The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-07
DRAINING Low LANDS.
AN IMPORTANT WORK IN PROG
REss AROUND THE CITY.

Inspector Desvergers' Report to the
citizens Sanitary Association Con-
earning 1.-THE Obstacles Met With
and Manner in Which the Work is
Being Done
INSPECTOR Desvergers Ct the Citizens
Sanitary Association, in his report to the
Committee on public health, says that the
drainage of the low lands on the east and
,,ast of the city continues to make Roadway
under the direction of Superintendent
carmichael of the drainage department.
Although the work has to be performed
during short intervals between tides and
.,,5er the hardships incident to labor in
tonl mud, in a drain often below breeze
zach and under burning sun, the super
intendent manages to get In great deal of
difficult work.
The drainage of the Jones canal and of
the lowlends east of it has been considera-
bIv lowered, and also portion of the
Isvton plantation south of the Savannah.
Florida and Western railway, work upon
ne latter still going on.
The snperintendent has succeeded in mov-
,no the authorities of the Savannah and
Atlantic Railw ay Company so far as to get
the lumber put on the ground for the con-
struetion of boxes under its road bed. When
these boxes are put in and those now there
are lowered to proper level, a serious
obstacle to the drainage of the Lawton
plantation low lands will be obviated. The
Fsrnsrintendent has also succeeded in i'm
crassinq the authorities of the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway with the
necessity for a new trunk In the Brady
canal, and orders have been given for It's
construction.
cleared of aocumulations which completely
Instructed it, in places, from the Bay street
extension to the trunk south of the Ogeechee
canal. the work for considerable distance
being under the roadbeds of the Central
railroad and the Louisville road, and under
the Ogeechee canal. The work Of removing
the accumulations which have INSTRUCTED
that portion of the sewer over which the
Central railroad has constructed its spirit
sheds, is now making good progress.
The Central railroad has begun work on
tbe new trunk which will replace the one de-
gtroyed by it last year. The work of clean
ing and of lowering to a uniform level the
Musgrove Creek canal is also being done.
The inspector says that while the city's
drainage is now being directed with more
energy than heretofore, the area Of drain
age around the city Is so extensive and has
been neglected so long, and its various lines
are 80 WlU6 apart bhAb ~ EcQulT65
nary effort ON the part of the superintend-
emit to keep up with the work. The distance
which he has to go over in daily super
vision of the work comprises miles, and he
has to bessir himself to look after work
going on at the same time on both TANKS Of
the city.
The Inspector says that there are a num-
Der Of other drains beyond Musgrove creek,
and on the south and southeast of the city,
which need attention and should be looked
after as soon as the work on the Hogg sewer
and the Musgrove creek canal is finished
He says that complaints are multiplying
about the offensiveness and detriment to
health of the old vaults. Also about water
closets of the old hopper pattern, and about
the inadequate supply of water in
tho upper stories, and the hopper
closet is not only nuisance because
of its offensiveness and danger to health
but because Of its immense waste of water,
and the only remedy for it is to bring about
its adjustment by an adjustment of water
rates which will discriminate in favor of
tank closets The water inadequacy can
1 not be obviated by increased supply and
pressure unless the distributing mains, put
down when the city had had population
Of 1900, be enlarged to a capacity suffi-
cient to meet the consumption incident TO
the increased population and area of the
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