The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, December 29, 1900, Page 7, Image 7

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CATS THAT LABOR. ua.'CT-KIWTID PUl.lfE n* Qf'AHO 1% THE III*. UAHEHOIIU*. urpn**i*niia Till Terrify Family 'That Mu Hri aa Watch la Oar Worrhoaae lor ln.nl) Year*—('all la Ihr Foderot Irrtlor. I'roni tha Nw York Mall and Giprai. Why doe# not ootn abort y ralaa a momi , ,-ut lo Iha rat—not to the fIO.OBu pat thit 1011, In beauty shown, but to tha oat hat work*. Property worth million* I* cored In tha warehouses of this city where, for twfalre hours of every day, ar.d ail day Sundays, it I* left absolutely 10 the care of the cat. Ren Jonson said , are would kill a cat, but the velvet-shod police of the warehouse#) do not seem to worry over their responsibility. They •ad Idyllic llvae. They are well-fed. are ~.tted a sreat deal by men of millions .nd once In a while have a tine battle among themaelvea. Ko matter how dis orderly they become, nobody cares and their fun la never Interfered with, for tha more nole they make the more they r are the rats and mice. It is a weird thing to be atone at mld i igtit In one ot the monster warehouses ~n the harbor when all the men are gone .-nd only the cat la on guard. It la Ilka ettllng In a huge drum, and tha die an: oar of the olty la like a monster man • ibtdng his (Infers over the tight head. I.slde the stillness la solid and painful. i re and there K is scratched by the uieak of a rat, and less frequently by me Inquiring miaul of Mr. Thomas <'at. a> h makes hts steaMhy rounds. Now nd then a short, sharp stnigale In ihe .wiiknees tells that Mr. Cat ha* aeen his duty and ilone it. stoat Prove Valor Dally. If one will look out of tho window- upon • M,. ships lying alongside he will see ietnas At first glance It will appear that nr knots on all the ropes are playing , Itch; but long looking will dispel this luston. 11 la rats passing Kick and forth from the ship to the warehouse. Those tired of the tyranny of Tom are pr-por ;n to go to *a on the next trip out. ,„d those weary of the ware are taking i.p their residence In the grain vats in contempt of Tom Bo It is that the cat I • ever among strangers and must be forever proving his prowess to hold Ms ,b He can make no Impreeslon by mere v stamping his foot—he must kill, kill. Thess rat# are cosmopolitans. They are from ad! lands- They travel from port to ijort, most rats from all climate* and ac nrr an acquaintance with cat# of all rations, do the cat must be brave and not dishonor the flag he rats under. In th# ,T .rehouee* here there are big blaek rats Horn Norway and other bigger black ones ji..m Italy. The native gray rat Is her# ,n#t the Knglloh rodent asserts hlmastf. lire abound In droves, and the cat has plenty to do. Kamil* game Terrltle*. When a rut prove* of extreme value tit* 'smlly |* preserved In th# D"w store*. Brooklyn, the rem# family ha* been on guard tor twenty yearn. Rut I Kites* we shall have to get anew breed wild the superintendent the other . .1 Only one tabby I* left of the whole 'i •■*, nn<t he la a little thing." He hlreed gently—didn’t say "kitty" or pronounce a • name—Just nlssed, a* If telling every ,n* u> be ettll. At the eound a *ender Kray cat dashed from under a table ana r .Kjd with heart erect aa If looking for a ini Seeing none *he aprang to Ihe desk and irurred under the hand of the -*t in.in nlio had nailed her. The odd form of rail for the cat la u*ed becaune It la ■td mat tha mamopoltian rata know o. it the word "cat" mean*. nd scatter at mention of It. ’ Her ancestor* were noble fellow*,” the r xierintendent went on to aay. "but they ive been getting emallet and smaller • very year and fewer and- fewer. High Jiving, 1 guess. She is the last, doe's a rood cat Her family ha* made thla warehouse a marked place. Even the mts seem to know It la not healthy for them here. They used to \t oor belts, ! -it they never do no any more, and this •ne little cat. hacked up by the family •■am*, la able to control all the rata in tils immense house." I have fly* rata that do Ihe work af ten men.” said the foreman at the T'nlon warehouse, a few block* from Dow’-; mores. The I’nlon house farea Hutier uulk - hannel. and la where hundred* of Mps from the Mediterranean and the ' rlent discharge their cargoes "There are many cat* about the place, but I take irrount of only five big Toms These keep m the room* where small grain nod l ean* are stored In hags Rata deilgai 'gnaw hole* In bean bag*. These eat* them wa y If vroukf tk* t*n mn * th* tim* wwlnr up th* hole* if it were not for Ihe cal*. What kind - * Oh wt dhe-Mf, strong fallows that I plc*- • I from the atreet-you might call them foundlings." Thousands on tinarif. In all of the great warehouses along ' '*■ harbor front of llrooklyn the eat la " r *-*fura of high standing In some of •° h,,u **a there are nervous little rings I her hoik „ r , (l , ond eraryggbV l ut dogs have out that tine sense of honor ' .t keep* g pat forever on watch during i,h h,,ur of duty. The dog will nap. bul >" t marches proudly over (he hags of i sans and pile* of leather and keeps a "““V eye on the leather belts. Beks urn j-orierhouse steaks for the rat workl. 