The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-14
THE WORK TO BE STOPPED.
ONLY 4 PORTION OF THE COUNTY
NAP To BE FINISHED.

The work Contemplated VIII Com
pIete the survey OF Just III square
MiIeS-There VIII Be SIN 49,
square Miles to so OVer-The Grand
Jury Asking for Information n 10
Estfmates and the Value Of the
Map when COmpIeted-SOme Fig
ures showing Its status and Cost.
IL is possible that the situation as re-
CARDS the county map may develop In
an interesting manner.
The truth OF the matter seems TO be
that the county commissioners hardly
know whether under all che circum-
stances they want a county map or not
II is another case Of now you see IL,
and now you DON'T"
This is what the commissioners said
and adopted yesterday, after caucus
in committee Of the whole of about an
hour and half:
"The committee of the whole recon-
mend that the typographical engineer be
instructed 10 finish all territory between
the principal parallel and the SSth parai-
lei south, and between the principal me-
ridian and the Both meridian west; 10 place
suitable monuments on all topOgraph-
ical surveys then completed. after which
field work on the county map shall cease.
The draughting of the county map shall
be continued to include all of this work.
The chief engineer of typographical sur
vey is instructed to notify all men en-
ployed by him that their services will
then be no longer required"
In plain English this means that the
tract to be completed is in "a parallelo-
Gram, two of whose sides commencing at
the city exchange, run seven miles direct
~ west and ~ miles directly south. In
GLIDING the territory already surveyed this
Will complete the survey OF ia square
miles of the county. OF this the present
corps has five miles to complete. This
viii carry the survey south to Schutzen
Ilatz. just north of White Bluff, and viii
leave Isl square miles of highland proper,
and 2S1 square miles Of marshland and
Islands to be surveyed.
OF the 81 500 appropriated by the COM
missiOners 10 complete the map, 1850 has
already been spent. ana il is estimated
that IL Will cost 81 $50 to do the work above
outlined by the board, after which, ac-
Sording TO the resolution, II Is TO stop.
This viii leave a balance on hand to the
credit of the county map fund, which is,
OF course, more desirable than deficit
CHIEF Engineer Geo. W Brown in his re
pert, estimates that the remaining l62
acres of hammock land proper can be sur
Feyeu at $40 per square mile or a total OF
S30so9. This leaves out the islands and the
marsh lands. The estinfo te for the survey
of the remainder of the 50S square miles as
will be remembered was $3.50.
Now comes in the question as to what
advantage there viii be in having half a
map and what benefit will be derived
from a whole map If il is secured. 1t Is
understood the grand jury of the superior
court mas passed resolution asking the
county commissioners to furnish state
ment of what the map has cost up to date,
what was the original estimate of its to-
tai cost, what are the present estimates as
10 the amount required for its compile
ti0n, and of what advantage il will be af-
ter II is completed. The last clause of this
resolution may bring out both minority
and majority reports from the board. The
amount already expended on the map is
about $4,000.
As there is now $3.50 on hand in this
fund, it is estimated the surveying of the
high land proper or hammock lands can
be completed with an additional apprO-
priation of about Sl5,600. to be expended
at the rate of about 81 500 a year, it be-
ing impossible for the force to work
through the very hot months. 1t will be
seen, therefore, that with an additional
appropriation of about 5000 in the COM
for year. This statement of the facts
may furnish some food for thought for
the grand jurors. and enable them to de-
eide whether il is advisable to let the
work 90 on or stop it.
The commissioners, after hearing re-
ports from the county attorney, passed
for payment a bill by Solicitor General
oners, and a bill for IS by Moses Lilien-
thai for posting notices of the fence cleo
tion- The matter Of purchasing monu-
ments 10 mark the lines as made in the
typographical survey was left in the hands
OF the committee of county map.