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a E P () R T
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E.DWAED C, ANDERSON,
MAYOR OF. THE CITY OF SAVANNAH,
FOR THE YEAR f0G'SEPTEMBER 30,868.
TO WHICH IS ADDED THE
TREA-STIRER'S REDOUTSnfannnnl;, (ia.
C. E. O'SULMVAN, PRINTER.
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REPCRT
OF
EDWARD C. ANDERSON,
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH,
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FOR THE HEAR ENDIKG SEPTEMBER 30,1868,
TO WHICH IS ADDED THE
TRE^VSTTRER'S RERORT.
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C. K. O'sri.IJVAN, PRIKTEU,
1868.

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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, )
SAVANNAH, OCTOBEE 1st, 1868. j
To the Citizens of Savannah :
The publication of the Mayor's Report, with the Annual
Statement of the Treasurer, made up to October 1st, 1868, has
been unavoidably delayed.
The balance of Interest clue on funded debt, October 1st,
1867, as per Report of 18G7, amounted to $ 81,806 60
Interest due 1868, (See statement of funded debt), 147,800 80
8229,607 40
*Deduct interest for six months on
bonds issued for subscription to SouthWestern Railroad $33,000
*and for subscription to Augusta and
Waynesboro' Railroad 21,500
$54,500
Six months interest $1,907 50
K'Said bonds were redeemed with corresponding
Railroad stock.
Deduct interest due in October, Novem
ber and December, 1868 4-8,409 40-$ 50,376 90
Balance $179,230 50
Of this amouut redeemed during this year $153,028 45
Leaving a balance not yet presented $26,202 05
By reference to last year's Report, Cou
pons due prior to 1866, amounting to.$13,541 13
had not been presented up to October
1st, 1867,ofthis amount $5,460 00
were received for taxes during this year
leaving a balance of $8,081 13
The funded debt of the City as per last
Report was $2,111,440 00
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MAYORS AXM'AL KKI'OUT.
Amount brought forward, $2,111,440 (M
Add to this amount bonds issued to II.
R. Jackson for encroachment on Bar
nard street, removed by him 3,500 00
and for Mutilated Bonds\vith interest. 1,^00 00 5,300 00
$2,110,740 00
Deduct bonds redeemed with correspond
ing R. R. Stock, as follows : for sub
scription to South-Western Railroad.33,000 00
For subscription to Augusta & Savan
nah Rail Road 21,500 00
Deduct also bonds lost, destroyed and
mutilated, for which new bonds were
issued, as per Treasurer's Statement
of "Funded Debt," 13,500 00 68,000 00
Leaving balance $2,048,740 00
The remainder of the bonds issued for
subscription to the South-Western
Railroad, amounting to $11 7,000 00
will mature on November 1st, 1869, to
meet which the City has one share of
corresponding stock $ 1 00 00
The remainder of the bonds issued for
subscription to the Augusta it Waynes
boro' Railroad amounting to $4 78,500 00
will mature August 1'st, 1870, to meet
which the City has 4^4 shares cor
responding stock $42,400 00
FLOATING DEBT, OCTOBER 1st, 1867, AS FOLLOWS:
New York Warehouse and Security Company. .. .$46,000.00
Merchants' National Bank ". 11.000 00
Central Railroad Bank 8,500 00
Commissioners of Pilotage 3,500 00
B. II. Hardee (for paving wharf) 1,116 95
$70,116 95
FI.OATINI; DEBT, OCTOBKK 1st, 1868.
Win. Jeffers & Co., for Steam Engine 2,000 00
Commissioners of Pilotage 2,821 16
Merchants' IN ational Bank 33,500 00
Central Rail Road Bank 8,000 00
$46,321 16
MAYORS ANNl'AL REPORT. 0
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Report of the Superintendent of the Public Schools for
the year ending July 15th, 1868, represents the condition of
these institutions as in every respect satisfactory. The whole
number of scholars entered during the year, inclusive of those
in the County, has been one thousand and seventy-four.
The appropriation for the support of the Schools has been
as follows :
From the City Treasury -. $8,500 00
From the County Tax." 7,000 00
From the Educational Fund 965 47
From the Peabody Fund 1,500 00
Derived from Tuition in High Schools 1,925 00
Balance in hand of Treasurer at commence
ment of year 228 90
$20,119 37
STREETS AND LANES.
Twenty-three thousand, seven hundred and two dollars and
forty-one cents have been expended on the Streets and Lanes
in the past fiscal year, against $37,032 02 for the preceding
twelve months.
PAVIXC; GAS HOUSE IIIIX.
This''work was begun in October, 1867. The distance paved
is'a'bout 680 feet, and on all that portion opposite the Gas
Works, the width of the roadway has been increased to 35
feet. About seven hundred cubic yards of earth were hauled
for widening and grading the street. The whole was com
pleted on the 1st of January, 1868.
PAVING PART OF PRICE STUEKT.
