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PROPELLER SHAFT*.
The Achillea* Heel of Modern Ships.
The Engineer's I*o*t of Danger.
F. T. Bullen in the L/Cndon Leader
It was well pair! in a leader of “The
Shipping Gazette*’ recently that the
breakdown of the transport Persia serv: s
ro call public attention prominently to
a subject which has for some time past
bei engagirg serious notice In the ship
ping world. ■
For *twas ever thus—a condition of
things in public policy or a great Indus
try may exist for many years of the ut
most menace to the well being of a vast
number of people, yet the voices of the
warne s go forth incessantly into ine
•ponrive sihnee
At lemrth there comes a day when. by.
means of a great disaster (in the Persia’s
case meat happily, just averted), the le
thargic monster we call the Public wakes
up, turns himself, and demands that
something he done.
Now. the subject of the leader in ques
tion was the breaking of propeller
shafts, an accident which, if it befalls
a huge modern steamship in midocean,
leaves her just a log upon the sea. In a
few oases does it end in serious damage
to the vessel, hut the amount of public
anxio y and the loss in hard cash it
causes are enormous.
Few. indeed, of the traveling public are
aware how large a number of these acci
dents occur. The committee of Lord’s
Register recently' compiled a list of some
of the accidents to shafts of steamers
amounting to a complete breakdown,
which they circulated among those in
terested in the subject, inviting sugges
tion* and observations. It must have
come as a startler to many to find that
•luring the first half of The present year
no less than seventy-four steamships,
the great majority of Which were of
l*rge size, suffered this sor'ous disaster.
Of course there is a goodly minority
among newspaper readers who know
exactly what is meant by a steamer
breaking her shaft, but for th benefit
of the majority who do not know it may
be necessary, in order to show how f the
areid-nt is brought about, to give a few
words of explanation as simply as may
be. Nearly all steamships have their
engines at a consfderable distance, from
the propeller, the four haded and three
bladed screw', which according as it Is
turned, thrusts the hull forward or draw’s
it backward.
The connection between the engines and
the propeller is made by means cf a solid
cylinder of steel passing through bear
infs lined with pun mc'al generally, and
kept cool by a stream of wafer flowing
over them outside and a lib- ral supplv
of some lubricant, usually tallow’, insi !e.
Now. it does not need much wit to un
derstand that the twisting stress upon
these long shafts of steel Is at all times
very great, needing them to be of the
mo*t flawless composition, in order that
they shall be dependable.
Such is the care taken in their manufac
ture thftt it may safely be said that if they
were only subjected to the steady, equable
strain of the engines- upon them there
would scarcely ever be a case of shaft frac
ture heard of. But such a state of thing*
is unthinkable at sea. Out on the ore in
the frequent occurrences of gales of wind
and consequent heavy seas brings about
such an alteration of the conditions of
service of the shaft that it is marvellous
how few relatively of these accidents do
oebur.
When even the heavily laden steamship,
with her propeller so far beneath the sur
face of the sea to be out of sight. neets
with a heavy gale ahead, rasing a fuc
eesslon of confronting waves, she must of
necessity pitch and dive tremendously.
And in so doing it is inevitable that she
will occasionally lift her propeller out of
water suddenly, while the full drive of
the engines is being exerted upon it. What
that means to every part of the machin
ery can only be imagined by a layman
(a non-engineer). The sudden lean fiom
the solid resistance of the water into ill •
non-resistance of the air is a ch mse cf
condition so great that not even the most
cunningly devised “governor” can do more
than to attempt to modify its severity.
It is instantly followed by a return to
the former strain with a wrench ih t
seems sufficient to strip the mighty blades
of metal from the propeller as if ihey
were feathers in a shuttlecock. The “gov
ernor’’ mentioned comes to the relief of
the Sorely tried mechanism by automa leal
ly shutting off the supply of steam with
the cessation of plunges into its nroper
element. But the changes are so instanta
neous, the pressures are s<* enormous, that
s tiny flaw, n slight weakness, is almost
sure to be fatal. Perhaps not in that gale,
but in the next.
And if this be so in a loaded steamer,
bow much more is P so in a light one.
Experts are at one in considering that
from this cause alone, although there are
others tha cannot now be touched upon,
an underloaded steamer is quite as un
eeaworthy as an overloaded one. How of
ten does one pass a large steamship com
ing down Channel bound oversea, and no
tice. fhat even In the smoothest water
nearly half of her propeller is Illy beating
♦he air. Just a little head sea gets up
•hd the vessel’s engines, shaft and pro
peller are immediately subjected to a
wucreseion of shocks that make their es
cape from damage almost a miracle.
Then it in that the engineer’s lot, never
a light one, becomes truly terrible in its
burden. He knows in Ills Innefmost fibers
*ll that is going on. the potentialities
of disaster In every plunge of the ship’s
wtern, from Its high ixdso on the back
the sea down into the weltering valley
between—knows, too. what lies before hltn
•nd bis trusty helpers If the shaft should
break. If the ehgtote* should go to smash.
No warrior In the deadly breach ever
nhowed more perfect courage or reached a
higher plane of self-sacrifice than does the
marine engineer, and that not as a.mere
episode of his calling, but almost contin
ually. What apparent miracle* have been
wrought by these sons of steel at the call
of duty and under the most terrible cir
cumstances we need an enclneer’s “roll of
bonor’’ to teach u**-not that any public
recognition of their worth could possibly
•dd to the fidelity and heroism contlhually
manifested by them
One word, in conclusion, on nn unfavor
able comparison which has been drawn
between men-o'-wer and merchant steam
er* unfavorable to the litter on account
of the almost complete immunity from
shaft breakage of the former. The rom
parleon is unfair and should never have
been made. The loading of a warship is
almost a fixed quantity.
