The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-24
To the Mayor and Council and Board
of Health.
New ORLEANS, July Is; 1879.
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NEW ORLEANS, July Id 1913.
OFFICE OF y. o. ST. L. & c. R.R
GENTLEMEN This company will at all
times, where necessity exists, cooperate with
the authorities on the line OF this road in
the Observance OF regulations to preserve
the health of the people, and, as far as in
It's power, prevent the spread of any conta-
gious or infectious disease.
In establishing guarantees, we submit TO
you that sufficient notice should be given
to allow freights and passengers in transit
to reach destination, and be delivered before
the quarantine restrictions take effect.
Thirty-six hours for passengers and four
days for freight, would enable such as may
have been shipped prior to adopting quar-
antines, 10 reach destination. By giving us
this notice it will enable the management
to stop the shipments Of freight and sale of
tickets to such places as have established
guarantees, if desired.
When guarantees are deemed necessary,
if the authorities Will confer with the Di-
vision superintcndcnts, Messrs. Mann and
Mckinley, and arrange at what point, if
any, it is desired trains shall stop near their
stations-then, during such quarantine
trains will stop at no other point i'll tie
vicinity OF such station.
In all cases, if freights are shipped to
such quarantined points, they must be pre-
paid, and such goods viii be at cOnsignee's
risk OF loss or damage from all causes.
Quarantine regulations should not pre-
vent trains meeting and passing at stations
when it is necessary for them to do so; I'M
less this is permitted it may work 10 prevent
stopping at points designated as quarantine
stations.
While it is cur earnest desire. to cooper
ate in preventing thespread of any disease
we shall not be able TO ri the road under
such a system of guarantees rs prevailed
during the epidemic of 1879. During that
period one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars was the extra and useless expense we
were subjected to by quarantine regulations
1t is believed that prudent system of quar-
antine regulations may be adopted, that
will give to all the protection that can bn
had from such course, and, at the same
time, work no unnecessary expense and
annoyance to the travelling public, shippers,
or to the railroad company.
If it should become necessary for YOUR
town to adopt or put in force guarantees,
may l respectfully beg your careful consid-
Grafton in framing your regulations so as to
protect yourselves and entail no useless ex-
pense or unnecessary delay to us.
Very respectfully, JAS. c. CLARKE,
General Manager.
JESSE NoRMENT, Esq, Mayor,
Il. Fl. WooD, ESQ, Pres Board Health.
In addition to the suggestions contained
in the above letter, l viii add, that in case
YOU desire t. inform yourselves as to the
truth of airy rumors of Infectious diseases
at any point on this road, if you will be
kind enough to let me know 1 will see that
any dispatches, you may see fit to send to
any person in such suspected locality, as to
the truth Of such rumor, as well as the an
swer thereto shall be free of cost to you.
l trust You understand and realize that
this company's interests are not in conflict
with the interests of the people along It's line
And that the present management has in the
past and Will continue in the future to act
not only justly bat literally in its dealings
with its patrons, and earnestly Graves the
good will of the people on its line.
And 1 take this occasion to assure YOU
that in any matter of controversy or differ
erence of opinion between this company and
the people it will cheerfully be measured
by the rule of pereOnGL responsibility, and
willingly and promptly do whatever it
would be just for one neighbor to do with
another in all such cases. Will you be kind
enough 10 notice receipt of this letter and
have no hesitation from time to time IN
making such suggestions to me as to our
common interests as you may deem fit.
Respectfully, JAMES FENTRESS,
July 10, 1873. Gen'l Solr.