The portion of Price Street at the intersection of South Broad
has been subject to wash during heavy rains, causing serious
damage to the sidewalk. To remedy this, a space of filty feet
has been paved. Paving has also been done at the intersection
6 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
of Perry lane and Price street, and Perry lane and Haber
sham street, enclosing cess pools.
DUFFY STREET DRAIN.
This work was undertaken in March, 1868, by the Street
Gang, and an open ditch dug, 2,350 feet in length, draining
ponds at the intersection of Montgomery and Duffy streets, and
Barnard and Anderson streets. The sandy character of the soil,
however, rendered it necessary to adopt some plan to prevent
the caving in of the drain. For this purpose the sides have
been planked and braced at a cost of $2,221 10. The. ponds
above mentioned have been effectually drained, and the health
of the city in that section materially benefited thereby.
BOLTON STREET DRAIN.
This drain, dug in 1866-67, and forming a continuation of the
work on Duffy street, had washed so badly that a brick sewer
of large dimensions seemed to be the only remedy to prevent
the carrying away of the entire street. A sewer six feet in
diameter has accordingly been built, commencing at the point
where the wash was greatest, and extending eastwardly five
hundred feet. The labor of grading and filling in this street
to its proper level is now being done. According to the esti
mate of the City Surveyor, it will require 2,000 cubic yards of
earth to accomplish this. The connection of the Bolton street
sewer with the Park drain is recommended, and as soon as the
finances will permit, the Bolton street line should be extended
as far up as Abercorn street.
BILBO'S CANAL.
Much labor has been bestowed in deepening the channel
and raising the embankments of this wasteway and its
branches. The Chain Gang has been employed on this
work, and much less danger may in the future be ap
prehended from overflow to the adjoining low lands. It is
designed to continue the convict labor at this point until
the entire line is made secure and the capacity of the canals
for receiving and carrying off the drainage of the city in that
direction is perfected. The trunk on the river front is beins?
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 7
repaired and enlarged. It is sixty feet long by twelve feet
wide, and has been down about eleven years.
CULVERT ACROSS ROBERTS STREET.
This Culvert, which has heretofore been of wood, having
been repeatedly washed away, a substantial brick structure
with wing wails has been substituted. Its dimensions are fortysix feet in length, with a diameter of four feet six inches. About
450 cubic yards of earth will be needed to grade the street in
the vicinity of the culvert.
The slip at the foot of Jefferson street has been properly
secured by retaining walls of brick, and the roadway paved.
SQUARES.
Four of the Public Squares have been newly enclosed during
the year, viz : Pulaski, Columbia, Warren and Liberty. These
squares, as well as those completed in 1867, have been built
with heavy cedar posts of superior quality, obtained from
Florida. The alteration in the shape of these enclosures will
afford a more tasteful arrangement in planting trees, and in
their future ornamentation. The remaining open squares
should be improved in like manner.
BRIDGES.
A substantial iron foot bridge has been erected across the
slip at the foot of Abercorn street. The Barnard street bridge
having given way, proposals for iron foot-ways across this
and Drayton street slips have been called for.
PUBLIC DOCKS.
The Public Dock, at the foot of Abercorn street, has been
wharfed in and leased to Messrs. Hunter & Gammell. The re
taining wall at this dock broke from itsfoundation in December
last, endangering the base of the adjoining buildings, and
threatening for a time to cut off the communication along the
line of River street. A double row of sheet piling has been
driven across the front and rear of the wall, and the dock
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backed up with a filling of stone ballast sufficient to prevent
any further mishap. I recommend the public slips at the fol
lowing named points to be wharfed in and leased : Lincoln
street, Drayton street, Whitaker street and East Broad street.
SEWERS IN TATNALL AND JEFFERSON STREETS.
These branch drains, connected with the Barnard street
sewer, being too small to admit of beinj* cleansed in any other
way, have been tapped at intervals of fifteen feet and thor
oughly purged. They are, however, radically defective in their
construction, having been built near the surface, and without
fall sufficient to cleanse themselves. The sewer in Barnard
street for most of its length is in a like condition, and will
be attended to as soon as practicable.
The construction of sewers at the following points is recom
mended as imperatively needed, and should be put down as
soon as the finances will permit: one along Broughtou street,
from Habersham to Lamar's Canal; one along Huntingdon,
from Tatnall to Robert street; one along St. Julian street to
West Broad, and the extension of the Drayton street sewer
from Congress street lane to Bay street. These comparatively
short sewers would effectively drain Washington Ward, Deck
er Ward, and the whole South-western portion of the city.
BAY' STREET.
Tiie surfacing of Bay street is very much needed, and will
be put in hand immediately on the arrival ot stone ballast
suitable for the purpose. The macadamised portion from Bull
street east has been commenced, and would have been com
pleted in the Summer but for want of material.
PLANKING.
