The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-24
ONE CITY FATHER LESS.
ALDERMAN BAILEY RESIGNS TO
TRY FOR ANOTHER OFFICE.


Ee VIII Make the Race for the City
Court erman Mcclure
Objects to Acting Mayor Mills Com
munication Relative to His Arrest
and Il Is Wirhdrawn-The Council
Opposed 20 state Health Board.
The County Commissioners Drainage
Plan Rejected.
Savannah now has only eleven aldermen.
At last nights meeting Of the council Alder
man Bailey rendered bis resignation, with
request that 1t be accepted at once, which
was done.
The reasons which actuated him are we'll
known and his resignation was no surprise
to the other members of the board In
fact, it has been expected for some time
Mr.. Bailey is q candidate for the Office OK
clerk Of the city court and 1t was necessary
for him to retire from the board in order to
be eligible for the position. The vacancy
will be filed at the next meeting Of the
council, and it is generally understood that
friend Of Mr.. Bailey will succeed him.
The mseting possessed some features out
| OF the ordinary routine which made it
more interesting than the usual gathering
| Of the city fathers.
| When the various petitions and communi-
cations we're reached, Clerk Rebarer
| started TO read one from Acting Mayor
| Mills. He had just got out a few words of
the communication when Alderman Nc
CURE arose and objected to the reading.
All knew what the purport Of the commu-
| nlcdtlo was and quite discussion arose as
} to whether it should be read IT
| not. IF there are any charges
against me in my official capacity
said Alderman Mcclure, ~ want
to be told before hand what they are. [
object to having that Communication read
| or anything read in this council which re-
fers to me as private citizen or to my pri-
vate business"
Alderman Haines said he could not see
what the board had to do with the affair.
Alderman Mcclure had been fined and had
paid the fine He was not fined as an alder
! man. AL members Of this board,n said
Alderman Haines, "know any way what
the mayor intends to communicate. and
there Is no necessity for hearing it further
Alderman Cam thought the commu nica-
ton should be read, for If anything had
been done which could be said to be dis
grace to the board 1t should take cognizaDce
| Of it,
Aldermen Carson. Myers, O'Brien aud
Harris made remarks, each speaking
| against receiving the communication Aot-
ing Mayor Mills stated that he had written
the communication from sense of official
| duty and did not want to press the matter.
Alderman Haines moved that the mayor
be requested to withdraw the document
aud the latter did so aud the question was
settled.
DON'T WANT A STATE HEALTH BOARD.
Alderman Myers introduced a resolution
| calling upon the representatives from this
county to ork against the bill before the
legislature proposing the creation of a stae
board of health. The bill, as it stands. he
said, has many objeotiona le features to
| those who have given it consideration.
A resolution instructinR ID o representa-
ttves from thecounty 10 introduce and have
passed bill doing away with appeals from
| police court TO council and to carry them to
a higher court Was brought up by Alder
| man Charlton, but as some of the members
wanted further information on the subject,
| It's discussion was post oned.
The question of su hitting the differences
bet cen the city aud county engineers to
| arbitration, as proposed by the county com,
| missioners, as rejected.
The committee on drainage, to whom the
matter was submitted, made the following
report:
While your committee has every confidence
in Capt Carter and have no reason TO believe
other than that his report would be acceptable
| 70 the city, yet your COMMITTEES are of the
opinion that tue question involved is not one 10
| be submitted to arbitration and they cannot
recommend TO council to acquiescs in said
proposition.
During the past twelve months the commits
| sioners OF Chatham county have sought to oh.
| tain the consent Of the city, through Your com
mittee on drainage, to use Springfield canal as
an outlet Tor the drainage of Musgrove creek
water shed above Backwater dam, at the same
time requesting the city to provide for the in
creased volume of water that said canal would
be required TO discharge, by widening and 9th
erwise charging the trunks and gates at rha
mouth OF sal canal. This alteration would.
according to the estimate of the CITY engineer
cause an expenditure by the city Of from SS, COO
to $1,000. '0OO
Your committee has strenuously opposed and
respectfully suggest that the council oppose
tine dlveTLlng OF any more drainage water from
possible to avoid. ~ 40
Physicians who have made sanitary matters a
study nave given as their opinion that it would
be detrimental to tie health of our citizens to
| bring any more water this Way
me policy or your committee on drainage
mas been 10 divert IN a southerly direction and
away from tue city the drainage water from
lands on the outskirts of the city as far as DOS
| sibe, and the work Of the Department has haar
pursued on that general plan.
| Your committee would assert that there Is
no difference OF opinion as to facts between TIE
commissioners OF Chatham county ami your
committee. Recognizing, your committee
does, that the natural outlet for the drainage OF
the water shed of Musgrove creek is the Sayan-
nan river, yet for sanitary reasons your COM
mittee hold, IL 1t is possible to carry any or all
OF said drainage water in other directions il
should be done. AT a conference held April last
between a Committee from the commissioners
OF Chatham county and your committee on
drainage 1t was demonstrated that 1t was leasi.
ole and practicable to drain la ge portion OF
Musgrove creek water shed into the little
Ogeechee river, viz, Lamsr's swamp water
shed comprising ], 1851 acres. and that at q cost
not exceeding $1,000. II done with convict
labor the cost would have been net over one
third Of that sum.
Nearly seven months have elapsed and your
committee are not advised that any beginning
has been made in that direction. The drainage
OF Lamar swamp would not vastly benefit the
healthIuln Of the southern suburbs of the
city and were the commissioners of Chatham
county earnest in their purpose to drain lands
adjacent to the city where the greatest goo to
the greatest number would have been accom-
pllshed your committee respectfully suggest
mere was good chance for beginning.
With force averaging about 100 able.bodie
lao1rers throughout the year costing about %
cents per head per diem, the commissioners Of
chatham county are in a most excellent position
TO establish at a small cost thorough system
OF drainage for the entire county. And your
committee hold that the suburbs OF this CITY
should have first received attention, as the
health OF the larger portion of the
population OF the county Is en-
dangered by any neglect in that direction
I While the cost of DRAINING ,,P