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6 ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES. GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SO AT II IAHOLIAA HRIEFLY PAHA GRAPHED. The Georicla Haanrt Figure* In n *>rn*atiou at New Vork-An Ordi nance to Drive Hrciian From the Street* of Atlanta—The Capacity of the Cotton Mill at laifuyett© Delate Increased SO Per Cent GEORGIA. At Thomasville Saturday pears were Se!iing at 10 and 15 cents per bushel on the tre.-s. Mrs. M E. Bean, the wife of a well known contractor of Atlanta, died Friday at her home on Pulliam street. The negro arrested at Athens, supposed to be Jackson the murderer of Wilson of Atlanta, proved to be someone else and was released by the authorities. The directors of the Valdosta Tee and Packing Factory met at the company's office on Tuesday evening and declared a s*. mi-annual dividend of 4 per cent. Jars to hold contributions for the Grady hospital are placed in several public places at Atlanta. Last week someone stole five of them with their contents. Mr. Frasier, who died about a week ago, was one of the oldest citizens of Brooks county. At the time of his death he was 92 years of age. and had been a member of the Baptist church for seventy years. Mrs. Lucinda Fridell of Cobb county, who is 76 years old. and her little gran 1- daughter made plenty of bread and meat at home last year to do them, and a splendid crop this year, working the l'artn unaided. Mrs. J. Irene Adams of Jacksonville, Fla., has had a man known as W.H. Bald, win arrested by detectives of Atlanta, on a charge of misappropriating sl9i In mom y and a diamond ring tielonging to her. He will return to Jacksonville. Chairman Johnson of the board of police commissioners of Atlanta will ask the city fathers to adopt the ordinance now in force In New Orleans fer the protection of the people against street beggars and to keep the city free from vagrants and crooks. This law is a very stringent one and covers the ground fully. C. L. Hand of Pelham was in Americas Friday en route to Cincinnati to super in Jend the sale of a large shipment of grapes rom his vineyard. One carload of 30,000 pounds of the fruit went forward Friday, while two more cars will follow In a day or two. The grapes were of the ‘Tves" variety, and the shipment will net Mr. Hand a round sum. A .regular building wave has struck At lanta and Imprbvements on a huge scale are being made throughout the city. Many elegant and substantial business houses ore being built and the carpenters and architects are busy with the plans and buildings. Several costly residences are also In course of construction and it is predicted that a great many more will be started In the next thirty days. A meeting of the city council of Amerl cus was held Friday night for the purpose of considering the proposition recently made by a Cincinnati mill owner relative *o the removal of his entire plant to Amerleus. After a full investigation of the matter council consented to defray *he exjienses of two citizens who will go to Cincinnati at once for the purpose of examining the machinery and taking other Initial steps that may be deemed neces sary. Pear shipments from Valdosta have been remarkably heavy thus far this season In spite of the blight from which so many trees are suffering. More than a thou sand barrels have already been shipped by express from Valdosta. Five express cars have been kept on a side track to accommodate shippers and several solid express trains have passed there loaded •with pears for the northern markets. Eighty barrels brought from $4 to $8 per barrel. John D. Boyd died nt Columbus Friday Mr. Boyd was well known throughout the city. Ho was a confederate soldier, und during an engagement In the army ht mind was affected by the passing of a minlo ball near his head, causing con cussion of the brain. For a number of years Mr. Boyd has been a conspicuous figure around tho court house., his favorite place for whiling away the time. Although demented he wus quite harmless, and was liked by every one who knew him. “Uncle" Alfred Livingston, aged about 94 years, conducted the devotional exer cises at Oak Hill, Newton county, recent ly, and read a lesson from the scriptures without using any glasses. Ho is in fine hcajth and keeps cheerful at all times. It Is said that for the past fifty years he hag been a regular attendant at Bcth any Sunday school, having been Its sup erintendent for full half a century. Dur ing all those years his pleasant face has been seen at old Bethany church every Sunday. Grace & Jones of Macon, counsel for old man Wlggers. who recently figured in the papers so conspicuously because of his connection witli an insurance case in which a young man in his employ was said to have met an untimely death un der suspicious circumstances, have been notified by one of the companies In which *he young man was insured that payment ■will, be resisted. A suit will follow. Some of the Insurance men claim Mr. Wlg gers' actions were suspicious, Inasmuch as he was beneficiary. Dr. C. C. Thompson, who was arrested on a warrant for cheuting and swindling Mrs. Zottler of Macon, was put In jail In default of 1150 bond Thursday, had a Hearing in the city court Saturday and ■was acquitted. Dr. Johnson was charged ■with having told Mrs. Zettler, who runs a boarding house, thai he had some money deposited in a safe in Macon, the pros ecutor claiming that on this representa tion he secured SSO or more of board. On refusal to pay he was ar rested. The justice of the peace placed him under bond, but the city court did not find him guilty.. Mrs. Annie Abbott, the “Georgia Slag net,” has come to the front again, this time In a rather sensational role. She ■was married about a year and a half ago to J. C. Hearn of New York and disap peared from behind the footlights. A day of two ago she appeared at one of tho hc pltals at New Y'ork with her five months' old baby in her arms, and alleged that her husband had given the chl!J poison. She says she lived unhappily with him and left him for revenge he attempted to poison the child, using morphine. At Bellevue hos pital Dr. Braunwick said the baby was only suffering from cholera infantum. If poison had tieen administered, the child had swallowed none of it. One of tho most unique and