The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-04-15

The citizens Of Union City are to b
congratulated, and the Board Of Mayo
and Aldermen complimented. on the Is
tablishment Of the new system Of sani
tation recently put into effect. It wa.
an entirely new plan, and, though reas-
onabIy expected to prove a success, yet
to some degree it was speculative.
The result has however, been very
satisfactory indeed to those who have
been personally interested in the work
and those who were interested in the
movement. 1t is stated BY the au-
thorities that more than ninety per
centlof the citizens have conformed to
regulations and provisions Of the ordi-
nance without a word Of protest and
that practically all have accepted and
adopted the new system as the best plan
Of keeping the city in good state of
sanitation.
Mr. Boxley, the contractor, has met
with very little or practically no opposi-
ton in his work and is very much
pleased with the beginning made. It
was to be expected that the contractor
would meet with great many discour-
agements on his first rounds as well as
the overtaxing OF his facilities to get the
plan in operation and running smooth
ly. A greater portion OF this has now
been overcome and the success of the
system is practically assured
DIR. Blanton, the author Of the ordi-
nance, Mr.. Burdick, chairman of the
Sanitary Committe, and in fact the en-
tire Board, are to be credited with this
splendid system, and the citizens are
due them not only the kindest consid-
erations in the matter, but their warm
est cooperation in the work.
1t has been long time since the
adoption Of movement SO far reaching
in importance and calculated to be of so
much benefit as the operation Of the
sanitary ordinance in Union City.
Cleanliness is next to Goodness, and |
moral and spiritual health are in keep
ing with physical health. Union City
has been blessed for some time with the
purest drinking water that can be found,
but at the same time crippled with the
poorest system OF sanitation. The in
auguration Of the present system means
much to our future. 1t means health
and therefore wealth in increase in pop
ulation and business.
The system comprises the removal of
al city excrement by authority and I'M
der the direction Of the city officials,
and when once in practical operation it
is to be extended to conform to a more
perfect system in the exclusion OF flies
rom the closets. 1t is contemplated by
he Board to require all citizens to make
heir closets hy-proof and to provide
with tubs for the reception
If excrement so as to prevent soil pol
ution and the spread Of disease caused
~ this pollution. Hookworm has been
raced to soil pollution and other dis
,ases, many of them, to transmission of
he fly. The object Of the Board is to
protect the city against all these un-
lealthful conditions and to make Union
Iity, now one Of the healthiest towns to !;
" found, also one of the cleanest, and
0 guard against the spread of disease.
The work inaugurated by the Board
4 Mayor and Aldermen has already
net with hearty cooperation, and it
hould be developed into a more perfect
ystem. Good walks are very conven-
mt and attractive in appearance, good v
mooth graded streets are very beneficial g
, traffic, but nothing adds real and ?
enuine benefits to town in the same
tito as does a good system of sanitation. Il