1 cause the fiber Is mellow and oily. SeV • ral thousand oats are on guard In Brook. Jvn slon* As many care for the ware* In Jersey City, while In Manhattan their number Is legion I he ship*. too. carry their complement • sis—four or five lo the ship—and many a warehouse cat of celebrity la Im i c*-aed for duty on the high seas. On • 'ery lighter In tha harbor and on nearly i - ery tug there Is a mariner cat. In fact. ' '* actual duly done by cat* In and about ' local harbor puts the Idle dogs lo i sme. I ! Poitollrr Cats. 1 'rrhapa the most fortunate of alt there ‘ ' '*** cat* are the twenty tine fellnwa it Jrusrd the mulls tn the big pout • on Broadway and Bark Row. 80 iro lortaat are the** cat* that the business 1 the oßltc could not be Innucted with •t' h without theoi, and a man la ar- to care for them—George W 1 k, vvho la called special officer and ‘I tain of the cata. Cook buya ten ]■' ind of fresh beef daily for them Each ? assigned to a special duty. Just the human watchmen. One awards the forekin malls, which rata delight to ■ iew. Foreigners uae vast quantities of ia*te, and the paper la of a quality that relished hv rats. Another cat la on ■ *rd away down In the engine room. In siihcellar. to preserve the leather i'. Two watch the currency tn the • •noy-order division. One keeps the rea cted letters safe. One patrols the docu ment room. A.I are on the civil service Hat, and one rm.r ater official named Irish Torn, who has heeti in the service for twelve years. ha dace of honor In the poat master'a rooms. Too much rat meat will kill a ■ at, and to keep these officials from *■ ina tats fresh beef la fed to them dally nt it v ia tjje aO r ;awas All know the dinner hour, and short ly after 3 o'clock there is a ytwnlu of whtakcred Jaws and >* t re china of lata. as. one by one. the • *es arise from their rtep and saunter to •he refectory. II la odd to see them come •cooping from all directions to the one room in the basement, where Oapf. Cook .-waits with the meat. As (hey enter they Meet one anoth.tr with mewa or perhaps little box on the ear, and then sit dogn in a row—twenty cata In a row-and mew ■■rid purr at the captain. If theta he one • ardy cat those preeent know It and keep looklna about nervously until he arrives. The meat to thrown on the floor. Irith Cigar Dealers Like to have their regular customers smoke Old V lrgima Cheroots because they know that once a man starts smoking them he is “fixed,” and that he will have no more trouble with him trying to satisfy him with different kinds of Five Cent cigars. Three hundred Bullion Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this year. Ask your own dealer. Pnce. 3 for 5 cents. t Tom advances, and If any other dare touch the meat before he baa picked hi* ple, he admtnliders a severe rebuke. AM the cat* have been rebuked at one time or snot hr by Irish Tom. a lei so. as a rub not a cat stir* until the chief has select ed his fnorsel. Then there Is a wild rush, and the meat Is grabbed up In a hurry. The same meat I* fed to these cat* as Is used for beef slews on the Bowery. They Huae From Potlly. Some of Ihe oat families have bean In Ihe office from time Immemorial gml bear fanciful names. None Is blooded, hut all have come up to their high eats*'- from humble birth, most being fourualna* that bad boys have thrown Into Ihe coal chutea on dark nights. One would have to write a book to tell all the odd tales of these cat*, for each of the twenty has a dramatic history. Hundreds of office hoys go to Washing ton Market every day to buy meat for the down-town office eat*. {Several big firms have annual consract* for cat meat. Twenty or more cat* are fed at the mar ket by the hutchera. One New York men make* hi* living feeding cat*. Ho has a regular route about the lower pari of the city. Mer chants pay him by she month for feeding their pets. 11c atarts out every morning along Pearl street with a big basket of meat, stopping at nearly every business office The rata know him Looking ah-ad of him down Pearl street one may see do sens of cal* seated on front-door steps stretching their necks to catch sight of him. and acting for all Ihr world Ilka girls expecting tha postman with th* flrst love letter. tECIIET OF Hlßim.l B HtnE. An Old Maine Woodsman Discovers Work for Hts Tin* Woodpecker*. From ths New York Bun. Patten. Me—After having *pent more than slaty ysar* and mors than fIUDO In hunting bear* and studying the way* of wild creatures, Oreenleaf Dnvls has be gun lo raise tame woodpeckers with the purpose of using them to convert ordi nary rock maple* Into the rare and cost ly wood known as btrdreye maple. Mr. liavis is more than *O. Sixty years ago he Inherited a mill property valued at 110,000, which he soon sold and then he went to the woods under the side of Mount Kalhahdin. Here he built a log camp and spent much of tils time on the trail of bear* and Indian devlla. of which he has killed more than any other man' In Maine. It has been Mr. Davis' belief ihul no creature should be kept In captivity more than a month. If the creature# he caught chose to remain with him after i has period they were welcome to such fare a* he could afford to give. If they wanted to go. tha doors were open. In this wsy he has tamed squirrels, musk rat* and woodchuck* until they and their offspring nearly overran Ids camp With bird* he has been lea* successful, because most of them went away South at the annual migration#, and when they came back. If any did come back, they wer# ungrateful enough to prefer tbelr liberty to anything that Mr. Davis could offer. He has two crow*, one of which Is more man • year* old. which have stayed by him and never sought the aoclety of their kind. Two robin* lived with him for three year*, hut perished one cold night when the comp Are went out. His great success ha* been won with woodpecker*, of which h* now ha* nearly ltt They are of the hairy and the downy ape l* In about equal number*, but more than both of these In number and esteem are the red-headed sapsucker*. which pick round hole* In the bark of trees, making them look like the bottom of an old-styled co lander Aa these woodpeckers did not migrate. Mr Davis had oorapany Ihe year round He put up bo*e* for