original con ventions that has been called In Georgia this year, Is oalled for July 27, at Chleka tnauga. It is to be a convention of the North Georgia Fiddlers' Association, of which Bob Jones of Walker countv is president. Every town on the Chat tanov, pa, Romo and Coumbus railroad between Romo and Chattanoui-vi has at least half e dozen fiddlers, and in Lafavette the fiddlers are unanimous, Including Col. Napier of Tho Messenger, who is an ex pert. A splendid programme is being ar. ranged for the fiddlers, and prizes will be offerer! fnr the best old-fashioned “break down” tunes, as well as for the more mod ern music. Every evening during the convention there will be a big ball at which tile most famous fiddlers of North Geor gia will appear In their official capacity* Dr. J. A. Somerfield, a prominent young practitioner of Atlanta, who has been suf fering with appendicitis for some time, (had an operation performed some time ago. He is rapidly recovering, and will be able to sit up in a few days. Dr. Mc- Rae performed the operation, which was extremely successful. “It is one of the few peculiar cases,” remarked Dr. Mcßae, the appendix had been pushed around to the side several inches from its original position. It was similar to the ease of Guv. Atkinson, only it had not gained us much headway. There was considerable Inflammation and adhesion.” Dr. Bomer field has been suffering with pains in his etomach for some time and after the at tack of a few weeks ago they found It to be appendicitis. Realizinz his condition Dr. Somerfield asked for the operation to be performed, even before the attending physician thought it was necessary. Alex Bmith, who Is In charge of the pub lic comfort department of the Atlanta exposition, has cloSfd a fontract for two more hotels. One is with the Venable brothers, for the Venable building, corner of Hunter and Forsyth streets. Tills is the large granite front building In which the eonvention of the railway conductors was held. By the terms of the contract ** he converted into a splendid ho tel of the first class, with 200 rooms. The rooms will be furnished and splendidly kept. The hotel will be supplied with elec tric lights and all modern conveniences. It will l>e put in readiness without the loss of a day. and will be thrown open be fore the opining of the exposition gati-s. The second hotel secured by Mr. Bmith will be a structure containing ISjj rooms, an 1 will be the hands&mest hotel in the city when completed. It is to le built by Mallard & Stacy, real estate dealers, and wllg be covered with staff, after the fash ion of the world's fair buildings. The building will be of the old-fashioned south ern style, with immense piliars in front. It will le built on a permanent scale, and will have every modern convenience. The site on which it will stand has not been given out yet. Tha capacity of the Union cotton mills at Lafayette Is being increased 50 per cent. Capt. A. R. Steele, president of tho company, has been very successful with these mills, beginning about five years ago with SIOO,OOO capital and putting in a plant of MIG spindles and 102 looms. They have bad such a demand that it has been decided necessary to increase the capacity fob the next season. Capt. Steele, however, is averse to Increasing the capac ity. “I believe.” said he, in speaking Sat urday. "that it Is a mistake to pay in an enormous commercial capital on which you lose the interest while It Is lying Idle. We started on a capital of IIOU.WM, of Which $93,7(0 has been paid In, and I never Intend to raise It. The additions we are making to the Union mills consists of 3,072 spindles and eighty-four looms. Increasing our capacity to 7,488 spindles and 208 looms which will all tie paid for out of the earn ings of the mill A properly managed cot ton mill will build anew mill every ten years, and the great mystery to me is that oilr southern people do not turn their at tention to building more cotton mills, as there is no industry In the world more peculiarly adapted to this section. The Union mills were built with capital sub, scribed by the farmers and business men of Walker and adjoining counties. This Is my fourth experience in cotton mill building, and I was never connected with one yet that did not pay handsome re turns.” FLORIDA. \V. H. Bighatn, sheriff of Levy county, has resigned. A double-headed calf, since deceased, was born at Sanford last week. E. C. F. Sanchez, the well known lawyer of 'Gainesville, Is just now recovering from a long illness. Knight & Cable, merchants at Flora City, Citrus county, have assigned. Lia bilities, SI,BOO, assets, $2,500. At Chipley. Tuesday, J. N. Daniel A Cos. sold to H. Fiser fy Cos. of Mobile, Ala., 35,000. pounds of wool, receiving nearly SG,OOU for It. All the mines around Alldon are closed with the exception of Gen. E. B. Bailey’s, and it is thought that the phosphate In dustry will be at a standstill for several months In' Alachua county. Clark Carter, the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watts, who resides near Levyville, was accidentally, and It is thought fatally shot Tuesday by the dis charge of a gun In the hands of Mr. Watts. Hanford Chronicle: Avery fair crop of Japanese persimmons are maturing on the trees of Dr. Seth French. These trees, as also the same species elsewhere in the state, wore but slightly, if at all Injured by the freeze. Myrtle Lodge, Knights of Pythias of De- Land ha* surrendered the lease on the opera house, with the consent of the own er. and in future Mr. Bushnell will mun age It himself. The Knights will continue to occupy it as a lodge room, Adam Eichelberger of Ocala has enter ed Into a partnership with W. E. Thomas with the Intention of engaging in the man ufacture of choice cigars from Florida raised tobacco. Col. Elehelberger wilt open a factory on his farm. Just beyond the city limits of Ocala, and it is probable that at least twpnty men will he employed. A considerable quantity of tobacco is now on hand. At Jacksonville Saturday J. R. Challen attorney for Gamaliel Knight of Charles ton, 8. C., filed In the clerk's office or the United Slates court notice of a suit for $”>.000 damages against the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company. The declaration states, among other things, that on Aug. 15, 18!