River street from Lincoln street east to the Lower Rice
Mill and from Lamar's Canal to the creek beyond, has been
planked. Both thoroughfares are now in excellent order.
RAIL ROAD CUT IN RANDOLPH STREET.
This excavation is becoming more and more difficult of
remedy with each year's neglect. It was cut out in 1862-3,
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 9
for the purpose of connecting the Atlantic & Gulf Rail Road
track with the river, and the work stopped by injunction from
the Courts. Left without retaining walls, the sides have rapidly
washed away until the street has become a gully, and the
houses on each side are in danger of being undermined. The
responsibility of filling the cut and restoring the street to its
original gradeor of building retaining walls of sufficient
height and thickness to protect the adjoining propertyis now
in abeyanc?, and will probably be decided at the January term
of the Superior Courtat the suit of the lot holders who claim
to be injured thereby. By an Ordinance passed in Council 11th
December, 1857, the Atlantic & Gulf Rail Road Company
were "authorised to make a cut in Randolph street for the
track of their Road not exceeding five feet in depth and sixteen
feet in width, from two hundred and fifty feet south of Presi
dent and Broughton streets, provided the sides of said cut are
supported by sustaining walls of masonry, to be always kept
jn order by said Company."
STREETS ON EASTERN AND WESTERN SLOPES.
The streets from East Broad street running east, and from
West Broad street west, leading down as they do from the high
plateau on which the city stands, to lands but little elevated
above low water mark, are, from the loose and sandy character
of the soil, subject to be washed during every heavy rain. The
temporary expedient oflogging has been resorted to with a back
ing up of stone and broken brick on the lower side, but with
out much good. The only permanent remedy will be to pave.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The expenditure for this Department in the past fiscal year
amounts to $12,715 94. One new Steam Engine (the Washing
ton) has been added to the organization. The following is a
list of the fire apparatus now in service ofthe city :
Steam Engine John W. Anderson, with Hose, Hose Cart and Coal Wagon.
" " Washington, with Hose Carriage, Jumper and Coal Wagon-
" " John J. Waver, with two Hose Carts.
" " F. S. Bartow, with Hose Carriage, Jumper and Coal Wagon.
Mechanic's Hook and Ladder Truck, with Ladders, Hooks, Chains, &c.,
complete.
Marshall Hose Company, with two Hose Carriages.
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COLORED COMPANIES.
Hand Engine, No. 3, (Pulaski), with Jumper.
No. 4, (Franklin), "
No. 5, (Columbia,) " Hose Carriage.
" ' No. 7, (Tomochichi), with Jumper.
HOSE.
2,000 feet of India Rubber or Combination Hose, the great
er portion new and in good order. 2,000 feet Leather Hose.
In addition to the above, there are three Hand Engines out
of service which are offered for sale, under instructions of a
Committee of Council, beside a large quantity of Leather Hose,
condemned as unfit for use.
It will be seen from the foregoing return that the, Fire De
partment is more than amply provided for in Engines and ap
paratus. Competing tests between Steamers should be dis
countenanced, as not (jnly destructive to Hose and Engines, but
as an expensive pastime which the City is not in condition to
pay for.
MARKET.
The receipts from the market for the past year amount to
seventeen thousand, three hundred and seven dollars, eightyeight cents, as follows:
By cash received for Fees $ 8,747 38
By " " rents of Stalls 8,560 50
$17,307 88
Expended for salaries, labor, gas,repairs, etc. 5,664 79
Net revenue to City $11,643 09
The roof of the building is decayed and leaky, and if re
paired at all, will require an outlay of several thousand dol
lars. In the present condition of this structure, it would be
economy to expend the amount named toward the erection of
a market house on a new and improved plan, commensurate
with the wants of the City, instead of patching up the old.
MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. 11
JAIL.
The outlay for the Jail'for the fiscal year just closed, amounts
to ten thousand, eight hundred and twenty dollars, eighty
centsincurred mainly in the support of prisoners committed
from this and the adjoining counties.
The indebtedness of Chatham County to
the City for 1868, ending Sept. 30th, is.$10,575 75
Of other counties " is. 1,988 50
Of United States Marshal 94 30
$12,658 55
MORTUARY REPORT.
A Comparative Statement of Deaths in the City of Savannah,
from October \st, 1866, to September 30th, 1867, andfrom
October 1st, 1867, to September 30th, 1868.
1866 to 1867. 1867 to 1868.
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$
October .
November
December
January ..
February.
March. . .
April ....
May.
June
July
August
September.
Total 598
77 116 193; 59
71 93 164! F4
49 98 147J 61
39 42 811 53
42 41 83 32
33 34 67 18
33 41 74! 30
33 32 65 62
51 57 108 47
61 66 1271 44
58 43 101; 36
51 57 108
1 74
77
73
50
72
37
37
42
49
60
58
37
47
136
127
111
125
69
55
72
111
107
102
73
121
639 1209
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109
Brought dead to the City during last year 57
Stillborn Infants " " " 28
Deaths within the City limits " " 1,124
Total 1,209
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SPRINGFIELD PLANTATION.
