The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-09
pluigA REEKlNG WITH FILTH.
, CITY PRACTICALLY WITHOUT
SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

-,,o-Strcets Filled With Gar
and Liquid FiIth-DOmestic
c,nJnions Even WOrse-Vaults
st Part of the Kitchens.
~. remedies Proposed.
--.t.,e,on Jan. S.-The war depart
| dys.on Of customs and insular af-
,,,ja public to-day a very full syu-
If tre late Col. George A. Warnings
of his visit 10 Havana under the
Instructions of the war department,
-, him early ast autumn to thoroughly
s,,4,- the sanitary condition of the city,
3to make such recommendations for
4. f,ure Improvements of the town as
r,sf BE- suggested by said inspection.
ri Waring says he found the street.
.srrg without adequate organization or
and. and the markets offensive and dan
,,,g.ly filthy for the distribution of hu-
nan food. with the exception of two, The
0,,1n and Colon markets. He also found
he machinery used for sweeping the
streets Ineffective; the garbage being
thrown into the streets in entire disregard
Of the ordnance requiring it to be set
cut in proper receptacles,
The work Of the contractors was all done
ID the latter part of the night, and abso-
hey in the dark Any obscure sidewalk
Vas freely used for purposes of defacation,
Ml1o attempt seemed to have been made
to cover or remove the rubbish. Four
POOLS were found in the streets in which
ng5sh and d.th had been deposited,
which the contractor was not required to
asan This filth was turned over to the
b1zards
Filth Fills the Streets.
Some of the streets in the compact part
the city are paved with large stone
books, others with Belgian blocks, and
The remainder are unpaved. These streets
are filed with dirty holes, which, in turn.
are filed up with house garbage. There
practically no sewerage. In many
aes households connect their private
vaults with loose brick or stone drains
Just under the pavement along their 'front.'
ass These allow the liquid filth to leach
out into The ground close to the surface
enabling the householder to get out of
such hiring Of night scavengers to bail
0a- ana carry away accumulations, as is
EsQhred
sAlsnierins pens, while superficially
cesA' are brutally disgusting while the
WORK Is going on. Blood and offal are
washed by eopious fioodings from the
Sdtf supply into an adjoining creek and
la'0or IeeNng with putrid filth. There
uo systematic disposal of garbage and
|VpnsS IL IS deposited on the surface
anu near The town. where the buzzards
i'ds, upon it TO their full satisfaction.
ps1d dosS cats and chickens are left in
F streets until the buzzards pick them
ue skeleton. And all this is done un-
w 'As intense sun.
Domestic Conditions worse,
oaa as these conditions are. they are
". comparable with the disgusting con-
gl0n OF The domestic life. There are
@'9 man 1900 houses in the city. Six
-, thousand are of one-story. two hum
u'l are Of three stories, and a very few
| U Iour stories. and none higher. At
~, WE'VE out of every thirteen of the
,4 r-1''l'nJs live in one-story houses. the
@ population being over 100000 The
n s7e population of the houses is over
s,- d" The compactly built parts of the
N.Y. "e entire lot is covered with the
ssI3 there being one or two courts in
f5a' ll,e building. In the better class
MI. 9 'he entrance han is quite com
"'e standing room of the carriage
M, P'S INTO the parlor at it's side and
rr,t reception room at its rear. Be-
M ."s is a court, then the dining room.
nd smaller court, the Kitchen, stable
Sem .''lle vault, practically all in one.
4, @5 @ rooms are in the rear of the par-
sn '1 lne side of the court dining
'"ple surrounded by Dirt
kH. Hsi1cuous feature of every house
o5 private vault and sometimes sec
rrt 'e"' for kitchen wastes. These
qd Oupy a space practically under
5a5 I'D the kitchen. 1t is rare. in
pne way 'Aese vaults have a ventilating
oa,s 'iit ihey belch forth nauseating
n5, ''Io1saout the house which per-
I-e Jde streets. 70
bmE5 ,"e conditions above set forth
6.,r.' ~" TO do their appointed work Of
ar-l.5''"' the broad marshes at the
10 f,..'' edse of the harbor are at hand
He.. inelr quota of malaria. Into
CON-. ""I rhes flow a number of water
eff ,... HAleh bear upon their surface the
bar Jugs of very poor quarter OF the
abd ~ 1iaents of the slaughteriDg pens
a--. o''-tf foul esta bHshments. while
dlnri, p',uon Of the fiat is used as a
5I"und for garbage.
~ ''rit"hle Plague Spot.
Tsr,.@ @o.1f supply Of Havana. saws Col
hrt OF the purest and most excel-
CIR eE This with the winds Of the
srl u, lhe city from being absolutelv
bH. ,5 '''lIedly bad. The city is veri-
hmm ue spot. las own peop,e largely
phe5 '''ush they are, to yellow fever
hsr-,,.> prevailed in Havana without
nraa p''H FOR one hundred ana sixtv-
lsr lars lall constant victims 10 the
Cs fo malaria and depressing inhuen-
i sa.1, tney are always subjected
nasr.f Only the immigration of fresh
4nsr which the enterprise of an
to or..u population is sure TO brinp in
ben sacrifice such as has nor vel
te farr1I, .e' says Col Warlng. win carry
&or,g ''o'e ", scourge Of yellow fever to our
ranu o,''l' a.i we rise again IN a war of hu-
by Mn. '.''' et an costs, wipe out an enc
l copal,,......''eA no military valor can cope
.'''on' Col. Waring says:
av.,'.p "p"er the Danger Now.
he fl,. '' = not be wise to accept at once
dang,r ''dt we are confronted win !
f.gn.8c,,,o. ,,o.hpared with which war is IN
Conquer ana proceed to meet II ana