The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-03-09
8 BAD STATE OF THINGS.
Sickcning CeSs-Fools Under
meath Buildings.

It has been discovered that the con-
tinued rains and floods Of water on the
streets and sidewalks, with no means OF
escape, has had the effect of filling up
many lots undo meath buildings and
sheds. and disgusting ponds OF water
now stand there. This Is pa Ii. ula' ly
the case on Austin avenue, Third street,
the square and Bridge st eet. The effect
Of this when warm, dry weather
comes can readily be imagined. Be
sides crea in continual smell and
dampues-, the germs of disease will be
propagated with rapIdity, and what eff
feet this may have upon the health of
the community cannot be told, further
han to say it cannot, under any circum-
stances, he good. Those who will take
the pains to investigate Will find much
more of this sort of thing existing than
they had any lea of. 1t is not pleasant,
even comfort alone considered, to
think that in short time Il
part of our people viii have to stand he
annoyance OF spending several hours
every day over one of those green
scummed, staeuant, reeking, death-pro-
ducing ponds. Comfort will be an i'm
possibility and health in jeopardy all
inc Illlt. lllbSC WIZ w JtlSlnNo III
those places being not only liable to
sickness, but also those who live
or do business adjacent. Dozens
of persons who have got sick
in the past from no apparent
cause and VINO walk around town com
planning of loss IF appel e. and weight,
have sick headach and wish they could
only get away and pend a month or two
llnN-
would but study the matter they would
find good reason for feeling so bad out
! side of over work. "Over work" is the
great complaint Wien a man who has ap-
pl;el himsplfclO e'ytO business for several
months ami yet the records will show
! that tbOse who observe fully the necessity
| of pure atmosphere, regular hours and
! diet, seldom die from OvcrWOrk. Hard
worl-, either mental or physical for lca-
sonaDle number of hours each day, has
/ seldom been known to kill any one and
! were il the case that it does Kill people so
! fast. AZ least One-Jhird Of the United St"feS
ard une-halt OF Europe w0ulu be depopu-
| lated, Tor al least that proportion OF the
! u opie in those countries work very hard
| and have long hours. The exercise til y
! Get by labor 10 some extent COnttr bal
snceS bad living ifthey are subjected TO
II. But when doing he summer months
40 little physic j labor is done IS here and
we SIT in an u healthy store or Office AL
day what can we expect but bad heath.
/ MANY of the buildings under which wafer
/ now stands, were built before the street
grade was SO high Is il is now and water
/ flows under them for the reason there l.
no other place for it to go. Tnu5 it will
be until We have good cutters or under
ground drainage and catch-basins at the
street corners, uni IS fl JOrs be taken NJ
and lots filled or the streets brought down
| to Il grade lower than the lois. The lat.
| ter OF course can never be accomplished
| IN Waco. but on the contrary will be get
ting hi her all the time, thu, making the
ease worse from lear.to year. These nui.
Sances certainly do exist under buildings
threatening health all the time. The tault
shoull be remidied and how is it 10 be
/ done;