This body of land, containing nine hundred and sixty-three
acres, was purchased by the City in 1850. One hundred and
forty-eight acres of the tract previous to the Dry Culture con
tract were cultivated in rice, and formed a valuable body of
first quality tide laud. Connected with this, there are eighty
acres of first quality inland swamp belonging to the tract, the
swamp continuing, however, with many ramifications towards
the Little Ogeechee. At a point nearly opposite the three
mile stone on the Ogeechee road, the waters divide and flow,
part towards the Savannah and part towards the Ogeechee
rivers. The primary consideration in the drainage of the
Springfield Plantation is to give this uncleared swamp an out
let for it entirely distinct from any canal or sewer for the
drainage of the one hundred and forty-eight acres of cleared
land mentioned above. For this purpose, shortly after its pur
chase by the City, a dam was built having a base of sixteen
feetsix feet in height and six feet top and running along the
eastern margin of the Springfield canal. This embankment,
built eighteen years ago, has had no repairs, so that it is now
in very bad order. At the same time, a brick sewer was con
structed on the east side of the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal
from the river to the north-east corner of the tract. Unfortu
nately this sewer was not placed at low water mark, and the
benefits expected to be realized were, from this cause and
giving it too much inclination, in a great degree lost. These
lands having an average elevation of only five feet above low
water, it is essential that any sewer or canal should be com
menced at the river, at least as deep as low water mark, and
carried through with as little rise as possible, say not exceed
ing one foot, in order to allow the deepening of the main and
quarter drains to the depth required for thorough drainage.
In 1860 the City decided, at the suggestion of the present
City Surveyor (to whom I am indebted for the points enumera
ted in this Report), to build a covered wooden drain, com
mencing at the mouth of the Ogeechee Canal to the north-west
corner of the Water Works, and from thence in an air line to
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 13
the main central drain of the plantation, passing under the
two tracks of the Central Rail Road by a brick sewer, and
under the Canal by a wooden trunk. This work was all com
pleted except the box under the Canal, when the war interrupted further operations at this point. Council has authorised the
completion of this portion of the drainage, the repairs to the
embankment built in 1850, and such other repairs as may be
necessary.
Shortly after its completion, the portion of the brick Sewer
built under the branch track of the Central Rail Road was
covered with sand as high as the trestle-work. This immense
weight caused the pile-work upon which the Sewer was built to
sink down, as also the track itself, which injury to the Sewer
has never been repaired. This damage should be remedied by
the Rail Road Company. The Ordinance in relation to provid
ing good and sufficient culverts under any embankment or other
obstruction, l(y any body corporate who may have acquired the
right of way, is very clear and to the point. It provides, "that
it shall not be lawful for any person or body corporate by any
embankment, dam or work to be erected, or which may have
been heretofore erected across the natural channels of drainage
ofthe said Springfield tract or any other tract, or in any other
manner to impede the flow of water from the said tract through
the drains which, have been or may be constructed for the
purpose of draining the said tract of land or through the natural
channels and outlets thereof to the Savannah river. And it
shall be the duty of all persons or bodies corporate who may
have lawfully acquired a right of way over said tract, or may
have constructed embankments or dams across the said tract
to cause sufficient culverts to be built under the same, so that
the drainage of said lands shall not be impeded." The Presi
dent ofthe Company has expressed a willingness to attend to
this matter, but until remedied no step can be taken by the
City towards completing the work.
The following reasons appear to render the location of this
sewer preferable to any other: 1st. It taps the Springfield
Plantation rice lands at the most available point, viz: in the
centre ; 2d, it is the shortest and most direct; 3d, it may be
14 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
uncovered at any time by the removal of only eighteen inches
of earth, and any deposit or injury removed or repaired; 4th,
it is the only location that will drain the triangular piece of
land lying between the Canal and the Central Rail Road; and
last, it has the additional advantage of draining all the lands
of a similar character located between the Rail Road and the
river, and the Springfield and Ogeechee Canals.
POLICE.
The cost of the Police organization for the past vear
amounts to $94,108 05, against $111,400 60 of the preceding
twelve months. This decrease is to be found in the reduction
ofthe pay of the officers and men in January last, and in a
more economical administration of the system itself. In point
of discipline and numbers the organization remains the same as
when last reported on, whilst in equipment and efficiency, in
case of public disturbance, it will be found far more formida
ble. The force has won for itself the respect of tile community
which it has so faithfully served, and has commanded the ad
miration of all strangers who have visited our city.
The outskirts of the town still remain unguarded bv Police
men. If it be possible, without too large an outlay from the
Treasury, to provide for this want, I would recommend the
equipment of a small mounted patrol force for the protection
of these points.
