Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-03
ouR ST. LOUIS LErreR.
No Alarm Felt as Regards tho Cholera.
"A Useful onieiAi la Large
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Sr. LoUIs, Mo-, Sept. l9.--Of an tina,
large cities In the country, IT. Louis
seems 20 be the least affected by the
talk about cholera. Numerous sanitary
officers have been appointed who are
looking after the cleanliness u the
city, but the ordinary citizen does NOT
concern himself at all about the re-
ports coming from the East II Won
ask one Of them why he Is not alarmed,
his reply will l...ely be-
why, there could be no epidemic
disease here, with such system 81
sewerage as we have.
And he would be right. From all
sides 81. Louis slopes down % the river
and to the Mir Creek valley. The
small sewers run directly into tho
river and through the valley Is laid one
enormous sewer through which a fur
uiture van could be drawn b. two
horses abreast There has never been
anything like an epidemic IN the cts
since these hsweFs were built, even
when Il was most endangered b
disease coming from other points The
sanitary officers feel confident that
with the advantage they have in this
respect they could protect the city even
u the cholera approached a. near IS
Chicago.
The pneumatic tube win be used Ia
ST. Louis for the transmission % malls
through the city some time before
Philadelphia, the oniy other town
which has adopted this plan, gets rs
apparatus Ia working order. Arrange
meats have just been made there today
the conduits through which the tnhss
will be run. Here. we already have
thr conduit, which Is 10 be the rail.
way tunnel running under the riiy
/ frum the bridge 10 the Union depot.
4 The plans for the pneumatic maehln-
/ cFy arc now nearly completed and the
I mails will b. distri butssd by this means
I about the tirSt ~ the year new
7 p0stpftier IL 20 bc cssa hlished ~ the
I rnd ~ the tunnel, where the mails
from the tube will hr received. The
tube aud this office will save the work
~ dozen letter carriers. and wia
+ handle about oue-sixth ~ the entire
\ nail - the city
one ~ the large bnlldings which
have lately gone up down town has
| Iust made au Improvement Ia it, clrra.
tor srrgiCr which q % l1c recommended
90 uthrr Zig cities. There is nothing
So annoying 20 . man 10 hurry as u
90 into building where 10 knows
snuCouc whom he wishes ~ see has On
office. and have 20 depend on one u
;he several elevator boys for intlFna.
ton about the location ~ the office and
the present whereabouts - the one
sought Generally Tie boy knpws
TIE number 81 the Office. Some
tiiura he doesn't. lie seldom
knows whether or not thr man
is In his office, aud the hurried visitor
has - 60 UP himself and see alH0ui y.
IN This building there stands . man ~
tic foot ~ the elevator shaft, wearing
= cap marked Guide lie has moth.
ing d do but watch the movements q
thc men who have Offices in the build
Ing and tell people who come to seq
them where they arc. This man has
an accurate memory. 81 course, Or 2,
would be useless. Tie can tell you ]
the person you come TO see - 10 ~
Office or not; when he went out anl
when he got back II messages az
left with him by men passing out D
, will deliver them TO callers. In many
cases. hc makes an Office boy entire!
unnecessary.