ANNUAL REPORT
JOHNRWHEATON.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH,
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YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1882,
TO WHICH IS AT)I)KD THE
TREASURERS REPORT,
Heports of the Different Departments.
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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT,
CITY OF SAVANNAH,
MAYOR'S OFFICE, January 1, 1883.
Fdloic-Citizem: In compliance with the requirements of
ordinance I herewith submit the following report of the city
finances on the 31st day of December, 1882, together with a
general statement of the transactions of the government
during the year, to which is appended the reports of the
various departments, showing in detail the receipts and ex
penditures and the improvements made during the year :
Cash on hand January 1, 1882 $ 35,017 63
RECEIPTS.
From real estate taxes, 1875 15 60
From real estate taxes, 1876 191 26
From real estate taxes, 1877 559 93
From real estate tasces, 1878 1,313 70
From real estate taxes, 1879 3,400 85
From real estate taxes, 1880 5,582 09
From real estate taxes, 1881 $61,000 43
From stock in trade, 1881 3,003 97
From personal taxes, 1881 1,845 80
From income and commission taxes,
1881 3,369 92
From specific taxes, 1881 3,033 50- 72,253 62
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From real estate taxes, 1882 $191,392 86
From stock in trade, 1882 12,048 66
From personal taxes, 1882 15,177 14
From income and commissions
taxes, 1882 1,382 64
From specific taxes, 1882 46,503 52 266,504 82
From licenses 30,866 80
From market 16,896 95
From jail 7,246 60
From Laurel Grove Cemetery 1,490 00
From water works 35,626 37
From harbor and other fees 11,461 91
From Savannah River improvements 1,000 00
From rents 2,708 50
From city lots ' 20,777 36
From ground rents 25,449 33
From miscellaneous, to wit:
Badges , 435 00
Board of Health 699 07
Dry culture 5,000 00
Interest 312 42
Police uniforms from fines 3,596 25
Quarantine 3,650 00
Streets and lanes 582 00
Water works improvements 18 00
Loan 11,282 35
Total $563,938 41
EXPENDITURES.
Badges $ 409 25
Board of Health 27,354 82
City clocks 305 30
City Court 5,444 56
City lamps 7,043 79
City pumps 1,738 90
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Docks and wharves $ 639 42
Dry culture 20,940 69
Fees 1,375 00
Fire Department 15,897 61
INTEREST.
Paid old coupons $9,681 95
Paid new coupons 179,862 50
Paid interest 298 05
Paid Eugene Kelly, interest on
Mayor's note : 2,383 52192,226 02
INCIDENTALS.
Paid for carriages for Assessors, etc. 47 00
Paid for expenses to quarantine.... 83 92
Paid for recording mortgages 16 50
Paid for damages to buggy 40 00
Paid for telephone to December 31,
1882 51 00
Paid for hire of horse for Harbor
Master 60 00 .
Paid for compiling statistics.. .. 39 00
Paid for postage, telegrams, ice, etc. 967 65
Paid for charity 92 05
Paid for sundry costs in suits 321 56
Paid for City Directories 72 00
Paid for expenses of Corporation
Attorney to Atlanta, Ga 15 00
Paid for expenses of delegation to
Washington, D. C, in the inter
est of river and harbor improve
ments 843 50
Paid for pictures and hanging the
same 48 50 2,697 68
Jail 9,078 05
Laurel Grove Cemetery 4,693 23
Liquidation 2,739 74
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Licenses $ 81 25
Market 3,981 94
Parks and squares 5,113 76
Police 54,507 45
Police uniforms.. 3,500 92
Printing and stationeiy 1,935 55
Public buildings 2,343 47
Quarantine 6,976 85
Salaries 17,068 36
Savannah River improvements 1,050 35
Scavenger department 14,537 42
Sinking fund 10,176 00
Streets and lanes.- 33,377 13
Water works 13,752 65
Water works improvements 85,956 06
Discount on taxes 1881 7,180 95
Balance on hand December 31, 1882 9,814 24
Total $563,938 41
At the commencement of the year 1882, the floating debt
of the city was as follows :
Judgment in favor of Eugene Kelly,
with accrued interest $54,895 68
Accrued interest on matured cou
pons and maturing coupons of
old bonds 10,000 00
Outstanding accounts for the year
1881 10,000 00- 74,895 68
There has been paid during the year
interest on floating debt 2,383 52
In settlement of old coupons past
due 9,681 95
Bills and accounts for the year
1881 "... 10,000 00 22,065 47
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The indebtedness of the city, exclusive of its funded debt
at this date, is as follows, to wit:
Judgment in favor of Eugene Kelly,
with accrued interest $56,488 79
Coupons of old bonds not compro
mised, estimated 3,000 00
Outstanding accounts for the year
1882, including amount due for
water works improvements... . 60,776 91
Amount received from sale of prop
erty of Christopher Murphy,
trustee, in excess of taxes due
the city 11,282 35-$131,548 05
Against which there is cash in the
Treasury this clay 9,814 24
Taxes past due considered good.. 20,000 00
Unpaid taxes for 1882, including
fourth quarter tax due this day. 90,000 00
Due from all other sources 18,000 00137,814 24
Of the outstanding accounts for the year 1882 $45,776.91
of the amount is for account of water-works improvements.
The estimate for the total cost of that improvement was
fixed at $175,000, of which $80,000 was so be expended in
1882, and the balance, $95,000, in 1883. That estimate
proved to be incorrect. The total cost of the improvements
amounts to $131,732.97 to this time. Of that amount $85,-
956.06 have been paid, and it is estimated that $10,000 will
be realized from that part of the fourth quarter's tax for
1882, assessed for the purpose, due and payable the present
month, and that $15,000 dollars can be realized from the
sale of the old water works' site.
These two amounts will reduce the deficit to $20,776.91,
which is provided for in the budget for the year 1883 for
continuing the water works improvements. The balance of
the appropriation for that purpose, to wit, $39,223.09, it is
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provided, shall be set aside until the budget for the year
1884 is made, or until such time as the additional funds
necessary to complete the improvements are available. For
itemized account of expenditures to date see report of the
City Treasurer.
The plans and specifications for the stand pipe have been
prepared and adopted, and it is hoped that the foundations
for it can be prepared this year, if no further progress can
be made.
The municipal authorities felt great reluctance in post
poning that very important part of the improvements. The
present tower is not of sufficient height to give the pressure
necessary to furnish a supply of water, and is inadequate in
capacity to store sufficient water to bridge over any tempo
rary contingency liable to occur at any time, and while they
believed that both safety and economy would be secured by
its immediate construction, they were not willing to increase
the present rate of taxation to provide means for the purpose.
For general information and for future reference I annex
a statement of the new 5 per cent, bonds originally printed,
showing the number, denomination and amount, amount
signed, amount on hand not signed, amount issued, amount
on hand signed, and amount signed available and unavailable
for exchange:
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The City Treasurer has paid the Sinking Fund Commis
sioners the sum of $10,176 during the year, and the Commis
sioners have returned to him cancelled city bonds of the
face value of $12,000. The particulars of the Sinking Fund
Commissioners' transactions are embraced in their official
report, which is appended. There have been $8,600 old
bonds exchanged for new bonds during the past year, of
which $5,500 were stamped with the compromise agreement,
and $3,100 were not stamped.
The bonded debt at this date is as follows :
New 5 per cent, bonds outstanding $3,353,400
Old 7 per cent, bonds stamped with compromise
agreement 13,100
Old 7 per cent, bonds not compromised.... 106,500
Total $3,473,000
The Finance Committee, deeming it important to make a
more thorough, exhaustive and critical examination of the
books connected with the finances of the city than has here
tofore been made, employed an expert accountant for that
purpose. The examination was commenced early in October
last with the expectation that it would be completed before
the close of the past year, but in consequence of the extent
which it was found necessary to carry the investigation, a
longer time will be necessary for its completion. The work
is still in progress.
POLICE.
The police force has been increased by the appointment
of four additional men. The present strength of the force
consists of one Chief, two Lieutenants, four Sergeants and
fifty-five privates. Four additional horses have been pur
chased during the year, making the total number of horses
in the service of the department twenty, of which three are
the property of the commissioned officers and seventeen be
long to the city, all of which are serviceable and in good
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condition. A high standard of discipline has been main
tained in the force, and they have performed all duties
required of them in a manner which reflects credit upon both
officers and men.
With a view of adding to the efficiency of the force in the
event of riots or other emergencies, they have been supplied
with improved Springfield breech-loading rifles, and for the
past ionv months have been regularly drilled in the use of
these arms. The officers and mounted men have been sup
plied with improved Colt's pistols. The barracks, prison
and stables are patterns of neatness and good order, and the
property of every description in the keeping of the depart
ment has scrupulous care and attention.
The report of the Chief gives full details of the practical
working of the department, the number of arrests, and a
complete inventory of the property in his charge. The
expense of the department for the j^ear amounts to the sum
of $54,507.45.
STREETS AND LANES.
The committee in charge of this department have given
their attention mainly to keeping the streets and lanes graded,
repaired, cleaned and in the best condition possible with the
means at their command. They have not had the facilities
for procuring the material necessary for extending pavements
over the unpaved business streets, nor for making other im
provements that the increased business of the city impera
tively demanded. With a view of obtaining additional
facilities for making the necessary improvements in this
department, the city government have petitioned the State
Legislature for the passage of an Act that will permit a por
tion of the expense for improving streets to be assessed on
the property abutting which is directly benefited, and unless
some measures looking to that end can be adopted, it is diffi
cult to see how any extensive improvements can be made
without a decided increase in taxes. Attention is again di-
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rected to the necessity for increased facilities for the large
traffic with the wharves of the Ocean Steamship Company
and of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway. By
direction of Council a committee from that body has re
cently been appointed to investigate the subject and recom
mend such measures as in their judgment will be feasible
and practicable for the purpose. There appears to be an abso
lute necessity for prompt and energetic action. Under an
agreement entered into with the Ocean Steamship Company
for the taxation of their property west of the Ogeechee canal
on the same basis as other city property, Canal street ex
tended and Wadley street running thence south to the exten
sion of Joachim street, have been transferred by that
comp&ny and accepted as public streets by the city govern
ment, and will hereafter be maintained at the public expense.
The patent asphalt pavement, laid directly in front of the
City exchange by the International Pavement Companj', of
New York, in the month of May, 1881, appears thus far to
be a durable pavement, and if it stands the test for the three
additional years for which it is guaranteed, in my opinion,
must be considered well adapted to the streets of the city.
The total expense of the Street and Lane Department amounts
$38,490.89,. which includes the care of the Park and squares,
the building of sewers and work of every kind in the streets
and lanes. The report of the City Surveyor gives details of
the work done, the average number of men and teams em
ployed, and the material used, also a full inventory of the
property belonging to the department.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Under the supervision of the Chief Engineer and his As
sistant, the Fire Department has merited the confidence and
approval of the city authorities. The morale and discipline
of the force has been fully maintained, and it has worked
efficiently and harmoniously in every respect. The horses
apparatus, equipment and property of every description have
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been carefully looked after and are in good condition. The
engines and hook and ladder truck have been supplied with
hew patent harness, which facilitates promptness in respond
ing to alarms. The report of the Chief Engineer contains
a full inventory and description of the property in charge of
the department, and a detailed account of the number of
fires and alarms during the year. The cost of the service
has amounted to $15,897.61. A Superintendent of the fire
alarm telegraph has been appointed at a salary of $75 per
month, who is required to devote his entire time to the service
of keeping the wires in good order.
