Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-12

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Since that time there have beer
made the following connections:
Water closets. w
Urlnais u
Slop HnkS"'"'...'.'''''.'''.
linth TUBS y
Wash stands. u
water
There are in the city of Fort Worth
! between 400 and 200 houses which
can be connected with the sewers;
| 2,4O0 houses used as dwellings, and
over 5000 buildings of all descriptions.
| The sewers were laid for the purpose
of draining the filth and cXcrement
| from the households of Fort Worth at
u cost aud tax of nearly 100000, which
has been felt by every property holder
in the city.
At the expiration of nearly seven
months we have only the insigniii-
cant table of sewer connection as
shown above. As regards the accom-
pIishment of the purpose of the sewer
age system In this city, IL IL, so far,
practically n lameutable failure.
Hundreds of closets in the denscst
populated portions Of the city continue
10 send forth their uoisomo and poison
Gus odora, tlnding the fact that
the city ordinance No. BOG was passed
over Il halfa year ago. Whose fault Is
this? In subsection 3 In that Ordin-
ance we find that any owner or occt-
pant of any building or portion of Il
building used during the day who
shall fail TO make nj least one water
closet connection, Fifteen DAYS after
notification by the city engineer, byI
ordcr Of tie Gin connect or board oil
hcalth' will be declared guilty of "A !
misdcmeanor, and fined not more than |
500. According 10 the provisions oil
this ordinance, how many property
holders and occupants Of houses have
laid themselves liable to conviction
for misdcmeanor? Has the city
council done its duty In the premises?
Does not the blame Of this state of af.
fairs rest upon the city fathers who
first provided for the construction off
an expensive sewer system and then
rendered 1t practically imperative by
an indifference TO the law they them
selves made? Il 1t not in the mower
of the honorable board of aldermen to
abatc nuisance, offensive TO the citi-
Zens OF Fort WORTH
Or. Meccormac says: eve live or
we die, live we'll or miserably, live our
full term or perish prematurely, nc.
cofdingly as we wisely or otherwise
determine
Mon and women are fast realizing
the lncL that they are In II measure re-
sponsibie for much of their own sick
ness, and the evils arising from SAM.
tary neglect are as old as human life
Itself. What II commentary is IL then,
upon "A city like Fort Worth, with
something like 20,0OOI inhabitants, to
have only 1856 water closet connections
when IL has what Is perhaps Just
~ called the best sys.
tenn of sewerage known TO mod
ern civilization, What commentary
upon the administration Of the citv
government, when IL coolly allows
-his state of affairs TO exist in the face
IF the fact that it k the same admins
ration Tor nearly sO) that provided for
he abatement Of one of the greatest
.nemies of health-the death-dealinV
influences which find their
,enom in the putrid and exposed nth
If a dense population. To-day, the
lily IN reeking with the worst odors
Known to population when, If the law
f the city was properly carried out, ,
me would not be almost stisied as he ,
walked along the public and principal /,
Let the city council !
eclare these cesspools OF filth nul- a
ances and by prompt and vigorous ap- /,
,lication of the law abate them. ,
Dr. stephen Smith says "man Is born ..
. health and longevity; disease IL alb
ormal, aud death except from old age
: accidental and both are preventable
y human agencies" In looking back
lonths, we see that healthy children.
Tho naturally should have lived out the 3
llotted three score and ten years. 4
ave fallen victims 10 the fatal typhoid q
1alarla, which II produced by imper- :
cot sanitary regulations. Ii IL not /,
ossible To cross those thresholds where +
his destroyer has lately entered; IL IL \
oL possible TO FAY what agency caused 1
he death Of the bright boy or girl :
hose fine constitutions was under n
lined by disease which was abnormal, 1,
IL not possible to ascribe their !,
cath to any one, but the agonized pa
,nts can hardly content themselves
, ascrlbe their suiierings to u judg-
ient OF the Almighty, when they live
q "a city that Is willmlly ignoring the n
ules which science has demonstrated il
3 necessary TO health and life and v
ihlch God himself recognizes In his
'ord by saying: Cleanliness Is next q
D Goodness f.
"Dlsease Is not consequence Of
fe IL n due 10 M unnatural condl. II
on of wing neglect, abuse or "
,aut.n
Were any illustration Of the truth of q
his statement necessary we need only p
. point TO Memphis, which IL now
ne Of the heallblest cities Ia the
Outh since the city government has
igidly enforced the laws relating 10
lnitary regulations. If disease ~ due Il
D neglect, abuse or want, II N time e
hat Fort Worth began TO cease neg. &
citing, abusing or wanting. The san. p
AIRY regulations Of this city must be A
and the city council must d.
II force tile law; the health and pros. "a
Gritty OF tho citizens who were taxed n
,r the construction Of the sewer sya. al
en- demands that all necessary sewer p
onnections be made without delay. x
Sefore the hot weather sets In every v
Iweliink house on the line OF the u
ever main should be inspected and j.
lac occupant or owner be compelled 10 IA
r. al al nal. lt....