The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-31

the sewage from the section south ana
east of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railway should 1t ever be incorporated
into the city. In fact, the plans provide
for sewerage system sufficient to dis
pose of the sewage of a city of 200, 600 in
habitants, which shows that the system Is
not to be constructed with an eye simply
to the present.
The Randolph street sewer begins on
Ogeechee avenue, runs southwest to La
vinia street, thence to Florence, to
Twelfth, 10 South avenue, to Price street,
TO East Tenth street, to East Broad, 10
Liberty, to Randolph and north to the
river. The engineers were governed, of
course, in selecting the routes for the
sewers by the necessity for securing suff1-
cient fall to insure the flow of the sew
age, ana it was found the lay of the land
made it easier to carry the sewage from
the southern section to the eastern outlet
than to arbitrarily divide the city in half
and construct two utlets of equal size.
The Farm street sewer provides for Rob-
ertsville and Yannacraw as well as the sec
ton between Bull and East Broad streets
Each of the main sewers has several
branches into which lateral sewers flow
Lateral sewers, connecting with the main
sewers or branches, will run down the
lanes and along a number of unpaved
streets, where there are no lanes or the
lanes do not furnish sufficient access. Bull
street being the dividing line, the lateral
sewers will run east and west from that
street, and it will not be necessary to dis
turb the asphalt pavement on that street
at all. In fact there will be but very little
disturbance of the asphalt paVements,
one of the ideas kept in view by the en-
gineers in making their plans being to
avoid the paved streets as much as posi-
BILE in order to save the annoyance andiin-
convenience of tearing up these streets.
The sewage from Collinsville Is to be
brought along Wheaton street by branch
sewer to the Bilbo canal, at which point
it will be necessary to establish a small
pumping station to pump the sewage from
that point to the main sewer at Randolph
and Liberty streets, from which point it
will flow into the river. The elevation of
Collinsville is not sufficient to carry the
sewage into the main sewer without
pumping, and hence the necessity for a
pumping station. A very small pumping
station will also be needed at West Boun-
Diary and New streets in order to convey
the sewage from the western side of the
slope along the Ogeechee canal into the
Farm street sewer.
In all about fifty miles Of pipe will be
required. The pipe to be used is S-inch
terra Gotta and the house connections are
to be finch terra Gotta Terra Gotta pip
ing is the cheapest pipe that can be Sc
Cufeu LOT inns purpose anu Is at the same
time the most durable where not exposed
to breakage. The inner surface being
glazed the smooth surface permits of the
easy passage of the sewage, while iron
pipe would corrode and become unservice-
able in a few years. An important feature
of the system b. the flush tanks which will
be placed at the head of each lateral sewer.
These tanks will contain $50 gallons each,
and are automatic and can be arranged to
discharge once day or oftener as de-
sired 1t is estimated that between $50
and 200 flush tanks will be needed, requir-
| ing total of about 10000 gallons daily for
flushing purposes. This is not the tenth
/ part of the water now used daily for the
! same purpose with the present large sew
| ers.
! The system provides for the reception of
no storm water whatever, the old system
! Of sewers or storm drains being
! left for that purpose. In pre-
narlng the plans especial pains
! have heen token to avoid the storm
sewers. so that they will not be interfered
/ with IN anyway The depth at which the
lateral sewers will be laid will range oil
the way from three to six feet In the res
! idence section up to eleven feet in portions
! Of the business section. the average depth
In the business section being eight to nine
| feel. The main sewers and branches VIII
be laid deeper in order to secure the great