Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-01
Tue enolEIA RDElale.
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Of the CITY Of nAaselifs.
lis Sanitary Provisieas Unsurpassed By
Any City Ether is Europe
or In America.


Of State has received from Consul Mason .
long report Of the cholera epidemic, prevail.
ing At Toulon and MarssillsA Tia, Co.
sui says in part both Narssilles and Touloa
suffered terribly In the cholera Epidemic Of
1865. During the nineteen years thai have
elapsed Gnce then, Massilles has been in
several important respects almost rebuilt
Her pavements, her sewerage system, her
water supply and method Of cleaning he
streets, removing night soil, inspect
ing and regulation Of Narkets her
quarantine .regulaionc And. hospitai
facilities, are all probably unsurpassed In
excellence BY those Of any European OF
American city, The old quarters Of tho
city of ancient MArssille2 which vas
scourged 20 sharply BY the plague 10 for
mer centuries, has been pierced With broad
avenues. Streams Of pure water Gov down
the cutters Of the narrower strcetA and The
alleys and pavemenss Of the principal
thoroughfares are washed and swept with
care which frequently leaves
Nothing to be Desired.
The terrible lesson Of former eP;denics
has been well loaned by the municipal gov
ernment and long before the first rumor Of
trouble at Touloa, Marsilles was cleaned
and made ready for the summer boat but
with all the intelligent iberslity which tho
s,,s sk<,n ,str ts,4tr NJ
drainage system there is On insurmountable
difficulty which all mediterranean cities arc
alike compelled TO face. Their sewers
flow into hdele. and generally placid go.
The harbored Marseillcs Is. almost entirely
artificial The old port ID simply
the estuary Of small creek dredged out
into large dock with narrow outlet TO
the sea. The new ports are spacious hsr-
bors enclosed by miles Of picn snd break.
water and deepened 70 navigAble depths BY
dredging and excavations. Into these en-
closed ports, which extend sloag tvo<hiras
of the shore frout. the city's entire volume
sewerage is poured, and - there IL only the
surplus OF pure fresh water Of the city
hydrants TO dilute this turbid aew, and -
there is n, tide TO maintain the circulation
of the sea wstes through he enclosed
ports, the inevitable result 10 the Latter
grows foul and psssilsnt The same oosdi-
ton unmisisstea by equally vieorrus sani-
tary measures prevail At ToalAn and u %
thought il was the dredgying Of the disused
dock there during the months Of April and
May which developed the sesds Of - afE
ThsPrsseat Hp,dsnis.
The Marseilles Government relics solely
upon the most rigid ana searching snIaros-
ment Of recognized sanitary measures. Tho
dredging Of the ports hes been stopped and
that source Of miasma a. far ~ possibI6
abated during the summer Since the out
break at Toulon the whole city has bsen
literally washed with water end disinfectants
not once merely but daily snd nightly. The
markets are carefully inspected and Immense
quantities of stale and uRdpe fruit end
vegetables are oeized and destroyed. Rail.
way earn, stations, omnibuses, street cars,
even hackney carriages are famigstsd and
diinfected and the smell Of cholerine sui
pilates and csrbolic acid Is everywhere. In
spite of this nsmber Of dessh occurred
in the cleanest and baudsomsst posdoa q
Marseilles. The attacking cbo,ers has besn
this year far more vigorous And fatal than
in this great epidemic nineteen yes1 go
and al present indications point ~ Q su0-
mer of gloom and suffering fcs u psopie
of Toulon and Msrscillss. All
that energy and liberality cosN
perform, all that sanitary scieacs
could suggest hss been done; bat psstiisscs
is here and de6es restraint. The pnssssk
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The epidemic which now prevail q nAr.
saillss and Toulon Is Asiatic cholesA, Import
ed beyond oil reasonable doubt from Saigon,
China by the French transport Sarths -
the port Of Toulon. At 6rst The dis
ease was Of that type medically clsssi
fed n benign but its maligaity he's slncs
increased BY its further diffusion and D.
velopment under the inAaencs Of csntisus4
hot weather Incomplispcs With instrus.
tons from the department this consulate
has nsccrtained fom official sooees thnG
have recently lefi sithsr Toalon of Mar
seilles By sea for the Uniie4 6tabsA h
should be sddsd. ho~svee. tAet Nv sai-
for AmssicAn ports eves embAsk hsee -
emigrasts ksying MarseiIls usually - By
nil to he ultimate port q dspastsss v
embark fbs tho Unitsa SlstsA
Il il therefore, suggested tha4 ait vsssels
bringing emigrsnis o. baGgASe ~ he
United States from Bordessx, Hsvs. Ro
ohslh, o. any othss French Dost nnt ~ -
clarsdI infscisd, shsuA be subjected ppoa
Their arrival, 10 the NOS esselnl sanitary
regulations. Clssa bib e hsaitA have
been reiassd by This coAsalate v II vessels
cleaning foe posss m tbs UaissI Stsas sieo..
June nth, and none sush VI b Rssts4
sntil Asrssiilss il s0eiaJ tseaassa ffse
from Ne eepisgisn.