New-York tribune., 1903-07-13
THE PASSING THR0NG.

That the disappearance of yellow fever from
Cuba Is the result not Of killing off the mosquitoes
as some authorities have main
SANITARY tanned but of the excellent hy-
MEASURES gieuic conditions established by the
BANIsHED Americans who took possession Of
YELLOW Cuua. is the opinion of DR.. A NJ
FEVER. Fernandez Ybarra. DR.. Yharra,
who. incidentally. was at Harvard
when President Roosevelt was thsre, served all
through the Cuban war and in charge OF the
yellow fever wards al the Siboney Military Hospl-
tai - greatly interested when the theory mos
quito stegomyIa fasciata' came up, saLa ne t4e
the first place. the house where they were he!d was
smal-a hothouse 50 to speak 1t was oGt IN me 1
whom the experiments were made We're prohablF
immunes and then they didn't remain all dSy IN
tae ae 46eSe nous @ out went a"4y gqng '5 One
against the theory that mosquitoes are the only only
killed off only in Havana. the fever disappeared
a1ier+ bea1 ,,,o5arJCicsIIv iriectej into
non-immune who contracted fever This shows
vernin which carries blood from one person to an
other. The driving out Of the fever is due not 10
ton department. and sanitary measures established
by the Americans"
Il have heard great deal about the New-Jer-
sey mosquito" said Colonel W. F. Little, Of Cleve-
land. the Hotel Imperial. one
PARIS night. but he has got a European
MOSQUITO A cousin that IS keeping up the
GAY BIRD" reputation Of the family in great
shape" Colonel Little has just re
turned from Europe. and in the course OF gen
eral talk he said: Did you hear any one talk
about the Paris mosquito? Well I never did, but
he is there all right When I left there a little
over week ago the mosquito was making things
lively for every Paris IS gay place, and the
Paris mosquito IS Il bird. They have come IN
Swarms ard making life miserable for the
people who IN the city for the summer II IS
said that the mosquitoes bred IN the innuuer-
able ornamental pools in the city which offer de
sira5 5le breeding places The Paris scientists are
much exercised over the matter. and I understand
that drastic governmental action is to be taken 10
try TO rid the city of the pest
James r. HaIpin prominent contractor Of Bal
tmOre. at the Holland House recently. comment
ing upon the tremendous engineer
VENTILAT- Ing feats vast improvements and
ING BALTI- general construction work now
MORE'S under way by the Pennsylvania
TUNNEL. Railroad said: The Pennsylvania
in its work looks much to per-
sonaI comfort as any road I know In building
the new terminal IN New-York I: Is filing public
want but you will find that In the completion OF
this work every little thing possible to contribute
TO public comfort VIII be included. In Baltimore
It has Just undertaken the work Of making its
tunnel there clean and free from gases and smoke.
tunnel free from all obnoxious gases Designs
have Just been completed. The tunnel is 10 be
tapped by smoke duct Of stone about ten feet in
diameter This duct viii be connected with the
electric motors, Will form a violent suction and
force the smoke. and vltiated air up a huge
stack about sixty feet in height. The vacuum
caused Will result In air rushing in from the ends.
Thus the tunnel will be kept free from bad air,
and the time a cool drauSht through the
tunnel will be maintained"