them to occupy as home* and In a few year* the maple grove bark of his ramp was tilled with birds Th. yellow Hammer Is the only species of the woodpecker family thsM will live aithout Insect food, and after the sapauokera grew very’ numerous. Mr. Davis had much trouble to feed them. He dug up the ant hills and sifted Ihe sand out to get the insect* for hi* birds, but In spite of his labors, the red-headed wood tawkers made sad havoc In Ns sap orch ard. digging holea In his beat maple, and impairing th# flow of mo from which much of Ns living was derived It was Impossible to kill the birds cause of the company they afforded, ami It wae equally Impossible to live without the income from the sap orchard The old man spent weeks In his grove, watching X rEult of the wound, which the bird* Inflicted on the bark As 'he sesrs healed he noticed that there was a bright red spot left on th# wood dlrartly below kmund. If the tree ws. badly marked Ihe red Spots wer* mor* numerous than they were on tree* which had suffered lm< while on trees which th# woodpeck er. had not risked there ware no trace. ' About this time It occurred to him thwt the beautiful marking* of hlrdaeye maple were due to the red spot* In the wood, ami as nobody had ever been able to account for them I* was possthlc that • lie variety of maple known as blrdaey* might owe It* origin to h# work of the woodpecker*. If *>. h* had mid# a dis covery that had baffledl botanist* for vr tr* He had also learned how to make hi* colony of tame woodpecker* self-sup '"py'mlxlng the anti, which he sifts from th# sand, with a pdt# formed from elm hjrk boiled down to a thick hatter, he tmear the trunk* of thrifty msptes. with such food as ih woodpeckers re nuir# and while they are getting a meal tMUark shetr bills are boring new bole* In the tree* that shall transform ordinary maple wood, worth no mor* than 1 ?.?'“•L—nd feet. Into bird cere maple 1 that *ll anywhere for ISO and 9W a thou* I* * rial end tha dealer* cannot get all 4h#y ' want at those price* EAT-WELL gelatine, MADE IN *5 ISOONDt IS THE BEST. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1900. OFFICIAL. CITY GOVERNMENT^ (Continued from Sixth Page.) shall mo proanunca <hat any stolen prop erty is found In such Junk shop. or In the po**aloo of any Junk dost*#; and such condition shall be expressed in th* Ik-enaa of every such Junk shop or <le.iler. Fvory person requited by the provision* of nils section, and bv ihe ordinance pasted In Council March 11, IMS. In tefersni* to ink ing out licenses, who shall commence to transact, or olTer lo transact in this city any of the kinds of business mentioned In this section, after the flrst day of Jan uary. 1101. shall take out Ucens* befera commencing business. *a provided In e*ld ordinance, pa see. I March 14. UH. which said ordinance I* of force The licsnae herein provided lor shelf be Issued bv ihe city treasurer. And If any person trans acting, or offering lo transact In said city, el then of the kit,da of business In this ee- - lion specified, shall be found without such license dtap.ayed In a conspicuous manner In hia. her or their place of huetnem. he, she or they oltoll, on conviction there of In the Police Court, be fined In a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or ten prisoned not more than thirty days, or both. In the discretion of the court No specific license or permit to do business shall be irsnsferabls by ally parson or Arm unless the transferee he the bona tide succe*M>r at the same place of th* trans feror. and unless all Indebtedness due on said license by the transferor I* fully paid and anew bond given by the transferee wfierever a bond lg required by ordi nance Rut a person or Jlrm may trans fer hts license or permit from one place to another with the permission of Coun cil Bee 12 On and after the first day of January. I*ol, the prle* of a license lo sell malt, vtnoua or spirituous liquors at rerall within the corporate and jurlsdletlonal limit* of mid city for one year eh* 1 1 be two hundred dollars net. without discount; but a license to sail at retail may be Is sued upon laying one-fourth of tha sum due foe a yearly Keen** and upon giving notes bearing per cam. Interest from Jan. 1, 1901. when parties are already in business, and from data In caea parties commencing bttelnesa during Ihe year, wtih Indorsements or sureties satisfactory to the Mayor, to secure the payment of th* othtr three-fourth* of said sum# In three equal payment*, on Ihe twelfth of March, twelfth of June and twelfth of keplenv ber, 1991: provided, however, that upon de fault all the note* shall heoom# due anJ payable, th# aald payments to he made whether ttte persons giving sueh notes or surely shall go out of business or not. and the applicant ahall he required to sub mit. as se-mrllleo. two responsible free holders of this city, a* prerequisite to tha Issue of said license (no officer, clerk or employe of the city shall be taken a# se curity on such bond or notes snd It sltall lot the duly of the Mayor to pass upon such note* or bonds l-efore sny license Is Issued here under); and ito Items* for the sale of malt, vinous or spirituous liquor* ahall fover any other business whatever than Ihe sal* of mall, vinous or spirituous liquor*, and shall apply lo bul one place for Ihe sale of aakl liquors- whether under one roof or otherwise, under a penalty of not more than on* hundred dollar# And no bar room shall be licensed which ha* no! an entrance lo ll separate and distinct from th# entrance to Ihe dwelling; and the license may. In the discretion of Ihe Mayor or Recorder, be forfeited for any viola tion of sr.y stale law or e!