The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-01

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city Of Trlpoll. andSln Tic adnlnistra.
tion 81 which many OF HE natiScs
have been retained. The hnmel rs
people Of the ely were first provided
fos thousands being removed. from
the eongesied quarters Of the city 10
the oasis whore they were provided
With food, clothing and iirn1ing uten.
sis. Later, many were brought back
and established in homes In the dis.
irlcts closer TO the city. A service Of
municipal cleanliness was then In.
stalled. including everything from
street sweeping Up; the entire city
lighted with electricity and acetylene;
meat, fish. fruit, vegetable and other
markets established; municipal
sl,ugh,erhousc provided and a'so an
immense municipal baking plant to
insure proper food.
The municipality is row working
out system OF public transportation
and in a short time there will net
only be a street service OF horse cars
but of-automoblles as we'll.
A complete system OF public protec.
ton has ben established with a DO.
lice system for the city while branch
es OF the Royal Carlbinleri have been
installed throughout the country.
Scores Of the former police officials o.
Tripoll are now enrolled in the Ital
IAN police service.
While Italy has thus provided frs
Ter the most pressing needs OF the
people OF Tripoli. she has also seen
10 1t that the Intellectual development
has kept pace with the new material
progress. Previous to the actual Itsl.
ian occupation of Tripoli, the Italian
government has already established
there schools attended by 1000 ma.
tives. These schools worked side by
side with those maintained by the va.
rious missionaries and attended by
$50. In addition, the Turks them.
selves had established schools, at.
tended by 1880 students, including a
military school, and a day, and night
school which had been the especial
provision OF Z the Young Turks Com.
mlttee Of Union and Progress. Since
the actual occupation. Italy has made
bit possible for all OF these schools to
continue under, improved conditions,
while special commission is work.
ing out the problem OF modern school
education for the entire country.
All OF the charitable Institutions
that existed before the occupation, or
that have been established since, in.
Guiding several maintained by the
Jewish residents, have now been
placed under the surveillance OF the
Italian authorities to insure their
proper conduct, as well as their future
welfare.
Side by side with these more ur.
gent necessities sUr the people them
Selves Italy has worked as rapldlysas
possible for the establishmentDoi
those public works most necessary for
the material development OF the coun.
try. Despite the lack OF material. Ia.
Dor, transportation and construction
facilities. great progress has already
been made.
The first railroad in Tripolf is now
l;sn accomplished fact. 1t extends for
d distance of y kilometers from Tri.
poll 10 Ain.Zarah. Two branch lines
are also under construction. one east.
ward from Tripoll to Tagiura and one
westward from Tripoll to Gargaresch.
Other lines will follow as rapidly as
possible.
Extensive work has also been done
towards the establishment of perma.
nent seaports at Tripoli and at Ben,
gasi that will be valuable additions to
the worlds navigation and commercial
facilities. Contracts asgregating g..
100000 lire have already been let for
the construction of port facilities at
these two points.
The port of Tripoll has also beef,
fully equipped and systematized for
sole navigation and commerce. A
NEW lighthouse has been erected, a
swireless station Installed, semaphores
provided for signalling vessels at sea
and nautical data and charts prepared
Efor coastwise navigation and CONNER.
Rcial development of:all the seaports.or
-Trlpoli and Cirenaica.
[ This development OF thes part OF
.TFlPoli' has made possible the cstaB
'lishment ot'u regular mail d service
which has ahclped materially, the re.
,markable progress that has been made
towards establishing a complete sys.
tenn of2hposts, telegraphs and tele-
phones. With. the assistance OF
large force OF trained employees
brought especially from Rome there is
now main postal, telegraph and tefe.
phone Office with branches and indie
pendent Offices In all parts of the col.
.ony. Telegrams are delivered by spe.
cial messengers but letter carriers
have not yet been installed for the rea.
son that the natives still prefer TO
call personally for their mail. A cable
now being laid between Syracuse and.