The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-06
THE PUBLIC SERVANTS.
City officials Report on Their Work
for SOD,


City Officials Report on Their Work
for 1890.
Mayor Myers found a number of the an
nuai reports of the city officers awaiting
his perusal on his return to the city ves-
terday morning. The Mayor gave hasty
glance at the reports and then ordered
them turned over to the inspection of the
newspaper men.
Information of this character the May
or holds, is of public nature, and should
De given to the public as soon as possible.
in order that the people may be Informed
of the work of their official servants. The
Mayor will shortly begin work upon his
report with the intention of having it
ready to present TO Council at the last
meeting in this month, which will be on
the night of Jan. a. Besides a general
review of the municipal work for the year
the Mayor will touch upon the business
and industrial conditions of the city.
The report of Plumbing Inspector T.. w.
Campos shows the number OF inspections
Tor the year 1899 to have been zoos
against 9S9 for the year 1898, and the
amount of fees collected to be $1,OO2. 3d.
against Si25 for the preceding year
Inc plumbing inspector states in his re-
port that he is gratihed 10 note that the
plumbers of the city are gradually coming
10 take a more decided and enthusiastic
interest in their work and that the prop
erty owners are coming to appreciate the
advantages or sanitary plumbing as COM
pared with the old conditions that invited
dlsease germs and everything else likely
70 destroy the health of the city. The
property owners, SAYS the report, are glad
now 10 pay the small additional sum nee
essary TO secure freedom from such of
these unfavorabie conditions as are due
TO unsanitary plumbing
IN concluding his report the inspector
recommends that that an ordinance be
passed compelling each and every proper
ty owner in the city to have connected
with the supply pipe leading into his house
drip or waste pipe, for the purpose of
draining the pipe, in cold weather. The
past and previous severe winters have
demonstrated, to the Inspectors satisfae-
ton, that drip cock connected is nbso-
lutely necessary to insure good sanitary
Plumbing, and it would be the saving
of many thousands of gallons of water to
the city annually, that go to waste by the
bursting of pipes in cold weather, to the
inconvenience, and cost of the occupants
of the houses affected
lily I<ilS AIlGtI w INN annual report Is
somewhat lengthy, showing in detail the
vast amount of routine work done by the
office during 1899, including many surveys
and estimates of paving streets and other
city work, and a large number of trac-
ings protiles and blue prints furnished for
the various city departments. The greater
part of this work was done for the Com
mittee on Opening Streets and the
Streets and Lanes Committee, a number
of tpG fOr 6Aoin f,,r
nished the latter.
A complete summary of the thirty-eight
pieces of land purchased by the city for
the purpose of opening streets is given
with the names of owners from whom
purchased, the location of the property
the streets for which it was obtained and
the number of square feet in each separ-
ate parcel Practically all of these pur-
ohases We're in the southern section.
The engineer recommends that system
of storm water sewers be devised in view
of the number of such sewers now being
constructed in the southern section, and
that each new sewer be made an integral
part of the whole. The engineer states
that the system of subsoil drainage n
Laurel Grove Cemetery has served its pur-
pose and that with the system kept in
proper condition the area 80 drained can
be utilized for burial purposes for many
years to come.
The report of Superintendent of Police
Thomas ScFeVen shows that the police
have done good work during the year that
has Just been brought to a close and that
the amount of the property recovered has
exceeded that of any other year, with the
exception of one, in the history of the de-
partment Superintendent Screven offers
arguments to show that the present sys-
TEN of police duty is superior 10 the old,
and that the change has been beneficial to
the city. The number of arrests made APP
nroxima es 5000, and the ambulance has
also RESPONDED to a large number of calls.
The report of Harbormaster Reilly shows
an encouraging increase in the tonnage of
The vessels that came into the port. The
report shows the number OF the vessels
of the various nationalities, with their
tonnage, and whether they were steam or
sailing vessels.
CITY Dispensary Keeper Eugene M. Ba-
ker filed his first report with the Mayor,
having succeeded the former keeper, Mr..
A N. O'Keefe only on Aug. % last. The
report shows a total of 1854 prescriptions
issued during the year, of which A,@5
were to colored patients and 12,469 to
whites. The expenditures for the year
we're 5.51OS2, of which S2,S34.s6 was for
salaries rent, lights. printing and Incl
dentals. and $2,675.S6 for drugs and surgi-
cal supplies. The average cost of each
nrascrintion was 1913 CENTS. In addition
10 the prescriptions the dispensary fur
nisbed the city physicians with about 800
worth of surgical supplies for emergency
and office uses
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