The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-14
TO OPEN BAY STREET.
THE COUNTY TO GO AHEAD WITH
THE WORK.

The Commissioners Vote $3.50 to Mr.
Exley for About Helf an acre OF
Land Taken for the Roadway - The
City and suburban's Abandonment
of its Outside Line to be Investi-
gated by the County Attorney.
The August meeting Of the county COM
missioners was held yesterday afternoon,
Commissioners Walker, Read, Meinhard
and EstilI being present.
The matter Of opening Bay street through
the lands Of W. L. Exley was taken up and
an order was passed to open the road An
order was passed amounting to the sum Of
$3.50 for the 47-lO0ths of an acre taken for
the roadway.
The petition of Mrs. Thomas Gadsden
and other ladies to be reimbursed in the sum
If s25. paid by them for caring for the
children of the late Mrs. FackIer, was
granted.
In the matter of building a bridge across
Skidaway river, the committee on roads
reported that there were no funds on hand
available for that purpose.
The petition OF the Vernon Park Railway
Company for the right TO use the Middle
ground road the committee reported ad-
versely. A similar petition from the South
Lake and Germantown Railway Company
to use the same road was disposed OF In the
same way.
The bill of Magistrate Mendel, amount
ing to S25, for arresting a prisoner on
Ossabaw Island and lodging him IN jail, was
passed for payment
A petition to open a public road through
certain lands Of the Isle Of Hope was re-
ferred to a committee II road commissioners
to report upon.
TIE petition of Charles Hohenstein re-
Rarding Ogeechee avenue was not acted
upon, the road commissioners having re-
ported that that avenue is not public road.
The application Of j. j. HUMPHREYS to be
appointed county detective, at a salary of
81, 900 year, was laid on the table.
Edward G. Hartgan was, on the recon-
mendation of Magistrates Endres and
McDermott. appointed a constable for the
First district, and duly sworn into office.
The county engineer was directed 10 drain
the burrow pi near the JUNCTION OF the
Central railroad tracks and the Augusta
road.
A deputation of citizens of Pooler was be-
fore the commissioners asking that the mat
ter of drainage in that vicinity receive the
early attention of the county authorities.
The county engineer was directed to have
the work done without delay.
Engineers InCIndS ana DlduIOTu duu III
spector Desvergers presented their reports,
which were received as information,
and an order was passed instructing the
county attorney to look into the mat
ter Of the damage done to the prop
erty of the county by reason of the City
and Suburban railway having ceased to
operate its line between the city OF Savan-
nah and Sandfy station, and to report to
the board what legal steps are necessary to
compel the railway company to keep up a
regular train service over this portion of its
road, as contemplated in its charter, so as
not to injure the property owned by the
county along its railway.
An order was passed changing the county
house from the Whitfield building to the
new court house. the change to take effect
Sept. l, $780,
A resolution was passed requesting city
council TO pass an ordinance prohibiting
auction sales in the streets adjacent to the
court house. This prohibition OF same does
not apply to legal sales.
After passing the usual accounts the
board ad iourned