The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-23
MENACE TO HEALTH.
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three months and are in good condi-
ton, excepting the new and old De
Renne canals, east of the Wa
tiers road. The latter appears
TO have had some attention this
year, but as it extends up immediate
ly along and drains the eastern suburbs
of the city. it should be kept in a
much better condition than it is at
present. The former was constructed
as cutoff to relieve the other and
to carry the entire drainage water of
DeRenne swamp directly to Casey ca
nal, instead of having il flow past the
city in the old canal. BY this cutoff
nearly three miles of distance is saved
The cutoff canal has evidently had
no attention this year. and is greatly
INSTRUCTED by vegetation and sand
bars. We especially call the attention
of the County Commissioners to it's
condition. All the trunks in Casey
canal appear to be very much neg
lected.
Hutchinson's Island Drainage.
The system of drainage on Hutchin-
son Island, inaugurated by the Geor-
gia and Alabama Terminal Company,
some three years ago, and which is
now being amplified and extended. has
placed these lands in a better sanitary
condition than they have ever been
before in the history of the county. We
are pleased to report that the bitches
in charge OF the city forces in the
immediate suburbs are kept clean, and
in excellent condition. We found the
canal and bitches of Placentia swamp
and about Thunderbolt in a very bad
condition when we inspected them the
latter part of August. They
appeared to have been neglect
ed for two or three years.
I'VE reported upon the drainage at
Tybee on June 2S and a special pre-
sentiment setting forth its wretched
condition was made to the honorable
court. We regret to say that nothing
has been done by the honorable COM
missioners to remedy it. We again call
II to their attention and urge that the
work be done early next spring.
Nothing appears to have been done
in the way Of cleaning out the bitches
on the Isle of Hope in the last two
or three years The bitches about
Bethesda have had attention. likewise
has Harmon canal. We also found
that the bitches in and around Pooler
had all been well cleaned out this
year.
The BuckhaIter Watershed.
THE canals and bitches of Buck
halter watershed we found more thor
oughly cleaned out, and in this par
ticular in better condition than any
other similar work in charge of the
county forces. We believe that in this
remote watershed there has been more
drainage work done by the county
forces in the past several years thar
in all other parts of the county com.
bined This is evidenced by the nu.
merous tributary bitches to the cana
which have been dug. The
brick flood gate, the only one in tbs
county. at the outlet OF IN,
canal into the Little Ogeechee river
must have been quite an expensive
work. The original appropriation for Il
was $4,000, but we were informed thai
through defective foundation or con-
struction, Il was washed out and hac
20 be rebuilt, so that the actual cost
must have largely exceeded the origi-
nal appropriation. The wide causewaS
built across the marsh there, was an
expensive work and we are Informed
that II also was once broken By the
tides and rebuilt outside of Buckhaltei
watershed, we did not come across an,
new bitches that appeared to have
been dug this year.
The MasgrOys watershed.
There IL a great deal OF drainag,
work yet needed IN the proximate NJ.
cinty Of Savannah For twenty nv,
years the attention u the county ane
1ty authorities has been repeated,
called 10 the fever breeding wet.l land,
~ Mrfgfoye watershed by the heaiti
'nhFia oi me nty, by engineers. b,
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if't ~ fne loral pgesF. and sci ne eyl
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