The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-14
MAKING THE CITY CLEAN
DISINFECTANTS BEING USED BY
THE BARREL.

Points in South Florida-The Mayors
Proclamation Against Refugees-Re'
wards offered for the Arrest Of Vio-
lators of the Quarantine Regulations
Surgeon General Hamilton's Drive
Through the City-His Visit to Yana-
craw and the Old Fort-"No Danger
from the Fever Here"-The Benevo-
lent Associations Offer to Jackson
vile.
Over 900 bottles OF chloride and up
ward of forty barrels Of copperas and lime
for dsinfecting were distributed by the
health and cemetery department YESTERDAY.
Clerk of Council Rebarer ordered 5000
bottles of chloride last night and further
supply of disinfectants will arrive to-day.
Under orders from the mayor, a special
detail of police began an inspection of the
city by wards yesterday morning. The
health department force will be increased
TO 100 men to-day, and disinfecting force
Of sixty men. with wagons, will begin a
thorough inspection of all houses in the
city.
TO DISINFECT THE CITY.
! ne N6&OtlS Will 10 IA Vi a hGl1l1
Of police, aud all yards, cellars and houses
will be thoroughly disinfected.
Yamacraw and the Old Fort neighbor-
hoods will be looked after first, and the
force will then 90 through the heart of the
city. A "whitewash brigade" will follow
the disinfecting force, and all fences and
outbuildings, in the localities where the in
spection requires it. will be whitewashed
Ths purpose of the health department is to
remove all noxious matter wherever found
and Tut the city in perfect sanitary con
dition
SOUTH FLORIDA SHUT OUT.
The city quarantined yesterday against
all points in South Florida, and orders were
sent out TO the inspectors to use tine utmost
vigilance in enforcing the regulations. The
Mayor held conference within the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western officials yester-
day morning, and an arrangement was
agreed upon which will not detain trains at
Waycross. The inspector there will board
each nortb-bound train, and will go through
the cars as the train is on its way to Jesup.
He will take an account Of the passengers
bound for Savannah, and will notify the
authorities here by telegraph The inspec-
tor viii take the next train back to Way
cross, arriving there In time to catch the
next north-bound train This will save
delay OF half an hour. An inspector was
placed at Ways station, sixteen miles south
of Savannah, yesterday, and no Savannah
passengers will be allowed to leave north
bound trains at that point.
TIGHTENING THE GORDON
The city is rapidly Tightening the Gordon.
Additional inspectors will be sent out to-
day, and by tonight it will be impossible
t. pass the quarantine except upon orders
issued by the health authorities
A meeting of the city council was held
last night in the mayors Office TO take
measures for the further protection of the
city, and tho following ordinance was
passed.
AN ORDINANCE for the preservation of the health
Of the CITY OF Savannah.
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the mayor and
aldermen In council assembled. That any per
son violating the order or proclamation Of the
mayor, issued BY authority Of law, or of the
council, in reference TO quarantine by land or
sea, TO prevent the introduction of epidemic or
infectious diseases into this city, may be fined
or imprisoned, or both. or they may be sub
jected to removal from the city and quarantined
for such time and at such place out of the city
limits as the mayor may prescribe.
SEC. 2 Be it further ordained, That nothing
herein shall be construed to restrict or annu any
provisions heretofore existing upon this
subject.
A REWARD FOR SUSPECTS.
Alderman Thomas offered the following
resolution authorizing The mayor 10 take
such other measures as he may deem
proper:
Resolved That the mayor be authorized and
requested to offer sdch reward aud to adopt
such other measures as may TO him seem
proper TO secure the arrest with the jurisdic-
tional limits OF the city, of persons who NAV
have left any infected locality within ten days
prior TO the date of their apprehension.
The resolution was adopted and the mayor
issued the following proclamations:
MAYoRALTY OF SAVANNAH Aug. Is, 1888.
Persons, IL any, who may have violated the
proclamation of the Mayor by coming into the
city, or by sending baggage, packages, ETC.,
from infected places, are subjected and will be
subjected to the penalties of that violation.
The police are directed and the people are re-
QueSted TO give information TO the authorities
promptly OF any such violation
Seal RuFUs Z. LESTER Mayor,
Attest: FRANK Z. REBARER, Clerk Of Council
MAyoRALTY OF SAVANNAH, Aug. 10, 1885.
In pursuance of resolution OF the city coun
Gil reward of twenty-five (25) dollars is hereby
offered for ths arrest of any person found within
the jurisdictional limits Of the city Of Savannah
who may have left any point in the state OF
Florida, or elsewhere, infected with yellow fever
within ten u0 days prior 20 apprehension.
lSeal:l RUFUS f. LESTER, Mayor.
FRANK K. REBARER, Clerk Of Council.
EvADING THE QUARANTINE.
A Pullman car conductor of the north
bound fast mail train that left here yester-
day afternoon was discussing quarantine
matters at the depot He said that be could
not see that the present system prevent
refugees from coming to Savannah. Pas
sengers from Jacksonville are not ques
toned along the line going north to Atlantis
via Jesup, and once having reached Atlanta
there is nothing to prevent them from
coming to Savannah over the Central rail
road or even over the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia and Savannah, Florida
and Western railway, and no said that they
have been doing this right along.
SSsps were taken last night to secure
rigid enforcement of the new ordinance anC
TO prevent the entrance into the city of any
infected person. The quarantine agains
South Florida, il is understood, does not in
cludge st. Augustine ana possibly othel
places east of the ST. Johns river.
vALDosTA YET OPEN.
Valdosta, which refused to quarantin,
against Jacksonville even, is causing som,
trouble. Refugees from the infected dis
tricts 20 there and buy tickets TO Savannah
thus evading tho quarantine. Mayor Les
ter photographed the mayor Of Valdosta las
night that all passengers from Valdostl
coming to Savannah will be required tC
show a permit stating that they are resi-
dents of Valdosta, or have been there tel
DAYS.
South-bound travel since the fever brok
out is small, and people who go south o
Savannah are careful TO go around will
health certificates. Health Officer Brunne
was kept busy yesterday issuing certificates