The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-04
WILL WORK THE DRAINAGE.
V[ CaTSOn'S Resolution Passed BY The
County Commissioners.

Duty to Work the Oounty hoaus with
the Present Reduced Forces of the
county Chain-gang-They Provide for
Repairing the Work on Brampton
plantation and Putting in Shape All
Broken Down Bridges.
The county commissioners held an ad-
,,p-ned meeting yesterday afternoon for
the purpose Of discussing the drainage
and road question and taking whatever ac-
tion was deemed necessary with regard
10 the county work.
They decided to keep the forces at work
On the drainage until the most important
mart Of the work has been completed, and
N do what little repair work is neces-
sarv by contract or day labor, in the dis
erection Of the committees which have the
particular class of work to be done in
charge.
It was thought that the meeting would
be rather a spicy one, and that considera-
HE discussion of the subjects in hand
would be INDUCED in. The discussion of
the roads and drainage questions took
Mace. however at the last meeting. and
as it was well known how each of the
commissioners stood. and that argument
was practically useless on either side,
there was nothing to do but take vote
on the propositions with regard to the
work.
The following was introduced by Com
missioner Carson, and with the exception
of the last section, which was with
drawn. was passed:
ordered. That the policy of this board
regarding the disposition of the county
chain-gang and the work to be performed
by them under direction of the committees
of this board and the county engineer, for
the present, and until further orders be
as follows:
First in view of the decreased number
Of able-boded men now on said chain
gang il is not deemed advisable to di-
vert any of said labor to work the roads,
but that camp No. 2 be consolidated with
camp No. 3 and all available labor in said
consolidated camp, as well as in camp No.
], Dee put TO work upon the new Casey and
DeBenne canals, pushing the same for.
ward to completion.
Second. that the committee on roads and
bridges of this board is hereby authorized
and directed TO Immediately have repaired
or rebuilt, as in their judgment may be
deemed necessary, the several bridges
in Chatham county that have been from
time TO time reported by the county en-,
gineer in bad condition The said work
to be done by days labor or contract, ac-
cording to the judgment of said commit
tee and paid for out of the funds ap-
propriated for that department.
Third, that the committee on drainage
is hereby authorized and directed to have
rebuilt or repaired Immediately all defect
i've trunks erected by the county on
Brampton plantation in connection with
the drainage system of this county on
said place; said work to be done by days
labor or contract according to the judg-
ment of said committee and paid for out
Of the funds appropriated for that depart
ment.
Fourth, when the number of convicts
under control of this board has increased
sufficiently to divert gang from the
above referred to work a temporary camp
be established at or near Dundee canal
and work on that canal be recommended
and pushed forward to completion accord
ing to the plan adopted by this board and
the contracts with Mrs. Jane NJ Read.
Fifth, the undertaking by this board
provided a suitable agreemnt can be en-
tered into with the city authorities, to
take charge of the drainage Of the low
lands in the western, southern and east
ern portion of the limits of the city ofSa-
Nannah now worked by the citys drain
age departments. Should such a CONSOLE
dation be perfected, the placing of the
lowands above referred to in a sanitary
condition according to plans to be pre-
pared by the county engineer and adopted
by this board.
Commissioner Carson, after introducing
the order, stated that he had nothing else
TO say about the orders. as he had said
enough at the last meeting. He thought it
was the proper thing to do and what the
public wanted-that is, TO push forward
me drainage work, or the most important
features of it, until they are completed.
Chairman Dale said that would be all
right If the commissioners were devoting
themselves to drainage exclusively, but
they were now building roads, some of
which are perfectly useless to the county.
lie referred especially to the road now be-
ING built along the banks of the new
casey canal, which is being fenced in,
and he said he supposed the fence was be-
ing put up to prevent the road from wash
ing away.
Mr.. Kehoe said that road was simply a
part of the canal banks, and could not be
included in the roads to which ChaiI
man Dale referred. Chairman Dale said
ne had said enough about the matter and
mad expressed his opinion fully on the sub
Ject He then put the question on the
Hrst section of Commissioner Carson 5
resolution, which was adopted by a vote
OF to 2, Commissioners Dale and Chap
I'm voting in the negative.
The next section was taken up and
adopted without discussion, it having been
decided to act on the order or resolution
by sections. This section refers to the re-
par and rebuilding of such bridges as are
IN a bad or broken-down condition, by
contract or day labor
The next section of the resolution re-
Ierred to the repair of the trunks and
drainage on the Brampton plantation, the
property of Mrs. Jane NJ. Read, about
which letter from her-attorneys Messrs.
OConnor and o Byrne, was read at pre-
Vlous meeting. This letter stated that
Mrs. Read had complained about the
trunks and the condition of the work there
some time ago, and that she would now
proceed to repair the damage and replace
me faulty trunks with good ones holding
me county commissioners responsible for
me expenses thereby incurred.
Inc communication was referred to the
committee on drainage, which made re-
port recommending that the necessary
repairs to the trunks, complained about,
De at once done under the direction OF
me committee on drainage and the county
engineer. The report of the committee