ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CITY COUNCIL OF HON. WALLACE J. PIERPONT, MAYOR ON THE FINANCES AND IMPROVEMENTS OF 1916 AND SPECIAL MESSAGE ON THE WATER SITUATION TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE CITY OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA i YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 OFFICIALS OF THE CITY FOR 1916 AND 1917 REPORTS OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS BUDGETS FOR 1918 AND 1917 ORDINANCES PASSED DURING 1916 STATE LAWS RELATING TO SAVANNAH ENACTED 1916 INDEX Act of Legislature Creating Recreation Commission_ 63- 72 Arrests for Years 1915-16________________ 175 Arrests for 1916, Causes of________________186-189 Assets and Liabilities of City, Dec. 31,1916______ 54 Bacteriologist's Report, Extracts from________466-480 Births in 1916_________:__________.__ 457 Bonaventure Cemetery, Report of__________376-78-82 Budget for 1916______________________ 23- 26 Budget for 1917_________________________ 36- 39 Building Inspector, Report of _____ 444 City Attorney's Report__________________413-432 City Officers for 1916___________________ 21- 22 City Officers for 1917___________________ 34- 35 Cleaning Streets and Lanes, Report on________285-289 Commissions for 1916_______ 14- 16 Commissions for 1917____________________ 30- 31 Committees of Council for 1916_____________ 17- 20 Committees of Council for 1917_____________ 32- 33 Comptroller's Report _________________ 73-169 Deaths in 1916_______________________454-455 Dispensary, Report of City________________484-486 Electrical Examiners, Report of Board of-___ 258 Electrical Inspector's Report______________240-243 Electrician, Report of City______________245-257 Engineer, Report of Chief________________275-341 Fire Alarms for 1916___________________266-267 Fire Department, Report of Chief of__________223-273 Fire Department, Report of Supt. of Machinery244-245 Fires During 1916_____________________ 263 Fire Inspector, Report of Chief____________259-264 INDEX ( Continued ). Fire Insurance for 1916__________________ 265 Food Inspector, Extracts from Report of Chief-___462-465 Grade Crossings, Eeport on Elimination of ______340-341 Harbors and "Wharves, Report on___________320-322 Harbor Master, Report of________________445-448 Health, Reports of Department of Public_______449-461 Health Officer, Extracts from Report of________453-461 Hospitals, Reports of___________________491-496 Health Officer, Extracts from Report of________453-461 Hospitals, Report of___________________491-496 Laurel Grove Cemetery, Report of___________378-383 Market, Report of Clerk of City____________442-443 Marshal, Report of City_________________437-441 Mayor and Aldermen for 1916________ 13 Mayor and Aldermen for 1917___________ 29 Mayor's Message Reviewing Operations for 1916__ 41- 54 Mayor's Message on "Water Situation_________ 55- 62 Opening and Grading Streets, Report of__-_____302-304 Ordinances, Report of __________________497-578 Park and Tree Commission, Report of________357-383 Paving, Report on New Street______________304-319 Pawnbrokers' Pledges __________ 210 Physicians, Reports of City________________487-490 Plumbing. Report of Inspector of-__481-483 Police Court Cases, Disposition of__ 191 Police Court Fines_____________________189-190 Police Matron's Report_______________ 184 Police, Report of Chief of____________171-221 Property Recovered by Police______-___ 210 Public Library, Report of________________385-409 Public Library (Colored Carnegie), Report of410-412 INDEX (Continued). Beereation Commission, Act Creating _________ 65- 72 Befuse, Collection of _________________ 289-292 Resolution of Council on Mayor's Message ______ 53 Besolutions, Communications and Miscel. Matters __ 609-627 Sanitary Commission, Board of _ _ _________ 452 Sanitary and Storm "Water Sewers, Maintenance of _ 292-296 Sanitary and Storm AVater System, Extension of _ _322-327 Sidewalks __________ 1 ____________ __296-299 Sinking Fund Commission, Report of _________ 443-434 Street Lihtin _______________________ 296 Tax Assessors, Report of ________________ 435-436 Water Mains, Extension of _______________ 351 Water Meters, Report on ________________ 337-340 Water Works, Report of Chief Engineer on ______ 332-337 Water Works, Report of Supt. of ____________ 343-356 Water, Report of Chief Engineer on . _________ 579-608 CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR 1916 MAYOR AND ALDERMAN FOR 1916 MAYOR WALLACE J. PIERPONT CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL Alderman W. H. WEIGHT VICE-CHAIRMAN OP COUNCIL Alderman J. C. SLATER ALDERMEN J. A. G. CARSON J. W. DANIEL GEO. B. ELTON (Resigned July 19) J. E. POY S. N. HARRIS (Elected July 19) H. L. KAYTON JOSEPH A. LOGAN H. H. LIVINGSTON W. A. PIGMAN E. A. M. SCHRODER J. C. SLATER W. W. WILLIAMSON W. H. WRIGHT COMMISSIONS PARK AND TEEE P. D. DAFFIN, Chairman, term expires January 1, 1918. T. H. MeMILLAN, term expires January 1, 1919.. E. M. BUTLEB, term expires January 1, 1919. CHAELES S. ELLIS, term expires January 1, 1921. I. A. SOLOMONS, Secretary, term expires January 1, 1918. PLAYGROUNDS i Mayor PIERPONT Aldermen SCHRODER, KAYTON, Mrs. GRACE MENDES, Mrs. W. L. "WILSON, Miss JANE JUDGE Messrs. N. B. F. CLOSE, W. G. SUTLIVE, C. V. SNEDEKER, JR., G. M. OLWEB THOMAS L. FINN Rev. GEORGE SOLOMON, Rev. JOHN S. WILDER (Alderman KAYTON, Chairman; C. V. SNEDEKER, JR., Vice-Chairman) (Abolished by Act of Legislature and succeeded by Recreation Commission September 27.) COMMISSIONS(Continued) PILOTAGE JAMES M. BARNARD, Chairman, died at Hyannisport, Mass., August 17; term expiring February 13, 1920. E. A. ARMAND, Secretary, term expires February 13, 1923. GEORGE F. ARMSTRONG, term expires February 13,1917. J. FLORANCE MINIS, term expires February 13,1918. JOSEPH HULL, term expires February 13, 1919. WILLIAM W. WILLIAMSON, term expires February 13, 1921. VAN B. AVERY, term expires February 13, 1922. MASSIE SCHOOL Hon. W. J. PIERPONT C. G. BECK W. G. SUTLIVE RECREATION COMMISSION (Appointed September 27) E. A. M. SCHRODER, THOMAS JOHNSON, N. B. F. CLOSE, WM. H. ROBERTSON, term expiring January 1, 1917. (Reappointed January 1, 1917, for term of three years.) W. A. PIGMAN, JOHN W. DANIEL, C. B. GIBSON, J. C. SLATER, term expires January 1, 1918 H. L. KAYTON, JOSEPH A. LOGAN, S. N. HARRIS, B. M. LOKEY, term expires January 1, 1919 SANITARY COMMISSION Mayor W. J. PIERPONT, Chairman Aldermen DANIEL, WILLIAMSON Citizens: Dr. W. R. DANCY, Mr. JOSEPH M. SOLOMONS, Col. BEIRNE GORDON COMMISSIONS(Continued) SINKING FUND GEORGE J. MILLS, Chairman LEOPOLD ADLEB JOHN F. PAULSEN CHARLES G. BELL (One vacancy January 1, 1916) BOARD OF CONSTRUCTION NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING Mayor PIERPONT Aldermen SCHEODEB, PIGMAN Messrs. F. G. BELL, JOHN G. BUTLER ROBERT FECHNER, A. B. HULL, A. E. LAWTON, W. W. MACKALL, J. W. MOTTE, JOHN M. THOMAS BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY (To assume charge July 1, 1916) Mayor PIERPONT Alderman J. A. G. CAESON Mrs. WALTEE S. WILSON, Mrs. P. W. MELDEIM, Mrs. J. G. SMITH, Miss HOETENSE ORCUTT Messrs. W. F. McCAULEY, JOHN M. THOMAS, JOHN L. TRAVIS, J. W. GEIFFITH, THOMAS GAMBLE, H. W. WITCOVER, J. RANDOLPH ANDEESON (Chairman, J. RANDOLPH ANDEESON; Vice-Chairman, H. W. WITCOVEE) BOARD FOR CONSTRUCTION MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM Mayor PIEBPONT, Aldermen KAYTON, WILLIAMSON Messrs. GEOEGE M. GADSDEN, FEANK G. BELL, THOMAS M. HOYNES, M. M. HOPKINS Architect HENEIK WALLIN STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL FOR 1916 ACCOUNTS Aldermen ELTON, LWINGSTON, WILLIAMS ASSESSMENTS Aldermen LOGAN, SLATER, DANIEL, PIGMAN. SCHRODER CITY LOTS AND OPENING STREETS Aldermen ELTON, LIVINGSTON, WILLIAMSON DRAINAGE Aldermen KAYTON, FOY, LOGAN, SLATER. SCHtiODER FINANCE Aldermen WILLIAMSON, CARSON, SLATER, FOY, KAYTON FIRE Aldermen PIGMAN, SLATER, WILLIAMSON, LOGAN, FOY HARBORS AND WHARVES Aldermen WILLIAMSON, LOGAN, ELTON STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL FOB 1916- (Continued) HEALTH Aldermen DANIEL, LIVINGSTON, LOGAN MABEET Aldermen LIVINGSTON, DANIEL, KAYTON NEAR BEER Aldermen WEIGHT, SLATEE, LIVINGSTON (Abolished April 30) PENSION BOARD Aldermen WEIGHT, PIGMAN,' SCHEODEE Dr. F. WAHL PLAYGROUNDS Mayor PIEEPONT Aldermen SCHEODEE, KAYTON POLICE Aldermen SCHEODEE, ELTON, WEIGHT STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL FOE 1916 (Continued) PURCHASE BOARD Mayor PIERPONT Aldermen WEIGHT, SLATER Chief Engineer CONANT STREETS AND LANES Aldermen WEIGHT, FOY, PIGMAN, ELTON, SCHEODER TRADE AND COMMERCE Aldermen CARSON, FOY, DANIEL, WILLIAMSON, PIGMAN WATER Aldermen FOY, ELTON, KAYTON SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON REMOVAL OF TRACKS OF A. C. L. R. R. Aldermen DANIEL, CARSON, SLATER Mayor PIEEPONT Chief Engineer CONANT STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL FOB 1916 (Continued) On September 27 the Mayor reconstituted the committees as follows: AccountsAldermen Harris, Livingston, Wiiiiamson. AssessmentsAldermen Logan, Slater, Daniel, Pigman, Schroder. Board of PurchaseMayor, Aldermen Wright, Slater. City Lots and Opening StreetsAldermen Slater, Schroder, Pigman. DrainageAldermen Kayton, Slater, Logan, Foy, Sehroder. FinanceAldermen Wiiiiamson, Carson, Slater, Logan, Kayton. FireAldermen Pigman, Slater, Wiiiiamson, Logan, Poy. Harbor and WharvesAldermen Wiiiiamson, Logan, Harris. HealthAldermen Daniel, Livingston, Logan. MarketAldermen Livingston, Harris, Kayton. PoliceAldermen Schroder, Wright, Harris. Streets and LanesAldermen Wright, Hairis, Pigman, Schroder, Logan. Trade and CommerceAldermen Carson, Wiiiiamson, Daniel. WaterAldermen Kayton, Daniel, Logan. CITY OFFICERS, 1916 WALLACE J. PIEEPONT_______________Mayor THOMAS GAMBLE_________Secretary to the Mayor THOMAS HALLIGAN____________Clerk of Council CHAS. V. HEENANDEZ____Assistant Clerk of Council M. L. MELDBIM (died December 20) _____Chief of Police B. S. BRYANT-________First Lieutenant of Police J. F. BERNHARDT____Clerk of the Police Department C. S. HARDEE________________City Treasurer G. B. PRITCHARD________Assistant City Treasurer JAMES FURSE__________________Comptroller E. R. CONANT_________________Chief Engineer W. O'D. ROCKWELL_______Assistant Chief Engineer ROBERT J. TRAVIS______________City Attorney D. S. ATKINSON___________Assistant City Attorney FRANK WILBY_________________Traffic Manager MONTAGUE GAMMON______Director of Playgrounds (Resigned) CLARENCE GOETTE________Director of Playgrounds (Elected June 7) GEO. D. SEMKEN________________City Marshal J. H. PAPOT____________Deputy City Marshal DR. L. B. TAYLOR____________. DR. L. J. CHEDEL____________ DR. C. C. MIDDLETON________. DR. F. S. BELCHER___________. White City Physicians Colored City Physicians GEO. LEWIN________________'.Clerk of Market E. B. HARTLEY__________Assistant Clerk of Market THOS. H. LAIRD________________Harbor Master DR. W. F. BRUNNER______________Health Officer DR. V. H. BASSETT______________Bacteriologist C. J. MELVIN____________Chief Sanitary Inspector DR. D. C. GILLES____________Chief Food Inspector CITY OFFICERS 1916(Continued) THOMAS F. FLEMING____________Food Inspector Inspectors of Naval Stores LEWIS BLISS, C. R. SHOUSE, J. T. WELLS, G. W. ROBINSON, NAT HARRISON, J. E. REGISTER, J. F. BLISS and R. B. JEWETT JOHN R. EASON________Building Inspector A. B. LA ROCHE_______Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery J. T. MeCORMICK_____Keeper Bonaventure Cemetery HENRY WILLIS (Colored)________________ _____Keeper Colored Section Laurel Grove Cemetery J. D. HARMS__________Keeper City Dispensary F. M. HULL____1_____________Port Warden C. W. TANNER______________Plumbing Inspector JOHN E. SCHWARZ__________________Recorder L. A. EAST____Superintendent Scavenger Department JOHN H. MONROE____Chief Engineer Fire Department (Dismissed April 18) A. P. McFARLAND____Chief Engineer Fire Department (Elected May 24) A. J. TOSHACTLAssistant Chief Engineer Fire Department J. P. FIGG___Superintendent and Engineer Waterworks G. NOBLE JONES__________Chairman Tax Assessors D. T. ELLIOTT____________.___Tax Assessor JOSEPH M. DREYER______________Tax Assessor J. CHRIS WERNTZ____________Custodian City Hall BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1916. Operating ExpensesGeneral Government: Executive and Legislative: Salaries of Aldermen and salaries and expenses of offices of Mayor and Clerk of Council, including publishing of Council Proceedings and of Mayor's Annual Report Finance and Accounts: Comptroller's office, salaries and expenses Treasurer's office, salaries and expensesAssessment of Taxes: Tax Assessor's office, salaries and expenses __ Marshal's Office: Salaries and expenses Law Department: Salaries and expenses__ Municipal Building: Salaries and expenses of custodian and assistants, and fuel, lights, elevator operation and other expenses of City Hall building, including clock expenses__ $ 21,500.00 5,300-00 8,750.00 14,050.00 6,123.00 4,885.50 7,500.00 6,560.00 Police Court: Salaries of Recorder and of Clerk and other expenses -__.___. 3,610-00 Pensions: Police department _____________ 4,886-40 Fire department ______________ 3,480-00 Health department ____________ 420-00 Highway and sanitation departments_ 5,600-00 Widows and orphans. Police and Fire departments _____________ 2,004-00 16,390-40 Municipal Court: Salaries and expenses ___________ 15,000.00 Freight and Traffic Bureau: Salaries and expenses ___________ 7,500-00 Miscellaneous: Salary and expenses of Building Inspector .__._________________ 1,735.00 Salary of keeper of powder magazine 300-00 2,035.00 Total general government. $ 105,153-90 BUDGET FOE THE YEAE 1916(Continued) Police Department: Salaries and expenses, including new uniforms and military reserve____ 160,750-00 Fire Department: Salaries and expenses, including new uniforms and chimney sweeping expenses ______ $ 127,000-00 Board of Health: Salaries and expenses, office of health officer .________._ $ 31,425-00 Salaries and expenses, bacteriological laboratory ________________ 7,692-00 Salaries and expenses, plumbing inspector _____________________ 1,764.00 40,881.00 Sanitation Department: Salaries and expenses ___.___.__._ 148,700-00 Highway Department: Street lighting __..______. 47,400-00 Ornamental street post lighting____ 3,200-00 Salaries and expenses __ 49,980-00 100,580.00 City Stables and Shops: Salaries and expenses __._ 2,090-00 Harbor and Wharves: Salaries and expenses ___ 3,535-00 Board of Purchase: Office supplies and expenses_______ 50-09 Waterworks Department: Salaries and expenses __ 69,000.00 City Market: Salaries and expenses ________. 8,000-00 Park and Tree Commission: Daffin Park ________________ 2,500.00 Other parks and squares ________ 15,000-00 Bonaventure Cemetery __________ 8,000-00 Laurel Grove Cemetery 6,500-00 32,000-00 BUDGET FOR THE YEAE 1916(Continued) Playgrounds: Salaries and expenses _____ 13.300.00 Industrial Farm: City's proportion of expenses 3,600-00 Public Library: White ____________________ 10,000-00 Carnegie Public Library (colored)___ 1,200-00 11,200-00 Charities: Outdoor poor relief __________ 700-00 Poor in institutions ___________ 1,260-00 Contributions to associations _ 3,440-00 Contributions to hospitals (white) 9,546-66 Contributions to hospitals (colored) 6,400-00 City physicians ____________- 3,000-00 City dispensary _____________ 5,000-00 Donations for purpose of tax payments 4,000-00 83,346-66 Total operating expenses $ 859,186-56 Interest on Bonded Indebtedness: Bonds maturing in 1959_________ $108,135-00 Bonds maturing in 1943_______ 9,517-50 Drainage bonds (serial) dated 1914___ 26,545-31 Auditorium bonds (serial) dated 1914__ 8,886-56 Drainage bonds (serial) dated 1916___ 15,000-00 $ 168,084-37 Sinking Fund: Bonds maturing in 1959_________ 31,000-00 Bonds maturing in 1943__________ 1,500-00 Drainage (serial) bonds maturing April 15, 1916 __..__._..._._____.____ 6,500-00 Auditorium (serial) bonds maturing October 15, 1916_______-_____ 2,500-00 41,500-00 Notes Payable: Issued prior to January 28, 1913, maturing in 1916__________________ 28,505-29 Interest Accrued on Notes: Issued prior to January 28, 1913_ 340-52 Total operating expenses, interest and other fixed charges_____ $1,097,616-74 BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1916(Continued) NEW IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., TO BE MADE IN 1916 TO BE PASSED ON BY COUNCIL BEFORE EXPENDITURE: Fire Department: Fire alarm system, extension and repairs $ 1,560-00 Police Department: Furniture and fixtures, new_______ $ 150-00 Automobile _________________ 1,200-00 Lire Stock ___________________ 1,000.00 Gamewell system (extension and repairs) 1,000-00 Emergency motorcycle station. East side 600-00 3,950-00 Highway and Sanitation Departments: Live stock ___________________ 3,000-00 Placing street signs _____________ 1,000-00 Paving streets (city's proportionl____ 35,000-00 Opening streets _________ 30,000-00 Automobile for surveyor __________ 500-00 Five sets grate bars for incinerator.__ 625-00 Pony planer, rip and cut-off saw for shops _____________.__ _ 900-00 71,025-00 Harbors and Wharves: Repairs to wharf foot of Abercorn street 1,000-00 Repairs to wharf foot of West Broad street ___________________ 1,500-00 2,500-00 Publicity: Advertising expenses ____________ 7,500-00 Waterworks Department: Improvements to plant___________ 70,098-26 Extensions distribution system_____ 37,000-00 Meters ______________________ 10,000-00 Oil house, stock room and stable____ 1,000-00 118,498-26 Libraries: Xew public library, furniture, lighting fixtures and exterior standards.. $ 6,000-00 Park and Tree Commission: Tree planting __________ $ 1,000-00 Extending and renewing water meters, Bonaventure Cemetery 500-00 Paving roads, Bonaventure Cemetery 500-00 Paving roads. Laurel Grove Cemetery 500-00 Repairs to keeper's residence, Bonaventure Cemetery _____-r_ 300-00 Tools ______________________ 2.30-00 Live stock ________________ 500-00 3,550-00 Total new improvements, etc.______ $ 214,583-26 Total budget _ $1,312,200-00 CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR 1917 MAYOR AND ALDERMEN FOR 1917 MAYOR WALLACE J. PEERPONT CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL Alderman W. H. WEIGHT VICE-CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL Alderman J. C. SLATER J. A. G. CARSON J. W. DANIEL S. N. HARRIS J. E. FOY H. L. KAYTON JOSEPH A. LOGAN ALDERMEN H. H. LIVINGSTON W. A. PIGMAN E. A. M. SCHRODER J. C. SLATER W. W. WILLIAMSON W. H. WRIGHT COMMISSIONS PARK AND TREE P. D. BAFFIN, Chairman, term expires January 1, 1918. T. H. McMILLAN, term expires January 1,1919. R. M. BUTLER, term expires January 1, 1919. CHARLES S. ELLIS, term expires January 1, 1921. I. A. SOLOMOXS, Secretary, term expires January 1, 1918. PILOTAGE J. FLORAXCE MINIS, Chairman, term expires February 13, 1918. JOSEPH HULL, Yice-Chairman, term expires February 13, 1919. J. A. G. CARSOX, appointed January 31, 1917, to fill unexpired term of Mr. James M. Barnard, who died at Hyannisport, Mass., August 17, 1916, and whose term would have expired February 13, 1920. W. TV. WILLIAMSOX, term expires February 13, 1921. VAX B. AVERT, term expires February 13, 1922. E. A. ARMAXD, Secretary, term expires February 13, 1923. GEO. F. ARMSTROXG, reappointed February 28, 1917, for term ending February 13, 1924. MASSIE SCHOOL Hon. W. J. PIERPONT C. G. BECK W. G. SUTLIVE RECREATION COMMISSION W. A. PIGMAN, JOHN W. DANIEL, C. B. GEBSON, J. C. SLATER, term expires January 1, 1918 H. L. KAYTOX, JOSEPH A. LOGAX, S. N. HARRIS, E. M. LOKEY, term expires January 1, 1919 E. A. M. SCHRODER, THOMAS JOHNSON, N. B. F. CLOSE, WM. H. ROBERTSON, term expires January 1, 1920 COMMISSIONS(Continued) SANITARY COMMISSION Mayor W. J. PIERPONT, Chairman Aldermen DANIEL, WILLIAMSON Citizens: DR. WM. R. DANCY, MR. JOSEPH M. SOLOMONS, COL. BEIRNE GORDON SINKING FUND GEORGE J.. MILLS, Chairman LEOPOLD ADLER JOHN F. PAULSEN CHARLES G. BELL (One vacancy, January 1, 1917) BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY Mayor PIERPONT Alderman J. A. G. CARSON Mrs. WALTER S. WILSON, Mrs. P. W. MELDRIM, Mrs. J. G. SMITH, Miss HORTENSE ORCUTT Messrs. W. F. McCAULEY, JOHN M. THOMAS, JOHN L. TRAVIS, J. W. GRIFFITH, THOMAS GAMBLE, H. W. WITCOVER, J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON (Chairman, J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON j Vice-Chairman, H. W. WITCOVER) BOARD FOR CONSTRUCTION MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM Mayor PIERPONT, Aldermen KAYTOX, WILLIAMSON Messrs. GEORGE M. GADSDEN, FRANK G. BELL, THOMAS M. HOYNES, M. M. HOPKIXS Architect HENRIK WALLIN STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL FOR 1917 ACCOUNTS Aldermen HAEEIS, LIVINGSTON, LOGAN ASSESSMENTS Aldermen LOGAN, FOY, DANIEL, PIGMAN, SCHEODEE. BOARD OF PURCHASE Mayor PIEEPONT Aldermen WEIGHT, SLATEE CITY LOTS AND OPENING STREETS Aldermen SLATEE, SCHEODEE, PIGMAN DRAINAGE Aldermen KAYTON, DANIEL, LOGAN, FOY, SCHEODEE FINANCE Aldermen WILLIAMSON, CARSON, SLATEE, LOGAN, KAYTON FIRE Aldermen PIGMAN, SLATEE, WILLIAMSON HARBORS AND WHARVES Aldermen WILLIAMSON, LOGAN, HAEEIS STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL FOB 1917 (Continued) HEALTH Aldermen DANIEL, LIVINGSTON, PIGMAN MARKET Aldermen LIVINGSTON, HARRIS, SLATER POLICE Aldermen SCHRODER, WRIGHT, HARRIS STREETS AND LANES Aldermen WRIGHT, HARRIS, PIGMAN, SCHRODER, LOGAN TRADE AND COMMERCE Aldermen CARSON, WILLIAMSON, DANIEL WATER Aldermen WRIGHT, SLATER PENSION BOARD Aldermen WRIGHT, PIGMAN, SCHRODER Dr. F. WAHL, Examining Physician PURCHASE BOARD Mayor PD3RPONT Aldermen WRIGHT, SLATER Chief Engineer CONANT CITY OFFICERS 1917 WALLACE J. PIEEPONT_______________Mayor THOMAS GAMBLE__________Secretary to the Mayor THOMAS HALLIGAN____________Clerk of Council CHAS. V. HERXANDEZ_____Assistant Clerk of Council B. S. BRYANT_________________Chief of Police JAMES H. WOOD_________First Lieutenant of Police WALTEE H. FLEMING___Second Lieutenant of Police J. F. BERNHARDT__'__Clerk of the Police Department C. S. HARDEE_________________City Treasurer G. B. PRITCHAED_________Assistant City Treasurer JAMES FURSE__________________Comptroller E. R. CONANT___'._____________Chief Engineer "W". O'D. ROCKWELL_____Assistant Chief Engineer ROBERT J. TRAVIS_____-_______City Attorney D. S. ATKINSON___________Assistant City Attorney FRANK WILBY_______________Traffic Manager CLARENCE GOETTE________Director of Playgrounds GEORGE D. SEMKEN______________City Marshal J. H. PAPOT_____________..Deputy City Marshal DR. L. B. TAYLOR*___. DR. HOWARD T. EXLEY. DR. C. C. MIDDLETON_. DR. F. S. BELCHER___. White City Physicians Colored City Physicians GEO. LEWIN_________________Clerk of Market E. B. HARTLEY_________Assistant Clerk of Market THOS. H. LAIRD________________Harhor Master DR. W. F. BRUNNER_____________Health Officer DR. V. H. BASSETT______________Bacteriologist C. J. MELVIN___________Chief Sanitary Insepector DR. D. C. GILLES___________Chief Food Inspector THOMAS F. FLEMING____________Food Inspector Inspectors" of Naval Stores > LEWIS BLISS, C. E. SHOUSE, J. T. WELLS, G. W. ROBINSON, NAT HARRISON, J. E. REGISTER, J. F. BLISS and R. B. JEWETT *Dr. J. E. Morrison acting as substitute in absence Dr. Taylor in army service. CITY OFFICERS 1917(Continued) JOHN R. EASON_____________Building Inspector A. B. LA ROCHEKeeper Laurel Grove Cemetery J. T. McCORMICK______Keeper Bonaventure Cemetery HENRY WILLIS (Colored)_________________ ____Keeper Colored Section Laurel Grove Cemetery F. M. HULL________________Port Warden C. W. TANNER______________Plumbing Inspector JOHN E. SCHWARZ_________________Recorder L. A. EAST__-Superintendent Scavenger Department A. P. MePARLAND____Chief Engineer Fire Department A. J. TOSHACH-Assistant Chief Engineer Fire Department J. P. FIGG___Superintendent Waterworks G. NOBLE JONES_________Chairman Tax Assessors HENRY M. WARD____._____. JOSEPH M. DREYER__________ lax Assessors J. CHRIS WERNTZ________._Custodian City Hall BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1917. Operating ExpensesGeneral Government: Executive and Legislative: Salaries of Aldermen and salaries and expenses of offices of Mayor and Clerk of Council, including publishing of Council Proceedings and of Mayor's Annual Report _________________ Finance and Accounts: Comptroller's office, salaries and expenses $ 7,650-00 Treasurer's office, salaries and expenses. 8,170-00 $ 21,335-00 15,820-00 Assessment of Taxes: Tax Assessor's office, salaries and expenses ____._____________ 6,220-00 Marshal's Office: Salaries and expenses ___________ 6,000-00 Law Department: Salaries and expenses _______ 10,000-00 Municipal Building: Salaries and expenses of custodian and assistants, and fuel, lights, elevator operation and other expenses of city hall building, including clock expense 6,840-00 Police Court: Salaries of Recorder and of Clerk and other expenses ____________ 3,610-00 Pensions: Police department _____-____ $ 6,176-16 Fire department ________-____ 4,110-00 Health department ___________- 810-00 Highway and Sanitation departments 4,500-00 Widows and orphans, Police and Fire departments _______________ 1,488-00 Various departments ___________ 1,600-00 $ 18,684-16 Municipal Court: Salaries and expenses __ 11,085-00 Freight Traffic Bureau: Salaries and expenses __.___ 7,500-00 Miscellaneous: Salary and expenses of building inspector __.___-_________ 1,855-00 Salary of keeper of powder magazine 300-00 2,155-00 Total general government f 109,249-16 BUDGET POE THE YEAR 1917(Continued) Police Department: Salaries and expenses, including new uniforms and military reserve____ 163,944.00 Fire Department: lalaries and erpenses, Including new uniforms and chimney sweeping expenses -- 130,420-00 Board of Health: Salaries and expenses, office of health officer ___________________ 31,525.00 Salaries and expenses, bacteriological laboratory __........ 8,262-00 39,787.00 Plumbing Inspection: Salaries and expenses _~ 2,700-00 Sanitation Department: Salaries and expenses _ 158,700-00 Highway Department: Street lighting ___-___________ 48,400.00 Ornamental street post lighting. 3,300-00 Salaries and expenses ____-___-_ 40,460.00 92,160-00 City Stables and Shops: Salaries and expenses 2,535-00 Harbor and Wharves: Salaries and expenses __________ 3,800-00 Board of Purchase: Salaries and expenses ____~ 800.00 Waterworks Department: Salaries and expenses _______ 79,593-00 City Market: Salaries and expenses ___________ 7,875-00 Park and Tree Commission: Daffin Park _________________ 2,500-00 Other parks and squares________ $ 15,000-00 Bonaventure Cemetery ___________ 8,000-00 Laurel Grove Cemetery _________ 6,500-00 Tree planting ________________ 1,000-00 $ 33,000-00 Recreation Commission: Salaries and expenses _________ 14,655-34 Industrial Farm: City's proportion of expenses ______ 2,600-00 BUDGET FOR THE YEAH 1917(Continued) Public Libraries: Savannah Public Library (white) 14,000-00 Carnegie Public Library (colored)___ 1,350.00 15,350-00 Charities: Outdoor poor relief____________ 650-00 Poor in institutions ____________ 1,260-00 Contributions to associations______ 5,220-00 Contributions to hospitals (white)___ 9,616-66 Contributions to hospitals (colored)._ 6,550-00 City physicians __.___ 3,000-00 City dispensary ______._______ 5,099-54 Donations for purpose of tax payments 4,000-00 35,396-20 Total operating expenses___ $ 892,564-70 Interest on Bonded Indebtedness: Bonds maturing in 1959__________ $104,400-00 Bonds maturing in 1943_________ 9,405-00 Drainage bonds (serial) dated 1914___ 26,220-94 Auditorium bonds (serial) dated 1914_ 8,769-36 Drainage bonds (serial) dated 1916___ 17,850-00 166.645-30 Sinking Fund: Bonds maturing in 1959-___.__ 32,000-00 Bonds maturing in 1943_________ 2,000-00 Drainage (serial) bonds maturing April 15, 1917 ____________________ 7,500-00 Auditorium (serial) bonds maturing October 15, 1917-.__.____.___.__ 3,000-00 Drainage (serial) bonds maturing March 1, 1917 __._______-___-... 4,000-00 48,500-00 Payment of Obligations: Principal and interest on advances for the payment of municipal obligations Total operating expenses, interest and other fixed charges.___ 20,000-00 $1,127,710-00 I BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1917(Continued) NEW IMPROVEMENTS, ETC.. TO BE MADE IN 1917 TO BE PASSED ON BY COUNCIL BEFORE EXPENDITURE: General Government: New horse and buggy for building inspector ____________________ 323.00 Police Department: Live stock _____________- 500-00 Gamewell system extensions -__ 500-00 Motorcycles _________________ 600-00 1,600-00 Tire Department: Fire alarm system (extensions)__ $ 1,875-00 Live stock __.____-__-__-- 300-00 $ 2,175-00 Health Department: Automobile for Health Officer______ 800-00 Sanitation Department: Motor chasis for street sprinkler. 2,800-00 Automobile for Superintendent (exchanged) _______________ 300-00 Drainage, Casey canal ________ 25,000-00 28,100-00 City Stables and Shops Department: Live stock _______________ 5,000-00 Power tools (lathe) ____________ 500-00 5,500-00 Highway Department: Automobile for Superintendent (exchanged) _________________ 300-00 Opening and grading new streets.-- 26,500-00 Paving streets (city's proportion) 31,500-00 Sidewalks and curbing (on city's property) _____________________ 1,000-00 59,300-00 Harbor and Wharves Department: Municipal wharf, upper reaches of Savannah river _________________ 10,000-00 Waterworks Department: Extension, distribution system_ 13,500-00 Meters ____________________ 10,000-00 Automobile truck _____________ 800-00 Improvements to plant _________ 30,000-00 54,300-00 Park and Tree Commission: Extending and renewing water mains, Bqnaventure Cemetery _________ 400-00 Paving roads, Bonaventure Cemetery_ 400-00 Paving roads, Laurel Grove Cemetery 400-00 Repairs to keeper's residence, Bonaventure Cemetery ______________ 300-00 1,500-00 Total new improvements, etc-___ $ 163,600-00 Total budget __....._.___ $1,291,310-00 ANNUAL MESSAGE OF WALLACE J. PIERPONT MAYOR f SAVANNAH, GEORGIA REVIEWING OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1916 ANNUAL MESSAGE OF WALLACE J. PIERPONT MAYOR Savannah, Ga., February 14, 1917. The Board of Aldermen, City. Gentlemen: "At the beginning of a new year it is well to review the activities and accomplishments of the city for the past year, to make comparison of its financial condition, and to formulate plans for the future. "A city cannot stand still. Like the individual business man or the private corporation, it either goes forward or backward. A review of the year 1916 shows that in all respects it compares favorably with previous years and especially is the improved financial condition of the city gratifying. "A study of the detailed fiscal report for the twelve months shows a substantial reduction in the floating debt, the amount of this decrease during the year being $67,500, with the usual large expeditures for permanent public betterments and the machinery of the regular departments maintained, as it should be, at as high a standard as possible. "The policy enunciated when the present Mayor and finance committee assumed charge of the fiscal affairs of the municipality has been adhered to. That policy, it will be recalled, provided for a liberal reduction of the floating debt each year until it has been wiped out. This old unsecured debt, contracted in the years 1900 to 1912, has now been reduced from $391,500 to $324,000, and it is expected that during 1917 a similar reduction will be made. 44 _________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ "The board of aldermen is iii full accord with the Mayor in believing that for the honor of the city, as well as for economic reasons, the old unsecured debt should be paid as rapidly as possible and that the most rigid economy should be practiced until this end has been accomplished. In accordance with this policy, further payments amounting to $59.000 have been made on this debt since January 1, which it is expected will be the permanent reduction for the year 1917, the total reduction effecting a saving in the annual interest charge of $7,600. "The municipality should live within its income each year, and if extraordinary improvements are projected they should be submitted to the people, and if favored by them the funds should be provided by bond issues and not by the creation of unauthorized and burdensome debts. "I do not, however, approve of placing any additional bonded indebtedness upon the city except to meet an extreme emergency, for every such indebtedness increases the amount to be raised from taxpayers for the interest and the retirement of bonds. "In my opinion the only emergency which will in the near future justify the issuance of additional bonds is the necessity of rehabilitating the water works. The rapid growth of the city will make this imperative within the next few years. "In this connection I am pleased to state that troubles which developed in the artesian wells and pumping equipment during the year 1915 and early part of 1916 have by the skillful management of the chief engineer, under whom this department was placed, been practically eliminated and that for the present the pumping equipment and the water supply are ample for the needs of the city. It is important that the increased requirements of the city in this respect should be anticipated, but at this time it is practically impossible to obtain machinery and the prices for machinery ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT________45 for delivery long in the future are double the price of normal times. I therefore recommend that the water supply be conserved by stoppage of wastage wherever possible and that the purchase of new equipment be deferred until a more propitious time. "The action of Council in establishing a higher rate of taxes has been justified by the financial developments of the year. Without this increase in tax rate, with the increased expenses of operation through the rapid jumps in the cost of nearly all supplies, and the loss of nearly $29,000 from near beer licenses, the maintenance of the departments on the same level as heretofore would have been impossible, let alone the proper expansion of public improvements to meet the needs of a growing city or the reduction of the floating debt. "As so many misapprehensions exist as to the sources of the city's revenues, as well as its disbursements, it may not be amiss to present concise figures that will illuminate municipal finances to all. "The total income of the city for 1916 was $1,315,862, compared with $1,146,329 in 1915, an increase of $169,433. The sources from which the income was derived follow: Increase 1916 1915 or Decrease Real estate __________$616,099 $490,177 $125,922 Personal property ________ 267,101 221,586 45,515 Specific and franchise taxes_ 150,280 140,897 9,383 Near beer licenses _______ 31,680 60,447 *28,767 "Wagon and license badges__ 17,912 16,004 1,908 Water works _________ 157,720 148,334 9,386 Market _____ 19,719 19,944 225 Police and Municipal Courts 20,221 14,998 5,223 Interest 8,108 6,375 1,733 Cemeteries _____ 8,175 7,973 202 Miscellaneous _____ 18,847 19,694 *847 46 ___________ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT ____________ "Compactly summarized, the income directly derived by the municipality from its citizens and taxpayers was as follows : Increase 1916 1915 or Decrease Real estate ____________ $616,099 $490,177 $125,922 Personal property _______ 267,101 221,586 45,515 Business taxes _________ 199,872 217,348 *17,476 Public utilities _________ 185,614 176,251 9,363 Miscellaneous __________ 47,176 41,067 6,109 *Decrease. "Prom this it will be seen that real estate contributed 46 8-10 per cent., personal property 20 per cent., business taxes 15 per cent., and the public utilities 14 per cent. It is probable that no city shows any fairer distribution of the burdens of municipal expenses than this. "It -has been shown that $67,500 was applied to the reduction of the floating debt, represented by notes, etc., accumulated during a term of years prior to 1913, and payment of which could not be secured except by a corresponding increase in income. The cutting off of near beer licenses after May 1 produced a net decrease in income from all business taxes of nearly $17,500. This left $84,000 available of the total increase in income. The additional payments to the sinking fund and interest charges on bonds voted by the people consumed $21,000 of this, the recently established munnicipal court $18,626, and the new freight bureau $4,057, so that of the entire increase of income but $40,000 was really available for regular operations and betterments. This was largely eaten up in the greatly increased cost of supplies resulting from the unparalleled advances in prices growing out of the war. No salaries and no wages were increased, although it must be admitted that as regards the latter some increases would probably have been justified in view of the prevalent high cost of living. __________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________47 "From these figures it can readily be seen that but for the advanced tax rate the eity government would have had to adopt one of two alternatives, run further into debt, without legal right to do so, or use the pruning knife on its departmental activities and public betterments, to the disadvantage and detriment of the interests of the general public. Council did the wise thing when it faced conditions as they existed and put the tax rate where it would provide adequate revenues. If it had not done so the next administration would, in all probability, have faced a heavier floating debt and been forced to levy an even higher tax rate. The tax rate as it now is is merely a return to the rate that existed prior to 1896. Looking backward, it is apparent that it would probably have been better if the tax rate had not been reduced in 1896 and 1906 as otherwise larger sums would have been available for needed improvements and any necessity for the issuing of notes been avoided". "As the Finance Committee recently pointed out to a committee representing property owners, the annual expenses of the municipality in the last six years, entirely outside of its great departments of streets and lanes, police, fire, water, health and parks and squares, have increased $135,000. The constant expansion of the functions of the eity, by the introduction of playgrounds, public libraries, Municipal Court, freight bureau, auditorium, etc., and the incessant demands for lights, water, street opening, street paving, sewerage, etc., resulting from the pronounced and commendable tendency of our people to move to the new sections and secure homes in more open districts, absolutely preclude any possibility of the curtailment of expenses of operating the municipality. I believe that Savannah is as carefully administered as any city in the country, I know that it is honestly administered, that there is no tendency to extravagance, that zealous efforts are made to eliminate waste. Furthermore, I am satisfied that the burdens on the property owners and business men generally are by no means 48___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________ heavier than in cities of a corresponding class anywhere in this country. While it is to be regretted that the necessity for an increased tax rate came at a time when depression existed in business, and real estate was not as profitable as in former years, the administration did not create the causes that forced the increase and simply performed its duty in honesty meeting the conditions before it. "In 1911 the assessed valuation of realty was $36,742,172 and of personalty, $14,433,519, while for 1916 it was $40,- 957,901 and $18,851,442, respectively, a total increase in assessments of both realty and personalty of $8,633,652, which at the increased tax rate of $1.50 net yields approximately $129,500 income, which is mainly consumed by the increased expenses of the city growing out of the expansion of its functions along new lines during the last six years, and the annual charges on the bonds covering new sewerage system. Comparison of the financial reports of 1911 and 1916 shows the following additions or increases to municipal expenditures : Playgrounds ________________-______$ 15,528 Libraries (increase) _________________ 4,737 Municipal Court (net) ________ 12,500 Freight bureau ______ 4,057 Ornamental lights ________________ 2,842 Pensions (increase) ___ 9,000 Interest on new bonds (net)___ 33,266 Sinking fund, new bonds________ 9,000 Street lighting (increase) _ 17,811 $108,741 Interest on old unsecured indebtedness representing improvements of 1900-1912 for which notes were then issued _________________ 18,836 Total_______________________$127,757 ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________49 "None of the great departments of municipal operations, i. e., administrative, health, water, police, fire, streets and lanes, parks and squares, cemeteries, or market, is considered in this statement. In other words we find that we have been expanding the operations of the municipality, mainly in new channels, almost as fast as we have increased our revenues from assessable property. The result has been that our income while much greater in gross amount, has been inadequate to give the people the betterments they have been calling for in street paving, street opening, etc., as rapidly as they desire them to be furnished. "Excluding the items given above that absorb so much yearly we find that the city has really but little more money to operate with than it had six years ago, despite the increased assessments and the higher tax rate. The interest, sinking fund and operating expenses of the auditorium when completed, which are estimated at $25,000 a year, will take up the income from another $1,700,000 of property and will absorb more than the probable total increase in realty taxes for 1917. Then there is interest on new bonds other than those for the auditorium, for which in 1916 there was an offset from money on deposit at 4% per cent, in the local banks, which will require the income from another $600,000 of property, so that more than the city's probable total increase of revenues from both realty and personalty in 1917 will be required to take care of these two items alone. And it must not be forgotten that the business taxes will suffer from the loss of the $31,680 derived from the near beer licenses in 1916. And more than $60,000 previous to 1916. "I bring these facts out in order that our people may have an answer to the question as to what becomes of the additional revenues of the city from increasing assessments and the higher tax rate; in order, too, that they may see the advisability of giving careful consideration hereafter to projects that are new and which, while they may be popular, tend to considerably increase the expenses of the city 50___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ I while themselves adding nothing to its income. "We are prone in our desire to make life more varied and attractive to overlook that the cost must inevitably fall upon property and business interests and that the time to protest, if at all, is before and not after the additional expense has been incurred. "I am not condemning the new municipal departments. I appreciate that they add materially to the health and attractiveness of Savannah as a residence place and play their part in its material upbuilding, that they are all part of the equipment of the progressive city of today. The point I am stressing is that the public should not aspire to possess and enjoy these appurtenances of twentieth century urban life and then condemn their public administrators when necessary taxes are levied for their maintenance. "There are as of this date outstanding notes to the extent of $265,000. These notes are the result of the earriedover obligations of former years. Under the inadequate accounting system in existence until 1914 no report was made to the citizens of the outstanding indebtedness except as to bonds. If proper reports had been made at the close of each year the increasing volume of the unsecured indebtedness would have probably attracted comment and doubtless been checked by healthful adverse criticism. Citizens knew in a general way that long-time, notes were being issued during many years, first for land for street opening and then for other purposes, all of Hvhich may have been commendable in themselves, and they tacitly approved by their silence of this method of financing improvements. "At the close of 1906 the amount of such notes is stated to have been $192,145, and by the opening of 1913 it had been increased to $330,000. As will be seen from the statement of assets and liabilities appended hereto there were at that time outstanding vouchers, etc., unpaid, aggregating $84,234. As the result of the payment of such, vouchers, _____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________51 the notes outstanding -were increased to $383,505 by the opening of 1916 with a corresponding reduction in the amount of unpaid vouchers. During 1916 the notes were reduced by $59,500 and the rehabilitation of the cemetery trust funds completed by the payment of $8,000. The notes payable at the beginning of 1917 were $324,000. The old notes issued from 1900 to 1912 were taken up in 1913-16 as they came due, creating a deficiency from time to time that was necessarily met by the issuance of fresh similar obligations. The honor of Savannah lies behind these obligations. No new note has been issued in the past year except to meet a deficiency created by such payment of old obligations incurred prior to 1913. It is not the policy of this administration to issue notes for land, material, etc. "As will be seen from the statement appended the deficit of current assets as regards liabilities had been decreased from $228,329 at the close of 1912 to $103,959 at the close of 1916. As compared with a year ago the deficit in current assets shows $103,959 against $215,990. I regard the improvement in financial showing as highly satisfactory. "This improvement in the financial statement has not been made at the expense of the departments or by a cessation of improvements. Every department has been maintained in a highly efficient condition. The health reports show that the death rate has been less than at any time of record. The fire report shows exceptionally small losses. The police report is a gratifying evidence of the work of a well managed department. The highways have been kept cleaner than probably ever before; the collection and disposition of garbage and other waste will not suffer by comparison with that' in any city in the United States. For live stock, equipment and machinery in the police, fire and 52___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL BEPORT__________ street and lanes there was expended $14,361. Tersely summarized the improvement account otherwise for the year may be given as follows: Extension of water mains, 4 23-100 miles______$ 19,438 Street paving, 49,427 square yards, adding 2 39-100 miles to paved area (curbing, 40,785 lineal feet or 7 7-10 miles), city's part of the cost_____ 37,185 Opening and grading streets, land acquired 1,286,- 755 square feet, increasing mileage of streets and lanes by 7 9-10_____________________ 31,174 New public library, city payments on same________ 12,145 Georgia Historical Society, reimbursement for books transferred to new library________ 2,000 Wharf improvements ___________-______ 1,575 Cemetery improvements ______ 1,500 $105,017 "I have dealt mainly with the financial aspects of the year because I have felt that our citizens are perhaps not as well informed as they should be relative to these matters. I cannot close, though, without saying a few words as to the improved moral aspects of the community growing out of the enforcement of the anti-liquor laws. Laws that have reduced drunkenness to such an extent that the arrests show a decrease of seventy-five per cent., that have lessened insanity in less than a year by a very large percentage, that have restored men from the ranks of convicts to the position of sober, industrious workers, that have increased decency and comfort and happiness in innumerable families, need no commendation at the hands of any one. They speak for themselves in the great work they have accomplished. The beneficial effects of these laws will grow with time and in the end will be acknowledged by all. It is enough to know ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________63 that today in Savannah the advocates and supporters of these laws are vastly greater in number than they were a year ago. Their enforcement in Savannah has demonstrated their value as agencies for the uplift of the community. I believe that there will be no going backward in this respect, that society is setting its face inflexibly against the liquor traffic, that its irretrievable doom is sealed, and that a few months hence, through the wisdom of the legislators of Georgia, intoxicants will be banished entirely from Savannah and from the State as a whole. "I desire to thank the members of the Board of Aldermen, the heads of the various departments, and the employes in general for the loyal support they have given the administration during 1916 and to urge an even closer co-operation for the public welfare during the year on which we have entered.'' Very respectfully, W. J. PIBEPONT, Mayor. RESOLUTION BY ALDERMAN WEIGHT Resolved, That the thanks of the aldermen be extended to the Mayor for the clear and concise statement of the, finances of the municipality presented in his annual message just read, placing before the public, as it does, a comprehensive analysis of its income and expenditures and the conditions under which Council labors in its financial management of the city's affairs, and that this message be published in full in the official proceedings of this meeting, in order that all the taxpayers may be better acquainted with the city's finances. Adopted and approved. City of Snvannnh, On. Statement of Assets and Liabilities Current Accounts a of Dec. 31. ASSETS Cash on deposit and with Treasurer Accounts and Revenues receivable _ Materials ami supplies ___ Deferred ussets (sidewalks and pavements under construction, cts.) _ ... __ _ __ . .... Peflcit of assets over liabilities.. ... Total _____ _________ LIABILITIES Audited vouchers and pay rolls payDuo to Trust Funds for perpetual care of cemetery lots _____ Deferred liabilities (Interest accrued Total ___ ____________ 1016 $ 3,852.69 270,708.39 20,065.59 $303,626.67 5,744.31 $300,370.08 103,959.47 $413,330.45 $324,000.00 26,476.39 7,008.75 $356,485.14 56.845.31 $413,330.45 " ""ioiff""""* $ 8,093,95 22-1.0S7.91 21,321.24 $256,263.10 12.156.71 $267,409.81 215,990,54 $483,400.35 $383,505.28 81.951.96 6,485.00 8,000.00 $429,942.25 53,458.10 $483,400.35 1912 $ 40,754.21 203.429.85 17,415,33 $270,699.39 2,071.90 $272,671.29 228.329.Bl $401,000.80 $ 19,812.85 330,001.52 84,234.15 3,326.88 12,463.12 $449,838.62 51,162.28 $601,000.80 191C Compared with 1915 Dec. $ 6,141.20 Inc. 54,770.48 Dee. 1,266.65 Inc. $ 48,373.67 Dec. 6,412.40 Inc. $ 41,961.17 Dec. 112,031.07 Dec. $ 70,069.90 Dec. $ 59,605.29 Dec. 6,475.67 Inc. 523.75 Dec. 8,000.00 Dec. $ 73,467.11 Inc. 3,387.21 Dec. $ 70,069.90 1916 Compared with 1U12 Dee. $ 45,901.52 Inc. 70,278.64 Inc. 2,650.20 Inc. $ 33,027.28 Inc. 3,672.41 Inc. $ 30,699.69 Dec. 124.370.04 Dec. $ 87,670.35 Dec. $ 19,812.85 Dec. 6,001.52 Dec. 58,757.76 Inc. 3,681.87 Dec. 12,463.12 Dec. $ 93,363.38 Inc. 5.683.03 Dec. $ 87,670.35 1915 Compared with 1!H2 Dec. $ 40,760.26 Inc. 21,508.06 Inc. 3,905.91 Dec. $ 15,346.29 Inc. 10,084.81 Dec. $ 6,361.48 Dec. 12,338.97 Dec. $ 17,600.45 Dec. $ 19,812.85 Inc. 53.503.77 Dec. 62,282.19 Inc. 3,158.12 Dec. 4,463.12 Dec. $ 19,896.27 Inc. 2,295.82 Dec. $ 17,600.45 REPORT MAYOR'S ANNUAL Increase of $53,000.00 represents reduction In outstanding vouchers of date of Dec. 31, 1912. This statement Includes as a current liability the time loans Issued prior to January 28, 1913. SPECIAL MESSAGE OF WALLACE J. PIERPONT, MAYOR ON THE WATER SITUATION Savannah, Ga., May 24, 1916. To the Board of Aldermen of the City of Savannah: Gentlemen: I have been requested by the committee of the whole to submit to your honorable body a statement of conditions affecting the water supply of the city, which in the opinion of the committee are of sufficient gravity to call for immediate action. Early in the year 1915 the health department reported to the Mayor that the water which was being furnished to the city had become contaminated from some unknown source; steps were immediately taken to ascertain the cause of this contamination and to remedy the trouble. The water was made safe by a treatment in common use by all cities that obtain their water supply from rivers. A thorough investigation revealed defects in wells and conduit which were so far as possible remedied and the contamination thereby greatly reduced. Frequent inspections and analyses of the water have been made and at no time has it been unsafe for use, but it has been thought best by the health department to continue the treatment referred to. In the fall of 1915 the supply of water fell below the point of safety, but was restored by an overhauling of the air lift and piping system, and early in the present month a dangerous diminution in the water supply necessitated another overhauling of the air lift equipment. 56___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ The purity of our water supply is vital to the health of our people, and an abundant supply is necessary to the safety of the city. The matter is of such supreme importance that I deem it my duty to lay before you all the facts, so that you may take such steps as are in your judgment necessary to supply the present demands of our city with absolutely pure water. Numerous examinations made by the city bacteriologist have proven beyond question that the underground source of supply is pure. This fact has also been confirmed by the investigations of the United States Government geologist, Dr. Dole. Mr. Dole, in a very comprehensive report, expresses some doubt of the permanence of the supply from which we are now drawing, and he also recommends that we should consider the installation of a purification and filtration plant, with a view to using the water of either the Savannah or the Ogeechee river. On the other hand, I am assured by practical men who have been successful in obtaining an abundant supply of water for Jacksonville and other cities, as well as for industrial plants which use large quantities of water that an abundant supply of pure artesian water can be obtained by boring deep wells. The question of the source of supply should now be given careful consideration. I suggest that each member of council read (Mr. Dole's report, as I understand this report treats principally of the water bearing stratum from which the city now draws its supply, while the artesian well expert referred to recommends boring to a much greater depth. Mr. Dole and Prof. Whipple reason that the supply of water from which we are now drawing is being wasted and our supply uselessly diminished by the great number of flowing wells in Chatham county, of which little or no use is made. The city has two groups of wells and two pumping stations. The original group of wells, known as the river stations, were bored during the years 1886 to 1889, and con- ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________57 sisted of a total of twenty-five (25) wells, five ten (10) inch and twenty six (6) inch, and were distributed over a tract of about twenty (20) acres. Part of land on which the wells were located has from time to time been sold for manufacturing sites, and ten (10) of these wells have been lost in consequence. Five (5) of these wells are on the tract of land now occupied by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. Three (3) of the five (5) wells are now buried under pyrites or refuse, and are not available. Two (2) wells are on land leased to the American Can Company and are not available because the factory buildings have been constructed over them. One (1) well is on land sold to the Mutual Fertilizer Company and has been abandoned. Four (4) wells are on land sold to the Southern Cotton Oil Company, and all have been abandoned because of contamination. One (1) well of the group was found early in the year 1915 to have a defective casing, which admitted surface water, and in order to determine the cause of this defect it was pulled up. An examination showed this casing to be badly pitted in spots, with one hole through it about three-quarters of an inch in diameter. The character of the iron around the hole and the appearance of the pitted portion indicate the action of electrolysis. One other well has been cut off from the reservoir on account of contamination, which leaves in service now only thirteen of the original twenty-five wells. This station has two pumps of an old pattern. One of these pumps was installed for pumping the river water in 1874 and is therefore forty-two years old; the other bears date of 1882 and is thirty-four years old. Only one pump can be used at a time. At this station there is an air compressor of a capacity of seven and one-half million gallons per day, which is in good condition. Also a reinforced concrete reservoir of three hundred and sixty-two thousand gallons capacity, which is in good condition. During the recent trouble at the Gwinnett street pumping station this plant was run to its approximate capacity for fourteen hours each day for two weeks, and furnished approxi- 58__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT __________ mately two million gallons of water for each period of fourteen hours.. The cost of coal delivered at the river station is from 10 per cent, to 25 per cent, higher than for delivery at the Gwinnett street plant, and the cost of pumpage is excessive. Comparative cost of pumpage for the two stations, as now operated, is approximately $11.50 per million gallons at the Gwinnett street station and $37.00 per million gallons for the river station. The average pumpage at the river station is two million gallons per day in the summer and one and one-half million gallons in the winter. On account of the possibility of breakdown of machinery or failure of the water supply at the Gwinnett street station, it has not been considered safe to abandon the river station, but economic reasons would dictate that the use of the antiquated pumping machine should be discontinued, and that the capacity of Gwinnett street station should be increased sufficiently to meet any emergencies that may arise by boring of additional wells, and the addition of at least one modern pumping machine of say fifteen million gallons capacity. The plant known as the Gwinnett street station was planned and installed in 1891 and 1892. It was modern and complete at that time. The pumping machinery was of good design and ample capacity for the city of that day and the thirteen wells which were then bored furnished sufficient water for a time without the use of the river station. The wells discharged by natural pressure into a brick conduit, which is six feet internal diameter, and which is placed at a depth corresponding to the sea level, the conduit being placed deep in the ground on the theory that the flow from the wells would be thereby increased. This conduit was also intended to serve as a reservoir. That this entire plant was well designed and the plan honestly worked out is proven by the fact that today, after twenty-four years of continuous service with never a serious ________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________59 interruption, this plant is still the main dependence of the city of Savannah. It is supplying water today to more than twice as many people as it was originally intended to serve, and the distributing pipe covers more than four times as much territory. It was found necessary after a few years to increase the flow from the wells by the introduction of compressed air, and this equipment also was in accordance with the best practice of that day, and has served the purpose well up to recently. The machinery at both stations has performed good service, long beyond the usual life of such machinery, and the troubles which have developed during the past seventeen months, and which I have referred to in the early part of this message, indicate to me that it is the part of wisdom to increase the capacity of this plant and equip it with additional machinery of modern design. I would recommend that you consider the advisability of boring two more large wells, which will have a combined capacity of fifteen to twenty million gallons in twenty-four hours. I would suggest that you call into consideration practical men who have successfully driven such wells for other cities. I recommend that you consider carefully the question of abandonment of the brick conduit which serves as a reservoir for the Gwinnett street station, with a view to substituting therefor a reinforced concrete reservoir of much larger capacity, and of such type that it can be readily inspected and repaired if necessary. This brick conduit-reservoir was never of sufficient capacity, and during the past year it has been found necessary to cut out a large section of it on account of its defective and dangerous condition. Such parts of this conduit as are still in use are not proof against the percolation of surface water when the ground is saturated by rain. For sanitary reasons, also, it appears to me advisable to abandon the use of this conduit, and I 60___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ would recommend the substitution therefor of a cast iron conduit with lead caulked joints. Such a conduit will be absolutely impervius and safe against contamination from surface water. Investigation shows that the two large pumping engines at this station can be made servicable and economical again by a thorough overhauling, but they can not be thrown out of commission long enough for such repairs until a new reserve engine has been installed. Investigation also shows that the air compressors at this station are of an absolute type, and that they are badly worn. It is claimed that air compressors as now constructed by the best engineers are more efficient and much more economical in service. It is also claimed that improvements have been made in the application of compressed air for the forcing of the water from the wells and that greater economy and better service is secured, all of which claims should be weighed in the consideration of this subject. As you are aware, there was included in the budget for 1916 an item of $70,000 for the rehabilitation of the water works, but tentative plans made by Chief Engineer Conant indicate that little good can be accomplished by this expenditure. Wells, reservoirs, conduit, air compressors, and pumping engine are all dependent upon each other and the amount is insufficient to renew the plant. What we need now is a complete plant in which part of the old plant can be used. I, therefore, suggest, for your consideration, that the item of $70,000.00 be applied to the reduction of the demand loans of the city on which we are now paying 6 per cent, interest. It is estimated by the chief engineer that the cost of the new machinery, and improvements suggested, will be from $250,000.00 to $300,000.00. I am of the opinion that the smaller amount will be sufficient. If in your judgment it is advisable to undertake the rehabilitation of the plant, I ________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________61 would then request that you consider means for providing the necessary funds. Apparently the quicker way to provide the money is by the sale of bonds. I would only sanction the issuance of additional bonds in an emergency but the conditions now appear to justify this measure. In considering this question you should bear in mini! the present indebtedness of the city and the recent changes in same. On January 1, 1913, the total floating debt of the city was _________$ 484,000 On January 1, 1916___________________ 483,400 On April 30, 1916_________________... 397,559 Outstanding bonds: On January 1, 1913__________________$2,619,500 On January 1, 1914__________________ 2,600,500 On January 1, 1915__________________ 3,159,500 On January 1, 1916__________________ 3,321,000 On April 30, 1916____________________ 3,700,250 Bonds have been redeemed and destroyed as follows: During the year 1913___________________$ 3,500 During the year 1914___________________(None) During the year 1915__________________ 25,500 During the year 1916__________________ 74,000 which includes the balance in the sinking fund account. Good business practice would dictate that the floating debt of the city, which is now in the shape of demand loans, on which 6 per cent, interest is charged, should be paid off as rapidly as possible. 62 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT One million dollars of the present bonded indebtedness of the city has been incurred for the construction of a sewerage and drainage system for the city. The wisdom of this expenditure has already been demonstrated by the improved health conditions of the city. "With this information concerning the city water supply and the present equipment of machinery for delivering the water to our citizens and taking into consideration also the financial condition of the city, I ask you to take such steps as will best protect the interest of our people. I suggest that so far as possible each one of you ascertain the wishes of the taxpayers in regard to issuing bonds for making these improvements. Based on the assessed valuation of the year 1915, we have now a margin for the issuance of bonds to the face value of $486,000. In conclusion, I call your attention to the fact that during the twenty-four years that the Gwinnett station has been operated, it has shown a balance each year above the cost of operation and maintenance, and that this balance, which in recent years has been from $60,000 to $70,000, has been turned into the general fund of the city. I suggest that if bonds are issued for the rehabilitation of the plant that the profits from the operation of the new plant be used for retiring the bonds. Respectfully, W. J. PIERPONT. Mavor. ACT OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE RELATING TO THE CITY OF SAVANNAH ENACTED 1916 SAVANNAH CITY RECREATION COMMISSION NO. 577 An Act to Create and Organize a Recreation Commission for the City of Savannah; to Define Its Powers and Jurisdiction; to Provide for the Appointment and Selection of Its Members; Their Powers and Duties; to Define the Duties and Qualifications of the Superintendent of Recreation and Other Employees; to Provide for Their Manner of Selection by Civil Service Examination; to Empower Said Commission to Receive and Invest Moneys to Be Used by It; to Have Police Authority, and for Other Purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia: Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act a board of commissioners in the City of Savannah is hereby created, known as the Recreation Commission. Sec. 2. The members of the recreation commission shall be twelve in number, appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the council. The members of said commission shall serve without compensation and shall hold office for three years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided, however, that four members of said commission shall be appointed for a term expiring January 1, 1917; four members for a term expiring January 1, 1918, and four members for a term expiring January 1, 1919. Their successors shall be appointed for three years. If any vacancy occur, the Mayor shall fill the same for an unexpired term, subject to confirmation by a majority of the council. Mayor and council may, at their 66___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ option reduce the number of commissioners by failing to fill vacancies or to make appointments when terms expire, providing the number of the commissioners is never reduced below six. This commission is to supersede the present playground commission of the City of Savannah, created and acting under an ordinance of May 10, 1916. See. 3. The members of the recreation commission shall organize by electing one of the members chairman, and one vice-chairman; each of whom shall hold office for one year and until his successor is elected, unless his membership on the commission sooner expires. The commissioners shall meet at an office to be provided by council and shall hold regular meetings at least once in each month. The commissioners shall appoint a secretary, who shall keep a record of all their proceedings, specifying therein the names of the commissioners present at all meetings, giving the ayes and nays upon all votes, and shall also keep a full account of all property, moneys, receipts and expenditures of the said department. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the recreation commission to manage, direct and care for the municipal playgrounds established in the City of Savannah, and which shall be established, to extend and modify this system as in their judgment seems proper, to devise and carry out a complete recreation policy that shall include outdoor and indoor recreation conditions, needs and facilities of the city and to co-operate with educational and other agencies furnishing recreation. See. 5. The commission shall have the power to expend for the purpose enumerated above, all sums of money appropriated and turned over to them by council for such purposes, and shall have the entire charge and control of the expenditure of money so appropriated. Council shall appropriate annually funds sufficient for the management MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT and operation of said department, and from time to time such additional funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Council shall make special appropriation to provide for the management of said department for the period between the passage of this Act and the day in January of the following year, when its annual appropriation shall be made. The money appropriated shall be drawn from the city treasury on warrant of said recreation commission and shall be paid out from time to time for the expense of the department of recreation. The commission shall apportion the amount so appropriated among the items of its budget, shall fix the salaries of all employees, including the superintendent of recreation. Sec. 6. The executive officer of the department of recreation shall be a superintendent of recreation, whose duty it shall be to superintend the municipal playground system already established and which may be established, and such other recreational activities as may be introduced. There shall be such other employees, play directors, and custodians as are necessary for the proper conduct of an adequate recreation system. Sec. 7. The superintendent shall be selected in the following manner: The commissioners shall appoint a board of five examiners, chosen because of recognized training and experience in educational and recreational work, whose duty it shall be to examine applicants for the position of superintendent of recreation. Recreation commissioners are not disqualified from serving on this board of examiners. The examination must be both oral and written, and must cover a statement of educational preparation, previous teaching, and recreational experience; theory and practice of games, athletics, gymnastics, folk dancing and music; command of English; character, personality, natural fitness, including moral, mental and physical qualifications. Said examination shall be advertised in the local papers and in at least two educational or recreational publications, at least 68 MAYOR'S ANXUAL REPORT thirty days in advance of the holding of said examination. The recreation commissioners shall elect the superintendent recommended by said board of examiners. Other employees of the recreation commission shall, before appointment, pass a competitive examination before a board of three examiners appointed by said commission, one of whom shall be the superintendent of recreation, said examination to cover educational preparation, playground theory and practice, and personal fitness, or to be arranged at the discretion of the superintendent along lines that will show fitness for a special position. Said employees shall be appointed on recommendation of the board of examiners. Wherever possible appointments shall be for one year and employees shall be reappointed annually on recommendation of the superintendent, provided, this does not prevent special appointments which may be found necessary or desirable in conducting special activities or classes for a limited time. If no person passes the examination and becomes eligible for appointment, the board of examiners shall certify that fact to the commission, and may in its discretion certify to the commission the name and address of a person for temporary appointment, with or without examination; and the commission shall forthwith appoint said person from day to day, not to exceed sixty days, pending examination. The board of examiners shall proceed to hold an' examination, whenever such temporary appointment is made. If, after examination is held, no eligible list results, the commission may then authorize the continuance of said temporary appointment but not otherwise. The same method shall be applied in filling vacancies as is provided above for filling temporary appointments when no eligible list results from an examination. The markings and examination papers of each candidate shall be open to his own inspection, and the markings and examination papers of all persons upon any list of eligibles shall be open to public inspection within ten days after an eligible list has been prepared. _________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________69 Sec. 8. For each position the commission shall prescribe a standard maximum and minimum salary or rate of pay. The commission shall by rule prescribe the minimum period of service in the grade required before a salary may be advanced or increased and a minimum standard of efficiency requisite for such salary advancement or increase. The lowest salary or rate of pay appropriated to any position shall constitute the grade pay, and no person in such grade shall receive pay in excess of the grade pay, unless he is certified by the commission as having served the period required by said rule with an efficiency rating given by the commission equivalent to the minimum standard of efficiency required thereby. No person shall be paid an amount greater than the maximum salary or rate of pay prescribed for the grade in which he is classified and graded. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the commission from changing the pay of all positions in an entire grade. In allowing salary advancement or increases, preference shall be given in all cases in the order of highest efficiency and relative to seniority as shown by the records of the commission. Where there are no records of efficiency, covering a period of continuous service for six months or more, a minimum standard of efficiency shall be presumed. The commission shall by rule prescribe standards of efficiency for each grade of the service and for tests therefor and shall make and keep a record of relative efficiency for each person in the classified and graded service. They shall provide by rule methods for ascertaining and verifying the facts from which such records of relative efficiency shall be made, which shall be uniform for each grade. The commission shall hold promotion examinations for each superior grade. A person who has served less than one year in a lower grade shall not be eligible for a promotion examination. If after such examination is held all applicants fail to attain a general average of not less than the minimum standing fixed by the rules of the commission, the 70___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ commission shall forthwith hold an original entrance examination and may at any time within six months appoint from the eligible list resulting therefrom. All examinations shall be practical in their character and shall consist only of subjects which will fairly determine the relative capacity of the persons examined to perform the duties of the position to which appointment is to be made and must include examinations of physical fitness. Sec. 9. The recreation commissioners shall have the right, upon the recommendation of the superintendent, to dismiss any employee for incompeteney or neglect in the discharge of duty or on charges involving moral turpitude. Thirty days' notice must be given before any dismissal takes effect. The commissioners shall have the right to dismiss the superintendent for incompeteney or neglect in the discharge of duty or on charges involving moral turpitude. Said superintendent shall have a right to a hearing before the commission on the charges preferred and shall be entitled to thirty days' notice before said dismissal takes effect. See. 10. The recreation commissioners shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the government of the department of recreation and fix and enforce the penalties for all their violations. Sec. 11. The recreation commissioners shall have charge, superintendence and control, under such ordinance as may from time to time be adopted by the council, of the design, construction, maintenance and use of all buildings and other improvements upon play grounds. Sec. 12. The recreation commissioners may, for and on behalf of the City of Savannah, receive donations, legacies, or bequests for the improvement or maintenance of said recreation system or for the acquisition of new playgrounds and other recreation property; and all moneys that may be derived from such donations, legacies or bequests shall, un- ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________71 less otherwise provided by the terms thereof, be deposited in the treasury of the City of Savannah to the credit of the recreation, fund. The same may be drawn therefrom and paid out only in the manner provided for the payments of moneys legally appropriated for the support and improvement of such recreation system. If the moneys derived from such gifts, bequests or legacies shall at any time exceed in amount the sum necessary for immediate expenditure on said playground, the board may invest all or part of the surplus in interest bearing bonds of the United States or of the State of Georgia or of any county, or municipality thereof. As to all such property the recreation commissioners shall be deemed and considered to be a special trustee thereof for the City of Savannah. See. 13. The recreation commission shall have control of the public playgrounds in the city and of such portions of the parks as may be designated by the park and tree commission, and shall supervise, care and equip playgrounds on property under the control of the park and tree commission, provided nothing in this Act shall be construed to abridge the rights of the park and tree commission. The commission may use for public playground purposes or recreational activities any public school yards, buildings and properties or parts thereof of Chatham county, from time to time, and for such periods as may be permitted by the superintendent of public schools. Sec. 14. The superintendent of recreation and playground directors, while on duty and for the purpose of preserving order and the observance of the rules, regulations, and by-laws of the commission, shall have all the powers and authority of police officers, and it shall be incumbent upon them to preserve order on the playgrounds and in recreation centers at all times. Any person or persons who shall violate any of the rules of the commission shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of disorderly conduct. 72___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ See. 15. The recreation commission shall annually make a report of its proceedings during the preceding year to the Mayor and council, with such recommendations of the development of playgrounds and recreation facilities, including additions thereto, as it may deem advisable. See. 16. The recreation commissioners, the superintendent of recreation and all other officers and employees of the department shall have such further powers and perform such other duties as may be granted or imposed by ordinance. Sec. 17. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 18. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved August 19, 1916. Acts of 1916, page 957. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 JAMES FURSE COMPTROLLER REPORT OF COMPTROLLER. HON. WALLACE J. PIEEPONT, Mayor, Savannah, Ga,, January 1,1917. City of Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I herewith submit the report of the Accounting Department of the City for the year ended December 31, 1916. The financial condition of the City in condensed form is, as follows;___ FINANCIAL CONDITION A QQTTfPG Current Assets _ _ _ . _ ___.. Special Fund for Purchase of Books, Etc., Savannah Public Library _____ __ - __________ . Deferred Assets ________ _ ___ __ _ Capital Account Cash _ ________ . Land, Buildings, Permanent Improvements and Equipment _ _______ _______ . Total _______ . _ . __ . Years Ended 1916 $ 303,626.67 "5744 31 336,030.09 11,763,444.21 $12,408,845.28 December 31 1915 $ 255,610.91 3,833.37 12,156.71 147,667.00 11,166,266.77 $11,585,534.76 Increase $ 48,015.76 188,363.09 W717744 $823,310.52 $ 3,833.37 6,412.40 FINANCIAL CONDITIONContinued LIABILITIES Current Liabilities ___ ..... _____________ . Trust Funds for Perpetual Care of Lots ________ . Deferred Liabilities ___________________ . Reserve for Purchase of Books, Etc., Savannah Public Library ___ __ ___ ________ . Funded Debt, Less Sinking Fund ____________ . Total Liabilities _______ _____________ . Excess of Assets Over Liabilities ___________ Total..... __ Years Ended 101C S 356,485.14 56,845.31 3,670,500.00 ? 4,092,830.45 8,310,014.83 12,408,845.28 December 31 1915 $ 421,942.25 8,000.00 53,458.10 3,833.3? 3,321,000.00 $ 3,808,233.72 7,777,301.04 $11,585,534.70 $ 3,387.21 358,500.00 $284,596.73 538,713.79 $823,310.52 $65,457.11 8,000.00 3,883.37 The increases and decreases above are shown in detail on the General Balance Sheet Statement, Exhibit A. Tlie Cash Receipts and Disbursements lor the year are shown in the following condensed statement, For detail of Cash Keccipts, see Schedule 1. o V. w > 2: 1 CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBUESEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1916. Balance January 1, 1916 ___ _________ Receipts dnringr the year: Current Fund Receipts (Schcd. No. 1). Procceds from sale of $400,000 Drainage Bonds dated March 1, 1916 ______ Interest on Deposits.. ____ .. _ _. Cemetery Trust Funds __ __________ Sinking Fund ____ _ _ Total Receipts ____________ Current Funds 1 $ 8,993.95 1,472,000.14 $1,472,000.14 ~ R $3,833.37 Drainage 1 Bond Funds 416,451.00 10,988.46 $427,439.46 g 3 1 - .-O13 a c c 303 $147,667.00 6,177.25 6,177.25 *O 00 C c 3 g*-1 "(3 2! H V O DISTRIBUTION OF PAY ROLLSContinued. OPERATING EXPENSES (Pay Rolls Only) Park and Tree Commission: Baffin Park __ ________ ________ . Other Parks and .Squares ____ __ _ __ .... Bonaventure Cemetery _____ _____ __ __ Laurel Grove Cemetery ______ _ _ ~ ___ . Tree Planting __ _______ ____ _ . _ . Miscellaneous1 Items __ . _______ __. . ... Total Operating Expenses ____ ___. ____ . Outlays: Opening and Grading New Streets ___ ___________ Placing Street Signs _ __ __ ___ __ _. _.. Extensions Water Mains _ _ _ _. ____ _. Miscellaneous Items _________________ . Total Outlays ___ __ _ _____ . Construction in Progress: Paving Streets _ ____ _______ ____ . Repairing and Constructing Sidewalks _ _ __ . Storm and Sanitary Drainage _ __ __ .. Savannah and Ogecchee Canal _______ ____ . Miscellaneous Items ___ ________ ____ . Total Construction in Progress ________ . Total Pay Rolls ____ _ ___________ , Years Ended 1916 843.53 11,266.80 5,867.93 5,484.25 737.00 900.00 $ 627,816.87 5,574.28 177.50 4,714.30 100.00 $ 10,566.08 $ 15,100.30 7,845.77 24,047.96 210.12 891.29 $ 48,095.44 $ 686,478.39 December 31 1915 139.65 10,672.93 5,224.63 5,639.89 767.90 16.00 $ 597,550.11 $ 4,809.87 2,474.4.3 686.62 $ 7,970.92 $ 22,739.33 6,146.75 24,125.62 24,312.85 301.00 $ 77,625.55 $ 683,146.58 703.88 593,87 643.30 884.00 $30,266.76 764.41 177.50 2,239.87 $ 2,595.16 1,699.02 590.29 5 3,331.81 Decrease 155.64 30.90 $ 586.62 $ 7,639.03 77.66 24,102.73 $29,530.11 O w H TJ O -3 The General Balance. Sheet of tho City as of December HI, 1010, compared with the previous yenr, may be subdivided under the captions: Capital Account Balance Sheet, Sinking .Fund Balance Sheet, Trust Fund Mahmeo Sheet, Current Account Balance Sheet, as follows: CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE SHEET. ASSETS Cash __________ . ___ ... __ .. __ . ____ . Due from Current Funds ____ __________ .. Land, Buildings, Permanent Improvements and Equipment __ . ____ . . ___ . ___ _ . Total __ . ___ . ________ . LIABILITIES Notes Payable Time ______________ .... Due to Current Rinds __________________ . Funded Debt _______________ .. __ . __ . Total Liabilities __ .. _________________ . Excess of Assets over Liabilities ____________ , Total. ____ .. _________ . Years Ended 101G s? 330,030.09 11,707,757.83 $12,103,787.92 .