The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-11
TO REMOVE ENcRoAcHMENTs.
COMMISSIONERS PROVIDE FOR
CLEARING wATERs ROAD.

Solicitor General Osborne's Bill APP
prOved-COniirmatfon of Detective
> Wetherhorn's appointment Held
over-Property to BE Condemned
For the New DeRenne Canal-COm-
pIetiOn of the New Casey Canal.
Chairman Dale Suggested THAT the
Retiring Board Sing "Auld Lang
Syne."
The present board of county commits
sioners helds its last regular meetings
yesterday afternoon. There were present
Chairman j, J. Dale, Commissioners Will
liam Kehoe, w. f. Chaplin and II. J.
Charlton. At the conclusion of the meet
ing Chairman Dale suggested that they
all sing "Auld Lang Syne," but the sug-
gestion was not carried out
On March Chairman Dale may be re-
quested TO sing with Comm ssioner kehoe
the duet Called Back" Mr.. Dale has
presided now as chairman of the board
Tor four years, and it may be that he
Will be called back to that position also.
one OF the most important things that
came before the commissioners was the
which viii. within few days, be paved
with Augusta gravel, the committee on
roads and bridges having already begun
the work on Estill avenue.
A map showing a 50-foot road along the
old established lines was submitted by
superintendent of Public Works W. +.
Brown, showing Just where the obstruc-
tons are. Most of the difficult encroach-
ments are along that end of the road next
to the Thunderbolt shell road, and ex-
tend from that road down TO the toll-gate.
They appear on both sides of the road,
from the shell road down to Wolf street.
One house is built out over the line OF
the road, there are several stoops which
project over ii, and a number of fences
which are built out beyond II.
The commissioners decided to have
these encroachments removed, and res
oluton offered by DR.. Charlton to that eff
fect was unanimously passed. The COM
mittee on roads and bridges was directed
10 take steps at once to see that all of
these encroachments are removed on the
right of way of the Waters road al shown
by the map submitted by the county engi-
neer, This action of the commissioners
Will require property owners who are en-
croaching on the road to produce their
deeds and show just what they are emit
tied to- If there is any kicking over the
matter II may precipate the county into
one or two small law suits. q
Commissioner Kehoe brought up the
matter of Solicitor General Osborne's bill
of $500 for insolVent costs due him, which
amount is paid annually by the county
He wanted to know if there were any au-
the solicitor general the entire amount at
one time.
Suppose he We're to resign Mr.. Kehoe
come ih?''
Mr.. j. r. Saussy, county attorney said
there was no particular law with regard
to the time of payment, but that he was
entitled to the amount from the county
on his insolvent costs account, and there
was no reason why the commissioners
should not adhere to the, precedent already
established, and pay the bill. The bin
was signed by all of the board in due
form and approved County Attorney
Saussy stated that the city had paid the
amount due by it sometime ago
The board did not take action on the
appointment of Detective Henry .Wether-
horn, as special bailiff to the solicitor gem
eral, on account of the fact that a certi-
fled copy of the judges approval of the
appointment was not sent along with the
notice of it. The board will no doubt
confirm the appointment but it express
ed desire to have this certificate of APP
court As mater Of fact 6o S SSPer tSe
appointment has already been approved
by the judges of both the city and the
superior courts, and their orders of APP
prevail are of record on the minutes Of
the respective courts.
Inc board passed an order directing that
condemnation proceedings be instituted at
once against the lands of Barstow, through
which the new DeRenne canal is to pass
It was stated that Mr.. Barstow gave YER
pal consent some time ago for the pass
age of the canal through his property
but had since refused to allow it. As the
county forces are now working on this
canal and have nearly reached the point
where their progress will be stopped I'M
less a passage through these lands is Sc
cured, the commissioners decided to make
arrangements for the proper continuance
Of the work. and the county attorney
was instructed to draw up the proper con-
domination papers. Mr.. T. J, Davis was Sc
lected by the borad as arbitrator for the
county. in the matter.
The board swore in the following con-
stables: H. T. Beckett Third district:
julius Kaufman, Third district; Samuel
Robinson, Fifth district; Thomas W. Nc
Nish, Sixth district Alexander Gaillard,
Eighth district, Charles N. Murphy, Sec
ond district, and Daniel j. Kiley, First
district.
The board granted. one oyster lease to
George Allen.
County Engineer Brown reported the
escape of two prisoners, Thomas Row
land and George Bradley as they were
being transferred from one camp to an
other on Jan. n.
The county engineer in a special section
of his report announced the entire COM
pletion of the new Casey canal to point
1900 feet north of the Thunderbolt shell
ty, is between six and seven miles long,
emptying into the Vernon river at its
mouth, and has been under construction
several years. It's completion is a great
relief to the county commissioners as il
has for long time kept the county forces
away from other important work, but it
was an important work in itself in that it
drains about thirty square miles of terri
tory in a section that needed draining, and
to do. A large part of the county forces
are now working on the new DeRenne
canal.
The county engineer reported $50 priso-
ners in camp the night of Feb. g. of whom
1888 are men, SO boys and 20 women.