CITY LAMPS.
The necessity of supplying light in the eastern, western
and southern portions of the city, more recently built up,
together with a desire on the part of Council to accomplish
that end, as well as a more satisfactory lighting of the city
without any great additional expense, prompted the muni
cipal authorities to enter into a contract to have that service
performed by adopting the system of lighting the streets
with naptha gas, at a cost of $19.50 per lamp per annum.
The system proved unsatisfactory. Upon frequent inspec
tions it was found that a large number of the lamps became
extinguished at different periods of the night, and that many
of the lights that remained burning were poor and not in
accordance with the contract, from causes which appeared to
Council should have been overcome by the contractor.
If the contract had been faithfully carried out, the expense
to the city, including the additional lamps established, would
have amounted to the sum of $12,820 for the year.
In consequence of the failure of the contractor to perform
the service as agreed upon, Council has declined to pay the
amount in full. The sum of $5,733.12 has been paid on
account. The contract expired December 31st, 1882.
A contract has been entered into with the Brush Electric
Light and Power Company for lighting the city with electric
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lights for the term of three years at a cost ot $18,000 per
year, that company giving a good and sufficient bond for the
faithful execution of the terms of the contract. A contract
has also been entered into with the same company for light
ing the Market with electric lights, for the term of one year,
for the sum of $1,000 dollars. The cost of gas for lighting
the public buildings, including the Police Barracks and Mar
ket, amounts to the sum of $1,236.89 for the year.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The expenditure in this department amounts to $2,343.47
for the year, which includes repairs, fire insurance, lightning
rods for the Exchange and Powder Magazine, and fuel and
gas for the city offices, etc.
CITY PUMPS.
In this department the work has been performed under an
annual contract, which has resulted in a saving of expense
to the city, and in keeping the pumps in fully as good condi
tion as they were under the old system. One new well with
pump complete has been built, and four wells and pumps
have been discontinued. The total number of pumps main
tained by the city at this date is one hundred and forty-nine.
The expenses of their maintenance for the year amounts to
$1,738.90.
JAIL.
The jail remains in a dilapidated and insecure condition,
and requires a large outlay annually to keep it tenantable.
Careful attention has been given to sanitary measures, and
to the care and management of prisoners.
The expense of the institution amounts to the sum of
$9,078.05, and the receipts to $7,246.60 for the year. There
is due for the care and maintenance of prisoners $3,240.40.
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DOCKS AND WHARVES.
The receipts from this source have been carried to the ac
count of rents in the report of the City Treasurer.
The expenses have amounted to $639.42, which embraces
repairs, removing a sunken wreck from the Savannah river,
and dredging the dock at the foot of East Broad street, etc.
DRY CULTURE.
The Dry Culture Committee have exercised a careful su
pervision over the work committed to their charge. The
Bilbo canal, Musgrove creek, and all the drains, ditches and
banks on the low lands that immediatelj- surround the city
south of the Savannah river have been regularly cleaned,
kept free from w
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eeds and obstructions and in thorough good
order. The condition of Hutchinson Island in the latter
part of the year 1881 and early part of 1882, attracted gene
ral attention, from its being daily overflowed by the tide
through the breaks in the banks occasioned by the hurricane
of August 27th, 1881. That portion of the island belonging
to the city was under a lease, with an obligation on the part
of the lessee to keep- the banks and ditches in repair and in
the same condition in which they were received by him. The
lessee having failed to close the breaks, after several inef
fectual attempts, the city authorities took charge of the work
on the 16tli day of February, and pursued it with energy
until the breaks were closed, so as to prevent the land from
being overflowed.
The cost of that work amounted to $3,710.92, which the
lessee declined to pay. A large amount of work was still
necessary in order to place the banks and ditches in good
condition, and as no satisfactory arrangement could be made
with the lessee for continuing the work, the city authorities
were compelled to proceed with it to the extent of placing
the banks in a reasonably secure condition, and opening the
ditches to permit proper drainage, which involved an addi
tional expense of $2,289.70.
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After the decease of the lessee, propositions were made by
the represetttative of his estate for abrogating the lease, and
by direction of Council the lease was cancelled on the pay
ment to the city of the sum of $5,000, all buildings and im
provements on the property reverting to the city. It was
then determined to raise and strengthen the banks and place
them in a more secure condition. That work is'now in pro
gress under a contract with Mr. Thomas Cahill, at an esti
mated cost of $7,500, of which amount $1,622.67 has been
paid. The break in the bank inclosing the wharf lots imme
diately opposite the city from Willink's Marine Railway to
the dry dock has also been repaired, and the bank placed in a
secure condition at a cost of $628.49. In addition' to these
extraordinary expenses, this department has been charged
with $5,356.92 paid William Cleary, in settlement of a judg
ment for alleged damage to his crops by being overflowed by
the tide in the year 1871, and $1,500 paid Dennis Reardon as
a compromise settlement of his claim in suit for $2,000 for
alleged damage to his crops in the year 1878.
The total expense of the department for the year, includ
ing all charges, amounted to $20,940.69. It has been credited
with $5,000 received from the estate of the lessee of the city's
property on Hutchinson Island.
An extension of the dry culture system, and a rigid en
forcement of the drainage of all the lowlands in the vicinity
of the city, are measures that, in my opinion, are important
to the public health, and should be insisted upon.
MARKET.
The repairs of the damage to this structure caused by the
storm of August 27, 1881, were in progress at the date of the
last report of the Mayor, and have been completed at an ex
pense of $1,100. The usual expenses, which include salaries
labor, gas and ordinary repairs, amount to $3,981.84, and tho
receipts to $16,896.95 for the year.
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WATER WORKS.
The removal of the water works, that had been in contem
plation for a number of years past, in consequence of the
supposed impurity of the water at the point where the works
were located, and the necessity for increased pumping capa
city, has been accomplished. The old works, built in 1852
53, west of and adjoining the Ogeechee canal, near Canal
street, have been abandoned, and new works constructed
about two miles above the city, on the Savannah river. The
auxiliary engine, built and erected in 1874, has been removed
to the new works and placed in perfect running order there.
The improvements consist of a new Worthington pumping
engine, of the capacity of five millions gallons per day, with
boilers and appurtenances complete, and substantial and
neatly constructed buildings ; the engine house, fifty-three
feet by fifty-three feet, twenty feet from floor to ceiling, with
a cellar six feet in the clear, and a boiler house forty-three
feet by seventy-three feet, and a brick chimney stack twenty
feet by twenty feet at the base and one hundred feet high.
The front line of the engine house is seventy-five feet from the
wharf front, and the water is drawn through a cast iron suc
tion pipe three feet in diameter from a well fifteen feet by fif
teen feet, sunk inside the wharf line to a depth of ten feet be
low mean low water, fitted with screens and gates in the most
approved manner, and covered with a substantial frame build
ing. A cast iron main twenty-four inches in diameter conveys
the water from the works to the water tower in Franklin square,
running through Bryan street to the Ogeechee canal, thence
under the canal and under the Ocean Steamship Company's
warehouse number one, and through the property of that
company and that of Mr. Thomas M. Norwood and the
Messrs. Exley to the works, a total distance of ten thousand
six hundred and fifty feet. With a view to" perfect security,
in the event of leaks or accident to the main pipe under the
canal, stop gates are placed in the pipes at both the east and
west sides of the canal, and a sixteen inch main is laid along
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the west bank of the canal 900 feet, connecting the twentyfour inch main with the main under the canal from the old
works, thus making two separate and distinct lines of pipe
from the west bank of the canal to the water tower, either of
which can be used independent of the other. The engine house
and boiler house were planned and constructed with a special
view for room for an additional and larger pumping engine
and boilers in the event of increased pumping capacity ever
being required, and the suction and d ehvery pipes specially
made with that view, and in such a manner that connections
can be made without excavation or change in any respect
being necessary.
The new pump was started permanently on the 20th day
of September, and has been running nearly continuously
from that time, and has proved entirely satisfactory. The
tract of land on which the new works are located contains
seventy-eight acres, with a frontage on the Savannah river
of six hundred and forty-two feet, and is a desirable situa
tion for the purpose in all respects.
The ordinary expenses of the Water Department for the
year have amounted to $13,752.65, and the receipts to $35,-
626.37.
One thousand and fifty feet of six inch and three hundred
feet of four inch pipe have been laid in the city during the
year. The report of the Superintendent gives full informa
tion as to the quantity of water pumped, the fuel consumed,
and the general management of the works.
SAVANNAH RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
The General Government has continued its operations for
the improvement of the Savannah river, under the direction
of Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, U. S. A.
I am indebted to the courtesy of Capt. J. C. Post, U. S.
A., at present in charge of the improvement in consequence
of the disability of General Gillmore from sickness, for the
comprehensive report of the work done during the past year
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and the plans for that projected for the ensuing year, which
is appended, and to which I invite your attention. An in
creased depth of water has been secured in that part of the
river where the work has been completed, and the engineer
expresses full confidence that the same results will follow at
all points when the plans are fully carried out.
The engineer reports that the appropriation of $200,000
made by the last Congress will be expended by the first of
July next, and has recommended an appropriation of $300,-
000 for the year followiug, to which the favorable considera
tion of the Senators and Members of Congress from Georgia
have been requested.
HEALTH AND CEMETERY.
The health authorities have exercised a constant vigilance
in all measures pertaining to the public health ; they have
been careful in enforcing the health regulations, and nnremitting in their endeavors to improve the sanitary condition
of the city and its surroundings. They have required, under
the supervision and direction of the Health Officer, the dis
infection and fumigation of all houses in which contagious
and infectious diseases have occurred, and the destruction of
bedding and clothing whenever deemed necessary.
The expenses of the department for the year have been as
follows:
Salary of Health Officer $1,216 65
Salary of City Physcians 1,150 00
Hospital accommodations for indi
gent sick 7,307 00
Coffins and burial expenses for pau
pers 402 00
Building and furnishing Morgue ... S?" 62
Expenses of Health Officer to Wash
ington, D. C, in interest United
States Quarantine Station at
Sapelo 98 00
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Salary of Keeper of Small-pox Hos
pital 412 50
Vaccine virus for City Physicians.. 104 70
Clothing and bedding burnt, etc.... 184 25 $11,232 72
Privy Vaults
Treatment of mules, repairs, wagons,
etc 364 73
Brick, cement and other material.. 439 15
Forage 1,346 50
Wages of mechanics and laborers.. 4,322 52
Salary of Superintendent 666 66 7,139 56
Disinfecting Corps
Expense of disinfectants, carbolic
acid, coperas, lime, etc 2,364 55
Hire of wagons and men 1,525 00 3,889 55
Quarantine
Transportation to the station 108 07
Medicines, provisions, fuel, lights,
etc 1,0.01 17
For completion of buildings, pur
chase of boats, etc 2,548 28
Salary of quarantine officer, wages
of men from August, 1880 .... 3,236 00 6,893 52
City Dispensary
Salary of Keeper 916 63
Salary of Assistant 825 00
Wages of Porter 144 00
Purchase of medicines 3,116 95
Light, fuel, repairs, etc 173 74 5,176 32
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Salary of Keeper 916 63
Pay roll of laborers, etc 3,776 60 4,693 23
Total $39,024 90
MAYOR't, ANNUAL REPORT. 21
RECEIP*.
