The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-22
WANT The ROAD IMPROVED
4 PETITION ASKING THAT THE
OGEECHEE ROAD BIZ SHELLED.

tee on Roads and Bridges Request
ed 10 RcpOrt at the Next McetIng.
After June 1 the County Poor Fund
VIII he Distributed Uader the Su-
pervision of the Committee on
POOr-The Grand Jury Present.
ments Not Discussed ON Account of
an Absent Commissioned.
The county commissioners will consider
the matter Of Smelling the Ogeechee road
/ beyond the city limits.
The matter came up at the meeting yes
| terday afternoon on the petition of 295
/ citizens and freeholdcrs Of the county.
who asked that the county proceed at
I once TO shell the Ogeechee road from
tie city limits out. so that the people of
the county may be given free and deslr-
able drive as well as a better road for
handling traffic.
Commissioner Charlton thought the Pc
/ tition should be considered and acted on
| by the whole board. Commissioner Chap
Inns opinion was that there is no money
available for doing the work Chairman
/ Dale thought that the county could find
money enough for the purpose of Smelling
at least a part of the road. mentioning es-
pecially that part between the city limits
and the Charleston and Savannah railroad
| crossing. The commissioners evidently
consider tho matter one of impor-
| tance. for they referred it to the com
mittee on roads and bridges with a re-
quest that a report be made at the next
meeting of the board.
An order making a change in the man
ner Of distributing the county poor fund
was introduced by Commissioner Charl-
ton, and ON motion was unanimously
passed The order reads:
ION and after June ] next the appro-
priations to the county poor shall be dis
| tributed by this board, under the super
vision of the committee on county poor
and said committee is hereby authorized
! TO purchase all necessary books and sta
| tOnery, and employ AN assistant at a
/ salary not exceeding SIS per month"
About two years ago that portion Of
| the poor fund for distribution among
| the white poor of the county was turned
over to the ladies of the Louisa Porter
Home for distribution. The amount dis
tributed annually for this purpose is
| about $500 The commissioners had sew
! eral complaints from paupers to the effect
| that they could not get any relief from
/ the county fund, although they claimed
/ they We're entitled to 1t. No discussion
| of the order was had, but while the
| commissioners have always upheld the
| action of the Louisa Porter Home in
| these cases. the complaints became so
| frequent that il was decided best to
| have the distribution made directly I'M
| der the supervision of the committee on
| poor, from whose decision in any matter
there can be no appeal. This does not
| necessarily cut off the Louisa Porter
Home, as the committee has authority
to give that noble institution any por-
ton of the fund that it may see fit TO dis
pose Of in that way. The ladies of this
institution deserve much credit for the
work they have done in connection with
| the distribution of this fund.
/ A notification that the property own
| ers on Skidaway Island were about to
mandamus the commissioners TO compel
| them to replace the Skidaway bridge, to-
| gether with a recommendation from the
| grand jury that it be considered, was re-
| ceived as information. The commission
ers have decided not to build the bridge,
| although they have appropriated $1,000 for
! the purpose, and they are going to let the
| property owners proceed with the manda-
/ mus.
The application of Mr.. Percy Sugden
to be allowed to furnish the county map
| for contract price was received as in
| formation.
The bill of Mr.. Frank e. Keilbach,
clerk of the court of ordinary for Sc for
| swearing two lunacy juries was referred
| to the county attorney for investigation
| into the law on the subject Bills for
| swearing these Jurors have not been pre-
| scented in some time, and this bill is put
in to test the law, it being held that the
! law entities such an officer to receive a
| stated fee for swearing these juries.
An applicant for county aid who de-
sired to have his wife sent to St. Joseph
! Inhrmary, stated in his petition that he
/ had a friend who had a wagon that
could be used to carry his wife to the
! infImary but had no horse and he desired
| that the commissioners furnish the an
! imal for the occasion. He also asked for
aid for himself, and his application was
referred to the committee on poor, with
power to act.
The question of lowering the bridge
over the Ogeechee canal on the Telfair
| road, about the hight Of which there has
! been some complaint was referred to the
/ committee on roads and bridges, with
/ power to act
A bill against the county FOR S1097 for
! shell paving on Drayton street back of the
! court house was referred to the committee
/ on roads and bridges, with power to act.
| A petition for drainage work at Cattle
| park on the drain between that place and
Bonabella was referred to the committee
on drainage, with powed to act.
The petition of Capt. Henry Blum and
/ others for Improvements on the Ogee-
chez road was referred to the committee
on roads and bridges.
T. F. Wright made application for
relief from the bond of Constable w. L.
| Booz. The commissioners decided they
had no power to act in the matter and
that he would have to apply to the gov
ernor to be relieved.
There were few changes in Maj. r. A.
Blandford's report upon the county work
from what it was when submitted two
weeks ago. He emphasized the fact that
the cattle are doing much damage to the
drains, bitches and canals throughout the
county. Particularly is this so with the
new Casey canal, north of the county
farm, where grass was planted on the
banks but has been entirely tramped
down and destroyed by the cattle. The
banks also have been greatly damaged
Every report by Mai. Blandford contains