The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
COMMITTEE REPORT ADOPTED.
CHANGES IN HOUSE DRAINAGE
PLANS AGREED TO.

From the northwestern Section of
the City to BE Emptied by This
OutIet-The Increased Cost by Rea-
son of the Changes Only ST. ,1OS.2S.
The COlIinsviIIe Section to BE Left
TO the Last.
The City Council at its meeting last
night. adopted the report of the special
committee on house drainage with refer
ence to changes in the house drainage
plan. The proposed changes are as out
lined in the Morning News. The COM
nittee's report is of interest.
Before his departure from Savannah last
May Mr. W. H. Chapman, engineer in
charge of the house drainage work, wrote
the chairman OF the drainage committee
for information as to the erection of the
humping station and other features in the
coIlinsville section, which the plan con-
femplated undertaking this winter This
REMINDED Council that the house drainage
was one to which it had not given spe-
-ial attention, the work being under way
when the administration came in Office in
February, and other matters have occu-
pied the attention of the councilmen dur
ing the spring.
As Alderman Graham, chairman of the
drainage committee. contemplated being
absent from the city during the greater
part of the summer, it was decided to ap-
point d special committee to which all
matters relating to house drainage should
he referred Alderman Thomas was made
chairman of this committee, with Alder
man Graham as vice chairman, the other
members being Aldermen Williams Dix
ferred to the committee was the question
of the location of the pipes in Collinsville,
the plans providing for the use of the
lanes. AS the city had never acquired
possession of the lanes. this appeared to
make it necessary to lay the pipes in the
streets. The question of outlets came up
on the objections of certain property own
ers to the route determined upon for the
eastern outlet along Randolph street,
through the property formerly owned by
John Rourke. and emptying at the foot
of Reynolds street.
The committee at once perceived that
he question of the outlets outweighed all
others in importance aud set to work to
see what changes could be brought about
which would avoid emptying the bulk of
the Sc wage in front of the city. The pro
gress of their deliberations has been re-
ported from time to time by the Morning
News. The report of the committee as
submitted last night, is terse and succinct
and viii be read with general interest. Il
is as follows;
The special committee to which was re-
ferred matters of house drainage, having
conferred with the engineer in charge,
recommends the following changes of
plan:
That the Randolph street sewer he ex-
tended eastwardly along Bay street and
thence to the river at Lamar creek, a dis
lance of 1881 feet The extension, as in
the former case, will be a two-rng brick
sewer, forty-two inches in diameter, with
a thirty-inch cast iron outlet into the
river. The net increase of cost in doing so
will be $6061.75.
THAT the incompleled portion of the
Farm street section, bounded by Perry
street lane, Bull. Whitaker, New Hous-
ton, West Broad, Anderson, Cemetery,
Roberts, Wilson, Purse, Harris and West
Broad streets. be drained into the East
Broad street sewer through a ffteen-inch
pipe laid in CASTOR and Davis streets, the
net cost of which will be 81, 0i653. This
involves the abandonment OF about 600
feet of eight-inch pipe already laid in
Davis street at a cost of about $165.
These changes" the report proceeds to
state. will remove a considerable portion
Of the sewage from the front of the resi-
dental section of the city, requiring only
one pumping station for a portion of the
being Objectionable because of their con
slant expense. Should considerations of
public health. or a return to the use Of
river water, make an outlet lower down the
river desirable the expenditure now rec
commended win not have been wasted.
The committee further recommends that
the Collinsville section bd left for consider
alton after the balance of the system shall
have been completed"
The committees report was adopted
Without dissent, which means that the en-
sineer in charge wiz be instructed to put
the changes as outlined into effect The
portion of the city west of Bull street and
north Of Perry street lane has already
been severed and connected with The
Fahm street outlet sewer, hence the de-
cision of the committee to make no change
I'm this portion of the work This will re-
main as a sort of experiment in emptying
sewage directly in front Of the city. The
middle, western and southwestern see
dons of the city, described in the second
section of the report which, under the
original plan was also to have been drain
ed by the Fahm street outlet. is to be talk
en- across CASTOR street to the eastern
sewer. The original plan provided FOR
taking a portion Of the sewage from the
extreme southwestern section TO the
eastern outlet and no changes will be made
IN this part of the plan except for conVe-
nlence in construction.
u VIII be seen that the Collnsville sec
ton is to he left 10 the last 1t is nor
likely that the people of CollinsVille will
ed any teais because of this decision as
they now have a system OF sewerage, pro
NItod by the property owners, which IS
sufficient for their needs. The plans of the
engineer contemplated the completion OF
TIE Colnsv lie section this fall. Ii seems.
however, that the city does not on'y net
own the lanes in COllinsville, but the Sa-
A10ulh and ding
Company. Claims that the city has no Ii lie
Tn ne streets in that section because OF
Its failure 10 comply with the terms OF
an agreement for the opening Of these
streets. The real reason, however. fer the
postponement of the Collrsv le work, is
The desire on the part of the committee TO
avoid the expense of pumping station for
mat section, as il does not feel that the
eds of tie present popullti there wai-
gan me expense VIII ch would be Incurred
IN The construc ion and the operation Of 4
pumping staten.