From Chatham County prescrip
tions upon City Dispensary.... $ 404 60
From Laurel Grove Cemetery, in
cluding sale of lots 1,490 00
From quarantine 3,650 00
From collections for repair of privy
vaults 294 47 5,839 07
Net cost of Health Department $33,185 83
The mortuary statistics compiled by the Health Officer
are appended to this report. It is gratifying to note that
the percentage of deaths in proportion to population is less
than for many years past, and that the ratio per thousand of
the white population compares favorably with the most fa
vored communities in the United States. The great disparity
in the death rate between the white and colored races, to
which attention has before been directed, still exists. The
annual ratio for whites being 18.2, and for colored, 43.9 per
thousand.
This great disparity can only be accounted for by the gross
neglect of proper sanitary measures on the part of the lower
class of colored persons, and their utter disregard for and
indifference to providing and caring for their sick. The city
authorities continue to provide medical attention and hos
pital accommodations for the indigent sick of both races, and
to supply them with medicines on the prescriptions of prac
ticing physicians at the public expense.
QUARANTINE.
The buildings that were in course of construction at the
Quarantine Station at the commencement of the year 1882
were completed at an expense of $2,103.15. They are con
venient, decidedly more comfortable than the old quarters,
and well adapted to the service, and it is believed secure and
22 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. "*
safe against storms in the future. The breakwater has been
materially strengthened by the deposit of ballast discharged
from quarantined vessels upon it, and affords great protec
tion to the station. The river at the wharf front had become
so obstructed by the debris washed from the island during
the storm of August 27, 1881, that there was not sufficient
water for vessels to lay at the wharf with safety, and it has
been dredged at a cost of $500. The wharf accommodations
are inadequate for the large number of vessels that are re
quired to discharge there, and much unnecessary delay re
sults in consequence. A resolution was adopted in Council
authorizing the construction of an additional wharf to ob
viate that difficulty, but no measures have thus far been
taken to carry it into effect.
The quarantine service has been greatly improved since
the organization of the station. The regulations prescribed
are strictly enforced, and quarantine of vessels and crews
from infected ports rigidly maintained. The report of the
Quarantine Officer gives particulars in relation to the number
of vessels detained and fumigated; also, the number boarded,
inspected and permitted to come to the city. The total ex
pense of the station has amounted to $6,976.85, and the re
ceipts to $3,650 for the year.
LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY.
There have been no extraordinary expenses incurred in
the care and maintenance of this burial place. It has had
careful attention, and has been kept in good order. An
addition has been made to that part of the grounds set apart
for the burial of colored persons, and more stringent regula
tions prescribed for the management of that portion of the
grounds.
The report of the Keeper gives details of the number of
interments, etc.
Attention is again directod to the fact that no case of yellow
fever has occurred since the year 1877, the few cases during
* MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 23
that season being supposed to have been due to the hybernating of the poisonous influences of the epidemic of 1876.
Although much diversity of opinion exists as to the origin
of that disease, it is well established that ever since the
inauguration and adoption of our present rigid system of
quarantine in the year 1879, no marked case of yellow fever
has occurred in this city.
The municipal authorities and the Sanitary Board have
adopted such regulations in regard to infectious and conta
gious diseases, w
rhicli, if carried out, will materially con
tribute to the settlement of many questions now agitating
the public mind generally, and it is gratifying to report that
the weight of evidence thus far is in support of the opinion
that yellow fever is a disease foreign to our climate, and
occurs only where there has been a laxity of the measures
proper to be observed to prevent its introduction.
The total prohibition to thp entrance into our harbor of
any vessels which have been infected with contagious or
infectious disease, during the summer and autumn, is a sub
ject well worthy of the most careful consideration.
Very respectfully,
JOHN F. WHEATON, Mayor.
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REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
SAVANNAH, January 1, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor :
DEAR SIRThe Sinking Fund Commissioners bfeg leave
to make the following report of matters connected with their
department, or coming under their jurisdiction, for year end
ing 31st December, 1882 :
With the funds at our disposal, say $214.40 in hands of
Treasurer from year ending 31st December, 1881, and $10,-
000 appropriation for year 1882, we have purchased new
bonds of the face value of $12,000, and have carefully can
celled same, with all immatured coupons attached thereto
and have handed said bonds and coupons to the City Treas
urer for such final destruction as Council may direct. The
details of our purchases are as follows :
Feb'y 1, 1882 $3,000 at 86J per cent $2,602 50
May 3,1882 3,000 at 82 per cent 2,482 50
Oct. 6, 1882 3,000 at 85 \ per cent 2,565 00
Nov. 3,1882 3,000 at 84 20-100 per cent. 2,526 00
Total 1882 $12,000 Costing $10,176 00
Purch'd prev'ly . 37,600 Costing 29,785 60
Total purchased.. $49,600 Costing $39,961 60
Leaving $38.40 cash in hands of Treasurer, subject to our
order, to be added to appropriation for purchase of bonds
for present year.
In addition to the $49,600 bonds purchased, there have
been $6,000 taken in payment for balances due on ground
42 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
rent lots, as appears from previous reports, making a total
of $55,600 of new bonds cancelled. We have verified the
cancellation of $8,600 of old bonds, exchanged for new ones
during the year. This leaves the amouut of new bonds out
standing $3,353,400 against $3,356,800 outstanding 31st De
cember, 1881, and the amount of new bonds in hands of
Treasurer, upon which we have signed certificates, available
for exchange, $50,000 against $58,600 on 31st December,
1881.
The report of the Finance Committee of Council, which
we first saw in your printed report for last year, would seem
to indicate that this Commission claimed a right to control,
or otherwise have jurisdiction over, bonds handed to City
Treasurer for exchange after we had signed the certificates
thereon. We beg to say, in reply, that we have made no
such claim, (although we did make some suggestions for your
consideration,) as we well knew that we had no authority in
law for so doing. We do not think there is anything in our
past reports which can be fairly construed into setting up or
making such a claim, and we certainly would be unwilling to
assume the responsibility of looking after those bonds, unless
the law, under which we are serving, was clear and explicit
in making it our duty to do so. As your Honor is aware,
the matter of the $42,200 bonds referred to in previous
reports remains unchanged.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Veiy respectfully,
JOHN FL VNNERY,
S. GUCKENHEIMER,
C. C. CASEY, .
D. E. THOMAS,
JOSEPH D. WEED,
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 43
REPORT OF CLERK OF COUNCIL.
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL,
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1883.
HON. JOHN F. WHEATON, Mayor,
Savannah, Ga.:
SIRI have the honor to submit the following report of
the transactions of this office from January 1st to December
31st, 1882:
Receipts
Badges (dog) $435 00
Board of Health (repairs to sinks) 294 47
Fees 88 00
Fines 3,596 25
Licenses 4,470 00
Sewer Permits 582 00
Total $9,465 72
The above amount returned as fines was carried to the
Police uniform account.
The records of the city are written up to date, and sys
tematically arranged.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
FRANK E. BEBARER,
Clerk of Council.
44 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE,
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor,
Savannah, Ga.
SIRI have the honor, very respectfully, to submit here
with my annual report of the Police Department for the year
ending December 31st, 1882.
The aggregate strength of the department is sixty-one, as
follows:
Chief 1
Lieutenants 2
Sergeants 4
Privates 54
61
The above does not include the Ocean Steamship Com
pany's Police, consisting of
Sergeants 3
Privates 16
19
For City 61
For Ocean Steamship Company^ 19
80
During the year, 1998 arrests have been made, being 231
less than the year previous. Of this number 827 were white,
and 1171 colored.
MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. 45
The following are the crimes and misdemeanors for which
the arrests were made :
Aiding, Abetting and Inciting Riot
Assault and Battery 31
Assault with Intent to Kill 9
Burglary 2
Carrying Concealed Weapons 7
Contempt of Court i 6
Disorderly Conduct '59
Drunkenness ' 392
Disorderly Driving 6
Disturbing Public \Vor>lnp 1 . . .
Fighting ! 64
Gambling j . . .
Insanity ! 5
Interfering with Officers j 11
Larceny ! 8
Licentious Conduct ! 1
Lost Children ! 6
Resisting Officers 12
Safe Keeping 34
Vagrants and Suspicious Characters , 27
Violating City Ordinances . 45
Violating Quarantine Regulations ; 1
I 2
7' 102
25 34
4 6
11 18
5 11
313 472
144 53^
9 5
3 3
4
10
130
I
23
88
68
97
Total 1827 1171
9
21
138
2
7
35
122
95
142
1
1998
Number of lodgerswhite 377, colored 76, total .453
Number of animals impounded 402
Number of stores and dwellings found open 62
Number of fires 44
Number of false alarms 1
During the [past year twenty-one (21) privates were de
tailed as sanitary inspectors, who were very energetic and
strict in the performance of their delicate duties, which re
sulted in the city being kept unusually clean and healthy.
On the 24th of May last, Lieutenant JETT. T. HOWARD died
at Lookout Mountain, Georgia, after a long, tedious and
painful illness. For seventeen years he had been a com
missioned officer of this department, and his loss is most
46 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
keenly felt. His fidelity to duty, his gallantry in action, and
the efficient and thorough manner in which he performed
every duty entrusted to him, commanded the warm admira
tion of his superior officers, and the respect, esteem and con
fidence of his subordinates. In his death the municipal
government has lost a brave, efficient and zealous officer.
During the past year the department has received fortytwo (42) Springfield breech-loading rifles, 45 calibre, and
twenty (20) Smith & Wesson 45 calibre breech-loading pis
tols, and the members of the force have been instructed in
the Company Tactics, prescribed by " Upton" and adopted
by the government for the regular army. Forty (40) more
pistols are needed for the force, which I trust the city will
be able to supply during the next year.
CASUALTIES AND CHANGES.
Resigned.Privates Jantzen, B. W., February 15, 1882;
Nungazer, W. F., March 22, 1882 ; Keane, J., July 6, 1882 ;
Grogan, John, August 24, 1882; Neve, J. C, October 31,
1882 ; Winkers, A., November 1, 1882; Baughan, H. W.,
November 28, 1882.
Dismissed.Privates Malone, P., January 4,1882 ; McDon
ald, B., March 22, 1882; White, G., July 5, 1882; Hall, G.
W., October 25, 1882 ; Collins, J., December 19, 1882.
Dropped.Hamilton, Thomas, March 28, 1882.
Promoted.Sergeant John Green promoted to Lieutenant,
August 16, 1882.
Died.Lieutenant Jett. T. Howard, May 24, 1882.
Transferred.Private Fahrenbach, H. L., to Board of
Health.'
Appointed.Sergeant, Private Reilly, O. F.; Privates
Eoach, J. B., January 6, 1882 ; White, G., and Henely, M.,
February 3, 1882 ; Carroll, C, February 4, 1882 ; Lightbody,
F., February 4, 1882; Dwyer, L., February 16,1882 ; Collins,
J., February 16, 1882 ; Hamilton, Thomas, March 22, 1882 ;
Mikell, J. W., March 24, 1882 ; Arnold, John, July 8, 1882 ;
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 47
Sapp, J. C, July 25, 1882; Dunham, T. F., August 18, 1882 ;
Clayton, A. J., August 26, 1882; Coffee, John, August 26,
1882; Dunham, G. T., October 25, 1882; Thorpe, J. H.,
November 1, 1882; Spann, J. L., November 13, 1882;
Sheehan, William, December 1, 1882; Collins, J., December
23, 1882.
