The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-11
TO STOP THE COUNTY MAP.
THE COMMISSIONER CONSIDER 1T
TOO GREAT A LUXURY.


County Map Charges Against
County Engineer Dayton DISMISS
ed-The Board Asks the Board of
Education 10 Put the Titles 10 Ger
tain school Property in the COun-
ty-East Side Property Owners
After Paved ROads-Tybee Resi-
dents and Property Owners Want
More Drainage.
The meetings Of the county commission
ers are regaining some OF their erstwhile
/ liveliness. quite a discussion was arous-
ed at the meeting yesterday on the ques-
ton Of the county map at the end Of
which the board decided by a vote Of 3
to that it would not continue the work
on the map.
The question was brought up in the shape
Of an order introduced by Commissioner
| I. j. Charlton, chairman Of the commit
tee on county map, providing that in view
OF the fact that the grand jury had report
| ed IaVorably to continuing the work.
on the county map. the committee on
county map be authorized to take up and
continue to completion the plan for the
map as offered by the chief engineer Of
typographical survey, and as approved by
the grand jury.
A very animated discussion of the sub
Ject followed. Chairman Dale thought
that the whole matter of the county man
had been disposed Of, and that the board
had decided to stop work on it. DR.. Cbarl-
ton did not take that view of it at all but
only that work had been stopped under
| the former appropriation, and pendfng
s sjiG acton On OF the grand jury. Commits
| sioleIs Dale and Chaplin thought that
| IhS Duuset was already too large, and
mat sppne but necessary expenditures
| shou be authorized. When tha matter
came TO a vote, Commissioners Dale.
| chaplin and Kehoe voted against me
| proposition, and Commissioners Carson
| anu charlton in favor Of it,
| commissioner Charlton then asked n
! oe SleEeu as chairman of the committee
On On county map. Commissioner Carson in
| sisted that he remain at the head If ~.
! committee. but Commissioner Cb9r1t1,,
INSISTED tnat his resignation be accepted.
| "A motlon 10 adjourn was made and car.
! tjii' lowgNeI' ana Chairman Charlton
| mittee. mat GUM
Another feature of the meeting was
! some charges preferred againsf Co,,rft
! Engineer w. A. Dayton bv Frank T.eria'y.
/ formerly quartermaster al Camn M i
! lamar was recently discharged bv the
CIIeilsy @Eslheer Tor some reason. He
| CudIBeu the engineer first with drunxen-
| ness ana named a lot of witnesses. ana
! men charged incompetency, and named
frSt c 49, as many witnesses as in the
| guards discharged at the some time with
Lamar was one Of the prominent wit
An order introduced by Commissioner
Carson dismissing the charges, was unan-
Imously passed. The order stated first
| that Lamar had given no time and nlace
| In connection with the charge of dunk
| ehness, and In the second place that La
mar was not competent to prefer charges
| OF lncompetency against his superior on
cei. For these reasons the board dis
missed the charges by a unanimous vote
and without discussion.
Commi ssloner Carson offered two orders
| -one with reference 10 the property pur-
| CHASED Tor the new public school az An
ueison and Habersham streets, and the
| otner with reference to the Henry street
| SCHOOL asking that the board of edlica
| ton at once vest the titles to these
| properties in the county Of Chatham. as
| they We're purchased with money raised
! by taxation levied upon the people of fbe
county Inc orders proposed that the
county then lease these two properties
TO the county board Of education for
! schools for terms Of five years each for
the sum Of 81 per year.
Mr.. Carson said this was a plain bust
| ness proposition, and had no politics in
| Il, lie considered as this property was
pought by county funds, appropriated by
the county commissioners the titIas to 80
| property should vest in the county Instead
| OF the board of education 1t was Dron
erty bought by the county, he said. and
the county should have the titles.
County Attorney j. r. Saussv was ask
| ca Tor the law on the subject He read
| from the code section 1858, which provides
that the board of education can acoI1ire
| property for school purposes, and thai
| the ItIes to such property shall vest in
ahaI oody. rms he construed to mean
a requirement that titles to such pron-
erty shall vest in the board of educa-
Commissioner Carson said he saw no
| reason why the county could not own
| such property as we'll as the CITY in tba
case, OF the Barnard street school, and he
dld not think the law cited prevented SUCH
! ownership and lease for a nominal sun 70
! the board of education. Mr. Saussv said
me county could levy taxes for education
al purposes under the law, but not for fbe
| purpose of purchasing property to Iease
! for school purposes
-, The board decided it would be well to let
me matter go before the board of educa-
ton and If there are any objections to act
ing IN accordance with the orders, the
| board OF education can so specify and give
! their reasons. The orders were PASSED Nv a
! vote OF three to two, Commissioners DALE
| larson ana Chaplin, as against Commits
sioners kehoe and Charlton. Mr. Kehoe
Corrected partly on the ground that fhe
| movement appeared to be coupled with
me me danger OF getting the schools into
Messrs, J. F. Cam and J. R. Anderson
| appeared before the board as a commit
of the savannah Florida and Wesfern
! fallroad and presented a petition in behalf
! of these property owners asking fbat m
| county pave the Waters road out 10 rs
| till avenue, and to pave Esull avenue IN
| TO the W mite Bluff road. Mr.. Cam said
homes
| that section, and ne thought the imnrova-
| ments would be justified by the cfrcum-
| stances The matter was referred 10 the
committee on roads and bridges for in
| vestigation and report
! Mayor John q. Butler of Tybee. Alder
men r. p. Lowell and Mr.. P. j. O'Connor
| appeared before the board in behalf Of
| the town council of Tybee asking thar
4 the, commissioners provide for repairing
! and improving the drainage of Tybee Is
! land in the interests Of the health of fba
| island. MIR: Butler SAID County Engineer
! Dayton had been there. and said he conld
do the necessary work in five or six weeks
! with gang of twenty-five or thirty men
! Mayor Butler said this work would NOT
/ have been necessary if the gang had com
! pleted the work last year. What Mayor
! Butler wanted was dam or a sort of sea
] wall across Horsepen creek so as 10
| shut the sea water off the marsh lands
The commissioners were not disposed 70
| look upon the work as Of sufic-ent i'm
portance to justify a gang being sent
/ there for any length of time. C6mmis-
| sioner Carson considered that the con-
! victs were engaged on TOO important
! drainage work around the city now. ana
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