The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-13
COMMISSIONERS BEAR REPORTS.
Engineer Blanaf0rd,s Report on the

Engineer Blandford's Report on the
Condition of the County's Work.
The county commissioners held a short
session yesterday afternoon. Chairman r.
d. Walker. Commissioners Smart and
Meinhard, and Attorney Saussy, Clerk
Dillon and Sheriff Roman were present.
! A petition was received from parties at
| Dittmersvilie for new road from s. H.
Gray and others, but, being very indefinite
/ as to where it was desired to locate the road.
| it was referred back for further infurma-
ton. The citizens of Dittmsrsyille claim
| thai they are shut in by the Savannah,
I Florida and Western railway with its wire
fences on one side and the Vernon shell road
and the toll gate on the other, and they can
not go to and fro from home with their
horses aud wagons without paying toll each
way.
Maj. Blandford. county engineer, sub
mitted his usual report on the roads, bridges
and drainage work. The approaches to
Pipemaker bridge will be completed within
g Few days. Work Is progressing on the
Dundee canal The high water has later
fered greatly with it, however Excava-
ton IN the Casey canal is progressing salts
factorilv. The outlet trunk is leaking
badly, having been considerably damaged
by the recent food The engineer does not
consider the trunk adequate for the de-
mands that will be made upon it by heavy
rains.
Nearly IL miles of earthwork on the new
Meridian road have been com pleted, in
GLIDING the small culverts and bridges. A
bridge on the Montgomery road has been
completed. The work on the Skidaway road
has been delayed on account of inability to
get the necessary drain pipe. The box Gull
vert on the Montgomery cross roads has
CAVHQ in And the road q nj n aaahIa Mafa-
rial and labor have been engaged to build
small pole bridge there which will cost less
and be more desirable.
The engineer says reports have come to
him from various parts of the county of the
bad condition of many bridges and culverts,
de proposes to make an inspection Of all
the bridges and culverts as soon as he can
get the time
The Typographical survey has been dis
continued temporarily by order Of the com
missioners
The cost of guarding prisoners at the
camps during last month was So 80 l-5 per
capita, as against SO 25 the month before
aud So SO the month previous to that.
there are IL men, II boys and ii women
prisoners IN the camps, q total of l46, of
whom l3O are able to perform duty.
There have been two escapes this month
from camp No. 2. Fred Waldburg, a col
ored trusty, escaped on the morning OF Oct.
!. DE was sentenced July Is for twelve
months. Alfred Holmes (colored) escaped
from Guard g. n. Tison on Oct. 6, while on
| the works He WIS sentenced July - for
six months. The guard was discharged
after investigation of the escape.
No mention of the new steam dredge was
| made at the meeting. Maj Blandford sold
after the meeting that the contractors on
the dredge have written him asking him to
come on TO Newark, n. j., this week and
Nzyffr &Io, 81.
as 1t Is constructed. This he has not the
time to do. The construction of the ma
| CLINE has been delayed by the Homestead
| strike. BY the contract the machine is to
| be brought to Savannah, put up and sat
! isfsctory demonstration of its working
| powers given before it will be &C cepted by
| the commissioners.
| Several petitions for aid from old and
| enfeebled colored persons were received and
took the usual channel