasonable and proper precautions to avoid collisions and
injury to persons and property.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That it shall not be
lawful for any person, under the age of sixteen years, or any
intoxicated person, to operate any automobile of any character, or similar vehicle, in the City of Savannah.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, That in case any
automobile, of any kind or character, is operated upon the
streets of the City of Savannah from and after fifteen (15) days
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after the passage of this ordinance without a compliance with
the first section of this ordinance touching registration, the
obtaining of a certificate, and the display of the number, the
person operating the said machine and the owner thereof shall
be subject, upon conviction before the Police Court of the City
of Savannah, 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.
In case of the violation of the provisions of this ordinance
or any of them, relative to speed, the display of a light, the
giving of a signal, the observance of the road law, the age as to
the persons propelling the machine, or any other provisions of
this ordinance, the person violating such provisions, or any
one of them, shall, upon conviction before the Police Court of
the City 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.
Section 6. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance"passed March 13, 1907.
To Pay Members of Police Force Monthly
By Alderman Battey
An ordinance to make the salaries of the members of the
police force of Savannah payable monthly.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah in Council assembled, that hereafter
the salaries of all the members of the police force of the City
of Savannah shall be payable monthly, and on the first day of
each month, instead of semi-monthly as heretofore.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 389
Section 2. Be it futher ordained, that all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed March 27, 1907.
To Amend Ordinance to Regulate Automobiles
By Alderman Davant
An ordinance to amend the ordinance entitled "An ordinance to regulate automobiles in the City of Savannah as to the
maximum speed limit. "
Section .1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the above
entitled ordinance be and the same is hereby so amended as to
make the maximum speed limit to be allowed the vehicles embraced by the said ordinance fifteen (15) miles an hour in the
corporate limits of the City of Savannah north of Estill avenue,
provided that the amendment shall not be construed as impairing or affecting other provisions of the ordinance requiring
care and caution everywhere in the City of Savannah in the
use of automobiles and similar vehicles.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall not be
lawful for any person under the age of sixteen (16) years, or
any intoxicated person to operate any automobile of any
character, or similar vehicle in the City of Savannah, provided,
however, that the Mayor of the City of Savannah may grant
to a person under the age of sixteen (16) years a permit to operate an automobile, or similar vehicle, after an examination
by the Mayor of the fitness of such person to operate such
vehicle.
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Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 2, 1907.
To Increase Item for Harbor Improvement
and Advertising
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance to amend the tax ordinance, passed December 29, 1906, so as to increase the item for harbor improvement and advertising.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the above
entitled ordinance be and the same is hereby amended so as to
add two thousand ($2,000) dollars to the item for harbor improvement and advertising and make the said appropriation
five thousand ($5,000) dollars instead of three thousand
($3,000) dollars.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 2, 1907.
Fire DepartmentTo Pension C. C. Steinberg
By Committee on Fire Department
An ordinance to retire C. C. Steinberg on half pay.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 391
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That C. C.
Steinberg, who is a member of the Fire Department of the City
of Savannah, has served faithfully for thirty-four years, is
now a foreman in the said department, but is unable to render
further service, be and he is hereby retired on half of the
pay now being received by the said C. C. Steinberg.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 10, 1907.
To Amend Ordinance as to Use of Bicycles
By Alderman Kavanaugh
An ordinance to amend the ordinance passed March 13,
1907, and entitled, "An ordinance to prohibit the use of a
bicycle or similar vehicle upon any of the sidewalks, squares
or parks of the City of Savannah,'' so as to strike out the proviso in Section 1 of said ordinance.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the proviso in Section 1 of the above entitled ordinance be stricken
and that said section shall hereafter read as follows:
Section 2. "Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter
it shall not be lawful to use1 a bicycle or any similar vehicle upon
any of the sidewalks, squares or parks in the City of Savannah,
including the Strand on the north side of Bay street and the
walks around Forsyth Park and the Park Extension.''
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Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be the
same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 10, 1907.
To Provide for Appointments in Fire Department
By Committee on Fire
An ordinance to provide for the appointment of an exfireman, who may be beyond the age limit of thirty-five (35)
years.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That an ex-fireman of the City of Savannah may, in "the discretion of the
appointing power, be appointed a fireman of the City'of Savannoh, notwithstanding the fact that his age may exceed thirtyfive (35) years.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 10, 1907.
To Amend Ordinance to Regulate Automobiles.
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to regulate automobiles in the City of Savannah,'' passed
bv Council, as amended, on March 13,1907.
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Section 1, Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the above
entitled ordinance be and it is hereby so amended that hereafter it shall not be lawful to use, upon any vehicle covered by
the said ordinance, when used on the streets of Savannah, a
number that has been assigned under the said ordinance to a
person other than the one usng such number, and such unauthorized use of the number shall be punishable under the
pains and penalties set forth in the said ordinance.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinance in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 10, 1907.
To Provide for Second Lieutenant, First Sergeant,
and Quartermaster
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to provide for a second lieutenant, first sergeant and quartermaster of the police force, for their compensation, and for the compensation of a chief detective.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That there
shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Savannah, upon
the recommendation of the Chief of police and the approval of
the committee on Police, an officer to be known as second
lieutenant of the police force of the City of Savannah, who
shall, in the absence of the Chief and the lieutenant of police
provided for by ordinance adopted January 30, 1907, have the
authority of the Chief and shall be clothed with such other
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powers and duties as may be provided for by the rules and
regulations of the Mayor and the committee on Police of the
City of Savannah, and may belong to the office of second
lieutenant of police. The said officer shall receive compensation at the rate of thirteen hundred ($1,300) dollars a year,
payable as are other salaries, shall hold his office during good
behavior and be subject to discharge under existing ordinances
with reference to sergeants of the police force. He shall take
the oath of office required of other police officers.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That the Chief of
police shall select one of the nine ((9) sergeants of the force who
shall be a first sergeant of the police force, and be clothed with
the powers and duties incident to such an office, and receive a
salary at the rate af twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum, payable as are other salaries. The selection of said first
sergeant shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor and the
committee on Police, and he shall be subject to discharge as
other sergeants of the police force.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That the chief detective of the said police force, provided for by previous ordinance, shall receive a salary at the rate of twelve hundred
($1,200) dollars per annum, payable as-are other salaries.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That the office of
quartermaster of the said police force is hereby created, which
office shall be filled by the Mayor upon the recommendation
of the Chief of police and the approval of the committee on
Police. The said office shall be filled from the ranks of the
police force, and the said quartermaster shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand ($1,000) a year, payable as
are other salaries, and shall be subject to discharge as are other
members of the police force.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 11, 1907.
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To Amend Police Budget of Tax Ordinance
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to amend the budget of the tax ordinance
adopted December 29, 1906, to relieve said ordinance of the
item of police uniforms, and to provide for uniforming the
police force as herein stated.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the budget of the tax ordinance adopted December 29, 1906, be and it
is hereby amended so as to relieve said budget of the amount
of thirty-eight hundred ($3,800) dollars for police uniforms.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That the sum of
thirty-six hundred and thirty-one ($3,631) dollars be appropriated for police uniform allowance as hereinafter provided,
and that ten thousand ($10,000) dollars additional be appropriated for the police, so as to make the total police appropriation for the year 1907 one hundred and nineteen thousand,
eight hundred ($119,800) dollars, instead of one hundred and
nine thousand, eight hundred ($109,800) dollars, which is the
sum now available for police appropriation, viz: One hundred
thousand ($100,000) dollars, appropriated in the budget of the
tax ordinance adopted December 29, 1906, thirty-eight hundred ($3,800) dollars, appropriated for police uniforms in the
same tax budget and six thousand ($6,000) dollars appropriated by ordinance of March 13, 1907, amending the tax budget.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That the said sum of
three thousand, six hundred and thirty-one ($3,631) dollars
hereby provided shall be an allowance to the officers and privates of the police force for their uniforming for a year, including the present year, as follows:
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For three (3) officers............................ .$50 each
For nine (9) sergeants............................ 39 each
For seventy-nine (79) patrolmen. ................. 35 each
For three (3) patrol wagon drivers................. 30 each
For one (1) quartermaster........................ 30 each
For one (1) chief detective........................ 30 each
For seven (7) detectives..............................30 each
That these sums shall be credited under the guidance and
direction of the chief of police to the officers and men, respectively, and when uniforms are purchased such uniforms
shall be charged to them.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That bids for uniforming the police force of the City of Savannah shall be called
for by the Chief of police and the committee on Police at such
times and under such regulations as they may elect, and the
said Chief and committee shall control as to the material to be
used and all other matters and things connected with the
uniforming of the police and the payment therefor provided
by this ordinance.
Section 5. Be it further ordained. That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed April 11, 1907.
To Improve Fortieth Street
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance for the improvement of Fortieth street from
the western property line of Abercorn street to the eastern line
of Bull street, under the terms and provisions of an act of the
Legislature of Georgia approved October 1, 1887.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 307
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
October 1, 1887, That the Committee on Streets and Lanes of
the City of Savannah be and it is hereby authorized and directed to pave Fortieth street in the City of Savannah from the
western property line of Abercorn street to the eastern line of
Bull street, with vitrified brick and with a pavement to be
thirty-two (32) feet in width (the street railway company
occupying this portion of the said street being required to pave
between its tracks and two (2) feet on each side of every line
of track constructed on the said street), to enclose the same
with stone curbing, to construct all necessary sewers and
catch basins, and to do the grading and all other work which
way be incident to the said improvement.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That the said street
jailway company shall pave between its tracks and two (2)
leet on each side of every line of track constructed upon said
portion of Fortieth street and to do all the work incident thereto at the expense of the said street railway company.
