The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-28
QUARANTINE TAKEN OFF
ALL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST TRAF-
FIG AND TRAVEL REMOVED.

Railways Preparations LOT the
Reopeniug OF Business.
The health board met yesterday afternoon
and lifted the quarantine against Florida.
Acting Mayor Schwarz presided. Alder
man Myers, Messrs. Cope and Wheaton, DIR.
Duncan and the health officer were present.
The meeting did not last over twenty min
utes. The following resolutions were
adopted and will go into effect at once:
WHEREAS This board has official information
OF heavy frosts generally, extending to and in
Guiding the several points in Florida which
have been infected with yellow fever, therefore
be il
RESOLVED, That all quarantine restrictions
heretofore adopted by this board be and they
are hereby removed.
1t is so ordered JOHN ScHwARz,
Acting Mayor.
This removes all quarantine against the
recently fever infected territory. The
inspectors at Southover junction and
at the Charleston and Savannah rail
way junction were taken off Mon
day. ard Inspectors Hanley and Hastedt,
who were stationed at Southover, were
placed on the run from Waycross to Savan-
nah to inspect passengers and baggage from
Florida.
THE INSPECTORS DISCHARGED.
They were taken off last night after the
the board. The quarantine camp at the
ninety nine mile post will be closed Satur-
day, and the government train will be dis
continued
There is now likelihood of a general
raising of the quarantine over all the sec
tons where it has been in force Savannah
is the first city to lift the quarantine, seeing
that there is no likelihood of bringing the
infection here. All the points north Of
here will no doubt follow suit, and it is
thought that all the points south of Savan-
nah that have quarantine regulations will
abolish them within the next few days.
Its all up" Chief Inspector Maj. Shell
don said yesterday in answer to a question
as to how the quarantine matter stood. In
spectors and other employees in the employ
of the quarantine service will receive their
time to-day and then secure other employ
ment.
TRAFFIC TO REOPEN AT ONCE.
Traffic Manager Owens of the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway was before
the board. He was seen after the meet
| ing in reference to the reopening of travel.
1T is useless to say how much this COM
pany has suffered IN its revenue, or to what
extent the business interests of Savannah
have been affected by the epidemic and the
quarantine regulations OF the different
communities he said. "We recognize
fully the urgent necessities that dictated
these quarantine measures, and we hail
with unmeasured satisfaction the abolishng
of the present quarantine; we feel assured
that the authorities would not have done so
if they were not morally certain that no
further danger to the community could
exist Now as to what we are going to do
for the future: We propose to go right
ahead, as if no fever had existed. We feel
assured that the prosperity of Florida has
not been permanently affected; and we
judge the future by the past. In 1877, when
the fever was declared epidemic in jackson
vile, after its substance we carried a
larger number of people into the state than
ever before-that is, up to that time. We
have carried very much larger business
there since that year.
THE OUTLOOK FOR TRAVEL.
"What is the prospect for the reopening
of travel!"
I'VE propose at once opening up our ticket
Offices in Florida, and putting back the
| several schedules and trains til at we have
hitherto operated. We are now receiving
twenty-five new passenger coaches and
baggage cars. These viii be largely used in
| our train service, whilst the cars that have
been in use in Florida during the epidemic
are being cleaned up, refitted, painted, etc.
| None of the cars that we have been run
| ming into infected places will be used in this
connection until after they are thoroughly
overhauled and disinfected. On Jan.
| z, the ''vestibule train" will be
started, and after that date will run tri-
| weekly. We believe that the hotels will
| open about the usual time this year. Some
may possibly be delayed for want Of time
| in refitting, etc. Such of the hotel men as
we have seen are extremely sanguine of
having good season.
"What is the outlook for the orange
cropr
$50 far as our freighting business Is con-
| cerned we are now in the midst OF it; and
there is every Indication of its being the
heaviest movement IN the way Of oranges
| that the state has ever seen. The estimate
| of the crop has gone as high as 5000, 900
| boxes; and we hardly think that this is an
| over estimate"
BRISK BUSINESS LOOKED FOR.
''Do you believe that business with
| Florida will reopen at onceN
1--WE trust that the business relations Of
Savannah will be promptly restored
although we know Savannah has lost q
| great deal of business. We think, however,
that the business will resume its usual
channels, and we will get our full share of
| it here in this city. Much will depend,
however, upon the enterprise and activity
Of our merchants. To the very Intelligent
and active supervision of the health matters
| in Florida by the resident physicians aided
lieutenants, Drs. Porter, Guiteras,
Hutton, Martin, Devan and others,
the state owes lasting debt Of gratitude,
DR.. Porter is still representing the marine
hospital service at jackson vile, and we are
| fully convinced that everything possible
has been or will be done in the way of sani-
tation and disinfsction, ETC., to prevent the
temperance of the fever. The public
need have no fear whatever Of visiting
| Florida this year; especially so in view of the
| fact that thousands of travellers yearly visit
| tropical countries in the winter season
where the fever is known to exist during
| the summer months"
You think there is no danger nowW
"The yellow fever l take to be a past
issue so far as we at present are concerned.
| Its lessons, however, will abide with the
people Of Florida to the extent Of teaching
them the great lesson Of proper sanitary
precautions for the future. We have no
fear for the future of the state; her re-
sources are too great, and the vitality OF
her enterprising citizens is fully equal to
any emergency.
Colonel c. 8. Woods Luck.
Col. Charles s. Wood the tall and
handsome manager Of the Eutaw House, is
in great luck. He is Weather to-day by
| the sum of IS, 900 than he was a week ago.