This has perh .ps mote to do with shaft
fracture than aught else.
rimplCN mid Freckle* on Face.
Your druggist will refund your money If
Paxo Ointment falls to cure you, 60c.
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the c lergy as victims.
Sl> Swindler* Mtvnvn Trying Yew
Game* on I iiHimpeetlng Pastor*.
From the Washington Post.
Thq most persistent and unique adven
; turers in the national capital are th
fakirs who haunt the clergy and person*
connected with philanthropic work. They
are frequent callers at all pastoral res!-*
denees in the city, a day never passing
[ without two or more presenting them
selves at .the dgor. Some are well-dres-ed
and others are garbed like the p;>r. They
have various methods of presenting their
cause, but each and all have the sime
object, to obtain money. Sometimes their
stories are almost ludicrous, but at other
nrixs they are heartrending, and it Is
almost impossible for a,clergyman to de
cide the merits of the case.
One prominent divine eaid last week
that in all 'his experience he had never
met a stranger begging for help whose
ease. when investigated, was found
worthy.
The Rev. Dr. McLeod of the First Pres
byterian Church, in conjunction with fjur
other leading clergymen, had an experi
ence not long ago which was as laughable
as it was exasperating. A woman clad in
deepest but ehabby mourning called at
the church office shortly after noon, and
told a pitiful tale of woe. She said that
her only daughter had died the night be
fore, that she had formerly been a mem
ber of his church, and her dying request
was that Dr McLeod should preach a
sermon at theSfuneral, which would o cur
the following morning at her residence.
She gave a number and street in a some
what distant locality.
The doctor at once consented to officia e
at the funeral, and expressed the greatest
sympathy for the bereaved mother. The
woman then began to weep, and told Dr.
McLeod that her finances were in a
straitened condition, and that she lacked
juet $2 of having enough for her daugh
ter’s burial expenses. The doctor bad
been imposed upon before, so he told the
woman that he would go to her home the
following morning and bring the necessary
funds to defray the expenses. Thanking
I>r. McLeod, the woman took her leave and
proceeded to the pastoral residence of the
assistant rector of Trinity Church. Tell
ing him the same story, she succeeded in
obtainning $5 and the promise, that the doc
tor would officiate at the funeral.
This original fakir then went to the res
idence of Dr. Fiske, pastor of Gunton-
Temple Memorial Church, to whom she
again repeated her story and obtained a
like reward. She sought two other cler
gymen, on whose sympathies she worked
with ihe same tale, and secured from each
$5 and an assurance that the ministers
would preach her daughter’s funeral ser
mon. To each one she gave the same hour,
name and address. The result waa ihat the
following morning five preachers, or me* l
with Bibles and hymn books, serious
and sympathetic locks, appear at 10
o’clock at th? quiet home of a very re
spectable Irish family, and each one an
nounced that he had come to conduct the
funeral of the young girl. The Irish lady,
•thinking that someone. had played a prac
tical joke on her. promptly became in
censed. and emphasized the fact that there
had not been a death on that block for
six months.
Another funeral fakir was a woman in
tft. Aloysius’ parish. One morning stie
called at the residence of a comparatively
poor Catholic woman, whose philanthropic
work was well known. She was weeping
so that she could hardly explain her wants,
j between her sobs she told the kind-heart
ed lady that her husband, who was a wo k
ingman, was dead, and she had no money
to bury him. She did not want to beg, but
to borrow some money, and said that she
would work after Ward to repay the
amount. “Oh. madame.’’ she said, “put
yourself in my place. If your husband
should die, it would break your heart to
have him buried in the potters’ field, and
! it will break mine. Help me to bury my
! John, and 1 will work all my life to rep.ty
you.’’ The supposed widow threatened to
go into hysterics, and the kind-hearted
lady tried to soothe her, and 'told her that
she would take her the money later in the
day.
She took all out of her own pocket, and
finding It inadequate, she devoted the day
to taking up a subscription among her
friends, and by nightfall she had Secured,
together with her own donation, some
thing over $35. She went immediately to
, the house designated, where she was met
' at the door by the weeping woman, who
led her into a poorly furnished little room.
The only light in the room was shed from
a tallow candle stuck in a bottle, on o
small wooden shelf, in one end of the
room. At the other end of the room could
!>e dimly 6een a rudely improvished bier.
Stretched on a board, supported by two
pine soap boxes, lay the rigid form of a
large man, covered with a white shret.
The woman, between her sobs, told her
benefactress that she wanted to see “the
poor dead face.” She turned ba-k the
sheet, revealing the rtigged feat lire* of a
laborer. The still face stood out In ghast
ly relief against the shadow* in the dark
corner of the room. The candle flickered
and sputtered, and the woman dropped the
sheet and hid her face in her hand*. Ihe
kind-hearted lady stayed quite a while,
endeavoring to console the woman, then
giving her the money, she departed.
She had not gone a block, however, l>e
fore she fell to wondering if ihe man had
on a coat. Thinking how hard it would he
to bury* a mad without a coat, and resolv
ing to give one of her husband’s, she te
traced her step* to determine whether or
not ho had on a coat. Arriving at the
house she knocked, but no answer cam'.
Bhe knocked again, and tIII there wa* no
response. Finding the door unlocked, she
opened it and entered*the hallway.