After the total cost of said work, exclusive of that done by
or for the said street railway company, shall have been ascertained, one-third of the 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, real estate fronting
on the said portion of the said street accordirig to frontage, and
the pro rata amount of the cost of said work, according to
frontage, is hereby assessed against the said abutting real
estate and its owners on both sides of the said portion of the
street. The frontage of the intersecting streets and lanes
shall be assessed as real estate abutting upon the portion of
the street improved, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah shall be, for all the intents and purposes
of this ordinance, the owner of real estate so abutting and
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shall pay from its city treasury its just pro rata as such owner
of the cost of said work, according to frontage, in addition to
its one-third of the entire cost.
If the assessment, according to frontage, is not paid by the
abutting property owners within thirty (30) days after the
sending of the bill for the same, or is not paid by the street
railway company, the amount of the same shall be furnished
by the Committee on Streets and Lanes to the City treasurer,
who shall at once issue an execution for the amount, together
with costs, against the persons and property aforesaid, including the said streets railway company, which executions shall
be made and levied out of the property described therein as
are executions for city taxes.
If the railway company does not pave, as hereinbefore required, when required so to do, the work may be done for the
said railway company by the said committee, and the cost of
the said work shall be an assessment against the said company
to be collected by execution as hereinbefore provided in the
case of abutting property owners.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed May 8. 1907.
To Improve Fortieth Street
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance for the improvement of Fortieth street from
the eastern property line of Whitaker street to the eastern property line of Jefferson streets under the terms and provisions of
an act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved October 1, 1887.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 309
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
October 1, 1887, That the Committee on Streets and Lanes of
the City of Savannah be and it is hereby authorized and
directed to pave Fortieth street in the City of Savannah,
from the eastern property line of Whitaker street to the
eastern property line of Jefferson street, with vitrified brick
and with a pavement to be thirty-two (32) feet in width, (the
street railway company occupying this portion of the said
street, being required to pave between its tracks and two (2)
feet on each side of every line of track constructed on the said
street), to enclose the same with stone curbing, to construct all
necessary sewers and catch basins, and to do the grading and
all other work which may be incident to the said improvements.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That the said Street
Railway Company shall pave between its tracks and two (2)
feet on each side of every line of track constructed upon said
portion of Fortieth street and to do all the work incident thereto at the expense of the said Street Railway Company.
After the total cost of said work, exclusive of that done by
or for the said street railway company, shall have been ascertained, one-third of the 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, real estate fronting on
the said portion of the said street according to frontage, and
the pro rata amount of the cost of said work, according to
frontage, is herehy assessed against the said abutting real estate and its owners on both sides of the said portion of the
street. The frontage of the intersecting streets and lanes shall
be assessed as real estate abutting upon the portion of the
street improved and the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah shall be, for all the intents and purposes of this ordinance, the owner of real estate so abutting, and shall pay
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from its city treasury its just pro rata as such owner of the
cost of said work, according to frontage, in additipn to its onethird of the entire cost.
If the assessment, according to frontage, is not paid by the
abutting property owners within thirty (30) days after the
sending of the bill for the same, or is not paid by the street
railway company within thirty (30) days after the sending of a
bill to the said company, the amount of the same shall be furnished by the Committee on Streets and Lanes to the city
treasurer, who shall at once issue an execution for the amount,
together with costs, against the persons and property aforesaid, including the said Street Railway Company, which executions shall be made and levied out of the property described
therein as are executions for city taxes.
If the railway company does not pave, as hereinbefore required, when required so to do, the work may be done for the
said railway company by the said committee and the costs of
the said work shall be an assessment against the said company
to be collected by execution as hereinbefore provided in the
case of abutting property owners.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed May 8,1907.
Fire DepartmentTo Repeal Ordinance
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance to repeal the ordinance passed by Council,
April 10, 1907, and entitled an ordinance to provide for the
appointment of an ex-foreman who may be beyond the age
limit of thirty-five years.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 401
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled; That the above entitled ordinance passed by Council, April 10, 1907, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed May 8, 1907.
To Improve Fortieth Street
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance for the improvement of Fortieth street from
the western property line of Bull street to the eastern line of
Whitaker street, under the terms and provisions of an Act of the
Legislature of Georgia, approved October 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
October 1, 188"7, That the committee on Streets and Lanes
of the City of Savannah be and it is hereby authorized and directed to pave Fortieth street in the City of Savannah, from
the western property line of Bull street to the eastern line of
Whitaker street, with vitrified brick and with a pavement to
be forty (40) feet in width (the street railway company occupying this portion of the said street being required to pave
between its tracks and two (2) feet on each side of every line of
track constructed on the said street), to enclose the same with
stone curbing, to construct all necessary sewers and catch
basins, and to do the grading and all other work which may be
incident to the said improvement.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That the said street
railway company shall pave between its tracks and two (2)
feet on each side of every line of track constructed upon the
said portion of Fortieth street and to do all the work incident
thereto at the expense of the said street railway company.
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After the total cost of said work, exclusive of that done by
jor for the said street railway company, shall have been ascertained, one-third of the 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, real estate fronting on
the said portion of the said street, according to frontage, and
the pro rata amount of the cost of said work, according to
frontage, is hereby assessed against the said abutting real estate and its owners on both sides of the said portion of the
street. The frontage of the intersecting street and lanes shall
be assessed as real estate abutting unon the portion of the
street improved, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah shall be, for all the intents and purposes of this ordinance, the owner of real estate so abutting, and shall pay
from its city treasury its just pro rata as such owner of the cost
of said work, according to frontage, in addition to its one-third
of the entire cost.
If the assessment, according to frontage, is not paid by the
abutting property owners within thirty (30) days after the
sending of the bill for the same or is not paid by the street
railway company within thirty (30) days after the sending of a
bill to the said company, the amount of the same shall be furnished by the committee on Streets and Lanes to the city
treasurer, who shall at once issue an execution for the amount,
together with costs, against the persons and property aforesaid, including the said street railway company, which executions shall be made and levied out of the property described
therein as are executions for city taxes.
If the railway company does not pave, as hereinbefore required, when required so to do, the work may be done for the
said railway company by the said committee, and the cost of
the said work shall be an assessment against the said company
to be collected by execution as hereinbefore provided in the
case of abutting property owners.
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Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed May 8, 1907.
Police DepartmentTo Increase Pension of
John A. Christian
By Committee on Police
An ordinance to increase the pension of John A. Christian.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the pension
now paid to ex-Policeman John A. Christian (who was a member of the police force from 1890, whose services while on the
force were efficient and faithful, and who has been disabled on
account of wounds received in the discharge of his duty), be
and the same is hereby increased so that hereafter he shall be
paid a pension at the rate of forty-six dollars and sixty-six
cents ($46.66) a month.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed May 22, 1907.
To Regulate Sale of Liquor
By Alderman Wilson
An ordinance to require the proprietors of all places of mercantile business, where intoxicating liquor is held for sale at
retail in the corporate or jurisdictional limits of the City of
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Savannah, to close their places of business and keep them
closed from 12 o'clock midnight until 5 o'clock a. m., and during all of Sunday, and to require that the curtains shall be
raised and a clear view of the interior be afforded, as herein
provided.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter
it shall be the duty of the proprietor or proprietors of every
green grocery, fruit store, or other store or shop, or any place
of mercantile business of any kind, located in the corporate or
jurisdictional limits of the City of Savannah, where a tippling
house or barroom is maintained at such place of business or as
an adjunct to or a part of the business carried on at such place
of business, to close such place of business every week day night
at 12 o'clock, midnight, and keep them closed until 5 o'clock
the next morning, and to close the same and keep them" closed
during all of Sunday and until 5 o'clock a. m. of the next Monday.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall also be the
duty of the said proprietor or proprietors to see to it that the
curtains at the places of business covered by the first section of
this ordinance are raised and kept raised during the time and
times mentioned in the first section of this ordinance, so that
a clear view of the interior of such places of business is afforded
during the said times from the streets.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That each and every
violation of this ordinance, or any part thereof, shall be punishable, upon conviction before the Police Court of the City of
Savannah, by a fine not to exceed one hundred ($100) dollars,
or by imprisonment nofto exceed thirty (30) days, either or
both in the discretion of the court, and each day's violation
thereof shall be held and deemed to be a separate and distinct
offense.
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Section 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed May 22, 1907.
To Change a Special Tax
By Finance Committee
An ordinance to change a specific tax in the tax ordinance
as herein provided:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the specific
tax of $75 required by the tax ordinance, on page 19 of the
printed pamphlet, of agents and others negotiating loans on
real estate, be reduced to ($25) twenty-five dollars so that said
portion of the ordinance shall hereafter read as follows:
"Agents, attorneys at law, brokers and all other persons negotiating or advertising or offering to negotiate, loans on real estate (except real estate brokers negotiating loans in immediate
connections with sales or purchases made by or through them),
twenty-five dollars."
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed May 22, 1907.
To Permit Erection of Illuminated Signs
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance to permit the erection in the City of Savannah of illuminated signs as herein provided.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter
it shall be lawful to erect, in the City of Savannah, illuminated
electric signs, provided the same are strongly built and securely
guyed and fastened to the buildings so as to resist wind pressure and make the use of posts or other supports unnecessary,
and provided also that each sign shall be constructed and installed under the supervision and direction of the Director of
Public Works.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed June 5, 1907.
To Regulate Contracts of Committees
By Alderman Davant
An ordinance to require the permission of Council before a
committee of Council shall be authorized to make a purchase,
or enter into a contract or obligation involving more than $100.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of "Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter no
committee of Council shall be authorized, notwithstanding the
amount of the budget for the department of such committee,
to make a purchase or enter into a contract or obligation involving more than $100, unless the permission of Council by resolution or ordinance shall have been first obtained; provided,
that the provisions of the ordinance shall not apply to contracts made for current supplies by the several departments of
the City contemplated in the budget.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 407
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and they
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed June 19, 1907.
