The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-13
WOULDN'T PAVE THE ROAD.
ISLE OF HOPE RESIDENTS PETI-
TON TURNED DOWN.

nounced Reason That the County
Did Not Propose to DO Any More
shell Paving-ROad VIII BE Built
From skidavay Road 10 Old
Causevay and Called LaROche
Avcnue-G. d A. Hallway Granted
Permission to Cross County Roads
West of City-None of the Commits
siOners VIII Attend state COnven-
ton.
The October meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners yesterday was de-
voted in large part to the transaction of
business of a purely routine character.
The matter of principal interest was the
refusal of the commissioners to approve
and allow the petition Of number of the
to have part of the road to that point
paved with shells.
The matter came up on the petition of
Messrs. A. G. Guerard, M. J. Solomons
and others, which had been referred at
the last meeting to the committee on roads
and bridges, with instructions to look into
the question and report TO the board the
decision at which they arrived. The pc
utioners had asked that the county road,
from the terminus of the gravel road to
the bluff at Isle Of Hope, be paved with
shell 1t had been pointed out that there
were large quantities Of shell available
for the construction of the surface of the
road, and that the cost to the county
would be represented only by the convict
labor necessary to do the work.
The committee reported adversely. FOR
the reason, as stated, that the county had
tried the method of paving suggested ana
found it deficient in the qualities that go
to make up a good and durable road. TIE
board had adopted the determination no.
to build a road of shells again, but to wait
until the finances Of the county permitted
the expenditure Of whatever sum was nee
essary for the paving of the road with
better. more durable and more generally
satisfactory material.
The action of the County Commissioners
viii undoubtedly result in strong disap-
pOintment to many of the Inhabitants Of
Isle of Hope. 10 whom the present dire
road is anything but pleasing. They had
been confident that the commissioner
would allow their petition and their sur
prise and disappointment will be CORE
spondingly great.
The petition Of the residents of Cattle
Park, Bonabella, Harrack and Pembroke
which had asked that road be run from
the four-mile post on the Skidway shell
road to the old military causeway was re-
ported fHvora BILE and granted 1t is stated
that the road has been much needed and
that the residents of the places named In
the petition have been unable to reach the
city, by any other than a most circuitous
route. The right Of way has all been Sc
cured from the property owners along the
proposed line and the required prelimina-
ries compiled with faithfully
The road was declared and esta blished a
public road. 1t will be known as LaRoche
avenue, in honor of Mr. Walter p La
Roche, who for several years has been in
defatgabe in his efforts to secure the
grant Of the right of way from the prop
erty owners and in inducing the Board of
County Commissioners to grant the petit
ton.
The road runs through portion of the
grounds of the colored college. and the
officers and trustees of the college were
among the grantors Of the right of way
and the petitioners who asked for the
construction of the road.
AS soon as the force of convicts now en-
gagged in filing up the old Casey canal,
under the decree of the Superior Court
providing that this should be done by the
county will be put to work preparing
and grading the right of way of LaRoche
avenue.
Permission was granted the Georgia and
Alabama Railway Company to lay its
tracks across the Louisville and Augusta
roads and Bay street extended, to The end
that the road may reach its terminals on
Hutchinson Island. now in course of con-
struction 1t is provided that the railway
shall surface the roads at their crossings
with the same material with which they
are now surfaced that the crossings shall
not interfere with the free use Of the roads
by the public, and that they shall be built
in safe and proper manner The desire
and wishes of the board as to the plan
OF crossing construction shall be COM
Piled with strictly, and the company shall
keep the crossings and it's entire right of
way in which they are located in good re-
pair, 5 long as the crossings are in use
The board received as information the
invitation from the State Association of
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to
attend the annual convention of that body
in Atlanta. The clerk of the board was
instructed TO convey to the association the
thanks of the commissioners for the cour-
tesy extended and to express their
regret that present indica tons did not per
NIT the hope that any one of them would
be able to accept and be present
The petition of the Georgia Telephone
Company, for permission to erect its po'es
on the north side of Dale avenue. from the
point of its intersection with the Thunder
bolt shell road to Thunderbolt, was re-
ferred TO the Committee on Roads and
Bridges. with instructions to look into the
advisabifity of granting the request and re-
port al The next meeting of the board
The board approved for payment bills
against the county, amounting to SIS O2O. 55.
The petition Of Mrs. Carrie Thorpe asking
compensation for some of her lands thar
had been condemned for county use in
Jonesville, was referred to the county at
torney.
The report of Superintendent w. F
Chaplin showed that there We're in the va
rious camps on the first day of The cur
rent month, 2S5 prisoners. These are en-
pioyed in various works Of Improvement.
principally in attending to the extensive
system Of drainage the couuty now con-
ducts. During the month one of the gangs
has laid 400 linear feet of gravel on the
Augusta road and the other roads have
been patched and looked after wherever
and whenever it was needed.
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