The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-27
WILL REPORT FAVORABLY.
BRUNsWICx-S SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Is FIRST-CLASS.

VIII SO State TO COuncil-Thc Com
mfttee Given "A Cordial Reception
bN the brunswick Authorities.
The Trouble There Not Due to Any
Defect of the SUPERINTENDENT Said
to BE Unite in Favor of the War
ing System-Dr. LclIIrdy Will
Fight the Use of the River as an
Outlet.
The special committee of council, which
left for Brunswick Saturday afternoon TO
inspect the sewerage system Of that city,
the system being practically the same as
that which it is proposed to establish in
Savannah. returned yesterday at noon.
The committee viii make its report at
recessed meeting Of council tomorrow
night. All the members Of the committee
are very much pleased with the system
of sewerage in use in Brunswick, and a
unanimous report to this effect will be
made to council This. it can be taken for
granted, means that the report of the
drainage committee made 10 the meeting
of council Saturday and published in yes
terday's Morning News, recommending
the adoption of the Warning system and the
acceptance Of the proposition made by Col.
Waring. viii be adopted by council; and,
iudeine from all appearances, the vote to
adopt will be unanimous, or nearly So no
alderman having expressed his opposition
to 1t so far as known.
The special committee consisted of Al
dernlan Hamilton, chairman, and three
members of the drainage committee, Al
dermen Wylly, owens and Davis. The
visit of the committee to Brunswick was
thoroughly salts factory. They were most
cordially received by the Brunswick au-
tborities and given every opportunity to
accomplish the object of their visit. The
aldermen reached Brunswick at 8 O'Clock,
and went to the Oglethorpe hotel whore
they were met by number of the officials
and leading citizens of Brunswick Among
those present were Mayor owens johnson,
DR. Atkinson, chairman of the sanitary
board, DR.. j. A. Butts Or. II. Burford,
Mr.. A. V. Wood and Mr.. Fendig all men,
bers of the board of aldermen, eX-Mayors
Dunwody. Mason and Crovatt, city En-
gineer WyTy. Chief Sanitary Inspector
Green, ex-Aldermau f. D. Aiken and 9TH
ers. The workings of the system of house
drainage were discussed at length from
the time it was first put in.
Alderman Wylly chairman of the drain
age committee when seen yesterday by
Morning News reporter, said:
THE officials and citizens of Bruins
wick, whom we met, were unanimous in
their absolute Endorsement of the system.
The only objections, and these are only
a few, are from persons who object to
paying water rent. All spoke in the high
est terms of Col. Warning and of Mr.. Tate,
and stated that these gentlemen had car
ried out their contracts with the city 10
the letter. The workings of the system
were really beautiful, so they express
ed IL.
THE system consists of about twenty
miles of sewers and cost about $4,000.
II was unusually expensive because of the
fact that Brunswick is only about three
feet above high water mark. The trou-
BILE which is now being experienced is on
this account. Because of the low eleVa-
ton the sewers all run to the center OF
the town to a well from which the sew
age is pumped into the river. The sur
face drain pipes are also connected with
the system and flow into the we'll The
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days has kept the wen full The engineer
is charge of the pumping station, in try
ing TO rid the town of this surface water
as well as the drainage from the houses,
set both engines 10 going al their high
est rate of speed, ana the result was chat
the pressure was SO great that the top Of
the air chamber, by means of which the
sewage is driven from the well into the
river was blown off IA was, Of course,
necessary TO stop the engines, and in CON
sequence the surface water backed up
into the city Mr.. Tate is there now, and
is discussing with the authorities whether
a larger pipe should be put in leading
from the well TO the river So far as the
house drainage system itself Is concerned
there is not a single objection"
Aldermen Davis and Owens also express
ed their approval of the Brunswick sew
erage system.
we were given ample opportunity to
examine the system" said DR. Owens
land we made both a night and dav exam
nation. The system dispOses of the sew
age perfectly, and there is no offensive
smell whatever. We examined the well
where the sewage is collected. to he pump
ed into the river, and no cdor could be de-
tected. Some of the manholes were also
opened for us. and there was no offensive
odor. Notwithstanding the system had been
choSed up with the Accommodations of three
days. owing 10 the bursting of the air
chamber. This accident was purely of a
mechanical nature, and reflects in no way
upon the system. SaVannah's situation
being entirely different from that of
Brunswick, we would not be exposed to
the same difficulty in disposing of the sew
age. Our elevation being much greater, no
pumping station will be required
THE sewage outlet" continued DR..
owens, lis right at the wharf where the
boats leave for st. Simons' Island. The
point of outlet is some % feet under wa
ter. We visited this wharf and were nm
able, either by sight o. smell, TO detect
the fact that the sewage WAS being dis
charged at this point"
This confirmed DIR. Owens in the opinion
which he already he'd that the objections
TO discharging the sewage Of the city into
the Savannah river were unfOunded
Col. Waring, as has already been stated
Is 10 submit two plans 10 council, one plan
based upon an outlet or outlets into the
Savannah river ana the other based upon
an outlet into Wilmington river When the
plans are submitted he win state which
plan he prefers and his reasons for the
preference.
Alderman Davis, In speaking Of the mat
ter, expressed the opinion that whatever
plan was favored by Col. Waring would