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18 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.such use of the streets without the city receivingsuitable compensation therefor. The time has passedwhen public franchises should be given away. Therecent sale of the existing street car lines abundantlydemonstrated that the franchises granted by the cityare a very valuable asset of such a property. If theyare valuable to the investor they are valuable to thepublic, whose agent the city government is. Thereshould be no further surrender of the streets for privatepurposes without the public being paid therefor.Public taxes paid for the ground, paid for openingand grading and otherwise improving the streets, andthe public should be reimbursed hereafter wheneverany concession is granted to corporations to use suchpublic property. Other cities have adopted thisprinciple, and Savannah's streets are sufficiently valuablefor its citizens to insist on having the sameconsideration.The Public Health and a New Cemetery*You will also probably be called on to considerthe question of a new public cemetery. During theyear just ended the community has enjoyed an exceptionalgood health, the report of the HealthOfficer showing a smaller mortality among bothraces, and especially among the whites, than foryears past. For this we have reason to be grateful.We should exert ourselves to continue such satisfactoryconditions. As for ten years past, the HealthOfficer alludes to the fact that the section surroundingLaurel Grove cemetery has the worst record inthe city, demonstrating to his satisfaction the accuracyof his contention that that burial ground is a
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.menace to the public health. For a number of administrationsthe Mayor and Health Officer have,without exception, pointed to the necessity, from ahealth standpoint, of establishing a new cemetery.Our Health Officers have consistently opposed theextension of Laurel Grove. The statistics of thatdepartment have shown that there is far more sicknessin the immediate vicinity of that cemetery thanelsewhere in the city. No more urgent reason thanthis can be given 'for the opening of a new cemeteryremoved from the city. The health of the people isparamount to any other consideration.Because of this I will oppose any proposition tobuild up more land for graves in Laurel Grove cemetery.F do not doubt that more ground can be filledin, or sub-drained, as was done several years ago.But I also know that such additional area to thecemetery is, if we accept the statements of physicians,only obtained and used at the expense of thehealth of the community. Outside of this, we confrontthe fact that the lots so obtained are undesirableand difficult to sell. They are bought by citizenspractically under protest, because the city hasnot provided them with a better place. Every oneknows that the new-made portion of the cemetery isonly used because of the inability to buy lots elsewhere.Pew who have the means to buy elsewherewill buy them. I believe the poorer of our citizensshould be given an opportunity to buy proper lotselsewhere. We have got to have a new cemeteryeventually. What is proposed is only a temporarymakeshift, and one of a very unsatisfactory character
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<strong>MAY</strong>OR'S ANNUAL REPORT.menace to <strong>the</strong> public health. For a number <strong>of</strong> administrations<strong>the</strong> Mayor and Health Officer have,without exception, pointed to <strong>the</strong> necessity, from ahealth standpoint, <strong>of</strong> establishing a new cemetery.Our Health Officers have consistently opposed <strong>the</strong>extension <strong>of</strong> Laurel Grove. The statistics <strong>of</strong> thatdepartment have shown that <strong>the</strong>re is far more sicknessin <strong>the</strong> immediate vicinity <strong>of</strong> that cemetery thanelsewhere in <strong>the</strong> city. No more urgent reason thanthis can be given 'for <strong>the</strong> opening <strong>of</strong> a new cemeteryremoved from <strong>the</strong> city. The health <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> people isparamount to any o<strong>the</strong>r consideration.Because <strong>of</strong> this I will oppose any proposition tobuild up more land for graves in Laurel Grove cemetery.F do not doubt that more ground can be filledin, or sub-drained, as was done several years ago.But I also know that such additional area to <strong>the</strong>cemetery is, if we accept <strong>the</strong> statements <strong>of</strong> physicians,only obtained and used at <strong>the</strong> expense <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>health <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> community. Outside <strong>of</strong> this, we confront<strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong> lots so obtained are undesirableand difficult to sell. They are bought by citizenspractically under protest, because <strong>the</strong> city hasnot provided <strong>the</strong>m with a better place. Every oneknows that <strong>the</strong> new-made portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cemetery isonly used because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> inability to buy lots elsewhere.Pew who have <strong>the</strong> means to buy elsewherewill buy <strong>the</strong>m. I believe <strong>the</strong> poorer <strong>of</strong> our citizensshould be given an opportunity to buy proper lotselsewhere. We have got to have a new cemeteryeventually. What is proposed is only a temporarymakeshift, and one <strong>of</strong> a very unsatisfactory character
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