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; 16 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 17 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. 18 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 19 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. 20 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 21 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. 22 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 23 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. 24 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 25 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. 26 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 27 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> $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 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. ... __ " 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 .... o 40 31 45 so m 43 45 4? 33 50 28 54 64 40 fi? 35 47 40 39 34 39 W 36 30 40 32 48 35 28 m 35 ?4 41 48 40 25 31 35 41 47 30 4? *> 34 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 ;: -- -- -. -- :: ". - -- 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 a < 35 30 32 24 66 53 4?. 32 40 35 39 34 35 W 35 34 3' ?,fi >9 46 32 3? 36 46 30 ?8 32 54 38 50 31 36 28 29 m 47 28 40 35 29 30 38 30 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 .... H U < 31 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... _ ....... C _o' 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 S 1*CO 10 10 10 10 4 ' 10 8 4 5 1 1 21 1 7 1 21 3 6 1 12 7 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 3 Sickness 2 1 30 1 4 15 3 3 1 10 9 1 53 22 1?, Ifi 1 21 125 8 10 5 4 3 3 4 12 1 4 4 Sickness Family in 33 fi 9 3 1 2 4 1 I 12 ?! 3 1Is & 49 3 1 6 7 1 I 20 20 20 22 5 40 9 14 25 13 17 10 39 21 22 21 53 53 62 17 27 32 40 131 16 oo> 1 Q 21 30 21 15 17 11 17 25 13 14 20 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 , 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 86 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 88 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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 92 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. 94 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 06 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 97 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. 98 MAYOR'S ANXUAL REPORT. 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...................................... .$77,678 05 Printing and stationery ........................ 116 07 Feed for stock ................................ 5,614 26 Horse shoeing................................. 598 90 Medicine for stock ............................. 43 70 Treatment of sick stock ....................... 232 00 Additional stock .............................. 1,000 00 Bedding for stock ............................. 3 00 Harness and repairs to same ................... 216 45 Repairs to apparatus .......................... 725 11 Engine, coal and wood ......................... 72 27 Stove and heater, coal and wood................ 1,098 25 Gas and illuminating oil........................ 679 90 Lubricating oils and waste...................... 84 81 Soda and acid ................................. 104 13 Beds and bedding for men ..................... 30 53 Furniture and fixtures ......................... 188' 95 Implements of the service ...................... 168 15 Paints, varnish, etc ............................ 68 98 Repairs to buildings ........................... 915 11 Additional hose ............................... 2,028 40 Battery jars .................................. 312 32 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 99 Boxes, instruments, wires, tools, etc. .'...........$ 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................................... .$95,161 21 Excess of Budget Owing to the unfortunate catastrophe at the Carbo Fire in December, 1906, the surgeons' fees were extraordinarily heavy for the past year. One man who was injured in the Carbo explosion was under the treatment of surgeons for six months; also, the repairs that were absolutely necessary to the different stations of the Department were very heavy, the increased cost of supplies, of which there was an advancement on most everything we use in the running of the Department, have caused me much to my regret to slightly overdraw the budget for the year. 100 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. ESTIMATED VALUE OF DEPARTMENT PROPERTY Fire Station No. 1. ...........................