The sun., 1882-08-20
RUNNING By QUARANTINE.
Two Of six Melon Schooner- Roturn-Defsets
ofthe Health Block ade.

The report that several vessels from South
ern ports had run by Quarantine on Thursday
and come up to tho city created breeze about
the water front Before noon yesterday 1t was
reported that two Of the masters Of vessels
without straight papers had regretted their
exploit, and taken their craft back to the
Quarantine grounds to await the pleasure Of
the Health Officer. DR.. Sanborne. the Deputy
Health Officer. said that these were two little
melon-la laden schooners from North Carolina.
Their captains professed ignorance OF the
Quarantine regulations. and promised to OBJ
serve them hereafter. DR.. Smith decided not
to prosecute them. DR.. Sanborne said that, in
all. six melon boats ran the Quarantine on
Thursday. He did not know he said that any
larger craft had done 30.
The Western Union Telegraph Company has
q signal station at the Quarantine grounds,
where an operator spyglass in hand is always
watching for incoming vessels. He said that
he had seen the schooners run by. Small coast
ers, he said. often did run by. He did not re-
member having seen sQuare-rigged craft do it.
He is the day operator. and could say nothing
as 10 wnnt went on sas ai.eI hen,,hd enandir. ,oroo
steamship and bark from Southern ports
were discharging their cargoes into lighters
Reef The He Health THO oficer ue has established t
strict watch in the Narrows. both day and night.
10 detect any vessels tlat attempt to run
through Quarantine.
The special order to the police to look out for
vessels not properly passed at Quarantine was
discovered none Of the delinquent melon
schooners. They cover the North River to
Twenty-third street. and the East River to
Thirty-third street. Some OF the smaller piers
below Thirty third street on the east side. how
ever. sare watched by precinct police.
Sanitary Superintendent Day said yesterday
that when a ship was known to have passed
Quarantine without waiting for a voucher. a
policeman was sent to the vessel with an order
commanding 1t to return to Staten Island and
comply with the law. There have been no in l.
stances OF such an order being disobeyed. and
the vessel cannot get a permit from the Health
Board TO land its cargo without having pre-
viously obtained voucher that it has COM
piled with the Quarantine regulations. Never
theless DR.. Day acknowledged. nearly every
summer one or more vessels at different times
run the Quarantine blockade.
Superintendent Laird OF the Barge ONCE De-
partment OF the Custom House said that rev.
enue officers never inquired into the health
papers of vessels.
But don't your records show at what pier
each vessel puts up. and could not the Quaran-
tine Officer compare his list OF certificates with
the official returns 7"
;. We'll. no." answered the Superintendent.
foreign ports only. We mako q daily record OF
those when they stop in New York but the
Brooklyn District Inspectors report but once a
week Coasters We take no account of. 1t s
difficult to trace the vessels. Foreign vessels
may enter the port ut night without being
boarded by the revenue people. and report
themselves to us in the morning"