The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-24
commissioners
WILL DRAIN CREEK !.
'WiIHINrA. MONTH. NON
SPEEDY ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO
IMPROVE cITY's SANITARY
CONDITION.
Two engineers REPORTS
= AGREE IN ESSENTIAL DETAILS
Mayor Batson Says Condition Now Ex-
.;stinq is Unusual Because OF Long
Try spell-Typhoid Fever Reported
Near Normal coIIese-Don't Allow
Children to Bathe in Creek.


The CITY commission assured The ;
News TODAY that something Will De
done toward opening up OF the lower
end of Gordon creek within one moh'h
conference was held yesterday be-
tween the commission and w. ). hay
men. general manager of the D. D. New
man Lumber Company.
The reports of F. NJ. Hill, engineer
for the lumber company, ana d. ii''
Putnam, for the city, were read anu
.,xoent. on unessential details they are
the same.
Roth state that canal 965 feet long
and sixty feet wide at the po''oni
s,on, the mouth of Gordon creek up
stream would relieve the dllhcui'y.
This would necessitate the building OIL
new containing wall or dam for 'he
Newman log pond. Both engineers
recommended that the pond DC sup
n,;ed with water from some otnei
source than the creek, and 1t is prov
,h,o that an artesian well or water
,numped from the river Will supply 'he
pond. .a T.
The present level of the pono Is
so,rteen feet above the level OF the
river. and when the creek Is given :"
direct opening into the river fourteeh
foot will be added to the slope Oh INC
-tnoon, which it is hoped will prevent
any further stagnation
Must Protect Pond.
Mr. uin suggests and Mr.. Haynen
5rs;s+s that the sides of the propose9
canal be protected from erosion SO Una,
the dam surrounding the mill pohu
will not be undermined.
The mill pond is separated fron 'ne
river by only a narrow strip Oh SAM
The river sets against this bank WIN
,,1 of its current and it is feareu lha'
a. oneriro of the canal above VIII
hasten the underwriting OF the ri'e'
,,n1oss the bank is thoroughly protec'
I'D IF tbe mill pond is destroyed w
+bo breaking of the dam the mill VIII
have to be moved or greatiy ai'e' GU
II is this consideration when Is hoiO
ing back immediate action
Mavor Batson says, however, ina
work will begin on the digging Oh .n'
canal within month at most ii'
saws that every one concerned Is ana
ous to do his part toward remeuy'h'
the unsanitary conditions
Condition Is Unusual
Mr.. Batson wishes to correct inc -
nrossion that sewage is allowed y
empty directly into Gordon creek n
cows that is strictly against the ia'
! and that the sanitary officer report
that the law is strictly enforced
He says that the sanitary ofhcer rt
norts to him that the conditions wh''
-, oxist are not chronic every sun
NOR but are due to an exceptiohaii
dry spell and that there has not pee
sufficient rain in several weeks .
ersb ont the creek; that the creek
not sunnosed to carry off any sewag
.-o.nt such as is washed from Tn
streets after hard rain; and that IN
o,tv has a main trunk sewer wnlc
ampties into the river at the foo'
river aveune, below the CITY,
The two septic tanks at Mcheo
street and at Pine street, he says, al
renorted to him by the city heaith Q
6cer to be in good condition Eve,
hit of the sewage which is poured ih'
them is chemically treated beiore ="
allowed to empty into Gordon's cree
and when It does enter the creek IT
s,o,r ond free from bacteria. THIS
X !, tho renort which has been made to u
~ ,avor nv the city health officer al
N, the city engineer
Keep Children Away
"a. rbere have been numerous COZ
II. r,o,nts that laundry empties the dir
water which comes from washing
clothes directly into the creek anu III
tcsntsnusd on rass Four'