The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-20
HlyDFORD INDICATED.
NJ BrrDett'S Measurements Sustain
Those Of The County Engineer,

-..,rsan Chairman Dale and DR..
css-lton on Account of Some
.,4.,+ions to the Report Made
+ba Chairman-Mr. Burnett's
D.,ort in Full and Maj. Bland
sords Reply.
Mai R. A. Blandford, the county engin-
has been fully indicated of the
,,.,.,o= preferred against him, by the
1t - of Mr. r. S. Burnett, who was de-
.sifod by Capt. O. M. Carter at the re-
st of the commissioners, to measure
~ ovcavations from the new Casey ca
rol made by the steam dredge.
Tho county commissioners met yester-
Az. afternoon to receive the report and
,bs entire board was present.
chairman Dale stated the object of the
.,ootino and Mr.. Burnett's report, togeth-
- With that of Maj. Blandford, which fol-
owed it, was read by Capt.
Tobr p Dillon, clerk of the commission
STs The report had been submitted to
t ,bo commissioners through Capt. Dillon,
~. MAI Blandford, to whom it had been
s wy in the first place by Mr.. Burnett.
NJ Carson. after hearing the report,
r,orad that it be received as information
"a fled This course was adopted.
Nj carson thought that the report
should he made matter Of record. 1t
,-as decided. however, that filing it ac-
,onnIished that point. Mr.. Carson said
he would not insist any further, but he
thought the report ought to be published.
DIR. CHARLTON MAKES A STATEMENT.
DR. Charlton then stated that when
his difference arose, he advocated a con-
snl+ing engineer. Later data, he said,
made it appear that there had been some
mistake in the measurements, In which
case he said, he would advocate Major
RIandford's resignation. In view of the
facts brought out by the report, however,
he said he desired publicly to compli-
mont Major Blandf6rd on the outcome of
the report.
DIR Charlton then took up the matter
of the Ogeechee canal, and the trunk
which had been put in Just below the Tel
fair bridge He thought the city's OBJ
iect to secure the health of the city from
that source could have been accomplished
in q manner which would not interfere
with the work on Dundee canal, as was
the case under the present circum-
stances
The city's right to take that action was
not questioned, but he suggested that a
committee be appointed to confer with
the city council to see If the same end
could not be effected in
some other way, without interfering
with the county's work on the Dundee
canal HIS suggestion was adopted after
some discussion and it was decided on his
motion that the committee of the whole
of the commissioners would be constituted
a committee to confer with the city coun-
ell, and see if the matter could not be ar
ranged so that the health of the city
would be protected, and at the same time
the entire waters of the Ogeechee would
not be run into Dundee swamp to the
detriment of the county's work on the
canal.
MR.. DALE RAISES AN OBJECTION.
Mr. Dale thought it was proper then
for him to say something with regard to
Mr.. Burnett's report
He said the only difference in the fig
ureS he had and those of Mr.. Burnett
arose from the fact that he had meas
Ured what the dredge had done and Mr..
Burnett had measured what the dredge
didn't do. Leaving out the estimates he
said the two sets of figures were nearly
the same.
Mr. Dale was very sorry that Mr.. Bur
nett was not there. Both he and Capt.
Carter had been invited, but they were
Unavoidably absent. Mr.. Dale wanted to
ask Mr.. Burnett some questions. Mr.
Burnett had said that the grapple of the
thedredge dug plumb. Mr.. Dale differed
with him Mr.. Burnett, he said. took the
top of the ditch while he took a mean.
Mr. Dale also objected to the use by Mr..
Burnett of a heavy rod. There were num-
erous other points to which Mr.. Dale
objected
Mr. Dale said the measurements had
been made according to Mai. BlandfOrd's
dictation, while no attention was paid to
any remarks made by two of the commits
sloners, he and Mr.. Chaplin, who were
present
Commissioner Carson maintained that
the figures of Mr.. Burnett and Chairman
Dale did not agree, even allowing for the
estimates. There was a difference, he
said, as seen from the figures, of several
thousand feet
DR.. Charlton said he had hoped that
this report would settle the matter, but
now that Mr.. Dale had renewed his at
tack, and had questioned Mr.. Burnett's
report he didn't see what was to be the
outcome.
LIVELY COLLooUY.
Then ensued a rather lively colloquy
between Mr.. Dale and DR. Charlton.
Dr. Charlton thought they should
aii stand by the report of a competent en-
Eiheer, and let that settle the matter
Mr Dale merely wanted to say that he
thought the ditch was going to be meas
urea, and not the shrinkage and bulging
Dr. Charlton said Mr.. Dale's state
me4ts could not stand. This thing, he
ssdlu, must come to an end. He was will
ing TO get more engineers if necessary,
ana nave them all report on it. Mr.. Dale
Sau ne was satisfied, but that he didn't
Iucn ike the way the thing was done
~ said work done in July had been
measured for June.
livery now and then some of the other
yH1iiiSSloners got in word Mr.. Chap
All thought he could figure out bitches as
EWIeu as Mr. Burnett, or anybody else.
" carson wanted to say that he took
tir burnett's figures in preference to
'l2se of anybody else.
III was finally settled that the July
"orE measured as June work,
44s4uIU make difference of about
10y yards, a mere bagatelle,
ttS Df' Charlton said DR. Charlton said
'Ie matter had to be looked into and
Jared up at once, even if they had to
employ a half dozen engineers, as he
%o.I" not be satisfied for Mr.. Dale's
statement to stand.
s. -Il; carson said he would never vote to
Slgnu any more of the county's money to
cIp''l engineers upon that
e""a- This seemed to put
d luetus on the rather warm
S''. 1s.alon, and all tacitly accepted the
,odllon. The report which is published
fS5.9" Us full vindication of Mai. Bland