The morning news., 1897-08-31
BOLT AGAINST BUCKHALTER.
FIRM STAND TAKEN by MEMBERS
OF THE GRAND JURY
on DRAIN AGE.


Close Around the City-LivcIy
Time. nt the Meeting OF the Grand
JurN-The Citizens Committee
co,,t,vcsr4s NorI. of InNestfgat-
tn, n. mains opd bitches.
poa hot ti,,,.s ,,..,.,tla5 +, tbe Grand
3urv room vosteriae.
T. r,.s ,,reo,,,fort3nIe. for many mem
g. - -. ,.}..,,
ueiS 70 ''0o" '''''" -''
they came INTO t'e jury ''A "'''l
stormy session. The disccrd arose over
the two rstorfs of the drlinlza commit
'ee'
When the report of the minority OF the
grand jury drainage committee was
read in omen court along with the ma
5orit,- ron,rt il was i'm the nature. Of a
...-.i..-. r, 4. rY,oy.,
genuine 9"i Ii'9' '' many
that this document was held an disddin az
first, and chat the majority report which
was adoptel hv The Grand Jury. was given
~ ;,,, 10 ,, -,t5 r,i,,,,.ity rsrort ir,
SO"S' PU'''0 t'S 9''' ''
at the office 81 MI. Z. g. Anderson one
of the members OF the grand jury who
sirred Il Having been turned down 50
,il;,,.it,- =. .. ,,,,;,.. tl,.. r,,ost ,,et,.s,,
.......,
4ea'"le 10 '"e 7io'' July -
yesterday when secretary Malone Ie@d
aloud the general report of the jury for
,h t-,r,
m 4, ..u, .s +,.
AAC Al'"NittS i~l0'' - ''N l''
presentmeuts which comes c4ostr 10 the
Deople than an other features. II concurs
.t.+
Win the haJoIlS report III S'yi"7 N'"'
the sWamps around the city need drainage
and need IL badly. but il states positively
mat IN view oi TINS needed dfahase the
work now beng done at BuckAailer
swamp elght ana halI miies from the
Clty. does not commend user TO lhe mem
bers OF the grand jury VINO signed the re-
port.
The members of the committee who
signed this report In the minority were
MeSsts. clarence q. Anderson ana Mr.. NJ.
4. EXley, and speaking Of the drainage
OF Buekhalter swamp, they have the fol-
lowing TO say:
Engineers of recognized ability con-
denim as impracucable, the claim set up
by the county commissioners that the
pudlnS OIL the canal VIII eventually ena-
bic them 60 drain some of the water from
the MusstoNe watershed Whlch now mas
It's outlet into the savannah river and
Whlch IS the outlet nature has provided
for 1t TO run. Granting, though, that the
plan IS feasible VIII IL not call for work
involving large outays and heavy cost
This We endeavored 20 ascertain, but with
out success ana were eiad TO note thaJ
subsequently it was brought up by "a MEM
Der OF the board of county commissioners,
with a view OF ascertaining this TACT.
Aside from this, the benefit if any, &C the
health or the city Is So remote, II being two
years before the canal would be completed,
thal we are the more convinced that the
work should be suspended Tor the pres
ent.
DT O. 10
committee al the request of the Morning
News Is carry ns on the work OF making
close investigation OF the drainage OF
the county ihe members of thls com
mittee were out yesterday, and viii con-
tnue their work untl every swamp On
the county has been visited and thor
ougn ana complete report VIII De made.
Ihls report viii contain some startling
iacts concerning the deplorable neglect Of
the drainage or the county IN furtherinS
tAe Buchhdiier scheme.
The citizens committee which is
lhNestleauhs lhe condltion OF the
drainage OF the county m the neighbor-
hood OF the city, 10y request of the Morn
ING news MADE another tour OF Inspection
yesterday afternoon. The members Of the
commute IN altendance were capt A.
.McC. Duncan, Dr. T. r. Besselcu, Mr..
Jonn u. Robinson, Mr.. 4. w. Harmon Mr..
John II. CaVanaugn aud Maj. r. A.
BlandIord. Mr.. NJ j. So,omons was too
uhWeH 70 go out, ana Mr.. G.. II. Dorsett
was called back on important business AZ
the last moment Ihe committee lett the
ne SOTO IN carriages az clock.
Inc party first visited the old DeRenne
canal lhey We're informed by a person
hVlhS nearby that throughout Its whole
leuBth lt was an the same condition as
Where theS Inspected II, oNergroWn with
rank vegetation and deep IN slushy mud
ana, when heavy rains are prcCipitated
~ Nal A.. H . NrH.