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HEALTH MEN’S VIEWS.
DR FALLIGANT’S INSPECTION OF
MEMPHIS’ SEWERS.
Some of the Questions Discussed by
the American Public Health Associa
tion —A Better Drainage System
Needed for Savannah—Dr. Falligant's
Plan.
During his recent visit to Memphis, where
he went to attend the annual meeting of the
American Public Health Association, Dr.
L. A. Falligant made a thorough inspection
of tne Memphis drainage system, the fea
tures of which were discussed at length by
the members of the association.
Dr. Falligant was seen yesterday by a
Mousing News reporter, and was a-ked
what he saw in Memphis that might be of
interest to the people of Savannah.
“My dear fellow, I saw so much, heard so
much, and learned so much,'’ said the
doctor, “in those few days, that I would not
Wave to be very verbose to give you material
enough for your whole edition, and all of
it, too, exceedingly valuable to learn. Just
think of the scope and practical value of
such subjects as t.he complete and practical
extinction of diseased germs in solid and
liquid states by tire, the prevention
of pollution of water supplies,
the avoidance of sewerage incrus
tations with ice cut for cooling our libations,
the disposal of garbage by fire in a practi
cal and speedy, as well as economical, way,
the practical methods for preventing the
transportation and sale of diseased meats,
the methods of cleansiug systems of
house-drainage, the practical solu
tions of conflicting questions involved
in national and State quarantines,
and many other equally important and in
teresting subjects, every one of which con
cerns, more or less, the protection of public
health and welfare, imperfect sanitary
conditions not only predispose us to local
and clima - ic disorders, such as typhoid and
typho-malarial fevers, but are the hot be is
in which diseases more generally of exotic
origin, like yellow fever, find congenial
soil.”
“I think. Doctor, that the readers of the
Morning News would read with interest
any information that you can give to en
lighten them on the subjects you have
named. Memphis has the reputation of
having an excellent system of house drain
age; did you inspect it
THE MEMPHIS DRAINAGE SYSTEM,
“Yes; and I can hardly tell you the pleas
ure it gave me to witness the practical solu
tion of what our Savannah authorities have
regarded as insurmountable engineering
difficulties.”
“Give me au instance of this kind, Doc
tor r
“Well, you know that in a paper recently
published by me in the Morning News, 1
intimated tllat a pipe could be extended
from West Broad street to East Broad
street, continuous from end to end, without
a break in it, about 4,0c)0 feet of distance:
and that so constructed, it could bo flushed
by throwing on the water at West Broad
street and letting it empty into the East
Broad street sewer, thus securing the econo
my of only one valve or automatic flush tank
for the entire line—so that no intermediate
flushing point would be necessary. You
will readily perceive how economically- and
speedily the entire system could lie flushed
by a line of flush points extending along
West Broad street at the heads of such lane
sewers as I devised, each one pouring the
water through its drain pipe, and all find
ing their terminal discharge at blast Broad
street,”
“You sav there is fall enough in the grade
from the surface at West Broad stroet to the
sewer level in East Broad street so that it
would not be necessary to use the interme
diate large brick storm water sewers now
existing for house drainage connections:”
“Perfectly so. The Memphis system is
without any standpipe pressure to force the
water through the drains, but gets a con
siderable force by the grade fall in portions
of the system. Other portions of the sys
tem have a grade fall of Uardlv more than
Vy£ inches in a hundred feet. Yet the prep
are of the water coming down from points
of greater grade fall into these sections has
been found to have sufficient driving power
to increase the rapidity of the current in
these more nearly horizontal sections so as
to make them perform very satisfactory
work.”
“Make this power a little more clearly
understood.”
TO OBTAIN A CURRENT.
“Well, suppose I attach a hose 100 feet in
length to a pipe at the base of the water
tower near Haines' mill. If the tower have
only sor 10 feet of water in it, the pressure
will not be very great, and tho water will
not be forced tnro lgk the hose to a point
very far beyond its mouth. Now suppose I
attach to the base of the tower a hose long
enough to reach to East Broad street, and
at the same time fill the tower to its top
with water: You will find the water pour
ing out of the terminal extremity of the
pipe or hose at East Broad street with about
the same forca that it would at
Jefferson street, provided there are no
breaks or escape points in the hose, or
lateral eddying points in the pipe.”
“There has t>een some question as to why
you threw out the iniermediate surface
drainage sewers between East .Broad and
West Broad streets.”
“I don’t want them. They would not
serve my purposes as well as one continuous
pipe, and I would have a half dozen times
as much work in flushing them. Besides,
suppose I emptied one into the Barnard
street sewer, how am I going to flush out
that sewer? I know there is a claim that
these big sewers are flushed, but it is all
nonsense. It cannot be done with any
means now at our command any more than
you can flush tho bed of the .Savannah river
with a stream from Musgrove creek, or
plug up the open head of a beer ban-el with
a soda water cork! I am perfectly well
aware that I may puncture the self-com
placency of sonic of our recent authorities,
but lam guided by facts and mechanical
principles alone, and not by fancies or im
agination.”
“How many flush points do you think
would be needed on West Broad street”’
“One at the head of each lane—about
twenty in all.”
“How long would it take to flush these
lane pipes?”
CARING FOR THE SEWERS.
“Not exceeding five to ten minutes to
each pipe. For twenty pipes about three
hours; so that one man could repeat the
flushing process in each pipe every three
hours, or eight times in the twenty-four
hours.”
