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Civil Engineer John I’ovrers JIake3 a
Full Estimate of the Cost of
the Work
DOW IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED
Will Coif Uu Thun Fill Ihoaiand
foliar* and W III B# tba Meant of
UatCarlac ValuabU Land
That fa Sow t'aalaa*.
After many years of discussion It 1*
now Ligkiy probable that tbe swamp
below Uie city wlU bo drained in the
near future, and if not the entire
swamp, at leant that portion of It
known ns tbo city reserve.
It is a well known fact that mayor
end council have favored tbe drainage
of tno swamp ever since they bavo
been in otlieo nud fregueat ineffectual
efforts have been uiadg to have the
arork curried out, but as the cost of
llin work bus alwsys been uncertain,
> nud the county could nut legally share
the coat with tOe city, nud ns the city
(lid nut wish to bear tbo entire burden
of expense, the work bus never been
pushed. It is believed, however, that
had the present mayor aad council or
even previous mayors and councils
known flie cost would be so small the
work would havu been ltnfslied ere
now, as puysieiaus end citizens of
every class uud calling have earnestly
pleaded for the swamp to be drained.
The following report on the manner
uud cost of draining the swu.up, com
piled by Mr. .Tobu .Powers, who Is n
recognised authority, will prove Inter-
lading reading:
REPORT ON SWAMP DUAINAOB.
Cap!. J. W. Wilcox, City Engineer-
Dear Sir; following your Instructions,
I have made survey of the city re
serve uud the lauds contiguous, with
the object of hinting the must perfect
mid vheupiwl constructed system of
drainage of the- lowlands surrounding
the e.iy oil -ffte soutlieustern side.
T found large areas of ground nt vo-
rious points covered with stagnant wa
ter, ot depths ruutpug from three or
four .uches to us muuy fear.
Tb s water is partly from- rainfall
mid springs, but by far the larger part
Is front tlte discharge ot tbo sewers
uud branches passing through the cily,
the principal outlets of which are the
Poplar street sewer and thu brandies
from iiuwthoruo mil lluuttdttry streets.
flow to dralu the cwuiuu bus for a
long time been an annual subject fur
discussion. Many plans linvo been
formed and many surveys made nt con
siderable expense, but there lias evi
dently been no concert of action be
tween those whole duty It is to sec
after thu health of tltu city lit tills re
spect, for none of tho plans were ever
carried further Ulan the excavation ot
n few short ditches, which at least
only carried tho concentrated, supply
a few tuimlasl yinl* further' nwny,
where it was left to breed slckiiess
and death.
The brat Steps towards this work
worn to And out what area and terri
tory required dr-iluiug.
Second, to find out tho most feasible
nud cheapest plan by which it could
be drained.
Di pursuance of tho flrst idea, 1 ran
traverse lines around all :h» territciy
covered with marshes aud water, tak
ing careful and nrcurnto topographical
notes, which were unde luto tbo map
hereto nttachcd, wbleti shows :ho area
to lie drained, hut not tho depth of wa
ter or oilier characterisuw, so 1 will
proceed to describe these.
fly referring to tho map you will eee
that there Is a Urge lake about one
tulle from the city limit known as Tra
cy's Lake. This Was evlduutly the old
bed of tbo river, out of which the cur
rent was changed, closing both unis
mid forming the hike, which is In
places from one hundred to four hun
dred feet wltio ami from ten to four
teen feet deep. There was a well do-
Uucd outlet from thu city streams luto
the old river or lake by tho Napier set
tlement, but tho recent overflows ot
the river have washed sued iuio It.
ao that Is now useless for this purpose,
uud tlio water from tho city at seeking
another outlet hns gone arouml the
foot hills to fltniltou'i brickyard and
ou down Into other lakes nud Hie river,
but leaving a chain, of marshes and
bikes all the way down.
