The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02

small estimate which has been submit
! ted for repairs. The Georgia and Ala
bama warehouse suffered by far the heav-
/ lest damage.
AS to the safety of the new Office build
| ing Supt. Kline says there is no question.
/ There is, he says, no doubt of its solidity
4 and the report that it is unsafe is without
foundation. Supt Kline brought the en-
tiro bridge and repair forces Of the Cen
trail to Savannah Immediately after the
storm and the work of repairing damages
! was begun at once.
/ The principal damage to the Tybee rail-
road is believed to be the St. Augustine
/ creek draw bridge, which viii have to be
1 taken down and rebuilt. Supt. Kline and
/ Engineer Hunter of the Central, and SUPP.
Saussy Of the Tybee road made an exam
! nation of the bridge yesterday. 1t was
| open when the storm struck it. The iron
latches were bent and twisted out OF
place and the bridge swung around striK-
ing the shore trestles with tremendous
force. The force Of the wind drove II
part way around again twisting the heavy
iron work as it went. The crash against
the shore treStlos buckled the strlngers,
and heavy iron work which forms the
foundation Of the bridge, throwing the
entire structure out of plumb and fitting
it over about five feet 1t now rests with
the ends partly upon the trestles and
leaning toward the river. The entire bridge
will have to be rebuilt A bridge expert
WAS telegTaphed for at once. and the
bridge will be restored at the earliest
practicable date. Temporary trestles will
be erected underneath in the mean
time, so that the work may be pushed
with the least possible delay. The creek
Will be closed to navigation, and vessels
by the inside route will go around
through Lazaretto creek. The Lazaretto
bridge was closed when the storm came,
and is uninjured. The storm which
wrecked the St. Augustine creek bridge
came with such suddenness and force
that the keeper was unable to reach the
swing. The wind blew his boats away,
and it was impossible to reach the bridge.
Supt Saussy will go over the track on
McQueen's Island and as far as Estil sta
ton on Tybee Island on foot to-day and
will make a thorough Inspection of the
road. There are conflicting stories as TO
the damage to the roadbed on McQueens
Island One report brought up by parties
who have been over the road is that 1900
TO l4O0 feet of roadbed and
track between the 11-mile and
Emile posts have been wash
ed away. For a considerable distance the
track Is covered with drift and sea grass,
and this will have to be cleared away in
places before the exact condition of the
track and roadway can be learned. A por-
ton of the road bed was raised when it
was rebuilt after the storm of 1898. The
sand is washed away from the abutments
of a small trestle on Tybee Island near the
light house crossing. So far as known
that is the only damage the road has sus-
tanned. The track this side of st. Angus
tine creek is all right.
The car shed in the city is of course, a
total wreck, and will have to be rebuilt.
The wreckage will be sold for what it will
bring and a new building will be erected.
The office and freight buildings and the
shed on top of the hill are intact. Supt.
Kline says that the road will be put in
condition for operation as soon as posi-
BILE
The weather bureau reports, delayed by
the cutting off of Geographic communion
tons, indicated that the storm divided in
Virginia and one branch went off towards
the great lakes. while the other went east.
At no place, however, was the damage
anything approaching that done here, and
the velocity of the wind steadily decreased
as it went north.
HoUsekeepers and many others who have
had dwellings and places Of business I'M
rooted will eagerly watch the bureaus
forecasts for information of rains. No
rain is expected for to-day, the forecast
being for Savannah: Fair; no decided
change in temperature; westerly winds.
The temperature yesterday was just a
trihe above the normal The maximum
was IS degrees, the minimum 81, and the
mean, or average for the day, 70.
Work on the fire alarm system is being
pushed as rapidly as is possible under the
circumstances and it will not be a great
while before it is again in perfect work
ing order.
The restoration of the circuit was found
to be attended with greater difficulties
than was first expected for, as the work
progresses, it is discovered to be greatly
hampered by the constant ENHANCEMENT
of the wires and the ruin to the ploes
This is more pronounced in some locali-
ties than others, those in which the trees
We're thiclSest furnishing the greatest
trouble.
Circuits Nos. /, ? and are now in good
working trim as a result of the efforts Of
Electrician Claiborne and his force Nos.
! and were completed day before yester-
day, but No. 8 required all of yesterday
to repair as il extends out through a res
idence portion, and was greatly damaged
by falling trees and limbs
These three circuits cover that portion
Of the city west of Abercorn and north of
Anderson street. The other three circuits,
taking i'm the rest of the city, will require
some longer than the others in repairing,
but Mr.. Claiborne hopes to have Nos
and 5 finished by tomorrow night. No. 6
offers the greatest difficulties to repair,
for il extends out Drayton. and the wires
are fouled all the way with those of the
telephone company. The electrician says
he cannot say when work on that circuit
will be finished, for they must wait Until
the telephone linemen repair their dam
ages.
The watch in the big duke tower will he
maintained until the alarm system is re-
stored to it's former state of efficiency.
AS soon as the fire alarm service is re-
| stored, the city electricians force will be
| put to work on the Gamewell police sys-
| tenn. As the restoration of the fire sys-
tenn will require some days, the police
| department will be deprived of the con
| veniences and facilities the boxes and pa
| troll wagon afford, and will have to con
| duet prisoners 70 the barracks afoot
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