<y ordinance; and In Ihe case of forfeiture the Itcenae shall not he renewed for Ihe space of two year* except by permission of Council And It shall be th* duly of th# Clerk of Council to publish quarterly on alpha betic*! SIM of all persons licensed lo sell liquor as. aforesaid. Alt ouch li censes shall be taken out by persona already engaged In business with in thirty 'lays after Ihe Aral day of January. 1901 nd In Ihe case of peranns wishing lo commence business later In the year, before commencing business and any dealer in liquor* aa aforesaid, falling or refusing to take out a llceas* to sell liquor*, a* aforesaid, shall he liable lo a penalty of not more than on* hun dred dollars for every day any such per son may sell without a llcenae, or be Im prisoned for thirty day*, or both. Bee. 13 Every person transacting or of fering to transact, th* business of trans porting or carrying goods, ate., passen gers or baggage for hire, by mean* of wagons, -trays, Burk*, street pillway cant or other vehicle*. and every keeper of a pubUc or livery stable employing such vehicle* In hi* business, and every other person keeping and using street railway car*. or other vehicles, In other kinds of business, sltall. upon pay- Ing the la* hereinbefore praacrihA *d take out a badge, which will be fur aliitied by <he city trsaaurer. for each atreet car or vehicle lo be employed In suck business (Ihe number of slreat ear* or vehicles lo he employed lo be stated on oath) which ahall be placed In a oon spiruous place on such vehicle or street car—except vehicle* kept hy keepers of public or livery stables, to he let for hire and vehicle* used for pleasure or con venience-and any person using or em ploying sny vehicle or street car on gtich business without bsdg# affixed, except as aforesaid, shall be doubts taged. and on conviction thereof In lbs Tolies Court, may he fined In a sum not exceeding on* nun-1 red dollar*, or Imprisonment not more than thirty day*, or both. In the dis cretion of the court. Her It. Thr ordinance of Nov. 11. I*o, rsquirm* badte* • o be taken out for doas. and preerrlblna other regulations for doae so far as the provisions of the same are not inconsistent with this ordinance. Is hereby reordained and declared lo be In full force. Every person falling to taka out a license for a doa. or falllna lo par such license, as required by section and I of Ihte ordinance shall, upon <-onv-o --tlan before the Police t our! of the city of Savannah. be subject to a floe not lo exceed three dollars, with the alternative of imprisonment not to exceed three days. gee 14. That the clerk of Council be. and he la hereby, directed to report to council at the Bret merlins lo evary quar tar the amount of money expended for each department up to date of report, and a soon as any department making any disbursements shall have reached the llm- Its provided m ihe budaet. the clerk of Council Shall at once notify the head al* that department. Bee | This ordinance shot) he subject to alteration and repeal. In whole or In part, we any time doling tha year Im. .Mild il t- ■ I- Id ■ ci no such amendment or repaal In any particu lar shall be construed lo Impair the right Of Council to assese end levy a tax for the whole of said year I*ol. whenever made. Sec. IT. Alt orditMMvea sod pans of official. ordinances conflicting with the provision# of this ordinance ere hereby repealed. pro vided. nevertheless, that so much and such pans of ordinances heretofore passed aa provided for th# Issuing and enforcement of elocutions for any tax ot aasossmeut, or part of lag or assessment, required by | any such ordinance and now reniilrrtng unpaid, shall contlmtp and remain of fore# so as to aulliurlse in. treasurer to Issue ouch executions rnd the marshal to colled Ihe s.*m*. until sucll taxes or assessment shall be fully paid Th# tallowing ordinance read the first time. Dec. 12. I*V, read tho second time. Dec 2g, 1900. placed upon |ta passage amt (misee. I All members present voting In the affirmative By Alderman Dixon— An ordinance for the Improvement of the portion# of HI Julian and Montgomery street* herein specified under th* term* and provision# of an act of the Legisla ture of Georgia, Oc 1. ISST Rection I. Be it ordained by th* Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Bavantnh, In Coundl assembled, under the terms and provision* of an ace of the IwgUlatur- of Georgia approved Oot. 1. IS*7. that the Dlreceor of Public Work* for the cltv of Savannah and the Committee on Street# and Lane* of u and city be and they ara herd-y authorise,! and directed to build and oowrtru't on Bt. Julian street. In the c '9 ot Savannah from the west side sf left* non street to the e.i*t side of Frank -1 lln Square and on so much of Montgomery •trrgt g bound* the sold square on the oqpt. ■ rnadwav of vitrtfled brick, the eaul roadway on Hi. Julian street to be fl(jy-flve (Nil feet ami six (Ot Inches be tween the curb* shd on Montgomery street around the square thirty 1201 feet, snd to Inclose said roadway with stone suiting, and to do all the Work tu th* way of grading, the placing of catch basins, drain*, cross-drain* and all other thlna* incident to th construction and , corn plot too of t lie said roadway. See 2. Re It further -rdelned that a ! street railroad comconv having tracks I running through th* said portion* of Bt. Julian and Montgomery streets to he lm { proved under this ordlnei.ee vs hereby re- I quired to pave th# width of It* track, i and two feet on each snle of every lino of track, of th* mid railroad company with vltrlftad brick as said work pro graases. and. In the event this I. not dons by the said company, the sakl Director of Public Work* and the mid commu te* shall see to Its being done at the ex pen** of th* fold company Bee