ANNUAL REPORT RUFUS E. LESTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1885. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE TREASURERS REPORT, REPORTS OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SAVANNAH, GA.: MOKNIKU NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE. 1886.. MAM'S ANNUAL REPORT. CITY OF SAVANNAH, ) MAYOR'S OFFICE, January 1, 1886. j FELLOW CITIZENS : In compliance with the ordinances, I submit my report of the " Financial Receipts and Expendi tures" of the city for the year ending December 31st, 1885. The report of the Treasurer is hereto appended as part of this report. For further and more general information the reports of the officers in charge of the various departments of the City Government are hereto attached, and will be published. The receipts for the year, exclusive of the balance on hand at the commencement of the year, viz.: $51,481.90, have been $587,184.14. The expenditures for the year have been $595,325.22, and there is a balance on hand in the Treasury of $43,340.82. The trial balance of the books of the Treasurer verifies these figures, and shows the sources from which the receipts have been obtained, and the general purposes for which the money has been expended. It is as follows : TRIAL BALANCE, DEC. 31, 1885. Expenditures. Receipts. Board of Health $21,690 28 $ 95 40 Board of Health, O. E. M 9,916 61 6,219 49 City Clocks 141 34 City Court 4,524 40 City Lamps 18,008 00 4 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. City Lots 1,800 00 1,385 32 City Exchange 2,516 12 Coupons from Bonds, 1879 166,194 98 Coupons, old 25,151 34 Coupons from Bonds, 1883 17,754 20 Interest 889 30 Docks and Wharves. 935 22 Drainage 979 51 Dry Culture 8,709 05 Fees 1,581 15 Fire Department 27,275 11 Incidentals 3,718 24 Jail Laurel Grove Cemetery 5,987 64 Bond Compromise 52,052 15 Licenses Market 4,627 87 Christopher Murphy, trustee 15,912 75 Parks and Squares 4,610 32 Police 53,282 15 Police Court Printing and Stationery 2,005 57 Public Buildings 239 89 Quarantine 2,925 07 Rents Salaries 17,853 85 River and Harbor Improvement 35 35 Scavenger Department 15,975 04 Sinking Fund Bonds, 1879 25,046 25 Sinking Fund Bonds, 1883 5,430 00 Streets and Lanes .. 38,388 27 Opening Streets , 13,780 00 Taxes,1875 Taxes,1876 Taxes,1877 Taxes,1878 Taxes,1879 607 48 12,117 60 21 00 11 80 601 81 1,471 50 10,164 50 35,831 45 17,986 10 3 00 311 25 5,713 50 156 00 38 79 4,099 00 3,700 92 1,025 55 13,000 00 52 10 100 57 127 05 280 63 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 5 Taxes,1880. 655 43 Taxes,1881 1,158 40 Taxes,1882 2,989 10 Taxes,1883 4,267 80 Taxes,1884 27 74 105,662 99 Taxes,1885 321 49 281,704 50 Ground Rents 29,154 13 Water Works 25,038 97 46,117 84 Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1885 43,340 82 Balance account of Ledger, being cash on hand Jan. 1, 1885 51,481 90 $638,666 04 $638,666 04 It will be observed that $105,662.99 of the taxes of 1884 were collected during the present year, and it may be asked, why these taxes were not collected in 1884? The explana tion is that taxes on property, although assessed for the year, are by the ordinances made payable quarterly, with fifteen days' grace. The last quarter of the year does not become payable un til fifteen days after January 1 after the close of the fiscal year. This accounts in a large measure for this collection. Interest coupons to the amount of $183,949.18 on the bonds of the issues of 1879 and 1883 have been paid, and $25,151.34 interest on the old bonds redeemed and taken in exchange. BONDED DEBT. There are now outstanding $24,400 of old bonds issued prior to 1879, $86,700 having been exchanged and retired during during the year. That is to say, $44,600 have been taken in in exchange for new bonds, and $42,100 have been redeemed and retired by the city by purchase. There are also outstanding unexchanged only $2,500 of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad bonds endorsed by the city, $7,000 of these having been cancelled during the year. Of the bonds of the issue of 1879 there were outstanding 6 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. on the first of January last $3,331,900. During the year $44,600 have been issued in exchange for "old bonds" and $26,800 have been purchased and cancelled. The amount of this issue now outstanding is, therefore, $3,349,700. Of the bonds of the issue of 1883 there were outstanding on the first of January last $356,750. For the purpose of exchanges $9,100 were issued during the j'ear, and $6,000 have been purchased and cancelled, making that issue now $359,850. The following tables express the present bonded indebted ness, and a succinct account and history of the bonds of the issue of 1879 and 1883. PRESENT BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. Bonds, compromise 1879, issued $3,495,100 Less redeemed and cancelled by Sink ing Fund Commissioners 145,400 Amount outstanding $3,349,700 Bonds, compromise 1883, issued 386,750 Less redeemed and cancelled by Sinking Fund Commissioners.. . . 26,900 Amount outstanding 359,850 Old bonds outstanding 24,400 Atlantic and Gulf Railroad bonds, in dorsed, outstanding 2,500 Add 30 per cent, as per compromise agreement 750 3,250 Total bonded debt Dec. 31,1885 $3,737,200 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. CO p % 0 PQ < < > CO 0) 0.H ^% U 0 H W 2 w h <3H CO OO 1 O ooo o c H 0 c O^tO^u^I- t ~- CC'TP"'^*"'* cT a < SI JCOIOQC 6 "* rH >t -^ "A .rlN To f'S 2 oooc +i 00 = 0 1 o sgw G O'oooi- ^ 6 SS3,r ghO < aoii s^ tt co-r- -c ssa 6 if?fM30" s H 5 ! * m ^nasxtM > < 0 (M rI rf a -i'TOCfr- t~? ^ S S i-H f-H I a MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. co Q % 0 ffl z > < CO CO CO II o 0 h Iz w s w h <; H CO fig 3 o Sr -Zi 6 ai t oo cot* Sol o oo 8o O TfiiC 0-T. To the Savannah Hospital $3,60000 To the St. Joseph's Infirmary 3,561 50 To the Georgia Infirmary 2,400 00 $9,561 50 If it be an obligation of the city to provide public chari ties, I would suggest that much suffering might be prevented or ameliorated by the establishment of an Alms House or Poor House, under proper regulation, wherein indigent pi ople not actually sick, but unable to provide for themselves, might find a refuge. Many cases of actual suffering come under my observa tion, appealing much more strongly to human sympathy than many of the cases treated in the hospital, yet nothing can be done for them because there is no provision made for such cases. The endowment of an institution for the care of the indigent would be of great benefit to the community, and the institution might dispense an immense amount of practical charity. Affluent people who may be seeking to do good can find a good place here for charitable donation. The maintenance of the City Dispensary, including medi cines, physicians' salaries, salary of the officers of the Dis pensary, etc., has cost $5,729.76, and the cleaning and disin fecting of vaults, yards and premises $13,589.06. The re ceipts from property owners for such of the disinfecting work as they are required to pay for has been $6,219.49 ; and the receipts from the county of Chatham for medicines furnished' by the Dispensary to indigent poor of the county outside the city limits has been only $95.40, a sum much less than is chargeable to the county. For some reason, satisfactory, perhaps, to the County Commissioners, but not to the city authorities, they have refused to pay more. The expenses of keeping and maintaining Laurel Grove Cemetery have been $5,987.64, and the receipts from sale of lo s and burial fees $1,471.50. The Quarantine Station has been kept up and the regula tions prescribed by the Board of Sanitary Commissioners MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 13 have been well enforced under the supervision of that highly efficient and faithful officer, Dr. J. T. McFarland, the execu tive officer of the board, whose report as Health Officer, hereto appended, contains much valuable and interesting in formation upon all the subjects of his department. The maintenance of the Quarantine Station has not been a charge upon the city for the past year. The receipts have been more than the expenditures by $T173.93. This, how ever, cannot be expected for the coming year, as repairs will probably have to be made to the wharves and other expenses incurred which, with the current expenses, will be more than the receipts. It is not intended that any revenue shall be derived to the city from this source, as the fees charged are really a burden upon commerce. All that can be expected or lawfully re quired is to make the quarantine as nearly self-sustaining as possible. The entire expenses of the Health and Cemetery Depart ment, as shown by the Treasurer's books, have been $40,- 519.60 and the receipts $11,885.39. DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT. This department is charged with keeping in order the low lands about the city. Under the many obligations which the city has assumed in this respect, and the necessity of guard ing the health of its inhabitants, this department is not only an important but an expensive one. The Bilbo canal, Musgrove creek, the Springfield plantation, Lamar's creek and Hutchinson island require constant attention. This signifies much labor, and consequently much outlay of money. The expenses of the department for the year have been $8,709.05. Somewhat less than usual. The subject of the drainage of the city proper has engaged the attention of the Council. It would be most desirable upon considerations of health and cleanliness if some better system of sewage and surface drainage could be adopted. The present drainage through Bilbo canal is not as complete 14 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. and perfect a drainage as the preseut proportions of the city demand, yet it answers reasonably well the general purpose. It has been suggested that a system of lane sewage, by means of which every house shall be connected with a system of drains, through which the entire sewage shall pass out of the city to some point not on the Savannah river, but in another direction, should be adopted. Such a scheme appears to be practicable, and is certainly captivating as presented and ex plained by Col. Waring, the eminent sanitarian, whose pro fessional services the city engaged in the hope that a plan might be devised by which the sewage and drainage question might be solved. A plan has been submitted, but unfortu nately the means of the city are not adequate to the enter prise. THE RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVKMENTS. The general government has continued the work of im proving the channel of the Savannah river. The operations have extended as far as Oyster Bed shoals, opposite Cockspur island, but the work has uot been completed. Many circumstances have combined to retard the work, some of them providential. The severe storms of last summer, com ing upon the dam near Fort Pulaski, then in course of con struction and uncompleted, did much damage. Much of the work already done, and for which payment had been made out of the appropriation made by Congress for this harbor, was destroyed or made useless, and will have to be done over again. It is a matter of regret that sufficient appropriations to accomplish the projected work are not made in such timely manner as to allow the same to be continued without inter ruption until its completion. As it is, and has been ever since it was begun, the work has been so desultory that very much of what is accomplished at one season is lost before it can be resumed again. Thus the eventual cost must be very largely increased or the work abandoned in an unfinished condition. This manner of working is certainly poor econo- MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 15 my, to say the least of it. If the appropriations were suffi cient and timely, the result would be much more satisfactory. Nevertheless, what has been done has doubtless been of great service, and has gone far in producing the effects origi nally planned. Gen. Gillmore has kindly furnished me with a summary of the work done since June 30, 1884, which I append hereto for information. CONCLUSION. The year has passed without any striking incident in the city affairs. A fair, reasonable conservatism in all affairs has prevailed. Providence has been kind to us; the health of the city has been remarkably good; the population and the wealth have increased in a large degree; all business has been comparatively good; and if people who accumulate wealth here would take pains to invest it where it properly belongs, Savannah would soon be a city of great proportions and of immense importance. Respectfully submitted. RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor. 16 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. Q 10 00 CO w P o s o fi w M oo o o O) o o OS o o CO o o OS l0^ 0 i -"r-T (M" S ~- 23 A - oT .23 03 ^ . CK *3 .2 > ^3 0) DH g . 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Lester, 3Iayor : DEAR SIRThe Siuking Fund Commissioners beg leave to make the following report of matters connected with their department, or coming under their jurisdiction, for the year ending 31st December, 1885 : With the funds at our disposal, say $48.53 from the ap propriation for 1884, and $25,000 for 1885, belonging to the sinking fund provided for the bonds issued in 1879, we have purchased bonds of that issue of the face value of $26,700, viz.: Feb. 5, 1885 $2,000 at 89 per cent $1,785 00 Feb. 5,1885 5,100 at 90 percent.. 4,602 75 May 2, 1885 4,600 at 891 per cent 4,117 00 May 2, 1885 2,600 at 89J per cent 2,333 50 Nov. 30, 1885 .... 5,400 at 97 per cent 5,238 00 Nov. 30, 1885 6,000 at 991 per cent 5,970 00 Nov. 30, 1885 1,000 at 100 per cent 1,000 00 Total $26,700 Costing $25,046 25 Prev'y purchased 9i,300 Costing 74,951 47 Total purchasecl.$118,000 Costing. $99,997 72 Leaving to our credit in hands of Treasurer, $2.28. We have also purchased bonds of the issue of 1883 of the face value of $6,000, with the sinking fund provided for that issue, viz.: Feb. 5, 1885 $6,000 at 90A per cent $5,430 00 Prev'ly purchased.. 6,000 Costing 4,980 00 Total purchased. . . $i2,000 Costing $10,410 00 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. 37 All of which bonds, with the unmatured coupons- attached thereto, have been carefully cancelled and handed to the City Treasurer for such final destruction as Council may direct. During the year we have signed certificates on bonds of the issue of 1879 as follows : No. 2,601 to 2,700, say 100 bonds, $500 each $ 50,000 401 to 410, say 10 bonds, 300 each 3,000 401 to 410, say 10 bonds, 100 each .... 1,000 Total signed 1885. . 120 bonds, amounting to .. $ 54,000 Previously signed. 5,400 bonds, amounting to ... . 