>4, the conductor of a passenger train of tiie abovo railroad, at Yulee station. Nassau county, that com plainant boarded the train then, going to Savannah, and the conductor, without waiting for Knight to enter the car and take his seat, met him (Knight) on the platform, and without saying a word be gan to kick him (Knight) and continued to do so. notwithstanding the train was run ning fast, until he kicked his handhold loose and threw him, the complainant violently to the ground, where he remain ed in a-desolate place many hours, insen sible and suffering, and that he has spent over SI,OOO In being cured of his injuries. SOFTH CAROLINA. A lithla spring ha 9 been discovered near Lancaster. The new Methodist church at Landrum In Spartanburg county was dedicated last Suday. The annual reunion of the confederate veterans of Newberry countv will be held at Newberry on next Thursday, the 18th. Dr. T. J. Strait has effected the organi zation of a company to quarry granite on his Cedar creek place in Lancaster county. The corner-stone of the new graded school building of Anderson will be luid Friday by Hiram Lodge No. 68, A. Tiie county board of control ofLextngton gives notice that a dispensary will be es tablished nt lirookland, on or about the Ist day of August. B. F. King of Greenville, planted 120 acres 1n oats last spring and made 2.(810 bushels. After deducting expenses hl9 profit was over S7OO. The reformers throughout Orangeburg county are in favor of giving the conserv ative faction two delegates from that county to The constitutional convention. A charter has been issued to the Mills Manufacturing Company of Greenville This is one of the many new mills that Un nville proposes to finish this year. While Spartanburg county is paying her bonds the city is also allowing tilde finan ciering. Thirteen thousand dollars of city bonds were placed Monday—twenty-year 6s, st 108. Tha board of trustees of Davidson Col lege, N. C.. have been Inspecting the Presbyterian High (School property of Rock Hill with the view of purchasing it It will be run in connection with the col lege. Rev. George L. Sweeney, D. D„ until recently rector of the Church of Our Saviour at Rock Hill, has been called by Bishop Talbott to the church at Rawlins, M yoming, and has accepted. He will prob ably leave the latter part of this week. Col. S. M. Snoddy, chairman of the com mittee of arrangements, announces that the descendants of Patrick Crawford anil their friends are cordially invited to at tend a family reunion at Nazareth church in Spartanburg county, Saturday, July 27! Ezekiel Long, a white boy, was killed about fourteen miles above Walhalla Mon day morning. He was driving alone on an ox cart, and in going over a rough place in the road he was thrown off His foot caught under a cross bar and his head under a wheel. On Wednesday Donald Harrison, form erly of the Columbia police force, now an employe at the mill of the Fowles Lum ber Company of Columbia, met with a most painful accident. He was operating the planing machine, when the large belt broke and hit him on the left shoulder and arm, badly slashing them. A commission for a charter has been Issued to the Bridges & McKeithan Lum ber Company of Sumter. The company proposes to operate one or more saw mills near Lneknow. The corporators named are: Preston L. Bridges, Daniel T Mc- Keithan and J. T. Barron. The capita! stock of the company is to be $5,000, with the right to Increase. The stores of A. F. H. Dukes, W. L. Reeves & Cos., the state dispensary and a vacant store, known as the Saul's house at Branehvllle were destroyed by fire Saturday morning. The store and dwell ing of P. C. Dukes was also damaged. A large part of the stock was saved in all except the dispensary. All the building* and stocks are believed to be Insured. A commission for a charter has been issued to the Hickory Grove and Lockhart Shoals Transportation Cotnpnny. The company propose* to operate u transpor tation company between Hickory Grove, Ninety-nine Islands, on Broud river, down Broad river to Lockhart Shoals, and up THE .MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 15,1893. the Paeolet river for eight or ten miles. The company proposes to start with a capital stork of SIO,UO, and will use wagons and steamboats until a railroad line is built. A large negro excursion arrived at Greenwood to witness a match game of base ball between negro clubs. After the t( otiii Inning, exceptions were* taken to the rulings of the umpire and a riot en sued. Pistols were fired recklessly into tho dense throng of negroes. The row was started by a negro tough from Clinton, and a Greenwood outlaw. Silas Rowrden was shot In the bg, and has several wounds about his heaJ. Dan Hester, a bystander, was shot through the thigh. Col. James O. Gibbes of Columbia has placed in the office of the secretary of state what he claims to be the first photo graph ever taken In America. It was taken by Col. Gibbes himself in December. 1854, and the imprint Is on ordinary writ ing paper. There were no artists' mate rials then on the market and each pho tographer had to manipulate the chemi cals and manufacture his own materials. The art of making photographs as differ ing from claguerreotypes, had Just been discovered in the early part of 1851, and Col. Gibbes. who was in Baris at the time, learned the art and practiced it for his own amusement upon his return to this country. At the satne time that he learned, Meade, who afterward became a famous photographer in New York, was instructed in the art by the same teacher, but Meade did not come to this country until the spring of 1855. Columbia News: The regents of the state asylum and Superintendent Bab cock are confronted with serious problems. Thursday’s meeting was one of the most important that has been held In years. The situation Is pressing, as the census shows 84fi patients. The regents examined thirty-eight whom It was thought might be sent home on probation, but only twen ty-three were sent home on trial. The in crease appears among the whit© women and colored men. As compared with the first eight months of the fiscal year for for four years there has been a material Increase. The admissions since Nov. 1 have been 234. In view of these facts It was considered Imperative that more quar ters must be built. The