The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-12
A SUMNER FOR THE BOARD.
IT WILL COST $4,000 TO COMPLETE
THE COUNTY MAP.

Do It for $500 and within One
Years Time-A Special Meeting
Called 10 Look Into the Matter.
The County Farm TO BE Made 20
Provision the Chnin-Gang-Annua
Report of the County Engineer and
other Officers.
The county commissioners we're some
what startled yesterday when they learn
ed from the annual report Of Mr.. George
W. Brown. chief engineer of the topo-
graphical survey. that it would cost S33,l30
TO complete the county map. The surprise
was only increased when the commits
sioners remembered that a few months
ago they appropriated 1850, about 5000
Of which has already been expended. for
the purpose of completing the map within
one year from the beginning of the work.
The work done under Mr.. Brown
amounts to thirteen square miles of sur
vey at a cost Of $2.097.sS. or about $3.50 per
square mile. There has been expended
during the year on the county map
total of $2,S5L22. Including the work for
merly done on the map. ninety-six square
miles have been surveyed. The total area
of Chatham county is sos square miles.
of which 1877 square miles is salt marsh,
or water adjacent to salt marsh. This
leaves 2l5 square miles of hammock lands
and 197 square miles of salt marsh yet to
be surveyed. despite the reports previous
ly made that about twO-thirds OF three
fourths Of the county has been surveyed.
The cost of the work with the present
force is S775 per month, or $500 a year,
and at that rate Engineer Brown esti-
mates that the work can be completed
years and seven months The total cost
therefore, Mr.. Brown stated in his re-
port, for surveying the hammock lands
would be, on that basis, S2525O, and for
the marsh lands, $3.50, making a total
of 1888, 1870. Mr.. Brown said he considered
the estimate a very close and safe one,
and as to the area already surveyed, and
that to be done, there can be no question.
This was rather startling bit of in
formation, and it proved a sumner for the
whole board In addition to this, the
question of getting on to Mr.. Gugie
Bourqulns land has promised a law suit,
and added little to the growing guam
Diary. The commissioners did not seem
inclined to appropriate so large an
amount of money for the purpose in hand
at this, time, especially in view of the
heavy state, county and city
taxes: and for that reason Mr.. Kenoe
moved that the whole question of the
county map be referred TO the committee
of the whole. DIR. Charlton amended the
motion by providing that the question be
taken up in open meeting when was
carried, and special meeting of the board
to consider the matter was called for Fri
day afternoon, March Is, at o'clock.
Chairman Dale appointed the budget
committee as follows Commissioners w.
+. Chaplin. J. A. G.. Carson and William
Kehoe. This committee will prepare the
budget for 1896 and submit it to the board
probably at special meeting, as IL has
to be placed before the grand jury of the
present term of the superior court.
From all appearances the county is go
ing into the farming business for the pur-
pose of making the county farm furnish
enough products to feed the Changing
forces without putting that burden on the
tax payers. In other words, the idea is
to raise sufficient corn, rice, and vegeta-
bles generally, as we'll as hogs and other
meat, to furnish all the supplies in the
way of eatables the county needs for
chaingang purposes, in so far as it is pos
sible to do so. To the end of furthering
! this work the following order, introduced
| by Commissioner Kehoe, was passed at
| yesterdays meeting:
That the committee on county farm be
| and they are hereby authorized and di-
| rected to expend a sum of money not to
| exceed 5000 in the erection of the neces-
| sary buildings, and the purchase of an
| engine and boiler grinding mill, rice hull
er, etc, to be located on the county farm
| for county purposes"
The commissioners instructed the clerk
| to notify the Caluda Quarry Company
| that its bid of 1873 per ton for stone for
| surfacing the county roads would be re-
| jected, because they had not complied
j with the terms of the contract and fur
| nished proper bond. The next lowest bid
/ was that of the Stewart Granite Com
/ pany, which will be notified that its bid
| for 100 carloads of stone has been accepted
| as soon as the proper bond shall be given.
The last named bid was 81. So per ton.
Mrs. e. Eady put in a claim for $l00
g. svzsn ~ at,
fell through one of the county bridges,
that is in bad repair. The matter was
referred to the county attorney
There was considerable discussion OF
| County Engineer w. A. Dayton's annual
| report with regard to certain points. Mat
| tiers mentioned in ii will probably be taken
up at the next regular meeting, IL not
A Communication from Mr.. Brown, stat
ing he would need certain stone or iron
monuments, to be used IN the work OF
typographical survey, was referred to the
committee on county map, with power tc
The annual report of the county engin
eer Mr.. w. A. Dayton, showed the mum
Der of prisoners for the fiscal year on {
1881 GA, and the total cost for guarding anc
feeding them was $l2,24937, or about $685.
per prisoner for the year. The cost pei
capita per work day was 31.9 cents.
The total number of prisoners on tbs
same basis for the year 1S94-95 was 1704l
and the total cost for guarding and feed
ing Tor the year SlfsfJOoos VI al dNtAdS
cost of $1,000 per prisoner, showing de
crease for the year just closed on the
whole of 81 247.49 or $6.13 per man. The aver
age sickness for the year was 4 1-S PEI
cent The number of deaths during th'
wear were II, and escapes p, most of whom
| have been re-captured.
A report for the first seven months O
the year was compiled from the monthly
reports of Maj. R. A. BlandforC
bv Mr. Dayton and included in hi
annual report together. with tina
for the Eve months of the year TO
which he has served. He gave a detailed
} report of the work done on the new Case!
and Dundee canals showing that extern
sive and satisfactory results have been &C
complshed together with the aid of tn
dredge and the work on the drainage il
progressing satisfactorily.
The county farm raised during the yea
potatoes, corn, peas, fodder hay, turnips
beans, tomatoes. oats, canteloupes, water
: melons and seed sugar cane, amounting
in market value of $1,S17.10. The total eN
penses of the farm for the year We're 1892
leaving a deficit against the farm of 81,
$3.50 The prisoners employed on tn,
farm have been boys and women, anC
such others as could not do the work o
I able-bodied men.
: Mr. Davton recommended that when