$ 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 101 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.) 102 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. * 103 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 105 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. 106 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 107 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. 108 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. 110 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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 " MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Ill 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. u CJ O 0 2 1 3 2 1 9 TOTAL 23 18 28 21 17 14 14 17 9 34 27 259 Origin of Fires, 1907 MONTH January.......... March. __ ...-.-. April... .......... May-.-.,........ June -.--.-..-. July............. September. ..-.-.- TotaL ..... In Heating | *3 a 10 16 7 9 6 7 8 2 14 13 19 118 8V B 1 a 4 3 4 3 2 2 ~~9 5 4 36 f 2 2 3 5 1 1 1 4 2 5 3 6 35 *3 1 16 12 23 15 12 9 8 12 4 28 21 29 189 Illuminating | 1 "~2 1 2 1 2 2 2 13 ' 3 ra 1 1 1 2 1 6 t* s> O ... ... ... ... 3 & l i l 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 19 Miscellaneous | 1 2 2 2 2 1 j 2 "I 1 2 3 19 m 2 1 "2 1 "i 2 "i 3 13 t O 2 2 2 ~~2 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 gffim IB 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 r 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 ll 36 .311O21112 23 1February 1 2511211221 18 S362213221123 ?8 I13114231122 21 JS3123211112 17 V12321112i1 14 >, a12212132 14 *<23113142 17 1September 111111219 October 1 <>3111531433321 34 November 22211122134141 27 December 12511235247211 37 3a 19 34 2567 18 11 20 198 27 19 10 14859 259 O ja CO> 2! 2 c| vn s s 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 ,\ * 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 2! 2 *" 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 o 50 en > 2! 55w33 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 , * CUTTING WEEDS95 12 || Time of Hands..---.---...-.- 1,631 65 !> 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 27 80 90' c/5 34,761 04 v~* s 8 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 131 D 1-4 in O 88 *^5 *O W 4A C a S wo u ^ CJ c!s H P< to en FIREMEN'S UNIFORl z: 55 G w v a 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 O 50 Cfi G > r 8 s s LIQUOR LICENSES 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 CO z z d t 50 M CO Cn OPENING STREETS 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 co PARKS AND SQUARES d 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 08 125 254 00 78 379 78 I o 50 co > 55 55 c! POLICE DEPARTMENT ' 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- 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 > W $ 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... CO > 25 25 w Hj o 3 2,146 74 -*- 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 a t I SINKSO. E. M 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 5555 c| W JWKiTAXES, 181)7 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 50 CO 2. > z 1 o TAXES, 1907 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 55 TAXES, 1907(Badges) 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....... .... 90 W Vo8 49 Street Hucksters.... 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 $1,007,826 75 50 c/5 > 25 2 i o 6. B. PRITCHARD 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. ABE S. GUCKENHEIMER CO 25 25c! w 146 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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: MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 147 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 1 148 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. I MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 149 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. 150 MAYOR'S ANXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 151 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 i .i 152 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. : j. . 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 353 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. 