The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-26

| said he worked on the sewerage system
| of Raleigh when it was put in. The
| engineer in charge was j. l.. ludlow,
a competent civil engineer He thought
| the work had been done in the best
| possible manner. He said he had often
| been to the mouth of the sewer, and
| once he had surveyed for mile right
| up the middle of the creek. In doing so
| he had seen no solid matter in the
| stream nor any sewer deposits on the
land.
Other witnesses were Chas. ID. Ar
thur, r. 6. Reid, w. q. Allen, Thomas
| Badger, w. f. Jones, Lynn Wilder, DR..
| T. r. Hines, DR.. James MCGEE, Jr.,
| Frank Stronach and Ham +. Smith.
Mr.. Allen, who is superintendent Of
the work-house and county home, said
he had built bridges over every stream
of any size in the county, and Walnut
creek had more marshes and dead water
along it than any other stream in the
county. There is a great deal of de-
caying vegetable matter along the line
of the creek.
Mr.. Badger examined the sewer and
creek in 1894, when he was mayor.
Mr.. Jones said the water discharged
from the sewer was dark, muddy-look-
ing; but he could detect no odor except
when standing right over the sewer.
Mr. Wilder. like Mr.. Jones and Mr..
Hamilton. is an alderman, and was in
the party of inspection sent out by
the city Tuesday.
Col. Argo-"Sort of a junketng trip,
wasn't it?''
Mr.. Wilder-"I don't know about
that"
Col. Argo-" Well. the city gave yon
all free ride, didn't it? and fine
evening for driving too"
Mr.. Wlder-''I haven't paid anything
for it yet.
DR.. Hines thought the natural condi-
tons along Walnut creek-the marshes
and decaying vegetable matter-condu-
Give to disease, especially malarial dis
eases.
rs malaria ever caused by fecal mat
terY'
THE experience and observation of
not"
What in your opinion is the cause of
the malaria in that section?'
Il think it is caused by the creek and
the marshes and the decaying vegetable
matter on Them"
Suppose there was an excess of sew
err matter in this creek and it was de-
posted on the land and exposed to the
air, would it in your opinion cause ma
laria to a family mile awayT'
Il don't think so. 1t might cause
typhoid fever. but not malaria
On cross-eXamination DIR. Hines said
the theory of the medical profession iii
regard to malaria had changed in some
material respects in the last few years.
Once it was supposed to be in impure
drinking water, and some think it can
be communicated by the mosquito The
clearing of land around malarial
swamps, he said, was calculated to in
crease the prevalence of malaria.
DR.. Hines said he had been the fam
lily physician Of the Gatlings for a quar-
ter of century and there had recently
been a great increase of sickness in
the family. He did not believe the sew
er contributed to it. The clearing of
the land between Mr. Cuttings house
and the swamp, he thought, had more
to do with it than anything else He
believed the clay holes near the railroad
were the cause of much malaria
DIR. Niece, like DIR. Hines and DR..
Sexton, didn't believe that the dis
charge from the sewer would cause ma
laria, and he did not think any of the
malarial trouble in this section could
be traced to this source. Even if the
sewerage Were deposited on the land by
the water and left exposed he didn't
think it would cause malaria.
Col. Argo-"You don't know that of
your own Knowledge"
DR.. McGee-''That is the theory of the
profession
Did you ever see malaria GERM
II have"
How did he look?"
Some of them like a half-moon and
some have a stellate shape
DO they have hairs on them?"
NO"
How do you know the half-moon fell
low don't belong to INHERENT family
from the star MANI"
They were both taken from malaria
patient"
Mr.. w. G. Stronach said that in 1894
he, as chairman of the board Of county
commissioners, inspected the sewer and
the creek. He found great change
III the country dlOHS the udHkS Oh the
creek, and saw great many swamps
that were not there twenty years ago.
At this point the charter of the city
at the time the sewer was built and
chapter 20T, Private Laws of 1889, were
introduced as evidence.
After the noon recess the defendant
closed his case after putting in the
records of the board of aldermen con-
demning the land where the sewer emp
ties. City Clerk Ham Smith, was put
on the stand to certify to this record.
The plaintiff then examined the fol-
lowing witnesses, proving the unhealth-
fulness of the Walnut creek locality:
w. L. Howle, NJ T. Leach, A. II.
Green, w. A. Upchurch, j. ID. Norton,
Robt. r. Parham, Il. z. Maynard, and
w. A. Taylor.
Mr.. Howle testified that the health of
his place, near Walnut creek, was
not so good as before the establishment
of the sewer.
The evidence of Mr.. Leach was to the
same effect. He said there were now
several eases Of chills and one or two
Of typhoid fever on his place. The
odor of the sewer, he said, could be
easily detected on his place late in the
afternoon or at early morning.