The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-20
DAMAGES AWARDED
FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS DE-
CLARED TO BE DAMAGED $3.50.
ASSESSORS MADE RETURNS
IN CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
IN PROPOSED WEST END ROUTE.

Second Chapter in Proposed I'm
prOvement in Western Section
CIosed-PrOperty Owners Have
Right of AppeaI-ThOse to whom
Damages Were Awarded Are
Fletcher A. ExIey, Ocean steam
ship Company, Central Railroad
and L. NJ. NOrwOOd-Thirteen 9th
ers Declared Not Damaged.
The appraisers appointed to assess
the damages resulting to the owners of
property along the proposed right of
way of the West End route, made their
returns yesterday TO the Superior
Court $3.50 was the aggregate
amount of the several awards.
The amount of damages awarded to
Fletcher Exley, the principal property
owner for the damages resulting from
the condemnation of his property
is 5000. The land belonging
70 him which was condemned by the
County Commissioners, consists Of a
strip running across a lot of land,
which is also the property of Mr.. Ex-
ley, which strip is bounded on the
north by the old Water Works road, or
Factory road; on the south by lands of
Mr.. Exley and Judge Norwood; on the
east by Schwaz avenue, and on the
west by land of the city of Savannah,
the entire strip containing 80 acres.
This strip is taken for the purpose of
widening the Factory road. from its
present width Of about twelve feet to a
total width of sixty feet. The road
will be widened from a point on the
Louisville road just east of the inter-
section OF the Louisville and Augusta
roads. northwardly to Bay street ex-
tension. so as 10 connect with and form
an extension of Schwarz avenue.
The assessors of the Exley property
were William Garrard. for the commits
sioners: H {. Wilson for Mr.. Exley
and Z. S Elliott, arbitrator. They
found, further, that the damage done
TO Judge Norwood's interest IN the
property amounted 10 SIS. This inter-
est is represented by a strip eight feet
wide on the eastern extremity. For
another strip Of land on the water
works road, 40 feet long and "A feet
wide, the same assessors awarded Mr..
ExIey $lo0 damages. and 10 Judge Nor
NQG4 a5# ADA AAE 0GAAS2EC G0AAE ~ ais
interest therein.
To the Ocean Steamship Com pany,
for the damage done 10 lie acres OF its
land. along which the proposed right
of-way runs, the assessors awarded
500 damages. The assessors for this
property were William Garrard. for
the county: H. II. HUI for the prop
erty owners, and E. 5. Elliott as arbi-
traitor. For another Is acres, thirty
feet II width. no damage was declared.
but the Board of Assessors decided
that the county replace the fence on
the western extremity OF the company :
land by new barbed wire. four-stran
fence, the county being responsible for
the escape Of any live stock within the
enclosure, now owned b. the lessee dur
ing the progress OF the work.
To the Central OF Georgia Railway
SIS damages was awarded for the re-
Eulting harm to the property owned by
1t, the same being & strip thirty feet
vide containing ons-tsnth Of an acre.
In every instance the appraisers de-
cided that there was no consequential
benefit or damage. except in the case
OF Ar. Exley, IN which this question
was not considered by agreement be-
tween the parties.
There were certain parties to whom
no damages were awarded, the apprais-
Sfr NEG41AAS mat tueg were entitled
10 none. These were Jake Hammond,
Virginia Benjamin. Maggie Gadsden,
Mary Scott, Dinah Hay. Tom Blount,
Rebecca Gadsden (widow), Shedrach
Houston, w. T. Greenwich. Fred
Graves, George Jackson, E. Edwards
and Rebecca Gadsden.
The return Of the appraisers is the
second chapter in the opening of the
new route, the first chapter having
been enacted when objections We're
made in the modus procendi of the
County Commissioners. At that time
formal claims were fled with the com
missioners. somewhat in excess of the
amount awarded, so that 1t may be
that some appeal may be made from
the award of the assessors before
the matter is finally determined and
the county forces put to work on the
new route.
great many of the abutting prop
erty owners are anxious to have the
route opened. and the manufacturers
along Factory road are especially anx-
ious to have that thoroughfare widen
ed to a width Of sixty feet. At present
traffic is congested in the narrow road.
The damages awarded to some of these
interests is merely nominal