The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-14
In AND ABOUT THE CITY.
PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER.
Deep Excavations to be Stopped In
TWO Weeks From Now.

Deep Excavations to be stopped In
Two Weeks From Now.
With the close Of the present month all
street excavations for the season will close,
except In instances where exigencies may
arise where shallow excavations for repairs
and sewer and water attachments are
required. The work Of completing the
sewers now under way will be vigorously
pushed forward with all the available street
force this week and next.
The Abercorn street sewer has been COM
pleted from the south side of Oglethorpe
square to its connection with the Perry lane
sewer, and large force of men will he put
TO work on the north side of the square this
morning to excavate for the sewer which
will connect with the Broughton street
sewer. This sewer will be completed by to-
morrow night, if no bad weather or acct
dent intervenes. Work on the short sewers
on President and Habersham streets will be-
gin at once.
1t will be impossible to complete the ex-
cavations for the catch basins and sewer
traps on the long Habersham sewer and
the downtown sewers by May l. but it is
believed that arrangements may be made
with the sanitary board to permit a COM
pletlen OF this branch of the sewer work,
which. it is thought, will not require more
IMAM SAC 81 lWO WEEKS III May. lie ma
sonry OF the catch basins and sewer traps
can proceed without interruption.
IL has been decided, after the conference
between the city council and physicians of
the city, not to attempt any change in the
open Bilbo canal this season, as the time is
too short to attempt to move the soil in
such close proximity to canal which for
years has been carrying out the focal sew
age OF large area Of the city, so that when
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lshed large number of the extra laborers
will be dropped.
The regular street force, except those
engaged III street surfacing, street and side
walk repairs and those employed in putting
down curling around the squares and
looking after the trees and grass of the
squares, VIII be put to work giving the
streets aud lanes OF the entire city the usual
annual cleaning up. This, Alderman Har-
mon. chairman of the street and lane COM
mittee, says will be most thorough, so that
no complaint will be made as to the sani-
tary condition of the streets and lanes
Inc cleaning up this spring will not be as
great task as 1t was last spring, when
many quarters were in anything but a SAM
tary condition. This was peculiarly true Of
portions of Yamacraw and the Old Fort,
and of Factors Walk and River street.
These localities had a thorough overhauling
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made to keep them in fair condition, al
though IL was necessary in some instances
to place offenders upon the information
docket for not keeping the premises clean.
The dry culture committee has, under the
direction OF its chairman, Alderman Fall
giant, had all the drains cleaned out, and
banks aud flood gates repaired on Hutchin.
sons Island, and on the east and west sides
OF the city, thus supplementing the sewer
work inside the city.
IL will be but few days until more
rigorous inspection will be made of private
premises, and the best sanitation enforced
Yards must be cleaued I'D, and sheds, out
houses and rough fences given their annual
coat OF whitewashing. The city will, as Ia
the past, furnish disinfectants to those IN
able to buy them.
Some of the reforms desired we're not of
practical attainment this year. 1t was
hoped to have had a garbage crematory in
operation, but the council has been unable
to get just what it wanted and the crema-
tory must 60 over for another season.
The work on the new quarantine wharves
is progressing as fayoraply as could be ex-
pected, and It Is rot doubted that the new
station will be fully equipped in time for
the opening Of the cotton season. The
facilities of the old station, however, are
ample for the rigid quarantine season,
which will begin May next and last until
Nov l.