The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-25
ARCADIA IN TEXAS.
ANOTHER CHAPTER ON THE GAR
DEN SPOT or THE WORLD.
Some Pointers About the FILTHY Condi-
lion OF the Bnyou---Drodge Boat
System sugEestcd for Cleans
ing tho stream.

Il Will that II / say heavy thing
Your tongues forgive me-seeing ye know
that spring
Has necks and fits OF pain to keep her
And walks somewhue with wtnter-bltten
feet.
Moreover it sounds often well to let
one string, when we play music keep at
fret
The whole song through: one petal that
is dead
Confirms the roses, be they white or red"
The string which rs now ut fret is the
condition Of Buffalo bayou, in the very
heart OF the city, and which condition
is a disgrace to Houston, and to her peo-
pie. We have all been taught that unless
the heart be kept pure and sweet. the en-
tire body win suffer Had 1t not been
for the warm dry weather OF last season.
which dried up OF destroyed the fever mi
crobe as 1t arose, the city would, in all
probability have been a sufferer a few
wears ago the springs which gushed forth
from the bayou's sides kept the stream
in a tolerablc condition of purity, but the
artesian wells have tapped the springs
and the water flows no longer, except after
heavy rain I have seen the business OF
this city flow with continuous prosperity
for while, and / have seen II ebb with
continuous adversity-Hnd of all the adj
versty that strikes a city there is none
equal to the pain and gloom Of an cpl
demic / do not say we might suffer as
Memphis did, but our surroundings are
very similar and the continuous warmth
Of next autumn VIII, II assisted by wet
season. and the present unsanitary condi.
Of he INT. nh
unhealthy atmosphere that an epidemic
show of paved streets. tagged sidewalks.
artesIan fountains and crystal water
flowing through the cutters, electric
lights, and brilliant street car service,
with other phantasmagoru and leave the
heart OF the city mass OF refuae2 The
city Of Houston rs tOday years behind
some other cites Of America which have
ieSs thhn halt Of HoustOn's capacity for
development. Where on earth can YOU
point 10 city around where all tie crops
~ temperate regions may he grown ana
hanulcd, AZ wei as all the crops of sub
tropical regions, VIZ: Sugar, rice. tobacco,
corn, wheat, oats. barley, rye, ma. cotton,
lnalBo, lllsn potatoes, sorghum, alfalfa,
millet peas ana beans, both northern
ana southern, peanuts. pecans, wnlnuts
ana chestnuts, ana fruits OF all Kinds, l3u-
fopean, Asiatlc and American. Where
can you point to city where absolutely
pure artesian water can be had SO
cheaply ipr al the purposes OF man? And
yet why " the city so behind? Because
the sanitary condition rs Ike all other
Southern cities, below the mark The
reputation Tor cleanliness If not the best.
owe TINS city superb reputation Tor
cleanliness ana { VIII promise for II
population exceeding thr estimate Of the
most ViSiunaryHn superb Southern city,
with heart and arteries pune aud sweet,
with fountains and shade trees, with
inrmR ana gardens developing villages az
every I'VE IutleH In every direction. with
crops innumerable, would never stop at
leRs than l,U0n,00U Various systems have
been suggested FOR improving the sanl-
Jary condition Of The bayou, ana the va
rious sewers leading into II, but no action
whatever has been taken, nor viii any
action be taken until trouble ana sorrow
ana blight are upon the city Now, why
should any risks be taken when those
risks can be removed? out of the NUM-
Der Of plans that have been suggested for
the Improvement of the bayou, the most
Tor the city 10 own n dredge boat. and
by continuous deepening OF the bayou
actuhly bring the pure water upward
from the sea, as well a. downward from
the land with the ebO aud flow of the
TIDE. The outlets Of all the sewers
should be closed and their termni car
waSsr. The sides OF the bayou should
be terraccd and planted with Bermuda
grass. The deepening and widening Of
the bayou In the city proper would nat
urally Increase rs usefulness. and the va
fious tugs steam yachts. schpOncrs and
liatboais plying therein would increase
in number and keep the water in com
slant motion. The mere fact ihal Hous-
ton Is BY long ODDS the most salubrlous
city Of Texas Is no reason that this mat
ter OF the perfect sanitation Of the bayou
should be any longer deferred, Make IL
the most salubrlous city of the whole
world. The conditions eXist-pure air
and pure water ana better food than
any other city can boast Of; more va
riety OF FISH flesh, fowl and cereal and
vegetable products, and an amazing va
Itety of fruits. Let us have a Southern
city. decorated with date palms, oranges