RECAPITULATION.
Appointed Sergeant 1
Appointed Privates 19
Resigned 7
Dismissed 5
Dropped 1
Promoted 1
Died 1
Transferred 1
Gain... 20
Lost 16
Net gain... 4
Caused by the addition to the force of four (4) mounted pri
vates, upon resolution of Alderman Joseph A. Roberts, for
the proper protection of our citizens living between Gaston
and Anderson streets.
To his Honor the Mayor, and to the efficient Committee
on Police, Aldermen John Schwarz, Joseph A. Roberts and
William E. Guerard, I am deeply indebted, not only for
warm and hearty co-operation, but for most valuable assist
ance.
I am, sir,
Very respectfully,
Tour obedient servant,
R. H. ANDERSON,
Chief of Police.
NOTE.For inventory of city property at Police Barracks,
see next page.
48 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
INVENTORY OF CITY PROPERTY AT POLICE
BARRACKS.
42 Springfield Rifles, cal. 45.
20 Smith & Wesson's Pistols, cal. 45.
83 Colt's Pistols.
62 Pistol Holsters.
42 Bayonets and Scabbards.
42 Cartridge Boxes.
1000 Rounds of Rifle Ammunition.
500 Rounds of Pistol Ammunition.
61 Waist Belts.
120 Clubs.
61 Whistles.
78 Battles.
61 Fire Keys.
16 Saddle Horses.
1 Wagon Horse.
17 Halters.
16 Bridles and Bits.
16 Saddles.
16 Saddle Cloths.
16 Pairs of Spurs.
1 Wagon.
1 Harness.
1 Feed Cutter.
3 Curry Combs.
3 Brushes.
1 Rake.
1 Shovel.
60 Iron Bedsteads.
59 Mattresses.
59 Pillows.
55 Bed Spreads.
70 Spittoons.
3 Water Coolers.
12 Brooms.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 49
6 Buckets.
6 Scrubbing Brushes.
17 Chairs.
1 Hat Rack.
24 Towels.
2 Wardrobes.
21 Blankets.
7 Tables.
7 Desks.
1 Clock.
2 Stoves.
12 Tin Plates.
6 Cups.
Uniforms on hand, not in the hands of the ineu :
3 New Overcoats.
3 Pairs of new Pants.
8 Pairs of old Pants.
6 Old Sack Coats.
7 Old Frock Coats.
R. H. ANDERSON,
Chief of Police.
. Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1883.
50 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF CITY MARSHAL.
CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE,
SAVANNAH, December 30, 1882.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor :
SIRI herewith respectfully submit to you my report for
the year 1882 :
SIDEWALKS
Are in a fair condition. I have inspected the city each
month, and served notices where repairs have been neces
sary. Lot owners who have not complied with the notice
I have reported to Council, and carried out instructions re
ceived.
MARKET.
I have collected from rent of stalls $4,316.25, and for rent'
of stores $2,458.00, making a total of $6,774.25 against
$6,362.85 for year 1881.
SALE OF CITY LOTS.
Under resolution of Council I have sold the following lots,
under the terms and conditions prescribed by ordinance :
No. 13, Calhoun Ward.
No. 38, Forsyth Ward.
No. 20, Stephens Ward.
Pest House Tract,
No. 37, Forsyth Ward.
No. 47, Lloyd Ward.
No. 74, Lloyd Ward.
No. l!>, Stephens Ward.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 51
No. 47, Stephens Ward.
No. 3, Franklin and Improvements.
No. 73, Stephens Ward.
No. 72, Stephens Ward.
No. 37, Lloyd Ward.
Nos. 6 and 7, Forsyth Ward.
Nos. 53, 56, 57, Forsyth Ward.
No. 59, Forsyth Ward.
I have collected during the year $66,939.49, as follows :
Real Estate, 1875, under execution $ 15 60
Real Estate, 187(5, under execution 191 26
Real Estate, 1877, under execution 559 93
Real Estate, 1878, under execution 1,313 70
Real Estate, 1879, uiider execution 3,300 85
Real Estate, 1880, under execution 5,482 09
Real Estate, 1881 under execution 17,816 24
Specific, 1880, under execution. 100 00
Stock, 1881, under execution 116 75
Specific, 1881, under execution 929 00
Shipping, 1881, under execution 76 02
Stock, 1882, under execution '. 243 32
Specific, 1882, under execution 10,277 70
City lots 19,417 36
Market stalls $4,316.25
Stores 2,458.006,774 25
Interest 282 42
Fees 43 00
$66,939 49
I have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
L. L. GOODWIN,
City Marshal.
52 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
ANNUAL REPORT OF CITY SURVEYOR.
CITY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE,
SAVANNAH, January 1st, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor:
DEAR SIRI respectfully submit the following statement
of work done in the departments enumerated below dming
the year just ended :
Streets and Lanes, Parks and Squares
Alderman AYLESWORTH, Chairman.
Dry Culture
Alderman DOYLE, Chairman.
Public Buildings
Alderman O'CONNOR, Chairman.
STREETS AND LANES.
The number and character of the force employed in this
department have been as follows :
Single carts and drivers 13
Pavers 4
Assistant pavers 4
Laborers : 19
Putting down bridge crossings 1
Stable keeper 1
Cleaning cesspools 2
Cleaning crossings 246
Employed in Forsyth Park 3
Employed in the squares 3 6
Total number employed in streets and lanes and
parks and squares 52
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One horse and one mule have died. Three horses, having
become unfit for use for the Fire Department, have been
transferred to Streets and Lanes. One of these has been
exchanged for the one now jointly used by the City Surveyor
and Foreman of the Street and Lane Department.
SEWERS.
The new sewer in Wheaton street, built in conjunction with
the paving of the street last year, and terminating near the
office of Haslam & Hawkin's planing mill, has been extended
to the Bilbo Canal, and the street graded. This work was
rendered essential from the damage to the street caused by
the amount of water accumulated at this point.
The Barnard street sewer, north of the Market, having its
outlet in the retaining wall at the head of the slip, has been
extended to the rivera distance of three hundred and sixty
feet. Though this sewer was originally designed for surface
water only, the exhalations from it had become so offensive
that its extension became a necessity.
The lateral openings in the Bolton street sewer, three in
number, located on each side of the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad, having been complained of by the resi
dents adjoining as offensive, have been furnished with traps.
A substantial brick culvert has been built across Gwinnett
street, west of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad,
in lieu of the wooden culvert which had decayed and fallen in.
A connecting sewer, twenty-seven inches in diameter, has
been built from the east side of Pulaski square to the main
sewer in Barnard street, giving much better drainage to the
locality than it had previously enjoyed.
The pipe drain on Randolph street, connecting with the
open drain on St. Julian street, has" been taken up, cleaned
out and repaired.
A portion of the Whitaker street sewer below the bluff,
about forty feet in length, was washed out in February and
rebuilt.
54 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
SEWER REPAIRS.
A number of breaks have occurred at various times during
the year, principallyjin the following sewers : Drayton street,
Whitaker street, Congress and Ba}' lanes and Barnard street,
in all tweuty-eight) breaks have been repaired, and much the
larger portion of these have been caused by defective con
nections from adjoining dwellings. I respectfully suggest
that the rules regulating sewer connections be so amended
as to provide that the paving, if on a paved street, and the
connection itself be done by the city, the cost being paid by
the owner. Should this plan meet your approval, I think
the details can be arranged so that the cost to the owner will
be no more than under the present plan, and the work done
in a manner to avoid the danger to the public and the cost
to the city now entailed.
PAVING.
There have been laid during the year in new work, general
. repairs to streets, new crossings and repairs to old, a total of
nine thousand one hundred and five square yards of cobble
stone pavement. The supply of stone ballast obtained dur
ing the year has been very small, being barely sufficient for
ordinary repairs on paved streets. It is evident that the
city can no longer look to this material for paving purposes
but must purchase regular paving blocks for all new work.
Two hundred and ten tons only have been obtained. The
Graywacke blocks, amounting to about 60,000, have been
used for crossings and repairs.
BRIDGES.
There have been laid one hundred and nine new bridges
to street crossings.
The bridge across the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, on
the line of Canal street, being in a dangerous condition from
decay, is being repaired. The work on this bridge is attended
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 55
with more than ordinary difficulty, owing to the large amount
of traffic over it, involving night and Sunday work, which
entails increased expense.
WHITEWASHING.
The annual work of whitewashing the trees and tree boxes
of the city, commenced in 1877, was effectually done during
the spring months. Seven men were employed in the per
formance of this work.
GRADING LANES.
The accumulation of ashes, cinders, etc., in the lanes, ren
ders it necessary to regrade them at least once a year; this
was thoroughly done in the early part of the summer. From
three to five men are also kept steadily employed cleaning
the gutters on paved streets.
FORSYTH PARK.
Besides the usual work on the parks and squares of raking
up and removing leaves, keeping the walks in order, mowing
the grass, etc., the railing around Forsyth Park has been
thoroughly repaired. -Nearly all the uprights and braces at
the point of contact with the stone supporting blocks had
been nearly eaten off by rust, owing to the use of brimstone
for soldering instead of lead. Many of the stones were
split.
 DRY CULTURE.
The work of rebuilding the embankments on Hutchinson
Island after the storm of August, 1881, was carried on by
the lessee. In January following, however, one of the largest
of the breaks on Back River, which had been nearly closed,,
again gave way, and the city deemed it incumbent to take
charge of this break. It was finally closed about the middle
of April. The wharf embankment opposite the city has
56 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
been repaired, and the breaks closed by the city in the most
substantial manner.
In September, another one of the breaks on Back River,
which had been closed, again gave way; this has been re
paired, and a considerable amount of work done in strength
ening all the embankments across the breaks on the north
side of the island. Finally it has been decided to rebuild in
the most thorough manner the entire line of embankment
surrounding the city's propertj' on the island. A contract
has been made with Thomas Cahill, Esq., at the rate of
nineteen cents per cubic yard for the western line embank
ment and twenty-three cents for the remainder; the line
embankment is already completed. The dimensions of the
embankments now being constructed greatly exceed those
existing at the date of the storm. They measure at the base
generally twenty-two feet, across the top six feet, and in
height seven feet. I would earnestly recommend the filling
up of the inlets opposite the breaks on Back River on the
river side, and restoring as far as practicable the outer
margins.
The usual dry culture work has been done on the lands
east, west and south of the city. The Bilbo Canal and the
Springfield or Musgrove Creek Canal have been cleaned and
necessary repairs made to the embankments. The Spring
field ditches have been clean and in good condition through
out the year. Those west of the Springfield Canal, and
those adjoining the Lovers' Lane and Waters Roads, Tenack Swamp, and on the east side of the upper part of the
Bilbo Canal, and through the lands of Mrs. Lamar, have
been worked regularly throughout the year. The river em
bankment along the Anderson wharves has been raised and
strengthened.
