Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-08
DISINFECTANTS,
HOES, HOSE AND
MEN ARE USED
BROWNSVILLE CLEANUP WELL UN-
DER WAY AND HEALTH OFFICER
KEPT STRICTLY ON JUMP.
DISCOVERS MANY PLACES THAT
BREED MOSQUITOES AND FEVER,
GETS FORCE NEXT IN A HURRY.

The man with the hoe l. abroad III
Brownsville. wedding the mosquito gar
dcns along the sidewalks. and in Wash
lngton park. A. the second phase Of clean
my up Brownsville a dozen men are work
ing along the streets %chopping weeds from
either side. Another of DIR. Llncecum'~
gangs, under the direction Of his deputy.
Mcclellan Bumby, j. removing from the
street corner storm sewer traps the mas
of filth accumulated in them since the last
heavy rain. The muck taken out i crawl
my with house flies m the undevcloped
stages, and with gnat eggs and larvae.
After the traps have been Scrapcd clean
and flushed they will ~ literally tarrcd
with crude oil, and one more source III
mo@quitoe, and insect pests will H. checked
Of the long lit.
This afternoon the lncinprator for trash
will b. constructed. Delay ia building the
burning rack ~ due to the failure Of the
city IL designate the exact spot Oh which
Il J. to be- put up. The lncinerator will
consist Of "A pit covered IN 4 grill of dis
carded boiler flue~ from the municipal light
plant and surrounded by "A low embank-
ment of earth to %coniine the burning re-
fuse.
Hearing OF the existence of a di>u~ed
%cl~tern M the open section of the market
house DIR. Lincecum accompanied by Il re
porter this morning Inspected it,. On rai~-
lng the Uniting wooden trap door a small
cloud of mosquitoes issued forth. The
health officer avcrrcd that the water with
IN i populou~ with "wigglc-tail." beyond
a doubt. lie smiled al the idea Of the
cIty'~ protesting against ~cisterns III the
district reached IN the city water system.
while keeping An unused and un.crccned
cI~tcrn IL II, own backyard. ~ u speak.
H. will recommend that the ci.tern top be
RACED level with the floor and the o%riticr
concrcted over.
The Jacob Brown memorial fountain.
dedicated a. the fallen Major Brown. after
whom Fort Brown and Brownsville are
named. DIR. LIncccum declared "A nuisance.
The city council then ordered the fountain
disconnected for the hot months. and the
lower basin was cmptled. scrubbed and al
lowed To dry. Standing on the rim of the
lower basin after the man intru,ted with
the work had declared II done. the thorough
DIR. Lincecum peered INTO the two small
basins formed by the ornamental iron
work carrying the nozzle OF the fountain.
They were still full of green water and
''wiggler>." The fountain cleaner was set
to work again. DIR. Lincecum has a keen
sense Of ciNic beauty. a. his work shows.
but h. SAYS he ha~ mo respect for Il cool
~pla~hlng fountain. sending up it, pretty
~pnutinv stream ~ tall into Il basin that IN
green with slime and turbulent with mos
quito larvae. Major Browns memory will
nu longer ~ kept green with -limc-it will
~ kept ~ \ clean dry place. which Nv
louhi thc major shade would prefer.
d.. Lincccum again repeats hi~ warning
.n nrl-chnldcr- to clean ~ before hi~ men
r. ll thc place IL point. Written in~tuc
tons will hc issued wherever amy cleaning.
.i ncrc~~ar, when the INSPECTOR arnvr
and must he complied with strictly.
The work Of burning clean the tract
used a. municipal trash dump was com
plcted thi~ morning. removing tvs" eve
sores and two olfactury scandals. There
will never hc another such dump a.
Brownsville. II Dr. Lincccum'~ work ha~ q
lasting effect.