The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-22
CAPTURED by SAVANNAH.
What n Pine-BeIter From Caroline
Says of the City.

Savannah, Ga, July 16.-Not very many
years since there was some tradition that
this city was a pesthole and bred the mi
! crobes of every ailing that human flesh is
heir to. We upper pine-belters and Pied
monteseites were led to believe that caIo-
mel and quinine formed part of the daily
diet of savannahians, and that visit here
in midsummer signified a reckless desire to
shuttle off this mortal col, which desire
would be fully gratified within the space
Of twenty-four hours. Wen. there may
| have been some grounds for that belief in
| the past, but as many still. coufound Sa-
Naunah, Ga, with Havana, cuba, as re-
! CARDS health and climate We are here 10
state that we arrived in this beautiful
| Forest city, near two months since, from
the upper pine belt of Carolina, so famed
| tor the salubrity of its climate, that we
have observed no precautions whatever,
but have taken sunshine and showers,
night air and moon heat have taken no dose
| of physc, but have taken on eight or Ten
pounds of weight (Which was sadly needed
by our anatomy, and see no more cause or
| reason TO apprehend disease of any char
acter here, than in the celebrated atmOs-
phere of the piney woods or the famed eli
mate of the High Hills, but would far pre-
fer taking our chances here than in many
of our inland towns. The sanitary rules AMI
regulations are duIliIdblt. dS are also ttle
mechanical devices for carrying them ont,
and they are rightly enforced through the
| agency of a corps of inspectors.
Sewerage and drainage are thorough.
! The water supply is obtained from thin
teen artesian wells of great depth Ohe
flow from one of these wells would read
lily drive a grist mild, which empty into
a covered concrete canal, and is thus
carried-a bold limpid stream that is
temptngly inviting-to the powerful pumps
driven by gigantic compound engines
! whose every revolution sends upwards of
400 gallons of aqua pura through subter-
ranean arteries TO every point of the
| body corporate and polite. and thus, real
iy, an artificial mountain stream is per-
| petually forced through every portion of
the city, carrying with it every particle
| of foulness and impurity 10 another canal
which leads TO the river and thus to the
deep blue sea. All offal and scavenger
| stuff is regularly and systematically haul
ed to crematories and incinerated, and the
| streets are daily scraped ana swept of all
droppings which are carted to adjacent
farms and plowed in the soil; thus entire
cleanliness and purity of atmosphere are
obtained.
Is il a busy town? Wen, this is called
the duh season here, and we are curious
TO see the busy season, for one would moi
suspect but that this was it. The streets
| the sidewalks, the stores, the factor es ana
foundries and every other enterprise and
| industry are resounding with the hum OF
trade and traffic and diisent busine IS from
the immense railroad system to the hum-
be cobber at his lapstone. These vast
railroad systems with their terminals here
and their thousands of artisans, employees
and laborers are alone sufficient to com
prise and support a town, and give it pros
perity, but Savannah is a seaport and does
an export business of no mean proportions.
The largest Tosin yard in the world IL Is
3. H. E.--v
lumber and phosDha.es have all been on
a boom for several months past and these
are three other sources of much prosperity
| TO Savannah merchants and their custom
ers. Lumber has advanced nearly 81 per
| thousand on last years prices, and the
mills are running on full time and furnish
ing lucrative employment TO many hun
| dreds of the population. Turpentine has
gone up to figures beyond the most san
guine expectations of the spirit men a few
years since, because, il is said the world
has caught up with the supply. The mer-
chants report bigger business and better
cash collections than for years. and the
prosperity extends 10 the surrounding
country. Besides the millions left here by
the troops the government paid out big
money for lumber, land rents, labor, etc,
etc, which is stll freely circulating.
Is il a growing city? We will answer that
since our advent here there have been is
sued eighty building permits. These per
mits covering any number of structures
one or a dozen can be erected under one
permit. Your scribe has noted four or FIVE
large handsome residences started within
sight az now rapidly nearing completion.
Another lot owner has erected eleven
| houses within two months and the building
boom is spreading and growing in every
part OF the city, ana what Is more signih
cant these buildings are rented, often IN
advance of completion and many leased
for Of before thew
mehced.
Indications of prosperity are seen on ev-
cry hand and are depicted on the counte-
nances Of both Drawn and brain toilers.
AS an instance Of the many and varied
industries developed in this ant hill and
bee hive of stirring hustling work-a-day
life, | will add that the mere matter Of
carrying dinner TO the thousands of toll
ing humanity here has grown to a profit
able industry, and at the dinner hour you
may see these contract carriers, employed
at 25 cents per week, each, with can
strung sticks from a yard to as long he
can string the cans and on up 10 the larg
er contractor who affects hand cart
heaped and hung with the regulation din
ner pals until it becomes marvellous how
he transports so many dinners without
loss or damage.
This is a mere partial summary, a very
brief epitome of what Savannah is to-day,
OF her prospects, her opportunities, her
inducements and advantages, her needs Of
still other industries and enterprises yet
neglected and undeveloped, would require
columns to tell.
Would l advise any one to leave our cot
ton doomed country our dlsSensary cursed
state to come here? Any who desire to
know may write 10 me and l will take
pleasure in furnishing all necessary in
formation in my power TO obtain or refer
their letter to business men.
J. Merrick Reid.
No 623 East Broad street.