$ 4,313.62 3,712,500.00 $ 3,716,813.62 8,386,974.30 $12,103,787.92 December 31 1915 ~ $ 147,707.00 2,103.19 11,169,493.44 $11,319,423.63 $ '28,505.29 5,032.05 3,389,100.00 $ 3,422,637.34 7,896,786.29 $11,319,423.63 Increase $188,263.09 598,264,39 $784,364.29 323,400.00 $294,176.28 490,188.01 $784,364.29 Decrease $ 2,163.19 $28,505.29 718.43 I 13 O "All time loans have now been paid. The notes payable now outstanding arc current account demand loans in favor of banks. SINKING FUND BALANCE SHEET. ASSETS Cash on Deposit for Redemption of Bonds Maturing in 1943 _______ . ___ . _____ .. Cash on Deposit for Redemption of Bonds Maturing in 1959 __ __ __-. Total __. LIABILITIES AND RESERVES Sinking Fund Reserve __ __ __ _____ __ . The Sinking Fund Account for the year is as follows: Cash on Deposit December 31, 1915 __________ . Sinking Fund provided during 1916 ___________ Total. Par Value of Bonds Redeemed during 1916 ______ . Cash on Deposit December 31, 1916, as above ___ . Years Ended December 31 1916 1915 * 33,000.00 $ 33,000.00 5 33,000.00 For Redempl Matur 1959 5 67,000.00 31,000.00 $ 98,000.00 65,000.00 5 33,000.00 $ 1,000.00 67,000.00 $ 68,000.00 $ 68,000.00 ion of Bonds ing in 1943 $ 1,000.00 1,500.00 $ 2,500.00 2,500.00 Increase Decrease $ 1,000.00 34,000.00 $35,000.00 $35,000.00 K) i CO > 25 Z ej ASSETS TRUST FUND Cash on Deposit for Perpetual On re of Lots in Bonnvi-nlmv Cemetery __ ._ Cash on Deposit 1'or Perpetual ( Laurel (irove Cemetery... . Due from Current Funds Totnl ____ LIABILITIES AND RF Bonnvontnro Cemetery Perpetuity Laurel (Jrovo Cemetery Perpetuity Total lare, of Lots in BALANCE SHEET. '. Years Ended inn; f _.. ? i!>,r>i,",.i2 4,275.00 s > S 23.788.12 SERVES Fund Appount __ J $ 19,51,112 Fund Account _ i '1.275.00 .' S 23,788.42 1 Decionibor 31 1915 9 8,fif,3.12 2,725.00 8,000.00 .? 19,388.12 ? lB,f.fi3.12 2,725.00 ? 19,388.12 Tnerenso $10,850.00 1,550.00 $ 4,400.00 $ 2,850.00 1,550.00 $ 4,400.00 Doprensn ; > < o td 1 $8,000.00 i > ............ $ * to . , ^a ............ ;0 .. .. .... 3 ST1)P nmonnt due from ourrpnt funds as of Dcccmbpr 31, 1915?8,000.00, was pnid during tho yonr. The Trnst Fund Account 1ms now boon completely restored. CURRENT ACCOUNT A CCTJTC Current Assets __________ ___ _ _. Due Jrom Capital Funds __________ - __ - _ Special Fund for Purchase of Books, Etc., Savannah Public Library _ __ _ _- _ __ _ . Deferred Assets _ - _ _ _ __ _ _._ . Total Assets __ _ ___ __ __ _ __ . Deficit of Assets over Liabilities.. . __ __ -_ . Total ____ _____.___ __ LIABILITIES Current Liabilities .. . __ . ____________ ._ . Due to Capital Funds ___ __ __ . __ _ _ Trust Funds for Perpetual Care of Lots Reserve for Purchase of Books, Etc., Savannah Public Library .. ____________ . __ . Deferred Liabilities ___ ________ ___ ~ _ . Total ____ ___________ . BALANCE Years Ended 1916 $ 299,313.05 4,313.62 5,744.31 ? 309,370.98 103,959.47 5 413,330.45 $ 356,485.14 56,845.31 !? 413,330.45 SHEET. December 31 1915 $ 252,384.24 5,032.05 3,833.37 12,156.71 $ 273,406.37 187,485.25 $ 460,891.62 $ 393,436.96 2,163.19 8,000.00 3,833.37 53,458.10 $ 460,891.62 $46,928.81 $35,964.61 $ 3,387.21 $ 718.43 3,833.37 6,412.40 $83,525.78 $47,561.17 $36,951.82 2,163.19 8,000.00 3,833.37 $47,561.17 3 > O V to > 7, 2 ej >hH REPO . V H 00Cn THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES OF THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES EXCLUSIVE OF ADDITIONS TO PROPERTY CHARGED INCOME, ABK, AS J.\).1J,OWS: . Water Works Department: Revenues _____________________ . Expenses , . .. _ . Not Revenue ______ ______________ . City Market: Revenues _______________________ . IRvnoti^AQ Net Revenue _____________________ . Municipal Court: Revenues _. ____________________ ___. "RvnOTWf**! Not Loss ___ _ -__ ___ . __ . Bonaventure Cemetery: "R/vvotin^Q Expenses _________ . ____ _ ____ _ . Net Loss. __._-__-._._.. . . Laurel Grove Cemetery: T?^\Tf*Tl 1 1 ft t Expenses __ __ - ___ _ . . Net Loss. ______________ __ . Years Ktuled 1916 $ 157,720.54 71,124.10 ? 86,590.44 ? 19,718.94 7,413.44 12,305.50 $ 0,126.24 018,626.07 $ 12,500.43 $ 6,671.32 8,245.94 $ 1,574.62 $ 1,503.75 6,525.02 $ 5,021.27 December 31 1915 S 148,334.03 978,090.48 $ 70,244.14 $ 19,944.56 7,482.28 $ 12,462.28 $ 6,338.56 7,055.74 $ 717.18 $ 1,635.00 6,659.09- $ 5,024.09 Tnereaso $ 9,385.91 $16,352.30 $ 6,126.24 18,626.67 $12,500.43 $ 332.76 1,190.20 $ 857.44 $6,966.3!) $ 225.62 08.84 156.78 $ 131.25 134.07 $ 2.82 'Includes extraordinary expenditures of $8,937.22. (Includes $2,699.70 for remodeling quarters at Court House. The Operating Expenses of the several departments for the year exceeded the estimated budget authorizations thereof by 4,756,49, as follows: General Government, including Pensions __ ... _____ Police Department ___ - _ _ _ _____ Fire Department __ - Health Department __ __ .__ ____ _ _________ Bacteriological Laboratory __ Departments under Supervision of Chief Engineer ____ Charities ____ ___ _ _______ Industrial Farm. _ ____ _ ___ _ Publicity or Advertising.. __ __ __ _ __ Libraries ____________ - __ _ _ ______ Playgrounds __ ____ _ ____ _ ___ . Park and Tree Commission _____ _____________ Water Works Department _ _ ___ _ ______ __ City Market ___ . ____ ______ _ Total ._____________________. Actual Expenses $ 107,499.22 161,652.29 123,780.47 32,869.43 8,244.43 259,050.20 35,025.04 3,600.00 2,277.35 11,200.00 15,528.47 33,178.61 71,124.10 7,413.44 ? 872,443.05 Budget Authorizations $ 106,564.50 i fin 7crn ftA 127,000.00 33,189.00 7,692.00 255,044.40 33,346.66 3,600.00 7,500.00 11,200.00 13,300.00 33,000.00 67,500.00 8,000.00 $ 867,686.56 Overdraft $ 934,72 Qfi79 823.80 71,124.10 7,413.44 35,025.04 3,600,00 11,200.00 15,528.47 2,277.35 2,499.97 14,907.74 8,245.94 0,525.02 999.94 ? 872,433.05 December 31 _.. .^_. $ 84,175.42 158,337.04 125,407.17 32,410.31 7,900.03 150,413.15 2,124.89 93,729.85 3,405.13 52.80 78.OflO.49 7,482.28 32,935.33 3,000.00 11,200.00 11,094.01 7,720.94 500.00 14,143.18 7,055.74 6,659.09 999.95 299.98 $ 840,403.38 Increase $23,323.80 3,315.25 459.12 338.40 7,899.38 993.03 771.00 2,089.71 3,833.86 1,999.97 764.56 1,190.20 $32,039.67 Decrease fl,fi2fi~70 388.46 10.57 6,966.39 68.84 6,443.59 134.07 .01 299.98 88 MAYOR'S ANNTTAL REPORT The operating expenses general government for 1916 included the following items for which there were no corresponding expenses in 1915: Municipal Court .....___-____-..--..._-.... $18,626.67 Freight Traffic Bureau___________1_______ 4,057.35 Payment to Employees enlisted in the Army _ 2,022.28 Q w Total___....._.__.... $24,706.30 The operating expensesLibrarieswere as follows for 1916: Public Library, Colored_____________...... $ 1,200.00 Public Library, White______-____...___-__.. 5,204.41 |. Savannah Public Library________.._._.__.___._$7,620.31 o Less provided by charge to operating expenses in 1915_ 2,824.72 4,795.59 Total___...-.____- $11,200.00 Tho Assots shown on Exhibit A, classified as land, buildings, permanent improvements and equipmentremunerative and realizableconsist of the following: WATER WORKS Lands __________________________________ $ 31,404.00 Buildings ________________._______________ 63,125.00 g Wells and Conduits __________________________ 89,342.86 > 0 Machinery and Equipment ________________ 142,842.00 Live Stock and Vehicles _____________.___.___._ 1,050.00 Furniture and Fixtures _______________________ 40.00 $ 807,402.76 MARKET Land ______________.________-_______ 125,000.00 Buildings ____________________________________.___- 150,000.00 275,000.00 BONAVENTURE CEMETERY Land ___________________________________ 159,031.43 Buildings _____________________________ 455.00 Pumping Plant ________________.____ 6,000.00 Equipment ________________________________- 777.23 166,263.66 LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY Land ___________________________________ 4,987.30 Buildings ________________________________ 4,800.00 \ Green House ____________________________ 500.00 g Equipment _______________________________ 364.25 10,651.55 GROUND RENT LOTS ________________________ 72,063.90 WHARF LOTS ' H o Nos. 7, 8 and 9, between Bull and Drayton Streets_______ 64,556.61 $1,395,938.48 The classification of the properties (See Exhibit A) under the head of land, buildings, permanent improvements and equipmentunremunerative and realizableis as follows: Land _-______-___-___-___-________-______-_- $ 442,275.04 Buildings ______________________________________________ 541,292.38 Equipment ________________.___________________________ 284,103.74 " Furniture and Fixtures ________________________________ 51,492.75 Parks and Squares _____________________________ __________ 4,286,000,00 H $5,605,163.91 | Detail statements of the land, buildings and parks and squares are shown in this report, see schedules 2, 3 and 4. Under an ordinance adopted September 16,1914, the city received from the Central of Georgia Railway Company $39,000.00, which was used for the following purposes the expenditures having been completed during 1916: Construction of new bridge over Ogeechee Canal at Louisville Road___$ 5,622.40 Construction of flood gates at northwest corner of canal, Lot No. 4____________ 8,542.28 Diverting water from Musgrove Creek to Ogeechee Canal _________________ 24,835.32 Q V. Total ________________________________:_____________ $39,000.00 > 2! Under agreements based upon the same ordinance, the city reliquished its easement for the drainage ditch known as Musgrove Creek Canal, embodying approximately 75,000 square feet, and received in fee simple the right of way formerly owned by the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal Company. The right of way thus acquired is as follows: Savannah River to City Limits, consisting of approximately 34 acres, valued by Chief Engineer at _________________________________________ $100,000.00 City Limits to Ogeechee River, consisting of appproximately 126 acres, valued by Chief * Engineer at _________________________________________ 6,000.00 Total ________.____________._______ $106,000.00 The following is a summary of the assets classified on Exhibit A, as land, buildings, permanent improvements and equipmentunremnnerntive and unrealizable: New Streets ____________________________________________ $1,077,925.95 Storm Water Sewers ______________________________________ 670,600,00 House Drainage Sewers ____________________________________ 260,000.00 Storm Water and House Drainage Sewers_ 603,267.51 Bridges ______________________________________________ 11,001.94 Pavements ______________________________________- .1,372,450,57 Sidewalks _____________.___-__.__-___._____:______ 381,097.63 Street Landings ________________________________________ 99,075.33 Street Signs _____________________._____________________ 1,698.04 $4,477,117.02 The expenditures during the year from the proceeds ($604,797.00) from sale of $600,000.00 drainage bonds, dated April 15, 1914, amounted to $633,70, making the total expenditures under said issue of bonds $603/267.51, as follows: Expenditures to December 31, 1915, itemized in 1915 annual report___ $602,633.81 Expenditures during 1916 Settlement of damage claims______________________ $ 44.52 Eepaving after Contractors _____________________.._ 403.72 Completion'of work done by the city in reconstruction of sewers 185.46 633.70 Total ______________________________ $603,267.51 - The unexpended balance of $1,529.49 was added to the proceeds from the sale of the second issue of drainage bonds. M *S O During the year a second issue, of drainage bonds ($400,000.00, dated March 1, 1916) were sold, the proceeds being__________ $416,451.00 To which should be added the unexpended balance from the first issue 1,529.49 Making a total of _____________________________ . $417,980.49 The expenditures thereunder have amounted to_. ____________ 222,849.54 w Leaving unexpended, as of December 31. 1916 CASH _____________________________ $199,444.57 Less due to current funds__________________ 4,313.62 $195,130.95 The items of the expenditures are as follows: Registration, election and etc. ____ _ _ _______ $ 1,198.55 Printing, signing and validating bonds _ _____ ____ 1,004.95 Advertising for bids _________________________ 170.40 Salaries, supervision ___ _ ____________________ 350.00 Salaries, clerical _______ ___ __________________ 1,418.36 o Engineering service _________________________ 633,63 Salaries, inspection ____________________ 12,894.66 Printing and stationery__________ 94.75 Telephone and telegraph_______________________ 27.90 Office supplies and expenses_________________ 96.67 > Automobile for inspector_________________ 500.00 o Operation and maintenance of automobile-________ 111.84 Eights of way___________________________ 1,595.86 Testing sewer pipes, etc._____________________ 262.84 Drainage work done by the city (not under contract)_____ 16,031.55 Payments to Contractors Beasley Contracting Co._______-_______ $ 8,685.21 Gadsen Cont. Co. & Guild Co.____________._ 98,647.55 Obenshain Bros. Eng. & Con. Co.____________ 79,124.82 186,457,58 Total _________________________ $222,849.54 Contracts were made during the year covering the construction of the Auditorium and the work is now under way. The expenditures under the bonds issued for that purpose ($200,000.00, dated October 15, 1914, sold for $203,274.40) were stated in the 1915 annual report as $57,412.78. Additional expenditures during 1916 o $9,276.10 make the total to December 31,1916, $66,688.88, as follows: Printing, signing and validating bonds___________________ $ 495.00 Law expenses ______________________ 219.90 Printing and stationery _________________ 13.50 . Advertising for bids ______________________________ 98.90 | Acquirement of site______________________________ 54,579.31 Payments to Architect and Contractors Hcnrik Wallin, Architect_______________________ $4,861.76 nj Wise Granite & Construction Co., General Contractors _____ 6,420.51 11,282.27 Total _________________________________________ $66,688.88 The unexpended balance, as of December 31, 1916, of the proceeds from sale of the Auditorium bonds is $136,585.52. The expenditures upon the construction of the Savannah Public Library to December 31, 1916, amounted to $103,346.63, as follows: Cost of site _______________________-_________ $ 15,192.53 Terracing grounds, etc._____________________________ 728.31 Traveling expenses _ 3.50 Prizes for inscription ____________________________ 25.00 Fire insurance premium 37.10 Payments to Architect and Contractors: General contract _________ $71,108.68 Book stock equipment _________________-_______ 5,209.75 Lighting fixtures and fans___________________ 2,557.50 Furniture_______________________________ 3,500.00 Architect fees ____________________________ 4,984.26 87,360.19 Total _______________________________ $103,346.63 Less donated by the Carnegie Corporation_____ 75,000.00 Cost to the city _________________________________ $ 28,346.63 There remains a balance of $695.15 due the Library Bureau for furniture which, when approved by the architect and paid, will increase the cost to the city to $29,041.78. The property within the City of Savannnh, assessed for the purpose of taxation, as shown on the books, as of December 31, 1916, is as follows: Real Estate ____________________________________________ $40,957,901.00 Personal Property _____________________________ 17,960,051.00 Franchise Assessments of Public Service Corporations ___ 1,308,300.00 Total ____-_______.___._________.________________________ $60,226,252.00 The bonded indebtedness of the city is limited to 1% thereof or to________$4,215,800.00 The actual funded debt (outstanding bonds less sinking fund), as of December 31, g 1916, is __________ 3,679,500.00 The funded debt of the city is accordingly within the constitution limit by______$ 536,300.00 Included in Operating Expenses, under the head of Charities, the donations during the year for the purpose of payment of taxes, etc., are as follows: Asbury Memorial M. E. Church____Sidewalk and Curbing, 1916_______$ 99.49 Female Orphan Benevolent Society.Curbing, 33d Street (St. Mary's Home)- 91.70 First Tabernacle Baptist Church____-Beal Estate Taxes, 1915_________ 27.41 Georgia Historical Society_____Sidewalk -. ___________ 179.84 Georgia Infirmary _________________Sidewalk and Beal Estate Taxes, 1914 279.27 Jewish Educational Alliance______-Heal Estate Taxes, 1915_________ 125.10 Julia McLeod Chapter of King's Daughters..Sidewalk, 1916, Montgomery Street__ 37.10 Oglethorpe Sanitarium ____________Taxes, 4th Quarter, 1913_________ 88.92 Orphans' Home, Protestant Episcopal ChurchReal Estate Taxes, 1915_________ 340.55 Park View Sanitarium____________-Taxes, 1913, 1914 and 1915_______ 773.45 Salvation Army _________________.Real Estate Taxes, '15; Water Rent, '16 101.90 Savannah Port Society_______-____Taxes, 1914 and 1915; Water Rent, 1915 104.35 Second Baptist Church_______________Paving Dnffy Street, 191G__ 75.94 South Side Baptist Church_____________Real Estate Taxes, .1915_ 66.33 Telfair Hospital __________________Paving Duffy Street, 1916___.__ 214.52 Union Society ____________________Real Estate Taxes, 1915__ 1,788.54 Total ____________________$4,394.41 The budget for 1917, adopted December 29, 1916, was planned by City Council very carefully, every effort having been made not to tinderestimate necessary expenditures and not to overestimate probable revenues. With all departments striving under directions of the Mayor to operate economically, it is confidently anticipated, notwithstanding the increased cost of supplies, that the result of the operations for 1917 will again show a surplus and a consequent further reduction in the outstanding notes payable. This department has endeavored to give the accounts, revenues and expenditures of the City that careful attention expected by private corporations and which an interested public demands of the accounting department of modern municipal corporations. The exhibits and schedules following are: EXHIBIT A.General Balance Sheet. o Schedule 1.Cash ReceiptsCurrent Account. t? w " 2.Land, Unremunerative and Realizable. " 3.Buildings, Unremunerative and Realizable. ': " 4.Parks & Squares, Unremunerative and Realizable. EXHIBIT B.Income Statement. Schedule 5.Revenues. : " 6.Operating Expenses. Respectfully submitted, JAMES FURSE, Comptroller. EXHIBIT A. General Balance Sheet. ASSETS Current Assets: Cash on Deposit nnd with Treasurer.. __ Accounts Receivable: Not Considered Delinquent ______ _ ---. Delinquent and Executions Issued. . Revenues Receivable: Not Considered Delinquent . . Delinquent and Executions Issued ___ - __ Less Reserves for Discounts and Abatements . Materials and Supplies __ . ___ - __ _.__ . Total Current Assets ____ . ___ . ___ . December 31 191G $ 3,852.69 4,122.41 31,257.63 252,006.41 20,993.66 273,000.07 32,985.34 240,014.73 20,065.59 $ 299,313.05 1915 $ 8,993.95 12,198.63 19,882.96 200,503.28 26,260.85 226,764.13 33,550.00 193,214.13 21,321.24 $ 255,610.91 Increase $ 11,374.67 51,503.13 46,235.94 46,800.60 $ 43,702.14 Decrease $ 5,141.26 8,076.22 5,267.19 564.66 1,255.65 EXHIBIT AContinued. ASSETS Cash Special Account, Savannah Public Library. _ . Deferred Assets: Unexpired Insurance Premiums _ .. Unexpircd Surety Bond Premiums ___ . Working Funds Clerk of Council and Librarian . Expenditures for Sidewalks in Suspense . Expenditures for Street Pavements in Suspense. Expenses in Suspense Municipal Court ____ . Expenses in Suspense Badges __ . Total Deferred Assets.. __ _____ .. Capital Account Cash: Proceeds from Sale of Bonds of Oct. 15, 1914-Balanct Proceeds from sale of Bonds of Mch. 1, 1916-Balanc< Total Capital Account Cash ________ .... December 31 1916 1,105.20 39.89 140.00 270.00 3,744.72 354.50 5 5,744.31 $ 136,585.52 199,444.57 $ 336,030.09 1915 3,833.37 1,661.94 316.30 90.00 4,096.52 5,379.80 612.15 $ 12,156.71 $ 147,667.00 .? 147.667.00 Increase 50.00 354.50 $199,444.57 $188,363.09 ' Decrease 3,833.37 466.74 276.41 3,8~2~6~52 1,635.08 612.15 $ 6,412.40 $ 11,081.48 o fd CO 25z s EXHIBIT AContinued. ASSETS Land, Buildings, Permanent Improvements and Equipment: Remunerative and Realizable.. .. Unremnncrative and Realizable .- __ Unremuncrativc and Unrealizable. __ .. ____ . Construction in Progress: Storm and Sanitary Drainage -___.__ __ Auditorium _________ _... ____ __ .. Total Land, Buildings, Etc.. _______ . Total.... _____ ..... __ . __ . December 31 1916 $ 1,395,938.48 5,005,163.91 4,477,117.02 222,849.54 66,688.88 511,767,757.83 $12,408,845.28 1915 $ 1,372,599.46 5,332,211.82 3,801,408.90 602,633.81 57,412.78 $11,166,266.77 $11,585,534.76 Increase $ 23,339.02 272,952.09 675,708.12 9,276.10 $601,491.06 $823,310.52 Decrease $379,784.27 CO EXHIBIT AContinued. LIABILITIES Current Liabilities: Notes Payable Demand . . . Notes Payable Time. _ .... . Audited Vouchers Payable __ _________ _ __. Audited Pay Rolls Payable . Unclaimed Wages . Coupons Due and Unpaid _____ ___ __________ Total Current Liabilities ____________ . Reserve Account, Savannah Public Library __ _ Deferred Liabilities: Interest on Notes Payable, Accrued Not Due __ . Interest on Funded Debt, Accrued Not Due ___ ., Savannah and Ogcechee Canal Co.__-___. _ _ _ _____ Total Deferred Liabilities ___________ December 31 1916 ? 324,000.00 19,323.17 5,629.04 524.18 7,008.75 5 356,485.14 56,84511 $ 56,845.31 1915 $ 355,000.00 28,505.29 23,885.15 7,576.88 489.93 6,485.00 $ 421,942.25 3,833.37 967.61 52,148.44 342.05 $ 53,458.10 Increase $ 34.25 523.75 4,696.87 $ 3,387.21 Decrease $31,000.00 28,505.29 4,561.98 1,947.84 $65,457.11 3,833.37 967.61 342.05 O # CD I H s s EXHIBIT AContinued. LIABILITIES Trust Rinds for Perpetual Care ol Lots: Bonn venture Cemetery __ . . Laurel Grove Cemetery . Less Cash Deposited in Special Accounts . . Total Trust Funds _ ___ _ ________ .. Funded Debt Bonds Outstanding: Series of 1888 -Maturing in 1913 __________ . Series of 1909 Maturing in 1959 ___________ . Series of 1913 Maturing in 1943. __________ . Series of April 15, 1014 Maturing Serially- __ _. Series of Oct. 15, 1914 Maturing Serially ____ . Scries of March 1, 191(5 Maturing Serially ____ . Less Sinking Fund and Cash with Treasurer applicable to Redemption of Bonds __ ._... Total Funded Debt _______________ Total Liabilities .... ____ . __ . _____ .. December 31 191fi $ 19,513.12 4,275.00 $ 23,788.12 23,788.12 $ 2,320,000.00 209,000.00 588,000.00 195,500.00 400,000.00 $ 3,712,500.00 33,000.00 $ 3,679,500.00 $ 4,092,830.45 1915 $ 10,603.12 2,725.00 $ 19,388.12 11,388.12 $ 8,000.00 $ 100.00 $ 2,385,000.00 211,500.00 594,500.00 198,000.00 $ 3,389,100.00 68,100.00 $ 3,321,000.00 $ 3,808,233.72 Increase $ 2,850.00 1,550.00 $ 4,400.00 12,400.00 400,000.00 $323,400.00 $358,500.00 $284,596.73 Decrease $ 8,000.00 $ 100.00 65,000.00 2,500.00 6,500.00 2,500.00 $35,100.00 g > Hj O EXHIBIT AContinued. LIABILITIES Surplus of Assets Over Liabilities: Balance, December 31, 1916 _ ____________ . Sinking Fund Reserve. _ -. Additions to Property through Income _____ -. Deficit in Current Account as of Dei1 . 31, 1916 . Total Surplus ___ __ _________ . Total _______ ......._. __ . December 31 1916 $ 7,776,175.53 33,000.00 010,798.77 103,959.47 8,316,014.83 $12,408,845.28 1915 $ 7,777,301.04 $11,585,534.76 Increase $538,713.79 $823,310.52 Decrease O *. tn T) O OASH RIOIIPTSCUEBENT ACCOUNTSCHEDULE NO. 1. Donated by the Mayor.. lieal Estate Taxes . _ __ _ . Less Discount- Personal Property Taxes . Less Discount . Franchise Taxes _ . Less Discount . Specific Taxes ___ __ . . Less Discount ._ . . Years Ended 1916 $ 1,000.00 640,536.33 59,058.58 $ 581,477.75 $ 284,370.81 27,202.94 $ 257,167.87 $ 14,853.38 1,482.78 $ 13,370.00 $ 149,858.67 12,562.85 ? 137,295.82 December 31 1915 535,186.49 48,903.53 $ 480,282.96 $ 242,127.48 22,953.53 219,173.95 $ 12,284.92 1,226.11 ? 11,058.81 $ 141,544.04 11,429.60 $ 130,114.44 Increase $ 1,000.00 105,349.84 10,155.05 $ 95,194.79 $ 42,243.33 4,249.41 $ 37,993.92 $ 2,568.46 256.67 $ 2,311.79 $ 8,314.63 1,133.25 $ 7,181.38 o * w I SCHEDULE NO. 1Continued. Near Beer Licenses _ ._._ __ . _ _. Less Discount . Badges ___ _________ _ _ __________ . Less Discount - __ __ _ _ _ Sink Cleaning Pees _ .. __ . Less Discount ___ ______________ . Rents Meter Water __ _ .. _________ , Loss Discount ___ _____ ______________ . Years Ended December 31 1916 $ 35,200.00 3,520.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ 31,680.00 19,250.50 1,307.05 17,943.45 2,262.50 131.65 2,130.85 22,233.74 1,934.04 8 20,299.70 1915 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 67,062.50 6,615.00 60,447.50 17,052.00 1,038.50 16,013.50 2,269.90 150.40 2,119.50 20,727.17 1,773.83 $ 18,953.34 Increase $ 2,198.50 268.55 $ 1,929.95 $ 11.35 $ 1,506.57 160.21 S 1,346.36 Decrease $31,862.50 3,095.00 $28,767.50 $ 7.40 18.75 o 5S w B *s o 112 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 8 . 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"2 "E "E "S K x <; o o g ^^ ^^ ei_j Ci_j O o o o o o ft . ft Q X* r* O O ce oi es DEMERE WARD North part of Lots 21, 22, 23 and 24 (triangle) __________ 300.00 DANIEL WARD (Springfield) Block from Bolton to Sycamore and from Magnolia to West Boundary _______________________________ 17,500.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT Brown Ward, Lot 73, southwest corner Abercorn and Oglethrope Avenue _________________________________$20,000.00 Cuthbert Ward, east half of Lot 8, south side of Henry Street ___ 2,000.00 Porsyth Ward, Lot 23, east side Barnard Street __________ 3,750.00 Kelly Ward, Lots 1 and 2, southeast corner Gwinnett and Paulsen . Streets ______________________________ 3,000.00 North Oglethorpe Ward, Lot 1, northwest corner Indian and West Solomons Ward, Lots 53 and 54, southeast corner Barnard and 38th Streets _________________________________ 3,500.00 Washington Ward, west half of Lot 37, north side of Broughton Street ____________________._____-_____ 3,750.00 48,000.00 HAYWOOD WARD Lots 29, 30, 31, 5,428.72 square feet________________$ 750.00 Strip of Lot 12, 1,390.28 square feet__________________ 250.00 1,000.00 HEALTH DEPARTMENT Pest House Tract on Timber Landing Creek, 10 acres_ 1,000.00 6 HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT w City Lots (Springfield) in Daniel Ward, adjoining Laurel Grove Cemetery, 1% acres__________________________$ 9,000.00 City Pound Lot, Abercorn and Perry Lane__________ 10,000.00 19,000.00 GARRARD WARD Strip of Lot 11, Block 16, 168.65 square feet________ 54.74 GLATIGNY WARD Strip of Lot 215, 1,147 square feet_____________$ 229.40 Strip of Lot 218, 1,564 square feet_________________ 312.80 542.20 DANIEL WARD Strip of Lot 67, 1 acre___________ MBLDRIM WARD Lot 37, strip of land at Burroughs and 35th Streets MORRISON WARD Southern 2/3 of Lot 51, 2.922 acres_____.__________ NORWOOD WARD ' Lots 61 and 63_______________________$ 1,000.00 Strip of Lot 13, 126 square feet____________.________ 20.00 Strip of Lot 15, 324 square feet____________________ 50.00 Strip of Lot 11, 126 square feet______________ 20.00 Strip of Lot 13, 324 square feet_________________ 50.00 PARK AND TREE DEPARTMENT Forsyth Ward, Lot 24 (Greenhouse)___________________ POLICE DEPARTMENT Police Headquarters Lot, Habersham and Oglethorpe Avenue__ 2,200.00 100.00 7,501.35 1,140.00 3,750.00 25,000.00 d > F g TJ o s> RIGHT OF WAYOGEECITBE CANAL Savannah River to City Limits, approximately 34 acres______) City Limits to Ogeechee River, approximately 126 acres___^ ' g SCIIWARZ WARD q (Millcn Lots) northeast part of Lot 12, 580 square feet .______$ 58.00 South part of Lot 145, 1,060 square feet________________ 106.00 l> South strip of Lot 146, 378.75 square feet_____________ 37.87 South strip of Lot 35, 710 square feet_________________ 71.00 > Strip of Lot 110, 1,770 square feet___________________ 322.14 595.01 H SOLOMONS WARD Strip of Lot J, 215.1 square feet___________________$ 53.78 Strip of Lot T, 144.9 square feet___________________ 36.22 90.00 SOUTHYILLE WARD Lot N, 4,520 square feet___________$ 800.00 Lot C, 42nd Street, 4,050 square feet__________________ 600.00 Lot 21, 2,700 square feet_________________________ 500.00 Triangular Lot D, 408 square feet_______________ 100.00 Triangular Lot 23, 215.6 square feet______-____________ 50.00 East strip of Lot 41, 1,240 square feet___ 250.00 Lot R, 2,295 square feet____________-__________- 450.00 Lot S, 2,295 square feet________________________ 450.00 THOMAS WARD (Savannah Public Library) Lots 33, 34, 35; west part of Lot 36; north part Lots 52, 53 and 54____________________________ TURNER WARD Artesian Well Lot, Gwinnett and Philpot_'_________________ TRIANGULAR LOT A Northwest corner Blue Avenue and Alien Street, containing 2.65 acres (outside city limits)_______________________ TRIANGULAR LOT 99 (Springfield) 4.62 acres (outside city limits) __________________ 3,200.00 15,192.53 300.00 1,590.00 1,386.00 EdT) o POWDER MAGAZINE TRACT 4 1/! miles on Ogeechee Road, 21.6 acres___ 2,160.00 CANAL PROPERTY Strip on west bank Ogeechee Canal, 280x34 _______ 2,000.00 WARING WARD West part of Lot 37, Lot 38, and east part of Lot 39, site for colored library _____________ _ ______ ~ 2,000.00 WILLIAMS WARD Triangle at Louisville Road and Stiles Avenue, 6,125.5 square feet $1,000.00 WRIGHT WARD Strip of Lot 15, 273.24 square feet __________________ 27.32 TRIANGULAR LOT 90 (Springfield) 5.72 acres (outside city limits) __________ 1,716.00 GRAYSON WARD Lot No. 1 strip _________________ .. __________ 1,259.22 sq. ft, Lot No. 3 strip ________________ .. ____________ 1,134.00 " Lot No. 4 strip ________________ . _____ _ _____ 2,250.00 Lot No. 152 _____________________ _ ___________ 949.00 " " " " " Lot No. 151_______________________________ 965.76 sq. ft. Lot No. 150_________________________________ 982.44 " " Lot No. 149________________________________ 999.12 " " Lot No. 148_______________________________ 1,015.92 " " Strip on east side Paulsen Street of above five lots_________ 906.97 " " Lot No. 145.____._____________-____._____._ 472.86 " " Lot No. 144_________________________________ 1,082.64 " " Lot No. 143_________________________________ 1,099.44 " " Lot No. 142___"___________________________ 1,116.12 " " Lot No. 141_________________________________ 1,134.00 " " Strip on east side Paulsen Street of above five lots__ 343.80 " " Lot No. 140_________________________________ 1,150.68 " " Lot No. 139___________1____________________ 1,166.16 " " Lot No. 138_________________________________ 1,182.96 " " Lot No. 137_________________________________ 1,084.00 " " Lot No. 134_________________________________ 746.60 " " Lot No. 133_________________________________ 1,266.48 " " Lot No. 132_________________________________ 1,283.16 " " Lot No. 131__._.._____________________________ 1,299.84 sq. ft. Lot No. 130_________________________________ 1,316.52 " " Lot No. 129__________________________.______ 1,333.20 " " Lot No. 128Matilda Williams retains a life interest in house, % 1,350.00 " " Lot No. 127 on Lots 127 and 128_________.. ______ 1,366.68" " o Lot No. 126_________________________________ 1,070.61 " " Lot No. 123_________________________________ 1,040.95 " " Lot No. 122_______________________._________ 1,450.20 " " Lot No. 121_________________________________ 1,466.88 " " Lot No. 120____________________ -____________ 1,483.56 " " Lot No. 119_________________________________ 1,505.04 " " g Lot No. 118___________________._____________ 1,517.04 " " Lot No. 117_________________________________ 1,533.72 " " 41,325.57 " " 8,000.00 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 135 t CO CO CM a fc R TAXES B. Wriffht W fe c 52; ' h- 1 0> H . ^ o i g 2 ^c d : & *r - c ^ fc e CC pc e PCs ) 1 fh. "S ' bC "c - 1Cc 0 C e 5g fr c fcC 'T: ec D b ^"C -E f _P c c^ a f^ '1C cS 1C cc c 53 C ^ t. c 1 r* ~^> C ec A h; e. CC 07 (T JSc "c 5z EH "o SCHEDULE 3APPRAISED VALUE OF BUILDINGSUNREMUNERATTVE AND REALIZABLE, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1916. GENERAL CITY City Hall _____..__________________________$200,000.00 Powder Magazine ___________________________ 2,300.00 Savannah Public Library ________________________ 88,154.10 $290,454.10 POLICE DEPARTMENT Police Headquarters ____________________________ 40,000.00 Emergency Motorcycle Station, Thomas Park__ 539.60 Emergency Motorcycle Station, Grayson Park____________ 535.00 41,074.60 FIRE DEPARTMENT Engine House No. 1____________________________ 6,000.00 Engine House No. 2____________________________ 10,000.00 Engine House No. 3 (Headquarters)_________________. 15,000.00 Engine House No. 4____________________________ 7,000.00 Engine House No. 5______________________$ 7,000.00 Engine House No. 6___.._________,._ 8,000.00 Engine House No. 7____________ 12,000.00 $ 65,000.00 g HEALTH DEPARTMENT ' Buildings on Pest House Tract: 1 two-story frame dwelling (Smallpox Hospital). 2 one-story frame dentention barracks. 1,800.00 1 one-story frame building for ambulance-__________ . SANITATION DEPARTMENT Incinerator Plant __________ 126,563.68 HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT City Lot Buildings: 1 Office Building __________________________ 1,000.00 1 Main Building (City Stables) __________________ 5,000.00 2 Sheds, west of Main Stable______ ________$ 3,500.00 4 Shops (Carpenter, Paint, Wheelwright and Blacksmith) 2,700.00 1 Storeroom, west of Blacksmith Shop______ 400.00 1 Pipe-Testing Shed ________________________ 400.00 3 Open Sheds ___________________________ 1,200.00 w 1 Garage ________________________________ 300.00 14,500.00 > PARK AND TREE DEPARTMENT Keeper's Residence, Daffin Park______.._____________ 1,200.00 Stables and Work Shop, Gwinnett Street West (not on city's >T) property) ________-______________________ 700.00 1,900.00 Total __________________________________ $541,292.38 SCHEDULE 4APPRAISED VALUE OF PARKS AND SQUARESUNREMUNERATIVE AND REALIZABLE, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1916. NAME. ACRES. PARKS Adams ____________________ 1. Baldwin ______________________________ 1.2 Cann _______1____.________________ 2.18 Dasher _______________________________ .2 Baffin _______________________________ 80.40 Dixon _______________________________ 1.29 Entehnan ________ 1. Emmett ______________________________ 4.75 Forsyth ____________________________ 30. Gaudry __ 1. Grayson _______-________________ 1.75 AMOUNT. $ 7,500.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 6,000.00 250,000.00 40,000.00 20,000.00 200,000.00 1,000,000.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 w ss ej H V O Gnekenheimer ______._________________ 1.2 Kavannugh _____________ 1. Lattimorc ______________ 1. McCanlcy ___________________________ 1.2 Myers __________________________ 1.56 Solomons ______________________ 1.2 Thomas ____________________________ 2. Thcus _______________________________ 1.2 Tiedeman ___________________________ 2.75 Vctsburg ___________ 1. Park at Bull and Estill Avenue_______________ 2. StrandBay, east and wcst____-_______________ 22,500.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 17,500.00 20,000.00 12,500.00 60,000.00 17.500.00 70,000.00 10,000.00 7,500.0 250,000.00 $2,116,000.00 i OT H 1 SQUARESNAME. ACRES. Chatham _____________________________ 1.02 Chippewa ____________ 1.40 Calhoun _____________________.._______ .91 Columbia ____________________________ .55 Crawford _____________________________ .56 Elbert _______________________________ .53 Franklin _____________________________ .50 Greene _____________________________ .50 Johnson _____________________ 1.19 Lafayette ___________________________ .99 Liberty _____________________ .50 Madison ______________________________ 1.07 Monterey ______.._______ .96 AMOUNT. $ 70,000.00 200,000.00 75,000.00 50,000.00 40,000.00 50,000.00 60,000.00 40,000.00 300,000.00 75,000.00 50,000.00 175.000.00 125,000.00 o w ts H O<*lethorpe ___ 1.0."> Orleans ____________________________ .99 Pnlnski ______________________-__.__._ 1.16 Reynolds _________________ .98 Telfair _________________________.__... .98 Troup ______ .55 Warren __________:_ .54 Washington ______ .54 Wells _______________________.____ 1.40 Wripht -_______-___________-_____ .85 Whitfiekl _____________________________ .53 Total ___________________________ 75,000.00 70,000.00 70,000.00 100,000.00 100,000.00 60,000.00 50,000.00 40,000.00 30,000.00 200,000.00 65,000.00 $2,170,000.00 $4,286,000.00 fa IM13 o EXHIBIT B. Income Statement. Total Revenues __ Additions to Income: Ground Bents __ Tn -"Aff^sf" Miscellaneous ._ . Tntnl Total Revenues and Additions to Income . Operating Expenses . Per Cent, of Total Income __ __ Deductions from Income: Sinking Fund Provisions Bonds of 1959 _. Sinking Fund Provisions Bonds of 1943 . Drainage Bonds Matured April 15 ___ ______ . Auditorium Bonds Matured October 15 _____ _. Interest on Funded Debt _ __ . Interest on Notes Payable _ _ _ _ ___ . Premium on Bonds of 1959 Redeemed ___ -. Premium on Bonds of 1943 Redeemed _ ___ . Miscellaneous Deductions _____________ . Total _______ __ _____ __ ____ _ _ ... Per Cent, of Total Income _________ . Years Ended 1916 $1,307,202.59 4,045.96 4,162.09 451.56 $ 8,659.61 $1,315,862.20 872,443.05 66.30 $ 31,000.00 1,500.00 6,500.00 2,500.00 145,993.83 18,836.22 4,587.50 151.75 73.13 $ 211,142.43 16.05 December 31 1915 $1,140,002.47 4,310.74 2,065.50 50.00 $ 6,426.24 $1,146,428.71 840,403.38 73.30 30,000.00 1,000.00 5,500.00 2,000.00 129,201.00 16,334.42 1,260.00 4,526.68 $ 189,822.10 16.56 Increase $167,200.12 2,096.59 401.56 $ 9 9^ 07 $169,433.49 QO MO R7 1,000.00 500,00 1,000.00 500.00 1C 700 aft 2,501.80 3,327.50 151.75 $ 01 WA Q1 Decrease $ 264.78 $ A AXQ KK INCOME STATEMENTContinued. Total Operating Expenses and Deductions from Income Net Operating Income ______ _.____ Per Cent, of Total Income ___________ _ Additions to Property Through Income: Furniture nnd Fixtures General Offices __ ._ furniture nnd Fixtures Municipal Court _ Automobile, City Marshal ___ ____ . Police Department: Emergency Station East Side ______ _ Gamewcll .System Extensions.. __ ._ _ New Live Stock _______________ _ Automobiles _ _____ _____ ___ Motorcycles .... ______ _ ___ . Fire Department: Fire Alarm System Extensions ________ New Live Stock __________________ Automobiles _______ __ .... __ ____ Highway and Sanitation Departments: New Live Stock _______ ._ _______ . Machinery nnd Equipment _____ - __ Automobiles _________________ ___ Water Works Department: Extensions Water Mains _______ _ _ Liquid Chlorine Apparatus ___ ... Automobiles ___________________ Years Knded 191G $1,083,585.48 232,276.72 17.65 5G8.35 863.80 roe flA 1,147.02 1,300.00 1,050.00 1,555.13 550.00 689.20 3,944.00 3,091.39 500.00 19,438.53 600.00 December 31 1915 $1,030,225.48 11G.203.23 10.14 21.50 470.00 520.56 450.00 2,400.00 4U5.00 130.00 1,560.00 2,850.00 1,300.00 945.00 9,957.84 600.00 500.00 Increase $ 53,360.00 116,073.49 546.85 863.80 535.00 617.46 850.00 1,425.13 550.00 1,094.00 1,791.39 9,480.69 Decrease $ 470.00 1,350.00 495.00 870.80 445.00 500.00 2 !> I w H sto INCOME STATEMENTContinued. Bonaventurc Cemetery: Extensions Water Mains Park and Tree Commission: New Live Stock.. Lawn Mowers _ __ New Street Signs Cost of New Streets and Opening and Grading Thereof ___ __ Construction of New Sidewalks on City's Property City's Proportion of Cost of Paving Streets . Paving Roadways in Cemeteries. _ _ __ Improvements to Wharf at Foot W, Broad St. Construction of Savannah Public Library __ .. . Less Paid from Funds provided in previous year Less Donated by Carnegie Corporation. _______ Net Cost to the City During Year.. ___ . __ Paid Georgia Historical Society, Account of Books Transferred to New Library. ____ Land Acquired in Grayson Ward 43,877.10 sq. ft. .___ Land Acquired Southern % of Lot 51 Morrison Ward . ______ ________ . _________ Miscellaneous .Strips of Land ______________________ Total _____________________ Years Ended 1916 $ K(\nnn 500.00 250.00 854.82 31,174.92 650.00 37,185.49 1,000.00 1.575.38 88,154.10 1,008.65 75,000.00-. 12,145.45 2,000.00 7,501.35 1,783.90 $ 132,953.73 December 31 1915 $ ennnA 171.15 38,917.30 1,020.74 32,813.35 7,678.49 $ 103,309.93 JLiavJ. v**3l< $ 500.00 250.00 683.67 4,3~72~1_ 1,000.00 1,575.38 12,145.45 2,000.00 7,501.35 1,783.90 $ 29,643.80 $7,742.38 870.74 7,678.49 . INCOME STATEMENTContinued. CO Ol Less: Sales of Bonaventure Cemetery Lota _ .. Sales of Liiurel Grove Cemetery Lots __ ._ Sales of tiround Rent Lots.. ______ ____ Sale of Part of Lot 70, Daniel Wnrd................ Sales of Other Land and Equipment _ _..__. Inventory Adjustments of Value of Live Stock and Equipment _______________ _ Total Net Additions to Property Through Ineome _____ Per Gent, of Total Ineome ________________ Notes Payable for Outlays Issued Prior to Jannary 28th, 1913 ___________________ Per Cent, of Total Income _____________ Total Deductions Irom Net Operating Income. ____ Net Ineome: Surplus _______________ Deficit ___________________ Per Cent, of Total Income _____________ Years Knded 1916 $ 1,810.75 933.48 731.36 7,500.00 3,050.00 1,037.23 $ 15,062.82 $ 117,890.91 8.96 28,505.29 2.17 $ 146,396.20 $ 85,880.52 6.52 December 31 1915 $ 2,424.80 1,189.52 3,325.13 1,385.09 ? 6,324.54 $ 94,985.39 R9Q $ 54,743.55 4.77 $ 149,728.94 1 $ 33,525.71) 2.92 $ 7,500.00 1,664.91 1,037,23 5 6,738.28 5 22,905.52 $119,406.23 Decrease $ 614.05 256.04 0 <",OQ 77 $26,238.26 $ 3,332.74 CO H h3 O SCHEDULE 5. Revenues. Advalorem Taxes: Eeal Estate Taxes. __ ________ _._ . less Ditount ________ ________ . Personal Property Taxes __________ ___ . Less Discount ________________ . Franchise Taxes ___ _________________ . Less Discount ________ _________ . Total Advalorem Taxes.. ______ ... Per Cent, of Total Revenues ____ _. Years Ended 1916 $ 682,731.00 66,631.72 S filfl AQQOC $ 295,738.41 28,636.87 $ 267,101.54 $ 14,856.50 1,482.78 $ 13,373.72 $ 896,574.54 68.59 December 31 1915 $ 542,808.36 52,630.57 $ AO(\ 1 77 70 $ 245,156.59 23,569.64 $ 221,586.95 $ 12,449.20 1,242.48 $ 11,206.72 $ 799 071 AR 63.42 $139,922.64 14,001.15 $125,921.49 50,581.82 5,067.23 $ 45,514.59 S O A(\7 QA 240.30 $ 2,167.00 $173,603.08 T)fWT*PA n<]ca $ RQf;ft 3^019 109ft $ 339.92 o w H>ti H REVENUESContinued. Mnnieipnl Industries Continued : Bonaventure Cemetery: Burial Fees _ ._ _. __. ___ ___. Care, of Lots ___ ____ _ _____ _.__. Water Rents ____ __ __ ___ _ ... Miscellaneous _ _ __ __ __ __ _. Laurel Grove (Cemetery: Burial Fees ____ - ____ __ ___ ___ __ . Miscellaneous ___ _ __ __._ ________ . Municipal Court: IMiirrififro FOPSI Other Fees and Court Costs _____ __ __ . Total Mnnieipnl Industries _ ____ . Per Cent, of Total Revenues _______ . Miscellaneous Revenues: Chimney Sweeping Fees. ___ . _ _ ______ . Electric Inspection Fees. __ __ _ __ __ . Execution Fees __ ___ ______ ___ , Less Relieved __ _ ___________ . Years Kmled 19Ui $ 657.00 3,499.58 1,029.19 1,485.55 1,449.75 54.00 86.00 6,040.24 $ 191,740.79 14.66 $ 493.70 1,760.50 2,890.00 1,479.00 $ 1,411.00 December 1915 $ 702. 3,292 945 1,337 1,575 60 $ 176,252 15 $ 846 1,494 2,820 1,305 S 1,515 o fa CQ 2! rj "d o EEVENU1SContinued. Miscellaneous Revenues Continued: Gas Motor Inspection Fees __. Harbor Fees _____ _ __ . Jail Fcos _ _ . Pound Fees __ _. . "PI niti h i n f TnT>Pf*t- inn T OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. GENERAL GOVERNMENT Treasurer's Office: Salary of Treasurer _____ __ ____________________ Salaries of Office Clerks ___________________________ Salary and Uniform of Porter ________ Office Expenses and Supplies _____ . Printing and Stationery. _______ ___ Postage, Telephone and Telegraph... _____ _ ... Surety Bond Premiums ____ ___________________ Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements Badges ___ ~ ._ ___ _________________ Commission on Coupons.. _ ____ ________________ Total ___ . _________ _ _____ Years Ended 1916 S 2,300.00 4,340.00 735.75 oy 7t 347.65 346.57 144.12 0 1ft 224.85 61.67 $ 8,602.42 December 31 1915 $ 2,313.43 5,883.28 733.90 78.93 307.65 224.65 144.36 17.67 184.66 57.60 $ 9,946.13 Increase 1.85 13.78 40.00 121.92 40.19 4.07 Decrease $ 13.43 1,543.28 .24 8.57 $1,343.71 a w M ^3 O H OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. <~* "ETOIPI? A T or>'\ri?i?'wwi?rw^n Assessment of Taxes: Salaries of Tax Assessors ________ _____ Salaries of Office Clerks _______________ Office Expenses and Supplies __ . __________________ Printing and Stationery.. _____________ Postage, Telephone and Telegraph _________________ Surety Bond Premiums ______________ Furniture and Fixtures Eepairs and Replacements Total... __ . __ __ _. Years Ended 1916 $ 3,800.00 2,225.00 53.34 253.00 75.00 16.92 1.00 ? 6,424.26 December 31 1915 $ 3,800.00 2,058.34 39.72 199.11 131.00 17.24 $ . 6,245.41 Trif*TPfl<5O $ 166.66 13.62 53.89 1.00 $ 178.85 T^Pf TVftSA $ 56.00 .32 g > j gw > X H Tf O OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. GENERAL GOVERNMENT Marshal's Office: Salary of Marshal- _______ .... _ Salaries of Deputies and Office Clerks Office Expenses nnd Supplies Printing nnd Stationery _____ . ____ ___ . Postage, Telephone and Telegraph . Surety Bond Premiums- ___ . ________ Stable Expenses ___ . _____ __ _ Maintenance' of Equipment _____ . _ Furniture nnd Fixtures Repairs and Replacements Motor Vehicle Operation ______ ___ _ Motor Vehicle Maintenance _____ _ _____ _ Total _______________ Years Ended 1910 $ 1,800.00 3,438.00 39.23 126.30 120.00 38.04 3.45 124.87 39.70 $ 5,729.59 December 31 1915 $ 1,800.00 3,254.00 35.95 79.85 00.00 38.84 148.67 28.69 23.02 2.25 $ 5,471.27 Increase $ 184.00 3.28 46.45 60.00 3.45 101.85 37.45 $ 258.32 $ .80 148.67 28.69 I "S o OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. fTr*TT?T* /~!r%Tfc*'D'xf'Vf l?VfH Law Department: Salaries of City Attorney and Assistant ___ .__ Litigation Expenses . . _ Miscellaneous Items _________ _ _____________ Damage Settlements and Judgments. ___ __ - Total.... _______ .. __ ... __ Ecgistrations and Elections: Salaries in re Hcgistrations _____ _____ Salaries in re Elections _______________ Printing and Stationery ____________ _ _ Miscellaneous Items ________________ Total ____________ Years Ended 1916 $ 4,163.71 300.80 105.50 714.37 $ 5,284.38 December 31 1915 $ 4,159.68 257.34 29.80 2,866.10 $ 7,312.92 $ 344.64 514.00 20.05 35.55 $ 914.24 Increase $ 4.03 43.46 75.70 T_(ni*l*l*ft^A $2,151.73 $2,028.54 $ 044 R4 $ 514.00 20.05 35.55 $ 914.24 g >>< O n > r OPEBATING EXPENSESContinued. GENERAL GOVERNMENT Municipal Building: Salary ol Custodian ___ . Salary of Engineer __ _ __ , Fuel -- _ _ Lights , Ice Insurance . Elevator Operation ______ ____ .* ___ , Elevator Maintenance ___ ________ . Building Maintenance ___ _______ .. Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements. City Clock's Expense _____ _________ . (a) Cleaning Expense Labor _ __. _ . __ , (b) Cleaning Expense Material __ _______________ Towel Hervice Surety Bond Premiums _ ________________ Salaries and Uniforms of Porters _________________ Miscellaneous Items ______ _______ . Total _______________ . Years Ended 1910 $ 1,200.00 840.00 184.00 513.85 137.50 48(1.2!) 1,053.00 351.50 103.23 100.43 300.00 493.00 122.06 122.50 5.04 037.50 82.20 $ 6,732.16 December 31 1915 $ 1,200.00 840.00 229.00 594.17 101.28 454.52 1,004.48 7U4.83 103.93 2fi3.50 300.00 487.00 115.93' 130.00 5.04 513.80 64.50 $ 7,201.98 Increase 36.22 31.77 48.58 6.00 643 123.70 17.70 Decrease 45.00 80.32 443.33 .70 163.07 7.50 $ 469.82 o "3 OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. GENERAL GOVERNMENT Courts: Salary of Recorder . Salary of Clerk. . Printing and Stationery.. . Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements Total _______________ . Pensions and Gratuities: Employes Enlisted in TJ. S. Army. __ . Police Department .. _ _._. _ __ . Fire Department __ ___ _ - Highway and Sanitation Departments __ . Widows and Orphans of Policemen and Firemen Health Department _________ ._. _ . Total _______________ . Years Ended 1916 $ 2,500.00 900.00 270.85 8.40 $ 3,679.25 $ 2,022.28 6,068.68 3,538.75 3,944.45 1,788.00 582.50 $ 17,944.66 December 31 1915 $ 2,500.00 9()0.(IO 325.25 9.75 $ 3,735.00 4,666.40 3,480.00 3,510.85 2,079.00 297.50 $ 14,033.75 Increase $ 2,022.28 1,402.28 58.75 433.60 285.00 $ 3,910.91 Decrease 5 Rddn 1.35 $ 55.75 $ 291.00 w OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. GENERAL GOVERNMENT Miscellaneous: Salary of Building Inspector ___________ , Other Building Inspection Expenses _______ . Caro of Powder Magazine _____________ . Total.... _____________ , Municipal Court: Salaries ol Judges _________________ . Other Salaries __________________ , Office Expenses and Supplies ____________ Printing and Stationery ______________ . Postage, Telephone and Telegraph. _______ . Surety Bond Premiums ______________ . Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements. Remodeling Quarters at Court House _______ Total _______________ . Years Ended 1910 $ 1,500.00 273.51 300.00 $ 2,073.51 $ 9,300.00 5,526.00 155.25 404.93 142.76 28.58 369.45 2,699.70 If 18,626.67 December 31 1915 $ 1,500.00 272.64 334.90 $ 2,107.54 Increase .87 f 9,300.00 5,526.00 155.25 404.93 142.76 28.58 369.45 2,699.70 $18,626.67 Dccrcflso $ 34.90 $ 34.03 EHj o 1 o 3 OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. GENERAL GOVERNMENT Freight Traffic Bureau: Salary of Manager. _. __ . Salaries of Office Clcrks_______ __ ._ _ . Office Expenses and Supplies ______ ___ -. Printing and Stationery ______________ , Postage, Telephone and Telegraph _ _ ____ . Traveling Expenses _________ __ .___. Membership in Associations _______ ___ -. Total _______________ . General Government _____________ , Years Ended 1916 $ 2,666.67 525.00 55.22 132:07 73.70 dftd RQ 200.00 $ 4,057.35 $ 107,499.22 December 31 1915 $ 84,175.42 Til fTft B C A $ 2,666.67 525.00 55.22 132.07 71 7A 404.69 OAA Aft $ 4,057.35 $23,323.80 o f? a 13 o top-3 OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Public Safety Police Department: Salary of Chief of Police . Salaries of Subordinate Commanding Officers . Salaries of Patrolmen.. _ _ . Salaries of Detectives. . Salaries of Office Clerks ___ .. ... _ . Other Salaries ____ ___ __ __ . Office Expenses and Supplies __ ____ , Printing and Stationery __ __ _____ Postage, Telephone and Telegraph ___ . Lights _____ __ _ ___ ._ __ _ __ _. Fuel .. ___ ....... _ ._...._.._-._..-.._..... Insurance ______________________ . Surety Bond Premiums ____ _____ ___ Telephone System Operation and Maintenance... Motor Vehicles Operation ____________ . Motor Vehicles Maintenance __________ . Maintenance of Other Vehicles. ________ . Maintenance of Buildings.. _ __ __ ___ ___ . Years Ended 1916 $ 2,600.00 17,701.71 95,431.90 10,172.78 1,800.00 7,007.00 212.51 318.20 632.01 472.0!) 374.20 156.48 28.56 1,516.45 1 44R oq 2,573.36 14.70 505.92 December 31 1915 $ 2,600.00 17,471.82 96,389.89 10,198.47 1,800.00 4,541.61 166.53 325.06 574.44 454.27 469.00 153.43 28.56 1,500.00 874.61 2,512.02 133.35 263.62 Increase $ 229.89 2,465.39 45.98 57.57 17 29 3fl^ 16.45 571.68 61.34 .____.. 242.30 ' $ 957.93 25.69 6.86 94.80 118.65 w > g T) H OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Public Safety Police Department Continued: Care- of Live Stock __ __ __ . . . Replacement of Live Stock __ __ Care of Uniform Equipment __ . Replacement of Uniform Equipment Collars, Gloves, etc. for Patrolmen _ .____-_. Jail Operation __ __ ___ __ . Dog Impounding Expenses __ ._ __ __ . Police Military Reserve ___ _ __ . Traveling ___ ___.._ ____ _. _ __ ._. Equipment and Maintenance Thereof _ __ . Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements Refreshments for Patrolmen on Duty _____ . Miscellaneous Items _.__. __ . Total __ _ Years Ended 1916 $ 6,481.86 41.79 4,314.98 139.85 1,949.78 3,000.00 227.11 838.87 156.20 94.50 1,443.13 $ 161,652.29 December 31 1915 .$ 6,312.14 385.00 75.75 3,739.09 76.45 2,075.34 1,070.90 3,000.00 145.43 746.74 36.70 216.82 $ 158,337.04 $ 169.72 575.89 63.40 81.68 92.13 119.50 94.50 1,226.31 $ 3,315.25 Decrease $ 385.00 33.96 125.56 $1,070.90 I Oi CO OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Public Rnfety Fire Department: Salaries of Chief and Assistants.. _____ _..___. Salaries of Captains and Lieutenants ______ _. Salaries of Engineers and Stokers __ . ____ . Salaries of Chauffeurs and Drivers _____ - __ . Salaries of Inspectors.... . Salaries of Office Clerks..... . . . . Other Salaries ._.... _ . __ _ .. ..... (a) Office Expenses and Supplies.. __ ... ..... (b) Station Houses Expenses and Supplies ____ .. Printing and Stationery ___ __ __ ____ .. Postage, Telephone and Telegraph ___ . _____ . Lights __ ... ___________________ . Fuel ...._....... ____ ..... __ ... __ ... ___ . Surety Bond Premiums ______________ . Fire Alarm System Expenses ___________ . Motor-Drawn Apparatus Operation _______ . Motor-Drawn Apparatus Maintenance _____ . Horse-Drawn Apparatus Maintenance _____ . Care of Live Stock _________________ . Years Ended 1910 $ 5,342.29 20,808.26 9,744.43 2,659.66 6,502.63 1,300.00 58,467.11 315.64 (S29.14 197.88 196.97 456.98 865.84 14.52 2,155.77 1,140.06 3,154.85 40.15 1,380.74 December 31 1915 $ 5,559.17 20,512.38 9,774.04 3,017.96 6,855.00 1,500.00 58,105.50 206.03 791.18 288.81 241.80 335.76 548.00 14.30 1,900.00 1,024.05 3,186.06 129.48 1,577.27 Increase 361.61 109.61 121.22 317.84 .22 255.77 116.01 $ 216.88 204.12 29.61 358.30 352.37 1C2"04 90.93 44.83 31.21 89.33 196.53 o f? GO H 1) O OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Public Safety Fire Deportment Continued: Replacement of Live Stock . Care of Uniform Equipment . Replacement of Uniform Equipment _ .__. Maintenance of Buildings _ __ __ ___ _ , Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements Medical Attention _ __ . ____ _ - ____ Refreshments for Firemen on Duty __ . Replacement of Hose - . Electric Inspection ___ _______ ____ , Chemical Supplies __ _ __ _ _________ . Chimney Sweeping __ _.__ ___ -_._* _____ , Traveling ___ _ __ _ __.. .. Miscellaneous Items ____ _ . __ , Total ___ . ________ Years Ended 1916 $ 2.50 4,144.30 1,470.09 ms Q Credit. OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Sanitation Department: Salary of Chief Engineer Proportion.. __ . __ . Other General Salaries ___________ . Cleaning Sheet Asphalt Streets __________ . Cleaning Other Paved Streets __________ . Cleaning Unpaved Streets and Lanes ___ ___ . Garbage Collection _ ______________ . Incinerator Operation ______________ . Clinker Disposal __________________ . Weighing Refuse and Delivery of Same to Hoppers. Incinerator Maintenance _____________ . Steam Furnished Water Department Credit __ . Maintenance of Equipment ___ ________ . Maintenance of Storm Sewers __________ . Maintenance of Sanitary Sewers _________ . Care of Live Stock _______________ Dry Culture Expenses _______________ . Years Ended 1910 1,800.00 ft ^07 Q 1IM1 lil 32.115.78 5,087.24 58,040.50 17,575.79 1,791.50 1,554.70 4,082.26 4,182.00 1,093.43 2,519.90 1,392.74 1,535.64 4,470.17 December 31 1915 5 1,725.00 6,517.88 9,117.77 21.40fi.84 4,442.95 30,858.30 16,246.87 837.02 1,555.74 2,923.75 3.G55.00 14,830.66 3,212.95 2,565.67 20,174.24 6,620.02 Increase $ 75.00 80.04 81.37 10,708.94 R44.29 27,188.20 1,328.92 954.48 1,158.51 $ 1.04 527.00 13,737.23 693.05 1,172.93 18,638.60 2,149.85 o a a o OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Sanitation Department Continued: Sprinkling Streets _______ ___ __ _ ______ .. Sweeping Crossings __ __. _. _ . Oiling Catch Basins ________ __ ___ . Cleaning Catch BasJns _______ __ . _____ . Garbage Disinfection _______ ________ . Cutting Weeds __________________ __. Insurance __ _ _ __ __ __ __ _____ . Miscellaneous Items ________ _ _______ . Total ________________ . Years Ended December 31 1916 2,205.43 1,157.49 565.81 6,469.08 92.50 2,358.91 488.60 294.00 $ 158,312.53 1915 996.72 1,451.72 760.24 5,827.75 84.30 1,378.48 516.48 16.80 $ 150,413.15 Increase 1,208.71 641.33 8.20 980.43 277.20 $ 7,899.38 1 ! Decrease I 1 J 294.23 J 194.43 i i ~ ! 27.88 i __._._ i K| O 9? w I OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. City Stables nnd Shops Department: Salary of Chief Engineer Proportion _____ _. Other General Salaries. _ _ , Maintenance of Buildings . ___ . _ .. Insurance ___ ____ _ _____ Furniture nnd Fixtures Repairs and Replacements, Miscellaneous Items ___ ._ __ Total ___ . ___________ . Years Ended 1916 $ oOO.OO 1,255.00 1,091.91 164.71 6.30 S 3,117.92 December 31 1915 $ 575.00 1,230.00 11 fiO 173.40 50.00 4.80 $ 2,124.89 $ 25.00 25.00 1,000.22 1 10 $ 993.03 i - 1* v * c f i WU $ 8.G9 50.00 o td w Highway Department: Salary of Chief Engineer Proportion _____ .._. Engineering and Surveying Salaries ______ . Engineering and Surveying Supplies.. _____ . Other General Salaries.. . . __ ._ . ___ . Office Supplies and Expenses.. ____ . ___ . Printing nnd Stationery. ... __________ . Postage, Telephone and Telegraph.; _______ . Insurance ______________________ . $ 2,400.00 6,517.38 143.G8 4,850.00 204.73 405.09 268.50 114.00 $ 2,300.00 5,238.25 519.72 4,510.00 251.38 359.21 247.41 113.73 $ 100.00 1,270.13 340.00 45.88 21.09 .27 $ 376.04 46.65 OPERATING EXPENSES-Continued. Highway Department Continued: Surety Bond Premiums _ . Street Lighting _____ .._______ . Ornamental Street Post Lighting... . . Maintenance of City Sidewalks . Maintenance of Streets and Lanes . Resurfacing Unpaved Streets and Lanes. _ . Begrading Streets with Gravel City's Proportioa Maintenance of Bridges _ ________ ________ . Maintenance of Equipment ____ __ _. Motor Vehicles Operation ____ _ ____ . Motor Vehicles Maintenance __ _ . Care of Live Stock _____________ __.._.. Traveling _____ _ _ _ __________ . Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements Placing Catch Basins _ _____ ____ . Construction of Crossings ____ __ . Salary and Uniform of Porter _ _ ______ _. Miscellaneous Items ________________ . Elimination of Grade Crossings A. C. L. Rd. Total _____ . _____ .. Years Ended 1916 16.68 47,448.61 2,842.73 1,004.21 9,574.72 11,589.83 379.35 116.96 273.36 420.06 822.66 383.90 139.00 64.25 1,198.30 1,158.46 495.75 440.18 69.00 $ 93,341.39 December 31 1915 17.48 45,891.31 2,872.50 65.97 6,702.07 9,703.25 761.69 275.68 4,534.13 305.99 469.74 6,935.24 73.50 282.70 388.06 497.89 412.95 $ 93,729.85 1,557.30 Q3R 9d 2,872.65 1,886.58 114.07 352.92 139.00 915.60 770.40 27.23 69.00 T*taA1*f) O GO .80 9Q77 382.34 158.72 42R077 6,551.34 Q96! 2.14 $ 388.46 i to H "a o OPERATING EXPENSES-Continuod. Harbor and Wharves Department: Salary of Harbor Master and Clerk ___ .. _____ Office Expenses .._. __ ___ __ _______ ... Boat Expenses _. __ ____ _ _ _________________ Municipal Wharves Repairs _____ _ _________ Motor Vehicle Operation ____________ Motor Vehicle Maintenance ___________ Total _______ .... ___________ Board ol Purchase Department: Salary Proportion ______ _ ________ . Stationery and Printing, Postage and Other Office Supplies __________________ . Total _______________ . Years Ended 1916 $ 3,000.00 251.70 175.78 26.08 1.00 $ 3,454.56 $ 750.00 73.80 $ 823.80 December 31 1915 $ 2,700.00 177 KO 419.70 167.84 $ 3,465.13 $ 52.80 $ 52.80 Increase $ 300.00 74.11 7.94 26.08 1.00 $ 750.00 21.00 $ 771.00 T"W*pr0d*i!A 419.70 $ 10.57 s O to to IS O OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Water Works Department: Superintendence __ _ _____________ _ _ . Salaries of Office Clerks _____________ , Inspection Salaries _________ - _______ . Office Expenses and Supplies ___________ . Printing and Stationery ______________ . Postage, Telephone and Telegraph _________ . Insurance __ _____ __ _ ___________ . Surety Bond Premiums _ . . Operation Gwinnett St. Pumping Station: Fuel ._ . ______ . __ . ______ , Fuel Handling....-. __ . ____ .. ____ . Lubricants and Waste __ - _ _____ ___________ Wages _ _ _ ________________________ Other Expenses __ _ ______________ . Steam Furnished by Incinerator _______ . Years Ended 1916 $ 2,000.00 1,493.98 7,873.12 80.31 111.01 221.05 322.61 6.00 13,951.95 243.56 991.70 13,792.28 84.37 4,182.00 December 31 1915 $ 2,000.00 3,255.83 7,963.49 61.20 227.60 231.00 271.40 6.40 12,734.23 233.03 860.35 13,844.74 62.17 3,655.00 TnpT'Aii^.1 $ 19.11 51.21 1 91 7 79 10.53 131.35 22.20 527.00 T)WPPJ_,Cl> C1 7R1 QK on 37 116.59 9.95 .40 52.46 OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Water Works Department Continued: Operation River Pumping Station: Fuel _____ . _ _. . . Lubricants and Waste - . Wages ___ . ____ _ _ __ . Other Expenses.. __ _ _ __ . Maintenance Gwinnctt St. Pumping Station: Wages ____________ - ____ . Material _. _______ __ . Maintenance River Pumping Station: VJnfrfic Material ___.__-_.__ . Maintenance Distribution System: Wages __ __ __ . Material ___... __ ___________ . Tools, Repairs and Replacements __ . Care of Live Stock ___ _ __ ___ ____ . Traveling __ __._ _____ .__. __ _.__ . Connection Service Expenses ____ ____ __ Meter Service Expenses ___ _ ________ .__. Years Ended 1916 5,963.68 158.63 8,719.25 127.25 20.00 1,122.53 11.00 297.39 3,413.28 150.62 90.25 425.09 100.00 29.82 1,922.14 December 31 1915 5,549.97 195.24 8,777.75 141.15 11.00 1,838.89 ~4~36~26 3,709.30 26.70 17.10 520.61 100.00 1,091.80 413.71 9.00 11.00 123.92 73.15 29.82 830.34 36.61 58.50 13.90 716.36 138.87 296.02 95.52 o * CO a *o o OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Water Works Department Continued: Maintenance of Vehicle Equipment ___ Plumbing and Turn Cock Expenses _ ___ . Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements Miscellaneous Items __ . Motor Vehicle Operation . Motor Vehicle Maintenance . Total- __ .-.... ____ . __ . City Market Department: Salaries of Superintendent and Assistant _ ... Printing, Stationery and Office Supplies. _ _. , Postage, Telephone and Telegraph __ __ ... Surety Bond Premiums. __ ___ ..__ _ ... Lights _._.___..._....-_......_._..._.... Maintenance of Building- __ . Maintenance of Equipment ___ _ Furniture and Fixtures Repairs and Replacements (a) Cleaning Labor ______ __ __________ (b) Cleaning Material ___ ____ ___ . Total.-. .__ ...... Years Ended 1916 53.14 1,573.20 10.25 1,471.74 82.78 28.12 $ 71,124.10 $ 2,880.00 99.06 40.00 7.20 1,302.30 166.58 51.45 4.75 2,684.30 177.80 $ 7,413.44 December 31 1915 141.77 1 1 47 ilfl 34.74 8,937.22 465 2.50 $ 78,090.49 $ 2,880.00 92.47 40.00 7.19 1,375.06 193.21 10.10 .75 2,675.25 208.25 $ 7.482.28 Increase 425.80 78.13 25.62 6~59 .01 41.35 4.00 9.05 88.63 ~V44q 7,465.48 $6,966.39 79 7R 26,63 30.45 S 68.84 OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Charities: Outdoor Poor Relief ______ ... Poor in Institutions ________________ . Contributions to Associations ___ __ Contributions to Hospitals White ________ Contributions to Hospitals Colored _ _ _ - City Physicians' Salaries ________ ___ Dispensary Salaries ___________ - __ Dispensary Kent __ ____ _._. . Dispensary Medicines _. _______ _. Dispensary Other Expenses __ . Donations lor Purpose of Tax Payments... Total... _______ Corrections: Industrial Farm _________________ Total... _ .......... ...... Years Ended 1916 $ 581.55 1,260.00 4,424.01 9,781.66 6,399.96 3,006.25 1,970.00 480.00 2 'MR 41 180.79 430441 $ 35,025.04 $ 3,600.00 $ 3,600.00 December 31 1915 $ (343.60 1,260.00 3,138.22 9,546.66 5,400.00 3,000.00 1,970.00 480.00 2,090.32 181.41 5,225.12 $ 32,935.33 $ 3,600.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 1,285.79 235.00 999.96 6.25 456.09 $ 2,089.71 Decrease ? 62.05 .62 830.71 o t ft) I OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Libraries: Public Library White ____ _ . Public Library Colored __ _ . Total- __ - __ - __ - _ ... Playgrounds: Salary oi Director . Other Salaries ___ Expenses and Supplies . Handcraft Classes Summer Forenoons . . Total ____________ Years Ended 1916 $ 10,000,00 1,200.00 $ 11,200.00 $ 2,281.67 9,242.43 3,473.50 530.87 $ 15,528.47 December 31 1915 $ 10,000.00 1,200.00 $ 11,200.00 $ 3,000.00 6,925.40 1,769.21 $ 11,694.61 Increase $ 2,317.03 1,704.29 530.87 $ 3,833.86 Decrease $ 718.33 o y. CO OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Publicity or Advertising: Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association __________ Dixie. Highway ___ ______________ Georgia Chamber of Commerce __________ Hospitality Day __~ _____________ _____ Goo. E, Herbert. .._. ___ _____ _______ _ Luncheon to General Wood _____ __ _ . Lecture, by General Wood _ _ _______ _____ Police Convention __ __ . _________ . Seattle to Savannah Highway __________ , Kansas City Boosters ____ . ______________ Western & Atlantic Extension __________ Total _______________ . Years Ended 1910 5 200.00 300.00 40.00 25.43 900.00 170.00 53.00 228.00 262.00 45.00 53.82 $ 2,277.35 December 31 1915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bf 0 $ 7,720.94 Increase $5,443.59 o ttS OPor corresponding details see 1915 Annual Report. OPERATING EXPENSESContinued. Park and Tree Commission: Baffin Park _ __ Other Parks and Squares __ _. _ Bonaventure Cemetery __ _ Laurel Grove Cemetery ______ _ _ Tree Planting __________ _ __ Repairs to Vaults and Tombs Colonial Park. Total.. .._., . Total Operating Expenses Years Ended 1916 $ 2,499.97 14,907.74 8,245.94 6,525.02 999.94 $ 33,178.61 $ 872,443.05 December 31 1915 $ 500.00 14,143.18 7,055.74 6,659.09 999.95 299.98 $ 29,657.94 $ 840,403.38 $ 1,999.97 764.56 1,190.20 $ 3,520.67 $32,039.67 $ 134.07 .01 299.98 CO o s ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAVANNAH, GEORGIA FOR THE YEAR 1916 B. S. BRYANT CHIEF OF POLICE REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor of the City of Savannah, and Members of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Savannah. Gentlemen: By reason of the death of the late Chief of Police, M. L. Meldrim, on December 20, 1916, the duty devolves on me, as his successor, to make to you the annual report for this department covering the year 1916. Chief Meldrim's death came at the end of the fourth year of his exceptionally splendid administration of the affairs of this department. The tables and statistics included in this report therefore relate to his administration. The conclusions and recommendations are necessarily my own, being drawn from my experience as a police officer for a number of years, and particularly the period during which I was second in command of the department. Before these, however, considerations of propriety and respect impel me to place a record here, for myself and all officers and men of the department, of that feeling of respect and affection which we all felt for our late Chief. REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIEEPONT, Mayor of the City of Savannah, and Members of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Savannah. Gentlemen: By reason of the death of the late Chief of Police, M. L. Meldrim, on December 20, 1916, the duty devolves on me, as his successor, to make to you the annual report for this department covering the year 1916. Chief Meldrim's death came at the end of the fourth year of his exceptionally splendid administration of the affairs of this department. The tables and statistics included in this report therefore relate to his administration. The conclusions and recommendations are necessarily my own, being drawn from my experience as a police officer for a number of years, and particularly the period during which I was second in command of the department. Before these, however, considerations of propriety and respect impel me to place a record here, for myself and all officers and men of the department, of that feeling of respect and affection which we all felt for our late Chief. 174 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT It was given to but few men to inspire for the organization they serve that spirit of loyalty which prevailed under the administration of Chief Meldrim. It is not hard to find causes for this. By reason of ability and long experience in every station in the department he knew the work he was engaged in, and was able to go about it decisively and unerringly. His fine judgment, lovable disposition and Christian character gave a support to his activities that left no room to doubt Ms sincerity of purpase or the accuracy of his decisions. His official duties were executed fearlessly and without favor. He was considerate and generous, and ever ready to help bear the burdens of those who were needy or distressed. He left an impress on the personnel and morale of the department that will not soon be affaced. The enforcement of the Prohibition Law, which went into effect the first of May, last, overshadowed all other work of the department. Before the advent of this law speculation was rife in some quarters as to the degree of effort the Police Department would put into the enforcement of this law, and the probable results of these efforts. Whatever skepticism may have existed as to the conscientious effort of this department to enforce the law can no longer exist. The results are shown in the extraordinary decrease of drunkenness. The happy effect of this on the home life and economic conditions of a large proportion of our people cannot be shown in the statistics of a police department. These statistics, however, are significant. During the eight months of enforced prohibition last year there were 221 arrests for drunkenness against 923 for the same period the year before. For the entire year of 1916, including the four wet months, there were 8,719 arrests against 11,- 480 for 1915. These include cases made for violations of ___ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 175 the city ordinances which are not affected by prohibition and were approximately the same in both years. With these subtracted the comparison becomes more marked. There were 3,246 calls for the patrol wagon last year against 5,366 in 1915. The police ambulances were called 1,139 times in 1916 against 1,395 in 1915. The police matron had under her charge 87 prisoners last year against 167 the year before. There were 6,625 less articles pledged with the pawnbrokers in 1916 than in 1915. There was a falling off of more than 20 per cent, in the value of property reported stolen in 1916, compared with 1915. The following comparison of the causes of arrest in the two.years is interesting. Number Number Arrested Arrested in 1915. in 1916. Disorderly conduct ____________2,510 1,604 Drunk and disorderly__________1,536 733 Robbery by force.___________ 46 18 Assault with intent to murder_______ 55 26 Stabbing _________________ 111 59 Burglary ___________________ 155 83 Assault and battery____________ 55 58 Simply larceny _______________ 593 387 Larceny from the house__ 198 108 Larceny from person___________ 20 13 Larceny after trust____________ 70 52 Loitering _________________ 764 514 Lunacy ___________________ 82 39 Suspicious characters ______1,046 698 Murder . 5 1 These figures speak for themselves. There is no other cause for the extraordinary decrease in arrests for crimes of all character during last year but the enforcement of the prohibition law during the last eight months of the year. 176__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Business men, merchants, employers of labor, manufacturers and the like, with almost entire unanimity freely accredit to prohibition an unusual betterment of conditions. The Savannah Press in an editorial recently printed expresses it: "Certain it is that the effect (of prohibition) in Savan-. nah has been for good. Most of the stores that were used in the past for the sale of whiskey and beer are now employed for other purposes. The women and children are getting more of the money made by the bread winner of the family than before. The Saturday night cash, which formerly went to the gin mill, now goes to the grocery man or the shoe man. "We believe there are very few people in Savannah today who would care to see the town go back to the open saloon. "We venture to say that the saloon has gone from Savannah and from Georgia forever. Men who employ other men say that prohibition has brought prosperity to many families that knew only poverty before the enforcement of the act which became effective in May, 1916. There is less charitable work to be done and fewer empty stomachs to fill at the expense of the community. Lean purses have become fat and the children who were ill have become healthy because mother has had the money to pay for a doctor's care for them. Naked children have been clothed and bare feet have been shod since the dethronement of King Alcohol. Men who kept stores where whiskey and groceries were sold in about equal proportions in the old days have been surprised to find that their grocery sales today equal their grocery and liquor sales of former days combined." The best results in the enforcement of this law are yet to be accomplished. These will not come from increased vigor on the part of this department, because the department has done and is doing all that can be done by a police department. POLICE DEPARTMENT 177 Unhappily in Savannah and elsewhere when prohibition became effective there were and are those who met it with determined opposition. Some of these were men who from a lifetime in the business of selling liquor, and who had attained prosperity, or were gaining a livelihood from it, held honestly to the opinion that the outlawing of the business was wrong. Some seeing the opportunity that arose in the driving out of business of many who had formerly retailed intoxicants defied the law and endeavored to gather the increased profits that conditions allowed. There were others who for various reasons were unfriendly to the law. All these, together with a portion of our citizens who apparently looked upon the enforcement of the statute as a contest between the police and the sellers of liquor in which they were not concerned, formed a force which it has been hard to combat. As, however, the true effects of the enforcement of the law are being felt, many of these are finding their best interests are served through the enforcement of the law. Citizens generally are beginning to feel that they are concerned in the benefits that are seen to follow the banishment of intoxicating liquors, and are gradually lending their assistance to the police through the giving of information which helps in the detection of those who violate the law. The department is beginning to feel that the moral support of the people of Savannah is being added to the efforts of the officers. When this becomes generally the case, and our citizens look on the man who defies the prohibition law as they do on those who commit other crimes, and are as ready to assist the officers of the law in apprehending them, the task of enforcing the law will become relatively easy I wish to recommend the increase in salaries in this department asked for by the late Chief Meldrim in his report to council in December in connection with the making up of the budget of this department for 1917. 178__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT In doing this I feel that his plea at that time may be repeated here and that no better argument can be advanced than that he made when he advised Council: "The men of this department, with my consent and approval, are petitioning Council for an increase in the salaries now given them. I have taken the liberty of showing separately under the various salary items the amounts which it would be necessary to appropriate to give each member of the department an increase of ten dollars a month. "I earnestly ask Council to give its most thoughtful consideration to this petition. With but few exceptions the petitioners are men of family. Under the present wages an appointee on this department receives $60.00 a month for the first three months and $75.00 a month for the remainder of the first five years. Fifty-one men now receive $75.00 a month, 38 men receive $80.00, 8 receive $85.00 a month and 8 receive $90.00 a month. The petition the men are presenting shows the number in each family these amounts have to support. One man is accomplishing the feat of supporting 12 on a salary of $85.00 a month. "With the extraordinary increase of expense in every branch of living, of foodstuffs, clothing, etc., these men are sorely pressed to meet their honest obligations in supporting their families, and paying the debts they must incur. In my daily intercourse with them I feel this more strongly than I am able to express to you in a communication of this kind. Apart from this, however, I cannot but feel that the city, as the employer of these men, would be the gainer through an added efficiency, if Council in its wisdom could make their burdens easier through the granting of their petition." .. i .. 5 -Z\ ; \ . i x ,T*..t I might add for myself that my experience teaches me that the department is.made the loser at times through the leaving of good men who find opportunities of more re- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 179 numeration elsewhere. Again the city is deprived of the opportunity of getting men who would elevate the standard of the department because these men are kept from accepting appointment on the Police Department by reason of the fact that they are already receiving more money than the city pays under the present system. Police duty requires a high standard of intelligence, and with wages rising in the trades and other employments I believe the increase in pay in this department is necessary if the city is to be supplied with capable men to protect the lives and property of our citizens, and to carry on the proper administration of our laws. I do not believe Council can accomplish this during the present year, but I hope the matter will be held in mind against the time when appropriations and plans are made for the coming year. I wish, however, to suggest the immediate adoption of a plan which I believe will speed up the work of the men on the department through the offering of recognition and remuneration for extra effort or achievement by the individual members. I recommend the creation of the position of Corporal in the department, with the authority given to Chief of Police to create Corporals from among the privates up to the number of ten. These would receive an additional ten dollars a month over the pay they would be entitled to under the present rule. This would entail an expenditure of $1,200.00 a year provided the full quota of Corporals was maintained at all times. Men would be given the position of Corporal on a strictly merit basis irrespective of all other considerations, and would receive this recognition only for distinction in their work as patrolmen. My idea is that this appointment 180__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT should be for a period of 30 days each, the appointment automatically expiring at the end of that time unless the man so appointed continues to deserve the recognition given in rank and extra remuneration- by continued meritorious service. It is possible under this system that the number of Corporals carried on the rolls might fall under the maximum number of ten, but I believe that the competition among the patrolmen would be so keen that more men would be deserving of these positions than could be accommodated, and that the list of Corporals would be changed each month with an accompanying rivalry for these places which would result in a considerably improved standard of efficiency. I wish also to advocate the beginning of the installation of a flash light signal system in connection with the Police Gamewell System. This is a system by which the Desk Sergeant or other officer at headquarters can flash a signal by night, and ring a bell by day, at designated boxes and thus attract the attention of officers in the vicinity of the box. The usefulness of this system is obvious, as it would serve to call officers who were needed and who might be within a short distance of the boxes and yet could not be reached in any other way. It would on the other hand serve to keep officers more on the alert as they would be subject to call at any time, and from considerable distances as the night signaling device can be seen over a large radius. The recommendation is that the beginning of this installation be made with the apparatus put on five or six boxes where it would be most needed. I would also recommend the installation by the city of at least two ineandescant lights in each city block in the lanes of Bay Street, Congress Street and Broughton Street, MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 181 between Lincoln and West Broad Streets. The installation of these lights would greatly assist the department in protecting property in the business section. The need of a new Station House has been stressed in the annual reports of heads of this department for many years. It is believed that the lessening of the number of prisoners handled by this department on account of the effects of the enforcement of the Prohibition Law will allow the present Station House to be used for a number of years yet, but the building is very much in need of renovation and remodeling. We are also in need of a new police stable or the remodeling of the one we now have. Very respectfully, B. S. BRTANT, Chief of Police. 182 MAYOR'S ANISTUAL REPORT REPORT ON GAMEWELL SYSTEM. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. LEBUT. B. S. BRYANT, Acting Chief of Police, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I submit herewith a report on the operation, maintenance and extension of the Police Signal System, also an outline of other work attended to by myself and assistants. The general condition of the system is better than at any time since I have had charge, due to the work of rebuilding that has been going on throughout the entire year, New cables have been installed, two new boxes placed in commission and more than half of the overhead circuits replaced with new twisted pair conductors. The old tape register in the Sergeant's office has been replaced with a new one, and the old one overhauled and held in reserve. All street boxes have been repainted. The new boxes are, Number 16 at the Grayson Park Sub-Station, and number 17 at the A. C. L. Crossing of Montgomery Street. Three thousand feet of five pair underground cable was installed on Abercorn Street from Oglethorpe Avenue to Huntington Street. This cable was purchased jointly by the Police and Fire Departments for their joint use. The service for the past year has been exceptionally good, there being but few interruptions, and they not of a serious nature, being usually occasioned by lightning blow- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 183 ing fuses in cut out boxes. It is my purpose to further improve both the service and physical condition of the system during the coming year by the installation of protection devices, additional boxes and extension of the underground system. In addition to work done on the signal system we have kept in repair and made changes to the electric lights, heaters, irons, telephones, bells, etc., as well as the electric equipment of all motor-drawn apparatus of the department. Duties are often assigned us that are not electrical, all of which have been promptly attended to. I again recommend the installation of a flash light and bell system for calling patrolmen, also the addition of additional street boxes and direct circuits to the two sub-stations as far as available funds will permit. My assistant, Mr. E. H. Todd, has labored faithfully to improve the service and condition of the signal system and has performed in a conscientious way all duties assigned him. I desire that he be given credit for much of the good work that has been done. Favorable mention is also due Mr. J. P. Chaplin and Mr. J. T. Owens, who served with me separately while Mr. Todd was acting as Electrical Inspector, for their prompt and careful attention to all duties assigned them. Very respectfully, T. P. SANDIPOED, City Electrician. 184 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT MATRON'S KEPOET. