The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-11
LIVELY TIMESIN COUNCIL
ALDERMAN FALLIGANT STIRs Up
THE MEMBERS AGAIN.


Passed.
Tie city council held lively session last
night The enforcement Of the ordinance
requiring sewer connections was the cause
of the excitement
Mrs. NJ. Franz, at Montgomery street
and York street lane, protested against DR..
Burners notice compelling her to connect
! her house with a sewer. She claimed that
the ordinance did not authorize the health
officer or sanitary authorities 70 issue such
order, except where the dIstance7 from the
premises to a sewer is less that 300 feet, and
as her premises were between 800 and 400
| feet from a sewer she considered the order
illegal.
| When Clerk Rebarer finished reading the
| protest Alderman Bailey asked the city
attorney for al opinion on the legality of
| the ordinance. He had heard many people,
he SAID. attack the law. claiming that it was
unconstitutional and could not be enforced.
THE CITY ATTORNEYS OPINION.
City Attorney Adams replied that he was
| not prepared to give an opinion concerning
| the constiuutionalty Of the ordinance until
| he had read it carefully. He said, however,
that he will give a written opinion in day
or two.
Alderman Falligant denounced the ordi-
nance il unmeasured terms. He hoped
some one would make teal case against
| the mayor and aldermen Oh It's enforce
ment. The sewer connections required, he
said, will have TO be made in such a way
that when the pipes became choked, which
is often the case, the closets will prove
veritable death traps. People will have
sewer com Getting closets who did not under
stand their uses, aad they will be closed up
I Il oil e fhA
method of sewer connections the alderman
believes to be by flush pipes, which the city,
De says. should provide. This will prevent
all danger of choking
AN UNsANITARY WORK.
The work under the present system, said
the alderman, is unssuitary in the extreme.
The city has been spending more money for
both work for long time than would
have been required to do the work in a san
itary and proper manner,
Mayor Schwarz said that he had repeat
edly asked Alderman Falhgant to present
his drainage plal, but up to the present
time the alderman had failed TO do so.
Alderman Falligant replied That he had
trtad to bring the matter up several times,
but was always told that the council did
not have time TO consider it. or that there
was no money in the treasury to carry on
the work, but he placed the council on no
his plan. In regard 20 the statement that
there is no money to carry GU the system,
Alderman Falligalt said be had arranged
for getting money (referring 20 ground
rent LOTS which is now flowing into
the treasury. Although the members Of
| council promised to give him a sufficient
| sum. he Das never received, he said, a cent
, to inaugurate the reform.
A RESULT OF POOR CONNECTIONS.
| Reverting to the sanitary side Of the
| question, the alderman cited case of fever,
in which he WIS the attending physlcian,
| which originated from defective sewer con-
nections, Constructed under the ordinance,
and by order of the city authorities.
Alderman Cam IS also opposed to the in
| discriminate sending out of the summons
| requiring Connection with sewers He
thought i5 an outrage to compel people to
| furnish sewer connections to tenants who
| closets as the inhabitants of Africa. The
| time selected for the enforcement
Of the ordinance, he SAID, is most Hopper
| tune. Taxes, and everything else, are COM
| ing due about this time. It is about the
| last straw which broke the camel's back. II
there Is any one portion of the city which
requires attention, why not have the work
in that portion done IN proper manner,
and not compel every one to do It, where
there is no immediate necessity. Alderman
Cam was inclined TO agree with Alderman
Falligaut about the work being unsanitary.
A DEFENSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
Alderman Harris defended the ordinance
aud its enforcement by the sanitary board.
He differed with Alderman Falligant about
the work being unsaHitary.
The upshot of the discussion was the
Offering of the following resolution by
Alderman Harris:
Reso ICED, That Alderman Falligant be re.
queSted TO submit TO this board plan for house
drainage at an as early day as practicable
said plan to be based upon the survey made by
Dir. herng, accompanied by estimates of the
| cost or the work and such recommendations for
the accomplishment of the same as Alderman
Falligant may deem proper.
| Alderman Fall can't replied that while he
did not object to the resolution it was un-
necessary, as he had already offered his
plan TO council and it had been laid on the
table.
TILT ALL AROUND.
Several aldermen denied this, and in re-
ply Alderman Failigant said he had thrown
down upon the table in front of the
board Mr.. Herings surveys with the
remark, Here they are gen
tlemen," aud they were laiC
upon the table and never taken up. He
added that he had been told by Alderman
Harmon that while he was chairman OF the
would be done
Alderman Harmon was on his feet in 6
second, aud vehemently denied DIR. Falli-
gsnt's statement. What he said vas thai
Alderman FalliSent could not lay any pipe.
while he was chairman of the committee.
Alderman Falligant replied that ne die
not think Alderman Harmon knew any
thing about house drainage, and Alderman
Harmon retOrted that he did not have a very
high opiaion of Alderman Falligant'
knowledge Of laying pipes.
Things commenced to look squally wher
Mayor Schwarz called the aldermen *
order. Some one made a remark about ar
apology, and Alderman Falligant replied ht
had no apologies to make, nor would he make
any.
The resolution cf Alderman Harris wa
, then adopted.
THE ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE.
Alderman Carson's assessment ordinanc,
WIGS read the FIRST and second time anC
passed. 1t makes the assessment for thu
) year 1890 hold good for 1891, and I'm Ter it
! provisions persons who appealed against tn
last assessment can do 50 again.
An ordinance by Alderman Bailey Great
) lug the Office OF inspector of buildings at
, salary of $1,000 per year, was read for TIT
first time.
The health aud cemetery committee of
fered a resolution which was adopted