The morning news., 1897-08-27
ENDANGERED ny room DRAINAGE.
Committee of Citizens Find Neigh
boring Swnmps in Bad Condition.

boring SWnmps in Bad Condition.
The work of the citizens committee in
vestigatng the drainage close around the
city of Savannah was continued yester-
day. Those who occupied the carriages
which left the De Soto hotel at ) O'Clock
were Mr.. NJ. J. Solomons. Mr. c. II. Dor
sett, Maj. R. A. Blandford, DR.. T. e. Bes-
selieu, Mr. A. w. Harmon, Mr. A. McC
Duncan, Mr.. John d. Robinson and Mr..
John II. Cavanaugh.
The committee went out the Middle
ground road to a place uear Ditmersville
and found that the bitches dug there sew
eral years ago are all filled up and hold
ing stagnant water IL then crossed over
TO DeRenne swamp bordering upon the De-
Renne plantation and afterwards went
around by the place where Mr.. Guilmartin
now resides. He went with the investigat-
ing party and showed them several bad
places where no drainage has been done
this year pointing out several bitches
which SIN have trees across them which
were blown down by the September storm
of last year. In many places there were
sOggy places with water Standing for
hundred feeet around.
Crossing from the White Blun road to
the Waters road, the citizens found upon
arriving at the new Casey canal after
passing through Sackville. that the canal
hes large bars in its bottom, which impede
the flow of the water. II is fun of aquatic
vegetation at this point ana needs drain
age very badly. The side ditChes are also
choking with vegetation. There are bars
two feet wide in the bed Of the canal This
Is not more than mile from the incorpor-
ate limits, They next proceeded down the
west side OF the swamp through the Myer-
son property and the Home Building prop
erty. finding the land boggy and undrain-
ed
They approached the canal again and
found il overgrown. They found that the
banks have been cut into without any
trunks ana evidences were clear that
whenever there comes a hood these cut
| places allow the canal TO overflow out
across the swamp again. making IL OF but
| little service. Many OF the members of the
/ citizens committee had been there in times
/ past as grand Jurors and We're absolutely
! astonished TO see the canal so badly neg
| lectcd.
| Returning to the Waters road the party
] proceeded through the county lands Ia
! Cuyler swamp again, whore they found
] the canal at This point fun Of rank vcge-
! taton. The weeds along the banks were
/ not so overgroWn here because the Bcr-
muda grass. which was planted on tho
banks, had kept the weeds from spriugng
| UP but the bottom OF the canal was in a
/ d,plorable condi ion. The party then went
to- tho outlet trunk which Is az the hrideo
/ on Tho Montgomery cross roads ana here
/ they found evidences of the same neglect
I this being the place where the canal dis
[ charges into the Vernon river
The citizens drove back the same way
I they had gone and took their course out
/ the Intermediate road ana crossed th,
/ canal again. n was noticed that the same
I condition as The places Investigated prior
to arriving here obtained also. Then they
/ came up thc SkidaWay road 10 Withiu
I four and half milos of the city and drov,
! through the woods westward. They
/ found that the ditches ana draings dug
several years ago were in fearful plight
/ They then came up the Bee road ana "a
The old Casey canal. finding that The new
! canal has never been extended one foot
| further than whore % VAS lcf on
two years ago. The condition of the Old
/ canal wHs wurrr than thht of the new
part of this important drain.
| rn. ptrIN crossed ths piI Driituuc ca
I nu ufar town ou tlDlf r,turn. unI found
I ihit DO b. uu grown up Wlh weeds Hn,
needs attention hallf So rank d. th,
growth of Nc.tfH..uu Wltln lt. bed tnu
] tIr. Wlt.t could hrrIiy hr .etn.
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