The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
They Discuss Many Matters at the
luna Meeting.

They Discuss Many Matters at the
June Meeting.
The June meeting of the county commits
mis- toners was held yesterday, with Messrs.
Walker, Lawton and Estill present The
usual monthly reports were read and sun
dry petitions for aid to the county poor
were referred to proper committees tor
action.
A petition was read from the Savannah
street and rural resort railway company for
permission to extend its tracks on Estlll
avenue from Habersham street westward
to Montgomery street to enable the COM
pany to complete its belt line. Granted.
The contract for repairing the hammocks
in the Jail was awarded to w. Is. Nell O.
Co. at 81 80 each.
A communication was received from Col.
! q, ;. Owens, chairman Of the executive
committee of the board of road commits
! sioners, asking that the county commits
sioners fix the salary of the secretary Of the
| board of road commissioners. 1t was read,
and an annual salary of S25 vas ordered
| paid. The county commissioners also
passed an order to pay the expenses OF ad-
| vertising the semi annual meeting OF the
commissioners, provided the board Is not
able to meet the expenses from the fines
and forfeitures
L lie COuliillbbtd OD anu III IuSoo Wa
authorized to hire carts, etc, to rebuild the
causeway on the Louisville road bstwesn
| the eight and nine mile post, and the county
engineer was instructed to inspect and re-
port the condition of two brick culverts in
that vicinity reported to be in bad condi-
ton.
Capt. James H. Johnston, president of
the City and Suburban railway, notified
the board that the conductors on out>lde
lines have been instructed to carry free of
charge, the chief of the chain-gang and the
guards on all the trains, aud to pass free on
the order of the chief Of the chain-gang all
guards and prisoners to and from the
camps.
An application of the county treasurer
for a new safe for his Office was referred to
| Chairman Walker to secure estimates as to
cost.
The county engineer notified the commits
| sioners that the trunk of Dlusgrove creek
has been repaired, and it will now enable
the Changing to work on the west side of
the city and complete their work of drain
age in that section.
The county engineers report for May was
read. 1t shows that Hesser's gang sums up
l,l09 working days u,118 men and 81
women, which were disposed of as follows:
l29 days work in camp: 81 days lost on ac-
count of sickness; n days water carriers,
and 1922 days work on the Vale Royal
canal; / 200 feet of this canal were completed
in May delay in getting lumber, ordered
April Is, Is reported to have delayed the
work, but it is thought 1t will DO obtained
without much further delay
Shumans gang sums up 2. lat days work
as follows; White men 9S, colored men
LIB, colored women 1873. Tho number of
work days is accounted for as follows:
Camp work 276 days, garden work 1874
days, lost on account of sickness 113, and
canal work 1,624 days. At least one-third
of the working force of the canal work is
composed Of boys and women, who can only
do such light work as pitching Garth back
| from the lines and removing brush from the
| right of way. The Hampstead canal was
| finished in May from station 40 to SO, a
| distance Of 4, 200 feet. Eight hundred feet
of this work averaged feet deep, slope ~
feet to l foot and feet at bottom, the
balance of S,400 feet averaging Al feet
deep, usual slope and 6 feet at bottom,
making 1900 cubic yards of digging which
credits each days work, men, boys and
| women, with 51S cubic yards per day.
The communication of the mayor, dated
| May 2, was read and reported to the COM
mittee on drainage with power to act, 1t
reported that the health officer claims that
| the drains and bitches between Estill avenue
and the City and Suburban railway are
foul, and that the water supply at the Jail
is not sufficient to carry off the focal
| water.
| The engineer who reviewed the letter
admitted the correctness of the reports.
| The bitches leading from Estill avenue
| were dug about two years ago and have
| had no attention since. The cattle roaming
over them and the natural filling in washed
| from adjoining fields has INSTRUCTED the
passage of the water flow. He recon-
mended an additional culvert farther east
| Tba a FOB nd E,,h
railway were dug about one year ago, and
owing to the DOGGY and slushy condition of
the land, it was impossible to have the
| ditch sides hold up, as the soft mud had
| filled in as fast as taken out. 1t has since
dried out so that it could be properly
drained, and sufficient fall at both places
could be had to secure good drainage. The
defects complained of in the mayors letter,
the engineer says, can be removed with a
| gang of twenty men working about thirty
days That part south of the city, the en-
| gineer thinks, can be properly drained only
| by proper canal in place of the plantation
ditch on the DeRenne place. and he says
| that even thea the inroads of cattle, so de-
structive to the bitches, will require con-
slant attention and repairs. He further re-
ported that the water supply at the jail is
| inadequate, because the architect in
| his estimates and specifications fell
short in this particular. He reported, how
ever, that upon the authority of the chair
man of the Jail committee he has given the
entire contract and plumbing work, to
remedy the defects, to John Nicolson, Jr. =,
at a cost not to exceed $3.50.
That part OF the engineers report with
reference to ditching and culvert repairs
was referred to the committee on chain
gang.
Messrs Lawton and Estill were appointed
committee to sell the unsold lots of the
old Jail site on Whitaker and Hall streets.
Accounts to the amount of $l0,5l2 0S
were passed for payment.
The county engineer was directed to get
up estimates for enlarging and rebuilding
the fiue of the engine room of the new Jail
and making the room fire-proof
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