J. Be It further ordained. That after the total coat of the mid work, ex clusive of that done by. or for, a railroad company, shall have been ascertained one-third of such total coat shall be paid out of Ihe city treasury and the other two-thirds from the person* owning at I the data of the adoption of thla ordinance the real estate shutting on sal-l portion of Bt. JuHan ami Montgomery street*, to b# improved under this onllnanrs, according lo frontage, and ihe pro rata amount of the coat of such work la hereby assessed against th* said abutting real estate and Ita owner* a* aforesaid, according to the frontage The frontage of tnteraectlng *lr*ets-and lanes Is asscaaed aa real re flate abutting upon #*M portion of St. Ju lian and Montgomery atreet* to he Im proved. and the Mayor and Aldctsncn of the oity of Savannah shall be. for all the Intents and purpose# of this ordinance, the owner of the real estate so abutting, snd shall pay from she oily treasury Its Just pro rata as such owner of the cost of said work sceor.ltng to frontage m addition to ita one-third of the entire neat aa hereinbefore provided. Hen 4. He it further ordained. Thai after the improvement hereto before pro vided for has b-en completed the direc tor of public work* for th# city of Savan nah, and said Committee on Streets and lames shall prepare and submit to th* Council of the city of Savannah a state ment showing the coat of the Improve ment herein provided for and also an as sessment roll showing as to two-thirds of the cost to l“ Apportioned, how It Is ap portioned among the several abutting par cels, Including the street and lan* Inter section*. and giving the sum chargeable to each parcel, with the name of the owner. t'pon the consideration an-! adoption of said statement and asseesment roll by th# (*ounct! of the city of Savan nah It shall then become the duty of the city treasurer to send te the abutting property owners their proper bill for the same a# It may he ascertained by (he City Council, and If such hill so sent he not pap! within thirty (W) days after the pre sentation or sending of Ihe wiw. It shall then become the duty of the city treas urer to Issue aa execution for the amount, together with costs, against the person and property aforesaid, which execution shall be ma-ie aivl levied out of th* prop erty described therein as are execution* for city taxi*. Th* said statement and assessment roll apall also show the amount payable by Ihe railroad company, and should such company fall and refuss to pay a bill for the same thirty (3r -lays after the presentation or sending of the sane l. shall he Ihe duty of Ihe city treasurer lo Issue aft execution against the said company and property for tile said hill, together with coats, which snail be made and levied a* are execution* for city taxes. * See to Be It further ordained. Thai all ordinances and part# of ordinance* In con flict with this (Ofdinanc* are hereby re pealed. The following ordinance read hi Coun cil th* first tints. Dec 13. I9HO, substitute offered In lieu of the original. Dec. W, 19U0, placed upon Its passage end passed. 11/ Alderman Horrtgan— An ordinance to amnd f*rclinn | (7 of MacDoncH* Co-le of Savannah, to be found on page 181 thereof. Section 1. Be It ordained by th* Mayor amt Aldermen of ihe city of Savannah In Council assembled, That th* above en titled ordinance be. ami the same I*, hereby amended by ad<Hnc at the end thereof the following: Provided that after the delivery of the merchandise to a ship or vessel ths obligation shall be upon ths ahlp or vessel, its owner. Inaster, and agept to keep 4h# same covered a* herein required until th# actual removal of all of the said merchandise from the lighter or other crafl, and in th* event of th# failure to so cover, the owner, mas ter, or spent of said ship or vessel, shill be euhjeet to Ihe patois and penalties men tioned in Section 373 of this code Her*’ 3. That all ordinances and parts of ordinance* In conflict with this ordi nance are hereby repealed. On Its Aral reading. Hf Alderman JarreH. An ordinance fo place the Inspector of plumblns tf the city of Savannnh In th department and under the Jurisdiction of the health officer flection I. Be It ordained by the M tyor and Aldermen of the elty of Savannah. tn t*ouncll assembled. That hereafter the inspector of plumbing of h* city of Sa vannah. and hU subordinates, shall be long to the department, and In under the Jurisdiction of tire health officer of the city of Suvannah Sec I. Bn It further ordained. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances In conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. On Its flrnt reading By the Cotnsndtee on Fire— An ordinance to repeal tho first sec tion of an ordinance par sot Nov. Ik. IM. entitled “An Ordinance to lessen the Danger from Fire In the Port of the City of Savannah.” to provide that steam vessels, generating .team by coal, shall close their dampers and cease operating their engine*. or cover their smokestack* with spark-orreaters. while tied up to t any wharf; to provide for spark-arresters on the tunnels of steam vested* making | steam by meant of wood, on the smoke stacks of vessel* loading, or unl-Mdlng cargoes. Oil the emok' stgf k* of dredges, on the smokestacks of vessel* and tugs sowing Imrtre* laden with cotton, hay. or ; atnrw. and for other purposes. Section L Be It ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, lo Council assembled Tha' the flrt sec tion of an ordinance passed Nov. Ik, IM. I entitled "An Ordinance to losseen the I t-angsr trom flit In the l'.ti U the City, OFFICIAL. of Havsnnah" be. and th* seme is hero- j by rspcsled. dec. 2.