The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-14
BIDS MUST SOON BE IN.
HOUSE DRAINAGE WILL NOT BE
RUSHED THROUGH.

Can Only Injure Themselves in OPP
posing CounciI-The Sewer Pipe
QuestiOn-It Was the Chattanooga
COmpany's No. Pipe Which Burst
MT Brunswick-Mr. Russell Brings
Evidence of the Character of His
Pipe-OnIy One Representative of
nm Ohio River Company on the
Ground.
The bids for Savannah's system Of house
drainage must be in by tomorrow noon.
They will be opened at once by the com
mittee and the bids made public. It viii
be some little time, however, before The
contract is awarded. The plans will be
submitted to council Wednesday night,
with other matters in connection with the
proposed drainage system. The matter
will then be laid on the table until the
next regular meeting, two weeks later, in
order to give ample opportunity for con,
sideration.
There will be no haste in acting upon
this matter" said Alderman Wylly, chair
man of the drainage committee. The
bids will be laid before council Wednesday
night with a number of letters
and also the health officers Of other cities,
expressing their views upon the proper
outlet for the sewerage system. The i'm
portant question of the outlet is to be de-
cided by council and it will be, necessary
to give the bids careful consideration be-
fore making a selection. These matters
will have to be passed upon with delibera-
ton. Our object is TO give the city the
very best system of house drainage posi-
BILE and that the work shall be done in the
very best possible manner"
Alderman WHY'S attention was called
20 the possibility of interference by object
ing property owners. He said he did not
think there would be any objection
when the matter has been thoroughly ex-
planned to the property owners.
House drainage is conceded to
be a necessity" said Alderman
Wylly; lone which this council
has determined to provide for. The coun-
Gil has agreed upon plan by which the
system can be paid for in such a manner
that not the slightest increase of taxation
will be necessary. The only effect of OPP
position on the part of the property own
ers will be to cause the city's notes to be
looked upon with suspicion in some quar-
tiers. Should legal steps be taken to pre-
vent US issuing notes, the tax rates win
be increased sufficiently to bring in the
sum required TO pay for the system in
one year. Either that or the city will
proceed under the act of 1884 and assess
the cost of the improvement against the
AUDITING property. The first alternative
would be a hardship upon all property
owners and the second would work a
great hardship upon small property owners
H. g.
of small value. If any body of property
owners chooses to force the city
to adopt one or the other
of these measures they can do so. They
viii be the sufferers by it. They will not
prevent the city from carrying out its
plan for a system of house drainage"
Alderman Wylly does not regard the
point raised as to the requirement in the
specifications for the use of Ohio river
pipe only in the work as of much impor-
lance.
The contractors can rest assured" he
said, that if any disposition is shown on
the part of the Ohio river companies to
squeeze them, such changes will be made
in the specifications as to permit of the
use of any other pipe of the required
standard. The specifications require Ohio
river pipe for the reason that it is known
10 be standard. So far as there being q
trust in this pipe is concerned 1 am in
panies outside of the trust and besides,
that the trust is a thing of the past"
Alderman Wylly said he knew it to be a
fact that some of the pipe manufactured
by Montague & Co. of Chattanooga was
used in Brunswick, and that it was after
wards found necessary to remove it. When
removed, every length of this pipe was
found to be broken. "Al engineers recog-
nize Ohio river pipe as standard" said
the alderman, while there is considerable
doubt as to the reliability of other makes
of pipe for work of this character"
The charges made by Mr.. T. S. Russell,
representing Montague & Co of Chatta-
nooga, in reference to the shutting out of
other makes of pipe in favor of the Ohio
river makes, caused something of a sem
sation among the contractors and others
interested.
Mr.. Chapman of Waring, Chapman &
Farquhar, the engineers in charge of the
work, showed a Morning News reporter
list yesterday of sixteen Ohio river pipe
manufacturers who are outside of the
trust.
THE contractors need have no fear of
lack of competition among the pipe man.
ufacturers" said Mr.. Chapman. Il VIII
guarantee that The reason Ohio river pipe
is required in the specifications is that We
know it to be first-class, because we have
had large experience with it. 1t stands
the strain better and is more satisfac-
the reason that il is somewhat heavier,
is harder burned has better glaze. Civ
ing a smoother surface to the interior of
the pipe and joints more evenly"
Mr.. Chapman said he knew it to be
fact that some of Montague & Co.'S pipe
was used in Brunswick and that it after
ward had to be replaced
Contractor Herbert Tate was also posi-
tive that he had used some of the Mon
tague pipe in putting in the Brunswick
system, and that it had afterward to be
replaced this pipe.
Mr.. T. S. Russell, representing Monta-
que & Co, whose departure for Brunswick
Friday night to investigate this matter
was mentioned in yesterdays Morning
News, returned at l o'clock this morning
and was seen at the Pulaski. He gave
fun and satisfactory explanation of the
matter.
81 found that I was both right and
wrong" said Mr.. Russell. No pipe had
ever been sold by Montague & co. at
Brunswick for sewage purposes. I fourid
that a car load Of ordinary drainage pipe,
known as No. 2 stock pipe, had
been sold by Montague & Co., to Mr. p. f.