To repeal Section 377 of Code of Savannah.
An ordinance to repeal Section 377 of the Code of Savannah:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That Section 377
of the present Code of Savannah be and it is hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed June 19, 1907.
To Improve West Broad Street
By Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance to establish the official statement and assessment roll touching the improvement of West Broad street in
the City of Savannah, from the north property line of Indian
street to the south property line of Zubly street, made under an
ordinance of the City of Savannah, adopted May 9, 1906.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the statement and assessment roll prepared and submitted to Council
by the Director of Public Works for the City of Savannah, and
the committee on Streets and Lanes for said City, under an
ordinance passed May 9, 1906, and entitled "An ordinance for
the improvement of West Broad street, from the north proper-
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t\r line of Indian street to the south property line of Zubly
street, in Savannah, Ga., 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 October 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 the said improvement under
the said ordinance, the same being those entitled, " Statement
and assessment roll for improving West Broad street; Statement showing the cost of improvements to West Broad street,
in the City of Savannah, Ga,, beginning at the north property
line of Indian street to the south property line of Zubly street,
as under an ordinance of the City of Savannah passed May 9,
1906, 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 the Council for due authentication and preservation.
Section 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 the
said ordinance. Should the said bills be not paid, then it
shall be the duty of the treasurer to issue executions as' provided for by the said ordinance, which shall be made and
levied as are executions for city taxes.
Section 3. Be it further ordained. That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed June 19, 1907.
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To Improve York Street
By Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance to establish the official statement and assessment roll touching the improvement of York street, in the City
of Savannah, from the west property line of Bull street to the
east property line of Whitaker street, made under an ordinance
of the City of Savannah, adopted October 10, 1906.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the statement and assessment roll prepared and submitted to Council
by the Director of Public Works for the City of Savannah, and
the committee on Streets and Lanes for said City, under an
ordinance passed October 10, 1906, and entitled "An ordinance for the improvement of York street, from the west property line of Bull street to the east property line of Whitaker
street, in the City of Savannah, 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 the said improvements under the
said ordinance, the same being those entitled, "Statement and
assessment roll for paving York street; Statement showing
the cost of improvements to York street, in the City of Savannah, Ga., beginning at the east property line of Whitaker
street, and extending to the west property line of Bull street,
as under an ordinance of the City of Savannah, passed October
10, 1906, 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 the Council for due authentication and
preservation.
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Section 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 by the said ordinance. Should the said
bills be not paid, then it shall be the duty of the treasurer to
issue executions as provided for by the said ordinance, which
shall be made and levied as are executions for city taxes.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed June 19, 1907. .
To Improve Abercorn Street
By Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance to establish the official statement and assessment roll touching the improvement of Abercorn street, from
the south property line of Gaston street to the north property
line of Hall street, made under an ordinance of the City of
Savannah, adopted September 26, 1906.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the statement and assessment'roll prepared and submitted to Council
by the Director of Public Works for the City of Savannah, and
the Committee on Streets and Lanes for said city, under an ordinance passed September 26, 1906, and entitled "An ordinance for the improvement of Abercorn street, from the south
property line of Gaston street to the north property line of
Hall street, under the terms and provisions of an Act of the
Legislature of Georgia approved October 1, 1887,'' be and they
are herebv declared to be the official statement and assessment
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roll of the said improvement under the said ordinance, the
same being those entitled, "Statement and assessment roll for
improving Abercorn street. Statement showing the cost of
improvements to Abercorn street, in the City of Savannah,
Ga., beginning at the south property line of Gaston street and
extending to the north property line of Hall street, as under an
ordinance of the City of Savannah passed September 26, 1906,
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
the Council for due authentication and preservation.
Section 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 the
said ordinance. Should the said bills be not paid, then it
shall be the duty of the treasurer to issue executions as provided for by the said ordinance, which shall be made and levied as are executions for city taxes.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed June 19, 1907.
To Require Jewelers and Jewelery Establishments
to Keep Records
By Alderman Gordon
An ordinance to require jewelers and jewelry establishments in the City of Savannah to keep a record of all watches
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received by them for repairs, and a record which shall contain
an accurate description of the purchase or exchange of all
second-hand jewelry, silverware, watches, etc.
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 all jewelers and jewelry establishments in the City of
Savannah to keep a record of all watches received for repairs,
showing the numbers of such watches and the names and addresses of parties from whom received.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the
duty of all jewelers and jewelry establishments in the City of
Savannah to keep a record which shall give, such a description
of all second-hand jewelry, silverware, watches, etc., purchased
or received in exchange as will make identification easy; in
case the purchase or exchange is a watch or other article having a number, the description shall state, among other things,
such number. This record to contain in addition to the description, the names and addresses of parties from whom such
second-hand jewelry, silverware, watches, etc., was received
in exchange or purchased.
Section '$. Be it further ordained, That all second-hand
jewelry, silverware, watches, etc., purchased or received in exchange, shall be held by the purchaser thirty (30) days from
the date of purchase or exchange, and that such records shall
be open to inspection to the police department whenever called
for.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That any person violating any of the provisions of the three next preceding sections, or any person who shall keep a false or incomplete record,
shall, on conviction before the Police Court of the City 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.
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Section 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed June 19, 1907.
To Purchase Bonaventure Cemetery
By Alderman Entelman
An ordinance to sanction the purchase by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah lands in Chatham county,
outside of the City of Savannah, for cemetery purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the purchase
by this municipal corporation for a public cemetery of the
property known as the Bonaventure Cemetery, located in the
county of Chatham and outside of the City of Savannah, together with the stock and assets of the Evergreen Cemetery
Company, at and for the sum of thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars, and the three (3) lots known as lots sixteen (1C), seventeen (17) and eighteen (18), of the Bonaventure or Wiltberger
tract adjoining the property of the Evergreen Cemetery Company, for the sum of three thousand two hundred and fifty
($3,250) dollars, is hereby authorized, provided the titles to the
said property are satisfactory, and the Mayor of the City of
Savannah is hereby authorised, in the name of the municipal
corporation, to enter into agreements looking to the said purchases and fixing the terms thereof.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed June 22, 1907.
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To Increase Appropriation for Water Works
By Alderman Wilkinson
An ordinance to amend the ordinance of the tax budget
adopted December 29, 190G.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the ordinance
of the tax budget adopted December 29, 1906, be amended by
adding $5,000 to the amount appropriated for waterworks,
new, old, maintenance and extension, so as to make the total
appropriation for this purpose $55,000-
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed July 3, 1907.
To Regulate Street Cars
By Alderman Battey
An ordinance providing for the regulation of street cars and
to prohibit them from passing each other at street intersections.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter it
shall be unlawful for street cars running in opposite directions,
in any street in Savannah, to pass each other at the intersection
of any two streets, nor shall it be lawful for any street car,
either passenger, parcel or freight, to pass at any point while
said car is standing still for the purpose of permitting passengers to leave said standing car.
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Section 2. Be it further ordained, That when any two or
more cars are approaching the intersection of streets, all motormen controlling said cars are required to regulate the speed
of same so as to prevent passage at said intersections or crossings; and when meeting cars are approximately the same distance from said intersections or crossings, the car going south
shall have the right-of-way at said intersection or crossing,
and the speed of such car going north shall be so regulated
that the south bound car shall clear such intersection or crossing by at least fifty (50) feet before the north bound car shall
pass the car going south. Cars going east and west shall observe the same rule as north and south bound cars, the rightof-way at street intersections of crossings belonging, in such
cases, to the car or cars bound east.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That any person or
corporation violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be
subject, upon conviction before the Police Court of the City of
Savannah, to a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars
and imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, either or
both in the discretion of the court.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed July 31, 1907.
To Transfer Inspectors of Water
By Committee on Water
An ordinance to transfer the inspectors of water from the
Department of Water to that of the Health Officer; to provide
for the appointment of two additional inspectors for the Department of the Health Officer, and to pay the salaries of three
inspectors out of the budget for the Water Department.
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Whereas, there are now five inspectors of water connected
with the Department of Water, and it has been ascertained
that, by transferring them to the Department of the Health
Officer, a saving can be made to the City of about two thousand
dollars a year, and more efficient service secured;
Therefore, be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, as follows:
Section 1. That the inspectors of water shall no longer
be connected with the Water Department of the City of Savannah, and their services in the said department are dispensed
with.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That two more inspectors, to be appointed by the Mayor, be added to the Department of the Health Officer, and these inspectors shall
perform such duties as may be required of them by the Health
Officer, and shall receive the salaries paid to inspectors in the
Department of the Health Officer.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That the salaries paid
to inspectors in the Department of the Health Officer to three of
the inspectors, shall be charged to the budget of the Water Department for the present year.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed July 31, 1907.
To Provide for Sale of Lots at
Bonaventure Cemetery
An ordinance to provide for the sale at private sale of fifteen (15) shares of the capital stock of the Southwestern Rail-
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 417
road Company and eight (8) shares of the capital stock of the
Merchants National Bank acquired by the City from the Evergreen Cemetery Company:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the chairman of the Finance Committee of the City of Savannah be and
he is hereby authorized to sell at private sale fifteen (15) shares
of the capital stock of the Southwestern Railroad Company
and eight (8) shares of the capital stock of the Merchants National Bank of Savannah belonging to the City of Savannah
and acquired from the Evergreen Cemetery Company and the
said chairman or the Mayor of the City of Savannah is authorized to make the necessary transfer to the purchaser or
purchasers.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed July 31, 1907.
