The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-15

"e"S piaee ~ mosquitoes outSEFa
Of New Jersey and most Of tha ma
q~uitoes that have annoyed R.,1.-
people and spread disease have
from this nuisance created hv rh.
prison authorities twenty wears .
or more. AS long as m~osouito.s
not regarded as only pestiferous thu.
n~uisances are allowed TO go on D..
cause nobody felt it was serious .~4
they endured the mosquito bites yy.rh
patient resignation. During the adj
minstratiOn of Governor Glenn o.
tain public-spirited citizens OF RAJ
eigh called his attention to the r..
that the State Penitentiary had created
this nuisance of a breeding place for
mosquitoes; that the land was ut-
terly worthless for any other purpos.
and that the State ought TO abate
the nuisance inaSmuch as the rl,v
could require it to be done. Cover
0 Glenn visited the place. saw Z
was a great nuisance and said to these
citizens of Raleigh that it ought to ha
abated and that he would be glad 10
cooperate with the citizens of Rale'N
in any way to abate the nuisance.
The matter was reported by these yiti-
zens to the Board Of Aldermen. but
the aldermen then were thinking
about something else and nothing was
done Governor Glenn told the c!ti-
zens who called it to his attention
that the and was worthless to the
State and he had no doubt the State
would make~a deed of it to the city
Of Raleigh if the city wished. After
it is drained it will grow fine corn
crops and be an addition to the large
city farm, adjoining On which corn
is grown for the city horses. Inas-
much as \the Board of Aldermen did
not act at that time and accept the
generous offer Of Governor Glenn, the
city cannot complain morally that the
State Prison authorities still permit
that nuisance which is a great menace
to the whole city, particularly the
southeastern section:
At a meeting of the committees OF
the Chamber of Commerce in Raleigh
on Thursday afternoon this matter,
With ali the circumstances stated
above, was brought to the attention Of
the committee by Mr.. James H. Pou.
Most Of those present had never be-
fore known that the city had the au-
thority to require the State Peni-
tertiary authorities to abate the
menaceS to the health Of Raleigh.
When Mr.. Pou had finished, a mo-
ton was made directing the Health
Committee to take the matter up 1t
once with the city and State authori-
ties. Their seemed to be no doubt
that if the city would act promptly
the Governor and the State Prison
authorities would Immediately drain
these cess-pools which were made by
the State to get out brick. There IS
no doubt shat Governor Kitchin
would be as anxious to do this -
Governor Glenn was and therefore
there is need for the city to act at
once and bring this matter to the
authorities of the State. If the city
waits, in a few weeks the penitentiary
will need all of it's hands to be pick
ing cotton and this means the
nuisance will have to afflict Raleigh
Tor a good time to come. Let the
city and State authorities unite on this
matter at once and not wait for any
proceedings to compel the nuisance
to be abated. This paper has 10
doubt that wher the matter has been
called-to the attention of both OF the
authorities that we shall have al end
OF maintaining in the southern sec
tlon of the city a breeding place for
and that this nutsancs
will be abated.
For the past two years the cotton