3,460,000 Total signed 5,520 bonds, amounting to .... $3,514,000 Less two bonds of $500 each cancelled as per our report of January, 1881 1,000 Leaving available for exchanges $3,513,000 Of this amount there has been issued in exchanges 3,495,100, Leaving in hands of Treasurer available for ex change $17,900 Of the bonds issued, $145,400 have been cancelled, as fol lows : By special purchase as per report of Jan., 1885... $ 18,100 By received for balances due on ground rent lots. 9,200 By purchase out of sinking fund 118,000 By special purchase as hereinafter reported 100 Total amount cancelled $ 145,400 Which leaves now outstanding $3,349,700 The issue of 1883 stands as follows: Certificates have been signed on the total issue, say 750 bonds amounting to $390,000, of which $3?6,750 have been issued in exchanges, leaving $3,250 in hands of Treasurer available for exchanges. Of the bonds issued, $26,900 have been cancelled, as fol lows : 38 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT By special purchase as per report January, 1885. . $ 14,900 (This was entered as $14,100 by error in thatreport). By purchases out of the sinking fund 12,000 Total amount cancelled $ 26,900 Which leaves now outstanding $ 359,850 Making a grand total of both issues of new bonds now outstanding of . . . $3,709,550 We have verified the cancellation of the following bonds, with the coupons attached thereto, viz.: $44,600 old bonds, various issues, taken in exchange for a like amount of new bonds of the issue of 1879. $7,000 A. & G. R. R. bonds en dorsed by the city taken in exchange for $9,100 new bonds of the issue of 1883, agreeable to the terms of compromise. $42,100 old bonds, various issues, and $100 new bond, issue of 1879, purchased by city to offset the $42,200 new bonds irregularly issued in 1880, and to which we have called at tention in each of our annual reports, commencing with that of January, 1881. We are pleased to be able to report the final adjustment of this matter. All of which is respectfully submitted. JOHN FLANNERY, h. GUCKENHEIMER, C. C. CASEY, JOSEPH D. WEED, JOHN L. HARDEE, Sinking Fund Commissioners. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 39 REPORT OF CORPORATION ATTORNEY. SAVANNAH, GA., January 30, 1886. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor of Savannah : DEAR SIRI have the honor to transmit herewith a state ment showing the transactions in my department of the city government for the year 1885. The following ordinances passed by Council have either been prepared or passed upon by me during the year just closed: 1. To permit the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, or the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah, to run a railroad track from the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal to Montgomery street. 2. An ordinance to amend an ordinance to permit above named companies to run a railroad track from Canal to Mont gomery street. 3. An ordinance to extend time for commencing building of jail. 4. To prohibit smoking on wharves and in railroad depots, etc., in this city, 5. To increase pay of privates of police. 6. To repeal ordinance to provide sick poor with medi cine, 7. To regulate breaking up rafts in Savannah river. 8. To increase pay of " call men " of Fire Department. 9. To exchange lots corner Habersham street and Perry street Lane, for lots 6, 7 and 8 Troup Ward. 10. To regulate hauling of sand, manure, etc., through the streets. 40 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 11. To require the removal of bill boards, etc., from streets. 12. To amend ordinance requiring removal of bill boards, etc., from streets. 13. To prescribe harbor regulations. 14. To provide for widening sidewalks on southeast cor ner of Bull and Brougliton streets. 15. To regulate closing barber shops on Sunday. 16. To require hucksters to sell inside of the market. 17. To amend tax ordinance so as to exempt from tax or license fee transient dealers selling or offering to sell only to dealers. 18. To permit Savannah Cotton Enchange to arch or bridge slip at Drayton street, and to build a Cotton Ex change. 19. To suspend ordinance relative to obstructions on sidewalks. 20. To levy tax, etc. In addition to the duty of drawing ordinances for the Committees of Council, I have attended a number of meet ings and advised with the Committees whenever called upon. The cases pending in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia, referred to in my last re port, have all been settled, and no cases are now pending in this court against the city. In the case of Proctor B. Lawrence et al., complainants, and The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah et al., defendants, pending in the Superior Court of Chatham County at the time of iny last report, a final decree was ta ken in conformity with the decision of the Supreme Court. The case of William Spears vs. W. S. Lawton, the Savan nah, Florida and Western Railway, and The Mayor and Al dermen of the City of Savannah, was heard since my last report, and the plaintiff dismissed his case against the city. The case of McAlpin et al., complainants, and The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, defendants, came on to be heard before the Judge of the Superior Court on a MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 41 motion for an injunction, the city demurring to the bill of complainants. The Judge granted the injunction prayed for, and the case went to the Supreme Court, where it was decided that an injunction should not have been granted to stav the collection of such a tax, and a bill for that purpose was demurrable. The case of A. B. Hazzard vs. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah was tried in the City Court, and re sulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was made and granted by the court; whereupon the plain tiff excepted to the ruling of the court granting a new trial, and took the case to the Supreme Court, where it is now pending. The case of George T. Nichols vs. The Mayor and Alder men of the City of Savannah, was tried and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The Mutual Gas Light Company was liable over to the city for the damage complained of by Mr. Nichols, and the company satisfied the judgment in this case. The cases of Robert Raiford et al., for loss of property in market have been settled. The following cases, in which the city is interested, are now pending: In the Superior Court of Chatham County : 1. Walter Blake et al., complainants, and The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, defendants. 2. J. H. M. Clinch, executor, et al., complainants, and The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, defendants. In the Supreme Court of Georgia : A. B. Hazzard, plaintiff in error, and the Mayor and Al dermen of the City of Savannah, defendants in error. Very respectfully, H. C. CUNNINGHAM, Corporation Attorney. 42 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE. OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE, SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1886. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor: SIR1 have the honor to submit herewith my annual re port of the Police Department for the year ending December 31st, 1885. The aggregate strength of the department is fifty-nine (59), as follows : Chief 1 Assistant Chief 1 Sergeants 4 Privates 53 Total 59 The above does not include the Ocean Steamship Compa ny's Police force, consisting of Sergeants 3 Privates 18 Total 21 For city 59 For Ocean Steamship Company 21 Total 80 During the year 2,244 arrests have been made, being 126 more than the year previous. Of this number 972 were white, and 1,272 colored. MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. 43 The following were the crimes and misdemeanors for which the arrests were made : OFFENSE. Assault and Battery Assault with Intent to Murder Burglary Carrying Concealed Weapons Contempt of Court . Disorderly Conduct Drunkenness . . . Disorderly Driving Fighting . Gambling Insanity Interfering with Officers Larceny Licentious Conduct Lost Children Murder Kesisting Officers Sate Keeping ... Vagrants and Suspicious Characters : 58 Violating City Ordinances i 161 Total 972 1272 i2244 Number of Lodgerswhite, 483 ; colored, 76 ; total 559 Number of animals impounded 401 Number of stores and dwellings found open 50 Number of fires 52 Number of false alarms 5 During the year twenty-one (21) privates were detailed as sanitary inspectors, who performed their duty in a thorough and satisfactory manner. Forty (40) breech-loading pistols are very much needed, as those now in use by the footmen are old, worn out and unreliable. Some necessary repairs, such as plastering, kalsomining and painting, are very much needed in the Police Barracks. 44 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. CASUALTIES AND CHANGES. Resigned, 2 Private A. H. Corker, January 1, 1885; Pri vate J. H. Thorpe, August 15, 1885. Dismissed, 4.Private J. Crowley, March 20, 1885 ; Pri vate T. Goss, March 12, 1885 ; Private E. J. Kelly, June 16, 1885 ; Piivate T. Morgan, January 6, 1885 ; Private A. A. Mathis, September 18, 1885, and Piivate J. Crowley, Novem ber 20, 1885. Appointed, 6.Private T. Morgan, January 13, 1885; Pri vate J. Collins, March 13, 1885 ; Private J. Crowley, April 1, 1885; Private E. J. Kdly, July 24, 1885; Private M. P. Stegin, October 31, 1885 ; Private D. Sullivan, October 31, 1885 ; Private J. T. Williams, October 31, 1885, and Private R. W. Jantzen, November 2, 1885. INVENTORY OF CITY PROPERTY AT POLICE BARRACKS. 42 Springfield Rifles, cal. 45. 19 Smith & Wesson's Pistols, cal. 45. 84 Colt's Pistols. 62 Pistol Holsters. 42 Bayonets and Scabbards. 42 Cartridge Boxes. 1000 Rounds of Rifle Ammunition. 500 Rounds of Pistol Ammunition. 61 AVaist Belts. 120Clubs. 61 Whistles. 78 Rattles. 61 Fire Keys. 16 Saddle Horses. 2 Wagon Horses. 17 Halters. 16 Bridles and Bis. 16 McClellan Saddles. 16 Saddle Cloths. 16 Pairs of Spurs. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 45 16 Pairs of Spur Straps. 1 Wagon. 1 Ambulance. 1 Harness. 1 Feed Cutter. 3 Curry Combs. 3 Brushes. 1 Rake. 1 Sh9vel. 60 Iron Bedsteads. 59 Mattresses. 59 Pillows. 60 Bed Spreads. 57 Spittoons. 3 Water Coolers. 12 Brooms. 6 Buckets. 6 Scrubbing Brushes. 10 Chairs. 1 Hat Rack. 24 Towels. 2 Wardrobes. 17 Blankets. 7 Tables. 7 Desks. 1 Clock. 2 Stoves. 12 Tin Plates. 2 Cups. Uniforms on hand not in hands of the men : 13 Frock Coats. 10 Sack Coats. 1 Old Overcoat. I am, sir, Very respectfully, R. H. ANDERSON, Cldet of Police. 46 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. REPORT OF CITY MARSHAL CITY MARSHAVS OFFICE, SAVANNAH, December 31, 1885. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor: SIRI herewith respectfully submit my report for the year 1885: SIDEWALKS. I have served notices where repairs have been necessary, and lot owners who have not complied with the notice I have reported to Council, and carried out instructions re ceived. GROUND RENTS. All lots reported to this office by the City Treasurer in ar rears for ground rent have been re-entered in compliance with ordinance. MARKET. I have collected from rent of stalls $4,273 00 And for rent of stores 2,666 70 Making a total of $6,939 70 I have collected during the year $62,217.91, as follows : Real estate 1875 $ 52 10 Real estate1876 100 57 Real estate1877 127 05 Real estate 1878 280 63 Real estate 1879 402 14 Real estate 1880 655 43 Real estate1881 1,158 40 Real estate 1882 2,939 10 Real estate1883 4,022 30 Real estate 1884 19,501 82$29,239 54 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 47 Stock in trade1884 434 88 Specific 1883 $ 184 00 Specific 1884 1,212 65 Specific 1885 20,887 85 22,284 50 Shipping 1883 11 50 Sale of city lots 670 32 Interest 166 41 Privy vaults 1,133 16 Street and LaneSale of horse 63 50 Pound sale 1 50 Sidewalk repairs 59 90 Market stalls $ 42 73 Market stores 2.666 70 6,939 70 Advertising 156 00 Fees 1,057 00 $62,217 91 I have the honor to be Your obedient servant, L. L. GOODWIN, City Marshal. 48 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. ANNUAL REPORT OF CITY SURVEYOR. CITY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE, SAVANNAH, December 31, 1885. To His Honor Rufus E. Lester, Mayor: DEAR SIRThe following report of work done in the de partments mentioned below is respectfully submitted : Streets and Lanes, Parks and SquaresAlderman HAMLET Chairman. Dry CultureAlderman MELL Chairman. Harbor and WharvesAlderman BOGART Chairman. Public BuildingsAlderman NICHOLS Chairman. STREETS AND LANES. The force employed in this department, except in emer gencies, has been as follows: Superintendent 1 Foreman of Gangs 1 Stableman 1 Cleaning Catch Basins . . .. 2 Cleaning Crossings 2 Pavers 3 Laborers 20 Teamsters with single horse tilt carts 11 Total 41 At the commencement of the year there were eleven head of stock employed. One old mule was sold on 3d of Febru ary, and one of the horses died on the 3d of April. Two mules were purchased on the 5th of February. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 49 BRICK SEWERS. A single ring brick sewer, with an inside diameter of 27 inches, has been built in River street, east of Lincoln. The lower story of the warehouses, as well as the street, had been for a long time in a wet and unsanitary condition, the spring water from the bluff increased by heavy and continued rains rendering the street almost impassable. Length of sewer, including branch to the river, 540 feet. The small drain ad joining buildings on the south side of the street, built for receiving the water from the house gutters, has been repaired and is now in good order. As soon as practicable the street will be regraded and repaved. ) PIPE SEWERS. A 12-inch pipe sewer has been laid in River street, having its outlet at the Ferry dock. Length 70 feet. Connecting with this, and laid for the purpose of carrying off the hill side springs, 160 feet of 6-inch pipe was run near"the south ern side of the street. One hundred and forty feet of 8-inch pipe has been laid in Guerard street, running south from Walker street. Sixty feet of 8-inch pipe across Waldburg street, between Abercorn and Lincoln, as a conductor for the water accumu lating on the southern side of the street in the adjacent low land. Thirty-two feet of 12-inch pipe in Price street, connecting with the Bolton sewer, in place of wooden box sewer, de cayed. Eighty-four feet of 8-incli pipe in Farm street, connecting with William street sewer, for an outlet to two lines of 6- inch pipes laid in the adjoining lots, Nos. 30 and 31, on ac count of their wet and iinsanitary condition. The sewer in West Boundary street had again become completely choked with sand washed down from the streets on the western slope, the descent commencing at West Broad street. The labor of cleaning the sewer commenced May 4 50 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. h 16th, and a force of from 40 to 45 men employed for several weeks. The cheapest remedy for the evil would be to pave gutters in the middle of the streets from which the accumu lation comes, of the width of 15 feet. The streets most ur gently requiring gutters are Zubly, Margaret, William, New, Railroad and Jones. CATCH BASINS. The following catch basins have been built: New Houston lane and Abercorn street 2 West Broad and Bay streets 2 President and W'hitaker streets 1 Bull and Broughton streets 1 River street east of Lincoln 6 River street near Ferry dock 1 Total 13 WOOD SEWERS.AND WATER WAYS. The boxes for conveying surface water across Bull street at Gaston have been renewed. The open box water-way constructed last year on the south side of Gwinnett street, extending 730 feet east of the Brow drain, Springfield, has been extended up Gwinnett street to Cemetery street, the side next the embankment raised, and a floor of 1-inch boards along the entire length put down. Length of new work 350 feet; width 3.2 feet. PAVING. New pavements of cobble stone have been put down at the following points : SQ. YARDS On Bay street, crossing Farm 220 On Liberty street, east of Arnold 1733 On Liberty street, east of Wheaton 166 Around Fountain, St. Julian and West Broad streets. .. 