asylum authori ties have a contract for a million and a half of brick and 180,0UU of them have been delivered. Convict labor Is used for their manufacture. With the brick on hand and those that are being dally received, work will be started In a few days. The whole matter was referred to the building com mittee, consisting of Drs. Talley and Tay lor und Mr. White, and the committee has full power to act. Work will be started at once on the women’s and colored men's department additions. Tho regents au thorized Dr. Taylor to negotiate for the purchase of the Wallace property, which embraces 118 acres, and which is near the present property. This, It is thought, will be a splendid site* for a future building, which, in course of time, will be a neces sity. For the present tt will be used for agricultural purposes, as tho present lands are beinjjjt severely taxed. PLAN ~OF OUTLET SEWER FOR THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, PRE PARED IIY PERCY HAGUE.N, C. K., For I,(HX Petitioner*, Asking Abate ment of Illlho Canal Nniannee, anil Rend by Hint Before Committee of the Whole of Connell, Monday Af ternoon, July 1, 1H!)5. To Messrs. J. S. Collins, D. G. Purse, F. B. Papy, D. Grimm, C. H. Dorsett, J. Paulsen. J. L. Whatley, Committee rep resenting 1,600 Petitioners: > In answer to your request for a fuller report on iny plan of outlet sewer for the city of Savannah, I beg to submit the fol lowing: In deciding upon outlet for the sew age of a city there abc several considera tions that should govern our final decis ion. First, It }s of primary importance to fix upon an outlet that shall finally dispose of tho sewage In a permanent and Inof fensive manner. Then we should be very careful In considering our own Interests, In carrying the outlet to a distance, that we do not disturb or Impose upon the rights of others. Where there are two or more points of outlet equally good, the question of cost and maintenance should be the primary considerations, Irrespective of sentiment or prejudice. Natural lines and outlets should be used when practicable and not conflicting with any of the preceding provisions. We can only consider the plan for final disposal In a comparative manner based upon the estimated increase of population, together with the life of tha sewer con struction Itself. In this way a work may be considered permanent if, under varying circumstances, it Is planned to cover a period of from fifty to 100 years. The city of Savannah occupies one of the best possible positions for natural drainage, both as regards ease and econo my In construction and having >a wide range of outlets, which may be reached through natural or artificial channels. Situated upon a high plateau, with sandy soil, almost free, at average depths, from subsoil Water the construction of sewers In and about the city Is robbed of much of the labor and contingent expenses so of ten met with In works of this description. That Savannan does not have one of the most complete systems of sewerage In the world Is not the fault of the city's formation or contour, but of the citizens themselves, who have been content to see at various times a few sewers buried un derground, thore to remain until the time for their resurrection, which. In the ease of one sewer In a leading thoroughfare, Is an annual event. Before discussing the question of outlet let us look for a mo ment at the manner In which Savannah is at present sewered. There are several large main sewers, which have boon constructed at consider able expense and whieh act as leaders into which smaller arteries run. There is a largo sewer along Broughton street to East Broad street and running down East Broad streut to Bolton street, and receiving on its way a large main in Perry lane. Another main wins out Hall and Abercorn streets to Bolton street, where it unites with one coming from Duffy street. The two com bined then run out Bolton street to East Broad street, where It unites with the first mentioned sewer. The whole then combine into one large sewer, whieh runs out Bolton street to its outlet Into Bilbo canal. The section west of West Broad street sewers directly Into the river on the line of West Boundary street. Along the river front of the city there are several smaller outlets from various streets. The Internal portion of the city has no system or plan for the sewers they being scattered around promiscuous ly. They are the growth of years, many being there before the advent of modern plumbing and never being intended for work of that kind. Most of them have been put in at different times for purposes or surface and subsoil drainage, while some few were put in for the purposes for which they are now used. The portion of the city south of Ander son street relies for its drainage upon the Hixth street sewer, which runs across the plateau from west to east and empties Just across the Savannah, Florida and Western railway into an open ditch, where it commences its Journey across country for eight miles to the Vernon river. It will not be long before we have a duplicate of Bilbo canal, only six miles longer, if this state of things is allowed to continue and intensify in the southern and growing section of our city. What is wanted,, and what I have of ten advocated. Is a complete survey of the city, old and new, and of all the ex isting sewers In good condition. A plan should then he prepared for the drain age of the whole city, using as much as possible the sewers already there. The advantage of this work would be that any new drain put in by the city however short, could be made a part of the general plan, and thus In time a com plete system would be evolved of marked efficiency as compared with the present heterogeneous network of drains of max imum expense and minimum utility The preliminaries of this work would cost the city very little compared with the ultimate good that would be obtained and that spread over a number of years Several plans have been made by emi nent engineers of house drainage for the city, but they all ignored any existing set****, and thus made it a double t x- PfiMt for those who had already contrib uted to the cost of the present construc tions. Neither did any plan take in fur ther south than Anderson street One point of unanimity in all the plans is that the sewers are made to converge to the one point, ia the neighborhood of 80l- “Millions of Money For an Inch frr-'fl of Time,” p_gj£ ff/tmM wailed poor Queen Bess. y :'' Time is just as valuable to- J* *, I day—it is priceless. How I 1 f'l % i> ™ many Queens of American homes could save half their time by using in their daily, monthly, yearly cleaning, Gold Dust WASHING POWDER. This wonderful preparation not only saves a woman’s monev, but it saves her time and strength. It s the home comfort that makes other home comforts possible. All grocers sell Gold Dust in large packages —price 25 cent 9. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, CHICAGO. 9T. LOUIS, SEWVORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA. SEASONABLE GOODS AT LINDSAY &• MORGAN’S. Matting, Refrigerators, Baby Carriages, Mos quito Nets, Lawn and Piazza Rockers and Settees, Hammocks, Bed Bug Poison and Roach Food, etc. Goods of all kinds advancing in price. Call early and buy cheap. ton and East Broad streets, and thence to the present outlet at Bilbo canal. The universality' of this convergence would demonst+ate' that. bo matter where our outlet maty ultimately reach, we always start at th* same point of commence ment—Bolton and Paulsen afreets. The various schemes already proposed to provide an outlet for the sewage of Savannah are wide and varied. Ignoring thoso which have been mere suggestions, and which, on account of expense of con struction or physical reasons, have died at this stage, we may consider those which at one time or another have been freely advocated. First, we have Timber Landing Creek suggested, which, as Its name imports, 1* only a creek—long, narrow, tortuous— and of such construction that the time for the commencement of ebb tide at Its head Is closely allied to the time for the com mencement of the flood tide at its mouth. This one fact Ought at once to condemn this outlet, for,,-’ll! the nature of things, the sewer outlet being at the head of the creek. It is only a question of a very short time before it would be a banked up mass of sewage, with no possible means of dilution. Then we Rave the route of the Casey ca nal to Vernon river—a river only in name, since it has no head water, except the drainage from the Casey canal. This outlet has all the objections which attach to the Timber Landing outlet, in tensified by the cost and lack of grade necessitated by a sewer eight miles In length. Th* Idea of establishing a sewage farm In this paotlon we may also dismiss as impracticable for various reasons, among them being the great expense in construc tion, cost of maintenance* and the lack of a suitable site, irrespective of any climatic objections. The outlet whieh for some time was in most favor und which has been suggested by several engineers, taking various routes, but all reaching near the same point of discharge, is that into Warsaw or Wilmington river In tho neighborhood of Bonavspiture. Tl)is point was exhaustively examined and criticised by Mr. Rudolph Herring, tho eminent sanitary engineer, a few years ago. He went Into the matter thoroughly and after having tidal observations taken and securing full data as to the flow and currents ho unhesitatingly condemns this as an outlet for the city's sewage even with the present population. I had a personal observation of the cor rectness of one of the main objections against this outlet only a short time ago, whilst engaged upoh some pile worke be low Thunderbolt. One dftv on the early ebb tide a boat and a log—the end of a pile—got adrift and went floating down the channel. It was some time before another boat could be dispatched after the derelict. When regained the boat had drifted about three miles and the log was still floating near. Five day after, at about three pans flood, tide the same log came float ing back past tha work and must have reached as far as Bonaventure before the tide slackened, unless captured In the meantime. This demonstrates that a discharge Into a purely tidal stream, without any head water of its own or tributary to it, will not finally dispose of the sewage in a sanitary manner. One has only to see the manner in which the dead rush collects on the shore at Thunderbolt to readily perceive another serious objection to this outlet. Another outlet, recommended by Mr. Rudolph Herring, is into the Savannah river, about two miles below the city. This outlet Is perfectly feasible and free from objection, except in one direc tion. that It only provided for the sewage proper of the old portion of the city, mak ing no provision for the extension, and left the Bilbo Canal to be still a perennial nuisance by allowing the storm water to overflow into It. Col. George E. Waring, the present su perintendent of New Y'ork's sanitary de partment, and a prominent sanitary en gineer, also advocates the Savannah river as an outlet for the city’s sewage. In a communication published in the Morning News about a year ago he states emphatically that the Savannah river is well able to take-care of all the city's sew age without being in any way fouled, and says that if discharged some distance be low the surfaoe, “No human being will ever know, by sight or smell, that the sewage has gone Into the river at all.” This brings me to the plan whieh I have worked up and which was laid before the committee of the last council at the interview in behalf of the petition for closing Bilbo canal. This plan proposes, what no other plan has yet done, to make provision for taking sewage and storm water off In a closed sewer. It is unique In providing for extensions embracing not only the present extended limits, but what may reasonably be ex pected to be included in the next seventy five or 100 years. It is the cheapest outlet that has yet been conceived. It also frees the city from securing ex pensive rights of way by following the lines of streets already opened. It com mences nt the outlet of the Sixth street sewer where it empties Into the ditch at the Savannah. Florida and Western rail way and Price street, at such a depth that it can he extended to take in the whole of the ridge as far south as Tatemsvllle and still be ten feet deep. At Its commence ment the proposed sewer will he five feet In diameter running down East Seventh street until It reaches llerdon street where tt makes a turn to the