The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-14
MAY BUY THE SHELL ROAD.
THE COUNTY CONSIDERING An Of
FER FROM THE VERNON
COMPANY.


The Road Can he Had for $4,000. or
Its value Nav BE Reached by Ap-
pFaiscmcnt-5ir. Lester Agrees a.
Accept the Valuation Placed Upon
the Property by "A Board of APP
Praisers-The COmmI-sfoners Fn-
vor "a Purchase If Terms Can Tie
Agreed Upon.
II seems that preliminary negotiations
have been opened looking to the making
Of the White Bluff shell road a public
highway The county commissioners now
have this question under consideration.
and viii take il up for discussion with a
view to seeing what can be done at meet
Ing 70 be held next Tuesday afternoon.
At yesterdays meeting Of the county
commIssi oners the following letter was
read and the discussion opened up:
savannah. Ca. Feb. H. 1895, Hon. J. j.
Dale, Chairman c. C.-Dear Sir: The Yer
non Shell Road Company is about to re-
move rs toll house south OF the city lin
It's. and IL there are any prospects OF the
county taking the road In the near fu-
ture, under the right of eminent domain.
better arrangements can be made now
than after the removal I own nearly all
Of the stock and should the county com
miss oners think this a step In the right
direction, ] will be happy tc confer with
your committee. Very truly.
D. b. Lester
Part Of the road having been taken by
the city, and the matter of opening up
other roads In the county having been
discussed, Mr.. Lester concluded that the
county might some day not far distant.
want to make all the county roads public
roads. Being about to build a new toll
house south of Twelfth street he decided
that this was perhaps the best time to
offer the property to the county.
Chairman Dale stated that he had seen
Mr. Lester who told him II the county
wanted to buy the franchise Of the Yer
non Shell Road Company he would sell IL
cheaper now than he would after build
ing new toll house. Mr. Lester told MT
Dale he was getting s per cent on $4,000
as an income from the property and thai
he would be glad to have the courhy con
slider the matter now and IL Il saw 1T. to
take the property. MIR. Lester said he
would sell the franchise to The county for
$1,000. or If II did not desire to purchase
for that figure, he would appoint an ap-
praiser. let the county appoint one and
these two name a third, and he said he
would abide by their decision with re.
gard 10 what should be paid for the prop
erty. MIR. Dale thought IL would be a
good idea 70 take this proposition under
serious consideration a. once, and Com
missioner Carson was of the same opinion
but thought the best way to go about il
was by the appointment of appraisers as
suggested.
Mr.. Chaplin thought the county ought
TO own the road, but the one difficulty
was 1t would have to keep up the paving.
he said. DR.. Charlton said he would like
to see all the roads in the county paved,
and that this pavement could be kept Up
at very little cost.
Mr.. Lester, 1t seems. agreed to sell the
county the road on the installment plan
taking so muh a year on the amount
agreed upon. All of the commissioners
were practically agreed that this would
be good move for the county to make
and that the people should have free
roads.
The committee on reads and bridges was
asked TO confer with Mr.. Lester with re-
gard to the matter, and report at a special
meeting of the board to be held next Tues
day afternoon. The proposition is one that
will no doubt meet with much favor on
the part of the general pubiic