150 Gutter East Broad and Hull streets 20 Total 2289 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 51 The repairs to pavements as follows: East Broad street, from Bay to Bryan 1800 Bay street, between West Broad and Randolph 1740 Bay street, between West Broad and Farm 150 Bay Lane, between Drayton and Abercorn 100 Congress street, between Jefferson and Montgomery. . 150 Drayton street, between Bay and Anderson 3010 River street, east of Randolph 300 River street, between Lincoln and Barnard 200 , Reynolds street, between WTheaton and Liberty 400 Wheaton street, between East Broad and Reynolds.. . 900 Whitaker street 543 West Broad 150 On East Broad street, taken up by Mutual Gas Light Company and paid for by them 1700 Pine street, from West Broad to Farm 300 Gutters 145 Slip foot of Bull street 240 Randolph street 100 On Whitaker street, taken up by the Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard Railroad Company and paid for by them 1700 Total repairs 13628 CROSSINGS. Fifty new crossings, with plank foot-ways, have been put down 2434 Nine new crossings, with flag foot-ways ... 572 Eleven crossings with decayed plank foot-ways, have been relaid with flag 313 Total in crossings 3319 RECAPITULATION OF PAVING. New work 2239 Repairs 13628 Crossings 3319 Total 19236 52 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. The portions of streets named have been graded. Wald burg street, between Abercorn and Lincoln, having a width of 60 feet and length of 310 feet. Filling, 5 feet in depth. The extension of Bay street, between West Boundary and Wadley streets, and River street, between McGuire street and the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, and west of the canal, connecting new railroad bridge with the street. This work was done by the Central Railroad Company. From West Boundary street eastward to Farm, Bay street was graded by the city. Gwinnett street, between Cemetery and West Boundary streets, was washed in deep gullies by the rains of the latter part of the summer. These gullies have been filled and the surface of the street covered with broken brick and uniformly graded. The heavy and continued rains commencing about the middle of August and lasting until the latter part of Octo ber, produced much damage to all the streets on the eastern and western slopes of the city. Ten extra teams were hired and a large quantity of broken brick purchased to repair them. SEWER CONNECTIONS. The ordinance requiring all sewer connections to be made under the personal supervision of an employee of the city has been instrumental in reducing the number of breaks in the sewers. Forty-seven of these breaks have been repaired during the past year, and the number will no doubt be re duced from year to year. PLANK ROADS. St Julian street extended, from Randolph street east to the Bilbo Canal, has, from the time of its opening been a trou blesome medium of communication with the wharves of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad, owing to the na ture of the soil, which is easily mired. A plank road, 20 feet wide, has been laid down the whole length, measuring 2190 feet. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 53 Bay street, from the west side of Farm to Wadley street, 1275 feet, has been planked 34 feet in width west of West Boundary, and 20 feet in width east to Farm street. The following streets have been surfaced with gravel: St. Julian street, between Barnard and Jefferson. Bryan street, between Barnard and Jefferson; also, be tween Barnard and Bull. Jefferson, between Congress and Bay. Congress, between Barnard and Jefferson. Broughton lane, between Whitaker and Bull. BRIDGES. Two substantial bridges have been built during the year, crossing the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, one on the pro longation of Bay street, and the other on that of River street. These bridges were built by the Ocean Steamship Company under an agreement with the city, contingent upon the opening of Bay and River streets. The brick work of both bridges rests on piles, and extends from a point 20 feet each way from the center of the canal to the shore.- The superstructures are of iron, covering the central span of 40 feet, and are 60 feet in width. The bridge on the line of Bay street is intended exclusively for vehicles, that on River street for both railroad and vehicles. The bridge crossing Musgrove creek on the line of Gwin nett has been re-planked. Length 60 feet; width 26 feet. The loot bridges across the slips at foot of Drayton and Lincoln streets, have had a new floor to each, and with the one at Abercorn street have been re-painted. New bridges have been laid on the Waters road, at its in tersection with Gwinnett and Bolton streets. Two hundred and twenty-five small bridges for street cross ings have been put down. RETAINING WALLS. Retaining walls of wood have been placed at the following points: 54 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. On each side of Gwinnett street, west of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, 72 feet in length by 4 feet in height. At the eastern end of South Broad street, 20 feet in length and seven feet in height. At the Roberts street culvert, 18 feet long and 5 feet in height. Two hundred feet of curb on East Broad street, near Gwinnett, and on Pine street 260 feet. The pile work supporting the plank roads west of the Sav annah and Ogeechee Canal, will, owing to decay, soon re quire extensive repairs, involving a heavy expense to the city. Arrangements have been made with the Central Railroad to begin, as soon as the season of heavy traffic is over, to fill up with earth to the level of the street with the view of ul timately paving them. Fifty thousand feet of 3-inch plank have been used in repairs during the year. TREES. Th'e number of dead trees has not been so great as in former years. The work of removal was accomplished by six men during the month of November. About 30 young trees were planted in the month of February. STONE BALLAST, ETC. Two thousand running feet of flag-stone have been used in the street crossings, and 2,000 additional feet purchased in December. One thousand five hundred and eleven tons of stone ballast have been bought, and 127 tons gravel. PARKS AND SQUARES. Two new walks have been laid in Monterey Square, run ning north and south, of Baltimore paving brick, and one new walk in Madison Square of Macon brick. Re-laid one walk in Madison Square and two in Chippewa Square. One new walk was put down in Wright Square and one re-laid. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 55 The number of trees planted in the squares is 70. Six new benches have been placed in Whitfield Square. A lawn mower has been purchased and used in the squares, principally in Bull street, after the first mowing by scythes. All the square railings have been keep in good repair. A contract has been made for the thorough repair of the railing around Forsyth Park. Four men are employed in this department in Forsyth Park and two in the squares. DRY CULTURE. The importance of providing a new outlet for the sewage of the city, owing to the offensive condition of the Bilbo Canal, has engaged the earnest attention of the Committee on Drain age. Aside from the danger to the health of the citizens living within reach of the foul exhalations from the canal, especially during the summer months, the pollution of the river water urgently demands that the sewage matters be carried to some point free from these objections. After care ful deliberation, Augustine Creek, by way of Timber Land ing Creek, on the prolongation of Bolton street, appeared to be the only practicable route and outlet. To construct a sewer of sufficient capacity to carry off the entire rainfall and sewage combined, would be so costly that the committee deemed it best to provide only for the sewage and so much of the storm water as could be carried off through a sewer of moderate dimensions, to-wit: one having a diameter of 3 feet, permitting the overflow to pass off through the Bilbo Canalthis overflow being storm water only. After deciding on the outlet the committee carefully considered the subject of adopting a more efficient plan for house sewage for the city itself. Col. George E. Waring, of Newport, R. I., was requested to visit the city and give his views with reference to the adoption of what is known as the Separate System, in which all house matters are carried off by pipe drains of sufficient diameter, and do not connect with the storm water sewers. 56 MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. Col. Waring visited the city in April and made an exami nation of the proposed outlet and of the existing system of sewerage. After being furnished with the necessary data, on his return home a report and plan was prepared and for warded to the committee in November. The estimated cost is for the city proper $133,518 40 For the outlet 26,05175 Total $159,570 15 HUTCHINSON ISLAND. No work of any consequence was done to the city's lands on the island until October. An examination of the em bankments shows an average settlement of about 10 inches since their completion in 1883. The growth of the Bermuda grass planted on the inner slope has been very rapid. I would respectfully urge that, early in the spring, before the growth of weeds commences, a suitable person be employed to continue the work of transplanting, and also that one or two men be employed to go regularly over the embankments, cutting down the weeds while young. If this work is effec tively done the embankments can be easily examined from time to time and their condition ascertained. The island sustained no damage during the storm of August 27, but on the October, there being a freshet in the river from the continued rains of the season and strong easterly winds with spring tide, an extraordinary tide swept over the embank ments and inundated most of the low lands along the coast. The embankments on Hutchinson island, however, were not topped, but were broken at several points by the water find ing its way through cavities made by rats. The breaks have all been repaired at comparatively small cost. BILBO CANAL. The retaining walls south of and adjoining the floodgate being very much decayed, have been replaced by an entirely new work of piles, with a sheathing of planed, grooved and MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 57 tongued plank, 4 inches in thickness and braced from each side across the canal. The railroad embankment on the east side of the canal was broken in four places by the October high tide, and the lands of Dr. W. S. Lawton overflowed. I cannot too strongly urge the importance of making some arrangement with the railroad company by which the grade of their em bankment may be raised. The brick retaining walls at the southern end of the Bilbo Canal have been extended below the bridge on Gwinnett street, a distance of . Beneath the bridge the walls were built up high enough to support the bridge timbers, furnishing a substantial and per manent support. The sand carried into the canaj by the Bolton street sewer has been repeatedly removed during the year. Seven men, including a foreman, have been regularly em ployed, except during the annual cleaning out of the Bilbo Canal in March, and during the time required in making re pairs after the storms of August and October, when the force was increased to 13. DOCKS AND WHARVES. The bulkhead of the public dock at West Broad street, which was of wood and so much decayed as to be danger ous, has been replaced with a substantial brick wall 4 feet 6 inches wide at bottom and 22 inches at top. The constant repairs required by the use of a perishable material will, in future, be avoided. The city's wharf at the foot of Abercorn street has been covered with new 3-inch plank, new joist and caps to the piling, and a new fender log on the front of wharf. A dredge was employed two days in removing a bar in the river opposite the Whitaker street wharf, deposited by the Whitaker street sewer. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The following work has been done on the Exchange build- 58 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. ing: The entire exterior has been re-painted three coats. The walls and ceiling oi the Council Chamber and Mayor's office have been handsomely frescoed; the ceiling in the Clerk's office re-plastered ; all the interior walls and ceilings colored and kalsomined, and the wood work in the passage ways re-painted. The clock faces and the vane and ball of the cupalo have been re-gilded. A new closet of the tidal wave pattern has been put up in the Treasurer's room. A new shed has been built to the property at the foot of West Broad street and covered with tin. Respectfully submitted, JOHN B. HOWARD, City Surveyor. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 59 REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER SAVANNAH FIRE DEPARTMENT. OFFICE CHIEF ENGINEER SAVANNAH FIRE DEPARTMENT, SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1886. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor of Savannah: SIRI have the honor herewith to submit to your Honor the annual report of the Savannah Fire Department for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1885, showing the condition of same, cost of maintenance, also number of fires, locations and causes, owners and occupants of buildings, etc., losses and insurance of property, strength of the permanent and call, also the auxiliary force of the department. PERMANENT FORCE AND COMPENSATION. 1 Chief Engineer $ 1,500 per annum 1 Superintendent Fire Alarm Telegraph. 900 " 3 Engineers of Steamers, each $1,000 ... 3,000 1 Tillerman of Truck 720 3 Drivers of Apparatus, each $720 2,160 " 5 Drivers of Apparatus, each $600 3,000 2 Relief Drivers', each $600 1,200 3 Hose and Laddermen, each $600 1,800 Total $14,280 CALL FORCE AND COMPENSATION. 1 Assistant Chief Engineer $ 450 per annum 4 Foremen of Companies, each $150 .... 600 " 25 Hose and Laddermen, each $100 2,500 Total $ 3,550 60 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. AUXILIARY FORCE OF VOLUNTEERS. 1 Foreman of Company. 25 Privates of Company. ESTIMATE VALUE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY. Apparatus $22,550 Bedding and Furniture 800 Department Uniforms and Badges 700 Fire Alarm Telegraph 12,000 Horses and Harness 5,000 Hose and Couplings 4,500 Supply Wagon, Cart, etc 250 Supplies, Tools, etc 700 Fire Bell 1,200 Real Estate ' 16,000 Total $63,700 PROPERTY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Four steam fire engines, three two-wheel hose carts, one large double-team four-wheel hose carriage, two four-wheel hose carriages for single horse, fifteen horses, twenty-six horse blankets, eight sets of old and new double harness, twenty-eight beds and bedding complete, eight sets of old and new single harness, five eight-day clocks, one lot of fur niture, etc., thirty badges, one lot of general supplies, tools, etc., four fire bells, and 4,500 feet of hose. LOCATION OF APPARATUS Remains the same as last year's report, there having been no change made. For further property of the Fire Department I respectful ly refer you to the accompanying report of the Superintentendent of the Fire Alarm as to its condition, etc. RUNNING CARD OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT Remains the same as heretofore, there having been no ad ditional fire station added to the list. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 61 CALL FORCE. This force cannot be too highly comtoended as to their efficiency and promptness in responding to alarms and per forming their duty at all times when called upon. But since the taking down of the bell known as " Big Duke" this force has felt the effect in answering or responding to alarms, and have at all times imposed the heavy fines upon them when failing to respond. The fines for non-attendance at fires or alarms are as follows : Foremen of companies, five dollars, and for the hose and laddermen, two dollars for each occasion of their being absent. Therefore, I cannot too hastily recommend the erection of the bell tower, and the same be located in the neighborhood of Fireman Hall, as most of the call force are engaged at their work and reside in said locality. To place the said tower in the outskirts of the city would be of no benefit to the firemen. And that the said bell be struck by the fire alarm electric battery, and not by hand, as heretofore. The ordinance creating the fire de partment requires that all call men shall sleep at their re spective stations; therefore, would recommend that two dozen single iron cots and proper bedding, and proper service coat and fire hat be furnished to each of the call men. PERMANENT FORCE. This force is also worthy of the highest praise for conduct and efficiency and for excellent time made in leaving their quarters in time cf an alarm being turned in, the time hav ing been taken on several test alarms, and from the time of the first stroke of the gong the horses leave their stalls, go ing to their apparatus to be hitched up, and leaving the house in ten or twelve seconds from the time of the first stroke. Therefore I would respectfully recommend that this force be increased in its number so that the apparatus may be accompanied with men sufficient to work the machines on arrival at fires; as the time of leaving their quarters and ar riving at fires has so much improved that it is a matter of 62 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. impossibility for any of the call men to be present at the fire on arrival of the machine unless the call men have proper alarm, or are working, or may be in the direction that the fire may be, as there is nothing more important than to have the men with the apparatus on their arrival at fires, etc. CONDITION OF HOUSES. Engine house of Engine No. 2 is poorly constructed for the purpose it is being used for; the sleeping room is on the third floor, and when the apparatus leaves the house the men who are asleep are compelled to be waited on or be left, which is bad policy in time of fire, when no time is to be lost. The engine room is also badly constructed, as it was intend ed for volunteer companies, and not for paid system, as the fire service has now become a matter of business. Engine house of Engine No. 3, at Fireman Hall, has be come insufficient to house all the apparatus comfortably therein, it being also erected for hand apparatus as used years back, and not those of the present. The wagon and one of the hose carriages have to be left outside on the side walk for want of room. I respectfully recommend that steps be taken to enlarge the said house by an addition, or other wise. Engine house of Engine No. 1 is needing slight repairs, plastering, painting, etc., as well as all the others, more or less. Hook and Ladder house requires to be ceiled as well as painted inside, as the roof rafters are all exposed, and it has not a very neat appearance for a fire station in such a prominent location, as the same is known as Fireman Hall, or Headquarters of the Fire Department. Hose house No. 1 is needing some slight repairs about the roof and elsewhere. Fireman Hall, or Head Quarters, where all extra appli ances, together with Engine Co. No. 3 and Hook and Ladder Truck Co. No. 1 are stationed, is badly in need of a sewer connection. In hot weather it is impossible to leave the MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 63 back door of the house open, from the odor that arises from the privy vault, and necessary steps should be taken at once while the digging of streets is being allowed by ordinance. The said difficulty is injurious to the health of the men and neighbors. CONDITION OF HORSES. Considerable difficulty has been experienced during the past year on account of the unfitness of some of the horses, causing at times some delay, as some of the horses that were being used had been condemned and transferred to the other city department not requiring same kind of horses as the Fire Department, and were at times required to use the horses mentioned when others were laid up for treatment, some from lameness, some on account of age. During the past year one horse was sold, one transferred to the Police De partment, and one to the Street and Lane Department, some few more remaining to be disposed of. During the past year one horse was purchased, and are now about to purchase six more, of which some are now in use and others will be used as soon as they recover from the attack of cold and fe ver, and more so from the change of climate, the said horses having been purchased in Ohio. CONDITION OF APPARATUS. Engines Nos. 2 and 3 are in first-class order, except suc tions of No. 3. Engine No. 1 requires new wheels, new rear axle, and new suctions. Reserve steamer needs new suctions and some extensive repairs to boiler, or furnished with a new one. Hose carts are all in good condition, one having broken an axle but is now waiting on new one. Hose carriage of Hose Co. No. 1 is in very poor condition, it having been built for hand pur poses and not for horses. CONDITION OF HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK. This truck has gone under some slight repairs during the 64 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. past year, and is now in fair condition, excepting some of the ladders, which will need some repairs and be painted, and will soon require new tires on wheels in order to save the same, as the tires are becoming very much worn out. CONDITION OF THE HARNESS. All the harness is in fair condition, and some is new, but some of the same will have to go through some change about the collars on account of the new horses being much larger than those that have been in use. CONDITION OF HOSE. * ' There is now in the department three thousand five hun dred feet of good hose, and nine hundred feet of middling good, all rubber hose, and one hundred feet of worthless hose. NOZZLES, SHUT-OFF AND PLAIN, Are all in good order, and a great saving of property at fires from being damaged by water has been the result since the purchase of the shut-off nozzles and placing relief valves on the engines. ADDITIONAL FIRE HYDRANTS, &c. There are certain localities in the city where additional fire hydrants are needed, which would be a great saving in hose, not requiring such long lines to be laid at times ; also, there are some hydrants which need to be moved in order that the apparatus may be coupled to same without difficulty. COST OF MAINTENANCE. Pay Roll from Dec. 1,1884, to Dec. 1, 1885 $16,822 36 Rent No. 2 Engine House 420 00 Bell Tower, taking down and examining 123 25 Fire Alarm Supplies and Repairs 354 97 Telephone Rent 60 00 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 65 Treatment of Horses, and Medicine 71 13 Harness and Repairs 353 95 Printing and Stationery 53 95 Hose and Nozzles, etc 1,045 74 Horses 242 50 Beds, Mattrasses, Blankets and Sheeting 28 60 Forage for Horses 1,262 68 LumbeV, Saw Dust and Straw 149 37 Gas Light 225 69 Fuel, Coal, Wood, etc 154 35 Repairs Engine Houses 56 68 Meals for Men at Fires 59 80 Supplies, General 480 66 Horseshoeing and Resetting 178 36 Apparatus, new, Repairs, etc 4,042 31 Total $26,186 35 The above account charged to apparatus, new, and repairs, includes the purchasing of the interest from the Werner Hook and Ladder Company of the hook and ladder truck, the rebuilding and freight to and from Elmira, N. Y., of En gine No. 2, also the purchase of the large four-wheel hose carriage, and all repairs to engines, truck, hose carts, wagon, cart, etc. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. For the better protection of the fire alarm battery, that the same be removed from the Exchange building, and that it be placed at Fire Department Head Quarters. To purchase a large striker and machine complete for the Big Duke fire bell, and a suitable tower be erected for same at Head Quar ters, and said tower to be erected so as to be used as a hose tower also for drying and preserving the hose. To purchase additional fire alarm boxes, to be placed in localities where fire protection is needed ; also to purchase two one-horse hose carriages, hose and all requirements and outfits for same, and locate one in the southwestern and one 66 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. in the southeastern portions of the city, where more protec tion to life and property are needed. To purchase two six or eight-gallon fire extinguishers and eight tarpaulins, to be placed and carried on the hook and ladder truck. Oftentimes these extinguishers save the heavy hose from being laid out, and wear and tear of same, for a slight fire, and the tarpaulins for covering goods and furni ture on lower floors when fires occur on upper part of build ing, or for various purposes in connection with the service. To purchase new sets of plug and river suctions for No. 1 and No. 3 steamers and also for reserve engine. Should the services of these engines be required at the river they would be compelled to abandon the task on account of the old and leaky suctions now in charge of and on said apparatus. Also to purchase two thousand feet of hose, same as noiw in use by this department. In accordance with the ordinance requiring the recording and inspection by the Chief of the Fire Department of all new buildings being erected and altered, I have to report a total of 460 buildings, as follows : Buildings, new 401 Buildings, remodeled 59 Total 460 MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION. Wood 346 Brick 53 Iron 2 Total 401 Above buildings to be occupied as follows : Wood dwellings, 1 story 101 2 stories 152 3 stories 23 " stores, 1 story 5 " 2 stories 14 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 67 Wood kitchens, 1 story " stables, 1 story 13 " " 2 stories 4 " sheds, 1 story 6 " offices, 1 story 3 2 stories 1 " laundries, 2 stories ..,.-. 3 " bakery, 1 story.... 1 " churches, 1 story 2 2 stories 1 " school, 1 storv 1 " ice house, 1 story 1 " saw mill, 1 story 1 " lodge hall, 2 stories 1 " shops, 1 story 6 Total 346 Brick dwellings, 1 story 2 2 stories 24 3 stories 4 " stores, 1 story 8 " 2 stories 4 " 4 stories 2 " bank, 3 stories 1 " stable, 1 story 1 " saloon, 1 story 1 " boiler houses, 1 story 2 " arsenal, 3 stories 1 " academy of arts, 2 stories 1 " lodge hall, 2 stories 1 " office, 1 story 1 Total 53 Iron factory, ice, 1 story 1 " storehouse, 1 story 1 Total 2 68 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Remodeled or altered: Wood dwellings 29 " stores, offices and stables 5 Brick dwellings 8 " stores 8 " hospital, etc 2 " school 1 " armory 1 " bakery 3 " offices 2 Total 59 A general desire on the part of owners and builders to con form to the ordinance requiring permits to build or repair before any work is begun. FIRES AND ALARMS. There has been a total of 97 alarms during the past year, an increase of 20 for the preceding year ; the prompt attend ance of the department in all cases preventing serious losses. Alarms by telegraph 58 " by telephone 4 " by wind and falling poles, etc 4 " local 30 " special call 1 Total 97 For losses and insurance see statistics. CAUSES OF FIRES AND ALARMS. Oven over-heated 1 Defective flues 2 Incendiaryknown and supposed 32 Unknown 7 Chimneys, sparks, cracks and foul 18 Gas jets 2 Stoves and pipes 6 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 69 Tugboat sparks 1 Electric light sparks 1 Mischievous boys 2 Lard pot boiling over 1 Test alarm by Chief 1 Special call by Chief 1 Lamp explosion 1 Combustion, spontaneous, lime 1 Rekindling of same fires 3 Rubbish burning I Accidental 1 Gas generators 2 Cross on wires by rebuilding telephone lines 4 Boiler furnace 1 Carelessness 8 Total 97 In conclusion, I desire to express my thanks to His Honor the Mayor for the earnest support given to effect the present discipline and efficiency of this branch of city government; also return my sincere thanks to the officers and members of the Fire Department for their hearty co-operation and will ingness to perform all duties which have been required of them during the past year; to the Chief of Police and his department my thanks are also due for efficient aid rendered at fires; also to the citizens in general who so kindly aided the members of this department on occasions of threatening conflagrations. Respectfully submitted, ADOLPH FERNANDEZ, Chief Engineer Savannah Fire Department. Property ofMayor*8 Office Savannah, On. 70 . MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1885. Adolph Fernandez, Chief Savannah Fire Department: DEAR SIRI beg to submit the following report of the city fire alarm telegraph system for the year ending Decem ber 31, 1885: There has been 58 alarms given since my last report, and 67 keys relieved, showing that more than one box was pulled at the same time in sounding an alarm. I would respectfully recommend, for the better protection of property, the pur chase and placing in position of a few more fire alarm boxes. The expenses of the system for the year have been for purchase of supplies, $355.11, a saving of $16.57, compared with the previous year, as follows: 1884 $371 68 1885 355 11 $ 16 57 The telegraph system is now in first-class order, and work ing satisfactorily, as is evidenced by the few failures of the alarm to sound during the year. Property on hand and in use : 27 Signal Boxes. 1 Station, Police Barracks. 7 Large Gongs. 4 Small Gongs. 1 Call Bell. 125 Cells of Battery, complete. 16 Miles of Wire. 1 Set of Repeaters. 1 Striking Machine. 1 Pair of Climbers. 1 Set of Pulleys. 1 Vise. 1 Pair of Pliers. 1 Hatchet. 1 Saw. 1 Shovel. DETAILED STATEMENT OF FIRES AND ALARMS, LOSSES AND INSURANCE, FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31 1885. Jan. 4 5 10 13 17 19 28 Feb. 2 3 8 10 12 12 19 20 23 Mar. 12 15 26 29 31 Apr. 2 3 3 8 12 14 18 19 22 May 4 20 24 25 25 28 31 June 1 2 6 12 19 19 20 21 24 27 July 6 9 18 27 Aug. 2 5 9 20 20 28 Sept. 5 9 11 13 15 20 21 22 Oct. 1 2 23 Nov. 11 11 14 20 24 25 29 Dec. 2 5 6 5 5 7 8 10 10 11 11 15 16 28 28 31 31 6 50 a m 5 10 pm 7 00am 6 00pm 10 30 p m 6 30 am 11 55 pm 5 25 a m 5 00 p m 1 30 a m 2 30 pm 9 10 pm 10 20 pm 11 50 a m 5 00 pm 11 30 am 11 30 p m 7 45 p m 11 05 p m 2 45 a m 12 15 a m 6 30 am 10 45 p m 2 05 p m 10 55 p m 2 15 a m 1 30 a m 7 In p m 9 00 pm 6 20 p in 2 10 am 1 30 pro 1 30 a m 4 30 p m 6 00 a m 1 35 p m II 30 pm 11 30 p m 7 00 9 25 5 00 12 30 4 00 4 45 11 20 2 00 7 30 9 00 a m pm p m pm pm p m pm a m p m pm 2 10 am 11 50 p m 11 35 p m 2 50pm 12 45 am 12 08 am 12 40 a m 2 50 a in 1 30 pm 7 00pm 9 15 pm 3 40 am 10 45 p m 10 55 p m 3 20 am 8 00 pm 1 20 pm 3 30 am 2 05am 3 20am 2 30 am 10 50 a m 11 50 am 5 30 p m 10 43 p m 2 45 p m 6 40 p m 12 05 a m 5 10 pm 3 00 pm 1 05 p m 11 05 p m 4 10 pm 3 45a m 11 55 a m 235pm 6 15 p m 1 50am 11 50 p m 12 35 a m 2 45 am 1 55am 4 00 pm 9 10 am 1 50pm 5 30 am 7 <0 a m 6 20 pm 6 45 pm 4 and 12.. Local 15 31 Local.. 17 23 ; 31 12"!";"."!!!; 6 u 21 31 and 28.. lo and 36.. 