north ami is In crease dln size to six feet in diameter It runs north down Berdon street to Ander son street and then turns east to Harmon street at whieh point the size is increased to seven feet diameter. Thence north oa Harmon street to Bolton street at which point It meets the continuation of the present Holton street sewer. At this point both sewers unite Into one of nine feet diameter, which still continues under Hnr mon street to Wheaton street which it crosses and runs down Third street past the Savannah Cotton Mills, and joins the line of the present Bilbo canal at Perry lane. From this point it follows the line of the Bilbo canal to the river. At Wheaton street the sewer changes form and becomes two, the smaller one for the regular sewage of the-ettv and ca pable of serving a population of 100,000 peo ple, the larger one being for storm water, to come Into use when the smaller one is surcharged, and Is estimated and con structed to carry oft the heaviest rainfalls of the district. The storm water sewer for a considera ble distance follows the bed of the Bilbo canal, and the smaller sewer runs along side to the Savannah river, Into which it empties live feet below low water. One reason for constructing the smaller sewer for sewage proper Is to allow It to now off more rapidly and continuously, and at high Water to have a smaller quantity banked up than would otherwise be were it flowing through a large sewer. The bed of the EStlno canal from Bolton street to Perry lane would be filled In af ter a 24-Inch pipe had been laid for the service of those placed Immediately con tiguous to the depression through 'which the canal In part runs. The line for the outlet has been care ully selected, and gives a line where the sewer will be under ground for most of the way; where the excavation will not be severe, the deepest cut being eighteen feet at Duffy street and fifteen feet at Wheaton street; and where advantage can be taken of all available grade. The grade of the sewer is uniform all the way, being one foot In one thousand feet, and can be carried out on this grade to any part of the southern section of the city, or as far south as Tatemsrille, and still have a depth of ten feet to the grade line. It will be seen that this outlet is availa ble to every portion of the city that can by any means drain to the eastern side. Of course that portion on the western slope will still be compelled to find its outlet direct to the river on that side. Assuming then, that the location of the outlet sewer Is satisfactory, from a topographical point of view, let us con sider the advantages of an outlet into the Savannah river. As already stated, the sewer would discharge into the river at the mouth of the Bilbo canal, and the outlet would be five feet below low water, so that beyond the occasional rising to the surface of a cork or correspondingly light substance, there would be no indication of its pres ence to any casual observer. Savannah river has always been the re ceptacle of Savannah’s sewage, and re ceived It in tlie most crude manner and most objectionable form, yet, until re cently, the city drew Its wa ter supply from the same river, and within a few hundred feet of one of the main outlets. Still we never had it claimed that our drinking water from the river was contaminated with sewage. For the past twenty-five years Bilbo canal Ims discharged at one point the accumulated sewage of a growing city becoming within Itself each year an In creased nuisance, but once it reached the river it ceased to be A cause of complaint. Let us look for a moment at the compo sition and dilation of the sewage of Sa vannah as It reaches the outlet. The mean daily discharge of sewage from the present Bolton street outlet, according to the care ful observations taken by Mr. J deßruyn Kops. assistant city engineer on Aug. 13th and 16th, 1894, amounts to 016,976 cubic feet, or 3,877,320 gallons In twenty-four hours. Assuming the popula tion which dally makes use of this sewer to be 30,000, this would give a daily pro portion of 129 gallons to each individual. According to standard English au thorities, a population of 10.000 will pro duce in a day 24,434 pounds of urine and foeces, which in a population of So.OOO is equal to 8,793 gallons. This would make the dilution at the outlet 440 gallons of water to one gallon of crude or original waste matter. According to the government (1894) re ports of Capt. O. M. Carter, the average amount of fresh water which passes down the river in front of the Savannah, Flori da and Western wharves is 1.1,840 cubic feet per second, or 1,388,376,000 cubic feet In twenty-four hours, which is equivalent to a flow of 10,236,<48,480 gallons of fresh water in a day of twenty-four hours T his w'ould represent the diiutent capac ity of the river, as it is water which is being daily renewed, coming fresh from the headwaters of the river, and not de pendent upon tides or winds as the streams are into which the other proposed outlets would empty. This quantity of fresh water is equal to suplying 2,840 gallons to dilute each gallon of the already diluted sewage * Or, to state it in another way. the one gallon of original matter, of urine and foeces by the time it is well into the Sa vannah river will have been taken up and absorbed by 1.1044219 gallons of fresh water. llcan The most deadly poison would lose all effect with such dilution, whilst the mo " powerful aromatic would be left without the semblance of a bouquet unout To Still further show the 'completeness with which the Savannah river can take care of the sewage of the city I would refer to the careful and complete analy ses made by Mr. 1). F. Finney Lj m, C, M. Clarke, analytical gust of 1594 The results ofth,£ an alyl ses show that the sewage as it the outlet is so freely diluted'ai to con tain a very small percentage of deleterious components in a given quantity, J Comparisons with the analyses of other sewage from different cities show that they contain from five to six times more of ammonia and about twice as much chlorine. After the large dilution the sewage receives in the river—2.64i> gallons to I—lt would be difficult with the most careful research to find any trace of the sewage matter. These examples of dilution are facts upon which we can base a pretty certain