Proceeding to the little room where a
few minutes before she had been condoling
the widow, she was horrified to find the
“corpao” sitting up and counting the
money. The couple were so Intent upon
counting up their gains that they had net
noticed her entrance until she gave a litti*
scream, which wa* echoed by the “corpse”
,nnd hi* widow, who dropped the money oa
though they had seen a gost and fi and from
the house, which they had utilised for the
purpose of their fraud. The kind-hearted
lady also ran from the scene of the “quick
and the dead.” But an hour later, w r hen
she returned with her husband and son to
recover the money, she found that the
corpse had preceded her and had secured
the money.
Not all the fakir* deal with the dcaj. ,
Ht'verol day* ago n tall, foreign-looking
man visited several prominent clergymen,
to each of whom he handed hi* card, on
which was engraved “Kev. Charles Mo
hammed.” Hi* card did not state to which
denomination he belonged, consequently
be told each minister that he was a mem
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900.
ber of his church and a foreign
To some he said that he needed funds to
go to New York, where he was schedule!
to deliver a lecture, and to other* be
claimed hi* destination was Baltimore for
the same purpose. He succeeded in ob
taining various sums of money, until firal
ly he reached the Rev. Dr. Fiske. To him
he showed his credentials, which seemed
to.be correct, and, furthermore, he claim
ed to be a professor in Princeion Univer
sity. He showed a clipping from a Rich
mond paper, which stated that a R*v.
Charles Mohammed had been mistaken for
a negro who was wanted there for some
crime, and he was almost mobbed befor?
he could establish his identity. In addi
tion to this, he had hi* clearical orders
from the Baltimore and Ohio and he
Pannsylvaaia Railroad*. However, these
orders had expired in 1X99, and the Rev.
Mohammed could not wait to have them
renewed, as he was due in New York ear
ly the next morning and in Princeton the
following evening. He wished to borrow
$lO from Dr. Fiske. and promised to return
it two days later.
Dr. Fiske suggested that he telegraph to
Princeton. To this the Rev. Mohammed
agreed at once end thanked the doctor for
his thoughtfulness. Dr. Fiske sent a tele
gram immediately. In the meantime the
Rev. Mohamfned went out into town anl
called later In the evening to ascertain if
an answer to the telegram had come. Th<*
time was approaching for the leavfhg of
the train, and as ihe Rev. Mohammed
seemed very anxious for a reply to the
telegram Dr. Fiske was impressed wi*h
the. worthiness of his case and willingly
loaned him the money. The next m min?
a message from Princeton stated that
there was no such gentleman at Princeton,
but. like many telegram*, the m°s ; ase
eftme too late.
trying for a hybrid serpent.
Strange \tteinpt to Graft a RatHe
*nake*n Tall on a Boa Constrictor.
From the Chicago Chrotticle.
Andy Connors, whose roadhouse is at
Harlem avenue and Madison street, is
making a strange experiment. This is no
more nor less than an effort to graft the
resounding tail of a rattlesnake upon the
body of a black serpent of the constrictor
family.
The amputation and adjustment were
made a week ago. The head of hi* as
sorted snakes hip is alive. There can be
no doubt about that, for his vicious and
spiteful longue is ever on tbe move.
But there is some doubt about the vitality
of the tail. Connors, who made the ex
periment more out of curiosity than for
any other reason, maintains that he has
been successful and that hi* discovery
give* him a standing in the illustrious cir
cles of scientist*. This Is what he says:
“A kid out here had the tip of his little
finger cut off by an electric car. It was
replaced by a doctor, and within a month
the stump and the severed tip knitted
themselves together. The finger is now as
good a* anybody’s. That set me to think
ing. I had a pet rattlesnake which I used
to pass out to men when they felt bad.
Then Steve Barrett caught a blacksnake
at Riverside and the thought to me
that even if the snake were as cold-blood
ed as a Chicago avenue street car con
ductor I could splice them and have some
thing out of the ordinary. A blacksnake
with rattles would be like a horse with
claws, and so I started in to cut them up
so that the two bodies would fit. The
blacksnake, of course, had all the best of
It. He simply lost his tail. The rattle
snake sacrificed his head to make a noisy
rudder for his distant relative. Within a
week or so I. expect to have a snake that
will upset Harlem and give the town
board a fright. It is the biggest piece of
grafting anybody ever saw out here."
A New Fad for Millionaire*.
From Leslie’s Weekly.
Yachting is unlike horse-racing and
some other pastimes in that the sport of
it doca not increase in proportion to Its
expense; and the truth of this remark
is about to be tested; by several million
aires. When you get two Vanderbilts, a
Belmont and a Whitney thinking how
they can get the most fun out of yacht
racing. it I* comprehensible that they will
not confine themselves to knockabouts,
and a fleet of four cutters is now' being
finished at the Herreshoff yards which
will supply sport of the high-priced
brands. Cornelius Vanderbilt, W. K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., August Belmont, and
Harry Payne Whitney are each taking a
boat from the Herreshoffs which will be
10> feet long over all, and seventy feet
long on the water-line, with twenty feet
of beam, fifteen feet drought of water,
and carrying forty tofis of lead in the
casting belted to the keel-plate.
