The Grenada sentinel., 1906-12-22

Of the land being IL feet above low
tide The slight undulations furnish
shallow, natural reservoirs or fresh
water breeding places for every varie-
ty of mosquito, and the. ground tends
to be lowest in the. middle. When the
town was originally built mo- ia tempt
in the streets or on the building sites,
so that the entire surface was prac-
ticailv n nua Cmire: when tha uuag-
mire became impassable' certain of the
streets We're crudelY imnroVed by fill
ing especially bad mud holes with soft
rock or other material. In September.
iso5, systematic effort was begun to
formulate a general plan for the prop
er sanitation of the city; in February
last temporary relief measures were
taken, while in July the prosecution of
the work was begun in good earnest.
The results are already visible in the
sewering, draining, guttering and paw
ing of the streets. Some four months
will be required before the work of
be completed but the progress already
made is very marked. bitches have
the salt water on both sides, and into
these the ponds. which have served as
breeding places for the mosquitoes. are
drained. These bitches have answered
the chief cause Of the astonishing
diminution of mosquitoes. More bitches
of the kind are being constructed.
Colon Water Supply.
It was not practicable, with the
force at the commissions disposal. and
in view of the need that the force
should be used in the larger town of
early last winter. Water mains were
then laid in the town and water was
furnished to the people early in March |
reservoir proved to be of insufficient |
capacity before the end Of the dry |
season and the shortage was made up !
SO that there was at all times |
an ample supply OF the very best |
water. Since that time the new reser- |
voir back of Mount Hope has been !
reservoir: 1t is lake over a mile
long. and half mile broad 1t now
carries some 5oo,0oo,OOo gallons of
Of this ahe
with certain other photographs of |
what I saw while 1 was on the 18TH
hereafter render it necessary in the
dry season to haul water for the use
Of Colon and Cristobal.
Colon Pavements.
I rode through the streets of Colon.
seeing them at the height of the rainy
season after two days ber OF almost un-
1T their very worst. Taken as
whole they. were undoubtedly very
bad; as bad as. Pennsylvania avenue
IL
stration. Front street is already in
satisfactory shape, how
ever. Some of the side streets are
also in good condition. In othcrs the
change in the streets is rapidly going
on Through three e-fourths of the
,own it is now possible to walk. even
during the period of tremendous rain.
n low shoes without wetting ones
'eet, owing to the rapidity with which
he surface water is carried away in
he bitches. In the remaining one
'ourth of the streets the mud is very
ieep-about as deep as in the ordinary
street of low-lying prairie river town
IF the same size in the United States i
Turing early spring. All men to whom
spoke were unit in saying that the
conditions of the Colon streets were F.
100 per cent better than a year ago.
Che most superficial examination of
he town shows the progress that has
been made and is being made in ma
ida mizing the streets. Complaint was
made to me by an entirely reputable II
nan as to the character OF some of
he material used for repairing GER Il
ain streets. On investigation the COM Ii
,Iaint proved well founded, but it also II
that the use of the material L,
n question had been abandoned, the +,
commission after having tried it IN one
,r two streets finding it not appro-
)riate. r.
The result OF the investigation OF