An important work has been done in rebuilding the large
catch basin at the upper end of the Screven sewer, built for
the purpose of collecting the sand washed down from the
western slope of the city into the brow drain of the Spring-
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. . 57
field plantation and preventing its obstructing the sewer.
The other catch basins along this line have been cleaned out
five times during the year. The usual number of hands em
ployed in this department is five, in charge of a foreman.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The work on the north wall of the Market building,
damaged during the gale of August, 1881, and in progress at
the date of my last report, has been completed.
The city's building at the foot of West Broad street has
been thoroughly repaired.
Lightning rods of approved pattern have been put up
around the Powder Magazine, (eight in number, with new
posts,) and on the City Exchange.
Very respectfully,
JOHN B. HOWARD,
City Surveyor.
58 . MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER SAVANNAH
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE CHIEF ENGINEER
SAVANNAH FIRE DEPARTMENT,
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1st, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor City of Savannah:
SIRI have the honor to submit the eighth annual report
of the Savannah Fire Department.
APPARATUS.
The number of apparatus remain the same as last annual
report, viz.:
Three steamers in service.
One steamer in reserve.
One hook and ladder truck.
Three hose reels in service.
One hose reel in reserve.
They are all in good order, except the wheels of Engine
No. 2, (Waver,) which are now being repaired.
HORSES.
We have purchased three horses, (one each for the steam
ers,) and gave to the Street and Lane Department the three
horses which were unfit for fire service.
ENGINE HOUSES.
The houses belonging to the city are all in good condition
and well adapted to our purpose, except the portion occupied
by the Hook and Ladder Company, which is two small, and
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. . 59
the horses too far from the truck. I have supplied each
engine house with two extra cots, bedding, &c., for volun
teers to sleep at nights to assist the regulars in getting out
to a fire more promptly; have also replaced the old bedding,
&c., of the regulars by new outfit, as the old had been in
actual service six j'ears.
HOSE.
I have now in service on the reels 1,650 feet of good hose
for engine pressure, and 450 feet hose which will only stand
hydrant pressure, and 300 feet on the Protection Hose Reel,
(auxiliary,) which will stand only hydrant pressure.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Below you will find a full report of this very important
branch of this department.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
TELEGRAPH.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1882.
Osceola Butler, Esq., Chief Engiyieer
Savannah Fire Departmerd:
DEAR SIRI have the honor to submit the following report
of the fire alarm telegraph :
The alarm is now in good working order, and has been so
since my taking charge under the new ordinance. During
the time I have been in full charge there have been no fail
ures in sounding alarms, and everything connected with the
alarm has worked in a satisfactory manner. During the
past week I have extended the lines to the Central Railroad
wharf and cotton warehouses and placed two boxes at said
places, viz.: Box No. 42, at Central Railroad wharf police
quarters ; Box No. 43, at the cotton warehouses. Owing to
60 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
the vast improvements going on in the outskirts of the city,
and the distance being so great to the nearest boxes, in addi
tion to the boxes now in use I would respectfully recommend
the placing of one box in the neighborhood of West Broad
and Henry streets; also one at or near the corner of Price
and Hall streets. I think it would be a great benefit, as it
would enable citizens or police in said localities to give an
alarm much earlier than they can do at present, thereby get
ting the department in much quicker time.
Very respectfully,
J. W. JONES,
Superintendent Fire Alarm Telegraph,
FIRES AND ALARMS.
The department has responded promptly to forty alarms.
Below you will see a full report.

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HARNESS.
We have placed in service during the past four months
the patent swinging harness into the three engine houses,
which I think will give good satisfaction, when the men and
horses become more familiar with its useas they are now
being practiced daily.
To the Chairman of the Fire Committee and associates,
the Chief returns thanks for many favors extended the de
partment and assisting him in promoting the comfort of the
men and efficiency of the service.
The police have aided no little during the year, and are
certainly deserving of great credit for the timely discovery
of fires. The discipline and efficiency of the department, I
think, will compare favorably with any former years, and
will say that there has not been a breach of discipline in the
department during my term. And to the officers and mem
bers of the Fire Department I return my sincere thanks for
the promptness and daring manner in which they have
responded to all calls of duty.
Very respectfully,
OSCEOLA BUTLER, Chief.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
SAVANNAH WATER WORKS.
SAVANNAH, December 30, 1882.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor:
I have the honor to submit the following report of the
operations of this department for the past year. Upon as
suming the duties of Superintendent early in January last, I
found the methods of supplying the city with water consist
ing of a Worthington duplex three million gallons pump,
and the old original Worthington pumps, situated on the
west bank of the Ogeechee canal, the duplex pump, in
operation and apparently in good order, meeting the public
and private wants to a certain extent, with a steady delivery
of about two million three hundred and fifty thousand gal
lons every twenty-four hours, the quantity increasing as the
summer months approached to about two million seven hun-.
dred and fifty thousand gallons, and continued the same
quantity until the stoppage on September 21st, for the pur
pose of removal to the new works on the river. The duplex
engines have performed the duty required of them faithfully,
and with great economy in fuel and repairs. The original
Worthington pumps were kept in good order, and at little
expense, to meet any emergency that might arise from acci
dent, and have been in operation for a few hours only, when
necessary to make connections, at which time the duplex
engine could not be operated. The old pumps are now of
no service whatever to the department, and could be dis
posed of. Being advised by yourself and the Committee on
Water Works, that arrangements had been entered upon for
the erection of new works, with additional pumping en
gines of greater capacity, at a site selected for the purpose
66 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
about two miles distant from the city, immediately on the
bank of the Savannah river, a contract having already been
made for a five million gallons duplex pump, to be furnished
and in operation on the first of April, 1882 ; and also for ten
thousand feet of 24-incli delivery main pipe, to be delivered
at or about the same time. Acting upon the desire expressed
by your Honor and the Committee on Water Works, "that
the new works should be pressed forward to completion as
rapidly as possible," the site for the building and the line of
direction of main pipe being located early in February, ex
cavations for engines and boiler houses were begun a few
days later ; the buildings, as per contract, to be finished by
May 1st. The laying of the main pipe was commenced
March 13th, 1882, and after some unavoidable delays, but
favored by a dry season, was completed, and connection
made with the supply pipes to the city on July 8tli following,
the engines and boiler having arrived in the mean time, and
the Engineer representing the contractors having reported,
work upon the putting up of the engine and boiler was begun
at once, and pushed forward with all possible dispatch, and
was ready for steam on the first of September. After trials
by Mr. Cuthbert, the engineer, I was notified by him that he
was ready to operate and test the engines and boilers to the
contract requirements, and to place the same in the posses
sion of the city. On a day appointed, the test was made,
and in the presence of your Honor and the committee. Hav
ing proved entirely satisfactory, the engine and boiler was
formally received by me on the part of the city ; and on the
21st of September, at 10 o'clock a. m., was put into regular
service, and has performed the duty faithfully and satisfac
torily to the present time, delivering three and a quarter
million gallons of water daily. The location at which the
supply of water was taken had become so foul and unsightly
the necessity for another and purer supply was imperative.
The site selected for the new works is apparently an excep
tional one, the water being of a much superior quality in
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 67
every way than that obtained heretofore. The inlet from
the river to the well, from which the water is now taken,
being three and a half feet below ordinary low water mark,
and the tide ebbs at this point about eight and a half
hours, giving purer water than on the flood tide. The bed
of the river in front of the works being a sand bar, all foul
matter of sufficient gravity sinks to the bottom before it
reaches this site from the city ; also, the water in the river
swells from twelve to twenty-four inches (variable by the
winds) before the current sets up, all floating and injurious
matter passes by, and .is not taken into the well, nor is the
water affected or even discolored by the discharge from the
rice fields above, as it seems to find its way through another
channel, between Hutchinson's and Rabbit Islands. After
the new pumps had been in operation a sufficient length of
time to ensure safety during removal of the three million gal
lons pump from the old works, work was began to take it
down, and to transport to the new works ; a suitable founda
tion having been built, it was taken to pieces, and at once
placed in position in the new building by the side of the five
million gallons pump, and after the completion of a few
needed repairs, is now ready for service. The height of the
present reservoir, together with the small size of the main
pipes in the city, precludes the possibility of an increased
pressure. But with a stand pipe, such as contemplated by
the Board, and larger main pipes, as complete and economi
cal a water delivery as is possessed by any city in the Union
would be assured. The connection of the twenty-four inch
and the twenty inch mains, crossing the Ogeechee canal, has
been completed by means of a sixteen inch main on the west
bank of the canal, nineteen hundred lineal feet in length, en
suring an uninterrupted supply to the city in case of acci
dent to either crossing.
A large amount has been expended for necessary work, in
connection with the improvements at first contemplated, but
not at that time estimated, consisting of opening roads,
68 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
damages to growing crops in the line of pipe, building
bridges, opening and constructing culverts, building wharf
front (one hundred and twenty feet), sinking of pump well,
which was attended with many and serious impediments,
building well-house, covering main pipe where exposed,
ditching, grubbing and grading grounds.
The dut3r
of the pumps has been continuous during the
year. The quantity of water pumped is as follows : 3,000,-
000 duplex pump, 443,279,174 gallons; 5,000,000 duplex
pump, 667,994,881 gallons; total for the year, 1,111,274,055
gallons (one billion, one hundred and eleven millions, two
hundred and seventy-four thousand and fifty-five gallons), ,.
exceeding the amount delivered last year by about one-thir^3
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or three million seven hundred and fifty thousand gallons.
1 regret to say the great waste of water has entailed a heavy
extra expense on the running account. I would recommend that
the metre system be adopted in all cases where consumers
complain that the rates are high and overcharged, and in
other cases where only a partial supply is required.
The working expenses of the department amount to the
sum of fourteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-three
48-100 dollars ($14,873.48) for the year; this amount includes
wood, oil, waste, repairs, salaries, and extensions, connec
tions, cesspools, free hydrants and fountains.
EXTENSIONS.
There has been seven hundred and fifty (750) feet of six
inch main pipe laid on Reynolds street, with one fire hydrant,
on corner of Reynolds street and Perry street; three hun
dred feet of six inch pipe, laid on Hall street, with one fire
hydrant on corner of Lincoln street and Hall street, and
three hundred feet of four inch pipe laid on Wayne street.
Total number of feet, thirteen hundred and fifty.
CESS-POOLS.
The cess-pools and sewers have received careful attention
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 69
during the year, being flushed every day by means of hy
drants in cess-pools, and valves opening into the sewers
and connected with the main water pipes. They require and
receive a large quantity of water daily.
PUBLIC HYDRANTS.
The public hydrants have received the attention of this
department, and have been expensive to keep in good order.
STOCK ON HAND.
19 lengths 24-inch pipe.
1 length 36-incli pipe.
2 lengths 20-inch pipe.
1 length flanged 18-inch pipe.
13 lengths 12-inch pipe.
26 lengths 6-inch pipe.
25 lengths 4-inch pipe.
6 12-inch sleeves.
2 24-inch sleeves..
2 18-inch sleeves.
6 6-inch sleeves.
2 4-inch sleeves.
1 3-inch sleeve.
3 4-inch stop gates.
1 4-inch stop gates.
8 4-inch hydrant bends.
6 3-inch hydrant bends.
2 Woods patent bend.
3 "McLean" fire hydrants.