I have no doubt but tlut this old
chHUucI was st one time suUlcieut for
nil purposes, and f examined It with
a ylew. to reopening it, hut ‘fouud that
the work of desrtug it out would pivu-
nhly bo as great us the cost or a new
canal, nud that It Is less desirable than
a new one, on account of !u greater
length, thus reducing the rats of grade
nud Ita greater liability to being tilled
by sunil brought down by. fivshde ,u
the river. So I Mi tudoned lliat idea
aud turned my alleution to uuothut
point which olfeml ilia ahutest
anil best lino ou which to
build a canal to connect Chain
Bridge and 'Tracy'a lathes, .ho
dliiiince between the two being ouijr
thlncon hundred uud fifteen (1.1161
f.vi from water to water.
Wie water In Tracy's latlco I do not
consider hunuful ot Itself, pariiy lie-
cause of Its dlstauoe from the luhah-
lied portion ot the city and liecsttsc
of n connection It haa throttgh nu old
canal with the river, by which the
ivatir la renewed at almost, every rise
of tbe river. So uiy plans ouly con
template a reduction of Its surface of
about three feet, whlon can be nceoui-
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pliahed by a short canal six hundred
and twenty-pine (429) feet long through
the property of Sir. B.'H. l'lant, drain-
log It inio tho old canal already men
tioned, which was constructed years
•go for the purpose of draining that
lake, and which leads into the river
about twenty-llvo hundred (25W® feet
away. This old csnal has become more
or less obstructed by fallen trees, and
with a little work In removing obstruc
tions the water will deepen it sttfll-
cielnly to carry all that will be offered
to it.
In arranging the plans of the canal,
I made the base of tbe one through
Mr. Plant's land twenty (20) feet w.dc,
In order to give a greater volume of
witter at the entrance of flic old canal
so that Its force, due to (lie grade unit
quantity, will move rapidly aud thor
oughly scour out thu mud train thu
bottom of tho old canal, .bus keeplug
it open.
The elevation of the water In tbe
river at the mouth of die ol-l canal on
the 15th of October, ,3visa, was 209.23
feet, about one foot above low water,
and tbe elevation of thu bottom of
Plant's canal at the upper or Tracy's
I.ake end, is 273.04 feet, thus requiring
n rise of -1.73 feet <n l ie river to back
the water up into Tracy's I.ake. 'i'litn
the bottom of Chain liridge Luke
375.55 feet, rcqu.rlDg .1 still further
rise of'1155 feet, or a total of 7.37 fe-.-t
lu the river to hack ta,i water up m:o
thu bottom of Chain Bridge lake.
Tlie Water usually stands at three
to four feet deep in Chaui Bridge Lake,
ho, for tile river to li.eg up inly it to
tin' usual height af i n- lake water, it
will require a rise hi the river of teu
or eleven feet in round numbers to put
tbe water back to where It now elands.
'Jlils will be mi uimontly high ri-ei,
which only lasts for a few days, and
ttlo proposed canal !•» sulllu'.ently wale
—ilfteeu feet nt the lias.!—to take the
water out of tho likes as last ns de-
river falls, so Instejd ot thu stagnant
water we will have n current either
In or out nt all times, when the water
Is high enough to get Into the ,'akis
at all.
Between Chain Bridge Baku attMbo
city we have a chain of lugonus lead
ing up to tho old Macja and Augusta
railroad embankment, through which
there Is a brick culvert four feet in di
ameter anil thirty-eight feet long,
through which the mu ran between tie
old Mncon end Augusta mid tho Ma
con and Northern railroads should
drain, and it would but for die Jnct
that die lagoons lielow the railroad are
clinked up. so that lit. 1 water In this
culvert stands ouo and a half ieet
deep.
By opening tho sjnneotton* betnuen
these lagoons mul digging small ditches
from one of diem up towards tho cre
matory and through the marsh on tho
north side of the old Macon mid Au
gusta railroad from the harrow pits
of die-railroad towards the Mncon uud
Northern railroad shops the marsh be
tween tho tracks can bo thoroughly
drafned at n very email cost.