The inducement to more lucrative employment in the winter
months, in contrast with the small pittance of pay, (only sixtv
dollars per month to the privates,) has occasioned the resigna
tion from the force of some of its most efficient members. In
view of this fact, and of the recognized merit of the men 1
recommend an increase of salary to the privates of the Force.
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
The following expenditures have been made from the City
Treasury in furtherance of this work :
Paid Commissioners of Pilotage, for Harbor Master's
Fees collected $4,628 25
Paid for Freights and Passage Tax collected 16,531 43
Paid II. F. Willink for removing wreck of Isondiga. 100 00
$21, 259 68
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The operations on the river, under the auspices of the Com
missioners of Pilotage have progressed steadily during the
past year. I am indebted to Captain J. S. Kennard, Superin
tendent of Dredging, for a report of the work done under his
direction.
At the close of the Mayor's Report for October, 1867, the
Dredge was employed excavating a channel near the gap in
the obstructions, four miles below the city, in the vicinity of
Elba Island. This work was completed on the 16th of the
month, and a passage-way dredged out of the following dimen
sions: Length, four hundred yards; depth, from thirteen to
fifteen feet at low water; width, one hundred and twenty-five
feet. The average depth excavated was 4 25-100 feet, com
posed of mud and a substrata of stiff black and blueish clay.
About thirty days work was done on the sand shoal
opposite Marsh Island, when the scene of operations was
changed, and the vessels moved up to the head of King's
Island, where the "cross tides" met and deflected the water
into Back River. To remedy this difficulty, and, if possible,
to divert the stream fully into the Georgia channel, it was
decided to cut off a projecting point of land, which by its
peculiar formation conducted the volume of the stream from
the South bank ofthe River directly across towards the Carolina
shore, and thus down into Back River. It was determined, in re
moving this projection, to deposit the earth taken from it over
against the sand flat in the vicinity of the timber jettce, and
to dredge out a channel of sufficient depth to draw the wate1
'
from its accustomed course through this excavation, and
thence along the line of the mainland into the Savannah River
proper. This has been in a great measure accomplished, the
work having been completed on the 9th of April last. As a
result of this operation a large quantity of the water which
formerly passed down through the "Cross Tides" into Back
River, now flows on past the city on its way to the ocean.
This change is palpable to any one who has observed or has
had practical experience in the set and velocity of the currents
at this point, before and since the dredging was completed.
Raftsmen, who in times past found it difficult to keep thur
16 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
timber from being swept across into Back River, now drift
down without difficulty to the city; and where before there was
a dead eddy, caused by the point of land jutting into the
stream, there is now a current of considerable strength. The
deflecting tongue of land, thirty feet of which was above
water, was cut squarely off, and in its stead a channel has
been dug down of from fourteen to sixteen feet in depth.
Through this new channel the current rushes with the same
velocity which formerly bore it through the cross tides into
Back River. The following are the dimensions of the cut ex
cavated : Length, three hundred and ninety yards; width,
from thirty to one hundred and forty feet; depth, from
fourteen to sixteen and a half feet.
The dredging here was at times much impeded by cypress
stumps and knees, some of which were of great bulk, requiring
all the power of the engine to detach their roots from the
ground. They w
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ere found from thirty to one hundred feet from
the margin of the shore, and generally from twelve to fourteen
feet below low water mark. From their upright position, and
the tenacity of their fixture in the earth, it is evident they were
not deposited but grew there, thus demonstrating an interesting
feature of change in the conformation of our river, and evidenc
ing the fact that where now there exists a deep channel was at
one time a portion of the forest. The effect of turning an in
creased volume of water into front river has strengthened the
velocity of the current, and has sensibly deepened the sand
shoal opposite Marsh Island. The water along the wharves of
the City has also been deepened.
In consequence of the large number of vessels arriving in
ballast in the winter months and the difficulty of discharging
the same in a suitable place of deposit, Council in March last
voted an appropriation of six hundred dollars to be expended
in the construction of a wharf on the opposite side of the river,
which would not only relieve the vessels of their difficulty and
be a source of revenue to the City in the ordinary rate of
wharfage charged, but at the same time would serve to
strengthen the bulkhead closing the channel between Hutchin
son's and Fig Islands by dumping the ballast on the inside of
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 17
the same. To facilitate this arrangement the dredge was em
ployed for a short time in deepening a channel to and along
side of this wharf! The excavation has not yet been fully per
fected, as it was deemed of more immediate importance to cut
away and deepen that portion of the "Garden Bank" trenching
upon the ship channel. This bank is about eight hundred and
fifty yards long with a depth of water on its southern edge
varying from eight to ten feet. The space between it and the
wharves is very narrow, and vessels passing to and from the
City often ground here. The work was commenced on the
21st of April last and continued steadily until the 24th of
August, at which time a sufficient width and depth had been
attained to enable ships, with careful handling, to pass without,
risk of detention. In the prosecution of this improvement, a
heavy sunken wreck was raised from the channel of the river
opposite Willink's Ship Yard, occupying but two days in its
removal. It proved to be a very large and strongly built flat,
eighty feet long by seven feet in depth, strengthened by stout
oak knees firmly bolted to the sides and bottom. The side
planking was additionally secured to the kelsons by inch
iron rods running edgewise through them. This flat was torn
to pieces and raised in fragments, the bucket of the Dredge
grappling and wrenching from its fastenings an entire side at a
time. In excavating opposite Demuud's Cotton Press another
sunken flat was disjointed and brought to the surface in the
same manner. The work along the ''Garden Bank" has been
temporarily suspended in order to resume operations on the
channel at the "wrecks," the upper or western edge of which
had somewhat decreased in depth in consequence of the slight
angle made by the ebb tide in entering it, and by the passage of
steamers across the entrance whenever the flood tide gave them
water sufficient to shorten the turn. The sand has thus been
forced by their paddle wheels and propellers into the mouth of
the cut. In order to remedy any further filling up from like
causes in the future, the north corner of the dredged channel is
now being removed, forming a funnel shaped opening for the
current to sweep into. The tide will henceforward flow evenly
18 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
into this funnel, and vessels will enter and leave it fairly without
deviating from their direct course.