1 "Woods" fire hydrants.
2 "Lewis" draw hydrant.
1 horse.
1 wagon.
1 set harness.
2 18-inch curves.
1 16-inch Y..
70 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
1 4x6-inch Y.
2 16-inch elbows.
5 12x6-inch branches.
1 12x3-inch branch.
3 6x6-inch branches.
2 6x4-incli branches.
1 24xl6-inch branch.
2 6x4-iuch reducers.
2 12x6-inch reducers.
1 20xl8-inch reducer.
3 16-inch clamps.
3 12-incli clamps.
2 6-inch clamps.
1 18-inch plug.
2 12-inch plugs.
2 6-inch plugs.
5 4-inch plugs.
50 | ferules.
10 stop cock boxes.
Working tools.
Engine house furniture.
Office furniture.
Respectfully submitted,
A. N. MILLER,
Superintendent.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 71
REPORT OF JAILER.
JAILER'S OFFICE,
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1882.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor of the City of Savannah, Ga.:
SIRI have the honor, very respectfully, to submit here
with the following reports of the Jail for the year ending
December 31, 1882. Of the total number of prisoners received
during the year
There were from Chatham County 442
There were from the United States 20
There were from other counties . 53
Prisoners committed by your Honor 740
Lunatics 19
Making a total of 1,274
A decrease of one hundred and thirty-six prisoners (as com
pared with last year's report.)
The prisoners were committed for the following offenses,
to-wit:
Murder 19
Assault with intent to murder 45
Burglary 21
Arson 5
Perjury 7
Robbery 7
Bigamy 1
Larceny 162
Bastardy..' 2
72 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Rape 1
Assault with intent to commit rape 1
Seduction 2
Forgery 3
Accessory "after the fact" to murder 3
Lunatics 19
Misdemeanors, from county 163
Misdemeanors, from Mayor's Court 740
Prisoners from other counties and United States for
various offenses 73
Making a total of 1,274
The amount of money due to the city of Savannah :
Chatham County .. .$ 752 50
Liberty County 202 20
Effingham County .... 518 20
Glynn County...". 215 40
Wayne County 197 40
Pierce County 74 70
Bryan County 1,049 40
United States 148 60
Making a total amount of $3,158 40
The (740) seven hundred and forty prisoners committed
bv the Mayor were sustained at the city's expense while con
fined in jail.
The dilapidated condition of the jail has been frequently
referred to in my former reports, and the attention of the
proper authorities having been called to the same so often
by the Grand Inquest of the county and myself, that I think it
unnecessary for me to allude to it again.
In conclusion, allow me to return my sincere thanks for
your ever ready aid and kind assistance rendered me in the
discharge of my duties, and also, to the Chairman of the
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 73
Jail Committee, Alderman William E. Guerrard, and the
Chief of Police, Gen. Robt. H. Anderson.
Yours, with respect,
WARING RUSSELL,
Jailer.
74 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF CLERK OF MARKET.
SAVANNAH, January 1, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor of Savannah :
DEAR SIRI have the honor to submit herewith a state
ment of market fees collected through this office for the year
ending December 31,1882, and turned into the City Treasury :
Total amount collected $10,122 55
Average monthly collections $843 54
Average weekly collections 194 66
I have the honor to be,
Your humble servant,
WM. H. BORDLEY,
Clerk of Market.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 75
REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER,
OFFICE HEALTH OFFICER,
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor :
SIRI have the honor to submit this, my official report
for year ending December 31, 1882.
It affords me pleasure to state that during the past year
the city of Savannah and the Quarantine Station of this port
have each enjoyed complete immunity from contagious and
infectious diseases ; this exemption, and tha exceeding good
health which has continually prevailed, are just causes for
congratulation.
BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS. '
Regular meetings of this Board have been held as provided
for, and special meetings by call of the Chairman whenever
they were deemed necessary. The sanitary condition of the
city and suburbs has been closely supervised, and every ef
fort, by enforcement of the health ordinances, has been made
to maintain perfect cleanliness.
HUTCHINSON'S ISLAND.
The tidal flows upon this island, consequent upon the
breakage of dams by the hurricane of August, 1881, contin
ued until April, 1882, notwithstandiug the strenuous efforts
which were constantly made by the city authorities to have
this land earlier reclaimed.
The daily flooding for so many months of this large area
of land, located so near the city, occasioned a very great deal
of uneasiness in the minds of the public. It is proper here
76 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
to state that the weekly statistics during the period of over
flow, and afterwards in the summer months, do not show any
increase either in number of cases or type of disease. The
protecting dams of this island are now in excellent condition,
and the City Council, at this date, are having most substan
tial strengthening work done upon same.
NUISANCES.
The frequent and most important of unsanitary complaints
are those relating to faulty house and sewer plumbing. The
houses usually reported by tenants are those in which the
plumbing work is old, and I have every reason to believe
that most, if not all of these complaints are unfortunately
true. I am informed by plumbers that they very frequently,
while repairing or re-furnishing house pipes, find joints
without cement or filling of any kind, and, consequently, so
open as to allow the unimpeded flow of sewer gas directly
into the houses. No unsanitary condition of a city demands
more vigorous surveillance than does this ; and I respect
fully suggest that an ordinance be created by Honorable the
City Council, which will compel owners of property so re
ported to have sewer connections of same examined by a
plumber (when deemed necessary by the health authorities)
and promptly placed in perfect sanitary condition when found
defective.
Sewer gas poisoning, to which is attributed the origin of
very many fatal diseases, is now engrossing the attention of
sanitarians. It behooves our community to look well to the
sanitary condition of their homes; faulty plumbing, decay
of or accident to pipes connecting with sewers, will neces
sarily entail serious consequences.
By far the greatest number of nuisance complaints lodged
during the year have referred to privy vaults. The old and
objectionable vault structures cannot be kept free from odor
for any length of time ; they may be cleaned and disinfected
carefully and frequently, but the saturation of the porous
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 77
bricks is such that these efforts for purification prove tem
porary and entirely unsatisfactory. These complaints will
continue until the vault system is abandoned.
MORTUARY STATISTICS.
The compilation of the mortuary returns was added to the
duties of the Health Officer during the early part of 1882.
Since that time I have issued weekly statistical reports which
have been published in the papers of the city. These re
ports have been regularly mailed to most of the cities, towns
and newspapers of Georgia, and distributed generally over
the States.
I feel convinced that the general and regular circulation of
these official reports have resulted beneficially in curbing
malicious and false rumors, prejudicial to the health of this
city.
The appended mortuary statement shows that during the
year 1882 there have been 375 deaths from disease, and 19
from violence and accidents, out of a population of 20,514
whites. This gives an annual ratio per 1,000 of population
(whites) 18.2, if the accidental and violent deaths are omitted
from the calculation ; if these are added, the ratio would be
19.2. Deaths from murder, drowning, railroad accidents,
etc., having no bearing upon the health communities, I have
not incorporated them with deaths from disease, but have
accounted for same in a separate table, where I believe t ley ,
belong. The death rate, as stated above, is exceedingly ow,
and regardless of sectional location, unquestionably places
Savannah in the front rank of health for the past year, if
the deaths of her white population are compared with that
of the same race in other cities of the United States.
The death of the blacks and colored for the year has been
uncontrollably large. Out of a population of 16,819, 740
have died from disease, giving 43.9 as the annual ratio per
1,000. Since the emancipation of the negroes their death
rate in this city has been increased greatly, this being attrib-
78 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
utable to the fact, that, incapacitated as a race to provide
for and take care of themselves, a very large proportion of
their population must be denominated as paupers. When in
health, they live from hand to mouth, are scantily clothed,
insufficiently fed, and badly habitated ; when taken sick their
vital powers are deficient; they have no means with which
to procure the actual necessaries of life, and in many in
stances they and their associates are either too lazy or indif
ferent to make application for medical attendance or medi
cines, although furnished gratuitously by the city. During
the year 126 of this race have died under these circum
stances. The gross injustice of combining the deaths of this
race with that of the whites, and then producing a ratio per
total population and publishing it to the world as the health
status of this city is too plainly evident to admit of discus
sion. Still it is done yearly by compilers of vital statistics.
QUARANTINE.
The Quarantine Station of this port is most admirably
located at safe distance from the city. With increased facili
ties as to communication, and for the prompt unballasting of
vessels, this station would be all that Savannah could desire
for such purposes.
In my official reports for years 1880 and 1881,1 advocated
that the wharfage accommodations be increased, and that a
telephone line be run from the city to the Quarantine build
ing. The Board of Sanitary Commissioners, after careful con
sideration, decided adversely to this mode of communication,
in consequence of the great liability to damage of the cables,
and their inability to estimate what would be the yearly ex
pense to the city for keeping the line in working order.
At a late meeting of the City Council a resolution was
passed authorizing the building of an additional wharf at
this station, and it is probable that this will be done at an
early date. The authorities of Savannah and Charleston, S.
C, in May, 1882, adopted a very stringent code of quaran-
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 79
tine regulations and table of charges, similar in every par
ticular. These have been faithfully and rigidly enforced by
both cities, and the agreement has proven mutually satis
factory.
I have, in accordance with ordinance, visited the station
several times during the year, and am pleased to report that
Dr. Huger has efficiently performed the duties of Quaran
tine Inspecting Officer. The Quarantine building and wharf
are in good order, and the accumulation of stone is such as
to most certainly warrant the belief that they will for the
future be safe from storm dangers.
This post has, during the year, been entirely free from
contageous and infectious diseases; in fact, but one case of
sickness was treated therethat, a fatal one of enteritis,
caused by the eating of tainted oysters.
SMALL-POX HOSPITAL.
It is with gratification I report that this hospital has not
been called into use during the past twelve months. The
city of Savannah has been truly fortunate in her total ex
emption from small-pox, when this disease has prevailed as
an epidemic so generally throughout the United States. The
hospital and out-buildings are in good state of repair, and
have been well taken care of by Maurice Hardy, the keeper.
I am sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. T. MCFARLAND, M. D.,
Health Officer.
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MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT ODORLESS
EXCAVATING MACHINE.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor of Savannah :
DEAR SIRI have the honor to forward herewith report of
the work done by the Odorless Excavating Machine during
the year 1882:
Number of privies cleaned and repaired 70
Number of privies recleaned 688
Dry wells cleaned 28
Matter removed (cubic feet) 83,032
Cost of department for the year $4,831 67
Amount collected for repairs to sinks 294 47
Net cost $4,537 20
I append herewith the property and stock now on hand in
the department up to January 1, 1883 :
IN GOOD ORDER.
Eight head of mules.
Four double wagons.
Four double sets of harness.
One air pump.
One length air hose.
Three lengths leading hose.
Three lengths suction hose.
Seventy pitting barrels.
Twenty-five pumping barrels.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 89
One receiver.
Four wrenches.
One oil can.
One foot valve.
Two furnaces.
One tent pitting.
One sounding rod.
One delivery valve.
Two shovels.
Two buckets.
Twenty fittings to pumping barrels.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
W. J. CLEARY,
Supt. 0. E. 31. Department.
90 MAYOR'S ANNUA REPORT.
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN.
EASTERN DIVISION.
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, 31ayor :
SIRI have the honor to submit the following report of
work done by me, as City Physician of the Eastern District,
for the year ending December 31st, 1882 :
January
February
March .
