The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-08
DRIVEN TO OTHER PORTS.
VESSELS AVOID SAVANNAH BE-
CAUSE OF THE QUARANTINE.

The Long Detention and Inadequate
Quarantine Facilities Compel Ship
owners to Seek CarRoes Elsewhere
Seventeen Vessels Now in the
Roads Awaiting Quarantine, and
Twenty Vessels at Sea Bound Here
What Shipowners Say About the
Matter.
The subject of quarantine and the deten-
ton of vessels is agitating shipbrokers, ex-
porters, stevedores and shipping people
generally.
At present there is very large fleet Of
vessels at the quarantine station and in
Tybee roads. Those in the roads are await
ing their turn 10 go to the station to dis
charge ballast before coming to the city to
take on cargo. One vessel has been eighteen
days awaiting an opportunity to come to
the city. and as yet she has not discharged
her ballast. The work Of discharging, as it
is now carried on, is liable to keep some of
the vessels a full month which, of course,
entails q great loss to the shipowner as well
as to the shipper of cargoes, especially if
the vessel is chartered to load here.
VESSELS STOPPED COMING HERE.
In the last few years vessels seek :ng have
stopped coming here almost altogether on
account Of the quarantine, and they & to
the other near by ports where they can OBJ
tain quicker dispatch. An example is the
case Of the Austrian bark Undlne. She
was under offer to load at this port for a
good cotton freight for the Baltic. When
she arrived here last month it was found
that her detention would be so long at
quarantine that the captain decided to go
TO another port, which he did, and sailed
for Brunswick, accepting poorer freight
than he was offered here, but, as he ex-
pressed it, time was money to his vessels
owners. The vessel is now at Brunswick,
and is ready for sea again with her carg
all in. If she had stayed here she would
not have had pound of cargo in yet.
A SAMPLE COMPLAINT.
Capt. Trapani, manager of the Italian
department of Messrs. A r. Salas e. Co.,
received letter day or two ago from
large ship owning firm in Italy complain
ing of the detention of their vessels at quar-
antine here, and stating that they could
conceive of no good reason for the deten-
tion. The letter also stated that Savannah
is far behind all other ports il the United
States, and particularly those of the South
Atlantic in the matter of quarantine, and
that in the future they must de-
cline to allow their vessels to
visit Savannah until better facilities
and quicker dispatch are afforded. 1t
was agreed that detention to vessels
| in the summer time should, of course, be for
a longer period than at the other seasons,
! WHARF, the vessels are from ports in south
| ern ATTITUDES and especially where they are
| from infected or suspicious ports, and even
| in this, there should be some discrmina-
ton, but in the dead of winter they saw no
| good reason for so long detention, and
lack of facilities was very poor argument
and did not speak we'll for Savannah.
The same firm received a cablegram yes
terday i'll reply to one sent to another ship
! owl ing firm IN Italy for the purpose of
chartering some Of their vessels. The trans
lation read: "Your port is condemned"
NO DETENTION AT BRUNSWICK.
| At Brunswick vessels from Buenos
Ayres are allowed to go to the wharves
from sea and discharge their ballast in the
| city without any detention. IL is the same
with all other South Atlantic ports except
Savannah. All of them seemingly take nc
stock in Surgeon General Hamilton's advice
in regard to ballast.
A MORNING News reporter heard a
group Of ca tains discussing the deten-
tion at quarantine yesterday. They were
excited over the delay in their vessels get
| ting up TO the city and over the explana-
| tions which they are compelled to make to
their owners in regard 10 the detention.
They said that the result will be
that shipowners will be inclined to give
Savannah a wide be. tn in future.
| The question whether or not it would not
be cheaper for vessels to avail themselves
| Of the service of a tug and go outside the
bar and discharge the ballast there or
sufficient of it to keep the vessel
in trim, and by this means save
time and money to the vessel, notwithstand.
ing the cost Of the tonnage outward and
back, was discussed.
SEVENTEEN VESSELS NOW IN WAITING.
There are at present seventeen vessels, all
chartered to load here, aw iiting Inspection
at quarantine and to discharge ballast
They are blocking up the roadway at Tybee,
| and are to some extent an obstruction to
the incoming and outgoing ocean steamers.
| Beside these vessels, there are over twenty
| sail of vessels on their way tc
| this port, all chartered to load
here. They are due now, and any additions
to the present large feet will make the mat
ter very serious one, and one which re-
quires an immediate remedy.
Dr. Drummer says that he wrote to Sur
geon General Hamilton about the Diet ntion
of vessels from Buenos Ayres and his reply
was that there is no necessity for OBTAINING
them, but under no circumstance to allow
them to come up to the city to discharge
their ballast The majority of vessels COM
ing here during tue present season are from
Buenos Ayres via Barbados.