The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-12
TO BUILD The new CAMP.
The Commissioners Will Have Plans
for Ii Made at Once.

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Prevent Work on the Casey Canal
the Convicts in That Section Will Be
Put to Work on the Meridian Road.
Land Owners Want the BuokhaIter
Swamp Section Drained.
The county commissioners yesterday
afternoon took Up the general present
meDts Of the last grand jury of the supe-
rior court The presentments were read
to the board by the clerk, but owing TO
the Iateness of the hour they were not
discussed at length.
DR.. Charlton said, however, that he
was very anxious to take up the recon-
mendations of the grand jury with regard
to the county convict camp, as he wanted
to get the sense of the board on this sub
iect without further delay. The commits
sioners decided that they would discuss
this matter and let the remainder Of the
report go until a subsequent meeting.
N BAD CONDITION.
DIR. Charlton said he was thoroughly in
accord with the report of the grand Jury
as to the inefffciency and unsanitary con-
ditiOn of Convict Camp No. !. He said
the average air space TO each convict dur
ing the summer had been about 227 feet.
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larger space was needed. He said 400
cubic feet was as small a space as should
be given tc each man in order for him TO
maintain his health. Every grand jury,
he said, had condemned the camp, and
this one more strenuOusly than have other
grand juries. He said he had brought
this matter up often, and now he wanted
something done. Either the camp should
be built at once, or the matter brought to
an end by some action or other.
He moved therefore that the chain gang
committee have the county engineer pres
entworking plans to the commissioners for
consideration and adoption, and that as
soon as they are approved the work of
building the new camp then be proceeded
with at once. The sense of the board was
that the erection of new convict camps
be commenced as soon as plans could be
approved. This was adopted as a motion,
and the chain gang committee will have
the working plans made at once.
MAI. BLASDFoRD's REPORT.
Mai. Biandford then read his monthly
report, In which he stated that the drain
age of the White Bluff rOas had been
completed TO Harmon canal-siX miles
out-and that the force. is now on the
main work in Cuyler swamp The work
in the Placentia swamp has been com
pleted, and the Lamar swamp canal with
all of its eastern laterals has been com
pleted to the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway.
From Maj. Blandford's report it was
shown that in the Casey canal section
the heavy rains prevented the conviets
from working on this canal for O great
portion Of the time
Mr.. Carson took up this portion of the
report of the county engineer and asked
If 1t wouldn't beIadvisable for the county
commissioners to have the work of COM
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the convicts at times when rains were so
heavy as to prevent work on the canals
Chairman Dale was strongly opposed TO
taking up this work on the Meridian road.
He said there were very few people suf-
fering for the use of the Meridian road.
Mr.. Carson said he had an order drawn
on the subject, which he would like to
have the board consider.
SOME RIGHTs-oF-wAY NEEDED.
This brought up the matter of the
right-of-way of this road, and Maj. Bland
ford stated that portions of the right-of-
way toward the city had been obtained
but other sections had not.
Mr.. Sack of Sackville, who was in at
tendance on the court, put in:
Whats the use of all thiE talk when
you haven't got the right-of-wayl
haven't given any rights of way"
Mr.. Carson insisted on order being kept
in the courtroom, and the sheriff request
ed silence.
The question of the deeds for rights-of-
way was brought up, and Mr.. Carson sug-
gested that they be kept in a vault in the
court house, as the commissioners desired
TO refer to them often. Chairman Dale
said he would bring them down to any
meeting when they were desired
DIR. Charlton said he was in favor of
keeping up tile work on the drainage as
long as possible, but as he I'M
derstood it the order provided that
the convicts on the Casey canal be taken
of only on days when the rain prevented
work on the Casey canal, and be put To
work on the Meridian road. Next to the
city end of the Meridian road the right
of-way for more than 2, 900 feet has been
obtained, and work on this can be done
until other rights-of way can be obtained
The road now ends at a point three miles
from East Broad street and Estill avenue
THEY WILL WORK THE MERIDIAN ROAD.
MIR. Dale thought there were other
roads which were more in need of worH
than this. Mr. Carson reminded him
that it was not the duty of the commits
sioners TO work roads already built, thai
while there was no Law for or against il
there was law under which the working
of roads already built was left 10 the rOaC
commissioners.
MIR. Dale thought in the first place the
AOdu NOuAu 10 uStl vi " very lew people
and next that the rights-of-way shoulC
be obtained up to the city before WORK
was begun. you know" he said, "tht
cook book says in making hare pie, frs
catch your hare"
Some parties it seems have refused t
give rights-ofway. The sense of tn
commissioners, however, was [,
go ahead with the work au(
an order was passed providing that the
work be taken up al times when rain pre-
vents work on the canals under the di
rection Of the committee on roads and
bridges. The work will be begun at the
present northern terminus of the road
but according to the order as amended
not until the rights-of- way up to tn
Waters road are obtained. The work or
this road when taken up is to continue az
long as in the judgment Of the county en-
Rineer it is impracticaDle to work on tn
Casey canal.
THE BUCKHALTER SWAMP.
Col. William Garrard called the atten
tion Of the commissioners to petition o
a number Of land owners Of the Buck
halter swamp district, of which he wa
one, upon which a report was made about
two years ago. This was an area to b.
drained after the Casey and DUNDEE
canals were completed. He said this sec
ton near the six-mile post on the Savan
nah, Florida and Western railroad, wa
eOmparat lively easy of DRAINAGE and tho,