To Define Location and Width of Montgomery Street
By Alderman Eetelman
An ordinance to fix the location and width of Montgomery
street, south of Forty-second street.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannahl in Council assembled, That Montgomery
street, as extended south of Forty-second street, in the City of
Savannah, between Forty-second street and Fifty-second
street, shall be seventy-five (75) feet wide and shall be located
and defined as follows: The east line of said street from Fortysecond street to Fifty-second street, shall begin at a point on
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the south line of Forty-second street, 598.01 feet west of Barnard street and shall extend in a straight line, in a southerly
direction, to its intersection with the center line of that part
of Forty-sixth street, immediately west of Barnard street,
said point of intersection to be 608.3 feet west of Barnard
street, extending thence in a straight line to its intersection
with the center line of Fifty-second street, said point of intersection to be 644.01 feet west of Barnard street. The west
line of Montgomery street shall be parallel with and seventyfive (75) feet west of the east line. A map showing this extension and this description is of file in the office of the city engineer.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed August 14, 1907.
As to Keeping Gasoline etc., in the City
By Alderman Davant
An ordinance to make further provisions touching the
keeping of gasoline, benzine or naphtha, and the disposition of
the same in the City of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled. That hereafter it
shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation, having
or keeping in any building in the City of Savannah over one
(1) gallon of gasoline, benzine or naphtha, to display a sign in
a conspicuous place on the outside of such building bearing, in
white letters, not less than three (3) inches in length, upon a
black ground, the words "Gasoline," "Benzine," or "Naphtha," ' as the case may be, except in such cases where a permit
has been or may be granted by the superintendent of the fire
department.
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Section 2. Be it further ordained, 'That the superintendent of the fire department of the City of Savannah may, from
time to time, require all retailers of gasoline, benzine or naphtha to give the addresses of all persons'to whom such retailers
may supply these products in quantities of one gallon or upwards, and it is hereby made the duty of such retailers to give
this information when thereto requested by the said superintendent.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That hereafter it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation in the city of
Savannah to empty gasoline, benzine or naphtha, or any mixture thereof, of liquid matter in which these substances have
been mixed or used, in any catchbasin or trap running into any
sewer in the City of Savannah, or on any paved street in said
city where it is liable to find its way into any sewer of the
said City of Savannah.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That the violation of
any provision of this ordinance shall be punishable, upon conviction before the Police Court of the City of Savannah, to a
fine not to exceed one hundred ($100) dollars and to imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, either or both in the discretion of the court.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed August 14, 1907.
To Widen Bryan Street
Ordinance read in Council for the first time August 28,
1907, and by unanimous consent of Council, read a second
time, placed upon its passage and adopted.
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By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance authorizing a conveyance by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah, to the Citizens and Southern Bank of a strip, four (4) feet in width, of the sidewalk on
the north side of St. Julian street between Bull and Drayton
streets, bounding the southern part of lot letter "B", Derby
ward, in the City of Savannah, Ga.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the said
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah be and the same
are hereby directed and empowered to convey to the Citizens
and Southern Bank, a banking corporation of the City of
Savannah, a strip four (4) feet in width of the sidewalk on the
north side of St. Julian street, between Bull and Drayton
streets, bounding on the south lot letter "B," Derby ward, in
the City of Savannah, Georgia, upon the consideration of a
conveyance to it by the said the Citizens and Southern Bank
of a strip four (4) feet in width of the sidewalk on the southern
side Bryan street, between Bull and Drayton streets, bounding
on the north lot letter " B," Derby ward, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, to be used for widening Bryari street.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed August 28, 1907.
To Amend Section 1068 of Code of Savannah
By Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance to amend section 1008 of the code of Savannah, adopted in 1907.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the aboveentitled section of the code of Savannah, adopted in 1907, be
and the same is hereby amended by adding to the first proviso
of said section the following words, to wit: "With the right,
however, in the director of public works of the City of Savannah to require the removal of such materials, and all fences and
encroachments, from the square, street, lane or alley upon
forty-eight hours notice, whenever street paving, or any public improvement, or exigency, makes such removal expedient,
the removal to be made by the said director at the expense of
the person or persons using the public domain, should he or
they fail to remove within the forty-eight hours."
And that the said section be further amended by striking
from the second proviso the words "except with the written
permission of the Committee on Streets and Lanes, extend beyond ten feet on any street, lane of square," and substituting
therefore the words "exceed that allowed by a written permit
from the said director of public works, which permit is hereby
made necessary to the occupancy of said space."
So that said section as amended, shall read as follows:
" No person shall bring, lay, put, or cause to be laid, or put,
any timber, bricks, stones, or other materials for building, or
fire wood, goods, wares, and merchandise, or other bulky
thing whatsoever, and permit and suffer the same to continue
and remain in any square, street, lane, or alley within the City
of Savannah for a longer time than two hours; nor shall any
person permit or suffer any cart, dray, wagon, or carriage of
any sort, to stand and remain in any square, street, lane, or
alley, longer than such time as aforesaid; nor shall any person,
without previously obtaining the written consent of the Mayor and two-thirds of the members of the City Council, place,
erect, or construct, or cause to be placed, erected, or constructed, in any square, street or lane, or other place, of or in the City
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of Savannah, any booths, tents, or other obstruction; nor
shall any person dig, or cause to be dug, any hole or pit in any
square, street, lane, or alley, whereby the free passage of persons on foot or on horseback, or in or with any carriage or conveyance, may be in any wise obstructed or rendered unsafe.
And in case the person or persons making, causing, permitting,
or suffering such encroachments, obstructions, and nuisances as
aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to remove the same forthwith, after notice given to him, her, or them, for that purpose,
then the same (in such cases as will admit thereof), shall be
removed by the director of public works, at the proper expense
of the person or persons so offending. And if any person or
persons shall molest or trouble the said director in the execution of such duty, such person or persons shall, on conviction
thereof, be punished as hereinafter prescribed; Provided,
that any person or persons actually building or repairing, or
about to build or repair any building, may collect and lay all
such materials as may be necessary for such building or repairs,
in the square, street, lane, or alley next adjoining to the place
or spot whereon such buildings or repairs are intended to be
made, with the right, however, in the director of public works
of the City of Savannah to require the removal of such materials, and all fences and encroachments, from the square, street,
lane or alley upon forty-eight hours notice, whenever street
paving, or any public improvement, or exigency, makes such
removal expedient, the removal to be made by the said director, at the expense of the person or persons using the public
domain, should he or they fail to remove within the fortyeight hours. And provided that such materials be so enclosed
in a sufficient space (and no more) as will effectually prevent
the spreading into the streets, lanes, or squares, and the said
space so enclosed shall, in no case, exceed that allowed by a , written permit from the said director of public works, which
permit is hereby made necessary to the occupancy of said
space, and during all such time as such materials shall so lay
in any square, street, lane,.or alley, the owner or proprietor of
such materials shall cause a lamp or lantern, with a good and
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sufficient light therein, to be securely hung up, placed, or fixed
on a post or otherwise, at each of the two corners of such enclosure, and in such manner as clearly and plainly to show the
place and extent occupied by such materials. And the said
lamp or lantern shall be lighted at or before dark, in the evening, and shall continue to burn until daylight, and the city
marshal and police are hereby enjoined to notice and report
to the director of public works all encroachments, obstructions
or nuisances mentioned herein."
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 4, 1907.
To Abolish Office of Chimney Contractor
By Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to abolish the office of chimney contractor,
to provide for the appointment of an inspector of chimneys,
for his powers and duties, for the charge for sweeping chimneys, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled. That the office
of chimney contractor for the city of Savannah be and the same
is hereby abolished, and Section 794 of the Code of Savannah
of 1907 providing for the election of two chimney contractors
is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That the Mayor of the
City of Savannah shall appoint upon the recommendation of
the Committee on Streets and Lanes, an inspector of chimneys
for the City of Savannah who shall be attached to the office of
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the director of public works and under his jurisdiction. The
said appointment shall be made to continue until the expiration of the term of office of the present director and other city
officers, and shall thereafter be made biennially, as are other
city officers. He shall be subject to removal by the Mayor for
cause, such cause to be determined by the Mayor. Before beginning the discharge of his duties he shall take an oath before
the Mayor to faithfully and impartially discharge the same.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the
duty of the said inspector to see to it that chimneys in the City
of Savannah are property swept when the need exists (subject
to the provisions of Section 79(5 of the Code of Savannah), and
to perform all of the duties heretofore performed by chimney
contractors in the City of Savannah.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That the charge for
sweeping a chimney in the City of Savannah shall be for only
the actual expense to the City of Savannah, including the time
of the inspector and any service necessarily incident to such
sweeping. This charge shall be payable by the occupant of
the house, building or structure in which the chimney is
swept, and also by the owner thereof. If the said occupant
shall refuse or fail to pay promptly, then it shall be lawful for
the said inspector to collect the said charge from the owner.
In case of failure to pay suit shall be brought for the same in a
court of competent jurisdiction by the said inspector in the
name of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah
against the occupant and owner, either or both.
The said inspector shall make prompter reports and returns
of his collections to the director of public works.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, That Sections 795, 796,
797. 798, 799, 800 and 802 of the said Code of Savannah are
continued in full force, except that whenever the word "con-
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tractor" appears in any one of the said sections the word
"inspector" is hereby substituted. So much of Section 801
as provides for the fees for sweeping chimneys is hereby repealed.
Section G. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 9, 1907.