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. ME. B. S. BRYANT, Acting Chief of Police, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I beg to submit the following report showing the number of white girls and white women, who came under my charge during the year, 1916, and the disposition of the cases against them. Very respectfully, MBS. M. L. FISHER, Matron. January 9 July 7 * February .13 August . 6 March __________-17 September 8 April 4 October 4 May _ 6 November , 5 June ___________ 6 December _________ 2 Total ____________________________87 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 185 DISPOSITION OF CASES. Dismissed ________________________22 Sentenced _______________________27 Sentenced and sentence suspended ____________ 6 Released ____________________ 4 Remanded to City Court __________________ 6 Remanded to Superior Court ___ 1 Turned over to U. S. authorities._ 3 Turned over to other authorities 4 Turned over to parents ____ 3 Turned over to Associated Charities 1 Turned over on lunacy warrant_-____________ 1 Sent to Crittenden Home 2 Sent out of the city 3 Sent home ____________ 1 Used as witness 2 Sent to hospital _ 1 Total _.___._______--87 189 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT CAUSE OF ARRESTS MADE DURING 1916. Accidents, Automobiles ________________ 57 Accidents, Motorcycles _________________ 6 Accidents, Other Vehicles _______________ 13 Adultery ____________ 9 Adultery and Fornication ________________ 36 Arson _____________________________ 1 Arrest for Other Cities ____________l____ 110 Assault and Battery ____________________ 58 Assault with Intent to Murder.________ 26 Attempted Arson ____________________ 1 Attempted Burglary ____ 8 Attempted Forgery _______________ 1 Attempted Robbery _____. 2 Attempted Horse Stealing ______ 1 Attempted Larceny ________________ 19 Attempted Larceny from House 2 Attempting to Cheat and Swindle 3 Attempting to Pick a Pocket 1 Attempting to Stab ______ 3 Attempting to Violate Prohibition Law 2 Bastardy _-_- 1 Beating a Board Bill _ 4 Bigamy 1 Breaking and Entering Railroad Train 4 Burglary ___________- 83 Carrying Concealed Weapons 27 Carrying Pistol without a License 5 Cheating and Swindling - 52 Contempt of Court 62 Cow Stealing 3 Criminal Negligence 2 Cruelty to Animals 41 Cruelty to Children 1 Deserters from Army and Navy 35 Deserters from Foreign Vessels 38 ___________ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 187 CAUSE OF ARRESTSContinued. Disorderly Conduct ___________________1,604 Disorderly Conduct, Drunk._____ 733 Drunk on Public Highway_________________ 3 Disposing of Mortgaged Goods 5 Embezzlement ________________________ 1 Escaped Convicts ___________________ 23 Forgery __ 8 Fornication _______ 2 Gambling ____________________________ 282 Hog Stealing ._____ 1 Horse Stealing ________________ 1 Impersonating an Officer _________________ 1 Involuntary Manslaughter _____________ 5 Jail Breaking ________________________ 1 Keeping a Disorderly House _______________ 3 Keeping a Gambling House ______ 2 Keeping a Gambling Device ___ 2 Keeping a Lewd House _____ 8 Larceny ___________________________ 387 Larceny of Automobile _ 11 Larceny of Over Fifty Dollars. 5 Larceny from House _ 108 Larceny from the Person______ 13 Larceny from Railroad Train 1 Larceny after Trust ___ 52 Loitering 514 Lunacy 39 Malicious Mischief 4 Manslaughter 2 Murder 1 Obtaining Money under False Pretense 1 Perjury __ 15 Pickpocket ____ 1 Pointing Pistol _______ 15 Probation Officer, (Arrested for) 101 188__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT CAUSE OF ARRESTSContinued. Public Indecency __ 7 Rape 5 Receiving Stolen Goods 8 Robbery by Force ________________________ 18 Seduction 3 Sodomy _________________ 1 Speeding with Automobile _____________ 67 Speeding with Motorcycle 10 Stabbing ____________________________ 59 Stealing Ride on Railroad Train __________ 83 Suspicious Characters 698 Trespassing 2 United States Court (Arrested for)_ 18 Vagrancy 3 Violating City Ordinances 784 Violating Dog Badge Ordinance 461 Violating Garbage Ordinance 211 Violating Jitney Ordinance ____ 92 Violating Milk Ordinance _ 30 Violating Restaurant Ordinance 2 Violating Section No. 895, City Code. 1 Violating Traffic Ordinance __ 804 Violating "Weed Ordinance 134 Violating State Fish and Game Law 4 Violation State Emigrant Law 7 Violating State Prohibition Law 139 Total ________________8.124 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 189 ARRESTS EACH MONTH. January ______ 746 February ________________________ 733 March _____________________1,334 April ____________________________ 756 May _________________________ 636 June ______________________________ 549 July _________________________ 532 August _______ 841 September ___________________________ 679 October _______________ 601 November ________________________ 794 December ______________ 538 Total __________________________8,719 ARRESTS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 1911 ____________________________10,433 1912 ______________________________10,350 1913 _____________________________11,363 1914 ____________ ____________10,461 1915 ___________________________11,480 FINES COLLECTED IN POLICE COURT. Pines Collected in Police Court During 1916___$14,125.00 190__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT FINES COLLECTED IK POLICE COURT EACH YEAR FROM 1907 TO 1915, INCLUSIVE. 1915 ______________.______________._$14,998.00 1914 ____. ______________________ 14,900.00 1913 ___________________________ 23,519.95 1912 ___________________________ 25,590.85 1911 ___________________________ 25,200.35 1910 ___________________________ 23,562.20 1909 ___________________________ 19,332.01 1908 __________________________ 35,113.60 1907 ___________________.________ 18,255.25 CLASSIFICATION OF ARRESTS MADE DURING 1916. White Men _:_______________________3,131 White Women _______ 304 White Boys _______ 124 White Girls _______ 4 Chinamen 16 Negro Men 3,476 Negro Women 1,211 Negro Boys 368 Negro Girls __ 104 Total __________-8,738 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 191 DISPOSITION OF CASES. Sentenced _________________________3,448 Dismissed ___________________________3,123 Sentence Suspended __________________ 104 Turned over to Superior Court ______________ 155 Turned over to City Court _______________ 748 Turned over to Ordinary's Court _____________ 39 Turned over to Juvenile Court _____________ 168 Turned over to Various Sheriffs, Etc. ___ 110 Turned over to Foreign Vessels 38 Turned over to Army and Navy 35 Suspicious Characters Released ____________ 704 Held for U. S. Court ___________________ 18 Turned over to Probation Officer ____________ 47 Total __________._______________8,737 192 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT GAMEWELL CALLS AND PRIVATE TELEPHONE CALLS. January. _ __ . February _ _ _. March . April- __ __ _ . ^Tmr June . July. - _ August- _ September ____ October. _ November __ _ __ December-- ______ Total ___ _ __. Total _ Wagon Calls Gamewell Box 272 287 298 306 144 162 161 186 130 126 129 167 2,368 Private Phone 105 87 108 86 61 55 66 74 62 70 46 56 878 Return Calls Gamewell Box 291 291 297 317 151 169 172 158 138 127 130 180 2,431 Private Phone 75 66 74 69 40 31 45 52 48 57 32 31 630 Officers Reports 20,373 18,098 19,552 17,948 18,520 17,217 16,272 16,265 15,437 17,274 14,756 15,805 211,517 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 193 AMBULANCE CALLS. January. __ _ _____ __. February _ _ __ _ __ _ . March __ _ _ _ __ _ _ April _______________________ May __ ___ June __ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ July __ - _________ - _ August _ _______ September ________ __ _ . October ________ _________ November _ _ _ _______ _ _ December _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Total ___ - _ ____ White. 40 42 46 39 41 35 46 43 37 41 31 25 466 Colored 49 48 77 51 60 58 57 61 52 53 50 57 673 Total. 89 90 123 90 101 93 103 104 89 94 81 82 1,139 194 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT CALLS RESPONDED TO FROM MOTORCYCLE SUBSTATION NO. 1. January ______ 198 July ___________ 147 February _ 154 August _________ 140 March _____________ 165 September ______ 126 April __________ 152 October ________ 113 May __________ 137 November ______ 87 June ___________ 144 December __________ 101 Total __________________________1,664 CALLS RESPONDED TO FROM MOTORCYCLE SUBSTATION NO. 2. January _______________ __ July 52 February ________ _ August 50 March __________ 84 September 59 April ___________ 68 October 68 May ____________ 66 November 63 June ___________ 57 December _______ 64 Tttal ___________________________631 EEPOETS OH ACCIDENTS, LOST CHILDEEN, ANIMALS IMPOUNDED, ETC, Animals Impounded ..... _ ......... Attempted suicides ..... ___ __ ... Deaths by Drowning _ ... ___ .. __ . Deaths Reported to Coroner _ . ... Defective Sidewalks .. _______ . ... Electric Lights Out,.... ___ .......... Killed Accidentally ...... __ .......... Killed by Automobile... ... .... Motorcycles and Automobiles Found..... Stores and Offices Open. _ ............ Water Eeported Leaking.......... Suicides ................. .._......... - Accidents Automobiles ........... ......... MotoreFCles ........... ............... Street Cars ......... _ ............... Vehicles ..............._............... Jan R ft 0 1 2 W 0 ft 1 as 6 0 n 1?, 4 Feb 14 1 1 3 ? 20 1 ft ?, 37 10 1 n 1 5 S Men 3 ?! ft 1 ft 9 n ftft 4 6 1 14 1 2 ?! Apr ISft 4 4 q ft ft ft 91 4 ft 10 1 3 0 May 9 ?, 2 1 1 18 ft 0 1 11 4 0 toi S 2 Jane 4 1 0 3 21 0 0 1 ^a 4 0 id 1 1 My 8 ft 1 ?, 5 18 0 0 1027~ 4 0 q 1 4 S Aog ft 0 6 q 0 0 &9 8 0 20 1 1 2 Sept 10 0 1 1 1 Id 0, 0 1 9A 1 mi 2 Oct 11 0 0 1 4 <1 0 0 0 4 1 09 4 0 MOT 0 4 90 1 1 0 17 1 f ft 1 Dee its 0 0 1^ 0 0 2 Aft 14 15 0 Total ill 7 on 31 f}()* I 20 At*} 7ft f Q# 14 Qg go g w a >s o 196 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT LODGERS ACCOMMODATED. January 87 February 59 March ___--______37 April 33 May _______________ 18 Jane ___________ 23 July ____._________ 12 August . 9 September _____________ 30 October ___________ 17 November ______ 36 December __ 52 Total ___________________________413 S PAID MEMBERS OP THE DEPARTMENT. 1 Chief _ _ ______ $2,600.00 1 First Lieutenant ______ 1,920.00 1 Second Lieutenant ____ 1,580.00 1 Third Lieutenant ___ 1,520.000 1 Clerk, Police Department and Police Court ___ 1,800.00 1 Clerk, Detective Department ______ 900.00 1 Matron __ _ __ 600.00 1 Chief Detective ________ ______ 1,680.00 3 Detectives ______ ___ _ ______ 1,280.00 2 Detectives _______________________ 1,220.00 2 Detectives _ 1,160.00 1 First Sergeant 1,380.00 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 197 SALARIES PAID MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT Continued. 5 Sergeants _________________________ 1,300.00 1 Sergeant ______________________ 1,120.00 1 Sergeant _____________ 1,240.00 1 Sergeant __________________________ 1,180.00 8 Patrolmen ______________________ 1,080.00 9 Patrolmen _____________________ 1,020.00 35 Patrolmen _____________________ 960.00 15 Patrolmen ______________________ 900.00 1 Electrician (half salary) ____________ 900.00 1 Assistant Electrician (half salary) 600.00 4 Drivers ___________________________ 900.00 1 Stable Keeper ________________ 1,200.00 1 Assistant Stable Keeper (night) _______ 780.00 1 Porter (c) ______________________ 360.00 Men. Under Pension. 1 Sergeant ______________________ 746.00 2 Sergeants _________________ 560.00 2 Sergeants ________ 650.00 1 Detective ________________ 640.00 2 Privates _____________ 540.00 1 Private ______________________ 510.00 1 Private ___________ 300.00 198 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT CHANGES IN DEPARTMENT DURING 1916. Appointments. Private "W. S. Brunson Private W. P. Lingenfelser Private J. L. Floyd Private W. H. Marlow Private H. OK Garner Private G. E. Seckinger Private D. E. Graham Private E. A. Wright Beappointments. Private H. S. Airs Private A. Ivey Private E. D. Fallen Driver H. Fine Dismissals. Private G. E. Beach Private H. L. Purvis Private M. F. Davis Private G. Smith Private D. D. Miles Driver J. J. McGrath Private J. H. McGrath Resignations. *. Private F. Adkins Private A. G. Miller Private M. A. Bazemore Private B. B. Pryor Private M. F. Clark Private J. Poulos Private J. J. Doherty Private B. G. Williams Private A. T. Jackson Driver George Mouro Pensioned. Detective C. T. Christie Private B. Ungar Deaths. Marvin L. Meldrim, Chief of Police Private J. J. McGinley Private W. S. Winn MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 199 NUMBER OF DAYS LOST BY EACH MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT On Account of Sickness, Sickness in Family, Injured on Duty, Special Leave, Excused, Vacation, Suspended, During Year, 1916. M. L. Meldrim _________________ B. S. Bryant __ - ______________ P. J. Elvers __________ J. A. Woods _ _ _____ _ J. F. Bernhardt ________ W. A, Lufbuirow _ _ Jno. J. Beilly _ ___ D. J. Cronin : _____ ________ J. S. Hall_ord____ ___________ J. D. Semken. _ ________ J. H. Lange ... . ______ J. J. Clancy. __ _ _____________ L. P. Morgan ________________ H. Center _____________________ W. J. Morse ___ . _ - ________ J. J. Murphy ___ __________ J. C. McCarthy __ : __________ M. Scully ______________________ M. G. Cohen ____________________ J. K. Beach _____._____ J. F. Bentley __ - _____________ J. P. DeLeon __ _____ ___ __ W. H. Fleming ______________ C. T. Christie. ______________ P. J. Kelly. ____ .. _____ Mrs. L. E. Fisher __ __________ J. M. Aiken __________ E. D. Alexander _ ________ P. I/. Anderson __. _ . _____ J. L. Andrews __________________ H. S. Airs ____________ C. J. Atkinson F. Adkins _ ______ M. A. Bazemore ___ _________ - W. L. Becker __. _ ___ E. I. Bell- ___________ Sickness 8 6 j 2 1 36 1 4 5 fi 4 21 ?, I fi 5 8 3 Sickness In Family 2 2 5 2 3 __.- 1 1 |o 2 ft 9 'a _ B "o ** a> a o, K2(4 1 17 10 4 2 14 185 1 9 Suspended j Rxcused Q 1 1 4 1 1 ____ 3 _ 1 1 1 Vacation 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 fr19 33 11 10 3 17 38 11 13 18 15 20 4 13 10 10 15 10 10 10 21 3 16 SR 196 18 If) 18 13 20 94 10 200 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT NUMBER OF DAYS LOST BY MEMBERSContinued. R ID fi> I m S. Berner _. _ . _ . ______ I 2 1,. Bliimherg R. F. Brant ___________ 1 T. Brennen ___________ 16 H. J. Brown _____ ___ . 8 W. S. Brnnson ... . ,. .... .. 4 C. Burns _. G. E. Beach ___________ __ T. J. Cameron _________ 3 W. S. Cave _______ _ . 1 A. C. dark __________ 3 T. F. Clarcy ___________ 1 8. W. Conrsey _________ 7 R. C. Cannon _________ 2 M. F. Clark _________ _____ __ E. P. Davis ____ . __ _ . J. A. Dorsey ____ _ __ _______ 4 II, F. Dooley . _ 13 A. M. Dominick _ _ _._ __ 5 B. F. Donaldson _ __ _ 64 M. F. Davis ___________ 1 J. J. Doherty T. T. Ellis ____________ __ P. J. Fahey _______ ____. 19 E. I>. Fallon ______ J. Farrell ____ _ ___ __ J. A. Felder ________ 8 M. B. Fleming' __ _ __ _ 3 C. J. Flynn ____ ______ J. L. Floyd _______ 18 R A. Forehand 35 M. C. GaUaher _ ______ . 8 H. G. Garner ___ _ __ W. F. Godbold ___ _ _ _ - D. B. Graham 6 M. Goslee _____ J. Gnilloyle _____ _ .5 H. H. Harms ___ _ 2 R. J. Hayes __ _ H. A. Heape 14 P. M. Hendrix ___ - 1 E. H. Henry. - - 5 J. A. Herman Sickness Family In Injured Duty on 1 I " 10 __ 2 __ o 5 : __ _ 1 3 i 10 1 __ , 1 __ 2 .... 1 __ 2 1 Special Leave "T 4 1 3 19 34 46 90 11 6 2 3 1 2 i i Suspended 1 1 4 2 1 Excused 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 n J 1 2 1 1 1 Vacation 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 GJ S 14 11 11 26fva 4 11 5 Ofi . 13i<* IS 41 48 10 10 15 37 17 110 9022 29 10 20 15 11 20 47 35 2 IS 18 2 16 14 10 26 12 19 10 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 201 NUMBER OP DAYS LOST BY MEMBERSContinued. W. F. Hodges _ . _________ H. P. Howard... ____________ H. W. Hutto __________ H. C. Hutson ____ ___ __ A, Ivey __ ___________ A. T. Jackson _ ______________ F. J. Kearney _ ___ __ T. Keane _____________ H. H. Kemp __ ______________ C. W. Keller _________ W. Lingenfclser ____ ___ G. P. Lively _________________ C. F. Leach __________ . B. F. Lovett ______ . _____ T. E. McAlpin ____ . . __ _ J. McGrath ______________ J. H. McGrath ____ . _______ J. J. McGinley _________ C. M. Malphus _ - ___________ T. L. Mattox __________________ W. H. Marlow _________ R H. Mellette _________ J. Milikin ____________ A. G. Miller ____ _ ____ . Dil D. Miles __ ._ __________ L. H. Nantz _____ ________ J. J. O'Beilly _ _ _______ _ H. T. Page ___ _______ _ W. C. Parker ___________ H. L. Price __ _ ________ H. H. Price __________ . J. Poulos ____ _ _____ B. B. Pryor _ - _____ H. L. Purvis ______ ______ T. Quarterman ________ E. J. Beeves ______ ___ _____ J. A. Bouse _._ W. L. Boberts _________ J. C. Byan ___ _ _____ ._ R Seckinger __ _ ______ J. W. Stewart _________ J. J. Sullivan _ ~ ______ D. Sullivan _ __. _ _____ Sickness 5 1 4 Ifi 4 1 7 7 10 2 7 *> I 105 37 3 4 17 2 68 f, 1 4 i!jefc o i 6 3 n 1 1 6 1 1 1 S 1 J |t A 55 1 95 1 Special |Leave 54 7 * 83 2 1 5 2 7 2 Suspended 1 5 :::: _._ 1 1 Excused 1 3 1 1 1 o 1 1 o 2 1 1 1 i o 03 10 10 10 10 101ft 10 10 10 10 101ft 1ft 10 10 10 1ft 10 1,0 10 10 1,0 inift 101ft 10 10to 10 10 10 101ft 1ft 1ft H 11 16 14 12 14 Ofi 17 11 10to 13 18 17 15? 26 7 67 15in 18 17 88 11 17 10 48 15 21 19 V) 1 16 98 81 14 18 15 107 10 1ft 202 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT NUMBER OP DAYS LOST BY MEMBERSContinued. L. B. Simpson _________ 6. W. Slocum__ _______._ M. H. Sberrod _______ G. Smith ____________ C. E. Stephenson _ _ ______ H. C. Taylor _ - ________ J. O. Wallace ____ _______ J. W. Waters __ ___ _ __ __ J. A. L. Weber ___ _ _________ E. L. Williams _________ T. O. Wilson _____ -__--__ J. C. Wilson ____ _ _____ W. 8. Winn_____........ _______ B. L. Woods _ .___.___ H. W. Wrigbt _________ _ E. A. Wright __ ______ E. G. Williams ___ _ _ _ G. L. Smith ____ ______ J. W. Hennessy __ . J. Rottenberg _ _ _______ W. H. Tattle -_.. __ . ._. J. Rice ._ . _______ _ __ H. Fine - __ - _ Geo. Mouro . J. J. McGratb _ .___ _ ___ C. G. Stegins . __ W. C. Frasier (C)____ Sickness 1 13 1 10 3 2 2fi 17 1 ? 8 3 ? 4 3 8 1 Sickness Family In 3 1 1 7 1 ?. 1 ?, ra% _ =O Q 3 !' tig) $2 48 .___ __ 1 __ 2 __ 1 J __ 1 - 3 1 __ __ 45 ____ 2 __ 1 __ 1 _i 4 .___ I Suspended ? 1 1 1 11 ?, 8 Excused 1 1 1 1 9, 1 1 1 i ?, i i _ . i ; 1 i i Vacation I 10 1ft 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 "3 M so11 25 14 5 16 17 14 13 ,39 1?l 12 on 93 25 2 45 12 19 11 21 13 4fi fi 16 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 203 PRISONERS HELD FOB SAFE-KEEPING FOR OFFICERS PASSING THROUGH CITY. Date Prisoner Color Officer Arrested For Jan. 8 R L. Bonner-W Sergt. Gill___U. S. Army 8 W. E. Wyatt____W Sergt. Gill_____U. S. Army 10 G. G. Holiday___W Sergt. Canavan__U. S. Army 16 W. A. McCollom_-W Corp. Gunter____U. S. Army 16 V. I. Hayes__W Corp. Gunter_.___U. S. Army 17 J. E. Kingston-W Corp. AndrewsU. S. Army 22 Floyd Creamer.--W Sergt. Pittman__U. S. Army 25 J. B. Hires___W Detee. Roney-___Augusta, Ga. Feb. 3 B. K. Gushing-W Detee. Lancaster_.__Augusta, Ga. 7 J. M. Williams___W Corp. Whalen___U. S. Army 7 S. M. BazemoreW Sheriff Odom ___Lyons, Ga. 10 Columbus Scott C Sheriff Seekinger_Springfield, Ga. Mar. 19 P. J. O'Rafferty.W Sergt. Ellington__U. S. Army 29 Mims Nunnally -W Sheriff Coursey Sereven County Apr. 2 Joe Longel__.W Sergt. Billion___U. S. Army 12 Cyrus Johnson -. C Sheriff Lightsey-Hampton, S. C. 16 Walter Kelly _ C Sheriff Morris __JBarnwell, S. C. May 5 Robert Stokes __ C Sheriff De Loach_Claxton, Ga. 26 G. H. BollenW Sheriff BrowningOrangeburg, S. C. June 18 James Ricks C Sheriff KennedyEffingham County July 11 Henry Tyson __ C Sheriff Price .^Jesup, Ga. 15 Tom Wilson-__ C Sheriff Gibson _-Bryan, Ga. 214__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT PRISONERS HELD FOB SAFE-KEEPINGContinued. Date Prisoner Color Officer Arrested For Aug. 14 Charles Key C Sheriff Plunkett__Augusta, Ga. 15 G. C. Byrd_____W Corp. McDonald__U. S. Army 20 John Stephens C Sheriff Dukes __Bryan County Sept. 20 D. C. Roberts___W Sergt. Justice.__U. S. Army Oct. 9 H. A. Stewart____W Sergt. Collins___U. S. Army 26 Peter Young .__ C Sheriff Floyd__-Bryan County Nov. 8 H. C. Whipp-_ W Sergt. HolmbergU. S. Army 14 Dewy Carter ____W Corp. Cahey_.U. S. Army 14 J. A. Jackson__.W Corp. Cahey_.__U. S. Army 16 Jack Stephens _ C Sheriff Gordon__-Glynn County 30 F. L. Lufkin____W Sergt. DHlion___U. S. Army Dec. 1 Charles OTSeal __W Sheriff NipperFitzgerald. Ga. 12 Quillia Pusey ___ C Sheriff WatersStatesboro, Ga 16 Henry Mice ____W Sergt. Dawson__U. S. Army 18 Harry C. Whipp-W Corp. JohnsonU. S. Army 18 Cbas. J. ElliottW Corp. Johnson__U. S. Army 18 Thomas J. Colson_W Corp. Johnson.__U. S. Army 22 Byan T. Cole__W Corp. PetersonU. S. Army ___ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 205 FUGITIVES FEOM JUSTICE ARRESTED BY THE SAVANNAH POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OTHER -CITIES. Date Fugitive Color Arrested For Arrested By Jan. 3 Ben Watkins C Screven County__Bentley & Cohen 4 Alice Counts C Municipal Court__J. F. Bentley 5 Alonzo Patterson_ C Galveston, Tex._..J. F. Bentley 6 Obee Adams __ C Valdosta, Ga.___M. F. Clark 7 L. K. Uber__W U. S. Army____ Lieut. Woods 7 H. F. Snider.._W U. S. Army__.___M. G. Cohen 7 Chas. McKelson_W U. S. Army____Lieut. Woods 7 Troy Baker__W U. S. Army____M. G. Cohen 10 M. S. Cowart___W Reedsville, Ga.___J. Milikin 17 Otto Heekle__W S. S. Trumf ____P. M. Hendrix 17 J. Minister ..___W S. S. Trumf __P. M. Hendrix 17 Hugo Boyd_.W S. S. Trumf._..._..P. M. Hendrix 20 N. H. KronvallW S. S. Carl Hankel_Hendrix & Clark 20 Geo. Kroston__W S. a. Carl Hankel_Hendrix & Clark 20 Edw. H. Cary___W U. R. Army-___ J. Milikin 21 Angus Akin ..._ C Walterboro, R. C._J. A. Bouse 21 Essie Akin . C Walterboro, S. C_T. A. Rouse 24 Clif Doyle ____ C Charleston, S. C.__T. Keane - 24 Chas. Stevens ___ C Charleston, S. C.__^ Keane 25 Harry Hardee ___W Ludowici, Ga.___G. P. Lively 25 Wilhelm Walm __W S. S. Trumf____W. S. Winn 27 Frank Jefferson__ C Daufuskie, S. C.__M. Scully 27 Abe Jefferson___ C Daufuskie, S. C.-M. Scully 28 Willie Girardeau C U. S. Authorities-T. J. Murphy 30 Walter Scott..__ O Claxton, Ga....M. B. Fleming Feb. 1 F. Debroski ____W New York ____Murphy & Scully 1 V. Zebrowski _W New York _Murphy & Scully 1 H. M. DenmarkW U. S. Army_..B. J. Hays 5 E. Blizzard ____W Lake City, S. C.T. Keane 7 J. H. Clark.W U. S. AuthoritiesBentley & Beach 7 A. F. Adams____W U. S. NavyP. J. Kelly 8 Louise Mears ___W TJ. S. AuthoritiesBentley & Beach 12 Tom Williams___ C Liberty CountyW. H. Fleming 12 L. Harris _____W U. S. Navy____.T. A. Felder 12 Edw. Jones ____ C .Tuvenile Court J. Guilfoyle 18 Ira Futch _____W Claxton, Ga._J. K. Beach 21 W. G. Adams___W "Fitzgerald, Ga.___M. Scully 21 J. R. Boss__..__W Alamo. Ga.-.... .T. F. Bentley 22 J. C. Patterson.__W TT. S. Army____. Gaffney, S.A.L. 27 Fred Jackson ___ C Rtatesboro. Ga._.___Simpson & Milikfn 28 J. M, Turner____W Jacksonville, Fla._M. Scully 206 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICEContinued. Date Fugitive Color Arrested For Arrested By March 1 James Hann C Columbia, S. C__Beach & DeLeon I J. K Thomas_W Chandler County_Bentley & Fleming 8 C. Maicas -__-__W S.S.JoquinMumbru-T. J. Cameron 8 I. Ernandes _______W S.S.JoquinMumbru-T. J. Cameron 10 A. E. Suerth-__W Estill, S. C.____M. C. Gallaher 12 C. DeToung __._W Asheville, N. C__M. B. Fleming 12 Edw. Burden ___W S. Bethlehem, Pa._.J. W. Waters 13 B.' G. MosleyW U. S. Army_~Lieut. Elvers 15 Jessie PrinceW Fetehtlg, S. C.Lieut. Bryant 15 J. S. Jones____W U. S. Army____ J. MiliMn 15 Fred Stewart.____W Florence, S. C.__J. J. Murphy 15 W. M, Barnes___W Columbia, S. C___Beach & DeLeon 15 John A. Horn____W U. S. Army_____L. H. STantz 15 Willie Brown C Waynesbpro, Ga._Scully & Cohen 17 J. H. Hughes____W Oconee County__ J. F. Bentley 20 John Dawson _ C Emanuel County _ W. H. Fleming 25 Chas. Williams __ C Bryan County___M. H. Sherrod 25 C. W. Frasier___W Chattahoochee, Fla.-H. W. Hutto 26 Jessie Brown ___W Statesboro, Ga,__.J. Milikin 28 Fred Daggett ___ C Bryan County___M. Seully 31 Landis Williams _ C Richmond County__P. L. Anderson 31 James Unis ____ C Richmond CountyJ. W. Taylor 31 Whitfield Simmons- C Richmond CountyP. L. Anderson 31 Albert Prather __ C Richmond CountyDooley & Henry 31 Warren Brown __W U. S. ArmyW. L. Roberts April II Welpelm Thesy __W S. S. RingboldR. F. Lovett 11 Franz Aner ____W S. S. Ringbold-R. F. Lovett 11 Joel Freund____W S. S. Ringbold-R. F. Lovett 12 Jerry Myers___ C Screven County_J. H. McGrath 13 Jaun Martin____W S. S. WindykeT. E. McAlpin 13 T. Erickson ____W S. S. WindykeM. A. Bazemore 14 A. W. Blanker___W S. S. Thishland__R. F. Dooley 14 Gevardns Winkinus.W S. S. Thishland__-R. F. Dooley 14 Jann Bolt _____W S. S. Thishland__R. F. Dooley 14 Ardean Fourein-W S. S. ThishlandR. F. Dooley 14 Lonnie James ___W Waycross, Ga.M. C. Gallaher 15 Henry Speed____ C Bulloch County.-_Lieut. Woods 16 James Mahoney__W U. S. Army___J. H. McGrath 18 John Grant____ C Hardeville, S. C.J. A. Herman 20 M. A. Squires__W Richland County.J. C. McCarthy 21 James A. Hill___ C Bulloch CountyO. F. Leach 28 J. W. Green____W Sumter, S. C.P. M. Hendrix 29 Harry Rose -W Jesup, Ga.J. P. DeLeon 30 Annie M- Baaha__W U. S. AuthoritiesLieut. Woods 30 J. A. Ferris____-W U. S. AuthoritiesJ. Milildn MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 207 FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICEContinued. Date Fugitive Color Arrested For Arrested By May 3 Henry Brown __ C Beaufort, S. C.Scully & Cohen 8 H. I. Finch____W U. S. Army____M. B. Fleming 8 Erwln Mitchell __W U. S. Army____M. B. Fleming 9 Wm. Nessola ___W D. S. Army____W, F. Chapman, C C I* 10 Danese Millhous ___W Atlanta, Ga.____.J. C. McCarthy 11 Willie Simmons C Vidalia, Ga.___Sergt. Hallford 12 Mable Bice ____W Vidalia, Ga____H. C. Taylor 24 Carl Frederickson.W S. S. Samoa____H. H. Kemp 24 Oscar Zansen __W S. S. SamoaH. H. Kemp 25 L. W. QuartermanW Liberty County_R. F. Brant 25 Bertha Abner ___ C Midville, Ga.____J. J. Murphy 29 Vassie Royal W LaGrange, Ga.__JL B. Simpson 30 Samuel Taylor __W Barnwell, S. C__M. B. Fleming June 5 H. R. Dubberly__W Evans County __ J. F. Bentley 8 H. R Dubberly___W Tattnall County__P. M. Hendrix 10 Kate Clingam W Macon, Ga.___.J. MiliMn 10 Eddie Sams C Liberty County_Chapman & Whftcnmp 10 Geo. Winston C Liberty CountyChapman & Whitcamp 16 Amos Hall W. Darien, Ga._J. J. Murphy 16 Zalena Sergers ._W U. S. Army_____H. W. Hutto 16 Henry ArmstrongW Augusta, Ga.___Leach & Brown 18 R. Weatherhorn.__W Augusta, Ga._._J. Milikin 18 Adolph Schwartz_._W Augusta, Ga._._.T. Milikin 19 Morris Silver ___W Atlanta. Ga.____Lieut. Woods 25 Leo Hart C Bryan County___P. L. Anderson 25 Willie Wilson C Wayneshoro, Ga__Cohen & DeLeon 26 Nathaniel CaplinW Jesup, Ga._____-T. C. McCarthy 26 Harvey Dayis _W Coffee County__Bentley & Beach 27 Arthur Davis ___W statesboro. Ga.__P. L. Anderson 30 F. O. PoynerW TT. S. Army____R. J. Hayes 30 Charles Denmark.W Statesboro, Ga.__.Lieut. Woods July 2 Wilson Adams __W Washington County.W. M. Seage 9 Willie Lindsey __W Glenville, Ga.___Lieut. Eivers 21 George Mack __ C Bamberg, S. C-P. L. Anderson 203 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICEContinued. Date Fugitive Color Arrested For Arrested By Aug. 3 "Will Brown ___ C Atlanta, Ga.____M. G. Cohen 8 Sam Green ____ C Liberty County__J. W. Stewart 8 C. H. Williamson_W Liberty County__J. W. Stewart 8 F. Williamson ____-W Liberty County._J. W. Stewart 8 Lewis W. Pickens_W U. S. Army____f. J. Gaffney 8 Jack Martin ___ C Augusta, Ga.____H. C. Taylor 9 Forest Davis W U. S. Authorities_-T. J. Murphy 10 Lee Sea ______W S. S. Ketherport_C. J. Atkinson 10 Wong Hong ____W S. S. Netherport_C. J. Atkinson 10 Ly Chnng _____W S. S. NetherportC. J. Atkinson 16 Houston WilliamsW U. S. Army____M. G. Cohen 17 R. C. Crutchfield__W Macon, Ga.__A. M. Dominick 17 B. B. Hudson___W Macon, Ga_.__-A. M. Dominick 18 J. B. Poreha_W U. S. Army..E. J. Reeves 18 H. T. Jones___W Alma, Ga.__-__M. G. Cohen 27 Paul M. Newman_W Bulloch County_Lieut. Elvers Sept. 3 Willie McQueen __ C Jacksonville, Fla.E. A. Wrlght 3 L. G. Wagner_._W Bibb CountyJ. Milikin 4 Ed. Fredrick ____ C Americus, Ga._M. B. Fleming 5 Eugene Walker __ C Evans CountyM. G. Cohen 5 John Scott_____ C Effingham CountyM. B. Fleming 5 Milikin Grant_... C Beaufort, S. C.___H. A. Miller 10 Herbert Gould___ C Bulloch County.J. A. Felder 11 Hilton Russell __W U. S. ArmyB. A. Forehan 17 Geo. D. Lanier-_W U. S. ArmyLieut. Eivers 17 Frank McCummins_W U. S. Army_H. C. Taylor 18 Gilbert Culpepper_W Jacksonville, Fla.B. J. Hayes 20 Houston WilliamsW Macon, Ga.Lieut. Woods 20 Lewis Cannon___W Macon, Ga.P. M. Hendrix 25 J. H. Stephens___W P.urke CountyLieut. Eivers 27 A. Wise ______W U. S. ArmyM. Seully 29 Richard Monroe C Tampa, Fla.J. A. Felder Oct. 1 B. F. Loadholt___W Coffee CountyJ. F. Bentley 2 Joras McKenzie__ C S. S. OrmestonT. O. Wilson 7 Earl E. Wakeland_W L". S. ArmyJ. C. Ryan 8 Wm. McCleary___ C "tillmore, Ga. T. Milikin 8 C. H. Bodiford__W U. S. Army.-Lieut. Woods 9 Blanch Pike ___W Atlanta, Ga.____ T. Milikin 9 Robert McBride __W L. S. Army_Hayes & Heape 10 George Lean ___W U. S. Army____-J. C. Ryan 14 Thomas Jones___ C Bulloch County..P. L. Anderson 14 A. B. Connor___W U. S. ArmyE. L. Williams 15 Harry Stone ___W U. S. Army_L. H. Nantz MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 209 FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICEContinued. Date Fugitive Color Arrested For Arrested By Oct. 23 Noble L. Clark_..___W U. S. Army_-_~J. Milikin 23 W. H. Esterling_-_W Claxton, Ga.____M. G. Cohen 30 R Kee -W S. S. NetherportJ. A. Herman 30 Ling Ing __W S. S. NetherportJ. A. Herman 31 Yang Tie __W S. S. NetherportJ. A. Herman 31 Chan Fook _-,.__.W S. S. Netherport_J. A. Herman 31 Lee Chong __W S. S. Netherport_J. A. Herman 31 Oh Hing ______W S. S. Netherport_C. F. Leach 31 Oh Choy ____W S. S. NetherportC. F. Leach 81 Lung Hung __W S. S. Netherport_C. F. Leach 31 Hang Awu __W S. S. Netherport_C. F. Leach 31 Tin Yau _____-W S. S. Netherport_C. F. Leach 31 Chong Ping __-W S. S. Netherport_C. F. Leach 31 John Yong ____W S. S. Netherport_C. F. Leach 81 Oh Chung ____W S. S. Netherport_C. F. Leach Nov. 1 Frank Parker. C Pierce County__M. B. Fleming 2 Carl Rusmussen__W U. S. Army____Reeves & Harms 4 Perry Riles__ C Barnwell, S. C.M. B. Fleming 8 Sam Green____ C Bryan CountyP. M. Hendrix 8 Frank E. Pulton__W Bryan County___Lieut. Woods 8 Aloun Baraket __W Cincinnati, O.___M. Seully 8 Joseph Hassen __W Cincinnati, O.___M. Scully 10 Rat Perry ____ C Dublin, Ga.____J. A. Felder 18 David Hunter ___W Wayne County_._.C. J. Atkinson 20 Jessie Brown ____ C Estill, S. C._-_Lieut. Eivers 22 S. A. Johnson___W Jesup, Ga____.J. F. Bentley Dec. 4 C. H. Edwards___W Fairfax, S. CP. L. Anderson 10 J. W. Carr_____W Tattnall County__P. L. Anderson 10 Bishop Grimes __ C Tifton, Ga._____H. C. Taylor 18 Geo. S. Askew___W U. S. Authorities_J. Milikin 18 Catherine Cross__W U. R. Authorities_J. Milikin 18 G. W. LivingstonW TJ. S. Authorities_ I. Milikin 18 Billie Edwards___W U. S. Authorities_E. D. Fallen 22 Will Jones ____ C S. S. Merrimaek__T. E. MeAlpin 22 John Dixon ____ C S. S. Merrimaek__T. E. MeAlpin 22 Chas. Tucker ___ C S. S. Merrimaek__T. E. MeAlpin 24 John J. Knoll___W U. S. Army____J. F. Bernhardt 29 Herman Andrews_W U. S. Authorities_T. J. Cameron 29 Walter Harms __W U. S. Authorities_T. J. Cameron 29 Erick Kregar ___W U. S. Authorities_T. J. Cameron 29 Paul Minx ____W U. S. Authorities_C. F. Leach 29 August Ricke ___W U. S. AuthoritiesC. F. Leach 29 Robert Kynast___W U. S. Authorities_C. F. Leach 29 Fritz Tegge_____W U. S. Authorities_C. F. Leach 210 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT REPORTS MADE TO POLICE DEPARTMENT BY PAWNBROKERS DURING TEAR, 1916. January ______ 21,200 February ________________________ 19,010 March _________ 18,500 April ________ 19,100 May _____._______________ 21,500 June _________________________ 20,200 July _____________ 21,460 August _____________________ 19,600 September ________________________ 17,800 October _________________ ___________ 18,230 November ________________________ 21,640 December _____________________ 22,110 Total __________________________240,350 AMOUNT OF PROPERTY REPORTED LOST OR STOLEN AND AMOUNTS RECOVERED. Lost or Stolen. Recovered. January __________$ 3,264.00 $ 2,900.00 February _______________ 4,105.00 2,100.00 March ________________ 3,706.00 2.450.00 April _________________ 2,950.00 1,375.00 May ___________________ 3,654.00 2,177.00 June __________________ 4,742.00 3,000.00 July ___________________ 6,850.00 4,360.00 August ________________ 4,127.00 3,000.00 September ______________ 3,516.00 2,895.00 October ________________ 3,247100 2,175.00 November _______________ 4,921.00 2,900.00 December ______________ 4,500.00 3,600.00 Total ________________$49,582.00 $32,942.00 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 211 INVENTORY POLICE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY JANUARY 1, 1917. Building at headquarters______$50,000.00 Substation, Thomas Park______ 530.00 Substation, Grayson Park______ 500.00$ 51,030.00 Land, at headquarters________ 25,000.00 25,000.00 GAMEWELL SYSTEM. Operated Jointly by Police and Fire Departments; Value of Police Department's Portion Only Shown: Batteries, racks, extra parts 670.00 Charging board, operating board connections and extra parts 2,075.00 52 street boxes __________ 7,800.00 5 desk telephone sets, 1 gong indicator and inter-connections- 300.00 2 wall phones and connections 20.00 94,500 feet overhead wire____ 945.00 24 street manholes__________ 600.00 8,375 feet underground conduits__ 2,093.75 60 iron posts with box attachments. 750.00 2,700 feet, 15 pair underground cable 540.00 3,500 feet, 10 pair underground cable 455.00 2,700 feet, 6 pair underground cable 229.50 18,400 feet, 5 pair underground cable 1,288.00 33,400 feet, 3 pair underground cable 1,670.00 100 iron pole top fixtures______ 100.00 586 cross arm outfits complete____ 293.00 Outlet boxes, pipes and fittings_ 250.00 Extra material on hand________ 700.00 Tools and appliances________:_ 50.00 20,829.25 212 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT LIVE STOCK. 28 horses at $150.00 each______ 4,200.00 4,200.00 MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES. 15 tons of coal_____________ 142.50 100 bales of hay____________ 85.00 10 sacks of oats____________ 34.50 Stationery ______________ 20.00 12 buckets ________________ 4.50 5 brooms 2.50 y2 case of soap__________ 2.00 y2 case Ivory Soap_ 2.00 y2 case washing powder. 1.00 % case Bon Ami___________ 1.20 y2 case potash 1.00 1 box starch 1.50 I case blueing _ 2.70 6 brushes _______________ .60 Clothes pins .40 48 face towels ____________ 10.00 60 bath towels ____________ 12.00 36 sheets patrolmen beds_ 8.00 28 sheets prisoners' beds 5.00 21 blankets officers' beds_______ 20.00 II spreads ______________ 5.00 7 beds, 10 mattresses, 14 pairs pillows, 30 pillow cases for officers' beds _________________ 35.00 76 yards gingham ______ 5.75 30 yards drill _____________ 2.50 4 gallons liquid soap ________ 6.00 50 yards buntu\' _____ 2.50 40 blankets, 28 mattresses, 10 pillows, 26 pillow cases, 10 iron cots, prisoners' beds __________ 55.00 13 slips for ambulance stretcher. 7.50 476.65 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 213 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. 4 roll top desks____________ 100.00 6 small flat top desks________ 25.00 1 flat top desk (Standing)__ 7.00 1 wood filing cabinet 10.00 2 small wood filing cabinets. 5.00 2 Remington Typewriters ___ 105.00 1 Smith Typewriter ________ 30.00 2 prisoners' property cabinets. 30.00 3 clocks ________________ 15.00 105 clothes lockers _________ 250.00 3 large tables _ 25.00 6 small tables ____________ 15.00 8 revolving desk chairs____ 40.00 90 chairs _______________ 90.00 1 kerosene oil heater 5.00 2 Electric heaters __________ 15.00 7 heating stoves ___ 35.00 1 cook stove and utensils______ 5.00 2 wooden cabinets 10.00 I medicine cabinet and contents__ 8.00 5 electric fans _____________ 40.00 3 art squares ___ 50.00 II rugs __ 25.00 20 cuspidors for offices 5.00 30 wooden cuspidors for Station House ___'___________- 5.00 2 book cases ____________ 12.00 2 metal filing cases 40.00 1 four-section filing case 15.00 1 combination metal filing case. 100.00 5 desk portable lights 10.00 1 metal clothes locker 20.00 1 warrant case 2.00 1 water cooler 10.00 1 mimeograph machine 5.00 1 duplicating machine ___... 10.00 1,274.00 214 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT FURNITURE AND FIXTURESContinued. 20 window shades _____ 5.00 4 coat trees ______________ 12.00 Moor covering, Linoleum _ 25.00 4 pairs handcuffs _______ 20.00 1 office tickler ____________ 4.00 66.00 FURNITURE IN SUB-STATIONS. 2 desks, 4 chairs, one oil heater, 1 electric heater, 2 water coolers, 1 electric fan _______ 145.00 145.00 ROLLING STOCK. 1 colored auto ambulance, Bassel 2,150.00 1 white auto ambulance, White 2,000.00 1 auto patrol wagon, White. 2,000.00 1 auto touring car, Hudson 600.00 1 auto touring car, Buiek 900.00 10 motorcycles ________ 900.00 1 horse-drawn patrol wagon 40.00 1 wagon ___________ 10.00 1 supply wagon 25.00 1 buckboard ______ 75.00 4 bicycles ______________ 50.00 8,750.00 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT 215 EQUIPMENT. 4 sets harness __________ 35 saddles __________________ 35 bridles ________________________ 33 saddle blankets and covers______ 42 staU halters ____________ 5 shovels _________ 1 platform scale __________________ 1 Bowser Gas Tank and Pump_____ 3 oil tanks, 2 wheelbarrows, 1 small clipping machine _______ 25.00 175.00 50.00 40.00 20.00 3.00 5.00 150.00 30.00 498.00 TOOLS AND MATERIAL, ETC. 12 lanterns for traffic signs, 17 traffic signs, 2 ten-gallon cans, 5 five-gallon cans, 1 extension lamp and cord, 1 repair roller, 1 fire extinguisher, 2 funnels, 3 wash buckets, 2 blow torches, 1 large monkey wrench, 1 set socket wrenches, 2 tire pumps 7 tire tubes, 5 auto, jacks, 2 solder irons, 1 emory wheel, 2 Stilson wrenches, 3 boxes stove bolts, 1 box Woodruff keys, 1 box taper pins, 2 boxes motorcycle spokes, 2 cans varnish, 5 cans paint, 4 speedometers, 3 head lamps, 1 quart shellac, 100 bolts and nuts, 5 motorcycle sprokets, 5 auto rims, 100 small motorcycle parts, 5 hammers, 9 screw drivers, 2 pair plyers, 10 files, 20 flat wrenches, 1 can tire cement, 3 cans of grease, 1 barrel grease, 40 gallons oil, 1 motorcycle tank, 20 old spark plugs, 2 remmers, 10 drills, 1 package lamp wicks, 1 box copper rivets, 2 barrels disinfectant 210.00 210.00 2ir> MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT UNIFORM EQUIPMENT. Collars and gloves on hand_____ 69.75 50 web cartridge belts__,_____ 15.00 133 helmet wreaths __________ 50.00 150 caps _______________ 125.00 144 badges ______________ 72.00 125 cap badges __________ 75.00 94 club sockets ____________ 20.00 115 clubs _________.______ 57.00 118 whistles ____________ 25.00 230 uniforms _________.____. 1,800.00 122 overcoats _____________ 1,100.00 115 black hats _________ 85.00 106 pistol holsters ________ 25.00 97 belts _________________ 50.00 25 pairs of spurs ____ 15.00 33 pairs puttees ____________ 60.00 3,643.75 62 Springfield Rifles and Bayonets 124.00 42 Winchester Rifles, 38 calaber__ 336.00 125 Colt's Revolvers _______ 1,250.00 30 sabers ______ 15.00 Ammunition on hand ___ 7.50 1,732.50 Grand total _________ $117,855.15 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 217 POLICE OAMEWELL TELEGRAPH BOXES. 12 Bay and Habersham 13 Bay and Randolph 14 Bay and East Broad 15 Bay and Drayton 17 A. C. Crossing and Montgomery Street 21 Bay Street and Sehwarz Avenue 22 Broughton and East Broad 23 Oglethorpe and East Broad 24 Congress and Bull 25 President and Randolph 31 York and Bull 32 Anderson Street and Waters Avenue 33 Liberty and Randolph 34 Estill and Waters Avenue 35 Park Avenue and East Broad 41 Thomas Park Substation 42 Forty-second and Montgomery 43 Oglethorpe and Farm 44 Forty-seventh and Reynolds 45 Indian and Fahm 51 Bay and West Broad 52 Estell Avenue and Bull 53 Broughton and West Broad 54 Broughton and Farm 121 Oglethorpe and West Broad 122 Louisville and Sehwarz Avenue 123 Gwinnett and Stiles Avenue 218__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT POLICE GAMEWELL TELEGRAPH BOXESContinued. 224 Gwinnett and Magnolia 125 Liberty and West Broad 131 Berrien and President 132 Cohen and West Boundry 133 Chariton and Jefferson 144 Congress and Barnard 152 Gaston and West Broad 212 Gaston and WMtaker 213 Park Avenue and West Broad 214 Anderson and West Broad 215 Liberty and East Broad 221 Gwinnett and West Broad 242 Gwinnett and East Broad 243 Jones and East Broad 315 Gaston and Lincoln 313 Hartridge and East Broad 314 Wheaton and Waters Avenue 321 Bolton and Atlantic Avenue 322 Park Avenue and Abercorn 323 Henry and Bull 331 Anderson and East Broad 341 Thirty-eighth and East Broad 412 Thirty-sixth and Ogeeehee Boad 413 Thirty-sirth and Bull INMEMORIAM. Chief M. L. Meldrim, Appointed to the Department, February 14,1896 Appointed Sergeant, January 31, 1907 Appointed First Sergeant, March 15, 1909 Appointed Third Lieutenant, March 1, 1910 Elected Chief of Police, January 28, 1913 Died December 20, 1916 IN MEMO&IAM. Patrolman W. S. Winn, Appointed December 8,1896 Died October 23, 1916 IN MEMORIAM. Patrolman J. J. McGinley, Appointed September 23, 1909 Died February 20, 1916 TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 A. P. McFARLAND FIRE CHIEF FIRE COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, YEAR 1916. W. A. PIGMAN,' Chairman. JOHN B. FOY. W. W. WILLIAMSON. J. C. SLATEE. J. A. LOGAN. After carefully going over the foregoing report of Fire Chief McParland, together with the other heads of the various departments, I feel that I am voicing the sentiment of each member of the Fire Committee, when I say that the reports rendered speak remarkably well for the department, and simply shows what men of experience, who have been tried and found to be true, can do. The exceedingly low fire loss sustained during the past year, will in all probability go down in history as the lowest fire loss in the history of the City of Savannah. I feel it my duty, as chairman of the Fire Committee, as well as a citizen of the City of Savannah, to compliment the department, on the good work and record made during the past year. W. A. PIGMAN, Chairman, Committee on Fire. FIRE DEPARTMENT. A. P. McFarland___._______________Fire Chief A. John ToshaehFirst Assistant Fire Chief Thomas J. Fogerty_______Second Assistant Fire Chief Volney B. Jones___________________Secretary J. C. McDowell_____________Electrical Inspector T. P. Sandiford_______Superintendent Gamewell System B. H. ToddAssistant Superintendent Gamewell System J. T. OwensLineman Gamewell System Walter L. Zealey.Superintendent Machinery S. W. Peck_-Assistant Superintendent of Machineiy J. C. Tyson_________________Chief Fire Inspector F. J. KilroyFire Inspector J. A. Bergman_________________Fire Inspector Charles W. Taylor________Fire Inspector N. J. Frizzelle, Jr.________________Fire Inspector J. P. Chaplin, Jr.______Fire Inspector FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT. Savannah, Ga., January 1,1917. To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Savannah. Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit to you my first annual report of this department, for the year ending December 31, 1916. This being the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Paid Fire Department of the City of Savannah. At the close of the year 1916 the total number of members of the department was as follows: 1 Fire Chief. 1 First Assistant Fire Chief. 1 Second Assistant Fire Chief. 1 Secretary. 1 Electrical Inspector. 1 Superintendent Gamewell System! 1 Assistant Superintendent Gamewell System. 1 Lineman Gamewell System. 1 Superintendent Machinery. 1 Assistant Superintendent Machinery, 1 Chief Fire Inspector. 5 Fire Inspectors. 3 Regular Drivers Chief's Cars. 7 Captains Engine Companies. 1 Captain Truck Company. 1 Captain Chemical Company. 7 Lieutenants of Engine Companies. 230___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________ 1 Lieutenant Truck Company. 1 Lieutenant Chemical Company. 6 Engineers of Pumping Engines. 58 Privates (Regular). 100 Total. 8 Substitute Firemen. During the year the following changes in the department took place: 4 Privates dismissed. 7 Privates resigned. 2 Privates reinstated. 2 Privates pensioned. 1 Private promoted to Fire Inspector. 1 Private promoted to Engineer. 3 Privates promoted to Lieutenants. 11 Privates appointed. 1 Fire Inspector dismissed. 1 Lieutenant reduced to Private. 1 Lieutenant resigned as Lieutenant. 1 Lieutenant promoted to Engineer. 1 Chimney Sweeper appointed. 1 Lieutenant promoted to Captain. 2 Engineers dismissed. 1 Lineman Gamewell System appointed. 1 Captain resigned. 1 Captain appointed. 1 Chief Engineer dismissed. 1 Fire Chief elected from place of Captain. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 281 FIEE DEPARTMENT BY COMPANIES. FIRE STATION NO. 1. 518-522 Broughton Street, East. Name. Position. Service. Jerry Murphy ______Captain _16 years Thos. J. Duffy-__..Lieutenant 7 " Claud D. HendersonEngineer 5 " M. J. Roache ____Private _16 " T. Ryan _________Private _- 8 " T. Welsh __________Private __________13 " Geo. F. Byrnes ___...Private __ 8 " W. F. Fallon _______Private _____ 2 " J. J. Buttimere ______Private __________ 7 " FIRE STATION NO. 2. Indian and West Broad Street. Name. Position. Service. Chas. V. Egense Captain 32 years W. J. Powers Lieutenant 5 " Geo. F. Kilroy ______Engineer ___12 " L. F. Henderson _____Private ___.18 " Geo. Campsen Private 8 " W. J. Hanlon ______Private ___ 6 " J. C. Hirt ________Private _________11 " C. D. Quarles ______Private ________ 6 " J. W. Whallen ______Private __________10 " H. M. Franklin _____ .Private __ 1 " 232-_________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ FIRE STATION NO. 3. Oglethorpe Avenue and Abereorn Street. Name. _ Position. Service. A. M. Rogers Captain 18 years J. J. Wheelan ______Lieutenant ___13 " J. C. Bailey _______Engineer __________13 " Paul H. Moerkle _____Private _________ 6 " J. Hunter _______..Private __ 9 " R. B. Hearne _____Private ____17 " J. P. Duffey _______Private __________20 " Tom Foran ______^.Private _ 3 " R. P. Shehan ______-Private _ 7 " W. R. "Woodrum _____Private _____ 1 " F. E. Austin _______Private _________ 1 " FIRE STATION NO. 4. 606 Barnard Street. Name. Position. Service. D. P. Murphy ___-Captain 18 years T. J. Fogarty Lieutenant 11 " J. H. Bell ______Engineer _______ 8 " Geo. C. Donnelly _..Private ______26 " W. H. Remley ______Private ______15 " E. J. Seymour ____Private ______10 " F. E. Leonard ______Private _____-- 5 " J. B, Minor ________Private ____ 3 " T. G- Kearhey ____i__Pri'vate 13 " L. E. Seaward Private 1 " FIRE STATION NO. 5. 11 Henry Street, East. Name. Position. Service. D. V. "Whitaker _Captain 17 years M. F. Sullivan ____...Lieutenant __________14 " Leo Walsh ______Engineer _10 " A. C. Turner ___Private 3 " ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________233 R. B. Long -Private ____________ 4 years Jerry O'Leary _.Private __________23 " W. J. Futeh ______Private __________18 " M. F. Davis __Private _________ 1 " J. C. Waters ______-Private __________ 1 " FIEE STATION NO. 6. 38th and Barnard Streets. Name. Position. Service. C. M. Burnham -Captain _20 years B. Blumberg _-Lieutenant ___ 5 " C. Christensen _-Engineer _____18 " J. A. McGrath ______Private __________16 " M. F. Harvey _____Private _________10 " Mordacai Shefiftall ___Private __________ 3 " J. M. Smith ________Private __________ 1 " J. C. Shehan ______Private _________13 " C. W. Mobley ______Private _________ 1 " FIRE STATION NO. 7. Paulsen and Gwinnett Streets. Name. Position. Service. E. V. Pacetti Captain 18 years B. Leddy ________Lieutenant ______18 " S. W. Peck ________ JEngineer _________11 " A. Smith ________Private _ 6 " J. J. Fitzpatriek ___Private _11 " B. E. Sheppard ____Private _______11 " W. E. Turner Private __ 3 " W. L. DuFour ______Private __________ 7 " J. E. DeLoaehe ____Private _________ 1 " 234__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ CHEMICAL CO. NO. 1. Oglethorpe and Abereorn Streets. Name. Position. Service. Geo. E. Johnson _Captain __________16 years J. P. Hartnoll ______Lieutenant ________ 7 " E. T. Morrisey ______Private __'.______15 " R. J. O'Keefa _______Private __________ 9 " J. L. Eady i______Private __________ 3 " TEUCK COMPANY NO. 1. Oglethorpe Avenue and Abereorn Street. Name. Position. Service. Chas. Stein _Captain ________ 9 years C. W. Ellis ________Lieutenant ________13 " T. Flynn __________Ladderman ________18 " B. P. Potter _______Ladderman _______ 5 " J. E. Wohanka ______Ladderman ________10 " L. "W. Hathaway Ladderman __ 4 " Albert Hirt ________Driver ___________ 7 " W. P. Carrick ____-Driver __________13 " Geo. Schroder ______Ladderman ________ 3 " C. H. Zace ________Ladderman ______ 5 " MEMBERS DOING MILITAEY DUTY ON MEXICAN BOEDEE. Name. Position. Service. A. C. Rollerson _____Private _-____ 3 years H. V. Summerlin ____Private __________ 4 " A. L. Alexander _____Private - 3 " J. C. Anderson ____Private 2 " J. P. Kavanaugh __Private 10 " SUBSTITUTE FIEEMEN. E. Beylotte J. E. Moody Wm. Turner B. B. Berry J. Schuman John Kavanaugh Daniel 0'Connor P. P. Black MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 235 PENSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT Per Month. C. A. Christians, pensioned March 12, 1912$50.00 W. W. Pringle, pensioned February 4, 1914_______ 45.00 Louis Treboney, pensioned February 18,1914 50.00 J. J. Hearne, pensioned August 16, 1916 45.00 W. J. Cleary, pensioned August 16, 1916_______ 45.00 CHIMNEY SWEEPING DEPARTMENT. Name. Position. Service. Fred W. Oborn _____Chimney Sweeper___3 months PENSIONERS WHO DIED DURING THE YEAR. John Carrick, died March 6,1916. F. H. Thompson, died December 25, 1916. John J. Connolly, died December 21, 1916. ESTIMATED VALUE OF FERE DEPARTMENT PEOPEETY. Lands _________________________$ 60,000.00 Buildings ______________________ 62,000.00 Hose supply __________________ 15,120.00 Rolling stock ______________ 106,500.00 Old wagons ______________________ 50.00 Harness ___________ 250.00 Live stock __________________ 1,600.00 Old uniforms, caps and quick hitch coats 1,050.00 Furniture and fixtures _______ 4,500.00 Fire alarm system __________________ 38,425.00 Shop tools _______________________ 2,100.00 Supplies ________________________ 325.00 Total ________________________$292,520.00 236 __________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________ HOSE 2%-INCH SUPPLY. Lengths. Feet. Engine Co. No. 1________________ 47 2,350 Engine Co. No. 2________________ 49 2,450 Engine Co. No. 3______________ 52 2,600 Engine Co. No. 4_______________ 41 2,050 Engine Co. No. 5________________ 47 2,350 Engine Co. No. 6________________ 44 2,200 Engine Co. No. 7________________ 40 2,000 Truck Co. No. 1________________ 1 75 321 16,075 CHEMICAL HOSE SUPPLY. Lengths. Feet. Engine Co. No. 1________________ 4 200 Engine Co. No. 2________________ 4 200 Engine Co. No. 3__________ 3 150 Engine Co. No, 4_______________ 3 150 Engine Co. No. 5________________ 3 150 Engine Co. No. 6________________ 4 200 Engine Co. No. 7________________ 4 200 Chemical No. 1________________ 4 200 29 1,450 LIVE STOCK IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Eight horses at $200.00$1,600.00 RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR 1916 FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. Chimney sweeping fees $278.40 Sale of old rubber, lead and junk__ 86.13 Collections from filling of fire extinguishers 2.71 Returns from hose damaged by Savannah Electric Co. 15.00 ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________237 Returned to City Treasurer, check (W. B. Smith)_ 5.05 Return to City Comptroller check of J. T. Gill for cancellation _______________________ 2.53 Sold to Water Works Department 1 second-hand nozzle ________ 15.00 Sold to Street and Lane Department 26-gallon Autoline ____________________ 8.18 Sold to Street and Lane Department 10 gallons gas_ 2.77 Sold to Park and Tree Commission 15 feet hose_ 3.75 Sold to Street and Lane Department 20 feet hose at 25 cents a foot______________________ 57.50 Returns from Savannah Police Department as follows: 3 Pulmotor cylinders recharged_____ 3.75 2 safety discs and express charges_________ 3.94 $484.71 INVENTORY SAVANNAH FIRE DEPARTMENT JANUARY 1, 1917. Lands upon which are erected the seven different engine houses __ $ 60,000.00 Buildings ____ 62,600.00 Three hundred twenty-one lengths 214-inch fire hose, 16,075 feet, at 90 cents a foot_____ 14,467.50 Twenty-nine lengths, 1,450 feet chemical hose, at 45 cents per foot_____________ 652..50 Seven Auto Pumping Engines, American-LaFranee Fire Engine Co. make, at $7,650.00 each___$53,550.00 Four Auto Combinations, Chemical and Hose Wagons, American-LaFrance make, at $4,950.00___ 18,800.00 One Auto Chemical Engine complete, American-LaFranee make, with (3) tanks, at________ 5,000.00 One Fire Chief's car, Haynes make, 50-H. P. __________ 1,500.00 238__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________' One First Assistant's, 24-H. P. Stevens Durea ____________ 1,200.00 One Second Assistant Chief's car, 20-H. P. Hudson ______ 800.00 One Thor Motorcycle used by Superintendent Gamewell _______ 200.00 Two first size Double Pumpers, American-LaPranee make, horsedrawn, at $3,500.00 each____ 7,000.00 One double extra first size Pumper, Ameriean-LaPrance make, horsedrawn, at _____________ 4,000.00 Two City Service Trucks, Savannah Fire Dept. make, horse-drawn, with 65-gallon tanks under frames, at $1,750.00 each___ 3,500.00 One Levericks H. & L. Truck in reserve ____________ 250.00 One Eumsey's Light Steel Frame Truck with 35-gallon chemical tank hung under frame. 1,500.00 One 75 - foot American - LaFrance Aerial Truck, horse-drawn_____ 5:500.00 One Auto Supply Wagon, Stevens Durea make _______ 1,200.00 One Auto Chemical Engine, Fire Department make on Stevens Durea Trucks ______________ 2,500.00$106,500.00 One old wagon________ 50.00 50.00 Three (3) sets Double Harness, $50_ 150.00 One triple set Harness_ 100.00 Eight (8) Horses, $200.00______ 1,600.00 One hundred and five Uniforms, Caps and Quick-Hitch Coats- 1,050.00 Furniture and Fixtures in Engine Houses 4,500.00 Fire Alarm System _____ 38,425.00 Shop Tools _________ 2,100.00 ____________MAYOR'S ANNTTAL REPORT__________839 Supplies in Department, consisting of soaps, oils, extinguisher bottles, toilet paper, brushes, lamps, firemen's friends, sponges, dusters, vitrol, pyrenes, matches, gaskets, rings, rags, stationery, Vit. charges, polish, etc.____ 325.00 $292,520.00 240 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT CITY ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR'S REPORT YEAR 1916. MB. A. P. MePAELAND, Fire Chief, Savannah Fire Department, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I submit herewith my report covering my department for the year 1916 as follows: During the year I made 3,108 inspections. Included in this number of inspections, there was 29,052 lights; 438 fans; 150 motors; 36 fans; 15 electric irons; 10 heaters; 8 are lights, and 436 defects given and remedied. RECEIPTS FROM INSPECTIONS HADE DURING: THE YEAR. January _____$ 137.25 February ____________ 168.75 March ___________________________ 174.25 April __________________________ 142.50 May __________________________ 155.00 June __________________________ 197.00 July __________________________ 99.25 August __________________ 137.25 September _______________________ 176.00 October ________________________ 141.50 November ______________________ 122.00 December _______________________ 101.25 Total ________________________$1,752.50 DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1916. Salary _________________________$1,500.00 Uniforms ____________________ 25.95 Printing and stationery _____ 10.00 Repairs and replacements 30.30 Oils and gasoline 45.05 Total _____________,____.__.__$1,611.30 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT 241 I respectfully draw your attention to the receipts for the year, also the amount of disbursements. My net receipts for the year 1915, being $1,510.50, as against $1,752.50, for this year. Disbursements for the year 1915 was $1,640.83, as against $1,611.30, for this year. This difference of course is attributable to the fact that there was a good deal more electrical work done during the past year than during the year 1915. The department's attention was called to two fires which were caused by defective electrical wiring: At one of these fires there was an accident which, however, was not fatal. It was caused by a ground wire which burned into. An outside wire of opposite polarity came in contact with a grounded water pipe on the roof of a building, and it happened that there was only one ground on the transformer, and the fact that the outside wire was larger than the ground in the adjoining building, it burned into and set fire to a lot of old bagging which was put out without serious damage. Practically the only damage sustained was that done to a workman in the building. He received an electric shock of 220 volts from a wet platform which was well saturated with salt. The other fire was caused by leaving an electric iron which was connected to a bracket. It seemed that someone had turned on the currant which of course caused the iron to become overheated and it burned its way through the floor of the building, causing about $500.00 damage. On May 2, 1916, I had the pleasure of representing the City of Savannah at a meeting in Atlanta, Ga., of tho Bureau of Electrical Standards. This meeting was held for the purpose of discussing the electrical code now in use, also for the purpose of making a safety code, which would reduce the hazard in the use of electrical appliances. There was also discussed the mitigation of electrollisis, its cause, and the safetiest way to remedy same. While in Atlanta, I 242 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT visited Mr. A. M. Sehoen, Chief Engineer of the Southeastern Underwriters' Association, who invited me to attend a meeting of the inspectors of that association; this was simply a study of the wiring code. I feel that the information brought out from attending this meeting was instructive to me as well as other municipal inspectors that had the pleasure of attending. Those men who called this meeting together were composed of the country's best authority on electricity. During the year just past upon my recommendation, the electric fee charges was revised. This was brought about by the fact that new electric appliances and apparatus are being placed upon the market from time to time, same not being included in the old list of charges. The fire district is being improved upon from year to year, by the replacing of old style electric work, with all steel conduits, making the district practically fireproof, which naturally reduces the likelihood of accidents. During the year just past, we had numerous calls for copies of the electrical ordinance, and from information at hand from the heads of the different electrical departments from other cities, they are pleased with our laws. RECOMMENDATIONS. I would like to recommend the purchase for this department of a small runabout automobile. The electrical business in this city is increasing from year to year, and the territory over which the inspector has to travel reaches a great deal further out than it did a few years ago, thus taking a lot more time to cover the territory. The motorcycle which the city furnished this department sometime ago has been turned over the the superintendent of the Fire Alarm System, which left me without anything to use whatever. My position as City Electrical Inspector, is self-supporting and really think that a city as large as Savannah MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 243 should furnish some conveyance with which to get about. For the past year I have been forced to use my own private automobile or motorcycle. I would most respectfully recommend the compiling of an electrical code for the City of Savannah, a much needed necessity, which should govern the wiring of buildings, as well as the covering of all recent electrical appliances. This code should include the electrical ordinances, showing the fire districts, etc. It would be of a great deal of benefit to the electricians of the city, as well as the general public. I would also recommend the advertising through the public press the names of all qualified electricians, in as much as it is against the city ordinance for anyone to do electrical work unless they hold a certificate issued by the city. Thanking you and each of the other heads of the department for all past courtesies, I beg to remain, Yours very truly, J. C. McDOWBLL, Electrical Inspector. 244 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT SUPERINTENDENT OF MACHINERY'S REPORT FOR YEAR 1916. Savannah, Ga., January 1,1917. ME. A. P. McPARLAND, Fire Chief, Savannah Fire Department, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I beg to submit to you the following report of my department for the year 1916. At the close of the year just gone I find the different fire apparatuses of the department in excellent working condition, and in addition to my daily and weekly inspections, I have attended all night and day alarms. During the year I turned out from the shop 470 different jobs, which consumes altogether something like 2,570 hours, this besides the many calls both night and day for minor repairs and adjustments, besides thoroughly overhauling seven pumpers and five combination wagons, and one chemical engine, also changing the transmission gears on the seven pumpers from Type 12 to Type 14, which reduces the speed of the machines, but adds to the pulling power. In my last year's report, I recommended the purchase of a large lathe and shaper, which is needed very badly; by installing these two machines, it will enable this department to do work at the shop, which without same necessitates having to send the work to a local shop or send to the factory for parts. The equipment which we have at this time is by no means complete for the size of the department, and I trust that this request will meet with your hearty approval. _______ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 245 In conclusion wish to state that with the valued assistance of my assistant, Mr. S. W. Peck, I have been able to keep the department up to the standard so far as repairs and replacements are concerned. Yours very truly, WALTEE L. ZEALEY, Superintendent of Machinery. EEPOET OF CITY ELECTRICIAN FOB YEAR 1916. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. MB. A. P. McPARLAND, Fire Chief, Savannah Fire Department, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I respectfully submit herewith a report on the operation maintenance, and extension of the Fire Alarm System, and an outline of such other work as has been attended to in the electrical division of the Fire Department during the year ending December 31, 1916. FERE ALARM SYSTEM. GENERAL CONDITIONS.The system generally is in better shape than at any time since I taken charge, due to the work of rebuilding that has been constantly under way; new boxes have been added; locations of others changed; additional cables installed and other improvements made, all of which were necessary and most of them recommended in my previous report. While this is gratifying, it does not follow that we can rest here. The work should continue along the same lines next year and each year thereafter in order that a reliable service may be maintained. 246 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT IMPROVEMENTS.The principle improvements made and to which I invite your attention are these: Fifteen new boxes additional placed in service (numbers given elsewhere in this report). These boxes were badly needed as indicated on the map showing unprotected areas within the city limits. There is now an order for fifteen additional boxes which will come forward at an early date, and which will be placed in service as soon as received. Three additional boxes have been placed in service by the Central of Georgia Railway* Company, on the new Ocean Steampship Company's terminals; this makes a total of twenty-five boxes in operation on the Central of Georgia Railway Company's wharf property, as auxiliary to the city system, which has three boxes there. On the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company's system, City Box 75 has been fitted up with auxiliary devices by which alarms from any box on their system, is automatically transmitted to the city system, sounding Box 75 at all fire stations. Indicator cards displayed at Box 75, directs the, firemen as they arrive to the box of the private system from which the alarm came. There is a total of seven boxes in this installation that is auxiliary to the city system which has one box there. This arrangement is worthy of more than passing notice as specifications for the equipment were submitted by me to the Gamewell Fire Alarm and Telegraph Company, early in the year 1914, and they have only recently perfected and delivered the completed devices, which upon installation and test, was found to fully meet the requirements given them. All city fire alarm boxes (119) have been repainted, color changed to aluminum bronze on body with red top and key guard. ________ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 247 Three thousand feet of five-pair cable purchased jointly last year by the Pire and Police Departments, has been placed in Abercorn Street, from Fire Station No. 3 (headquarters) to Huntington Street, for the use of both departments. Nine new cable head cut out boxes have been installed at points where underground cable terminates. SBEVICE.The service for the past year has been good, there being no interruptions or failures that in any way interferred with the proper receipt of fire alarms. Some trouble as a matter of course has been experienced, but was unimportant, developing usually on test alarms. DAILY TESTS.One box each day has been pulled to test the system, the boxes selected for this purpose being those not recently pulled for fires. These tests are occassionally omitted, as on Sundays and holidays, and when the apparatus in the department has responded to a box for a fire and not yet returned to the quarters, also when the signal for the test is not received at the box or is improperly given. INSTRUCTIONS.Early in the year I began a series of individual instructions to firemen, policemen and citizens in the proper way to turn in fire alarms. Many people now understand the operation, that were without this knowledge previous to having a demonstration of the workings of a box given them by me. The need of such instructions was demonstrated in a practical way in the instance of both Boxes 64 and 146 (given under heading of "Failures of Boxes and Other Equipments")- In each of these cases had the person pulling the box been familiar with the operation, the alarms would not have been lost. It is my purpose to continue these instructions at every opportunity. BELLS TOLLED.March '7, 1916, tower bells were tolled for the funeral of ex-Fireman Carrick, who was at that time a pensioned fireman. December 22, 1916, tower 248 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT bells were tolled for funeral of Chief of Police Meldrim. December 23, 1916, tower bells were tolled for funeral of First Assistant Chief John J. Connolly, retired. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS.Box 38 has been moved to 45th and Abercorn Streets and its number changed to 91. Box 217, moved to 35th and Waters Avenue. Box 148, moved to 49th Street and Waters Avenue. Box 134, moved to 36th Street and Ogeechee Avenue. Box 81, moved from temporary location, Congress Lane and Bull Street, to permanent location in the edge of Johnson Square, at Congress and Bull Streets. Additional boxes placed in service as follows: 78, 79, 92, 93, 94, 119, 127, 128, 129, 137, 138, 139, 148, 313, 314. House bell removed from the residence of ex-Chief Monroe and installed in the residence of Chief MeFarland. This bell again moved when Chief McFarland changed his residence. House bell moved for Superintendent of Machinery Zealey when he changed his residence. FAILURE OF BOXES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. April 10th, Box 61 was pulled for fire and came in correctly. Box 64 was pulled for the same fire but failed. The failure of Box 64 was due to its being pulled while Box 61 was coming in and not being a succession type of box, did not follow Box 61 as would have been the case had it been equipped with successive mechanism; the non-interference attachment operating to prevent the confusion of two boxes coming in together. June 2, 1916, Box 146 was pulled for a fire and came in correctly. The person sending in the alarm reported that someone else had tried to pull the box and could not get it to work. I investigated this report and made a most careful inspection of the box, which I found in perfect working order. There was no evidence that it had been pulled but once, and I'm satisfied that the attempt to turn in the alarm the first time was not properly made; in all probability consisted only in breaking the glass and turning the key in the lock in place of pulling the hook down as should have been done. July 24th, Box 9 was MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 245> pulled for fire and came in correctly on all indicators except the one for No. 3 Company's Pumper; it was reported as showing Box 8. As Boxes 8 and 9 are within two blocks of each other, this piece of apparatus lost no time in arriving at the fire. On investigation nothing was found wrong with the indicator in question and no further trouble was experienced with it, so I assume that it was slightly gummed causing it to be slow in starting and losing the first stroke, or it may have been read incorrectly in the excitement of getting out. July 10th, the 12 o'clock tap was sent in which was received correctly at all stations. The repeater at the City Hall failed to properly close circuit No. 3, when the tap was transmitted, leaving the circuit out of service for forty minutes. INTERRUPTIONS TO SERVICE. Interruptions to service occurred occasionally for short periods usually caused by lightning, blowing fuses, which would be replaced within half an hour afterwards. These troubles only affecting one circuit at a time. On two or three occasions the trouble was caused by cable men of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, repairing their cable that crosses the Savannah River, through which our circuit loops to Box 324, on Hutchinson Island for the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company. Each annual report has shown this arrangement to be unsatisfactory and a source of considerable annoyance. On one occasion the drainage contractors tore down our overhead wires on Augusta Avenue with their portable crane, causing an interruption to service on Circuit No. 4 for about two hours. One interruption was caused by overhead wires of Circuit No. 5 coming in contact with high tension wires of the Savanah Electric Company's wires, at Price Street and Park Avenue Lane, causing an interruption to service on Circuit No. 5 of about three hours. 250 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT WINDSTORMS. June 7th, severe wind caused the breaking of one cross arm at West Broad and 35th Street, also one iron pole top at Anderson and Grove Streets. July 8th, severe wind caused wires to cross with high tension circuit of the Savannah Electric Company, damaging Boxes 49 and 215, and breaking down cable on Drayton Street, from Liberty to Wayne Street. The boxes were repaired without loss of any parts, but 1,200 feet of five-pair cable had to be replaced. July 10th, severe wind blew down tree on Anderson between Grove and Paulsen Streets, tearing down wires of Circuit No. 5. ACCIDENTS. Department's motorcycle run into by wagon of the General Building and Supply Co. at Waters Avenue and Anderson Street, damage to motorcycle consisted of broken spokes and a bent frame, fork and lamp. Repairs not yet made. Driver of the wagon arrested and fined fifteen dollars or thirty days in jail. T. P. Sandiford's motorcycle run into by automobile of Charles Boblaski, at Randolph and Broughton Streets, damage to motorcycle consisted of a crushed front wheel and lamp and a bent fork. Mr. Boblaski admitted fault and paid for repairs amounting to $26.75. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION.Assistant City Electrician Todd, acting electrical inspector, June 20th to September 4th, inclusive. J. P. Chaplin assigned to me June 21st to July 31st, inclusive. J. T. Owens assigned to me August 1st until further orders. OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE.The services of the Street and Lane Department was obtained through Chief Engineer Connant in the underground construction of conduits at Bull and Congress Streets, for installing of fire and police boxes at this location. The co-operation idea as exemplified in this instance was of material benefit to both the Fire and Police Departments. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 251 UNDERGBOUND INSPECTIONS. May 18th, Mr. Howland, a representative of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, visited the city, checking up previous recommendations. I gave him such information as he desired bearing on the fire alarm system. LOCATION OF FIRE ALARM BOXES. 5 Bay and East Broad Streets. 7 Bay and Drayton Streets. 6 Bay and Habersham Streets. 8 Bay and Whitaker Streets. 9 Bay and Jefferson Streets. 12 Broughton and Jefferson Streets. 13 Broughton and Whitaker Streets. 14 Broughton and Abercorn Streets. 15 Broughton and Price Streets. 16 Broughton and Reynolds. 17 Oglethorpe Avenue and East Broad Street. 18 York and Bull Streets. 19 State and Barnard Streets. 21 Oglethorpe Avenue and Jefferson Street. 23 Liberty and West Broad Streets. 24 Perry and Barnard Streets. 25 Liberty and Drayton Streets. 26 Liberty and East Broad Streets. 27 Harris and Price Streets. 28 Jonts and Lincoln Streets. 29 Taylor and Price Streets. 31 Charlton and Whitaker Streets. 32 Charlton and Jefferson Streets. 34 Walker and Wilson Streets. 35 Roberts and West Broad Streets. 36 Gaston and Whitaker Streets. 37 Gaston and Montgomery Streets: 39 Huntington and Abereorn Streets. 41 Huntington and Price Streets. 42 Gwinnette and Abercorn Streets. 252 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 43 Park Avenue and Abereorn Street. 45 Gwinnett and Bast Broad Streets. 46 Park Avenue and Price Street. 47 Henry and Abereorn Streets. 48 Gaston and East Broad Streets. 49 Henry and Bast Broad Streets. 51 River and Waters Streets (Ogeechee Canal Bridge). 52 Bay and Waters Streets (Ogeeehee Canal Bridge). 53 Farm and Indian Streets. 54 Bay and West Broad Streets. 56 Congress and Farm Streets. 57 Oglethorpe Avenue and Farm Street. 58 Broughton and West Broad Streets. 59 Gordon Cotton Press (Ogeeehee Canal). 61 Hall and Barnard Streets. 62 HaU and West Broad Streets. 63 Oak and Magnolia Streets. 64 Bolton and Jefferson Streets. 65 Duffy and Burroughs Streets. 67 Bolton and Burroughs Streets. 68 Duffy and Burroughs Streets. 69 Waldburg Lane and Magnolia Street. 71 Liberty and Wheaton Streets. 72 Oglethorpe Avenue and Randolph Street. 73 Bay Street, between Randolph and Commerce Streets. 75 St. Julian Street and Bilboa Canal. 76 St. Julian Street, between Randolph and Commerce Streets. 78 Wheaton Street and Waters Avenue. 79 Thirty-second and Live Oak Streets. 81 Congress and Bull Streets. 82 Congress and Barnard Streets. 83 Perry and Abereorn Streets. 84 Oglethorpe Avenue and Drayton Street. 85 Oglethorpe Avenue and Habersham Street. 91 Forty-fifth and Abereorn Streets. 92 Thirty-second Street and Ogeeehee Avenue. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 253 93 A. C. L. Railyway Crossing and Montgomery Street. 94 Forty-seventh and Bull Streets. 112 Taylor and Barnard Streets. 113 Anderson and Habersham Streets. 114 Henry and Bull Streets. 115 Anderson and "West Broad Streets. 116 Thirty-eighth and Montgomery Streets. 117 Thirty-eighth and Harden Streets. 118 Thirty-third and East Broad Streets. 119 Forty-second and Florence Streets. 121 Thirty-third and Habersham Streets. 123 Thirty-third and Whitaker Streets. 124 Thirty-fifth and Abercorn Streets. 125 Thirty-third and West Broad Streets. 126 Gordon and Abercorn Streets. 127 Feeley and Stiles Avenue. 128 Bay Street and Schwartz Avenue. 129 Augusta Avenue and Alexander Street. 131 Thirty-sixth and Whitaker Streets. 132 Thirty-sixth and Burroughs Streets. 134 Thirty-sixth Street and Ogeeehee Avenue. 135 York and Montgomery Streets. 136 Railroad and West Boundry Streets. 137 Thirty-fifth and Reynolds Streets. 138 Thirty-eighth and Reynolds Streets. 139 Thirty-eighth and Paulsen Streets. 141 Thirty-ninth and Barnard Streets. 142 Forty-second and West Broad Streets. 143 Fortieth and Abercorn Streets. 145 Estill Avenue and Reynolds Street. 146 Estill Avenue and Bull Street. 147 Estill Avenue and Waters Avenue. 148 Forty-ninth Street and Waters Avenue. 212 Gwinnett and Ott Streets. 213 Henry and Ott Streets. 214 Henry and Bull Streets. 215 Anderson and Grove Streets. 216 Park Avenue and Paulsen Street. 234 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 217 Thirty-fifth Street and "Waters Avenue. 313 Estill Avenue and Habersham Street. 314 Estill Avenue and Paulsen Street. 321 Standard Oil Company (Harmon and Flagler Streets). 323 Thirty-seventh and Abercorn Streets. 324 Seaboard Air Line Raihvay Company (Hutehinson Island). 412 Cohen and "West Boundary Streets. 413 Central -of Georgia Railway Shops (Harris and Purse). 424 Central of Georgia Roundhouse (Harris and Purse). 512 Gwinnett Street and Stiles Avenue. 513 Oglethorpe Avenue and West Broad Street. 521 Central of Georgia Railway Slip No. 3 (Bacon's Mill). 522 Augusta Avenue and DeLyon Street. 523 Southern Box and Lumber Co. (Louisville Road). ALARMS RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR. During the year we had 409 alarms as follows: One hundred and .thirty-two box alarms; two hundred and thirty-six telephone alarms; forty-one local alarms. Of the total number of alarms received there were nineteen box alarms and ten telephone alarms that proved to be false. RECEIPTS. Sale of old lead and copper________________$26.32 INVENTORY. City Hall equipment _________________$ 4,000.00 Engine House equipment ______________ 3,500.00 Outside gongs and indicators ___________ 300.00 Tower bells and equipment ____________ 4,000.00 Fire alarm boxes ___________________ 15,375.00 Overhead wire and fittings ______________ 3,250.00 Cable, conduits, manholes, posts _____ 7,700.00 Extra material and equipment __ 300.00 Total _________________________$38,425.00 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT 255 MISCELLANEOUS WORK. INVESTIGATIONS AND EEPOETS. Investigation and report to his honor the Mayor, W. J. Pierpont, on electrollisis of pipe system of the National Bank Building of Savannah, also electrollisis of casings from one of the city's artesian wells. Investigation and report to his honor the Mayor, W. J. Pierpont, and auditorium committee on electrical plans and specifications of Municipal Auditorium now under construction. Investigation of electric wiring of the Cudahy Packing Company, on Harris Street, near West Broad Street, on account of a report that an employee of the company had been severely shocked while attempting to turn off a light. No report requested and none made. Defects in wring ordered remedied by the City Electrical Inspector. Inspection of the electric picture machine at the Arcadia Theatre found machine had not yet been submitted to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and advised that it not be used until approved by them. MOTOR-DRAWN OPERATION.Careful attention has been given to the electrical equipment of the motor-drawn apparatus in the Pire Department; keeping charged and in repair the storage batteries of which there are usually two to each machine, advising with and assisting the Superintendent of Machinery when needed. The charging outfit for these batteries is at the City Hall where direct current is available and all batteries have to be taken there once each month to be charged. I have recently installed a charging outfit at No. 2 Fire Station, and will in the future do part of the charging there. The Stevens and the Hudson machines that has operated previously on dry batteries have been equipped with storage batteries and electric gas lighters. 256 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT ELECTEIC LIGHTS, ETC.Station No. 2 has been rewired throughout in the most approved way for electric lights. Switches so arranged that lights can be operated separately if desired, or through a master switch that lights the entire house automatically at the first stroke of the bell when an alarm comes in. Additional lights were installed and rearrangements of others made in Stations Nos. 3, 4 and 7. Electric lights, bells, horns, clocks, motors, fans, etc., and a great many things not electrical, including locks, keys, instruments, tools and implements, are constantly being repaired by me or my assistants for the seven Engine Houses, the City Hall and occasionally other departments, including the Police Department (which is handled under a report to the Chief of Police). ECONOMY OF OPERATION.As a measure of economy I am making many things that are necessary for use in my work that can be purchased ready made, such as cable head cut out boxes, pot heads, fire alarm keys and keys for other purposes, etc., and am at present contemplating making our own cross arms and fire alarm glasses, which, while not only saving the city money, will enable me to get them out exactly as wanted, a thing that appears simple, but has been found difficult and expensive. ELECTKIC LIGHTS AND TOWER BELLS.On several occasions, I have had submitted to me for investigation, bills against the city for light and power in both the Fire and in other departments, that were considered too high. I have in each instance been able to correct the waste of current without impairing the services, saving from 25 to 50 per cent, on subsequent bills. PURCHASE OF MATERIAL.In the purchase of material, much of my time is spent in getting bids and quotations from the local dealers on everything required for use in my work. These are submitted to the purchasing officer or his secretary, who in this way is often able to effect a saving over prices on file in his office. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 237 RECOMMENDATIONS.I again recommend the purchase of a tape register with time stamp for use at headquarters. This instrument, if tried out, will be found of great help in getting and keeping accurate data on all fire alarms, disturbances and interruptions of the service. We should also purchase three six-inch gongs for use in the City Hall, the residence of the Assistant City Electrician and the residence of the Chief Fire Inspector. I also recommend the purchase of a small automobile truck for use of the electricians. Anyone observing our methods of transportation of material, tools and equipment will be unable to find in them that element of safety and efficiency that should characterize .municipal operations. In conclusion I desire to commend my asistant, Mr. E. H. Todd, for his faithful and conscientious attention to all duties assigned him, and his courteous and respectful attitude toward those with whom we have to deal in our daily work. Favorable mention is also made of Mr, J. P. Chaplin, who was assigned to me during the time Mr. Todd was Acting Electrical Inspector, and to Mr. J. T. Owens, who was assigned to me since the transfer of Mr. Chaplin to other duties. Nothing but praise can be given these men for their willingness to do at all times and under all conditions the work that was required of them. Full credit is due each one of them for the improvements made during the past year. If my plans carry, I shall make many improvements during the year 1917, covering the present unprotected areas, increasing the underground system and strengthening and enlarging the overhead installations. Respectfuly submitted, T. P. SANDIFORD, City Electrician. 258 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE BOABD OF ELECTBICAL EXAMINERS FOE THE YEAR 1916. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. MR. A. P. McFARLAND, Fire Chief, Savannah Fire Department, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: We respectfully submit herewith a report of the examination held by this board during the year ending December 31, 1916: Applicants passed upon first examination____ 1 Applicants who failed first examination_____ 2 Total _________________________ 3 We recommend that the ordinance governing the board be revised so that more than one form of certificate may be issued. This is found necessary to permit wiremen and other electricians to stand examinations less severe than should superintendents or managers who have general charge of their men. Provision should also be made for compensation to the journemen electrician members of the board by charging a fee for examination. The amount charged the applicant for these examinations should be sufficient to bear the expenses of the board, making it selfsustaining. Respectfully submitted, J. E. JORDAN, Chairman, T. P. SANDIFORD, J. C. McDOWELL. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 25ft REPORT OF J. C. TYSON, CHIEF FIRE INSPECTOR, YEAR 1916. Savannah, Ga., January 1,1917. MR. A. P. McPAELAND, Fire Chief, Savannah Fire Department, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my report for the year 1916, which covers in detail the duties performed by the Fire Inspectors, together with the number of inspections made, and defects found and corrected, as well as the record of fire losses. During the year there were 56,412 inspections made by this department, as shown elsewhere in this report, as against 57,393 during the year 1915, notwithstanding the fact that there was one more inspector for two and a half months during the year 1915, and an inspector short for two months during the year 1916. A majority of the defects found were caused by inflamable material in buildings and yards, defective fireplaces and flues, and defective stovepipes, although the number of these particular defects have decreased since the year 1915. The number of fire calls during the year from all causes were 409, as against 451 for the year 1915. There are several reasons in my humble judgment why the fire calls have decreased nearly 10 per cent, during the past year, to-wit: First. The enforcement of the prohibition law. Second. The instructions given the school children by the members of the Rotary Club of Savannah on Fire and Accident Prevention Day, October 9, 1916. 260 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Last, but by no means least, the constant and persistent work of the Fire Inspectors of this department, thereby gradually educating the people to the importance of fire prevention. A decrease in the fire losses over all previous years as shown elsewhere in this report, shows beyond question that the systematic work of the Fire Inspectors has much to do with the excellent record made during the year. Your Chief Inspector has again made an earnest effort to ascertain the actual values of properties and the losses thereon, as well as the insurance carried and their losses. The value of property involved that this department responded to within the city limits, amounted to $7,622,- 217.00 and the losses were $100,172.13, or 1.31 per cent., as compared with 1.44 per cent, loss during the previous year. During the fall of the year, the department was called upon to put out a great many grass fires in the southern section of the city. Your Chief Inspector has prepared an ordinance governing theatres and moving picture houses and has had several conferences with the managers of the picture houses and has agreed with them as to all conditions, except as to the matter of standing room for their patrons. While we can not agree as to this particular clause, I respectfully maintain that the Fire Chief and the inspectors of this department are the proper ones to regulate the standing room in these places. I sincerely trust that it will never happen, but I very much fear that if some restrictions are not made by ordinance, that there will come a time when some terrible calamity will occur, that will be most disastrous. There are times when if some thoughtless person should give an alarm of fire in the audience, the toll of death would be appauling. It is not the desire of your Chief Inspector to work any hardships on the managers of these houses or to deprive them of any revenue, but only to safeguard the people. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 261 Your Chief Inspector has for the past three years called attention to the fact that he is without the use of any vehicle to enable him to get around with any degree of rapidity, and on account of his various duties, among them the necessity of ascertaining the cause of all fires, as well as the values and losses thereon, it is of the greatest importance that he reach the places where the fire originated as soon after the department has finished their work as possible. I therefore urge and most strongly recommend that an automobile runabout (a second-hand one if you please) be assigned him for his exclusive use to better perform his duties. The inspectors in this department have ever been ready at all times to cheerfully respond to every call made upon them both night and day, and it has been a pleasure to me to be associated with men of this kind. We are slightly deficient in our rules and regulations relative to the correction of defects pertaining to fire prevention, and I recommend that the city adopt and make the code of the National Underwriters' Association an ordinance for the government of all buildings. I recommend that Fire and Accident Day be observed in the schools next October, on as large a scale as possible, for in this way we can best educate the children to the importance of being careful regarding fire prevention. I wish to extend my thanks to the following for their cordial co-operation to me and the inspectors of this department during the past year: Mr. E. R. Connant, Chief Engineer. Mr. J. E. Eason, Building Inspector. Mr. J. P. Figg, Superintendent Water Works. 233 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT To the officers and members of the Savannah Police Department, the local insurance agents and the managers and employees of theatres and moving picture houses: Permit me "to extend to you my sincere thanks for your kindness and the consideration to the inspectors, as well as to myself, during your term of office. To First Assistant Chief Toshach, Second Assistant Chief Fogerty and Secretary Volney B. Jones, I extend thanks for courtesies shown. In conclusion, I desire to express my thanks to Hon. W. A. Pigman, chairman of the committee on fire, for the many kindnesses shown me and the inspectors of this department. Respectfully yours, J. C. TYSON, Chief Fire Inspector. REPORT OF FIRES FOR THE YEAR 1016. (Showing actual values and losses sustained together with the amount insurance carried and amounts saved.) MONTHS January .__. February . . March ____ April May _____ June July August September __ October November __ December Value ofBuildings $ 251,782.00 331,658.00 330,180.00 162,606.00 '584,325.00 93,960.00 128,267.00 601,460.00 1,331,065.00 149,260.00 108,666.00 927,367.50 15,000,454.60 Value ol Content* 203,002.00 255,136,00 112,975.00 68.W5.00 114,350.00 46,600.00 128,726.00 188,100.00 792.0J6.00 64,350.00 48,500.00 638,860.00 (2,622,217.00 Valuei Total f 454,784.00 687,693.00 473,155.00 221,150.00 698,676.00 140,550.00 256,982.00 739,650.00 2,123,140.00 203,600.00 157,165.00 1,566,227,50 17,622,671.60 Long oBuildings $ 1,457.25 2,863.60 2,325.40 2,940.50 739.90 1,176.00 8,299.50 233.60 155.60 976,50 606.00 8,036.35 f 24,707.00 il t 3,893.87 2,216.07 1,582.50 700.50 476.50 2,210.00 46,203.50 575.00 305.25 22.00 335.00 18,944.91 175,465,13 1 sI ) 5,361.12 6,079.67 3,907.90 3,641.00 1,216.40 3,386.00 54,503.00 808.50 460.76 997.50 840.00 19,980.29 $100,172,18 ll ! $ 177,160.00 W9.276.00 238,975.00 94,000.00 234,800.00 64,900.00 66,500.00 270,100.00 1,051,850.00 94,200.00 63,560.00 636,800.00 $3,190,600.00 Insurance Contents o $ 120,260.00 132,750.00 97,025.00 9,900.00 83,350.00 26,950.00 83,000.00 99,00000 626,000.00 34,800.00 24,600.00 416,850.00 ,657,47B.OO Total Insurance t 297,400.00 342,025.00 336,000.00 103,900.00 318,160.00 81,860.00 149,600,00 369,100.00 1,580,850.00 129,000.00 88,160.00 1,052,150.00 H ,848,075.00 Saved onBuildings f 260,324.76 329,394.40 827,854.60 169,664.60 683,585.10 92,764.00 119,967,50 601,216.00 1,330,909.50 H8.275.00 108,160.00 924,332.16 $4,945,080.60 Saved onContents I 199,108.13 264,019.00 141,892.60 67,844.50 113,878.50 44,890.00 82,621.60 137,625.00 791,769.75 54,828.00 48,165.00 821,915.06 ,546,851.94 Saved Total $ 449,482.88 582,618.88 469,247.10 217,509.00 887,458.60 137,184,00 202,479,00 788,741,00 2,122,679.25 202,603,00 158,325.00 1,546,247.21 17,522,499.37 Percentage ol Insurance loss, 8.00. Percentage of total loss, 1.3. a i 5 CO H* -4 8 g 6 1 OD to H* & "cn to .i"* d^Oooi2 h=i c-' lllillss|ii Ills! --'g| g"*f cH * < 5? ! O5 O5 Or tCkk Cn ifr> O1 OT C7T C7T O1 CO g to to co >- to i-1 ,-- ^^ M ^^,-^CO CO CO Oi K3 1"* Ot Ot CO Ot OS H* I-* tO CO CD Cn >-*CnCO COH* H*tOH^-^ K3K)K)t*tOH^I ^tOrot^hOI * ^ ** !S3 *~* *^ ^l3 ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ t^ ttk t* tO M* I1 H* OO to Ot tO ** *O CO I* to CTT CO ^ ^j-t g*-l OO CO OD CTT co 'cO CJT ps co to CCK-*Cococn) 'rffc.-^icn^i'O K> ISD )- tO IS3 tO >- *"* SZ? f> Cn cn J co to MONTH Insurance Inspection ' Inflammable Material in Buildings and Yards Fire Hydrants and Boxes Obstructed Places with Fireworks on Premises Defective ! Wiring in Buildings ; Bars Across Windows at ] Elevator Shafts ' Defective . Stoves and ' Stove Pipes i Defective Fire Places ' and Flues Cellars with In- , flammable Ma- ' terial and Trash ' O. K. on First Inspection O. K. on Second Inspection O. K. on Third ' Inspection ; xaoaaa IVILNXV S.HOAVW FIRE INSURANCE REPORT FOR THE TEAR 1916. MONTH January .. . February - _ .. _ ...... March ____ ...... April ___ ...................... May __ . __ . ______ ....... June .... ..................... July ________________ August ___ _ __ ........ September _______ . .... October __ .. __ _ . _ .... November __ _ __ . ___ December ___________ ... Total .................. _. O. Fourth K.on Fifth andInspection 91 90 52 Window BrokenGlass Ordered Repaired 3 ?, 5 5 1 19 28 Places with Gasoline Hand on 98 29 5 Ifi 4 35 ?, 14 99 m Metal Ordered1 Around andUnder StorsI! 84 52 38 8 ?,5 14 23 8 48 en 86 465 Gasoline TanksGround Under ?, 3 4 4 7 q 4 2 35 Parties OutFirst Call on 94T fi17 707 44 311 ?,86 283 487 150 408 Wlft 189 54(54 Parties Onton Second Call 101 109 186 155 496 9R1 99(1 79 87 180 114 106 9no.fi Doors and Windows I Buildings Obstructed 5 10 14 1 11 1 28 5 19 87 Special Duty, Answering Etc. Alarms, 34 ?,7 42 39 ?,7 12 15 19 1 14 24 Q7 9K4 Flam Dirty Swept Ordered 79 1 3 451 1,024 146 1 704 I Poles inOrder Bad 3 1 3 ?, ?, 1 1 1 1 1 16 Cases Docket 1 1 1 LeaksWter 1Reported 2 5 3 1 ?, 4 1 1 1 97 o > Hti O tO 8 FIRE ALARMS FOR THE YEAR 1916. (Manner in which received.) MONTH January February ___ March . . April ..... May juno _ __________ July ____.-_..--__ August September October November December _____ ___ Box Alarms 147-125412-112-113-29-115-66-7-217-115- 47-4649-134-82-52_.... ._.. 23-513-66-522-62-66-134412-134-6845-34- 24-38-28-35 ______ . _____ . __ i() n-i ft f\i Afr in fin fin tO ffi "t At* *5A CO f*7 42-216-244549-66-53-58-21-146-34-68-67- 45-35-7-7-323 45-71-134-38-61-37425-21542-134-115-27- 72-216-118-67 ___ .........._.. 1 9fi Q4 91 Q_1 Oft QiL*V)_41 1 9LR9 119 146^12412-72-14-52-146-128-17-35 ._. 73-23-128-131-21-72-117-9-35-(2-2-2) .. ...... 135-34-128412-14 __________ ... 70 fio KO 745-128-73-125-67 ____________ 1Ofl 1OD 107 1OR O1O 1Qfi "tfV7 1 Q AQ 63-146^14-8-216-215-81-24-217-13749-129- 3547-135-57 __ . ___________ Totals __ __ .. _______ . _ Total Hoxcs 16 16 17 1C 10 10 9 5 3 6 9 15 132* Phono* 28 Of 20 ii/ 8 12 14 15 15 21 7 o sa I wH *. o to5 HOW FIRES WERE EXTINGUISHED. MONTH January .. _____ . __ _. February __ . ________ March ._ _____________ April ............... Moy _ .. Juno _ ____________ July ............ August . September .... ... _____ . _ October .. November ___________ December _ .. .. ____ Total Out When Department Arrived 10 10qQ4448q 11 94 Brooms 1 71 . 217 34 ' Backets Water 52477 56 *O1 110 01ae 1 4 112111 15 Chemicals 10 10 10 1416749 11 105 Hydraulic Stream 45u142 iu 55 Engine Streams o1u111 1Q 125151o1 OQ *j OH 46 oy 40 40 it CtCt 21 itJ OQ QC ^JF 409 O8 HEATINGILLUMINATINGMISCELLANEOUS. MONTH January February _________ ____ _ March .___ April ____ . ____ ___ May __ _____ ___ - _._ June _ July ______________.___________ August _ _ . September __ .. _ _ October .. . November .__ ___ . December ______ . _____ Total ________ . ___ Dwellings 11 15 12 11 2 5 4 4 6 11 9 18 108 Business 5 1 2 2 1 3 Ifi I o 1 1 * g 11 14 12 2 5 Rsfi 13 10 125 Dwellings t j 2 2 2 1 1 2 12 1 1 1 0 i S o 1 1 I 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 15 Dwellings 9 14 13 13 7 5 4 5 5 3 fi 19 I 3 5 5 4 4 7 fi 8 4 3 8 57 E 19 12 5 8 4 2 2 2 6 3 14 10 87 at I 2 5 1 3 5 1 3 1 fi 29 "3 O frl 33 3fi 24 28 20 15 15 15 15 7 25 m 269 Grand Total 4fi 59 40 40 22 21 19 23 22 36 59 409 w !> 25 . G : pa i H 370__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT GENERAL REMARKS. I beg to state that of the 16,075 feet of 2i/eo-*-*Ol vary S | 8SSSS33 5 O 288 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT The preceding tabulation of cost for Savannah is only another instance as shown by other cities where correct data have been kept, where cost for street cleaning is directly proportional to the smoothness of the surface of the pavements. The tabulation shows that the cost of cleaning concrete and smooth asphalt block pavement is practically the same. The cleaning of brick is considerably higher, as the surface ofworn brick pavement increases the difficulty of properly cleaning the same. The cleaning of granite block costs, per equal area, much more than the smoother types of pavement. Sheet asphalt being hand cleaned, makes the cost greater than if it was machine cleaned. The cost of cleaning cobble-stone is five times as much as the cleaning of smooth pavement. Thus it will be seen that in adopting the type of pavement, the question of cost of cleaning should be considered just as much as the cost of the material required for pavement. This matter is overlooked except by those cities which have made proper study of the situation. The writer can say without hesitancy that the general public perhaps slowly but surely are co-operating in more ways than one with the City in bringing about cleaner streets and sidewalks. There is nowhere near the amount of loose paper and waste thrown from office buildings in the down town section upon the streets that formerly occurred. The placing of large waste boxes in the down town district having done much towards improving the previously existing bad condition. The worst feature now existing is the carelessness of property owners in not providing suitable garbage cans and in throwing ashes and refuse into the lanes. The purchase of a motor apparatus for sprinkling, now provided for, will materially assist in carrying on our work. All of our machine broom sweeping is done at night so that early in the morning the cleaning of the streets' surface can commence immediately, and there is no time lost in waiting for sweeping of dirt to the gutters. A study has been made of the advisability of purchasing motor driven apparatus for general use, but at this time the writer is not satisfied that MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________289 it will be economical or advantageous for this City to change from horse or mule drawn equipment to the motor driven equipment, except for street sprinkling. Investigations have been made by engineers of various municipalities and the writer has had the benefit of these studies in arriving at the conclusion above noted. Refuse Collection: The total amount expended for Refuse Collection during the year 1916 was $58,046.50. The collection of household garbage, refuse and ashes was carried on with regularity and with frequent collections throughout the year. The collection of same was made daily in the heart of the City, excepting Sundays, and then one collection was made for the down town section and a part of the residential section. The total amount of garbage, rubbish and cinders that were taken to the Destructor Plant during the year was 26,722 tons. A certain amount of waste collected, such as large tins, tree limbs, etc., taken to the dump, amounted to approximately 1,400 tons. Besides this approximately 100 tons of cinders and ashes were collected and used for street filling. One hundred tons of paper was collected and hauled to a paper baling establishment, and 200 tons of dead carcasses were hauled to a rendering plant, making a total collection of waste by the Scavenger Department 28,122 tons and the cost per ton for collecting same was $2.07. This cost of collection includes all labor, maintenance of equipment, feeding of stock, renewal of stock and incidental expenses. Considering the length of haul, cost of collection, as compared with the cost of collection in other cities, is most favorable foi Savannah. 290 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Serious consideration has been given to the adoption of motor trucks for hauling a portion of this material to the Destructor Plant, not only for collection wagons, but with the view of having one or two loading stations for which garbage could be collected for certain sections of the City and then hauled by motor trucks with trailers to the Destructor Plant. I feel satisfied that with the present favorable cost of collection and hauling, that it would not be advisable at this time to consider the adoption of motor driven apparatus. Of the total refuse collected, approximately 40 to 45 per cent, in weight is strictly garbage, excepting during the months of July and August, when the watermelon season is at its height, then the average daily amount of watermelon and cantaloupe rinds was approximately 20 tons, so that during these two months the actual weight of strictly garbage was not less than 55 per cent. During the year the stable sweepings from the City Lots, amounting to 1,200 tons, was sold at the Lot for fertilizing purposes for $252.00. Dead carcasses, amounting to 332 horses, mules and cows, were delivered to a rendering plant for which the City received $150,00. There was sold 100 tons of waste paper, for which the City received $494.00. Befuse Disposal: All garbage, rubbish, household and cinders were disposed of by burning of same at the Destructor Plant. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 291 The amount of material destroyed by months, "was as follows: January _________ 2,380 tons February ______ 2,186 tons March _______ 2,088 tons April _________________ 1,873 tons May _________________ 1,941 tons June _______________________ 1,883 tons July _________________ 3,377 tons August ______ 2,958 tons September ____ 1,845 tons October _______________ 1,839 tons November ______ 1,929 tons December _ 2,123 tons Total____________26,422 tons The excessive quantity shown in July and August is due to the large amount of watermelon rinds destroyed, and also the increase of cinders which were added to assist the burning of the high per cent, of garbage for these two months. . An experiment was made during the watermelon season by adding a small quantity of wood in order to increase, if practicable, the amount of steam for the Water Works Plant, and 100 cords of wood, costing $300.00, was used for this purpose. This was not really necessary to consume the wet garbage, but merely to increase the generating of steam. This was the only fuel used at the plant during the year. The total cost of operating the plant was as follows: Incinerator operation ________________$17,575.79 Weighing refuse and delivery of same to the hoppers _____________ 1,554.70 Maintenance _____________________ 4,082.26 Total_________________$23,212.75 Credit for steam furnished the Water Department- 4,182.00 Total________.$19,030.75 making a net cost of operation 72 cents per ton. The cost of removing clinkers was $1,791.50. The estimated quantity of clinker removed was 6,000 tons. 292 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT A considerable quantity of hard clinker was used for surfacing some of the outlying streets, some sold for filling purposes and the remainder for filling in City's land, so that it may be considered that the cost of removing the clinker is covered by proceeds of sale by enhancing value to low lands owned by the City, and for streets or road improvement. The maintenance cost of operating the plant was heavier during the past year than previous years, due to putting in new tubing for the regenerators, rewinding several armatures of the motors, installing five sets of grate bars and giving a general overhauling of the plant. The plant was in A No. 1 condition at the end of the year, and the maintenance cost for the coming year will be much less than for 1916. The plant has been under operation long enough to prove its value as a means of destroying City's waste and from a sanitary stand point there is no question whatever but that it aids in giving better health conditions to the community. It has been observed that there has been a steady reduction of the fly nuisance, brought about by frequent collections and rapid disposal of the City's waste. Previous reports for the years 1914 and 1915 have covered fully the description of the plant and detail cost of operation. MAINTENANCE OF SANITARY AND STORM WATER SEWERS Sanitary Sewers: A number of minor breaks occurred in these sewers during the year for which there was an outlay of $1,392.74. A few short extensions amounting to 1,378 feet chargeable to maintenance of sanitary sewers, were put in. Storm Water Sewers: The amount expended for maintenance of extension of storm water sewers1,949 feet and for repairs other than the general contract work, for MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 293 which a special bond issue was raised, was $2,519.90. We were very fortunate during the year 1916 in not having any serious breaks in the old sewers or having a great deal of work to do in cleaning out same. There are a number of old sewers that are becoming badly clogged and some of these sewers must be cleaned in the very near future. Dry Culture: The term Dry Culture has been handed down from year to year, but at this time this heading does not truly represent or explain the expenditure that is made under this heading. In 1807 the municipality of Savannah appropriated $100,000.00 to be expended in paying owners of rice plantations for discontinuing the cultivation of rice upon lands adjacent to the City, it being believed that the cultivation of these crops was injurious to the health of the community. Large amounts were expended until after 1880 for this purpose, and the same term has been carried down to the present day, although for many years past the expenditure made under this heading was for cleaning ditches, draining the surface of land within and adjacent to the corporate limits of the City, keeping up trunk gates and canals carrying the drainage to the river. During the calendar year there was expended for this purpose $4,470.17. With the completion of the Drainage System, the expenditure under this heading will decrease, though there will be some work in. keeping the large drainage canals in a clean condition. Sprinkling Streets: The amount expended for sprinkling streets during the year was $2,205.43. This is carried on only during the dry spells of the summer months. The purchase of motor apparatus for sprinkling the streets will result in a decided improvement as regards street cleaning and sprinkling. Sweeping Crossings: There was expended for sweeping crossings during the year $1,157.49. At the end of the year there was 1,348 crossings connecting sidewalks across unpaved streets. 294 MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT Oiling Catch Basins: Between April and November, which is the mosquito breeding season, a force consisting of two men, made regular weekly inspections of all catch basins and treated same with a low grade of kerosene or crude oil. There was expended during the year for this purpose $565.81. Not only does this force treat catch basins, but they are always on the lookout for deposits of stagnant water and treat same with the oil if necessary. This economical treatment resulted in a decided improvement as regards the mosquito nuisance. Cleaning Catch. Basins: During the year there was expended for cleaning catch basins $6,469.08. During the year 129 new catch basins were constructed and at the end of the year there were 1,702 catch basins. The average cost per cleaning of catch basins is 30 cents. Cutting Weeds: There was expended for cutting weeds during the late summer and fall months upon streets, lanes and other City property, $2,358.91. City Stables and Shops Department: This department is one of the most important coming under my charge, and if not nandled with good judgment, good administration and economy, permits of considerable waste of funds. Under this department there comes the entire charge of all live stock, averaging 160 in number all the time. The maintenance of all equipment used by the various departments under this office, the construction of wagons and carts, making of harness, repairs to buildings and miscellaneous work. The feeding of stock is very carefully looked after, the feed used being principally oats and hay, and occasionally mixed feed is used for a short period, the result being beneficial to the stock. The average cost per head for feeding was, MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 295 during the year, $12.43. The feed is carefully weighed and proportioned so that certain stock have the proper amount to keep them in good condition. All shoeing of stock is done at the Lots and last year 10,757 shoes were put on, averaging six shoes per head per month. The cost of each shoe being 21 cents. Nineteen (19) two-horse wagons were built complete at an average cost of $137.40 each, 22 carts were constructed at an average cost of $41.10 each, the cost being much less than what new carts and wagons would be if bought, also they were constructed in such a manner as to better withstand the usage they are put to, than would be the equipment that would be ordinarily purchased. In the shops there was installed a band saw and pony planer, and other machinery during the year that has facilitated the building of equipment. During the year a machine was added for filling the sweeper broom, so that at this time the cost of filling a broom is only $4.25. In the carpenter shop all wagons, carts, buggies and miscellaneous work was done during the year at a cost far less than we could have the work done under contract. In the harness department all harnesses outside of perhaps a few buggy harness, were made complete. The cost of maintenance of equipment, replacing of wagons and carts, is properly distributed to the department for which this work is done. During the past year a shed 100 feet by 30 feet was constructed to house un-used rolling stock, in order to protect same from bad weather. There was also built a metallic garage for use by automobiles and an extension was made to the machine shop for new equipment. 296____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT The expenditure for construction of new buildings and maintenance of old buildings amounted to $1,091.91. All of this work at the Shops is accomplished with the following force: One head foreman, four carpenters, one blacksmith and helper, one painter and helper, two horse shoers, one harness maker and one broom maker, who does miscellaneous work. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Street Lighting: The amount expended for street lighting, excluding ornamental post lighting, for the year 1916, was $47,448.61, and for ornamental lighting, $2,842.73. Fifteen (15) new arc lights were installed during the year, and 6 are lights that had been previously paid for by the Ardsley Park Land Corporation, were taken over by the City. There was also taken over: 72__________5 light ornamental post lights. 14_________3 light ornamental post lights. 1__________Shepherd crook suspended light, cut out. At the end of the year there were 782 arc lights. During January of this year a decided reduction was made in the price of ornamental lighting, electricity for power and for various City buildings, and the reduced rate will permit of a reasonable number of new are lights being installed during 1917 without increasing the cost of lighting over 1916. Sidewalks: Nine thousand five hundred and eleven square yards of new concrete sidewalk pavement was laid by property owners, 6,646 square yards new concrete sidewalk pavement was laid by the City and charged to property owners, 480 square yards of new concrete sidewalk pavement was MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT _______297 laid by the City in squares or for exeepted sidewalks and paid for by the City. This makes a total of 16,637 square yards of new concrete pavement laid during the year. There was 177 square yards of new brick pavement laid and charged to property owners, and 2,500 square yards of brick pavement was repaired, either by the property owners themselves or the City doing the work and charging the property owners for same. The number of notices prepared by this office for the Marshal to serve upon property owners, was for new pavements 325, and for repairs 700. Under the construction of sidewalks there has been considered in the past the laying of curbing where same is laid either for sidewalks or when streets are graded with the expectation that sidewalks will follow the grading of the streets and laying of curbing. During the year there was laid 23,928 lineal feet of straight curbing and 1,059 lineal feet of circular curbing, the cost of which is all billed against the property owners. During the year 483 notices were prepared by this office and furnished the Marshal for serving upon the property owners to lay curbing. Besides this curbing, there was also laid 14,981 lineal feet of straight curbing and 817 lineal feet of circular curbing, which was paid for under Assessment Rolls in connection with the paving of streets where this curbing was laid. A large number of sidewalks were more or less damaged by tree roots uplifting same and at the latter end of the year an allotment of $300.00 was made for repairs to sidewalks so damaged, the cost of which was met entirely by the City. While this allotment did not repair all of the sidewalks so damaged, it eliminated the worst cases and 143 bad places were repaired. 298 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT The amount expended by the City for this work was $1,004.21, of which $300.00 was expended for special repairs due to tree roots, $528.00 for new sidewalks in squares or exeepted sidewalks, and the remainder $176.21 for repairs to City owned sidewalks and for laying of curbing. The laying of sidewalks, grading of streets and laying of curbing brought about most desirable results as regards the appearance, drainage and transportation facilities in many of our streets. Unfortunately many property owners took advantage of the City in not promptly paying bills rendered against them and this matter became so serious in the latter part of the year that instructions were issued to discontinue new work of this character for the time being. The ordinance requires where new work is done, payment, within 30 days after bill is presented, in my opinion an improvement could be made as regards this if the property owners were given an opportunity of paying in installments, covering a reasonable length of time, with interest charged for deferred payments. In the past pavements and curbing were put down at only the cost of labor and material for same, and this brought about a complaint from contractors who do this class of work, and as per instructions, new pavements paid by the City have to be charged against the property owners at cost plus 10 per cent., to provide for the delayed payments made by the property owners. The charge for most of the work done last year was 90 cents per square yard for a one course pavement and 35 cents per lineal foot for straight curbing and 40 cents per lineal foot for circular curbing. This was the exact cost as the deficiency between the cost of the work and the amount billed against property owners at the end of the year amounted to less than $75.00 for all work done in laying pavements and curbing during the year. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 299 Repairs Unpaved Streets and Lanes: The following area of pavements were renewed or repaired during the year: MATEEIAL TEAR 1916 COST Vitrified Brick Streets____ 6,955 square yards $3,925.22 Asphalt Block Streets____ 4,576 square yards 2,734.46 Granite Block Streets____ 7,149 square yards 2,036.50 Sheet Asphalt Streets____ 529 square yards 761.68 Cobble Stone Streets___ 1,743 square yards 116.86 Total________21,052 square yards $9,574.72 The low cost of repairs to vitrified brick was due to turning over some 1,232 square yards, which cost per square yard 33% cents. Five hundred and seventy-nine square yards of sheet asphalt was repaired at a cost of $1.54%. This work was done with an inadequate plant for this kind of work. There is quite a large area of asphalt block pavement on Bull Street and Estill Avenue that will need extensive repairs in the near future, but on account of the very high cost of asphalt block at this time, the overhauling other than that which is absolutely necessary will be postponed until the freight rate permits of block being delivered here at a more reasonable cost. Resurfacing Unpaved Streets and Lanes: During the year $11,589.83 was expended for this work. This expenditure seems a very large amount for the results obtained, for none of the work accomplished any permanent improvement. The City has some 70 to 75 miles of unpaved streets and lanes, over which there is more or less traffic and in some instances a great deal of traffic. There is some 15 miles of streets surfaced with gravel, cinders, shell or pyrites, which have to be repeatedly repaired in order to keep them in condition considered safe for traffic. 300 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT During the year approximately $3,500.00 was spent in hauling and distributing cinders from manufacturing plants to unpaved streets and lanes. The use of this material is most unsatisfactory and near the close of the year I recommended the abandonment of the use of this material, which recommendation was approved by the Mayor and the Committee on Streets and Lanes, and it was further recommended and approved that the City Engineer at his discretion would surface streets and lanes with gravel, if the property owners would pay one-half the cost of material and labor. A considerable amount of hard clinker from the Destructor Plant was used in filling in low places and surfacing some of the outlying streets and this material is far better for use than cinders. Until the greater percentage of our unpaved streets are paved with durable material, expenditures for keeping unpaved streets and lanes in safe condition will not be much less than the expenditures that have been made for some time in the past. If this annual expenditure could be put into permanent pavement there would result annually not less than 25,000 square yards of durable pavement being laid, assuming, of course, the City to pay one-third and the property owners two-thirds, with roadways 27 feet wide, two miles of permanent pavement would be accomplished. Maintenance of Bridges: Expenditures for maintenance of bridges during the fiscal year was only $116.96. My report of 1914 contains a description of bridges owned by the City and my report for 1915 shows certain bridges have been eliminated, due to the filling in of Musgrove Creek and the construction of Bilbo Canal. Placing Catch Basins: During the year 129 new catch basins were constructed, and of this number the cost of 109, $6,472.54, was charged to the special funds for the extension of the storm water and sanitary drainage system; this cost MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 301 also includes the terra-cotta pipe connections from the catch basins to the storm water sewers, the average length of each connection being thirty (30) feet. The average cost of each basin with cover and connections was $59.46, without connections $44.00, less than the contract price for similar work done in 1915. New Street Crossings: The number of street crossings put in during the year of 1916 was 127, which, added to those previously constructed, makes a total of 1,348 existing at the end of the year. The amount expended for constructing these crossings was $1,158.46, at an average cost of $9.12 each. These crossings are usually made of brick, old asphalt block or stone block that have been taken up from pavements. This large number of crossings are required on account of the large mileage of unpaved streets and lanes. They are net generally placed unless sidewalks have been constructed and the crossings will give connections for foot traffic. Street Signs: During the year 1916,1,313 galvanized porcelain sheet iron street signs were placed, the cost of these were $325.96, and the cost of placing same $528.86, making the total cost of each, in place, 65 cents. Many of these signs had to be placed on posts, but generally they were attached to the corner of buildings or to telephone or telegraph poles. Outlays: By outlays is meant the expenditure of money for special improvements or for purchase of special equipment requiring special allotment other than for operating work, also for purchase of land necessary for opening streets and lanes and the grading of these streets. 302 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Opening Streets: During the year 1916 the City acquired 1,286,755 square feet of land, the greater part of which opened up new streets and lanes equivalent to 7.9 miles. The total expenditure made during the fiscal year for land acquired was $19,700.88. Below is given a tabulation of property acquired by the City, area of same and cost: LOCATION DEED Atlantic Street, part lot 9, block 20, Garrard Ward _______ 764-765 Atlantic Street, lot 169, part 171, Glatigny Ward __________ 772 Barnard Street, 27, 28, 29, 30 Norwood Ward ______ 761-762 Bacon Cann Subdivision (west of City) _____________No deed Burroughs Street, part lot 10, Colding Ward _________-__ 776 41st Street, part lot 14, Brownsville Ward _________________ 773 41st Street, part lot 15, Brownsville Ward ________________ 778 Harmon & Ott Streets, lots 212, 224, 237, 249, Harden Ward_______ 754 Lester Tract (east of City)____ 774 Live Oak Street, lot 19, part 20, Ballantyne Ward ___________ 783 Live Oak St. at Fortieth St. lane_ 781 Myers Park Plant Corporation (east of Waters Ave.)____No deed Ott Street, lot 275 Harmon Ward_ 747 Reynolds Street, Lot 11, block 15, Glatigny Ward ___________ 775 Reynolds Street, lot 11, block 16, Garrard Ward __________ 760 Terrace Street. Ogeeehee Road to Kolloch Street __________ 719 33rd Street, part lot 22, Schwarz Ward ____.__.....____._ 770 34th Street, lot 109 and part 110, Scnwarz Ward __________ 766 35tb Street, part lots 6 and 7, Harmon Ward ______________ 768 39tb Street, part of lot 64, Brownsville Ward _______.____ 742 SQ.FT. 862 3,273 13,500 97,500 530 1,852 2,025 17,690 450,000 4,437 2,000 170,000 2,628 2,712 2,712 18,900 250 3,230 3,390 1,730 COST $ 300.00 900.00 6,675.00 water mains 100.00 400.00 400.00 3,500.00 6,675.00 800.00 1.00 grading, etc. 575.00 750.00 925.00 grading 22.50 910.00 678.00 650.00 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 303 39th Street, part of lot 61, Brownsville Ward ____________ 780 1,292 500.00 37th Street, part of lot X Teynac Ward _.__._________ 769 587 550.00 West Broad Street, lot 102, Colding Ward _______________- 757 1,750 650.00 Lots C and N Southville Ward___ 752 7,500 250.00 South of lot 50, Williams Ward_ 746 127,282 7,500.00 Springfield land Co.'s Subdivision (west of City).-_._ 782 253,900 183.25 Florence Street, lots 59,62,157, parts 58, 61, 63,156 and 158 Colding Ward 759 10,903 water mains Orchard Street, Montgomery to Florence - 759 40,800 water mains South St., Montgomery to Florence. 759 43,520 water mains Total square feet__.._ 1,286,755 The sale of City property made during the year is as follows: Part of lot 70, Daniel Ward, consideration.__._$ 7,500.00 Lot 62 Brownsville Ward, consideration_________ 550.00 Eight of way, part of Ogeechee Canal, consideration__ 2,100.00 Total __.___._-_.___-_.___$10,150.00 The Following New Streets Were Graded During the Year: STBEETS SQ. FT. 36th. 37th, 38th, 39th and 40thWaters Ave. to Live Oak Street ________________________.. 125,350 38th and 39thOgeechee Bd. to Bullock St_________ 33,600 48th, 49th, 50th and 51stLive Oak to Ash Sts._______ 264.000 Cedar and Ash-47th to 51st Sts.___ 117,180 Habersham47th to 48th Sts.______-_._______ 12,360 Battey-47th to 51st Sts.-___-___.______ 56,200 48th, 49th, 50th and 5tstHabersbam to Battey Sts__I 296,544 48th, 49th, 50th and 51stBattey to Reynolds Sts.___5 Reynolds47th to 51st St._______.__ 56,200 WrightWaters Ave. to Whitaker Sts.___________ 28,000 GwinnettWaters Ave. to Live Oak St.__________ 27,500 Collins and DuffyWaters Ave. to Cedar St.__.___. 116,000 Anderson and WaldburgWaters Ave. to Live Oak St.__ 71,500 Live OakWaldburg to 34th Sts.___.______._...__ 116,500 Total square feet___.___..._____.________1,320,934 394__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ The expenditure for opening and grading new streets for the year ending 1916, amounted to $31,174.92, of which $19,700.88 was expended for land, the remainder $11,474.04 was spent for grading new streets, not only by the property owners abutting the streets, but also There was also expended for acquiring streets or land for new sewer construction $1,595.86, which land was acquired for sewers and cash payments had to be made for same. New Paving: The paving of new streets was carried on in such a manner as to be a part of a comprehensive plan to pave the streets and lanes, which it is expected will be paved during the next few years. In selecting streets to be paved, consideration was given as to the benefit to be derived, consideration was given to the paving of sections where facilities are lacking for safety and quick movement of Fire Apparatus, also paving of streets that would connect up roadways for through traffic. In this connection we selected: 40th Street from Abereorn to Price Street, Abercorn to Reynolds, then Reynolds Street to 40th Street to Bstill Avenue; also 40th Street from "West Broad to Florence Street; Duffy Street from East Broad to Barnard; Waters Avenue from Anderson to Wheaton Street. These were the principal streets paved. Tabulation "A" given shows paving work that was done for which assessments were made against the property owners. TABULATION "A" STREET PAVING DONE DURING 1916 FOR WHICH ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST PROPERTY OWNERS FOR COST OF SAME. LOCATION Bay St, Wadley to City Limits. _ 40th St., Price to Reynolds St. ___ Reynolds St., 40th to Estill Av. .... 36th St., Bull to Abercorn St ...... 83rd St., Habersham to Plant Av.~ 40th St., W. Broad to Burroughs St. St. Julian St., Dray ton to President St., Dray ton to Duffy St., Drayton to E. Broad St.. Duffy St., Drayton to W. Broad, 40th to 43d St. ._._.. Florence St., 36th to 37th St. __... Waters Av., Anderson to Wheaton St. ____ 1 ........... Material jranlte Block. Concrete .. ... Asphalt Block. Square Yards 4,943.51 3,353.97 3,617.91 2,693.22 2,575.31 1,716.57 1,068.67 2,327.71 815.71 835.77 7,003.59 3,767.77 4,176.40 658.27 9,974.40 +J 4> ISh +J1fe 142,310 179,061 203,220 154,484 139,303 147,178 60,107 133.122 36,707 37,611 357,995 189.089 165.271 48,070 536,430 o> fc 73 IV a 3 711.50 895.31 1,016.10 772.42 696.51 735.89 300.64 665.61 183.54 188.05 1,789.98 945.44 776.35 240.35 2,682.15 %o U 3 e $ 9,128.44 5,031.62 5,645.00 4.165.80 3,803.70 2,640.80 1,324.20 3,276.81 1,622.23 1,668.25 13,766.34 7,462.80 6,246.29 1,211.06 16,939.29 One-third Proper City $ 3,861.73 1,650.28 1,881.67 1,388.60 1,267.90 880.25 441.40 1,091.94 419.08 G56.08 2,243.18 1,337.87 1,631.09 403.69 5,286.46 City Intersecting Streets Lanes ad $ 405.46 518.51 430.17 800.05 135.06 196.86 20.99 564.31 126.71 553.84 16.35 2,526.85 Cost Property Owners $ 2,895.08 3,244.82 2,347.03 1,735.76 1,625.48 882.80 1,987.01 8'38.15 1.091.18 3,922.06 2,549.02 3,262.19 792.02 10,572.93 Cost Railroad $ 5,276.71 80.70 365.00 7,036.79 3,254.74 1,353.01 79.90 d-o s&s UOJiM $1.84665 1.398052 1.398052 1.398052 1.476987 1.539313 1.23922 1.407312 1.988736 1.996070 1.965612 1.980694 1.495615 2.1693 1.698020 *J *j C m o S $3.7048 1.843243 1.85185 1.797726 1.820349 1.196191 1.468714 1.640503 2.28336 2.95704 1.258193 1.415064 2,10096 1.67957 1.97098 49,427.68 12,609.73 $82,931.53 $24,331.16 $6,294.16 $37,745.62 $17,446.85 6,294.16 $30,625.32 Includes cost of curbing. 306 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ At the end of the year a small piece of pavement in front of the Brinson Station on Stiles Avenue was about twothirds completed. After a thorough investigation as to the economy of concrete pavement, the Chief Engineer recommended to the Committee on Streets and Lanes, the adoption of concrete for material to be used in paving construction, which recommendation was approved and a proper concrete road paver was purchased and the concrete paving was started. During the year 31,503.06 square yards of concrete pavement was completed. In order that the cost of this pavement could be correctly ascertained, a careful record was kept of each portion of the work and the cost of the entire work done during the year and the method followed is given in the following extract taken from a report prepared by me for an engineering publication. The cost of curbing is not included. Proportions for Concrete: 1 -\Vz :3; average thickness 6*4 inches; one-course pavement. Price of material delivered on work: Cement, approx., 1/3 at $1.63 per bbl.; 2/3 at $1.75 per bbl. Crushed stone, approx., 1/3 at $2.64 per eu. yd.; 2/3 at $2.68 en. yd. Sand, approx., 1/3 at 70c per cu. yd.; 2/3 at 80e per cu yd. Tar paper expan. joints at 74 to 96 cents per roll. Coal at $3.60 per ton. Lumber at $20.00 per M. Labor: White, gang consists of foreman at $4.00 per day, 20 men at $1.75 and 10 men at $1.50, 9 hours constitute a working day. Hired Teams: One mule and cart combined is valued at $1.50 per day. Number used per day varied from 6 to 1. Concrete Mixer: Batch type. (Austin cube No. 13.) MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 307 The cost in cents per square yard for each item was as follows: Labor Watchman _ 1.654 Grading ________________ 8.678 Handling cement 0.615 Handling sand________ 2.675 Handling crushed stone- 3.756 Spreading concrete 2.248 Operating mixer 3.908 Finishing surface 1.346 Making expansion joints 0.532 Covering pavement 0.688 Moving equipment 0.597 Cleaning up 2.014 Removing trees 0.222 Besetting curb ________________ 0.107 Total labor____________29.040 Hired Teams Grading ___:____________ 1.461 Moving equipment __ 0.122 Cleaning up 0.417 Covering pavement 0.062 Total teams___________ 2.062 Materials Cement ________________ 56.075 Sand __________________ 5.646 Crushed stone ____________ 39.216 Expansion joints (2-ply tar paper) 0.884 Coal _________________ 0.412 Tools and hardware_________ 1.896 Lumber _________________ 0.290 Use of equipment______;____ 2.158 Total materials__________106.577 303 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Total cost of pavement per square yard, $1,37679. The 31503.06 square yards of paving required 5459.48 cable yards of concrete' so that the cost of concrete per cubic yard was $7.95 in place. The pavement is in one course. Savannah is south of the heavy frost line and there are never more than two or three days of freezing weather together so that there is no danger of pavements being heaved by frost. The natural soil is most favorable for maintaining a good surface, being sand and lime, giving perfect drainage. Concrete was thoroughly well mixed at least one minute in the mixer for each batch. Grade pegs were set for 6-foot squares, and the consistency of the concrete was such that only shovels were used for grading the concrete between the pegs. When a sufficient length of concrete was laid the surface was rolled with a galvanized metal cylinder and a 1-inch rubber garden hose was dragged back and forth over the surface. Joints were formed by using boiler-metal plates with tarred paper between, which were withdrawn after the next section had been carried far enough forward to hold the tar paper straight in place. The concrete was still fresh enough to fill the crevices left by the withdrawal of the steel plates The paper stood 1 to V/% inches above the surface. A split float was used on the joints which gave them beaded edges. The transverse joints were laid 35 feet apart and there were also joints along the curbs. The extra paper at the joints protects the edges of the concrete slabs until they receive practically their full strength before the traffic crushes the paper completely. Pavements laid eleven months ago show no signs of hair cracks or any other kind and the edges have not broken or chipped. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 800 The pavement as laid in Savannah was watched with much interest by many engineers and public officials from other cities and especially by representatives of the Portland Cement Associations. "Great care was taken during this work by everybody connected with same, the foreman, Mr. W. B. Fennell, took a great deal of interest in the work, and used every precaution to bring about the best results; everybody connected with the work down to the laborer, took interest in bringing about best results, and it can be said without any hesitation that this pavement is going to be the most economical and durable'pavement for this section. Some of the pavement has been down approximately a year and the closest inspection of all work done last year does not reveal a single horizontal or longitudinal crack, and the surface of same appears as it did the day the pavement was laid, and it is expected that a continuance of this type of pavement will be kept up. The pavement, of course, is not suitable for all streets and lanes, but is especially suitable where there is moderate traffic and where the grades are not too great. On account of the high freight rate here, asphalt block at this time is out of the question. Eeeent request for proposals have in two instances been furnished me at a price from 30 to 50 per cent, higher than what has been paid in years back. Asphalt block pavements of this City have been laid without concrete or other foundation, and they have been remarkably successful considering that no foundation was used. Many inquiries have come from engineers as to the method followed, and a certain of the success of this class of pavement in Savannah, where in many of the streets there has not been a dollar expended in the maintenance of same. The success is due largely to the character of the soil upon which the block is placed, there being sand with a small amount of loam intermixed, where clay was encountered, we have had some work fail, due to moisture getting under the block and allowing a rocking motion to 310 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ same. With the sand loam strata excellent drainage is afforded, which is absolutely necessary for the success of asphalt block pavement laid in the manner referred to above. Again success is not attained if the block is placed upon pure sand, for there is a creeping movement and the blocks are not held firmly in place. Cities in Florida have tried to lay block on sand foundation, but have not met with success that we have had here. Again success of this class of pavement requires properly laying of same. The method followed here is briefly as follows: The street upon which the block is to be laid is graded to approximately the established sub-base, grade, curbing and catch basins are installed and then the street is thoroughly puddled and then rolled over and over with a ten (10) ton roller, if any portion settles below the sub-grade base, material is added and this is compacted firmly by rolling and puddling. Grade pegs are then instrumentally set and the surface is carefully screened or shaped to the sub-base grade with templates. Care is taken that no foreign material is left upon the surface of the base; after this the blocks are carefully laid, one man following the pavers driving the blocks on the edge so as to have as tight joints as practicable. Then the surface of the block is rolled with a ten (10) ton roller and river sand is then used for filling the joints, and same is left on the surface for ten (10) days to two weeks before it is cleaned off. Between the railway tracks the blocks are laid longitudinal, there being the proper space between the rails for an even number of rows. The blocks are placed under the head of the rail with center arched so that the more pressure there is exerted upon this section the tighter the block becomes, of course, at street intersections plates are attached to the girder rail (there being no "U" groove rail used in Savannah). The blocks at the intersections are laid against the plates without crown between the rails. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________811 The average cost per square yard of asphalt block pavement is as follows: Labor "Watchman $0.01 Grading __________ .08 Rolling foundation __ .01 Laying block _____ .112 Placing sand and filler__ .002 Paving backs at street intersections- .002 Cleaning up .008 Shaping base .01 Total_______________$0.23.4 Material Asphalt block __________$1.54 Sand ___________________ .005 Use of equipment.__ .03 Small tools, coal, etc._______ .001 Total_______________$1.576 Total cost per square yard________$1.81 The paving done during the year increased the mileage of durable pavement by 2.39 miles. A very careful tabulation was prepared of all the pavement that had been laid in the City from the beginning of paving up to December 31st, 1916, and a recapitulation of work done is given in the following tabulation: Length Length Square Total Cost Material Feet Miles Yards Cost Per Yd. Vitrified brick- 89,682.64 16.98 392,844.51 $ 605,286.32 $1.5407 Ashalt block _ 71,412.7 13.52 342,190.17 613,063.79 1.7916 Cobble _____ 20,485. 3.9 71,763. 85,126.65 1.1862 Sheet asphalt 26,577.49 5.03 140,817.64 362,083.14 2.5713 Concrete ...__ 8,510.87 1.61 31,503.06 48,072.41 1.5259 Granite block_ 32,226.95 6.1 120,256.45 229,358.18 1.9072 Total__248,895.65 47.14 1,099,374.83 $1,942,990.49 $1.7663 313 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ Five and eight-tenth miles of gravel roadways are kept up by the City, the cost of which was not assessed against property owners. It is noted in the tabulation of cost of concrete pavements that the average cost of all concrete work done during the year was $1.38 per square yard. It was questioned when the work commenced whether it would be advisable to do the work by contract or by City's plant and hired labor. The City of Maeon, Georgia, had contracted for a large amount of work and price obtained was $1.17'per square yard, but the cost of inspection, I am told by the City Engineer, raised this price to $1.25, more than that the contractors for this work had bought their cement previous to the general raise and they are interested in a quarry which supplied the stone. After considering these features, the cost of work done in Savannah with the prices that had to be paid for material, makes a showing as regards the total cost, very satisfactory. In reviewing tabulation of cost of concrete pavement all over the country, it is noted that the price varies from $1.00 to $1.65 per square yard, depending upon local conditions, depth of concrete and method of doing the work. The cost of work done last year, with the high prices, is not more than the average cost for laying similar pavements over the United States. I would still recommend that concrete pavements be laid by the City, for two reasons, that it will cost no more than if laid by contract and the advantage that we can lay it just as we desire, using every precaution to bring about successful work. A complete tabulation of all the pavement laid by the City from the beginning of the work to December 31st, 1916, has been compiled by Mr. T. EL Jordan, Clerk. Much labor was involved in getting up this tabulation, and that it might be permanently recorded, the data prepared is given in the tabulation below. STREET PAVING DONE IN SAVANNAH FROM 1858 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. Abercorn St Barnard St. _ Bay St. and Berrien St. _ - Material Cobble Vlt. Brick - Asp. Block. ' Cobble _ - _ Vit. Brick- 1 Granite Block Asp. Block | Cobble _ Cobble i GVawacke Granite BlockVlt. Brick _ Asp. Block Vlt. Brick _ - From Oglethorpe Av._ Hall St. Liberty St. Estill Av. _-. Wheaton St. _ Bast and W Congress St. _- Bay St. _ Eroughton St. State St. _ _ ____ Bluff and ___ Gas Hou Drayton St. Whitaker St. Drayton St. _ Ogeechee Canal Jefferson St. West Broad _._ Wadley St. _ . Drayton St. Bull St. Barnard St. _ Jefferson St. _ Montgomery St. Bull St. _ Randolph St. __ Tattnall St. To Approaches Liberty St. Estill Av. . . ffirlc Av Hall St. ____ - Lafayette Sq. Bay St. 52d St. __ Liberty St. __ est of Market... Broughton St.-. State St. 40th St. _ . Jones St. Approaches . se Hill Abercorn LaneBarnard Lane.. 'East Broad St.- Wadley St. Montgomery La. iCity Limits lOgeechee Canal Barnard St. : Lincoln Lane Drayton Lano _ Jefferson St. West Broad St.- W. Broad Lano Whitaker LaneCommerce St. West Broad St.. Tear 1866 1896) 1903 1904 1905 1907 1908] 1911-1912 : 1912J 1898) 1900 S 1897 1908] 19101 1912 f 1913 J 1872 1868] 1871V 1875 J 1888' 1871 1912 1915 1915 1915 1906" 1906 1909 1911 1911 1914 1914 1912 1902 Length S60'. 7,212'.02 B,498'.8 126' 690' 204'.4 10,504'.75 420' 1,287' 2,008' 3,794'.07 3,362'.72 1,055' 627'.9 Souare Yards 2,600 39,641.44 41,653.58 OvJt 3,004.5 1,049.1 54,850.25 2,900 4,100 14,000 13,347.34 16,385.4 3,654.12 2,351.1 Total Cost S 2,027.56 57,014.07 78.149.65 154.50 5,103.93 2,547.86 100,404.39 2.900.00 2,829.00 33.600.09 27,526.14 27,054.17 8,922.91 4.126.43 Cost Per Yard * .81.1 1.43,51 1.87.61 .50 1.69.87 2.42.8 1.83.06 1.00 .69 2.40 2.06.2S 1.65.1 2.44.1 1.75.61 Cost Estimated. STREET PAVING DONE IN SAVANNAH FROM 1858 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. BroRhton St. Bull St. ._. ... Charlton St. Coffee Alley _ Cohen St. Congrress St. and Lane Cuyler St. Drayton St. Duffy St. __ East Broad St.. Material Vlt Brick __ Asp. Block __ Granite Block { Sheet Asp. Asp. Block _ I Asp, Block ! Uianite Block Granite Block.. Cobble _____ Vlt. Brick _ Asp. Block I Granito Block _ Vlt. Brick ..... Sheet Asp. _ Vlt. Brick - __ Asp. Block ... ( Cobble _____ Granite Block From West Broad _ Aborcnrn St. __ Hull St. ____ Hull St. _____ Hurnarrt St. _ Hast Broad Rt._ Whitake'i' St. ._ Drayton St. _ Whitnker St. ... COIlRliesS St. _ liberty St. _ Liberty St. __ Bav St. ..... Harris St. ._ Park AV. ..._._ Katlll AV. ._.__. Drayton St. __ Drayton St. _ Barnard St. _ Indian St. .. Wilson St. __ Drayton St. Jefferson St. ._ Barnard St. .. Drayton St. . Drayton St. Barnard St. __ Anderson St. ... Bay St. ........ Anderson St. ... Barnard St. _ Barnard St. _ ...Slip an Wheaton St. To A hercorn St. __ Unst Hroad St.. Drayton lcedl907 189 I 19031 1!)04V 1914J 1909 lillS Rtsarfne'dBull 1S<)2 loDrTloni907 1804 1 1807! 18881 1890 Rwnrfd 1891-1892 } 1907-1908 1892 1 1892-1893 J 1907{ 1910) 19091 1912 > 1913) 1908 190J Rmiiiumtm? 1888 1808 1899 1899 1912) 19141 1913 1908 Ktinrbmd 1898 Brighton to ladtnon 1M7-1SC8 1904 19141 1916) I Approaches I 18B8 Jones St. ___ I 1891 ' LenRtb. 4.000' 1,218',08 CGO'.7 " 3US'.56 281'.3 2,484'.C 3,950' 5.84SM7 738'.5 224' 727'. 37 1.925' 242' 917' 494M2 30G'.8 308'.2 6,660' 280'.2 3,606'.34 400' 1,450' Siinaro Yards 17.9B0.4S 2,BB0.4C 2.BR9.3 1,011.87 619.4 7,004.2 32,833.9 20,814.00 2,469,18 634.8 2,200.69 6.639 691' 2,086.3 1,165.98 714.66 1,221.8 22,522 1.033.2 14,247.76 3,250 9,190 Total Cost 47,984. l!i 3,814.79 6,389.96" 1.718.23 1.4C.5.69 15,137.94 77,1B.66 45.BGD.44 4.2G9.00 952.20 4,759.47 19.618.91 295.50 3,416.19 2,023.67 1,061.84 2,097.57 66,402.69 1,314.08 27,796.66 2.600.00 18,108.68 Cost Per Yard 2.67.32 1.49.67 2.46.78 1.69.8 2.3S 2.16.69 2.35 1.69.94 1.72.48 1.60 2.11.72 2.98 *.5 1.63.74 1.76.06 1.48.7 1.71.87 2.45.99 1.27.18 1.95.09 ,80 1.97 STREET PAVING DONE IN SAVANNAH FROM 1868 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. East Broad St_ Estlll Ave. _ __ Florence St. _ 40th St. _ __ 41st St. ____ 42d St. - _______ Gaston St. . Gordon St. __ Gwlnnett St. _, Factors Walk __ Habersham St._ Harmon St. __ Harris St. Material Vlt. Brick __ I Asp. Block __ Vlt. Brick ____ Asp. Block _ Granite Block. Asp. Block __ I Vlt. Brick ____ Asp. Block __ Concrete i Asp. Block _ _ Vlt. Brick Asp. Block .. Asp. Block ___ Vlt. Brick _ _- Asp. Block ____ Vlt. Brick __ 1 Oranlto Block. ( Prom Gwlnnett St. _ Bay St. ________ Bull St. ________ Bryan St. _____ Bay St. ________ Bryan St. ______ 42(J St. ____ 37th St. ______ Abercorn St. Jefferson St. _ Abercorn St. . West Broad St. Bull St. ______ Jefferson St. Montgomery St. Price St. _____ Jefferson St. _ Drayton St. _ Whltaker St. -_ Drayton St. ___ Magnolia St. U. 3. Viaduct Cobble _ .'Montgomery St. Vlt. Brick .! Asp. Block _ Vlt Brick Asn. niocR Sheet Asp. __._ Asp. Block _ 1 Vlt. Brick . Oglethorpe Av.- Henry St. __ ___ 31st St. __. _ . Gwlnnett St. __ Gwlnnett St. Bull St. ________ Bull St. ___ Barnard St. West Broad St.. To Gwlnnett St. __ Henry St. ______ Wheaton St. _ Waters Road _ 3ay St. .. _____ River St. . __ Ml St. _ _ 37th St. _. __ 3Gth St. ____ Jefferson St. __ West Broad St.. Reynolds St. Florence St. ____ Whltaker St. __ Montgomery St. Florence St. __ West Broad St.. Whltaker St. .. Magnolia St. _. Harmon St. ____ O. S. Viaduct _ Stiles Av. East Broad St.. Liberty St. ____ Henry St. _____ 31st St. __ _ 37th St. _______ Henry St. ___ Wheaton St. _ Drayton St. , Whitaker St. __ Whltaker St. Purse St. ______ Year 19031 1915J 1909 1910 18971 1901} 1904J 1916) 1916 J 1908 1910 19161 19165 1910 1902 1916 19061 1906) 1909 19001 19051 1914) 1915} No Record 1896] 1903 h 1904 J 1914 1905 1910 KtilibudlW? 1890 19091 19131 1915 Length 3,357'.37 1,560'.94 6.368'46 2,576'.4 1,706' 1,676'.65 659'.4 2,S77'.5B 249'.47 363M 1,319'.95 2,669' 660' 361'.6 6.368'.4 2,757'.67 3.600' 3,664'.8 1,765'.67 1,496'.7 1,470' 377'.6 367'.95 492'.99 Square Yards 16,443.2 9,371.86 J.,4uO> 1 32.803.95 10,236.45 4.304.96 6.673.53 2.138.07 10.368M6 1,051.95 1,165.4 4,096.47 9 918 9 l]550.6 1.205.3 31,695.4 7,250.8 8.SOO 19,957.08 8.820.3 6.534 5,327.7 1,676.76 1,229.98 1.343.27 Total Cost 24,342.57 18.641.08 4,072.64 63.991.23 17,071.94 8,837.92 9,867.66 3,001.37 16,276.63 1.917.10 1.661.0S 6.993.13 17,688.65 2,602.73 1,993.3ft 60,275.57 13,980.12 8,800.00 31,843,48 15,113.53 7,739-42 10,147.67 3,938.04 2,216.08 2.212.6B Cost Per Yard 1.48.04 1.64.47 1.96.07 1.66.78 2.05.3 1.49.96 1.40.37 1.47.34 . 1.82.24 1.42.63 170.71 1.75.88 1.67.86 1.65.8 1.58.6- 1.92.8 1.00 1.59.B6 1.71.34 1.39.85 1.90.47 2.35 1.80.18 1.64.72 Cost Estimated. STREET PAVING DONE IN SAVANNAH FROM 1858 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. Material Hnll St. ____ - Henry St. _ Hull St. ___ . Vit. Brick .... . Asn. Block _ [ Vlt. Brick Asp. Block Cobblo ____ .. (h-niilto Hlock . Asp. Block _ -{ Indian St. _ , (Sranlto Block Jefferson St. _._ Liberty St. nnrt T-ano _ Lincoln St. Ixniisvlllo Road_ Maeon St _ . Meldrlm St. _ Montgomery St. McDonough St._ Ornnlto Block! Vlt. Brick _. Vit Brick __ I Asp. Block _ . Shoot Asp. . Vlt. Brick __ Vlt. Brlok _ Vlt. Brick __ J Vlt. Brick . Asp. Block __ Oranito Block Vit. Brick Asp. Block _ -I From Drnyton St. __ Haboi'sham St._ Barnard St.. ... Frlco St _ I'rloii St. ___ Urayton St. ... Barnard St. _ Uniylon St. _ West Broad St. _ BroiiKhton St. __ Charlton St. Bay St. _ Henry St. To Ilaborsham St.. I'rleci St. ._ _ Whltnkfir St. ._ Waters "Uoacl MaKnolla St. West Boundary. West Broad St.. Wliltaker St. .. Whitakcr St. .. Abcrcoru St. Water Ht. . _ Clmrlton St. Henry St. ..... Bryun St. BroiiKhton St. _ 12(1 St. _____ Tattnnll St, __ 'Jefferson St. _ rnttnall St. iUruyton St. ... Dray ton St. _ Mast Broad St.. When ton St. _ West Broad St.. Jiull St. ____ : Whltaknr St. _ ___ ___ _ Blurt _ ___ _ .. Bny St. __ JBryan St. Stilcii AV. ..... StilCil AV. __ Under C. o Drayton St. Ijttthrop Av. Ogoechec Cana! f O. Viaduct. Prlcn St. Whitaker St. .. West Broad St.JOseecheo Canal Brouffhton St... Uroutrnton St Bay St. _ _ Congress St, liberty Sqtiare. ConBresa St. Bryan St. Asp. Block __ Whitaker St. __lAbercorn St. Year 1001 1010) 1910! ino IflH 1S86 lftfl: 1010) 1S113 V touj IflOl 18801 18D-1 1 18115 f 18(17) l0l 11)021 1005S 100.) R!nrfatfdl908 1SS 1) li)12 l.Hi;i! 100S 19141 1915 \ 1D15I 1903 190!> 1897 1901 1910) 1910V 1914) 1908 TrfnKth ost'.r. 6-1T.45 3, 692'. 8 3,94r.'.7r> 588' 980' 743' 1,717'.2 6,45C'.7 3.82X'.7 1,158'.S 1.858'.35 4,800' 302' SCO' 208'.8 2,8GG'.85 17G'.9B 97' 3fl2'.85 141M 12S' C58'.54 543'.8 Sunaro Yards 4,900. ft 2.G88.G 12.917.1C 14.02i!.41 1,378 4,391,64 1,780.7- 7.179 22,527 17.228 5,077.1 9,120.9 30,430 720 1,760 G89.C 9,126.80 768.32 211 1.213.35 6,097.2 405.32 3,60G'.44 2.194.91 Total " Cost 6,107.17 4,171.96 IMitfi.ST 22,164.87 'i.GOO.OO 7,167,48 3.667.84 11.414.63 44,077.35 23.SG0.60 6.907.B3 13,817.72 90,1S9.7-', 1.224.B5 2,5G4.58 1.12IJ.39 15,981.40 2,081.33 "263.75 1.840.04 I3.G32.B8 674.00 6,024.67 4.478.87 Cost 1'er __ Yard 1,23.11 1.61.16 1,27.23 1.G8.0S 1.08.85 1.63.2 2.00.36 1.69 1,95,66 1,36.76 1.36.05' 1.51.6 2.9U.38 1,70 1.46.64 1.63.33 1.75.12 2.74.5 1.27 1.51.64 2.23.5 1.66.28 1.67.05 2.04.05 "Cost Estimated. STREET PAVING DONE IN SAVANNAH FROM 1858 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. Oseechee Rd. __ Oranero St. __ Oglethorpe Av._ Park Av. _____ Paulsen St. __ Perry St. and Lane __ President St. __ Pine St. _ __ Price St. _ __ _ Randolph St...__ Reynolds St. ___ Roberts St. ____ River St. __ _ Material Vit. Brick 1 Or.ivol _ ______ Cobble ___ _._ Sheet Asp. - Cobblo _ i Vit. Brick _ j Asp. Block __ - Asp. Block ____ Vit Brick __ I Asp. Block - i Sheet Asp. __ Vit Brick Asp. Block _ ! Cobble - __ ._ Vit. Brick __ ( Asp. Block ____ Cobblo ____ | Concrete _ _ Vit. Brick Cob!)lo __ .___.| Granite Brick- < j From Anderson St. _ 37th St. ... 3. S. Culvert _ West Broad St._ East Broad St._ East BoundaryWest Broad St._ Whitaker1 St. _ VVhltaker St. _ Drayton St. _ Tefferson St. Bull St. ____ - Gwinnett St. Bull St. _ - null St. __ \Vhltaker St. __ West Broad St._ H.-irnard St. _ Bull St. _ East Broad St,_ Rull St. _ . Rarnard St. ___ Drayton St. _ West Broad St.- Bay St. _______ Onston St. Rny St. ________ Wheaton St. _ Bast and South 40th St. _ __. .-West from Wl Abercorn St. _ 1 Ogeecheo Canal' Farm St. ___ 1 . West of O To 37th St. _ _ S. S. Culvert _ City Limits _.__ Ann St. _ _ West Broad St._ Randolph St. __ West Boundary Bull St. _ _ Jefferson St. _ East Broad St.- West Broad St._ Drayton St. _ Henry St. __ - Drayton St. Whitaker St. Drayton St. _ Elbert EQiiare Whitaker St. Drayton St. _ Randolph St. __ Whitaker St. __ Whitaker St. __ Abercorn St. __ Farm St. _____ Gwinnett St. Liberty St. __ Liberty St. __ of Gas works _ Estill AV. - eat Brond St, _ Bay St. _ . Y. of C. of G. Ry. Abercorn St. ___ ?eechee Canal.-l Year 19081 1909 J 100!) No Record Rarfdl907 1897 1908 199) Titan from 1906 f WbiUker St 1905 18981 1904 1 1904 f 1904 J 1908 1910 1903) 1914J 1909] 1912 > 1913] 1897 1909 19091 1913 \ 191GJ 1871 1902) 190GI 1909 1869) 1871 J 1918 1902 858, 1867, 1871 1885 18961 1914 I 1916) Liength 3,4S2'.5 1,050' 300' 3,929'.6 1,800' 3,B09'.4 30V.7 1,490'.2 604'.77 622'..15 180' 661' 554'.4 4.757M 2,197'.97 650' 772'.4G 203'.C 2,500' 4,427'.7 Square Yards 11,733.11 2,333.3 C60 25,932.5 6,133 14,008.6 1,611 5,798.66 1.49C.7 1,577.73 789 3,961 2,405.74 16.-585.2 10,366.5 1,433 2.693.22 689.7 7,000 17,273.2 Total Cost 20,864.74 978.10 sso.on 61,044.79 6,133.00 19,975.08 2.514.25 11,001.6.5 2,155.71 2,914.68 1,732.59 6,424.04 4,339.32 27,786.15 17,700.95 l.SIG.lfl 4,165.80 1,082.38 7,000.00 29,430.26 Cost Per Yard 1.77.83 0.41.91 .50 2.35.39 1.00 1.42.59 1.66.39 1.90.76 1.44.03 1.84.73 1.95 1.62.1S 1.80.37 No Record 1.67.53 1.70.70 .91.84 1.54.7 1.50.9 1.09 1.70.36 Cost Estimate 1. STREET PAVING DONE IN SAVANNAH FROM 1858 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. Stato St. 7=-=r-- Stiles AV, - St Julian St. ... Strand _ - .._ Tattnnll St. _ Taylor St. __ 31st St. . ... 33d St. __ 36th St. __ ..... 36th St. S7th St. . - 38th St. 1..1- Unnamed St. ._ Wadley St. Waldbure St. Water St. Waters Av. Material Vtt. Brick __ .. Vit. llrli'k 11. Shoot Asphalt Vit. Brick __ I Asp. Block _ \'It. Brick - Vit. liriok Asp. Block I Vit. lirlck - -{ Oonoiwto _ Concrete _ _ Vit. Brick Asp. Block 1 Vit. Brick Asp. Block . Uranlto Block.. Asp. Block Oranlto Block.. Concrete Vit. Brick Prom ">rnv(on St. ..... Di-Kvton St. ... Barnard St, _ Hurnard St. .... fefCorson St. _.. llrnyton St. ._ _ _ _ Various Jones (little) _ IJrnytdn St. ... \Vliltakor St. ._ West Broad St._ West Brona St. HaborBham St._ Bull St. _ - _ Bull St _ - Bull St. _ - _ Florence. St. .... RurroiiRhg St. _ Bull St. ____ Bull St. ___ Mull St. __... Hull St. _ - ... Bay St. _____ Drayton St. ... Indian St. ... Wheaton St. _ Hull St. _ 'Bull St. __... To Ti-fter.HOn St. . . Wilson St. ..... Whltakev St. ._ Jefferson St, _ Whltnkcr St, ._ 1'Vanklln Square Aboruorn St. _. 1'iaors _ _ _ Wliltakei- St. ._ U'.o.st Broad St._ liaborsiiam St.. OROoelieo Koad. L'lant St. __ . Abcriiorn St. _ OKoocheo Hoad. Klorenco St. _._ Offoocheo Koad. Ilnbersliam St.. Jefferson St. _ ICstlll Av. ...... River St. ______ East Broad St.. River St. ______ Andcrson St, __ Drayton St. ___ Whitaker St. ._ Year 10t 1902 19101 1917 f Kn.ifu'dBull 1892 oWbittk'rlW? 189S1 ISilil j1901 J 1910 1908-1909-M10 1902 1909 1 19 U f 1904 ( 1905 J 191G 1916 19021 1904 1908 } 1908 1910. 1910) 1911} 1901 1910 1888-1898 1910 1901 1918 1904 1909 Tjonfftli l.OIS'.S 9_ri'.l 80CM5 248'. 26 C10' 183'.5i 1.182'.3 297'.-l l.SOt'.O 3,C89'.2 735'.89 090'. 62 4,077'.8 4,968',24 930' 144'.C7 1,123' 1,789'.4 449'.2 2.062M 179'.9 S'limro Var.l:) 2.802.35 4.003.9 2,B-I0.3S 1.088 " 3,938 RK..71 9.28!) 1.321.0 3.R57.1R 11,034.0 1,716.57 2.B76.31 15,650.1 30.328.97 3,876 496.66 4.991.0 6.186.2 2.297 9,974.4 595.7 067. 2 Totnl ( 'OKt 3.909.81 0.912.91 C,004.46 2,.r>no.KO 7,828,22 1,022.23 16,349.11 2,120.16 7,270.07 15.619.00 2,040.80 3,803.70 21.311.BO 48,192.60 6,098.58 840.05 10,330.99 10,622.21 3.711.17 15,935.29 771.29 1,062.63 (UiHt Per Ynrrt l.Sfl.G 1.48.8C 2.3R.72 2,35 1.98.78 1.98.87 1.76 1. 00.83 1.88.48 1.30 1.53. 93 1.47.7 1.37 1.58.9 1.31.57 1.09.17 2.07.0S 1.71.7 1.61.66 1.59,8 1.29.4G 1 C1 1 Cost Estimated. STREET PAVING DONE IN SAYANHAH FROM 1858 TO DECEMBER 31,1916. West Broad St._ West Boundary St.. Wheaton St. Whitaker St. .. York St. and Lane Zubly St. _ ' Material Cobble _____ Vlt. Brick __ Asp. Block _ Concrete Granite Block. | Cobblo _ ._ - Vlt. Brick __ ( Cobble ___ Vlt. Brick ___ | Cobble Sheet Asp. __ Asp. Block __ I Vlt. Brick _ I Cobble ___ . From River St. Stone St. ___ _ Gwlnnett St. __ Indian St. __ Zubly St. ___ 31st St. _____ Slip 40th St. ___ _ Intesectlon o __ 185 Feet So Cohen St. ___ East Broad St.- Reynolda St. ._ S. Pine Co. Mill S. Pine Co. Mill Park Av. _ Bay St. ___ Oglethorpe Av._ Gaston St. ___ West Broad St.. Bull St. _ - _ Bull St. ___ . Barnard St. Bull St. ___ Bull St. ____ Ann St. ... To Indian St. Gwlnnett St. Liberty St. 31st St. _ Zubly St. ___- Liberty St. __ 40th St. ._ ... 43d St. .... f Cohen St. _ uth Cohen St. Meldrlm St. _ Reynolda St. ._ Randolph St. Waters Road __ Randolph St. __. Anderson St. Ogtethorpe Av._ Gaston St. _ _ . Park AV. West Boundary Drayton St. __ Whitaker St. Whitaker St. _. Drayton St. Whitaker St. .. West Boundary Year 1866-18G7 1902" Reared 1914 1904 1904 1906-1907 1911 1910 1915 1916 19091 1909 J 1911 18691 1881! 18991 19141 1888 19041 1905 f 1906 J from 1905-1906 WiiUiwSt. 1897 19071 1913$ 19091 1914) FromWhiuier 1905 St. 1904 1909 Length 250' 7,471'.77 2,548'.57 107' 776'. 35 215' 1,350' 1,075' 2,934' 840* 5,555'.9 1,300' ' 185.8 362'.5 606'27 1.050' Square Yards 1,850 54,702.91 13,773.3 664.62 4,176.4 B66.77 3,033 3,464 8,904.2 2,613 18,295.7 4.333 446.6 1,093.59 1.346.84 1,666 Total Cost 1,800.00 86,428.23 21,298.26 943.97 6.246.29 1,433.10 2,199.86 3,464.00 17,334.10 2.613.00 28,422.30 2,160.50 1.000.15 1,880.02 2,045.90 833.00 Cost Per Yard 1.00 1.58 1.54.63 1.42 1.49.54 2.14.93 .72.33 1.09 1.81.4* 1.00 1.55.35 60. 2.46.34 1.71.91 1.51.9 .50 Cost Estimated. 320 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Harbor and Wharves: The operating expenses for Harbor and "Wharves during the fiscal year was $3,454.55. The greater portion of this expenditure is applied to the salary of the Harbor Master and his office expenses. A special report is submitted by him of the operation of his department during the year. The small amount of $175.78 was expended for repairs to wharves and docks. During the year an extensive terminal improvement was completed by the Ocean Steamship Company, and the slip constructed increased the lineal length of wharfage facilities by 2,700 feet. The terminals have been constructed with the most modern facilities for handling freight and are second to none as regards modern operation, to any along the Atlantic Coast. The establishment of new industries above the City warrants favorable consideration by the Federal Government in extending the channel improvements for two or three miles above the present westernly terminus of the harbor adopted by Congress. One new industry alone, The American Sugar Refinery Company, located above the City, is of such magnitude that the Government will derive a daily revenue of perhaps $10,000.00 on duties. Besides this industry, a Pulp Mill is being constructed, a large Lumber Mill is now under operation and Cotton "Warehouse and Compress costing over onehalf a million dollars is completed and other industries are contemplated. At this date the River and Harbor bill pending in Congress is carrying an item of approximately two million dollars for the extension of the Harbor facilities. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 831 During the year 1916 the maintenance of the Harbor was kept up by the Federal Government, and that the improvements made by the Federal Government have been warranted is shown by the following tabulation showing the response in increase of commerce of the Port, for various periods. The length of the Coast Line between Norfolk, Virginia, and the southern point of Florida, is 1,200 miles; Savannah is located midway between these points. Norfolk, Virginia, is a deep water port and its commerce and location warrants such improvements as will accommodate the deepest draft bottoms. Between Norfolk and the southern point of Florida, the Federal Government has improved, and is still improving, ten (10) ports. In the tabulation given below are the names of the ports extending from Norfolk to Key West, Florida, the total appropriation made by the Government from the commencement of the improvement of each port to June 30, 1915, the value of commerce of each port for the year 1914, and the value of commerce for 1904, ten (10) years previous. Total Appropriation Value of Value of PORTS Made for Imprvt. Com. for Com. for Up to June 30,1915 the Year 1914 the Year 1904 Key West, Pla.__$ 780,330.00 $ 13,434,175.00 $ 5,229,150.00 Miami, Ma. ____ 665,727.00 3,197,136.00 514,710.00 Jacksonville, Ma. 6,827,869.00 60,718,452.00 28,000,000.00 Fernandina, Fla._. 3,647,510.00 9,230,082.00 10,715,000.00 Brunswick, Ga.__ 1,428,328.00 38,343,320.00 29,939,000.00 Darien, Ga.__._. 175,365.00 1,450,909.00 917,240.00 Savannah, Ga.___, 10,676,226.00 349,193,305.00 193,820,000.00 Cbarleston, S. C.- 5,095,234.00 46,800,741.00 49,994,000.00 Georgetown, S. C._ 3,142,022.00 4,146,954.00 9,546,843.00 Wilmington, N. C 6,146,168.00 28,682,163.00 44,724,500.00 The figures given in the tabulation were taken from the reports of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War. 322 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT From the above tabulation it is observed that the value of commerce which passed through the port of Savannah, Ga., in 1914, was greater than all of the other nine (9) ports combined, by over $140,000,000.00, whereas in 1904 the commerce of the port of Savannah, while greater than all other of the nine (9) ports combined, was but approximately $13,000,- 000.00 over the total value of commerce of the nine (9) ports for that year. The harbor fees received during the year amounted to $4,198.44. Pees collected for use of the Municipal Wharf amounted to $1,023.03, making a total credit of $5,221.47 for the Harbor and Wharf Department. Outlays Harbor and Wharves: A slip at the foot of West Broad Street was filled in and a concrete bulk head constructed at a total cost of $1,575.38. The filling in of the slip was done by the Savannah Electric Company without cost to the City, they being interested in this improvement, and by agreement furnished and placed cinders from their Power Plant, in the slip back of the retaining wall. This work necessitated the extension of a large outlet sewer for about 70 feet. Extension of Storm Water and Sanitary Sewerage System: My annual report for 1914 and 1915 gives the history of the issuance of the $600,000.00 bond issue for the extension of storm water and sanitary sewerage system, the contract entered into for the expenditure of this amount and in detail the quantity of work accomplished. On December 31st, 1915, there was an unexpended balance from this $600,000.00 amounting to $1,529.49. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________823 On December 26th, 1915, an ordinance was adopted for the issuance of another bond issue of $400,000.00, -which was favorably voted upon and the sale of the bonds was made on March 16th, 1916, the proceeds for same being $416,451.00. A report was submitted by me to the Mayor and Aldermen recommending work to be done under the second bond issue, a project was prepared and after approval of same, proposals were invited for constructing the sewers, the work being divided in two divisions. Division "A" on the east side of the City, was east of Bull Street. Division "B," work to be done on the west side, or west of Bull Street. Most of the work required to be done in these two divisions was the construction of laterals. Main trunk sewers on the east and west side of the City having been constructed with money from a previous bond issue. The proposals received for doing this work are as per tabulation given below: DIVISION "A" Obenshafn Brothers, Center Mariches, N. Y._______$121,124.50 Sullivan, Long, Hagerty, Dysard Co., Bessemer, Ala., and Atlanta, Ga. _____________________ 125,621.00 Gadsden Contracting Co. and Guild & Co., Savannah, Ga. .._..__.____....__....__. 127,621.00 Municipal Engineer Company, Atlanta, Ga._______ 129,053.50 A. J. Twiggs & Sons, Augusta, Ga._____________ 132,213.00 Michler & Flynn, Chattanooga, Tena___________ 139,184.50 M. O'Herron & Son, Baltimore, Md.____________ 143,895.50 T. J. Shea, Los Angeles, Cal._________________ 152,297.50 J. B. Sheets Company, Pittsburgh, Pa._________ 158,519.50 J. B. McLane Company, Newport, Ky.___________ 160,865.50 Benjamin Thompson, Tampa Fla.___________ 161,849.25 Carson Construction Company, Savannah, Ga._____ 182,976.50 Whiting Turner Company, Baltimore, Md._______ 204,606.50 324 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT DIVISION "B" Gadsden Contracting Co. and Guild & Co., Savannah. Ga. ____._-____.____.__-________$132,288.70 A. J. Twiggs & Sons, Augusta, Ga__________ 150,409.20 Sullivan, Hagerty, Long & Dysard Co., Bessemer, Ala, and Atlanta, Ga.__________________ 150,595.50 Benjamin Thompson, Tampa, Fla.____________ 172,760.00 M. O'Herron & Sons, Baltimore, Md.____________ 172,000.00 J. B. Sheets Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.__________ 176,149.00 T. J. Shea, Los Angeles, Cal________________ 183,966.50 Carson Construction Company, Savannah, Ga._____ 199,418.50 Lowest Bidder Division "A" Obenshain Brothers, Center Mariches, N. Y.___$121,12450 Lowest Bidder Division "B" Gadsden Contracting Co. and Guild & Co., Savannah, Ga. _____________________ 132,288.70 Total bids for both divisions__.$253,413.20 A contract for doing the work on the west side was entered into with the Gadsden Contracting Company and Guild & Company on April 7th, 1916, and at the end of the year they had earned $124,368.05. The total length of combined storm water and sanitary sewers constructed during the year under this contract, was 11.25 miles; the length of storm water sewers was 3.13 miles, making a total mileage of 14.38. Upon the completion of the contract a full detail record of the various size sewers will be tabulated and will be submitted in my next annual report. A contract was entered into with Obenshain Brothers for the construction of the sewers coming under Division "A," east of Bull Street, on April 7th, 1916. These contractors sublet the work to Gadsden Contracting Company and Guild & Company, and at the end of the year there had been constructed 9.11 miles of sanitary, or sanitary and storm water combined sewers, and 2.42 miles of storm water sewers, making a total of 11.53 miles of the different classes. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________825 The amount earned by Obenshain Brothers, sublet to Gadsden Contracting Company and Guild & Company, was $101,179.15. Upon my recommendation consideration was given to the construction of a trunk sewer on the west side of the City, which recommendation was approved, and proposals were invited for the construction of a trunk sewer that would enter the river at the northwest corner of the Central of Georgia Railroad Company's terminal. teM- ' This trunk crosses Lathrop Avenue, property of the American Canning Company and where Lathrop Avenue intersection crosses Bay Street extension, where Fell Street intersects same and from this point crosses what is known as West Savannah, then crosses Louisville Road at Magazine Street, thence following Louisville Road to Magazine Street, then south on Magazine Street. This trunk would receive laterals from West Savannah and quite a large area of the extreme westernly part of the City between Louisville Road and Gwinnett Street. The construction of this trunk was not originally planned in the project for the extension of storm water and sanitary sewerage system of the City, but the necessity of this became apparent after considering the needs of drainage for this section. Proposals for the construction of this extension were received on August 15,1916. Tabulation of bids is given below: Beasley Construction Company, Savannah, Ga.