The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-14

matter to the grand jury for action. 1t
seems that the county Surveyor prior to the
term of Mr.. Z. J. Thomas the present
surveyor, left no records OF this nature
in the Office, and the matter was brought
TO the attention of the surveyor recently
by letter from Mr.. John S. Schley ask
ing Mr.. Thomas If there were no records
of surveys made prior to 1891 on file in
the office. Mr.. Thomas then wrote let
ter to the county commissioners and held
a conference with the county attorney,
stating to them that there were no such
records and explaining that the late Mr..
John r. Tebeau, who had been county
surveyor prior to 1891 had kept all such
maps and records as his private property.
Mr.. Thomas states that he approach
ed Mr.. I. M. Cunningham, Jr., and asked
about the records, and that Mr.. Cunning
nam Informed him that these papers were
kept as a part of the estate of the late
Mr.. TebeaU, and that they did not belong
to the county but to Mr.. Tebeau privately.
Mr.. Thomas closes his letter to the county
commissioners with the statement that the
maps and records of surveys taken while
Mr.. Tebeau was a county officer certainly
ought to be on file in the Office as there is
repeated inquiry for them. The entire
matter will be left with the grand jury.
The county accounts were passed on,
and the statements favorably received.
The items of expense for the month of
April by departments were as follows:
Chain-gang, $1,75450; jail, $7O7. "a; superior
court, $3.50; city court $3.50; county COM
missioners, $S2; lunacy, $189; expense ac-
count, $136.SO; court house, $5O6.39; coroner,
$40; county poor, $312.70 stationery and
records, $209.05; drainage, $384.75; roads and
bridges, $10,6S219; superintendent of pub
lie works and bridges, S4S209; county
farm, $l52.95; education, $1,000 The total
expenditure for the month of April
amounts to nearly $4,000.
Mr.. w. f. Chaplin, superintendent of
public works and bridges, made report to
the commissioners showing the status of
affairs in his department up to date. He
showed that the daily attendance in the
camps was 2422 for the month just ended,
and the cost of keeping them averaged
for the month was 1922 per capita. The
percentage of sickness in the camps had
been 3.O5. The chain-gang has been at
work during the month on DeRenne canal,
and deepening and s,ushing Harmon ca
nal and the bitches contiguous to the
city. The superintendent had been asked
to figure out the cost of proposed improve
ments and buildings to be put in around
the county farm. His figures were as fol-
lows: Mems quarters, $400.75; women's
quarters, $345; guards quarters, 1851; SUI
perintendent'S quarters, $66; commiSsary,
$l57; hospital, 1892; kitchen, $144.S0; total
for quarters, s., 607; labor, $3.50; total for
material and labor, s2,257.
A petition from citizens of the White
Bluff region was read and received as in
formation describing the need of contin-
ued improvement on the Harmon canal.
1t is stated in the petition that the canal
needs to be deepened and widened so as
to prevent the flooding of crops and to
ward off sickness in that region.
The contract for jail supplies was award
ed by the commissioners to J. D. Weed &
Co., they having put in the lowest bid
Superintendent of Public Works w. F.
Chaplin filed his bond with the board, the
amount being 5000.
After passing upon several other minor
routine matters, the commissioners ad-
journed