The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
READY TO SIGN CONTRACT.
MILES & BRADT AND THE CITY
COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

pIeted Each MOnth-Beginning on
the Outlets, the Section Bounded
BY Farm, Harris, Randolph street
and the River, VIII Be Finished
First-The Work Done by Former
Contractors Includes Most Difn-
cult Portions of the System.
Miles & Bradt have come to an agree
ment with the. city on the house drainage
| contract, and the probability is it will be
! signed tomorrow. There was an under
standing that the contract should be sub
mItted by City Attorney Adams last We'd
nesday, but il was not ready at that time.
and after a consultation yesterday it was
decided to have II drawn up and signed
| Without further delay. 1t is understood
the bond will also be executed in a few
days.
Mr.. Bradt has thoroughly acquainted
| himself with the work to be done. He
says there is no question that the more
important section of the city win be COM
pleted by May. so that house connections
can be made. The work is divided into
three sections, one to be completed each
year, but the drainage committee has ar
ranged for the completion of the most i'm
Dortant portion first, so that the sewers
may be placed at the citys disposal at
the earliest possible moment. In order to
do this it Will be necessary to commence
at the outlets, and work from them, as
far as possible, into the section II is In
tended to finish first.
That portion which will get the benefit
&c Jod h,v lo1,
Farm, Harris street, and the river within
which is included a very large proportion
of savannah's population 1t would not be
possible to complete such a wide scope
were it not for the fact much of the work
has already been done by former con-
tractors, who did much of the mere Gfr-
hcult construction Of the system. Pipes
have been laid in all the lanes between
Bun and West Broad streets as far south
as Ogiethorpe avenue. These drains all
run west to the terra Gotta main. which
is to be built on Farm street to New
thence to West Broad, and south on this
street to Harris This Is as far as the
main will be completed the first season
but later on, it will be continued farther
out The amount Of pipe laid west of
Bull street in the section the contractors
VIII complete first, viii make it an easy
matter to get that portion of the city in
readiness 10 make an early connection
with the system.
East of Bull street considerable work
has also been done by the former con-
tractors, but there Is not so much as that
completed on the western slope. Lateral
pipes Will run east from Bull, and as this
was known when the Drayton street paw
ing was being put down. the city took
the preeaution to lay the pipes, so that the
street would not have to be torn up later
These laterals were extended as far east
as Abercorn street, and have been put
down in either the streets or lanes as far
out as Anderson street. The big thirty
inch brick main has also been built en-
Randolph street, the eastern outlet ND 10
Liberty, and then as far as East Broad
street along which 1t extends some dis
lance. ten-inch pipe main has also
been completed along East Broad street
into which all laterals from the section
between Liberty and Bay streets will run,
the sewage being conducted from the last
Broad street pipe into the regular main
a Liberty street. All laterals south of Lib
erty street will run into the East Broad
street main, which will later be extended
as far south as Twelfth street.
Mr. Bradt said yesterday that a large
force of hands will be put 10 work on the
outlets first, and kept there until they are
completed. The western outlet will be at
West Broad street, and 1t will probably
empty into the river about twelve feet
below low water mark. The eastern out
let is at Rourke's foundry, and will empty
Into the river sixteen feet below low wa
ter mark. The first outlet is a sewer six
teen inches In diameter, while the latter
is thirty. The great depth it will be nee
essary to excavate in order to build the
outlet will require considerable time, as
the soil is sandy, and for that reason,
will be more tedious on account of lis
depth than the work will be in other
parts of the city, where the excavating
will be much less.
The more difficult part of the work in
the city, which was in some of the lanes,
has been completed by the former contrac-
tors, and for this reason the portion yet
to be done is not apt to be delayed on
this account.
As soon as this section between Farm,
Randolph and Harris streets is completed,
property owners will be permitted 70
make connections. This was the reason
for completing the outlets first, as the
drainage committee is anxious to have the
most important part of the system in
working order soon, and as there was con-
siderable work done within this boundary,
il was considered proper to make the best
of it by giving properly owners the ben
eft of the system at the earliest possible
moment.
The city win pay cash at the end of
each month for the work completed dur
ing the month. reserving 10 per cent,
however, which is done because they elect
ed not to increase the bond. A resOlu-
ton of Council provided that the contrac-
tors be allowed to give a personal bond
in accordance with a proposition they
made. or a surety company bond of $1,000.
the same to be increased annually in the
amount of the work done If they desire
to be paid in full The firm has the OPP
ton of leaving 10 per cent. with the city
q
of each month the work will be estimated
by the consulting engineers, and upon their
certificate the city will be governed in
making the payments. 1t is thought the
contractors will receive the IS per cent.
within the first ten days of the month.
Just what the payments will average is
not known, but it is estimated they win
be about $500.
1t is stated that the section bounded by
Bull East Broad Harris and Gwnnett
streets, will be the area to be completed
the second year. This VIII also include
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