Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-07
OF MEN
BEGIN WORK OF
CLEANING CITY
TWO DUMP PILES IN Different
PARTS OF BROWNSVILLE ARE
FIRST TO GET ATTENTION.
WAGONS BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING IN WORK OF GETTING
TRASH OUT OF CITY.

Twenty-~ix men under two foremen
were THIS morning set To work by DIR. A. l..
Lincecum, assistant state health officer, in
charge of the work of cleaning up Browns
Vile Thirteen men were put on each of the
two tracts that have been used for dump
ing grounds. Loose paper. dried weeds.
cans and refuse are being raked into piles
and burned. and the dump grounds, one
al the east end of Thirteenth street and
one east of Elizabeth street between the
city and West Brownsville will be entirely
burned over before o'clock tomorrow. Al
ready the un~IghtlIne~~ Of the places j.
vanishing into smoke and ashes.
Early tomorrow DIR. Lincecum will per
sonally direct a squad of five men who will
construct an improvi~ed incinerator. A
pit will BE- dug. grill of railroad iron will
a. lad across the Fup. dsivrwIyS Tor tfT-h
wagons will b. provided on either side and
NJ about o'clock the first of the rubbish
will be piled on the CRATE and set afire
Thereafter the fire may not go out for a
year, If the ordinances 10 be passed are
enforced.
AT y o'clock tomorrow morning wagons
viii start from Seventh and Adams streets.
the center of the city. and will work the
territory IN every direction. toward the
city limits. gathering up trash from the al
leys a. they proceed. BY this arrangement
no territory that has been clean will be
again traver>ed by the trash wagons.
IIouSeholder~ are asked 10 have trash
piled in the alley outside their premises
and weighted down - that the wind will
not scatter it.
\ two mule moving machine will be set
To work cutting weeds ON all city property
tomorrow. Owners of vacant lots and of
residence property must cut all weeds and
high grass immediately, out 10 the curb
line of the street and pile the cuttings
where the wagons can pick it up.
Four men IN charge of an Inspector will
form an oiling gang. \ tank wagon carry
ing crude oil beginning tomorrow will visit
every part Of the city and the crew will
oil ai standing water and mud holes. Such
holes will later be- filled with earth Ia H.
brought from near the incincrator ~ the
trash wagons on their return trips. Traps
I'm the storm sewers at street corners will
be thoroughly cleaned and oiled. DIR. Lince-
cum finds that these traps have been most
prolific breeding places of mosquitoes and
gnat~.
Each householder before the cleaning
crews reach the district IN which he lives
will be given personal instructions as to
what l. necessary To be done on his prem
iseS. The state health officials will be uni
formly courteous and considerate and do
not wish 10 have recourse To the court, un-
less force becomes necessary. They have
full police powers in making arrests. how
ever DIR. Llncecum reports most gratify-
ing cooperation in all quarters thus far.
Every one approached on the subject has
been eager 10 healp make Brownsville clean.
Tank ci>terns. wherever there i a small
opening IN the top. or where an unscreened
down>pout or overflow pipe affords an en-
trance to the mosquitoes will almost surely
breed mosquitoes. Several tablespoons of
Kerosene poured on the top of the water
will form II thin film of oil on the surface,
through which the "wiggletaiI' Matching
from the mosquito egg can not breathe.
The oiling will not faint the water and
should be repeated at least once week.
Gasoline should not be used, as it dissolves
partly in water and is poisonous. Mosqui-
toes sometimes enter well screened houses
through the chimney flues, DIR. Lincecum
says. and will return to the flues during the
day to harbor. The remedy for this j.
obviously, 10 cap the flue with a fine mesh
screen, a. il j. in the ease Of all outlet,
from cisterns through which mosquit,
can penetrate to the interior.