[Galveston Tribune Supplement for The Ennis Meteor] (Galveston, Tex.) Friday, October 29, 1897 Page: 6 of 8
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YELLOW FEVER
OUTWITTED.
Galveston’s Position and Sanita-
tion Prevent It.
RECORD OF RECENT EVENTS.
Established Beyond Shadow of Doubt
That She Is Proof Against
Infection.
The recent flurry created here by the
alleged discovery by Dr. John Guiteras,
the marine hospital service expert, of
seven cases of yellow fever in Galveston,
has called attention to the repeated claims
of the medical profession that Yellow
Jack can not thrive in this city. Admit-
ting, for the sake of argument, that the
cases diagnosed by Dr. Guiteras, were
the old fashioned, simon pure yellow
fever, the results prove conclusively that
the disease is not to be feared here and
under the system of sanitation is vogue,
may be readily stamped out and obliter-
ated.
Dr. Guiteras pronounced seven cases of
sickness he visited here as yellow fever.
Three local physicians found what they
. conceived to be four more cases, making 11
in all. Today every one of these patients is
well, there not having been a single death
out of the 11. Neither has there been any
spread of the disease, which should settle
the question—that there either was no yel-
low fever here o-r that it can not spread
under the conditions which combatted it.
The reasons fqr this are obvious to the
most obtuse observer. Galveston is situ-
ated at the eastern extremity of an island
30 miles long and not more than 21/£miles
in its greatest width. The soil is sandy,
readily absorbing precipitation and for a
flat, level city the drainage is wonderful-
ly good. The city proper is about five
miles long, with the broad waters of the
gulf on one side and 40 miles of the blue
waters of Galveston bay on the other. It
is reached by three railway bridges, one
wagon bridge and a steam ferry from the
land side and when quarantines are
deemed necessary as a further precau-
tion, no city could be more easily or more
effectively guarded against possible intro-
duction of a plague from the land side.
The state of Texas maintains here
throughout the year a most thorough and
perfect quarantine system, in charge of
Dr. Mayfield, an energetic and thoroughly
competent physician, who boards every
vessel entering the harbor and is clothed
in plenary powers to protect the public
health.
Even such a cursory view as is here
presented of the city should tend to set
at rest the idle rumors which commercial
jealousies have set afloat regarding Gal-
veston.
But the anxiety lest Yellow Jack might
slip in here was reseponsible for one good
thing. Long immunity from otaer con-
tagious or infectious disease had ren-
dered the city lax in the administration
of its health department which was ham-
pered, and its efforts practically nullified
through lack of funds to keep the city
in a thoroughly sanitary condition. But
with the first note of alarm the money
was forthcoming and efficient health offi-
cers were not long in putting the city
Into an absolutely sanitary condition. The
“scare” has done more than cause an
emergency appropriation of a few thou-
sand dollars for the purposes of the health
department. It has created a public senti-
ment which will demand in the future
that the city, which is now thoroughly
clean, shall be maintained in that condi-
tion. •
In addition to the possibilities of keep-
ing the city clean as it now is, bonds have
been authorized for the construction of a
modern and perfect sewerage system,
which, together with the magnificent
water system, should render Galveston
even healthier than it is today with
death rate of be-tweeen 7 and 10
num to the 1900 of population.
* * *
At the annual banquet of the Chamber
of commerce on March 2 last, Dr. J. F. Y.
Paine responded to the toast “Galveston
as a, Health Resort.” What Dr. Paine
said on that occasion is so thoroughly
borne out by recent developments that his
address will be found well worth a careful
study, as indicated by the following ex-
tracts from it:
“Galveston is situated in latitude 29 de-
grees, 17 minutes north, and longitude 94
degrees, 40 minutes west from Greenwich
and has a climate which is essentially
semi-tropical.
