The morning news., 1898-11-22
HOUSE DRAINAGE DELAYED.
Rains Have Greatly Interfered With
It's Progress.

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Owing to numerous inconveniences, the
weather for one, there has not been much
progress on the house drainage work yet.
small amount of pipe has been laid in
the eastern part of the city, but about the
time the work started wen, rainy wealth
er set in, which compelled the contractors
to suspend.
Contractors Miles & Bradt are down to
business now, however, and unless him
dered in some Unforeseen way. will have
the work far enough along TO engage about
100 men by the latter part of the week
Work on the western outlet viii probably
be begun by that time the pipe for both
the outlets having arrived several days
ago.
AT the present the contractors have forty
men engaged. They are working in two
gangs, twenty being engaged putting down
S-iuch pipe on Arnold street, while the
others are a, work on Reynolds street.
They will be continued in that locality for
some lime to, come, probably until that
part of the system contemplated in the
first years work is completed These will
be reinforced this morning by another
squad. who will be put to work laying 10
inch pipe on East Broad street There is
mains at Liberty and East Broad, and
when this is done, the force VIII be worked
farther north on East Broad where some
pipe already there win be continued as far
as Oglethorpe lane.
Supervising Engineer Chapman said yes
terday he thought work on the western
outlet at Farm street. would be commenced
the latter part of the week. Just how the
outlet pipe will be laid has not yet been
! i NlfnVu
street the outlet Will be about twelve feet
below low water mark, which will call for
deep ditch. The point the contractors
have TO decide is whether they will build
a Golfer dam in the river. or adopt the
cheaper method OF putting sheeting in the
ditch to keep ii clear of sand, allowing
the water to remain. Mr.. Chapman is in
clined TO believe the sheeting will do as
well as a cofferdam, in fact, the better
method. He superintended the laying of
an outlet at Latonia N. H., where the
ditch was sheeted, and the pipe was so
successfully put down he is inclined TO be-
! lieve 1t the best for Savannah.
''The sheeting prevents the sand from
washing in the ditch" said Mr. Chapman,
| while the laborers do the excaVating
with long handled shovels, or other suit
! able devices. At Latonia an outlet pipe
| $50 feet in length was properly joined to
| drop into the ditch. When everything was
ready il was successfully lowered, ths
part of the work requiring less than half
| hour The sheeting seems to be quite a
satisfactory method, and has quite an ad-
vantage over the Golfer dam in point of ex-
pense. What method WALL be adopted here,
however, is not yet known, and besides,
that remains entirely with the contrac-
tors"
Contractor Bradt, who is in direct charge
of the work, has established an office at
Bull and State streets. All business the
firm has with the public, and also with
its employees, will be transacted from this
| office It is not expected more than 10O
men will be employed, as it is believed
this number will be sufficient to complete
that part of the work mapped out for the
first year