To Amend Tax Ordinance as to Circuses
By Alderman Gaudry
An ordinance to amend the tax ordinance as to the circus
tax.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the tax ordinance be amended by changing the paragraph on page 11 of
the pamphlet with reference to the circus tax so that the same
shall read as follows: Every circus with or without a menagerie with a seating capacity exceeding 5,000 for each and every
day performing in the city five hundred ($500) dollars, without
discount; with a seating capacity not exceeding five thousand
(5,000) for each and every day, two hundred and fifty (S250)
dollars.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 23, 1907.
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To Protect Automobiles and Similar Vehicles
By Alderman Battey
An ordinance for the protection of automobiles and similar
vehicles in the City of Savannah while on the streets of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled. That it shall be
unlawful for any person to remove or use or tamper with or
injure any automobile or similar vehicle standing upon the
streets or other public thoroughfare or stored in a public or
private stable or garage of the City of Savannah without the
consent of the owner or his authorizied agent, and any person
violating this ordinance shall be subject, on conviction before
the Police Court of the City of Savannah, to a fine not to exceed fifty ($50) dollars and imprisonment not to exceed ten
(10) days, either or both, in the discretion of the court.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 23, 1907.
To Amend Sections 878 and 879
of Code of Savannah
By Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to amend Sections 878 and 879 of MacDonell's Code of Savannah adopted in 1907.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That Sections
878 of MacDonell's Code of Savannah adopted in 1907 be and
the same is amended so that it shall hereafter read as follows:
"No person having small pox, yellow fever, typhoid fever, or
other infectious, contagious or pestilential disease, or any
transmissible disease dangerous to the public health, shall be
removed from one place to another within the city limits, or
from any place without the city into the city without the permit of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, and any person
or persons removing such person having such disease, shall,
upon conviction before the Police Court of the City of Savannah, be liable to a fine not to exceed one hundred ($100) dollars
and to imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, either or
both in the discretion of the court.''
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That Section 879 of
the said Code be and the same is amended so that hereafter it
shall read as follows: " It shall be the duty of every physician
or other person practicing medicine in the City of Savannah,
to report in writing to the Board of Sanitary Commissioners
every case of small pox, yellow fever, typhoid fever, or any
infectious, contagious, pestilential, or transmissible disease
dangerous to the public health, which he may be called upon
to treat within the city limits, said report to be made immediately after he shall have ascertained the character of the case
and to specify the name of the patient and the locality of the
house in which such person is to be found; and any case he
may be called upon to treat of which he may have doubts or
suspicions as to whether or not it is within the intent and
meaning of this section, he shall, likewise, report in writing,
immediately, specifying in his report the name of such patient and the locality of the house in which such person is to be
found; and, further, it shall be the duty of such physician or
other person practicing medicine in the City of Savannah, to
give written notice of the time when he shall discharge such
case at least twenty-four (24) hours before such discharge,
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and any person violating any provision of this section shall be
subject, upon conviction before the Police Court of the City
of Savannah 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.
" But whenever any disease has been declared epidemic by
the Board of Sanitary Commissioners it shall not be required
that further cases be so reported.''
Section 3. Be it further ordained. That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 2:5, 1907.
To Provide for Sale of Lots at
Laurel Grove Cemetery
By Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to provide for .the sale of lots in Laurel
Grove Cemetery and in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That hereafter,
the Mayor or Acting Mayor of the City of Savannah shall be
authorized to convey lots, heretofore undisposed of in Laurel
Grove Cemetery, or in the cemetery recently purchased by the
City of Savannah, known as Bonaventure Cemetery, at the
rate of seven and a half (l%)c cents per square foot for lot in
Laurel Grove and lOc per square foot in Bonaventure, and to
execute a conveyance thereof in the name of the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Citv of Savannah.
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Section 2. Be it further ordained. That no person shall
purchase in his own name more than two (2) lots in either of
the said cemeteries, and that said lots shall be conveyed upon
the express condition that the lot or lots conveyed shall not be
aliened or conveyed by the purchasers, or their heirs or assigns,
to any other person or persons whomsoever without the consent of the Council of the City of Savannah given in a resolution passed for that purpose, and upon the further condition
that the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah shall
always have the right and power to regulate the manner of interments in the said lots, and that said sale shall be subject to
the rights and powers of the Park and Tree Commission, given
by the act of the legislature.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That it shall not be
lawful for the Council of the City of Savannah to give its consent provided for in the forgoing section for the sale af a lot,
unless it shall be made to appear to Council that said purchaser is re-selling at a price not in excess of the price paid by
him to the City of Savannah.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That all and singular
the moneys arising from the sales of lots in the said Laurel
Grove Cemetery, or in the Bonaventure Cemetery, at any
time hereafter, shall be kept separate from all other moneys in
the treasury, and thall be used and expended only for the purpose of enclosing, protecting, furnishing and adorning the Cemetery in which the said lots are sold.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed October 23, 1907.
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To Improve Park Avenue
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance for the improvement of a certain portion of
Park Avenue, in the City or Savannah, under the terms and
provisions of an Act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved
October 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 October 1, 1887, That the Committee on Streets and
Lanes of the said City of Savannah be and it is hereby authorized and directed to build and construct a roadway, the said
roadway to be forty-five (45) feet in width, and to pave the
same with asphalt blocks, on Park Avenue from the eastern
property line of Bull street to the western property line of
Drayton street; to inclose the same with stone curbing, and to
do the grading and all other work that may be incident to the
said improvement.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That, after the total
cost of said work shall have been ascertained, one-third of such
cost shall be paid out of the city treasury, and the other twothirds from the persons owning, at the date of the adoption of
this ordinance, real estate fronting on said portion of the said
Park avenue hereinbefore mentioned (there being no railroad
tracks nor intersecting streets on the said portion of Park
avenue), according to frontage; and the pro rata amount of
the cost of said work is hereby assessed against the said abutting real estate and its owners as aforesaid. If the assessment,
according to frontage, is not paid by the abutting property
owners within thirty (30) days after the presentation of the
bill for the same, which bill shall be sent to the said owners by
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the city treasurer, it shall thereupon become the duty of the
said city treasurer to issue an execution for the amount of said
bill, together with the costs, against the persons and property
as aforesaid, which execution shall be made and levied out of
the property described therein as are executions for city taxes.
Section 3. Be it further ordained. That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed November 6, 1907.
To Name Brady Street
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance to restore the name of Brady street.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldei men of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That a certain
street in the City of Savannah, running east and west between
Bull and Barnard streets, and immediately north of Thirtyfifth street as now opened, be hereafter known as Brady street,
by which name it was known prior to the passage of the ordinance passed October 31, 1900, and the said ordinance of October 31, 1900, is hereby amended accordingly.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed December 18, 1907.
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To Improve McDonough Street
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance for the improvement of McDonough street
from the eastern property line of Drayton street to the western
property line of Abercorn street, under the terms and provisions of an act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved October 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 October 1, 1887, That the Director of Public Works 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 McDonough street in the City of Savannah, from the eastern property line of Drayton street to
the western property line of Abercorn street a roadway of
asphalt blocks thirty (30) feet in width between the curbing,
to lay the necessary curbings and to do all the work in the way
of grading and all other things incident to the construction and
completion of said roadway on said portion of McDonough
street.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, (there being no railway
tracks and no intersecting streets and lanes) That after the
total cost of said work shall have been ascertained one-third
of said 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 the said
portion of McDonough street, 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 according
to frontage.
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Section 3. 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 the two-thirds of the cost to be
apportioned, how it is apportioned among the several abutting
parcels 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 days after the sending of the
same, it shall then become the duty of the city treasurer to
issue execution for the amount together with the 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.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with the ordinance be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed December 18, 1907.
To Improve Barnard Street
By Alderman Guckenheimer
An ordinance to amend the ordinance passed January 31,
1906, and entitled "An ordinance for the improvement of
Barnard street from the north line of State street to the south
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434 MAYOR'S AN'NUAL REPORT.
line of Broughton street, under the terms and provisions of an
Act of the Legislature of Georgia approved October 1,1887,"'
so as to substitute asphalt blocks for vitrified brick as the
paving material.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the aboveentitled ordinance be and the same is so amended as to substitute "asphalt blocks,'' in the first and second sections thereof,
wherever they occur, for the words "vitrified brick," so that
the said ordinance, as amended, shall provide for a pavement
of asphalt blocks instead of a pavement of vitrified brick.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinance
and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed December 18, 1907.
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RESOLUTIONS
Fire DepartmentTo Pension John Carrick
By Committee on Fire
In view of the long and faithful service rendered the city
by John Carrick, as a driver relief engineer and a fireman in the
fire department, for a period extending over thirty years'
continuous service,
Be it resolved, That John Carrick be allowed a pension
equal to one-half pay, "thirty dollars per month," on account of injuries sustained in the discharge of his duties.
Adopted, January 2, 1907.
Fire DepartmentOn the death of George Mouro
E. P. Daly and H. J. Eddy
By Alderman Davant
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to
draft resolutions on the death of Assistant Superintendent of
the Fire Department George Mouro, Firemen E. P. Daly and
H. J. Eady.
In accordance with above resolution his honor, the
Mayor appointed the following committee: Aldermen Davant,
Oliver and Dixon.
Adopted January 2, 1907.
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To Purchase Land from Fanny M. Green
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the sum of sixteen hundred ($1,600) dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of
the city treasury to Fanny M. Green, in full of award in condemnation proceedings for lot number thirty-seven (37), section seventeen (17), Law ward, Savannah, Georgia, on proper
receipt to be drawn by the city attorney, and that all costs
and expenses of said proceedings be paid out of the city
treasury, when certified as correct by the city attorney.
When all requirements are complied with, said thirtyfifth street and Burroughs street will be opened in that locality under the advice of the city attorney.
Adopted January 16, 1907.