There Is also another required, name
ly, from the Southern railway trestle
on rium street down through the
marsh to a connection with Chain
Bridge Lake for tho accommodation
of tlio water coming down Toplur
street. While this Is the lougest ditch
of any. It need lie only ouo foot' deep
and eight feet wide, or possibly six
feet wide may be milllclont. die obji-ct
bring more to straighten the channel
of the branch and Increase Its velocity
than to gWe drainage to the outside
sod. which would bo dry and solid
enough were the way opened for Mho
escape of the water.
Every rain brings down n largo
amount of snml through this stream
and when the water slriktu the Huts
Its velocity Is checked and tlio at ml
Is depositeft thus constantly closing
the old anil opening the new channels,
lit the snmo time raising Its bed. A
largo part of dils tnarsh h now quite
solid and Is growing more so all me
time, opeuiug and keeping open, of the
proposed ditch, seems to lie all thill, is
required to change It from u nuisance
to good dry laud, which could be util-
I red for pasturage or gardens.
* This mala drain will occasionally
close up nutf w.tl require sum attention
lo keep It serviceable, but a few days'
labor ufler every naavy rain will keep
It lu good condition to perform tho
duty expected ot It.
To accomplish the work suggested
by tny surveys will rcqu.ra an expend
iture of $1,414.33, distributed gs f<|D
lows;
nitrites Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. 5 and d, 1,249
cubic yards nt 30 oeuts per yard,
$380.70. Canal' througU Napier’s land.
8,188.3 cubic yards at 3d cents iter
yard, $2,154.10. -Canal through Clam's
laud, 1,354.8 cublo yards at ISO cculs
per yard, $1,307.41. Clearing obsinir-
tluu from old caunl (estimated), $500.
Total, $1,411.23.
Hits will thoroughly urnln two huu-
dred and llfiy acres belonging to tbo
city nml make It sutlleieluly dry for
ugtleullitrnl or other purpose*.
It will be observed that i have taken
no account of right of way or engineer
ing expenses. As for tho former, I
should think the boosBl to the lands
derived from thorough drainage will
nioro than offset tbe value of tho
small areas tnkou up by jhe canals
and embaukmeiits, which lit Mr. Na
pier's esse Is only 1.0 acres and lu Mr,
l’laut's only one acre, and l have pre
sumed that the .engineering foreo of
the city as now constituted will bo
uble to do what engtneevlag will bo
required.
The work I have so far described
only rofera to tit * drainage of the city
reserve nml the foot hills, but 1 have
discovered that In addition t-> '.he drain
age the surplus earth excavated over
what Is required In the construction
of a levee along the southwestern sides
of the canaU may bt> well utilised Ity
tho extension of these levees both
•bote and lielow, and it will go far
towards making n connection with
Plum's levee on the south and the high
land ou the north. If these connections
were made the levees would give a
good protection from high water from
above for h11 the .lauds lying below
the city. .
It Is only 2,t00 feet from the upper
end of Napier's canal to high ground
and about 1,400 feet from thu lower
end of this canal to a levee built
arouud Mr. Plant's fawn, which con
nects with another levee leading to
the river, and some distance down tho
stream on Mr. Mansfield's place.
1 have not gone into tho nutter suit!
dcntly to make an accurate estimate
of the cost of doing this work, but I
fool quite sure that tbe connections
can be made giving continuous levee
from the foot hills to tbe river at Mans-
Held’s for a sum not exceeding $12,040,
making a levee the entire distance (for
the new work) seven feet wide ou top,
with a slope on each side of one aud a
half feet horisoaul to oue foot vor
tical, ami as high as tlte top ot the
levee at Mr. MansfleM's. which I un
derstand doe* not overflow.
The construction of this work would
bring Into use s largo amount of tbo
most productive land In the state and
make lu cultivation a pretty safe In
stead of the liaxtrdout undertaking it
SUPERIOR COURT.