Thirteen months have elapsed since the channel at the "wrecks"
was dredged, and though the excavation was made through a
bed of shifting sand, it is gratifying to know that the depth re
mained unimpaired except for a few yards on its western and
northern extremity. The slight filling in at this point has al
ready been remarked upon and remedied. The results thus far
attained by the dredging of the river have been in every respect
satisfactory, and are apparent in the increased prosperity of the
port, and in the facility of access to vessels of large draft, which
in former years were subjected to lighterage and delay. A ship
of seventeen hundred tons, with a capacity for four thousand five
hundred bales of Cotton is now loading at Demund's Press.
This fine vessel, (the Emerald Isle,) the largest, perhaps, that
has ever been up to our wharves, came up from sea to her
berth, under sail without the aid of a steamtug. Since the com
pletion of the several channels, no vessel that could reach them
has been delayed from want of water to pass through them:
whereas, before these shoals were dredged out, ships compara
tively of light draft, were compelled to wait for the top of high
tide to get over the "wrecks."
The limited amount of wharf front to the City, will in a very
short time necessitate an increased accommodation to meet the
wants of our growing commerce. This can be attained by an
extension of the line of wharves below Willink's Ship Yard,
where the water is deep, or by means of the powerful dredge
machine now in the river, widening, deepening and wharfmg in
the Ogeechee Canal from the lock to the Central Rail Road
bridge, and converting it into a basin for ships. The distance
between the two points named is 3,078 feet on either bank,
amounting to 6,156 feet in all, or an equivalent of nearly one
mile and a quarter of additional wharf accommodation to the
City. The present width of the canal is one hundred and thirty
feet, which, without difficulty, could be increased to one hundred
and eighty feet, or two hundred feet, and deepened to any extent
that might be deemed desirable. The project is suggested for
the consideration of capitalists. Judiciously carried out, and
MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. 1'.)
with a line of rail track on either side of the basin running up to
the Rail Road bridge from the river, it would afford an admira
ble location for the Cotton Presses, and doubtless prove a profit
able investment to all parties undertaking it, as well as an essen
tial accommodation to the prospective business interests of Sa
vannah.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD 0. ANDERSON, Mayor.
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STATEMENT
Of Expendituresfor Savannah Fire Depa.rtui,en.t,from October
\st, 1867, to October \st, 1868.
FIREMEN'S HALL
Paid for Painting and Repairing Roof 55 50
Paid for Laying Floor 50 00
Paid for Repairing Side-walk 80 75
Paid for Repairing Doors and Kevs. 27 75
Paid for Gas Pipes, Fixtures and Gas 70 00 290 00
OGLETHORPE FIRE COMPANY
Paid Monthly Appropriation to June, 1808 920 00
Paid for services with Hand Engine from August 13,
1866, to May 26, 1867 ' 115 38
Paid for Wood 8 50
Paid for Repairs 154 75 1,198 63
WASHINGTON FIRE COMPANY
Paid Monthly Appropriation to August, 1868 500 00
Paid for services with Hand Engine for 7 months to
February, 1868 50 00
Paid Appropriation for Gas for one year 15 00
Paid for Hose Cart Wheels and for Painting Cart 95 00
Paid for services by Engineer 35 00
Paid for Coal Cart 50 00
Paid for three Lanterns 12 00
Paid for Altering and Repairing Engine House and
Painting Roof 408 66
Paid for Oil, Buckets, Drayage, etc 15 85
Paid for Repairs 41 05
Paid services at 18 Fires 36 00 - 1.259 10
GERMANIA FIRE COMPANY 
Paid Monthly Appropriation to August, 1868 1,100 00
Paid for Repairing Engine House 43 00
Paid for Coal 21 00
Paid for Repairs 216 151,380 15
METROPOLITAN FIRK COMPANY
Paid Monthly Appropriation to August, 1808 1,100 00
Paid for Altering and Repairing Engine House and
Painting Roof 418 50
Paid for Repairs 55 00
Paid for Oil and Sundries 9 501,583 00
MECHANIC'S FIRE COMPANY
Paid Appropriation 300 00
Paid for services at 27 Fires 54 00
Paid for Repairs 6 50 360 50
Amount carried forward 0,071 44
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Amount brought forward 6,071 44
COLUMBIA FIRE COMPANY
Paid for services at 8 Fires 16 00
WARREN FIRE COMPANY
Paid for services at 4 Fires 8 00
Paid for Repairing Hose Cart 11 25 19 25
PULASKI FIRE COMPANY
Paid for services at 18 Fires 36 00
FRANKLIN FIRE COMPANY
Paid for services at 12 Fires 24 00
ToMACiiiciii FIRE COMPANY
Paid for services at 12 Fires 24 00
PULASKI BRANCH HOSE COMPANY
Paid for services at 14 Fires 28 00
Paid for Repairs 42 75 70 75
MARSHALL HOSE COMPANY
Paid Appropriation 50 00
Paid for services at 28 Fires 50 00
Paid for 2 Lanterns, Hooks and Braces, Oil, etc 21 75 127 75
AXE COMPANY NO 1.
