The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-01
THE NEW QUARANTINE.
THE COCKsPUR ISLAND STATION
TO BE READY JANUARY l.
The Quarantine officer to Take Pos

| The Quarantine officer to Take Pos
session of the Property at Once.
| The Contemplated improvements.
The Capacity of the station--Its Ad-
vantages over the Present Station.
How the Cost of Building It Up Is
to Be Provided For.
Alderman Harris is elated over the sue
cess Of the health and cemetery committee
of council, in securing Cockspur Island
from the government for quarantine
station. As chairman of the committee,
Alderman Harris, recognizing She necessity
for better station than than that on Long
Island, worked hard to secure 1t. The work
began under what was looked upon by
many as insurmountable difficulties. The
committee was ably seconded, however,
by Lieut. Carter, in charge of
the river and harbor improvements, and
the recommendation of Gen. Howard, and
the Endorsement of the engineering corps
materially sinplifed the work and have
secured to the city desirable location for
a permanent quarantine on Cockspur Island.
Within three months after the movement
was started the lease was rendered, signed,
and DR.. Harris says the quarantine officer
will be removed at once from the old sta
ton to CoCkspur to take possession of the
lease on beh alf of the city.
when do you expect to have the new
station ready for vesselsP' DR.. Harris was
asked.
TO BE READY BY NEXT JANUARY.
eve expect to have it ready by Jan. 1,
1890, and you may say" he added ''that it
will be the best quarantine station south of
Baltimore"
"TheD you expect to have better facilities
than at the Long Island statiOnp
Yes, indeed. We will have twelve to
fifteen feet Of water at low tide and this can
be increased at slight expense to twenty or
twenty-tw NO feet We can moor from fifteen
to twenty vessels at the new station. 1t is
the intention to drive piling from Cockspur
TO the present station on Long Island,
distance of half n mile, TO which
vessels may moor. The wnarves will be
extended on c ckspur Island in one contin-
uouS wharf, and not divided up as at the
present station. Cockspur Island is a natu-
raj quarantine station and greater mechan-
ical facilities will be added than those on
Long Island, which are far superior to any
thing of the kind the city has had before.
They, however. were temporary, and every
thing movable will be taken to the new
station. Mr.. w. R. Curtis, civil engineer,
viii prepare plans for the new station.
COST OF THE NEW STATION
"Will not the expense be very great to
carry out the plans the committee is con-
templating to carry outp
Dr.. Harris replied that it will not be.
1--WE have some q, 0O0 to $4,000 tons of
rock which the government proposes to
take from where it now lies, at 81 per ton,
and this means 81, 900 or S23, 900, and
wat better purpose can this be ap-
piled to than to improvements 10 the
new quarantine station, TO provide the
principal seaport of the South Allan
tic coast with quarantine facil-
tiles commensurate with the shipping in
tarests of Savannah With sucl a station
as may be established at Cockspur the ship
ping interests of Savannah will be advanced,
and vessels will be attracted here which
have heretof re avoided the port owing to
inadequate facilities and unavoidable de-
lays"