The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-20
PLANS BEING MADE.
Work on the House Drainage sys-
TEN TO Begin Nov. 1.

Work on the House Drainage sys-
TEN TO Begin Nov. 4.
There win probably be nothing further
done in connection with the house drain
age contract to be awarded Miles & Bradt
of Atlanta until that firm has completed
its maps of the work it is proposed to do
annually. 1t will be remembered the extern
sion of the time to complete the work,
mainly for the purpose of enabling the city
to pay cash in place Of notes. hecessitated
change in the plans so far as the con-
tractors are concerned.
No conference having been held as to
Just what portions Of the work are to be
first completed, the necessary division OF
it will be largely with the firm, but the
city will require that the outlets be COM
pleted with the first work. This win be
necessary for the reason the city proposes
to put the system in use as fast as 1t can
be gotten in shape to make the con-
nections. With this In view IL will of course
be necessary to make an outlet for the sec
ton il is proposed to complete first. 1t IS
in building these outlets that the con-
tractors may find tedious work, and par
ticuiarly is this the case with the one
through Rourke's foundry lot, where Is a
deep excavation to make. The sandy,
Welding nature of the soil makes 10 i'm
possible to excavate without securely prac-
ing the bitches as they are dug.
Unless something unforeseen arises, an
prelinninaries will have been arranged, and
large gang of laborers set to WORK by
Nov. /, the first day the ordinance allows
the streets to be upturned. These laporefs
will be employed right here, as the con-
M going GlSG-
where and getting men, who would carry
away what they earned Savannah has
everything the laborer requires, and II Is
considered nothing more than equltapie
that the money paid out by property own
ers should go to home labor, ana py
them distributed In the channels OF trade
When In the city some weeks ago MT.
Rradt smoke pontedly on this question
of home labor. He will favor having sa-
yannah do all the work possible, though
there will of course be some things IN con-
nection with the work which Will nave TO
be done by outside people. AS a Who4e,
however, Savannah is sure to get the fun
benefit of nearly all the money paid out.
Acting Mayor Owens has been looking
up features of the contract, some Of
which relate to the time when the city
will be authorized to take charge. The
paragraph in the contract bearing espe-
cialy on this point says the contractor
hereby Iu1tnef agrees tldt upon tue CUM
pletion of any sewer, and after 1t shall
have been tested as required In the spec
iications the city shall have the right
and is hereby authorized to permit the
connection of houses, and the house con-
nections, plumbing and plumbing features
thereof, with said sewer, and to permit
the discharge of household wastes and
other liquids into the sewer, and to use,
and allow to be used, said sewer and APP
purtenances for all the proper and in
tended purposes for which it is designed"
Nothing further has been done in regard
to the appointment of inspectors, but 1t
has apparently been thoroughly demon
strated that some Improvement is needed
over the last superintendent. Numerous
holes were found in different parts of the
city during the wet weather, and at one
point on Zubly street the sewer had broke
somewhere, and water was oozing into
the street from the manhole. Those who
observed 1t were impressed with the need
of some improved system Of superinten-
dence, as it does not speak well for the
workmanship, If the sewers are to begin
crumbling before they are used.