The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-13
IT WAS A QUIET MEETING,
The Commissioners Attended Strictly
10 Business.

Made By the f. c. & P. Railroad Or
dered Removed Savannah Hos
pital Sure to Receive Some Aid From
the County Gertie Grimes VIII
Probably Go Back to Her Mother.
The sensation in the county commits
sioners' meeting yesterday failed to ma
terialize, and everything passed of as
calmly and serenely as If there had been
no likelihood of a squall.
It was one Of the most diguified meet
ings the board has ever held, and the re-
mark of one Of the commissioners made a
few days ago that business would be CON
Quoted according to parliamentary usages,
was carried out 10 the letter.
The figures of the much talked of in
spection of portions Of the county drain
age, perhaps the only thing that would
have disturbed the calm serenity OF the
meeting, failed to appear and nothing
outside the regular order of business was
touched upon.
In reading the minutes Clerk Dillon
finds il difficult to overcome his old Gus
toms, and yesterday while calling the
names Of those present at the last meeting
began with that of Col. Robert ID. Walk
mistake was corrected.
WHAT CAPT. CARTER WILL HAVE TO DO.
Can't Dillon read the letter from Capt.
O. NJ Carter accepting the invitation of
the commissioners TO act as consulting
engineer, saying that he would do the
work if he could begin it on July %, as
he had pressing duties which would pre-
vent his taking it up before that time.
Commissioner Charlton offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved That in view Of the Oficial duties
of Capt O. NJ. Carter. Corps Of Engineers U.
S. A, preventing his acting as cOnsutingen-
gineer to this board before July -, that he be
requested to accept the position OF consulting
engineer on or about July p, and that in view
of this unavoidable delay that he be requested
to confne his attention 10 the Casey and
Dundee canals and the Meridian road, and
that if possible he will first give his attention
TO the Casey canal and report on II before
completing the entire work.
MIR. Carson thought there were other
things concerning which some of the
commissioners would like TO have infor-
nation, and suggested that a list be given
him. Dr. Charlton thought his resolu-
ton was a sweeping one, and that 1t would
cover almost everything that any of the
commissioners wanted. Besides they could
call for any special points they desired.
DR.. Charlton's resolution was carried.
THE COUNTY PAYS TOLLS.
The Vernon Shell Road company sent in
a bill $l44.55 for county teams which had
passed over the road since the summer of
1891.
The shell road company, which w4s in
debted to the county, had agreed to ex-
change receipted bills with the county, if
the county would keep their bitches in
repair The commissioners were opposed
to this as Mai. Blandford said it would cost
more under the present laws to keep the
bitches in order than the company's bill
amounted to.
The commissioners had failed to find
any record whereby the company had
ever agreed to allow them to use the road
free Mr. Carson said so far as he was
concerned he was willing to exchange bills
and quit There was another bill, how
ever, against the company, and that was
not satisfactory. The communication was
then referred to the committee on roads
and bridges, with power 10 settle the mat
ter and to make the best arrangements
they could with regard to the future use
of the road by the county The commits
sioners decided that they would have no
more tolls charged.
MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS.
In accordance with a resolution pas sed
at the last regular meeting a commuui-
nication from Superintendent Baker, of
the public schools, was read, embodying a
resolution passed at the last meeting of
the board of education, asking for three
notes aggregating 5000, one of s. 900,
one of Sd 600 and one of IS, 900 on account
of the public school fund.
These notes were to be made payable in
November or at such other time as might
be most convenient for the county, and it
was asked that the president might have
the authority to negotiate them.
The matter was referred to the com
mittee on accounts with power to act
and direct in what manner and for what
length of time the notes should be made.
The county was somewhat behind in its
donations TO the schools, and as money
was needed to pay the teachers their
salaries for the summer, this means of
obtaining it was used.
j. r. Bitch wrote that he had been
employed by Mai. Blandford as convict
guard and that he had been discharged
on May 28th without any cause or reason.
He gave notice that he would hold the
commissioners responsible for one months
pay.
Mai. Blandford reported that Bitch had
merely been taken on trial, that he had
not been discharged, but that he had been
paid his full salary up to the 1st of the
month. The reports were received as in
formation.
OBSTRUCTION ON COUNTY ROADS.
Mr.. Gugie Bourquin, chairman of the
road commissioners appeared before the
board with a complaint concerning OBJ
struction on the Louisville, Telfair, Bour-
quin and Ogeechee roads placed there by
the +. G.. & p. railroad where it crossed
them. He wanted the situation relieves
and asked whether the road commission
ers or the county commissioners should
attend TO it.
The resolution authorizing the F. G. &
p. railroad to cross these roads was
read. IL required that the work should
be done under the supervision of the
county engineer and that it should be
done so as not to obstruct the drainage
of these roads. Mai. BlandfOrd stated
that an agreement had been drawn up be-
tween himself and the chief engineer of the
road, that they had been notified and that
they had agreed to do the work satisfac-
torily. Mr.. BOurquin wanted the COM
Inissioners TO compel this company to fix
those road at once and urged his com
plant further.
MIR. Chaplin wanted to give them ten
days Mr.. BOurquin was not satisfied
and wanted it made five. The com
missioners decided TO order the Florida
Central and Peninsular to put their roads
in a passable condition at once
A letter from the county commissioners
of Nc Intosh county saying that they had
three able-bodied convicts, one who has
months, and wanting to know what
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