New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-31

esrr o. fr a. srcesrs from spDroprsuons made from
ime 20 lime bu; the value o. t1e properly a. MS n
stoult the Quarantine Be removed 8 e'i.ia7iea ,
| from 20 GO y $4,000 TIE vsr Gus nospli1s snl
other buildings have been srfcfed st VARIOUS hne' .
the sE-cDcies q the estaoishm' ~ reqlifSo-ine "a
eTecfions beng the shsutee hos tss a. iiey az 60.
| hear TIE North and West walls These have been al
bult within toe sst tso years ard we're rendered ne
cesssry By the great fi1e q immigration Wncn -~e 60
upon our shores during tte ev,nul yefs OF i-+o -hl
l-f7 when thousands were driven IRON tnei MONIES .
/ rss az World by the Famine which prevailed snc-
brurz IN them The germs 81 1sesse eps-td-red y
went bad - Be provided for mmsdisiey On tnelr arr
va They crowded our poor hou,es and no'plisls ~
/ overflow N the already excessive buildings were
found wholly inadequate ~ provide Tor those whose
usvneuf Of the TAX gave them rgnt Of admission and
these shsniee hospitals we're erected - meek TIE sla
I den emergency.
tine the Quarantine was established Ia ia pre-
seut location staten Island possessed IN an eminent de-
gree all the necessary requisites above stated and y
possesses them now. IL IL peculiarly easy Of access
from sea for TIE srgest Case Of vessels lie sncnof
age ground i good and the hsr50r q SAFE snd CON
mOdous at al dimes and 10 sl seasons and Seatners
ercep'1g when easteriy gales prevail or Niutel nA'
filed the bay with Ice Al such lines vessels nave been
driven from their mOoTngs, ard oss Of life and prop
erty has ensued 10 possesses climate famed Tor -
ssubrity and fresh water il fond IN abundance for AZ
purposes and o the pUrest quality and when that 10
cation selected u possessed every iAchiy An1 &c
cornuodsilon required and plsce could have been
found within the Bay and hsroOr OF NeTf OK when 81
that time combined many OF the essential reqllslt
IN
ton But however 10 wants that s0isilon Ano &C.
| clusion without which Quarantine i but farce.
When the institution placed on staten Isand me
population sparse there were but lew nnaoitant-
10 the neshbOrhOod snt none but those Fnose ousi-
ness either directly indirectly was connectf Niia
the Quarantine and these had q Pge bonds YIN heavy
penalties NOT the City Of New OK during the
Quarantine Since then, large aud prosperous
villages have sprung up In the Immediate vicinity
Where formerly there nothing but farms anG a lew
farm buildings, are the villages OF IOmp knsYlr,
New Brs hton Stapoton and FactOryvie teeming with
busy le. Where the population was then counted ~
tens II be estimated by hundreds. The rspid
increase Of the ghDOrDg City and TIRE Increasing De
msnds Of her commerce have driven hundreds % ner
citizens 10 staten Island sns % the suburbs All the
lower Wards OF the CITY where formerly d~et Der
merchant princes have been IN great measure soan
doned a. residences and devoted . stores and ware
houses and their residents have been compelled b
seek hsbitstons elsewhere be growth Of the upper
psrt Of the City the consequence and the numerous
beautiful will ges which dot the shores 81 the last
and North Rivers and OF staten leland have sprung up
az # by mage. where our merchants, mechanics and
others whose business IL Ia the City seek rest and re
freshment after the tolls OF the day over, IN the
sslutrous sir of the country Al that time few
boats or periaugers were the only mesns OF con
veysnce, and afforded ample facilities From two u
five hours was the ordinary time Of passage from the
upper end Of staten Island % Whitehall Indeed win
In very few years single steamboat making but Two
trips day furnished al the required means oil inter-
course with that leland while now the Terry BOAT
makes ts hourly trip and Is crowded with passengers
Then, the enforcement Of the Quarantine laws was
comparatively easy but now from the great facility Of
intercourse Il 10 impossible The means Of communi
cation easy Instances are given where whole
Do have been stesthy carried on IN the night
and the passengers by the ship which recently brought
the Asatc CT Oers into the harbOr snd which created
so much alarm throughout the state becoming tired Of
the restraints Of the Quarantine, eoped IN na"s-nor
there any power 10 prevent H. There are no
means from the 10 the City OF keeping up
sufficient police force unless In the language OF one OF
he vi \
around the shipping, and regiment Of soldiers were
stationed At the Lazsret,o.