“You are confident, Doctor, that a con
tinuous pipe could be run from West Broad
to East Broad street, say 4,000 feet?”
“I am not only confident of it, but have
just seen a pipe over two miles long, and
serving us the central pipe for over 30.000
jieople. The laterals empty into it, anil it
works excellently.”
“I have heard it said, Doctor, that short
pipes are necessary, as breakages or points
of obstruction in long pipes could not be de
tected without goiug over and digging up
the whole line to find the break.”
“I am glad you asked that question, lie
cause Mr. Howard, or one of the Aldermen,
Presented the same objection to iny plan,
n e short time afterward I told my Alder
manic friend that the difficulty could lie
solved by having escape pipes at every 100,
200 or 300 feet, so thnt the backing out of
the water at the escape pipe would locate
the sect on where the drainage existed. But
see how beautilully practical engineers have
solved this difficulty. In the continuous
pipe there are openings of the upper surface
at, say, every ijoo feet, from which man
holes extend to the surface. You look
through the man-hole down on the inside
bottom of the con tinuous pipe and see t.he cur
rent running along. Now drop a floating ball
to which you have attached a rope of 300 to
500 feet in length. In cases of partial ob
struction tho current carries the ball along
to the coiut of obstruction. Holding on to
your end of the rope yourself, tie a string
there at the manhole, draw out your bail
and rone, measure the rope from the string
to the ball, then measure along vour drain
pipe the same distance, dig down to it, and
you come to the break.
removing obstructions.
“Now, suppose the obstruction is com
plete so that the current does not flow.
Then you substitute n stout wire for the
rope, pursue the same method of intro
ducing it, shove it along until you can’t
shove it any further, draw it out and meas
ure. and dig as in the ease of the rope. The
thing is as simple as finding a marble in the
bottom of a preserving jar. All you have
got to do is to learn how.”
“What is the size ot the pipe serving so
many thousand people?”
“Fifteen inches, and it answers all pur
poses, excepting as an outlet for excessive
storm water-flows. By that I mean water
from sheds running through the hoiise
draius by way of the gutters. You
will recollect, however, that 30.000
jieople, and 1,500 to 2,000 people such
as " live on the two sides of one
of our proposed lane sewers, are very
different number-, and 200 to 300 houses are
very different from 8,000 to 4,000 houses.
In other words, while a 15-inch pipe drains
a section in Memphis as large as from Bay
to Gaston and from West Broad to East
Broad. lam merely trying to get it into
the heads of our old fogies that a 12-inch
pipe will drain from Bay to Bryan, and
from West Broad to East Broad. It seems
rather difficult to get them to believe that
much.”
“How about the expense of keeping the
general system in repair J"
“The engineer of the Memphis system
answered my direct inquiry on that subject
by stating that the average annual excuse
of repairs for tbo entire system had been
about $600.”
“I see, Doctor, by the Memphis papers,
that during the session of the American
Dublin Health Association you illustrated
by diagrams, a paper of your own on prime
requisites in the construction and methods
of laving sewer pipes for the purposes of
house drainage.”
“Yes, and it was not only very heartily
endorsed by scientists and engineers who
were members of the Association, but the
engineer of the Memphis system, with whom
I discussed it suggestions, very candidly
confessed to me that he thought my sugges
tions were excellent and that they would, if
carried out, induce a more perfect working
of the flush currents.”
“Will you give the readers of the Morn
ing News the benefit of your studies and
investigations in this line?'’
“Yes, but some other time. I think I
have already said enough to wake up their
capacity for the digestion of abstract and
practical science sufficient to the subjects I
nave already attempted to elucidate.”
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
The City Council will meet to-night.
There was only one arrest yesterday and
that was for drunkenness.
Georgia Chapter, R. A. M., will hold a
special convocation to-night to confer the
M. M. degree.
Judge Adam.-, Solicitor Genera! dußig
non. Col. Lester, W, S. Charlton, Esq., and
William Clifton, Esq., returned yesterday
from Effingham county. The November
term of the court only lasted al>out six
hours, as there was but little business await
ing it. Liberty court will convene next
week, and the docket there is much larger.
AT THE THEATRE.
“ The World” To-Night and To-Morrow
Night’s Attractio i.
“Two Old Cronies” played befors '.smaller
audience last night than they did Monday
night, but everybody laughed just as loud.
To-night “The World” will be the attraction.
The play is spectacular and has made a
dramatic sensation wherever it has been.
For ten years it has delighted the lovers of
spectacular melodrama, and it is popular
alike among all circles of society, from the
boxes to the noisy and ill-mannered gallery
gods. Anyone who has crossed the ocean
ami seen the arrangements at a largo harbor
and on shipboard, will at once concede the
depth of the author’s genius in locating
the scenes of his play. J. 11. de la
Ilarpe, the artist, in his efforts to portray
those scenes, did not draw upon his im
agination, but was employed and sent to
Australia by Mr. Little, and he gives a
very correct conception of the arrange
ments at a large harbor and on shipboard,
the picturesqueness of the harbor scene and
the weirdness of a storm at sea presents a
picture that no other drama affords. The
play was given here a year ago, and its re
turn this year brings a guarantee of large
audiences. It will be here two nights.
JOINED HANDS FOR LIFE.
Charles McDowell Takes Annie Laurie
Laird to be Lis Wedded Wife.
