The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-23
CLOSING UP HOUSE DRAINAGE.
WORK WILL PRACTICALLY DE
ENDED THIS WEEK.

System VIII soon De Ready for
House COnnections-The Ordinance
Providing for Connections Is Re-
ceiViDg Careful Cor sidcratlon
From the Ommittee-COmpuIsO
Connection VIII Not Be Required
This summer-The Entire Appro-
priation for the Year of $40, 900
Has Been Exhausted.
The house drainage work is being grad
ually closed down. and by the end of this
week it is expected that all Of the work
in hand win have been completed with
the possible exception of that on CASTOR
street. Director Gadsden may ask for
few days time there in order to carry
the work on that street beyond Drayton
street.
| had been intended that this work
would be carried 20 Bull street or beyond
! by May /, but the unexpected difficulties
encountered on CASTOR street have great
ly delayed its progress. 1t is not pro-
posed to continue the use of the Carson
| trench machine after the resumption of
the work next fall or spring, as the ma
chine is simply rented, not owned by the
city, and The amount of deep digging re-
manning to be done is so small that it
/ viii be more economical to do the work by
hand hereafter. For this reason Director
Gadsden desires to complete the CASTOR
street sewer across Drayton street while
| he has the use of the machine, as the
work can be done more rapidly with the
machine, and the blockade of traffic at
Drayton street will be much shorter than
if the work should be done by hand.
The number of house drainage laborers
has been gradually cut down during the
last two weeks and the crowd around the
pay Office Saturday afternoon was small
er than for some time. The lateral sewer
work connecting with the eastern outlet
| is practically complete and considerable
work has been done in the western sec
ton. Most of the flush tanks at the
heads of the lateral sewers have been put
in and the water connections made. Such
| of this work as remains to be done will
not conflict with the ordinance against
upturning the soil in the streets.
When the work closes down Saturday
night Director Gadsden will be able to
make a showing which will be an exceed
ingly creditable one. More work has been
done in the last five months than was
done previously altogether by the three
seSs of contractors. With the exception
of some minor details which will be dis
posed of at convenience during the next
few weeks. the new house drainage sys-
tenn will be complete for the entire east
ern half of the city and for a portion of
the southern half. This includes a mile
and a half of brick sewer of which about
| 1900 feet was put down on the Gordon
wharf, together with the iron terminal
pipe and the sewer outlet. AS soon as
the odds and ends have been picked up
and the sewer given a thorough inspec-
ton by Engineer Chapman the eastern
portion of the system will be ready for
use.
The special committee on House Drain
| age, of which Alderman Thomas is chair
man, has given considerable attention to
| an ordinance to be introduced in Council
| regulating the matter of house drainage
| connections, both as to the manner of
making the connections and the time al
| lowed in which to make them. The ing
| portance of the question is realized by
! the committeeman, and they may not I'M
| dertake to reduce their conclusions to
| definite shape for some time yet The
sentiment of the members of the commit
| tee on the subject seems to be that 1t Is
not desirable TO require property owners
to make connections during tho summer
months, not only on account of the gen.
| eral upturning of the soil in the lanes
which would result, but for various other
reasons. There are number of property
owners especially those in the southern
section, who are now without sewer con-
| nectlons who will desire this privilege,
and their request will doubtless be
| granted.
An important question now under con-
sideration by the committee is whether
the city should undertake the
and laying the connecting pipes to
the property lines or whether the prop
erty owner should be left to do the entire
work. 1t is urged In favor of the former
plan that the city, doing the work by
wholesale and under proper supervision,
| could do ii much more economically than
could the individual property owner and
that this plan would at the same time in
sure the connections being properly made,
| whereas with hundreds of property own
! ers employing their own workmen, a great
| deal of poor work would probably be done
| in spite of the city inspectors much cheap
material used and many bad connections
made. The question is also undetermined
whether if the city undertakes this work.
! it shall bear the expense itself or assess
| the cost against the property owners. on
| their own lots the property owners win,
of course, bear all the expense.
The aggregate cost to the property own
ers of making these connections will be
! large, even greater, in fact, some think,
| than the total cost of the house drainage
system to the city. As il will be neces-
sary to make a good many thousand con-
/ nections at a cost of anywhere from $40
! to $50 each the aggregate cost can only
| be estimated in very general way. 1t
! will be q feast for the plumbers
The total cost Of the house drainage
work for the year, by the time all the
bills are in, will probably be somewhat
| in excess of the appropriation of $75, 900.
! This means that the work will not be re-
sumed this fall unless Council should
make an additional appropriation, which
| is considered very unlikely
| Murder will out" Impurities in the
blood will also be sure to show themselves
| unless expelled by Hoods Sarsaparilla