154 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 155 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 156 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 157 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. ; I MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 159 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. 160 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 Excess of Appropriation $ 311 42 212 78 2,892 97 O * c/5 50 w 162 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 10:? 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 14,912 "I* ft 164 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 59 166 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 168 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 160 H a s 5 w utmbg aO'-'tpco .tdujotj. " to in t~ oo OCOOO S2 i-i -*oo oo coo MOO-^i-l" t~co -*t~oto < 10 t^-co t^TOO * ooco & pq 3 0 to CO IM 00 H o CO CO 00 to TO TO TO O) 00 .* (M TO TO to to 170 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. In addition to the above, Frank's Alley was paved by the city with vitrified brick at a cost to the property owner of $360.76. Scavenger Department Below you will find a tabulated statement of the work done in the Scavenger Department for the year 1907. 1007 MONTHS March.."........ Mav... .._.__.. Julv... ......... September- ..... December. ..... Total... .... Loads Hauledby ScavengerWaRons' ICity Dump to 1,986 1,851 2,083 2,047 2,004 2.000 2,280 2,384 2,150 2,368 2,212 2,231 25,605 Loads Hauled by Streets andLanes City Dump to 1,227 1,143 1,550 1,267 1,592 1,350 1,275 1,381 1,300 1,648 1,512 1,577 16,822 Loads Hauled by Wagon Paperto |iCty Dump 154 144 156 156 162 150 156 162 146 170 151 150 1,866 Cars Garbage No, ! Hauled by RailFarm] Poor toway 162 140 163 165 171 167 180 186 161 184 173 166 2,084 Dead Stock Removed f. *> "5 1& o 4 1 10 5 6 8 6 7 7 14 18 91 V. go B 9 15 15 12 13 12 17 14 20 24 27 29 207 I o 6 4 12 7 6 8 9 6 4 9 7 5 83 if. "a O 2 3 8 2 4 7 2 6 3 5 2 3 47 I o 1 3 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 22 I 05 -- ~8 8 I 2 -- 2 if, s c 57 68 67 122 115 '124 143 97 88 102 92 77 1,152 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 171 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: 172 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. IIo - c 08 * c a O <1> a S o ^ I- t 51 CX3 C5 S! d U5 m . K'-> S; c>i rf M -i JC ?l ~ K X X f~ in lunomy sc M M O s: 10 M C tf> 0 '/. fI 52^_i ^ g|.3g o i-"E|> |'Ss 1 S"o "^ "* f_ *S _rf "^* ** ~ ~** -~ ^^^ "^ H o "* o v> C-] ec CO M Division of Expenses, Department of Public Works, January 1 to December 31,1907 FOR 1 Is I P < tc c '3 C J! cu New Grading Streets 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 .....--...- 35 00 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 ........... 11 50 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 ........... .42 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 _..___.____ ........... 17 00 75 7 05 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 ........... 42 50 19 75 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 i 1 3,819 21 !$ 3,997 65 ! 3,172 16 $ 3,311 42 22 35 67 77 157 50 27 44 .. ....--9!) 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 Scavenger Contract with County $ 7,360 02 $ 7,360 02 1 W4 QO 31ME $ 125 02 12 50 5 00 3,123 60 6 00 1 25 1,200 00 9 4,473 37 and Harbor Wharves 1 $ 25 00 1 00 323 49 25 70 1 75 175 00 1 08 45 00 7 50 1,270 06 220 00 117 20 $ 2,212 78 Maintenance and 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 $ flr $ 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 tfl w*3 tfo $ 154 10 254 66 2 25 4 75 1,216 55 $ 1,631 65 Chimney Sweeping^ 1 $ 5 39 i)0 9 00 271 18 $ 286 47 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 175 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. * 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. 12 178 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 " 180 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 181 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 182 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. 184 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 188 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. 