“Very little seems to be known of the
climate of Galveston. The impression
prevails, rather generally abroad, that
Texas heads the list of southern states
in the heat of summers and that Galves-
ton, on account of her geographical posi-
tion, is the hottest point in the hottest
state in th© south. As a matter of fact
the climate of Texas, and of Galveston
particularly, is not oppressive in sum-
mer. A careful examination of
records of the sea coast stations of the
weather bureau shows that Galveston has
a more equable temperature than Jack-
sonville, which stands for Florida, in
every resepect—in its monthly sea-
sonable ranges, its highest temp^hiture
jnd the number of days, when the ther-
mometer registers a range above 30 de-
grees. Measured by any standard we
may, the temperature of the coast coun-
try in the vicinity of Galveston will com-
pare favorably with that of any portion
of the United States similarly situated.
The highest recorded temperature at Gal-
veston is 98 degrees, while that at Boston
has reached 101.5, Atlantic City 99, De-
troit and Marquette on the lakes 100 and
at Jacksonville 104. July is the only
month in which the maximum temper-
ature reaches 90 degrees in every year.
The unusual equability of the Galveston
climate is shown in the small diurnal
range of temperature and the small num-
ber of days on which the excessive
changes and departures from the normal
pccur. The average diurnal range is 10.5
Jegrees.
“The humidity is sufficient to mitigate
the intensity of the rays of the summer
sun, so that the summer temperature is
rarely oppressive, even at midday, and
but for the length of the season would
not be regarded as seriously objection-
able in any respect; while the nights are
always cool and refreshing and the
breezes so tempered in their humidity and ______ ... ~
coolness that the people during the warm In an article by Dr. Ashbel Smith
season sleep in the drafts or open air with
entire safety.
“The climate of southern Texas and
the gulf coast is delightful. Three fourths
of the year it is unsurpassed by any
country in all that contributes to health,
comforts and pleasure of its inhabitants;
th© length of its summers constituting
its only objectionable feature-.
“It has been objected that the atmos-
phere of Galveston is excessively humid.
The same fault can be found with all
places near the sea. But in this respect
it has as favorable conditions as the coast
cities of Florida.
“The degree of saturation most agree-
able to a majority of persons is found to
be between 70 and 80 per cent (Park) and
except during storms it is rare that the
saturation on the gulf coast exceeds 80.
The average per cent of moisture in the
atmosphere at Galveston is placed at 77.
“It rains in Galveston on an average 108
days in each year, with an annual pre-
cipitation of 54.48 inches. When it rains,
the precipitation is usually abundant and
of short duration, followed as a rule by
moderate winds, which clear the air and
dry the earth. There are an average of
133 clear,. 140 partly cloudy and 92 cloudy
days in a year and it is -approximated
that the sun shines to some extent 318
days out of a year. Except in very low
places, the streets are dry within a few
hours after the hardest rain.
“The force and direction of the winds
have much to do in promoting health and
comfort in all climates. The prevailing
winds of Galveston are the southeast
trades—or return currents—the glorious
sea breezes which blow with a refreshing
gentleness and regularity that one must
enjoy to appreciate. The average velocity
of these winds varies between 8 and 28
miles per hour. Galveston is not sub-
ject to very high winds.
“A review of the health history of
Galveston in connection with the state
of her soil and drainage leaves no room
to doubt that certain epidemics
which
Pure extract of malt and hops
Beats all the drugs and all the
drops.
Some enterprising citizens of Galves-
ton and some outside capitalists who
are far sighted and know a good oppor-
tunity when it presents itself formed
a company last year for the establish-
ment of a brewery in Galveston. There
were many persons who thought such
an enterprise would never succeed.
The projectors, paid no attention to<
these critics but proceeded to develop
their plans. The company they formed,
was of such a size as to warrant atten-
tion in any community. With a paid
up capital of $400,000 they engaged the
best talent that could be secured. Tak-
ing advantage of the experience of the
greatest brewers of the world they se-
lected all that was good and incorpor-
ated it into their undertaking. A brew-
ery was erected that in plan and scope
is a model establishment. Today it is
one of the sights of Galveston and
strangers who visit it can but marvel
at the completeness of the arrange- $
ments. [3a&
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fUformerly scourged her were dependant
upon local conditions and that their dis-
appearance is attributable mainly to im-
proved sanitation. From 1837 to 1859 yel-
low fever prevailed in epidemic form, aS
a rule, everjr alternate year, reappearing
in several instances in successive years.