In addition to the outlay for the yachts
themselves, they will be supplied with a
steam tender to tow them rapidly from
port to port, and to carry their spare
and extra epars; also to be pf general
use to the owners. Two of these are al
ready in commission, and are eighty feet
long, shaped like a torpedo-boat, and* fitted
up inside like a steam yacht. One of them,
the Scout, for Mr. Belmont’* Mlneola, has
already been tested, and found to travel
at the rate of twenty knots an hour. The
other, for Cornelius Vanderbilt'a Rainbow,
has logged at twenty-two knots in her first
trials. Thos when these owners come to
New r York for a day’s business they can
travel on their torpedo-boat steam yachts
about a* if they went on an accommoda
tion train, and a good deal more comfor
tably. 4
The introduction of such vessels ns Ihe
tenders of
that had it* beginning in the demands of
cup defenders and challengers—demands
that have so greatly increased of recent
year* that, at the last cup race®, j?lr
Thomas Lipton had about seven vessels In
his employ at Sandy Hook. Until now
such steam tender* seemed to share thw
eem!-professional air of the big fictional
representatives, and not until this New
port fleet was started was the idea con
tinued into private yachting. Its uses,
when large yacht* are to be raced in
many different waters, will not be ques
tioned by any one who know-s the huge
amount of material such boats have to
cart around.
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OFFIOIAI.
OFFICIAL PBOfEEDmr.S of conv
ert,.
Savannah. Ga . June 13. 1966—The regu
lar meeting of Council was held this af
ternoon at 4 o'clock. Present, the Hon.
Herman Myers, Mayor, presiding; Aider
man George W. Ttedeman, chairman of
Council; Alderman David Wells, view
chairman of Council, and Aldermen Haas,
Dixon, Schwarz, Bacon, Doyle, Mills,
Thomas, Jarrell, Horrlgan and Graham,
Alderman Jarrell retiring during the pro
ceedings of the meeting.
Minutes of meetings of May 19, 22 and
30 were, upon motion, confirmed as pub
lished.
REPORTS OP COMMITTEES.
City of Savannah. June 13, 1900.—The
Committee on Accounts report that they
have examined and found correct bills
against he city amounting to thtrty-flv*
thousand, three hundred and seventy dol
lars and seventy-three cents, as per ac
companying schedule, and recommend
that the same be passed for payment.
*35,370.73. George J. Mills,
Chairman Committee, on Accounts.
Report received and acdoupts passed for
payment. Herman Myers, Mayor.
Board of Health—
Hattie Pinkney $ 12 3(1
G, C. Carrol 15 00
Milda Niles .V 3 00
Dr. W. F. Brunner .... 509
Time of hands 2 lb
Geo. Montgomery 18 00
H. Adams 50 00
Time of hand* 15 (10
Thomas Griffin 50 CO-* 176 70
Cify Lamps—
Edison E. 111. Cos 3,024 85
Crematories—
Jas. M. Dixon & Cos * 937
W. H. Peck 25 00- 34 87
Dispensary—
Adam Kessell 40 03
Culture —
Deo Frank * 2 75
EX Lovell's Sons 270
Jas. M. Dixon & Cos 13 70
Dixon, Mitchell & Cos 20 54
E. Lovell's Sons 54
Palmer Hardware Cos .... 10 04
Dixon, Mitchell & Cos * 51
Time of hgnds 120 00
Time of Hands 300 77 497 15
Fire Department—
Mutual Gas Dtght Cos * 32 34
Dr. A. Jasme 25 00
P. McGlashan 75
M. S. & D. A. Byck 34 75
Palmer Hardware Cos 4 25
Collins, Grayson ft C 0.... 159 16
Ward & Dotson 4 88
T. A. Ward, mgr 4 50
F. Wechstein 25
Herman C. & W. Cos 35 70
T. P. Wright 2 23
P. O'Connor 7 57
R. H. Clements 2 25
Edison Elec. 111. Cos 1 00
Geo. J. Barthelmess 10 50
Thos. West ft Cos 1 75
John A. Calhoun 4 32
Dr. J. D. Paige 9 00
A. S. Bacon & Sons 15 87
ED Dovell’s Sons 14 *8
Dlppman Bros 65
Wm. Taylor 5 45
Savannah C. & W. C 0... 20 00
Neal-Mlllard Cos J 25
E. L. Neldllnger, agt 41 65
John G. Butler 1 85
Deo Frank 17 95
Strasser Mingledorf 76
J. F. Canty 13 75
J. F. Canty 12 72
Jas. M. Dixon ft Cos 118 60
Pay roll, 8. D 1,861 06
Pay roll, N. D 3,246 95 5,714 10
Harbor and Wharves—
John Reilly, H. M 20 00— 20 00
House Drainage, City—
George Lehwald | 64 12
J. E. Stewart 42 97
John Rourke & Sons 686 00
F. M. Poreher 16 so
A. Hanley Company 13 85
E'loyd & Cos 73 50
William J. Taylor 6 80
Dixon, Mitchell & Cos 49
E. Lovell's Sons 34 34
Henry Juchter 3 60
James M. Dixon & C 0... 11 11
Savannah, Thunderbolt
and Isle of Hope Ry.... 13 29
George Lehwald 7 60
Palmer Hardware Cos 8 4*
Dixon, Mitchell & Cos 40
Herman Coal and Wood
Company 44 00
C. B. Weateott 5 00
Leo Frank 7 00
Edison Electric Illumin
ating Company 80
Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Cos 10 00
Ocean Steamship Cos 25 00
A. Hanley Cos 2 37
Charles Keevil 12 00
Time of hands 68 57
Time of hands 35 15
Pat Jarrell 1 93
Time of hands 125 00
Time of hand* 86 90
Time of hands 81 50- 1,437 17
Incidentals —
Norton Frierson 9 150
Western U. Tel. Cos 14 18
Lindsay ft Morgan 2 50
The Oorrie Ice Cos 4 05
R. D. ft Wm. Lattlmore.. 75
Andrew Hanley 1 00
William P. Bailey 104 09- 12* 05
Laurel Grove Cemetery—
C. C. Hill $ 83 33
TimtwM hands 161 00— 244 33
Marke4—
8 A. Wilson 900
.Opening Streets—
Emma I.
