The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-18
PONDS EXTRACT OINTMENT FOR PILES.

In other words, If we judge by the re-
port of the cost of the paving alone of
Bay street extended was about two and
| a half times as much per square yard as
that Of the Ogeechee road
But, If we assume the two reports to be
| correct, the cost of paving Bay street ex-
| tended-all things considered-would actu-
! ally be almost two and three-fourths
| umes as much per square yard as the
( Ogeechee road, for the reason that the
| part paved Of Bay street extended Is i'm
| mediately contiguous to the tracks of the
| central railroad, so that there was no
| cost for transfer of material, and the
| average carriage or haul Ca very large
item Of expense In road buildng), was
not over 800 feet, whereas the material
| for the Ogeechee road had to be trans
/ ferred to the crossing of the Charleston
/ and Savannah railway, and then carted
| or hauled an average distance Of say 1900
1eet. Now the cost of transfer would be
| possibly l212 cents per cubic yard equal
| ling four square yards nine inches thick,
or say, $0OSl per square yard.
| inc cost OF carriage or haul on the basis
| OF what l am told the county pays for the
| hlre OF carts and mules, i. e., for the hire
OF cart and mule per day, SIPS feed of
| say $LW or $3.50 per day per cart, would
! pc about as follows: Assuming a cart
| load 70 be, say, one-fourth of a cubic yard
| OF crushed stone (and this would be a very
Dig ioad), or one square yard, nine inches
thick, at an average haul of 800 feet each
cart would load, haul and dump for
| spreading about fifty square yards per
day or At cost of, say, $O.O5 per square
| YARD. AT an average haul ~of 1000 feet
each cart would LOAD, haul and dump for
| spreading about sixteen square yards per
aay, or at cost of, say, 0156 per square
| YARD therefore, the additional cost for
haul would be about So 106 per square yaed
| NOW, adding these additional items to get
| the actual comparison, we have;
BAY street extended, per Mr.. Will
A iIak; per square Yard. COS
Aaultional Tor transfer per square
S3iu ''': -,'.... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .O31
Additional for haul per square yard. .1O6
Total per square yard. Al 145
ogeechee road. per Mr.. Chaplin, per
square yard ............................ AIS
In favor of Ogeechee road per
square yard ..............S 81 1917
Or as | said above, If we Judge bv the
reports I the cost of the paving alone of
bay street extended was very nearly two
and three-forths times as much per
square yard as that of the Ogeechee road
II must not be inferred from the forego-
ing OF from what follows that 1 am writ
ING TINS TO nave drive a t Mr.. Willink
| or 10 bolster up Mr.. Chaplin and the coun-
~ commissioners or vice versa. l am no
| pohuelan, not an office seeker nor have
! any AK 10 grind equally Indifferent to
poIn alike am merely Analysing and
oo GO aI9g the reports, of public officials
as given us in the public prints
Pursuing the analysis and comparison
| further, from the above it will he seen
onat on the basis Bay street extended the
Cost OF a cubic yard of paving on the
Qgeechee road would be $.5S. According
- 70 me report OF Mr.. Chaplin it appears to
nave been Sl.672. Likewise the cost per
running loot on the basis of Bay street ex-
tended would be $2.672 Mr.. Chaplin, re-
! ports 1t y712 cents. The cost per mile for.
paving pay. tne Ogeechee road (twenty-one
| Ieet Wlde), on the basis of Bay street ex-
| tended, would be Sl4, 100. 49, according to
Mr; Cnaphn Il was at the rate of IS, 90,
anu the whole 5A miles of the Ogeechee
ROAD improved would cost for pavine.
According to the first o50 60
According to the last ........s..... 27'027 90
A difference of .......l. Az moi eo
Looking at these figures, an engineer. a
T TontiraG h or practical road builder
! such a wide difference in cost, under the
eondltlons given. as these reports show.
Mhat then Is the natural inference2 That
tnere must be something wrong with one
| or the other of the reports.
on the one hand il is not supposable
Ihat MT, Wlilink could have any purpose
IN making his report show a greater cost
Tor the work than ii was actually; on the
| contrary he had every MISUNDERSTANDING
iariy az the time the report was made
bOtn on MS own account and on account
or the administration of which he was an
| adherent, to trim each item of cost down
! 70 the lowest minimum. in order to make
/ the best showing possible to the people.
the voters in the municipal election, then
/ near ct hand.
On the other side we are at a loss to
| understand what motive could Gf il were
| allowed TO conceive of a motive) have in
! duced Mr. Chaplin and the committee on
roads and bridges Of the county to make
| q report showing the cost of road work
| 10 be less than ii actually was.
1t has been very difficult to get any au-
thoritative statements of the cost Of the
| work OF the county in the last twelve or
| ntteen months. The statements coming
10 us through the newspapers are vague
News OF JGne s5 TshHf i9 the Morning
as saying the cost of building the Ogee-
chee road was about S2,500.O0 a mile, or
SS eWs Of n sss 1SSs In the Morning
! Chaplin that this work cost the county
about S5,OO0OO mile" In the present.
| ment OF the superior court grand Jury
May - last we have rough estimate for.
! the roadbed of $500 or $1,000 per mile. In
Mr.. ChaDin's official report (Morning
| alone is shown to be at the rat of Sb I4S IA
The Morning News of Feb. II says: "'This
paving cost the county about s2s. 900 -
| Mmch makes II about $0,333. 80 per mile
| There are wide differences between these
| estimates and most astonishing one he
tween the highest of them and Sl4. LOG. 40
4 for paving alone per mile estimating on
the basis Of the work on Bay street ex-
tended
withstandlng the vote Of "heartv
! thanks given Dy the county commission
! ers IN December 1885. to The COMMITTEES ON
ROADS ana bridges, and Supt. r.. j. Wade
] LOT AhelT aDle conduct OF a. q rOadwOrlS
the grand jury in the present nents above
referred to says in reference to the road
| department of the county: 1T Is impos-
sible to ascertain from the records siIh-
mitted the cost anu character of any par
! tlcnlar road. A book is provided for a
! description of roads and accounts against
each road but no entries have been made
in ~ Has this anything to do with the
conflicting and contradictory statements
! OF the countys road work? It may have.
AS both the city and county advertised
| for bids for furnishing crushed stone and
other material for road work. Il is nats
ural TO suppose that each accepted 1.-THE
| lowest and best bid" and that there was
| very little II any, difference in the prices
! paid by them for the same kind OF mata-
rial, but the striking difference I'm the cost
OF the work. according TO the published
! reports astonishes any one who looks
| into the matter.
| l have some further ideas on the sauna
! line, but as this has already grown TOO
lengthy, VIII reserve them for future
| article.
In the meantime. perhaps. Mr.. WunnlS
and Mr. Chaplin Will give the News such
| Information as will throw some light on
the matters under discussion II So 7