A Session Easting One Hour and a
Half Held Yesterday.
Judge Hardeman long
lord ay's docket In the
those cases not other-
were carried over to
It did not talc
to get rid of ye
(iuperior court, i
wise dfeoosed o
another (lay. • ’
In the esse of'-P. K. Dederlck vs. R.
W. Patterson, ebnvolalnt, a verdict of
11,000 was rendered for the pDhwlff.
Orders were gassed In anumber of
minor cat**. \
A Petition, for Injunction- woo tiled in
the superior coupt yesterday by W. H.
Cuetellow, praying that U. M. Ounn be
enlolne-J from instituting action of tro
ver against e d-1 1 Crotellow pending the
hairing of cepmfn proeeedlnts concern
ing certain r.toqk and farming Imple
ments thAMrlll Shortly come before the
count. Judge llhrdeman Issued a tern-
iporary reuinilirinx order and set a
fleering of the egae for November 1".
The Wlowing fane* are set for today;
-Moses ynrbrotgrh va. Guarantee Com
pany of Georgian Petition for Injunc
tion. 7
Equitable Mortgage Company, .by C.
N. Flowers and J. N. Gifford, receivers,
vs. D. H. Adams, -principal, W. W. Cel
lini and Sam Weiohsdlbaum. securi
ties. Complaint,
In re. William Bov kin, Jr., petition to
probste -will \it .WStliim Boykin. Ap
peal from court of ordinary.
-Moses Yirbrouih vs. Guarantee Com
pany of Georgia; Petition for Injunc
Won. etc.
Dlleey AftaW.1T vs. Alexander Atta-
way. Petition for alimony, eke.
Wlnehln MaoMne Company et til. vs.
Smith & Hall. J. W. C-xtoantss et at Pe
tition for UUunitlon. etc.
Cable E. LoVIrfg ve. W. A. Davis &
Co, Potltlon tty injunction, etc.
"BROWNIES IN£AIRYLAND."
Palmer Cox'« Children's Open to Be
Put on'In Macon.
Macon will enjoy a rare treat on De
cember 11 and 15 In the production here
of Palmer Cox's new and already fa
mous children's bPera. "The Brown!to
In Fairyland."
The owners of the piece are Col. Par
dee. of Pain's -Pompeii, and- H. B.
Thearle & Co., of Chicago, and a con
trast wns el'-jsid lost night between the
ownens and . thfe King’s Daughters,
whereby the opera Is to be produced
here on Friday and Saturday nights
and Saturday tna-tince, December 14 and
15.. for -the benefit of the Macon hospi
tal fund. Th opera Is said to tie the
most entertaining of Palmer Cox’s tripe
with the Brownies. The music lo by
Halcomb iimtglnro. The scenery and
spectacular effects are grand. Only lo
cal talent. Is .-used In the production,
about on* hundred young boys and
girls belnjrprflcufed -to -take -the various
parts. 7ji(ey fire; thoroughly* drilled by
a competent reaiii director,, and from a
local Slnpripoijit the piece M In Mils way
rendered (a r " -•
otherwise J>
CURES SCROFULA,
BLOOD POISON.
CURES CANCER,
ECZEMA, TETTER.
C MAGNIFICENT^
iresJna than It would
LlEJTp 'SftEfr'Awr lyB&QNS.
H© If N5 ^oniernt’Afetnb>©r of Ch« Floord
titles.
A-t the rcgutsrlmeetlng of -the Floyd
.iucb -hold oh Jlbnday n-lght, Secomt
Ideuteatrt Fred Stewart tendered bts
reslgnmilon, both as lieutenant and as
member of tho oampany.