12 Michael Feely Patrick McNally John H. Ruwe George P. Byrnes First Presbyterian Church Daniel Connor : John Schwarz Jas. M. Butler H. Blun and John Derst.... G. H. Remshart & Bros Annie E. Obynes Charles Graham Estate Pierce Condon M. Cohen and H. Wise Several L. M. Borchart 36 Local.. 25 15 31 Local.. 32 15........ 14 Local.. Local.. Local.. Local.. 45 Local 16 Local 12 16 and 25.. Local.... Local Local Local Telephone.. 27 Special Call 12 41 and Telephone Telephone Local Local Local.. 41 14 15 41 14 14 45 Local.. 16 45 Local 12 17 4 Local.. Local.. Telephone.. Local 14 Local 32 4 and 35 Local Local 23 and 21 46 15 Local.. 46 Local 23 and 32... Telephone 41.. 32 36 42 13 and 12... 23 Local 23 Local Local NAME OP OWNER. Several Patrick McNally John H. Huwe Several First-Presbyterian Church Daniel Connor Sol. Tlshler August Pratt \V7 ehrenberg & Selenger , N. Paulen and Floyd J. K. Lee and others J. Johnson and others Geo. M. Icard H. Wise and J. Mock , Several Thomas Nugent Jas. "R. "Ward Patrick O'Connor Jas. Buckley -second African Church.. S. A. Goeble On Street, City Wires K. Powers Andrew Hanley Dr. Ulmer John Herb J. B. Gaudry Heillyaud Gemunden.... Chaplain and Grimble.... He^ry R. Remshart John H. Hennessey John Flannery n. Dillon and Children .... George Helmken JSteam Lighter Company.. Eliza Heimson J. J. McDonough & Co.. Charles Fills George Deiter City..., Several Several S. P. Shotter... City ;.. Unknown Louis Borris H. Thomason Catharine Koch . NAME OF OCCUPANT. HOW OCCUPIED. Dwelling Dwelling and Shoe Store Bakery and Candy Factory.. Dwellings Church Dwelling Tailor Shop Several Patrick O'Connor James Buckley Second African Church.. C. H. Watts E. T. Harden Wires Unoccupied Andrew Hanley Dr. Ulmer John Herb J. B. Gaudry Rellly and Gemunden.. Several Henry R. Remshart John H. Hennessey -*. Sleinman T. West and others George Heimken Steam Lighter Company. Fliza Heimson J. J. McDonough & Co.. Charles Ellis Fd. Gleason i Hem. Saussy... Several Several........%:; S. P. Stiotter.;.. Lots w Unknown Louis Borris Davidson & Miller. Catharine Koch George Renken George Renken and Fay.. Union Society .H. Myers and others James Atkins Ed. Gleason ii. D. Fulton .J. F. Phillips R. D. Fulton J. F. Phillips Wires I Wires Mutual Gas Light Company [Mutual Gas Light Company John Westerman J. H. Kemps i hatham Academy Trustees Chatham Academy Trustees M. J. Doyle John Grehan and others John Schwarz ' Wheeler & Wilson, Tlshler and Davis] C. L. Gilbert and others iC. L. Gilbert and others Mutual Gas Light Company .'.Mutual Gas Light Company Mutual Gas Light Company ]Mutual Gas Light Company Alfred Kent |H. Connilhe and others Benjamin Gammon [Benjamin GammonAlex. Dunn :Several Phillip M. Russell, Jr ^Several Smith & Kelly Ellen O'Lee Mrs. A. F. Farrier Estate F.state of H. Hoover J. Dickerson : Whiteside, Duckworth and Central Railroad. D. F. R. McCall Gillmis : N.C.Mills, Agent M. B. Millen Central Railroad, etc Ellen O'Lee Simon Mitchell Several Gracie Hicks Several D. McCall Ellen Pulit Sam Hermann and others.. M. B. Millen Johanna Walsh J. Echoly Thomas Houlihan Thomas Theuss Carl Schultz Mrs. S. A. Minis Mrs. S. A. Minis John Porter Mary Morgan John E. Powers Ocean Hteamship Company.. Luke Deignan Rufus E. Lester, Guardian Roger McGloin D. Cox and others Several A. S. Robertson Johanna Walsh J. Echoly Several several J. Starks Blitch, Hunter & Kyan Blitch, Hunter & Ryan Unoccupied Mrs. Morgan H. Geeks and others.. Michael Deigan H. M. Comer and others W. A. Johnson 1). G. Heidt Rebecca Green D. Cox and others Several Grocery and Bar Dwelling, Bar, Oyster House. Cotton Pickery and Grocery.. Dwelling Bar Dwelling Dwellings Stables, Dwellings and Store.' Bakery Total.. 2 story Frame Test Alarm 1 and 3 story Frame 4 story (Stone 3 story Brick 2 story Frame 3 story Frame Sy,_ story Frame Several Brick and Frames 2 story Brick Dwellings Wheelwright Butcher shop, etc... church Bar and Dwelling... Total I story Frames 1 and 2 story Brick and Frame. 2 story Frame 2 story F'rame 3 story Brick Street Wires Dwelling Paint, Oil and Door Store.. Drugstore Dwelling Dwelling Dwelling Stable Dwelling Grist Mill Bar and Dwelling Crockery Store and Hall... Bakerj* Steamboat Wood Dwelling Planing Mill Dwelling Dwelling Wires Experimental Purposes.. Wires Dwellings Dwellings Dwelling Lots, Grass r ire STYLE OF BUII.DING. 1% Frames 2 story Brick.... 3 story Brick.... 2 story Frame.. 2 story Brick.... 2 story Frame.. 1 story Brick.... TotalBale of Cotton Wires 2 story Brick 4 story Brick 3 story Frame and Brick 3 story Frame 3 story Frame 3 story Frame 1 story Brick '1 story Brick 1 story Frame 3 story Brick 1 story Frame Wood IK story Frame.. 2 story Frame 3 story Brick 2 story Brick Wires Stack Wood Wires 2 story Frame 2 story Frame 3 story Brick Lots Total.. Total.. Grocery and fear J^elling Shoe and Furniture Store '3 story "Brick Dwelling 2 story Frame. 1 story Frame 1% story Frame.. Total.. Wheelwright and Stables 1and 2 story Frames.. Toy Store and Dwelling 2 story F'rame Stables IIstory Brick.. Total.. Store and Dwelling.. Store and Dwelling.. Wires Gas Works Grocery, Bar and Dwelling School Bar and Dwelling Machine, Stationery, Tailor Store. Warehouse and Wharf Gas Works 2story Brick Gas Works 2story Brick Dwellings 2story Brick. 2s1ory Frame.. 2 story Frame.. Wires 2 story Brick.... 2 story Frame.. 3 story Brick.... 4 story Brick.... 1 story Brick.... 1 story Brick.... TotalCarpenter Shop.. Dwellings Dwellings Cotton Lighter Dwelling Clothing Store Dwellings Dwelling Stables and Cotton and Press.. Bakery and Dwelling Dwelling Stable and Dwelling Dwelling Total.. 1 story Brick and Frame 2 story Frame 1 story Frame Lighter Boat 1 story Frame 2 story Brick 2 story Frame 1 story Frame 1 story Brick 2)4 story Frame... 1%story Frame... 2 story Brick 2 story Frame Total.. 1,191 51 8 00 5 00 3 00 135 00 6 00 1,000 00 2,318 51 3,000 00 3,171 17 4,442 11 2 25 23 00 7 20 1,2H4 97 24,000 00 57 00 35,967 73 29 3o 5 75 1,473 35 67 40 129 50 1,705 3 $ 20,000 00 100 00 75 00 7 00 ""is 00 3 75 400 00 600 75 23 00 3 00 203 49 315 00 50 00 iod 593 49 3 00 9 00 25 00 2,100 00 ii'oo 2,148 00 1,050 00 582 83 88 00 1,720 83 40 00 312 00 132 80 1,425 00 1,909 80 8 00 2,413 46 25 00 350 00 1,495 93 3 00 10 00 5 00 950 00 5,260 39 40 00 2 00 3 00 INSURANCE 1,200 1,100 20,000 600 12,000 1,800 4,500 41,200 4,800 13,700 14,500 4,250 2,500 4,700 4,200 80,10u 4,000 132,750 2,000 5,000 2,300 9,000 1,700 70,000 2,500 1,400 5,800 7,900 87,600 2,500 4,000 4,400 38,750 750 00 50,400 18,000 4,500 4,800 3,500 "ti'iiOO $ 37,000 00 1,050 49,000 1,000 51,050 350 1,600 7,500 2,250 11,700 20,000 4,100 10,000 4,500 15,960 6,800 20,000 .20,000 1,300 LOCATION. S. E. cor. West Broad and Williamson sts E. side East Broad, N. of Broughton st S. side Bay St., bet. Abercorn and Lincoln Rear No. 11 Congress St., E. of Houston Bull st. to Drayton, Taylor to Wayne st W. side West Broad, bet. South Broad and Hull sts.. E. side Bull st., S. of York st Seven alarms. S. W. cor. Railroad st. and West Boundary Cor. Bull and Gaston sts N. side Broughton, bet. Drayton and Abercorn N. W. cor. Bay and Barnard sts S. E. cor. Bay lane and Jeft'erson st Bear S. W. cor. Kay lane and East Broad S. side Liberty St., E. of Drayton N. side Taylor St., W. of Whitaker Bet. Zubly, Harrison, Laurel and Walnut sts S. side Bay lane, W. of Jefferson Ten alarms. S. W. cor. Lumber and Indian st. Lane S. side President, W. of East Broad Reynolds, W. side, S. of Perry st State St.; S. side, E. of Hrice st N. W. cor. Barnard and Gaston sts Five alarms. Urfder Bluffand Whitaker st Bay and Fast Broad sts East Broad, E. side, and Broughton st. lane....'.!!.'.'.' Whitaker St., W. side. cor. President and York sts.... N. W. cor. Houston st. and Broughton st. lane S. E. cor. Drayton and Perry sts S. E. cor. Perry and Bull sts Broughton St., N. side, E. of Lincoln New Houston st. lane, E. of Montgomery Nine alarms. Jones St., N. side, W. of Whitaker Hull St., N. side, W. of 1 ast Broad Si E. cor. Congress lane a>id West Broad S. W. cor. Jeflerson and Broughton South Broad, S. side, K. of Last Broad N. side Savannah river, opp. Reynolds st Randolph, E. side, S. of President Seven alarms. Charlton St., N. side, W. of East Broad S. side South Broad, E. of Drayton S. side York St., W. of Barnard Jones and Lincoln Bay St., N. side, E. of Drayton, opp. Cotton''E'x'change.'!!, Bay and Jefferson sts Third St., S. side, W. of Lincoln !!!! Third St., S. side, W. of Lincoln N. side Gaston, bet. Abercorn and Lincoln S. of Anderson st., E. of Drayton Ten alarms. S. side Louisville road, E. of Augusta road Second st., S. side W. of Habersham Broughton St., N. side, W. of Whitaker st Congress St., S. side, W. of Price Four alarms. S. E. cor. of Bull and Anderson sts Whitaker st., W. side, N. of President Bryan St., N. side, E. of Whitaker st !'.'.;'.'.!!! S. E. cor. New Houston and Montgomery S. E. cor. New Houston and Montgomery .^-*.i. South Broad and East Broad !Wind storm Six alarms. Crack in chimney. .' ccidenfal. Foul chimney. Foul chimney. Defective flue. Carelessness. Lamp explosion. Supposed incendiary. By Chief. Supposed incendiary. Unknown. Chimney. Unknown. Spark from chimney. Spark from chimney. A. ischievous boys. Carelessness. Carelessness. Incendiary. Supposed incendiary. Incendiary. Supposed incendiary. Carelessness. Falling telegraph pole on wires Incendiary. Lime combustion. Incendiary. 1' oul chimney. Stove. Chimney. Incendiary. Unknown. Furnace, boiler. Unknown. Unknown. Lard boiling over. Unknown. Incendiary. Spark from stack chimney. Gas jet. Stove pipe. Placing new telephone wires. Chief of Department Placing new telephone wires. Incendiary. Re-kindling of same fire. Gasjet. Boys playing with fire. Incendiary, outside city limits. Incendiary. Incendiary. Stove pipe. Incendiary. Incendiary. Carelessness, smoking. Incendiary. Re-kindling of same fire. 9 102,660 00 2,700 2,500 Rear Bay St., S. side, E. of East Broad N. W. cor. Montgomery and Henry sts South Broad St., S. side, W. of Drayton Bryan St., N. side, E. of Barnard N. E. cor. Y'ork st. lane and Bull st River St., N. side, bet. Farm and West BroadRear Bay St., N. side, E. of East Broad st Rear Bay St., N. side, E. of East Broad st........ Anderson st., S. side, E. of West Broad st Nine alarms. S. E. cor. Lincoln and St. Julian sts State St., N. side, W. of Lincoln st New Houston St., S. side, W. of Boroughs si.. 45 00 45 00 Stable and Dwelling 1and 2 story Frame Store and Dwelling tl story Frame... Dwellings 2J^story Frame Dwellings 2story Frame... Dwelling 2story FrameStore and Dwelling 2story Frame... Store and Dwelling 2story Frame... For Dwelling 2story Frame... Store, Bar and Dwelling 2story Frame... .Dwelling 3story FrameCotton Warehouse 1story Brick Shoemaker's Shop 1story Frame.... Dwelling 3story Brick Dwelling 11story Frame Stables and Dwelling - - - ^ Grass Plantation, etc Dwelling Total. 52 00 5 00 250 00 785 00 s'oo 233 00 1,046 00 2,421 00 25 00 800 00 15 00 5 00 3 00 700 00 1 and 2 story Frame and Brick, z'story Frame !!!! Total.. Grand Totals.. 600 00 2,900 00 isob 75 00 3 00 175 00 15 00 5,331 00 60,050 70 5,200 8,000 650 16,000 3,000 Three alarms. 275,000 1,800 225 5,000 8,000 307,675 1,300 800 900 1,500 1,250 1,050 Taggart Coal Wharf, foot of Gas House Hill Anderson St., N. side, West of Drayton st Broughton st., S. side, E. of Barnard N. of Broughton, bet. Reynolds and West Boundary W. side West Broad St., opp. Hail st N. side River st., bet. Farm st. and Canal S. W. cor. Price and President st N. W. cor. St. Gaul and Orange st McDonough St., N. side, E. of Jefferson S. E. cor. Price and Huntingdon st ,'.. Ten alarms. Rear, N. side Broughton st., in lane, E. of Price White Bluff road and S., F. & \y. R'y crossing !. 750 3,750 2,000 325,000 500 5,000 700 6,500 2,500 00 353,500 1,200,735 60,050 S. side Bay St., E. of East Broad st... E. side East Broad, opp. Hall st S. side Perry St., E. of Drayton 8. E. cor. Gaston and West Broad S. E. cor. Gaston and West Broad S. W. cor. Habersham and Duffy sts.. S. E. cor. Wilson and Walker sts Margaret st., N. side, bet. Farm and W. Broad W. side Ogeechee canal, N. of Bay st. bridge Bryan st., N. side, bet. Ann and Farm st S. E. cor. South Broad and West Broad sts New Houston lane, S. side, W. of Bull st S. W. cor. South Broad, West Broad and Wiiiiam sis N. side Savannah river, opp. city N. side Jones.'W. of East Broad st Seventeen alarms. Ninety-seven alarms. S 1,140,684 30 Insurance over losses. Carelessness. Supposed Incendiary. Incendiary. Incendiary. Incendiary. Incendiary. Generator stack. Generator stack. Incendiary. Incendiary. Incendiary. Spark from chimney. Spark from Tugboat. Foul chimney. Spark from electric light. Spark from chimney. Incendiary. Incendiary. Lighting fire in oven. Spark from chimney. Defective flue. Incendiary. Spark from stove pipe. Incendiary. Spark from chimney. Carelessness. Spark from chimney. Incendiary. Re-kindling of same fire. Incendiary. Incendiary. Chimney, foul. Unknown. Stove pipe. Chimney. Sparks from chimney. Carelessness. Burning rubbish. Stove pipe. December 31, 1885. ADOLPH FERNANDEZ, Chief Engineer Savannah, Ga., Fire Department. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 71 2 Screw Drivers. 1 Set of Inspector's Tools. 1 Hydrometer. NOT IN USE. 12 Battery Jars. 30 Zinc. 25 Coppers. i Mile of Wire. I also report the expenses of keeping city clock in order for past year as follows : $124.68; and respectfully report the clock in good running order. Very respectfully, J. W. JONES, Superintendent Fire Alarm. 72 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SAVANNAH WATER WORKS. SAVANNAH, GA., December 31, 1885. