The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-09

Roads and bridges .................... 10000
Lunacy .........,................ 1000
County poor 4,UOO
Post mortems ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1921, $50
A petition from residents of Pooler, rep
resenting that the town and territory ad-
Jacent thereto was badly in need of drain
age. making the community very I'M
healthy, was read. The signers petitioned
that the drainage be done. before the sum-
mer seasons sets in.
Mr.. 7. S. Morgan, representing the pc
TONERS, advocating the work requested.
No work or drainage has been done at
Pooler in seven or eight years. The COM
munity is the largest in the county out
side of Savannah, he said, and is entitled
to consideration. Messrs. b. Rothwell and
]. B. and D. L Newton were present, also
representing the petitioners
Mr.. j. B. Newton said the petition did
not overstate the situation at Pooler. The
present bitches, he said, are in need of
cleaning and new and larger bitches are
needed.
Chairman Dale said the commissioners
had had a great deal of trouble on account
of claims of damages for right of way. Mr..
Rothwell said he was satisfied that all
rights of way necessary would be cheerful
ly given.
on motion of Mr. Kehoe the matter was
referred to the committee on drainage with
power to act.
The petition of County Detective Weth-
erhorn to restore his salary to 500
month, from which amount 1t was reduced
by the board to SIS. a month at the last
meeting, was acted upon favorably. The
petition stated that Mr.. Wetherhorn had
received a salary of 500 month and two
suits of clothes per annum while in the
employ of the city, and his predecessor
also received 800 month for four years.
restored to 800 a month, dating from
April /.
A bill for the use of horse and buggy,
contracted by the former county detective
while in the pursuit of a murderer. was
turned down by the board, the county at
torney rendering an opinion that no county
officer has right to contract debt to be
paid by the county without some specific
authority to that effect.
Superintendent of public works and
bridges Chaplin submitted his first month
ly report. 1t showed the total number
of prisoners in the three convict camps
to be 23S, divided as follows: Men, IT'S;
boys, go; women, 81. The cost for guard
ing during the month was $1,193.67, and of
feeding $476. 81. No deaths occurred dur
ing the month, and the general health of
the prisoners was good. A statement of
the manner in which the forces were en-
ployed during the month was given.
George w. Parish, Philip Sanders,
Henry Sack and others petitioned for
compensation for lots in the village of
Sackville, taken by the county for the
new Casey canal without condemnation
proceedings or compensation OF any kind
TO the owners.
Chairman Dale said that the matter
had been before the commissioners for
two or three years.
Mr.. w. p. LaRoche, representing the
petitioners, said it had once been referred
to the drainage committee, and Mr.. Car
son, then a member of the board, had
made an offer for the land, which the
owners agreed to accept. When they went
to make the sale, however Mr.. Carson in
formed them that he was only playing
with them; that the county had bought
the land at a tax sale and was only wait
ing for the end of the year to get a clear
title Mr. LaRoche said he had then paid
the tax for the owners and saved the land.
Chairman Dale said that this was one
of the cases where the board thought IL
had permission to use the land, the county
engineer having so stated. Mr.. Sack had
afterwards denied that he had given any
such permission.
County Attorney Saussy said that under
the agreement made with Mr.. Sack the
old canal was to be filed up and turned
over to Mr. Sack. After the canal had
been surveyed and marked by posts, he
said. Mr. Sack had sold a number of lots
right on the line of the canal, the pur-
chasers buying from the map without taxi
ing the trouble 10 look at the lots, which
were at that time in the bed of the swamp
and some of them waist deep In water.
Those who had bought lots before the ca
nal was dug were entitled to compensa-
ton for their lots. he said. while those
who had bought such lots after the canal
was dug would have to bear their loss.
The matter was referred TO Chairman
Dale for report.
The recldents and real estate owners of
Eastville called the attention OF the board
10 "A pool OF water in their village which
obstructs the way to their houses and IL
"A menace to health. The complaint had
already received the attention OF the
drainage committee.
c. -. Thorpe, agent for his wife. Mra
Carrie Thorpe, petitioned for compensa :
ton for lots taken In the construction Of
the Casey canal. This was also referred
20 the chairman.
Residents and property owners OF Isie
Of Hope petitioned 10 have the drains
constructed there several years ago. clean
ed out and opened. The petition was re-
ferred TO the committee on drainage with
power 20 act.
A petition 20 have Bethesda avenue de-
clared a public road for the purpose OF
having u worked by the road hands. was
UraF0nfTd IL WAS FfafnI that fda auanu.