The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-07
TWO HOURS IN COUNCIL.
THE CITY's LAWMAKERS HAVE a
BUSY SESSION.

The Trouble at the Quarantine Ground
Not Rem ed ed-Thirty- Three of the
Abandoned City Wells to Be Filled
Up-More Artesian Wells to Be Sunk
at the Water Works-The Makeup
OF the House Drainage Committee
to BE Decided by q Committee OF the
Whole-Mayor schwarz Advocates
A Garbage Crematory.
The city council had plenty to do last
night. The caucus did not last over twenty
minutes, and the di cussions were mostly
in the open session.
The health and cemetery committee and
the committee on harbor and wharves,
which visited the quarantine ground
last week, reported that while
there is lack of proper
facilities for the discharge of ballast from
vessels the present wharf room is sufficient
and there Is no immediate necessity for the
building Of new wharyes.
Inc committee made no recommendation,
but later on a petition from Lawrence
Kelly asking to be appointed stevedore at
the quarantine ground was presented. Mr..
Kelly stated ia his petition that be
will furnish the necessary steam hosting
apparatus for the rapid discharge Of ballast
from vessels, and that he will do the work
at tie same prices that are charged in the
city. After some discussion the petition
was referred TO the joint committees On
health and cemetery and finance.
The water works department was au-
thorized to fill up thirry-three of the old
surface wells which were abandoned last
summer, and most of which were dis
mantled
Alderman Wells, chairman Of the com
mittee on water, stated that the committee
Tad gone over the city, and. after looking
into the matter, it decided to recommend
the filling up Of the wells in the streets and
sidewalks where the board coverings are an
obstruction and the wells are of no practi-
cal use and are likely to become sources of
danger There are about $50 surface wells
in all, the most Of which have been aban-
doned since the introduction OF artesian
water and the extension of the water mai
in the southern and southeastern and south
western portions Of the city.
The committee was also authoriZ I'd to CON
tinue the sinking Of ar esian wells at the
works at au outl not to exceed the appro-
prlatlon for that work, and to lay pipes in
those sections o. tho city which the council
has voted to supply with water. This meas
ure brought up a resolution by Alderman
Falligant providing that the pipes wher-
ever 1t was possible, should be laid close
W Jtle SlueNdikS, OF else through LQ6 lanes,
so as to avoid the tearing up Of the streets
and cutting the pavement whenever the
streets are paved. The resolution was de-
telted, after a lengthy debate. Alderman
Wells did not favor the plan of laying pipes
in the lanes. The ordinance which Alder
man Falligant introduced regulating the
laying OF sewer, water and gas pipes, and
which was laid over, under the rules, will
cover the matter fully.
The Grsa 40 a -,,ft, ,,ir,a, TO vrbtab r-os
ferred Alderman Faligaut's resolution to
reduce the cost Of sewer connection permits
rep rted al ordluence amending the pres
ent ord ance so that there shall be no
charge by the city for permits to hotels,
b 'ardng houses or private residences, and
that the only fee shall be So for supervision
OF the work by the city surveyor.
Alderman Harris introduced an ordinance
requiring the registration by the health
officer of every birth in the city, and re-
curing that all births shall be reported to
the health officer under a penalty for fail
uIe
a resolution to create a special committee
on house drainage, to be composed of the
present committee on drainage, the chair
man OF the health aud ce letery committee
and the committee on water, ard of which
the chairman Of tie resent drainage com
mittee should he chairman, to have charge
OF the proposed house drainage system, was
referred to a commit ee Of the whole
The extension Of Bay street TO the west
ern limits of the city was discussed at some
length, and it was decided to arrange a
conference with tie county commissioners
III regard t. securing the ri ght of way be-
fore taking any further steps.
Mayor Schwarz stated tIat he had dis
cussed before the sanitary board the advis-
ability Of establishing a crematory for the
oity's garbage and the proposition had
been unanimously Endorsed by the board.
de considered that the sanitary board is
the proper source for such measures to
originate from, and he stated that he had
in his possession all tae papers and CORE
spondence in reference to the matter, which
he would turn over to the health and ceme-
terry committee to be reported upon at the
next meeting.