The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-01-23
THIS CITY BUILT
WHILE YOU WAIT
Fourth Largest Town In ksabaMa
Full Grown in One Year.
MAO A MODEL GOVERNMENT
$
Permanent Settlement krs.mS6
U. S. Nitrate Plant Presense6
Unusual Problems.
MAO A MODEL GOVERNMENT
eAnRET SMITH.

scsttsred communities in every parf
OF the Uaited States and Canada
sprsng into being almost overRighr
around the great new government am.
snoaaam nitrate plant down on the
epen cotton and corn fields ut Mascle
Rhoas on the Tennessee River dHring
the last year OF the World War Here
was problem in city building, munic-
ipsl government aud community well
fare that has seldom been equalled
aud the success ot its son.ion has
Aever been e1CelIed
The job was In the hands Of the Air
Eitrates Corporation which had been
organized under the direction of the
Ordnance Department to build plant
end city at Muscle Shoals. Early In
Jsausry, 1918, this new tewR had =
fsw Temporary buildings and q pspu-
eatlea 81 t0o This had jumped By the
sMnssaie ~ Aegust to naere than 2f;0c0.
"A psalaa1ca multiplied by 70 In Z
.snosske,
In the sasussement Of the asy
,1sFRs ard sraIy cahtaDMeats tAat
AVtaax sP daring TIE war TIA sia-
,&iIas evils 44ar sflcniieii The grsHtA OF
aasHskBssss citjss have ,baea sYeidsa
Sy tie sppllrsaiSa sf pfetiefA welfare
eysisms. kut AeWhere were ctnal-
lieas ,sere dimcGlt than at Masc,s
kt1als. Here wsS q Mslafial regien
threatened at the same time with
e,asr assaly disease epidemics. TraAs.
pertaisa vas lacking. Ne naarAy
esser was available and tAe yeasral
eSber shortage raS at Us most acsts
eisac. Costs " lsS0r and suRniIes
Nsr@ lespiaS ever sight. Furthsrsasrs,
elsscle shssis differed frsra an tie
elder new war lsrns ihssmuca 90 u
Nss 10 be perRsaent.
New esysrnmsnt BsviaAd.
The s,snssera, besides city genera
eaast. hsa 10 hssaie the entire retail
Business sf the LEVIN. A csaaE saRar.
sissss aepsriiseat vas pat il Narus
OF Le maintenance Of ali bulialsss,
Gre sretselisa and 0nitstien. I've
cssp supervisor looked after every
<h~k fcsa tAs mendihg Of lock to
Ghs reMoaellaf Of groups Of bliisiags
Or lsyin9 serers or stesn mains. Fer
che bachelor cSalisgsht q cemmlssAry
oaesrtmest va, Becesssry.
TIC kuslsess dspartsasat naszsSii
<hs stores, CsntseAs. metisa PlctArs
<hsstecs peel parlors. tailor shsps.
Ary clesnlaE establishments. barber
sAses. pewsstsads, a hotel, q vegetable
fsrsa ana . hos farm where 1900 hogs
WAe raised sa the wastes FROM eat
tsg places II maintsiHed q slaughter
crease where t&ess hogs were put
thS6ugh the regular packlAs hssee
csSyss. 1t operated q laundry Watch
cleaned 1.4SS pieces q day. Then
tAre was real estate department
<hst rented sad Aansged the fAniiy
Qssrters aud housing department
Ukidl assigned to quarters everybody
excepting the families.
Under separate Jurisdiction from Its
Community director were the police.
The health department, In charge of
O physician from New York city,
sisrted WIKI o small once in one Of
ths temporary buildings. and was
eOen full grown ana spieadlaiy
equipped. Conditions were favorable
10 disease The winter was the
ssYercsi on record in northern Ala
esxna, The men were compelled TO
wsrk either In deep ssow or and aSsvs
tisir knees. As result q pneumonia
epidemie developed among the Negroes
that pring. Later In the year
skSpksia epldspair Mas tarsstened.
oiRreser, the STIR III fhe plant was In
3Asshes,t VI the saHlaria district. nut
ftAe paeameRia epidemic was checked,
Che typhoid threat nipped In the bud.
cens sassiayis stamped ont.
sasealth Aecord Estsblished
frae sitfle 'firstzsid hospital present
AyEsew 10 q cUaplete Modern institu-
lion with nurses home and = sep
srate dispenSary for dental, eye, ear.
nose, throat, gcnito-urlnary clinics and
q surgical dispensary for frst-aid
work.
During the eight months when the
death rste was not affected by the in
hueazs aud pneumonia epidemics the
genersl health rate was la per thou
sand per year, which is lower than In
most cities in ths same latitude and
climate. aud The pneumonia death rate
during .ha epidemic was lower than
In mosi army environments.
Much Of the success OF the health
administration Is due to the establish
ment ii the Muscle Shoals sanitary
district hy the United States Public
Health Service
TIE education and welfare depart
meat sisp had q vital work to perform.
There was school population Of over
Loo rae Secretary Of War created
the upaamunity organization branch
Of ihs Ordnance Department which.
With s0sice and aid Of some Of the
greatest school lasa Of the ceustry.
efesrrsh@d the csarses Of stsdy sss
recyaile4l teachers tron Ne ssst -
lehlssaed systemA