The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-23
THE C1TY's BAD DRAIN AGE.
Alderman Falligant Explains VIVA
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the council is Going to do About 1t.
Alderman Falligant, chairman of the
drainage committee of the city council, was
seen yesterday by a MORNING NEWS
reporter, who sought to ascer ain what the
council is doing or proposes to do in relation
to carving into execution any plans for
house drainage in Savannah.
Alderman Falligant smiled and said
well, | can report progress, at least
Seriously speaking, the progress made by
the council in relation to the adjustment
Of perfected system of house drainage,
and tue alienation of the dangers con
nected with the present unsatisfactory con-
dit ons, will be best shown by reviewing
what has thus far been done by the new
council
"The resolution offered by myself on Jan.
81, last, 20 purchase 10000 feet of pipe to
make some tests concerning the grade fall
necessary to good work when provided
Nth q thorough method Of flushing, was
laid on the able
"The next resolution l offered was car
ried. This was to reduce the cost of sewer
permits from $l1 50 to ST.
81 offered another resolution Feb. 9,
which was laid on the table. This provided
for regulating the laying of sewer pipes, gas
pines, etc.
ION the..same day offered a resolution
to create a special committee on house
drainage This was referred to the com
mittee of the whole, which latter COMMITTEE
recommended that the com nittee on drain
age, of which / am chairman, be authorized
to bring before the council for its consid-
GRAFTON, without mourning any expense to
the city, plan for house drainage. This
plan l may say is now under study by the
committee to which it was referred.
son the 18th and Goth of last month Mr..
md lyNn tha alphr cd
sanitary engineer, visited this city by invi-
tation of the council, at my suggestion, to
examine into the matter Of q suitable or
practicable outlet for our system OF house
drainage.
Following close upon the visit of Mr..
Herring, | off Fired tie three following reso
lutions, on March 6:
Il. A resolution to obtain the levels and di
mensiops Of existing brick sewers This was
referred TO the committee on drainage to ascer-
tai the probable expense of the work, which
we have not yet been able to determine, but
which will have the earliest attention possible.
g. To obtain tests of the tidal flow in St.
Augustine creek, so as to determine the prac-
tibiity OF using this stream as an outlet for the
house drainage. This resolution was adopted.
% To take the surface levels east of East
Broad street. between Liberty and Anderson
streets, covering the possible lines of outlets.
! This resolution was adopted The object of
this resolution was to provide for taking all
levels winch might not appear on the topO-
graphical map to be furnished US by Capt. R. A.
Blandford.
"What has been done in the line Of these
| resolutionsm
Capt Blaudford is now engaged in tax
ing the levels the alderman replied. "and
is making the tidal fl IVY tests at st. Angus
| the creek Alderman Falligant expressed
a doubt as to the practicabihty Of this out
let, owing to the ediies doubt which was
also expressed by Mr.. Herring, when he was
in Savannah.
Returning to the progress Of our work"
the alderman said, ION March 20, at the
| regular meeting of council. the committees
on drainage and health aud cemetery, com
posed Of Mtsirs. Faligant, Harris, Har-
| mon, Mills and Reid, recomme lded the i'm
| mediate cOnstru ton Of a flushed central
| lane sewer on Bay lane, west of Bull street,
| to remedy the formidable troubles discov-
| cred there a few DAYS ago. This recon-
mendation was referred to the COMMITTEES
| on streets and lanes, Of which Alderman
| Harmon is chairman. / am not informed
| whether the committee has taken action as
| yet upon the line Of the recommendation.
! From this brief resume you will perceive
| that the different steps connected with
! careful selection Of an outlet for the house
| drainage system have been favorably acted
| upon by the city council and the delay in
| beginning the work on the Outle5 is due to
| the time nee sssarily occupied in prelimi-
| nary examination. As soon as its course is
| determined upon we viii prepare our plans
to go to work"
"Can YOU give the readers of the MORN
| ING News any idea or forecast of your
probable suggestions concerning the work
| i'll the citVm
Il do IL It like to anticipate the action of
the committee, or go into details on that
subject of detail at present. When Mr..
| Herring was here | merely discussed with
| him nv proposed method of flushing a con-
siderable part of the SYSTEM
What did Mr.. Herring tai k of itg'
"He said, 4 like hat and narrated to
me how he had modified the Wichita sys-
| tenn by the application of the same method,
and that the results had given satisfaction.
| What interested me very much was that
| such good results had been obtained vita a
ade fall of only one foot TO the 200 feet,
it having been impossible to obtain any
| greater grade fall. The whole work was
redeemed by the application of the same
princi les had devised for the Savannah
system"
Dr. Falligant says that he has received some
recent and very interesting information
concerning the use Of flush ia ks at Mem
phis, and he appears to be DESTROYS that Sa-
vannah shall profit by the experience of
that city. On this subject DR.. Falligant
said: The engineer Mr. Hartford, Of
Memphis, says seve al true things about the
use of flush tanks. He saws, among other
things. 1t must be admitted that the Field
automatic tank, as used here for the past
nine years, $ proved quite uncertain in
its action He attributes this result to UNI
skillful setting, use of water heavily
charged with sediment, and defective form
and proportions. A very great truth is
contained in one Of his forcibls sentences,
where he says: If we have been taught
anything by our experience, it is the fact
that mere lines Of piping do not make a
system Of sewerage.