The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-13

TTPSlQeQp street, CcIWeeu AD6ICVib anu
Bull, and between Jefferson and West
Broad, we find t: e same folly The drain
for the Marshall range, corner Drayton
and President streets, is put in President
street in front Of the houses, instead OF in
York street, behind them. 1 might go on
thus, and point out numerous Instances Of
similar distressing mistakes affecting the
trust lots all over the city; but the few
have given will suffice to prove my declara-
ton that his plans as affecting the trust
lots all over the city are equally faulty aud
extensively destructive to the very sanitary
requirements he pretendS to fulfill
South of Liberty street, the new hotel
grounds are left to drain themselves. JET
ferson street. between Liberty and Harris,
has no drainage. Stone street. east of
Montgomery, is similarly left out. Gordon
lane, from Price TO East Broad, fares as
badly; and The blocks between West Broad,
Montgomery, Huntingdon and Hall receive
no more consideration. The old Jail lots
along Hall, Whitaker and Howard streets
fare no better and n block on Bolton, west
of Drayton, suffers neglect. Certainly If
council as a body will seriously examine
this WarirG plan, cutting in all directions
unnecessarily through our squares, VIC
stating necessary sanitary requirements by
going in front of houses instead of behind
them, dragging the drainage of a large
section of the city along neces-
sarily sluggish route 10000 feet
in length, when nature provides far better
route only 1900 feet long. and furnishing
but a few thousand gallons of water daily
to cleanse this vast network of impurities,
when we have at our command vastly
more economical aud practical plan not
piercing these squares, not violating the
requirements of sanitary science in the loca-
ton of the drains. not traversi a tortuous,
sluggish and prolonged route, not cutting
fathoms deep into the uncertain bowels OF
the soil, and withal provided with a mag
niiceut flushing apparatus supplied with
millions of gallons Of water to ensure cleans
ing service Beyond peradventure, [ say
that if council will look carefully into
the grave defects of the one plan, whether
studied from an aesthetic. economic, engi-
neering, or sanitary standpoint, end the
strict compliance OF the other with all
these safeguards and requirements, and
harmonjzing perfectly with the plan OF the
city. il cannot hesitate to discard the
Warning plan in toto and adopt the one
suggested by my self. That some few modi-
fications may be advantageou,ly made in
the levels after reSurvey, and IN the drec-
ton of limited number of the laterals, is
altogether probable, but these changes
not materially alter the general lines of the
ground plan, or lessen the advantages
obtained by me in gradefalls, cost OF
construction, and efficiency OF service.
In the Waring plan there are about l0C
flush tanks in the section bounded by Bay,
Anderson. East Broad and West FroaI.
These tanks discharging about $50 gallons
each every twelve hours, would send
through the sewers sc, 900 gallonsin TWEEN v
four hours. Under my plan, using the
reservoir with capacity OF 10000 gallons,
have sia times the quantity Of cleansing
material an one filing Of the reservoir, aud
Mr.. Miller, the superintendent of the water
works, tells me that he can put >, 000,OJC
gallons of water every twenty-fOur hour
into this reservoir for cleansing or flush
ing purposes, thus giving me l66 times
as much in quantity as the fuss
tanks discharge--so that the cleansing
properties of my apparatus, property OF
peculiarly absolute necessity in our warn
climate, is infinitely superior to the fiusf
tank system. | do not mean to say that we
need to employ all this quantity of water
in the central body OF the city; but we
have it at our command to use what we do
need to make the flushing perfect.
There is another feature at which.we must
look Thus far no calculation has beer
made as to the amount which may b.
needed west of West Broad east OF Eas
Broad, and south of Anderson streets, anC
the reservoir system, advocated by me
will undoubtedly meet the extra demand.
In sanitary view, the keeping of these
flushing mains apart from the drinking
water system obviates entirely any danger
of contamination of the drinking water by
sewer gas. and removes all apprehension Of
any lesSening of artesian water supply
by demands upon it for flushing purposes
Besides this, the artesian supply being ex
detrimental, it would be intellectually uHwiS,
to risk uncertainty in the means of tiushint
our housedrains. A lack of proper flushing
of these sewers would as assuredly breed
typhoidal disorders as effect follows cause
and we cannot afford 70 take any risk which
can by any possible and reasonable means
be avoided. The river at our doors fur
nishes an ever inexhaustible supply for thi
purpose.
Hearing of some very defective engineer
ing work by Mr.. Waring at Buffalo, n. Y.
l addressed letter to the Mayor of thai
city asking information concerning it. The
following reply has just been received.
MAYORS OFFICE,
BUFFALO. y. Y, Nov. 8, 1888.
LOUIS 4. Folhgc1tt, NJ D., Savannah, Ga:
DEAR SIR am directed by his honor, tn
mayor. to say in answer to your inquiry tina
the system OF housedranage in this city was no
nut down by Mr.. Waring. Our sewer system
has been the growth of seventy years, and 81
far as it pertains to house drainage, 1t is verl
good indeed.
Probably what has been COMPOUNDED with thi
system is large receiving sewer, built abou
five years ago, under the engineering of Warning
Jr., for the purpose Of cleansing an open cana
in the lower part of the city into which SOM
sewers and great deal of surface and factor.
drainage emptfed.
This canal became nuisance, and under tn
| administration of Mayor Cleveland, Mr.. Warinl
| was invited to propose plan to abate it.
His plan was an expensive one, consisting o
| a sewer parallel with the canal and about %
miles long
IL was constructed entirely after his plans an'
| surveys, notwithstanding the protests of on
CITY engineers and Mr.. Warng rather proud,
| asserted that he would drink cup of water
| from the Hamburg canal within a month after
the sewer was finished.
But the sewer has been complete two years
and its best friends do not claim that the cana
is drained by 1t, even percepJibly. 1t Is a nui
sance STILL and the sewer is an engineering fail
ure so far as draining it is concerned. Yours
very truly, HENRY \. IHAYER,
Mayors Secretary.
make no apology for differing with any
member of council or any one else in rela
ton to Mr. Warnings plans. Every intima
ton given out has been that council might
adopt them. But they are not yet adopted
and trust the light have shed on the
subject to-day will prevent so serious 6
cat astr0nha LOUIS A. FALIIGANT