On Monday aHnirnoon Miss Annie Laurie
Laird left her home for a walk and to do
some shopping. Her family thought nothing
of her going out. nor were they at all anxi
ous whon she did not return for about two
hours, but they were very much surprised
when she came home with Mr. Charles
McDowell, who announced that she who
hud been Miss Annie Laurie Laird was now
Mrs. Charles McDowell. Mr. McDowell has
been quite attentive to Miss Laird for some
time past, but no one suspected that their
marriage had so nearly approached until
the groom announced that it had taken
place. When Miss Laird left her home she
mot her lover, who had a carriage in wait
ing. They drove to a quiet church in the
suburbs of the city, where they were
united. After spending some time with
their relatives the bride and groom drove to
their new home on State street.
THE ST. PATRICK’S FAIR.
The Attendance and Interest In
creasing—The Raffles.
The attendance at the St. Patrick’s Fair
last night was noarly as large as it was on
the opening night, and everybody went to
buy. At the “Mikado” booth the following
raffles took place: Dish of fruit, won by
Miss O'Donohue: dish of fruit, won liy Mr.
P. L. Constautine: two fruit cakes, won by
Mr Theus anil Miss Julia Feeley; dish of
fruit by Mr. Loon Ferst, also
a dish of fruit by Miss Ger
trude O’Donohue, and two gallons of
cream by Mr. Maurice Murphy. At booth
No. ,‘i, provided over by Mrs. John ISullivnn,
a basket of flowers donated by Miss May
Hernandez was raffled and won by Miss M.
Lovett.
The St. Patrick's T. A. B. Society will
attend the fair to-night in regalia and hike
supper.
"Tricks in All Trades.”
One of the tricks of the street boy’s trade
was showed up yesterday by a member of
the “gamin brigade.” Ho was ragged like
the rest of them, and wore a rim minus a
hat. Ho came down Whitaker street with
a pile of “soap powder” hand-bills under his
arm, but they didn’t stay there long. He
was supposed to distribute them on the
street, shove them into every passer-by’s
face, and throw them into every open door
way to make the clerk’s swear, but he didn't
do anything of the kind. He turned itilo
Bay lane, and when he was pretty sure that
nobody saw him, he shoved the whole pile
under a gutter bridge, and went off jingling
the nickels he had earned by the job.
Talks to Young Men.
There was a large attendance at the
Young Men’s Christian Association meeting
last evening, which was conducted by Mr.
James Faria, Jr. This evening the General
Secretary will give a “confidential talk' - t i
young men, to which boys under 14 years
of ace will not be admitted.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 18S7.
THE CITY’S SHADE TREES.
No Observance of Arbor Day, but Lots
of Trees to be Planted.
Tuesday, Nov. 23, will be arbor day
throughout the State, and many of the
smaller cities will celebrate it by planting
numbers of trees in the streets and public
squares. There vs ill lie no arbor day here,
but during the present month and Decem
ber a number of trees will be set out, There
is a need for this even in the Forest City, for
the old trees like the old people die event
ually and leave bal e spots in tne line of the
streets.
There is nothing that adds so much to
the beauty of a residence as trees, but there
are many houses, even new and costly ones,
which stand exposed to the sun’s rays with
no shelter near them. This can l>e easily
and cheaply avoided for young trees cost
but little, and in due time they grow and
become both beautiful and ornamental.
There are some few citizens who are plant
ing already, but not many have yet begun.
They should not delay, however, for there
are only a few men here who plant trees,
and if everybody waits until next month
they will find the gardeners too busy to sup
ply them.
The number of trees that the city Will cut
down this year will not be so great os last
year. Only the dead ones will be removed
and such as may be obstructions One that
was located on Liberty and Whitaker was
cut because its roots obstructed the drain
and kept a little pond of water standing on
the sidewalk. Two dead trunks have been
removed from Chippewa square, and one
water oak that stood in the intersection of
McDonough and Drayton streets was cut
down because it was an obstruction. Two
large trees were removed from Anderson
street for the same reason, and one from
Price, near Huntingdon. There are three or
four of the old trees on Whitaker that may
have to be cut down before the winter is
over. They have holes in them and it is a
question whether they could stand a severe
storm.
Alderman Thomas, chairman of the Street
and lane Committee, proposes to introduce
in Council an ordinance amending the pres
ent ordinance regulating the planting of
trees. It seems that the narrow streets
have been planted too thickly while the
others have to a certain extent been neg
lected. Whitaker and Drayton streets
have very hea v v growths of large trees upon
them, though tliey are very narrow. Some
times this is inconvenient. One reason
the tree that stood on Liberty and
Whitaker streets was removed was that
there was not sufficient room for a buggy to
pass between the tree and the street car
tracks. Bay street west of West Broad is
another narrow street that is crowded with
trees. Mr. Thomas desires to forbid the
planting of trees on these streets and also
to change the specifications as to how they
shall be planted. The law now is that they
shall be planted within a foot of the curb
and twenty, twenty-two or twenty-five feet
apart according to the width of the
streets. After a tree grows tor four or five
years its roots become so large that they
take up the sidewalk and the gutters. Then,
too, when they are only twenty feet apart
their branches soon begin to grow into each
other and their foliage becomes so thick
that it keeps the walls damp. By using the
proper caution in planting and placing the
trees far enough apart to prevent the street
being too completely shaded the city can tie
made much prettier and the streets all im
proved.
COLLIDED IN TYBEE ROADS.