assumption that the river would not be in any way fouled by the addition of the sewage of the etty. But to be doubly assured of the cor rectness of our assumption. I* would re fer to a standard axiom which has been laid down by the leading sanitary engi neers of this country: “that a flow of from 180 to 200 cubic feet per minute will suf ficiently dilute the sewage of one thousand people." The average amount of fresh water passing in front of the city being #30,404, cubic feet per minute, on the basis of 200 cubic feet for each 1,0(W people would be sufficient to dilute the sewage of 4.782,000 people. And yet objection Is.raised to our making It the outlet for a present population of 50.000. As actual experience Is always the most valuable data to be found upon which to base assertions, we may with advant age consider the means employed at Mil waukee and Chieago for diluting the sew age in the streams into which they dis charge so as to render them Inoffensive. At Milwaukee during the dry season, when the water from the river is not sufficient to fully oxidixo the sewage in the stream, they pump water from Lake Michigan into the river above the sewer outlet in quantities sufficient to fully ox idize and dilute the sewage. From actual experience it has been found that a dilution of thirty-four times the amount of sew age is sufficient to keep the stream In a perfectly sanitary condi tion. At Chicago the authorities are construc ting works at a cost of 328,000,000 to pro vide an outlet for the sewage of the city based upon the same principle as Mil waukee, but they only allow for a dilution of 26 of water to 1 of sewages Taking these two Illustrations, which are upon the basis of sewage only diluted to the extent of 104 f&tlons per head, we see that Savannah, with a much more dilute sewage as a base, has a stream which is able to reach a one hundred times higher standard than that which the city of Chicago will reach at such an enormous outlay, or that laid down as a basis for sanitary prospecting. Another point strongly in favor of the Savannah river as an outlet is the fact of its being fresh water. The latest experi ments have fully demonstrated beyond doubt that the organic matter in sewage is oxidized by the action of living bacteria In the streams into which the sewage runs. It has also been demonstrated that these organisms are much more active in fresh than tn salt water. The organic, matter will oxidize, dissolve and be dis seminated much more rapidly in fresh than In salt water Is thus well established. From this data we can establish the as sertion that, giv'en the choice of two out lets, one into a fresh water stream and one into a salt water stream, each of equal capacity, the preference should be given to the discharge Into fresh water. Or, if We are given the choice between a large, flowing river of fresh water, where the oxidizing bacteria are being renewed and replaced every second of the day, and a large salt water creek, which has only tidal influence to renew Its waters. It ought not to take much deliberation to decide In favor of the former, especially as we can reach it at one-third of the cost. One word as to the effect of tides. In tho Savannah river the velocity of the ebb flow is about twice as great as that of the flood, caused by the large Volume of fresh water constantly pressing from above. You thus have a complete change, of water each tide. In Warsaw river, be ing a purely tidal stream, you have a most variable velocity of How which is governed, almost entirely by the wind, and instead of having a change of water each tide you have very much tho same water returning as flowed out, so far as the head of tho stream Is concerned. No matter how great the velocity of ebb, or how slow the flood, the tides flow back and forth, and with them, almost the identical water, depending almost entirely on the wind for any change. It may appear an absurd assertion, yet it Is a fact that, should the outlet he con structed toWarsaw river, the ultimate di lution would he dependent entirely upon the direction and velocity of tho wind. With all this data before us I do not think it possible to deny the feasibility, the advantage and th perfect harmless ness of making our outlet for the sewage of the city Into the Savannah river. The cost of this plan Is also a great point In its favor. Before giving the de tailed figures I would like to point out the advantages of the proposed line down Har mon sreet In preference to running a sewer down tho line of the present Bilbo canal from the outlet at Bolton street. If we were to take the present Bilbo canal we should have a very crooked alignment, Instead of a straight one as proposed. The sewer crown would be all above ground, lnstead'of being well under. The grade of Gwinnett street would have to be raised about live or six feet, Instead of be ing undisturbed. It would be very difficult to obtain a foundation for a sewer in the canal, whilst on Harmon street it will be excavated to a solid bed. The grade of the shell road would have to be raised at the Bilbo canal.. The following are the estimates for the construction of the proposed sewer in Harmond street, etc., in different sections, which may be constructed separately and If desired, at different times, thus spread ing the cost over a number of years: Outlet Into river $ 5,000 River to Perry lane 48 780 Perry lane to Wheaton street 3c’381 Bolton street to Wheaton street H\42t Bolton street sewer extended 54)00 Bolton street to Anderson street .... 14 27’ Anderson street to Seventh street 12 61G On Seventh street to Price street ... 13850 24-inch pipe in Bilbo canal and fill ibS in 6,500 $149 823 This could very readily be constructed In three sections: First, from the Bolton street sewer to Ferry lane: second, from Ferry lane to the river; third from Bolton street to Price and Seventh streets The cost would then be divided as follows- Section No. 1 $53,780 Sect on No. 2 55,305 Section No. 3 40 738 lam convinced that the work coind’be done at this time much cheaper than at any time in the past or, with a business revival, any time in the future. I have not mentioned in this report any thing of the nuisance of the present Bilbo canal in its offensive and nauseating con dition, taking it for granted that the nuis ance is admitted and a remedy desired I have endeavored to place the advant ages of my proposed plan fully before you, together with such data as I have been enabled to gather bearing on it and trust it may be of service in helping to decide the city to- undertake the work at an early date. Before closing lot me thank the mem bers of the committee for their valuable suggestions in connection with the plan of proposed route, and also for the re ports, books tables, analyses and data they so kindly obtained for me whilst preparing this report. Respectfully sub mitted. PERCY STTGDEN. o . _ , , Sanitary Engineer. Savamjah, Ga., July Ist, 1895.