100 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 191 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 102 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 193 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 13 194 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 ' 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. Disease.l Brights ___ ...... *. CO _ Oi Ci to co *> CO o t * CO ^J CO 10 CO I en -J Ol CO oo ^ 33 txi to trJ W b3 5 3 a 3 3 5 of. .-_._-- SclerosTs ft ^ COI n> 3 a! 10 o-n _ Hemorrhage' ~ -'..--. of ------ Inflammation of- *- H- _ H-lK- ! i ^ \ ] ! I i-t > 1 to 1 _ to ; h~ t i Embolism of- ------ O 3 q S :* > ? H- to 1 co - _ 1 - i ! fi-O ', l . -1 ! _i ! 1 ! M ! ft (O to* eria _ .-Art ------- Sclerosis Ascitis. .- --...--------- ^ , i hrf _ >' 12.v w" 0 > 35" < to 10 to 1 f CO to 1 1 > ' IO H. 1C ; f 1 M 10 -to to 010 4^ i 10 IO -Aorta.neurism of. ___.-___ ^ - Aneina Pectoris.. ---------- _ *^ ^ ', 1 ^ 1 | 1 I ____.._ of- Aneurism, Rupture HJ Anrcmia.. -.__-----..----.... ^ f-t CO Alcoholism- _.--.__--...- ^ ^- >>> Hill o o o o o ' Prostate Glands. . "d ro j4 ft ft r ; 1 S? i i ^^ ^ ^ I h-__OOt-CS~>- K-t-SCO *> i 1 - 10 CO _ K- > CO OF CAUSESDEATH 3* O ^ O 3- n ^ o rf o 5: o ^ o 3 n 3 o ^ n li T ^ n 3 o o January February March April May June July August September October November December Total ll Q < I I o S.HOAVIV Bronchitis...- . ............. Cancer. ._-.._.--.._....... Cancer of Breast ............ Cancer of Face..-.. ......... Cancer of Hip .......... Cancer of Jaw... ............ Cancer of Kidney ......... Cancer of Intestines. ......... Cancer of Liver . -.-....-... Cancer of Neck. .. ........ Cancer of Ovaries... ......... Child Birth................. Choletytitis. ................ Cholera Inf antum. ........... Colitis.. ..--.-.-_-.. ........ Collapse . -----._._..--_. Cord, Hemorrage of .......... Cretinism....- . ............. Croup Cystitis. --------.-........ Colic Painters . -.._-..--.. Diabetes .-.---.----.-... Dvstenterv. -.---..-.... ... 1 9,15 11111 31 9, 311 10 9, 1 9,1111111 31111 9, 3 9, ?,11111911 1 9, 11111 ?: 1 ?, 9131 ?:\3111 111 1111151 ?, 1 1111 3111311 1 21131 9, 13 1111 9, 1 9, ?11311 1111111 43 ?, 1 5131 9, 114315411115111134181 9, 21 132 __ "l "l ~2111112 ~6 __ 352 "I1 "l "i "5i 1312 26 14512111164216521711 40211211144 109 1324 .,? JC JO (ft b 2!ZHrMs2. t-3 it Annual Report of Deaths from Natural Causes In the City of Savannah, Ga., for 1907Continued CAUSE OF DEATH Enteritis- .... .............. Entero Colitis ....._.___._.-. Epilepsy - ............. Fever, Malarial Remittent-. -- Fever, Typhoid _ __._.-..---. Gangrene- _ ._ . ............ Gastritis--.--..-. ......-.--. Gastro Enteritis. ............ Heat Exhaustion. .....--.-.. Heart Disease. ...-....--.--- Heart Disease, Valvular. ----- Hepatitis. .._...........--.. Hip, Fracture of... ...... Hydrocephalus. .--.--..----- Hypermesis Gravidarium. .. - - Ileo Colitis.... ............. Indigestion, Acute ........ Influenza...... _ ---..----.. I w 1 3 1 1 1 \ I c 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 3 ( W 1 1 1 1 ?, 1 t Iu 14 C 3 5 1 2 3 fi 1 1 3 w 1 1 1 1 1 ?, 1 2 I c 3 1 1 ?, 9! 2 W 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 f~t 'C a. C 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 2 9, W 1 5 1 5 a i >, a C 1 1 4 1 S 1 1 9 1 1 1 ?! 1 3 ?, W 1 4 1 1 14 3 2 i c 1 8 1 7 1 1 1 3 3 1 w 1 1 1 ft 1 4 1 1 1 >, C 4 fi 17 1 4 ?, a i 3 w 1 1 1 1 1 3 < c 1 ?, 7 1 2 1 4 ? ff 1 1 w 1 ?, 1 ?, 1 1 1 ! c 4 fi 3 1 4 5 1 1 w 1 ?, 1 1 1 ?, 9: ?, 1 fc c > 1 6 1 3 3 ?. 1 w 1 ?, 1 November i C ?, 1 ? 1 1 ?, 5 ?, ?, w 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 ! c Oj ?, 1 1 9, 1 1 3 3 f w 0 1 3 Ifi 1 S 1 3 3? 3 4 3 1 2!) 15 1 3 1 1 2 fi 4 S O -1 c 14 10 27 4 *3 S 1 3 1(1 1 11 8 1 31 3 4 ?, ?,?, Ifi Grand Total W ft C 16 1 13 43 4 J 61 9 15 3 51 4 15 11 1 1 60 38 1 3 5 1 4 28 20 fe O JO x a 50 w Liver, Cirrhosis of _ -------- Liver, Congestion of --------- Liver, Yellow Atrophy of . . _ . . Lungs, Congestion of --_ Lungs, Hemorrhage of- ----- - Lungs, Oedema of ----------- Mania, Puerperal _ _...---.. Meningitis, Cerebro Spinal .... Meningitis, Traumatic ._ . - Morphine Poisoning, Chronic . Myocarditis.. - _._-- .... Neglect.-.. _ -------------- Neuritis-..---. ------------- Old Age- ---------------- Measles. -_....-...--.. Paralysis. .--....-.----.---. Paresis . ..-. ----------- Pregnancy, Ectopic. --------- Pneumonia, Broncho- ._.-,._. Pyeemia- ------------------- Pyo-Salpinx- . -------------- Pluerisy. ................... Rheumatism . ...-----... SeoticaDmia. PuerDeral. ------- 1? 