The British Steamship Coningsby Run
into by the William Lawrence.
The steamship William Lawrence, from
Baltimore, and the British steamship Con
ingsby, from Philadelphia, were in collision
yesterday morning in Tybee roads. The
weather was very hazy, and a strong ebb
tide was running. The Coningsby was at
anchor, when the William Lawrence came
along, bound up the river. In attempting
to cross the bow of the Coningsby the Law
rence put her helm hard aport, and the
strong ebb tide caused her to swing broad
side on, and she struck the Coningsby on the
starboard bow. The Coningsby was uuiu
jured, but the Lawrence had tlie woodwork
on her port smashed in. The damage, how
ever, is very light.
THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
Wills Probated and Letters of Ad
ministration Granted.
In the Court of Ordinary, Hon. Hampton
L. Ferrill, presiding, the wills of Oetavus
Cohen aud Charles Jones were admitted to
probate. J. R. Saussy. Jr., qualified as the
executor of the will of Stepheney Seren,
caveats having been withdrawn.
Letters of administration were granted
upon the following estates;
Charles H. Dorsett, administrator of the
estate of John G. Wood; Dr. William H.
Elliott, administrator de bonis non, cum
testamento annexe estate B. E. Stiles;
William H. Payne, administrator of the
estate of Hattie J. Donelly; Richard VV
Larcombe, administrator ad collegendum
of the estate of Richard J. Larcombe; Wil
liam F. i IhapUn, administratin' of tils es
tate of Milton .Hamlet; Annie F. Wil
kins, administrator of the estate Mary J.
Wilkins; Mack S. Wilkins, administrator
ad collegendum of the estate of George
Wilkins.
The following returns having been on file
thirty days and no objections being made
to the same, having been examined and
found correct, were ordered to bo recorded:
William Neyle Habersham and William
Hunter, trustees of the Telfair Hospital;
Mallory P. King, administrator do bonis
non, cum testamento annexo of the estate of
Hugh F. Grant: Mary Woilvr, administra
trix of the estate of John Wolber; Alice
Smith, executrix of the will of Mary Ann
Carlos.
Orders to sell real estate, stocks and bonds
were granted in the following estates:
Henry MeAlpin, administrator estate of
John Proctor; Fred A. Jone ~ administrator
estate 31. G. Jones; John Lenzur, adminis
trator estate Caspar Lenzar; Henry 31.
Draue, guardian of the property of George
T. Dranc, minor.
Before His Honor.
In the 3layer’s Court yesterday there
were four women up for trial. Mary Joyce
was given SBO and thirty days for getting
drunk and turning the 3larket dock into a
sleeping apartment, and Ada Nightingale
(colored) was given $5 or ten days for curs
ing. 31ary Low and Rosa Harris (colored)
were given sls or thirty days and $L or
three days, respectively, for kicking Rosa
and Diana Bacon. William Simmons (col
ored) got $8 or five days for smoking on the
Market dock, and Charles Benton (colored)
got sls or thirty days for striking a woman
on the street.
Delegates to Nashville.
Mrs. Richard Webb of this city, MissSlis
souri H. Stokes and Mrs. 31. N. Calloway
of Atlanta, Mrs. W. C. Sibley and 31rs.
Claiborne Sneed of Augusta, Mrs. Walter
B. Hill of 3lacon, Mrs. W. H. Felton of
Cartersville, and Miss Mary Shropshire of
Dalton, are the delegates from Georgia to
the National Woman's Christian Temper
mice Union Convention, which meets in
Nashville, Tenn., to-day. 31 rs. Webb rep
resents the Savannah “Branch of the Wo
man's Christain Temperance Union.
Gen. Alexander’s New Private Car.
President Alexander’s new private car,
which has just been turned out of the Macon
shops, was brought down to Savannah yes
terday afternoon. It is the handsomest ear
ever turned out of the Central shops, and,
with the exception of 31odjeska’s private
car, is the largest that has ever been through
31ccon. (den. Alexander will takeposses
>• ion is return from New York. General
Mating Belknap will use the President's
car built hv i ’not. Raoul.
THE BARRACKS LOT.
Judge Speer Thinks it an Eligible Site
for the Proposed Public Building.
Macon, Ga.. Nov. 11, 1887.
Gentlemen— l have just received your
letter, requesting a public expression of my
opinion upon the lamentable controversy
relative to the location of the proposed pub
lic building for the uses of the post office
and the United States Courts in Savannah.
For the several reasons, viz: It is proba
ble much of my life-work will Ik* done in that
building, if it is constructed; that I did all
in my power to procure the action author
izing it; and I have carefully considered the
present status, and the natural consequences
of the controversy, and feel the sineerest in
terest in’the advancement of Savannah and
the District, I feel obliged to comply with
your request. In fact, I have already ven
tured to write to Mayor Lester, as earnestly as
1 couli, deprecating, with great respect, but
as strongly as I could, further efforts to de
feat the action of the Secretary of the Treas
ury in his conscientious effort to carry out
the present generous purpose of the govern
ment, to bestow upon the city of Savannah,
and the District that great and most essen
tial improvement.
Of course, it will be understood that in
no possible event could I have any judicial
duty to perform in the premises.
The impolitic, and indeed indefensible
character, of this opposition, however hon
est, will bo apparent upon the most casual
review of the situation.
