The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17
DR.. CHARLTON'S VIEWS.
He Will Favor Pushing The County
Drainage.

He Says the Road Commissioners
Are Improved - The New Convict
| Camp to be Considered This After
noon-Mr. Chaplin Disagrees Some
what on the Subject of the Drainage
and Roads.
The policy Of the board Of county com
missioners seems to be undoubtedly to
keep the convict forces at work on the
drainage until those portions of it which
are considered necessary to the good SAN
itary condition of the most thickly set
tied parts of the county have been COM
pleted.
The views of Commissioner Carson,
published last Monday, have put the COM
missiOners and many other citizens of the
county TO thinking, and the Importance of
pushing the drainage work seems to be
generally conceded.
Commissioner Charlton, who is also a
member of the drainage committee, is of
the same view. He comedies the i'm
portance of good roads, but believes that
the forces should, for the present, be
kept on the canals.
There is no doubt" said DIR. Charlton
yesterday, that good roads are of much
lulpDIbduCc anu Dcu6nb W bu6 GOluulu-
nifty. / believe that the commissioners
should see that they are kept in good or
der, and if it were in our power to
have the principal roads in the
county macadamized [ would be in favor
of doing it. But these sand roads cannot
be kept in first-class order without con-
tinual work.
HANE MEN TO CALL UPON.
THE road commissioners have several
thousand men upon whom they are en-
powered to cali for road duty, or an
equivalent in money, by which they can
have the work done, and If all those of
whom road duty is required were made
to comply with the law, think there
would be less complaint as to the roads.
But so far as the county is concerned,
think the commissioners realize the i'm
portance of the drainage Just at this
time, and will keep the forces at work on
the canals. We will push the drainage
as far as is in our power, and hope to &C
complish much good within the present
year.n
The commissioners will hold an ad-
iourned meeting this afternoon, for the
purpose of discussing the matter of be-
ginning work on the new convict camp, to
be built on the county farm. There is
| a necessity of determining the matter at
once, as the present camp is in so dilap-
idated and unsanitary a condition that it
is poor place to keep even convicts.
| Commissioner Charlton was asked if the
board would push the matter and have
the new camp started at once.
1--WE will let you know tomorrow af-
| ternoon," was the reply.
ANOTHER VIEW OF IT.
Commissioner Chaplin differs, some
what, from the views of Commissioners
Carson and Charlton on the drainage
| question.
| When asked about the matter yester-
| day. he said he conceded the Importance
of continuing the drainage work, but he
did not think all the forces should be
kept on the canals at the expense of the
roads,
! "The drainage Of the county" he said
is something that will not be finished in
! years. The road commissioners have not
| the facilities for doing all the work that
| should be done on the roads, and think
| it the duty of the county commissioners to
| have part of the force work the roads
where they need it. Good roads are of
utmost Importance to the community, and
| | cannot agree that the roads should go
unattended by the county forces, even for
| the drainage.
The matter for discussion at the meet
ing this afternoon is the new convict
camp and it is hardly probable that the
| question of the drainage will be touched
| on.