To City Officers and Employes
By Alderman Stewart
Whereas, This meeting closes the official relations of the
Council with the various officers and employes of the city
government, it is but meet and proper that the governing body
of the municipality should tender its thanks and commendation to the officers and employes of the various departments,
generall}% for the faithful and efficient performance of their
duties. It is but appropriate also that this body should especially express its grateful appreciation of the signal service
rendered by the distinguished counsellor and advocate who
has served as city attorney during the past three years. It
is but appropriate to say of the administration of the office of
city attorney by Col. William Garrard that he has counselled
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 437
safely and wisely, enabling this body to act justly toward
those to whom justice was due and to maintain in their full
integrity the rights of the municipality as against those who
sought to infringe them under his administration; -valuable
property rights have been secured, clouds upon titles have
been removed, litigation has been promptly dispatched, each
department has received proper and intelligent guidance, enabling a correct, certain and firm action upon the part of the
heads of the several departments. We feel that we can express our appreciation of the full value of his service only by
saying that throughout the administration of his office he manifested the same devotion to duty which has marked his career
as a soldier, a lawyer and a man. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That the thanks of this body be tendered to
this able official, as a token of its esteem and that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting.
Adopted January 16, 1907.
Towards Erection of Georgia Building at Jamestown
By Committee of the Whole
Whereas, Aiding the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition is in the interest of education and of advertising the advantages of this port, looking towards the obtaining of deeper
water in the channel of the Savannah river; it is
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the sum of two thousand
($2,000) dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated from
the city treasury as a contribution from this city towards the
erection of the Georgia building at Jamestown, Va., and the
Mayor will see to it that the said sum of money is paid to T. G.
Hudson, Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Georgia,
who has been made treasurer of the Georgia Jamestown fund.
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This contribution is made, however, upon the condition
that Savannah is to have one of the front rooms of the first
floor of said building for advertising purposes.
Adopted January 16, 1907.
Compensation for Work on New City Code
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the following sums of
money be paid out of the city treasury for work on city code,
namely, to A. H. MacDonell, $1,000; to William Garrard,
$1,000, and to G. Noble Jones, $150, in full of compensations
to said parties to completion.
Adopted January 19, 1907.
As to Salaries of City Officials
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
aavannah, in Council assembled, That an election will be held
ot this meeting to fill the following city offices, and the salaries
of such of these respective officials as are paid by salaries are
as set below, to be paid to them during the ensuing two years,
but of the city treasury, in equal bi-monthly installments,
Sond to be given by them, respectively, in accordance with the
ordinances, namelv:
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Per Year.
Building inspector. ............................$1, 500 00
Clerk of Council............................... 2, 000 00
City treasurer. ................................ 2, 500 00
City engineer.................................. 2, 400 00
City engineer (assistant)........................ 1, 500 00
City attorney.................................. 3,000 00
Chief sanitary inspector......................... 1, 200 00
City marshal.................................. 1,800 00
City physicians (two white) each ................ 750 00
City physicians (two colored) each............... 750 00
Clerk of Market................................ 900 00
Clerk of Police Court........................... 1, 200 00
Chimney contractor (E. D.)..................... Fees
Chimney contractor (W. D.)..................... Fees
Director of public works ...................... .$3, 000 00
Harbor master................................. 1, 800 00
Health officer.................................. 3, GOO 00
Inspector of naval stores (twelve)................. .......
Keeper of Laurel Grove Cemetery................ 1, 000 00
Keeper of Laurel Grove Cemetery (Colored)....... Fees
Keeper of City Dispensary..................... .$1, 200 00
Keeper of City Dispensary (assistant)............ 780 00
Keeper of city locks............................ Bid
Messenger of Council........................... S 840 00
Port wardens (two)............................ Fees
Recorder......................................SI, 200 00
Superintendent of police........................ 2, 000 00
Superintendent of fire department................ 2, 000 00
Superintendent and engineer of waterworks. ...... 2. 000 00
Tax assessors, chairman and ex-officio clerk....... 2, 300 00
Tax assessors (two), each....................... 750 00
Adopted January 21, 1907.
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Board of EducationAs to Sidewalk in Grantley Ward
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That the bill of $79.83, dated
August 1, 1906, against the Board of Education for laying sidewalk curbing in Grantland ward, be and same is hereby directed to be assessed by the city, the city attorney advising that
said claim is illegal against the Board of Education.
Adopted January 30, 1907.
As to Young Men's Christian Association
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That a deed be executed by
the Mayor of the City of Savannah, duly attest under the corporate seal by the clerk of Council, granting and conveying to
the Young Men's Christian Association of Savannah, ten (10)
feet on the east side of Bull street, between Macon and Charlton streets for the purpose of increasing the depth of lot 23
Jasper ward, in accordance with the act of the Legislature of
Georgia, approved August 20,1906.
Adopted April 19, 1907.
As to Undesirable Aliens and Deserting Seamen
By Alderman Wilson
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That his honor the Mayor of the
City of Savannah, is hereby requested to direct the chief of po-
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lice to render, through the police force of the City of Savannah,
assistance to the inspector in charge of immigration at this
port in locating the undesirable aliens and deserting seamen
for whom warrants have been issued by the Department of
Commerce and Labor.
Adopted May 8, 1907.
To Grant Donations
By the Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the following sums be and
they are hereby donated to the institutions mentioned to be
used by them in payment of city executions for taxes for
the year 1906: Women's Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, $189.50; Charity Hospital, $44.50.
Adopted June 19, 1907.
To Grant Donations
By the Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the sum of $30.72 be donated to the trustees of the Bethel A. M. E. Church, to be used
by them to pay the bills of the City for paving sidewalks abutting on lot 22, Schley ward, and for city taxes for year 1906.
Resolved further, That the sum of $16.45 be donated to the
South Side Baptist Church, and this sum be refunded, it having been paid for curbing abutting its lots, and that the sum of
$21.75 be donated to this church to be used by it in the payment of city taxes now due.
Adopted June 5, 1907.
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To Allow Temporary Tracks to be Laid on
River Street
By Committee on Streets and Lanes
Resolved, That permission is hereby given and granted to
the Southern Paving Construction Company to lay or have laid
and constructed along River street in the City of Savannah, a
temporary track from the railway of Central of Georgia Railway now upon said street, in and to the property of Wi Ham
Kehoe, known as Kehoe's Marine Railway. The said track so
to be laid is to be used solely for the purposes of said Paving
Construction Company in connection with its contract heretofore made with the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, to do certain work upon the streets of said city, and is to
be laid in accordance with lines hereafter to be agreed upon
between the city engineer and said railway company.
The permission herein given is granted only upon the following understanding:
First. Said track is not to be laid until a contract has been
entered into between the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, the Southern Paving Construction Company, the
Central of Georgia Railway Company, John Rourke and William Kehoe reciting and agreeing that said track is a temporary one.
Second. That said track shall not remain upon said street
longer than four months.
Third. That said Paving Construction Company shall at
the expiration of four months remove said track and restore
said street to its present condition at its expense, and will and
shall execute a bond contemporaneously with said contract so
to remove said track. That the construction of said track is
not to be construed by any of the parties to said contract, or
any other party, as a waiver by either of the other parties
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thereto of his or its rights; in other words upon the removal
o said track and the restoration of said street to its present
condition, the status quo will be the same as it was before the
passage of this resolution of the execution of said contract.
Adopted June 5, 1907.
To Grant Donations
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the following sums be and
they are hereby donated to the institutions mentioned, to be
used by them in the payment of city executions for taxes for
the year 1906: To the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten,
$41.87; to the Union Society, $1,698.95; Julia McLeod Chapter King's Daughters, $44.50; Savannah Hospital, $2,031;
Telfair Hospital, $871; Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, $302.60; St. Paul's Church, $123.80.
Adopted June 5, 1907.
To Obtain Better Street Car Service
By Alderman Wilson
Whereas much is being said about an effort being made to
build up a greater Savannah, and whereby an important factor
in such a movement is a good convenient street car service,
and whereas the service now given the people of this city, and
especially the southern section thereof, is not a satisfactory one
or near as good as that given years ago.
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Therefore, be it resolved, That the Streets and Lanes Committee of this Council is hereby requested to confer with the
proper officers of the Savannah Electric Company with a view
of inducing said company to so arrange its schedules as to give
this city a better service and one adapted to the needs of a
growing city.
Adopted June 19, 1907.
Laurel Grove Cemetery
By Alderman Davant
Whereas that portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery assigned
for the burial of colored people has never been properly laid
out and is being used without regard to access and egress,
Therefore, be it resolved, That the city engineer be instructed to make a map or plat of same for Council and
that Council shall adopt such plat and dedicate such streets
as may be necessary for reasonable access to all points of
said cemetery.
Adopted June 19, 1907.
To Grant Donations
By the Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the following sums be and
they are hereby donated to the institutions mentioned to be
used by them in payment of city executions for taxes for the
year 1906:
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Georgia Infirmary, $547.65; St. Paul's C. M. E. Church,
$59.30; Episcopal Orphans' Home, $346.37. That in consideration of services rendered in taking care of the City's poor
the sum of $250.40 be added this year to the appropriation
made this year to the Park View Sanatarium.
Adopted July 3, 1907.
Relative to Prohibition Law.
By Committee of the WholeResolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled:
Whereas, It has come to the knowledge of this Council that
a general prohibition law, to be operative in every section of
the State, has been introduced into the Legislature of Georgia
and its passage is being urged; and
Whereas, This Council earnestly and respectfully protests against the passage of such legislation, and submits:
1. That it is opposed to the wise and democratic principle
of home rule, which gives to each county the right to determine
this po icy for itself.
