The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-11-03
SEWERAGE.

81 EhAUEs
The meeting of tax payers, which was
called, was largely attended at the
court house Monday night by repre-
sentative citizens.
Hon. John f. Motley was called to
! the chair and W s. n Neal requested
/ to act as secretary.
The chairman stated the object of
, the meeting to be to take under con-
sideration the putting Of a system of
sewerage in Marietta.
Prof F. l.. Freyer discussed it at
length and favored issuing $4,000 city
bonds to build the system and leave
| future generations to pay it. He said
it was necessity and it was the only
way we could have a healthy town and
get strangers to locate here.
Mr.. John r. Winters opposed issuing
bonds or any further city Indebtedness
That it would take additional supply of
water to keep the sewers flushed, and
this would be an extra expense. and he
doubted whe Their the present water
works supply would be adequate.
Mr. James r. Brumby said that the
Water Works Company had informed
him that they would flush the sewers
free of cost
Mr.. Winters said it was costing the
city now $500 per year for water for
fire purposes, and as taxes were grow
ing he could not favor the further sad
ding of Il debt on the city.
DR.. III. V. Reynolds said the death
rate of the town, as obtained from city
clerk, for 1896 was % whites and 40 ne
groes; for 1897, p whites and 81 ne
groes; 1898, II whites and 40 negroes,
showing n decrease He said he didn't
think there had been a case of typhoid
fever in Marietta for the lack of sew
erage. Unless we had perfect system,
every house connected, then imperfect
sewerage would create more sickness
than not to have it. The bonded in
debtedness was not the only cost; it
would cost $25 according to Mr.. John
sons estimate for each house to make
connection, and then each house would
have to have water whether the owners
wanted it or net There was less ty-
phoid fever in Marietta than usual,
and less than in the country precincts;
less than in Atlanta where they had
drainage. He thought the dry sys-
TEN" should be considered also.
Mr.. j. Il. Brumby said it wouldn't
cost S25 to connect each house, accor-
ding to his experience in sewering.
Mr.. Winters said it cost him in At
lanta 1885 for each house to make
connections.
DR.. CCrtelyou spoke favorably of
the dry SYSTEM" and said sewerage
did not prevent sickness in a city, on
the contrary, in Washington City, and
Ill other northern cities, with perfect
drainage, typhoid fever, more or less,
prevailed. At his suggestion COM
mittee to investigate the cost, &C., to
report at another meeting. was ap-
pointed, consisting of DR.. p. Il. Cor
telyou, j. r. Winters, j. Il. Brumby.
ID. n. Anderson and f. l.. Freyer.
DR.. b. l.. Mcintosh said the young
est person in the house wouldn't live
to see sewerage in Marietta by taxa
ton He said the city should own
both its sewerage and water works to
get the best results and the revenue
to pay expenses. He was in favor of
raising the revenue to have both by
although he was as much
in favor of prohibition as any one.
Mr.. 7. NJ. Brumby thought the dry
system" would cost each tax payer as
much as taxation for sewerage. He
moved that our Representatives be in
structed to introduce bill to submit
to the voters the question of issuing
bonds to build sewers.
Mr.. Winters opposed it. Said that
would bring on an election-that few
men could get together and with
money and whisky control an element
that would carry the election in favor
of bonds.
Mr.. Brumby's motion was put to the
house and voted down, and the meet
ing adjourned.