East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-01
ITALY C|v|L|z|NG
TR|POLI COUNTRY
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1910 and continued into the fall of
1911. Nothing had been provided |
under the Turkish regime with which |
to combat this situation save a single |
isolation hospital, municipal hospit- |
al and a municipal pharmacy, all in
state of deplorab!e sanitation them
selves, and al practically worthless
from lack of adequate equipment.
a sanitary commission was at once
established by the new government
and such vigorous measures taken,
not only against the epidemic itself
but for the establishment of perma-
nent sanitary conditions, that the
cholera was entirely stamped out in
very short time. Since then, ade-
quate hospitals with ambulance SER
vice have been constructed, chemical
and meteorological laboratories equip
ped pure water supply insured and
every precaution and preventative
provided for combating and wiping
out the various infectious plaques to
which the native population in the
past has been subjected
In the providing along of an ade-
quate pure water supply there was in
Volved the construction of gigantic
reservoir with capacity of 1000 tons
of water, filtration plant, a steam
pumping station, and the building of
acqueducts from the walls of Bu- Me-
Llama to the city of Trpoli. AS fur
ther safeguards of the public health,
this commission now has under way
the erection of an immense steam
laundry plant and public wash hous-
es for all who care to use them.
The work of this sanitation commits
sion has gone hand in hand with that
of the new municipal government
which has been established for the
city of Tripoli. and in the admins
tration of which many of the natives
have been retained. The homeless
people of the city were first provided
for, thousands being removed from
the congested quarters of the city tC
the oasis where they were provided
with food, clothing and farming uten.
sis. Later, many were brought bach
and established in homes in the dis
tricts closer to the city. \ service o.
municipal cleanliness was then in
stalled, including everything from
street sweeping up; meat fish, fruit
vegetable and other markets establish
ed; municipal slaughterhouse pro
| vided and also an immense municipa
baking plant to insure proper food.
The municipality is now working
out a system of public transportation
| and in a short time there will not onl.
| be a street service of horse cars bu
of automobiles as Wei.
| A complete system of public pro
lection has been established with
| police system for the city 'whil
| branches of the Royal Carabinier
have been installed throughout tn
| country. Scores of the former polio
officials of Tripoli are now enrolle,
in the Italian police service
While Italy has thus provided frs
for the most pressing needs of tn
people of Tripoli, she has also seel
to it that the intellectual development
has kept pace with the new materia
progress. Previous to the actual Ital
ian occupation of Tripoli, the Italia
| government has already establishe
there schools attended by 1000 natives
These schools worked side by side wit
those maintained by the various mis-
sionaries and attended by $50. Il
addition, the Turks themselves had es
tablished schools, attended by 125
! students. including military schoo
and day and night school whic
had been the especial provision of tn
Young Turks Committee of Unio
and Progress. Since the actual occu
r patton, Italy has made it possible 70
it these schools to continue under i'm
4. proved conditions, while a specia
d commission Is working out the prob
It lem OF modern school education fo
It the entire country.
% All of the charitable institution
: that existed before the occupation, c
that have been established since, ir
ls cluding several maintained by tn
= Jewish residents have now been plaC
$. ed under the surveillance of the tia
! ian authorities to insure their prope
k conduct, as well as their future we
s. fare.
$. Side by side with these more urgel
!. necessities for the people themselve
Y. Italy has worked as rapidly as po
+. sible for the Establishment of thos
r. public works most necessary for II
d material development of the countr
@. Despite the lack of material, labo
" transportation and construction facil
j. ties, great progress has already bee
]. made.