The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-01-05


thorpe street has shelled from
Mansfield to GlortsSser street, 900
feet. Newcastle street from Glouces.
ter to Monk, distance of 45O feet.
has been raised, shelled and gravelled
'the entire width, side drains cement.
led and the side walks on Jekyl place
curbed with brick. 6S cars of gravel
and 1871 bushels of shell were used
in making these improvements, be-
sides some patching on the streets.
The cost Of the work Is shown in de-
tail by the clerks report.
In February Of this year the coun.
ty chainea ng was put to work in the
city and for nearly four months was
employed in making much needed re-
pairs Oh the boulevard, and dug
more than five miles OF drains and
bitches in various parts Of the city.
1t is unnecessary for your committee
to call attention. to the beneficial re-
suits from this important drainage,
but reference to the health officers
report Slowing the lowest rate of
mortality Tor 1903 on the south Allan
tic coats and the general healthful-
ness Of Tire city shows that the amount
it cost, $1,345.41 was wisely expended.
Your committee would recommend
that Newcastle street be finished to
the park and Gloucester to Union
with the same material that has been
used upon that portion of the streets
that have been paved thus far, That
would place our main business streets
III good condition for at least five years
The most important work for this
year in our judgement is the main
drain upon III" and Mansfield streets.
We would recommend that brick
drains not less than fosr feet 81 q Ma.
eter be put in from Bay street to
Union OIL Mansfield street and upon
H. street from A. to Albany street;
the drains to be constructed upon such
grade that they can be extended from
year to year to Cochran venue. When
this is accomplished our city will be
thoroughly drained and the expense
OF the present system will have been
done away with.
Paving material for our streets has
become a serious problem. Shells are
scarce and advancing in price which
will maks them too expensive to be
useo Tor paving.
We would recommend that rock
crusher De purchased. AS the foot
OF George street is not under lease
now. and the city is under contract to
purchase the dock upon it, that it be
Kept opea as ballast dock md the
CITY secure such ballast as it suitable
for paving. This method, in our judge
ment, wo1ld give US the very best ma
terial for paving our streets and at the
very low st COST.
Ree pectrully submitted,
w n. Dart,
Chairman.
l., A. Robinson,
T. Newman,
Committee
sar itatIon, Light and Water.
rlnswick, Ga, Dec. 81, 1903.
donorab. o Mayor and Council,
Gentlemen: During the current
year the most important work done
In tie department was the laying Oh
IN 18-int iron pipe from the ~ phole
1T inters sciton of Richmond and Jams
field streets to the well at the pdll.,]
ing station. The original terra Gotta
pipe either through faulty construct
ion or otherwise broke three times
within t1e past six years. This wat
a source of constant expense and i,
gas fou i'd necessary to lay the iroI
pipe mentioned, which is now a per
nalsnt part OF the sewerage system
The cos OF this was $1,388,26.
A big lem of expense has been tho
cleaning of the sewers. This has beef.
done Ia accordance with the recon-
menlatiDa OF Mr.. X. l.. Johnson, cit.'
engineer Of Columbus, Ca, who mad
. thorCug Oh examination Of the system.
N April Of this year. The work cos;
;1,3E9,30 and will probably cost a.
mucn each succeeding year to keep tn
system IL first class order. While tn
cleaning was in process, the pumps a.
at sewerage station were almost cor
thu ousIy at work and the city ell
gineer is Of the opinion that in the
uear future the pumps will have t.
be so worked in order to keep tn
system n proper shape. This viii
very materially increase the cost o.
Operating the station, the cost Of Goa
this year being much Ia excess of las
year, which amounted to $s99o,s1. Thi.