The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-21

/ over his plantation lands at the time and
! accosted the party In his accustomed man
4 uer by shouting; "Helo ] thought that
! was a Buckhalter crowd the minute l saw
/ "What is the complexion of this commit
] tee, anyhow, Buckhalter, or anti Buckhal-
ter2"
"Au / want to say" he resumed, after
/ failing to get an answer lis that If you
/ are going out to drown yourselves you
] needn't 20 as far as Buckhalter. just
/ come with me over 10 that swamp and l
viii drown every one OF you"
| The major was facetious as usual, and
/ continued his characteristic converse ton
at some length. Somebody asked him If
the great amount % water noticed every
whore in the swamps was due TO wet
weather.
why" said he, "the driest days we
ever have i'm summer time you can find
enough water in these swamps to drown
all the allgators in the state of Florida
come, Jet me show you what fine water
power we have out here. Seeing is be
licVlug even though YOU may have your
faVoritism for Buekhalter water
The major escorted the party down
through his farm to Teifair swamp at a
point just above It's confluence with the
Musgrove swamp, and there was per-
/ feet sea Of water everywhere. In the
course OF the journey somebody remarked
10 the major that the chairman of the
/ grand jury committee had offered a suit
! of clothes to the man who could find a
tea-cup fun of water in the basins Of
| Chatham county.
Great Scottw exclaimed the major,
! tell that fellow If 1 can't drown him out
! here within three-quarters of a mile Of
the city OF Savannah, and almost under
TtRIIpa trDteffIap Will rrft i'm oil ha
clothes TO be found in the city of Savan-
nah
Speaking seriously he said. at length,
| "there has never been anything like u
! real attempt az drainage ia these swamps
| Teitair and Musgrove, in this neighDor-
hood it is perfectly awful here" And
! the major escorted the party TO the scene
TO prove what he had stated.
After leaving this place the party went
around and crossed Musgrove swamp, OBJ
serving that there was water on all sides
stagnating and furnishing a great haven
for frogs They went for a quarter of a
mile and turned off into a side road which
was DOGGY all the way. They reached the
South Fork swamp and spent some time
looking into its condition. Returning TO
the Ogcechee read they went out this high
way crossing Musgrove swamp again.
They proceeded beyond the four-mile post
crossing the swamp again at the divide,
which means the point where the waters
on the south side run off towards the Sa-
vannah river and the waters on the north
side run toward Salt Creek through Shaw
swamp. Returning to the city the party
crossed Musgroye swamp again at the
three-mie post where South Fork swamp
discharges into Musgrove swamp They
| returned by way of Cherry drain and
Minis swamp
The tour of inspection will be continued
by the gentlemen " "a Yesterday
and such others as they may invite to be
present with them. On Tuesday they will
go out to Minis swamp and Lamar swamp,
going up both of these TO their heads
| These are tributaries of MusgroVe swamp,
which is to say they discharge into Mus
grove swamp; and when the party has
! visited these, they will have finished the
| inspection of the Musgroye watershed.
| They will then take up the DeReune
swamp and the Hampstead swamp which
are parts of the Cuyler watershed, and
Will also inspect the condition Of Cuy.er
swamp. The Cuyler swamp discharges
into Vernon river a good distance from
the city, but the tributary swamps are
within close range of the city.
The territory inspected yesterday was
within close range Of the city limits for
the most part. Maj. Ryals says the de-
plorable condition of the drainage of the
swamps around his place is a constant
menace to the healthfulness of the city
of Savannah, for the reason that on an
AIRLINE it is only about three-quarters OF
mile from the city limits. He says that
his place is so close that it is under police
protection
Judging from the expressions made by
the gentlemen who formed the committee
yesterday as the result of their first day s
inspection. the report they viii make Will
be quite at variance to the one that Is
supposed TO have been made by the special
committee from the grand jury. The best
part of it is that the whole matter is open
TO the eyes of the public generally. for the
swamps, where great pools of stagnant
] water are found. are so close to the city
/ that anybody can see them, who will take
! the trouble to visit the places mentioned.