The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-01-15
The Courthouse Recommendations

in order to get rid of the water and
that q cement floor be substituted FOR
the present plank floor.
The incarcerating capacity of this
jail is absolutely inadequate 20 the
demands of this county. Whenever
necessity requires the lockirg up Of
felony prisoners, and should there be
any females to be imprisoned they
must be locked up in the same cell
with male prisoners.
This body therefore urges that i'm
mediate steps be taken to put a stop
to such conditions by the placing of a
separate cage of three cells in the iail
building.
The school buildings are generally
in fair condition, except that, in the
priscipal room Of the brick school
house the stage requires rebuilding,
the floor in the hallway also needing
some attention, being settled, caused
by decay in the floor jolstS. The RIs
ley school building should be re-
shingled at once, as the leaking roof
is constantly damaging the ceiling and
the pillars under the main building
and 81" both require immediate re-
pairs.
AS the county is withouta yestige
of courthouse, this body urges and
recommends that suitable and cred
liable building be erected with as lit
tie delay as possible and practicable,
and with as little hardship and burden
on the taxpayers as is absolutely nee
essary and further cOmmends the en-
deavOrs and efforts displayed by the
board Of county commissioners to ac-
cOmplish this eagerly sought "desid-
eratum :"
The county now occupies (throuso
the courtesy of the municipal govern
ment) the city hall, which although
spacious and ample fer the wants it
was originally designed for, is abso-
iutely too restricted for use as a court
house Much less, therefore, in the
dual capacity of q courthouse and city
hail. This body, however, recon-
meDds that the county commissioners
proceed at once to pay to the city Of
Brunswick q fair rental for the use of
part Of its building, until such time as
it shall be abe to have, possess, own
and occupy home OF its own to shell
ter It's officials, to teep its books ant
records, TO dispense Justice from its
highest tribunal, in court rooms suit
,able for that purpose.
The Twenty fifth Georgia Militia
district (5t. Simon island) is without
a structure to hold justice of the peace
court. This body therefore recon-
mends that an appropriation of one
hundred dollars ($10W be made to
cover the cost of the erection Of 3
house for that purpose.
PUBLIC ROADS.
After thorough and complete in
specCi0n of the public roads Of the
county of Glynn, this body begs to
submit the following:
The Big Buffalo swamp road, cause
way and bridges are at present in very
good condition. We make bold to here
assert that this body has seldom seen
finer constructed piece of causeway, g,
more so WDen IT is considered tnaL
same was built by convict labor ex-
clusively. The Thornhill bridges are
both in bad condition, The Carteret
road near the ninth mile post is in
need of repairs. The bridge on the
boulevard extension, near the Altama-
ha cypress mills, requires railing
and other minor repairs. as being very
high it is dangerous for the reason
that horses might take fright while
crossing and shy off the bridge. The
road from Fancy Bluff to Waynesyille,
near Popwel's, is In need Of attention,
and the Big Branch bridge on Fancy
Bluff road requires repairs. Sign
boards are very much needed at the
crossing Of the main road in the
twenty district. The Darien
road about one mile north Of the John
Lamb place is in bad condition and