______$65,078.00 Gadsden Contracting Company, Savannah, Ga______ 70,353.00 B. G. Collins, Jr., New York, N. Y._____________ 83,240.00 A. J. Martin Company, Augusta, Ga._____________ 99,070.00 326 MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT The contract was awarded to Beasley Construction Company of Savannah, Georgia, and at the end of the year $21,365.07 had been earned, or approximately one-third of the amount of the contract. The length of sewers constructed at the end of the year under this contract was .26 of a mile, making the total lineal length of sewers completed under this contract for the year 1916, 26.17 miles. In addition to this there was 1,615 lineal feet of storm water sewers and 1,285 lineal feet of sanitary sewers constructed by City's labor, equivalent to .55 of a mile. Adding this to the total done under contract, makes a grand total of 26.72 miles. Besides work done under the contract, certain work was done direct by the City at an expenditure of $16,031.55. This consisted of: Surfacing and grading streets and lanes_____$ 1,600.75 Filling open ditches on the east and west side of the City_____________________ 3,431.17 Installing and operating pump for pumping water from the Casey Canal______________ 390.90 Filling in of the old Bilbo Canal__________ 1,276.83 Filling in Ogeechee Canal where it crosses the Louisville Road _________________ 141.81 Extension of storm water and sanitary sewers by City forces _____________________ 2,826.31 Installation of catch basins____ 6,472.54 Total___________________$16,140.31 Other expenditures made in connection with the construction work consists of salaries for inspectors and supervisors, of approximately $13,000.00, rights of way $1,600, testing materials $263.00, and other miscellaneous expenditures of which this office is not concerned with in the way of expenses in- ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT ________327 curred for the bond election, bonding of and disposing of bond, clerical salaries, etc., of which the Comptroller has a detail record. During the year consideration was given to the construction of a trunk sewer on the east side of the City. A project had been under consideration for the extension of Casey Canal direct to the river for many years, Jrat no definite action was ever taken until 1916 as regards the execution of the work. Action was finally taken by Council for the construction of a trunk sewer that would enter the river about one-half of a mile east of the Bilbo Canal. A project was prepared for the construction of this sewer through the Hillcrest Cemetery, which section was planned to be of concrete structure, the portion through the Twickenham Plantation is proposed to be open work, for the present a likewise portion south of the Hillcrest Cemetery is to be of like character, Chatham County offering to excavate the open portion with convict labor, the City agreeing to construct the concrete box section and any other portions requiring concrete work. At this date contract has been entered into for the construction of concrete section, but at the end of the year 1916 the only work done was the beginning of the open work, excavation with convict labor furnished by Chatham County. At the end of the year there was a cash available balance of $134,679.76 from the bond issue. UNDER OFFICE OF CHIEF ASSISTANT ENGINEER MR. W. O'D. ROCKWELL Routine Work: The routine work done under this office is given in the following tabulation: Survey of lots for private parties______ 229 Plats made of the above lots for private parties 146 Measurements of street pavements for assessment rolls 16 Survey of lots in Bonaventure Cemetery 27 328 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Survey of lots in Laurel Grove Cemetery 16 Miscellaneous measurements and surveys 195 Grades and lines for curbing, grading and miscellaneous- 197 Levels taken for miscellaneous purposes 19 Profiles for street grades, etc.____ 15 Profiles for sewers__________________ 136 Street lines given during the year 183 Grades and lines given for sidewalks- 73 Estimates prepared for street paving, grading, etc. 32 Haps and plats of lots_____________ 18 Maps and plats of streets 6 Maps and plats miscellaneous 13 Tracing of lots_________________________ 29 Tracing sewer profiles and plans 214 Tracing miscellaneous ___________________ 84 Blue prints _______________________2585 Miscellaneous reports ___________________ 26 The contract work for extension of storm water and sanitary sewers necessitated a great amount of extra work and extra surveying party was employed throughout the year in giving lines and grades for the construction of sewers. Besides the field work the plotting of inspector's notes showing the location of wyes and manholes upon specially prepared sheets, was practically kept up with the field work. The revenue derived from making surveys of lots for private parties was $735.00. All of the contract work was immediately under the charge of Mr. "W. OT). Rockwell, Assistant Chief Engineer, who was, as ever, painstaking in his care of doing accurate work, and of carefully and accurately platting all maps and filing records. It is recommended that the map of the City of Savannah prepared in 1910 by Jno. W. Howard, City Engineer, be corrected, brought up to date and re-lithographed. MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT___ _____829 All permits for opening streets, placing electric signs, use of street space, removal and renewal of poles, are issued by my office, and the following tabulation gives a summary of the permits issued during 1916: House drainage 353 Water supply 784 Cleaning sanitary sewers 814 Cleaning storm sewers 112 Cement sidewalks ___ 122 Building space 287 Electric signs 74 Gasoline tanks _ 48 Trees removed 47 Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.: New poles set 58 Poles replaced ______ 110 Poles reset 45 Savannah Electric Company: Poles set ___________________ 302 Poles removed _______________ 189 Repairs to track_______ 163 Repairs to conduit______2286 feet Savannah Lighting Company: New poles set 27 Poles replaced _________________ 43 Poles reset _______ 36 Conduit repaired _________ 61 Board of Purchase: The Board of Purchase created three years ago operated most successfully through the year 1916. This was brought about by the hearty co-operation of the various Aldermanic Committees and the various heads of departments with the Board. Where purchases have been made of over $100.00 value resolutions for purchase of same have been prepared by the Board and introduced in Council, and if approved, advertisements for purchase were inserted in the Savannah Press, who had a contract for the year for publishing all official proceedings of the City. In certain cases, where larger amounts were involved, advertisements 330 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ were inserted in engineering magazines. Where purchases of less than $100.00 were made the method followed was to get in touch with the various local dealers and obtain competitive prices for the articles desired. This method of purchase resulted in standardizing numerous articles used by the various departments, and by bringing about fair and open competitive prices resulted in a great saving to the City. The dealers have found out that the City intends to give a square deal and are always ready to submit proposals and are satisfied as a whole with the awards made by the Board of Purchase. The Board intends to purchase articles from local dealers and almost invariably does so. Any one who is acquainted with the method of purchase by the City and who have reviewed proposals received, can not but admit that this method of purchase of the City's supplies and equipment is much more advantageous and more economical than the haphazard way of each department making purchases, as was previously followed before the organization of the Board of Purchase. Records can show that thousands of dollars have been saved by standardizing articles and by receiving open competitive bids. The work of drawing Resolutions and certain advertisements necessary to receive proposals and making purchase of less than $100.00, falls upon the Secretary of the Board of Purchase, Mr. H. J. Norton, who submits a brief report as follows: CITY OP SAVANNAH, G1OROIA (Office of the Board of Purchase) Savannah, Ga., Feb. 21, 1917. MR. B. R. CONANT, Purchasing Officer, City of Savannah, Dear Sir: I beg to submit my report for the year 1916. Approximately $150,000.00 was spent for supplies purchased by this department (not including supplies for drainage work), during the year. MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT 831 There were over 5,000 orders issued during the year and bills rendered against these orders were all carefully checked and passed to the Comptroller for payment. Prices on all material was much higher, this fact being attributed to the European "War. The departments of the City have, in most cases, given their co-operation and cordial support, and as the City uses a varied assortment of supplies, this co-operation is necessary in order to obtain the best results and to effect a saving in the purchase of goods. I have endeavored to give the merchants of the City an equal opportunity to compete for the City's business, and I am glad to say they have generally responded to our invitation to bid. It gives me pleasure to state that we have been able to buy almost everything through the local jobbers and manufacturers, and in most cases at a price as low or lower than could be secured elsewhere. I wish to commend the Comptroller's office for the ever ready help they have extended this department. Respectfully yours, H. J. NORTON, Secretary, Board of Purchase. I wish to commend Mr. Norton for the care and interest he has taken in his work and the very successful method by which he has carried on the year's work. Inventory of Property Under My Charge: At the end of each fiscal year a very careful inventory is taken of all expendable material on hand, the quantity and value of buildings, supplies, equipment and tools. 832 MAYOR'S ANNTTAL REPORT____________ Inventory taken at the end of 1916, shows practically no loss of equipment or tools during the fiscal year. It is natural to expect that a few of the small tools will be lost, but each superintendent is held responsible for tools and implements turned over to him and the loss of tools is negligible. To furnish a list of property under my charge would unnecessarily lengthen this report. A full and detail statement was prepared and submitted to the Comptroller. The value of inventory as furnished of the various departments under my charge, which includes buildings at the City Lot, Incinerator Plant, Live Stock, equipment and expendable material was $70,686.00. Water Works: On August 31st, 1916, instructions were received requesting me to prepare a general project for the rehabilitation of our Water Works System and in conformity with these instructions a thorough study was made of the problem. An inspection trip was taken to several cities to assist me in obtaining direct information that would be of value in making my recommendations. A large amount of information was received in reply to letters of inquiry sent out to various city officials and consulting engineers. On December 6th, 1916, a report was submitted to the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen covering my study of the water situation and as this report was printed in the official proceeding of Council under date of December 20,1916, it is not considered necessary to insert same in my annual report. A brief synopsis of the report submitted with recommendations, is as follows: 1. Unless metering of the City is put into effect the available supply must be increased by about nine million gallons. 2. The method of obtaining water from the wells was recommended to be by the continuance of the air lift system, which has always worked well in Savannah and at this MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 333 date appears to be more economical than another established method by operating electrically driven individual well pumps pumping the water direct into the main, however, if prompt measures are not taken to install meters, thereby curtailing the waste and if the rehabilitation of the plant has to be postponed for any length of time, it may become necessary, in order to keep up the required pressure in the mains, to pump direct from the new well, which is about to be bored, into the force main with an electrical centrifugal or plunger pump. 3. Recommendation was made to construct a suitable size concrete reservoir, install new pump, air compressor and battery of boilers. 4. It was further recommended that suitable laws be passed by the next Legislature, whereby control could be had of water wasted from wells driven and operated by private parties. 5. One of the most important recommendations made was the adoption of meters and the preparation of new meter ordinance. An argument for the adoption of meters will be referred to later in this report. 6. The report contained recommendation for constructing a new cast iron conduit for Stiles Avenue and for the boring of additional wells. 7. The total estimate of cost for the rehabilitation of our water supply system and increasing the supply as set forth in the report, was $300,000.00. Several very valuable reports, prepared by the United States Geological Survey by Prof. Whipple, who was employed by the City to report upon the conditions of our Water Supply, and report submitted by me, were grouped together and printed in your Annual Report for 1915. The report submitted by me and referred to above, printed in official proceeds of Council December 20th, 1916, completes the data prepared up to the present time. 334 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ While the writer was not placed in immediate charge of the operation of the "Water Works System until January 5th of this year, yet during the year 1916 he was responsible for the maintenance and operation in general of the stations and was responsible for obtaining and keeping up a satisfactory water supply, both as to quantity and quality. In connection with this work, I had the services of Mr. J. G. Hazlehurst, Assistant, and the co-operation of Mr. J. P. Figg, Superintendent, of the Water Works, and it is with pleasure to announce that the work done resulted in an improvement as to the quality and quantity of the water obtained and no exceptions whatsoever can be taken as to the quality at this time, in fact there are probably very few cities in the United States that the consumers have supplied to them water as pure as that now furnished from our artesian well supply for domestic use. We were fortunate in having representatives of the Government through the Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, visiting the City and without cost to the City make a preliminary investigation of the possible electrolytic damage to water pipes. They will submit a report in the near future as regards this investigation, but a statement from them was to the effect that their examination showed no actual damage to any point and that they found better conditions here than generally elsewhere. They may recommend in their report that a more thorough investigation should be made, and if so it, will be recommended that a survey be made during the coming summer. Plans and specifications were prepared for boring a large deep well, but after a thorough study of the advisability of going to 800 feet depth, it was concluded that the chance for obtaining a flow at this depth was very remote and the project abandoned, however, at this writing proposals have been received and contract awarded for boring a twelve-inch artesian well, expecting to go to a depth of 1,200 feet, with MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 885 the expectation and anticipation of obtaining a flow above the 1,200 feet depth from an aquifer not connected with the one that is now drawn upon by the City, as well as a large number of wells operated by private parties, and if a reasonable supply is obtained from this lower aquifer, then wells will be driven to connect with same, and there will be no increased draft upon the aquifer that is now being heavily drawn upon. During the fiscal year considerable work was done, also detail work in connection with the operation of our plant, some of which was as follows: Changing submergency air piping in wells, determining air pressure, pull down and static head of wells. Testing flow of wells. Uncovering a portion of cast iron conduit at the Eiver Station and repairing leaks found in same. Eeplaeing wooden covers on some of the wells with covers of cast iron. Installing steam flow meter at the Incinerator, so as to obtain quantity of steam turned over to the Water Works. Testing all of the check valves connecting the 24-inch mains leading from the River Station. Installation of a liquid chlorine apparatus at the Eiver Station, etc. In looking for old records, the Superintendent of the Water Works found a copy of the log book that was used when the wells were bored on Stiles Avenue and when the conduit was being constructed. In this log was found a statement giving the quantity of flow of nine of the wells shortly after they were completed. Of course, these wells were self-flowing at that time, 25 years ago. All of the 12 wells that were bored in 1892 and 1893 are still in operation. They are all within a lineal length of 3,600 feet and it is remarkable that 25 years draft has not resulted in some of these wells being killed or that the aquifer has not been lowered more than it has. 336 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT _____ The flow of the wells as determined by actual measurement of today are as great as it was in 1892 or 1893, but at this time the water has to be raised with air, whereas wher the}- were first bored they were self-flowing. On account of abnormal conditions as regards the prices of machinery, structural steel and cast iron pipe at this time it has been deemed advisable to postpone for the present the rehabilitation of our "Water Works System. This is exceedingly unfortunate for the writer believes that this work should be undertaken at the earliest practicable moment. The exceeding good care taken of the pumping engine and of the air compressor, has resulted in no serious break downs occurring at the stations, but an accident is liable to occur at any time and one that might result in serious and prolonged delay, so that a new unit should be provided for just as early as practicable. It is easy enough to bore a few wells and increase our water supply, but there would be no material advantage in doing this unless there are increased facilities for drawing water from the wells and pumping same into the mains. During the interval before the work can be actually taken up, there is a great deal of work required in continuing the study of the problem that is before the City. Unfortunately the records of the Water Department as regards the location of pipes, valves, hydrants, etc., have not been properly recorded or mapped and this work will be done as early as practicable. It is necessary that a pitometer survey be made for.the purpose of ascertaining whether there are leaky mains-. A survey should be made in order to determine the pressure in the mains at various points of the City and no doubt this will show that some extra mains will be required and possibly some that will need cleaning out. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 837 A record should be kept of the domestic, commerce, fire, gratuitous and public proportion of the consumption of water. A mapping of all independent wells used by hotels, manufacturing concerns and private ownership. There should be a physical study of the observation of the static head and pull down of the well at least monthly. The regular analyses of the water at both stations is being taken by the Health Department in a satisfactory manner and it is assumed that this will be kept up. Anticipating that at some future time the City will have to go to either the Savannah or the Ogeechee River for a surface supply, studies should be made regularly of the chemical, physical and bacterial condition of the waters so that it can be determined which of the waters would be most suitable and portable for a domestic supply when it becomes necessary to adopt same. The City will shortly complete an extension of the sanitary system and many of these laterals will be useless unless water mains are laid to furnish water to buildings from which connections to sewer will be required to.be put in so as to eliminate vaults and dry wells. It is recommended that the necessary mains be put in as early as practicable. At the present time with the present prices, not less than $15,000.00 would be required to do most of the work, however, it is anticipated that the price of cast iron pipe will drop shortly, and possibly the postponement of this work for a reasonable length of time is warranted. METERS The most important recommendation that I can make at this time other than that for the general rehabilitation of the Water Supply System, is as regards the installation of meters to conserve our supply, especially is this absolutely necessary if we hope to have the cpntinued use of artesian well supply. The adoption of meters should be made as rapidly as possible. 338 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT The Southeastern Underwriters Association are calling upon the City to keep up a water pressure in the mains, which it will be practicable to do if our water consumption was brought down to what it ought to be. .We have just been through an unpleasant experience whereby thousands of breaks occurred in the water supply pipes in buildings and yards. Of course, it might be stated that the property owners were not responsible for the breakage that occurred, but if our water was metered, I dare say a great deal of waste that occurred would have been eliminated. With a system of meters it is, the negligent who pays for the waste of water, whereas with the flat rate the more careful consumer pays more because of the negligence of the careless. Where cities are fully metered, even in the South, the average daily water consumption is only 100 gallons, whereas here it is over 140 gallons. The average consumption for: Charlotte, N. C.; Montgomery, Ala.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Jackson, Miss.; Galveston, Texas; Atlanta, Ga.; New Orleans, La.; cities that have adopted meters, is only 87 gallons per day. If we could reduce our water supply per capita to 100 gallons per day, the present equipment would be very much safe-guarded and our pressure would readily reach the amount called for by the Southeastern Underwriters Association. The prevailing system of schedule flat rates for the use of water is wrong. There is no more equity and right under this system than there would be in selling illuminating gas by a monthly rate charge. Is it right for one man to pay five times as much as another for a cubic foot of water? The experience of innumerable cities of the world that have a public water supply has been that a time comes when measures must be taken to conserve that supply. Savannah just at this time is in a position where if the supply of its MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT _______839 artesian water is conserved, we can depend upon pure water from the artesian wells for a long time. If we had metera today we would only be pumping for our domestic supply not over seven million gallons daily, whereas we are pumping on an average of ten and one-half million gallons. With this reduced pumpage we might safely postpone the rehabilitation of our plant until abnormal conditions as regards cost of material ceases. Again, with this reduced pumpage we could readily obtain more than the exacted pressure in our mains required by the insurance underwriters association, thereby no question as regards the low insurance rate could be brought up. There has been a fear expressed by owners of low class residential property that the metering system would reduce their income from same. Under the present meter ordinance this might be the case but it is the intent of the City to pass a new ordinance, one that will give a rate to the low class property less than the present flat rate. Of course, to have this saving result to the property owners, tenants and property owners will be obliged to stop the present wastage of water, or it will be measured by the meters and charged. The unanimous opinion of the hydraulic engineers and water works' superintendents, not only in this country but in Europe, is that the only proper equitable and intelligent method of selling water, and the only remedial method for solving the great problem of water waste is by the installation of meters. If the consumer knows by his meter dial that the water is passing through the meter and not used but wasted, he will be quick to call in a plumber to stop leaks. Every gallon of water supplied by the City of Savannah should be considered a commodity, which has a value. The actual amount of water that is sufficient for all purposes is usually considered by authorities as fifty (50) gallons per capita per day, divided as follows: Household use 340 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ 25 gallons, manufacturing 10 gallons, fountain and fire 3 gallons, street sprinkling 2 gallons, and sanitary purposes 10 gallons. Taking fifteen (15) of the largest cities of Europe, the average daily consumption per capita is only 35.5 gallons. I have referred to seven (7) of the Southern cities, the average consumption of which is 87 gallons, yet we here in Savannah are using and wasting over 140 gallons per day. Further argument could be presented, but any one who will look upon the question of installation of meters with a fair, unbiased mind, they can not but draw the conclusion that payment for water, if based upon fair metering rates, will be the most just and equitable system. In cities, to my knowledge, who have ever introduced the metering system, have never gone back to the old method of flat rates. Elimination, of Grade Crossings: Towards the latter part of the fiscal year a special committee was appointed to investigate and take action as regards the elimination of grade crossings on the south and east sides of the City. Mr. R. A. MeCranie, Superintendent, and Mr. J. E. "Willoughby, Chief Engineer, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and myself were instructed to prepare a project and estimate for the elimination of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company's grade crossings from Montgomery Street to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company's freight yards, and during the year a number of conferences were held, considerable amount of surveying done, and a study made of various projects for eliminating the crossings. While the work was not completed at the end of the year, a written report has been submitted at this date by us to the Special Committee appointed by Council to consider the problem with recommendation and estimate of cost for making the desired improvement MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 341 In closing this, my fourth Annual Eeport to the Mayor and Aldermen, it gives me pleasure to state that if efficiency has to any extent been accomplished by my efforts, that any improvement brought about as regards the government of my office, is due not alone to my efforts, but to your cooperation and to each and every Alderman's co-operation. I also owe much to each of my Superintendents and Assistants for one and all have shown an interest in duties assigned them and have co-operated with me. The working force of my department is on a very different level than when I took charge four years ago, the class of labor employed has been very much improved, due ta some extent in cutting out the undesirable element, but more so to the individual interest and willingness shown, and I must jay that in most instances they have had the work at heart. I am warranted in saying that the cost of work done by the City by hired labor is as a whole less than what it would be if it was contracted. I know for a fact that our garbage collection, on.* street paving and much of the other work, could not be done as advantageously or economically by contract as it is being done with hired labor. "We have upon our streets some who have been unfortunate, who have not the physique to carry on a hard day's work, but this type of labor have served the City for a long period of time and are doing at this time the best they can as they have done in the past, so that I recommend in the future as has been done in the past, pensioning the oldest of these employees, who have served the City for a long time and who are incapable or unfit for hard labor. Very respectfully, E. E. CONANT, Chief Engineer. ANNUAL REPORTT OP THE WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT OF THB CITY OF SAVANNAH FOR THB YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 J. P. FIGG SUPERINTENDENT AND ENGINEER WATER DEPARTMENT Committee on Water: H. L. Kayton, Chairman. J. W. Daniel. J. A. Logan. Joseph P. FiggSuperintendent and Engineer P. F. Curry_____________________Chief Clerk W. P. Biddle_____Foreman Extension and Eepair Work Jas. H. Grady_4sst. Foreman Extension and Bepair Wort Patrick EyanChief Water Inspector W. T. Smith_______Water Inspector C. B. PattersonWater Inspector E. C. FetzerWater Inspector E. W. SikesWater Inspector Wm. Barnwell Water Inspector 0. B. Perry_____________Water Inspector J. B. BaggsWater Inspector Harry Brown Water Inspector George B. Small_______Meter Beader and Bepairer Thomas J. McEllinn__________Turncock and Plumber Harry Alien ___Plumber Thomas J. Beid, First Assistant; Flavor B. Quarterman, Engineer; John B. Sitler, Engineer__________ . Engineers Gwinnett Street Pumping Station Blake M. Cooper, Wm. F. Boylston, Wm. J. Kelly__ Compressor Oilers Gwinnett Street Pumping Station John M. Thee, Levi A. Stanfield, E. C. Penfield_____ ____-Oilers Gwinnett Street Pumping Station Jacob Lasky_____________________Florist Sifley F. Cook, First Assistant; Chas. E. Williams, Engineer; Chas. M. McBride, Engineer-_ _______________Engineers Biver Pumping Station John W. Gaillard, John C. Garwes, John Flatman___ Oilers Biver Pumping Station REPORT OF WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIBRPONT, Mayor. Dear Sir: I have the honor to herewith submit the Annual Report of the Water Works Department, for the year ending December 31, 1916, showing in detail statement of operations, receipts and disbursements, betterments and miscellaneous work performed during that period. OPERATIONS. I am pleased to report to his honor a successful year of operation, disturbances of minor nature only occuring, which were immediately overcome. The pumpage for the year which appears in report showing a consistent increase from year to year, will I am sure, impress his honor with the necessity of some action in reference to conserving supply. The reports from this department for several years past will show recommendations for the more extensive use of meters, also a recommendation for a large and more modern type of pump, both of which I am sure will be of great benefit to our City as a matter of conservation and economy. I sincerely hope it can be found convenient to give these matters as recommended the consideration which they merit. 348_________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ OPERATING EXPENSES. General Expenses Superintendent _________'$ 2,000.00 Salaries of office clerks____________ 1,493.98 Inspection salaries _______ 7,873.12 Office expenses and supplies- 80.31 Printing and stationery_________ 111.01 Postage, telephone and telegraph_ 221.05 Insurance ____________________ 322.61 Surety bond premiums___ 6.00 Total _____________________$12,108.08 Operations Gwinnett Street Pumping Station Fuel _______________________$13,951.95 Fuel Handling__________________ 243.56 Lubricants and waste 991.70 Wages __________________ 13,792.28 Other expenses _______- 84.37 Steam furnished by incinerator- 4,182.00 Total _____________________$33,245.86 Operations Kiver Pumping Station Fuel ____________$ 5,963.68 Lubricants and waste __ 158.63 Wages ______________________ 8,719.25 Other expenses ______- 127.25 Total _____________________$14,968.81 Maintenance Gwinnett Street Pumping Station Wages ________$ 20.00 Material __________ 1,122.53 Total ___________$ 1,142.53 ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________349 Maintenance River Pumping Station Wages ___________$ 11.00 Material ______________________ 297.39 Total ________________.______$ 308.39 Maintenance Distribution System Wages _________$ 3,413.28 Material ______________________ 150.62 Total _____________________$ 3,563.90 Miscellaneous Expense Tools, repairs and replacements________$ 90.25 Care of live stock _____________ 425.09 Traveling _______ 100.00 Connection service expenses __________ 29.82 Meter service expenses ____ 1,922.14 Maintenance of vehicle equipment_______ 53.14 Plumbing and turn cock expenses-__ 1,573.20 Furniture and fixturesrepairs and replacements ______________________ 10.25 Miscellaneous items 1,471.74 Motor vehicleoperation ___________ 82.78 Motor vehiclemaintenance _______ 28.12 Total _______________________$ 5,786.53 Grand total _________________$71,124.10 Outlays Liquid chlorine appartus _________$ 600.00 Total _____________________$ 600.00 Extension distribution system __.________$19,438.53 Total ________________________$19,438.53 350 MAYOR'S ANITOAL REPORT APPROPRIATIONS AND DISBURSEMENTS. Amount Appropriated For Operating expenses _______________$67,500.00 Extensions of mains ______________ 37,000.00 Water meters ___1______________ 10,000.00 Stable and oil house _______________ 1,000.00 Total ______________________$115,500.00 DISBURSEMENTS. Amount Disbursed For Operating expenses _______________$71,124.10 Chlorine apparatus _______________ 600.00 Extensions of mains _____________ 19,438.53 Total _______________________$91,162.63 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. Total receipts for the year 1916__________$157,720.54 Total expenditures ___________________ 91,162.63 Net revenue _____________________$ 66,557.91 THE TOTAL PUMPAGE FOR GWINNETT STREET AND RIVER PUMPING STATION IS AS FOLLOWS: Gallons. Gwinnett Street Station _____________3,305,795,320 Daily average ______________ 9,056,976 River Station ___________________ 483,493,600 Daily average __________________ 1.324.640 Total Gwinnett Street and River Stations___3,789,288,920 Total daily average (both stations) 10,381,616 COAL CONSUMPTION. Tong Gwinnett Street Station ______3,786.2 Daily average 10.3 River Station _______________1,480.8 Daily average 4 Total consumption (both stations)5,267 Daily consumption (both stations) 14.3 ______________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_______ 351 EXTENSIONS OF MAINS. Size in Location. Feet. Inches. Waters Ave. from Waldburg to Andersen St._ 1,380 8 Waters Ave. from 35th St. to Maupas Ave._ 1,775 8 37th St. from Reynolds to Waters Ave.____ 2,580 6 York St. from Fahm to West Boundary St. 470 6 West Boundary St. from York St. to Oglethorpe Ave. ___________________ 252 6 39th St. from Harden St. to Bullock St.___ 192 6 40th St. from East Broad to Atlantic Ave.__ 920 6 Wheaton St. from Cedar to Cathedral Cemetery _________________________ 2,350 6 Lawton Ave. from Jones St. to Liberty St.- 1,165 6 41st St. from Lincoln St. to Price St._____ 835 6 Hahersham St. north of 41st St.________ 160 6 43rd St. from Florence to Hopkins Sts.___ 1,365 6 44th St. from Florence to Hopkins Sts.____ 1,365 6 39th St. from Paulsen to Waters Ave. 1,320 6 48th St. east of Live Oak St.__________ 396 6 49th St. east of Live Oak St.__________ 456 6 44th St. from Montgomery to Whitaker Sts.-- 975 6 Stiles Ave. from Gwinnett to Henry Sts._ 1,236 6 Purse St. from Charlton to Jones Sts._ 225 6 49th St. east of Habersham St.___________ 482 6 Wolf St. from Waters Ave. west________ 24 6 Waldburg St. from Waters Ave. west 24 6 Park Ave. from Waters Ave. east_ 36 6 Duffy St. from Waters Ave. east___ 36 6 Jones St. from Lawton Ave. to Garrard Ave. 300 4 Liberty St. from Lawton Ave. to Garrard Ave. 360 4 Total __________________20,679 Total miles of mains, 91 miles and 3,627 feet. Waldburg St. east of Stiles Ave.___ 505 Duffy St. east of Stiles Ave. 475 fienry St. east of Stiles Ave. 535 iy2 52 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT FIRE HYDRANTS PLACED. North side 33rd Street, west of Bullock. Northwest corner 33rd Street and Stevens Street. Northeast corner 33rd and Hopkins Streets. North side of 33rd Street, west of Florence. North side of 37th Street, east of Reynolds. Northeast corner 37th Street and Atlantic Avenue. North side of 37th Street, east of Atlantic Avenue. Northeast corner of 37th and Paulsen Streets. North side of 37th Street, east of Paulsen. North side of 37th Street, east of Harmon. North side of 37th Street, east of Ott. Northeast corner of 39th and Paulsen Streets. North side of 39th Street, east of Paulsen. North side of 39th Street, east of Harmon. North side of 39th Street, east of Ott. Northeast corner of 40th and Reynolds Streets. North side of 40th Street, east of Reynolds. Northeast corner 41st and Habersham Streets. Northeast corner 41st and Price Streets. South side of 44th Street, west of Florence. South side of 44th Street, west of Bullock. Southwest corner 44th and Stevens Streets. Southeast corner 44th and Hopkins Streets. North side of 48th Street, east of Live Oak. North side of 49th Street, east of Live Oak. Northeast corner 49th and Haberham Streets. Northwest corner York and Lumber Streets. Southwest corner Waters and Park Avenues. Northeast corner Waters Avenue and Bee Street. Northeast corner Waters Avenue and 37th Street. Northeast corner Waters and Seiler Avenues. Southeast corner Waters Avenue and 38th Street Lane. Northeast corner Waters Avenue and 40th Street. Northwest corner Lawton Avenue and Macon Streets. Northwest corner Lawton Avenue and Liberty Street. North side of Wheaton Street, east of Adair Street. West side of Stiles Avenue, south of Waldburg Street. Northwest corner Stiles Avenue and Henry Street. ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________853 FIRE HYDBANTS BEPLACED. Northwest corner 32nd and Lincoln Streets. Northeast corner 33rd and Burroughs Streets. Southeast corner West Broad and Gwinnett Streets. Southwest corner Henry and Price Streets. Northwest corner Waters Avenue and Collins Street. West side of Waters Avenue, south of Duffy Street. Northwest corner Wheaton and Mastick Streets. Southwest corner 40th and West Broad Streets. Southwest corner 40th and Burroughs Streets. Northeast corner 41st and Lincoln Streets. Southwest corner Fahm and Indian Street Lane. West side of Eeynolds Street, south of 34th Street. South side of 40th Street, west of Burroughs Street. Northeast corner of Gwinnett and Ott Streets. South side of Louisville Road, west of Stiles Avenue. Southeast corner of Henry Street and McCormick Ave. North side of Henry Street, east of McCormick Avenue. Northwest corner Gaston and Whitaker Streets. NEW VALVES PLACED. Size in Location. Inches. 37th St. and Atlantic Ave., east side of Atlantic Ave. 6 37th St. and Waters Ave., west side of Waters Ave.__ 6 38th St. and Waters Ave,. west side of Waters Ave.__ 6 39th St. and Harden St., west side of Harden St.. 6 39th St. and Waters Ave., west side of Waters Ave.__ 6 40th and E. Broad Sts., east side of E. Broad St.__ 6 40th St. and Atlantic Ave., west side of Atlantic Ave. 6 40th St. and Waters Ave., west side of Waters Ave. 6 41st and Habersham Sts., east side of Habersham St._ 6 43rd and Florence Sts., west side of Florence St. 6 44th and Florence Sts., west side of Florence St. 6 44th and Montgomery Sts., east side of Montgomery. 6 York and Farm Sts., west side of Farm St. 6 Gwinnett and W. Broad Sts,, east side of W. Broad St. 6 Maupas and Waters Aves., west side of Waters Ave._ 6 854__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ Wheaton St. near Cedar St., north side of Wheaton St. 6 Lawton Ave. and Jones St., north side of Lawton Ave. 6 Habersham and 41st Streets, north side of 41st St. 6 Park and Waters Aves., east side of Waters Ave.__ 6 Duffy and Waters Ave,, east side of Waters Ave.__ 6 Purse and Jones Sts., north side of Jones St._____ 6 Gwinnett St. and Stiles Ave., north side of Gwinnett St. __:______________________ 6 Waldburg St. and Waters Ave., west side of Waters Ave. ________ 6 Wolf St. and Waters Ave., west side of Waters Ave._ 6 Waters and Park Aves., north side of Park Ave. 6 Waters Ave. and Anderson St., north side Anderson St. ____________________________ 8 Waters Ave. and 37th St., north side of 37th St.___ 8 Waters Ave. and 40th St., north side of 40th St.___ 8 Waters Ave and Collins St., west side Waters Ave._ 4 Waters and Park 'Aves., west side Waters Ave.__ 4 Waters Ave. and Park Ave. Lane, west side Waters Avenue 4 Waters Ave. and Duffy St. Lane, west side Waters Ave. _ 4 Jones St. and Lawton Ave., west side of Lawton Ave. 4 Liberty St. and Lawton Ave., west side of Lawton Ave. _______-_____ 4 FIRE CONNECTIONS PLACED Size in Location Inches H. Traub & Son, 55 West Broad St.__________ 6 The Best Laundry, 44 Bay St., East- 6 WATER METERS PLACED. Ninety-eight new meters have been placed during the year, making a total in service of three hundred and seventytwo. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT_____ _____855 MISCELLANEOUS. Broken Mains Eepaired 10 New Valve Boxes Placed _____ 85 Water Shut Off for Leaks _____________ 600 Water Meters Tested and Repaired-__ 60 Leaks Reported ___________ 16,748 Inspections made -_________________190,598 Cesspools inspected __ 750 Cesspools repaired _________ 100 Gas meters tested 12 Leaks main caulked ___ 15 New taps placed 310 Valves packed ___________ 92 Water shut off for city taxes__________ 6 Water turned on ________ 5 New nozzles in fire hydrants.________ 10 Water services transferred __ 57 Valves replaced ______ 1 Hydrants repaired by plumber___ 2,876 Fire hydrants location changed_______ 6 Mains lowered (6) _______________ 2,125 feet Fixtures inspected ______________ 575 Fixtures inspected for leaks _____ 75 Water turned off for leaks_______ 60 Water turned off by request___________ 47 Removed (four-inch main Wheaton Street, 2,350 . feet) ___________________ 1 All valves and hydrants have been cleaned and packed when necessary. PUMPS, COMPRESSORS AND BOILERS. The pumps, compressors and boilers at both stations are in good condition. 856__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. The general condition of buildings at both stations is good. A new roof should be put over boiler room at Gwinnett Street Station. The grounds at Gwinnett Street Station since installation of incinerator and constant hauling, have placed them in a deplorable condition and they are at present a reflection on a progressive city, and should certainly have immediate attention. As recommended in my last report a new oil house is badly needed also, a store room for the convenient storage of material and supplies. WELLS. The wells during the year have given satisfactory service, ample supply having been had at all times when needed. In conclusion, I wish to thank his honor, the Board of Aldermen, and the employees of the department for their co-operation in the successful management of the department for the past year. Very respectfully, J. P. FIGG, Snperitendent and Engineer. I ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PARK AND TREE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 P. D. DAFFIN CHAIRMAN PARK AND TREE COMMISSION. PHILIP D. BAFFIN_____Term Expires January 1, 1918 ISAIAH A. SOLOMONS___Term Expires January 1, 1918 THOMAS H. McMILLAN_Term Expires January 1, 1920 ROBERT M. BUTLER___Term Expires January 1, 1920 CHARLES S. ELLIS_____Term Expires January 1, 1922 Chairman PHILIP D. BAFFIN Vice-Chairman CHARLES S. ELLIS Secretary ISAIAH A. SOLOMONS Superintendent WILLIAM H. ROBERTSON Foreman WILLIAM J. LOVE Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery (White Portion) A. B. LaROCHE Keeper Bonaventnre Cemetery (White) J. T. McCORMICK Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery (Colored Portion) HENRY WILL1S REPORT OF THE PARK AND TREE COMMISSION Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor. City. Sir: In 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 _________________________ .16 Thomas Park ________________________ 2. "Wells Square ______1________________ 1.4 Emmet Park _____________________ 4.75 Myers Park _________________________ 1.56 Cann Park _________________________ 2.18 Dixon Park _________________________ 1.29. Grayson Park ________________________ 1.75 Baffin Park __________________________ 80.40 Park in Southville Ward (not named)_____ .17 Tiedeman Park _______________________ 2.75 McCauley Park _______________________ 1.2 Solomons Park _______________________ 1.2 Theus Park _________________________ 1.2 ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________861 Baldwin Park _________ 1.2 Guckenheimer Park _________ 1.2 Entelman Park _______________________ 1. Kavanaugh Park _-__-__ 1. Vetsburg Park _____________________ 1. Lattimore Park _____________________ 1. Gaudry Park ________________________ 1. Adams Park ______________________ 1. Total ___________________________175.43 Acres. Total area of Parks and Squares____________175.43 Laurel Grove Cemetery (White)____________ 57.1 Laurel Grove Cemetery (Colored)____________ 60.8 Bonaventure Cemetery _______________ 99.69 Total area of our Public Grounds__________393.02 FINANCIAL STATEMENT PARES AND SQUARES. There was appropriated ___________$15,000.00 There was expended _________________ 14,999.99 Balance unexpended _______________$ .01 TREE PLANTING. There was appropriated ____________$ 1,000.00 There was expended ____;___________ 999.94 Balance unexpended ______________$ .06 BONAVENTURE CEMETERY. There was appropriated _____________$ 8,000.00 There was expended ________________ 8,000.00 362__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY. There was appropriated ________________$ 6,500.00 There was expended _________________ 6,499.97 Balance unexpended _______________$ .03 BAFFIN PARE. There was appropriated ____-__________$ 2,500.00 There was expended __________________ 2,499.97 Balance unexpended __-__$ .03 Special Appropriation Parks and Squares For Purchase of Live Stock. There was appropriated ._$ 500.00 There was expended_______________ 500.00 Special Appropriation Parks and Squares For Purchase of Tools and Lawn Mowers. There was appropriated _______________$ 250.00 There was expended ________________ 250.00 Special Appropriation Bonaventure Cemetery Extending and Renewing Water Mains. There was appropriated _____$ 500.00 There was expended _________________ 500.00 Special Appropriation Bonaventure Cemetery For Paving Roadways. There was appropriated ______________$ 500.00 There was expended ________________ 500.00 Special Appropriation Bonaventure Cemetery Repairing Keeper's Residence. There was appropriated ______________$ 300.00 This appropriation was not expended, same being turned back into the City Treasury. Special Appropriation Laurel Grove Cemetery For Paving Roadways. There was appropriated ___-__________$ 500.00 There was expended ___________________ 500.00 ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT________863 BONAVENTURE CEMETERY. Receipts. Received from sale of lots_______________$1,810.75 Received from burial fees_____________ 657.00 Received from care of lots________________ 3.515.34 Received from water rents.______________ 1,016.69 Received from miscellaneous work__________ 1,509.81 Received from fees for deeds to lots_________ 38.00 Total amount paid to City Treasurer______$8,547.59 LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY. Receipts. Received from sale of lots, white_________$ 390.18 Received from burial fees, white. 1 _______ 1,449.75 Received from sale of lots, colored__________ 597.30 Total amount paid to City Treasurer______$2,437.23 PORSYTH PARK. The regular routine work was carried on as usual. "We regret very much to have to again mention about the mutilation and destruction of benches in this park, but it seems utterly impossible to break up the practice. We planted 1,024 Azalea Indica in this park, the planting being taken care of in four massive beds which border the Bull Street walk, each being 15 feet wide and 231 feet long and containing four rows of plants and single specimen plantings have been made on Drayton, Whitaker and Gaston Streets side of the said park. 364 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT The preparation for this planting was made with exceeding care in that the sandy soil was entirely removed and the beds filled up to a depth of 18 inches with pure leaf mold, thereby ensuring an abundance of plant food for the plants, which will not only enable them to make a rapid and thrifty growth, but will also ensure long life. It was necessary to keep the plants thoroughly watered in order that they would get a proper start and then to keep them in good growing condition. "We had been accumlating the leaf mold for a matter of three years before the planting could be undertaken, as it would have been unwise to put them in beds which had not been properly prepared. It required 1,000 cubic yards of leaf mold to make the beds. The entire work cost approximately $600.00. This park was planted in Italian Rye grass and the entire park was covered with a beautiful green sward throughout the winter months. The park was kept in excellent condition, the grass being kept properly mowed and the lawns kept free from paper and rubbish. The fountain in this park was thoroughly cleaned. Skating on the walks continued, but not to as great an extent as the previous year. The matter of crocus sacks used as receptacles for waste paper are not very attractive in appearance and we detest them, but they will have to continue to serve the purpose ___ _______MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________265 until we can afford to buy receptacles which are more pleasing in design. As a matter of fact the receptacles are very little used by the general public, the paper and waste matter that one sees in them is placed there by our paper picker in order to facilitate his work and put it at convenient points for collection. It is with regret that I make the statement that the public will not co-operate with us in this matter and enable us to keep our parks, squares and grass plats free of litter. BULL STREET SQUARES. The general and specific care was given these squares during the past year and they presented an attractive appearance. We planted them in Italian Eye grass and this added to their beauty. We still find it impossible to break up the practice of cutting across the grass plats and have practically given it up as a hopeless task. GREENHOUSE. We found it absolutely impossible to continue the operation of the Barnard Street Greenhouse owing to its delapidated condition, so we were forced to tear it down in order to save such material as might be sound, for had it been allowed to remain until it collapsed, the framework and glass would have been shattered beyond use, but by its careful removal we managed to salvage quite a bit of useful material. THOMAS PARK, WELLS SQUARE AND DASHER PARK. All of these parks have received the general routine care during the past year. The destruction of benches in Thomas Park continues a.nd we seem powerless to stop it. 366__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________ At the request of the Southwestern Taxpayers' Association, we placed 20 benches in "Wells Square, upon the statement of that association that same would receive protection and be allowed to remain in their original positions. While it is true that the benches have not been allowed to remain in their original positions and in spite of the fact that they have been piled in all sorts of fashions, and on one occasion the whole number were piled in one huge pile as high as it was possible to make it, still, the benches were not destroyed as in former years and the mutilation seemed to be less. It is our hope that the public will learn to leave the benches where they were placed originally. PAKE AT ESTILL AVENUE AND BULL STREET. We beg to report that the shrubbery which we planted in this park has made a splendid growth and the transformation has simply been wonderful. SQUARES EAST AND WEST OF BULL STREET AND NORTH OF GASTON STREET. All of these squares have received the general care and have been kept in excellent condition throughout. The making of unsightly paths across the grass plats in these squares is still a matter that gives us much concern, but so far it has been impossible to stop the practice. THE STRAND. The Strand has been kept beautifully the past year and has been a source of much pleasure to our citizens and visitors. There arc still acts of vandalism committed and many of our beautiful Arbor Vitaes have simply been ruined as have also some of the Bamboo plants. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 867 We sincerely hope that Council will shortly be able to grant us an appropriation to complete the beautification of this part of our park system. COTTON EXCHANGE CIRCLE. This circle was planted in cotton as usual and continues to be the admiration of visitors, who are struck by its unique appearance. MYERS AND CANN PARKS. Our request to have these parks curbed still goes unanswered which is a matter of regret to us, since it seems useless to make any improvements there until they are properly defined. Houses have been built up around these parks and we are very anxious to put the parks in useable condition and trust that our next request for an appropriation will be granted. GRAYSON PARE. General and routine care has been given this park during the past year. This park is still greatly in need of cement sidewalks and also the diagonal walks through same and we hope for a favorable cosideration of our request for an appropriation to cover the cost of the work. DIXON PARE. Only general and routine care was given this park. The need of cement walks in this park are very apparent. GRASS PLATS. We bend every effort possible to fill in and grade as many grass plats as our limited funds will allow and will continue this important work, although it is very slow on account of the reason stated. 368__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_______. When 37th Street, between Habersham Street and Waters Avenue, was opened up and graded and the curbing laid, the grass plats then being properly defined, we undertook to grade them, moving thousands of yards of soil, all of the soil which was not required to make a compromise fill on the grass plats themselves, was removed to Baffin Park and there used to bring portion adjacent to Waters Avenue up to its proper grade. As soon as the grading work was completed, the planting of trees commenced and we planted a total of 102 Live Oak trees alternating with 102 Camphor, which in time will make this portion of 37th Street one of the most attractive streets in our eity. We graded the center grass plats lying between 40th and 42d Streets, on West Broad Street, and with the coming of spring they will be planted in grass. TREES. We planted trees during the past year as shown by the following lists. The following 'new trees were planted: Live Oaks ___________________228 Sweet Gums ___________________202 Camphor _______________102 Palmetto _____________________- 92 Dogwood __ 9 Ironwood _- 8 Elm _______- 7 Magnolia ____ 2 Sugarberry 1 Poplar 1 Total ___________652 Crepe Myrtle _____._331 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT We also planted the following trees in the Parkside Subdivision, the expense of the planting being paid by the Parkside Land Company: Live Oak ___________________ 43 Sweet Gum ________________1_142 Palmetto _____________________ 32 Total _____________________217 We replaced trees to the number of 466 and the following will show the number and variety of each: Sweet Gum __________________307 Live Oak _____________________126 Elm ________________________ 13 Magnolia ___________________ 9 Dogwood ________ 6 Palmetto _________ 4 Sugarberry ___________ 1 Total _____________________466 Taking into consideration all of our tree planting for the past year, the total amounts to 1.335. The Crepe Myrtle were in bush form and therefore come under the head of shrubs, and same are not included in the total number of trees planted. We were able to make an excellent showing in number of trees planted during the past year owing to the fact that we were permitted to obtain them from tracts where the trees grew in large patches,, otherwise we would not have been able to plant more than 500 trees with the appropriation allowed. 370 MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT TRIMMING TREES. While we have no specific appropriation to cover this work, same has received considerable attention during the past year. We hope some day to receive an appropriation to cover this important work. SPRAYING OP TREES. This branch of our work still continues to receive our attention and we feel justified in saying that much has been done to help eradicate scale and sucking insects and to control the leaf eating ones. REMOVAL OF TREES. We removed during the year 128 trees and the following will show the variety and number of each: Sycamore ____________________ 30 Water Oak ___________________ 27 Live Oak ____________________ 14 Mulberry ____________________ 12 Chinaberry ______.._____________ 10 Sweet Gum ___________________ 9 Dogwood _____________________ 4 Elm _______________________ 4 Sugarberry ______________ 4 Ash _______________________ 3 Poplar _____________________ 3 Red Bud _____________________ 2 Copal _____:_______________ 1 Sweet Bay _______ 1 Palmetto 1 Pine _______________________ 1 Cherry _______________________ 1 Maple _ 1 Total ________-____-_-___128 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 371 Included in the above list are the following trees which were removed on account of opening streets: Water Oak ___________________ 7 Live Oak ____________________ 5 Tulip Poplar __________________ 2 Sycamore ____________________ 1 Maple _______________________ 1 Total _____________________ 16 EMMET PARE. This park has received the general routine care during the past year. We have put additional benches in this park but their mutilation and destruction continues. PARKS IN ARDSLEY PARE. These parks were looked after during the past year by the Ardsley Park Land Corporation. PARES IS CHATHAM CRESCENT. The parks in this subdivision were cared for by the Chatham Land and Hotel Company. COLONIAL PARE. This park has been given splendid care during the past year. We again recommend the placing of additional lights in this park and trust, that your honorable body will take early action in the matter. We planted small Palmetto plants on each side of the "arch at the northwest entrance to Colonial Park, this action 872__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ being taken to prevent persons cutting around the an'.h and destroying the grass plats and it seems to have been fairly successful in stopping the practice. "We removed a large amount of scrub growth in this park and its general appearance has been greatly improved. BAFFIN PARE. "We have made some very useful and marked improvements in this park during the past year. The Parkside Land Company requested permission to lay a cement sidewalk parallel with "Waters Avenue and from 47th to 46th Streets, in order that the residents in their subdivision might have comfortable walking to and from the street car. This permission was granted and the said company laid a walk 8 feet in width and 293 feet long. After this walk was in place we decided that we would lay a connecting walk from Dale Avenue to meet the walk laid by the Parkside Land Company, and so now we have a continuous walk from Dale Avenue to 47th Street, said walk being 8 feet wide for its entire length. The walk laid by this commission contained 1,048 yards. We also laid the walks across the entrances to the southwest and northwest approaches. This work is really the first thing that we have been able to do that would give the park some usefulness, for in previous years the monies appropriated had to be used in grading and maintenance. After the walk was completed, we filled in and dressed to grade the grass plat between it and Waters Avenue. There was a large pond on the south side of this park which lay next to the Mall, this pond we have almost filled and with very little additional work same can be brought to proper grade. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________373 Forty-seventh Street is a part of the park property from Waters Avenue to Bee Road and so all material which it is necessary to excavate in order to bring the street to proper grade is used to make fill in the park and it was with the material which we excavated in that section of 47th Street lying between Cedar and Ash Streets that we made fill in pond referred to, the total yardage removed being 2,940 yards. We also did some other grading work lying near 47th Street and next to the southwest approach We filled in large ditch lying on the north side of the Central Mall and near the eastern end of the park. We commenced the grading of the grass plat and sidewalk area lying next to Dale Avenue and expect to complete this work during the coming year, so that the northwest and northeast approaches will be connected by a graded walk and which we are in hopes to be able to pave with cement at an early date. We located some 12-inch sewer pipe which had been used during the time that this park was used as a fair ground, this pipe we dug up and then relaid it in that portion of the DeBenne Canal starting at Dale Avenue and running southward, a distance of 280 feet, then we cut soil from the rise lying just west of the central approach and used same to fill in over pipe and will shortly make complete fill to grade. We still find that dynamiting helps us in our work of drainage and tree planting. We planted in this park 60 Live Oak and 28 Palmetto trees, these being included in total number of trees planted during the past year. 3T4 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT We fertilized all of the trees and found that they took on new life and made excellent growth and it is our intention to continue our feeding process. "We covered the roof to barn and it is now water tight and was of great help to us in helping to take care of our hay crop. We made a fairly good crop of both oats and hay and this went a long way towards reducing our feed bill. We feel that with the appropriation allowed, that much was accomplished and the work done shows for itself. Now that we have gotten the park in some tangible form, we hope that each succeeding year will show even greater contrast than the preceding ones. MISCELLANEOUS. "We delivered 28 loads of wood to the worthy poor and to the various charitable institutions. We had one new flat top truck built at a cost of $100.00. At the request of Mayor Pierpont we graded and planted the immense lawn of the Public Library, this work being performed by our department without an additional appropriation, although the work was costly, owing to the fact that the fill had been made with soil filled with the roots of nut grass and it was with difficulty that we succeeded in getting practically rid of it. Of course there are still a few nuts left, but when we plant the lawn the coming year with its permanent grass then we hope to eradicate all of them. We bought a fine large pair of mare mules with the appropriation allowed. ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT___________875 "We purchased two 35-inch Philadelphia horse lawn mowers and 10 17-inch Philadelphia hand lawn mowers with the appropriation of $250.00. We furnished the Christmas trees for both the white and colored municipal Christmas tree celebration, the tree for the white people was erected in Johnson Square, while the one for the colored people was placed in Dixon Park. Superintendent Robertson allowed the use of his farm for the making of a hay crop for the commission and we made a total of 250 bales of excellent hay, this land being used without cost to the commission. We installed in our stables individual water troughs, so that each head of stock has water in his stall at all times. We bought a light Ford express truck for the use of our foreman and have found it to be just the thing to facilitate our work and enables us to accomplish more work than formerly. The total cost of this truck was $427.50. The Cadillac automobile which we purchased on February 1, 1913. is still giving excellent service. We have kept all of our equipment in repair during the past year, this work covering wagons, mowing machines, lawn mowers, etc. When the auditorium was commenced our superintendent started the drafting of landscape plans for Orleans Square, but on account of some agitation at that time in regard to the square, the matter is being held in abeyance. The commission has desired for some time to place signs on the various parks and squares and also name plates on trees, but have never felt that it had the funds with which to do it, so have decided that a special appropriation will "be requested to cover the work. 376_________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________ _ BONAVENTURE CEMETERY. The care of this cemetery during the past year has been very good and we had no cause for complaint. We planted Italian Rye grass as usual. We planted 16 Palmetto trees along the river front of Section K, this in time adding much to the beauty of that section. We planted 20 new Magnolia trees and replaced 10 others. We also planted 30 new Live Oak trees and replaced 10 others. We painted the water tank and tower with two coats of paint. The frost covering on the riser pipe to the tank had rotted so badly that same had to be removed. We cleaned up all of the ground around the water tank and same is much more improved and we intend to make additional improvements later on. We performed the following work with the $500.00 allowed for extending and renewing water mains. We laid 270 feet of 6-inch main in Palmetto Avenue. We laid 3,000 feet of 2-inch mains in Sections K and N. We consider this an exceptional showing considering the fact that materials have increased in price. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 87? We laid 1,390 feet of shell road 15 feet wide with the appropriation of $500.00 allowed for .the purpose. All of the roads were laid 12 inches deep with loose shell and then rolled, which will give us roadways that will be both serviceable and lasting. Our pumping plant is in splendid condition. We cared for 381 lots under annual agreement. We furnished water to 440 lots. We also cared for 70 lots in perpetuity, for which the City of Savannah has received the sum of $19,320.00 in trust to provide for their care and maintenance. We have done a great amount of miscellaneous work on lots and have taken care of the funerals and general work of the cemetery. We still beg to call your attention to the urgent need of a residence and office for the keeper of this cemetery and sincerely hope that something definite will be done during the coming year towards providing same. Our barn and stables are badly in need of repair and this work will have to be done the early part of the coming year. In regard to the appropriation of $300.00 allowed for the repair of the keeper's residence, beg to report that it would have been a waste of money to have expended it on the repair of such a delapidated dwelling, and so not wishing to waste this money, we decided not to expend same, but turn it back into the City Treasury, which was done. Section N, our perpetuity section has been put in excellent condition and was offered to the public during last year 378________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT________ and we beg to report that sales were made and other persons have made inquiry with a view to purchasing at an early date. It was with exceeding regret that we had to insert an advertisement in the Savannah Press last August concerning Bonaventure Cemetery, for to us a cemetery has always been a sacred place and not a place to indulge in competition for the sale of its lots, not to allow its lots to be sold for speculation, but owing to the fact that the salesmen of Hillerest Cemetery saw fit to use as one of their chief arguments that the reason you should buy in their cemetery now was because there were no more lots for sale in Bonaventure Cemetery, which statement is absolutely false, therefore this action on our part became necessary in order that the public might be apprised of the true facts. There are still over 4,000 unsold lots In Bonaventure Cemetery. Over 1,100 lots have been sold in Bonaventure Cemetery since it became a public burial ground in 1850. We have absolutely no objection whatever to any reference made about Bonaventure Cemetery that has the ring of truth in it, iior is it our desire to enter into an advertising campaign in regard to the sale of its lots, but beg here to report that unless the practice of misrepresenting our cemeteries ceases at once, we will consider it our bounden duty to inform the public of the facts in the case through the medium of our daily newspapers. LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY. This cemetery was kept in very good condition during the past year. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT________ 879 We planted the circle and side grass plats in Italian Bye grass as usual and same added much to the general appearance of the cemetery. The flower beds were planted in attractive designs. We planted two large Palmetto trees at the entrance of this cemetery, same being on each side of the main entrance gate. There has been some criticism in regard to the filling in of the Eavine and in answer to that criticism beg to say that it is not the intention to fill in the Ravine completely, the fill being made only on the outer edge for the purpose of making the burial lots available for use, the inner portion of Ravine will still remain open with a roadway encircling it. AVe care for 18 lots in perpetuity, for which the City of Savannah has received the sum^of $4,275.00 in trust for their care and maintenance. We beg to call especial attention to the fact that we have cared for the Mary E. Williams lot as per agreement entered into with the Mayor and Aldermen. We beg to report that with the appropriation of $500.00 allowed for the paving of roads, we paved the second roadway from Ogeechee Road, from the entrance gates of the cemetery a distance of 812 feet and with a width of 15 feet, using 12-inch fill of loose shell and rolling same to a compact mass. This roadway is one that is used a great deal and the paving of it adds much to the comfort of vehicles and is a very decided improvement over the heavy sand. During the early part of past year we built a brick fence around the stable and barn, the wooden fence being a continual source of expense and as this fence was built of hard 380 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT brick set in cement mortar, no further monies Avill have to be expended to keep it up. We also built a briek fence connecting the barn with the morgue, the wooden fence formerly there also being expensive to keep up. have made some very marked improvements during the past year and this with very limited means, all of the improvements being accomplished by the closest watch and strictest economy. We put down 1,026^ feet of cement curbing, this being used on the main entrance driveway and at the entrance to the roadways leading from it. It is our purpose to curb the circle when our funds will be sufficient to allow it. We also put down 415 2-3 yards of cement sidewalk and added 6 yards to apron at entrance. One would really have to visit the cemetery to appreciate what a tremendous difference these improvements have made and they have received the favorable commendation of many persons who daily visit this cemetery. We hope to make many more improvements within the very near future. The stealing of plants and flowers still continues and we are just as persistent and determined in our efforts to break up this nefarious practice as ever and will leave no stone unturned to carry out our fixed purpose. On August 16th of last year we requested the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen to improve the outer entrance to Laurel Grove Cemetery, by laying out a center grass plat and curbing same and also the side grass plats, but we were advised that because of lack of funds the work could not be done at that time but were told that the matter would be MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 881 taken up later in the year and funds provided for carrying out our request. We trust that the necessary funds will be provided and that the work will be done withoxit unnecessary delay, for there is no improvement which would add more to the attractiveness of our city or serve a greater number of its citizens than the improvement requested. It has come to the personal attention of the chairman that the salesmen of Hillcrest Cemetery are making statements to the effect that Laurel Grove Cemetery is to be closed b3' the city and that no more burials will be allowed there and this statement has worked upon the feelings of some of the lot owners as to cause them great uneasiness. We, therefore, beg to say here for the information of the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen and the public at large, that the statement above referred to is a malicious falsehood, because there is not the slightest intention of closing this cemetery and persons will be allowed to bury in their lots indefinitely. The public need have no fear in this regard and can put their minds absolutely at ease. LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY. Colored Portion. This cemetery has been very well looked after the past year by the present keeper and we have had no cause for dissatisfaction. I attach to this report the mortuary statistics of the keepers of the cemeteries. Yours respectfully, P. D. DAFFIN, Chairman. 382 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT MORTUARY REPORT OF BONAVENTURE CEMETERY. White. January 1, 1916, to January 1, 1917. January _ - February' __ - - March ._ ___ April __ ______ May ________________ _____ June __ __._ _ July ___ - .. August -. - - September ___ October ... ____. November _ ._ - ______ Grand Total . __ ____i i 2. 1 1 C a ' Ol . ; O "z '-Si C |C 3 1 6 2 G 3 6 4 : 42> 7 4 52 3 2 6 9 41 51 64 ! 22 ' 1 ; . ^ jj i ^ E *: o Jr U *C "o K - > c = - Eo _; = uS tfj | OS 1 - 1 2 1 . 1 _ 1 1 ____ 1 _.__ 1 1 1 ____ 1 ____ 10 3 i! *. -c, ,_ ! |a i 1 i 3 , ita s .il ll . * 7 1 1 1 in u J= o " ofc it; IE So 1 1 Li Is u c o SJ! '= bo e 2 > C _c o E 19 Ifi 17 30 16 15 18 14 18 14 14 18 199 i oj5 t_ icis = Si f $ 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 9, 41 Interments jc 6 / 9: 1 8 7 3 4 9: 4 55 (0 Q1 25 93 31 98 9^ 94 19 ?,6 93 Ifi 94 295 Burials g Q 4 5 5 5 ?, 4 4 fi 7 4 3 57 X o _c t> 5 48 6S fid 58 68 58 55 84 53 59 55 58 725 i> fi eJS t; c S pss; "** H en 10 5 q 4 6 7 5 11 15 14 10 11 107 Interments __ O 3 5 5 4 4 fi 5 9, 4 9 55 61 75 78 fifi 78 en ^4 101 73 75 fi9 78 887 1K 1 18 14 14 5 ifi 10 18 14 1 O 13 10 162 I .2 s |J 92 ino 101 Q7 10604 CO 1?0 QQ QO 85 102 1182 INTERMENTS. Interments during year (white)______________ 295 Interments during year (colored)_____________ 887 Total number of interments______________1,182 Free burial (white)_____________________ 57 Free burials (colored)____________________ 162 Removals in cemetery (Adults, 7; Children, 1)_____ 8 Removals to Bonaventure Cemetery (Adults, 2; Children, 7) _________________ 9 Removals away from city (Adults, 1; Children, 1)___ 2 Respectfully, A. B. LA ROCHE, Keeper. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 SAVANNAH, GA. 1917 BOARD OF MANAGERS. J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON, Chairman H. W. WfflTCOVER, Vice-Chairman J. L. TRAVIS, Secretary J. A. G. Carson Mrs. P. W. Meldrim Thomas Gamble Miss Hortense Orcutl J. W. Griffeth Mrs. J. G. Smith W. P. McCauley John M. Thomas Mrs. W. S. Wilson LIBBABY STAFF. C. SEYMOUR THOMPSON, Librarian Maude Heyward Selina Heyward Mary C. McCants Lily M. Dodgen Helen C. Brewer Pamela Lucas April 14, 1917. To the Honorable, the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah: I have the ionor to submit herewith the annual reports of the Savannah Public Library covering the year 1916. During that year the arrangement previously existing for many years between the city and the Georgia Historical Society was terminated and the city went into possession and occupancy of the new public library on Bull and 36th Streets. The Board of Managers appointed by the Mayor was organized early in the year and after considerable investigation into the working plans and operations of other public libraries, the board elected as Librarian Mr. C. Seymour Thompson, who was then Assistant Librarian in the Public Library at Washington, D. C. Mr. Thompson reported for duty on June 16,1916. The change in financial accounting from the old arrangement to the new became effective July 31, and the new building was ready for occupancy by our board about September 1. The transferring, listing and cataloguing of the 18,000 volumes turned over to us by the Georgia Historical Society required considerable time and the new building was opened for public use on November 1, 1916. Eeports have been submitted to you by Mr. Otis Ashmore covering the operations under. the old arrangement up to September 1, and I transmit herewith the report of the Librarian, Mr. Thompson, covering the operations of the new Public Library for the balance of the year. 3S8__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ I earnestly recommend that the city adopt the policy of appropriating for a few years, at least $6,000 a year for the purchase of additional books. "We have a splendid building and a fine corps of workers, but the building up of a fine library from such a small start as ours means an insistent demand for more books for a considerable time to come. Very respectfully submitted, J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON, Chairman, Board of Managers, Savannah Public Library. ____________MAYOB'S ANNUAL REPORT__________389 REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah and to the Georgia Historical Society. Gentlemen: The following final report of the Board of Managers of the Savannah Public Library covers a period from January 1, 1916, to September 1, 1916, on which latter date the agreement between the City of Savannah and the Georgia Historical Society made March 26, 1903, was mutually dissolved. A brief financial statement covering the receipts and expenditures for the entire period of the operation of the library under this agreement is also submitted as a matter of historic record. The annual reports of the Board of Managers, published in the annual reports of the Mayor, show in detail all the important facts connected with the work of the library for the last thirteen years. The original agreement between the city and the Georgia Historical Society was made to provide a free public library for the people of Savannah by utilizing the building and books of the society until the city could provide a building of its own. During the year 1916 the new library building on Bull and Thirty-sixth Streets was completed, and opened to the public in November of that year. In closing up the affairs between the city and the society the matter of dividing the books in the library and the repairs needed upon the building used was taken up by committees from the city and the society, and an equitable and amicable agreement was reached providing that about 28,000 volumes in the library be turned over to the new library, and the remaining volumes, about 25,000 in number, going to the society. It also provided for an appro- JJ90__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ priation of $2,000 from the city to the society for repairs to the building used for the public library for thirteen years. A division of the books by classification was agreed upon, and the actual selection was made by Mr. "William Harden, the librarian of the old library, and Mr. C. S. Thompson, the librarian of the new library. The reports of the librarian and of the treasurer herewith attached, together with those already published, show in detail the full operations of the library from its organization in 1903 to September 1, 1916, when it ceased to exist as a public library. From the statement of the treasurer showing in detail the total receipts and expenditures for the entire period of the library's existence it will be seen that after paying all bills and obligations made by the Board of Managers there still remains a balance of $628.90 in the hands of the treasurer. The Board of Managers directs that this balance be turned over to the city, and a check for this amount is herewith inclosed. After a conference with the chairman of the new library board two insurance policies of $4,000 each upon the books were transferred to the Trustees of the new library from the Georgia Historical Society to cover the books turned over to the city. The other insurance upon the building and books remains with the Georgia Historical Society unchanged. Thus the affairs between the city and the Georgia Historical Society in operating the library under their agreement have been finally and amicably concluded, and the public has every reason to feel that the plan adopted thirteen years ago to give the people of our city a free public library was a wise and satisfactory one, and that the results have been most profitable to all of our citizens. Respectfully submitted, OTIS ASHMOEE, Chairmen. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 391 Savannah, Ga., September 1, 1916. To the Board of Managers of the Savannah Public Library: Gentlemen: The Public Library, established under the agreement of March 26, 1903, between the City of Savannah and the Georgia Historical Society, ceased to exist on the last day of August, and it becomes my duty to report on its operations for the eight months which have passed since my annual report of January 1st of the present year. As the period embraced is less than a year, and as the circumstances existing during that time pointed to the sundering of the relation at almost any time, I do not deem it necessary for me to do more than to call your attention to the statistical tables annexed to this report. Eespeetfully submitted, WM. HAEDEN, Librarian. MONTHLY CIRCULATION OP BOOKS JANUAKY 1 TO AUGUST 81, 191& Adult Department__,___ 53,523 Children's Department_____ 34,619 88,142 January . . ..... February __ ..... __ .... March _ __ ... ___ ... April . ._ May June ._._. _ _ July _____ .. __ ......... August . Total ___- 2 c E 85 101 81 106 105 118 90 101 7R7 srature 3 W, 509 609 401 406 352 338 454 3,481 t O ffi 409 464 538 398 391 422 411 591 3,624 c S I 7,460 8,063 9,221 7,906 8,445 7,785 8,953 11,387 69,220 3 9,522 10,437 12,350 10,150 10,971 10,158 11,069 13,485 88,142 M H MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 398 CLASSIFIED CIRCULATION IN BOTH DEPARTMENTS JANUARY 1 TO AUGUST 31,1916. General _____ ____ _____ ____ ... .___ Philosophy _ __ ________ __ Religion _ . __ ._ ________ __ Sociology __ _ _ __ _ __ _. Philology __ ___ _ ___ Natural Science _ ___ __ ____ _ Useful Arts _____________ ____ Fine Arts - __ _ ___ _ _ .. Literature _ _____ _____ __ ___. History _____ __ ___ ____ Fiction _ _____ . __ _ _ __ __ Total _________ Adults 8 262 59 455 9 170 187 292 1,918 1,558 48,605 53,523 Children 2 29 286 7,208 1,379 657 319 495 1,563 2,066 20,615 34,619 Total 10 291 345 7,663 1,388 827 506 787 3,481 3,624 69,220 88,142 CARDS ISSUED JANUARY 1 TO AUGUST 31, 1916. January ________ ___ ________ February _________ ___________ March __ ___ __ ____ _ _ April ________ __ ____ May __ ________ _ _ ____ _ _ _ ____ June ___ _ ___ ____ ____ July _____________ __ __________________ August __ __ _______ ___ ____ Total.. _ _ Adults 72 72 64 43 59 52 52 45 459 Children 64 83 88 59 54 42 82 30 502 Total 136 155 152 102 113 94 134 75 961 394 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT VISITORS FROM JANUARY 1 TO AUGUST 31, 1916. I Adults 'Children 1 Total January __________________ 5,956 : 3,841 9,797 February ._____-.__.________ 6,626 3,999 , 10,625 March ..._.._._.__._-_. 6,815 5,078 11,893 April ...__.-_.__._______. 6,352 3,783 i 10,135 May _._.............__.....____. 7,103 3,961 . 11,064 June _____________________ 5,778 3,543 ; 9,321 July .._____.____.__.....__ 6,009 4,445 | 10,454 August _______.__.______ 6,048 : 3,824 9,872 Total._- 50,687 i 32,474 83,161 RECEIPTS FROM FINES, RESERVES AND DUPLICATE COLLECTION, JANUARY 1 TO AUGUST 31,1916. Adult Dept. Child. Dept. Fines Fines Reserves Dup. Col. Total January __ . February . . March ... April ___ . May _.__ . June _. .___ July _. . __ . August _ . . __ $ 49.51 ._ 46.58 ._ 43,36 ...- 43.80 ~ 44.06 .. 38.48 . __ 40.20 ..... 