The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-18
CLAIMED BLACK EYE IN OTHER
QUARTERS is NOT DESERVED
BY BEAUMONT.
MOVE TO CORRECT IMPRESSION
Committee on Sanitation Will En-
dcavor to Clear This Community
from the Charge Of Being
UnhealthfuI.

An effort to relieve Beaumont from
the stigma Of unhcalth which it bears
away from home will be made in the
near future by the Chamber of Com
merce. At the next meeting Of the
board OF DIRECTORS Of the Chamber,
which will probS bly, be next week, a
"committce on sanitation will be
provided. Tho duty Of this commit
tee will be to adopt and put into exc
cution some system or work that will
correct the impression that has gone
abroad that Beaumont is an I'M
hcalelful community. 1t is estimated
that at the present time this roputa-
ton is hurting Beaumont more than
any other thing in or about the city.
Beaumont HealthfuI Place.
As a matter OF fact, Beaumont is
believed by those who live here and
have given any attention to the sub
jCct to be one of the most hcalthful
cities in the country. This, it is ad-
mitted, has MOI always been true, but
il is declared to be true now. When
the oil boom struck Beaumont, thou
sands of people rushed into the city.
The population suddenly jumped from
10000 to 10000, and The mun'cipal
conditions of the city we're not pre-
pared for the enOrm Increase. me
rate of taXation-Sl.3 5-au'hOriIcd
was Immediately put to the limit. and
the revenues thus derived devoted to
placing the municipal improvements
as nearly al possible on "A par with
the population. Naturally, the city
could not cope at once with its new
and crowded condition. Sanitary
conditions became very bad, and sick
ness came, as il vas bound to come.
Conditions Changed.
Three things combined to make
Beaumont an unhealthful place AT the
time of and Immediately after the
boom. They were as follows:
FiISt-On account uf bad grades
and lack Of pavement, water stood
about in pools. generating mosquitoes
and disease germs.
Sccund-Thcrc was practically no
sewerage system, although the popu
lation had doubled ana The demand
for sewers doubled in consequence"
Third-StrangCrs came here, slept
iIrcgplarly. ate irrcgularly and drank
L. excess, thereby bringing uu Illness
that would nave ovcrtakcn them any
Nhorr. but leaving 10 spread the re-.
port that the city was unhcalthiul
The undesirable conditions sing
from. the collection uf water iD pool!
on tho streets ana Throughout tho
city generally have been almost an.
Jrcly corrected 10y the establishment
Ct grades. the LAYING of pavement and
the establishment ~ "A biz sewerage
system. After a raiu in Boauuu 80
now the water. instead of collecting
:. wOls. runs off into the sewers ami
away into jup riF,T Dr. o. runp-
u god hy scientists ~throuchuut the :
that nothing dotracis more
from the sanitary condition ri @ com
Ifnnitv than fnr presence of Tuu.s 81
slagIlaut wat'-
scco-d D meulty.
The second -im,lry-llrk uf prop
g sIuora-, ay.f.m-'Er,at .u,1 tu
d. q Fr,m.tv serious a' r time
D., -1up from residences and other
UrHugf-os rUr permitted 10 euiier'
IL Ihz,s nr was flrHe1 ir-" H7nr
s,w,fs and permitted O.. rTu Hlfu Ea
cant lots ur remain Dol fhf fr.
until u eyaHarafuI Dr ua- abs
lr Tho ground. T-ls produced ar
. - u-aura-E condition ~
a.u.raeH system BIAS iHf-
raT#v completed. however a..
trrre fr rffz -.ua~r are T
rrlrar r.~rHfr rrf ODE
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thar within fL- next -
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la-a rlat rle rrIIrlral r.raL Beau.