The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-30

had been attacked with the black vom-
it. This symptom continued all the
morning without cessation until his
death.
Col. Waring had been sent to the city
of Havana as a special commissioner
of this government to ascertain the ex-
act sanitary condition of that city and
to form ideas for the best methods for
putting the place in first-class sanitary
shape. He was TO report to the presi-
dent, and on the day he returned he
said that he expected to go to Wash
ington the next day He said that he
had great deal of information which
he thought would be of service to the
president. The plan of the commission
was to place the city of Havana and
the coast towns of Cuba in such a good
sanitary condition that the recurrence
of yellow fever and it's entrance into
the gulf cities of the United States
would be prevented
The father, mother, brother and three
sisters of Mrs. Waring died of yellow
fever in New Orleans, some years ago.
Col. Waring was Sc years old. and
was born at Poundridge, N. Y. He was
educated at College Hill, Pough-
keepsie, and later studied agriculture
with the late James ]. Mapes In 1856
he took charge of Horace Greeley's
farm at Chappaqua, and in 1858 he was
given the direction of the agriculture
and drainage of Central Park, New
York. In 1861 he went to the war as
major of the Garibaldi Guards, and af-
ter three months service was appoint
ed major of cavalry, by Gen Fremont
In St Louis he raised six companies of
cavalry, called the Fremont hussars
This command was merged into the
4th Missouri cavalry, of which he was
commissioned colonel, and with which
he served until the close of the war
In 1867 Col. Waring went to Rhode ISL
and as manager of the Ogden farm,
where he stayed 10 years. Then he
began practice as a drainage engi-
neer.
After the. severe yellow fever epidemic
| in Memphis in 1878, Col Warning de-
vised a system of sewerage for that
| city which has been adopted by many
cities and towns throughout the coun-
try, and is increasing in favor. He
was an expert and special agent for
the 10th census, with charge of the
social statistics of cities. Since 1882
he had been a. member of the national
| board of health. In his practice as
a drainage engineer, Col. Waring was
| called in consultation in many cities OF
/ the country. He was connected with
| the sewerage of New Orleans as con
sulting engineer, and has just about
completed a system of sewerage and
drainage for Brunswick, Ga. where he
was called after the yellow fever cpl
demic of 1892.
Col. Warnings great reputation was
made by his success as a street cleaner
| in New York under Mayor Strong's re-
form administration. When appointed
| in February, 1895, Col Warning was
civil engineer of the firm of Waring
Chapman & Farquhar. His appoint.
ment was a surprise to the politicians
! because they had never heard of him
He was not a politician, and had never
| taken any active part in politics.
His first work in New York had beer
many years before, when he was asso
ciated with Fred Law Olmstead in the
| laying cut and establishment of Contra
| park. At that time Col. Warning was thu
draining engineer of the enterprise. III,
| had been a wide traveller, and had in
specGed all the street and sewerage
| systems of the principal cities of Eu
rope. Some years ago he was sent 70
| by the municipal government of Pari,
to give his advice on the public inn
| provements of that city. He had ais
made an exhaustive investigation of tn,
| sewer system of New York.
Col. Waring revolutionized the meth
DDS in vogue in the department 70
! years. and cleaned the streets. He ha
said that his acts that We're considered
| dramatic, injudicious and even foolish
| were done in many cases for the ver9
purpose of forcing the public attention
to a department that had been too Ions
considered as unimpomant.
The citizens state party nominated
him this year for state engineer ant
surveyor
Col. Waring was for many years
recognized authority in sanitary engin
eering and an extensive writer on tina
subject The Memphis sewage system
became known as the Warning system
Over 100 cities and towns have adopted
the Waring system since he proved j
to be a success in Memphis. Amons
lthese are Keene and Laconia, N. H.
Stamford Conn; Freehold, N. J..
| Wilkesbarre, Pa; Newcastle, Pa.
! Washington, Narberth and Mononga
hela City, Pa, Manchester, Old Poin
| Comfort and Norfolk, Va. Mansfiel,
and East Liverpool, o.; Boone, la.
| Kalamazoo. Mich; Middlesborough
Ky: San Diego and San Luis Obispo
| cal: Ell Paso. Tex; Pensacola, Fla.
New Decatur and Birmingham, Ala.
4 Lincoln and Omaha, Neb A portion o
the suburbs Of Paris is severed on tn
iWaring system and it has been recon-