The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1903-05-03
A FULL REPORT
ON THE SYSTEM
f, -
WHAT CITY ENGINEER JOHNSON
OF COLUMBUS, HAS TO
SAY OF 1T.
A LENGTHY STATEMENT
While the System is Not in Avery
Bad Condition, 1t Needs Better At
tention--some Remedies
offered.
A LENGTHY STATEMENT

Brunswick, Ga, april 27, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council, of Brunswick, Ga.
Gentlemen: Having requested and
employed by you to make an inYesti-
CATION, examination and report, upon
the sewerage system n your city and
it's present condition, beg to submit
the following:
| find from records and data which
have been furnished me by the clerk
of council and city engineer that the
sewers were built during the years
1S94-95, from designs and plans furn-
ished, and construction superintended
by Messrs. Wlaring, Chapman & Far
quhar, consulting engineers and the
work was done by contract by Her
bert Tate, then of New York, the said
Tate furnishing all the materials and
labor used in the construction of the
sewers. The records also show that
the entire system was completed and
put in use by June 1, 1895, since
which time it has been in continu-
GUS operation.
Name of System.
The system is what is known and
designated in the United States as
the Separate System of Sewerage.
and is so-called because only the
house drainage or waste from water
closets, bath tubs, sinks and o.ner
like appurtenances of a modern dwell
ing, store or manufacturing establish
ment, is allowed to enter and pass
through them; all surface rain or
storm water being excluded from
entering the sewers.
There is one exceptional feature OF.
>the. -gys en- which ma11es it not ex-
clusively a Separate System viz:
That in the design and construction
of the system provision was made for
taking into the sewers at certain
points the sub-surface or ground drain
age, and collecting this water at one
common point with the sewerage, thus
making it part of the volume OF flow
delivered by the sewers TO be disposed
of at the common out-fall or point OF
delivery into the bay.
On account of the natural conditions
surrounding Brunswick it was neces-
sary to conform to certain features
in the design OF the system which
would not obtain or be used as mat
ter of choice Or preference under any
other circumstances. reference Is
made to the well known fact that the
level of the tide water surrounding
the city is so near that OF the surface
of the ground that it Is impossible TO
place the sewers at sufficient depths
and ON proper grades to afford drainage
and necessary velocity Oh flow without
placing the out-fall and considera-
Bile portion of the sewers below the
level of the water in the bay at GER
tain stages OF the tide. TO provide for
and overcome this difficulty a suitable
point has been selected at the inter-
section OF Reynolds and Mansfield
streets where all tne sewage OF the
entire system is brought through main
sewers and collected in a large basis
or well. AS the elevation OF the
grade of these main sewers is below
the level of the mean low tide, it is
necessary to use artificial means to
remove the sewage from the collecting
well, and keep it below the level OF
the main sewers leading into it, in
order to produce the necessary. flow
and prevent deposit and accumula-
ton and solid matters in the sewers
For this purpose suitable pumps have
been provided which lift the sewage
out of the well and deliver it into the
pipe or sewer laid at higher level
which in turn discharges it intc
Oglethorpe bay, or Turtle river, al
the foot of Mansfield street.
Such, in brief, is an outline anC
description OF the system, as whole
Keeping these general features in nint
| desire now to discuss certain points
, which, from my investigation ant
study of the situation seem to b'
pertinent. | will take these up some
what in the nature OF questions, whicl
have been submitted to me by mem
bers of your body.
Was the System Properly and Wei
Designed.
In answer to this question l will sa