2. That in our judgment it is inimical to real temperance
reform, and it will be unfortunate for this reform to have the
principle of local option departed from.
3. A vast majority of our people are heartily and conscientiously opposed to such legislation and will earnestly resent its being forced upon them. The result will be that the
enforcement in this community of this law, lacking sentiment,
will be impracticable, drinking will not decrease, and liquor
will be sold, but without license or regulation.
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This will beget a very unfortunate state of affairs and produce a spirit of lawlessness which will be extremely pernicious
in .ts far-reaching influence.
4. The financial loss to this community and municipality
incident to the passage of this law would be great, without the
slightest diminution of the evils of intemperance, but, on the
contrary, in our judgment with an increase of these evils.
Therefore, be is resolved:
1. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the senator
from this district and to each of the three representatives of
Chatham county.
2. That his honor, the Mayor, be authorized and requested
to take such other action, b}' the appointment of a committee
to appear before the legislative committee having this measure
under reference and by conference and joint action with representatives of other cities, as may in his judgment conduce
to the successful opposition to this proposed legislation.
Adopted July 3, 1907.
As to Grading Lanes
By Alderman Entehnan
Resolved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the Committee on Opening
Streets be and it is hereby authorized to accept the proposition
made in the letter of the Continental Investment Company,
dated June 24, 1907, to the chairman of this committee, relative to the grading of the lane of the property bounded by Jefferson and Montgomery streets and by Fortieth and Fortyfirst streets, etc., as stated in the letter in consideration of the
conveyance of this lane to the City of Savannah and to have
this agreement carried out.
Adopted July 3, 1907.
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As to Resurfacing Streets with Asphalt
By Committee on Streets and Lanes
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the committee on Streets
and Lanes be and it is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Southern Paving Construction Company supplemental to that bearing date the 7th day of May, 1907, covering the resurfacing of Broughton, Bryan, Congress, Harris,
Liberty, St. Julian and Bull streets and Drayton street south
of Broughton, with asphalt at a cost of one dollar and ten cents
($1.10) per square yard, and also the patching with asphalt at
an expense of one dollar and thirty-four cents ($1.34) per
square yard of Drayton street north of Broughton, Oglethorpe
avenue, President street and York street, in accordance with
the estimate of the city engineer attached to his communication to the chairman of the committee on Streets and Lanes
dated July 5, 1907, which communication and estimate are annexed to this resolution. This contract shall provide for four
(4) payments; that is to say, one-fourth cash, one-fourth January 20, 1908, one-fourth January 20, 1909, and one-fourth
January 20, 1910, with interest on the deferred payments at
the rate of five (5) per cent, per annum. It shall also provide
for a bond covering this modification of the existing contract.
Adopted July 9, 1907.
Exemption from Taxation of Georgia
Historical Society
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, First, That the exemption from ordinary taxation claimed by the Georgia Historical Society, as to lots 13 and
14 Forsyth ward, and improvements, in its petition before
Council July 3, 1907, be and the same is hereby recognized,
and that this property be taken from the tax books.
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Second, That the sum of $310.86 is hereby donated to the
said Georgia Historical Society, to be used in paying the paving assessments, due for paving Gaston and Whitaker streets.
Adopted July 31, 1907.
As to Custodian of City Hall
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the custodian of the City
Hall and all purchases and matters connected with his position, are hereby placed in the custody and control of the committee on City Lots and Opening Streets. The right of the
Mayor to appoint and discharge under the terms of the resolution adopted December 6,1905, is preserved.
Adopted July 31, 1907.
As to Park and Tree Commission
Resolution by the Committee of the Whole
Resolved, That five hundred ($500) dollars be appropriated
and made immediately available for the Park and Tree Commission cut of the budget appropriation.
Adopted July 31, 1907.
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To Open Streets
By Alderman Entelman
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled. That the proposition of V. G.
Schreck, made in his letter of August 8, 1907, to the chairman
of the Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets, proposing
to dedicate, as streets, to the city the streets set forth as Chapman, Butler and Nelson streets in the subdivision of lots one
(1) an two (2) of the Raiford subdivision of lots forty-two
(42) forty-three (43) and forty-four (44), Springfield Plantation, into eighty-seven (87) building lots, as will more fully appear by a plan in the office of city engineer, upon condition
that the City of Savannah will accept these streets and .grade
them immediately, be and the same is hereby accepted, and
the said committee is authorized to carry the contract into
effect and to receive for the city a proper conveyance.
Adopted August 14, 1907.
To Advertise for Bids for Street Lighting
By Alderman Guekenheimer
Be it resolved by the Mayor and Aldermen in Council assembled, That the Committee on Streets and Lanes be and
they are hereby authorized and directed to call for advertising
in the usual manner bids for the illumination by electric arc
and incandescent lamps of the streets of the City of Savannah
and for the sale to the city of electric currents to be used for
illumination, heat or power. The said committee being hereby given authority to prescribe the specificitions, the manner
of receiving bids, the form of bids and to do all other things
necessary or proper towards obtaining the best bids for the
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city. The said bids to cover the lighting, etc., for periods beginning January 1, 1908, for five years, for five years with an
option in the city, for five additional years and for ten years.
Adopted August 30, 1907.
As to Rules of Park and Tree Commission
By Alderman Guckenheimer
Resolved, That the attention of the Park and Tree Commission be directed to Section 149 of the Code of Savannah,
and to the fact that there are some rules passed by said commission which they have failed to submit to the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah, and which consequently
have mot been confirmed by Council.
Resolved further, That the said Park and Tree Commission
be and they are hereby requested to submit such rules and
regulations as have not been approved by Council at the next
regular meeting of Council.
Adopted October 9, 1907.
To Grant Donations
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, That the sum of $379.62 be and it is hereby donated to the First Volunteer Regiment Infantry of Georgia, to
be used in paving Abercorn street.
Adopted October 23, 1907.
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The Mayor reserving the right to approve or disapprove.
Subsequent veto hereto attached.
Savannah, Ga., October 26, 1907.To the Board of Aldermen of the City of Savannah. Gentlemen: In the matter of
the donation made by resolution of Council to the First Regiment of Infantry of $379.62, said amount representing the
assessment against it for paving of Abercorn street, I wish to
state that the city attorney distinctly states that this property
is not exempt by law and that the amount is simply a donation.
In view of the donation by the city of $1,500 a year to the
support and maintenance of this organization and the
pressing necessity of expenditures by the city for greatly needed betterments in its water supply, fire department and other
municipal departments, and recognizing the necessity of conserving the finances of the city in order to avoid the necessity
of ultimately raising the tax rate, and that I may not establish
any precedent, but on the contrary place this restriction upon
an easy access to the city treasury by many other organizations under like plea, I am compelled to differ from Council,
and therefore use the power given to the Acting Mayor to express my disapproval and veto this resolution.
Very respectfully,
R. J. DAVANT,
Acting Mayor.
On the Death of Col. George A. Mercer
By Committee of the Whole
Whereas, It has been brought to the attention of this body
by its presiding officer, the Acting Mayor, that it has pleased
God in his infinite wisdom to take from us our beloved fellow
citizen, Col. George A. Mercer; and
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Whereas, He was a loyal and patriotic citizen of Savannah,
in times of peace and war, in private and in public life, and was
ever identified with all that was best in the upbuilding of the
City of Savannah; and
Whereas, He served his city for many years in various
public capacities, being one time a member of the Park and
Tree Commission: a representative in the state legislature;
president of the Board of Education, and the Georgia Historical Society; a prominent member of the Savannah bar and a
gallant Confederate soldier; be it
Resolved, That in his death the people of the City of Savannah have lost a loved and valued friend, a zealous servant and
fellow citizen; a Christian gentleman of lofty intellectual attainments ; be it further
Resolved, That this body has always entertained for him
the highest veneration and respect, and appreciates the beneficent effects of his versatile efforts in behalf of the city that
he loved and served; therefore, be it
Resolved further, That we deeply deplore his death and
extend to his bereaved family our sympathy in their hour of
grief; be it then,
Resolved further, That these resolutions be inscribed upon
the minutes of Council on a page set apart for that purpose;
that copies thereof be provided the local newspapers, and that
a copy thereof be sent to his family.
Unanimously adopted and approved October 2.3, 1907.
As to Laurel Grove Cemetery
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, That the Mayor,' or Acting Mayor, of the City
of Savannah be and he is hereby authorized to recognize re-
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ceipts heretofore given by a keeper of the Laurel Grove Cemetery, now deceased, whenever satisfied of the genuineness of
the receipts, although the.amounts covered thereby may not
have been paid into the city treasury.
Adopted and approved October 23, 1907.
As to City Lighting
By Alderman Guckenheimer
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the report of the Committee on Streets and Lanes recommending the acceptance of Bid
No. 2 of the Savannah Electric Company for the lighting of the
City of Savannah under the terms and conditions mentioned
in the said report be and the same is hereby adopted and ratified and the Committee on Streets and Lanes is hereby authorized and directed to have a contract prepared and executed
by the parties in accordance with the said report and this
acceptance of the said bid.
Adopted and approved October 23, 1907.
As to South Atlantic Car and
Manufacturing Company
By tbe Committee of the Whole
Whereas notice has come to the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah of the loss by fire of the plant of the
South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Company at Waycross, Ga., and
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Whereas this company formerly had a plant near the City
of Savannah, and the City of Savannah and its citizens generally feel a keen interest in the car company; therefore be it
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen, in special session of
Council assembled, That the City of Savannah extend to the
South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Company its regrets
upon the loss of its plant at Waycross; and be it further
Resolved, That this Council, confidently realizing the
great advantages in freight rates and labor and general facilities which would accrue to the company with its plant located
on the property it owns near Savannah and the earnest desire
of our citizens to have the company's plant here, through the
Mayor and Aldermen on behalf of the city, extend a cordial
invitation to the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Company, to carefully consider the rebuilding of its plant in our
city.