April
May .
251
165
203
184
221
June 267
301
339
82
97
87
109
128
July
August .
September 324
October 292
187
152
November .... 86
December 69
140
83
106
97
112
139
153
201
183
190
101
83
1588
Deaths.
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620 I 3
414 3
510 . . . 5
460 I 3
552 2 3
667 I 3
752 I 4
832 2 5
811 I 2
725 2
467 2
37i I
Very respectfully,
FRANK T. LINCOLN, M. D.,
City Physician Eastern Division.
MAYOR s ANNUAL REPORT. 91
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN.
WESTERN DIVISION.
SAVANNAH, January 1, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor:
DEAR SIRI have the honor to submit the following report,
as City Physician of the Western Division, from January
1st, 1882, to December 31st, 1882:
January .
February .
March . .
April . .
May . . .
June . . .
July . . .
August . .
September
October .
November
December
Total
rf Deaths.
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440 140 300 66O 8
58o 232 348 I I03 3 3
438 154 284 852 1 11
5" 196 315 976 1 3
346 149 197 609 5
429 196 233 736 1 3
455 172 283 790 1 4
508 190 318 806 2 2
491 201 290 740 6
357 151 206 702 3
400
1 155 245 545 3
Respectfully,
T. B. CHISHOLM, M. D.,
City Physician Western Division.
92 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF KEEPER OF LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY.
OFFICE KEEPER LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY,
SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1883.
Hon. J. F. Wheaton, Mayor :
SIRI have the honor to report Laurel Grove Cemetery
in its usual good order and condition. The morgue is clean
and in good order.
During the past year there has been received
For sale of burial lots $ 820 00
For burial fees 670 00
Total $1,490 00
Amount paid for labor, lumber, etc $4,693 23
Number of interments at expense of the city :
Whites, from the city 14
Whites, from Savannah Hospital 32 46
Colored, from the city 71
Colored, from Colored Infirmary 55126
Total 172
The number of interments during the past year are as fol
lows :
MAYOR L, ANNUAL REPORT. 93
NUMBER OF INTERMENTS IN LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY AND CEMETERY FOR
COLORED PERSONS FROM JANUARY I TO DECEMBER 31, 1882.
Whites.
u
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February ! 19 !
March j 24
April . . ! 21
May 14
June I 14
July   I 24
August j 11
September j 24
October j 23
November ! 18
December 19
7
5
8
4
7
4
10
7
10
13
6
9
20
24
32
25
21
18
34
18
34
36
24
28
224 90 314
Colored.
O
74
55
54
70
65
67
59
60
64
78
44
55
745
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9
10
'3
16
6
25
20
7
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26
18
"5
198
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65
67
86
71
92
79
77
77
104
62
70
943
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89
99
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92
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95
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140
86
98
1257
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
A. F. TORLAY,
Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery.
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REPORT OF KEEPER CITY DISPENSARY.
OFFICE CITY DISPENSARY,
SAVANNAH, January 1, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor :
SIRI have the honor to submit herewith the report of the
City Dispensary for the year ending December 31st, 1882:
January. .
February .
March . .
April . .
May . . .
June . . .
July . . .
August . .
Septembei
October .
November
December
a.
a.
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.433
,348
,671
,461
.555
,312
,581
,628
,034
,926
,37
.303
645
581
742
634
650
578
671
779
983
948
782
672
Total 1 18,622 i 8,665 9,957 ! 28,629 '.480
o
788
767
929
827
905
734
910
849
,051
978
588
63'
2,115
2,048
2,542
2,213
2,409
2,000
2,384
2,584
3,212
3,024
2,101
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86
79
87
83
123
37
122
>55
170
75
135
128
Respectfully,
LEWIS CASS,
Keeper City Dispensary.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 95
REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER.
SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1882.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor City of Savannah,:
DEAR SIRI have the honor to report that I have deposited
with City Treasurer the sum of ten thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars and ninety-one cents ($10,750.91), amount of
harbor fees collected for the past year. Annexed please find
a tabulated monthly statement of tonnage and fees.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JNO. D. TENBROECK,
Harbor Master.
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METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDIi JG DECEMBER 31, 1882.
LATITUDE 32 5' LONGITUDE 81 8'
RAIN OR MELTED
SNOW.
Elevation of gauge above
ground 58 feet.
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STATIONSAVANNAH, GA.

MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 97
REPORT OF QUARANTINE OFFICER.
QUARANTINE STATION, January 1, 1883.
To Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor Savannah:
DEAR SIRI have the honor to hand you herewith my an
nual report for 1882.
We have, I am glad to say, but few casualties to report
for the past year. But one death has occurred, and that
from gastro-enteritis.
During a northwester, of unusual force, we lost the small
sail boat belonging to the station. She was moored at the
time in the western basin, was dashed against the causeway
and so far injured as to be utterly useless. On the same oc
casion a Spanish bark was in some danger, from which it
was impossible to escape, the wind being broadside on, and
was thus considerably battered against the wharf.
Ten days previously one of the small boats had been
wrecked from similar causes. As there is but one pair of
davits at the station, and as on them, in a great measure,
depends the safety of boats belonging to the station, would
respectfully suggest that another be erected.
During westerly gales access or egress from this place in
small craft is extremely difficult, if not impossible. This
winter the Captain of a whaling schooner was kept here five
or six hours. Although in a thirty foot whale boat with five
oarsmen, he made one attempt to reach his vessel in the
stream, but was forced to put back by the violence of the
wind.
The basin should be protected by stone work, but so far
7
98 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
we have been obliged to devote all ballast to the weather or
sea face of the houses. It will take, probably, six years
more to make this position safe against such storm waves as
that of August 27, 1881, with nothing between us and Africa,
and an open reach of six and a half miles from south point
of Hilton Head to northeast point of Tybee.
The present wharf will require serious repair this spring,
as the yellow metal on the piles has lasted its due time, and
has been much battered from the decay and loss of the
fenders.
I would respectfully call attention to the fact that the
water tank in the piazza is causing the same to sink, and, by
more or less leakage, will lessen its durability.
When first appointed to this post, I took the liberty of
suggesting a tramway encircling the area of these works,
and would respectfully renew the suggestion now. A double
track, eight feet above the wharf, with two or three dump cars,
and the elevation of ballast by horse or steam power would
obviate the necessity of additional wharfage and facilitate
the concentration of ballast around the present structure.
The question of prompt and reliable communication be
tween the city and this station has to be solved, either by
wire or steam. I should suggest the latter, as persons, pro
visions and materials of all sorts are frequently to be trans
ferred, and letters are more satisfactory than communications
by wire. As it is, much delay would be avoided if the officer
in charge of this post was provided with a monthly schedule,
under which he should be allowed to give free pratique to
vessels from suspected ports.
The number of vessels visited, and those detained, from
suspected ports, has largely outnumbered those of the pre
vious year, being a total of 272.
The duties at this post have been so largely increased from
year to year that no liberty has been allowed the resident
- "officer. He has enjoyed but one vacation, and that consisted
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 99.
of ten days only, during the six years and more that he has
had the honor of serving the city, and these were years of
365 days, some hours, each.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. A. HUGER, M. D.,
Quarantine Officer.
100 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT.
SAVANNAH RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
REPORT OF U. S ENGINEER.
UNITED STATES ENGINEER'S OFFICE,
NEW YORK, January 6, 1883.
Hon. John F. Wheaton, Mayor of Savannah, Ga.:
SIRI beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 6th ultimo, addressed to General Q. A. Gilmore,
wherein you express the desire to be furnished with a report
of the work done during the last year on the Savannah
River; also asking to be informed if estimates have been, or
will be, submitted to Congress for the amount that is neces
sary to carry on the work for the years 1883 and 1884.
Owing to his severe and continued sickness, General
Gilmore has been prevented from replying to your letter.
Having temporarily relieved him of his duties, I take pleasure
in complying with your request.
During the year ending December 31, 1882, operations for
improving Savannah river and harbor have been carried on
in accordance with the enlarged project submitted by General
Gilmore, with his report of an examination of the river to
the Chief of Engineers, under date of January 16, 1882.
This report was printed in full in the last annual report of
the Mayor of the city of Savannah, and it is therefore
deemed unnecessary to enter again upon the details of the
project.
The work of improvement was vigorously prosecuted from
the beginning of the year to July, 1882, when it was tempo
rarily stopped, the funds being exhausted. By depositing
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 101
additional rip-rap stone upon the dam at the cross tide it
was raised to a height of three feet above low water. Two
wiog dams were built to reduce the width of the water-way
at Garden Bark shoal; their shore ends rest on Fig Island.
The upper dam is located about 400 yards below Clarke &
Willink's dry dock, and about opposite to the mouth of
Lamar's canal; the other dam is 250 yards lower down.
Their aggregate length is 650 feet. They were built up of
several courses of heavy log mattresses, ballasted with rip
rap stone ; their top is about the level of high water.
The training wall, commenced in December, 1881, extend
ing eastward from the lower end of Fig Island and along the
new channel, at "The Wrecks," was completed to the height
of tln'ee feet above low water. Its length is about 5,000
feet. It was built after the same method followed in the
case of the Garden Bank wing dams.
The work of closing the lateral channels, connecting the
north and south channels of the Savannah River, was also
accomplished during the first seven months of the last year.
Three channels were closed. One of the dams, 290 feet
long, closes "Philbrick's Cut," at the lower end of Elba
Island; another dam, 2,477 feet long, runs across the "Big
Gap " between Island 1 and 2 and Bird Island ; and a third
dam, 482 feet long, closes the channel between Bird and
Long Islands. These dams were finished up to the level of
high water.
The several works, here briefly enumerated and described,
were executed by means of hired labor. Under an arrange
ment made with Mr. Myron Bangs, of Fayetteville, New
York, he supplied the requisite quantities of log mattresses,
brush in compact bundles, rip-rap stone and piles.
From January to July, 1882, about 78,000 cubic yards of
material were removed from the Savannah River by dredg
ing ; of which amount 35,600 cubic yards were excavated
under a contract made with Messrs. Dickerson <fe Paulsen, of
Savannah, Georgia, and the balance by the United States
102 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
dredge steamer Henry Burden. The bulk of the work was
done on Garden Bank shoal and in the channel at "The
Wrecks ;" a portion of the projecting part of Fig Island was
also cut off to establish the width of 660 feet for the water
way at that place. From the channel at Tybee Knoll, and
lower down, about 29,000 cubic yards were removed.
By Act of Congress passed August 2, 1882, an appropria
tion of $200,000 was made for continuing the improvement
of Savannah river and harbor. This sum will be expended
chiefly in prosecuting the work of constructing wing dams
and training walls from the city towards Tybee Roads, in
pursuance to the present project, and also in dredging at the
shallow places of the channel way in the vicinity of the dam.
A contract for building these dams and training walls has
been entered into with Mr. Eli T. Bangs, of Fayetteville, N.
Y.; another contract for removing by dredging about 200,000
cubic yards of material has been concluded with Messrs.
