Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-10
TUBERCULOSIS
TO BE SUBJECT
OF DISCUSSION
Or. LINCECUM WILL GIVE AN ILLUS
TRATED LECTURE ON THIS
DREAD DISEASE.
INClNERATORS ARE FIRED FOR FIRST
TIME IN CRUSADE FOR A
CLEANER CITY.

- tlb'h ~ IllhhIcN lItll. ii ti iIu>tra-
ted lecture by Dr. \. l.. Lincccum, rs.
%SiStant state health officer now cleaning
up Brownsville. Both lantern slides
andmovin epic lures will he used Ia H.
luStrate the lecture.
The seventy five pcrSnS who heard
the talk of last night were Interested
greatly ia disease prevention if one
Judge by the discussion heard after the
meeting. After tonight Dr. Lincccum
announces that he will attempt To hold
the meetings in the open air if arrange
mcntS can he mad 10 do 81.
This morning two incineratorS built
yesterday were fired with the first wag-
onluad> Of trash. collected ia the vicinity
of Seventh and Adams streets. The
burning racks. one at the north end Of
Elizabeth street on the site of the old
dumping ground between the city aud
West Brownsville aud the other al the
south rnW of Polk street. southeast Of
town. consist of twin draft trenches IL
feet long. | feet wide. and = feet deep.
parallel to each other. surrounded on the
north. east aud wcSa sides by a dirt
wall I feet high. Across the trenches
are heavy pipes four feet apart and ira.
%vcrSing these. running the length of the
trenches are other pipes spaced two in
chcS apart. The south vino sweeping
through the trenches beneath the CRATES
makes what Dr. Lincccum describes aS
ia working model Of Dantr'S Inferno"
The two incincratorS will eat up lJ0
tons If refuse a day. Heat generated
il 80 intense that wet garbage H. con
summed readily. The health officer re
marked this morning that To build a
modern pcrmaXcnt incincratOr Of brick
and fire clay. with trap doors 1T the top
through which wagons could bc dumped
would cost about $1,000. The temporary
lnclneratorS, now IN use. which do not
consume their own smoke and are not
udorleS>. cost the city about nine dollars
a piece In labor 60 build. The wall sur
rounding them will bc built up to the
height ~ eight a. ten feet with burnt
ont cans and nun-comhuStiblr material
Ia the refuse. covered with ashes aud
earth. and they will serve. in default az
4 modern mcincratur. for some time.
Ten men were added To the working
force his morning. making a. including
tur two state OH .iIl>. now engaged un
the clean mp work. These ten men were
It Work cleaning uut The outlet Of
the >itr W sewer iulu thr rr>ara east ~
town. a.i al .r y uuu = clear flow of
water through tine sewer iu place of the
>ldgnlni >llu.r M. state mtl found IN
his t"ik last u.ht A. ltucccum dc.
Ncrll"i the rr>Ird .Itt hirh thr sew
err discharge a> n gigantic septic tank
rocking with sewage. Tie cunircturcd
that the numerous deaths among infants
from diarrhura aud cntrrtiti> would W.
found. nn Investigation. ia H. The hcl.
West u the section Of the city near this
rcNaca and announced his intention NJ
getting the facts Immediately. a. test
his belief. \ glass IF water from the
trench at the rc~aca into which the storm
sewer rmrticS y "n exhibition tbs after
noon at the First National Bank. Mvri.
ads . fthr little chain like groups of
mosquito rgg>. together with frrr-~wim
ming "wigslc tails" and germ laden
filth can bc plainly seen IN This vessel
Of water Dipped ~ random from The
Staguant water. oucn 90 The ~insre>S of
amy female mosquito bent "a LAYING her
million eggs before She dies.
In his lecture last night DR.. linc"cum
remarked that 4 shaft SUM ia the bed
Of the rc>1ca 10 the quirk>and sub ~ira.
I'm underlying Brownsville and the IN
tin coastal plain of Texas. would dta h
The rcSacl ~ bone drvhc>> and take
,aIt Z >rvd"r - the sam. timr. The
1uich>and j. a gigantic .rrlec. IN ali
>"rhing water that can reach N through
the impcryiuuS surface sol, iaorr. he
laid
M niling squad continues to traverse
the alleys treating outdoor vaults with
liberal lihation> of crude oil. aud pour
ring thin film ~ kcr >rnr on c~i>trrn>
and harrclcd water. On the city proper
~ "A tNN. luula IapNIuu mugIipn - .t.t
ting weeds.
This afternoon Dr Liucccum announc-
ed thathc will place on exhibition AT -
soda fountains tubes containing culture
solution to promote the growth of hac
Icria containing = small amount Ut iilth
left bN the feet al flies allowed t. walk
over a sterile surface. 81 atmosphere
heat the bacteria colonies will grow al
arminglN. nr linorc m SAYS. and tn.
mass Of germs and bacteria. some harm
less. others harmful. can he seen plainly.
Requests have been made 10 the Gulf
Coast Lines to send an engineer and
crew here To drain the large pool oi
Stagnant overflow water behind the en-
hankmcnt west of the passenger Sta
tion.
For tomorrow night Dir. Lincecum
promises 4 beautifully illustrated lee
turc on Insect Carriers IF Disease" il
the Sides arrive from Galveston in time
for The lecture. At that time. too. slides
made from photographs Of Brownsville
back yards will he shown on the screen.
A. before stated the meeting will. fif
possible. be held in the open air. A a
place Ia be announced later.
As a reminder to the ~horseholdeB to