The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-20
G GUARDING THE CITY.
THE OUTPOsTS AT SOUTHOVER
AND CENTRAL FUNCTIONS.

Tuesday.
The heavy showers of yesterday morn
ing. Health Officer Bunner said last night,
tended to undo much of the work of the
dlsinfecting forces, washing away, as it did
the lime and other disinfectants which had
been well distributed in .he more unsani-
tary portions of the city. As a result, all
this work will have to be done over, and
to-day the lime scatterers will again be sent
out TO repair the inroads of the rains upon
the disinfected localities.
A MORNING News reporter visited the in
spectois' camps, at the Central railroad and
Southover junction, yesterday, aud found
everything quiet No refugees were in GUS
tody at either station.
AT THE CENTRAL JUNCTION.
1t is a pleasant drive to the Central rail
road junction, four miles west OF the city,
broken only by the intolerable stencil Of
tie Carriage grounds, two miles ont. 1t Is
necessary to hold ones breath and TO clasp
the nostrils closely uutil driven well past
this hotbed of filth. II is fostering with rot
tenness, bacteria and foul odors. and the Won
der grows that the swarms of buzzards and
caTlion crows which blacSen the ground
pbout the dump-pile are not poisoned by
ALAcK OF ACCOMMODATIONS.
At the junction there is not the slightest
accommOdation-not even rude shed to
shield the inspectors from the rays of the
san by day and the atmosphere Of the out
lying swamps at night. A Stat nailed across
the trunk of pine tree Is the only sign TO
show where the inspectors are to found.
Here in the sun, without shelter, without
food, and without water, refugees have
been compelled to remain for hours under
guard, and last week lady far advanced in
years had TO remain for hours, lacking not
only shelter from the sun, but without a
seat water or food. Under such circum-
stances no wonder that refugees have some
times lost patience and were willing TO take
any risk TO escape. A tent has been asked
for, and if the authorities hope to have the
quarantine effective at this point they could
do no less than send tent there for in
spectors and refugees.
CHANGE OF INSPECTORS.
There was a change of inspectors at the
junction yesterday, MIR. Blahoney being
Superseded by ]. J. Beckley. Two refugees,
one white and one collored. it is
said, were intrusted to the care of Inspector
Mahoney on Saturday, and he permitted
ore Of them, the negro, to escape.
Quite a number of suspects have been de-
tanned at the Central junction, and it is
prophesied that if better accommodations
are not provided at this station. that other
refugees will refuse to be detained and viii
do as the negro did, walk off. in spite of the
protest of the inspectors. The Eplace
is anything but inviting, and when
the reporter was there, mosquitoes
and sand flies charged in serried ranks by
division and singly. The inspectors, as
nightfaH approaches, find it necessary to
enclose their face in a net mask to keep off
the insects, which are in rank abundance
there. They take their meals at the cabin
of colored family about 500 yards distant.
The fare is good and is literally served.
MoSoToNoUs JOB.
The inspectors have very little to do, the
monotony being broken only by the occa-
sional passing of a train. The incoming Cen
trail train passed last night while the reporter
was there, and the inspectors, Messrs. Az
wedsen and Beckley were at the crossing.
Special Detective Margraff was on the
train. and as it slowed up and moved slowly
by, be called out to the inspectors, 'all
right" This meant that there were no sus-
poets on the train.
At Southover junction the inspectors,
Messrs Hanley and Conway, have much
better accommodations. The Savannah,
Florida and Western railway has furnished
coach and box car, which are side
tracked, the coach being used for the &C
commodation of refugees, and the box car
for suspected baggage, soma of which has
been fumigated and sent on. When the
reporter was there at o'clock last night
there were no refugees nor baggage. but the
car has been well filed more than once
during the past week. 1t is by no means an
attractive place for the unfortunates who
are summarily brought to halt there.
NOT AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE.
The country around is low, and last night
the frogs were engaged in a rivalry of
noise. from the little croakers OF the shallow
pool to the hoarse bell Of the bullfrog from
the deeper recesses of the swamps. The
mosquitoes lowered about the place in
swarIns, and the air was musical with their
tenor vocalisrns. No less than forty-eight
refugees have been matted at Southover
Junction since Tuesday morning last.
the record of the inspectors showing four
stopped on Tuesday. eighteen on Wedues-
day, sixteen on Thu! sday, eleven on Friday
and nine on Saturday. There were no
refugees yesterday, but on Thursday night
twenty-eight persons had to sleep as best
they could In tho coach. Up to yesterday
morning the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway furnished ice for the car,
but the city came to the relief yesterday,
and is now furnishing forty pounds of ice
daily.
FEEDING THE REFUGEES.
IL OAao IledlS. DOM Tue IN
spectors remained on duty Thursday night,
for the car was crowded with men, women
and children, and two or three had to re-
main outside on the platform all night.
Most of the refugees are from Florida, and
bought tickets at Gainesville, via the
Ocean Steamship line, for New York. Phila-
delphia or Boston. One Boston lady from
Gainesville, accompanied by a small
boy, was compelled to remaia from
Wednesday until Friday in the
quarantine coach, when her steamship
tickets were exchanged for oil rail tickets,
and after paying the difference, she was
allowed 10 proceed on her journey to Bos-
ton. She took the detention IN the hest of
spirits, was very grateful TO the inspectors
for the efforts they made to render tho de-
tention as pleasant as possible, and she did
much, by her entertaining conversation, to
make the delay less irksone to her fellow
passengers, who were side-tracked with
her.
A SHARP LOOKOUT KEPT.
The utmost vigilance is exercised at
Southover junction, for it is considered the
most important point TO watch. One tramp
came along Saturday and wanted to get
into Savannah. He was permitted to take
the Charleston and Savannah road and he
started off walking up the track, as he had
10 money to pay passage. At the Central
junction he was brought I'M with a round