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor: SIRI respectfully report the following as the workings of the Water Works Department under my superintendence for year past: ENGINES. As in my last report the pumping duties have been, I may say, entirely performed hy the large five million gallons pump. The small pump not having the capacity to keep up the necessary supply has been put in service only when ne cessary to make slight repairs, as repacking the large pump, etc., the whole time of operating the small pump being some hours less than ten days during the j'ear. But few and slight repairs have been needed to the large pump. Valve stems drawing, a new set of rubber valves, re pair register, and adding a steam stop valve comprise all the repairs. The working of our large pump has been very sat isfactory. Now, after being constantly in operation for three years, night and day, it has failed to show any derangement or frictional wear, but moves on with the same might and majesty as in its early operation. The small pump is kept in complete order for emergencies. BOILERS. Both sets of boilers are in good condition. One small blister was found on boiler No. 1 of twenty inches superficial MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 73 area, which was cut off and the remaining thickness of iron found to be sound. The brickwork to furnaces has required frequent repairs, and, with new furnace door linings of one furnace, has been the extent of the repairs found necessary. SITE AND BUILDINGS. The engine and boiler houses are in good order. The metal roofs of both have had put on a coat of paint. Venti lators have been added to boiler house, the heat being so intense in the boiler-room during the summer months from the large and low flat roof as to be at times intolerable. The grounds and fences have been cared for, and the site cleared up as opportunity offered. EXTENSIONS. The extension of mains has been three thousand, nine hundred and ninety (3,990) feet, on the following streets : On New street, 4-inch pipe 300 feet On William street, 4-inch pipe 312 " On Anderson street, 10-iuch pipe 1,350 " On Henry street, 6-incli pipe 300 " On West Broad street, 6-incli pipe 750 " On Huntingdon street, 6-inch pipe 588 " On East Broad street, 6-inch pipe 390 " Total 3,990 " Which, added to the mains previously laid, makes a total of thirty-two and seven-eighths (32|) miles of distributing mains in the city. The extension at some time in the near future of about fourteen (14) thousand feet of 6-inch pipe would equip all streets running east and west from the central 16-inch and 12-inch to mains on West Broad and East Broad streets. This would give a much better circulation and deration, pro ductive of healthy beneficial results well worthy of the out lay. Ten (10) additional fire hydrants have been placed on the line of the extensions, and eight new valvestwo 10-inch 74 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. and six 6-inch. Total number of hydrants, three hundred and eight (308) in the city. CESSPOOLS AND SEWERS. The cesspools and sewers have been kept in good order and condition, being regularly flushed day and night. Con stant attention has been given. The repairs to the supply pipes in cesspools has been decreased somewhat, but still frequent, owing to defective pipes and other damage. FOUNTAINS. The fountain on St. Julian street, at intersection of West Broad street, the only one now standing and used for wa tering stock, has been kept in repair and filled, affording much convenience to owners of stock, and great comfort to the many thirsty animals passing that way. Drinking troughs placed at other convenient points would be a great mercy. LEAKS. There has been fifteen leaks in the mains during the year, none of them of any great extent or to cause any damage. The lease of the life of the old mains is now nearing the limit, particularly the small 4-inch mains, which will soon have to be removed and replaced with new, as in parts of the city they show actual decay. The leaks have been as follows: One leak in 20-inch pipe in Ogeechee canal. Joint. One leak in 24-inch pipe on Bryan street, near Farm. Joint. Four leaks in 6-inch pipe on Bay and Randolph sts. Joint. One leak in 6-incli pipe on Bay and Montgomery sts. Hole. One leak in 6-inch pipe on river, near canal. Break. One leak in 6-incli pipe on Charlton and Tattnall sts. Hole. One leak in 6-incli pipe on West Broad and Broughton sts. Hydrant. One leak in 4-inch pipe on New street. Joint. One leak in 4-inch pipe on Bryan street, near Farm. Break. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 75 One leak in 6-inch pipe on East Broad and Bay sts. Joint. One leak in 6-inch pipe on Bay and Whitaker sts. Hydrant. One leak in 6-inch pipe on Liberty and Barnard sts. Hole. METERS. The adoption of meters, as recommended years ago, is be coming more necessary every recurring year to large and indefinite consumers. Quite a disparity of rates are charged for uncertain quantities, which, if measured to consumers at so much per thousand gallons, would be much more satis factory. WASTE. The very great waste of the water continues, and is very damaging, and if it is not prevented, with the natural in crease of consumption the next year, will make the purchase of a new and large pump an indispensable necessity in the near future, for during the year the five million gallons pump has been worked to its full capacity as to quantity. CITY WELL PUMPS. The city well pumps have been in charge of this depart ment during the year. A large amount of repairs was found necessary, and has been done. Ten (10) new pumps have replaced old and worn-out pumps. The whole number, one hundred and thirty-eight (138), are now in good order, if I except ten of them which are now out of service, being old and worn and unfit for further use, and will replace with new pumps as soon as practicable. The cost of maintenance is included in the general expenses of the department, and is shown in exhibit accompanying this report. EXPENSES. The expenses for all purposes, including extensions, re pairs, city pumps, salaries, labor and material, as per bills contracted for and passed in this office, has amounted to twenty-four thousand eight hundred dollars and thirteen 76 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. cents ($24,800.13), less two hundred and eighty-three dollars and seven cents (283.07), which was received for private work and paid over to City Treasurer, leaving the sum of twenty-four thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and six cents ($24,517.06) as actual expenses. The detailed amounts of the expenses on the accounts are fully shown on the exhibit attached and embraced in this report. The ex pense account should receive a credit on the three thousand nine hundred and ninety feet of 4, 6 and 10-inch mains added to the distributing mains in the city, and also with the deliver}- of one billion seven hundred and twenty-nine millions nine hundred and fifty-eight thousand one hundred and sixty (1,729,958,160) gallons of water through the mains for public and private consumers, this being an increase over the quantity delivered during the year previous (1884) of seventy-seven millions five hundred and fifty thousand three hundred (77,550,300) gallons. The amount of water rates collected is contained in report of Treasurer. MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. IO 1- w O O ^H iO ^f G^ I- ^M -^ ^ w ^flT-lOC0 1--!f, l-^!'tC?M^fls| rH o icieoffls>Nffii-(U5Mooi-is- HH < COT^CO^l-i.Ot^QDOiOi-H Sq "3 O^-^u-Cl-^OOO^f-^-^o 100 fc 4^ o ^H ^-. r- 7 . i MIH^H!MT( co as r~ J t^ CO rH junooov 03 CM 05 O: !C rH . IO C: t~ * ' Tf CO rH CO X . 1- IO p suoisua^x^j X X iO . ** 1 H ^ < . os c: o ^ c:. X *+ -^ ^ IO CM io o cc o rH CO r* IO X rH ^unoooy e I- CO SIOOCISSOQ rt oq IO . . ^ I-I c/5" m, mM . LO i-.' 00 i-l "N CO I-I a0CDCDlO-^t-tlOSrHIO t-" * ti junooov lOrtl0 1~XC5iOXi-iG a m- i f> fa O ao 77 78 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. STOCK, TOOLS AND MATERIAL. The stock, tools and material on hand have an addition of five hundred ($500) dollars in value above the amount re ported last year. Very respectfully yours, A. N. MILLER, Superintendent. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 79 REPORT OF CLERK OF MARKET. SAVANNAH, January 1, 1886. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor : DEAR SIRI have the honor to submit herewith a state ment of market fees collected through this office for the year ending December 31st, 1885, and turned into the- City Treasury : Total amount collected $11,046 40 Average monthly collections . $920 53 Average weekly collections 212 46 I have the honor to be Your obedient servant, WM. H. BORDLEY, Clerk of Market. 80 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. Property ofMayor's Office, Savannah, On* REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER. OFFICE HEALTH OFFICEK, SAVANNAH, GA., January 1, 1886. Hon. Rifus E. Lester, Mayor .- SIRI have the honor to submit herewith the annual re port of the Health Office Department, including the Mortu ary Statistics, for year ending December 31, 1885. It is gratifying to state that the community of Savannah have enjoyed exceptionable good health during the entire year just passed. The census of 1884 gives the population of this city 25,720 whites, blacks and colored 19,111; total 44,831. The deaths in the city during the year (embracing those which have occurred at all hospitals and public insti tutions, seamen and all other non-residentsexclusive of ac cidental and violent deaths) have been 333 whites and 659 blacks and colored. Of these, 7 whites and 114 blacks had no physician in attendance, and were furnished burial certifi cates from this office. Accidental and violent deaths, which were 21 whites and 19 blacks, are accounted for in full on special table of mortuary report. They are excluded for the reason that I cannot appreciate any bearing such deaths have upon the health standard of a city. The annual death ratio per 1,000 of population for 1885, excluding accidental and violent deaths from the computation, is whites 12.9, blacks and colored 34.4; including accidental and violent deaths it would be whites 13.7, blacks and colored 35.4. The twelve months just closed have been noticeable, in this city and its suburbans, for continuance of a most remarkable MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 81 high rate of good health and marked exemption from preva lence of contagious or infectious diseases. The death rate of the white population has not been high for any single month of the year, while several months make exhibit of astonishing low ratios, January and October hav ing the greatest, April and December the lowest. The mor tality of the black and colored population of this city is less by 7.8 than it was last year, but noticeably high compared with that of the whites, and so it is wherever the negro race is congregated, be it North, South, East or West. Vital sta tistics show that the death rate of the negro race, in cities, all over the United States is much greater than that of the white race, and further exhibits a fact not generally known or appreciated, which is that the death ratio of this race va ries only in trifling degree throughout the different geograph ical sections of this country. Consequent upon this vital fact, the larger or nearer the negro population approximates to that of the whites in any city, the heavier will be the death rate of aggregated populations, and lower will be the statis tical health standard, as all compilers pursue the system of consolidating race populations and deaths, the ratio there from being published as the criterion of health. The gross injustice and false impression perpetrated by the pursuance of this system of compilation upon cities similarly populated as is Savannah cannot but be apparent to any just mind. "With a health record for white race which compares most favorably with cities of the United States, this city is placed low on vital statistical records, below cities whose records of white mortality range much higher, simply for the reason that Savannah unfortunately has a large negro population, it being three-fourths that of the whites. In New York city, with a population of 1,185,843 whites and 19,663 blacks and colored, and Boston with 421,000 whites and 6,000 blacks and colored, and other cities having large white and small black populations, the bulking of race populations and deaths dees not sensibly pervert the ratio, the death rate of the negroes being lost sight of in the aggregation. Now cite the 82 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. case of the city of Savannah, with death rate for 1885 whites 13.7, blacks and colored 35.4; combine populations and deaths, white and black, and the annual ratio per 1,000 of population appears 23.0, which will be used by compilers and published as the health standard, thus perverting the death rate of both races by lessening that of the blacks and colored 12.4, and adding 9.3 to that of the whites. Justice to Southern cities demands that vital statistics should plain ly show deaths per white and black races separately, and as this government is pre-eminently one of the white race, the standard of health should be classified therefrom. The Board of Sanitary Commissioners who served for past year were: Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor and ex officio Chairman ; Aldermen W. Duncan, M. D., and D. ft. Thomas; Citizens Jno. F. Wheaton, J. B. Saussy, Geo. L. Cope, and J. T. McFarland, Health Officer and ex officio Secretary. Geo. L. Cope, Esq., was appointed to fill the vacancy'created by resignation of Alderman Jno. Hamlet. The streets and lanes of the city have been kept up to the usual good sanitary and neat standard, if I except the no ticeable inclination on part of citizens to throw litter into these thoroughfares. This violation of ordinancealthough not productive of disease, the litter not being garbageis un sightly, and should be summarily checked, or the practice will result in unsanitary violations. Nuisance reports have been noticeably fewer than during 1884. Complaints regard ing privy vaults, as usual, have been greater than any other of this class, although the decrease from last year in these is plainly noticeable. It is impossible to keep vault privies in perfect sanitary condition ; they prove to be nuisances to any community having them, from time of building to time of abandonment. A great good work will be done when the contemplated small-pipa sewage system, now contemplated, is adopted. This will force the abandonment of these vaults. Until this important sanitary work is accomplished, this nuisance will continue to increase with the growth of the city. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 83 The pump or well water, which is used by a large number of residents of this city, is badly contaminated by seepage from these vaults, and I urgently recommend that an at tempt be made by honorable the City Council to substitute artesian water in its stead. Forming opinion from the re sults of the different borings for artesian water in the city of Savannah and vicinity, an attempt to make this substitution for pump water will not be an experiment. During 1885 three borings have been made for artesian water, in the city, and three upon Tybee Island. In each instance the boring has been easy and has resulted satisfactorily, the depth of the wells in the city being 700, 302 and 300 feet; that of those on Tybee Island being 300, 242 and 240 feet, the water obtained being most excellent, as proven by analysis. An ar tesian well such as that upon city property of Mr. S. J. White side, which is a four-inch pipe, 300 feet deep, giving 12,000 gallons of water per hour, with a lift of sixteen (16) feet, could be used for abandonment of every pump in the city. The seeming feasibility, small cost and sanitary bearing of this water supply emboldens me to strongly recommend a trial of same. Under the personal supervision of honorable the Board of Commissioners of Chatham County the drainage south and southeast of the city has been very much improved during year 1884. To this betterment of drainage of low lands near the city is attributable, I think, the marked diminution of malarial diseases in section bordering thereon. The low land east of the city known as "Lawton's 'Fields" (which is under dry culture contract to the city), has not been kept under good drainage; the ditches thereon were inter and overgrown to such degree as to prevent the free flow of wa ter. This land was covered with water during August, and remained in sobby condition until late in the year. It is im portant to the health of this community that this dry culture section of land be kept at all times up to the standard of good drainage, as per entitlement by the contract. The drainage of Lovers Lane section is without change 84 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. since report of last year. It is faulty, and is growing more so each year. The ditches draining this locality bring an immense quantity of water toward the city. This drainage should be reversed. Under the present system low lands within the city limits are constantly kept in unsanitary con dition. A new system of drainage for this suburban section of city is