2 331 6 11 5131712 12 1 115 1 11 2 3 1 2 115231 9 221 111211 --261 -- 3311 --31711 111 5 221213 -- 2141 ---71 8 111 ?,I1 1 1 -- . 112 "i -- 1 1 1 7 2421 6 11 1 28 "i3 -- --21 1 1119 10 123161 11 2 11 --1 1 1 6 23222 111 1 11111 36241 ?.12 11111 -- -- --3 ?3432 -- 112311 -- 11?121 4 ?11 1 ~2 ?.1 -- --151 -- 6 11225 -- 111 "iii211 1 11 2 -- 8 111123611 2 3 3 3 10. 2 12 1 5 1 25 13 4 2 21 19 1 11 2 2 1 5 28 7 1 2 9 4 3 21 "~8 5 "64 9 1 1 1 .--- .--. 22 "35 -..-1 "16i 64 ' 7 1 1 2 1 5 11 1 7 6 12 1 2 20 6 5 1 89 22 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 41 1 46 2 3 1 1 15 1 92 14 2 1 2 1 7 20 1 E CO W t) O Annual Report of Deaths from Natural Causes In the City o* Savannah, Ga., for 190?Continued CAUSE OF DEATH Shock..--., .-. ..-- .. _.. Stomatitis. -_.---._-. . . : Syphillis.- .... . . _ _ ------ Tetanus....... .-.-......-... Tonsilitis... - ----..--.-__._.. Toxaemia.. . . .---..-... ... Tusmus Nascentium. .....--.. Tuberculosis- -..-..-. ....... Thrush __ .... ...-_.... ... Tumor, Fibroid. . . . . ........ Ulcers- -..-.-.. .---.-_-.. Worms c a i W 3 42 c 1 3 3 11 7 1 1 77 X 1 w 6 47 c 8 5 1 80 1 a V. W 1 3 -2 1 43 c 1 3 1 13 11 1 1 87 I w 6 2 58 c 1 11 ?, 10 5 1 103 X a K W 1 2 7 1 52 c 1 1 ?, 13 1 1 5 5 99 i w 1 1 4 -- 62 c 2 1 7 1 ft 4 101 >. 3 w 1 1 36 c 20 R 5 112 < w 5 1 1 34 c 1 6 1 5 4 76 September W 6 2 37 c 1 1 6 4 1 67 October W 1 1 1 1 4 -- 44 C ?! 2 10 8 "i 72 INovember W 1 1 3 1 41 c 1 f: 6 5 1 67 December W 3 1 51 C 1 1 11 1 1 84 3 I w 3 1 3 3 1 1 51 1 1 5 6 547 c 2 3 1 ~~~6 12 1 ~~~6 122 1 2 3 73 5 1 26 1 1025 Grand Total W It C 5 3 1 1 0 15 2 1 6 173 1 2 4 74 10 1 3:> l 7572 s 55 Z d S AGE SUMMARY. MONTHS January March...- - July-.. ... October _..--.. i Total-- ----- Under Year 1 W 5 7 6 12 15 15 5 5 9 6 3 6 !>4 c 20 19 23 34 30 33 30 18 10 8 18 22 265 Between and 21 1 w "2 3 ~3 3 1 2 2 1 1 18 c 4 2 2 6 6 4 10 4 38 Between 2 and5 W 4 4 1 4 2 ~3 1 2 3 2 1 27 c 1 4 4 1 3 2 12 4 6 3 2 2 44 Between 5 and10 W 1 "l" 1 11 1 2 1 1 10 c 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 "I 23 Between 201 and W 1 3 3 ~3 4 2 2 2 7 3 30 1 c 7 4 5 5 5 9 7 4 5 3 2 5 i 61 Between 302 and W 3 4 1 3 9 6 3 5 4 4 2 4 48 c 9 11 16 14 12 16 20 16 11 7 8 10 150 3 I"l! m w 3 3 4 6 2 7 2 2 4 6 7 7 53| c 11 6 13 9 17 6 11 c c 9 13 14 15 129 Between 1and 405 W 5 5 5 4 1 4 5 8 4 4 2 2 40, C 14 9 12 7 14 r 8 <) 7 14 (! 17 129 Between 50 and6 w 6 8 5 10 3 9 4 4 7 5 6 7 74| c 4 15 6 12 8 12 8 6 6 f) 94 !* o e? IsV W 4 5 6 11 10 6 2 4 2 2 4 12 H c 3 6 3 7 1 4 1 2 4 6 7 4 48| Between and 807 W 5 6 8 2 2 4 5 "5 6 5 48, C 1 ~2 4 1 1 1 ') 4 4 2 2 24 Between 80 and9 W 5 2 1 2 4 3 1 ~5 1 2 c 'i ~3 1 3 1 o 1 1 26|13| Between 90 andlOfl W -- -- "l "I c 1 2 1 1 -- 1 5 0 w -- -- -- -- -Hc -- -- -- 1 -- 3 w 42 47 43 58 52 62 36 34 37 44 41 51 547 c 77 80 87 103 99 101 112 76 67 72 67 84 1025| 1 Grand Total W & C 119 127 130 161 151 163 148 110 104 116 108 135 1572 50 c/5 w *a O to Deaths from Violence, Still Births, Premature Births, Etc. CAUSE OF DEATH , Accidents. Burns Drowning __ .._..___._......_ Decapitation. ...._.... ._....... Crushed Leg.. . ..__---.---_.-.. Fracture of Skull. . ............ Gunshot Wound... ............. Internal Injuries.. . -..-.---..... Ill Defined ......... ......... Strangulation. ......... ........ > w 1 1 2 3 c 1 2 3 ^ ( w 1 1 1 3 3 V i< c ft 1 1 4 i W 1 11 3 a aa c ft 1 ft 5 w 1 1 1 3 : 1 C 1 1 W 1 1 >. a P. C 1 1 1 3 w 1 1 1 3 t i C 1 1 2 w 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 >, i c 1 9 1 1 1 6 * w 1 1 5 c 1 11 3 w 1 1 i ! i X c 1 1 2 ' w 1 ft 3 I 3 ) C 1 o 1 4 1 ! < w 1 1 2 I 3 1 | C 1 ft S 1 6 ' 1 W 1 1 1 3 I ! c 1 1 2 \ w ?. <) 5 1 5 3 1 5 ft 1 3 1 31 C 1 4 10 5 3 7 0 1 1 41 Grand Total W & C 3 6 15 1 5 8 3 8 14 3 1 3 2 72 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 247 c: *-* CM i CO CO[ i !j!i *-* *~* CO * ^- *- Homicides. Gunshot Wound !i*"11 1-1 J| a 3 i 1 *" 1 1 1 *~ 1-1 "l " cc F - - CM1 (M 1-1 1 i 1 I CO P1 O s Cu1 i i Poison. Arsenic. . .....-_--.-. _ cE COa : 1i >J m ~* cocooo (M (MU9 >-i O CNJ ^* W rtW 1-1 rH O ' 00 *-* CO ' """"' ^f CO rif* i G5 1 O ' t"-O CO i<-i -Jl CO COTfC-tOO C^l CO IO ^ 4 43 17> -- 1 w !> 20 4 -- 1 a < C 38 40r> 1 1 i w 3 28 8 2 1 1 1 >sV S, C ?7 47 JO 1 1 w 10 28 ') 2 0 1 1 0 1 a> ~> C 30 46 17> o 1 1 w 13 3 1 1 o 1 1 X 3> t c. 35 02 17 " 1 1 * w 4 17 4 1 o 1 1 c c '>3 30 Hi 1 o 1 ; < w 7 17 3 1 1 1 i 1 1 c 15 32 14 -- 3 1 . C W 7 17 3 >> 1 1 1 1 1 1 r * c 14 32 17 o 1 1 1 1 1 , w 4 18 3 2 9 0 C 1!) 