Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-05
THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
semi-AnuuaI Meeting Of the Board Yes


Seni-Anuual Meeting OF the Board les
terday.
The regular semi-annual meeting Of the
Board of Public Road Commissioners was
held at the court house at II a. m. yester-
day. Gen. G. P. Harrison. Chairman, pre-
siding.
In addition TO the usual routine and in
cidental business OF the board, the follow
ing matters Of public interest received at
tention:
The Committee on Waters Road was
continued. The Special Committee on
the obstruction of certain portions
of the Montgomery roadway We're
the civ and Suburban Railway
Company for obstructing the roadway,
unless the company paid heed 10 the re-
concentrations of the board.
Complaint being made by the commits
siOnerS of the SkIdaway Ferry road that
the County Commissioners paid no
attention 10 their application for the
repair of the Isle of Hope cauSeWay.
the District Commissioners of that district
were instructed to make another appeal
in writing TO the County Commissioners
concerning the repairs TO said causeWay,
and if their appeal did not meet with sat
isfactOrv results. 10 90 before the grand
Jury and complain against the County
Commissioners for negligence of duty.
The Committee on distractions along
the Dutchtown road made verbal report
and We're continued.
The Committee on Jury Exemptions re-
ported that Road Commissioners were
legally exempt from jury duty.
Commissioner DraytOn reported Con-
stable Hall as having levied executions,
collected monies and failed TO turn over
any Of the money TO him. The Commits
siOner was instructed TO make formal
complaint against Constable Hall before
the grand jury.
The following resolution was offered by
DIR. Falligant:
ReSOIred, That this board dOrecOmmend
TO the County Commissioners of Chatham
County that a survey be ordered and made
at once of a line of roadway and causeway
to connect Long Island via the old mill
tary causeway. directly across the south
ern portion of Isle Of Hope and adjacent
marshes to the most available proXimate
point of the main land, in the neighbOr-
hood of the Bethesda lands.
Mai. Bonaud objected to any cOnsidera-
ton of the resolution, charging that 1t
might cost the county $4,000 10 do any
such work. Col. Owens thought that if the
work were TO be one of such magnitude
the county could not well afford 10 have
anything to do with It.
DIR. Falligant opposed the views
of Major BOnaud as being wide of
the mark. and assured Col. Owens that
he did not believe the whole work would
cost one-eighth of the sum named by Maj.
BOnaud.
The discussion waXed warm over tax
ing one portion of the county and spend
ing the money ON other portions. when
DR.. F. again charged that this was eX-
actly the case-that Beaulieu, Montgem-
cry. Isle of Hope and Skidaway
were taxed and the money spent
on the Augusta, Louisville and
Ogeechee roads, but jus. let the people
of these salt water districts ask for little
public improvement, and Immediately a
great hue and cry was raised about spend
ing public money, and the people of these
districts were treated as if they were out
casts. He advocated the passage of a
special law so that the taxes Of these dis
tricts might be applied TO the improve
ment of their rOadwaYs, causeways. ETC..
until thev should be placed in satisfac-
tory condition.
The resolution was finally adopted with
but one dissenting vote.
On motion the meeting adjourned,