The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-15
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Engineer Blandford's Report on New
Outlet for the City's Drainage.

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The November meeting of the count
commissioners was held yesterday. Con
missioners Walker, Lawton, Estill an
Read were present.
Theusual monthly reports from the chair
gang, jail, county treasurer and clerk Of th
county commissioners were received for in
! formation, and also a communication from
! z. Manning, in reference to furnishing
meals for juries.
The leave Of absence to County Attorne,
j. X. Saussy, who is in New York, wa
! further extended.
The report of the special committee whic
| investigated the charge of DR.. Owen
against Ed. j. Kieffer, county druggist, i
refusing TO fill prescription, was received
and also Mr.. Kietfer's protest against thu
| finding of the committee, and his counte
charge against DR.. Owens for giving a pre-
scription to an able-bodied man, all o
which were referred to the county attorney
for investigation.
The resignation of Simon Hessar, chief O
chain-gang No. 2, was received and &C
copied. Subsequently, William Allen wa.
appointed acting chief by the committee OF
chain-gang
The complaint of John Vollmar that
certain bitches on the Louisville road are
not cleaned out as they should b., wa:
ordered to be seat to the road commissioner;
If said road with instructions to abate the
nuisance.
Bills to the amount of S10,500 81 were
passed for payment.
A very interesting report from Civil Ell
gineer K. A. Blandford in regard to new
outlet for the citY's drainage, was received
and referred to the special committee ap
pointed to confer with the city authorities
on drainage Mr.. Blandford says that the
engineering crps was delayed for about
sixteen days by the failure to receive the
principal instrument and the tents, but
that 1.-THE interval was employed in examin.
ing such maps, charts and other data of the
county" as he could obtain. Work was
begun the latter part Of October Mr..
Bradford says:
II have made my first work to ascertain
the most practicable route for q sewer from
Savannah to Timber Landing creek.
have surveyed nine different routes touch
ing the creek from point near Bonaven-
ture on the south to the head of a branch
of it north of East Savannah. OF these |
herewith submit the profiles of two of the
most practicable ones. All these surveys
commence with the elevation of the outlet
of Bolton street sewer into the Bilbo canal.
The one profile shows the route commencing
at that point and following the Coast Line
railroad through the cut south of the
Catholic cemetery, and thence an uplan
marsh to its head, crossing the dividing
ridge north Of East Savannah, and descend
ing into a salt marsh at an old fort at the
head of branch of Timber Landing creek
This is the shortest route to the salt marsh,
but it has the disadvantage of deep cut of
from 20 to 81 feet for 600 feet, and a long
cut Of $500 feet in the marsh, as the small
creek through it is too shallow and tortuous
to be practicable for a sewer. 1t would be
IA, 100 feet in length to the main creek and
would have a fall of one inch in little over
2, 100 feet. One route south of this is shorter
by 1000 feet, but it has a much greater
length OF deep cutting.
THE other profile shows the route fol-
lowing the Coast Line railroad for 2,400
feet, thence 2, 400 feet down depression to
Cuyler swamp to Casey canal, following
the canal 2, 700 feet to Horse Tavern branch,
thence up the branch to where the Thund-
erbolt road crosses it, and passing over the
dividing ridge, coming into the creek at the
railroad bridge near Bonaventure or little
below it if desired. This route is shorter
than the first by 500 feet, being about
2M miles. The excavation in
amount will not be half of that of any
other. 1t has the disadvantage that the
bed of the creek is very shallow at this
point, though a few hundred feet lower
down the channel deepens to depth equal
to that of the other. 1t would have fall
of about one inch in 1850 feet. BY changing
the course of the last 900 feet of this line,
and frightening it about 1900 feet, the
sewer could be carried into the river east OF
Bonaventure, but this would give no adj
ditional fall-in fact it would be less in pro-
portion to length-but the outlet would be
much better"
Mr.. Blandford says, "the elevation OF
Bolton street at its intersection with East
Broad street is 24.40. If the bottom of the
sewer at that point is 10 feet below the
surface, the fall from there to the present
outlet is 1856 in distance of ], 535 or about
one inch in 400 feet. This fall might be
made to equalize the fall of the proposed
sewer by any route adopted"
Mr., Blandford concludes his report by
saying that: I'm short time | can give
you Typographical map showing all the
country through which these several routes
were surveyed, yet would prefer, if you
do not wish further surveys made for the
sewer, to be permitted to push the surveys
for the first sectional map of 90 square
inches. This will include the portion already
surveyed and all the country Immediately
around the CITY,"
County Engineer Thomas report Of the
chain-gang work for October shows that
Shuman's gang sums up 1852 days work
and Hesser's force 96S days. Mr.. Thomas
says in few months the work known as
the Vale Royal canal and branches will be
finished, when preparations will be made tc
do the necessary work on the Musgrove
creek and Minis swamp canal, needed
work, only delayed until the city and
county could agree as to the method OF
doing the work. 1t will embrace the drain
age of the miserable low lands south and
southwest of the city, one branch running
up toward Southover junction, and the
other westerly through the swamps back of
the Ryals, Cooper aud Fountain farms
Engineer Thomas says that the next work
of Shuman's force is the changing of the
DeRenne canal to carry Off the water which
for the last year has been turned that way
by reason of bitches dug by the county and
sewers laid by the city He saws that @
canal running south from the DeRennt
canal into the Casey canal, if it can be
dug without going through too much sand
win relieve the source Of the Casey canal OF
the immense volume Of water precipitated
there after every heavy rain, by the De
Renne canal, which frequently submerge,
the lowlands in the forks of the two
canals, and that he is new accommodating