The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-06
HOUSE DRAINAGE WoRK ENDED.
CASTOR Street Residents Can Sleep
Once More fn Peace.


Once More in Peace.
CASTOR street. east now that the work
has been finished. will be again ropu ated.
Many of the residents moved their trunks
to the homes of friends or relatives while
the elevated" was running. Now that it
has concluded it's operations there is Joy
in the neighborhod, and some of these who
had nowhere else 10 lay thoir hsads got
their first hours of unbi oxen rest last nieht
that they had enjoyed for weeks.
Night and day the buckets traveed
along the ditch changing and clauklng,
while the shouts of ditchers and foreman
added to the noise and helped TO make the
nights hideous. The days were bad
enough, but the still hours of the night
that is, ordinarily still, were broken by
rapid succession of discordant noises inlo
fractions of seconds, and catnaps of the
most minute duration were all the unfor-
tunate residents of that usually quiet ana
desirable locality were able to catch
Given q couple of minutes in which ma
tlre might strive to assert itself in calm
ing terrified nerves and stilling the in
ward tumut that had been created by the
last squalling and squeaking journey or
the unlubrica ted wheels along the rail,
poor unfortunates would toss themselves
ton and seek to conquer wakefulness
while the men in the ditch, in something
that by comparison, was quiet, filed the
buckets. Then with a snort and puff.
q wall and a screech, the engine would
start up and the. buckets would start back
to fill in the ditch behind, while the tor
tured ones in bed, rudely reused from the
1ioze thai had Just descended were thrown
into an agony of unrest, and expended
few valuable seconds in bitter revilement
of the house drainage.
All this is over now. No more shall
the iron monster disturb the peace and
quiet of the street and drive citizens from
their homes. Fond thanks are murmured,
and CASTOR street residents wear happy
looks on their faces, that, but few days
ago, seemed weary and worn, and wore
sad, haunted looks
Engineer Chapman will begin tomorrow
his work of inspecting the work compiet-
ed this year. Some minor repair work is
now going on and this, with the inspec-
tion, will require two or three weeks to
complete The inspection will be- thor
ough and will include, for one thing, the
rolling of ball, of slightly smaller diam
eter than the pipe, through every line of
pipe in the system. The ball will not
only show whether the pipe lines have the
proper graces, but will serve to clear the
lines of sand and other distractions which
may have slipped in during the work or
since The flush tanks. man holes and
lamp holes will all be inspected and ex-
perments made to sec if they are in prop
er working order.
Mr.. Chapman is well pleased with the
result of this years work. More has been
accomplished than in any previous year
and the work has moved along at a sat
isfactory rate. Leaving Collinsville out
of Consideration, something more than two
thirds of the house drainage system has
been completed. Both outlets are in and
practically all the brick work has been
completed. Better STILL every part of the
completed work, with the exception of
two or three small portions, is connected
up and ready for use, or will be as soon
as it has passed inspection.
The entire eastern half of the city south
to Seventh street is complete and also a
considerable part of the southwestern sec
ton connecting with the eastern sewer.
The western half of the city, except small
portions of Yamacraw, is complete as far
South as Perry street and is in readiness
to be put in operation. The repairs to the
eastern outlet sewer on the Gordon wharf
which was damaged somewhat by a fresh
ct while the work was new, are progress
ing nicely and will soon be completed