Paid for services at 12 Fires 24 00
Paid for one Oil Can 00 24 6(1
AXE COMPANY No. 2.
Paid for services at 22 Fires 44 00
SUNDRIES
Paid for Steam Fire Engine "Washington" 4,000 00
Paid for Freight and Insurance on same 230 00
Paid for 600 feet 2}.$ inch four-ply Hose 960 00
Paid for 12 sets Couplings and 4 sets Clamps 72 50
Paid for Insurance and Freight on Hose and Couplings. 13 25
Paid fori Coil Rope 62 35
Paid for Pole to Hook and Ladder Truck 50 00
Paid for Superintending Repairs to Hand Engines sold. 150 00
Paid for Keeping Engines in Repairs by contract for
2}4 months 187 50
Paid for Repairs to Railings and Stoops 51 00
Paid for Brooms, Buckets, Brushes, Cotton Waste,
Emory Paper, Staff's for Lamps and Drayage.... 92 05
Paid for Advertising, Blank Books and Stationery ... 75 50
Paid for Ringing Fire Alarm Bell 22 00
Paid for Sundry Repairs 72 00
Paid Sal arv to" Secretary of Fire Department for 11
months to August, 1868 220 00 6,258 15
$12,715 94
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CITY OF SA.VA.>J"^"HA.H,
October 1st, ISiiS.
12,383 shares Atlantic & Gulf R. R. Co 1,238,30000
1.307 shares Montgomery and West Point It. R. Co 130,700 00
424 shares Augusta & Savannah R. R. Co 42,400 00
1 share South-Western R. R. Co 100 00
3 Promissory Notes of N. B. Clinch, secured by Mortgage. 6,843 75
1 " Note of Heirs of D. O'Byrue secured by "... 6,502 17
Order from Justices of Inferior Court of Chatham County on
Countv Treasurer 6.241 75
1,431,087 67
( 655 Lots in 26 Wards, underlease and valued at*.613,636 82
/ 42 Lois in Springtield Plantation, under lease*. 26,671 00
(Annual Ground Rent on these Lots 35,145 47.)
* 1!) LOTS donated to the Union Society and 12 Lots reverted
to the City, are deducted from last year's statement.
67 Lots in Forsyth, Lloyd and Stephens Ward, not
leased 134,000 00
Remainder of Springfield Plantation 40,000 00
City Barracks 20,000 00
City Exchange 30,000 00
Water Works and Site 222,000 00
Firemen's Hall 8.000 001,094,307 82
2,525,395 49
Wharf Lot at foot of West Broad street rented for 810 00 per annum.
Wharf Lot at foot of Abercorn street, rented for 850 00 "
Slip on Canal, rented for 75 00 "
Line of Wharf Head between Hutchinson's and Fig Islands.
Wharf Slip at foot of Reynold's street.
Seven Carts tind seven Mules for Streets and Lanes and Dry Culture.
Six Horses and one Mule for Police.
Amount of Taxable Real Estate for the Year 1808 is 111,155,492.00
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TOT^L TO^Isr^OIE
I'Jiitered and Cleared at the Port of Savannah, Ga ,
during the Quarter ending September SOth, 1868.
No. Tons. 100 lbs Crew
Vessels (Amer.) from Foreign Ports. .. 6 1,094 64 42
" (For'n) " 5 2,055 81 51
" (Amer.) to " " 8 2,712 91 76
(For'n) " 9 1,996 23 74
" in coastwise trade, entered.. .151 91,555 37 3,103
" in coastwise trade, cleared.. .122 80,343 82 2,813
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COMMERCE OF SAVANNAH,
Mtiti'iiistrf of Exportsfrom the Port of Ramnnah, Ga., fur tl,r Fimil Year
nnumendnij July la, 1807, and ending June i!0tt, 18(j8.