needed, and now that the Casey Canal is com pleted the change can be readily and economically made. The city extension south of Anderson street, between Whitaker street and Ogeechee road, is under no drainage, and is in most unsanitary condition. The importance of the undertaking to properly drain this section demands covered sewers; open drains will not accomplish the needed relief, as shown by experience in the past. It is the expressed opin ion of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners that this work should be completed during present winter. The western section of the city is under most excellent drainage, and I suggest nothing as to its betterment. During the past year very close attention and care was given to the quarantine demands of this port. Vessels from infected or suspected ports or latitudes have been required to undergo strict surveillance and be thoroughly cleansed before being allowed to come to the city, special attention being directed to vessels from ports or districts infected with cholera. The strict and careful administration of quar antine regulations at this port contrasted markedly1with the great laxity of quarantine requirements at some of the larger ports of the Atlantic coast, and occasioned a great deal of comparison and dissatisfaction in the mercantile circle of this cit}' during the months of September and October. The Board of Sanitary Commissioners, after having fully investi gated the complaints and the facts relating thereto, decided that their duty to the community at large made it impera tive to have strict quarantine regulations enforced, regardless of the action of other cities. The bills of health submitted to the Health Department of this port during the past sea son, as in years past, have attracted attention, owing to the MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 85 general unreliability of same. Only a few foreign ports issue reliable bills of health ; the greater number of health bills are wanting in information absolutely demanded at port of destination, and so often incorrect that they are worse than useless pieces of paper, for the reason that they are danger ous. In this connection I deem it proper to give copy of official correspondence, which speaks for itself. The novelty of the issue and its inter-national complexion is quite re freshing : WASHINGTON, October 13, 1885. Hon. T. F. Bayard, Secrtary of Slate, U. S. A.: SlR:In compliance with instructions which I have re ceived from Marquis Salisbury I have the honor to call at tention to the nature of the sanitarj- regulations which have lately been enforced at Savannah in the case of the British vessel "Sylvia," from Gibraltar, which was ordered into quar antine at that port for twenty-three days, which period was subsequently reduced to fourteen days. The European san itary authorities, while holding to the contagiousness of cholera, acknowledge that the period of incubation of the disease is limited to some ten or twelve days, a period short er in any case than the time it would presumably have taken the "Sylvia" to cross from Gibraltar to Savannah. It is con tended that under the theory of the propagation of cholera by contagion, which can only justify the imposition of quar antine, it is unreasonable to refuse pratique after a voyage as long as the supposed period of incubation, or after a number of days of quarantine which, together with the time spent on the voyage, make up that period, unless cases of cholera have occurred on board, when the period of quaran tine would be reckoned from the termination by convales cence or death of last case. Trusting that you will bring these observations to the notice of the co upetent authori ties, I have the honor to be, with highest consideration, sir, Your obedient servant, [Signed] L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 86 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Copies of the above letter were sent from office of Depart ment of State, Washington, D. C, U. S. A., one to His Ex cellency, Henry D. McDaniel, Governor of Georgia, who for warded same to Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor of Savannah, asking for the facts of the case complained of by the British Minister. The other copy reached the Health Officer of this port about the same datecame through the Marine Hospi tal Service Department, U. S. A. In reply to askance of His Honor the Mayor for a full statement of facts concerning the quarantining of the British steamship Sylvia, I submit ted the following answer : OFFICE HEALTH OFFICER, SAVANNAH, GA., October 27, 1885. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor, Savannah, Ga: SIRI have the honor to acknowledge receipt of commu nication from your office bearing date October 26, 1885, en closing communications from Hon. J. W. Warren, Secretary Executive Department State of Georgia, and from L. :-. Sackville West, British Minister at Washington. These communications refer to the quarantining at the port of Savannah of the English steamship " Sylvia," during the month of September, 1885, and I am directed by you to give all official information regarding said case. The records of this office and the facts regarding the quarantining of the British steamship "Sylvia" are decidedly at variance with text of letter of complaint, and are as follows : The steam ship " Sylvia " was not ordered by the authorities of Savan nah, Ga., into quarantine for twenty-three (23) days, or for any specified number of days, consequently there neither was, nor could there have been, any subsequent reduction of quar antine detention of this vessel from twenty-three (23)' days to fourteen (14) days, as stated in letter of complaint. The "Sylvia" arrived at the port of Savannah on September 11, 1885. She brought clean bills of health, one from U. S. Consul Sprague, the other from the British official at that port, both of these bills of health bearing date August 24, 1885. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. -iM ' 1 "* . -" " hH .. , - , .-. f ^... ^ 1 ,- , " - . . 1 " . . ^ . s 1 - - . . . - - . . " uaqo^o s 1 . - . IS 1 " IH -laqmajcfog - ^ N - -1 . ^ '- . - - iZ 1 - - . 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Lester, Mayor : SIRI have the honor to transmit herewith my report as Superintendent of the Odorless Excavating Machine Depart ment, from January 1st to December 31st, 1885. The number of sinks cleaned from January 1st to Decem ber 31st, 1885, 1,100. The amount of matter removed from the above sinks for the year ending December 31st, 1885, 107,204 cubic feet. The expenses of the Department have been for the year as follows: Salary of Superintendent $ 999 96 Time of Hands ' 4,761 25 Eepairs of Harness, Shoeing, Blacksmithing and Barrels 436 41 Forage for Stock 1,252 86 Lime, Cement, Sand and Brick 231 47 Hire of Extra Wagons 1,546 00 One Mule 225 00 Charcoal, Tar, Nails, Tools, etc 288 66 Hire of Horse for Superintendent 175 00 $9,916 61 Against which was collected : For Cleaning and Kepairing Sinks by City Treasurer $ 4,698 83 For Cleaning and Kepairing Sinks by City Marshal 1,133 16 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 101 To be collected by City Treasurer.... 572 90 To be collected by City Marshal 270 26 Poudrette Sold and Collected 387 50 Poudrette to be Collected 275 00 $7,337 65 Net cost of Department for the year 1885 $ 2,578 96 The reduction in charges for cleaning privy vaults was re duced by ordinance August 27, 1884, 50 per cent. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, W. J. CLEARY, Superintendent 0. E. Machine. 102 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPOLT. REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN EASTERN DISTRICT. SAVANNAH, December 26, 1885. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor: DEAR SIRIn compliance with a request from you sent me by Mr. F. E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council, I herewith send you a statement of my work from August 12 to December 26, 1885, inclusive. Dr. B. P. Oliveros, it will be remembered, was City Physician up to that time, hence my report dates only from August 12. I have personally seen 1870 patients, of which number 1181 were city visits, the balance office calls. Besides these, I have sent 70 patients to the Savannah Hospital, 69 to St. Joseph's Infirmary and 45 to Georgia In firmary. As to the number of deaths, I have to report 20 in the Eastern District, of which number 1 died of asthma, 1 of cholera infantum, 3 from undefined causes, 2 from con vulsions, 3 from old age, 2 from phthisis pulmonalis, 1 from heart disease, 1 from pneumonia, 5 from marasmus, 1 from dysentery. Yours truly, W. W. OWENS, M. D., City Physician, Eastern District. MAYOlt's ANNUAL liF.PORT. 103 REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN. WESTERN DISTRICT. SAVANNAH, GA., January 2, 1886. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, 3Iayor: SIRI herewith make my report as City Physician for the Western Division for the last five months, commencing Au gust 1, the day I took charge. I have no records previous to that date, therefore can only report my work. While I have made some monthly statements, I now make a full re port from August 1, 1885, to January 1, 1886, viz.: In month of August, 376 office patients were treated. 125 visits made to patients. 10 permits issued for Savannah Hospital. 11 permits issued for St. Joseph's Infirmary. 6 permits issued for Georgia Infirmary. 4 certificates of death. In month of September, 368 office patients were treated. 193 visits made to patients. 23 permits issued for Savannah Hospital. 12 permits issued for St. Joseph's Infirmary. 8 permits issued for Georgia Infirmary. 6 certificates of death. In the month of October, 472 office patients were treated. 270 visits made to patients. 8 permits issued to Savannah Hospital. 17 permits issued to St. Joseph's Infirmary. 104 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 11 permits issued to Georgia Infirmary. 7 certificates of death. In the month of November, 312 office patients were treated. 276 visits made to patients. 13 permits issued to Savannah Hospital. 11 permits issued'to St. Joseph's Infirmary. 11 permits issued to Georgia infirmary. 10 certificates of death. In the month of December, 315 office patients were treated. 297 visits made to patients. 9 permits issued to Savannah Hospital. 11 permits issued to St. Joseph's Infirmary. 14 permits issued to Georgia Infirmary. 7 certificates of death. All of which make a total for the five months of 1843 office patients treated. 1161 visits made to patients. 63 permits issued to Savannah Hospital. 62 permits issued to St. Joseph's Infirmary. 50 permits issued to Georgia Infirmary. 34 death certificates. Making a daily average of over 12 office patients and nearly 8 visits to patients. In the death certificates not one was due to climatic dis eases. Nearly the entire number were either premature births, infants, complications of labor, or the very old. I had remaining in the several hospitals on January the first as follows: In the Savannah Hospital 15 patients, in St. Joseph's Infirmary 9, and in the Georgia Infirmary 12 patients, making a total remaining in hospitals of 36. The amount of venerial diseases among our colored popu lation is very great, which is the cause of the mortality be ing so large amongst their children in the first year, and such a large number of premature births. I am continually called upon by both sex to treat fresh cases of venerial diseases, MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 105 and I always do so, but doubt if it was the intention of Council to put them on the free list. Old cases are on a very different footing, and should always be looked after. The city is very much imposed upon by persons owning houses and making a fair living, and still think the city should have them attended to when they are sick. I see such con tinually. And there are others who are too lazy to do any work. These two classes are always applying for medical attendance, and become quite abusive when any questions are asked, or they cannot get all they want and immediately. All of which is very respectfully submitted, JNO. M. JOHNSTON, M. D., City Physicianfor Western Division. 106 MAYOU'S ANNUAL KLPURl REPORT OF KEEPER LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY. OFFICE KEEPER LAUEEL GROVE CEMETERY, SAVANNAH, January 1, 1886. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mayor: SIRI have the honor to report Laurel Grove Cemetery in its usual good order and condition. Some improvements have been made, especially the draining of the ravine with pipes under ground. The work was stopped as the warm weather came on, and will be completed this winter. There has also been erected sign boards, with the names of the avenues painted thereon. During the past year there has been received For sale of burial Lots $810 00 For burial fees 661 50 Total $1,47150 Amount paid for labor, lumber, material, etc., $5,987.64. Number of interments at the expense of the city : Whites from the city 12 Whites from Savannah Hospital 43 55 Colored from the city 60 Colored from Colored Infirmary 63123 Total 178 The number of interments during the past year are as fol lows : MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. 107 NUMBER OF INTERMENTS IN LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY AND CEMETERY FOR COLORED PERSONS, FROM JANUARY 1ST TO DE CEMBER 31ST, 1885. MONTHS. January . February March . . April . . May . . . June. . . July . . . August. . September October. . November December Total 205 Whites. >> 03 o fl a a -u 01 a O GO M 0$ J -in o 24 17 15 8 9 23 15 14 22 23 20 15 10 6 7 4 5 3 9 10 6 11 34 23 22 12 14 26 24 24 28 34 25 24 85 : 290 Colored. Hi zi 016 52 51 45 37 39 50 56 49 60 51 57 63 22 17 28 15 11 23 9 27 13 26 25 18 74 68 73 52 50 79 65 76 73 77 82 81 234 i 850 ^ -H IS a0 108 91 95 64 64 105 89 100 101 111 107 105 1140 I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, A. F. TORLAY, Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery. 108 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. REPORT OF KEEPER CITY DISPENSARY. OFFICE OF CITY DISPENSARY, January 1st, 1886. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, 31ayor: SIRI have the honor to submit the following report of the number of persons supplied with medicines from the Dispensary during the year ending December 31st, 1885; also the number of prescriptions compounded : MONTHS. ftft January : 1,287 February 1,361 March 1,598 April 1,428 May 1,346 June i 1,268 July 1,361 August 1,330 September ; 1,438 October ! 1,654 November 1,176 December 948 Total I 16,195 JS 612 564 613 612 565 513 599 561 658 687 444 448 675 797 985 816 781 755 762 769 780 967 732 500 6,876 | 9,319 1,772 1,917 2,203 2,141 1,968 1,895 2,016 1,586 2,211 2,452 1,762 1,423 23,346 82 38 69 98 82 84 79 81 92 151 111 13 978 In addition to the above I have furnished the necessary medicines to Pest House, Police Barracks and Quarantine Station. MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 109 COST OF CITY DISPENSARY FOR YEAR 1885. Amount for drugs, etc $2,232 08 Amount for salaries 2,044 00$4,276 08 Total amount of cost of Dispensary.. . $4,276 08 CR. By amount due from Chatham county. 293 40$3,982 68 Number of prescriptions compounded, 23,346; cost, $4,276.08; average cost of each prescription, 18 5-16c. Very respectfully, LEWIS CASS, Keeper City Dispensary. 