Eieut. Stewart clvca no cause for the
rrslgnallnn. but It Ih understood that It
* UB * ncas rensone, and that
5® : *^11 >«»« A wgrm place In bis heart
for the conrpihy. of which h“ ban been
UfS nib ® r ' 11 r Stewart Joined
the Floyd Rules a number bf years ugo,
Mid. by close attention to duty and
ein 1 Mne* t hl' y 2 i$Jl Mnrjr ™ lca an< > <«»■
clpnno lie iwh Wecamo one of the best
equlppefl vivilrtnra men In- the city, and
.conjPmjy riwignlring his nullity
.^i"?S&xtfd lieutenant. The rcs-
il22.K2f.2S? aro °lXeO >'<?!. and
Mr. 8l^VSb^X^ 0pt ' thl “
Urro!in, < i!l C o^!? , i no qule,a ,,,e hrrves,
i t;? J i v n » nn d gives quiet
win S ° IJ at Good-
wyn Ac bmrin f dfrig store.
IN Mk.MORIAM. ~
,„9," 7 ' ««n«unded by loved ones,
little George Rlackshear. aged 0 years
•nn nl I-. n ' Blsckshenr. watt
called to wi heavenly home.
Go-I tn HUT kinhlte wisdom l»a» seen
Ot ho take this little fellow to a bet-
Jor.wnd htiptiler land.
(1 An roe will bh greutty mlnsed, not
only by .the-loved ones nt homo, hut
also by his little schoolmates and lov-
teacher.
» was (in obedient, studious, nnd
ambitious pupil, -whom It was a pleas
ure to ihtuoH.
May God comfort his bereaved pa
rents. and help them to feel that nil
things are dons for the best, and llmt
George's death rally draws them closer
to heaven.
"Attd you-ch,, you who the wildest
yenrtv ,
For -the nM-;lmc step and tho glad
return—
Think of htm faring on iu» dear
In the lov* of There as the love of
Hers; t
Think of him still ns the same, I say;
He Is not gi-ad, he Is Just away.”
Wov. 7. tfSt.
SPECIMEN CASES.
8. H. Clifford. New CSssel, Wl»„ was
troubled with neuralgia and rheuma
tism. his stomach wns disordered, his
liver was affected to an alarming de
gree, appetite 'fell nxvay and he was
terribly reduced In llesh and atrengtb.
Throe bottles ot Electrlo Bitters cured
blm.
Edward ; Sheffield, Harrisburg, IlL,
had a running sore on his leg of eight
£ sirs' sUliling. Used three bottles of
lectrto Bitters snd seven boxes of
Bucklen'J Arnica Salve nnd his leg le
sound uii-l vail. John Speaker, Cataw
ba, O., hsd live large fever sores on his
leg. doctors sstd he wat Incurable. One
bottle Elcctrts Bitters snd one box ot
Bueklen's ArVoa Salve cured him en
tirely. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son's
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II
—OF THE—
FAIR.
GREAT - DIXIE - INTERSTATE
The Third and Last Week of the
Most Remarkable Sale of Dry Goods
Ever Known In This State.
Macon scores a big success! Crowds turned away from
“Pompeii,” but the sensation of the week has been eager, push
ing, purchasing throngs in attendance upon our great sale of
High-Class Fashionable Dry Goods.
We will make this week a fitting climax to this unpre
cedented sale. Prices that read like a romance, but investiga
tion will prove them a plain,unvarnished tale of unequivocal
truths.
Silks.
KMnch Gros Grain, in black, reliable
quality, value $1.23 a yard; tills week
73 cents.
-Inch Bansallncs, 2t-iucli Peau de
Sole, 22-lnck Faille Fraucalse, 21-inch
Imported Taffeta, 24-luch Sutlll
Duclicrs, In black, all $1.-1S values; this
week .USc.
21-Inch Demi Taffetas, all colors,
suitable for skirts, tailor-made suit lin
ings or street costumes, value $1; this
week 73c.
2L-inch Satin Duchcssc, 30-lnch extra
quality China Silk and 10-inch Velvets
In different tbits ot the new shades,
clrese and bluet.
X-'reneh all-silk Crepes In rich quality,
high lustre, and 50-Inch Chiffons, all
evening shades.