32 13 o ,. ' C w 4 1!) 7 1 2 1 1 9, 1 1 1 S ! s c Hi 38 Wo "i o i 1 w 70 235 48') 10 8 0 a n 5 o 8 1 1 9, > o 1 1 1 1 > * c "75 478 103 14 1 0 8 <) 9 1 3 9, Grand Total W ft C 351 713 241 23 17 14 14 12 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 o 9 1 1 1 1 en W >ti O Mississippi-..-.- ...... ...... Texas __ ................... United States. -...._. ...... Ireland....... ....... . Germany. ............ . . . . . England---..--... --------- Canada. -..__________.-.___. Italy...-.--.--..-.... ...... Russia. _ ................. Spain.. . -_____..__-..._---_- Turkey _ ._.,.... ._.._._.._ Unknown. .................. Total...--...-....--.-. 1 3 ?, 1 1 1 1 42 1 9, 77 9: a 4 1 1 47 3 '?, sn ft1 1 ? 1 1 43 87 8 8 1 1 58 ? 103 1 3 1 1 1 1 5? 1 00 1 5 fl 1 4 RO 1 1 mi ?, i i 1 1 36 1 6 m 1 1 1 1 34 1 ?. 7fi 3 1 ?, 1 37 1 '1 67 1 5 1 0 44 1 1 70 7 1 1 1 41 1 67 4 9, ?, 1 1 1 51 1 1 3 84 1 0 45>,? fi 5 5 fl 2 !> ?. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 547 1 1(1 ?,?, ms 1 1 19 45 22 6 5 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 31 1572 CO w *s o to Oi r* ^ ^ ET ^ rt tfl I O c+ VI |T3 (D w rw s* 03 OS O 4- >- CO en$ if* 10 o x o ip > r < r < 2 > 2 fl'jr o a-g e .5 PS . : : ; ; ... . . , , 1O CJ IO W * to * W W >* CO OOWa3MO~IWO!'*.COW OO-JOlOW-JOl-JOOSOi CO OCOCOl^O* OO.-'i-tH-COi-1 HO>-'O0>;S>000000--]M^I >-'ta>l>3N!>-'N>ltffc3lON> OiOOOiCOOSOOH-COOSCO*- OlMi*>O.00 i~t Oi txl * O >l* OO O3 ^> 00 O CO to oo to 01 10 oc to * >d co to 3> o/. -3a C/) No. Patients Treated Monthly No. Office Calls Monthly No. House Visits Monthly Patients Sent to Georgia Infirmary Patients Sent to Charity Hospital sa Q. 3 k-t < W wJ-1 l_l p 3" 'xj o >- &> JO S, ^ ~ g" f* 0) si rp i-J g. ^ 3 -S SI * en 1^ J3 rt~ 3U> M s 3 Q.^ J3 ^j 05 1" 1 * ED ftt 1*0 *^ I*O *~"-J ffl oXOwp r*HwDW ssX*__p 1 en 3 5 r* px JSOj* < i S? 5 >-* o rtSsHOfl G3 nj E3 1^ en 11 10> "^w c/5 X Xf M O3 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 1893 tn > X 337 281 262 325 244 233 199 180 209 230 195 206 2801 I sl 0 Z 409 316 330 369 351 353 309 246 307 301 296 271 3858 >. J ffn 8" O 1 5 2 6 3 4 7 6 3 2 1 4 44 "3 'a x 1s 6 i 2 1 1 2 1 1 8 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 _ ...... ............ "a U o 40 153 >31 153 ?01 >06 196 170 174 208 165 185 <>08? 01 "55 > Si3 X 44 17? 90 88 209 141 197 ??8 944 OT8 178 117 1945 Savannah toHospital 5 7 6 8 5 3 8 5 7 6 5 65 St. to ph's Hospital CO*-* ?, 3 13 4 6 7 4 10 5 9 6 7 76 Park to Hospital /iew V CO 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 3 7 6 10 58 Georgia t Infirmary 1 3 6 9 5 3 3 7 5 7 7 5 4 64 Charity to Hospital) c v 01 1 1 1 11 1 6 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 I 1 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. 18 274 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 1 >i o c Deaths February .... Mav.. ........ June . . .. July........... September .... October. ...... 34 25 23 3** 30 26 \ovember . . . . ! 23 December. . . . . ! 25 Grand Total... 320 i WHITE t e eg S c 4> e = S- C ' e ' |i = e 0 c Deaths 56 62 21 271 31! 58 31 26 3l 84 4j 5 38 6! 31 10 45 5 9 31 3 2 8 .... 5 ... 44 30 7 1 fi 3 36' 3 331 21 7fi 78 .. . |fa 3 ES II 9 10 5 __ S V g c 1 5 5 7 14 101 2 14 7 19 921 6 56 100 60 4' 2 29 4 50 O 8 29^ 61 1 38 410 3|| 65 li 45' 837 15 10 13 16 6 133 6 10 4 6 5 14 85 11' i *5 70 79 77 06 97 103 108 76 114 79 71 85 1055 V c " at a> i s o i| )(-, 117 104 122 135 148 152 106 150 112 100 123 1465 Burial and Removal Fees, (White).............. . .'51,845.50 Sale of Lots from January 1907 to January 1908 (White).........'...................."...... 1,267.50 Sale of Lots from January 1907 to January 1908 (Colored.)............'................"...... 484.00 Grand Total............................... .$3,597.00 Respectfully, A. B. LAROCHE, Keeper. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 281 Mortuary Report of Bonaventure Cemetery White 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 August................................ 3 September............................. 1 October................................ 4 November............................. 1 December............................ . 2 Total......................... 11 Grand Total........................... 30 Burial and removal fees from August 7 to December 31 ..........................................$169.50 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..