The morning news., 1894-11-21
MAY LEVY ON THE ROAD,
The Vernon Shell Road Co. Refused TO
Pay a Bill for Drainage.

The Commissioners Have a Right to
Issue an Execution Against It-Bris-
tow Hunter Complains to the Solicitor
General That He Was Brutally
Treated-Maj. Blardford's Report on
the Case-It Looks Like the Bar Asso-
citation Will Have to be Content With
Small Room for Its Library.
The county commissioners held their
regular monthly meeting yesterday after
noon, it having been delayed about a
week on account of the inability of the
board to get quorum on the usual date.
The board had bare quorum yesterday,
only Commissioners Dale Charlton and
Kehoe being present. Some important
matters however, were acted on.
1t is probable that the Vernon or White
Bluff shellroad will be levied on soon
under an execution issued by the county
commissioners.
The proprietors of the road failed to put
its drainage in good condition when or
dered to do so by the commissioners. The
board ordered the work done by the coun-
ty forces, and sent the company a bill
for the amount, which is about $500. The
| company refused to pay the bill and the
county attorney was instructed TO bring
suit for the amount.
In his report, made yesterday, Mr.. J.
r. Saussy, the county attorney. stated
/ that it will not be necessary to sue for
/ the amount on account of the fact that
an act of the Legislature of 1SS4-lSS5, page
( $40 authorizes such work to be done by
/ the county and it is only necessary to
! issue an execution against the company
| for the amount due and cause the same to
| be levied by the sheriff. The commits
/ sioneTs decided to wait until the Decem-
/ Der term before issuing the execution
/ The indications seem to be, however that
/ unless the amount is paid the county viii
/ levy on the road Mr.. u. b. Lester now
has a suit for 5000 against the county
/ for damages to the road while the gang
was at work on it's drainage.
a complaint was read from BristOw
Hunter, who was sent to the chain-gang
! for a year for completely in a killing at
/ Thunderbolt, in which he stated that Nov.
/ 3 he was brutally beaten with "a stick by
] a guard. He stated that he left the camp
| at once and came into the city to report
to Maj. Blandford or the solicitor general
to whom the letter was addressed. He
was arrested in the city by Quartermaster
J IuEneS ana carried DdCh TO tue camp.
! The letter was turned over to the COM
| missioners by the solicitor general and
! Mai Blandford made d report on it, in
which he said that while working at the
dredge on Nov. A. Hunter was surly and
! inclined to be disobedient Fireman
/ Walsh finally picked up a switch from the
| ground and struck Hunter one blow, the
/ stick breaking. Hunter then ran and re-
fused to stop. He was followed into the
| city by a trusty and was arrested near the
court house. Maj. Blandford was salts
/ fed that Hunter was not unduly punished.
on motion of DR.. Charlton the matter was
. referred to the solicitor general, with
| Mai Blandford's report attached.
\ deed to the county for the rlght-of-
| way for the new Casey canal through the
lands of Mr.. ID. p. Myerson, near Sack
| VILE, was read and approved. Mr.. Myer-
son said he was willing to give the county
the right-of-way also through his land for
the Meridian road as soon as he was given
/ assurance that the road would be com
pleted to Estll avenue, within one year
from the time the deed is signed
A complaint from Henry Sack, to the
| effect that the cutting of canals through
| Sackville was seriously tnjurng his prop
/ erty in that locality was read. He ap-
I peared before the board to make a per-
soual explanation, stating that he could
/ not collect from those who had bought
: property there on the installment plan on
account of the condition Of the roads and
/ lands in that locality.
Dr. Charlton explained the situation
/ there. He said the drainage of that sec
/ tion was very important, and that moth
. ing had been done 20 cause injury TO any
of the property I'm that locality.
MIR. Sack complained that his taxes were
too heavy, and that his property had been
assessed too high since he had divided ct
I up IA lots. Chairman Dale called atten-
tiou TO the fact that he
owned city now, and that
since his property had been drained
by the county, IT was more valuable than
ten or twelve years ago. Mr. Sack was
under the impression that the commission
srs could relieve him of "a portion of his
tHAes, and he seemed worried when he
learned that such WAS not the case. ne
. insisted that he had never given the
county ught-of-Way for canals through
hir land. and ~ amy attempt wBs made to
nrr tht lands hr gave notice that De-
would have 30 stopped by Injunction
N .r hardly probable chat thr Savannah
. nar Arsoriati0n viii Boz given tho u.e of
the room ou the top floor OFF thr rourf
house now uerupir hY lhe rauutt tulfn.ar
although Chairman Dair 90 ih. uuuu.Itf..