Resolved, further, That the action of this body be transmitted to the office of the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Company.
Adopted and approved.
By the Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen, in Council assembled. That a copy of the resolutions passed this day looking to
the rebuilding of the plant of the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Company at Savannah be sent to the Chamber of
Commerce, Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade, and that
they be requested to co-operate with Council in this effort.
Be it further
Resolved, That a committee-of three from Council be appointed to represent the city in this matter.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 455
Adopted and approved October 24, 1907.
In accordance with the above resolution his honor, the
Acting-Mayor, appointed the following committee: His honor, the Mayor, Aldermen M. J. Kavanaugh and W. F. McCauley.
As to Clearing House Certificates
By the Committee of the Whole
Be it resolved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled. That the city treasurer, the
city marshal and other city officers accustomed to receive and
disburse moneys be and they are hereby authorized to receive
certificates of the Savannah Clearing House in payment of
taxes and other amounts due the City of Savannah and to disburse same in the payment of salaries, bills and other expenses.
Adopted November 6, 1907.
To Grant Donations
By the Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the sum of five hundred
and sixty-three and eleven-one-hundredths ($563.11) dollars
be and the same is hereby donated to the Savannah Hospital,
same to be used by said hospital in payment for the assess-
ment against said hospital for paving Abercorn street.
Adopted November 0, 1907.
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As to Street Car Service
By Alderman Wilson
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled. That the Committee on Streets and
Lanes be and it is hereby requested to prepare and submit to
Council an ordinance looking to better and more efficient service in the matter of schedules and cars on the part of the
Savannah Electric Company and designed to meet and remove
the defects in such service.
Adopted November 20, 1907.
As to Daffin Park
By the Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the map and plan of Daffin
Park presented by the members of the Park and Tree Commission be and the same is hereby adopted and approved that
the lines thereof be made to conform to the lines of the property now owned by the City of Savannah and with the understanding that the oak trees planted within the said area be not
nearer together than forty feet from center to center.
Adopted November 2(5, 1907.
As to Southern Paving Construction Company
By Committee of the Whole
Resolved, by theMayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That the Mayor of the City of Savannah be and is hereby authorized in the name and behalf of this
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 457
municipal corporation, to execute and deliver to the Southern
Paving Construction Company the City's notes for the deferred payments under the contract with this company, provided
for by the resolution of the Council of the City of Savannah,
adopted July 9, 1907, which notes shall bear interest from their
date at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, and that the notes
already given for such deferred payments are hereby fully ratified.
Adopted December 10, 1907.
As to Col. Dan C. Kingman
By Committee of the Whole
Whereas, it has come to the attention of the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah, that Col. Dan C. Kingman,
of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., engineer in charge of the
Savannah district of river and harbor improvement, has been
ordered before a retiring board at Washington, D. C., on or
about December 20, 1907; and
Whereas, this body realizes that this may be taken to
mean that the authorities have in mind the retirement from
active service of Col. Kingman, provided, of course, it be deemed for the good of the service and in recognition of long and
valued service performed by Col. Kingman; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council assembled, That, in the opinion of this
body, Co. Kingman is an engineering officer of rare ability, and
that his removal from his present post of duty would occasion
a vacancy that would, with difficulty, be filled; and be it
further
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Resolved, That by his superior administration of the
affairs, of the district and by his zeal and activity, he has
proven himself a capable and energetic servant of the government, giving at all times his most assiduous attention to the
affairs of his district and by his fine engineering instinct and
ability, doubtless saving the government large sums of money;
be it
Resolved further, That it is the sense of this body that for
the reasons aforementioned, Col. Kingman should be spared to
the service of the government and this district for yet a long
while, he having attained just now the point of greatest usefulness to the service and being in all respects qualified for the
performance of the important duties devolving upon him; and
this body respectfully requests that its sentiments in this regard may be considered in connection with any action taken in
the premises; and it is, finally,
Resolved. That these resolutions be forwarded to the Secretary of War with a request that he transmit them in proper
time to the said retiring board.
Adopted December 18, 1907.
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REPORTS
Report of Streets and Lanes Committee as to Resurfacing
Asphalt Streets.
To the Board of Aldermen of the City of Savannah
Gentlemen:
The Streets and Lanes committee recommended that the
offer of the Southern Paving and Construction Company of
Chattanooga, Tenn., for the resurfacing, patching and maintenance of the asphalt streets of Savannah, to such an extent
as the Streets and Lanes committee may deem necessary, be
accepted, the terms being $1.15 per square yard for resurfacing,
with a guarantee for five years from the completion of all
resurfacing $1.34 per square yard for patching, $1.32 per
square yard for maintenance for a period of five years, excepting those portions covered by their five-year guarantee;
work under the maintenance contract to be done every four
months if at least 1,000 yards is in need of repair; $2 per
square yard for new work where cuts have been made for laying of pipes and other underground work; all concrete work,
except for cuts, to be put in proper shape free of cost to the
city; Bermuda asphalt to be used and work to be done as per
standard specifications to be prepared by the City Engineer;
terms, one-half cash; balance January 20, 1908, with five
per centum per annum interest.
Your committee beg to report that the bids submitted in
response to the advertisement were unsatisfactory and by
agreement between and with the consent of the representatives
of the Southern Company and the Georgia Company, the
Philadelphia Company being not represented, revised bids
were called for to be opened at 1.00 o'clock p. m. yesterday.
Those bids were opened and read in the presence of the two
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competitors and the total bid of the Southern Company was
cheaper than the Georgia Company. The Southern Company
was higher on two items, but upon the entire work contemplated its bid was the cheapest, and the Southern Company
thereupon reduced its bid on these two items, so that it was
equal with the Georgia Company on every item except the
patching, and on that item it was five cents per square yard
cheaper.
The bid of the Chattanoogaor SouthernCompany is
about $3,000 lower than the lowest bid made in response to the
City's advertisement and about $ 1,500 cheaper than the revised
bid of the Georgia Company. Besides, with the Chattanooga
Company Bermuda asphalt was assured beyond a doubt, and
with the Georgia Company there was some danger of litigation
preventing their use of Bermuda asphalt.
Respectfully.
ABE S. GUCKENHEIMER,
Chairman Streets and Lanes Committee.
Adopted at meeting April 19, 1907, and committee authorized to contract for the work as provided for.
Report of Special Committee as to Bonaventure Cemetery
Savannah, Ga., April 10, 1907.
Hon. Mayor and Aldermen, Savannah, Ga.:
Your committee, consisting of Messrs. Gordon, Guckenheimer, Kavanaugh, Gaudry and. myself, appointed to look
into the proposition submitted by the Evergreen Cemetery
Company for sale to the city of Bonaventure Cemetery, beg
leave to report that your committee, in company with Mr. W.
M. Davant, made a visit to the cemetery and learned from Mr.
Davant the following facts:
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Total land pwned by cemetery, 80 acres. Plotted portion
of cemetery, 30 acres. Lots sold in plotted portion, 679.
Lots unsold in plotted portion 240. The Cemetery Company
offer you the property as follows:
Price at par for the outstanding 500 shares...... .$25,000 00
A dividend of 5 per cent, for this year........... 1,250 00
Total.....................................$26,250 00
The Miller property 12 19-100 acres.............. 3,250 00
Total including the Miller property.......... .$29,500 00
Capital of the Evergreen Cemetery Company...... 30,000 00
Cash on hand................................. 3,099 05
Number of perpetuity lots...................... 17
Perpetuity fund invested as follows:
One hundred shares of Evergreen Cemetery Company
stock at $50.00 a share.
Fifteen shares of Southwestern Railroad Company stock.
Eight shares of Merchants National Bank stock.
The dividends on these investments, we understand, go
toward keeping up the perpetuity lots.
Value of unsold lots in plotted portion, $19,075.00.
After allowing a fifteen-foot avenue an acre contains,
5,544-100 lots.
Values of one acre in lots, 25x25, $3,465.00.
Fifty acres of unplotted portion at $3,465.00 per acre,
$173,250.00.
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It appears, therefore, that if Mr. Davant's figures are all
correct the unsold lots in plotted portion will go a long ways
toward paying for the entire cost of the cemetery, and upon
the same assumption it appears that the fifty acres in the unplotted portion will eventually pay nearly six times the cost
of the property.
r
The cemetery is equipped with water works, the water
being pumped through a 4-inch main, and thence through
3-inch mains through the avenues, with 2-inch pipes to the
different lots. On the north side of the plotted portion there
are forty acres of level, uncleared, well-wooded land, and ten
acres of the same on the south side. The Miller property of
12 19-100 acres lies next to the south side, which, if included
in this purchase, will make 22 19-100 acres on the south side,
and 40 acres uncleared on the north side. All of this land is
almost perfectly level, and by clearing away the underbrush
can be made exceedingly beautiful. .
It has been suggested that many of the small trees in the
uncleared portion might be utilized by the Park and Tree Commission, as they are in great number and variety.
It has also been suggested by Mr. Davant that the land
lying south, off the Miller property, containing the beautiful
groves of oaks with which you are all familiar, might also be
purchased if desired from Mr. Parsons at a very reasonable
price.
The cemetery as it now exists is well equipped with waterworks and also has a mule and wagon and all necessary implements, which would also become your property if purchase is
made, and to sum the matter up it is in the opinion of your
committee that the purchase of this cemetery would be a firstclass proposition for the city of Savannah, and would solve the
cemetery problem for a great many years to come.
Respectfully yours,
F. C. BATTEY, Chairman.
Adopted in Council April 17, 1907.