43.18 $1053 5.93 10.10 , 9.27 : 12.46 : 11.96 i 11.09 i 10.98 $ .24 .24 .26 .12 .18 .02 .12 .06 $ 20.56 42.67 42.89 40.39 54.96 44.13 49.29 43.37 $80.54 , 95.42 96.61 93.58 111.66 , 94.59 : 100.70 97.59 Total____! $349.17 $82.02 I $1.24 ! $338.26 i $770.69 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 895 TREASURER'S REPORT. January 1, 1916, to November 1, 1916. RECEIPTS. Cash on hand January 1,1916_____________$ 64.22 Prom City of Savannah_________________ 5,833.31 From book rent______________________ 357.54 Prom fines, etc.___________-_________ 501.81 Prom books lost and paid for______________ 23.01 Prom books sold_______________________ 2.30 From petty cash_______________ 10.63 $6,792.82 EXPENDITURES. Salaries ____________________-_____$3,824.00 Binding _ 59.45 New books ___________________________ 1,353.33 Periodicals _________________________ 266.40 Fuel _________________-_____ 92.50 Lighting _________________________ 224.32 Stationery ______ 25.40 Printing ______ 54.00 Repairs ____________________- 9-00 Insurance ____________- 120.00 Miscellaneous ___- 135.52 $6,163.92 Cash on hand November 1, 1916_____$ 628.90 Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. THOMAS, Treasurer. I have examined the accounts and books of the Treasurer of the Public Library from the 1st of January, 1916, to November 1, 1916, and find the same correct, with proper vouchers produced and a balance in his hands of six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety cents ($628.90). WM. M. DAVIDSON, Chairman Finance Committee, Public Library. 398__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ May, 1903, to November, 1916. RECEIPTS. Source City of Savannah. ___________________$81,654.31 Georgia Historical Society______________ 2,880.03 Fines, etc. _:_____________________ 8,097.58 Book rent _______________________ 5,092.48 Book donations ___________________ 30.00 Books lost and paid for________________ 109.93 Books sold ______________________ 53.65 Money donations ___________________ 5.00 Money refunded ____________________ 32.55 Petty cash _______________________ 10.63 $97,966.16 EXPENDITUBES. Salaries ________________________$45,233.54 Rent of Books ______________-______ 1,701.06 Binding _________________________ 1,563.09 New books _______________________ 28,280.38 Periodicals _______________________ 3,398.89 Fuel __________________________ 1,338.00 Lighting _________________________ 3,348.07 Stationery _______________________ 1,721.84 Printing _________________________ 1,033.97 Kepairs _________________________ 1,508.49 Improvements ___ 1,790.37 Furniture __________________ 1,253.19 Insurance _____________________- 1,305.94 Miscellaneous _____________________ 3,860.43 $97,337.26 Cash in hands of Treasurer of Public Library turned over to Treasury of City of Savannah$ 628.90 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 897 To the Board of Managers of the Savannah Public Library: Ladies and Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit the following report on the work of the Savannah Public Library during the latter part of the year 1916, since the termination of the co-operative arrangement between the city and the Georgia Historical Society. Under that agreement, dated March 26, 1903, the Public Library was conducted jointly by the city and the Historical Society for more than thirteen years, being open for public use in Hodgson Hall from June 17, 1903, to August 31, 1916. In 1915 it was agreed to terminate this agreement as soon as the new Carnegie building should be ready for occupancy. The intervening period was in many respects a transitional period in the development of the library. The Board of Managers of the new library, appointed by the Mayor in February, had no jurisdiction over the then-existing library, and were concerned only with plans for the future. The term of service of the present librarian commenced on June 16, 1916, and his time during the summer was entirely occupied by the necessary arrangements for removing the library from Hodgson Hall and preparing to reopen it in the new building. This preliminary work included the division of the books then in the library between the Historical Society and the new institution; the acquisition of as many new books as possible to supplement the collection transferred to the new library; the inauguration of some changes in method in certain important details of administration, and the preparation of new forms made necessary by these changes. 398__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT____________ DIVISION OF BOOKS. By the terms of the contract between the city and the Historical Society, whenever this contract should be terminated all of the books then in the possession of the library were to remain the property of the Historical Society. In December, 1915, the number of books in the library was estimated as 53,690 volumes. On condition that the city should appropriate $2,000 for repairs to Hodgson Hall, the society offered to transfer to the new library approximately 28,000 volumes, "retaining for its own use all books relating to its own special work and surrendering to the city those most appropriate for general use by the public." This proposition was accepted by the city, on recommendation of a committee of Council appointed to confer with a committee from the Historical Society. The society's estimate of 53,690 volumes included the depository collection of government documents, estimated at 13,000 volumes. Of these 9,500 were offered the Public Library by the society, to be included among the 28,000 volumes to be transferred. It was decided, however, to let the depository privilege granted by the government remain with the society, and to permit the society to retain the entire collection of documents then on its shelves. It was further agreed that all of the children's books and most of the adult fiction should become the property of the Public Library. Selection of the adult non-fiction to be transferred was made by the librarians of the two institutions, who together examined the books and agreed on which titles should be transferred and which should be retained by the society. From the collection of adult fiction the society wished to retain editions of all the standard authors, together with some early American fiction, which belongs more properly to a historical society than to a public library. The fiction collection available for transfer included 10,688 vol- I ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________399 nines, of which 4,694 volumes had been long stored in one of the small rooms of the basement. These were sorted out and examined as carefully as time permitted; 1,795 volumes which were no longer needed or were unfit for further use, were discarded and sold as waste paper; 325 volumes were given to the educational department of the Huntingdon Club to be used in their traveling library work with the county schools. Of the fiction which was transferred to the new building, more than 2,000 volumes have been stored in the basement tier of the stack to await further inspection. These books are, in the main, surplus copies of books purchased to meet the temporary demand for them, but now no longer needed. Many of them need rebinding, and as soon as our funds permit may be rebound either for the main library or to form a basis for traveling library extension work. Many of them will undoubtedly be discarded as unfit for further circulation. The entire collection of books which became the property of the new library numbered 17,602 volumes, distributed as follows: General works ______________ 102 Philosophy ___________ 224 Religion _______________ 164 Sociology ____ 419 Philology _____________________ 20 Natural science _______________________ 342 Useful arts _________________________ 285 Pine arts _--__________________ 404 Literature _____ 612 History, travel and biography _____________ 431 Fiction _____________________________8,568 Total adult _______________________11,571 Juvenile ;____ 6,031 . Total ._____17,602 403__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ The library received also the files of all periodicals contained in the old library from 1903 to 1916. The process of sorting out the back files, discarding the old numbers of many magazines no longer needed, and preparing for removal those which it was desirous to keep, was an arduous undertaking. ACQUISITION OF NEW BOOKS. The collection of books available from the old library was extremely inadequate. The reference collection contained only a few of the most important works. The department of history, including travel and biography, contained only 431 volumes, for the Historical Society had, quite properly, desired to retain all works of importance in these classes except where it possessed more than one copy of a book. Although all departments therefore were poorly represented, it seemed necessary to let the first purchases be of works needed in these classes. A special fund of $3,833.37 had been allowed to accumulate in the City Treasury for the purchase of books for the new library. Of this fund it was necessary to use $1,008.65 for building equipment; for when it became time to purchase the additional equipment needed to supplement the original order, which had purposely been left incomplete, it was learned that there was no other money available for the purpose. The expenditures for new books have amounted to $2,527.99. With this amount, $756.70 of which has been spent in strengthening the reference collection, it has been possible to do only a little toward rounding out and building up the book collection. Many important works have been obtained, but the deficiencies are still many and eerious. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________401 REMOVAL FROM HODGSON HALL. Because of the large number of new books which had to be ordered, catalogued and prepared for circulation, and because of the changes to be made in certain administrative details, it was necessary to close the library to the public for at least a month. During the last week of August borrowers were permitted to draw as many as 10 books on each card, with the privilege of retaining them until the library should reopen in the new building. Hodgson Hall was closed to the public after August 31, and the books and periodicals, with the furniture in the children's department, were moved to the new building on September 4 and 5. It was then expected that the new building would be completely ready for public use on October 1, and with less than four weeks in which to prepare for the opening, our time was concentrated mainly on the preparation of the new books which had been purchased. Shortly before the first of October it was learned that delay in the arrival of some of the necessary building equipment would postpone the opening. "Work was then begun on recataloguing the old collection, although little progress could be made in the short time available. All of the adult fiction, however, was shelf-listed and reaccessioned. Much credit is due the entire staff for the willingness with which they worked, during a trying season, at a task which involved a great deal of hard work and many difficulties. On the afternoon and evening of October 31 the building was open for public inspection from 4 to 10 p. m. No formal exercises were held, but the building was visited by a great number of the people, and favorable comments on the new building and its equipment were heard from all who came. Thanks are due to Mr. J. M. Breckenridge, 402 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT A. C. Oelschig & Sons and Mr. John Wolf, for the flowers, palms and other floral decorations which were lent by them for the occasion of this public inspection and added greatly to the attractiveness of the building. CIRCULATION STATISTICS. The library was opened for public use on November 1. Statistical tables are appended, recording the circulation of books during the months of November and December. The circulation from the children's department was 3,670 volumes more than in the last two months of 1915, an increase of 64 per cent. The department has not only gained many new borrowers from the children living near the new building, but it has fortunately lost fewer than we had expected of the children who formerly came to Hodgson Hall. The adult circulation was 909 volumes less than in 1915, a decrease of 9 per cent. In the total circulation, including that from the East Side Branch, there was an increase of 2,761 volumes, or 17 per cent. That there should have been a slight decrease in the adult circulation is disappointing, but not surprising. It is interesting, however, to note that in the circulation of adult non-fiction, notwithstanding the deficiencies of the collection, there was an increase of 723 volumes, or 60 per cent, over the circulation in the same months of 1915. In the fiction circulation there was a decrease of 1,632 volumes. This is probably due to the fact that there have been fewer titles of recent fiction purchased than in the past, and in many cases fewer copies of the same title. The librarian recommends that this policy be continued. It is necessary for two reasons: the necessity of building up other departments, with a very inadequate book fund, makes it imperative that we should be conservative in the purchase of recent fiction; and a conservative policy is ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT________403 further demanded by the nature of the institution. The library should endeavor to supply as much as possible of the best of the new fiction, and within reasonable limits to piirehase duplicate copies of the most important works. Remembering, however, that the public library must strive to meet the needs of all classes of the people, and that, as an educational institution, we should insist on reasonably high standards of merit, it is obvious that the fiction which we purchase must represent a careful selection from the enormous output of the publishers. As one librarian, has recently expressed it, "intrinsic importance, popular appeal and genuine worth" are the qualities which we should demand. BRANCHES AND EXTENSION WORK. The work of the East Side Branch, on Habersham Street, has been continued, with Miss Stella Breckenridge in charge. The circulation from this, at present our only branch, is small, but in consideration of the very slight expense at which the branch is maintained it is highly encouraging. The branch is situated in a section of the city which has great need of library facilities, and it is important that we should not only continue the work there, but should develop and strengthen it as soon as other demands on our resources will permit. No further extension of the library's activities has yet been attempted, beyond the beginning of co-operative work with the public schools. At the request of Mr. D. B. Hodge, head of the English department in the high school, a collection of 417 volumes, containing 35 different titles, was purchased for the use of the English students in the high school. Late in the year a collection of 425 volumes, containing 15 different titles, was purchased for use in the seventh and eighth grades of the grammar schools. These books were obtained too late to be put into use before the 404 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Christmas holidays. They will form the basis for a traveling library collection, to be sent to various schools in turn, for school reading or for home circulation. Such work as this offers one of the most important fields open to the library, and the coming year should see a much further development of co-operation- with the schools. A most gratifying spirit of willingness to aid us is shown by the Superintendent of Schools, and by the principals and teachers in general. Every posssible effort should be made by the library to take advantage of the opportunities which the schools offer to extend the library's influence and strengthen its position as an important supplement to the public school system. The weekly story hour at the main library was resumed by Miss Dodgen late in November, and Miss Breckenridge has continued the weekly story hour at the East Side Branch. This is a very important feature of the library's work with children. Its purpose is not merely the entertainment of a group of children a few minutes each week, but the stimulation of the reading habit and of an appreciation of good reading. The librarian has addressed two Parent-Teachers' Associations and spoke of the library's work at one of the weekly luncheons of the Eotary Club. The children's librarian has spoken before two Parent-Teachers' Associations. The librarian attended the meeting of the Georgia Library Association in Atlanta in October. The 1917 meeting of this association will be held in Savannah. SUNDAY OPENING. Since the reopening of the library in the new building all adult departments have been open on Sundays from 4 to 7 p. m., for circulation as well as for reading. Formerly the library was open from 5 to 8 p. m. on Sundays for reading only. The change in the hours seems to have been ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________405 a wise one, and the circulation of books is also justifying itself. The circulation is, indeed, small, averaging only 62 a Sunday. But it is difficult to justify Sunday opening at all unless we offer the same privileges that are offered on week days, and the library has been visited on Sunday? by a considerable number of men who seldom or nevei come on other days. DUPLICATE PAY COLLECTION. A change was made in the method of issuing books from the duplicate pay collection. This collection consists of duplicate copies of recent fiction, which may be borrowed on payment of a small sum. Formerly the charge was one cent a day, for the first seven days, and two cents a day thereafter. Investigation showed that the pay collection had not been self-supporting but had been a serious drain on the book funds of the library. The duplicate pay collection in a public library is justifiable if, and only if, it is self-supporting. The present charge for these books is five cents for the first week and two cents a day thereafter. There has not yet been time to determine the effect of this change. STAFF AND TRAINING CLASS. The staff of five assistants formerly employed in the old library, was retained, and an additional assistant was appointed in October . The staff should be increased by two more members as soon as possible, to expedite the work of recataloguing and to aid in developing many important activities which are at present necessarily being neglected. A training class was organized on November 10, with the purpose of providing an eligible list of persons trained for the work, who can be called on after completion of the course for substitute work and to fill vacancies on the staff. An entrance examination was given in October, with the 406__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ eligibility requirement that candidates must be between the ages of 18 and 35 and must have had at least a high school education or the equivalent. Five candidates were ber 10. They are being given as thorough training as the accepted and commenced the six months' course on Novemlength of the course will permit in both the theory and the practice of library work. Miss Lily II. Dodgen, the children's librarian, was placed in charge of the class and is doing excellent work. The members of the class are having an unusual opportunity of a course of instruction in storytelling and children's literature, which is being given them by Miss Orcutt. NEEDS OP THE FUTURE. The imperative need of the immediate future is the strengthening of the book collection. Great as is the need of further extension of our work, among the schools and in distant parts of the city, but little can be attempted along such lines until the conditions at the main library are more satisfactory. As soon as possible we should form a good working library of technological books, covering all the trades and various branches of engineering. "We should develop a business man's library and ultimately establish, in the business section, a branch fully equipped to supply men engaged in all lines of business with whatever information they need in connection with their work. The work at the East Side Branch should receive more attention and be given a wider field of influence. There should be similar branches in other sections where the people either cannot get to the main library or have not yet been educated to the point of wanting to enjoy library advantages. There might well be a chain of delivery stations placed in drug stores in various parts of the city to MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 407 facilitate the exchange of books. There should be a chain of "home libraries," consisting of books placed in the homes of the poorest people, where books are an unknown benefit, under the direction of settlement workers eo-operating with the library. But the year 1917 can see few of these things accomplished. Our efforts must first be given to enlarging the resources and perfecting the administration of the main library. It is our hope that at the end of the year we will be in better position to begin the development of other activities, and that another year will bring a further increase in resources to make possible a larger and better work. In conclusion I wish to express my sincere appreciation of the helpful and friendly co-operation I have received from the Board of Managers and from the staff. Respectfully submitted, C. SEYMOUR THOMPSON, Librarian. January 17, 1917. CIRCULATION STATISTICS. Adult Department: November ________ December... . Total Adult Children's Department: November _______ December ________ Total Juvenile _.__ East Side Branch: November ________ Doconfifocr Total Branch __ 2 w c^ of43711 o VI 1 62 52 11457 o 70 30 10ft 40 25 65437 1 o y to 124 65 189 109 104 213 71 16 87 1o OH __ - 145 143 156 299 21 2fi 47 ?,% 2 XwW 41 100 105 H4 169o57 ^ V* 69 58 127 18 30 48 2S u. 99 68 167 73 68 14111 2 a> A 263 203 466 201 149 3508 19 27 b 4->toS 37 44 81 223 127 35066 12 >^ 196 132 328 120 101 221 fi2$ .... . 110 115 225 118 64 18233 et U- - 4,070 3,299 7,369 3,873 2,996 6,869 107 169 276 3 o E- 5,164 4,114 9,278 5,028 3,887 8,915 219 248 467 t> >< o a TJ o MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT 409 SUMMARY BY CLASSES. General Works. _ _.__. _ ___ ._ Philosophy _ __ _____ _ _ __ ____ Religion __ __ __ __ _ __ _ _ ___ Sociology __ ___ ___ _________ Philology __________ .__ __ ____ Natural Science .. _ __ _____ _ ._ Useful Arts _ .__ _ _ __ ____ _ __ Pine Arts. ______ ._ __ _ ____ ___ Literature ___ - ___ ____ 1 __ History _ _ _ _____ ______________ Travel ._ __ _ __ _ _ ______ Biography __ - ___________ ___ Adult Fiction. _ . ___ ._. ___ Juvenile Fiction... _ __ ___ Total ___ __________ Adult 7 114 100 189 5 100 127 167 466 81 328 225 7,369 9,278 Juvenile 1 7 72 300 346 176 48 142 377 362 221 185 7,145 9,382 Total 8 121 172 489 351 276 175 309 843 443 549 410 7,369 7,145 18,660 410____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________ ANNUAL RLPORT OF CARNEGIE. LIBRARY (COLORED) HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, Savannah, Ga. Sir: In submitting to you the Annual Report of Carnegie Colored Public Library for the year 1916, I desire respectfully to call attention to the growth in the acquisition of books, mostly by gift, the ever-increasing number of bor rowers, adult as well as children, the ever-present and urgent need of more books for children, assure you of the growing efficiency of the Library, and recall the great need of more financial aid that the Library may more successfully meet the object for which it was established. Respectfully, A. L. TUCKER, Chairman. __________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________411 TREASURER'S REPORT OF THE CARNEGIE COLORED PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1916 ASSETS Brought forward from account, 1915_____$ 7.12 Appropriated by the City_______________ 1,200.00 Amount of demurrage collected.__________ 10.33 Donation for use of auditorium________ .75 Total ________________________$1,218.20 EXPENDITURES Salary of Librarian ___________________$ 480.00 Salary of Janitor _____________________ 240.00 Interest on option on the two lots east and west__ 189.35 Taxes ___________________________ 21.18 Fuel __________________________ 100.75 Printing __________________________ 12.75 Periodicals ________________________ 8.90 Lighting _________________________ 69.36 Insurance _________________________ 50.17 Miscellaneous incidental expenses-______ 15.01 Total __________________________$1,187.47 Receipts _________________________$1,218.20 Expenditures _______________________ 1,187.47 Balance on hand ____________________$ 30.73 Respectfuly submitted, JOHN McINTOSH, Treasurer. 412____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT ________ Savannah, Ga., January 1,1917. To the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Colored Public Library: .Gentlemen: I herewith submit report of the operation of the Library for the year ending December 31, 1916. I desire to say, that notwithstanding the inadequate equipment of the Library, there is constant use of the limited facilities at hand, and that general interest in its work is increasing. Volumes in Library January 1, 1916____3,177 Volumes added by gift_________________ 206 3,383 Volumes worn out and discarded______________ 75 Volumes in Library January 1, 1917__________3,308 Number of cards issued___________________ 194 Number of books issued to borrowers___1,908 Number of visitors______________2,133 Number of children.___________________1,695 Respectfuly submitted, P. A. DENEGALL, Librarian. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND REPORTS OF THE SINKING FUND COMMISSION BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS CITY MARSHAL CLERK OF MARKET BUILDING INSPECTOR HARBOR MASTER OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 REPORT OF CITY ATTORNEY HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, Savannah, Georgia. Dear Sir: I beg to submit this, my report as City Attorney, for the year 1916: The following cases were pending at the time of my election as City Attorney: 1. The case of W. W. Williamson et al as Executors of Estate of J. M. Schley. This was an action brought against the City to recover the sum. of $20,000.00 alleged to be the amount of depreciation in value of lots in Schley Ward adjoining right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, when Waldburg Street and Park Avenue were elevated incident to the raising of the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. This action came to trial before the City Court of Savannah and all the evidence of the plaintiffs being submitted, on motion of the City Attorney the case was non-suited. An appeal, however, is now pending from this judgment in favor of the City, which appeal will probably be heard by the Court of Appeals in the early future. 2. John D. Harms against the City. This suit was instituted on February 27, 1913, and was an action for damages. A favorable decision upon demurrer was rendered by the Supreme Court by decision reported in 143 Georgia, 790. Before remittitur of the Supreme Court was made the judgment of the Superior Court, Harms attempted to amend his petition, but upon motion this amendment was disallowed and the case finally dismissed. Exceptions were taken to 416__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ the judgment of the trial court and the case has again been sent to the Supreme Court and for a second time a decision favorable to the City has been rendered, which is reported in 145 Georgia, 728. 3. On April 19, 1915, C- E. Bennett brought suit for $10,- 000.00 for alleged injuries sustained by stepping on defective portion of the sidewalk. This ease is still pending. 4. On April 19. 1915, Morris Young filed suit against the City for $1,000.00 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained on December 2, 1914, when the steps at the foot of Lincoln Street, leading into the river gave way and precipitated this man and others into the river. By ordinance of Council this case was settled on August 16, 1916, for $80.00. 5. George Polite vs. the City. This action nrose out of the same accident above. The suit was for $1,000.00 and was settled for $40.00. 6. John Ford vs. the City. This action arose out of the same accident above. The suit was for $1,000.00 and was settled for $40.00. 7. Henry Green vs. the City. This action arose out of the same accident above. The suit was for $1,000.00 and was settled for $40.00. 8. On October 16, 1915, Prank Simmons brought suit against the Mayor and Aldermen for $1,000.00 for damages alleged to have been suffered by him on July 10, 1915, by stepping into a defective trap door on Bryan Street. The heirs of the estate of James Mclntire, who owns the property to which the trap door was attached, have been vouched into Court and this action is still pending. 9. On October 18, 1915, J. W. Manns filed suit against the City and Gadsden Contracting Company, claiming damages as to his crop by the laying of the City's sewers in ______MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT__________417 connection with the extension of the House Drainage and Storm Sewerage Systems. This suit as against the City was dismissed upon demurrer and subsequently the action was settled through the Contractor. 10. On November 17, 1915, Thomas Wilson brought suit against the City for $500.00 damages alleged to have been suerffed by him when he stepped into a trap door alleged to have been defective. This is the same door that Frank Simmons claims to have also stepped into. The heirs of the estate of Melntire have been vouched in this case also, and the same is still pending. 11. On December 20, 1915, Rev. J. M. Milton filed suit against the City claiming damages for $5,000.00 for personal injuries sustained by him by stepping into a dangerous hole on President Street. This action was settled for $100.00. 12. On December 30, 1915. James L. Rankin filed suit against the City for $120.00. which he claims to be due him for work done in the Treasurer's office in 1912. This suit is still pending. 13. G. F. Hewlett, on April 24, 1915, brought suit in equity against the City seeking to enjoin the enforcement of the jitney bus ordinance which was attacked on many grounds. A temporary injunction was granted in this case, but subsequently, on the death of Hewlett, was dismissed. 14. On May 4, 1915, C. J. Stegin et al brought a similar action attacking the validity of the jitney bus ordinance and procuring the issuance of an injunction. This case was appealed by the City to the Supreme Court and on February 26, 1916, the decision of the lower court was reversed and pursuant thereto the injunction has been dissolved, th-5 validity of the jitney bus ordinance being upheld and this case has been dismissed. 15. On May 10, 1915, Harvey Granger, Robert M. Hull, Arthur \V. Solomon and Edward M. Hopkins filed a suit for injunction against the Mayor and Aldermen, attacking 418__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________ the validity of the act of 1910, and the amendatory act of 1913, in regard to automobiles and like vehicles (Acts 1910, page 90; Acts 1913, page 75) and the ordinances of the City of Savannah adopted thereunder requiring registration of such vehicles. It was contended that the ordinance was dependent upon the legislative acts and that they being void the ordinance was void. The Superior Court decided against the City, holding the acts and ordinances to be unconstitutional and invalid and granted the injunction prayed for. This decision was appealed by the City and on August 15, 1916. the judgment of. the trial court was reversed by a decision reported in 145 Georgia, 578. The injunction has been dissolved but the main case has not been finally disposed of, although under decisions rendered the ease will eventually have to be dismissed. 16. J. S. Balmer, C. X. Balfour and twenty-nine others, on May 11, 1915, brought suit for an injunction attacking the same acts of the Legislature referred to in the ease last above, the plaintiffs being the owners of motorcycles. The Superior Court held the ordinances to be invalid and the acts referred to unconstitutional and enjoined the enforcement of the ordinances. This decision was also appealed to the Supreme Court and on August 16, 1916, the judgment of the Superior Court was reversed and the position of the City upheld, the decision being reported in 145 Georgia, 580. The injunction has been dissolved, in accordance with this decision of the Supreme Court and while the case is still pending, it will eventually have to be dismissed by the plaintiffs. 17. On December 14, 1915, Hagar R. Barnes brought a suit against the City claiming title to Lot "S" Southville Ward and seeking to enjoin the City from requiring her to remove a fence therefrom. The City also claims title to this property, having purchased it for the opening of a street, but negligently having permitted it to be enclosed by the claimant. This suit is still pending. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 419 18. On November 29, 1915, M. Boblasky brought a petition for certiorari to the Superior Court from the decision of the Police Court fining him for violation of the City's prohibition ordinances. For technical defects in the petition, upon motion of counsel for the City, upon a hearing had this petition was dismissed. 19. To the October Term, 1915, W. D. Monsecs and twenty others brought separate eertiorari proceedings appealing from separate convictions in the Police Court of violation of the City's jitney bus ordinances. The validity of these ordinances having been upheld by the Supreme Court pending the final disposition of these twenty-one cases, they were disposed of favorably to the City's contentions, the convictions being upheld but the trial court reduced the amount of the fines. 20. On November 9, 1915, P. F. McDermott filed petition for certiorari appealing from the decision of the Mayor, presiding in the Police Court as Recorder, convicting said McDermott of resisting arrest, the fine imposed being the sum of $200.00. Upon hearing had the certiorari was dismissed. To this decision MeDermott filed an appeal to the Court of Appeals, but on June 27, 1916, this Court affirmed the judgment of the Court below and McDermott's conviction was upheld. This decision was reported in 89 Southeastern 348. 21. In the case of A. J. Merkle vs. City, appealing from the award of arbitrators appointed in connection with condemnation of land necessary for opening Barnard Street. This appeal, after pending for a long time was, by resolution of Council settled, the amount paid for the property in question being $6,900.00 without interest, being less than the amount of the award. NEW CASES 22. On January 3, 1916, C. P. Brannen, G. W. Millikcn and M. Wilensky brought a suit against the City asking 420 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT for an injunction restraining the City from paying the salaries of the officers of the Municipal Court, attacking the validity of the act of August 13, 1915, establishing this Court and enjoining the collection of the City tax for 1916 and assailing the validity of the budget for the year. This case was made returnable to January 7, 1916, and upon hearing had before the Superior Court the injunction was dissolved, the court holding the act to be valid, but the case is still pending. 23. Mayor and Aldermen vs. W. H. Wade et al. This is a case where affidavit of illegality has been filed to the levy of an execution for paving assessment, arising out of the improvement of Bay Street from the west side of Farm Street to the Ogeeehee Canal Bridge. This case is still pending, owing to the protracted illness of the Judge of the Superior Court, not having been disposed of. 24. In re Lilla E. Sims, Executrix, estate of William L. Exley. This was a case instituted by attorneys for the City so as to authorize the Executors of the last will of William L. Exley, deceased, to execute to the City a conveyance for a sewer right of way through the property of the Exley estate, the ownership of which was important in connection with the extension of the House Drainaage and Storm Sewerage Systems of Savannah. 25. L. M. Bishop vs. the City. This is an action for $20,000.00 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff who was a conductor upon a street car which endeavored to pass a concrete mixing machine of the City alleged to have been in too close proximity to the track. Demurrers were filed to the petition in this case and after amendments had been allowed, the 'demurrers being renewed to the petition as amended, the Court decided in favor of the City and dismissed the suit. This decision has been appealed to the Court of Appeals and the case has been argued in that Court and is still pending, the decision having not yet been rendered. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________421 26. Mayor and Aldermen vs. Savannah & Northwestern Railway. This is a suit brought to recover a tract of land immediately to the east of the waterworks of the City which was conveyed originally to the Brinson Railway and by it to the defendant company. In the original conveyance this property was conveyed with the express covenant and condition that the railway would construct therein terminals and do certain other things of importance to the City. These having never been done, however, according to the contentions of the City, the property has reverted to the City. The action is still pending. It involves titlo '- valuable realty comprising parts of lots 57, 58 and 59, Williams Ward. 27. John Coleman vs. Mayor and Aldermen. This was an action for damages filed August 21, 1916, the plaintiff claiming the sum of $1,000.00 because of injuries alleged to have been received at the time of the falling of the steps at the Lincoln Street dock. Upon a trial of this case the plaintiff recovered the sum of $3.30 and this amount has been paid by the City. 28. Henry Harinon vs. the City. This action was instituted on August 21, 1916, for $1,000.00, growing out of the same accident above referred to. This case was tried in the City Court of Savannah and. judgment rendered for tha plaintiff in the sum of $36.00, it being the opinion of counsel for the City that the claim was not a good one, motion for new trial has been had and the case is now pending upon an appeal from this judgment. 29. J. H. Tenant vs. Mayor and Aldermen. This was an action for $5,000.00 for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff by stepping in a catch basin said by them to have been negligently left in a dangerous condition by the employees of the City in repairing the Augusta Road. This case has been twice tried in the City Court during the year. Upon the first trial after the evi- 422__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ dence for the plaintiff was closed, the case was dismissed. Upon the second trial a mistrial was had. In the opinion of the Counsel for the City the claim was without merit and should not prevail upon the final disposition thereof. 30. The Mayor and Aldermen vs. Mrs. Jessie Dixon. This was a case of an affidavit of illegality filed by Mrs. Dixon attacking the validity of a paving assessment. This case came on to be heard at the December, 1916, term of the Superior Court and upon demurrers filed by Counsel for the City the affidavit of illegality was dismissed and the validity of the assessment upheld. A bill of exceptions has been filed by Counsel for Mrs. Dixon, however, appealing this decision to the Supreme Court. 31. On the 19th day of June, 1916, Georgia E. Saunders brought suit against the Mayor and Aldermen for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by tripping over material left on the sidewalk unlighted at night. This case is still pending in the City Court. 32. On March 16, 1916, F. W. Lawler and thirty-two others brought a suit for injunction in the Superior Court assailing the validity of the new jitney bus ordinance adopted December 22, 1915. The Judge of the Superior Court in this case, as in the prior jitney bus case involving the earlier ordinances, issued a temporary restraining order against the City. When this case came on to be tried, however, it was dismissed and the injunction dissolved. 33. John H. Monroe vs. Mayor and Aldermen. The Chief of the Fire Department, J. H. Monroe, was tried upon charges of insubordination, etc., and dismissed by Council. A petition of certiorari to this judgment of dismissal has been filed and is still pending in the Superior Court. 34. On May 6, 1916, A. L. Thompson brought a suit for $10,000.00 damages against the Mayor, the Chief of Police, and certain Police Officers of the City because of an alleged raid of his premises in connection with the enforcement of the prohibition law. This case is still pending. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 423 35. On May 12, 1916, J. H. Meyer brought suit against the Mayor and Chief of Police and other City Employees and officials for $10,000.00 because of an alleged raid in connection with the enforcement of the prohibition laws of the State, which is still pending. 36. Fannie Glover vs. Mayor and Aldermen. This was a claim for alleged injuries on account of the defective condition of a sidewalk on Wilson Street. The City denied liability and called upon the estate of J. M. Sehley to de fend the action. The executors of this estate settled this case with the claimant without any expense to the City. 37. Mary A. Covar vs. the City. This was a suit filed on August 19, 1916, in the City Court of Savannah, for $1,000.00, for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff by the dangerous condition of the sidewalk. Demurrer was filed to this suit by the City and the case finally dismissed. 38. Mrs. Louise Levan, Executrix of the estate of Charles H. Levan vs. M. L. Meldrim, Chief of Police. In connection with various raids had in the enforcement of the new prohibition law a large quantity of liquor, belonging to Charles H. Levan was seized by the Chief of Police. Levan died and his Executrix instituted a bail and trover for the recovery of this liquor. The City contended that, under the law, the liquor was contraband and could not be recovered by trover. Trover suit was instituted in the City Court of Savannah on September 19, 1916. Having taken up this issue with that Court without success we filed in the Superior Court a petition for injunction enjoining the plaintiff in this ease and her attorneys and the Sheriff of the City Court from further proceeding with the trover suit. A temporary restraining order was had and upon the trial of this case contesting constitutionality of the prohibition law, the position of the City was upheld and the liquor was turned over to the Sheriff of the City Court not to be delivered to the plaintiff in the trover suit but to 424__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ abide the final decision of that Court upon a petition for its destruction, the trover suit brought for the liquor being finally dismissed. 39. Arthur Young vs. Mayor and Aldermen. This is an action filed November 14, 1916, in the City Court of Savannah for $1,000.00 for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered upon the falling of the steps at the Lincoln Street docks referred to in previous eases. This case is still pending40. Mrs. J. A. Davis and ten others filed suit for injunction against the City, returnable to the December Term, 1916, attacking the validity of an ordinance adopted December 27, 1916, concerning the keeping of cows in congested districts of the City. A temporary restraining order was granted but upon the hearing the injunction was dissolved, the ordinance being sustained. This ease has been appealed, however, by the plaintiffs to the Supreme Court and is still pending. 41. T. J. Sheftall vs. City. On December 18, 1916, this suit was filed in the City Court of Savannah complaining of what is alleged to be an illegal discharge from the employment of the City. This case is still pending. 42. Robert T. Russell vs. City. On December 18, 1916, Robert T. Russell sued the City for salary claimed to be due, alleging an illegal discharge from the Department of Water. This case is also pending. 43. L. K. Pappadea vs. M. L. Meldrim, Chief of Police. This action was a bail and trover proceeding brought against the Chief of Police to recover approximately $750.00 worth of intoxicating liquors and beverages. The proceeding had already been instituted for the destruction of these liquors and a rule nisi had been issued by the Judge of the City Court,. Upon these facts being represented to the Court the bail and trover suit was dismissed. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 425 44. George R. Patterson vs. Mayor and Aldermen. This is an action for personal injuries instituted December 18, 1916, in the City Court of Savannah, claiming the sum of $10,000.00 alleging to be damages suffered from a dangerous condition of Wheaton Street, said to be incident to the extension of the House Drainage System. This case is still pending. 45. H. L. Fender vs. the City. This was a eertiorari from the decision of the Police Court convicting Fender of violating the traffic ordinance. The case was tried and the eertiorari overruled, the conviction being upheld. 46. Fred Ford vs. City. This was a eertiorari for conviction for violation of the prohibition ordinance, adopted by the Mayor and Aldermen in April, 1916. This ordinance was attacked on many grounds but the 'validity of the ordinance was upheld on the trial of this eertiorari and the same was overruled, conviction being upheld. 47. John J. Rourke vs. City. This was a eertiorari in which the same issues were raised as in the preceding case. The conviction was upheld and the eertiorari overruled. 48. George Broadman vs. the City. This was a certiorari similar to the preceding ones and was overruled, the conviction being upheld. 49. I. Raskin vs. the City. This was a certiorari from a conviction in the Police Court for the violation of the prohibition ordinance and has not been tried. 50. O. D. Jones vs. Mayor and Aldermen. This is a certiorari similar to the preceding and is still pending. 51. E. Cafiero vs. the City. This is a certiorari from the decision of the Police Court convicting the plaintiff of violating the prohibition ordinance. The first prohibition ordinance adopted by the City provided for conviction in case intoxicating liquors were concealed for purpose of illegal 438___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT_____________ sale. The evidence in this case conceded to be insufficient by the attorneys for the City, the certiorari was sustained. 52. J. D. Bunger vs. the City. This was a certiorari from a conviction in the Police Court of violation of the prohibition ordinance. The certiorari was overruled upon the hearing. 53. E. G. Badenhoop vs. the City. This was a similar certiorari in which, upon the hearing, the amount of the fine was reduced from $100.00 to $25.00. 54. SI. Eubin vs. the City. This was a certiorari from a conviction for the concealment of liquors. The certiorari was overruled and the conviction upheld. 55. "W. H. Kracken vs. City. This certiorari from a liquor conviction was upon the trial similarly overruled. 56. SI. Boblasky vs. City. This was a certiorari in which the conviction was upheld but tre fine reduced to the sum of $50.00. 57. H. G. Batayios vs. the City. This was a certiorari from the conviction in a liquor case in the Police Court in which, upon the trial, the conviction was upheld but the fine reduced to $50.00. 58. Castos Lagos vs. the City. In this case the certiorari complaining of a conviction in the Police Court was overruled upon the hearing. 59. L. K. Laskiwitz vs. the City. Upon a trial of this certiorari the sentence in the Police Court was reduced to $50.00. 60. B. Easkin vs. the City. This certiorari from a conviction for the concealment of liquors was, upon the trial, overruled. 61. Cord Kracken vs. City. This certiorari complaining of conviction for concealment of liquors was, upon the trial, overruled. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 427 62. Henry Wood vs. City. This certiorari appealing from a conviction of the violation of the prohibition ordinance is still pending. 63. Cord Meyer vs. City. In this certiorari complaining of a conviction in the Recorder's Court for violation of prohibition ordinance the sentence was reduced to $50.00. 64. E. Baskin vs. City. This was a second certiorari complaining of another conviction in the Police Court of the plaintiff in certiorari of a violation of the prohibtion ordinance. Upon the hearing this eertiorari was overruled and the conviction also upheld. 65. Howard Seherer vs. City. Conviction in the Police Court was upheld in this case also upon a trial of this certiorari. 66. Ida Apolinsky vs. the City. This certiorari, upon a hearing, was sustained on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to justify a conviction of the violation of the prohibition ordinance. 67. C. H. Levan vs. the City. This is a certiorari similar to the foregoing. The death of the defendant has been suggested of record and the case is still pending. 68. Abe Easkin vs. City. This is a certiorari complaining of a conviction for the violation of the prohibition ordinance and is still pending. 69. Peter Mastapoulos vs. City. This is a certiorari similar to the foregoing which has not yet been tried. 70. Peter Mastapoulos vs. City. This is a second certiorari by the same party of another conviction which is still pending. 71. T. P. Daniel vs. City. This is a certiorari similar to the foregoing which has not yet been tried. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 72. Willie llazon vs. City. This is a eertiorari similar to the foregoing which has not yet been tried. 73. II. L. Meldim, Chief of Police, vs. the City. This eertiorari appealing from a conviction in the Police Court by the Chief of Police of the contempt of that Court because the Chief of Police, after the discharge of the defendant in the Police Court declined to surrender to the defendant, upon the order of the Judge of the Police Court, certain prohibition liquors and beverages in excess of the quantity permitted by law. The action of the Chief of Police in refusing to comply with this order of the Police Court was in accordance with our advice, it being the opinoin of the City Attorney that the Court had no authority to order the Chief of Police to surrender the prohibited liquors and beverages which under the law should have been destroyed. This eertiorari coming on to be heard, this position was sustained, the eertiorari upheld and the conviction set aside. 74. Henry Suiter vs. City. This eertiorari complaining of a conviction in a prohibition case is still pending. 75. Joe Greenberg vs. City. This eertiorari complaining of a conviction in a prohibition case is still pending. 76. Martin Roentch vs. City. This eertiorari complaining of a conviction in a prohibition ease is still pending. 77. Mrs. J. Priedman vs. City. This eertiorari complaining of a conviction in a prohibition case is still pending. 78. J. Baker Bryan vs. City. This eertiorari complaining of a conviction in a prohibition case is still pending. 79. A Bluhakis vs. City. This eertiorari complaining of a conviction for violation of prohibition ordinance was, upon the trial, overruled. 80. B. W. Baughn vs. City. This eertiorari complaining of a conviction for violation of prohibition ordinance, was, upon the trial, overruled. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 429 81. Cord Kracken vs. City. This certiorari complaining of a conviction for violation of prohibition ordinance was, upon the trial, overruled. 82. Kimoe Stefanites vs. City. In this case the conviction was upheld but the fine reduced to $25.00 upon the trial of the certiorari. 83. E. F. Young vs. City. This certiorari was upon a trial overruled, conviction being upheld. 84. P. H. Tasker vs. City. This certiorari coming on to be heard was overruled, the fine, however, was reduced to the payment of $50.00 and costs. This case was not a prohibition case, but the violation of the ordinance against disorderly conduct. 85. Wesley Snipe vs. M. W. Dixon, Sheriff. This is a habeas corpus proceeding bi-ought by Snipe who was convicted1 in the Police Court for violation of the prohibition ordinance of the City. It attacks the validity of this ordinance. This case has not yet been heard but is assigned for trial. 86. Louise Snipe vs. M. "W. Dixon, Sheriff. This case is a habeas corpus ease involving the same issues as above. 87. H. A. Quante vs. M. W. Dixon, Sheriff. This is also a habeas corpus ease involving the same issues as the two preceding cases. The two preceding cases were brought before the Judge of the Superior Court, but this case was brought before the Judge of the City Court. None of these habeas corpus cases have yet been heard. It seems that the persons convicted of violations of the prohibition ordinance desire to try every Court which can possibly pass upon the validity of the act and the validity of the ordinance, hoping somewhere to get a favorabe decision. Mr. Travis further says: "Upon a resume of the cases pending and brought during the year it will appear that there were seventeen suits pending in the City and Superior Courts and in addition 430__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT _ twenty-four appeals by way of eertlorari at the beginning of the year 1916, making a total of forty-one cases pending at that time; the twenty-four certioraries pending and eleven of the old cases have been finally disposed of, leaving six eases still pending of the business of 1915. In the year 1916, twenty-six principal cases have been instituted and forty appeals by way of certiorari. Twentyseven of these certioraries have been finally disposed of and seven of the principal cases, leaving thirteen certioraries pending and nineteen new cases not finally disposed of. In other words, including the business of 1915, one hundred and seven cases have come before this office, during the year and of these sixty-nine have been finally disposed of during the year. The increasing volume of business in the law department will become apparent by comparison with the business done in the preceding year. In the year 1915, five cases were finally disposed of. In the year 1916 sixty-nine cases have been concluded. More of this business would probably have been disposed of had it not been for the protracted illness from February until now of the Judge of the Superior Court. "One of the reasons for the increasing number of appeals from the Police Court was the enactment of the new prohibition law and prohibition ordinances which have been vigorously assailed. An additional reason lies in the fact that this office discovered that a number of attorneys representing persons charged with violation of municipal ordinances had followed a method by which they evaded the payment of the fines imposed in the Police Court. A certiorari bond would be given upon conviction, but this would never be followed by a certiorari and no papers would ever be served upon any of the city officials or in any way would the City Attorney's office be informed that the defendant had been discharged. Having learned of this custom, I directed the Clerk of the Police Court, with the approval of the Mayor, to hereafter report in writing, all such discharges so that if the defendant did not proceed with his appeal he MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 431 could be re-arrested and made to serve his sentence upon the failure to pay the fine imposed. An ordinance was drafted and enacted to furnish the machinery to carry into effect this reform and to prevent this abuse. "Many important questions have been passed on during the year. One involved the development of the east side. A number of years ago the City entered into a contract with the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company whereby upon grant of certain property the City undertook to forever waive its right to open certain streets across the tracks of the Railway Company. In our opinion this contract was in derogation of the governmental authority of the City and void and while it had been recognized as valid in preceding years by other aldermanic boards, with the authority of the Mayor, we demanded of the Coast Line the opening of Thirty-fifth Street and without the institution of mandamus proceedings the samo was opened without expense to the City. "Another matter of considerable general interest was the question of the right of the City to compel the Atlantic Coast Line Railway to either lower or raise its tracks. An ordinance has been introduced for the purpose of compelling this to be done and the matter is now pending between the City and the Railroad Company with a view to an agreement being entered into for the raising of the tracks without expense to the City, it being the opinion of this office that the City is not liable for any expense incident to the elevation of these tracks. "Another matter of general public interest was an opinion furnished on the question of the dedication of streets for the new sub-divisions. It has been the custom of the City in years past to pay for such streets notwithstanding the fact that a plan of sub-division would be adopted by the owner or owners, plats filed of record showing such streets, lots sold according to such plats and the street actually opened. We filed an opinion to the effect that such con- 432__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT________ duct on the part of the owners would constitute a dedication and that the City would hnve the right to accept such dedication and exercise governmental rights over said streets without paying the owner or owners any sum whatsoever. Streets in new sub-divisions made since the act of 1914 will of course be governed by the provisions of that act." A large number of other questions of more or less general interest have been raised requiring unusual labors on the Dart of this office. The litigation for the year has been, from the City's standpoint, reasonably lucky. The total aggregate of all verdicts against the City amounts to $39.30, of which $36.00 is still contested, $3.30 having been paid under judgment. The services of David S. Atkinson, Esquire, Assistant City Attorney, have been more than satisfactory. He has assisted in the preparation of many, of the most important opinions furnished by this office and has rendered valuable services in the trial of cases and has uniformly been courteous and capable. I have had no cause to complain in any particular with regard to the performance of his duties. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT J. TRAVIS, City Attorney. ________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________483 ANNUAL REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSION January 1 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, City of Savannah. Dear Sir: The "Sinking Fund Commissioners" submit their Thirty-seventh Annual Report. "We have purchased $65,000 bonds, issue of 1909, and $2,500, issue of 1913; although we have advertised, there seems no disposition to offer any of the above issues unless at a much higher figure than the Board was inclined to pay; otherwise we would have absorbed the total amount available. Balance to credit of Sinking Fund December 3l, 1915: Issue 1909 ___________$65,422.75 Issue 1913 _____________ 1,00%0.00$ 66,422.75 Add premiums and interest on $18,- 000 bonds redeemed in 1915, issue 1909 __________________ 1,577.25 Add received for 1916appropriation 1909 _______-___ 31,000.00 Add received for 1916appropriation 1913 ______________- 1,500.00 $100,500.00 434__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ Bonds redeemed, 1916 issue of 1909 __________________ 65,000.00 Bonds redeemed, 1916 issue of 1913 __________________ 2,500.00 67,500.00 Balance to credit of Sinking Fund_______$ 33,000.00 Debt of 1909 ____1______________$2,320,000.00 Debt of 1913 ____________________ 210,500.00 Total debtthese issues ____________$2,530,500.00 December 31, 1916. Respectfuly submitted, GEO. J. MILLS, CHARLES G. BELL, J. F. PAULSEN, LEOPOLD ADLEB, Sinking Fund Commissioners. In addition to the above there are outstanding bonds as follows: Drainage bonds, dated April 15, 1914, $588,000; Auditorium bonds, dated October 5, 1914. $195,500; Drainage bonds, dated March 1, 1916, $400,000, making a grand total of $3,679,500. The additional bonds referred to serially and are accordingly not handled by the Sinking Fund Commissioners. __ ________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________435 ANNUAL REPORT OF BOARD OF TAX A5SF_55OR5 Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. To the Honorable, the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah: Sirs: Following is the report of the Board of Tax Assessors for the year 1916: Assessed Valuations for Taxation. Eeal Estate ______________________$40,957,901 Personalty ______________________ 17,960,051 Franchises of Public Service Corporations- 1,308,300 Total for 1916 __________________$60.226,252 Total for 1915 __________________ 58,063,392 Net gain for the year_____________ 2,162,860 Personal Property Valuations Itemized. Stock in trade ___._____.__$ 2,174,058 Merchandise on consignment __ 71,804 Furniture _____________ 1,090,305 Jewelry and silverware _____________ 146,098 Musical instruments __________ 76,430 Books, pictures, etc. 58,061 Live stock ______ 94,820 Vehicles, motor and otherwise __________ 326,850 Money and accounts _ ___.__ 2.172,163 Stocks ajid bonds ______ 358,985 Promissory notes __ 131,540 Mortgages on land _____ ____________ 249,270 436 MAYOR'S ANNTJAL REPORT Mortgages on personalty ______________ 58,170 Bonds for title, ____________________ 6,600 Vessels _._______________________ 69,670 Machinery, etc. _____________________ 286,974 Banks ___-_________________-___ 5,515,780 Miscellaneous ___________________ 15,973 Public service corporations' personalty 5,056,500 Total ________________________$17,960,051 Assessment of Buildings Completed in 1916. First quarter ________________________$226,485 Second quarter ___________ 89,350 Third quarter __________________ 116,870 Fourth quarter _____________1________ 115,950 Total _________________________$548,655 Eespeetfully submitted, G. NOBLE JONES, Chairman, JOSEPH M. DREYER, HENRY M. WARD, Assessors. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 437 ANNUAL REPORT OF CITY MAR5HAL Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIBEPONT, Mayor, City of Savannah. Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my Annual Report for the year, 1916, same being my fourth report. The collections from all sources amount to $61,608.92, as per itemized statement attached. Ground RentsAll lots reported to this office by the City Treasurer have been re-entered for arrears of rent, as required by ordinance. Real EstateThe collection from this source is not as large as last year, due to the fact that the previous year we collected a large amount of taxes in arrears, and with these greatly reduced in number, it only left the current or yearly receipts from the Treasurer's office to work on. During the year we bought at public sale seven vacant lots against which we held executions for seven years or more, and deeds have been made to the City. Specific TaxesOwing to not having any near beer executions this account shows a decrease of $3,365.91. 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. Sidewalk ChargesDuring the past year, through the efforts of the Chief Engineer in having a large number of old and dangerous sidewalks condemned and replaced with cement sidewalks by the City forces, this item shows an increase over last year of $3,799.82. 43S_______ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ Market KentsThis account shows a decrease of $852.58 on account of the fact that some of the stores in the basement have been vacant during the year, due to their bad condition. With the addition of Mr. W. P. Bailey to the Marshal's office, we have succeeded in settling a large number of old executions which have been in this office going back, as report shows, as far as 1902, and with this additional help, we shall do our best to collect all of the outstanding executions during 1917. In this connection, I would respectfully suggest that you appoint Mr. Bailey as a Deputy Marshal. In conclusion, I desire to express my thanks and appreciation to His Honor, the Mayor, the Police Department and the Recorder for their assistance and co-operation during the past year. Respectfully submitted, GEO. D. SBMKEN, City Marshal. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT______ 4S9 CITY MARSHAL'S OFFFICE Itemized Statement of Collections, Year Ending December 31, 1916. Real Estate 1902_____________$ .35 1903_____________ 1.15 1904_____________ 13.05 1905_____________ 17.40 1906_____________ 28.52 1907_____________ 31.41 1908_____________ 31.41 1909_____________ 49.46 1910_____________ 50.57 1911_____________ 60.07 1912_____________ 115.68 1913_____________ 880.80 1914_____________ 2,891.87 1915_____________ 13,919.58$18,091.32 Personal Property 1913_____________$ 17.81 1914____________ 85.66 1915_____________ 1,027.65 1916_________ 3,865.62$ 4,996.74 Specific 1914____________$ 105.00 1915_____________ 830.52 1916_____________ 12,249.46$13,184.98 Paving Assessments 1906_____________$ 15.00 1909_____________ 12.00 1910_____________ 328.37 1911_____________ 8.25 1912_____________ 333.05 1913_____________ 1,498.47 1914______._____ 1,337.43 1915_____________ 6,476.95 1916_____________ 2,714.08$12,723.60 440 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Sidewalk Charges 1911_____________$ 16.46 1912______.._____ 25.58 1913_____________ 24.90 1914_____________ 391.36 1915_____________ 2,797.81 1916..____________ 2,425.70$ 5,681.81 Sink Cleaning Fees 1910_____________$ 4.00 1911_____________ 20.25 1912_____________ 39.03 1913_____________ 82.25 1914_____________ 47.10 1915_____________ 81.00 1916_____________ 95.00$ 368.63 Market Eents 1915_____________$ 176.25 1916_____________ 3,945.53$ 4,121.78 City Property Eents 1915_____________$ 25.00 1916_____________ 269.00$ 294.00 Execution Fees 1902_____________$ 1.00 1906_____.__-___ 1.00 1907_____________ 3.00 - 1908_____________ 3.00 1909_____________ 10.00 1910_____________ 12.00 1911_____________ 16.00 1912______________ 18.00 1913_____________ 44.00 1914_____________ 116.00 1915____________ 503.00 1916_____________ 480.00$ 1,207.00 ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________441 Miscellaneous Specific __________$ 106.87 Sale of fixtures, auditorium __________ 378.80 Sale of houses, Vine Street 140.00 Overbid at sales _ 23 Advertising ___ 87.00 Interest __________ 226.16$ 939.06 $61,608.92 Savannah, Ga., January 3, 1917. MAYOR'S ANNUAL, REPORT REPORT OF CLERK OF THE CITY MARKET HON. W. J. PIERPOXT, Mayor. Dear Sir: I beg herewith to submit the financial report of the City Market for the year just closed, as follows: Month. Rents Collected by Clerk of Market. January _______ $ 88-150 February ______ 1,108.50 March ________ 910.50 April _________ 896.50 May _________ 1,128.00 June _________ 885.50 July _________ 865.50 August ________ 1,100.00 September ______ 888.50 October ______ 1,111.00 November _____ 907.50 December _____ 1,129.00 Total _______ $11,815.00 Less discount _ Rents Collected by City Marshal. $ 362.59 395.51 339.76 437.18 222.59 245.59 363.93 270.17 346.35 333.59 267.59 609.69 $4,194.54 24.00 $11,815.00 $4,170.54 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OP RECEIPTS, ETC., FOR TWO YEARS. Market Market Market ices collected by Clerk... .. .. __ ____ _ rents collected by Clerk _ _____ _ ____ rents collected by Marshal ___ ___ . Total _..__. ___ . . _____________ Expenses __ ... ____ ___ __ Npt T?AVpnnp 1916 $ 3,733.40 11,815.00 4,170.54 $19,718.94 7,413.44 $12,305.50 1915 $ 3,619.10 11,387.00 4,938.46 19,944.56 7,482.28 $12,462.28 Increase $114.30 428.00 Decrease $767.92 $225.62 68.84 $156.78 Your attention is invited to the fact that the market fees collected by the Clerk increased $114.30 over the previous year, and the market rents increased $428.00, making a total increase in revenues of that part of the market under the jurisdiction of the Clerk $542.80. The collection by the City Marshal decreased $767.92, chiefly because of loss in rent of basement vaults. I beg to repeat the statement in my last year's report that if the facilities of the market were improved.the income would assuredly increase proportionately and the service to the public be greatly bettered. The Clerk of the Market has earnestly endeavored to keep everything as clean as possible, and to promptly destroy all unsanitary food. Close attention was given to the weights and measures, and all improper measures were destroyed. The Clerk of the Market thanks the Market Committee for their kind interest and constant assistance. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE LEWIN, Clerk of Market. H 3 4U ______MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________' ANNUAL REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR Savannah, Ga., January 1,1917. HOX. \V. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, Executive Office. Dear Sir: I beg to hand you my report for the year, 1916: Number of permits issued in 1916______________619 Number of buildings completed_______________516 Number of buildings unfinished________________ 22 Number of buildings not built_____:____.______ 11 Municipal auditorium of brick (cost).____$ 140.000 Midland depot and warehouse____________ 30,000 139 Two-story frame buildings___________ 293,950 163 One-story frame buildings___________ 114,700 4 Two-story brick veneer buildings_ 34,000 5 Two-story brick dwellings___________ 29,500 3 Three-story brick buildings___________ 185,460 58 Two-story frame buildings, remodeled____ 23,800 West y$ of nine-story concrete hotel_____ 55,000 Remodeling National Bank Building, first floor 100,000 Balance brought over from Ocean Steamship Terminals ____________________ 450,000 2 One-story iron and steel boiler and machine shop _______________________ 12,870 12 One-story brick buildings____________ 16,500 44 New porches __ 6,400 18 Two-story frame apartments 40,400 55 One-story frame buildings remodeled_ 12,350 7 One-story frame bungalows 22,500 22 Two-story brick buildings remodeled 31,400 28 Three-story brick buildings remodeled__ 70,450 8 One-story brick buildings remodeled 4,600 Total _________________________$1,673,880 Very respectfully, JOHN R. BASON, Building Inspector. ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________445 ANNUAL RLPORT OF THE. HARBOR MASTE.R Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. WALLACE J. PIERPONT, Mayor, Savannah, Ga. Sir: I hand you herewith statements showing the number of vessels arriving at this port during the year, 1916, giving the net tonnage of same, also amount collected for harbor fees. The inland steamers and small craft plying local waters, of which there are quite a number, are not included in the statement. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS H. LAIRD, Harbor Master. Coastwise vessels handling solid cargoes in and out of the port of Savannah during the year, 1916: Inward Cargoes. 11 Lighters ______ 8,213 tons__Soft Coal 40 Vessels________29,946 tons__Soft Coal 6 Vessels________ 8,539 tons_____Hard Coal 5 Vessels 6,549 tonsPaving Brick 3 Vessels_______ 2,687 tons___Cement 4 Vessels________ 2,980 tons____-Fertilizer 4 Vessels_______ 3,972 tons__Steel Rails 7 Vessels_____ 7,152 tons__Phosphate Rock 3 Vessels_______ 2,951 tons__.. Salt 83 Vessels________72,989 tons 446 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Outward Cargoes. 14 Lighters ______10,100 tons_____Soft Coal 2 Vessels________ 1,742 tons_____Soft Coal 16 Vessels________11.842 tons 2 Vessels, 1,469 Piling_________ 750,000 ft. Lumber 3 Vessels, 65.996 Ties__________2,909,560 ft. Lumber 11 Vessels _________________4,678,875 ft. Lumber 16 Vessels ________________8,338,435 ft. Lumber VESSELS ARRIVING AT SAVANNAH YEAR 1916. 1916 Month January ___ February ._ March __ April ___ May _...___ June ___ . July .._. August __ September . October _ November . December .. Total... Am. Steam'r No. 59 47 57 55 54 55 53 56 57 54 53 53 '653 Tons 144,922 120,307 141,022 131,115 129,696 134,132 126,095 131,745 137,216 135,919 132,650 125,679 1,590,498 Am. Sail No. 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 11 Tons 631 932 910 1,335 1,656 432 2,125 1,042 375 9,438 For. Steam'r No. 20 13 9 11 9 10 20 16 18 15 13 11 165 Tons 35,874 21,597 14,652 22,682 21,138 18,863 39,096 27,205 32,660 26,526 21,563 22,534 304,390 Foreign Sail No. 3 3 3 4 2 1 7 7 4 7 4 3 48 Tons 2,665 2,398 1,879 1,927 1,661 1,525 9,385 9,097 5,904 9,425 2,348 2,625 50,839 Tugs No. 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 14 Tons 190 269 293 195 233 137 124 327 1,768 Barges No. 4 12 7 3 10 10 5 2 6 4 3 2 68 Tons 2,515 6,103 3,964 1,746 5,491 5,409 4,093 1,388 2,481 1,749 2,567 1,154 38,660 Harbor Fees 46400 30100 282 96 25700 29700 28696 426.00 361 00 413 96 368 00 419 34 31522 $4.192 44 Recapitulation: 818 steamers, 1.894,888 tons : 59 sail vessels, 60,277 tons; 14 tugs, 1,768 tons; 68 barges, 38,660 tons, making a grand total of 959 vessels with 1,995,593 net tons. Included in the American steamers there were 12 in foreign trade with 30,147 net tons. 443 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Foreign Vessels by Nationality. Steamers. Tons. Belgian __________________ 1 1,816 British _________________ 68 156,392 Danish ___________________ 25 26,521 Dutch ___________________ 7 12,774 Greek __________________ 2 4,611 Italian ___________________ 3 8,830 Norwegian _______________ 22 35,589 Portuguese ________________ 1 2,185 Spanish _________________ 14 25,732 Swedish __________________ 22 29,634 Total __________________165 304,390 Sailing Vessels. Danish barks __________________ 7 Norwegian barks __ _______28 Norwegian ships __________ 8 Swedish barks ___^________ 1 Nicaragua schooners ________ 1 Potuguese schooners __ 2 Spanish schooners ___- 1 Total ___________________48 50,839 EXTRACTS FROM ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 INCLUDING REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS BY THE HEALTH OFFICER, THE CITY BACTERIOLOGIST, THE CHIEF FOOD INSPECTOR AND PLUMBING INSPECTOR AND REPORTS OF THE CITY PHYSICIANS, HOSPITALS AND THE CITY DISPENSARY W. F. BRUNNER, HEALTH OFFICER HEALTH DEPARTMENT Officers and Employes W. F. BRUNNER, M. D.____________Health Officer V. H. BASSETT, M. D.______________Bacteriologist DeWITT C. GILLES, D. V. M._____Chief Food inspector JANE VAN DE VKEDE, R. N.__Assistant Bacteriologist BABNETT COHEN___Chemist (resigned August, 1916) EGBERT GOOKIN ___Chemist (appointed August, 1916) H. A. POWERS__________Secretary to Health Officer W. F. BENET_________________Clerk of Records C. J. MELVIN____________Chief Sanitary Inspector B. L. McDONALD__________________Disinfector THOS. "W. FLEMING______________Food Inspector A. S. OTTO____________________Milk Inspector J. M. KEATING__________________Stenographer R. C. SMITH________Inspector of Hotels, Restaurants and Bakeries (suspended by Mayor December, 1916 and dismissed in January, 1917.) G. R, MONAHAN________________Sink Inspector GEORGE LEWIN__________Assistant Food Inspector BARTLEY DONOVAN _____District Sanitary Inspector Y. E. MOREL____________District Sanitary Inspector CHAS. COLEMAN _______District Sanitary Inspector JOHN RIEDEMAN ______District Sanitary Inspector L. W. STERN __________District Sanitary Inspector T. F. GAILLARD________District Sanitary Inspector (Dismissed January, 1916.) J. V. DOWLING ________District Sanitary Inspector S. D. HORTON__________District Sanitary Inspector (Pensioned August, 1916.) R. WHELAN ___________District Sanitary Inspector (Appointed October, 1916.) HEALTH DEPARTMENT Officers and Employes WM. M. DeLOACH_______District Sanitary Inspector (Appointed January, 1916.) L. B. TAYLOR, M. D., City Physician for Whites (Northern District) J. E. Morrison, M. D., acting since June 24, 1916. L. J. CHEDEL, M. D., City Physician for Whites (Southern District.) F. S. BELCHER, M. D., City Physician for Colored (Western District.) C. C. MIDDLETOX, M. D., City Physician for Colored (Eastern District.) HAERIET ADAMS ____Caretaker and Nurse, Smallpox Hospital. BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS Mayor W. J. PIERPONT Alderman JOHN W. DANIEL, M. D Alderman WM. W. WILLIAMSON Col. BEffiNE GORDON Mr. JOSEPH M. SOLOMONS W3L R. DANCY, M. D. W. F. BRUNNER, M. D., Secretary and Health Officer ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________458 EXTRACTS FROM REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER Savannah, Ga., June 18th, 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, City of Savannah. Sir:The Annual Eeport of the Health Officer for the year which ended December 31st, 1916, is submitted: This report has been delayed on account of the unsettled condition of the water question, and even now there has been no known satisfactory solution. Your Health Officer is unwilling to dwell upon that subject, but feels it his duty so to do. Accompanying this report are those of Dr. V. H. Bassett, City Bacteriologist, and of Dr. DeWitt C. Gilles, Chief Food Inspector, and the reports of the City Physicians and of the Keeper of the City Dispensary are submitted, with reports from the hospitals to which the City contributes an annual amount for the care of the indigent sick requiring hospital treatment. The year 1916 furnishes the lowest mortality ever known since the inauguration of vital statistics: DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES ANNUAL RATIO PEE 1,000 Year Whites Colored Total Whites Colored Total 1916 409 1,043 1,452 11.05 25.43 18.61 The death rate of the white race is steadily decreasing. It can not be said that the'negro race is showing the same decrease. Although their death rate shows a slight decrease, it is not sufficient, nor will it ever be a low death rate, as 454__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________ long as we do not consider them a sanitary asset of the city, which unquestionably they are, and we should recognize that we are allowing their death rate to remain twice that of the whites and are neglecting the housing proposition, which affects them materially. For years your Health Officer has recommended that a commission be appointed to inquire into why, in sanitation and mortality, he is below par. He is here for all time and it is in evidence that, whenever efforts for him to move away from the South are made, the white people resent it. If for no other reason than that of self defense, sanitary 'and moral reforms should take place. The housing laws would decrease his mortality 25 to 50 per cent. A coin mission, non-political, should be appointed and the colored people should have representatives in this commission. There are not a few men of that race who are competent, by mental and educational requirements, to demonstrate to the white people methods to improve the negroes of this city. The following table will show you the remarkable difference in the death rates of the different diseases, particularly tuberculosis and pneumonia, between the two races: Deaths 1916 From White Colored Total Tuberculosis __________ 34 152 186 Bright's Disease _______ 49 113 162 Pneumonia __________- 17 90 107 Heart Disease 31 45 76 Cancer ____________ 36 25 61 Marasmus ___________ 10 40 50 Malarial Fever _________ 3 29 32 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES EATIO PEE 1,000 White Colored Total White Colored Total 409 1038 1447 10.56 25.32 18.07 ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________455 The total number of deaths shows that the negroes are dying two to one of the whites. The annual ratio of the whites per thousand is 10.56 and that of the negroes 25.32. What should appeal to the municipal government of the Southern city is the fact that the national government, while dividing the deaths of the two races, bases the annual death rate of every city on the combined death rate of the entire population. In 1916 the total death rate was 18.07. The following table will show the result of bad housing of the negro children: DEATHSCHILDREN UNDER TEN YEARS OF AGE Year White Colored Tota] 1916________________ 69 250 319 You will notice that, while the total deaths of the adult negroes is twice that of the whites, the deaths among children under ten years of age is three and one-half. TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES Diphtheria There were 79 cases of this disease during the year, of which number 74 were white and 5 colored, which caused 3 deaths, 2 %vhites and 1 colored. Scarlet Fever There were 25 cases of this disease, all whites, with no deaths. Malarial Fever There were reported 52 positive cases, 48 whites and 4 colored. But a small proportion of the total number of cases among the negroes was reported. 458__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ Typhoid Fever Out of 50 cases reported there were 36 whites and 14 colored. Practically all of the white cases were reported, but only about 20 per cent, of the negroes. There were 19 deaths from that disease, 4 whites and 15 negroes. Measles This was not a reportable disease. There was one death among the negroes. This is a disease that sweeps over the entire country every second, third or fourth year. When it reaches a city it eats up all the material, uninfluenced by any preventive measures, it runs its course and disappears. There are no known methods to prevent the spread of this disease. Smallpox There were 3 cases in the early part of the year and no deaths, all among the negroes. The support given by the colored population to the Health Department in preventing the spread of this disease was something most commendable and they are on a parity with the white population in taking advantage of the immunity that vaccination gives and for years the concealment of the disease only occurs among newcomers. This condition comes from the square deal the city gives when cases are found. Whooping Cough Like measles, this was not a reportable disease, and there were 3 deaths, all negroes. Births But little improvement has been made in getting a correct report of the births. "We get probably no better results than the average Southern city, and it is to be hoped that we will realize within the year the importance of birth registration. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 457 With, the impending war this office is besieged with requests from persons living all over the country for records of their births, which occurred in this city. We only can give 80 per cent, of those that occurred in the last 15 or 20 years, and, outside of the churches of certain denominations, there was no such report prior to that time. BIRTHS Month 1916 White Colored Total January ____________ 68 95 163 February ____________ 65 61 126 March ____________ 83 68 151 April ______________ 53 56 109 May _____________ 64 76 140 June ______________ 68 67 135 July .....____ 59 61 120 August ____________ 88 81 169 September ___________ 84 83 167 October ____________ 83 115 198 November _____--___ 61 84 145 December ____________ 75 77 152 Total_______ 851 924 1775 FOOD PRODUCTS Milk There has been a steady improvement in the personnel of the licensed dairymen which means cleaner products. As recommended by your Health Officer, all dairies have been eliminated from the city limits, and while there are 3 still remaining December 31st, 1916, those are going to be moved from the city limits in a few months. 