Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-22
From Sundays Second Edition.
THE YELLOW FEvER QUESTION.

THE YELLOW FEvER QUESTION
A call from Memphis On Knoxville
speciai Session Of the city Conn
cil-Exciiing Debate aRd -
what Came of 1t.
The following dispatch was received
yesterday:
MEMPHIS, July 10. 1879.
/" To the Mayor of Kno4UiNe
1.-The authorities Of this city wish to
know whether you are willing TO open
your city to large NUMBER or poe
whom they wish to SEND Out. L nave
been requested to find out If your pub
lie spirited people would have any OBJ
lection to their locating near your
city. The State or the city of Mem-
phis will provide for them. There is
no danger from people leaving the
city within the next four or n'e days
JOHN A. GRANT, Genl SUPP"
The Board met, all the Aldermen
present except MIR. O'Conner having
signed the call. Mayor. Luttreil being
absent, Alderman Neatly was re-
quested to take the chair. -
Present, Aldermen Alberss stephens
son, Sullivan, Lyons, Shea, Allison,
Lewis, O'Conner, Hockinjos, Harris,
Irwin, Dickson and Burrier.
The dispatch, having been submits
ted to the city Board of Health for ad'
vice, DIR. Park. as Secretary of the
Board, read the following:
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF
HEALTH.
Be it ReSolUed By the Board OF
Health of the city Of Knoxville, That it
Is the sense of the Board that we do
not feel that the health of our city
would be endangered by quarteriug a
limited number Of Memphis poor in
our vicinity, provided the regulations
OF the National Board of Health, be
strictly carried out, in their disposal
and proper care be afterwards taken to
preserve and enforce efficient quaTan-
tine and sanitary regulations. But
should the State of Tennessee signify
its approval of the city of Memph s
QuarteriDg her poor upon State ground,
that we, as municipal Board OF
Health have, no authority to interfere
with such procedure, inasmuch as the
National Board of Health have { fl
cially proclaimed that no such inter-
ference can be made-their rules
having been complied with.
J. p. PARK, Sec'y.
Knoxville, l9. 1879.
A motion was made aud seconded to
adopt the resolution. slts
DR.. Park being called upon, made a
few explanatory remarks on the
resolution.
DR.. Tadlock also gave his views on
the subject. He objected to the open
ing of the city 10 these people, but ia
vored, under proper quarantine Tegu-
lations, the location of any number
! the Board may decide upon somewhere
/ ia the neighborhood of the city, bu;
WAC ted them quartered and not al
lowed TO run over our city during
nights.
DR.. Harris made some remarks on
the subject. It was tough question
to decide. The whole medical profes-
sion have been ,dziven to the wall, and
they admit they DON'T know anything
about yellow fever. We have never
refused to open our doors to nice, clean
people from Memphis, but. TO have q
thousand or more to come, like the dis
patch inferred, it was different
thing.
He wae an favor of answering thai
Knoxville will receive all.who may
come and pay their own way, but vii
not permit the settling of such q mum
Der of INDECENT people within ten miles
Of the city.
| Alderman Shea was in favor of tn,
resolutions of the Board of Health
he was lot in favor of making dis
tinctions, and no doubt many of those
who could not pay their own trans
pOrtation were as dear as those who
could pay their way.
Alderman Allison wanted 10 ask {
few questions of the President Of tht
Board of Health. He wanted to know
what authority the city has to condem I
/ any property near the city for the time
| for the purpose of locating these peO-
pie, the State having no property Il
locate them upon.
Answer: The United States has. the
authority to use any property for the
protection or preservation OF its peo
pie; the action of the National Bosrt
Of Health, signed by the President
giving the authority.
After some further discussion thu
resolution of the Board of Healti
was aIopted.
Alderman Allison aud DR.. Park, bJ
common consent, withdrew to write 1
dispatch for the Board to vote upon
during which time Mr.. Van Glide
asked permission to make a few re
| marks. He was not in favor of telling
| them to come here, but wanted then
to go to the table-lands, and though
the best thing they could do would b'
to telegraph to the Secretary of Wa
to send them tents and provisions
and quarter them upon these table
lands, 1t would paralyzs business fo
them to come here. If the Board per
mitted these people to be shipped here
the citizens would take the ma Ier il
hand and stop the trains.
Alderman A llison and DR.. ParE
submitted dispatch to cent, permit
ting the location OF limited bumbel
l q . 1.