The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-20

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are sull in use. though. naturally. the
houses are now getting olt 81 repair and
are being used Rs dwellings only untu
other houses can be built. and much of
and some OF the work they did 10 dig
gtng has been o. direct and real benefit
inv stment than the So.oo0oao which 81
Fraid 10 the Ffrmeh company fuT work
ard ~hetteunents including especially the
Faunma railroad.
An Inspection on the ground at The
height OF the rainy season served 20 con-
vines me Of the wisdom OF congress Do
a aea-heyel canal. There seems 70 De q
universal agreement among on people
competent % judge that the Panama
route, the one actually chosen, is mucn
Darlcu routes
Preliminary Work Being Done.
The wisdom OF the canal manaEameut
has been shown IN nothing more clearly
than IN the way IN which the founda-
uous OF the work have been laidi To
have. gteidea % the natural tmpaueace
OF il-informed outsiders and begun al
kinds OF experiments in work prior 20 a
thorough sanitation Of the isthnus, and
% a fairly satisfactory working out %
the problem ~ setting and keeping "a
sufficient labor supply, would have been
disastrous. The various preliminary
measures had 20 De taken hrst. and
these could not be taken 20 as TO allow
US 10 begin the real work Of cnnsfFuc-
ton prior % January a 81 the present
year. II then became necessary 10 nave
the type uT the canal decidoi. ana no
only delay has been the necessary delay
unut the 9ih day 81 June the date
settled that We should have an E-fonf
level canal Immediately after hat tho
work began in hard earnest aud has
been %conuuuef with increasing Tgur
ever since, ana "a will continue So 20
progress On the future hen the con-
tracts ARE leg the condluous win be such
81 90 insure q constantly Increasing
amount az performance.
Successful Sanitation.
The hrst Erat prohlom 70 be- solved
tdn rrat 80 tne work ~urEehaeG was the
problem 90 sanitation. This was from
The outset under the direction OF Dr
W, G. GorEah who 3D. 90 Re made a full
member 90 TIE commission. It must BE-
remembered that his work was not mere
sanitation 81 the term D understooi in
our ordinary Municipal work. Through-
out the aone n ln the tive cities 0f
Panama and colon. in addition 20 the
AL sa tbs eTt ,5l N: Marine hss nee az
service does as regards The nation. that
tha health department ohccra DO I'M the
various states and cities and that Col
WarinE asa De New York when b.
cleaned iH streets. The results have
begn astounding The tathmus had hreu
q hywurd Tor deadly uuhealthfulness
Now, after two years OF our aecipasfou
the conditions ~ regards sickness and
the dcath rate compare fayorabiy with
reasonably healthy localities III the
Eniiad states. Especial Care has been
epoted 20 minimizing Che risk duo 10 tie
presence of those SPECIES ~ mosquitoes
malarial and yellow fexera M an thc
settlements. tie little ~cmpurarp own
or cities composed 81 The white and black
employees, which grow up here and
there in the troplc tpnglo az tho neeas
Of thH work dictate. the utmost care d.
exercised 90 Keep The conditions healthy
AHHHLMLMHA AH. ia 81 LHHH HHa MMmHan.a
bitches which in removing the water
have removed the breeding places OF the
~ntoequltpes while ye whole Jungie is
cot away Tor q considerable space around
the hahltauona. thus d~rsffuyinE the
piarra Pa which the mosquitoes TAX shell
ter fheae drainage bitches and clcarinaH
are ig evidence in every settlement. and.
tosVther with the inVariahlc presence uf
mosquito screens around thr Ulaaaaa. and
~ mnaIuiia doors 10 the houses not o.
speak OF thu careful nsmlsanon Shat has
gone on tu al infected huuscs, douhtlcss
explain The rNtfanraiuafF absence uf
MOSQUITOES a. a matter of tact bot
dauEorpuf EprrIrt. was seen hy
member ~ our party during my three
taken By tho inspectors of the health do
pnrtmani Co secure cleanliness Boz thc
honses ana proper nyEiguig conditions ~
Sd Uater-cioarta both those Hsad by the
white employees and those used hY fhe
colorrd iaborcrs ln almost every case 4
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case did I nnd them really bad he this
case, Affecting "a settlement Of unutAr-
RED white ewnloyea found them very
inherited from tho French cuInpan and
were being used temporarily while other
buildings were in The courge of cpnHiruc-
closet a nrW ana excellent closet with IA
good Pipe was iu proocaa ~ cqu-
strucuqR and nearly finished Nevcrthe-
lts7 this did not excuse me fact that the
had condition had been allowed tu pre-
vail Temporary accommodation even
~ onllsauch aa soldiers uHe whom chmYed
orders 1a this effect were Issued J APP
pend the report OF hr. NofEaf on the ih-
cldent, vas struck, however by Tue
fact uhAy In this Instance as in almoet
nVerY other where "a complaint was made
which proved 20 have . iusuAcauon
whateysr % appearcd that Steps bad Az
comnlalued OF, and hat the trouble was
mniaiv due 90 tho eXtromc dimcuitN and
often tmposslhrity. 81 p%rovtdips in even
place Tor tun coustant increase in tee
uumhDrs Of employees. NcntrhiN tne pro-
vision is made in advance, but N o. not
possible that this should always he the
period Of time during which the coudi-
lions orc unsatisfactory unul a NWedN
case who're ihe remcdy was not heing
provided az speedily as possible
improvements IN cities,
The sanitation work IN the cities ~
Panama and Colon has hpcn Just -
important as in thg Honc ttsrlf anu ~
many respects much more ululculh he
cause lf was necessary 90 deaf With
she already rAlstinE population which
naturally had arant tYmrathN Win
Revolutionary cnauIrH thn value %
which hoy were fer IA long ume not
able a. perceive In Colon the ponula-
tion consists larNriY 90 coloftd labor
tra who nNlnN come over from fnf
West indies 90 work on the canal
abandon tho work and either take 40
the thrush 81 ilc idlc Boa Colon iiaelti
ihaa nfuniinn colon with she least de-
1lrahle amonN thc imported iabarcfH.