Bisbee daily review., 1905-06-23

4dst resort, put even private owner
 ship. with necessary safeguards. would
 be better than the present conditions. | The people should vote the bonds nee
 essary and own their own sewerage system and nave it absolutely under their own control. There isn't a pro- | gresSive city in the entire country that would permit its sewerage system 10 be owned by private individuals. and surely Bisbee and her people are not less progressive than others. The ] fact of the matter have vet to hear
 the first word of opposition 10 the 1 proposed issuance of bonds.
 ] There is no question whatever. that i that the rayageS- of typhoid and all other infectious diseases will be les sened- Ii a good system is put in. and .n addition, ordinances are passed 1 by the city council. and strictly en- | forced compelling a general overhaul 1 ing and cleaning up Of every disease breeding spot in the city and the re- noval of the unsightly. ill-smelling. outhouses: there is no reason Wny Bis bee should have a case of typhoid
 in a year. There is not a healthier
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 place. and good. healthfuI. cleanly con .ditions would make it a place without a peer in which 10 live. so far as healthfulness is concerned.
 "I don't have the least doubt but that if the matter is put up to" the people tO vote on $50 900 of bonds for a sewer that one could count on the fingers of heir two hands the number of votes that would be cast against the proposition. l don't be lieve there is a property owner in this town but that would gladly pay the necessary additional tax in order to ger rid of the ill-looking ornaments that continually stare him in the face. whether in his own or his neigbbor's back or front yard. on his way 70 busi- ness or wherever he goes. Why, I think it would be a reflection on the intelligence and decency of the people of Bisbee for a bond proposition of any reasonable amount necessary for the construction of a sewer, to be turned down.
 Bisbee has an excellent water sys- tenn which furnishes the town with a pure and healthful supply of water that is drawn from a source impos- sible of contamination. There is
 therefore. but one danger to be guard ed against so far as contracting dis ease from water is concerned and that is the danger involved in drinking well water Those people who have wells in the city anywhere in a section which is near cesspools should avoid using suca water for drinking pur- poses. Probably the greatest discem- minator of disease ard particularly of the typhoid bicilli. is the festive fly. With the open system of OuthOuses in- this city. jand of two evils the open system is far preferable to the closed) it is a wonder that there is not more typhoid here that there is. The very best writera on typhoid and it's causes lay the cause of the malady at the door of the little fly. There may be a case of typhoid fever in any part Of the city. In almost every case. ex- cept those al the hospitals, the refuse from sick chamber is thrown into the outside closet where flys congregate by the score, and in this way the typhoid bacilli is carried. so it is stat ed by authorities. to the table or on the food almost any where the fly can find entrance Then. too, it is stated that disease is often caused by the water. in times of freshts or floods washing the disease-breeding germs into wells or water sources, where | they breed and multiply.
 By all means. lets have a sewer, even if if costs s2O0,OO0-"