453 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Other Food Products The supervision of other food products has been carefully superintended by Dr. DeWitt C. Gilles, Chief Food Inspector. Proper inspection of meats is an impossibility as long as there is no municipal abattoir, or some designated central point for all meats to come under careful inspection. ***** Sanitary Inspection This work has been prosecuted to the best of our ability. Violations of sanitary laws are not looked upon in this and other communities as serious offenses. Quite a number of people consider that conditions that surrounded their parents and grandparents are good enough for them. The penalty of modern civilization, at least in municipalities, is the prevalence of transmissible disease, and it is an everlasting fight to convince the majority of the people that they owe a duty to every other person in preventing the spread of transmissible diseases. All the work of the corps of sanitary inspectors has been done behind doors and fences and, in a closely built up town like Savannah, if this work were discontinued, within a short time the result would be appalling. ***** The total number of inspections was 22,850. Weeds Touching on the disregard of sanitary laws, the city has found on the part of a great number of people, antagonism to the weed ordinance, and in July, 1916, there was passed by City Council what is known as the "model weed ordinance," which has been put into practice all over the United States. The enforcement has been tried here with no very great amount of success. A man will own 50 to 100 lots in the suburbs, wll removed from: where he lives, and the growth of weeds, hiding filth, tin cans and water, reproduces mosquitoes, and is a danger to the health of the surrounding MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 459 neighborhood, but, as it is not a menace to him and his family, the Health Department becomes a nuisance when he is placed in Police Court for failure to cut the weeds. The preparedness of a nation has always begun with the sanitary safeguards it places around its people. Water The water which any city furnishes to its inhabitants is a potent factor in either preserving the health of its people or causing disease among them. The water supply of Savannah is common to every human being in the city. People may protect themselves against isolated cases of bad food, meats and vegetables, and even bad milk, but practically everybody is in the hands of the municipal government as to the water supply. The city of Savannah for over 30 years has been fortunate enough to have several hundred feet under it a water which has always been beyond pollution and still is beyond pollution in its aquifer. Your Health Officer will not attempt to give any scientific dissertation on the geological or chemical aspect of our present water conditions, but it is necessary for him to tell the people of the water conditions which have existed for over two years. We receive our water in deep wells, varying from 380 to 510 feet below the surface. This water comes from the rainfall at a point less than 100 miles northwest of the city of Savannah, and, passing into the earth at that point, by a slow process passes through underground channels and becomes absolutely pure when we tap it with our wells. Its purity has been proven by frequent analyses made within the last two years. This supply is not inexhaustible, but there is probably as much water under us as there ever was. However, there has been a constant demand on this supply in Savannah by the increase of population, extension of the house drainage, and by the digging of numerous wells that lie between this city and the intake, where the water begins to pass into the earth and comes to us. There is every indica- 460 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT tion that this will in time cause a serious shortage in Savannah's water supply. Already scores of wells are sunk into this aquifer and as far back as 1912 your Health Officer called the attention of the city in his annual report to the necessity of looking ahead, and, if necessary, make surveys of the water of the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers. And that this demand is increasing is in evidence when we see that at the River Station, when the first well was bored in 1887, it had a static level of 41 feet above sea level, and by demand on it the static level has been lowered until for years it has required an air lift to raise it to the surface to be pumped to the city. This reduction has been noticed everywhere that artesian wells are sunk in this immediate location. A well dug 30 years ago at the Isle of Hope flowed 32 feet above the surface of the river, and heads less than 3 feet at high tide now. Your Health Officer looks at this from a standpoint of common sense. He is neither geologist nor hydraulic engineer, but he would call your attention to the report of R. B. Dole, of the United States Geological Survey, which was made in July, 1915. See Mayor's Report of 1915, page 88. * * * * "Without cost to this city the Geological Survey sent Messrs. Stevenson and Dole, both of whom had made a survey of the underground water of the Georgia Coastal Plain, and had studied the chemical side of the situation two years before. This work was finished in July and there has been nothing discovered of material importance since that report, but the water being pumped to the people of Savannah is only potable after chlorine treatment has been applied. At the same time the Health Department made a request of the Mayor and recommended that an hydraulic engineer be employed, not temporarily, but until this question of defects had been discovered and removed, and the recommendations of Mr. Dole as to a survey of the waters of Savannah and Ogeeehee rivers had been carried out. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________461 About two months later a most distinguished sanitary engineer, Prof. Whipple of Harvard University, visited here and made certain recommendations, not differing essentially from any of those made by the government experts. ***** Out of a battery of 25 wells at the River Station 5 have since been abandoned as defective and have been put out of commission. There are but 13 now being operated. ***** Your Health Officer would again recommend that an hydraulic engineer be permanently employed until the questions of mechanical defects and the future source of our water supply have been settled. 462 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT EXTRACTS FROM ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF FOOD INSPECTOR FOR THE TEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. DB. W. F. BRUNNBE, Health Officer. Dear Sir:Tour Chief Pood Inspector herewith respectfully submits his report of the work of the Food Inspection Division for the year 1916. Restaurants The result of the restaurant inspection has been very satisfactory, being marked by considerable improvement, especially in several of the restaurants in the uptown district, which have been almost completely remodeled during the past year. The owners of these places are to be commended for their efforts in bringing these places up to so high a standard of sanitation and appearance. The practice of posting monthly score cards in the restaurants still proves to be very effective, a cut on the score card resulting in an immediate improvement in nearly every case. The small lunch rooms and cook shops in the poorer sections of the city have shown quite marked improvement, the inspections have been made at frequent intervals and the requirements for a permit have been more rigid. ***** Bakeries During the year three bakeries changed hands and before permits were issued remodeling was insisted upon; these ____________MAYOR'S^ ANNUAL. REPORT__________463 changes greatly improved the sanitary and structural condition of these places and they are now in a very satisfactory shape. Inspections of the bakeries are made about twice a month and they are almost without exception in good sanitary condition at all times. During the year the question of wrapping all bread was brought up by one of the aldermen, but, after consideration, following a protest-from the bakers, owing to the high prices of ingredients, wrapping paper, etc., it was dropped. The wrapping of bread is undoubtedly important and should be brought up again as soon as the unusual high prices of materials make it practicable. Meat Inspection The system of inspecting meats at the green groceries, cold storage plants, etc., is still followed with as good results as possible, but this inspection can never be as effective as it should be until a central killing place is provided, where ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of all animals is possible. The present practice of allowing animals to be killed anywhere in the country and the meat to be brought to the city indiscriminately is bad and should be stopped. At the present time a group of butchers and business men are planning the erection of a abattoir and packing plant and propose to start their plant immediately after the passage of an ordinance compelling the slaughter of all animals in a plant having certain requirements as to location, sanitary construction, etc. These men have gone on record as offering the city all the co-operation possible in the way of proper sanitation, inspection, etc., and their efforts should be recognized and rewarded by an equal co-operation and spirit of reciprocity on the part of the city. The proposed plant offers all that could be desired in the way of a really healthy and 464 MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT sanitary meat supply for Savannah and is essentially what I have been advocating during the two and a half years since my appointment. The present slaughter pens now used by the local butchers have been found to be constructed and operated in as sanitary way as is possible under the circumstances, but a central abattoir would automatically do away with these as well as the indiscriminate slaughter of animals through the country. Green Groceries The inspections of the green groceries have been made more frequently this year with very satisfactory results so far as sanitation and the condition of the meats is concerned. Many of these places are of necessity located in the poorer sections of the city and in these it is impossible to require that expensive fixtures be installed, but cleanliness is insisted upon and they are steadily improving along this line as well as to the condition of meat handled. All the green groceries should be required to obtain a permit from the Health Officer before operating as do the restaurants and bakeries. This would result in the saving of considerable time and effort of the inspector in getting new places up to the standard. * Fish Houses Inspections of the retail fish houses have been made at very frequent intervals and with but few exceptions have been kept in a very satisfactory manner. The fish kept have been good and have been handled in such a way as to prevent rapid spoiling. Inspections were made during 1916, totaling 18,428, and were divided as follows: Green groceries, 10,559; restaurants, ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________465 5,605; bakeries, 860; packers, 220; fish houses, 894; cold storage, 90; market, 146; special, 27; Police Court, 16; slaughter pens, 11. Condemnations in 1916 aggregated 58,356 Ibs., as follows: Beef, 6,314; pork, 2,761; veal, 368; fish, 41,870; liver, 2,040; sausage, 2,660; poultry, 184; miscellaneous meats, 1,929; goat, 210; cheese, 40. In addition there were condemned 3 crates crabs, 1 case eggs, 105 crates cauliflower, 1 car melons;, 168 crates peaches. Tuberculin Test of Dairy Herds The first test of all the dairies was completed in June, 1916, when the work was stopped because of the warm weather. i The second tests were started in November, 1916, with the exception of herds Nos. 1, 2, 3 (2nd test, 1916). In the second test the per cent, of reacters was 10.6, as compared with 6.8 per cent, in the first test. This resulted from " the fact that in making the second tests the herds which contained one or more reacters on the first test were tested first. In the second test of the first ten dairies examined only four contained reacters, while on the first test all had one or more reacters. In April Dr. Hutchins and Dr. Moegling of the State Department came to Savannah at the request of this office and assisted in the slaughter of the reaeters in the tuberculous herds and at the same time assisted in making retests. Since April the reacters have been taken out of the herds immediately and killed. 466 ________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ EXTRACTS FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BACTERIOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916. Savannah, Ga., December 31, 1916. Dr. AY. F. BRUXNER, Health Officer and Secretary Board of Sanitary Commissioners City of Savannah, Ga. Sir: The City Bacteriologist respectfully sumbits the following report of the work of the Laboratory for the year 1916. The total number of laboratory examinations made in 1916 was twelve thousand, six hundred and forty-two (12.642), an increase of one thousand, three hundred and twenty (1,320) over 1915. There was a considerable increase iu examinations of milk and water, and a slight decrease in clinical examinations. The work of the year is presented in detailed form in Table No. I. A resume of the work of the department since its establishment in 1908, is presented ir Tables Nos. II and III. TABLE No. I. SHOWING LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS MADE IN 1916 BY MONTHS Examinations of sputum and other material for tuberculosis, positive ____ . __ _______________ Examinations of sputum and other material for tuberculosis, negative _____ - _ _ ______ Diphtheria cultures for diagnosis, positive.. ._ Diphtheria cultures for diagnosis, negative... _ Diphtheria cultures for release of quarantine, positive Diphtheria cultures for release of quarantine, negative Typhoid fever, Widal tests, positive ____ _ Typhoid fever, Widal tests, negative.. _ __ . _____ Typhoid fever, Widal tests, suggestive ____________ Typhoid fever, urine examinations _______ _____ Typhoid fever, blood cultures _ __ .. __ _________ Malarial fever? blood examinations, positive ________ Malarial fever, blood examinations, negative _________ Animal parasites (other than malarial) positive __ Animal parasites (other than malarial) negative __ Meningitis (ccrebro-spinal fever) negative _ _ _ Ophthalmia, positive _______ ___ __________ Ophthalmia, negative _________ _____ Special examinations ________ __ _____ Chemical examinations, milk, cream, food, water, ice, etc. ________________ _ __ _______ Bacteriological examinations, milk, cream, food, water, ice, etc. __________ _ _ _ _ _ Total examinations ____ __ . ______ Grand Total ________ . _ _____ i? 9 29 11 36 12 15 9 2 1N 12 33 4 15 8 7 1 14 14 4 11 1 1 23 5 11 2 _ 1 _ 14 309 484 961 18 309 492 954 1 12 56 3 19 5 4 1 10 3 u o < 10 33 2 15 4 3 3 17 7 11 j 12 345 519 1014 1 26 i 27 354 496 1011 I 8 36 2 19 4 3 3 30 3 o I 3 28 2 20 1 10 27 4 ! 6 43 7 23 1 17 426 566 1197 6 33 15 20 1 ?, 21 379 528 1100 1 7 44 1 9 1 8 36 8 6 42 7 18 1 25 351 562 1126 3 < 11 27 r t. 15 1 2 2 49 5 13 44 9 14 1 21 350 562 1129 d 4> 03 12 17 8 18 6 8 2 24 5 1 _! 8 8 24 10 17 r fc K t t U 1 I 7 30 20 34 12 23 5 9 2 o a 7 34 11 44 9 20 3 12 - O' 7 35 8 22 .... 13 318 512 1018 8 31 7 11 2 12 339 493 990 6 30 14 14 - 17 350 547 1120 1 17 g 1 5 323 516 1022 i o H 106 391 77 261 64 92 43 251 40 1 2 53 340 91 178 10 8 2 202 4153 6277 12642 112642 468 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT TABLE No. H. Review of Laboratory Examinations since October, 1908, showing number of Clinical examinations and number of Bacteriological and Chemical examinations of food, etc.: Clinical Food Tear Examinations Examinations Totals 1908 (3 months)____ 284 121 405 1909 ____________ 1,947 656 2,603 1910 __________ 1,779 6,956 8,735 1911 ____________ 2,168 7,930 10,098 1912 ____________ 2,081 6,169 8,250 1913 -___________ 2,787 5,437 8,224 1914 ________-___ 2,478 8,004 10,482 1915 ____________ 2,517 8,805 11,322 1916 ____________ 2,212 10,430 12,642 Grand Totals____18,253 54,508 72,761 TABLE No. SHOWING TOTAL NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS BY YEARS Total No. examinations for tuberculosis ______ Total No. examinations for typhoid fever ..____ Total No. examinations for diphtheria _ ______ Total No. examinations for malarial fever.. ________ Total No. examinations for animal parasites ________ Total No. examinations for meningitis ______________ Total No. examinations for ophthalmia _ ____ _______ Total No. examinations for special purposes ________ Total No. examinations food, etc., chemical __________ Total No. examinations food, etc., bacteriological ____ Grand Totals... __ _______________ 1908 3Mos. 35 34 156 24 20 15 56 65 405 1909 310 284 553 265 353 7 175 245 411 2603 1910 379 200 621 228 176 4 171 3474 3482 8735 1911 393 342 876 192 128 89 148 4099 3831 10098 1912 491 299 590 304 175 25 197 2854 3315 8250 1913 547 458 909 409 249 16 199 2522 2915 8224 1914 540 338 897 319 198 5 181 3357 4647 10482 1915 527 424 782 348 205 11 10 210 3321 5484 11322 1916 497 337 494 393 269 10 10 202 4153 6277 12642 Total 3719 2716 5878 2482 1773 167 20 1498 24081 30427 72761 470 MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT REGULATIONS FOR LABORATORY WORK As information, the following statements concerning the work of the department are reprinted annually, with such changes as have been made by direction of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners. The department offers facilities for the laboratory diagnosis and quarantine control of the communicable diseases, for the examination of milk, milk products and other food, for the examination of water and ice, and for making such other examinations, bearing on problems of municipal health, hygiene and sanitation, as may be ordered by the Health Officer. The facilities of the Department are properly applied only to those examinations which have a direct bearing on public health. Clinical examinations which have only a private interest are, therefore, not made. Services of this kind should be procured from practicing physicians or from commercial clinical laboratories which make a specialty of this kind of work. The facilities of the laboi-atory should be applied only to those lines of work in which, by public report, inspection, and systematic efforts for public education and prophylaxis, adequate results can be obtained in the line of improvement of public health. By a regulation of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, specimens from patients with communicable diseases reportable by law -to the Health Officer, as the official representative of the Board, are not examined until such report has been made by the attending physician as required by law. The enforcement of this regulation has resulted in a much more complete and prompt report of such communicable diseases, and in a more complete control of such com- ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT__________471 municable diseases. Any delay in such examinations is chargeable to the attending physician who has failed to make such required reports. ***** LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Tuberculosis Four hundred and ninety-seven (497) specimens, mainly sputa, were examined for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. One hundred and six (106) specimens contained tubercle bacilli; three hundred and ninety-one (391) were negative. The direct method was used, two smears being examined and an average time of twenty-three minutes spent on each negative specimen. Many duplicate specimens were examined. Malarial Fever Three hundred and ninety-three (393) specimens of blood were examined for malarial parasites. In fifty-three (53) specimens, parasites were found, as follows: Tertian infections _________29 specimens Double tertian infections ____ 6 specimens Aestivo-autumnal infections 18 specimens In most instances, thin smears were examined and an average time of 28.2 minutes was spent on each negative case. The thick smear method was used in suitable cases on request of physicians. Many specimens were examined in which there was only a possibility of finding parasites, for the purpose of excluding malaria. Blood smears from many of these cases afterwards proven to be typhoid fever were thus examined. 472__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_____ Typhoid Fever Three hundred and thirty-seven (337) examinations were made, including one diazo-test and two blood cultures. Three hundred and thirty-four (334) Widal tests were made, of which forty-three (43) were positive, forty (40) suggestive, and two hundred and fifty-one (251) negative. Many duplicate specimens were examined. A-nima.1 Parasites Two hundred and sixty-nine (269) specimens of feces were examined for animal parasites. In ninety-one (91) specimens, parasites or ova were found, as follows: Hookworm 68 Ascaris ______ 5 Encysted flagellates 6 Triehocephalus trichiuris _______ 2 Cercomonas intestinalis ____ 8 Taenia saginata ___ 5 In four eases there were double infections: Hookworm and ascaris _ 2 Hookworm and trichocephalus 1 Hookworm and cercomonas 1 Meningitis In ten (10) cases, specimens of spinal fluid were examined for the diagnosis of meningitis. In two (2) cases, pneumoeoeei were found. Eight (8) were negative for any organisms, no cases of eerebro-spinal fever coming under observation during the year. Diptheria There was a marked decrease in the number of eases of diptheria in 1916, and a corresponding decrease in the number of cultures examined. For diagnosis, three hundred MAYOR'S ANNUAL EEPORT 473 and thirty-eight (338) cultures and swabs were examined. A positive diagnosis was made in seventy-seven (77) cases. Of the positive eases, sixty-four (64) were pharyngeal, nine (9) laryngeal, and four (4) nasal. By direct bacterioscopic examination of smears from the swabs, an immediate diagnosis was made in fifty-three and two tenths per cent. (53.2%) of the positive cases. One hundred and fifty-six (156) cultures were examined for control of quarantine, of which sixty-four (64) positive and ninety-two (92) negative. In most instances a single culture was examined. In about ten per cent, of the cases, two or more negative cultures were made. It is recommended that two consecutive negative cultures be required in all cases for release of quarantine. The average period of quarantine was fifteen (15) days. Rabies Pour (4) animals, all dogs, were examined for the diagnosis of rabies. A positive diagnosis was made in three (3) instances. In addition, four (4) animals were held under observation, but proved not to be rabid. This is a smaller number than has been submitted to examination for some years; this is possibly the result of the activities of the dog-catcher, whose good work should continue. It has been proved that it is possible to eradicate rabies by a quarantine of dogs. Not many human beings die of this disease, but its prevalence is a cause of much needless expense and suffering. The disease is the cause of death of a considerable number of dogs yearly, and considerations of kindness to animals alone would justify its eradication. As long as the disease continues to be endemic, there is danger of its increase to an epidemic. The presence of dogs infected with this disease communicable to man, on the streets of the city, is a menace to every individual and especially to children. 474 __________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS Two hundred and two (202) examinations, mainly clinical, were made, of a varying character. Seven (7) samples of coal were analyzed for the water department. Six (6) samples of ice were examined bacteriologically, for the purpose of certification to interstate carriers. In all instances the bacterial counts were low, and fermenting organisms were absent. All ice used is artificial ice, and is now made for the most part from artesian water from private wells. Ice is found occasionally to contain lime and magnesia salts, frozen into the cakes. This deposit is the mineral solids found naturally in the artesian water, and is harmless. EXAMINATION OF MILK Three thousand, four hundred and seventy-six (3,476) samples of milk were examined during the year. The results are about the same as in the past two or three years, the milk being of very good quality. The results of the analyses of milk are shown in Tables Nos. IV, V, VI, VII and VIII. Bacteriological counts were made on slightly acid agar after incubation three days at 20 degrees C. Seventy-nine and three-tenths per cent. (79.3%) of the samples contain less than 100,000 bacteria per CC. Thirteen and one-tenth per cent. (13.1%) of samples contain excessive numbers of bacteria. Five and four-tenths per cent. (5.4%) of the samples examined contained less than the legal amount of butter fat. Only five-tenths of one per cent. (0.5%) of the samples examined Avere deficient in solids not fat. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________475 Thirty-three (33) defective samples were examined with the Dipping Befractometer, and of these, twenty-five (25) were found to be adulterated by the addition of water. TABLE No. IV. Table showing the results of the examination of three thousand, four hundred and seventy-four (3,474) samples of milk with regard to the content of solids other than fat (solids not fat). Standard not less than 8.5% of solids not fat. No. of PerSamples centage Samples with 9% of solids not fat, or more_3,313 95.4% Samples with from 8.5 to 8.9% of solids not fat ______________________ 145 4.2% Samples with from 8.0 to 8.4% of solids not fat ______________________ 10 0.3% Samples below 8.0% of solids not fat____ 6 0.2% Samples below standard of 8.5% of solids not fat ______________________ 16 0.5% TABLE No. V. Showing results of the examination of three thousand, four hundred and seventy-four (3,474) samples of milk with regards to total solids. Standard 12% of total solids. No. of PerSamples centage Samples with 13% of total solids or more__3,011 86.7% Samples with from 12.5 to 12.9% of total solids ____________________ 349 10.0% Samples with from 12 to 12.4% of total solids 86 2.5% Samples with less than 12% of total solids (below standards) __ 28 0.8% 476__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ TABLE No. VL Showing the results of the examinations of three thousand, four hundred and seventy-five (3,475) samples of milk with regard to fat content. Standard 3.5% fat. No. of PerSamples centage Samples with 4% of fat or more _______2,688 77.4% Samples with from 3.5 to 3.9% fat_____ 599 17.2% Samples with from 3 to 3.4% of fat_____ 159 4.6% Samples with less than 3.% fat________ 29 0.8% Samples with less than the standard of 3.5% fat _____________________'__ 188 5.4% TABLE No. VH. Showing the results of the examinations of three thousand, four hundred and seventy-six (3,476) samples of milk with regard to bacterial content. (Standard during the period, November 1st to April 1st, not more than 100,000 bacteria per CC; standard during period from April 1st to November 1st, not more than 300,- 000 bacteria per CC.) No. of PerSamples centage Samples with less than 50,000 bacteria per CC-2,401 69.1 % Samples with more than 50,000, but less than 100,000 ___________________ 353 10.2% Samples with more than 100,000, but less than 300,000 ____________________ 373 10.7% Samples with more than 300,000, but less than 1,000,000 __________ 223 6.4% Samples with more than 1,000,000 bacteria per CC ______________- 126 3.6% Samples not meeting the standards indicated above _____________________ 456 13.1% TABLE No. Vin. Showing Comparative Number of Illegal Samples of Milk with Percentages. For the Years 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916. Pat (standard 3.5#) _ Total solids (standard 12#) .... __ .. Solids not fat (standard 8.5*) ______ Bacteria per CO. within limits of the standard (See table No. 7).. _.__. Total No. of Samples Exam. 1910 3544 3443 3443 3443 1911 3288 3286 3286 3279 1912 2663 2661 2661 2657 1913 2232 2232 2232 2228 1914 2520 2519 2519 2519 1915 2741 2814 2822 2525 1916 3278 3446 3458 3020 Number of Illegal Samples 1910 212 486 1092 741 1911 106 94 229 567 1912 93 48 58 453 1913 55 26 39 303 1914 64 15 8 410 1915 96 23 15 310 1916 188 28 16 456 Percentage of Illegal Samples 1910 6.0 14.1 31.4 22.9 1911 3.2 2.9 7.2 17.3 1912 3.6 1.8 2.2 17.0 1913 2.5 1.1 1.8 13.6 1914 2.5 0.6 0.3 16.3 1915 3.4 0.8 0.6 10.9 1916 5.4 0.8 0.5 13.1 o SO U3 H *t) O 478 _______MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ EXAMINATION OF CREAM The chemical standard for cream is that it shall not contain less than 18% of butter fat. Of four hundred and six (406) samples examined in 1916, only eight (8) samples, or one and one-half per cent. (1.5%} were found to contain less than the required amount of butter fat. The bacteriological standard for cream is that it snail contain, from November 1st to April 1st, not more than 500.000 bacteria per CC; and that it shall contain, from April 1st to November 1st, not more than 1,000,000 bacteria per CC. Of four hundred and six (406) samples examined during the year, ninety-one (91), or 22.4% contained excessive numbers of bacteria. The average character of cream marketed in Savannah has much, improved. FOOD EXAMINATIONS A number of samples of food and meat were examined, but there is nothing of special interest to note in connection with this work. Additional work in the examination of foods, other than milk, might well be undertaken as a part of the work of the department. A number of samples of liquors, beers, near-beers and beer-like beverages were examined on request of the Police Department, for the purpos of aiding in the enforcement of the prohibition law. EXAMINATION OF WATER The examination of samples of the city water supply, taken both at its sources and from taps in the city, has continued during the year. The situation has remained ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________479 unchanged and it is still necessary to treat the water at both stations to enable us to meet the standard of purity as set by the United States Public Health Service. * * * * * NUMBER OF SAMPLES EXAMINED One thousand, one hundred and seventy-four (1,174) samples of water were examined during the year, from the following sources: No. of Samples River Station, reservoir __________ 306 River Station, tap near pump 98 Gwinnett Station, reservoir at tunnel end_ 303 Gwinnett Station, reservoir near pump 50 Gwinnett Station, Springfield Well-_ 1 Taps in City, at City Hall_________ 268 Taps in City, South of Liberty St.__-_ 115 Special examinations ____________ 17 Examinations of water from private sources, etc. ___________ 16 Total number of samples1,174 Method of Examination The methods approved by the American Public Health Association were used in making the analyses. Bacterial counts were made on cultures in a slightly acid agar medium (plus 0.5 to plus 1.2), incubated 2 days at 37 degrees C. Fermentation tests were made in lactose bouillon. Subcultures were made on Endo medium, and the colon organisms identified by the production of sheen on the medium. A few of the cultures were isolated and examined in detail for purposes of identification. ***** 480__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ Conclusions The rebuilding of the water plant, along the lines recommended by Mr. Dole and by Prof. Whipple, is urgent, both from a sanitary and an economic standpoint. Until these plans are carried out, the water at both plants should be treated continuously with chlorine gas. Some City Official, if necessary, without other duties, should be charged with the duty of maintaining continuous effective treatment. * * * * * ' In conclusion, the Bacteriologist desires to acknowledge his obligation to the Health Officer, to the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, and to his Assistants, for co-operation in making the department useful. ______MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________481 ANNUAL REPORT INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, City of Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: Herewith I have the honor to submit my Annual Report for the year which ended December 31, 1916. PLUMBING INSPECTION FOB THE YEAR 1916 Fixtures Amount of Months. Inspected. Fees Collected. January ______________ 145 $ 72.50 February _____________ 128 64.00 March _______________ 226 113.00 April ________________ 154 77.00 May _______________ 227 113.50 June ________________ 179 89.50 July ________________ 170 85.00 August ___________-___ 211 105.00 September _________1___ 216 108.00 October _____________ 209 104.50 November ____________ 180 90.00 December ____________ 172 86.00 Grand Total ________2,217 $1,108.50 Due to a depression in the building line, both as to the erection of new buildings and extended repairs to buildings not new, I regret to have to report a decrease of 1,066 fix- 4S2__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ tures, amounting to $533.00 in inspection fees, for the year 1916 as compared with the increase of $162.00 of the year 1915 against the year 1914. It necessarily follows that building activity calls for the installation of plumbing fixtures. , In October, 1916, Mr. Clarence H. Kelly was appointed Assistant Inspector of Plumbing. He has assisted me in the inspection of plumbing work, but, as a whole, his time is taken up with house drainage and storm water sewer connections. Due to the rapid extension of the said systems it has been necessary to make this a regular feature of our work and I am glad to know that such an important branch of the inspection service has been placed in the division of plumbing. During the year a total of 357 house drainage inspections were made, divided as follows: '130, made by me before the supervision was transferred from the Chief Engineer's office to mine, such inspection being from the property line into premises. Also, 227 inspections of the connection from main sewer into the premises were made on and after September 15, 1916, on which date this class of work was transferred. $1.00 fee for each of these inspections was reported by me to the City Treasurer for collection. This is also to report that a total of sixteen stormwater sewers were inspected by this office during the year. Twelve of them, from the property line into premises, were inspected prior to September, when this work was placed under my supervision, the other four, from main sewer into the premises, were inspected after that date and a $1.00 fee was reported by me to the City Treasurer for collection. Furthermore, 285 taps from water main to main supply to premises were inspected by this office for plumbers. On behalf of tenants and property owners I investigated 25 cases of faulty plumbing or alleged faulty plumbing and for the Health Officer I made a total of 40 inspections. ________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________483 I still would recommend that a plumbing ordinance be enacted to take the place of the one which has been in effect, practically without amendment, since 1897, and this is to state that over a year ago a complete rough-draft of a good working ordinance was carefully prepared, but it never got to City Council. The ordinance now in effect is a good one in many respects, but I am sure that the contemplated one is much superior. In my Annual Report for the year 1915 I urgently requested that I be given assistance in the carrying out of the duties of my office and this is to express my thanks for having such assistance rendered by the appointment of Mr. Kelly in October. He has given very good service and, as previously stated in this report, I am glad that the housedrainage and stormwater sewer inspections have been placed where, in my judgment, they properly belong. I recommended this, also, in my 1915 Annual Eeport. In conclusion, I wish to thank your honor, the Committee on Public Health and the Board of Plumbing Examiners in carrying out the duties of my office. Yours respectfully, C. W. TANNER, Inspector of Plumbing 484__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT______ ANNUAL REPORT OF CITY DISPENSARY January 1, 1917. MAYOR W. J. PIERPONT, City. Dear Sir: I herewith submit the report of the City Dispensary for the year ending December 31, 1916. Number prescriptions filled are as follows: White. Black. Total. January ______________ 609 1,313 1,922 February _____________ 565 1,113 1,678 March _______________ 584 1,239 1,823 April ________________ 516 1,139 1,655 May ______.________ 653 1,269 1,922 June ________.______ 605 1,244 1,849 July ______________ 516 1,348 1,864 August ______________ 607 1,279 1,886 September ____________ 551 1,116 1,667 October ______________ 493 1,071 1,564 November ____________ 362 931 1,293 December ____________ 339 837 1,176 Totals ______________6,400 13,899 20,299 These besides supplies for the various charitable institutions: Home for Aged, Abraham's Home, Day Nursery, District Nurses, Free Clinic, Fresh Air Home, Trhercular Nurse, also Police Station, City Physicians, that come under the head of specials. Respectfully yours, JOHN H. HARMS, Keeper City Dispensary. I MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AS PER PHYSICIANS. Belcher _____ Middleton ___ Taylor ______ Morrison .___ Chedel __. Iseman ____ Lee, L. _.____ Tyson _._ Leftwich _ Martin, R. V Daniels __ Usher, S. __ Stothart, W. War'ng, A. J._ Stothart, J. Bray ___._ Pinckney _. Heriot __ Corson ___. Cooper __ Wahl _._ Wilson ___ Eeid .__._ Lang ........ deCaradeuc Thomas _ Johnson Orear Stotha Carter Winders Baker Edwards Lapat Collier Bruaner __ Exley Hannon __ Redmond _ Usher, C. Blake _ Norton, W. Cleaborne Fanner Myers Lee, W. W. 534! 474 .!302'297 571477 622 304274262 333 266 330 241343 289 29! 11 81 70 60 44 39 44 51 38 211 13 31 19 57 77 64 48 63: 51 35 27 __ _. 17' 52 41' 31! 15! 19 19! 15 22' 29 15 27 51 33 7 31 9 16 15 27 26 28 25, 18! 20; 9 -__-J___ 12 12 14| 19 19 38 23 13 17 598609640562519'468411 2731 312290222226194219 108110108 33203247303251138 94 70 50 36 37 49 55 41 22 39! 16 20 56 68 25 2 38! 35 55 51 12 25! 181 8 22 11 1 17 39' 22 24 25! 24' 30 36 25 So 52 38 57 17 6 : 17 33 151 28 29; 24 12 27, 23 31 16i 19' 16 9] 121 21 21 6 9 27 111 20 82' 40 22! 30 23^ 27 26! 32 19 17 19 39 21 36 22. 25 38 16 39 43 3 ; 18 39 42 17 29 18 28 11 15 141 17 7 11 10! 8, 17 13 4: 7 10 10 15 6 10 6 11 .__- 3 13 t, E. J. - 9 2 i 3 ___-__.. i 3 8 _ .___ __ .J 11 11 s ..1 7! 12 7 12 ?, 1 3 3 10 7 41l 15, 4; i: _ i. 9 6 1 5 r 5 2, 12 2i 2 6 12 8; 15 6! 9 10 11 2 8 6 5 1 i 8 39 _I ...I 8i 2 2 9 10 8 13; 15 6 6 10 2' 4 18, 15 8! 19 8i 4_ 1 4 8 2 1 13 2. 16 4. 3| 4, 10, 2 6 11 -L.J 4 4 10 6 2 7 9' 10 1, 3 4 4 1 11 11 12 8! 36 34 17' 35 14 18 17 21 24 26 19 6 24 21 37 28 15 15' 5 14 I 4. 3 13 5 5! 4 11, 12 16i 7 13 147 8| 16 11 131 11 4 11' 11 15 8 4 7 5 81 5 3 236 13 8! 1 ,__! 8' 8 232 6 3 865 4 1 4 1 1 2 424 ,_J_.J 2 1 3 6 < 4__ 592 ...I_i 5 71 3 6'-J_ 4, 1 4 1 1 7_' 5 6,485 3,175 1,810 1,377 926 586 417 365 324 320 305 285 279 267 242 236 226 212 178 166 165 154 136 94 91 76 75 74 70 63 60 58 57 52 51 51 45 44 43 43 39 39 31 31 31 30 486 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AS PER PHYSICIANS (Continued.) f ayiouTT Rogers ___ - Jones _ ... Brannen _ I 1?. 4 4 3 t , ?, jMarch 5 ?, S ?, !* *|a if 2 _ _ 1 4 2 2 I-S 4 t s 1 1 bO 5 4 1 : sto 9 1 I ?, 4 i z 4 f, ?. 8 c 1 1 a ^3 ^3 97 97 25 24 Norton, G. M.__ 1113 2213441: I 1 Harris, W. A... 2_'_! 1 2 1 15 2_I_'...I_I Jackson ______ 1_i 9 _'_I 2 2_'_ 422 Usher, J. A______... 215152122 _._' 1 _ Williams, L. W.__ _ _'_ _! 3 210 _i 4 1_ 1 Righton ________ !_ 3 2 5_' 1 2 4 1_ Crawford ._.._...._ 1__L__ 1__: 2733 Frasier-.__.______ 411!_ 1__i 1 Underwood.._ 2 1 2 5 'I_ 2 4 Barrow ______ _ 1 _ 1 4 5 3|_ Corbin _ 1_> 2 2 5 1 li 2. Maxwell -____ 3 6_ _> 21 1 2. Fischer _..___ 322 2 _'_._'_I 3. Keister _...._._..._'_'_____' 7 4. Boyde __-_._ _ _ 1 4 Hesse ___-__- _ 1_ 1_i 1 Eubin 3_ 1_' 1 2 White _-_____ _i 2 _ __'_ _ Chisholm _.__._ _ 1_ _ 1...... I. Clay .....__.___ _ _ ___ _ _' 2 2' Dancy _.____ _ _ _ 1111 AIcGee ___ 2 _ _ _ _ _ _I 1 Smith, E. J.____ _ _ _ _ _ _'_i_i_i_ 1 Weinberg _._.__ _ 1 2 _ _ _ _I_'...'_ Bassett ________ '___!_; _ 2 Este _._.___ _ _ _ _ _ 2 _!_'_ _ _i_! Olmstead ____ _ _ _ _ _ __'_ _i_ 2 _! Osborne _____ _ 2 _ _ _'_ _I_ _ _I_' Tompkins ____. _ _ _ _ 1_ _ _ _ _ _I 1 Daniel, J. W. Purse _____ Train ____________ 1 1 _ 1 ___ j i ( ! 1! j \ 1 1 1 1 _ _l 1 _ j i . 24 23 22 22 21 19 17 17 16 14 14 14 12 11 9 8 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 20.299 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPOftT 487 REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIANS EASTERN DISTRICT Savannah, Ga., January 5, 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, City of Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir:I respectfully tender you this, my Annual Report, for the year 1915: MONTH January __ . _ ______________ February _ _ ____________________ March . April ______________________________ May ___________________________ June .___ ____________ July ___ . __ . ____ __________ August _. __. __ . ___ . _____ September __________ _ _ October __ __ . __ __ . ________ November ______ _____________ December _. ___ ______________ Totals ____________________ P.T. 306 319 294 282 308 294 345 292 345 265 207 204 3,461 O.C. 21V 201 179 215 209 187 235 186 260 193 137 83 2,302 H.V. 136 144 1K4. 100 101 135 150 131 105 inn 93 97 1,456 G.I. 16 12 90 14 16 13 20 16 18 16 15 10 186 C.H. 9 14 8 10 13 18 19 in 6 8 110 Respectfully submitted, C. C. MIDDLETON. 505 Charlton St., East. 498 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT NORTHERN DISTRICT Savannah, Ga., January 13. 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, City of Savannah. Dear Sir:I herewith submit my Annual Report as Acting City Physician for the year 1917: Total number of patients treated______ 2,148 House visits _________________________ 1,737 Total number of office calls-________ 1,375 Sent to Savannah Hospital______ 61 Sent to the St. Joseph Hospital__ 68 Sent to the Park View Sanitarium____ 58 Sent to the Georgia Infirmary_ 11 Policemen treated ____ 52 Firemen treated _____ 81 Respectfully submitted, JAMES E. MORRISON, Acting City Physician, Northern District. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 469 SOUTHERN DISTRICT Savannah, Ga., January 15th, 1917. THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, City of Savannah. Gentlemen:I have the pleasure to submit to you my Annual Report for the year 1916: Total number of office calls, 2,446; house calls, 3,037; patients treated, 3,384. Sent of Savannah hospitals: Savannah, 20; St. Joseph, 31; Park View, 27; Georgia Infirmary, 15; Charity Hospital, 6. As you will see by report, this i a very large number of patients for the small salary paid. I hope the Mayor and the honorable body feel the salary of the City Physicians should be increased. Very respectfully, L. J. CHEDEL, City Physician, Southern District. 490 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT WESTERN DISTRICT Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir:I herewith respectfully submit my report as City Physician, "Western District, for year ending December 31st, 1916: MONTH P-T. January ______ _ __ _ . __ 562 February ___ . ________ 340 March _ .... __ . _ . __ .._ _ . 588 April __________ _ __ 505 May _ __ .. __ ... _ . __ ...-..._.' 614 June __ _________ - __ 615 July _._. __ .. __ .. ____ . _ .; 636 August _. __ ___________ 652 September __ ... _ _ _ ___ 835 October ____ _ . _ __ 595 November __ _. . ___ _ .665 December _. __ ________ 435 Total __ ...... ____ ; 7,142 ( H.V. 335 266 313 347 391 408 420 415 369 487 412 262 4,425 O.C. ?=>! 224 238 178 252 231 264 251 488 239 187 131 2,934 Ga. 13 16 26 15 19 15 28 20 16 13 18 218 Char. 6 4 5 3 6 6 7 4 5 7 5 3 61 Very respectfully, P. S. BELCHER, M. D., Physician, Western District. __________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________491 ANNUAL REPORT OF ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, JANUARY, 1916. Number of patients remaining in St. Joseph Hospital December 31, 1916_________________ 49 Admitted during year 1916________________ 1,103 Total Number Treated__________________ 1,152 Number discharged ______________ 1,112 Number of deaths_________ 40 Number remaining December 31, 1916_________ 38 Number of births_______________________ 88 Number of operations_______________ 626 SISTER M. HELENA, Superior. ANNUAL REPORT OF PARK VIEW SANITARIUM, JANUARY, 1916. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor. Sir: The Directors of the Park View Sanitarium have the honor to submit to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1916. 492 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT The care of the sanitarium includes: Treatment, lodging, nourishment, medicines, surgical appliances, surgical operations and care of obstetrical cases. The sanitarium has received without limitation, all patients sent in by physicians of Savannah, the Police Departmentin fact, all deserving patients living in Savannah (excepting only contagious diseases). The following table shows the record of City patients; the appended the total work done by the sanitarium for the year: YEAR 1916 January __ _ _ February ___ - March __ . __ _ April _ . __ . May _. __ . June July ___._ August -_ -_ September _____ October ______ November _ - December _ Hos. Days 474 436 dflQ 432 476 317 403 361 366 328 291 219 4,512 Admi'd 40 32 35 49 44 30 36 57 33 44 29 19 448 Female 23 16 19 26 28 22 23 39 17 27 15 10 265 Male 17 16 16 23 16 8 13 18 16 17 14 9 183 Births 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 j 16 Deaths 3 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 15 Total number of patients admitted during the year__ 1,623 Total number of hospital days_14,825 Total number of deaths 51 Total number of surgical operations 870 Patients moribund when admitted 25 Mortality ____ 3% Mortality, less moribund 1 Total cost per patient, per day $2.01 Respectfully submitted, L. C. SAYILLB, B. N., Superintendent MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 493 REPORT OF GEORGIA INFIRMARY January 1, 1917. STATISTICAL REPORT Number of patients in. Infirmary January 1, 1916_ 52 Number of patients admitted in 1916_____1,233 Number of patients cared for in 1916_____1,285 Number of patients discharged in 1916________1,021 Number of patients died in 1916___________ 209 Number of patients remaining January 1, 1917___ 55 Number of births in Infirmary during 1916_____ 48 Number of moribund patients admitted in 1916_ 49 Mortality __________________________ 16.9 Corrected mortality _______________ 12.93 Tubercular admissions, 1916,______________ 80 Operations during 1916 ________________ 334 Surgical deaths, 1916 __________________ 17 Medical deaths, 1916 ___________________ 192 Total number hospital days, 1916__________22,568 Total number hospital days, city patients_____19,889 Total number hospital days, other patients. _____2,679 Daily average number patients 1916____ 61.8 Largest number patients any one day_________ 77 Smallest number patients any one day________ 42 Daily average cost per patient per day____ 54.6 RECEIPTS City of Savannah ____________$ 5,499.96 Chatham County ____________ 3,500.00 Pay patients _____________ 3,008.23 Received from interest on investments _________________ 679.43 Donation Savannah Benevolent Association ________________ 250.00 Student nurses for books--______ 13.00 Deficit, 1916 ___________.._ 651.71 $13,602.33 494__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT DISBURSEMENTS Salaries __________________$ 4,544.75 Provisions ______________ 4,155.92 Drugs and surgical supplies______ 1,752.23 Repairs, plumbing, etc. ________ 134.27 Household supplies __________ 411.35 Electric lights and gas________ 375.23 Coal and wood _____________ 447.00 Undertaker's account _________ 208.50 Telephones ._____________. 44.57 Insurance ______________ 78.55 Interest and collection charges- 173.81 Expenses for year ___________$12,326.18 Deficit, 1915 ______________ 1,276.15$13,602.33 Appropriation for City of Savannah and Chatham County averages for charity patients per day, there being 19,889 hospital days_____. ________ 45.2 Number of attendants, including two white nurses 23 Attest: HENRY C. CUNNINGHAM, MARCUS S. BAKER, President. Secretary and Treasurer. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 495 REPORT OF CHARITY HOSPITALCOLORED Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1917. HON. W. J. PIEEPONT, Mayor, City of Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I beg to submit to you this, my annual report for Charity Hospital, for the year ending December 31, 1916: City. Pay. Total. Patients left in hospital January 1, 1916 _________________ 12 16 28 Patients cared for during 1916-__ 381 428 809 Hospital days __________1__4,388 4,134 8,522 Surgical cases ____________ 171 354 525 Surgical operations __________ 73 209 282 Births __________________ 11 6 17 Deaths _________________ 48 24 72 Moribund ________________ 16 13 29 Left in hospital December 31,1916__ 10 16 26 Average cost city per diem_ .20 Respectfully submitted, I. D. WILLIAMS, M. D., Treasurer. 496 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF SAVANNAH HOSPITAL January 1, 1917. HON. WALLACE J. PIEEPONT, Mayor, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: I have the honor of submitting to you the report of our hospital from January 1 to December 31, 1916, hoping it will prove satisfactory: Number of patients in hospital December 31, 1915__ 46 Number of patients admitted during 1916___ 1,302 Number of patients in hospital during 1916 1,348 Number of pay patients __________________ 984 Number of city and county patients___. 364 Total number of hospital days______________16,335 Number of births. 62 Number of surgical operations_____________ 692 Number of deaths, including six moribund 47 Number of patients discharged 1,305 Number of patients remaining in hospital December 31, 1916 __________________________ 43 Respectfully submitted, H. L. JENKINS. ORDINANCES ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA IN 1916 COMPILED BY THOMAS HALLIGAN CLERK OF COUNCIL ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________499 AUTOMOBILES, FARES AND RATES By Committee on Police: An ordinance to amend an ordinance adopted by council April 15, 1914, and entitled, "An ordinance to prescribe fares and rates to be charged by automobiles, hacks and all passenger and baggage vehicles in the city of Savannah; to provide a penalty for the violation thereof, and for other purposes," as amended by ordinance adopted by council July 22, 1914, and November 24, 1915, 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 adopted by council April 15, 1914, and entitled, "An ordinance to prescribe fares and rates to be charged by automobiles, hacks and all passenger and baggage vehicles in the city of Savannah; to provide a penalty for the violation thereof, and for other purposes," as amended by an ordinance adopted July 22,1914, and as further amended by an ordinance adopted November 24,1915, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking from said ordinance as amended sub-section A of Section 1, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(a) Within the district bounded as follows: Commencing at the foot or northern end of Randolph street, and running south on Randolph street to Liberty street (including Tybee depot and yards), thence west on Liberty street to East Broad street, thence south on East Broad street to Gwinnett street, thence east on Gwinnett street to Atlantic avenue, thence south on Atlantic avenue to Fortieth street, thence west on Fortieth street to "West Boundary street; thence north along the western line of West Boundary street (including Brinson Railroad depot and Laurel Grove Cemetery) to Jones street, thence west along 503 MAYOK'S ANNUAL, REPORT Jones street to Stiles avenue, thence north along Stiles avenue (including Midland Railway depot and yards), to Louisville road, thence east along Louisville road to West Boundary street, thence north along "West Boundary street to Bay street, thence west along Bay street to the western city limits, thence north along the line of the western city limits to the Savannah river, thence east along the southern line of the Savannah river to the point of beginning, the rate of transporting passengers by all horse-drawn vehicles from one point to another within said boundaries shall not exceed twenty-five (25) cents for each passenger." 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 Dec. 20, 1916. AUTOMOBILES, MOTORCYCLES AND OTHER VEHICLES.REGULATIONS FOR By Alderman Carson: An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance to regulate automobiles, motorcycles and other vehicles in the city of Savannah; to provide for the registration of automobiles, motorcycles and similar vehicles, to prescribe rales regulating traffic upon the streets and lanes of said city, and for other purposes," adopted Sept. 17, 1913, by inserting in lieu of the words "if necessary to avoid coining up to the car or passengers," the words, "at least eight feet from said car," and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, that the certain ordinance, adopted Sept. 17, 1913, entitled, "An ordi- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT1 601 nance to regulate automobiles, motorcycles *nd similar vehicles in the city of Savannah; to provide for the registration of automobiles, motorcycles and similar vehicles; to prescribe rules regulating traffic upon the streets and lanes of said city and for other purposes," be amended by inserting in paragraph "b" of section 4, in lieu of the words "if necessary to avoid coming up to the car or passengers," the words: "at least eight feet from said car," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: "(b) When a street car stops to take on or let off passengers, all vehicles nearing the said street car, shall check the speed, and at least eight feet from said car, the said vehicles shall come to a full stop, until said street car shall have resumed its progress and all the persons leaving the street car shall have reached the sidewalk, nor shall any vehicles pass such street car by going around its left." Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed Sept. 27, 1916. AUTOMOBILES, MOTORCYCLES, ETC. By Committee on Finance: An ordinance to require all automobiles, motorcycles and similar vehicles in the city of Savannah to register their state numbers, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, that every person, firm or corporation owning, using or operating within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah, upon the 502 MAYOR'S ANNTJAL REPORT streets and lanes thereof, any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle, or conveyance of like character, whether propelled by gasoline, steam, electricity or other motive power, shall register the state license number with the clerk of council of the city of Savannah, on or before the first day of March, 1916, and at the time of first operation and each year thereafter not later than the first day of March. Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons passing through the city of Savannah, or visiting said city for a period of thirty (30) days or less. A special book shall be kept by the clerk of council for the purpose of registration of said machines, which registry shall show the name and street address of the owner and number assigned by the state, and the make, style and kind of such automobile. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction in the police court of the city of Savannah, be fined in a sum not exceeding $100 and imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, either or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed, excepting the ordinance entitled "An ordinance to regulate automobiles, motorcycles and other vehicles in the city of Savannah, to provide for the registration of automobiles, motorcycles and similar vehicles, to prescribe the rules regulating traffic upon the streets and lanes of said cit\-, and for other purposes," to which this ordinance is supplementary, and in lieu of section one of said entitled ordinances, sections two to twelve, inclusive, of said entitled ordinance being specifically reenacted. Ordinance passed Jan. 5, 1916. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 503 BOAKD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS.DATE FOR MEETING OF By Committee on Health: An ordinance to amend section 891 of the code of the city of Savannah (MacDonell's, 1907), relative to the meetings of the board of. sanitary commissioners. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this ordinance section 891 of the code of the city of Savannah (MacDonell's, 1907), shall be amended by striking from the second line of said section as published the word, "preceding," and inserting in lieu thereof the word, "after," so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: "891. Meeting of board. The stated meeting of the board shall take place on the Tuesday after each regular meeting of city council, and if any member shall absent himself from three consecutive meetings without sufficient cause, his seat shall be declared vacant and his place supplied as provided in the organization of the board. Any vacancies otherwise occurring, either by death or resignation, shall also be filled in the same manner. The mayor shall be ex-officio chairman of the board of sanitary commissioners." Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed March 1, 1916. 504__________MAYOR'S AKNUAL REPORT____________ BONAVENTURE CEMETERY.SALE OF LOTS IN By Committee on Health: An ordinance to provide for the sale of lots in section "X" of Bonaventure Cemetery with care in. perpetuity, and to provide for the regulation and limitation of the uses of said lots, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That all lots in section "N" of Bonaventure Cemetery, containing two hundred and eighty-nine (289) cemetery lots, as the same appears on the official plan or map of Bonaventure Cemetery on file in the office of the chief engineer of the city of Savannah, be sold by the city to parties, for burial purposes, only when such parties shall arrange with the city for the care of said lots in perpetuity. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the charges for said care in perpetuity shall be a cash payment of two hundred ($200) dollars for lots of four hundred (400) square feet or less, and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each additional one hundred (100) square feet or part thereof, the same to be paid in addition to the cost of the lot at such price as may then obtain for lots in said cemetery not sold with care in perpetuity. See. 3. Be it further ordained, That the said section of said cemetery shall be perpetuated in grass and there shall be no copings, fences, hedges "or enclosure of any kind whatever, the demarkation of lots shall be made by the use of marble or granite cornerstones or markers set flush with the ground with respective section and lot numbers cut in their faces. The planting of trees, shrubs, plants or flowers shall not be permitted on said lots, provided, however, that parties owning lots may place cut howers, potted flowering plants and potted ferns upon the graves in their lots. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 505 See. 4. Be it fniiher ordained, That when said lots are sold with an agreement for care in perpetuity the city shall, through its proper departments, take all proper, reasonable and necessary care of such lots, including the raking, watering, grassing and general care of the same, but not to include work on monuments and tombstones therein or other unusual care, except by special agreement. See. 5. Be it further ordained, That when lots in said section "N" of Bonaventure Cemetery are hereafter sold, there shall be a clause inserted in the deed conveying the same, subjecting the same to all the terms and provisions of this ordinance. Sec. 6. 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 26, 1916. BONDS.CONFIRMING SALE OF HOUSE DRAINAGE By Finance Committee: An ordinance to confirm the sale of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), face value, in bonds of the city. of Savannah, issued for the extension of the house drainage and storm sewerage systems; to provide the manner in which the same shall be signed, to authorize the execution and delivery thereof, and for other purposes. Whereas, pursuant to valid ordinances and resolutions heretofore enacted, adopted and approved, after due and legal advertisement, bids Avere received for the entire issue of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), face value, of bonds of the city of Savannah, issued for the extension of the house drainage and storm sewerage systems of said city; and 506 MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT Whereas, upon the opening of said bids in accordance with the terms of the advertisement and the provisions of said ordinances and resolutions, the highest and best bid vras the sum of four hundred and sixteen thousand, four hundred and fifty-one dollars ($416,451.00) and accrued interest, said bid being at the rate of one hundred and four and one hundred and twelve-thousandths dollars ($104.1-12) for each one hundred dollars ($100.00), face value, of said bonds, plus accrued interest, and the highest and best bidder being Messrs. Robinson Humphrey-Wardlaw Company, of Atlanta, Georgia; and Whereas, the finance committee has reported in favor of the acceptance of said bid and the sale of the entire issue of said bonds to the said bidder; now, therefore, Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That th.3 said action of the finance committee of council be, and the same is hereby confirmed, and the bid of the said Robinson, Humphrey-Wardlaw Company be and the same is hereby accepted, and the sale of the entire issue of said bonds to the said bidder be and the same is hereby confirmed. , Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that the said bonds shall be signed and executed by the mayor and city treasurer and attested by the clerk of council, and that payment being first had, delivery of the same be made to the said successful bidder or the agent of the same. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed. Ordinance passed March 17, 1916. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 507 COWS.KEEPING OF COWS, STABLES FOR COWS, SALE OF MILE, ETC. By Committee on Health: An ordinance to amend an. ordinance adopted by council Aug. 11, 1909, and entitled, "An ordinance to provide regulations touching the keeping of cows, stables for cows, dairies, milk, and the sale of milk, and for other purposes designed to secure purity in the milk consumed in the city of Savannah." Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That the ordinance adopted by council Aug. 11, 1909, entitled "An ordinance to provide regulations touching the keeping of cows, stables for cows, dairies, milk and the sale of milk, and for other purposes designed to secure purity in the milk consumed in the city of Savannah," be and the same is hereby amended as follows: First. By striking from the thirteenth section of said ordinance the following words, "the persistent, repeated or wilful violation of any law or ordinance or other regulation of the health officer governing the sale of milk in the city of Savannah; provided, however, that no such permit shall at any time be revoked by the health officer unless he shall first have given the holder of the same not less than five (5) days' notice," and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: "For the violation of any law or ordinance of the city of Savannah having to do with the care of cows, stables for cows, dairies, milk and the sale of milk, or of any regulation of the health officer governing the keeping of cows, stables for cows, dairies, milk and the sale of milk in the city of Savannah; provided, however, that no such permit shall be revoked by the health officer for the foregoing reasons unless he shall first have given the holder of the same not less than five (5) days' notice." 503 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Second. By adding to said section 13 the following subsection : (a) Be it further ordained, That the health officer of the city of Savannah, with the consent and approval of the board of sanitary commissioners, may prohibit the keeping of covrs in any section of the city of Savannah, where, because of congested population, the keeping of cows would impair the public health, and all permits to keep cows in said sections shall be revoked by the health officer; provided, the holder of a permit shall be given at least five (5) days' notice before his permit is so revoked. So that said section 13, when so amended, shall read as follows: "Sec. 13. Be it further ordained, That every person or corporation desiring to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, dispose of, exchange, or deliver milk or cream in the city of Savannah, shall make application to the health officer for a permit so to do. If the health officer desides that the applicant is a suitable person or corporation, then the applicant shall make application on a printed form to be furnished by the health officer, upon demand, and the applicant, if an individual, shall state therein his full name and residence, and if a corporation, shall state therein full name and residence of each of its officers. Such application shall also state the location of the place at which it is proposed to carry on the business. It shall also contain a statement of the number and character of wagons or other vehicles to be used by the applicant in or about his or its business; also the number of cows, if any, owned or controlled by the applicant, and such other data concerning the conduct of such business as the health officer may require. The health officer, upon receipt of such application, shall cause to be investigated the place of business described in such application, and the wagons and other vehicles, if any, intended to be used by such applicant, and if such places of MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 509 business and such, wagons or other vehicles are found, upon such investigation, to be in a sanitary condition, and fit for the uses and purposes to which they are intended to be put, said health officer shall forthwith register such applicant in a proper record to be kept for the purpose, and issue a permit authorizing such applicant to carry on, engage in and conduct the business of vendors of milk in the city of Savannah, at the place designated in such application; provided, that in every case where the application may be rejected by the health officer the applicant shall have the right of appeal to the board of sanitary commissioners, who shall accord the applicant a hearing and shall, after such hearing, either grant or reject the application, as it may consider just and proper. All permits granted pursuant to this ordinance may at any time be revoked by the health officer, subject to the approval of the board of sanitary commissioners, for the violation of any law or ordinance of the city of Savannah having to do with the care of cows, stables for cows, dairies, milk and the sale of milk, or of any regulation of the health officer governing the keeping of cows, stables for cows, dairies, milk and the sale of milk in the city of Savannah; provided, however, that no such permit shall be revoked by the health officer for the foregoing reasons unless he shall first have given the holder of the same not less than five (5) days' notice in writing of his intention to revoke such permit, and an opportunity to be heard by the board of sanitary commissioners, as to why such should not be done; this proviso not to be taken to apply to cases where the sale of milk or cream may be temporarily prohibited by the health officer on account of disease on the premises, temporary insanitary conditions, or similar causes, such permits shall not be transferable, and no permit used hereunder shall entitle or authorize the holders thereof to carry on, engage in, or conduct the business of vendor of milk in any place or places other than that designated and set out in such permit. If any person having a permit to vend milk as aforesaid shall change the location of his or its place of 510__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ business, notice of such proposed change shall be given to said health officer, and his consent in writing received to conduct such business at such new location; and no business shall be conducted or carried on at such new location until such consent has been received, (a) Be it further ordained, That the health officer of the city of Savannah, with the consent and approval of the board of sanitary commissioners, may prohibit the -keeping of covrs in any section of the city of Savannah where, because of congested population, the keeping of cows would impair the public health, and all permits to keep cows in said sections shall be revoked by the health officer; provided, the holder of a permit shall be given at least five (5) days' notice before his permit is so revoked." See. 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 Sept. 27, 1916. CHURCHES.TO PREVENT CERTAIN CLASSES OF BUSINESS IN VICINITY OP By the Committee on Streets and Lanes: An ordinance to prevent the conduct of certain classes of business in the vicinity of churches or other places of worship or hospitals; to provide a penalty for violation thereof, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah,, in council assembled, That from and after the passage of this ordinance it shall be unlawful to operate any public livery stable or public garage or place for the repairing of automobiles within the jurisdic- ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________511 tional limits of the city of Savannah south of Jones street and within 50 yards of any hospital, church or place of public worship. Sec 2, Be it further ordained, That any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction in the police court of said city, be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days, either or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed Nov. 22, 1916. ELECTRICAL APPARATUS By Committee on Fire: An ordinance to amend section 654 of the code of Savannah (MacDonell, 1907), and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that section 654 of the code of Savannah (MacDonell, 1907), be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the sentence, "For motors more than 15 horsepower, $3.00," and before the sentence, "For inspection of electrical apparatus for which no fee is herein prescribed," the following: "For inspection of miscellaneous wiring as follows: Installation of electric welders, $2 each. Installation of electric rectifiers, 50 cents each. Installation of electric heaters, 50 cents each. 512 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Installation of electric signs, 50 cents each. Installation of electric irons, 50 cents each. Installation of electric rheostats, 50 cents each. Installation of electric fans, 25 cents each. Installation of electric pianos, 25 cents each. Installation of electric lights of over 300 watts per lamp, 25 cents each. So that said section 654 of the said code of Savannah when so amended shall read as follows, to-wit: "654. Certificate of Inspection and Fees. Upon the completion of the wiring of any building, and at least fortyeight hours before such wires are concealed, it shall be the duty of the company, firm or individual doing the same to notify the said electric inspector or competent person delegated by him, who shall at once inspect the same, and if approved by him the electric inspector shall issue a certificate of satisfactory inspection, which shall contain the date of such inspection and an outline of the result of such examination; but no such certificate shall be issued unless the electric light, power or heating installation and all apparatus, wire, etc., connected with it, shall be in strict conformity with the rules and regulations hereinafter set forth, nor shall current be turned on such installation until said certificate shall be issued. For every such inspection the person, firm or corporation installing such wires or equipment shall, before certificate is issued, pay to the city treasurer for such inspection the following fees: "When the wiring is for incandescent lights: For 5 lights or less________$ .25 More than 5 and not more than 15 lights_______ .50 More than 15 and not more than 25 lights .75 More than 25 and not more than 50 lights.-____ 1.25 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 613 More than 50 lights and not more than 100 lights 2.0& More than 100 and not more than 150 lights 2.50 More than 150 and not more than 250 lights 4.00 More than 250 and not more than 500 lights 5.00 Arc lights, 50 cents each. When the wiring is for motors: For motors of 1 horsepower or less$ .50 For motors more than 1 and not more than 3 h. p. 1.00 For motors more than 3 and not more than 8 h. p 2.00 For motors more than 8 and not more than 15 h. p_ 2.50 For motors more than 15 horsepower 3.00 For inspection of miscellaneous wiring: Installation of electric welders, each$2.00 Installation of electric rectifiers, each .50 Installation of electric heaters, each_ .50 Installation of electric signs, each- .50 Installation of electric irons, each. .50 Installation of electric rheostats, each .50 Installation of electric fans, each____ .25 Installation of electric pianos each-, .25 Installation of electric lights of over 300 watts per lamp, each _______________- .25 For inspection of electrical apparatus for which no fee is prescribed, the electric inspector may direct the payment of an amount not exceeding seventy-five cents per hour for the time actually consumed in making the inspection." Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed Jan. 5, 1916. 514 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.LICENSE FEE FOE By Alderman Wright: An ordinance to provide for a license fee to be paid by employment agencies in the city of Savannah, who engage persons to perform work outside of Chatham county, Georgia. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That from and after the passage of this ordinance every person, firm, or corporation conducting in the said city of Savannah an employment agency for the purpose of engaging persons to perform work outside of Chatham county, Georgia, shall pay into the city treasury as a license fee the sum of one thousand dollars, upon the day it commences its agency, if after January 1, and upon January 1 of every succeeding year that it continues said business. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That there shall be no discount on said license fee for payment before the 10th day of January, nor shall the license fee be reduced if the person so conducting said agency shall open his agency after July 1. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That should any person, firm or corporation conduct such business without first paying said license fee, that upon conviction before the police court of the city of Savannah, the party guilty shall be fined for each day this ordinance has been violated in a sum not exceeding $100, and imprisoned thirty days, either or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That each person connected with said employment agency, if he is not the owner of the same, shall be equally guilty with the owner, if this ordinance is violated. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________515 Sec. 5. 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 Aug. 2, 1916. FIRE DEPT.TO ABOLISH OFFICE OF CHIEF ENGINEER By the Committee of the Whole: Ordinance to abolish the office of chief engineer of the fire department, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, That the office of chief engineer of the fire department be and the same is hereby abolished. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that pending the further action of council the duties heretofore performed by the chief engineer shall be performed by the first assistant engineer. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, 'That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed April 18, 1916. MAYOR'S ANXUAL REPORT FIRE CHIEF.CREATING OFFICE OF By Committee of the Whole: An ordinance creating the office of the fire chief, to prescribe its duties, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in couniil assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same. That the office of fire chief be and the same is hereby created, and that the said fire chief shall perorm the duties and have the powers and rights heretofore belonging to the chief engineer of the fire department, and in addition to such duties he shall annually inspect or cause to be inspected all improvements within the limits of the city with a view to decreasing the risk from fire and to securing compliance with the fire regulations of the city. The salary of said office shall be the same as that heretofore paid to the chief engineer of the fire department. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the term of office of said fire chief shall be the same as that of other officers elected by council, the first incumbent to hold office until the regular election of city officers in January, 1917. Sec. 8. 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 May 10, 1916. FIRE CHIEF AND FIRST AND SECOND ASSISTANTS. FIXING SALARIES OF By the Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to fix the salaries of the fire chief and the first assistant and second assistant chief engineer of the fire department, and for other purposes. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 817 Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, That the salary of the fire chief be and the same is hereby fixed at the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400) per year, that of the first assistant chief engineer, sixteen hundred and fifty dollars ($1,650) per year, and that of second assistant chief engineer at fifteen hundred and thirty dollars ($1,530) per year, payable in installments, as the salaries of other city officials. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed May 24, 1916. FELL AVENUE OUTFALL.APPROVING PLANS FOE By Committee on Drainage: An ordinance to approve the plans and specifications of the Pell avenue outfall, combined sanitary and storm sewer of the city of Savannah, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That the plans and specifications of the Pell avenue outfall, combined sanitary and storm sewer, as submitted to the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled this day, showing the proposed plans and specifications of said sewer extending from the Savannah river on the north to about one hundred feet south of Bay street, on Fell avenue on the south, and delineated upon a map of same made by W. O'D. Eockwell on Nov. 20, 1916, a copy of which is hereto attached for the purpose of further description, be and the same is hereby adopted and approved. 518__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the clerk of council be authorized and directed to advertise for bids for the work to be done under said plans and specifications, so submitted and approved, for a period of thirty days, said advertisement to begin on the 15th day of July, 1916. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed July 5, 1916. FELL STREET OUTFALL SEWER.AWARDING CONTRACT FOB An Ordinance by the Drainage Committee: An ordinance to award the contract for construction of Fell street outfall combined sanitary and storm water sewer; to authorize and provide for execution of said contract, and for other purposes. "Whereas, the Beasley Construction Company of Savannah, Georgia, is the lowest bidder for the construction of the Fell street outfall sewer as per specifications and proposal submitted; Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That the contract for the construction of the Fell street outfall sewer is hereby awarded to the Beasley Construction Company of Savannah. Georgia, for the unit prices specified in the proposal and specifications. See. 2. Be it further ordained, That his honor, the mayor, be authorized to execute the contract set forth in the specifications and proposal, the same to be attested by the clerk of council with the corporate seal, in accordance with section 1 hereof. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________519 See. 3. Be It further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be, and the same is hereby repealed. Ordinance passed Aug. 16, 1916, GORDONSTON SUBDIVISION.TO APPROVE MAP OF By Committee on City Lots and Opening1 Streets: An ordinance to approve the map or plan of the subdivision of a tract of land near the corporate limits of the city of Savannah known as " Gordonston," and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That the map or plan of "Gordonston," from the plan of James G. Langdon, drawn by George R. Boyd, C. E., and approved by J. C. Slater, chairman of the committee on city lots and opening streets, showing a subdivision of a tract of land within two miles of the corporate limits of the city of Savannah and at the eastern end of Henry street extended, formerly the property of W. \V. Gordon, now deceased, be and the same is hereby approved as provided by an act of the general assembly of Georgia, amending the charter of the city of Savannah, approved August 17, 1914. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed Dec. 6, 1916 520__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ HOUSE DRAINAGE AND STORM SEWERS.APPROVING PLANS FOR By Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to approve the plans and specifications for the extension of the house drainage and storm sewerage systems for the city of Savannah, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That the plans and specifications, submitted to the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, by the committee as a whole, and reported January 19, 1916, be, and the same are, hereby approved. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the clerk of council be authorized and directed to advertise for bids for the work to be done under said plans and specifications, so submitted and reported, for a period of thirty days, said advertisement to begin on the 5th day of February, 1916. Sec. 3. Said advertisement shall provide that all bids submitted shall be subject to the sale of the bonds, the issuance of which is provided by an ordinance adopted Dec. 22, 1915. Sec. 4. 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 February 2,1916. ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________621 HOUSE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.REQUIRING CONNECTIONS WITH By Committee oil Drainage: An ordinance requiring connections to be made with the extension of the house drainage system of the city of Savannah, now being constructed; to provide a penalty for non-compliance herewith; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, That as any portion of the extension of the house drainage system of the city of Savannah, now being constructed, is completed, the committee on streets and lanes shall, through the chief engineer, issue all permits for connections with said house drainage system and shall serve, or cause to be served by the chief engineer or city marshal, notice upon the owners of property situated in that district of the city to be served by such completed portion of the extension of the house drainage system to make the proper connections to said new sewers, in accordance with sections 1010 and 1011 of the code of Savannah of 1907, and upon the service of such notice, notices, any and all permits heretofore issued for vaults, dry wells, or connection to open ditches or to private sewers pending the construction of proper sanitary sewers, are hereby revoked. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That within thirty (30) days after any property owner is served with the notice hereinbefore provided for, it shall be the duty of the said property owner to make such connections, and the same shall be made in accordance with sections 1010 and 1011 of the code of Savannah of 1907. 533_________MAYOR'b ANNUAL REPORT___________ Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That after the service of such notice, it shall be unlawful for any person upon whom the same shall have been served to lay or cause to be laid any sewers to connect with storm water sewers, or construct privy vaults, or dry wells within said district of the city in which a portion of the extension of the house drainage system has been completed, as aforesaid. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That the notice required by the provisions of this ordinance may, in the ease of nonresidents or persons absent from the city, be served upon the agent of such owner or owners, or tenant in possession. Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the service of the notice hereinbefore provided for, should the said property owner or owners not make the required connections, then the city of Savannah shall proceed to make the said connections at the expense of the property owner or owners, with the right to issue an execution therefor against the said property owner or owners and their property. See. 6. Be it further ordained, That any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, on conviction before the police court of the city of Savannah, be subject to a fine not to exceed $100.00 and to imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, either or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and part of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed Sept. 13, 1916. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________523 INDIGENT POOR.REGULATING TRANSPORTATION OF By Committee of the Whole: An ordinance for the regulation of the transportation of the indigent poor. Be it ordained by the mayor and city council of the city of Savannah, no city official or committee of officials shall issue free or reduced rate transportation to any applicant for charitable relief, or request same for the benefit of such applicant except in accordance with the rules of the transportation agreement as herein below stated: Transportation Rules. A. The word "transportation," as used in the following paragraphs, includes all transportation paid for or issued upon recommendation of charitable societies or public relief officials. B. The word "he" means he, she, or they, as the context in any case will suggest, and the word "applicant" includes the family group for whom transportation is desired. C. "Charity," as used in these rules, includes any general charitable organization, public or private, upon which the applicant in question has no claim through membership, blood relationship, or through the society's definite promise to aid him. D. In some of the following paragraphs "shall" is used, in others "should" or "may." The former word is mandatory, and the phrases in which it is used are to be accepted as binding upon all signers of these rules. Where "should" or "may" is used the paragraph is only a suggestion which signers may observe or not, at their discretion. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 1. Before any charitable transportation shall be granted the organization or official having the matter under consideration must be satisfied, by adequate and reliable evidence First. That the applicant is unable to pay the regular fare. Second. That the applicant's condition and prospects will be substantially improved by sending him to the place in question. Third. That the applicant will have such resources for maintenance at the point of destination as will save him from becoming dependent on charity; or, Fourth. That the applicant has a legal residence in the place to which he is to be sent, or is a proper charge upon the charity of that community. 2. An applicant's statements must in every case be substantiated by other definite, reliable evidence. When this is lacking the applicant should be taken care of, if necessary, until the needful testimony is secured. 3. In all cases an appropriate charitable organization or official, if such exists, at the point of destination should be promptly advised that the applicant's transportation to that place is under consideration, or has already been determined upon. "When a signer of these rules is listed as being located at the proposed point of destination, it shall not be legitimate to send the applicant thither unless notification is sent to the signer before the transportation is furnished or upon the day when it is provided. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________525 In exceptional cases where the signer has reasons for desiring that no record be kept by the charitable agency at the point of destination, the matter may be explained to the latter, who shall then preserve no record unless the ease is known through sources independent of the sender. 4. It is strongly recommended that a report be secured from an appropriate charitable organization or official in the city to which transportation is desired, before any applicant is sent thither. This is especially urged when a signer of these rules is listed as being located at the point of destination. All signers have definitely announced themselves as willing to co-operate with other signers by making reasonable efforts to secure needful information, and to determine whether transportation ought to be provided in any given case. Other charitable agencies, also, are usually glad to make any legitimate inquiries and reports which fall within the range of their customary activities. 5. All charitable transportation provided shall, in every instance, be adequate; that is, the initial or original sender shall provide for the applicant through to his ultimate destination. "When charity rates are obtainable at intermediate points, and not obtainable at point of departure, the initial sender may enlist the services of some charitable agency at the intermediate point in obtaining such rates upon arrival of the applicant, all expenses to be borne by the initial sender. 6. If an applicant has been aided to reach a place intermediate to the point of his proper destination, without means having been provided for forwarding him to the latter, then no further transportation shall be granted without inquiry of the charitable organization or individual who sent the applicant thither. This correspondent shall be requested to remit the amount necessary either to forward 526__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ the applicant to his destination or to return him to the starting point. If a satisfactory response is not promptly made, the applicant should be returned to the place where his charitable transportation originated. In no case shall he be "passed along" to another community which has no adequate responsibility for him. 7. If an applicant who has been provided with charitable transportation without the approval of an appropriate charitable agency at the point of destination, shall there become dependent on charity within nine months after his arrival, then the charitable organization or individual who sent him thither should be notified and requested to provide for the applicant's necessities or to remit the money necessary to return him to the place from which his transportation was provided. 8. If an applicant has been forwarded in violation of any of these rules, the charitable agency which provided him with transportation should be requested to bear the reasonable, necessary expense of providing for him temporarily, pending investigation and the proper disposal of the case. 9. The society or official through whom charitable transportation is procured shall in each case preserve a full record of all the essential facts'upon which the granting of transportation has been based. A copy or summary of such record should be furnished promptly on request to any charitable organization or official interested in the case. "When such request for a digest of the record comes from a signer of these rules, it shall be considered mandatory upon any other signer. 10. In case of persons asking charitable transportation, on the ground of being able to secure employment in the place to which transportation is desired, definite, reliable ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________527 assurance of employment must be obtained as part of the necessary evidence. A general report that conditions of employment are better, or that the applicant should be "better off" in the place specified shall not be considered sufficient grounds for the granting of transportation. 11. Organizations and individuals who agree to these rules thereby pledge themselves to keep a copy of the rules and the telegraphic code conveniently at hand, and to use all due diligence in making reasonable inquiries requested by other signers of the rules and in replying to communications regarding transportation cases. 12. Persons forwarded by charitable agencies or officials from places where any contagious or infectious disease is known to be epidemic, must be provided with proper health certificates. 13. When disagreement, as to facts or decisions, arises in regard to any transportation case, one or both the parties concerned may appeal to the committee on transportation of the national conference of charities and correction, sending the appeal through the charity organization department of the Eussell Sage Foundation, room 613, 105 E. 22d street, New York. 14. Poor law officials may return any person who becomes a public charge to his place of proven legal residence without the consent of that community. Sec. 15. Be it further ordained, That ordinance and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and they are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed March 15,1916. 528__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_____________ JITNEY BUSES.REGULATING By the Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance to regulate the business of operating jitney buses in the city of Savannah, to define the same, to provide and impose licenses thereon, to impose penalties for the violation thereof, and for other purposes," adopted December 22, 1915, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, That that certain ordinance entitled, "An ordinance to regulate the business of operating jitney buses in the city of Savannah, to define the same, to provide and impose licenses thereon, to impose penalties for the violation thereof, and for other purposes," adopted December 22. 1915, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to the same the following sections to follow immediately after section fifteen thereof: "Section 16. Any person who now or hereafter procures a license to operate a jitney bus under the terms of this ordinance shall be entitled to receive a license to operate an automobile or locomobile as a carrier of passengers for hire by the payment of $10.00 additional in case his or her jitney bus license covers a five or less passenger car, and by the payment of $20.00 additional in case his or her jitney bus license is for an automobile carrying more than five passengers. "Section 17. Every person who has procured a license to operate an automobile or locomobile as a carrier of passengers for hire, pursuant to the ordinance to assess and levy taxes and raise revenue for the year 1916, and has paid therefor the sum of $25.00 for every automobile containing five or less passengers and the sum of $35.00 for every ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________K9 automobile carrying more than five passengers, shall, upon the payment of $10.00 additional, be entitled to receive a license as a jitney bus operator, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance first hereinabove referred to." Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That section sixteen of the ordinance first hereinabove referred to be hereafter referred to as section seventeen. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That section nine of the ordinance hereinabove referred to shall be amended by adding thereto the following language: "In lieu of the painting herein before provided for, each jitney bus operator may display on both sides of such jitney or jitneys the word, "Jitney," what route, terminal and fare charged, painted upon a wooden or metallic sign to be not less than 12 inches by 4 inches," and plainly legible. Sec. 4. 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 March 1,1916. LIQUOR.PROHIBITING SALE OF By Aldermen Foy .and Daniel: Whereas, The General Assembly of the state of Georgia, at a special session, held in the month of November, 1915, passed a law prohibiting the sale of liquors within the limits of the state of Georgia; and, 530__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ "Whereas, The mayor of the city of Savannah has recently announced to the public at large that it is his intention, as mayor of the city and head of the police force, to see that the prohibition law of Georgia is enforced within the limits of the city of Savannah; and, "WTiereas, It is the duty of all God-fearing and law-abiding citizens of the state to aid and assist in the enforcement of all law, and in carrying out both the letter and intent of the law, to the end that good laws, through enforcement, may bless and prosper a people, and pernicious laws, through enforcement, may have public sentiment aroused against them, and thus inculcate in the minds and hearts of the people a wholesome respect for all law; and, Whereas, The members of this council, under their oaths of office, are in duty bound to co-operate with the mayor of Savannah in the enforcement of all law, the prohibition law included; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That this body puts itself upon record as having no alternative other than to see that the prohibition law and other laws of the state of Georgia are rigidly enforced. Be it further resolved, That each and every member of this council, pledges himself to stand squarely behind the mayor in the strict enforcement of the law, and that we approve of the announced policy of the mayor that he will use all of the police power at his command to enforce the prohibition law of the sovereign state of Georgia that will become effective on the first day of May, 1916. Adopted and approved Jan. 5, 1916. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________531 LIQUORS.TO PROHIBIT SALE OF By Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to prohibit the concealment, for purpose of sale, of prohibited liquors and beverages, prescribing a penalty for violation hereof, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, That the term "prohibited liquors and beverages" shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, be taken and construed as defined by an act of the general assembly of Georgia, approved Dec. 17, 1915, and published in Georgia Laws of 1915, extraordinary session, page 77 et sequiter. The word "person" as used herein shall also include a firm, corporation or association. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that any person who conceals or attempts to conceal any prohibited liquors and beverages for the purpose of sale within the jurisdictional limits of the city of Savannah shall be punished as hereinafter provided. See. 3. The provisions of section 17 of an act of the general assembly of Georgia, approved Nov. 18, 1915, and published in Georgia laws of 1915, extraordinary session, page 90 et sequiter, as to what constitutes prima facie evidence of unlawful acts, shall apply to and be a part of this ordinance. Sec. 4. The having in possession at or in one's place of business or within the enclosure appertaining thereto or in any room or receptacle or place connected therewith, of prohibited liquors shall be prima facie evidence that the same are kept for sale contrary to law. 532__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ See. 5. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction before the police court, be fined in a sum of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) and be imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days, either or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 6. This ordinance shall become effective on May I, 1916. Sec. 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed April 29, 1916. LOTS, LAYING OFF AND SALE OF SAME By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets: An ordinance to regulate the laying off and sale of lots within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah and within two miles thereof; to provide punishment for violation thereof; to make effective the act of the general assembly of Georgia approved August 17, 1914, amending the charter of the city of Savannah, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, That no tract of land lying within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah as they now are, or hereafter may be defined, or within two miles of such corporate limits, shall be laid off into lots and streets and lanes, or subdivided in any manner, until a map or plan of such subdivision shall have been first submitted to and approved by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah. A copy of the map or plan of such, subdivision, MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT when so approved, shall be recorded by the parties making such subdivision in the office of the clerk of the superior court of Chatham county, Georgia, and copies deposited with the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Chatham county, Georgia, and with the chief engineer of the city of Savannah before offering any such lots for sale, and the filing of such map or plan shall constitute a dedication for public purposes of all the streets, lanes or other highways thereon delineated. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That no person shall sell or advertise or offer any lot or lots of any such subdivision without complying with the provisions of the preceding section of this ordinance. See. 3. Be it further ordained, That any obstruction in the streets dedicated by virtue of the provisions of this ordinance, whether within or without the limits of the city of Savannah, shall be subject to summary removal by the city marshal or the chief engineer, and any person or persons who shall molest or interfere with the said officers, or either of them in the removal of said obstructions, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished as hereinafter prescribed. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That any person -violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction before the police court, be fined for each and every such offense not more than $100 or be imprisoned not more than 30 days, either or both, at the discretion of the police court. Sec. 5. Be it further ordained that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed March 29, 1916. 534__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT____________ LAND.SALE TRIANGULAR TRACT OF LAND COB. LOUISVILLE ROAD AND STILES AVENUE By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets: An ordinance to provide for the sale of the triangular tract of land on the corner of Louisville road and Stiles avenue, in the city of Savannah, containing 5,628 square feet, and being a part of lot number 15, Williams ward, to G. II. Brinson, for the sum of 20c per square foot; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, That the city sell to G. M. Brinson at and for the sum of one thousand one hundred and twenty-five 60-100 ($1,125.60) dollars, (that being twenty (20c) cents per square foot for the property agreed to be sold); that triangular strip of land located on the corner of Stiles avenue and Louisville road in the city of Savannah, containing five thousand six hundred and twenty-eight (5,628) square feet, and being the .northwest part of lot number fifteen (15), "Williams ward, as shown upon a map made by W. O'D. Rockwell, assistant chief engineer of the city of Savannah, on August 11, 1916. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That his honor, the mayor, is authorized and directed to execute in the name and behalf of the city of Savannah a proper conveyance of the same, and the clerk of council is directed to attach the corporate seal, duly attested, to such conveyance. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed Aug. 30, 1916. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________680 MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC BUREAU Ordinance by the Committee on Finance: An ordinance to establish a municipal traffic bureau and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that, pursuant to and under the provisions of an amendment to the city charter of Savannah, enacted by the general assembly of Georgia, Aug. 16, 1915, a municipal traffic bureau for the city of Savannah is hereby established which shall be conducted under the supervision and control of a traffic expert to be appointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of council. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the especial duty of the said municipal traffic bureau and its officers to prevent any freight or passenger rate discriminations against the city of Savannah. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That the mayor shall have authority from time to time to appoint such, assistant or assistants to the said traffic expert, not exceeding three, as in the opinion of the mayor may be needed to properly perform the duties required of said bureau, and the .officers and employes thereof shall perform such other duties as may be required by the mayor or council. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That said traffic expert shall be paid at the rate of four thousand dollars ($4,000) per year and that his assistants shall be paid for their services such amounts as the finance committee may by resolution fix, subject, however, to the approval of council. The term of office of each of said persons shall correspond with that of city officials elected by council, but the mayor 536 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT shall have the right to terminate the employment of any one or more of them, subject to the approval of council, whenever, in his opinion, the interests of the city require. Sec. 5. 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 29, 1916. W. R. MORRISON TO PURCHASE LOTS FROM CITY By Committee on City Lots and Opening Streets: An ordinance authorizing the committee of council on city lots and opening streets, and the mayor, to sell to William R. Morrison certain property in Daniel ward of said city, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that the committee of council on city lots and opening streets and the mayor be and they are hereby authorized to sell to William R. Morrison for a con sideration of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars, that property of the city located in Daniel ward, said city, bounded on the north by Gwinnett street lane, east by Magnolia street, south by Bolton street and west by West Boundary street. Upon the payment of said purchase price the mayor shall be authorized to execute a proper deed to the same in the name and in behalf of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah. See. 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 Feb. 16, 1916. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 587 MIDLAND RAILWAYSALE OF EIGHT OF WAY TO By the Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to authorize the sale and conveyance upon certain covenants and conditions of a right of way to the Midland Railway, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that a right of way eighteen (18) feet wide, extending from Stiles Avenue to a point in Weilville, along the north bank of the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, as shown more specifically on a map of file in the office of the Assistant Chief Engineer, dated June, 1916, and entitled, "Map showing proposed right of way for the Midland Railway," and made by W. O'D. Rockwell, Assistant Chief Engineer to the Midland Railway, at and for the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) cash, and upon covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth is hereby authorized. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that upon payment of said consideration the mayor and clerk of council, by and on behalf of the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, are authorized to execute a deed of conveyance, without warranty to the said Midland Railway; said conveyance shall contain the following covenants and conditions: The said railway is to complete its line into the City of Savannah within twelve (12) months from the date of this ordinance and the title to the said right of way shall remain in the said railway so long only as it maintains its shops on its Savannah terminals and its principal offices in said city, and so long as the said railway continues to operate an independent competing line into the City of Savannah. Said grantee is to further covenant that the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah may make and establish railway or other crossings or streets from 533__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ time to time hereafter thereon and across said right of way, at such point or points as the city may determine upon, giving to the said grantee or its assigns thirty (30) days' notice in writing, and the said grantee or its assigns shall not be entitled to any compensation therefor, and the said city shall have the right to establish or repair and maintain sewers or conduits or water pipes underneath the said right of way. The said railway company shall further covenant to provide cars and free transportation or earth for the said city at any time hereafter, and from time to time without compensation, from any point over the said right of way to any other point thereon. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed June 21, 1916. . MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUMAUTHORIZING CONTRACTS FOR An ordinance to authorize the making of contracts for the construction of the municipal auditorium and for other purposes. Section 1. Whereas upon the submission of bids for the construction of the municipal auditorium for the City of Savannah in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by Henrik Wallin, architect, and heretofore approved and adopted, the proposals of the following firms and corporations for the respective portions of the work contemplated are found to be the lowest in amount; MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 539 And, whereas, the acceptance of their respective .proposals is recommended by the auditorium commission; Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah in council assembled, that the proposals for general construction submitted by the "Wise Granite & Construction Company, a corporation of Biehmond, Ya., the proposal for the plumbing system of E. J. Bluecher, trading as the Peerless Plumbing & Heating Company ; the proposal for the heating system of W. H. Daniels and Juliet S. Daniels, a co-partnership doing business as the Savannah Heating Company of Savannah, Ga., and the proposal for the electrical wiring of J-M Electric Company a corporation of Savannah, Ga., are hereby severally accepted, and the mayor is authorized by and on behalf of the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah to execute under the seal of said corporation the several contracts required to carry this ordinance into effect and heretofore prepared by said architect and submitted, the same to be attested by clerk of council. See. 2. Be it further ordained, that ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed August 21, 1916. MIDLAND RAILWAYSALE OP RIGHT OP WAY TO By the Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to authorize the sale and conveyance upon certain covenants and conditions of a right of way to. the Midland Railway; and for other purposes," approved June 21, 1916: Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, in council assembleS, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that that cer- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT tain ordinance approved June 21, 1916, entitled "An ordinance to authorize the sale and conveyance upon certain covenants and conditions of a right of way to the Midland Railway j and for other purposes," be and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom Section 2 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Section 2. Be it further ordained, that, upon payment of said consideration, the mayor and clerk of council, by and on behalf of tke mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, are authorized to execute a deed of conveyance without warranty to the said Midland Railway; said conveyance shall contain the following covenants and conditions; Said railway is to complete its line into the City of Savannah within, twelve months from the date of this ordinance and the title to the said right of way shall remain in the said railway so long only as it maintains its shops on its Savannah terminals and its principal, executive, accounting and operating offices in the City of Savannah. Said grantee is to further covenant that the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah may make and establish railway or other crossings or streets thereon and across said right of way at such point or points as the city may determine upon, provided it shall give to the said grantee or its' assigns thirty days' notice in writing, and the said grantee and its -assign shall not be entitled to any compensation therefor, and the said mayor and aldermen shall have the right to establish, repair and maintain sewers, conduits and water pipes underneath the said right of way at any point or points it may determine upon; that said railway company, for itself and its assigns, shall further covenant to provide cars and furnish free transportation of and earth or soil that the City of Savannah may, from time to time, hereafter remove from the bed of said canal adjoining the right of way, without further compensation from the city, from any point over said grantee's right of way to any other point thereon." ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPpRT__________541 Section 3. Be it further ordained, that all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed October 11, 1916. MIDLAND RAILWAYSALE OF BIGHT OF WAY TO By Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to authorize the sale and conveyance, upon certain conditions and covenants, of a portion of a right of way to the Midland Railway, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained, by the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that a right of way over that portion of the bank of the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, containing 5,250 square feet, bounded north by the right of way of Midland Railway, south and east by the bank of Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, and west by said railway right of way, and the lands of Lovall, shown upon a map of same made by W. O'D. Rockwell, assistant chief engineer, October 11, 1916, called "Map showing additional right of way requested by the Midland Railway Company," in red, be conveyed to said Midland Raiwlay at and for the sum of $100.00, subject to the same terms, covenants and conditions contained in the ordinance adopted by council June 21, 1916, authorizing the conveyance of the original right of way, as amended by an ordinance adopted this date, October 11, 1916. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that the mayor and clerk of council, by and on behalf of the mayor and aider men of the City of Savannah, are hereby authorized to execute the conveyance, the same to be without warranty. 542 _________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT____________ Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, that all ordinances ar.d parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed October 25, 1916. TO CONVEY TO WM. McKELVEY LOT NO. 62, BROWNSVILLE WARD By Committee on City Lots and Open Streets: An ordinance to convey to William McKelvey lot number sixty-two (62), Brownville Ward. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that the city convey to William McKelvey lot number sixty-two (62), Brownsville Ward, as the same appears on the official map of the City of Savannah, measuring thirty-five and forty-seven hundredths (35.47) feet on Harden Street and having a rectangular depth eastwardly along Thirty-ninth Street of one hundred (100) feet, at and for the sum of five hundred and fifty ($550.00) dollars, to be paid to the city upon execution of a proper deed conveying the same, and the mayor is authorized for and in behalf of 'the City of Savannah to execute such conveyance. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed May 10,1917. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________543 NEW PUBLIC LIBRARYBOARD OF MANAGERS FOR By Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to provide a board of managers for the new public library of the City of Savannah, to fix the terms of its members, to fix the powers and duties of said board, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, in council assembled, that a board of managers for the new public library of the City of Savannah is hereby created, to consist of twelve members, to be appointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of council. Sec. 2. Two of the said board of managers shall be appointed for a term expiring January 1, 1917; two for a term expiring January 1, 1918; two for a term expiring January 1, 1919; two for a term expiring January 1, 1920; two for a term expiring January 1, 1921, and two for a term expiring January 1, 1922. See. 3. At the last regular meeting of the board of aldermen in December of each year, the mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval of council, for a term of six years, the successors of the members of said board whose terms are to expire on the first January next succeeding. Sec. 4. 'Any vacancies caused by resignation, death or otherwise may be filled by the mayor, subject to the approval of council, at any regular meeting thereof. Sec. 5. The said board of managers shall have a chairman and vice-chairman, who shall be appointed by the mayor for the first year, subject to the approval of council; but thereafter the chairman and vice-chairman shall be selected by the board of managers. 541__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ Sec. 6. The said board of managers shall have complete control of the management of the library, shall select the librarian and assistants and other employes of the said library, and shall generally control and manage its affairs, but the expenditure of all funds appropriated by the city for the support of said library shall be subject to the rules of council regulating other expenditures of the city. Sec. 7. The said board of managers shall, at the close of each year, make a complete statement to the mayor and aldermen of all their actings and doings and shall, in addition, present to the mayor and aldermen any information or reports required by either from time to time. Sec. 8. 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 February 2, 1916. OPENING 35TH STREET ACROSS ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD. The following opinion of the city attorney was made a part of the record: To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, Ga. Gentlemen: I have the honor to make the following report in connection with the opening of Thirty-fifth Street across the Atlantic Coast Line Eailroad tracks in this city: On May 5, 1896, the Savannah, Florida & "Western Railway Company entered into a contract with the city of Savannah concerning the opening of streets across its right of way. At a later period the Savannah, Florida & Western ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________545 Railway Company was merged into and consolidated with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. This company at first contended that under the terms of the contract referred to, the City of Savannah could not require or by condemnation procure the opening of Thirty-fifth Street across its right of way. I took the position that if this contract undertook to do the things claimed by the railroad company that it would be void in that particular, being in derogation of the governmental rights of the municipality. I have the honor to advise that I have procured, without litigation, the execution of a written agreement with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, submitted in duplicate herewith, providing for the opening of Thirty-fifth Street, and providing further that the said crossing shall be maintained at the expense of the railroad company hereafter. Yours very truly, ROBT. J. TRAVIS, City Attorney. Meeting May 24, 1916. POOL ROOMS OR BILLIARD ROOMS By Committee on Finance: An ordinance to amend an ordinance adopted by council February 3, 1915, and entitled, "An ordinance to prohibit the granting of a pool room or billiard room license after the present year to engage in business on Broughton Street between the western line of Lincoln Street and the eastern line of West Broad Street, inclusive; and to prohibit the granting of any new pool room or billiard room license for the present year within said area," 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 adopted February 3, 1915, and entitled, "An ordi- 54'i__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT____________ nance to prohibit the granting of a pool room or billiard room license after the present year to engage in business on Broughton Street between the western line of Lincoln Street and the eastern line of "West Broad Street, inclusive; and to prohibit the granting of any new pool room or billiard room license for the present year witltin said area," be and the same is hereby amended by adding to the first section of said ordinance the following words, to-wit: '' Provided, however, that nothing in this ordinance shall prevent the granting of a license to a pool or billiard room, and the conduct of such business which is to be operated in the second story of any building within the area mentioned, if the entrance to such pool or billiard room is not on Broughton Street nor within fifty feet of the nearest property line of Broughton Street," so that said section 1 of said ordinance shall read as follows: "Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah in council assembled, that after the present year, 1915, no pool room or billiard room license shall be granted to any person, corporation or association on Broughton Street between the western line of Lincoln Street and the eastern line of West Broad Street. Provided, however, that nothing in this ordinance shall prevent the granting of a license to a pool or billiard room, and the conduct of such business, which is to be operated in the second story of any building within the area mentioned, if the entrance to such pool or billiard room is not on Broughton Street nor within fifty feet on the nearest property line of Broughton Street." Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed January 5,1916. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________547 PROHIBITION LAWS.TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF By Committee of the Whole: An ordinance to prevent evasion and violation of the laws of the state of Georgia, for the promotion of temperance and concerning the sale and keeping for sale of prohibited liquors and beverages; to provide inspection from the street of places where soft drinks are sold; to prescribe a penalty for violation, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that on May 1, 1916, and thereafter, all places where beverages of any kind are sold or exposed for sale and to which the public are permitted to resort or go, shall be so kept and maintained at all times that an unobstructed view can be easily obtained of the interior of such places by persons on the street, and it shall be unlawful for the doors or windows of such places to be screened, curtained, painted or stained or otherwise treated so as to interfere with clear vision from the street into such places. Sec. 2. Be it further. ordained, that any person, firm, corporation or association violating this ordinance shall, upon conviction by the police court, be fined in a sum of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) and be imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days, either or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, that all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Ordinance passed April 29, 1916. 54f this conduit as are still in use are not proof against the percolation of surface water when the ground is saturated by rain. For sanitary reasons, also, it appears to me advisable to abandon the use of this conduit, and I would recommend the substitution therefor of 58f> MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT a cast iron conduit with lead caulked joints. Such a conduit will be absolutely impervious and safe against contamination from surface water. Investigation shows that the two large pumping engines at this station can be made serviceable and economical again by a thorough overhauling, but they cannot be thrown out of commission long enough for such repairs until a new reserve engineer has been installed. Investigation also shows that the air compressors at this station are of an obsolete type, and that they ar.e badly worn. It is claimed that air compressors as now constructed by the best engineers are more" efficient and much more economical in service. It is also claimed that improvements have been made in the application of compressed air for the forcing of water from the wells and that greater economy and better service is secured, all of which claims should be weighed in the consideration of this subject. As you are aware, there was included in the budget for 1916 an item of $70,000.00 for the rehabilitation of the water works, but tentative plans made by Chief Engineer Conant indicates that little good can be accomplished by this expenditure. Wells, reservoir, conduit, air compressors and pumping engine are all dependent upon each other and the amount is insufficient to renew the plant. What we need now is a complete plant in which part of the old plant can be used. I, therefore, suggest, for your consideration, that the item of $70,000.00 be applied to the reduction of the demand loans of the city on which we are now paying 6 per cent interest. It is estimated by the chief engineer that the cost of the new machinery, and improvements suggested, will be from $250,000.00 to $300,000.00. I am of the opinion that the smaller amount will be sufficient. If in your judgment ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_______587 it is advisable to undertake the rehabilitation of the plant, I would then request that you consider means for providing the necessary funds. Apparently the quicker way to provide the money is by the sale of bonds. I would only sanction the issuance of additional bonds in an emergency, but the conditions now appear to justify this measure. In considering this question you should bear in mind the present indebtedness of the city and the recent changes in same. On January 1, 1913, the total floating debt of the city was ______________________$ 484,000 On January 1, 1916 ________________ 483,400 On April 30, 1916 ___________________ 397,559 Outstanding bonds on January 1, 1913 ________________$2,619,500 January 1, 1914 ________________ 2,600,500 January 1, 1915 ________________ 3,159,500 January 1, 1916 _______________ 3,321,000 April 30, 1916___________________ 3,700,250 Bonds have been redeemed and destroyed as follows: During the year 1913 _________________$ 3,500 During the year 1914 (none) During the year 1915 __________________ 25,500 During the year 1916 _________________ 74,000 which includes the balance in the sinking fund account. Good business practice would dictate that the floating debt of the city, which is now in the shape of demand loans, on which 6 per cent, interest is being charged, should be paid off as rapidly as possible. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT One million dollars of the present bonded indebtedness of the city has been incurred for the construction of a sewerage and drainage system for the city. The wisdom of this expenditure has already been demonstrated by the improved health conditions of the city. With this information concerning the city water supply and the present equipment of machinery for delivering the water to our citizens and taking into consideration also the financial condition of the city, I ask you to take such steps as will best protect the interest of our people. I suggest that so far as possible each one of you ascertain the wishes of the taxpayers in regard to issuing bonds for making these improvements. Based on the assessed valuation of the year 1915, we have now a margin for the issuance of bonds to the face value of $486.000. In conclusion, I call your atention to the fact that during the twenty-four years that the Gwinnett station has been operated, it has shown a balace each year above the cost of operation and maintenance, and that this balance, which in recent years has been from $60,000 to $70,000, has been turned into the general fund of the city. I suggest that if bonds are issued for the rehabilitation of the plant that the profits from the operation of the new plant be used for retiring the bonds. Respectfully, W. J. PIERPONT, Mayor. MAYOR'S ANNUAL R1SPORT r,89 Report of B. B. Conant, chief engineer, as regards the rehabilitating and increasing of the water supply system, received as information. REPORT OP CMY ENGINEER Savannah, Ga., December 6, 1916. Honorable Mayor and Aldermen, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sirs: On August 31st, ulto., instructions were received from his honor the Mayor requesting me to prepare a general project for the rehabilitating of our water works system, and in connection with this to prepare specifications for boring a large size deep well. I was also further asked to prepare plans and specifications for the work which is proposed to be done. Since receiving instructions. I have extended my study of the question at issue and have been permitted to make inspection trips to other cities where much valuable information has been obtained. In connection with my study, my investigation has been carried to such an extent and with thoroughness that I am now ready to submit to you final recommendations for the rehabilitation of our plant. Preceding my recommendations, however, I ask your indulgence to review my arguments and reasons for adopting same. The problem at hand is subdivided and considered under the various headings as noted. 590__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ Additional Supply of Water Required. Below is given the total water consumption of the city, the average daily consumption and per capita consumption for the years 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910 and 1915: Total Consump- Average Daily Per Capita Year tion, Million Consumption, Consumption Gallons. Million Gals. 24 Hrs., Gal. 1890 _____ 2,426.6 6.65 154 1895 _____ 2,402.6 6.58 135 1900 _____ 2,200.5 6.03 111 1905 _____ 3,220.4 8.82 148 1910 _____ 3,744.1 10.26 158 1915 _____ 3,781.6 10.34 142 It will be seen from this tabulation, that in 1895, twenty years ago, the average daily consumption was 6.58 million gallons; in 1905, ten years ago, it was 8.82 million gallons, and last year it was 10.34 million gallons. Assuming the normal growth of the city to continue as it has during the past ten years and making a normal increase in this ratio, it would appear and it is safe to predict that the domestic daily consumption will not exceed 12,000,000 gallons in ten years, or 15,000,000 gallons in twenty years; provided that metering is restored to, whereby the waste of water can be eliminated. This consumption would permit of the population of the city being doubled during this period, and at the same time would allow a per capita consumption of 110 gallons. The project for rehabilitating the system is based upon obtaining and delivering to the distributing system of the city or of the domestic supply 15,000,000 gallons per day, and for peak loads and fire use an additional 10,000,000 gallons. The present available supply of water at the Gwinnett Street station is 15,000,000 gallons, and at the River ________ MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________591 station 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 gallons, but this amount is only obtained by forcing the present plant, and it is also very doubtful if this rate of supply could be kept up for any length of time. The normal pumpage at the Gwinnett Street station is about 9,000,000 gallons and at the River station 1,500,000 gallons daily. Assuming we shall desire to abandon the River station as soon as we rehabilitate the Gwinnett Street station, we must figure on increasing our supply at the Gwinnett Street station by about 9,000,000 gallons. Method of Obtaining an Increased Supply. It has heretofore been recommended that the additional supply be obtained from artesian wells, and it is assumed that this method of obtaining water supply by artesian wells will be continued. It is assumed that six (6) new wells will give the necessary increase of water required; of course there is danger of some of the old wells giving out, but these can be replaced from time to time as required. At one time it was thought advisable to bore a large deep well and specifications were prepared for such a well, but after making a thorough study of all of the deep wells which have been driven within a reasonable distance of Savannah, and after consulting our State Geologist, Mr. S. "W. McCallie, I have come to the conclusion that it is very doubtful if we could obtain a satisfactory now of potable water from a depth approaching 1,800 feet. This well driven would cost in the neighborhood of $13,000, so that at this time I am recommending that the original plan to bore a deep well be abandoned. Savannah has one well which was bored to a depth of 1,500 feet. The party who bored same, Mr. B. D. Finn, is now superintendent of the waterworks at "Waycross, Ga. Information obtained from Mr. Finn reveals the fact that while the well was driven to 1,500 feet, no flow of any consequence was obtained below the depth of 1,200 feet; 592 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT at this depth a heavy flow was found; also a water-beai-ing stratum was encountered at 500 feet and at 380 feet. This well was eased below the 500-foot water-bearing stratum, but after completing1 the boring of the well the casing was tapped at the 500-foot stratum. It is reported that the flow of the well when first bored was at the rate of over 2.000,000 gallons per 24 hours. Information received from Mr. Finn also reveals the fact that the lower water-bearing stratum was not connected with the stratum at 500 feet; further that the static head varied far less with the flow from the lower stratum than it did from the flow coming from the 500-foot stratum. This being the case, it is recommended: First, that one well be driven at as early a date as practicable to 1,200 feet, or thereabout, and if favorable conditions are found, and there is a good flow, that a portion of the extra supply required to be obtained from wells bored to the lower aquifer. These wells could then be placed as near as desired to the shallower wells of 500 feet without influencing or effecting the flow or pull from the upper aquifer. If this proves advantageous, the cost of the conduit connecting the wells to the reservoir will be less than it will be if we have to space the wells very far apart. Some of the new wells could be bored to the 500-foot aquifer, anrl bo located on Stiles Avenue, south of Gwinnett Street, in prolongation of the line of wells now located on Stiles Avenue. 3Ir. McCallie, who has made a long and thorough study of artesian wells in Georgia, and who is well acquainted with conditions existing in Savannah, endorses this procedure and also believes that the best results will be obtained by obtaining a portion of our supply from the stratum found at 1,200 feet. Method Proposed for Drawing the Water from the Aquifer. As it is not expected that the new wells will be self-flowing, and further it must be assumed that the static head MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 593 of the old well will gradually be lowered, there are two methods to be considered for drawing the water from the aquiferone by the air lift system, which requires the pulling of the water from the wells into the reservoir and then direct pumping from the reservoir into the force mains, or by segregated independent well pumping units. Each system has its advantages and local conditions must be gone into very thoroughly before it can be decided which system is the most appropriate for the requirements under study. Here in Savannah we draw our water from a sand and limestone stratum and the flow into the aquifer, ever since the wells have been bored, has been regular and apparently uniform. Recent tests of pumping shows that we obtain at this time from the wells at the Gwinnett Street station about 16,000,000 gallons. While the records show that the static head has been lowered during the past twenty years about thirty feet, yet by applying power to lift the water, the available supply is apparently about as great as it has been at any period during the operation of the wells. There is no trouble with sand entering the wells, and as far as I know no work has been done upon the wells, other than to change the submergence of the air pipes since the air lift system was put into operation fifteen years ago. This condition permits then of the continual drawing upon a reasonable area of the aquifer. We do not have the trouble here which is found in some places, where the water is drawn from a sand stratum, where there is continual trouble in keeping the wells free, and further there is not generally the same volume and rapidity of flow in an equal area where sand stratum is drafted from, as there is in a limestone water bearing stratum where the flow is through crevices and voids in the rock. The conditions here do not call for segregated wells to the same extent as is found in some other sections of the country, where the water is drawn from sand-bearing strata. 594 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT Some of the advantages of segregated wells operated by individual well pumps are that the wells can he distributed over the city, and if the system is complete and extensive, it might obviate the necessity o a central pumping station, for the water obtained with individual pumps can be forced directly into the mains. The location of the individually operated wells can be so arranged as to materially reduce the cost of laying as large distributing mains as where the water has to be brought from one pumping station; again the segregated wells better distribute the draft of water from the aquifer. The individual wells with pumps occupy but a small area and can be set in public thoroughfares of the city and can be covered over so that traffic can pass over same with safety. A first glance it would appear that this method of obtaining water would be preferable to the air lift system. The efficiency of the individual wells pumps is much greater than that obtained with the air lift system, and if a new system is to be created, the first cost for a series of individually operated wells would be very much less than the initial cost of a system operated with the combined air lift and pumping into the main system. Of course where there is an available supply system and only the extension of the system is to be considered, then a careful study must be made as regards the first cost of extra equipment required to operate the cost of installing the independently operated units, together with the cost of operation of same. Some of the advantages of the airlift system are as follows: Pumping of water from deep wells by stream or compressed air has been practiced for many years with varied degrees of success and efficiency. The advantages of this method, when properly applied, are that the system is more durable and has a greater simplicity than the individually operated pumps, and the system is not affected by grit and sand brought up into the wells, and more water can be secured from deep wells with the air lift, provided conditions are properly arranged. The air compressor can ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________585 be located at the same station as the pump and the control of the flow from any of the well lifts located at a considerable distance from same can be directly placed in the engine room, for with properly designed piping system the loss of power in transmitting of compressed air is trifling. t This system is especially adaptable for very heavy lifts and the economy of operation after the plant is once installed, from all information obtainable, is very much less than the cost of power alone for operating the independently operated well pumps, even though electric power is available for operating, at a cost of less than two cents per kilowatt. During my recent inspection trip to several cities I had an opportunity of observing the operation of three types ' of individually operated well pumps. In each instance the *' pump was apparently operated successfully, but it was j found that the cost of power alone for operating the well * pumps was greater than the cost of operating our present "' system with compressed air combined with pumping into the mains, after allowing for the difference in head. ! 4 Additional information has been obtained from three cities where the individual well pumps have been operated and information received from each show the cost of operation far in excess of the cost here by the air lift system. t The city of Memphis, Term., offers an excellent opportunity for investigating the various methods of obtaining water from artesian wells. This city is, I believe, the largest city in the United States that takes its engine water supply from artesian wells. The water-bearing stratum is about 400 feet below ground level and the water is obtained from sand-bearing strata, which does not permit of as heavy draft from any one part of the aquifer as is permissable in Savannah. However, in Memphis continual trouble is being had with the wells giving out and becoming clogged, due to the nature of the strata which they penetrate. Memphis 596__________MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT____________ has about 70 wells and the extreme distance covered by the wells is approximately ten (10) miles. The old system was put into operation just previous to the installation of the early artesian well supply in Savannah; in fact the same engineer was employed upon both problems. Originally Memphis depended wholly upon gravity flow from the wells into a conduit similar to the one we have here, but with difficulty, for this conduit was placed 90 feet below the surface of the ground. Some 50 wells empty directly into this conduit. Today Memphis depends upon a portion of its water supply, by gravity, from which the water is raised by pumping the same as we do. When the ground tunnel system became inadequate, additional wells were bored and an air compressor installed. Some five or six years ago Mr. "Wills, superintendent of the waterworks, Memphis, Term., conceived an idea of pumping directly from the wells into the force mains, segregating or scattering his wells over the city. At this time fifteen wells are equipped with individual pumps of his design. Each of the wells are equipped with a motor-driven centrifugal pump on a vertical shaft, which carries a series of screw propellers. Electric motor-driven well pumps must be kept at a constant speed, so that the flow from each individual well pumped , cannot be regulated, but in order to control the supply, one or more wells can be shut off at any time, and this condition is applicable to each of the three types of individual well pumps, which I have had an opportunity of seeing in operation. The centrifugal pump forces the water into the main at a pressure of about 60 pounds per square inch. The motor and pump are placed in a concrete chamber underground, say nine feet square by ten feet deep, and this chamber is reached by a manhole in the street. This offers very favorable conditions for pressure distribution, and if the wells are properly distributed the demands for any district can be met by the well in the district, but as the mains are all connected, if there is a surplus delivery in any one district the surplus can be delivered to any other district. I ___________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT________697 Although the population of Memphis is practically twice the population of Savannah, the mean daily domestic consumption is only 12,000.000 gallons, the peak load amounts to about 15,000,000 gallons, and the maximum hourly rate , of pumpage for 1915 was 27,000,000 gallons, during the year 1916 the daily amount of water derived from the tunnel system was approximately 8,000,000 gallons; that obtained by air lift system 2,600,000 gallons; that by individually pumped wells 1,400,000 gallons. It was observed that this city only used the segregated wells when the other two methods did not give water enough for domestic consumption, the reason for this being that the cost of obtaining the water by independently pumped wells is much greater than by the other methods. The cost of fuel alone for driv- .. ing electric pumps for 1915 was $48.60 per million gallons '' pumped; by air lift and combined pumping system the cost ' of fuel was $12.59, and for pumping from the tunnel where i the water was obtained from the wells by gravity flow the *; cost was only $5.17. It must be borne in mind that the cost of pumping by individual wells at Memphis is much greater { than it would be in Savannah, as the lift is very much 4 greater. Mr. "Wills has been furnished with data regarding the conditions existing here and wrote me that he could install pumps, so that the cost of pumping water with power at .01% per kilowatt would be $15 to $16 per million gallons. At this date his system of well pumps is only used * in Memphis. The pumps at Memphis have operated very successfully. I had an oportunity of seeing and studying one under working conditions, and if the fuel cost could be reduced I would consider this system to be worthy of most I careful consideration, if it was thought best to adopt the segregated and independently operated wells. At Memphis I had an oportunity of seeing a well pump of another type under operation, and the individual pump referred to is put out by Messrs. Layne & Bowler. Quite a number of the tj-pe are in operation in manufacturing plants and also it is being adopted in several cities. 598__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT____________ Galveston. Tes., has two wells operated -with air pumps of the Layne & Bowler type, and they are about to put in three more. It is reported to me that the operating cost of same is $ per million gallons pumped. The third type of well pumps observed in operation is of the Glendora type, and as far as known this type operates successfully, but, like the other types, requires power which raises the cost of operation above the air lift system. The cost of obtaining water from our wells by the old type of air compressor, pump and unit, is only about $12.00 per million gallons pumped, and with a new unit this cost ought to be reduced to between $9.00 and $10.00. I recently learned that Zanesville, O., was about to adopt a project for obtaining a water supply with artesian wells, and I wrote to the Federal Engineering Company of Pittsburg, Pa., employed as consulting engineers, to inquire what system was to be employed for obtaining the water from the wells. Quotation from (Mr. Kommer of the Federal Engineering Company) reply received is as follows: "After many years of experience in supplying water to municipalities and manufacturing plants from artesian wells, I came to the conclusion that the air lift pressure system has the most advantages. We have installed more than twenty air lift plants of different makes and designs, and the pressure system is by far the best where the supply is obtained from the wells." The city of Zanevsille is going ahead installing air compressors and pumps capable of furnishing a daily output of 10,000,000 gallons. Conditions in Savannah are peculiarly favorable for continuing the air lift system. Although we have been drawing water from wells for about twenty years, the same quantity can be drawn from the wells as was obtained many years ago, and we are not troubled with our wells being clogged with sand, or by stoppages at the foot of same. __________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________699 While perhaps the outlay for installing eight or ten individually operated wells would be approximately $60,000.00 to $80,000.00, yet the extra cost of operating these wells per million gallons pumped, would be at least 75 per cent more than the operation by air lift pumping combined sys- , tern. Even if we should adopt segregated well pumps and use the wells which are now in operation, we would have to lay force mains connecting same, and the difference in estimated cost of a series of segregated well pumps as against the installation of pump and air lift, extension to building - and other outlays connected with same, would not be over $50,000.00. Assuming the saving in operation with air lift system to be only $6.00 per million gallons pumped, and it would probably exceed this on account of the uncertainty of being able to obtain cheap electric power, the saving * noted above would be overcome in two years. Even if the extra cost of .adopting the plant recom- mended by me was $100,000.00 more than for segregated *' wells, this increased cost with interest upon same would be overcome in five years. ' From careful study which has been made, I am recommending to you the continuation of the air lift and combined pumping system for obtaining available water from the wells now in operation. Plant Required for Rehabilitating and Increasing Our Water Supply Pumps and Compressors. Assuming that we continue with the air lift system, we need a new air compressor and new pump, and these units i. would be large enough to furnish a supply sufficient to care ] for the normal rate of use and also for the normal peak . ' | load. At the present time the normal peak load is approsi- i mately 12,000,000 gallons, allowing for a normal increase i and assuming that we will reduce wastage by metering, it I 600__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT___________ may be fairly well assumed that the normal peak load for the next ten or fifteen years will not exceed a rate of more than 15,000,000 gallons. We do not want too large a unit, for the cost of operation of a large unit with partial load is out of proportion to the one which is carrying its normal load. It is my recommendation that a 15,000,000 gallon capacity per day pumping engine be purchased and an air compressor with a capacity that will deliver to the pump this amount of water. It is believed that a 2,500 cubic foot air per minute capacity compressor will do the work. This can better be ascertained after the new well, as recommended, is driven, whereby we may gauge the flow that can be obtained at this time from our aquifer. "With this new engine and air compressor, with the necessary boilers, the apparent cost for obtaining a domestic supply will be reduced from about 15 per cent to 20 per cent of the present cost. The present pump and air compressor could be thoroughly gone over and would be available and could be used for occasional pumping for peak loads and to relieve the new unit v/heu it becomes necessary to overhaul same. This old equipment properly cared for would undoubtedly be good for the nest fifteen years. Boilers. Our present boilers are in fair condition, but the steam pressure which can be carried on same is too low for the proper operation of even a duplex compound horizontal pump, which should not have less than 125 pounds steam pressure at the boiler. The old boilers, however, should be retained for operating the old pump and air compressor and a battery installed for operating the new unit, and such are recommended. The installation of three boilers of 150- horsepower, each capable of carrying 130 pounds steam pressure, would be adequate. Two of these boilers would give sufficient supply of steam, a third always being available for repairs, overhauling or cleaning of flues. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________C01 * Extension to Building. In order to properly house the new plant, it would he necessary to enlarge the present building, which can readily be done at a reasonable cost. The extension could be made so as to be in harmony with the present structure, and also to have the boilers placed most advantageously with regard to pumps and compressors. Water-Carrying Conduit. In my opinion the present brick conduit carrying the flow from the wells on Stiles Avenue and Louisville Road to the pump well could be made tight, providing I could shut off the flow so as to line the conduit with mortar, but this is impracticable. Without doubt the slight contamination of our supply at Gwinnett Street station is due to percolation of water into the reservoir through one or more of the numerous small cracks which exist in the structure. One section between wells No. 7 and No. 8 would have to be entirely rebuilt if we maintain the old brick conduit, "which alone would cost about $5,000.00, so that it would appear to be good engineering to provide funds for the construction of a cast iron or concrete conduit, which-could be placed near the surface of the ground, into which the flow from the wells could enter and from which this flow could be carried by gravity to the top of the concrete reservoir, which it is proposed to construct. No one can tell how many million of gallons have been pumped into the old reservoir, and which have flowed back into some one of the wells when such were dead, as the flow into the conduit from the individual wells is at times below the surface of the water in the conduit, the static head of the well not operating being much below the surface of the water in the conduit there is a flow back into the well. The necessity of having a reservoir of a capacity of 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 gallons is apparent to any one who is acquainted with the methods of obtaining water direct from the wells. 602__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT_________' A slight breakdown of the air compressor, requiring perhaps a few hours' time to remedy same, would if it occurred during a fire result disastrously. It is recommended that a concrete reservoir having a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons be constructed, the location of which can be in front of the waterworks building, so that no land would have to be acquired. The normal flow from the reservoir to the pump well would be from the top of reservoir; if this flow was stopped by any trouble of the flow from the wells, same could be changed to the bottom of the reservoir, and the pump could be supplied with the contents of the reservoir until the flow was resumed from the wells into same. Connections could be made direct from the piping entering the reservoir to the piping connecting the pump well, so that at any time the flow could be shut off from the reservoir allowing same to be cleaned or repairs made if necessary. This reservoir should be covered to prevent algea growth and also to keep out dirt or foreign matter. Meters. The per capita consumption for the city of Savannah is at the present time 142 gallons daily, assuming the population to be 70,000. This is a high figure, especially when we consider that 52 per cent of our population is colored, further that there are individual wells and river water used by railroads and manufacturing establishments, and the present large per capita consumption must include a great amount of waste. This waste is further shown, that through the night the consumption is practically 75 per cent of the daytime rate and we know that this large proportionate amount of water is not used at night. The average consumption of 142 gallons could be reduced about 25 per cent and yet give all the water that is needed for a city like Savannah. As there is a limit to any great source of water supply, it is thought best for the city to conserve this source rather than by extravagance hasten that time when the city may ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT__________603 have to return to the use of surface water. Not only should the city conserve its water for this reason, but also by conserving its water, there will result economy in reducing the pumping cost. The use of meters will result in the prevention or waste of water, and with this system, it is the negligent who will either have to be more careful, or who will have to pay for the waste if the meter system is adopted. At the present time only a few have installed the meter service, and these are as follows: Residences, 115; business houses, 209; hotels, theaters and clubs, 19. There are in Savannah approximately 14,000 buildings, and it might not be feasible to complete a meter system in one or possibly two years. The best method appears to ( meter perhaps half of the buildings at one time and to gradually add to the system from year to year until the city is wholly metered. With the adoption of a general metering system a revision should be made of the rates charged against property owners for water. Under the present system there are inconsistencies in the present rates and same would not be applicable with the metering system. The per capita income of the water department is less than $2.00 per year, whereas the average per capita income from municipal water departments over the country is $2.50 and an income of $3.00 to $4.00 per capita is not common. Cities who adopt the metering system never go back to the old method and accurate data kept by cities who have , adopted the metering system show that there has been a saving in the consumption of water all the way from 25 j per cent to 50 per cent. As a general rule municipalities j furnish meters without cost to the property omvers for j installing and maintaining same. Meters can be obtained at j. a considerable range in prices depending upon the accuracy ! which is required, maintenance cost, and durability. I have i not as yet had the opportunity of making a detail study \ 604 MAYOR'S AXXUAL REPORT of the meter problem, but assume from information received, that the household meter suitable for the city of Savannah could be obtained at the prevailing price of $10.00 each. The above improvements considered in detail are the essential important features, -which must be considered in order to rehabilitate our system and increase our water supply. To safeguard our supply from possible unexpected pressure of flow from mains leading from the pump to the distributing system, it is thought advisable to construct a duplicate force main, the cost of which is estimated in the amount which is recommended for our work. There is a considerable length of old 4-ineh pipe, distributing pipe, scattered over the city, which should be replaced with 6-inch or 8-inch pipe, and as the cost of this is considerable, it is recommended that the replacement of the small pipe should be considered with the special work. Laws. One very important feature, which should be taken up as early as practicable, are laws which would be constitutional and should be passed by the next State legislature, whereby there would be proper control of the waste of water from the wells, which are driven by corporations or individual parties. It is a known fact that there is an immense waste of water from wells which are allowed to run continuously, where the water is not used for commercial or domestic purposes, and there should be a better control of abandoned wells. Records of every well in the State should be kept track of and where any are abandoned proper means should be taken to close same, so that danger of contaminating the aquifer from, the surface water will be eliminated. It is recommended that our State geologist, Mr. S. "W. McCallie, be consulted as to the framing of the essential features to be embodied in the necessary State laws governing the control of artesian wells and that this data be then furnished the legal department for proper MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 605 drawing up and then same be furnished representatives of the local members of the legislature for introducting same at the next session of the legislature. Selection of Pump. On account of the high cost of all machinery at this time and the probability of higher prices for machinery prevailing for an indefinite period, it is difficult to estimate closely what any equipment will cost six months hence. To show the advance in price of pump machinery, Jacksonville, Fla., two years ago bought a cross compound horizontal crank and fly wheel type of condensing engine 12,000,000 gallon capacity per day for $25,000.00; recently proposals were received for practically duplicating this engine, and the lowest bid was $37,000.00. Representatives of manufacturing concerns in consulting with me recently predict that prices will advance still further, so the initial cost of a pump suitable for our conditions must be considered. The type of pump referred to above, of which Jacksonville has one and just purchased another, is only half of what the same capacity pump would cost if a triplicate expansion pump is considered. Again the steam furnished by the destructor plant should save fuel at the waterworks for an amount not less than $5,000.00 per year at this time. With the growth of the city and a corresponding increase in the amount of refuse collected in a few jrears, the amount in saving should increase considerably. Now the steam from the destructor plant can only be furnished from a pressure of 100 to 115 pounds. A triple expansion engine requires a much higher boiler pressure than a low duty compound, so that if we adopt a triple expansion, we would lose the steam conveyed from the destructor plant. After giving the matter careful consideration it would appear that a low duty horizontal Cross compound pump engine, would be the most satisfactory type for additional unit. It must be realized that pumps for supplying water are for most of the pumping period worked with, normal capacity, but 606__________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT_____________ there must be sufficient elasticity to provide for greatly increased loads. The efficiency of a pump working with half a load is much less than when a pump is working near its rated capacity. Electrically driven turbine pumps are, where suitable, being rapidly introduced, but it must be borne in mind that these pumps have to be operated to the full capacity, so that they are generally combined with another pump, the turbine type being operated constantly for the normal load and another type operated to care for the peak load. However, the quantity of water required to be pumped in Savannah, in my opinion, would not warrant consideration of installing two units. Resume. Condensing the arguments set forth in this report, my recommendations for rehabilitating our plant and increasing our supply are as follows: Of course, it is possible, before the money becomes actually available for the work, that the city may desire some changes, but these will make no material difference in the estimated cost of the work, which is given in the tabulation at the close of this report. Recommendations. No. 1The purchase and installation of one horizontal cross compound crank and fly wheel type condensing engine of from 12,000,000 to 15.000,000 gallon capacity per day___$ 45,000.00 Foundation, piping, connections between engine and pump well and force main 5,000.00 No. 2Air compressor of from 2,000 to 2.500 cubic feet of air per minute_____ 15,000.00 Foundation for same_ 1,000.00 No. 3Connecting wells with air piping from the air compressor ____________ 2,000.00 No. 4Batteries of three boilers, 150 H. P. each. 8,000.00 Boiler foundation _______________ 1,000.00 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 607 No. 4%3,000,000-gallon reservoir___ 35,000.00 No. 5Extension to building to accomodate new equipment with the extension of pump wells. 10,500.00 No. 6A new collecting conduit for Stiles Avenue _________________________ 35,000.00 No. 7Yard piping and valves connecting conduit with reservoir and reservoir with pump wells ____________________ 6,000.00 No. 8Meters for 5,000 building, $9 each___ 45,000.00 No. 9Wells, two 1,200 feet wells________ 20,000.00 No. 10Connecting wells to conduit and boosters 3,500.00 No. 11Duplicate force main from pumping station to distributing system_________ 30,000.00 Replacing 4-inch distributing pipe over city 10,000.00 $272,000.00 Add 10 per cent for contingencies and engineer- ; Resolved, by the mayor and aldermen of the e%y of Savannah, in council assembled, That this body officially protests against the passage of any such bill as is proposed and petitions the state senate and the house of representatives of the state of Georgia for the privilege of a full public hearing before the committee of each body to which any such bill may be referred, in order that this body and the citizens of Savannah generally may have an opportunity to voice their protest there and present their views relative to such measure, and we further petition that ample notice be given to this body, and the citizens of Savannah, before the date of such hearing, that they may be prepared to appear at such hearing. Adopted and approved at special meeting, June 27,1916. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT 625 PTTRT.Tf! T.TttttAl^V A communication from his honor, the mayor: Savannah, Ga., Feb. 16, 1916. The Board of Aldermen, City. Gentlemen: Under the authority ' vested in me by the ordinanee creating a board of managers for the new public library, I beg to advise the following appointments and request your confirmation of the same: For the term ending December 31, 1916, Mr. J. A. G. Carson, Mrs. Walter S. Wilson. For the term ending December 31, 1917, Mr. W. F. McCauley Mr. John M. Thomas. For the term ending December 31, 1918, Mr. John L. Travif Mr. J. W. Griffith. Fc..' the term ending December 31, 1919, Mrs. J. G. Smith, Mr. Thomas Gamble. For the term ending December 31, 1920, Mrs. P. W. MeldrLn, Mr. H. W. Witeover. For the term ending December 31, 1921, Miss Hortense Orcutt, Mr. J. Randolph Anderson. I have appointed Mr. J. Randolph Anderson as chairman of the board and Mr. H. W. Witeover as vice chairman, for the first year, as provided by the ordinanee. Very respectfully, W. J. PD3RPONT, Mayor. Appointments of the mayor confirmed by council. 626 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REJPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT CO.TO CONVEY STREETS TO CITY Resolution. By Committee on Water and City Lots and Opening Streets: Resolved, by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, That the city accept the offer of Urban Development Company made by Victor G. Schreck, its agent, to convey to the city the following named streets in said city, to-wit: Richards street, from Jenkes avenue on west to lane east of Chapman avenue to the east (50 feet wide). Eastern 10 feet of Jenkes avenue, from Augusta road to Bay street (the other 30 feet of Jenkes avenue is now owned by the city). Baker avenue, 50 feet wide, from Augusta road to Bay street. Pell avenue, 70 feet wide, from Augusta road to Bay street. Sugden avenue, 50 feet wide, from Augusta road to Richards street. Jlereer avenue, from Augusta road to Bay avenue, 45 feet wide. Chapman avenue, 45 feet wide, from Augusta road to Bay avenue. All right and title the company has in lane to east of Chapman avenue. ____________MAYOR'S ANNUAL. REPORT__________627 All right, title and interest in Bay avenue. The title to this avenue passed to the city by the extension of the city limits as this was a road used by the public. In consideration of which the city shall extend its water mains through said streets and avenues at such time as may be hereafter agreed upon. Be it further resolved, That his honor, the mayor, be authorized for the city to execute such agreements as may be necessary to carry out the terms of this resolution. Adopted and approved Oct. 11, 1916.