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froth .the testimony of old citizens it is
learned that during this period the ele-
vation of the city was so little above the
surface of the gulf that portions of it were
liable to frequent inundation. In the rear
of the Strand and parallel to it was a
long, narrow quagmire where the tides
overflowed, Running through the city
Was a morass, (Hitchcock's Bayou) which
received a large proportion of the sewage
of the most thickly settled district. With
such noxious environments it is not sur-
prising that epidemic visitations had been
of frequent occurrence. The unwhole-
someness of the situation was recognized
and in 1856 systematic efforts to im-
prove it -were inaugurated by filling and
drainage. The sanitary project begun at
that time has been pushed with such per-
sistence that the bayou and other low
places have been obliterated and the sur-
face of the city has been raised about
six feet. The effect upon the public health
is well known. Since 1859 there have been
but two epidemics of yellow fever; one in
1864 and the last in 1867. It can hardly
be maintained that our immunity from
this dreadful disease is due entirely to
quarantine, for in 1871, 1873 and again in
l'SS6 a number of cases from infected
cities have developed here without show-
ing the slightest tendency 'to spread.
Our chief protection lies in our clean dry
soil, unpolluted air and pure water. By
sanitary regulations and the wise admin-
istration of quarantine., Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, New York and Boston have for
a long series of years been exempt from
yellow fever, and in the light of these
precedents we feel secure in the belief
that with domestic sanitation and the
scientific employment of disinfection, the
public safety can be conserved, by quar-
antine without serious interruption of
commerce. [Dr. Paine spoke with almost
prophetic inspiration. The events of the
last few weeks demonstrate in the fullest
his contention that Galveston can bid
defiance to yellow fever.—Tribune.]
“Galveston has always'been remarkably
exempt from zymotic diseases (which in- |
elude epidemic, endemic and contagious I
affections), scarlet fever and diphtheria
are uncommon and when they occur rare-
ly exhibit virulence common to them in
the north. Smallpox is exceedingly in-
frequent and has never prevailed to a
considerable extent. Malarial diseases
have no existence here. Rheumatism is
very rare. Consumption is said never to
originate here. There is no instance of
sunstroke on record that I am aware of.
“The exceptional healthfulness of Gal-
veston is further shown by the low rate
of mortality, which was 15 per 1000 of
population in 1895 and somewhat lower
than that in 1896, I think. [For the past
four weeks it has been 7 to 10,—Tribune.]
“A glance at the meteorological condi-
tions, briefly outlined, will sho-w that Gal-
veston possesses many attractive features
of climate congenial to any class of in-
valids except consumptives. The latter
do badly here. The salutary effect of this
climate upon heart affections and nerv-
ous disorders is universally conceded. In-
somnia, the demon of overworked busi-
ness men, can not resist the soporific
luring of the soft, moist evening breezes
or the enchanting coolness of the morn-
ing winds. Many people experience se-
rious difficulty in keeping awake.
“It is the common experience of sur-
geons that operative measures are as
successful here as anywhere—a fact, per-
haps, partially explained by the antisep-
tic influence of our climate.”
Dr. Paine was for years the dean of the
faculty of the medical branch of the
Texaa state university, and is one of the
most erudite scholars in the south and
stands in the front rank of his profes-
sion.
* * *
But while the climatic conditions and
sanitary measures in vogue here render
an epidemic of yellow fever or other con-
tagious and infectious disease exceeding-
ly unlikely, the most eminent experts in
the treatment of yellow fever have stren-
uously denied the correctness of the di-
agnosis of Dr. Guiteras and the clinical
history of the cases tends to bear out the
correctness of local diagnosis as opposed
to that of the expert from Philadelphia.
