The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-28
COST OF THE ROAD WORK.
The Improvement of the County
Roads TO BE Continued.


A meeting of the county commissioners
was held yesterday afternoon for the
purpose of receiving the report of the
committee on roads and bridges with re-
gard to the paving of the portion of the
Ogeechee road between the city limits
crossing.
OF paving and grading the 1850 feet of the
road between the points mentioned was
S5,O5O.1o. The commissioners were all
agreeably surprised at the moderate cost
OF the work. The report is as follows:
The committee on roads and bridges
respectfully submit the following report
as to the cost OF improvements on the
For surfacing road. 1850 feet from
the city, limits, twenty-one foot
For cpa9 ra DsG ot ~, SSsis 20
county engineer ................... us 10
For building Cherry drain culvert.. l27 IS
For building Minis drain culvert... 255 a
Total go. ......... ........ 5000 IS
From the above figures it will cost 97is
cents per running foot for road bed
twenty-one feet in width for surfacing
our public roads with crushed stone. Re-
spectfully submitted w f. Chaplin
chairman roads and bridges committee
The commissioners were delighted with
the report. They discussed the matter at
some length, after which they decided il
would be a good idea to go ahead at once
VIII the paving OF the remainder OF the
Ogeechee road and also of the Bay street
extension, continuing these improvements
as far as the funds at the disposal of
the committee on roads and bridges will
permit. 1t has been pretty clearly demon
strated that the crushed stone road is
the most satisfactory, and from the exper-
lments made far better results have been
OBTAINED than has been the case with the
chert, two classes of which were used.
The following order with reference to
the continuance of the work of paving
BY Commissioner Chaplin-Ordered that
the committee on roads and bridges is
hereby authorized to surface the Ogeechee
road with crushed stone to the seven
mile post, and that improvements of a
similar character be made on Bay street
extended, from Schwarz avenue to the
Dundee bridge on the Augusta road or
so much thereof as the funds subject to
the orders of said committee will permit.
Ordered further that said committee
on roads and bridges be and it is hereby
authorized to utilize the services of such
portion of the chaingang forces as can
be used on these public Improvements.
This means that the work of road i'm
proyement in. Chatham county is to be
carried right along as rapidly
as funds and circumstances will
permit The paving of these two
condition for years to come, and as will
be seen from the estimates based on re-
suits already accomplished the work can
be done for comparatively a small cost.
The work of rebuilding the roads of the
county under Supt. r. j. Wade is being
carried on with the idea in view of paw
ing with stone as many of them as possi-
Bile. This work is all being done carefully
and thoroughly, and in such a manner
that the roads can easily be kept in good
condition until the time arrives when the
commissioners can pave them.
The committee on roads and bridges
was heartily thanked by the board of
commissioners for its report as was also
Supt. r. J. Wade, who has so ably con-
Quoted the work of road building and re-
pairing. The county is to be congratu-
good roads in the near future. The work
will probably be pushed right along as
fast as it is possible to do IL.