For the proper performance of a public
duty every community must rely at last
upon the action of that official intrusted by
the law with the performance of that duty;
especially is this true if the official is one of
chief control, the head of an executive de
partment. This proposition carrios its
truth.
Now the honorable, the Secretary of the
Treasury is charged with the duty of select
ing the sites for the public buildings of the
United States. He acts through the instru
mentalities of the Supervising Architect.
Skilled agents of the Architect’s Bureau,
trained in the duties, comprehending the
science of architecture, have made repeated
visits to Savannah. They have considered
ever}- possible location. A full hearing has
been accorded to every conflicting interest.
All phases of public opinion have been pre
sented to the Treasury, through Exchanges,
Boards of Trade, petitions, public meet
ings, by means of the press, and through
Representatives in both branches of Con
gress. The presiding Judges of the courts,
the government counsel, the United States
Marshal, the Collector of Customs, have all
been consulted, and their opinions consid
ered. This has been done with unusual
deliberation and with the utmost fairness,
and when the entire case had been
made up, with due regard to every
interest, the Architect and the Secretary
of the Treasury have selected the barracks
lot. It is perhaps unnecessary to refer to
their earnest efforts to obtain a lot more
nearly contiguous to the business houses, in
which they were baffled. First, by the
most exorbitant prices (I speak plainly); sub
sequently, by a provision placed on an act
of the Legislature for that purpose, prohib
iting the condemnation of any lot used as a
residence, although it was publicly known
that a residence lot had been selected. This
final action of an Executive Department
has all the force and effect of a judgment
at law. For a portion of these facts I refer
to tho familiar history of this controversy.
For the statement that the Secretary has
finally acted, I refer to an official letter to
me from the Secretary of the Treasury
himself and signed in propria persome by
Mr. Secretary Fairchild. This was written
after all the resolutions of the several meet
ings and all the petitions and representa
tions had reached him, and after time for
that full consideration which he must have
given them.
A step further —The District Attorney,
Mr. Gudrry, an able and careful lawyer, in
forms me that only one real trouble has
been developed in his almost complete ex
amination of the title. 3layor Lester, it is
claimed, owns an undivided one-hundredth
interest in the property, which he has de
clined to sell to tho government, and possi
bly there may be a few others in a similar
at itude. Notice has been served upon the
District Attorney that there will be re
sistance by litigation of the conveyance to
the government. There is no dispute about
the fairness of the price offered, and the
litigation manifestly is with the single pur
pose to defeat the action of the Cabinet
officer who is charged with this duty. This
will, of course, necessitate a proceeding to
condemn the outstanding interests, and with
what consequences? Divisions among the
people, the bitterness of litigation, tho delay,
now already too long, in the erection of a
building suitable for the public business,
with all the consequent hardships upon the
officers, and difficulties in tho administra
tion of the courts to which the resolutions
of grand jury after grand jury have ad
verted, and the judges of every court testi
fied, and which finally induced Congress
and the President to authorize anew build
ing in a city where there was already a
costly public structure for the government’s
purposes.
’ibis delay will, in a measure, deprive the
working classes of Savannah of profitable
employment: it will keep out of circulation
among its people the thousands which the
liberality of the government lias intended
to expend. But more calamitous than all,
and I urge this with a profound conviction
of its danger, and with
the experience which four years’
service and observation in Congress
have given me, is that this action by the
representative gentlemen who are promot
ing it will be construed by the Representa
tives in Congress as a refusal on the part of
the people of Savannah to permit tho gov
ernment to exercise its judgment in the se
lection of a site for its own'building, if not
a refusal of the site: with tho well nigh in
evitable result timt Congress will not only
refuse additional appropriations for the
building but cover back into Treasury the
appropriation already made. Let me say
that to pass a resolution to cover money
back into the Treasury is effected with more
facility than any other legislation.
Let mo say further that there is a wide
spread belief that there are too many public
buildings already. It is exceedingly diffi
cult to pass a bill for that purpose, and it
is also true that where one project for a
public building in a town is defeated it in
creases the chances for favorable action on
a similar bill elsewhere, and nearly every
member has a bill in contemplation for his
district. All these influences combined with
the extreme and unusual opposition to the
action of the Administration in this matter,
it new! only be mentioned in Congress to
defeat all subsequent appropriations. This
is especially true of a building in a city
where there already is a public building.
This is the danger in the event that the pro
ceedings for condemnation should be
successful. Should they be unsuccessful,
those who long for a public building in
Savannah may give up nil hope because
there will lie none. There is no other locu
tion possessing any element of suitability
which can bo obtained. Every other possi
ble site has tieen considered and passed
upon. 1 thought in the beginning, and still
think, that tho lot corner of South Broad
and Bull streets was for every reason the
most to be desired. Tint, however, is resi
dence property and cannot lie condemned,
and if it lie true, as stated in tho Architect's
office, that the owner said ho would not sell
it to the government unless he made *20,000
by the operation, no official with a proper
respect for his oath of office could recom
mend its purchase, with money belonging to
the people.
It cannot be, I think, seriously imagined
that the government; will buy for its courts
the location which the county authorities
with their court are preparing to abandon.
Besides that lot is entirely too small, and
those who advocate its purchase by the gov
ernment recommend, 1 understand, an en
croachment upon President street,- which
the city would not likely permit nor the
government accept.
Since the Legislature has tied the hands
of the government and prevented the con
demnation at a fair price of the lot on
South Broad and Bull streets, the barracks
lot unquestionably possesses greater ad
vantages than any other in the city.