Viewed from either standpoint, that
there was no yellow fever or that there
was, the fact is thoroughly proven that
while yellow fever may flourish in neigh-
boring cities along the coast, it can not be
introduced into- Galveston or that in the
event of such introduction a few sporadic
cases are the most serious result to be
feared from the infection which, in view
of the foregoing reasons, can not become
epidemic.The history of the last eight months
has proved that the men who embarked
in this undertaking were wise in their
day and generation. The first of the beer
brewed by the Galveston concern was put
upon the market Feb. 4. The people took
a glass, smacked their lips and said it was
.good. Even the rival beer men reluct-
antly admitted the fact. Then the critics
said that while the first brew was good
the quality wouldn’t be maintained. The
public discovered that the fine quality
of. the first brew was not only main-
tained but was improved upon. Since
then the Galveston Brewing company has
been, steadily and rapidly getting into- a
position where it will command the trade
of Galveston. Today its output is 400 kegs
a. day which is 65 per cent of the consump-
tion of the city. Day by day its business
is widening. If a person has not had an
opportunity of drinking the excellent bev-
erage turned out by the Galveston brew-
ery the remarkable success of the com-
GREAT IS TEXAS.
San Antonio Light.
California boasts of her immense terri-
tory and compares herself with some of
the eastern and middle states, showing
how many of them it would take to fill
the measure of her own area. She is care-
ful not to make any comparisons with
Texas. Texas can swallow up California
and all the states of the New England
group (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
Island) and have room enough to include
New York, New Jersey, Maryland and
more than half of Delaware. That is the
kind of a hair pin that Texas is.
HOUSTON FLOWER SHOW.
The under-
Pearland Advocate.
Houston is making arangements to hold
a fruit, flower and vegetable festival from
Dec. 6 to Dec. 11, inclusive.
taking ought to- be heartily encouraged
by the entire coast country, which can
make a display that will gladden the eye
and the appetite at the same time,
benefit of such an exhibition would be
general and it ought to be liberally sup-
ported by every one in the- coast country.
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TEXAS AND KANSAS.
The
Dallas Times-Herald.
It will never do1 to* despair. Kansas
that was threatened with bankruptcy
to her farmers and others not long since,
has seen those farmers to pay off $25,000,-
000 of mortgages within the past 12
months. With home markets for hogs
and cattle and cotton and wheat, Texas
formers will not be long in discounting
this exhibit.
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pany is the best criterion by which the
quality of the product can be judged.
Beer in its making is one of the most
sensitive of products. The Galveston
Brewing company has taken the most
scrupulous care to safeguard its output
and the result has been that the public
has had an absolutely pure beer. And the
public—never slow to recognize a superior
article—has shown its appreciation in no
uncertain way.
But it is not alone in the superiority of
its beer that the Galveston Brewing com-
pany has won public favor. Before- the
advent of this company into the business
beer was sold in Galveston at the uni-
form price of $10 a barrel. The Galves-
ton company put its product on the mar-
ket at $8 a barrel and all its competitors
have been forced to- come to- that figure.
At present the company only seeks local
business but in a short time it will broad-
en its field in no uncertain way. A finely-
equipped bottling establishment is now
nearing completion and interior Texas
will have an opportunity to judge of the
merits of the Galveston brew of beer. Not
only -that but it will not be long before the
keg beer will be offered to the interior
dealers.
W’hile- the output of the brewery is now
400 kegs per day the capacity of the es-
tablishment is -1090 kegs per day and the
storage facilities are commensurate with
the maximum output. The- capacity of
the bottling establishment will be 50 bar-
rels of beer equal to WO quarts a day.
In addition to the production of beer
the brewery is equipped with a very fine
ice plant with a capacity of 50 tons a
day. Provision has been made whereby
this capacity can be increased to 100 tons
a day without much .trouble. There is a
large cold storage department with five
big compartments. In fact there is every-
thing about the brewery that goes to
make up a first class establishment. The
whole building is lighted by electricity,
the company having its own light plant,
and every room in the big structure is
kept as clean and neat as a parlor.
What the Galveston brewery means for
Galveston locally can be appreciated
when it is stated that it pays out to its
employes each week from $1800 to $2000.
With the increase in its business that will
necessarily follow its entrance into the
wider field of the interior trade this will,
of course, be enlarged.
JOHN F. GRANT,
Wholesale
EXPORTER
Lumber Dealer,
LEVY BUILDING, GALVESTON, TEX..
OF WALNUT, OAK AND CHERRY LOGS.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
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DON’T BUY CHEAP MACHINE-MADE CISTERNS, WHEN YOU CAN GET
THEM MADE OF THE VERY BEST SELECTED
ALL HEART RED CYPRESS AND ALL
HAND JOINTED,
JUST AS CHEAP, FROM THE OLD RELIABLE BUILDING CONTRACTOR OF
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS’ STANDING.
