The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-02
HE cITYs SEWAGE OUTLET.
THE BILBO CANAL UNDER DISCUS
SION BY COUNCIL.

by which the Canal Can he Done
Away With and at the same Time
"a Sewage outlet Provided as Part
of n Comprehensive system Of
Sewerage-The savannah River, He
Claims, Is the Only Feasible and
Proper Channel for DisDosing OF
the Cfty's sewngc-The Flow of
Water Sufficient TO Carry on the
Sewage of City One Hundred
Times the Size Of savannah.
/ The city government has undertaken the
serious consideration Of the work Of doing
away with the open sewer known as the
I Bilbo canal and at the same time the
/ question Of providing an outlet for the
/ complete sewerage system.
a special meeting Of the committee CT
! the whole Of council was held yesterday
/ afternoon for the purpose Of hearing from
I the petitioners who presented a petition
/ at the last meeting of council. calling at
tention to the petition. signed by over
1000 citizens. presented to council last
/ year. urging that some action be taken
with reference to the Bilbo canal.
| Owing to the number Of citizens present
/ interested, the meeting was held in the
\ long room and was open to the public.
/ The members Of council present were May
or Myers, Aldermen Falligant. Carolan.
\ Gleason, WiIlink. Screven. Bacon. La
motto and Garrard. Among the citizens
present We're Capt. d. G. Purse, ]. S. Col
/ Inns, William Kehoe, Jacob Paulsen, II. II.
Hull R. H. Tatem. r. b. Reppard. James
Kennedy, Henry Sack, Dr. II. H. Groth.
| A. McCredmond. W. B. Stubs. II. Logan,
/ W. W. Chisholm. James T. Dent. James
Leonard. S. r. Harris and others.
Mr.. Collins. as chairman of the signers
Of the last petition, stated to the board its
object, and urged the closing Of Bilbo
canal, as a matter of public interest, and
to the citys advantage. He was followed
by Capt. D. G. Purse. who referred to the
petition signed by 1900 citizens. presented
1 to the last council and still Enacted on.
Capt. Purse gave the results of his own in
vestlgation of the subject and requested
that Mr.. Percy Sugden. who had prepared
a report, at his request, upon the question
Of n sewerage system for the city and a
proper sewage outlet should be given
permission to read his report. The desired
permission was granted and Mr.. Sugden
/ read his report.
! The report is very lengthy and is an ex-
| haustive discussion of the subject OF a
general sewerage system for Savannah.
After showing the needs of such a sys-
tenn, Mr.. Sugden refers to the previous
reports on this line by distinguished en-
| gineers upon the various routes proposed
for sewage outlet, namely, the Vernon
| river, Timber Landing creek and VIII
mington river. He shows by reports of
| engineers who had previously considered
| the subject that these routes are not
feasible first because of the great cost
and secondly because the outlets would
prove unsatisfactory and insufficient. Fig
ures are given to show the correctness
OF the conclusions. Mr.. Sugdens conclu-
sion is that the most feasible outlet for
| the city sewage for the greater part of
the city Is by a continuation of the pres
/ ent Bolton street sewer to the Savannah
! river partly following the route Of the
/ present Bilbo canal, but avoiding the great
! part of the route on account of the grade
/ and the lack of foundation for such
sewer in the bed of the canal.
! The route proposed by MrSugden is much
| shorter than would be the case if the
| line of the Bilbo canal were followed.
! If such a route should be adopted, how
! ever, the sewage would be diverted from
1 the Bilbo canal and the canal covered
| over, leaving 24-inch drain pipe to carry
/ off the surface water and the sewage from
| pipes now entering directly into the canal.
Mr.. Sugden proposes route beginning
/ at the Sixth street sewer, which emptfes
! into the ditch at the Savannah, Florida
| and Western railway crossing at Price
street at such a depth that it can be
extended to take in the whole of the ridge
as far south as Tatemville, and still be at
depth Of ten feet A diameter of five feet
is proposed at the commencement From
the point named the sewer Is to run down
East Seventh street to Berdon street,
where il is increased in size to feet, and
makes a turn to the north, running down
! BerdOn street to Anderson street, then east
| to Harmon street, at which point the
size is increased to Z feet; thence north
| on Harmon street to Bolton street, where
it will meet the continuation of the pres
| ent Bolton street sewer. At this point
both sewers unite into one of nine feet
diameter which continues under Harmon
street to Wheaton street, crossing the
| latter street and running down Third
| past the Savannah Cotton Mills and join
ing the line of the present Bilbo canal at
| Perry street lane. From this point II
follows the line of the canal to the river.
| At Wheaton street the sewer changes
form and becomes two, the smaller one
for the regular sewage of the city and
capable of serving a population of 100
600 people; the larger one being for carry
ing off storm water, TO come into use
Mr.. Sugden estimates the toal cost of
the work outlined at $149,S23 divided as
follows: Outlet into river, 5000; river to
Perry street lane, $4S.7S0 Perry lane to
Wheaton street, 263S1 Bolton street to
Wheaton street, $17,424; Bolton street sew
err extended. 5000; Bolton street to Ander-
son street, l4.272; Anderson street to Sew
enth street, $12,6l6; on Seventh street to
Price Street, Sl3,S50; 24-inch pipe in Bilbo
canal and filling in, $500 This, he said,
could be constructed in three sections,
first from the Bolton street sewer to Perry
lane; second, from Perry lane to the river.
and third. from Bolton street to Price
street and Seventh street. The cost was
divided as follows: !, $50 $50; 2, 55,SO5; 3,
$i0,73S.
Mr. Sugden discussed at some length
the question of using the Savannah river
for disposing of the city sewage He
showed that the mean daily discharge of
sewage from the Bolton street sewer, ac-
cording to measurements taken by AS
sistant City Engineer J. DeBruyn Hops
Aug.1 and 16, 1894, amounted to 566, $40 cubic
feet, or S,S77, 1923 gallons in twenty-four
/ hours Assuming the Dopulation ma king