The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-04-11
HOW TO PROCEED.

To accomplished the desired result
| recommend TINT circular be pre-
pared, printed and served personally |
upon every householder in the town,
requesting them to examine and thor
oughly cleanse every part of their
premises particularly should cellars
be cleaned, drained and white-washed
garbage, ashes and accumulations
OF all descriptions removed and either
ploughed under or removed to some
point outside OF the town limits, where
the deposits could do no harm. Priv
les should be emptied and the con-
tents buried in trenches at least feet
below the surface Hot, or Stacked
lime, should be used, after the clean
ing, to sufficient extent to remove
every remnant Of bad odor-and alb
sorb the gases arising. Out-build-
ings should be white-washed and in
places where dish-water and other
dirty waters are habitually thrown Il
coating OF lime should be spread upon
the ground. Privies that cannot be
emptied should be disinfected by some
powerful chemical, so as to destroy
the poisons. The formula for these
can be obtained from the State Board
of Health. The process is not expen-
sive and the subject has had the most
thorough investigation in connection
with the Yellow Fever at Memphis.
Lime is cheap, convenient and effec-
tive in ordinary cases. For the poor,
Il supply of hot lime should be kept on
hand by the town authorities, 50 that
all could be supplied, and its use for
white-washing and general cleansing
should be encouraged. If cholera
should appear in the country other
measures, suoh as quarantine and
stringent measures, should be acted
upon, to suit the occasion. House
holders should also be notified, that
after ten days from time of receipt OF
the circular notice, committee Of
inspection, consisting of Il committee
from your body, together with ply
stefan and the Recorder of the Town
would visit every house and lot in the
town, for the purpose of ascertaining
what further action ought to be taken
Swamps of standing and stagnant wa
ter should be promptly drained-and
suspected wells or springs of impure
water should be closed up and the use
of the same prohibited. All deposits
OF manure should be removed and
used, by ploughing under--or carried
beyond the town limits. Houses
crowded with occupants Of suspected
carelessness should be visited and long
used bedding, in soiled and unheal
thy condition, should be overhauld
and emptied, and the white-washine
and cleansing of the rooms should bt
insisted upon. The necessary Ordin
ances and Bylaws to carry into effec
sanitary rules and regulations, SHOULD
be passed and put into force, so tina
the Recorder and officers Of the Towr
could have in their hands the machine
nv to make the work effective in cast
citizens neglect to do their duty.
DRAINAGE
The question Of drainage and Sew
+, ers, in Johnson City is one with speci
al difficulties. Towns bordering oil
} large or sunken streams Can have cas-,
outlets for sowers.-so also where tn
town is located on hill-sides or higl
D., grounds. But i'll our case the onl
stream into which sewage con be turn
g I'd is but little below the level of tn
3 town-and to so locate sewers so 4
! to accommodate the drainage from Tia
> street cutters, and yet thorough
0 drain the town will require the bes
= engineering skill. The want of fund
: will prevent any extensive OUTLAY IL
i sewers at present; bat as all the wor
t on the streets will have to be don
r with view OF perfect drainage in tn
y end, | would advice that competen
G engineer be secured and that the sew
|, ers be located and Grades established
It both for the streets and the drains
e to the end that all the work done ma
y eventually eliminate in the perfeC
: drainage OF the town. A map OF tn
y town, together with the fixing OF til
= grade for each street WILDE impol tar
n to persons now building or who ma
3 hereafter construct buildings,-as til
n eurbing and sidewalks will have
1t conform to the grade OF the Streets.
THE STREETS.
" Streets in the Town or City, Ill
roads in the country, are suro ind
al cation of the character Of the poop
a. who live in and rule the place-or
" other words, they indicate the state
'e civilization. Nothing more serious
ID effects the business interests Of toH
Is than for people and teams to have
h founder through the mud, interferlr
v with and retarding all classes OF bus
ly ness, and destroying all chance f
ry comfort The school-boy, the cler
n, the teamster, the merchant and Il
OF farmer,--all, will bear me out in til
rs position. Ii there was sufficient su
OF at the disposal OF your body Wou
ne certainly recommend that a sum ad
ne quate to thoroughly build all the bu
de ness Steets of the Town, be at once a
Is propriated for that purpose, with II
ny assurance that the sum expended wou
xt quickly be returned with interest
5e. the increased value to property al
ty the increased facilities for busine
nd With but limited sum at your dist
nd sal would suggest that while all {
to streets should be kept in good repa
ut only so much in the way of buildi
is new streets should be attempted
I'M can be thoroughly well done, and
ed such manner that only light repa
RS, would afterwards be needed. Mu
ra can be accomplished by thorou
CHI business methods in which every d
he lar spent will appear in actual val
lis on the improvements made. If t
is work is prosecuted with proper 81