The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-08
LOOKING AFTER THE DRAINS
The Work Of Sanitation Going On
Around the City.

Springfield Plantation Being Drained
as Rapidly as Possible-The Stencil
From the Decaying Vegetation and
Not From Dead Fish and Frogs-The
Citizens Sanitary Association Com
mends the City's Promptness and
Urges the Drainage of All the Lands
Within Two Miles Of the City.
Alderman Folliard says the city drain
age committee is doing all it can to clean
up the Springfield plantation and the
other low lands around the city whose
condition has caused so much complaint
since the storm.
a large force of hands is at work and
drains and bitches are being cleaned out,
allowing the water to run off Alderman
Pollard says the stencil complained of
in the neighborhood of the Springfield
plantation and other low lands around
the city is not caused by dead fish and
frogs, as many people believe,
The whole trouble, Alderman Pollard
says, is the salt water which was driven
up by the wind and tide over the low
lands around the city. 1t has killed all
the vegetation wherever it went, leaving
the fields red and black
THE DECAYING VEGETATION.
1t is the decaying vegetation from
which the stencil complained of proceeds
The salt water also has a very peculiar
effect upon the fresh water mud, causing
it 10 emit an unpleasant smell when the
hot sun shines down upon it,
Alderman Folliard said yesterday that
the work of cleaning out the drains on
the Springfield plantation is nearly COM
pleJed, and the water is running off rap
idly. In one drain was found seventy-fiye
barrels of rosin that had been carried up
behind Laurel Grove cemetery from the
Central railroad wharyes by the force of
the waters. The rosin was covered out
of sight by the mud. There is probably
a good deal more Central railroad rosin
hidden about in the same neighborhood
in the mud.
Alderman F'Olliard said that the drains
of all the lOwlands around the city would
soon be put in order
THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
The public health committee of the
Citizens Sanitary Association met yes
terday, and after discussing the condition
Of the situation passed the following res
olutions:
Whereas. An immense quantity of debris
has been left in and about the CITY by the re-
cent storm, and dead fish and animals are pu-
tretylng around the city in such numbers as
TO produce doors so offensive as to be per-
CepIlDle IN the city al night: and
Whereas, Asiatfc cholera is on the increase
in Europe and there are apprehenslons OF its
Introduction here and
Whereas, the season of continued feVers is
at hand, and the sure way to avert danger is
to remove the cause. Therefore be it
Resolved, That the committee. on public
health Of the Citizens Sanitary Association
commends with qualification, the prompti-
tude with which the city authorities have
since the recent storm set on foot measures
for the removal OF unsauitary matter accumu-
lated within and Immediately around the city
and for the remedylng Of damage to the drains
within the citys jurisdiction.
Resolved, further, That the authorities be
urged to put an increased mum er Of wagons
and labores at the work of restoring sanitary
condition, around the city IN order that the
same may be Effected at the earliest practi-
cable date
Resolved, further, That the city authorities
be urged to require every corporation which
owns lands within the city Jurisdiction to
take immediate steps toward putting said
lands under thorough and permanent sys-
tenn of drainage.
Resolved, further That the county commits
sl0ners also be requested to put the convict
labor Of the county at once at The work of re-
moving unsanitary accommodations from all
territory within radius OF two miles from
the city limits and to so open the existing
drains in said territory as TO enable them to
ind an outlet therefrOm into the drainage
canals and prevent the stagnation of water
theron.