The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-13
MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS
Commissioners Pass School Bills
Amounting to S27, 800.


At its December meeting yes
terday the Board of County
Commissioners passed for pay
ment accounts of the Board of
Education amounting to $27,500. This
money, because of the delay in the
receipt of Chatham's share of the state
| educational fund, is much needed. 1t
| will be paid from the county treasury
as soon as there are sufficient funds
on hand. This will probably be dur
ing the present month.
The bills of the Board of Education
were included among others aggregat-
ing with them $54, 396,09, all of which
We're passed for payment by the com
missioners, after having been examin-
ed and approved by the Committee on
Accounts.
Chairman F. S. Lathrop presided at
the meeting and there were
present in addition all the members of
the board, with the exception of Com
missioner Vetsburg.
A petition for the drainage of Pipe
maker swamp, signed by a number of
residents and property owners in the
Eighth district was referred by the
board to the Committee on Drainage,
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tition recited that because of the rise
of the tide in Augustine creek, the
swamp is never entirely free from
stagnant water, the low grounds being
usually submerged and much rich and
otherwise productive land necessarily
lying fallow on this account.
The petition further recited that the
on-drainage of the swamp has an
nually caused much malaria in the
-. 10 nd
that the people have suffered heavily
from this cause
The commissioners heard and
referred to the Committee on Roads
and Bridges a petition for paving Stiles
avenue and continuing it from it's pres
ent terminus to Bay street extended.
The proposed paved road would thus
connect the Ogeechee road with all the
other paved roads of the county west
of the city, and it is urged that the
benefits to contiguous and nearby
lands and to the county, generally,
would soon be made up to the county
in taxes from the increased value of
property. The petitioners say that the
right of way can be obtained at small
cost to the county. possibly for moth
ing.
There was a petition also to build
public road from the Montgomery
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bridge, to the old Montgomery road,
and another to declare the private way
between Montgomery and Beaulieu
public thoroughfare.
Under certain restrictions the Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
was granted permission to erect its
poles and string it's wires along the
Ogeechee road. The conditions are that
it shall, before beginning operations,
submit a detailed plot of the line to
the county superintendent OF public
works and roads, and shall make such
alterations in it's plans as shall be sat
isfactory to him.
The Committee on Court House was
authorized to keep in service the tele-
phones now in the office of the county
sheriff, provided arrangements can be
made with the companies to receive
the service at the same rates now CIV
en- for the use of the phones on the
lower floor of the building.
f. j. Mccoy, newly appointed a
constable of the county. appeared be-
fore the board, presented his bond for
the faithful performance of his duties,
and, thus qualified took the oath of
office.
Bids for furnishing supplies for the
county for the ensuing three months
were awarded as follows: Groceries,
hay and grain, to j. Z. Grady & Sons;
wood. d. T. Elliott; coal, Herman
Coal and Wood Company; meat, SOM
mers & Winkler and Hugh Logan
shoes, E. A. We'll & Co.; bread, Fred
Schwarz.