—Be It further ordained That j hereafter It shall bo the duty of every 1 owner, agent, master, or captain of any vessel, boat, tug or draft, propelled In whole or In part by steam, or on which any tints engine or steam boiler Is. or 1 I* used, and which burns wood to gen- 1 eral* steam. Immediately upon th* arri val of such vessel, boat, tug. or oraft. within the port of Havatmah. to over all funnel* and emoksstarka securely wMh a fliet-claes spsrk-urreater or srre.ier*. and It shnll be the duty of every owner, agent, master, or mptaln of any vessel, boat, tug or craft, propelled In whole or In part by steam, or on which any steam engine or steam boiler Is. or In need, end which generate, steam by means of coal. Immediately upon the arrival of >uch ves sel. boat, tug or craft, at sev wharf, dork, or pier, within the port of Ravan nob to < toe# the damper or dampers, and to cease operating the engine or en gine.. except while making fast to or leaving sold wharf, dock or pier or to oover all funnel, and smokestacks with a flr*l-c|aas spark-arrester or arrester. Bee. i Be tt farther nrdalnatl. That hereafter It ahnli be the dittv of every owner, agent master or captain of ‘any vessel. hoot or craft, loading or unloading canto at am wharf dock, or pier with in the port of Havsnnah. where cotton I* stored lo cover all funnel# arat stroke otacks securdv with a first-class spark arrester or arrestee* and It shall be th# duty of every owner, agent master or captain of any steam dredge operating within th* port of Savannah, to cover all funnels and smokestacks securely with a grst clast sperk-orrester or arresters. Sec t. Re It further ordained That no ve#.e| or tug shall tow or transport, tn nr aheui th# port of Havannah. any light er or barge, upon which there t* any cot ton. *traw. or hay. without having tha fnnnet or -mokeseack of said vsaaol or fug securely cowered with a fl net - class .park-arreeter Bee S. Be It further ordained. That all ordinance* end iwrts of iwdlnoncc. In conflict with thl* ordinance ar* hereby re pealed The section* of the ordinance ame rated to remain sa they now are. with th# pens Hies specified seva only th* flrst section hereby re peeled ELBTTtONfI meet lon for a city printer for the rear |p)t tn had. the following bid* being submitted: Th# Morning News. Ml', th* Savannah Pre* MOO; upon mot km which was adopted the rulta were suspended and the Mayor authorised to cast th* vote of Council for the lowest bidder III* Meti er thereupon itedared the Savannah Press, Pleasant A Btovell. president duly elec.- ed city printer for th# year 1901. RhHBTJIdTIONB. Alderman Mill*, by request. Section 1. Re It resolved hr th* Mayor six I Aldermen of the city of Hovannsh, tn < VrutK-ll assembled. n<l It Is .hereby re solved by the authority of the *am#. that in* Mayor end Akb-rtneti of the city of Savannah. tt> Council assembled do here by cotioefit that the Vernon Bhetl Road fximpony may Joy out. ..motruet, equip, oo* and operate line* of *tro*t railroad on Ihe condition* hereinafter expressed upon and along the following atreel* of Ihe city of H.ivaanah, to-wit Klr*t, be tdrailns wt the point of Intersection be tween th# Vernon Shell road and Forly *e< on.l street, and rnnnlng westwardlv on Forty-second street to West Rroad street, thence In a northerly direr#lon along Weat Broad street to Anderson street, thence east on Anderson street to Montgomery street, thence In a northerly direction through Montgomery street to Rryan street, thence on Bryan etreet. cast to Barnard street, ihenr# <ai th# went side of Barnard street to the north skis of Riy street, thence nn the north elde of Ray street to Prk* street, thence •outh on Price street to Plant etreet. thence along Plant street to Habersham •treat, then.-* along Habersham atreet. icroaa the tracks of the Bavann ih, Flor ida and Western Hallway In a southerly direction to Estill avenue, thence along EsJUI avenue to the point of beginning dec 3. The several tracks to be laid In th# streets of the city of Savannah under, and by virtue of the consent here in Indicated, shall he laid at auch arades. In such place*, with suoh r-nllN and In such mnnr, as m.tv from time to time he indicated by the Committee on fttreets and Danes. Bee. 3. Its It further repaired, fhal It Is hereby expressly provided that, In the event the snd Vernon Shell Road Cosn i*any uses Ihe franchise* and privileges granted herein, or any of them. It must be u|>on (he expres* oondltton. that it thereby agrees and blikh Itself to remove It* toll gate south of any extension of the cor porate limits of the city of Harannah that may b* hereafter, from time to flm*. made by Ihe Legislature of the atafe. and that It surrenders It# rtght to charge toll for the use of any |>*rl of ihe Vernon Shell road, or White Rluff rogd. as such part mav from lime to if me be taken Into the riald corporate limits, with the rtght. however. In th* aald Vernon Shell rnud to use either the eastern or western margin of the White Bluff road In the construction and operation of Its railroad to Whit* HliifT In Chatham coun ty and with the obligation on the part of the city of Savannah to keep up s-l'h parts of the White Bluff mad as may he surrendered by the extension of the said corporate limit*. He- l Permission I* hereby granted to the Vernon Shell Road Company to use electricity as a motive power upon the lines herein Indicated under the terms, condition# and stipulations of the ordi nance regulating the running, construc tion and operating of electric cars and railways In th# city of Savannah. Be< t. Re It further resolved. That tha privilege# hereby granted lo the Vernon Bhell Road Company shall not he taken or construed to surrender, lo curtail or impair In any way Hie right of Ihe mu nicipal authorities