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An Expensive “ Tip” IS the one which you cut off and throw away every time that you smoke a Five Cent cigar. There is nearly as much labor in making this end as all the rest o£ the cigar, and yet every man who buys a cigar cuts it off and throws it away. You get all you pay for when you smoke Old V lrginia Cheroots Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this year. Ask your own dealer. Price. 3 for 5 cents. 7 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. -*<K / 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. \ . Thanks Wherever sold*ths public has acknowledged ths American Gentleman's whiskey Hunter Baltimore Rye to be pure, old, mellow, and the finest type of the purest whiskey. The Hunter raises his hat In rec ognition of such sppreclatton. Sold at all flrst-claas Cafes. HENRY SOLOMON ft SON. Sole Agents, Savannah, Ga. the acknowledged King Bottled Beers, possesses every element that makes a perfect and delicious brew. Nearly three quarters of a billion bottles of this famous brand have been consumed—a world’s record. The product of Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn St. Louis, U. S. A. // * Famous the world over for its tonic qua.ll *..///rrIT/*’/ties, recommended by physicians everv * L where, is prepared by this association. 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.) 7