The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-12-27

~ the land being M feet above low
TIDE The slight undulatiuns furnish
shallow natural reservoirs or fresh
water breeding plACep for every Nhrty-
~ 81 moHquitp, and the ground tends
70 te lowest In the middle. when the
town Was originally buiit no attempt
WAS MadW t1 NIL the low ground. either
IN tho streets OF on the building sites
:" that tar entire surface was prar-
t'rt'lv Giia gfrtrf.' sshs" the anaG
miff bees me ttnpHssHhls trtaiu OF the
streets NHre crmduiv siDproVBd bV I'M
ing especially had faud holes with soft
rnek SO either material In september
1905 Systematic effort was hegun 60
formulate a general plHu Tor the prop
rr sanitation of the Gay. Ia February
last temporary relief measures were
taken. while ~ duly the prosecution of
the w1rk was begun ~ good earnest
rhe reA-sits are already Visible in the
aeMtrihM draining, gustering and pay
win he required before the work ~
sewerage and street Improve ment wtn
pe completed but the progress already
made II very marked bitches have
heen dug through the town connecting
tAe salt water on both slides. and into
these thr ponds which have served as
irslned Thesc ditehss hSvs ' anSwsT ssG
their pQrpoae, for they ere probably
the ehtst cAusc Of the astonishing
iiminutien of mosquitoes. More bitches
- the Kind are being constructed
Colon Water supply
n was not practteabie. with the
fofce AZ the commissions disposal and
~ view OF the need that the force
sbouid be used In the larger town Of
Panama. TO begin this work be fore
earlS last wtnter Water maths were
thcn laid IN the town anu water was
furnished to the people early In March
from temporary reservoir Thia
reservoir proved TO be OF insufficient
season aud the shortage was made nr
~ hauling water over the Panama
railroad. 80 that there was az all times
water. since that time the new reser.
yolr back Of Mount Hope has been
practically completed, visited this
,ss !, Is lake over = mlle
carries some soc, geo 600 gallons Of
a photesraph % this lake together
what I saw white / was on the 18th,
mus Nothing hut cataelysm viii
hereafter render /, necessary In the
OF Colon and CristohaL
Colon Pasemenss
I rode through the streets Of caion
seeing them at the height of the rainy
season. after two days OF almost un-
al sss,s ssSy %of., ~"' p,s sass Were
whole they were undoubtedly very
bad as bad as peaasylVanla avenue
~ Wsse'"TsS ss,, before s,s "ssn.. ssm'n,
thoroughly satisfactory shape. how
ever Samc OF the aide streets are
also in gpod condition, In others the
change tn the streets Is rapidly going
on. Through three +raurthA OF the
town ~ II now possible 10 walk even
during the period ~ tr~m~ndatls rain
In ioW shoes without wcttiax ones
feet outax Ia the raptdity with which
che surface water IN carried away IN
the ditehsa In the Remaining one,
t0urth of the streets the mud IL very
deep about a. deep as iu tho ordinary
street 1T low siNinR prairie river town
~ the same slae in the / nit~d states
duriug early spFtnx All n.n t. whom
hfsske we're a unit ir sas ng thtt the
conditions 90 the CoioR atrsets were
90 pee cent better thAu q year axu.
The ma#t superb c@al examination nf
the tesu shows the rrps rs#s that has
been uadr ana - hetps made IN ana
rsatmtHlnE the streets complaint was
rlsJa e. nae 6v an ruttrviy reptIahte
MAN "a thr chafartyr ~ Some ~
the material used faf rvtsirtuk GER
tsta sttsst@ pa insrsttsottva ths com.
pEsiut proved Wrtt founded tut IL also
appga red that the usu nf the material
fu question hNd ,ha~s ar1 ntiaard the
ebtil frtsatau Rfttf having frJvd Il Ia 0ne
rf gso ztrrrts hudias 30 not appro.
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The result 81 the tr,.stixaticn 81