of th* city of Havan nah to pas* all lawful ordinance* and rreolufkai* that Ihe Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Bavannah. In Connell as sembled may see fit to pare respecting the privilege* hereby granted, or the u*e of sny street* that may he used by tha said Vernon Shell Road Company, or fh* exaction not only of a property tax. hut alan specific or business taxes for the us* of the *ld street- based dnd graduwted under th# terms of th# present ordinance of the city of Bavannah respecting th* taxation of street car companies, or wioi amendments thereof a* the Mayor and Al dermen of the city of Bavannah may hereafter pas*. He. (. The above privileges and fran chise*. with the conditions attached there to must be accepted by the Vernon Shell Rood Company within sixty days from the piasage of this resolution, and In the event of acceptance by said company It shall give a bond in the sum of five thou sand tg.gM.kft) dollar*, conditioned for the completion of said rail-’ roe-1 through the street* above enumerated and to White Bluff in Chatham county. Georgia. within iwelve month* from Its *al-t m-eetdance; the time barred by the sanitary regula tions of the city of Savannah In construct ing such stork op tha streets of shkl city not to be Included In wild twelva months. The bond of five thousand (K.<m.a> dol lars shall expressly provide that the said sum I* agreed upon ax liquidated and stipulated damages and not ass penaisy nnd that the said sum will ba paid to the Mayor awl Aldermen of tha city of Sa vannah as liquidated and stipulated dam ages. should the Vernon Shell Koad Com pany not • omply with Ike Sernts thereof. Ss< 7. The tendering to the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah by the Vernon Shell Hoad Company of 'a good and sufficient bond in the amount above named within tb* time above named shall be conatrued a* an SiMMggggtM by sold company of all the condition* and obliga tions Herein expressed Sec • The further consideration which bind* the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah as a corporation, to the ahovii cofiseiU god tcretmtul, dutUJ* (A* FACTS ABOUT PRINTING. Tho thro# essential earnest* tn a good Job of printing ore; Tho boot P*ee* that money eon buy. The boat punter which mono, can lira The best Ink* that food Jo he require That one lob took* tatter than sno'hoc almost every man can toll, and hare it end* Thev dr* not reason that on# cost* more than oonttaor. Or that oflwta priming houses make thetr Itrtng by turning out .neat' Job*, while othvni make their* by getting out high ulaa* work. A IMS prews does better work than a >J> press A two printer dnea better work than a 110 printer. A 1! Ink dor* batter work than a hi cent* Ink. When the Morning New* figures on rour Job It roll dates that year work Is Uv go on Ihe best press that tnonev can buy—that the best printer open for a Jot, shall print tt for you- and that the beet paper and Ink shall be used In It. And If It should otrtk* you that the estimate h> higher than tha cheap Job man. can. sot# yourself In the fact that the work will he better than the man’* cheap Jolt. The Morning Nw* I* turning out now from ti U'tmgfaph room* and Its Job room i some very high els*# work If you arc Inlercsttd in office atatlonary It coin •how you the best work you over saw for th* money. " ‘.V No trouble for u* to submit sample* v • All Inquiries ohoorfully answered Address _ _Ae THE MORNING NEWS JOB DEPARTMENT, J. H. Estill, President, Savannah. Ga. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY - YORK, BOSTON AND THE EAST. Unsurpassed robin oerommodaMono All tha comfort* of • modern hot*! CIS*, trie lights Unoarolled table Ticket* Include meat* aad berth* * beard iMp PASSENGER FARES FROM SAVANNAH. TO NEW YORK Elrwt Cabin. MB. Fir,. c*bln Round Trip. Ml. lntormofU ote Csbtn fly BO; Unarmed!*!# Cabin. Round Trip. Mt a* gieonvge ll*. TO BOBTON First Cabin. M 2, first Cabin Round Trip. MB Intermediate Osbtn 917 OB; Intermediate Cabin. Round Trip. Id tu Bteerage, Ul.Jt. The expreea etesmimlp# ef ike, line ore appointed to sail from Bavanoali, Cen tra! (10th) meridian time, as fellow* •AVANNAH TO MEW YOUR. TALLAH AfWF.E Ospt A skins, SATUR DAY Dec B, 11 00 p. m CITY OF A ('OUST A. Dspt. Daggett. TUESDAY. Jan 1. 200 y m •C ITT OF RIB MINOR AM Cap! Barg. WWDNKRDAT, Jan U p m. NACOOCHKK. Cap! Hmkh. TIUIR* DAY Jan 2. *.*> p m KANSAS CITY. Capt. Either, SATUR DAY. Jan S. & p. m. TALLAHABRKK. ('apt Atkins. TUES DAY, Jan. I. 7 10 p tu. emr OF AUOUBTA. Oapt. Daggett. THURSDAY Jan 10 00 p m NACOOCHKE. ('apt Bmlih. BATURDAT. Jin. 12. M X p m •CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Berg, MONDAY, Jan It, 12 dO noon. •NOTlCE—dteamahlp City of Birmingham will not carry passenger* Steamship Oily af Macon, (’apt Savage, will ply between New York and Bos ton on th* following achedul# Leave New York for Beaton (from Pier I Leave Boston for New York (from Lawta" 93, North River, at 13 noon). Dec | Wharf) at 12 00 tnaon). Jaa. 11 U. JIM. 9. Jan . U. n. 3* I Thla company reserve* the right to change Its saltings without nolle* and without liability or accountability therefor Bailings New York for Savannah Tuesdays, Thursday* and Saturday*, ■ p. m. W Q. BKKWKK, CUy Ticket and Paatanger Agent. t Bull Street. Boßannah. On. R O TRKZBVANT. Agent. Havannah. Oa. - -- Manager. New PI or . North River. New Tork. CHRISTMAS TROUBLES *h are over now, and we are ready again to take up business in the regular channel. A SPECIAL OFFERING IN RUGS. 9xf2 Smyrna for $20.00; regular price $25.00 3x6 Brussels for $1.25; regular price $2.00 Jhicf> urg hior harcrains for hahnr/ nf LINDSAY & MORGAN, omciAi* period of sixty days allowed to Ihe said Vtrnoo Shell Road