The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-18
UNDER THE FEVER PAIL.
THIRTY-SIX GASES AND THREE
DEATHS DURING THE DAY.

ernment Control Talked OLA Doc
tors Close Call.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. 17.-President
Neal Mitchell's official bulletin for the
twenty-four hours ending at 6 o'clock TO-
night is as follows:
New cases ........... Observation-Disclosures. 81
Deaths. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Total number OF cases to date............s,66 ,66S
Total number of deaths to date............ 1921
DEATHS OF THE DAY.
Those who died to-day are
GUsTAvE MUELLER.
r. w. TREsBACH.
DR.. J. NJ. FAIRLIE.
NEW CASES.
To-day's new cases among the whites are:
Master WILLIS CATO.
ELvIRA CATO.
LEONIDAS JACKSON.
Mrs. H. K. INGRAM.
Mrs. WILLIAMS.
WAYNE CLARK.
Six whites and thirty negroes mako up
to-day's list of new cases.
THE WORK OF IMPROVEMENT.
The NEWS correspondent was granted
the privilege to-day through the courtesy
of one of the attaches, MIR. Stewart, of tile
sanitary committee, to take tour of IN
spec ion over the work of Improvement
which is being carried on under the direc-
tion of the committee. The work beil 2
done is not only a very necessary
but "a very useful undertaking. 1t gives
employment to a large number of men.
who, without this means Of obtaining work,
would be dependent upon the city for the
means of livelihood and would be
kept in idleness and fed at the
of work is the grading, widening and
shelling Of the road leading to Evergreen
cemetery. This is the principal place of
interment in the city, the approaches to
which have been in a horrible, not to say
dangerous, condition. The road is narrow,
running through morasses, over rickety
bridges, which had fallen from their sup
ports, allowing carriages to sink deep into
the mud and endangering the lives of the
occupants. In some places the road was
but narrow pathway, permitting the pas
sage of but single carriage.
HERCULEAN TASK.
To accomplish this Improvement there is
employed this week some $50 men under
the charge of a foreman. The amount of
work necessary to perfect the road and put
IL in tho shape contemplated will entail an
immense amount or work, almost a hercu-
lean task. In some places they have to pass
through dense thickets and heavy growth of
timber, which all has to be cut away, bridges
and culverts are required over the creeks
and streams which intersect the road after
all the grading and leveling has been done
Then comes the work of shelliug which is
done by laying a soft strata OF boughs,
tnrf, etc, over the roadbed, giving
a pliable support to the shells which
are placed over this, and when
ground down under the weight of passin 2
vehicles, becomes hard and compact, max
ing smooth and level surface This road
extends in semi-circular shape for about
nine miles, starting from Pine street and
running through a pretty section of the
country, amid dense hummocks and along
the river front, and again entering the city
in an opposite direction. This is an i'm
provement which will be of great benefit to
the city, and at the same time solves the
problem OF tho employment of labor.
IN THE SUBURBS.
In the suburban sections of the city large
gangs of men are employed leveling the
streets, and removing the weeds and thick
growth of vegetation which has grown up.
Along Duval street, especially running into
East Jacksonville, is work of great neces-
sity, both in sanitary sense and as needed
Improvement. In various sections of the
city this good work is going on, and employ
ment is being given by it to upward of | 600
men, to pay whom there will be expended
something like $4,000. This will be
the largest pay roll yet. In addition to
this there are employed upon the county
roads, under the supervision of the commit
tee having that branch in charge, large
number of men. The system employed in
paying the men is a perfect one, and it
would seem to defy the deception or impo-
sltion of would-be crooks. On each
Monday the foreman reports with his gang
at the main Office where their names are
registered. Afterward q tichet is given TO
each man. giving the name of the foreman
and his own, with the date when delivered.
Timekeepers are employed to keep the time
OF the men. On Saturdays between | and
9oclock they are paid off for five days
work. On the presentation of their ticket
the amount they have earned as shown by
the time book, only five days work, in the
week is given them.
MUST BUY THEIR OWN TOOLS.
To further curtail expenses, each man is
required to purchase the tools he uses in his
work, such as shovels, axes, etc. This Is re-
qulred of each OF them, without exception.
In all probability the commissaries will be
closed shortly, in consequence of the adop-
uon OF this plan to furnish labor TO the idle
tttu. Inc only real necessity lueu VIII DC
the central relief station, from which will
be distributed provisions and delicacies for
the sick and helpless 1t might be said that
the she'll used costs nothing, being obtained
In large quantities at the mouth of tho
river. The only expense attached to that
Is the cost of transportation by lighter.
NO more judicous mode could be pursued
IN using the funds 50 generously contrib
uted than in this way. The absolute cessa-
non Of all business which would give work
10 laboring men, who form now the largest
part OF the population, renders it n matter
Oh paramount importance that the means
OF subsistence should be supplied them.
DIR. FAIRLiE's DEATH.
In Dr. Fairlie's death Jacksonville has
suffered another severe loss. He had been
Frustrated with yellow fever for several
Gays past, but yesterday morning was re-
ported as having normal temperature and
was thought to be slightly improving dur
ing the day. Late in the afternoon, how
ever, In manner inexplicable TO his ply
slcians and attendants, his temperature
Degan TO rise. just after dark it was at
Wa, and the patient was still alive,
put the fever had done its
ueaoly work. DR.. Fairlie lived
put short time after this was noted. The
ueceased was probably as well known as
any man in Jacksonville and he was every.
where esteemed for his public spirit, zeal
ana manly qualities Of mind and heart He
came to Jacksonville in the year 1879
having been out from Scotland only n