—ad. Expert Violin Testing. From the New York World. Edward Remenyi, a Hungarian violinist, gave a free performance on a violin yes terday in Jefferson Market Police court for the benefit of Magistrate Klammer and a large audience of musicians interested In the case against Victor S. Flechter charged with stealing a Stradivarius fid dle belonging to the late Mr. Bott, violin ist. The point involved is the Identity of the instrument found in Flechter s pos session. Mr. Remenyi tuned the violin and then played in a masterly manner the intro duction to the duet in the third act of the “Huguenots.” “I have been playing the violin fifty years,” ho said, “and I have played on lO.OQO Instruments. I can tell a Stradiva rius as easily as I can tell a black man from a white man. That Is not a Stradiva riu?.” "Do you think that an artist puts his feelings Into his'worki* asked the young woman. *'Yo be the reply. "I suppose,” she went on, thoughtfully, “that s why some of the poor, hungry fel lows make their skies look like scrambled eggs.”—Washington Star. OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO. —FOK NEW YORK. BOSTON AND PHILA DELPHIA. , .O. M. SORREL. Manager. THE magnificent steamships of theaa lines are appointed to sail as follows FROM SAVANNAH, Central (90th Meridian) Time—as below; TO NEW YORK. NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, TEES DAY July 18, 12, noon. * KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher, FRIDAY July 19, 3DO p. tn. * CITY OF AVGUCTA, Capt. DaggeH, TUESDAY, July 23. at 8:U0 a. m. * CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Bunf TUESDAY, July 23, at 8 a. tn. * TO PHILADELPHIA. (For freight onlit.) DESSOUO, Capt. Doughty, MONDAY. July 22. at 8:30 p. m. * TO BOSTON. CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Savage TUESDAY. July 16, at 12:00. noon. * GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, SUNDAY, July 21, 4:00 a. m. * CITY OF MACON, Capt. Lewis. THUKS. day, July 25, 8:00 a. m. Through bills of lading given to eastern and northwestern points and to porta of tug United Kingdom und the continent. ~ For freight or passage apply to C. O. ANDERSON, Agent, Waldburg Building, West of City Ex. change. J. P. BECKWITH, G. K. * P. A , Pier 35 North River, New York. MERCHANTS AND MINERS’ TRANSPORTATION CO. RATES OF PASSAGE. TO NEW YORK—Steamor and Rail- Cabin. Limited u days, 118.30; Cabin, Unllm- Red, $20.00. Excursion, $32.00; Intermediate. $14.75. TO BOSTON—Stvamer and Rail—Cabin. Unlimited, $22.00; intermediate, Limited i days, $17.00. TO BOSTON—Stnair.er—Cabin. Limited 10 days, $20.00; Excursion. $36.00! Interme diate, Limited 10 da\is. $15.00. TO WASHINGTON—Steamer and Rail-, Cabin, $16.20. T<> PHI LADELPHIA—Steamer and Rail —Cabin, $17.80: Intermediate, $12.60. TO PHILADELPHIA—Steamer—Cabin. $16.00; Intermediate. sll.si>. TO BALTIMORE—Cabin. $15.00; Excur. sion, $25.00; Intermediate. SIO.OO. The steamships of this company are aj* pointed to sail from Savnnnih for Balti more as follows—standard time. WILLIAM CRANE, Capt. W. J. Bond, WEDNESDAY, July 17. 1:00 p. m. WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. W. Foster, SAT URDAY, July 20, 4 p. m. D. 11. MILLER. Capt. G. W. Billups WEDNESDAY, July 24, at 7:00 p. m. And from Baltimore every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. J. J. CAROLAN, Ageint. j Savannah, Ga. W. P. TURNER, G. P. A. A. D. STEBBINS, A. T. M. J. C. WIITTNEY, Traffic Manager. General Offices. Baltimore, M l The Steamer Alpha, P. 11. FINNEY, Master, On and After July 4 will change lier schedule ns follows* Leave Savannah, Tuesday 9am Leave Beaufort. Wednesday Ham Leave Savannah, Thursday Uam Leave Heaufort, Friday Sam The steamer will not atop at Bluffton on Wednesday or Thursday Special trip to Bluffton every Saturday, leaving Savannah at 3 0. in,, returning lenvo Bluffton at 5 a. m. Monday. For further information apply to C. H. MEDLOCK, Agent str. gov. mm Between Savannah and Beaufort MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY at 8:30, foot of Bull street, city time. Returning the same day. For freight and passage apply to H. G. KENT, or J, G. GARNETT, Pass. Agent,' Agonb Foot of Bull street, Exchange wharf. Telephone 520. GIT! AND SUBURBAN 11WAI SI MMER SCHEDULE—Juno 3, 1895. Isl© of Hope Schedule--Week Days. Leave City From = Leave fsl'e of Hope. t Q 0 a m Bolton st. 6 00 a m Boltonst. 7 00 a m Bolton st. 7 10 a m Bolton st. 9 00 a m Second av. 8 10 a m Second av -10 37 a m Bolton st. 9 45 a m Bolton st. 1 45 p m Second av. 12 20 p tn Second av -2 30 p m Bolton st 2 30 p m Bolton st. 8 30 p m Bolton st. 3 3ti p m Bolton st. 4 15pm Second av. 4 50 p m Bolton st. I 30pm Bolton st. 4 46 p m Second as 5 15pm Second av. 5 30 p m Bolton st. 6 30 p m Bolton st. 6 45 p m Second aV 6 15 p m Second av. 6 30 pm Bolton st. 630 p in Bolton st. ] 730 p m Boiton st. 730 p m Bolton st. i 830 p m Boltonst. 830 pin Bolton st. i 92u p m Bolton st. 92d p m Bolton st. | 10 00 p m Second af^ Saturday nights only 11 p. m. from Bolton s* Cars leaving Bolton and returning into line ton street passengers change at Thunderbolt For Montgomery, 9 and 1u:37 a. m , 2:30. t 015 p. m., change at Sandfly. Leave Mon* gomery. 7:30 a. m., i :45, 4:00 and 5:50 p. in For Thunderbolt, cars leave Bolton strew depot on every hour and half hour during tn day and evening. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO, PIEDMONT AIR LINE. The Vestibule Routs The Greatest Southern System. Improved schedules between New Yorl and Florida. Tho “Short Line Limited via Savannah. Quick time. Peerless *rv Ice. Direct to Washington, New lor*. Boston and the East. 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