The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-02
sHUr THE OPEN HYDR4Nrs.
-bst is the Only Way People Can Get
water on the Upp ? floors.

water On the Upp Floors.
--,s-- is a general complaint all over
che city on account OF the insufficient
Ter pressure. The pressure is not SUI
z-..rt TO force the water TO the second
s,,-s u houses and the consequence is
-, inconvenience. Hotels. clubs and
--.,.,ra houses suffer alike. The greatest
-,.,rlaint is on account Of the lack Of
..s- for bah rooms and for flooding
..,,s4ts. The Morning News has re-
lived a number Of communications OF
,bss line il the last two days.
The fear is expressed in many OF the
communications that danger to health
may result by reason Of the non-hooding
OF water pipes.
seen By a Morning News reporter about
7ba trouble Capt. Manning has been
euperintendent of water works for sew
.-el wears and is as thoroughly up in
his work as any superintendent in the
country.
"You have already stated the trouble
I'm The Morning News" he said. "As ]
said to YOU before. since the beginning Of
mis- severe cold spell last Friday the
whole system of water pipes in the city
has been turned into a sieve through
vvhics the water from the mains es-
canes TO the earth and into the sewers
Everybody at once jumped 70 the con-
cluslon that the only way to save their
water pipes from freezing and bursting
was 10 keep the water running. 1t was
turned on at the hydrants and they have
boen kept open ever since. Under nor
NAL conditions a pressure of sixty pounds
is easily maintained at the water works
and in fact, full satisfaction can be
given 10 consumers In the city with much
less pressure. Since Saturday morning
we have had all we could do
10 get over thirty pounds. Yesterday
we managed 70 get up to
thrty-five pounds and that is as high as
we have been able to get to-day. We only
gained the increase after having the wa
Ter turned off at the ire hydrants at the
Central railroad wharves and the lower
press. The pipes at the wharves are eX-
posed and liable to freeze, and 1t was 4
wise precaution to turn the water on
The danger of freezing being past, how
ever, we requested that the water be
turned off which was done The net re-
suit was a gain of five pounds in the pres
sure. If all the people who are now COM
planning Of lack of water on their up
per floors will see to it that all waste of
water on their premises is stopped they
will soon have the water on their upper
floors. As long as there was danger of
the pipes freezing the people could not be
blamed for letting the water run. Ii Is
contrary to the ordinances, however, and
must be stopped / have a force Of street
hands going the rounds and closing open
MIGRANTS.
Capt Manning was asked If the lack
of pressure was due in any degree to an
insufficient water supply.
mot in the least" was his reply. I'VE
have pumped over 5000, 900 gallons daily
since Saturday, or an average Of about
l35 gallons to every man, woman and
child in the city. The people of Savan-
nah consume more water than the people
OF any other city in the country, and they
have been furnished about double the US
ual supply for the last several days.
do not allow the feed well to be pumped
TO the bottom. About two feet Of water Is
kept in the well in case of fire when the
pressure can be slightly increased and the
nremen furnished with all the water they
can use. II the well were pumped to the
bottom we would not be able to furnish
sufficient pressure in case of ire"
Capt Manning's statement of the case
can be accepted as correct. The weather
has moderated, and if the people who have
Kept their pipes open will now close them
there need be no further complaint on
account Of lack of water pressure.