A few more plain Surahs and Chinns,
light, medium and dark shades, vuluo
60c.; this week ...50c.
BLaACIC dress goods.
3G-tnch Bcngallne, shot effects, Storm
Serge and Henrietta, value 33c.; this
week 19c.
40-Inch all-wool Surah Serge, 44-Inch
all-wool Henrietta, 40-inch all-wool
shower-proof Serge, 45-Inch all-wool
wlde-walo Serge, 54-lnch nll-wool Hop
Sacking, values from 03 to 85c.; this
week 45c.
40-Inch silk warp Henriettas. (KMnch
Hindoo Sergei, seven different pat
terns of high class Parisian novelties.
In black, all $1.4S values; this week
OS cents.
COLORED DRESS GOODS.
30-lnch Illuminated Suitings, 30-Inch
Whip Cords, 84-inch Diagonals, 30-
lnch Brocades, two-toned effecta, values
35c.; this week lUp.
40-lnch silk nnd wool, Heather Mix-
lures, 33-inch Changeablcs, 33-Inch
Illuminated Mohair Whip Copls^O-
Inch nil-wool Flannels, 38-Inch’ All-wool
Tartar Plaids, values from 50 to 73c.;
this week.... ; 30c.
40-lnch all-wool Covert Cloths, 40-
lnch silk and wool fancies, 40-lnch all-
wool high-class Novelty Suiting, 40-
lnch all-wool French Serges (all colors),
40-lnch rain-proof Storm Serge, values
from 00 to S5c.; this week.. ..45c.
Capes.
Ladles’ now stylo tailor-made Capes,
braid trimmed, value $4.75; this week
$4.00.
'Ladles’ tailor-made Tourist Capes,
dark tan, navy blue and black, Alaska
sable trimmed, value $7.50; this week
$4.50.
Now shipment ladles’ tan and black
Golf Gapes, silk lined hoods, valua
$12.50; this week $7.50.
JACKETS.
150 ladles’ Goats of winter weight
cheviots in dark tan, navy blue, black
or gray mixed Melton, value $7.50;
this week $4.
Our stock of ladles’ high grade Coats
and Capes is by long odds the most
extensive over displayed in this city.
LINEN SPECIALS.
72-Inch all-linen German Damask,
value 85c.; this week (lie.
04-inch Turkey red Damask, colors
warranted, value 680.; this week. .40c.
frl-lneh all-linen German Damask,
colored border, value 75c.; this week
40 cents.
Extra large all-linen Huck and dam
ask Towels, value 23c.; tills week 15c.
40x204och all-linen Huckaback Tow
el, value 29c.; this week...- 10c.
SPECIAL BLANKET SALE.
200 heavy 10-4 wool Blankets, value
$2; this week.. USc.
100 pairs heavy 10-4 wool Blankets,
slightly soiled, valuo $4; this week
$2.75.
11-4 California and Eastern Blankets,
value $7.50; this week $4.30.
11-4 California Blankets, best grade,
value $12; this week $7.50.
10- 4 whlto Spreads, value 85c.; this
week... ..50c.
11- 4 Crochet Quilts, Marseilles pat
terns, value $1.50; this week D3o.
—" UNDERWEAR.
Headquarters for ladles and child
ren’s ribbed and knit Underwear.
HOSIERY.
Six pairs ladles’ fast blsck Hose,
valuo 25c. each, for 75c.
Children’s fast black Hose, former
valuo 23c.; this week 12 l-2c.
Boys’ extra heavy school Hose,
double knees, valuo 30c.; this week
25 cents.
Owing to the prevailing hard times we have
decided to admit every visitor to Macon during the
next week to our immense attraction. A regular
In the Clothing, Hats and Men’s Furnishing Goods
line. We have got ’em in all styles and grades, and
your dollar will perform more wonders here than at
any other place. Don’t forget. Admission free. Re
member the place and number. , ^