Dickerson & Paulsen, of Savannah, Ga.; and under a special
arrangement with Mr. E. A. Smith, of Savannah, a quantity
of stone was supplied, which was deposited upon the dam
at Cross Tides and upon the Fig Island training wall. The
two contracts referred to are now well under way, and it is
thought that only a small portion, if any, of the appropria
tion will remain unexpended on June 30, 1883, when the
present fiscal year closes. Preparations were completed for
building a third wing dam some distance below those con
structed during the first part of the year just past, and for
extending the Fig Island training wall and supplying it with
a number of short spur jetties to increase its efficiency.
Dredging operations have also been resumed.
In addition to the operations described, a considerable
amount of surveying was executed, preparatory to a suitable
location of the several works contemplated, and as a basis
for noting and comparing future changes in the navigable
channel, to be effected by these works.
All the dams thus far constructed seem to stand well.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 103
Some settlement has been noticed at several points of the
dams, but this was expected from the condition of the mate
rial composing the bed of the river, and nothing of a serious
nature has occurred or is anticipated. The two wing dams
built from Fig Island, and the training wall extending east
ward from the lower end of that island, have begun to pro
duce favorable effects which undoubtedly will be materially
increased when the auxiliary works, now under way, have
been constructed.
These remarks also apply to the dams closing the side
channels below Elba Island.
In Gen. Gillmore's annual report to the Chief of Engineers
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1882, it is said that $730,000
can be profitably expended in the fiscal year ending June 30,
1884. This sum equals the whole amount estimated to be
required for carrying out the existing project. The appro
priation of $200,000, by means of which operations are at
present carried on, was made after said annual report had
been sent in, leaving a balance pf $530,000 still to be pro
vided for.
A copy of the resolution of the Senate of the United
States, dated December 21, 1882, was sent to me by the
Chief of Engineers, for report upon such portions of it as
relate to works of improvement in the State of Georgia now
in my charge, which request was complied with. In my re
port on the harbor of Savannah, I have stated that a thor
ough and permanent improvement of Savannah river and
harbor, with adequate depths in the navigable channel cannot
be effected and maintained unless all the works contemplated
in the present project are built, and that it is, therefore, de
sirable and of great importance to have liberal appropria
tions for continuing the work energetically. It was also
added that without an additional appropriation all work will
be suspended soon after July 1, 1883. I have further stated
in the report that $530,000 can be profitably expended during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, and that at least $300,-
Ifr* MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
000 is necessary to conduct the work as it should be during
that period.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Jos. C. POST,
Captain of Engineers, U. S. A.
MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 105
FOREIGN EXPORTS, PORT OF SAVANNAH, 1882.
ARTICLES.
Cotton, Upland, 341,528 bales lbs.
Cotton, Sea Island, 1,634 bales lbs.
Rosin bbls.
Spirits of Turpentine galls.
Lumber superficial feet
Timber cubic feet
Shingles and Staves M
Barrels and Hogsheads No.
Phosphate tons
Flour bbls.
Cotton Seed lbs.
All other articles
Total value
Quantity.
164,132,075
370,090
147.931
1,905,701
13,048,000
388,654
191,000
408
265
146
197.600
Value.
S,i 18,472
'35,898
344,807
846,558
197,330
43,94'
5,437
366
2,120
913
2,025
4,346
$19,702,213
106 MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT.
COASTWISE EXPORTS, PORT OF SAVANNAH, 1882.
COMPILED BY FRANK E. REBARER, CLERK OK COUNCIL.
ARTICLES. Quantity. Value.
Alligator Skins hhds.
Bones bags
Bottles empty cases
Barrels empty
Corn sacks
Cotton, Upland bales
Cotton, Sea Island bales
Cotton Seed tons
Cotton Seed Meal tons
Cotton Seed Oil bbls.
Clay, in casks tons
Car Wheels
Carpeting rolls
Cross Ties
Domestics and Yarns
Fruit bbls.
Fruit boxes
Flour bbls.
Fish tierces and bbls.
Fruit, Dried sacks
Fish Plates Tons
Hides bales
Iron tons
Lumber superficial feet
Leather, undressed rolls
Merchandise boxes and packages
Melons
Machinery packages
Oats sacks
Paints bbls.
Potatoes bbls.
Paper bundles
Palmetto bales
Rice casks and bbls.
Rice, Rough sacks
Rice Chaff sacks
Rice Flour sacks
Rosin bbls.
Rags and Paper Stock bales
Staves loose and bundles
Syrup bbls.
Sugar hhds.
Soap, Stock bbls.
Shingles bundles
.Spirits Turpentine bbls. and casks
Timber superficial feet
Turtle
Terrapin bbls.
Twine, Cotton bbls.
Vegetables bbls. and boxes
Wool bales
Total Coastwise Exports $28,646,820
1,600 S 800
500 375
83 498
47,147 23,574
3,140 4.7i.o
378,955 18,981,855
7,691 567,213
391 632
1,355 6,775
7,475 239.769
1,176 28,224
,895 9,475
48 2,400
271,070 680
35,569 3,556,900
3.263 '3,052
'73,o79 346,158
650 3,900
854 10,248
i,i75 7,050
2,379 95,160
10,462 313,860
3.59 89,750
52,409,367 609,274
'56 452
70,417 528,105
2,811,192 35,138
1,000 35,000
1.039 i,649
439 6,585
17.489 104,934
690 242
660 6,600
27,601 54,875
3,554 8,885
2,335 467
4,709 ".772
248,027 682,075
6,107 42,709
8,470 242
3' 488
285 22,750
108 864
37,604,751 45,125
28,080 606,528
2,804,812 28,40cS
i,390 2,780
64 3,840
227 S,'0
?
219,984 439,968
MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. 107
IMPORTS, PORT OF SAVANNAH, 1882.
ARTICLES. Quantity. I Valu
Coffee , lbs. 3,762,183
Fertilizing Substances tons 1 13,527
Cotton Ties tons i 1,148
Pig Iron tons 455
Hoop Iron tons 50
Scrap Iron tons 55
Steel Rail Ends tons 1,300
Salt lbs. 16,418,279
Molasses galls. 110,385
Cocoanuts
Fruits of all kinds :
Ale galls. , 886
Coal tons 178
Soap lbs. 18,984
Earthen, China and Glass Ware
Mustard lbs. 4,734
Ginger Ale galls. 1,400
Articles, the manufacture of the U. S., returned
Cement bbls. , 1,121
Household Effects :
All other articles
$324,727
172,372
52,865
7,623
i,742
603
20,889
22,965
28,385
4,090
6,100
845-
454
913
2,063
1,107
960
3,273 
i,957
1,000
Total #657,255
108 MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT.
TONNAGE PORT OF SAVANNAH, 1882.
VESSELS ENTERED AND CLEARED AT CUSTOM HOUSE.
VESSELS. No.
II
23
204
209
447
Tonnage. Men.
American vessels entered
American vessels cleared
Foreign vessels entered
4,865
9,055
115,061
'35,375
106
205
2,718
3,023 Foreign vessels cleared
Total entered and cleared, foreign .... 264,356
544,448
506,213
6,052
Coastwise entrances 39'
35o
12,605
Coastwise clearances 11,917
Total coastwise
Total foreign
74'
447
1,188
1,050,661
264,356
24,522
6,052
Total
Add tonnage of coastwise vesse
Custom House
Is not cleared at
l,3'5,oi7
602,625
30,574
10,920
Grand total 1,917,632 41,494
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
FOR 1881-82.
MAYOR.
JOHN F. WHEATON.
CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL.
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL.
MICHAEL J. DOYLE.
ALDERMEN.
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON, WILLIAM E. GUERARD,
MICHAEL J. DOYLE, CHARLES C. HARDWICK,
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, DANIEL O'CONNOR,
WILLIAM DUNCAN, M. D., SIMON E. BYCK,
JOHN SCHWARZ, JACOB J. ABRAMS,
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS, A. J. AYLESWORTH.
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
FOR 1883-84.
MAYOR.
RUFUS E. LESTER.
CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL.
JOSEPH J. WILDER.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL.
DAVID WELLS.
ALDERMEN.
JOSEPH J. WILDER, DAVID WELLS,
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON, DANIEL R. THOMAS,
J. FLORENCE MINIS, JOHN R. HAMLET,
WILLIAM B. MELL, GEORGE N. NICHOLS,
EDWARD M. GREEN, JOHN DERST,
ANDREW HANLEY, PATRICK J. O'CONNOR.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL. 1883.
AccountsAldermen Thomas, Minis, O'Connor.
Docks and WharvesAldermen Hanley, Wells, Thomas.
Dry Culture-Aldermen Mell, Wilder, Nichols.
EducationAldermen Minis, O'Connor, Mell.
FinanceAldermen Hamilton, Thomas, Wilder, Green, Minis.
FireAldermen Green, Hamlet, Hanley.
GasAldermen Derst, O'Connor, Nichols.
Health and CemeteryAldermen Wilder, Thomas, Mell.
JailAldermen Wells, Hamilton, Green.
3farketAldermen Mell, Derst, Hanley.
Pofo'ce^Aldermen Green, Hamilton, Derst.
Public BuildingsAldermen Nichols, Hanley, Hamlet.
Public Sales and. City LotsAldermen O'Conner, Minis,
Wilder.
PumpsAldermen Hanley, Derst, Mell.
River o.nd Harbor ImprovementsAldermen Minis, Green,
Wilder.
Streets and LanesAldermen Hamlet, Hanley, Wells, Nichols.
Water WorksAldermen Wells, Hamilton, Derst.
BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS.
Aldermen Hamlet, Thomas'; citizens J. R. Saussy, John F.
Wheaton, W. Duncan, M. D.
COMMISSIONERS OF EDUCATION.
Alderman S. P. Hamilton, R. D. Walker, Commissioner
Chatham County.
CITY OFFICERS.
Clerk of CouncilFrank E. Rebarer.
City TreasurerCharles S. Hardee.
City MarshalL. L. Goodwin.
City SurveyorJohn B. Howard.
Chief of PoliceRobert H. Anderson.
LieutenantsT. J. Sheftall, John Green.
SergeantsJ. B. Killourhy, S. C. Lee, Henry Lingg, O. F.
Reilly.
Messenger of CouncilLuke Logan.
Corporation AttorneyHenry C. Cunningham.
Judge of the City CourtWilliam D. Harden.
Clerk of the City CourtPhilip M. Russell.
City SheriffDavid Bailey.
JailerWaring Russell.
Clerk of the Market^W. H. Bordley.
Harbor 31asterJohn D. TenBroeck.
Health OfficerJ. T. McFarland, M. D.
Keeper of City DispensaryLewis Cass.
Keeper Laurel Grove CemeteryA. F. Torlay.
Keeper of Forsyth PlaceTheodore Meves.
Keeper of Pest HouseMaurice Hardee.
City PhysiciansF. T. Lincoln, M. D., T. B. Chisholm, M. D.
Chief FiremanOsceola Butler.
Assistant Chief FiremanGeorge Mouro.
Superintendent and Engineer Water WorksAlvin N. Miller.
Scavenger ContractorWilliam Swoll.
Pump ContractorAlfred Kent.
Keeper City ClocksRobert Schneider.
City PrinterJ. H. Estill.
Port WardensT. H. Laird, Charles Van Horn, Charles
Werner, John Power, Alexander Abrams.
Chimney ContractorsEastern Division, Henry C. Hastedt;
Western Division, C. Deubler.
City AssessorsR. D. Walker, Alfred Kent, John C. Taylor,
John M. Williams, B. R. Armstrong.