R, B, Rosenbrooke 90 00— 190 00
Parks and Squares—
Time of hands 210*1
Paving—
J. E. Stewart 9 *2 52
John McGrath 92 82
W. N. Connerat 16 45
D. T. Elliott 26 25
Andrew Hanley Cos 36 60
R. Fogarty 21 70
W. St hiiman 16 80
Thos. McDonnell 53 83
Davis Machine Shop 7 75
J. E Stewart 57 00
George Lehwald 34 52
F. H. Opper, attorney for
John Bradley 59 99
F. C. and P. R R. C 0.... 2*7 00
C. of Ga R R. Cos. ...... 13
Herman C. ft W. Cos. .... 10 00
J. P, Ward 175 * '
Andrew Hanley Cos 3 00
W. W. Almar A Cos 11 on
W. H. Connerat 8 75
Dixon Mitchell ft Cos. ... 12 on
Mrs. Kate E’og.irty 29 40
Thos. Houlihar 17 10
Thos. McDonnell 25 62
John McGrath ............ 9 15
Plant System of 8y*..... 16 49
J. E Stewart 77 t,
Southern Roofing Mfg. Cos. 98 39 f ,
OFFICIAL.
Tenn Paving Ef"co~'~D6o3M
Plant System of Rys 1,073 50
Henry Juchter 15 95
Time of hand* 298 15
Time of hands 1,111 04
Time of hands 557 58
Geo. W. Allen 83 33
Time of hands 318 92 10,033 92
Police—
Gorrie Ice Mfg Cos 9 311
Cohen, Kuhlman C. ft W
Company 45 tin
? Lovell's Sons 21 flfl
homas Screven 5 on
Dixon, Mitchell ft Cos 1 90
R. H. Clement* 750
T. P. Wright 13 50
Mutual Gas L. Cos 15 02
James M. Dixon & Cos 252 69
R. D.'ft Wm. lattlmore .. 6 2\
Andrew Hanley Cos 1 90
Cohen, Kuhlman. C. & W.
Company 97 50
Overstreet ft Hallford 75
A G Marin 350
Masonic T. Pharmacy 15 50
Southern Drug ft C. Cos. .17 44
M. S ft D. A Byck .. 32 25
Electric Supply Cos 35 82
Falk Clothing Cos 2 00
Falk Clothing Cos 2 00
A. LelTler Cos 585
F. Chandler ft Son 3CO
J. W. Norton 50
T. A. Bryson 1 no
D. Clarke 52 50
Fred Schwarz 26 50
H. Logan 6 00
A. Ehrlich & Bro 9 98
T. A. Moore 5 flO
Pay roll. May. 1900 6.352 93- 6,980 14
'PubHo Buildings—
Electric Supply Cos ...9 125 00
Mutual GaR L. Cos 1 90
Edison Elec. 111. Cos 2 00
Mutual Gas L. Cos 6 30
Lindsay ft Morgan 16 30— 9151 50
Printing and Stationery—
M. 9. ft D. A. Byck 4 50
M S ft D. A. Byck 16 40
C. NT. Stern 400
Morning News 43 50
C. N. Stern *OO
M. S, ft D. A. Byck .... 2 15
John W. Fretwell 4 15
C. N. Stem 350
O. S. Nichols 50
W. N. Nichols 1 25
M. S ft D. A Byck 650
J W. Fretwell 375 $95 20
Salaries—
James D. Rankin *IBO to
Scavenger Department—
James M. Dixom ft C0...* 416 42
Edison Electric Illumin
ating Company 6 56
Leo Frank 5 40
Henry Juchter 3 25
E. Lovell’s Sons 123 76
Dr. M. A. Morris 14 50
E. Lovell's Sons 1 75
Forest City Varnish Cos.. 22 25
Savannah Car and Wag
on Company 11 00
Time of hknds 334 16
Time of hands 545 50— 1,484 55
Streets and Lanes—
Thomas Houlihan * 129 19
E. Lovell's Sons 7 91
James M. Dixon ft Son... 232 08
J. E. Stewart 7 00
Thomas Houlihan 87 15
Henry Juchter 8 95
Leo Frank 7 50
E Lowell's Sons 163 07
Dr. M. A. Morris 14 50
W. W. Almar ft Cos 18 07
R. Fogarty 10 50
Mrs. L. V. Shuman 1 75
Thomas McDonnell 7 00
W. H. Connerat 1 75
The Gorrie Ice Mfg. C 0... 1 00
John McGrath 10 50
Time of hands 317 85
Time of hands 239 84
Time of hands 1.266 45
Sidewalks—
John McGrath * 32 98
J. E. Stewart 10 89
George Lehwald 22 74
F. R. Opper, attorney for
John Bradly 890 82
Central of Georgia Rail
way Company 133 K
Ttme of hand* 835 89— 3,949 23
Sink Dept. O. E. M. Dept.—
James M. Dixon ft C0....* 979
Pay roll 166 66 176 45
Taxer —
John J. Nevitt 927 00
Water Works—
George Lehwald 9 10 80
Ocean S. S. Cos 46
Knickerbocker Ice Cos 10 00
M S. ft D. A. Byck 2 45
Davis Machine Shop SO
Palmer Hardware Cos 13 IS
Edward Lovell'* Son*.... 1 S3
Edward Lovell's Sons .... 18 00
T. A Ward. Mgr 1 25
jas F. Furlong 1 25
C. of Ga. Ry. Cos. 65
A. S. Cohen tl 13
A. S Cohen 241 *4
Time of hand* 65 87
Time of hand* •••• 37 00— 565 96
Total 936,370 73
The Committee of the Whole. *o which
was referred the petition of H Sanders,
to retail liquor, at 309 Congress street,
from Juty 1. 1900; beg to report favora
bly to same.
