The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-15

County Commissioners Bottled Their
Wrath and Held Their Peace.

The commissioners Of Chatham county
held their December meeting yesterday
afternoon. 1t had been rather expected
that some portion of the time and atten-
ton Of the board would be devoted to the
question of the Legislatures passage of
the Vernon shell road bill.
II the commissioners did discuss this
matter, however, 1t was in caucus, for
after the meeting had been formally open
ed nothing but routine matters were
discussed. The commissioners probably
realized the uselessness of protest at this
late day. and, as one of the attaches of
the board said, their remarks on the sub
Ject could be with more propriety repre-
scented by series of dashes, than by sym
bois or words of any other kind. Feeling
as they did about the bin, il is apparent
why the commissioners refrained from
passing In open meeting the resolutions
mat were in their minds. 1t may be,
though, that even yet the Governor will
De communicated with and asked to with
hoid mis- signature from the bill until the
Views of the County Commissioners and of
Council may be laid before him. The sig
nature of the Governor is all that remains
to make the bill a law
A letter to the board, from Mrs Mary s.
Allen Webb, was read and received as in
formation Mrs. Webb said that she had
recently been impressed, by reason of a
number of circumstances that had come
under her observation, with the necessity
of some provision at the county farm and
the various convict camps for the moral
and spiritual training of the unfortunates
who are sent to these places of confne-
ment. Mrs. Webb besought the commits
sioners to begin the twentieth century
which she evidently believes, in accord
ance with the contentious of some statisti-
clans, will begin on the first day of next
January, by making provision for the
Christian work she deems so essential She
suggests that the county provide, for the
use of some capable, intelligent and de-
voted Christian couple, a house on the
county farm which shall be the headquar-
ters from which the religious work in the
several camps shall be directed. She also
advises that the wife look after the physi-
cal needs of those women convicts who are
i'll or suffering. and al the same time teach
the children reading and a little arith-
metic." On motion of Commissioner La
throp, the communication was ordered
received and referred to the chairman,
with a request for his courteous consider
alton" This, Chairman Dale promised,
ii would receive.
Contracts for supplies for the convicts
and for the uses of the county were let
as follows: Groceries A. B. Hull & Co. /;
coal Domestic Coal and Wood Company;
wood, Brown Bros; meat Hugh Logan;
bread Fred Schwarz; shoes, Globe Shoe
Company. There was vigorous COMPETE
ton for the award of the contract for
shoes, and much consideration by the COM
mittee before the question was decided in
favor of the Globe Shoe Company.
The report of Supt Chaplin showed the
usual satisfactory condition of the county
farm, the convict camps and the works of
public improvement A part of the force
has been employed lately in the grading of
LaRoche avenue, and have made very
commendable progress in the construction
of that highway.