The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-09

I'VE might have them take effect far
enough OF 10 give time for another cleo
ton J think this viii be the best soiu-
ton OF tie differences which exist between
the members Of the board" said Commits
siOner Carson.
- thought of resigning some tine ago,
said DR.. Charlton. My duties on the board
have been ouerous. and have had 10 give
up more time than my profession per
mits. but ] thought IL my duty 70 remain
under the circumstance Reing here has
been disaEreeabie and 81 viii afford me no
little pleasure 10 retire"
/ Chairman Dale said he was ready 20 re-
tire with the other four al any time
DR.. Charlton suggested that this matter
be brought up for discussion at another
l meeting.
Commissioner Chaplin ga not see why
the commissioners should resign With
regard 10 the hospital matter he thought
the county should have some say with
I regard 10 the institution as. he had never
I believed IN close corporations. He was
| never more surprised, h. said, than when
/ he learned that DR.. Duncan was re-
| ceiving 81 800 a year for his services in
| connection with the hospital lie thought
some one could be secured 70 fiji the
same position an a much lower figure.
| DR. Charlton said that as a matter Of
fact DR.. Duncan did not receive pay as
! a physician, but as superintendent OF the
hospital.
81 did not say he received 10 as q phy-
/ stefan" said COMMISSIONS Chaplin
DR.. Charlton stated that no money for
medical services was paid At the hospi-
/ tai Commissioner Chaplin Insisted that
| there were a great many emoluments OBJ
tanned by physicians WHO attended pa
I tents there.
There is not physician connected with
the hospital that makes penny in the
/ charity wards" Dr. Charlton said.
I This discussion was STOPPED for a min
ute by statement from Commissioner
1 Kehoe.
Il don't think it just 10 the commu-
nifty az this stage to resign in a body"
he said. i was elected for four years
and l think it my duty 10 serve for that
time. / don't think II just to put the
/ county to the expense Of q new election"
[ DIR. Charlton made a statement to the
effect that the disagreements among the
| commissioners had been so great that It
had been impossible TO accomplish any
work.
The hospital question then came up
again. ana Dr. Charlton denied that the
| hospital had been extra aEantly run
[ Commissioner Chaplin insisted that il was
/ 1T may be all right for you physicians,
I who are making 5000 10 $1,000 year
| to get a salary IN place ike that Of 81 500
| year Commissioner Chaplin said, "but
to US poor fellows who make 50 and s.
a day 1t looks extravagant"
Every man of inteilience." said Dr.
Charlton, knows that there is a funda-
mental law which IS the basis Of all trans
actions, and that is the law OF supply
and demand. Ii a man has the brain to
earn so day, he is going 90 earn it,"
You've seen more men. DOCTOR" said
Commissioner Chaplin, with more brain
in q minute than you've got in a year
who could not make their own living"
The discussion went on this way for
| sometime Dr. Charl on finally moved
that the board adjourn. Just before the
motion was put Chairman Dale stated
| II would be a good thing if all the COM
/ missioners would tender their resigna-
/ tons. He thought it would be q great
| relief TO the county. The county bust
/ ness, he said, had not been run on a bust
ness basis The expense Of new cleo
tion, he said, would be overcome by the
/ advantage Of having a new board. This
| is one subject, he said upon which il
seems Dr. Charlton and myself are
| agreed
The board then adjourned and Chairman
Dale remarked that he hoped the new
board would not have two parties.
You mean the progressive party and
the economists sa-d Commissioner Car
son by way of a parting shot.
This left the board In "a very unsettled
| state and the matter of their resign ng in
a body will likely be brought up at
meeting to be held sonnet me next week
At the beginning of the meeting Con-
| stable NJ. J.. Garvey of the Third militia
district was sworn in by the commission
ers. lie was recently sworn IN by the
ordinary. but made an arrest of Consta-
BILE J. S. Austin about which there was
some question. This was in the case Of
the diamond ring sold by A. r. Pickett &
Co. to c. II. Leidng, in which the con-
] CT "a In, Oh,
erty under an attachment. The arrest
OF Austin in the suit recently brought in
the superior court was declared Illegal
and void on account of the claim made
that the ordinary has no power or au-
thority to swear In such officers. Garvey,
however, is now legally qualified con-
stable.
Constable Julius Kaufman, recently
elected in the Third district. was also
sworn in and duly qualified.
Mr.. John r. Tebeau, reelected county
surveyor in January, was sworn in and
qualified as such.
The bid of the Palmer Hardware Com
pany 10 furnish the county 10000 pounds
OF dynamite at Sl2.40 per 100 pounds for 40
per cent strength and Sii90 per 100 pounds
for 60 per cent, strength WIS accepted, and
the dynamite will be ordered from them.
Chairman Gugie Bourquin Of the county
road commissioners reported the bad con-
gusta road, and asked that something be
done to have it repaired. The causeway
on the ogeechee road. he said, was in a
bad condition and needed attention at
once. The Florida Central and PENN
sular railroad. he said, had never put in
shape its crossings on the Ogee-
chez, Bourquin and Buckhalter
roads, although thirty days no
tice to the road to have these crossings
graded was given last summer. These
crossings. he said, were impossible with
heavily loaded wagons. He spoke of an
other bad place on the Ogeechee road,
where water was backed up 10 q depth
Of two feet, making the place impossible
to people on foot. Mr.. Bourquin said the
road hands had no tools with which to Go
the work, but if the county would give
him fifty spades, he would see that il was
done He said a number OF spades were
charged up to the road commissioners
which had never fallen into proper hands,
and where they had gone was not known.
An order passed last summer with re-
gard to repairing the bridges in the county
was read, and the bridges referred to by
Mr. Bourquin will be looked after under
this arrangement
On motion Of Commissioner Carson IL