The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-13
WILL REVIEW ROAD
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPOINT
A BOARD TO MARK OUT ROUTE.
FOR WEST END LINE.
WHEN COMMISSION REPORTS LAND
WILL RE CONDEMNED.

Proposed Route COntemplates
widening of stiles Avenue, Old
Watcrworks Road and Schwarz
Avenue-BOard of Reviewers Con-
sfsts of Mcssrs. j. w. Golden, w.
j. Barty, Jr., and Joseph A. GaIinn,
Road commissioners VIII Act
with Committee of Roads and
Bridges of County Commissioners.
MIR. BnIdw in Appeared Before Com
missiOners, With Attorney of
street Railway Extension of
street Railway.
Matters relative to the extension of
the West End Line of the Savannah
Electric Company were the topics at
the meeting of the County Commits
sioners yesterday afternoon. AS a re-
suit of the meeting, a Board of Re
viewers was appointed. which, with the
Committee on Roads and Bridges, will
mark out the changes along the pro-
posed roadway.
Mr.. George !. Baldwin, president of
the street railway company, appeared
before the board. and with his attor-
ney, Mr.. Alex. r. Lawrence, and pre-
scented their proposition. and offered
suggestions as to the proposed work,
and the most feasible methods of OBJ
tanning the property along the road
way The amended petition of the
company was laid before the board
and the various matters therein con-
tanned were discussed at length.
VIII Report Mt Next Meeting.
The matter came up once before at
a meeting of the board called for the
purpose of considering the petition fill
ed by the electric company, at which
time it was found that the petition
was not specific in certain relations.
and Col. George T. Cam. county at
torney, was instructed to confer with
the attorneys of the street railway
company TO the end that these defects
might be remedied.
The opening of the roads. contem-
plates the widening of Stiles avenue,
the old Water Works road and
Schwarz avenue to a width of sixty
feet. At the meeting plans were de-
Vised for the procuration of the land
along the route. At the next meeting
of the board the report of the review
ers viii be received. after which an
order of condemnation will be issued
by the commissioners.
The Commissioners Appointed.
The text of the order passed Isl TN
re, petition of Savannah Electric Com
pany, to open new road, to widen pres
ent public roads and to change cer-
tain public, roads 1t is ordered that
j. w. Golden, w. ]. Harty, Jr., and
Joseph A. Galina, three of the nearest
,s-e.f,
tee on Roads and Bridges of this
board examine into the matter. and If
they find said road will be of public
utility, let them mark 1t out and make
their report"
The question of the extension of the
Savannah Electric Company !. from
Sandfly to the county farm was not
discussed. Owing to the late date on
which the contract between the city
and the street railway company, pro-
viding for the transportation of gar
bage, was signed, sufficient time had
not elapsed in which to prepare the
contract between the city and the
commissioners In the construction of
the new line the commissioners will
deal directly with the city, one of the
provisions of the contract being that
the city furnish the rails and the coun-
~ the labor to be used in the work
The contract as between the city and
the street railway company will be
separate and distinct
Contracts for County Supplies.
The commissioners awarded con-
tracts for supplies for three months
1t was decided to divide the various
articles, awarding the contract for
each separately. These were: Salt,
salt meat. soap and Say, j. E. Grady
d sons; tobacco coffee and kerosene
oil, Savannah Grocery Company; oak
wood, corn and oats, J. M. Dixon &
Co.; bread, Schwarz; pine wood, Mel
crim.
Before the commissioners went into
caucus Messrs. Moses l.. Lilienthal
and II. I. Beckett appeared before the
board and We're sworn in upon their
duties as constables for the Third Dis
trict. they having been elected at the
recent constabulary election.