R. B. GARNETT, 2221 and 2223 Church St., Galveston.
CO’SEND FOR OUR PRICE LIST.
A. H, WILLIE. A. H. WILLIE, Jr. WALTER L. WILLIE.
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*«>% LAWYEES,
to th e business of the
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ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS’N - Galveston, Tex."
Highest Award World’s Columbian Exposition 1893.
Carload Shipments of
Draught Beer made in
our refrigerators.
Our Beer is Strictly
Pure;
Brewed of the
Choicest Materials.OFFICE AND VAUTS:
AV l/vA
<<S|Y
Our Brands in Kegs:
Anheuser-Busch Stan-
dard,rai
20th and A.is
Tony Faust.Original Budweiser
Bottled Beer.
O. S. BUSCH, Manager.
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Lawricol Elder
Successor to J. V7. BYRNES,
IMPORTER and REFINER of ASPHALT Ac5ttS
AND COAL TAR DISTILLER.
ROOFBP,C PAViHQ CONTRACTOR. •
Manufacturer and Dealer in Roofing and Building Felt,
r gg and Asphalt Raving for Streets end Sidewalks.
Office: 212 Tremont street, betw<
Ffir.tnrV! Aw^nn® A hnf
Anhydrous
and
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Factory: Avenue A, bet. Eighteenth and Nineteenth ata. t
Galveston.
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A2 and 3 Ply
Felt.GOOD JUDGMENT.
A WELL FURNISHED HOME PRO-
MOTES HAPPINESS AND CONTENT-
MENT IN A FAMILY.
WINDOW SHADES, seven feet long,
inches wide, nicely
all complete on spring
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thirty-six
fringed,
rollers .k -kJ
James Moore.
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WE SELL
Furniture, Carpets
and House Furnishings.
That’s been our business for twenty-five
years.
We’ll save you from 10 to 20 per cent on
every article required—(be it a single
piece or a whole household outfit.
ARTISTIC AND GOOD BEDROOM
SUITES — Bed-stead, Dresser and
Washstand .......'..... $12.50
COMPLETE DINING ROOM SUITES
of Sideboard, Extension Table and
four Cane Seat Brace-Arm Chairs,
........................ $14.95
GOOD INGRAIN CARPETS ... 35c
PRETTY TAPESTRY BRUSSELS
CARPETS ................... 45c
WANT SOMETHING IN OUR LINE,-
INVEST ONE CENT — DROP US A
POSTAL CARD AND YOU’LL BE EX-
ERCISING SOUND JUDGMENT. I’D
WILL PROVE A GOOD INVESTMENT.
Kauffman,
Meyers & Co.
2414 to 2420 Market St,,
Galveston, 'Tex.L. S. McKinney.
Max Maas.
Mo®re0 fcOmey
OoHAVUir X^HYX 11 LL<7LLYX^Q
Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Liquors, Wines, Tobacco and Cigars.
Agents for Paul Jones’ Celebrated Whiskies, also for Old Judge, Old Windsor
and Old Pioneer Whisky.
Our stock in all of the above lines
SECOND TO NONE IN THE STATE.
Ohesi-M T<&
oEICHENBERG & CO.
Exporters of Cotton-Seed Products,
Grain, Wheat, Bran
and all other kinds of Feed.
2220 STRAND, GALVESTON, TEX.
Eiclietiberg & Co., Hamburg, Germany.SMITHING COAL
ANTHRACITE
AND
STEAM COAL..
Wholesale and Retail.
2113-2115 Mechanic.
Yards: Corner 20th and Strand, 19th and Mechanic,
Long Distance Telephone 504.
GALVESTON, TEX.
E. H, SEILING, JRFOCKE, WILKENS & LANGE,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
We are WHOLESALE GROCERS AND LIQUOR DEALERS, COTTON FACTORS
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, and General Passenger Agents of the HAA1BURG*
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP LINES.
We sell DRAFTS ON FIVE HUNDRED TOWNS IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA and
OTHER EUPOPEAN STATES.A
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