HERMAN MYFsRS,
Chairman. Commit*ee of the Whole.
Adopted.
The Committee of the Whole, to which
was referred the petition of P. Rosenhoof.
for permission to transfer hi* millinery
license from No. 419 Broughton street,
west, to No. 409 Broughton street, west;
beg to report favorably to same.
HERMAN MYERS.
Chairman. Commute* of the Whole.
Adopted.
The Committee of the Whole. *o which
was referred the petition of Scott ft Davis,
for permission to transfer htn green gro
oers' Hcenee. o Mr*. S. Martin at the
same place of business, 219 Henry street,
eaet. beg to report favorably to same.
HERMAN MYERS.
Chairman, Committee of the Whole.
Adopted.
The Committee of the Whole, to which
was referred the petition of D. F Thomp
son, for permission to transfer his green
grocery license at Gwinnett and Bur
roughs streets, to R G. Newton, at the
same place of bu*lneee; beg to report
favortbly to same.
HERMAN MYERS.
Chairman, Committee of the Whole.
Adopted.
The Committee of the Whole, to which
w* referred the petition of W. M. Jdnes,
for permission to transfer hi* cook shop
license, from Farm and Bryan slreots, to
Knet Broad and New Houston afreets; beg
to report favorably to same.
HERMAN MYERS,
Chairman, Committee of the Whole.
Adopted.
The Committee of the Whole, to which
Iwas referred the petition Of the Savannah
Port Society, asking to he relieved from
the poynwnt of an execution for city taxes
OFFICIAL.
against the property of the said society,
in the amount of *356.25; beg to report by
resolution.
HERMAN MYERS.
Chairman. Committee of the Whole.
Received as information.
The Committee on Finance. 4o which
was referred the petition of W B. Sturte
vant. asking to be relieved from a double
tax of *3OO on furniture, for the year 1899.
Petitioner claiming he was not the owner
of any furniture during the said year; beg
to report favorably to same.
GEORGE W. TTEtDEMAN,
Chairman, Committee on Finance.
Adopted.
The Committee on Finance.- to which
was referred the petition of A. Letfler.
asking the usual discount of 16 per cent.,
to make fee simple ground, rent lot
east >4 No. 21 Calhoun ward, beg to re
port favorably to same.
GEORGE W TIE.DKMAN.
Chairman. Committee on Finance.
Adopted.
The Committee on Fire, to which was
referred the petition of H. M. laiftoi-.,
general manager of the Saeannah, Thun
derbolt and Isle of Hope Railway, asking
permission to use rotary gongs on the
cars of the said company, beg to report
unfavorably to same.
Isaac G. fin art.
Chairman Fire Committee.
AdODtf and.
The Joint Committee on Public Henlih
and Finance to which was referred the
petition of Mary Brown, asking re-mun
erntlon in the amount of twenty dollars
for articles destroyed by order of the
health authorities on account of conta
gious disease, beg to report adversely to
same. J. G. Jarreli.
Chairman Joint Committea
Adop l wl.
The Joint Committee on Public Health
and Finance to which was referred tho
petition of Fred Fair, asking to be re
munerated In the amount of *13.50 for art
icle* destroyed by order of the health au
thorities on account of contagious din
ease, beg to report adversely to same.
J. G. Jarrell,*
Chairman Joint Committee.
Adpoted.
The following report read at meeting of
May 30, 1900, and upon motion laid on the
table until the next regul sr meeting of
Council, and to be published for informa
tion, wm read again and after consider
able discussion was tabled by the follow
ing; vote:
Ayes—Aldermen Thomas. Mills, Doyle,
Tledeman. Graham, Wells.—6.
Nays—Dixon, Horrlgan, Haas, Bacon,
Schwarz.—s.
Savannah, Ga.. May 36. 19C0.—To the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sa
vannah: The Special Committee, to wh.ch
was referred Ihe matter of anew ceme
tery. and the offers made by various par
lies of land for the same, beg leave to re
port.
First, That the following parcels of land
has'e been offered, viz:
1. Dr. James B Read offers
"Brampton Plantation," on the Augusta
road, about two miles from the city. 640
aeres, at *IOO per acre. This land lies on
Che Savannah river. Total price. i64.660.
2. The heirs of Dr. James P. Scre
ven offered 152 acre* on Causton's Bluff
road, a part of "Bruton Hill Plantation,"
for the sum of *25,000.
3. The T remain Land Company,
through Mr. C. H. Dorset!, offers 500 a- res
on the Ogeeohee road, adjoining the Gar
rard land, and lying on both sides cf said
road, between the Garrard tract and the
city, being about one mile from the city
limits, at *l5O per acre. Total price, *75 000.
4. The Warfield land is offered by
Mr. C. H. Dorset!. 300 acres, at *3O per
acre, near the Junction of Waters road and
Montgomery Cross road, about four miles
from the city limits. Total price, *9.000.
5. Battery Park tract is offered by
Mr. C. H. Dorset!, which tract adjoins
Laurel Grove. Total price, *7,500.
6. Mr. George W. Lamar offers 300
acres, located on the Savannah. Florida
and Western Rnllwuy, Just beyond South
over Junction, one mile and a half from
the city limits, at *4O per acre. Terms,
one-third cash, balabce on time. Total
price, *12,000.
7. Messrs. Youmans ft Demmond offer
lands embracing 368 acres, adjacent to the
Ryals farm, and adjoining Laurel Grove
Cemetery, at *IOO per acre. Total price,
*36,800.