-..-.- N o venVfocT December.. .... Totals, 1907.-.. Totals, 1906.... Totals, 1005..... Totals, 1904 *Co ......11112783 |$ !5 O, 36 37 39 44 28 18 23 30 21 21 21 24 342 379 156 22 ,g1 23 22 19 30 12 20 22 25 27 21 21 30 272 236 122 40 feO .91 47 27 30 29 21 15 19 19 18 . 17 20 20 204 454 294 42 &1 21I31 -----73o 23 26 133 81& fi y n X 23 24 26 18 29 23 17 18 23 15 26 22 264 302 379 62 fi <1 15 17 25 24 28 25 23 22 22 32 27 23 283 185 162 24 1 (b 15 U) 24 20 12 f> 109 15 13 18 10 170 223 18!) 30 a . 2u3 190 170 150 160 178 150 125 13!) 143 175 201 180 1,985 1,098 1,170 225 0& .3 33 215 230 231 212 217 148 175 172 190 , 182 197 178 2,347 2,787 3,424 1,048 3 (<< 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 (2 6,243 0,083 6,186 0,424 0,210 5,280 6,141 6,294 0,627 6,414 6,696 5,584 74,188 65,821 66,294 17,886 c/ > X X c! 50 M 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 ro w 55 ^ G > f *} M 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 \fl 5,1 4,1 5,1 5-l 5,1 3,1 3,1 4J 4'1 1 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 O CO > 2 Z d > f *j w v o w4- 00 Bank Clearings at Savannah, Ga., in Comparison with Nine Other Cities 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 Si 50 Cfl > X y, CJ w S Foreign Exports of Phosphate Rock (In Tons of 2,240 Lbs.) from Port of Savannah, Ga., for Seven Years 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. .............. c 8m 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 O e Miles 3,225 3,269 1,383 2,506 1,342 1,048 1,234 1,052 924 1,042 1,050 875 o i *ce Miles 3,166 3,210 1,324 2,447 1,303 1,003 1,020 670 719 855 863 688 2 o Z Miles 3,224 3,306 1,392 2,505 1,279 979 ,980 821 670 712 72C 545 f <8 i> to Miles 3,138 3,168 1,308 2,386 1,169 889 672 683 432 421 369 I OQX Rt & *8Jjo 8 IB ->z Miles 87 101 80 120 183 169 662 469 492 621 691 681 J From the above table of railway distances it will be seen that St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and other centers for the distribution of food products, as well as Chattanooga, Birmingham, and other important points in the mineral section of the South, are many miles nearer to Savannah than to any of the Northern seaports. The comparison in favor of the Gulf Ports from some of the points named is still more favorable, but the greatly increased water mileage from ports on the Gulf Coast* to Europe or to the North Atlantic ports, and the heavy marine insurance around the dangerous capes of Florida have already favored the commerce of the South Atlantic ports, and the tendency '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, W O< o MONTH 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 jo w 8 S NOTEIn Xovcmber, alone, there were more than sixteen million pounds of cotton-seed meal exported. 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. 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. 364 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 365 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 366 MAYOR'S AXNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 367 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 369 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. 24 370 MAYOR'S AN'XUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 371 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. 372 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 373 " 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. 378 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 379 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. 380 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 381 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. 382 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 383 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 384 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 385 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. 25 386 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 387 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 388 % MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. 300 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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.'' 392 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 393 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 394 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 305 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: 306 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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 398 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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 400 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. 26 402 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 40:? 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 404 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 405 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. 406 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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- 408 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 400 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. 410 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 411 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 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 413 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. 414 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 415 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. 416 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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 27 418 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 410 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. 420 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 421 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 422 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S AXNUAL REPORT. 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 424 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 425 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. 426 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 427 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, 4:28 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 429 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. 430 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 431 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. 432 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. . MAYOR'S ANNUAL RPEORT. 433 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 28 434 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. ___ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 435 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. 436 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. 438 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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: MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 430 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. 440 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 441 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. 442 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT, 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 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 443 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. 444 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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: MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 445 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. 446 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 447 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. 448 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 449 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 29 450 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 451 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 452 MAYOR'S AXN'UAL REPORT. 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- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 453 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 454 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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. 456 MAYOR'S AN'XUAL REPORT. 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 458 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 459 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 460 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 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: MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 461 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. 462 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT. 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.