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Home My Public Portal About19320519SCMeeting26 property owners take stock in such an enterprise. The matter of toll collection again came up and after quite a bit of discussion, the matter was referred to the Police Committee to endeavor to work out a solution of this problem. Another disasterous fire at Savannah Beach, on Thursday ,gay 12th, destroyed the Atlantic Club and the Sheehan property, fortunately a west wind was blowing and through the efforts of the citizens of Savannah Beach and with the assistance of the officers and men of Fort Screven and also Chief Monroe and several engines of the Savannah Fire Department, the fire was confined to these two properties. There being no further business Council adjourned, Subject to the call of the Mayor. Mayor Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Ga. May 19, 1932. A special meeting of Council was held today at 4; p.m. and was attended by Mayor Gamble who presided and Councilmen Demere, Logan, Blumenthal, Cann, Righton and Mr. S. F. Englerth. i re -Till -Mr. Englerth informed Council'that his reason for appearing before' $h e �. �.. � -them was to .ascertain if he could interest them in his fire fighting � apparatus, he showed several pictures of one of his equipment known as the err Fgter, and also quoted prices - -Mr. Englerth was then ex- cused- -After discussing the matter, it was decided that the Town would not be interest at this time. °d ;. e,�.The Mayor read a petition from some of the property owners on 13th L: niw.st• street against the removal of the posts in the middle of the street, 't.,k petitions was also read from the property owners in the vicinity of wts `,,»12th street petitioning that part of the strret be blocked off as „cWe is 13th street, to keep autoist from going down and parking near 1.3th. the strand, they contend that automats have used these streets, 4neek. parking there cars out near the sand dunes and that numerous annoying practices have been indulged in - -'r. Righton said that the police department should protrol this neighborhood and have an ordinance to prohibit parking - -Mr. Logan said that it would be hard: to regulate this - -Mayor Gamble said that provisions could be made on the idea of public safety - -Mr. Logan suggested stopping vehicles and letting pedestrians go through - -Mr. Cann said that property owners have not the Rrxvate i .e 4ohf vtaz,11,01 streets, but that the Town 1 27 should exceed to the wishes of the property owners as much as possible - Dr. Righton said that the people liked to get just as close to the beach as possible - -Mr. Demere said that they have posts at 13th street- - Mr. Logan suggested putting down some posts on 12th street and trying them out - -Dr. Righton objected, an suggested that signs be placed on the streets prohibiting after eleven p.m. at night - -Mr. Logan said that the wishes of the property owners should be considered and that he does not want to have the police department critized - -Mr. Cann so many things are done in the manner of the law nowdays, that a person does not know what to do, At you.. can close a portion of one street to the autaat, you can close another portion of a street to them, at the Hotel Tybee itia almost impossible to Tent` cottages be- cause the tenants are annoyed by autoists flashing their lights in the cottages at all hours of the night, said that the hotel had not com- plained of this - -Dr. Righton made a motion that a sign be printed and placed at 12th street and that it be ordained that parking be pro- hibited from 11 p.m., to 7 p.m., Mr. Demere seconded this motion and passed , Mr. Logan voting negative. Dr. Righton suggested that the telephone in to the Lieutenants house,. this was objected to. the Chiefs house be A letter moved °{ C` 5 was read from Mr. Brunche suggesting that the Town sell f he III i season tickets for tha use of the parking area, the letter was received J as information, the Mayor said that he would write Air. Bruncke relative, to the matter. \`'0•1`) -t c}kt Mr. Louis Crum petitioned for a reduction in the assessments on that he recently acquired two lots from Mr. E. B. Izlar on 11 street, petition was refused. Petitions were read from J. J. McDonough for a reduction on the assesments placed on his property on 8th street, this petition refused. his Ct1> th ' ct M w s also Petitions were read from D. J. Sheehan and J. D. Hirsch requesting thaStet they be relieved of assessments on their property that was destroyed =t by fire, Dr. Righton made a motion that the taxes on these improvementsF -o' be prorated for eleven months of the currant fiscal year, this was k\•'Qi seconded by Mr. Demere and passed unabusly. mss'` '``Y``�` Mr. Logan said that he felt that new buildings going up in the case of Nkw where they had been started or finished, after the fiscal year started,1)04° that they should be taxed for the prorates amount for the balance of thetls year, and that he would like to make that a motion, which was secohdedtaxecc by Mr-. Demere and passed unamiously. Dr. Righton brought up the matter relative to the toll situation and said that the public should be instructed as to the method by which GEtu.attm the money is collected, because as it is now there is lots of con- 4SCuss,4. fusion - -Mr. Logan suggested that Butler avenue be made a one way street from two until six p.m. - -The Mayor brought up the question as to whether tags should be given those property owners thorn only pay a small amount of taxes, Mr. Cann said that if a tenant stays on savannah 28 Beach a certain length of time that a pass should be issued to him also, the matter was referred to the police committee. 'ii' a,,ceSThe Mayor discussed finances, he said on the 25th of this month [ascuss-$i500.00 plus interest would be due the Citizen Bank & Trust uompany td 11 and also that he intended paying the Savannah Electric Company x1000.00 IM41,01 on their old account, Mr. Logan suggested that the finance committee decide what bills were to be paid, the Mayor suggested having the clerk prepare a list of all unpaid bills and submit these to the finance committee, who will give instructions how they are to be paid. Demere wanted to know if the street lights could not be turned off ,,,t",,,,. after twelve o'clock, but he was informed that the contract with the b� Savannah Electric Company would not permit this at the present time. 4€e 't itts The matter of water and fire protection came up and Mr. Blumenthal 1)iscu.s -asked the opinion of Council - -Mr. Logan said that he was talking to soon Q I r. Paulson of the C. & S. Company about financing a water system, lia-te.r he said that they might consider the matter--Mr. Cann suggested that aid tEthe only feasible way to handle the matter would be to form a private y,kA_ company which would operate for a period of years with the idea in .V, o-v, mind of conveying the system to the Town within ten (10) years after the beginning of operations, he said that a water system on Savannah Beach could be run at a profit - -Mr. Blumenthal suggested that private owners could form a company - -Mr. Cann suggested the formation of a stock company and sell shares at $50.00 per share more or less letting them be sold on the preferred payment plan'and have some bank handle it- -the Mayor suggested that the plant cost $35000.00, that $20000.00 be paid in, and. rnortgage for the balance be given--Mr. Cann suggested that what should be done, is that the full amount required be raised and then that an extra amount should also be raised to take care of any emergencies, that the rates be made cheap to get rid of any com- petitors. st 'tSThe.Mayor asked that Council designate the hours which the Savannah M office should be kept open during the summer months, the mattet was A �' 'referred to the finance committee to handle, Mr. Demere the chairman � said that he had an appointment with the clerk for some day next week. -- - -There being no further business Council adjourned subject to the call of the Mayor. MAYOR