Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25

year. The same carefully kept record
shows that but two deaths from tuber-
culosis occurred among the citizens
of Asheville proper during the same
period OF tlme,-a remarkable record
Tor a city of the size of Asheyille. Is
ooo' and positive proof of the health
fulness of the climate, and the value
OIL modern and correct sanitary laws
rlgldly enforced. Asheville has per-
lect milk and dairy inspection, a mod
ern abbattoir and rigid meat inspec-
ton. Beginning April Is, 1913. certi-
ned milk is being furnished the CITY
py the Biltmore Dairy, from a herd
OF registered Jersey COWS, under the
dlrect supervision of the .Asheyille
Medical Milk Inspection Board.
The rigid rules for the preservation
Oh health of the people and their en-
1orcement, are due to the active and
energetic Board of Health, which is
made possible by wise and liberal
policy o fthe city government. Ashe-
Vile enacted the first ordinance ever
ADOPTED in this country forbidding ex-
Fectoration upon the sidewalks and
was the first to inaugurate the anti -fly
crusade, which has since spread al,
over the world, and is doing more.
possibly, than any other city in the
country in the way of creating. adont-
and enforcing protective measures for
the health of it's people.
The health conditions of a civ or q
community are always of vital impor-
lance to the tourist. excursionists and
the home-seeker, and it was with this
end in view, in addition to protection
OF its own people that has caused
Ashev1lle to set the pace in matters Of
health.
Water Supply.
AsneVllle,s water supply is one of
the big features of comment bv all
who come within our gates. because If
the remarkable purity, sparkling clear
Tess and delicious taste The supply
IS adequate,-unfailing and is taken
from crystal mountain streams from q
city owned water shed of ten thousand
acres, extending almost to Mt. Mitch
ell, under fence, and patrolled daily
ey wardens to protect it from any in
truslon as might cause contamination
deleterious to health. There is no
cultivated land n this area, nor above
it, and never will be, because of the
mountain side which makes it almost
impossible of negotiation by the skill
full mountain climbers, much less
forming place of abode. The water
is caught in the intake nearly 500 feet
above Pack Square, the business cen
ter OF the city, whence it is sent
through great pipes laid deep under
ground over mountain and across val
ley into the 81 miles of the city's wa
ter mains, that distribute the precious
fluid to the citizens and visitors.
Streets and Roads.
Asheville has approximately 80 miles
OF paved streets, which join on to mac
adam adm sand clay roads that carry
mny miles into the country, through
the valleys, around and over the
mountains i'm all directions. There are
nearly 100 miles of macadam and SAND
clay roads in Buncombe county alone
with mnny additional miles of smooth
hard roads, which joining with the
good roads of other counties at the
county lines, form a network of mo 81
excellent roads unsurpassed for motor
ing, affording views of valley fields
and mountain slopes and peaks UNI
equaled in all America. The exclu
sive autoway of IL miles to th,
summit of Sunset Mountain construct
ed and opened to the automobile pub
lie latter part of 1911, is being widene,