It must bo understood that this building
is not constructed altogether for a post office,
nor altogether for the city of Savannah.
Thirty odd counties of the Southern district
of Georgia, whoso litigated suits will he de
termined there, have a decided interest in its
suitable location. It is true t here may be
some inconvenience occasionally to those
who in the business portions of the town
have occasion to call in person at the post
office. The bulk of the mail, however, is
delivered by the letter carriers, and I say
with ail respect that it is far better for indi
viduals to be occasionally inconvenienced
than for the administration of justice in the
courts, where the most vital matters are de
termined, to lie hampered by a location on
narrow and noisy streets, where it is with
difficulty that cither witnesses or counsel cun
be bear'd, ami I say, with all due respect to
gentlemen who aided in t hat common enter
prise, that since Savannah already had a
public building, but for the testimony and
active interposition of the Judges, it would
not have obtained the appropriation.
On the Barracks lot, a beautiful structure,
such as the gifted Surpervising Architect
and his accomplished assistants will design,
would Vie not only an inestimable conveni
ence, but an architectural adornment which
would wonderfully enhance the present
loveliness of the Forest, City. It would be
stationed at the intersection of two great
thoroughfares, both spacious, ample and
quiet. There are more strangers, perhaps,
on Liberty and Lull streets during the year
than on all the other streets in Savannah
put together. The one is the connecting
route between the two great railway depots
of the city, the other is the fashionable
promenade, along whose shady avenues
semi-annually streams a current of energy,
wealth and fashion, culture and learning.
oJI the while in increasing volume, seeking
comfort, health and pleasure in the far
South.
If, at the intersection of these streets the
artistic conception and skillful design of the
Architect plaess a magnificent structure,
who.-,e graceful proportions are only rivalled
by its solidity and suggestions of usefulness,
the strangers within your gates, when they
turn homeward, will connect with their
recollections of your arboreal treasures,
your fountains and your statuary the dis
tinct and pleasing remembrance of the
splendid edifice, and with it will hold the
associated thought, “these are people of
progress, they are advancing, they are
prosperous,” and Savannah will not only
enjoy the benefits of the uses of the struc
ture itself, but will derive therefrom benefits
which cannot be estimated but which will
be as pleasant and profitable as they will be
enduring.
The objection which has been made that
crow ds of disreputable people gather about
the United States Court rooms is simply un
true in point of fact, as everyone who is in
formed upou the subject well knows. There
is nothing in the character of the litigation
in the Federal Courts to attract the habitual
idler or the thoughtless. The audiences in
the court room, year in and year out, do
not average daily a dozen persons. The
criminal business of the court is exceedingly
small. It is mainly engaged in the trial of
important civil causes, equity, ejectment,
admiralty and the like, and if there he
objectionable persons who attend sessions of
the courts from curiosity, that attribute
would not be sufficiently strong, I think, to
carry them so far from their accustomed
haunts. Instead of detracting from the
beauties of the fashionable promenade,
therefore, the public buildiug would add to
them; and if the post, office should be prop
erly designed for such purposes, the location
there would be a very great convenience to
many who do not care to go for their mails
through the crowded business streets.
It is true there are objections to the loca
tion, but in the gentle words of old Sir
Roger De Coverley, “Much can be said on
both sides.” Much has been said on both
sides, and tiie accomplished Cabinet officer
of an administration which, it must be ad
mitted, is in strong sympathy with all fair
interests of your beautiful Southern city,
and earnestly anxious for its advancement,
having beard, has decided the question.
Is it not possible to lay aside the differ
ences of the hour and accept his high and
intelligent abitxament? I do prof, mildly
hope that gentlemen who have differed
about this matter, not because of anything
I have said, but because it
is right and meritorious, with unselfish pub
lic spirit to sink personal considera
tions for public considerations; because the
delay is distressing and most hazardous; be
cause public officials are presumed to do
their duty, and because in the light of that
E resumption we are bound to lielieve they
ave acted for the best interests of all con
cerned, will adjust their differences. Is
it not possible to avoid litigation about this
grave matter of public concern and with a
generous public spirit to accept the situa
tion and to let the government purchase the
title and proceed, as early as may be possi
ble, with the erection of the building.
1 regret that the comprehensiveness
and the importance of the subject has re
quired from me a statement so lengthy. I
have written in entire good will to all.
While it is true that my connection with
Savannah has been short, it has been most
agreeable, and I shall ever be very grateful
to all classes of its people for their kindly
welcome, their generous hospitality, and for
those innumerable courtesies which make
life happy.
I am convinced that all I have
said is in advancement of their
interests, and my greatest and only
ambition is to bo useful to them and the
public and efficient in the administration of
that justice, to subserve which the new pub
hc building is designed and intended by the
authorities of our common country.
With t he expression of my warm personal
esteem to each and all of you, 1 am. gentle
man, faithfullv yours, Emory Speer.
To Messrs. William Garrard , Fred. M.
Hull, John Taliaferro, and others.
Society Stationery and Engraving.
New styles of fine Correspondence Paper
and Envelopes, Mourning Stationery,
Regret Cards, Calling Cards. Invitations
and Cards engraved and strictly
work and correct styles guaranteed. L. &
B. S. M. H.
Monumental.
