The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-08-05

tacS eh14 our ka1eea WaG1e carry away
the unhealthy gases and atmosphere gen
Grated By poor drainage and other causes,
and that ware We 20 suffer any length Of
time from suliEy, warm spell the effects
would be soon svinced by IN increase Of
typhoid and malaHial diseases on account
Of lack oG sewerage.
IN. FIxCKMeER
Was next called on. He said he would /
NOT drink drop Of Emporia hydrant wa
teE unless he was SamIshing and could OBJ
tain no other; thar is Was fact that the
carcasses Of numerous dead hogs were ct
the present moment rosting IN the Cotton
| wood Just above the water works, and that
the greasy scum from their decaying bod.
les Was spread Ior yards around the sur
rounding water; that while member of the
board Of health be and others had called
the attention Of the city council TO the fact
that hogs dying Of cholera were dumped
into the water above where the city got its
supply, but 40 action was taken In the
premises. He said there was no doubt
the health Of the CITY Was Influenced more
or Less BY the unhealthy water, which
some we're compelled 60 use for all pur.
poses; that IL was 30 greasy and dirty 1t
would hardly pat out fire, and that either
the works or dead hogs should be re-
moved. We have had healthy season 30
far, said the doctor, but it IL not because
Of pure water; Providence alone ls TO be
thanked for il, and not ourselves or the
care We have taken.
DR.. T. FoNcAhN0N.
DR.. Foncannon coinclded with the views
expressed BY the other medical men 30 far
interviewed, aud advanced the idea that
each day that passed made the necessity
of change greater, not only a. regarded
the purity of the water and more adequate
supply. but urged the absolute necessity of
drainage, 6 the ground in and around our
city was gradually becoming impregnated
/ by the impurities eccumulating and sink
| inglnto the soil, as veil as by the many sink
holes used TO hold refuse matter and offal.
Dr. Foncaanon stated that this matter had
been often discussed by the medical men
of this city, privately and In their meet.
ings, and he was assured they we're unani- |
mously of the opinion that . change must
be had soon If the health OF the city would
be protected. He favored the reservoir |
system. He said he had come to the con. |
ciusion thai hydraut water was not good Tor |
his horse on account Of the alkail 1t con- |
tanned, and that the animal, refusing TO |
drink Il, WhInnied for more and when CIV |
en- cistern water Immediately drank il. |
He favored the reservoir system.
Oh. G. 4. BIDDLB
stated unFeservedly his opinion that the |
water supplied by the water works was |
not at to be used for drinking, cooking, or.
In feet, for anything, Is It must have ten |
deDcy to generate typhoid fever. diphthcr-
Ia and kindred diseases which are pro-
duCed by germs Of decsyed animal and
/ vegetable matter and filth in general.
The we'll water Of our city IL also very
Objectionable on account Of the seepage,
especially the wells located in low grounds
or In the hollows OF natural drains. DR..
Biddle declared it az established fact that
decaying matter was the foundation of
| all diseases, and that water impregnated az
that of the Cottonwood was must have q
Q bad effect when taken into the system
that because the city was unusually
healthy, just ct present that was no reason
the water was healthy, but that We had
good weather to thank for It. He deemed
| q removal Of the water works from the
present locality absolutely necessary.
DR. FRANCIS Il. W. JACKSON.
DR.. Jackson is not ct pre- sent in the city,
but from one who has heard her EXPIRE SIS
herself on the subject the scribe learned
that she advised all her patients not TO use
| bydrant water for any household purposes
Whatever. believing that it was breeder
| Of disease.
DIR. PAGE.
DR.. Page exprt ssed himself as to the
unhealthy qualities of the Cottonwood
river supply In about the same manner as
the other physicians, stating that there
could be no doubt whatever % to its being
unhealthy. The best water at present to
be had in our city is from well cemented
/ cisterns, but an open cistern, not cemented,
is but little better than cess pool, a.
when Ii rains all the flth accumulated
around either flows into it or is saturated
into it through the ground. He thought
Q change from the present location neces-
sary.
Oh. LoN0BNECKER
Bald he hardly ever drank river water ex-
cept when he took 9 glass of lemonade,
and then It slwsys. made hlm sick. He
said there could not be doubt that our
hydrant water contains the germs Of d.
seass, being 90 thoroughly impregnsted
with refuse matter. which must Of neces-
silly be cause OF sickness and death. He
ata sd RaaR of ha
works from their present location was an
imperative necessity.
DR. J. j. WRIGHT.
DR.. Wright was met on the street oppo-
site the postoflce, and in q very few but
impressive words signIfsd that he thought
water brought from q source such a. our
water works had was unfit for the use of
human beings, and the sooner they were
removed from their present location the
better for the health Of the city.
DR. C. II. SMITH.
l. DR.. Smith said that, without an examin-
alton Of the river were the water works
were situated, and Judging merely from
what he knew of the natural drainage Of
the city and By heaFsay, he was satishe
the water works water was UNIT for use IN
city, and that something was necessary
tocorrect the present state Of affairs.
Oh. RACHEL g. PAcKgoH
was seen at her residence on Exchange
street.. She expressed her opinion in about
the same manner Is the others, snd pre-
dicted much sickness within three OF four
weeks from date. She cited the fearful
and fatal epidemic that ragged in Chicago
in '78 Is caused by wster works located
similar 20 ours - regards drainage, the
sewerage in that case being swept from the
city along the lake mp 20 and against the
cribs from which the city water supply
was obtained. In the case cited the moE.
taiiiy Was terrible, people dying in from
two to three hours after the first symp-
toms. The doctor said our works ahould
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