The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-15
AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY.
THE COMMISSIONERS OCTOBER
MEETING.

the Court House Advocated - The
Pest House Question - A Protest
Against the Use Of the Augusta and
the Louisville Road for a Street
RaiIwav-A Word for Judge Har-
dana Discussion of the Oyster
Law.
The October meeting Of the county COM
rnissioners yesterday was an interesting one.
Commissioners Walker, Estill, Smart. Meln-
hard and Read were present.
Ga motion Of Commissioner Estill the
county engineer was instructed to continue
the survey of the new Isle of Hope road to
the Parkershurg road.
Tax Collector MCGOWAN through letter
requested the commissioners TO purchase
from him the new Herring safe in his Office,
which he bought some time ago for the bet
ter protection of the couuty's records. 1t
was referred to the county attorney to re-
port upon the liability Of the county for the
safe.
The asphalting OF the streets around the
court house came UP for discussion. Com
missioner Estill said be didn't think the as
phalting Of President street would be OF any
material benefit to the Lutheran church, and
he favored the county paying two-thiids OF
the cost and the city one-third, Regarding
the paving of the other streets, it would be
well to make the same arrangement with
the city as that made by property owners.
but if necessary, Commissioner Estill ia
vored the county bearing all the expense
so as to make the court house
available for the purposes for which
it was built. Complaints are constantly
being made that the busioess Of the courts
is being interfered with by the noise on
Drayton street, and the matter, he
thought, should be attended to at once.
The commissioners favor the aspnalting of
Drayton street from Broughton to South
Broad.
a COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH THE CITY.
Commissioner Estill moved that a COM
miItee be appointed TO take the matter into
consideration and confer with the city. The
motion was adopted, and Commissioners
Estill and Smart were appointed the COM
mittee.
Commissioner Read reported that the
committee appointed to look after the secur-
ing Of site for the county pest house had
been unable to lind a suitable location. The
city had the only available site. He aesed
that the committee be continued.
Commissioner Estill expressed himself
plainly on the pest house question. He didn't
think it equitable or right that the county
should be put to the expense of building a
pest-house and paying physicians and keep
ers simply because smallpox happened TO
make its appearance in tue county maybe
once in twenty-five years. He said he didn't
think the course pursued by the city
authorities in the recent outbreak of the
disease In charging the county so heavily
for its patients was right The
county and city, he believed, should be one
in such matters, and should work together
in harmony. 1t was putting the taxpayers tC
a double cost, and Commissioner Estu
thought it rather poor policy. He ventureC
to say that every case of smallpox In tbs
county outside of the city could be traced t.
the city for its origin.
TO ARRANGE WITH THE CITY.
The committee was continued as re-
Qussted BY Commissioner Read, and wal
authorized to make terms with the city il
possible for the joint use of the pest house
County Engineer Thomas reported tina
he had made the survey of the August
road as directed to fad out il certail
fenc es encroaohed, and he had discovers
that the road instead Of being uniform ha
varied width. Before he could give an
information TO the board regarding the on
croacbment, he said, he will have to loo
over the deeds of the owners of propert,
abutting the road.
Janitor Donovan OF the court house ap
piled for an increase or salary, giving as
reason that he had to hire extra help during
the terms of court and winter months &
keep the building in proper condition. The
petition was referred to the court hous,
committee for investigation.
A protest was read from Road Commits
sioner Bourquin against the action of tn
county commissioners in allowing the Sub
urban aud West End Railway Company I,
use the Augusta and the Louisville road
Commissioner Estiu believed the roat
commissioners had right TO be heard Fl
shis matter.
Comnissl oner Read conceded with Com
missioner Estilps views, and as the Subur
ban and West Eud company had no
signed the conditions imposed upon il b.
the commissioners regarding the use of tn
road, he moved that the protest be receive
as information, and the railway authoritie
be cited to show cause at the next meetin
why the agreement hadn't been signed
The motion was adopted.
A HINT FOR JUDGE HARDEN.
Judge Harden came in for little atten
tion. Commissioner Read wanted to know
what right judge, paid by the year, has tx
go off on vacation and leave the jail full O.
prisoners, whose expenses there are almos
double than when they are on the chain
gang. Sons of these prisoner
against them and it is an injus'
tice TO them to be kept in Jail for severa
months without trial. Commissioner Rea;
thinks that there should be monthly session.
OF the city court. and it is wrong for tn
judge to be off on pleasure or attending t
private business while the interests Of tn
county are suffering.
Commissioner Estill brought to the at
tention of the board the necessity for lower
Jog the floor of the hanging cell of the iai
10 order to carry on executions SUGGEST ully
He was authorized to go ahead and hav
the work done.
THE OYSTER LAW.
The oyster law came in for It's share O
discussion. Commissioner Estill expresse
himself that the law was one which foster
q great monopoly in this section Tn
poor people who had been making thei
living off oystering have been driven Of
by the oyster laws. The result is ths
oysters have gone up in price
He disputed the survey of Ensign Drake @
being correct, and quoted a remark mad
by the ensign himself that he had been S
hurried in the work that he didn't kno'
whether no had gotten all the beds into th
survey. Before any leases ar
granted Commissioner Estil waui
the law thoroughly understood, and by hi
motion the clerk was ordered to procure
certified copy of the bill, aud the count
attorney was requested to make a repor
upon it at the next meeting OF the board.
The petition of the projectors OF the tow
OF West End To have g road opened acros
tine Central to the Louisville road was n
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