8. Mr. J. Palmer Brown, through
Messrs. Youmans ft Demmond, offers 130
acres, at *lls per acre, lying between the
White Bluff road and the Waters road;
also land of Mr. C. T. Cooper, adjoining,
200 to 400 acres, at *llO per acre, making
a total of 530 acres. Total price, *68,950.
9. Evergreen Cemetery Company of
fers "Bonaventure," containing 80 acres,
more or less, on which, it is stated, there
are over 400 lots held by residents of the
city, upon terms. *26,060 cash, with an
agreement by the city to care for certain
lots in perpetuity, specified In the offer.
To this is attached an offer of the Mer
chants and Mechanics I-and Company of
fourteen adjoining acres, at *250 per acre,
and about twenty-seven acres more. le
-longlng to various parlies, mdktng forty
one acres to be added to "Bonaventure,"
or, In all, 121 acres. Including "Bonaven
ture” at *250, an average of *250 per acre.
10. Mr. William Garrard offers Ills
body of land, fronting on the Ogeechee
road, where the Florida Central and Pe
ninsular Railroad crosses the same, one
and seven-eighths miles from the city lim
its, and extending across to the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway, being 1,060
acres, more or less, for the turn of 945.006,
to be paid In ten years' time, In equal In
stalments, with Interest at 5 per centum,
payable semi-annually, interest not to be
gin, however, until Jan. 1, 1901.
Second. In considering these olTers. this
committee having In view that Laurel
Grove Cemetery has been condemned by
the health officers for years nast, as "a
menace to the public health," could not
entertain offers of lands adjacent to the
same, such as offers numbered 5 and 7
The offer of "Bonaventure” Cemetery,
and lands adjoining, could not be accepPd
by this committee, because the price was
too high, not enough land was offered; and
beyond all this, "Bonaventure” Is, and
has been a cemesery since 1849. and It
would be bad policy for the city to ac
quire the remainder of the land not al
ready used by graves, for the public cem
etery of the future.
When Laurel Grove was laid out less
than fifty years ago. It contained 117 9
acres, wheiv the population of Bavannah
wa* about one-fifth of what It Is now,
so that If a cemetery should be acquire 1
to be laid out with narrow driveways
and small lots, as the present one Is. and
to last less than half n century, about
600 acres would be required.
The cemetery of the future should he
modern and handsome, with broad drive
ways, larger lots, and with land enough
to supply the need* of our people for more
than half a century.
It should also be so located as not to be
In the line of probable city extension, end
yet near enough; and Its drainage shm and
he In a direction from, and not toward*
the city, nor should ll be into the Savan
nah river.
Third After careful consideration of
the lands offered, and of the necessary
requisites of anew cemetery. Ihe c.mmit
tee baa selected the Garrard tract.
This tract, aa offered, embraces 1,081%
acres, extending from the Ogeechee road
to the Savannah. Florida and Western
Railway, but of which the owner has given
to the county a public, road, through
same, and also s sufficient amount of
land for Buekhalter canal and Us 1 ttcr
als. leaving of this tract 1.066 ncre.
more or less, which Is offered at 91.5,0 0,
to be paid for in ten yea-w. In equal In
stalments. with Interest at 5 per centum,
payable semi-annually. Interest not to be
gin, however, until Jsn. 1, 1991
This tract Is a handsome one. well
wooded. In the right direction, southwest
from the city, to be accessible and yet not
In the line of the city's growth, and Is
on a water-shed, the drainage of which
Is carried off Into the Ogeechee river.
Buekhalter canal is at the foot of this
water-ehed, with lateral* being dug by
the county, and the ccmmlrtee has the
statement of the drainage engineer of the.
county, that the laterals now being dug
In this tra>t will lowsr the plane of nat
ural water level between four and seven
feet.
Tne elevation of this trset, at and wear
the Ogeechee road. Is higher than Lsrnrel
Grove, being about 37 feet, as shown on
OFFICIAL.
the topographical county map, with a
giadual slope towards the Buekhalter
cunal. near the Savannah, Florida agtl
Western Railway.
Fourth. The committee therefore recom
mend, that the tract offered by Mr. Wil
liam Garrard, hereinbefore descrlbed,atul
for the price and upon the terms named,
be accepted, and that upon the examina
tion of title* by the city attorney, and hi*
acceptance or the same. Mayor's notes be
Issued in the usual foim, upon the deliv
ery of satisfactory deed.
This committee further rccomltaeod*
that the owners of lots in Laurel Grove
Cemetery shall not be deprived of tha
use of their lots for burial purposes, bu*
that the sale of lots in that cemetery
shall be discontinued a m soon as may be
practicable. Respectfully submitted,
Isaac G. Haas,
James M. Dixon,
Joseph G. Jarrell,
John Schwarz.
Committee.
While agreeing to the report In the main
ns to the desirability of the purchase of
the Garrard tract at. the pr.ee named, yet
o’ ng to Its Inaccessibility, not being
within easy reach of persons not keeping
prlva e conveyances, I think some means
cf easy access should be assured before
definite action is taken.
George J. Mills.
Before the above report was tabled tho
following communication was read, and
up n motion, which was adopted, was re
ceived as information.
Savannah, Ga.. June 13. 1900.—T0 tho
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sa
vannah: Gentlemen—As a taxpayer of
the city of Savannah, plense aliow me to
file with you, these my objections to tho
purchase by your honorable body of a
cemetery site at this time. I am advised
that the city of Savannah, has no right
to establish a cemetery except for the
burial of paupers It ha* no right to
establish a cemetery for revenue an<9
profit. I am Informed that there is suffi
cient space In Laurel Grove Cemetsxy
for the burial of paupers for many years:
to come, provided the city will discon
tinue the practice of selling lots for
revenue and profit.
