The morning news., 1889-02-06
TOINPR0VE THE STREETS
THE NEW STREET AND LANE DE-
PAYMENTS PLANS.

/ Work IN Earnest-The UEssnitary
Lanes and Alleys Being Cleaned up
and Got Ready for the summer
Yamacraw, RooertsviIle and the
Old Fort Districts 70 be Looked After
"A Proposition 20 Pave Jefferson
Street - No Asphalt Paving Likely
to be Done After the Present Con-
tract IS Completed.
Alderman r. F. Harmon, the new chair
man cf the street and lane committee,
is taking q decided interest in the duties Of
his offce, and since his appointment has
been almost ubiquitous about the city
where street work IS in progress.
a MoRNISG NEWS reporter made g trip
through the city with Alderman Harmon
on one Of his unis yesterday, and was
surprised a. bis familiarity with the many
neglected placsy in streets aod lanes, which
j. viii be the policy ot the new committee
= give attention 20 at the earliest pTactica-
Die moment
The new street and lane committee found
River s,-est and Factors walk in a very
uHsani.ary condition, aud Alderman bar-
mon las a force # men and carts cleaning
up under ,he bluf. As far as the work mas
been completed It presents a much more
sanitary eppearance. II viii be the policy
Of the co u.,tee 10. 70 wait until the
heated erin 70 C can L . the uosauItarE por-
tons Of the city, but 70 do it thoroughly
this mont. aud next. and compel the keep
ing Of the streets and lanes clean. The
Factors walk aad River street have been
dumping places for all sorts of "
sanitary garbage and rubbish, especially
Ia Factors walk from Montgomery TO
Whitaker street, and after the city cleans
up tnis dirty and dirgy alley, parties who
continue % dump their rubbish and garbage
IN II will fad their names on the informa-
tI3n cocza-. Repairs on River street are
neelec aid viii no doubt be made soon.
10 CLEAN Up THE By PLACES.
There IS also necessity for some action TO
be taken with regard 70 the sickening seep
50 tie f05t # gas house hill on Randolph
street, anl while t5e kind Of remedy has
no. Yet been determined upon, it has been
decided that the nuisance must be removed.
a force Of Horkmen IS repairing the plank
road leading from Randolph street 10 the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
wnarves. TIE continuous repairs to this
read make it very expensive 70 keep it N
order, and it IS only a question Of time
when paving must be resortsd to.
Tee condition Of the street at the South
III -eiJ 1lA.A lstLl1J4 Ju CIDcslIE IS huc1
that not less than two cssspoois viii Je re-
CURED = drain that immediate section.
At West Broad and Duffy streets the
water accululatss in a heavy rain nearly
knee deep and two or three Sundays ago
the citizens had 20 turn cut with shovels,
spades and hoes 10 ditch to save their
premises from overflow. This locality, like
q great many others in the same condition,
has been brought t. the atten ion Of Alder
man Harmon, and no les than two cess
pools viii be required 70 give proper drain
age.
The drai age Of West Boundary street,
AargeTs- street and Lumber street is bad.
There is a lack Of cess pools, or catch traps,
and to add TO the inefficient drainage, the
Wet Boundary street sewer is stopped up
with and. Alderman Harmon saws that
this can be RENE lied only by an expensive
excavatirg to the sewer and cleaning the
latter cut by sections. This, it is contem-
pla ed, Will be done next month.
TIE SUBURBS TO BE LOOKED AFTER
There seems TO have been an unequal dis
tribution Of the street work TO the adgan-
tage Of the central part Of the city, and as
the latter IS N comparatively good coadi-
ton, the eastern, western and southern por-
tlons are to be given a good cleaning up
aud steps taken TO put tuem in better con-
dition TO carry of the storm water which
SECTIONS.
This, howeve', can only he done in propor-
ton TO the amount of funds available. CITY
Surveyor VIM will be consulted and the
street work, such as is done hert after, Will
be practical, and bas d upon such recon-
meudatlons as the engineering officer of the
CT Y may make after proper investigation
The new committee realizes that 1t will
not be able 10 do al that it would like to do
In street and lane improvements In fact.
I1prnan lar ha
the many buildings recently erected in the
southern and western portions OF the city,
the city is growing beyond the financial
ability OF the corporation to give it the
street and lane improvements and drainage
II demands. He stated that there are but
S31 900 available for street and lace work,
a sum 5000 less than the street and lane
committee had last year, and $40, 500 less
than in 1887. Olly $4,000 is available for
street paving this year.
JEFFERSON STREET MAY BE PAVED.
1t is understood that the committee will
recommend the paving of JET .rson street
WITH gray wacke, laid in coal tar as a
cement, and not with sand as on the Bay
street extension and as it is laid on Wadey
street. City Surveyor Winn will be asked
TO make al estimate of the cost. AS two
thirds Of the est will come off of property
holders where lot5 abut on the street, it is
bCilDf Sd LIht JilS dNdlldDle IuQtS Will 6daDle
the committee % pave jefferson street as
far south as Liberty sire t or farther.
In addition to giving the city a cleaning
up, the public squares, many OF which,
after rain, are not much better than lakes,
will require some grading.
There are about 81 men in the employ OF
the street and lane committee, and cross
ings are b3irg laid on Lincoln street, north
of South Broad, and on Whitaker stIest,
where they have been very much needed.
1t is the intention of the committee after
finishing the cleaning up uuder the bluff, TO
clea up Namacraw, through to Frogtowu
and K bertsviile, d the Oh Fort is 10 b.
pa, IL he best sanitary condition possible.
force Of men is rebuilding the bridge
on Railroad street across the canal, and
another forcs is at work doing some
grading al Liberty and Habersham streets.
DEFECTS IN THE ASPHALT PAVING.
The suhalt pavement, have not escaped
the eyes Of the committen The disntegra-
tion Of the War en-Schaarf pavement on
Congress street aud the deUre ssions in the
Brougntoa street plyemeat Of both the
Ware chaarf and the Vulcanite com
paniOs have / cen noted, and the contractors
will be required to remedy all defects.
Alderman Harmon says the Warren
Schaarf company is under bond to keep Its
paving in repair for five years. The
alderman was not inclined to be
quo ed on possible extension Of
time to the VulcanIte Company to do the
Liberty street work, nor as to what will be
the course OF council with regard to the ex-
te sion of Bay street. The council, he s9ld