The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-19
THE wAR1He IDEA EXPLODED.

/ Editor Morning .Sssrs: 4 paper in the
/ Times Of Oct. Is, by DIR. J. c. LeHardy Of
I this CITY. displays such lack Of knowledge
/ u his favorlte system, the Harlng system.
that may perhaps be doing tie dOct0r
| and tie public generally a good seeT!cs b.
| letting il z iittle light On b s subject TIE
80 c1iis7d WdrfaJ Sgsfem Is nothing
more taa1 the European SIS en-, upon
( which Mr.. airing attempted 70
/ eugraft certain notifications whlc-
be claimed would KEEP sswer-zas
~. Of the houses, but which notifications
I'D more harm than good AMI rad - b.
abandoned, ami a system Il automatic
flush tanks. the patear II which for this
coaatry Ir. Naring purchased, bit did
MT iarent Indeed, fhe only criGia0I
Vng1ag ide1 in the rv1ole arraTz gene = "
he isdrfa4 at Of ne DlGahOtes and n
ttb1tioa ogenings RI tue English system,
y ereoy CLAIMED u keep tne sewer gzs
IN the psDes a4d Gauss il 70 BE- dbcaargsd
through The e5cAue pipes lea ling %
the top II ta- hJ0ses. His flush
tanks hare given bat r0eagsr salts
faction, except wllere ne grads-fail, as il
Aisl-si1ces vas suilcIe tsy heavy u give
ygne rush ~ the cJrrelt, AID his "lsaTlnS
ut the raauhJ,es 70 secure a continuous
I.f-d svste n U-oY-d Ill .a-tros4s in more
sag til n ore. / 1ee-i mention bI. one Of
nee disastrous resllls to maze q 3 in.e.ll-
gent man coulemn his plan: SJpJoss
PIPE ID a half mile Or nile ly..a. OF NO or
| .aree miles long. q = me Of them were IN
Me7noals: al obstruction IN any part Of
| h i-agtn c,u.d 20 BE- detected until the
| .yackinZ up # the cpAtsuts Ds4i.1 tas Oh
trlctiJn causel q discharge VI them into
oroxima.e dwellings, through the olea-
nZs near the surface, SUN A. yard
INKS. Kitchens. basins etc. Tie con9e-
= s.4ss in .aar ~
had To Dlt I.t) he mains aefles II man
uoles. Just - e2is. n the English system,
a,d winch Dir. NarIug ma p4rTosely left
cut IN order 70 engraft the B1TiHg idea
| it,on the work. With tbs Subsequent pull
ing out Of the Wdriag idea and < ing back
70 sound engineering principles desn-
Ibis system has been greatly inpr0re1
What want DR.. Lehardy aud others Ike
aim 70 l2arn Is tuat tfis satisfactory
change has resulted from erddtcdttng
The Wdriag idea. Il is nay purf0ss
% have coastuc Cd q model in tin
showing nv method If constructing the
mains, laying them in the grouni. making
the b uge connections With the mains with
ont damage, breakage, ab1tInsnis. pro
| jections or cloZgin.s, and NY proposed
| method Of flushing and securing the mains
without fiush-unks, and b. a. incompar-
| ably supesior and more reliable arrange
| rnent With these plans | Will also exhibit
| the u - Of the mauholss, as well as the
| means for cleansing the pipes a d discover
ing the exact p3iiit Of any obstruction. All
| Of these excellent provisions are totally
| DESTROYED Uhere the Wdring tded controls
| BY my plans. a point Of obstruction eau be
discovered at once without digging Up fire
running feet OF overlapping soil By Mr.
Warnings plans, wnicu Dr. LsHardy 50
hlindly indorses one might have u dig D
half mile or more before fin1l1g the trouble
DR.. LeHardy does not say II, AMI yet /
think his language will, II read ie5Eeel the
lines, suggest that the Waring plans pro-
pose mosJ wisely a separate system If house
drainage apart from oUr larger InaIn storm
water brick sever, and that mine 10 nat.
Vow, tie doctor is again ill-informed.
Whilst / suggested the temporary use of
the East Broad street sewer until u separate
main cOuld be laid. | certainly have in
| formed the doctor that | advocated u dis
| finctly separate system.
| There is another matter 10 which wish
| TO call public attention-that is In regard to
| an outlet FOR the Whole system. | have not
| gone over the ground fully, but do not see
| Why the sep0rdte O1tttet drain should not
| cross the Lawton lands, skirt Brewt n Hill
and empty into st. Augustine creek 1t
can be laid almost on dead level from the
curve Of the bank Of the Bilbo canal to st.
Augustine creek; and with a protecting
II.
would be secure from injury. | am il
formed that the fall from Bolton and
East Bfoad to low water mark is about
l6 feet Eight feet Of this can be given
TO the first mile Of the outlet drain, and tie
balance distributed over the remainder of
the line. The drain-current would obtain
| such a force by the time it reached the
curve Of the canal that, with the accumu-
| lating pressure behind. it would drive the
contents steadily eastward to the creek men
| toned. What we want is to get this sewer
age flow as far away from the city as posi-
| BILE, and where Its possible deposit on
| nd jacent marshes at high water or during
freshets will cause no danger TO the city.
| Suppose we empty these polluted outfows
| into the Savannah river either abreast of
| the city or at Bilbo canal outlet, and a
storm backs up the waters over adjacent
lowlands and marshes, leaving, at its subsi-
! dence, scattered lagoons Of these disease
breeding and fostering fluids to poison our
| summer and autumn atmospheric 1t seems
to me we would be taking very grave and
| unnece Ssary risk.
| If the suggestion Of running the outlet
| drain toward st. Augustine creek should
be adopted, ! have no doubt that DR..
| Lawton, with his characteristic love for the
| public welfare, would cheerfully grant the
right of way across his lowlands. and
, think can speak with equal confidence for
| Messrs ScreVen, Rowland and Purse. Ger
| tainy this plan would cost far less than
| cutting through the hills to Timber Land
ing cre2x. and the pipe when laid would be
sufficiently near the surface to enable us r.
watch its condition and readily repair any
damage to its structure.
/ am surprised at the lack of practical
| knowledge displayed b. that distinguished
sanitary engineer" Mr.. George Il. Warning.
| in relation to the Timber Landing
outlet To reach that outlet will
require deep cut through miles OF
| highlands resting on quicksand baso, this
| base itself being actually dbOUe the sub-soi
water level: 80 that the water
from the adjacent super-soil and subsoil
would be constantly pouring into the cut
caving its sides and washing away any lat
eral wooden frame work designed to guard
against such caving. Tho only possible
sewer which could be run through u SOL
| like thi. is large brick sewer, un-
cemented at its bottom and acting as drain
to this lateral and subjacent spring waite
flow, thereby gradually drying the Adjacent
soil and thus forming n sewer bed. Its cost
would be enormous and its utility far less
than that Of well cemented pipe II would
not dc TO put non -percolative pipe through
a soil like this, since it would not drain of
these lateral spring waters and would
necessarily, even If it could be put there,
lie IN an insecure, unstable, quicksand bed
pipe running across these eastern ric,
fields, as suggested by me, would rest in q