Another fruitful Of danger. II received opin
ions b. correct the constant visiting the establish
meut by friends Of the patients II - well known that
great tide OF emigration has set upon our shores
during the past two or three years caused ~ the Prcu
liar crcumssnces both social snd politicsl Of the Old
World and which with be great Inducements held out
here must continue TO increase until means oil trsns
pOrtai.on fail. This, As necessary consequence mas
brought with II large amount OF disease Inc dlc
tates Of humsnty-the duty Of protecting the public
health a. well the legal claim VI the emigrsnt
arising from the sct that he has paid the tax imposed
for the purpose-require he should be provided for
and taken care Of The Quarantine Hospitals nave, in
consequence, been crowded 10 overnO~ing with DIS
the e ssY sG lac.s - o., q crowded ship ~orEns
upon already enfeebled BY want, and the cpl
demc typhus and other diseases of Ike character have
crammed our hospitals unit the returns OF the HeAlh
Officer show thSt IN period Of about nine months
there has been nearly seven thousand admissions with
shout thousand there constantly. and this number
continually increasing. Each OF these smigrsnis have
friend relative here who have been snNiously
looking for their arrival the father has sent for his
family 10 come and share bis home In the New World
sister IL looking Tor her brother or child Tor his
parent The time 10 AnsiOusy awaited when again
they can embrace the well beloved and the long
desired At length the telegraph announces the arri
val OF the ship--her passengers have batted the
famine OF the old world and escaped the peils of the
seathey have safely arrived 1t the haven where they
would be-" but ship fever has marked them they
have been exposed 10 the small pox and instead OF
d. .sNaa
OF the law sends them 20 the Lszseto for publication
or for is il at al wonderful they should chsfe
under th. restraint and should break their bonds when
the means afforded seem TO hold out constant nyiis
10 do so 10 al all surprising that these friends and
these relatives should hssen % them when the facilities
Of getting there are many The door. Of the Commis
sioners OF Emigration beseg BY applicants for per
ms and 50 geai has been the pressure that two days
In the week have been set apart which their friends
allowed to visit the patient without restraint aud
those days they may be seen by hundreds coming and
going in the Terry boats 10 and from the City 10 the
Island snd the extraordinary spectacle Is presented OF
sn unlimited unrestTzined, and licensed intercourse /
with establishment whose greatest aim is prevent
that very Intercourse Now u there 10 truth In the
theory sud reliance to be placed upon the common
~ received opinion. that these diseases highly in
iec'ious ana that the infection may be carried In the
clothing OF those exposed II would seem 10 follow that
these persons coming directly from the infected
pheTe VI the Hospital and the side Of the sick must pre-
sent fruitful source ~ contsgi0n and indeed the
alarming extent % which the ship fever prevailed |
r.
great be traced this source and that II did
not become epidemic snd that the City was DOT devss
lated by pest enoe certainly not owing ~ any pro
lection Afforded by the Quarantine Nor Is there any
OF remedy ing this difficulty The law has taken
al the power 90 do from the Health Oifcers and
he Commissioners OF Emigration say that from the
tense population surrounding the Establishment the
grest facility OF Intercourse the OF practical means
n msintsinins proper police with the present ar
-sngemen;s al the Quarantine beside the great IN
humanity OF preventing the visits OF friends the pa
ients render II mprscicable II Hoi impossible % en-
orce rigid Quarantine.
Another objection 10 the present location was urged
lpun your Committee with great force sad which is OF
serious character far the object Of Quarantine
n protecting the public health il concerned and has
MY arisen within the past two or three years tn
hi. in these emigrsnt passenger ships Il s usual upon
heir arrival 10 down the hunks and 70 throw them
vefbosrd with the beds and other srcles which il Is
opposed may contain injection. These articles are
AIRED by the tide = the shores OF Long Island or
tsten Island here they collected By the Caif0-
ics RAG pCkcfs from New lOrk sud are brought 70
hs city by cart loads % 5e sod or deposited In the
ans shops sc. Most Of these articles are necessarily
neeied with disease. snd OF course are not 70 be per
niiied within the city. This is practice Of almost
ally occurrence, and Il is. by no means. uncommon
hst while the vessel "a detained II the Quarantine for
airy days the very articles from which the greatest
anger OF Injection % 70 be spprehe nt-d and which have
cen TIE great cause Of compelling the ship perform
quarantine. in the City In less than twenty four
ours, suc this too without any power Of moeststfou
hindrance. This too arises IN crest from
ie nesrness Of the location 70 New Work Were toe |
usrsufae removed distance these !