The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-20
TO BE LEFT TO AN OUTSIDER.

The County's Proposition in Reference
to the Musgrove Creek Drsins9e
Plan.
The county commissioners will push the
drainage of the Musgrove creek water shed,
which has been so long under consideration
and which has been the subject Of 30 much
discussion Of late. As the county engineer,
Maj Blandford. and the city engineer, Col
VIM, cannot agree as to the best means OF
draining the basin the county commission
ers offer TO leave the decision Of the matter
to some other competent engineer to be Sc
lected by both parties. The following
resolution, offered by Commissioner Estill d,
was passed at the meeting Of the commits"
sioners yesterday afternoon;
ResolUed, That In order to arrive at @ proper
solution OF the question OF the drainage OF the
low lands adjacent 10 and emptyinR into MUS =
grove creek, the county engineer aud the CITY
engineer not being able to agree upon plan
for same, the board request the city council to
agree to submit the reports OF the engineers
on this subject to Capt o M Carter, corps or
engineers United States Army, or some
other competent and disnterested engineer,
whose report and plans for said drainage shall
be adopted by the county and city authorities
Those members of the board at the meet
ing were Chairman Walker and Commission
ers Read, Smart and Estill, and Clerk Dill
ASAs AUG onkAldbE was NAA OGsON W A0RhA
the bridge over Dundee swamp Oh the
Augusta road.
A communication WAS received from Al. j.
Desvergers, inspector of the Citizens SAM
tary Association. calling attention to the
number of burrow pits created along the
line of the Macon Dublin aAd Savannah
| railroad in constructing its roadbed,
| which are filed with stagnanU water, and
| the existence Of similar nuisances along the
lines of the other railroads entering the city.
| The county attorney was instructed to look
into the law and take action in the matter.
The attorney was instructed to push the
| bill Of the county against the Vernon Shell
Road Company for $3.50 for work done by
| the county.
The county engineer reported that the
work Of repairing the Dundee canal would
be completed this week,
The work Of cleaning up the Bay street
road, preparatory to regarding it, has COM
menced. The engineer reported the road In
bad condition aud badly washed In places
and needing considerable work
Work was reported as continuing on the
Casey canal, and the earth excsvated being
used in building causeways. The bridge
over the old canal on the intermediate cross
roads was reported completed with excep-
ton of painting. The total cost Of the bridge
including painting will be about $685.. IL
is seventy-six feet long.
The engineer reported the number Of
convicts rapidly decreasing, there being
only l32 prisoners in camp now against lat
last week. The courts have furnished no
new convicts in some time.
John Sullivan Schley, Esq, appeared be-
fore the commissioners for A. r. Fawcett,
William Fawcett, Paul Decker and Julius
Perlinski. who are applicants for lease Of
four oyster lots in Wilmington river. W.
L. Gignilliat Esq, appeared for Maxine
Desvergers and Joseph Desvergers, caveat-
ors, against the applications for the leases.
The matter appeared to be in a rather
tangled shape, and byMr. Gignilliat's re-
| quest ii went over to the next meeting.