Mr. J. Karins, of Louisville, Ky., has
recently visited Savannah and made con
tracts for the erection of several private
monuments over the dust of departed citi
zens. The firm of which he is a member
designed and constructed the Confederate
monuments at Macon, Columbus and
Tlioutasville, which are so much admired,
and have also erected scores of the most
lieautil ul memorial structures to be found
in the South. Among the orders taken in
Savannah was one in fine Italian marble, to
be put up for Mr. C. L. Kilts at Wilming
ton, N. C. Very many of tho handsomest
monuments in Atlanta, too, were designed
and executed by them. The contract to
erect a magnificent tomb of exquisite de
sign to the memory "f the late Judge O. A.
Lochrane has ju-t been awarded to the
same firm. Mr. Karins is in all respects
perfectly reliable, and will attend diligently
to all orders entrusted to him.
Aztec Pottery Vases, Hand-decorated.
We are agents for this beautiful line of
goods, and the low prices at which we are
offering insures ready and large sales. Wo
hn e issued an illustrated list of goods
which can he: obtained on application. L.
& B. 8. M. H.
The Circus Is Coming.
The price of admission will buy your boy
a pair of Knee Pants, also a Blue Felt Hat
or Polo Cap at the Famous New York
Clothing House, lately moved to 144 Con
gress street, corner Whitaker.
Another Cold Wave
Is surely coming, so lay in a supply of
Underwear and Overcoats while there is a
good choice to be had at the Famous, 144
Congress street, corner Whitaker, where
low oriees are the rule.
ON RAIL AND CRO3STIE.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.
Atlanta is agitating the road to Selma.
This has been a pet scheme of Capt. L. E.
O'Keefe, a former Columbusite, now of
Atlanta.
The Directors of the Carolina, Knoxville
and Western railroad will meet in Augusta
on Saturday to discuss the giving out of the
contract for the road. It is pretty well un
derstnixxi that the Georgia Construction
Company will get the contract.
IV. 11. Dovine, who was representative
from Rnvannah to the last general conven
tion of the Brotherhood of Loooiuo ive En
gineers, says that no petition to Congress to
require locomotive engineers to be examined
by a government board of examiners has
been circulated in Savannah.
The Chattanooga, Romo and Columbus
railroad lias twenty-two miles in operation
between Rome and C .dartown. This part
of the lino uses largely the old graded road
bed of the origiual North and South rail
road. This company has also twenty miles
of now graded rood" beginning at Chatta
nooga.
All the railroads in Georgia havo receives!
their common stock subscriptions direct
from the people. In Tennessee and Houth
Carolina the cities and counties generally
vote the local aid necessary to induce capital
to take hold of, build and protect the in
terest on the bonds of new roads in their
infancy.
The Rome and Decatur railroad, after
getting down about thirty miles of track,
lias passed into the hands of a receiver.
About twenty-five different banks having
advanced on the bonds on call loans, still
hold the bonds. The financial institutions,
as a matter of self-protection, may com
plete the road.
The name of the Atlanta and Hawkins
viile railroad has been changed to Atlanta
and Florida railroad. Its present southern
terminus is intended to be Fort Valley. It
is being constructed bv the Georgia Im
provement company. The road is capital
ized for $15,000 stock, und $15,000 ti per
cent, bonus per mile. Capt T. J. James
with a little ovor 500 laborers is grading
this road. Nearlv all tho grading is com
plete, and about fifteen miles of rails have
been laid. The Chattahoochee Brick Com
pany has the track laying contract.
Cotton for the Continent.
Messrs. A. Minis & Sons cleared yester
day the British steamship Coronilla for
Barcelona with 1,900 bales of upland cotton,
weighing 920,984 pounds, valued at $86,280,
and to Genoa with 1,850 bales of upland
cotton, weighing 907,877 pounds, valued at
$53,800; total valuation of cargo $170,080.
They Were Not Candidates.
Messrs. C. R. Woods and J. L. Warren,
who were put forward by their friends for
Vice President of the Cotton Exchange at
Monday’s election, were not candidates for
the office, but their names were put on
tickets without their consent.
Local Personal.
Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Charlton have returned
from their wedding trip.
A Handsome Wedding Present
Can be obtained from our stock, and we
offer a chance to those whose desire is to
make a present different from any one else.
We have several choicearticles.no two
of which are alike, and which cannot be
duplicated. Our prices are attractive, and
we invite inspection, L. &B.S. M. 11.
A Dead Sure Thing on Frank Gillett.
Frank Gillett, of this city, (Norfolk) the
lucky holder of one-tenth part of ticket 61,-
503 in the Louisiana State Lottery, drawing
$50,000 on the 13th inst., received a fmckage
yesterday by the Wells-Fargo Express con
taining 250 crisp twenty dollar bills. Re
turns were made in just nine days from the
time tho ticket was forwarded from here
for collection. —Norfolk (Neb.) News, Bept.
29th.
Be Sure You Are Right.
The other part of the above sentence
everybody ought to know. Everybody ought
to also know that the Famous New York
Clothing House has removed to the
northeast corner of Congress and Whit
aker streets, and that we continue
to sell clothing of our own manu
facture at a saving to the consumer of
the retailer’s profit, which is from $2 50 to
$5, according to grade purchased, which
fact we can prove by comparison of prices
with our competitors. IV e have the best
$3 50 Knee Sait, the best Hat or Cap for
Boys for 25c., and have just received the
prettiest line of Silk Scalds and Suspenders
for 25c.
Fine Leather Goods.
