The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-23
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N ounudg ISSUE OF the Morning News
one OF the members Of the drainage com
mission is quoted as saying that he does
not think the commissioners will be long
81 reaching a conclusion and that the sew
erage system proposed by Engineer Sugden
strikes him very favorably.
1t may be that Mr.. Sugden's plan Is the
very best one that can be proposed. but it
IS TO be hoped that the commissioners will
give the subject such thorough considera-
tiOn that they will be satisfied it Is before
adopting it. The city cannot afford 10 pay
out a large sum Of money for the proposed
Improvement, only TO discover. when too
late. that a serious mistake has
been made. We do not mean
to be understood as saying that it
would be a mistake TO adopt Mr.. sug-
denis plan. No one would be justified in
giving an opinion Of that plan unless quail
flied to Judge Of its merits. We simply
throw out the suggestion that the matter
Of providing the city with sewerage sys-
TEN and an outlet for it is Of such impor-
tance that the utmost care should be ex-
ercised in reaching a conclusion in respect
to II.
But what about the sewage on the
western slope Of the city? That section Of
the city is not included in Mr.. sugden's
plan. The outlet for the sewage OF the
western section of the city-a section that
is certain 10 grow steadly-is near the
Central railroad wharves one of the
questions in connection with Mr.. Sugden's
uIau for fha aoStarp sac+foo ss ,.La-L.- a.
would not be dangerous to the city's health
eventually to empty the sewage into the
river at a point so near the city. If that
plan should be adopted we should have
the sewage of the eastern section emp
tied into the river a little below the city
and that of the western section empticd
into the river almost in front Of the city.
We are not prepared to say that any
hurful effects in the near future would re-
suit from this condition of affairs-the cur
rent Of the river being swift and the wa
ter being silt bearing and therefore hav-
ing remarkable qualities for rendering the
sewage innocuous. 1t is worthy of notice
however that at Jacksonville, George
Troup Maxwell has entered a strong pro-
test against turning the sewage of that
city into the St. Johns river He declares
that the small amount of sewage that is
now discharged into the river has produced
disgusting nuisance. and advances the
opinion that If the sewage Of the entire
city should be turned into the river the
nuisance would be greatly magniGed
The sewage problem in this city is not to
be solved for this year or the next. but
for many years. and for a growing city
While. therefore. the problem should be
attacked vigorously the greatest care
should be exercised to solve it properly
In the rig Of vessels the order of pro-
gression is from sloop to ship. through the
intermediate full steps of schooner. brig
and bark. A slooD has one mast rugged
fore-and-aft. A schooner has two or
more masts all rugged fore-and-aft. A
brig has two masts, both rugged square.
A bark has three masts. two Of which
are rugged square and one rugged fore
and-aft. a ship has three or more masts
all rugged square. Between these types
there are what may be called for con-
venience half-tones, such as the brigan-
tine and the barkentine; they are mixed
types partaking of the characteristics of
the types above and below them. Lately
there have been built in Europe some
four-masted craft, the proper classical
ton Of which is causing warm discussion
among sailormen. 1t must be stated that
sailors are as scrupulous about the order
of precedence in vessels as society folks
are about the precedence Of distinguished
persons. No sailor, for instance. would
think of putting a bark and a ship upon
the same social footing. The ship is the
aristocrat of the floating world. and its
dignity must be maintained. The four
masted vessels referred to have three
masts rugged square and one, the hinder
most, rugged fore-and-aft, and they have
been called barks But the enormity of
the insult to the ship is discovered when
1t is observed that If the hindermost
mast were removed, leaving three square
rugged masts, the so-called bark would
become ship. Thus would occur the
anomaly of a vessel of lower degree be-
coming a vessel of higher degree by its
sailormen insist that the new four-mast-
ers shall be called "shipentines." which
signifies that it is Just below the shin in
social scale and just above the bark. A
member of the ship family developing into
ship might be tolerated; but the idea
of bark becoming a ship by taking
down one mast is not to be thought Of
The italian steamship accident reported
in our dispatches yesterday seems to have
been in some respects similar to the Elbe-
Crathie accident in the North sea a. short
time ago. In each case the larger ship
was the victim, and the smaller ship
seems to have been badly not to say
| carelessly, handled. At the sinking of the
Elbe the loss Of life was very great, which
appears to have been the case also at the
sinking Of the Maria Z. In both cases
| there was a striking lack Of effort on the