The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-16
THE cITY's srwlGE.
..on. for Making SfvHnnah River
she outlet fe- IL.

the outlet fe 1t.
.-,..o- Morning News: After reading
.tis report Of Mr.. Prey Sugden on
-,-,zsI sewage outletinto Savannah
am quite. convince Of the merits
his plan and considef his remarks
-..r- the other proposed routes. both
--,i,al and conclusive.
= reading his report vas struck by
-. fact that there are st1 people who
-s-,.ste carrying the QUIT to Vernon
= Ny familiarity with that part OF
.,.coynty has convinced nj long ago that
-. Is no place for the ,utlet for sa-
u-s-.b-s sewage. As emember, the
s's-ar,e from Bolton strset 10 Haner's
80 taking the line q the Casey
-,si-is between seven. aed eight miles,
- then there is fpm one 10
- nils Of Haners erek before you
- Vernon river, making IT a good
sivh- miles in all.
vernon river is no rivg at. all, being
-4-.,ly an offshcot or geek, from the
I-tIa Ogeechee river, which used 10 end
= he bed of the Cuylsr swamp, and
--si,h now heads up into the Casey canal.
4 TiEa all tidal creeks Of aay length, It is
u -svar able to void the water and refuse
4 ooueoting at its head, as The ode is still
. S,,,,nr no at the head Of these creeks
as,sr The time when it has commenced
Ealing at the mouth, The time of the
sbb tide being thus shortened makes II
,r,poesible for the head waer to flow
ouf before the tide has TUNED at the
mouth and is again pushing back and
banking up the last Of the ebb tide in
ne creek, and with IL any refuse that
NAV have collected. There is no actual
current in these creeks, bht simply
rise ana fall of the tide which keeps
pretty much the same water and debris
n the creek most all the time. To make
The head of a creek Of this description
the outlet for a city's sewage makes 1t
only a matter of time when the sewage
will replace the present tidal water
through most of its. length. How this
would effect the fishing interests on Yer
non river leave others to judge.
Then what would become of White Bluff
as a suburban resort? With the sewage
OF savannah flowing IN front of doors,
being deposited along its bluff and in It's
bath houses, the reputation of White
Bluff for salubrity would soon be a thing
of the past. The possibilities in this di-
rection arising in the mind of one ia
miliar with the bathing facilities at this
place are too grewsome to dwell upon.
who is a civil engineer he gave me some
facts and figures that may be interes ting.
The amount Of available grade distrib-
uted over the eight miles from Bolton
street would be ten feet. or one inch in
$50 feet, which is about equal to the dis
lance from the middle of Bull to the mid
die Of Drayton streets.
My friend assured me that 1t would be
impossible to construct a sewer in the
bed Of the Casey canal or through the
Cuyler swamp and keep to that grade, as
the settlement of the sewer would be so
great In places as to entirely destroy the
grade, unless most expensive foundations
were resorted to in. the form of piling. The
sewer itself would also have to be much
larger than the proposed one to Savan-
nah river, as the smaller the grade the
larger the sewer that is required. These
drawbacks would make the cost of the
work fully 80 per cent. higher per run
ling foot than the route suggested by Mr..
Sugden, or make the outlet TO Vernon
river cost as a whole eight times more
than the proposed outlet to the Savannah
river
Another point TO be considered is wheth-
er the Casey canal could take care of the
storm water from Savannah without Sc
riously affecting the contiguous lands.
Any one who travels the Thunderbolt
line 0t the Electric railway would say
that Casey canal even after the enor-
nous amount spent on its Improvement
IN the last few years, is not able to carry
off the present amount of water that
drains into it, in a proper manner.
/ sincerely hope the city council win
adopt Mr.. Sugden's views and carry the
sewage to it's natural outlet which is
the Savannah river. I am convinced it
could never be done as cheaply as at
present, when the cost of labor and ma
,erials is lower than it has ever
been in this section. Mr.. Sugdens estl-
mates are, to my mind, very full, and
the work could no doubt be done for con-
siderably under his figures. By construct
Ing the whole work outlined by him,
work could be given, for some months,
10 from 300 to 400 laborers and mechan-
les who, owing to the inactivity of the
building trade, are very. much in need of
the work. The work would thus confer
! pecuniary benefit on a large number
Of deserving citizens, whilst at the same
time abating a nuisance which though bad
At present, is daily growing intolerable.
Citizen.