The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-15
THE COUNTY ASKED FOR $4,000
THE INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
WANTS An APPROPRIATION

whether They Have the Authority
TO Grant 1.-THE Governor 20 BE
OmciaIIy Notified Of "A Vacancy ina
the Chatham Delegation TO the
LegisIature-The Skidaway bridge
Matter.
The August meeting of the county COM
missioners yesterday was very quiet, the
weather being too warm for any very
hard work on the part or the commits
sioners. Only three were present. Act
| ing Chairman Carson and Commission
ers Charlton and Kehoe. Chairman J. J.
Dale and Commissioner W. f. Chaplin
being absent.
/ The citizens Industrial committee. rep
/ resented by Col. ]. l.. Whatley and
| Messrs. Jacob Paulsen and James NJ
/ Dixon, were before the board and asked
| for an appropriation OF 5000 to make
a suitable display at Atlanta. The mat
ter was discussed and the commissioners
stated, that while they favored the plan.
/ yet they did not know whether they
have authority to make an appropriation.
/ The petition was referred to County At
torney ]. r. saussy for his opinion as to
/ the powers Of the commissioners in such
matters.
A petition was received from number
/ of citizens calling the attention of the
/ board to the vacancy IN the Chatham
/ delegation in the legislature, caused by
| the death of Representative J. J. Doolan,
and asking that the governor be officially
notified of the fact. The clerk was in
| structed to do this
County Attorney Saussy made a verbal
report regarding the Skidaway bridge
matter, saying that he had to answer the
mandamus brought against the county
commissioners next Saturday. The man
damus was brought to compel the board
to rebuild the bridge to Skidaway Island
and a long causeway in addition. Mr..
Saussy reviewed the case and stated that
he had given much time to the matter,
but that he had found it hard work to
gain much Information regarding it. The
bridge was all right in the '7Os. The leg
islature of 1870 had made 1t a regular
road, but the succeeding body repealed
that section, leaving it to the county
commissioners themselves to decide as to
the matter.
The various grand juries have changed
as much as any body. one grand jury
recommending it, a second throwing out
the recommendation, while a third grand
jury recommended that the bridge be
built If within an appropriation of $1,000
The board had looked at plans for this
amount, but while it would build bridge
strong enough for the travel. yet the
tides and storms were two great obsta-
Giles to be overcome for that sum. He
thought that during 1872 the bridge had
been destroyed.
Commissioner Carson offered the fol-
lowing:
Resolved That the committee on drain
age be- and they are hereby authorized
A,N~ .gH l.s
ing or filling up the pond of water now
existing a the intersection of the city and
the Suburban and the Savannah, Florida
and Western railways, east of the White
Bluff road. and Immediately south of
Twelfth street, in order that said nuisance
may be abated." The resolution was
passed and the committee authorized to
proceed with the work if it can get suffi-
cient earth from the adjoining property
to fill 1t in.
on motion Of Mr.. Carson it was ordered
that the drainage committee be author
Ized to resume work on the Dundee canal
as soon as the convicts now at work on the
Avondale rifle range are through. The
committee was also empowered to place
the steam dredge in condition for use.
A petition, asking for the appointment of
John O'Hare as a constable in district No
5, was returned to the signers with the
information that the petition must specify
if there is any vacancy, etc.
petition for aid, from the Macedonia
Baptist church, colored, was declined, as
the board had no funds available.
DR.. Charlton spoke of the encroachments
being made on THE public roads, notably
on the Wallace road, and stated that at
the next meeting he would bring up the
matter. He thought that the roads should
be made of uniform width, as it would be
cheaper now to do this than later on
when real estate was enhanced in value.
The county engineer stated also that he
had seen much of this, and that on the
Ogeechee road. which he had surveyed
the road ran from thirty-three to seventy
one feet in width at different points. 1t
was thought that fifty feet would be an
average width.
The board agreed upon the erection of
a barn and stables at the county farm,
as soon as the engineer can present the
plans and specifications to the board.
County Engineer Blandford presented
his July report, showing the condition Of
the camps, etc. He reported much sick
ness among the guards at the two camps.
The heavy rains had interfered a good
deal with the road work, and had dam
aged the roads and bridges some. There
were 12S prisoners on hand on
Aug. /, 106 of whom were
colored. 1t cost for provisions and
guard salaries last month S9S4.SS. Eight
men were employed on camp work, TWEEN
l9-lHiSc OA thS AHAihs twenty -iVuA 0il tAe
rife range, ten on the roads and fifty
six on drainage. Several were i'll.
S. L. Lazaron, Esq. made an appeal on
behalf of the Suburban and West End
railroad for permission to extend it's lines
from Alexander street at West Savan-
nah to Stiles avenue on the Augusta road,
distance of some 1000 feet or more IL
was referred to the committee on roads
and bridges.
A bill of Judge FerriIl ordinary, for SIS
for swearing lunacy jurors was ordered
paid.
r. J. Wade, superintendent of road and
bridges, made a report for the month of
July, which was filed for information
and referred to the committee on roads
and bridges.
HAD A FELLOW-LABORER CHECK