EXPORTS FOREIGX.
Bnles. Pounds. Value.
Uphind Cotton 25(),0()i) lli),327,094 $23,103,947
Sea Island Cotton G.()80 2,003,018 1,400.232
Total 203,340 121,330,712 $24,000,170
P. P. Timber 11,710,293 feet, value $223,551
P. P. Lumber 8,901,725 " " 179,947
Deals, Planks, &c 2,172,309 " " 19,300
Other Merchandise 20 140
$25,109,183
EXPORTS COASTWISE.
Bales. Value.
I pland Cotton 234.434 $22,148,490
fcea Island Cotton 5,190 098,100
Total 239,024 22,840,590
Domestics, bales 9,774 value, $970,000
Lumber, feet 9,152 M. " 183,000
Wool, bales 981 " 32,001
Rice, casks 4,291 " 217!G3()
Wheat, bushels 92,540 " 211,390
Flour, barrels 10,593 " 107,930
Hides 70,040 " 21,193
Rosin and Turpentine, barrels... 12,202 " 147,322
(.'lay, hhds 1,132 " 22,040
Leather, rolls 407 " 24]oiO
Otlicr Merchandise 43,000
Total Value Exports Coastwise $24,834,020
On shiplxiard for transportationCotton, bales, value $ 283,000
RECAPITULATION.
Value Exports, Foreion ^25,109,183
Coastwise 24,834,020
On shipboard 283,000
Total value shipments for year $50,220,209
Durino- the months of November and December, 1807, the price of Cotton
ranged from lie. to 14c. per pound, and there were shipped about 150,000
bales at that low price. The same months of the previous year, (1800),
prices rang-'ed from 30c. to 45c. per pound; at this rate the Cotton exports
of the past fiscal year would have reached $70,000,000.
NAMES OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
FOR 1867 AND 1868.
MAYOK:
EDWARD C. ANDERSON.
CILUliMAX OF C'orXCIL:
MARTIN J. FORD.
ALOEKMHX:
1. MARTIN J. FORD, 7. ALVIS N. MILLER.
2. HENRY BRIGHAM, K UEOUGE W. WYLLY,
."). .I0IIN L. VILLALOXGA, i. \YM. II. RURROrCIIS,
4. FREDERICK W. SIMS, HI. .IAS. J. WARING,
T>. WILLIAM HUNTER, 11. MATIIIAS II. MEYER,
(i. FRANCIS I, Gl'E, 12. CIIAS C. MILLAR,
OITY OFFiCEris-issy^es.
CI.EKK oi'' COUN'CTL.James Stewart.
CITY TKKASUIIER.Joliu Williamson.
ASSISTANT CITY TKEASUKER.Magnus I.ocwentlial.
CITY MARSHAL.Tlios. S. Wayne.
CITY SUUVEYOK.Jno. B. Hogg.
CORPORATION ATTORNEY.Bid ward J. Harden.
JUDGE OF CITY COURT.Walter S. Chisolm.
CITY SHERIFF.Chas. J. White.
CLERK OF CITY COURT.Phillip M. Ilussell.
HEALTH OFFICER.J. T. ^[cFarland, M. 1).
HARBOR MASTER.Win. Dixon.
JAILOR.Waring Itussell.
PUMP CONTRACTOR.Alfred Kent.
KEEPER OF LAUREL (Jitovit CEMETERY.A. F. Toilay.
KEEPER OF CITY CLOCK.F. Brown.
KEEPER OF POWDER MAGAZINE.  II. L. Davis.
KEEPER OF PEST HOUSE.J. J. Stokes.
CITY PRINTER.Wm. T. Thompson.
CITY SCAVENGER (CONTRACTOR).Wm. Swoll.
MESSENGER OF COUNCIL.Jno. McDermott.
KEEPER OF FORSYTH PLACE.Patrick Scanlan.
PORT WARDENS.Uol.t, D. Walker, Richard T. Turner,
Wm. II. Patterson, W. W. Wash, Wm. Ii. Symons; Clerk:
T. J. Bulloch.
CITY ASSESSORS.Uobt. D. Walker, John M, Cooper, John
C. Taylor.
CHIMNEY CONTRACTORS.Eastern DivisionPatrick Xaughton. Western Division^-W. F. Parker.
KEEPER OF CITY DISPENSARY.Wm. N. Valleau.
POLICE.lioht. II. Anderson, Chief; Wm. Wray, 1st Lieut,
and Chief of Detective Force; J. T. Howard, 1st. Lieut. C. II.
Bell, 2d Lieut,
SERGEANTS.James Foley, Martin Houlihan, John (Tieen,
James Greiner, James Leonard, Win. 31. Moran.
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