The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-03
GETTING THE STREETS READY.
What the City Forces and the Paving
Company Are Doing.


Liberty street was alive with workmen
yesterday, and will be for a couple of weeks
to come. The city has six gangs of men at
work on the street, numbering altogether
106 men, five carts and drivers and three
boys One gang is excavating for the sewer
traps on Liberty and jefferson streets. A
gang of brickIEasons is working on the four
sewer traps at the corner of Liberty and
Barnard streets. Another force Is layipg
curbing between Barnard and Whi>aker
streets. Two gangs are at work on the
sewer connections. The connections have
been made from Perry street lane sewer on
Floyd and Abercorn street, and the Lin
coin street connection will be completed
this forenoon. The gang will then begin
work on the Habersham street connection
which was skipped yesterday by request of
the Coast Line street railway, owing to the
heavy travel to the Cathedral cemetery,
the Floyd street gang beginning work on the
PAIGE street connection.
The water works authorities have force
of men laying an S-inch main on Liberty
street near and Just north of the b rnard
street car lne The mains have been laid
as far wet as Price street.
The gas company has a gang of men lay
ing q main on the south size of LIBERTY
street, and last night they had reached
Price street, working westward.
The Barnard street car line will have a
force OF men at work in
day or two repairing its
track, and Chairman Thomas, of the street
and lane committee, SAID last night that the
grade of the street railway will have to be
raised at the street crossings to insure a
better system of drainage.
The paving company has a force of men
and carts at work grading Broughton
Igfrn fro, Eac =
| and the force had reached Habersnam street
last night at dark, working westward.
A MoRvING NEWS reporter visited the
mixing yard OF the paving company, at
Bryan. Lumber and Car'.l streets, yester-
day and found the work progressing favor
ably. The asphslt furnace is completed
and the heavy iron tanks are in position
ready for boiling the asphalt and distiilate.
| The rotary hooters have been mounted on
the heating furnace, and tins structure will
be completed in two or three days, and then
the mixers will be put in place. A plank
road has been built from tue west gate on
Bryan to Lumber street, gnd will be com
| pleted to Bay street to-day. barge load
of sand was being unloaded from the cana
| yesterday afternoon.
There was great activity at the crushing
| yard at West Broad aud Harris streets, and
| the timbers are in place for the engine.
The crusher will be put up in the next two
or three days. The engines for tue two
yards have not yet been received, but are
expected to-day. The boiler at tie mixing
yard is on the ground. 1t Is expected that
by the close OF next week the crusher
yard will be ready for operation,
and the mixing yard by the middle
of the week following. This month
and next will be busy ones in street i'm
provement. 1t is estimated that not less
than $50 persons are employed now in the
various channels incident to the projected
street improvements which includes the
paving company, and the forces of the city,
the waterworks, the gas company and the
| street railways.