The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-16

works. Total expense Of public works
department. Sl4.76S,24.
inventory of Material on Hand De-
cember 81, 1gt4.
Stable equipment, l grind stone, 200
feet 2-inch rope. block and tackle.
rs pieces of rubber hose, emory wheel,
gasoline light, hung borers. 3 bill
lies, brace and set of IL hits, .
wrenches, 200 feet of small rope, sew
er cleaning equipment pieces, .
plowS, monkey wrenches, / sledge
hammer. 3 pipe wrenches, ~ grub
bling hoes, 2 wood rasps, faucets.
iron vice, 10 gallons harness oil, 20
gallons bug killer. ! barrel disinfect-
ant. ~ keg nails. 80 gallons kero-
sine oil, 30 lbs. axle grease, street
scrapers. s curry combs. II brushes,
5 crow bars, IS hoe and broom han
dies. axe handles, floor sprinklers,
= iron buckets, 16 shackleS, 200 feet of
telegraph wire, 3 picks. 3 tamping
irons. . trOwels, | two-horse moving
machines, brush hooks. dump
carts and harness for same, l street
sprinkler, double wagons and har-
ness for same, | stump wagon. 10 bri-
dies. 10 horses and mules. Is pitch
forksk, 4 wheelbarrows, = push carts,
street brooms, 2 lawn mowers, 20
long handle and Z short handle shov-
els, s picksk, % hoe., 10 shell forks.
shell raes. 4 yard rakes, 6 scythes,
10 lanterns. hammers, 3 sledges, |
mauwl. . axes, 2 hatChets, ; cold chs
els wood chisels squares, , screw
drivers, 3 hand saws, ; cross cut saws.
gutor saws, / drawing knife, 3 adj.
pair rubber boots. & buckets, 10
files. 4 knives, | centriiugue pump and
pipe for same. 2 clippers, 2 shears.
Material Outside: IS pieces of 49,
inch pipe, pieces of 20-inch pipe, 226
pieces of 15-inch pipe, 975 pieces of
S-inch pipe, 1876 pieces of 6-inch pipe,
1872 pieces of 4-inch pipe, AZ SKA rizes,
4 S-inch T-wrenches. 20 cubic yards ce-
ment gravel, 1000 brick 90 cubic
yards sand. 10 cubic yards crushed
stone, 1000 feet Of lumber.
Sewer Department.
North Side Sewer System: A sep
arate sewerage system was construct
ed on the north side of town, the main
sewer being laid on N street from
Academy creek to Amherst street,
with gravity fall, the mouth of the
sewer being % feet below mean low
tide, but rising to an elevation of AZ
above M. l.. 7. in a distance of &c
feet That's was laid low enough be-
low the surface (being Is feet at New
castle street. to extend the lateral
sewers as far north as r street and
east on N street to Lee or Gordon.
Eight-inch lateral sewers were con
structed south of N street on Amherst,
Albany, Wolf, in lane east of Norwich,
lane east of Ellis, lane east of Union,
lane east of Reynolds, lane east of
Newcastle, and on L street 1870 feet
east of Amherst street. All extending
far enough south to make house con-
nections that could not be connected
to the present sewerage system
Lead and jute were used for canlk-
ing the joints in the iron pipe and jute
caullSed in the joints Of the terra cote
pipe, which were then filled with ce-
ment and covered with cheese cloth.
and concrete laid over This and under
the pipe. The pipe being bedded in
concret to about half the depth where
the foundation was of sandy soil. All
the main sewer being below water lev
ell Cement only was used to fillrthe
Joints in the lateral sewers, where
they were above the water level.
Cast iron pipe, class b, was used
from Academy creek to lane east OF
Newcastle, and class A was used from
there to Ellis street, the remainer be-
ing No. / salut glazed vitrified sewer
pipe.
There were sc feet OF 12-inch and
945 feet of 14-inch cast iron pipe, 558
feet 15-inch, AIS feet 12-inch, 247
feet 10-inch 5,540 feet S-inch, i30 feet
6-inch, $3.50 feet 4-inch vitrified sewer
pipe laid, Is manholes and four flush
tanks.
In addition to this the present sew
erage system was extended in the lane
east of Norwich from the flush tank
south of X street to north of l. street,
and on Wolf street from the flush
tank south of X street, to north OF l.
street, using 1874 feet of 8-inch and
1876 feet of 4-inch sewer pipe, moving
two flush tanks and constructing two
manholes.
| Most of the labor, except brick ma
son and pipe layer and teamsters was
done with the county convicts, and
equalled TO one man $3.50 days, one
guard 178 days and one superintend-
ent rs days. Cost of material, includ-
ing pipe, brick, cement, stone, sand
lumber and castings, etc, $3,685.39;
cost of paid labor, $817; material left
over, such as pipe, lumber, brick, etc,
was valued at 1928, less rs per cent
for depreciation, $546; cost, not in
Guiding convict labor, $3,596.39.
Richmond street sewer was found
to be broken between Albermarle and
Dartmouth streets, about December z,
caused by a 6-inch l. used for house
connection, being crushed in through
the main sewer probably when the
steam roller passed over 1t. This be-
T. Ill lag