The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-09
TO KEEP THEM OFF HIS LAND.
MR.. BOURQUIN FORBIDS THE COUN-
~ SURVEYORS CROSSING.

TY SURVEYORS CROSSING.
May BE EnJOined From Interfering.
Bill for s4O5 for Trees Cut Down
Against His PrOteSf-The Georgin
Innrmary in Need of More Funds
The savannah Cottage and I'M
provement Co.'S Double Tax-COun-
~ Lines to BE Marked by Iron
Posts.
Mr.. Gugie BOurquin entered protest
with the county commissioners, Objecting
l 10 the use Of his lands for running lines on
{ the typographical servey OF the county.
{ lie has put in a bill against the county
[ for 500 for eighty-one trees, which, he
says. were cut down by the surveying
I force contrary TO his Instructions
I Chief Engineer Brown of the tOpOgraph-
I ical surveying department, in making his
/ lines, found il necessary to go on Mr..
I Bourquin's isLd. Mr.. Bourquin has given
I notice 10 the engineering force. IL is I'M
I derstood, that it must not enter upon his
Z property, and that he viii protect it with
1 force If necessary.
/ Mr.. J. 4. Saussy, the county attorney,
stated that under general police powers
| the county, authorities had the right 10
make a survey Of the county and enter
I on private property to do it though no
/ trespass can be committed without the
\ county's paying the damages. In view
\ of Mr.. Bourqin's claims, the county at
\ torney was directed TO institute proper
/ proceedings by injunction or otherwise
! 10 prevent him from interfering with the
surveying force. The bill for trees was
I referred TO Mr.. Brown who was asked for
a statement as 10 the number and kind Of
/ trees cut down. 1t is often found nee
! essary to cut down brush and trees TO run
straight line. and that is what was done
] in this case.
Messrs. Z. NJ. Gilbert and J. N. Solo
/ mons appeared before the board in behalf
/ OF the Georgia lniirmary, the cOlored
] hospital for which they asked an addi-
/ tional appropriation from the county OF
/ at least $lV9. The inirmary now re-
/ ceives 3slD, from the city and 81, 800 from
the county. This makes total
OF $500 while the expenses
/ the institution has almost used up the
small legacy. Messrs. Gilbert and Solo
mons said the request for further aid would
/ unnecessary II the negroes themselves
! would help the Institution, but, instead
! OF that many of them send relatices
/ there 10 die in order TO save the expense
/ OF burial 1t is probable that the county
/ VIII make this extra Appropriation. The
/ matter is now in the hands OF the commit
tee on poor, with power to act.
/ 5. L. LazarOn, attorney for the Suburb
I an and West End railroad, wanted the
] commissioners TO look into the matter of
/ that roads poles on the Augusta road,
] which mad been ordered removed By Su-
/ perintendent OF Roads X. j. Wade. Coun-
/ Vt Engineer Dayton said so far as he
could see they were neither interfering
| with the drainage nor with the road
I proper. The committee on roads and
bridges was given the power to say wheth-
er or not the poles must be removed.
he - 4rasna IA H.
| ment Company, about the assessment of
| whose property there was recently some
| trouble, petitioned for relief from double
! tax was heard. The commissioners de-
| cided they could not consider a petition
| for such relief until the double tax has
been paid, which the company has not
! yet done.
An important report was made by Chief
/ Engineer Brown of typographical survey
| with regard to the progress of the work
/ on the county map, and among other
things, he recommended that suitable
| monuments of stone or iron, preferably
the latter, be provided for the purpose OF
| markin the lines and determining the
tracts as laid of by the survey This
/ was considered an excellent recommen-
dalton, as such marks will be perma-
tain tracts OF land are to
be described in deeds and other
papers. The report was referred to the
/ committee on county map, with power
! to act. 1t is probable that provision viii
! be made for these monuments. The COM
mittee was also given authority TO en-
/ ploy an additional dTaughtsman.
The petition OF Circle No. of the King
! Daughters for small portion of the coun-
ty poor fund to distribute among the poor
| in their care was referred to the com
| mittee on poor, with power to act.
The appointment Of J. A Dickerson
/ No. in place of c. c; DeLorge, resigned,
was approved by the board.
The petition of sundry inhabitants OF
/ Tatumville for the removal of an obnox-
| iOus pond of water on the Sickle Gizzard
| tract was referred to the proper commit
tee, with power to act.
/ The report of County Engineer W. A.
/ Dayton showed that the cost per convict,
| per work day, for guarding and feeding
| in December, was Sl15 cents, or 32s cents
! less for each man per work day than III
| November. The average number of con-
| victs at both camps for the month was
| 12S or about Il more than for the proceed
Work on the new Casey canal has av-
| eraged about 5000 cubic yards of material
eXcavated per DAY, ana ABOUT 800 cubic
! yards of embankment We're completed.
! About 7G0 linear feet of the old Casey
/ canal have been filled in. Camp No. 2
! has Abeen working on the Dundee canal
! but the progress has been slow on ac-
cout OF numerous large stumps, heavy
| logs and the high tides which interfered
! Two trunks also had to be put in
| Christmas day was duly observed at
both camps the farm and the dredge as
| a holiday" the report states, land all
! work was stopped. The prisoners at
] and fresh bread"
The county engineers office has been
! removed from the top floor of the court
/ house to the story below, and is in the Of
! flee formerly occupied by the county sur
! Veyor.
good deal of trespassing on the coun-
1 ty lands in the way Of cutting wood has
/ been reported and the county engineer has
! taken steps to put stop TO IT,
THE CITY DIRECTORY FOR 1896.