Company for ac-topt ance. Is the sum of one dolDr. paid by said company to the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah. Sec. 9 Be it further resolved that the conditions, stipulation* and obligation* specified or Indicated In th* foregoing rea olutton shall bind, not onfy the Vernon Hhell Itoad Company, but It* *uece*aor and assigns and any person or corporation which may un* or attempt to use the said privileges, or any of them la th nam* of the sakl Varnon Shall Road company irpon motion, referred to the Commit te# of th* WboteJ The following amendment to th* pre ceding resolution offered by Aldtrtnan Mill* Hy Alderman Thomas— To strike oo* tha word# Bryan atreet, thence oo Bryan street, east, to Barnard on nw west stole *f Barnard street to .he north stole of Bay street, and subatituto 1 barefore Ihe word*: Boy atreet, to connect with either of present street railway track*, thane, •eatwardlv along Boy street, using Utah tracks when rtght te do so la acquired hy -ondemnarton dr otherwise. That the said Veraon Bhell Hoad Com pany have the rtght to run a spur track from the Intersection of Montgomery and ttt Julian street* t**twerdly lo a point one hundred fret w*ei at the Merkel building, and untM *ucli lime as It may Have the right to operato a belt line, tha sold company *hall be allowed such turn out truck* a* may be needed for good o#r vloo to Ita patrons, tltair number and to>- : carton to be determined by Ihe Commit tee on Htreets and Dune*. Upon motion, referred to th* Committee of Ihe Wholo. By Afclerma* PlkOb- Hesatved. That tna aoveral petition# asking for frsnchk.es. now before Council, he refused. Re solved further, that the Irarahw# on Montgomery and Price street* be audion „i off to the highest bidder, the minimum ptico to b* placed ai Bv* thousand dollars (liid'l. tha purchaser of said franchises to agree to abide by any and all condition* placed on said railroad company by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, and t>* nuojeci to wmh ,-weeet.,-1,-,■. a*** tax#*. (propvrtV. burin#*#, specific, mtlc ag* or other), ax Counoil may require In K* tax ordinance, Referred to the Com mittee of th* Whole. By Alderman Thom*#— Resolved, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of ftavgnnah. In Cosmcll a -ecnhitri Tut this Council tmlorse th* South Carolina interstate and Went In dian Kxpoelttoii which Is to open In C'inrtreton. B, C.. on the Ist day of De cember. 1901 ns an enterprise Dial ptrom uu aitowri JrtiuiU4 w Uiu feuM) add Uo K.ANHAH CITY. Capt Fisher. TTTEBDAT. Jan. th 11 M p. m TALLAHAHHP.B. Capt Aabtna. THUMB DAY. Jsn 17 ig p. m. CITY Or AI ’OCBTA. ' Upt Daggett. HAT! - RDAY Jon. . 4 t* p. m. NACOOCH Ik cept Him in TCBBDAT. Jan 33. 4on p. m. KANHAH CITY Capt. Puthor THUM DAY, Jan 34. tOO p. m •CITY OF BIKMINOHAM. Capt. Barg, THURSDAY. Jan 34, loop m. TAI.LAMAJtHKr. Capt- Aakla*. HATUH DAY. Jan. 3ft. t3O p m CITY or AUOUBTA. Capt Daggett. TVKBPAY Jan 3*. 13:3* p. m NACOOCHKK. Oupt Smith. THVRHDAT, Jan. 31. I S p. m R. W SMITH Contracting Creight Assn. Bavaapah, Dm WALTER HAWKINS General Agent. Traill Depart moat. 334 W. Bay Hr. Jachaanvttla, Pin. W R UT. NASA NTH. flenerel Freight and Pamoenger Agent, New Pier K. North River. New Verb OKB-|(i|AL. cr-flre country, and th< -engrereanan from OoorrU are respectfully requested to sup imrt the hill now pending In Coogrdha to aid the exposition. Adopted. Savannah. Oa.. Dae. . 1908. 11 y Alderman Bacon— Whereas, In the work of improving tha harbor of Ha vac. ruth. It ha* long keen rec ognised by tha gnvemmani engineers and by th* cMy authorities and -omrosretat ami shipping Inisrse.a of Bavunimh that a very important feature uf suoh Im provement should be a provision for widening the Savannah river between the city and Hwrhtruoa’* Islam!, imme-llat#- ly along th* city from, so a# to funtlall an uniform width of at least six hundred (Mi feet os was nasi tempi* >d and called for by the harbor Imre *,iabUsh#d by thg government and approved by tha Secre tary of SVar on May 4, ISM. And. whereas, th* work -lone by th# Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company, In wldenlrg that portion of (hi* s'retch of the river. In front of their new lenM nel*. has demonstrated th# great hsneflt 'hat would follow lo the harbor and mm merr# of thla city from continuing thtd improvement along th* balance of <h# Hutchinson's Island river fraal; Therefor*, b* It resolved by the Mayor and Alderman of th# City of Bovsimoh. That the member of Congrmw from this district, aivl th# member* from th# other districts of this #ta#r. and th# senator* of Ihe ('silted Btste* from Georgia, he, and they ore hereby, most esrnesfly and urgently requested hy the <dty duthortttew of gavannuh to exert their best effort.- on b*h*lf of this city to have incorporated In tha river and harbor Nil. now pending be fore Congress, the requisite provision siut authority lo have this mos; needful and haaefU-lal feature Included and provided for In Hie project and work for Improving i hie harbor Be it furthrr resolved. Thai -opla* nf these resolutions, signed by Ihe Mayor and attooted by Ihe clerk of Council, hu sen* to ouch of the senator* and mem ber* of Congress from Georgia, and their attention Is particularly callrd to th# fact that the amount of work lo be don* lo accomplish IN* Improvement is com paratively very smalt snd presents no -**e* v,i wltPt. wills,. Atiwiriei. There being ne further biutlneao. easte rn took a mm subject to the call at th* chair. WM P BAILEY. Clerk nf Council " em*' f —A Mad Mtory -”My hoy.” retd th* great man. "I used to shine shoes my self" "Well.” replied the boolMaek, dey’g a hull lot f <9* guy* what l* la-1 iJirajr."— Z'U-oaelpiUa. ;,quL -UuuicM, 7