Handsome Purses, Pocket-books, Ladies’
Coral Cases and Shopping Bags, Portfolios,
Music Rolls, Lap Tablets, Writing Desks.
Gentlemen’s Dressing cases, an immense
assortment and very low prices, at L. & B.
S. M. H.
The Florence Heaters,
for sale by J as. S. Silva & Son are the best
oil stove for heating, both rooms or small
apartments. We sold a good many of them
last season and they gave universal satis
faction. We append one of many certifi
cates of their merits:
Messrs. Jus. S. Si Iva <£ Son:
Dear Sirs. The kerosene heating stove
bought of you works splendidly. It keeps
my bath room comfortably warm in the
coldest weather. There is no odor from it
whatever and 1 consider it a perfect thing.
Geo. N. Nichols,
Printer and Binder.
For further information apply at 140
Broughton street.
Grand special sale of Ladies’ full regular
Balbriggan Hose at 10c., worth 20c., and
25c. Damask Towels at 10c. at Weisbein's
Bazar. Bale to last the entire week, unless
soonci sold out.
Oak, Pino and Lightwood,
For sale by It. B. Casse’s, corner Taylor aud
East Broad streets. Telephono No. 77.
Mrs. Cleveland's Diamonds.
T’ne ladies have doubtless read much of
the handsome diamond necklace of Mi's.
Cleveland, and •while we wouldn’t for a
moment insinuate that any lady envies its
popular possessor, still 11111113- would take
pleasure 111 at least looking at it. A coun
terpart of this glorious string of gems, with
its lovely and dazzling pendant, can be in
spect id in the jewelry establishment of Mr.
M. Sternberg, 157 Broughton street, who
will take pleasure in exhibiting its charms
to even lady who will honor him with a
visit, file necklace in question is to be
rallied, and in the interval it can be seen
ur.d inspected as above. Besides the neck
lace, there are still many articles in Mr.
Sternberg’s treasure house that are worthy
ol a visit, and the proprietor and his atten
tive salesmen will take especial pains to
show their immense stock of Jewelry Dia
monds, Silverware, Art Objects. Bronzes
etc. Tlu re rsno obligation to bug what
erer, and Mr. Sternberg will be equally
happy to show through those who do not
wish to buy as those who do. Everybody
should see the Diamond Necklace, as it is
certainly a superb collection of brilliant
gems. Our bolida3 r display is now arranged
for inspection. Kespectfully,
M. Sternberg,
Oak, Pino and Light-wood,
For sale by R. B. Cassets, corner Taylor
and hast Broad streets. Telephone No.' 77.
Attho Harnett House, Savannah, CJa.,
you get all the comforts of the high-uriced
ho els, and save from *1 to *3 per day Try
ft and bo convinced.—Boston i/onus Jour
nal.
BAKING Pos' DEP,
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purity
Strength and Wholesomeness. More economy
cal than the ordinary kind, and cannot be soi l
in competition with' the multitude of low tewr
short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold
only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Cos ii
Wall street. New York. ”
LUDDEN ABATES 9. M. H
SEASONABLE GOODS!
ATTRACTIVE PRICES!
Our display of useful and beautiful novelties
comprise everything tn the line of
MUSICAL, ART AND FANCY GOODS !
r pHK handsome and magnificent line of gam.
Jr pies w hieh we purchased are proving very
attractive to early buyers, and we are grateful
for the pleased and kiud expression of those
who have examined and carefully looked through
our display. We mention a few articles appro
priate for
Holiday, Anniversary or Wedding Presents:
Albums. Aztec Vases, Hand Deo
Writing Desks, orated.
Portfolios, Umbrella Stands,
lap Tablets Peach-blow Glass,
Inkstandsj Plate-glass,
Paper Weights, Bronze Mirrors,
Toilet Rets, Terra Romana,
Jewel Cases, Terra Grenada,
fc rush and Comb Sets, Terra Neapolitan,
Shaving Sets. Silesian, Padua and Del-
Collar and Cuff Boxes, la Robba,
Game Sets, Majolica,
Photograph Holders, Roman Amphora Glass,
Amateur Photogra- Pedestals,
pliers Outfit, Busts and Figures,
Easels, Poictlers and Chantilly,
Music Racks, Porcelains,
Screens, Etruscan, Florentine and
Poeketliooks, Sienna Bronzes and
Curd Cases, Lamps,
Autograph Albums, Old Italian Ivory and
Scrap Albums, Dresden Bisques,
Souvenir Albums, Rich Leather Goods,
Stereoscopes, Smokers’ Sets.
Wedding Invitations and Society Engraving a
specialty.
Responsible bona fide purchasers have privi
lege of laving aside goods subject to delivery
before holidays.
L. & 9. S. M. H.
FURNITURE AM) CARPETS.
CHEAPER
THAN THE
CHEAPEST !
For quality and price we can do better than
any other concern in the South.
Our goods are all specie'' r selected from the
most renowned manufacturers, and embrace
everything in the Furniture and Carpet trade
Our terms are most liberal, and all goods are
just as represented.
A personal inspection will convince you that
we can sell you much CHEAPER than the
CHEAPEST.
A. J, Miller & Co.’s
FURNITURE
AND
Carpet Emporium,
118,150 and 152 BROUGHTON ST.
~ t OIISETS.
1* LUMBER.
is a. McCarthy;
Successor to Chas. E. Wakefield,
PLUMBER, GAS and STEAM FITTER,
4k Barnard street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Telephone 373.
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