Another objection I urge to the purchase,
of the proposed track under consideration
Is that the "debt limit" allowed by law.
ha* been reached, and the Incurring ot
on additional debt of $46,060. or other
larger sum would be illegal. Very re
spectfully.
Estate Wtlliam Wade.
MARGARET H. WADE. 1
Executrix.
PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS.
The following applications to retail
liquor and to transfer licenses, were read
and referred to tho Committee of tha
Whole.
Henry Waltgen, to retail liquor on
Ogeechee road, near Charleston and Sa
vannah Railway, from July 1.
J. O. Lewan, to retail liquor at the cor.
ner of Bull and Best streets, from July 1.
John H. A- Bohn, to transfer his liquo*
license from the corner of Alice and West
Broad streets, to the earner of Barnard
and First streets.
T. E. McAlpin, to transfer his liquor
license from Bay lane and Houston
streets, to the southeaat corner of Prica
and Congress streets.
J J. Masters, to transfer his black
smith’s license at 318 Charlton street, west,
to J. A. While, at the same place of busi
ness.
Eliza McQueen, to transfer her small
dealer's license to Mr*. F. Dtttman at
the same place of business, 461 Abercorn
street.
J. ’A. White, to transfer his retail deal
er's license at 321 Jefferson street to the
corner ot Burroughs and Gwinnett
street*.
John P. Fischer, to transfer hts liquor
license at River and Farm streets to Mr*.
M. W. Donohue at the same place of busi
ness.
Petition of John Reilly, harbor master,
asking to huve hts salary restored to the,
amount prior to the reduction of salarle*
of city employes, *150.00 per month, was
read and referred to the Committee of
the Whole.
Petition of sundry real estate agents
and dealers, asking that the second para
graph on page seven of the tax ordinance
be amended by Inserting the word
“money,” so as o permit the privilege of
negotiating loans on realty without addl
lonal license, was read and referred to
the Committee of the Whole.
Petition of O. F. Burton, asking permis
sion to have it duplicate coat badge Is
sued to him In place of one lost, wa* read
and referred to the Committee oil
Flnunce.
Petition of J. W. Nichols, Jr., asking
that the double tax placed upon his per
sonal property be reduced to a fair valu
ation, was read and referred to the board
of tax assessors.
Petition of Mary A. J. jHarvpy and
Frances M. Boggs, asking permission to
transfer lot No. 59 Laurel Grove‘Ceme
tery to R. B. Bostick, was read and re
ferred to the Committee on Public Health.
Petition of J. W. Nix of 610 Habersham
street, asking lo be remunerated In the
amount of *17.50 for articles destroyed by
order of the health aiMhorßies on account
of contagious disease, was regd and re
ferred to the Joint Committee on Public
Health and Finance.
■ ORDINANCES.
The following ordinance read the first
time May 30, 1900, read the second time,
June 13. 19C0, placed upon its passage and
adopted.
By Alderman Haas—
An ordinance to grant the applications
herein mentioned, touching additions and
repairs *to Improvement in the city of
Savannah, and erection of new Improve
ments:
Section 1. Be It ordained by tho Mayor
and Aldormpn of the city of Savannah,
In Council assembled. That the applica
tions of Fanny Dorsett, dated May 3, 1900,
to alter, enlarge and repair wooden house
on west one-half of lot No. 67. Crawford
ward; of Carl Schultz, dated May 16. 1900,
to repair, remodel and improve wooden
house on east one-half of tot No. 80,
Brown ward, and of James O'Byrne, dat
ed April 24, 1900. to add two bath rooms,
frame, covered with metal sides and roof,
on west one-half of lot No. 36. Laoeriy
ward, be and the same are hereby grant
ed and allowed.
Sec. 2. Be It further ordained. That all
ordinances and part* of ordinances In
conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
The following ordinance read the first
time May 30, 1900. read the second time
June 13, 19 0. placed upon Its passage and
adopted.
By Alderman Haas—
An ordinance to amend section 4 of the
ordinance passed in Council May 3. 1899,
relating to the storage, handling and said
of calcium carbide and the erection of
acetylene gas generators in the city of
Savannah
Section 1. Be 11 ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the dly of Savannah, t*
Council assembled, That section 4 of Ihe
above mentioned ordinance b* and the
same Is hereby amended to read as fol
lows:
Section 4. Be It further ordained that
no acetylene generating apparatus shall be
used In the city of Savannah until the
owner has been granted permission by the
Cky Council. All acetylene generating
gas holding apparatus must be Installed
in a fireproof vault or room satisfactory
to the chief officer of the fire department,
such fireproof room or vault must be sup.
Idled with two ventilators not less than
three Inches In diameter, the outer ends
of which must extend clear above the roof
of the main building for u distance of not
less thah two! feet. All generating appa
ratus must be charged In the daylight, and
no artificial light shall be permitted with
in the enclosure where ths apparatus is
installed."
Section 2. Be 14 further ordained. That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances In
conflict with this ordinance are hereby re
pealed.
The following ordinance read the first
time March 23rd, 1900, read the second time
April 4th, 1900 and referred to the Obm
mlllee of the. Whole, amended and read
again May 2S, 1960, and ordered published
for Informa lon, read again June 13. 1900.
and referred back to the Committee of
tne Whole.
By Alderman Thomas—
An ordinance for the regulation ot
from Sixth rage.)
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