The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-27

VINO refused 70 come up on the tram
that went down the day before. From
the latest reports received yester-
day, however, they were considered
safe and little alarm was felt.
RAILROADS CONDITION.
Mayor McDonOugh. when seen in the
afternoon, said he thought the Tybee
railroad in a pretty solid condition, and
he believed it would stand the storm all
right. He did not think it could stand it
as well or that it would stand as much of
blow as it did in August,
/ 1898, but then he did not, from all ac-
counts, expect as much Of gale as came
at that time. The roadbed was not as
solid as it was at that time, as it has Just
been reconstructed. 1t had all been &C
cepted, however, and with the exception
of the Lazaretto bridge, the contract on
Mayor McDOnOugh's part is CON-
pleted. This contract amounts to
! about 5000, but the cylinder Is down
and half filed with concrete, and new
piiing has been driven at both ends of the
bridge, so no damage is expected there.
The st. Aug Justine bridge, too, is a
solid one" Mayor McDonough said, and
he apprehended no trouble at all so far as
the Tybee road was concerned
TRIP OVER THE ROAD.
To make assurance more sure, however,
Mayor McDonough decided to make a
trip down the road and take a view Of
the situation. At o'clock the mayor,
Supt. Saussy and a representative of the
MORNING News left the Tybee depot, the
objective point being as far as they could
go. Engineer Mccarthy was at the throt-
tie and he knows every inch of the
road. The track was solid and in no dan
ger whatever between the city and ST
Augustine bridge with the one exception
of small portion of it, including little
trestle over the Bilbo canal The engine
passed over this all right both going and
coming, but the trestle was reported
down last night.
On McQueen's Island as far down as
the nine mile post the track was as sound
as could be desired and the water had
not covered the marsh. Between
the nine mile post, however, and
the thirteen mile post, or almost to Laza-
retto bridge, the water was right at the
track and washing under the ties. A
heavy northwest gale was blowing with
such force as to sweep before it almost
everything that was not weighted down,
and the marsh for that distance looked
like sea with heavy surf washing
against the roadbed. 1t was believed
that this portion of che road could not
stand the blow if it became much harder,
and those who went down believe they
would have been unable to get back to
the city at that time if they had waited
half an hour longer.
THE BOADBED IN DANGER.
In several places within this distance
the water was slowly eating it's way under
the ties and the track, and it looked very
much like about four or five miles Of the
road would have to be put back again, or
extensively repaired after the storm is
over. In other places, however, the
roadbed seemed secure, and was not be-
ing washed, except by a slight rain. The
bridges were perfectly solid.
On the trip down the quarantine sta
ton and the schooner Gen. Adelbert
Ames could be indistinctly seen, but in
returning fifteen minutes later there was
such a heavy, binding mist that it was
impossible to see that distance. The
quarantine station and wharves seemed
standing all right and the schooner was
head to the wind, though it seemed she
was being carried to the island.
Reports from Tybee were sought on all
sides. Everybody wanted to know how
the island was faring and all seemed re-
lieyed when they heard it was not as bad
as was anticipated. At 4:30 o'clock in the
afternoon the wind was blowing a gale
of lightweight miles an hour, and the
water was up around the Martelle tower.
1t lacked then one foot of high tide. Be
fore night the north end of the island
was pretty well under water though the
tide was neap tide and not as high by
several feet as the water way piled up in
the storm of last year.
THE PEOPLE THERE ALL RIGHT
Mr.. Evans, the lighthouse keeper, made
a trip to the south end of the island about
5 80 O'Clock, and his report was that he
saw nothing TO cause any great amount
of uneasiness. He said the people on the
island were getting on all right and that
there did not seem to be danger of much
damage to the property. Two of
the cottages in the Butler row he said
were in a rather bad condition, and Mr..
Sullivan's cottage appeared to be getting
the worst of the gaze. If any of them
went he said that would be the first.
There was water of slight depth all
around these cottages, but at that time
the tide was falling and there could
not have been much damage from that
! source. There were some fears for Tybee
in the afternoon, as the report got around
that the island was liable to be sub
merged. AS a matter of fact, however,
there was only slight amount of water
on the northern end, and that was at
high tide when it had the aid of the
wind also TO pile up there.
NO DAMAGE AT OTHER RESORTS.
! No reports of any damage at Savan-
! nahs other nearby resorts were received.
/ Montgomery, Isle of Hope, Beaulieu and
the other places were all right, and got
/ no more of the blow than was felt in
/ Savannah. Many of the summer residents
/ at these places had moved in, and expert
enced no Inconvenience from the storm
/ there
QUARANTINE BELIEVED ALL RIGHT.