Smyrna times., 1893-07-19
For the Smyrna Times.
The Questions to be Decided Next
Monday and Tuesday.

| -, HN' "so smyrna ItneS.
The Questions to be Decided Mex
Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. EDITOR:
Appropos TO the town election O
sewerage and electric lights which /,
to take place next Monday and Tnes.
day, l wish to take up a little of Won,
local space in making few statements
concerning the necessity of these twin
improvements.
On Monday our property holders
VIII vote upon the sewerage question
This subject is one of grave Importance
ana requires the closest Consideration
In all inhabited places it is of the ut.
most Importance to the health of the
community that efficient arrangements
should be made for the collection and
removal of the excrementitious matter
Che waste waters from houses and the
ury refuse which keeps constantly ac-
cumulating.
We live now in the age of great i'm.
provements, an age in which more and
greater attention must be maid IN Tho
sanitary conditions of commnnit;as
we we nave only to refer to mediaeyal
history TO lind the great panics and
iamines caused by the outspread of
terrible zymotic diseases, the loss of
lie In many cases being enormous. II
Is only by the careful and scrutinizing
work OF our sanitary authorities that
the spread of the infectious diseases
nave been brought to a, minimum and
the formation of strict quarantine rnIes
by our country.
Hence the first duty of town or
city ought to be strict attention to the
healIh OF It's citizens. Our town. "a
you know, is in an unhealthy condit.
ION ana many defects which come nm.
der notice are the result of unnroner
drainage. Our "gutters" in MANY
places, which are unevenlv laid are
hlled with filth accumulations and tho
nOxious eft1uvia which the pooIs oive
OH, l have no doubt is a breeding
source OF constant danger This will
not or can not last long before some
evil effects will take place and result in
an epidemic. ''''' -
Inen, again, great danger, if not the
greatest arises from the contamination
OF our well and spring waters bv this
iq uld sewage. We often read of ter.
rlDle epldemics caused by the drinking
OF polluted well water, in which whole
families succumbed to one disease
These serious cases could have been
prevented before hand had proper at.
tentlon been paid by the sanitary an.
thOrities.
NOW, Mr.. Editor, this is a serious
question; are we to allow these accu.
mutations of filth and breed-diseased
matter remain on our pervious soils or
are we going to take action upon nub.
lie sewers and preserve as near as nos.
sI0le, the health of the communitv
eide. " uo-
The electric light system, to be voted
on tuesday, can hardly be considered
as necessity but rather a great con.
Venience. l have no doubt but what
IL would prove successful in this town
provided it were left in the hands of a
competent engineer AS for conven.
renee you know it far supersedes anv
other system and in the long RIM
cheaper. The incandescent light svs.
tenn has been tried WITH success in
many small towns of which I might
point you TO Newark, a Delaware
township of only 1900 population,
which has complete system and meets
with selt-sustaining success. 1t is re.
ported the lights are ALWAYS bright
constant and effective, and hear that
most every house contains it. The motor
Is connected with the water works. and
the combinations seems to work up to
the expectations of the citizens in gem
eral.
Then again there would be a great
difference in having the lighting oftbis
town in the hands of our town author
ltles, to be regulated and controlled
under their supervision than to have il
IN the hands of monopoly, who have
done and may in the future do all thew
san to the satisfaction cf our citizens.
These few remarks may be some.
what desultury, bnt make this state.
ment that it might incite deeper con.
slderatlon among tho voters.
A CITIZEN.