110 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER. SAVANNAH, January 4, 1886. Hon. Rufus E. Lester, 3Iayor: DEAR SIRI have the honor to report that I have depos ited with City Treasurer the sum of eleven thousand and sixty dollars and sixty cents fSlLOGO.GO) amount of harbor fees and wharfage collected for the past year. Tonnage, eight hundred and seventy-one thousand seven hundred and sitx-nine (871,769.) There has been ample room for all ves sels. Annexed find a tabulated monthly statement of tonnage and fees. I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, E. C. KENNEDY, Harbor Master. MAYORS ANNUAL REPORT. 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QUARANTINE STATION, January 1, 1886. Hon. R. E. Lester, Mayor and Chairman Board of Health: SIRPursuant to a request from your office, it gives me much pleasure to state, in this my yearly report, that the past year has elapsed without any event of especial moment to notice. The cyclone so disastrous to our sister city, Charleston, of August last, did no serious damage in this locality. Two vessels were driven ashore, and one other, moored at the wharf, was injured by being driven by the latter part of the gale from the northwest against the Quarantine wharves, which were somewhat shattered by the contact. The most serious personal casualty that occurred was a broken leg. The September gale, though not so violent, occurring con jointly with a spring tide, carried off some 800 or 1,000 tons of ballast. I am sorry to notice that, from some cause, the Spanish vessels have abandoned our port, only two, 1 think, having entered within the year. The advantages we possess as a port of call must be seri ously neutralized by the severity of a double quarantine in flicted on such vessels as may have suffered from death or sickness on board during the immediate precedent trip or voyage. Nor is the protection of an outpost without ele ments of demoralization to our local quarantine stations, and of consequent danger to our communities. Vessels with overt cases of yellow fever are treated, under the present ar rangement, as the only serious objects of apprehension; MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 113 whereas, in fact, vessels manned with acclimated crews and therefore giving no sign of infection may be floating Havanas, saturated with the germs of disease, and are apt to be allowed, without due disinfection, to pass our inner cordon from negligence fostered by a fancied security. In reference to this last point I would respectfully observe that the twelve-hour fumigation plan cannot be worked efficiently. It is specially important that the official in charge should see the consummation of the process, the hatches opened, etc., and it is manifest that as vessels are to be fumigated at every hour of the day that the same official cannot be pres ent at the corresponding hour of the night. The efficient working of quarantine could be better se cured if the line of demarcation between its various parts were more distinctly recognized. The Lazaretto, which with us is each individual ship, should be kept scrupulously distinct from the ballast depot and officers' quarters. It has been the order at this station, from the beginning, not to al low any vessel from a suspicious locality to come to these wharves until she has been thoroughly fumigated, for at this point she will be in immediate contact with vessels and crews that may be in the city in two or three hours, and were they not safe would infect the city forthwith by such secondary contact. Our exemption from any suspicion of contammination for the last nine years, either to this station or the city, gives reasonable assurance of the efficiency of the process. A " dead-line," or non-communication, would be safer, but commerce must run some risks. Competing ports no doubt applaud our severest impositions. The coffee of Brazil, the sugar and other products of the Antilles, are worthy of be ing secured by a more liberal policy. All of which is respectfully submitted. J. A. HUGER, M. D., Quarantine Officer. 114 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. SAVANNAH RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. UNITED SSATES ENGINEER OFFICE, NEW YORK, December 19, 1885. 3'h F. E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council, Savannah, Ga. : DEAR SIRIn compliance with request contained in your letter of the llth instant, I send herewith for the use of His Honor the Mayor, a summary of work done in Savannah harbor under my direction since the 30th June, 1884. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Q. A. GILMORE, Colonel of Engineers, Bvf. 31aj. Gen. U. S. A. REPORT. Since the last published annual report to the Chief of En gineers, U. S. A., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, the following work has been done with a view of improving Savannah harbor and river, Georgia, in accordance with the present project, which contemplates the establishment of a permanent navigable ship channel of 22 feet depth from the outer bar to the wharves of the city of Savannah. Cross Tides Dam.This dam, designed to reduce the vol ume of water diverted down Back river and to increase the ebb-flow in Front river, was raised to the level of mean high water, and its base, which was threatened by under-scour, was protected by an apron of log mattresses and riprap stone. Repairs had to be made to this work on several oc casions during the present year. A cyclone which occurred MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 115 on October llth caused a light break ; and the dam was re peatedly injured by stone being thrown off to allow the pas sage of small boats. It is reported that so many negroes seem to be interested in the destruction of the dam, that it is feared that expensive repairs will have to be made here, when operations are resumed. Fig Island Jetty.This work, which had settled along some portions of its length, was raised to an approximately uni form height of about five feet above mean low water. It was to some extent damaged by the extraordinary storm of Au gust 24 and 25, 1885. Wing Dams Nos. 6 and 25 were completed, and the inju ries caused by the storm in August last were repaired. These dams are located about 800 yards below the lower end of Spirit Island. Two Neiv Wing Dams, Nos. 10 and 27, were built to im prove the lower part of the "Upper Flats." No. 10 rests on Elba Island; No. 27 is opposite, but does not reach the South Carolina shore. The full width of the river is here 4,000 feet; the dams contract the practical water-way to a width of about 1,200 feet. Wing Dams Nos. 14 and 29 have been completed since July, 1884. No. 14 starts from the lower end of Elba Is land ; No. 29 is opposite to it, leaving a clear water-way of about 1,300 feet between them. The river is here 2,500 feet wide. These dams had some log mattresses and stone car ried away by the late August storm. Long Island Crossing was improved by building a pair of Wing Dams, Nos. 26 and 33. By the latest information the channel was here improved to a high water depth of 22 feet upon a width of 300 feet, while formerly the greatest depth was less than 20 feet. The works have settled at some places since they were completed; they also suffered rather severely from the late storm. A considerable amount of work was done on Dam No. 31, located at the month of the river. The dam is designed to im prove the channel across Oyster Bed Shoal, northwest of 116 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Fort Pulaski. When completed it will extend from the south point of Turtle Island, in a southeasterly direction, to the western part of Oyster Bed, between the Quarantine Station and Bed Light Beacon, a total length of 6,500 feet. The work was commenced in May, 1884, and is not yet completed. Its present length is 2,700 feet, and its crest generally rises a few feet above the level of mean low water. Owing to its exposed position, it was considerably damaged by the storm in August, 1885, which is reported to have been one of the severest that ever visited this part of the coast. Blowing at first from the northeast, it drove in immense vol umes of water from the sea, the gauge at Fort Pulaski wharf showing a rise of 8 feet at the time of low tide. The wind acquired its greatest violence after shifting to the northwest, when its maximum velocity was estimated at 80 miles per hour. The damages sustained by the work could be but partially repaired, as operations had to be suspended on September 14, 1885, from lack of funds. The closing dams at Philbrick's Cut, and across the late ral channel between Island "One and Two" and Bird Island, which had settled in some parts, were brought up to the level of high water. DREDGING. From July, 1884, to October, 1885, when dredging opera tions were suspended, the material excavated from the bed of the ship channel, between the city and Fort Pulaski, ag gregated 136,592 cubic yards. The following quantities were removed from the several parts of the river : CUBIC YARDS. From Garden Bank and adjacent shoal 14,409 From "Wrecks" Channel 60,297 From "Obstructions," head of Elba Island 3,134 From Upper Flats 23,056 From Lower Flats 8,168 From Oyster Bed Channel, N.W. of Fort Pulaski ... 27,528 Total 136.592 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 117 It is to be regretted that the available funds were nearly exhausted at the time when the great storm occurred, as it was then impracticable to thoroughly repair and strengthen the damaged unfinished works. On the whole, the results obtained by the works executed to the present date are considered to be quite satisfactory. Vessels drawing over 20 ^ feet have of late repeatedly passed over the several improved reaches between the city and the bar. 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Axe Handles crates Barrels and Kegs, (empty) Bones sacks Butter tubs Cane Reeds bundles Car Wheels, (old) Cedar Logs Clay casks Cotton, Sea Island bales Cotton, Upland bales Cotton Seed tons' Cotton Seed Meal tons Cotton Seed Oil ... . . . barrels Domestics and Yarns bales Eggs packages Fish barrels Fish boxes Fish casks Flour barrels Fruit, miscellaneous packages Hides, dry bundles Hides, green bundles Iron, old scrap tons Iron, Pig tons Junk tons Jute butts Leather bundles Lumber sup. feet Machinery crates Melons Merchandise, miscellaneous .... boxes Moss bales Oranges barrels Oranges and Lemons boxes Oysters barrels Paint ... barrels Paper Stock bales Phosphate tons Rice barrels Rice, rough sacks Rosin barrels Spirits Turpentine barrels Shingles Strawberries, refrigerators Sugar bags Syrup barrels Tobacco boxes Quantity. Value. 280!$ 560 00 45,381 56,726 25 3,121 23,407 50 493 5,423 00 5,193 10,386 00 115 862 50 155,000 4,650 00 1,640 32,800 00 17,646 1,521,967 50 322,918 5,812,524 00 1,547 21,658 00 135 2.835 00 15,241 342,922 50 29,968 1,348,560 00 1,210 7,260 00 1,769 26,535 00 22 110 00 66 1,650 00 235 1,645 00 17,200 25,800 00 8,440 371,360 00 6,203 124,060 00 3,497 38,467 00 35,644 712,880 00 215 2,150 00 10 480 00 695 18,225 00 41,698,322 5,420,781 86 31 1,550 00 735,688 110,353 20 71,524 3,576,200 00 372 2,604 00 2,446 9,784 00 349,820 799,640 00 2,388 9,552 00 1,127 50,715 00 7,399 36,995 00 1,065 13,845 00 20,650 258,125 00 4,207 4,838 05 233,186 582,965 00 41,285 619,275 00 1,423,710 35,592 75 619 742,800 00 3,125 31,250 00 56 504 00 122 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. COASTWISE EXPOETS.CONTINUED. ARTICLES. Turtles Vegetables barrels Vegetables crates Warps bales Waste bales Wool bales Quantity. Value. 1,604 11,228 00 51,210 204,840 00 294,749 884,247 00 144 5,760 00 34 340 00 45,623,295124,184,189 11 FOEEIGN EXPOETS, POET OF SAVANNAH, 1885. ARTICLES. Quantity. Cotton, Upland, 341,357 bales . . . .lbs. 165,592,311 Cotton, Sea Island, 1,434 bales .... lbs. , 545,425 Spirits Turpentine galls. 2,800,838 Rosin (280 lbs. to bbl.) bbls. 289,442 Lumber superficial feet. ; 18,672,000 Hewn Timber cubic feet. 203,470 Sawed Timber superficial feet. 2,254,000 All other articles j Total Value. $16,200,314 135,002 917,009 456,598 289,029 25,274 23,442 22,540 $18,069,208 MAYOR S ANNUAL REPORT. IMPOETS, POET OF SAVANNAH, 1885. 123 ARTICLES. Coffee lbs. Fertilizing Substances tons. Cotton Ties bdls. Salt lbs. Molasses galls. Cigars M. Wines and Liquors galls. Works of Art Coal tons. Rice lbs. Carpets square yards. Cement bbls. All other articles Quantity. 295,558 17,471 39,000 15,664,498 76,322 275 3,071 1,176 125,942 1,418 840 Total Value. $219,502 205,911 27,939 18,031 9,843 9,019 4,151 3,609 3,335 2,968 1,212 1,103 6,663 $513,286 TONNAGE, POET OF SAVANNAH, 1885. VESSELS ENTERED AT AND CLEARED FROM CUSTOM HOUSE. VESSELS. No. Tonnage. Men. American vessels entered American vessels cleared Foreign vessels entered . . 12 20 251 228 5,058 8,722 163,321 154,858 125 148 3,416 foreign vessels cleared 3,344 Total entered and cleared, foreign . . 511 331,959 7,033 Coastwise entrances 395 414 493,610 502,773 14,622 Coastwise clearances 14 672 Total coastwise . . . 809 511 996,383 331,959 29 294 Total foreign 7,033 Grand total 1,320 1,328,342 36,327 MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, FOR 1885-86. MAYOR, EUFUS E. LESTEE. CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL, WILLIAM DUNCAN, M. D. VICE-CHAIRMAN or COUNCIL, HEEMANN MYEES. ALDERMEN, WILLIAM DUNCAN, M. D. DAVID WELLS. SAMUEL P. HAMILTON. ^- DANIEL E. THOMAS. GEORGE J. MILLS. JOHN E. HAMLET. WILLIAM B. MELL. GEORGE N. NICHOLS. EGBERT D, BOGART. JOHN DERST, HERMANN MYERS. PATRICK J. O'CONNOR. STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL. 1886. AccountsAldermen Thomas, O'Connor, Mills. AssessmentsAldermen Myers, Wells, Thomas, Hamilton, Bogart. City LotsAldermen Nichols, O'Connor, Derst. DrainageAldermen Mell, Thomas, Duncan. FinanceAldermen Hamilton, Thomas, Myers, Mills, Bogart. FireAldermen Mills, Nichols, Hamlet. Harbor and, WharvesAldermen Bogart, Mills, Wells. Health and CemeteryAldermen Duncan. Thomas, Mell. MarketAldermen Derst, Mell, Myers. PoliceAldermen O'Connor, Hamilton, Mell. Streets and LanesAldermen Hamlet, Wells, Nichols, Mills, Duncan. WaterAldermen Wells, Hamilton, Derst. BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS. Aldermen Duncan and Thomas; Citizens J. E. Saussy, J. F. Wheaton and G. L. Cope. COMMISSIONERS OF EDUCATION. J. H. Estill, from Citizens at Large; E. D. Walker, from Commissioners of Chatham County. CITY OFFICERS. Clerk of CouncilFrank E. Eebarer. City TreasurerCharles S. "Hardee. City MarshalL. L. Goodwin. City SurveyorJohn B. Howard. Chief of PoliceEobert H. Anderson. Assistant Chief of PoliceJohn Green. SergeantsJ. B. Killourhy, S. C. Lee, Henry Lingg, O. F. Eeilly. Messenger of CouncilLuke Logan. Corporation AttorneyJiLenxy C. Cunningham. Judge of the City CourtWilliam D. Harden. Clerk of the City CourtPhilip M. Eussell. City SheriffDavid Bailey. Clerk of the 3IarketW. H. Bordley. Harbor 3IasterEobert C. Kennedy. Health OfficerJ. T. McFarland, M. D. Keeper of City DispensaryLewis Cass. Keeper of Laurel Grove CemeteryA. F. Torlay. Keeper of Forsyth PlaceTheodore Meves. Keeper of Pest HouseThomas Carr. City PhysiciansJ. M. Johnston, W. W. Owens. Chief FiremanAdolph Fernandez. Assistant Chief FiremanGeorge Mouro. Superintendent and Engineer Water WorksAlvin N. Mifler. Scavenger ContractorWilliam Swoll. City Printer"Savannah Morning News." Port WardensT. H. Laird, Lewis Wiggins, William E. Pritchard, S. J. M. Baker, John Power. Vhimney ContractorsEastern Division, John Cassidey. Western Division, Timothy Egan.