The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-13
THE QUARANTINE QUESTION.
Tie City to Begin Work on the New
Station Right Away.

station hig1t away.
''They should inform themselves by get
ting both sides Of the matter before they
venture to criticise; then they would be
in a position 10 substantiate what they say.
said DR.. R. T. Harris, chairman Of the city
council health and cemetery committee,
yesterday, abiding to the sanitary in
spector's report in the MORNING. News in
regard to the detention Of vessels at quar-
antine.
"a clean bill Of health amounts TO but
little, DR.. Harris said. "Any captain may
be able 20 show that and yet have fever on
| board bis ves5el.n DR.. Harris said that the
vessels referred to by Inspector Desvergers
were from a West India port where yellow
/ fever often occurs. ut is not our purpose"
/ lie added, 'to allow q vessel coming from
an infected OF a suspected port % come up
to Savannah and unload ballast. There IS
10 telling what time the fever may develop
] from Tat ballast. The health and GENE
| terry committee has decided TO allow no
vessel coming from West India, Span
ish or South American port to come up to
the city and deposit ballast"
After the vessels are thoroughly fumi-
gated and disinfect ed they viii remain at
quarantine unul the COMMITTEES deems it
advisable to let them come up. The present
arrangements at quarantine, DR.. Harris
said, are not the best but they are as good
as the city has had at any time, and a YES
sol may be fumigated and inspected within
three or four days "The present facilities
are not as good as we will have" he added
I'VE intend to increase the quarantine IA
cilities so as to fumigate and dlslntect
vessel in twonty-four hours"
DR.. Harris explained that the site decided
upon for the new station will be built upon
and improved in a short time. Since the
$4,000 appropriation has been voted for
the stations Improvement, no time will be
lost in making the station equal to any on
the South Atlantic coast.
''What are the advantages Of the new
site over the present site#
"When il is improved twenty-five vessels
may come up to quarantine at a time.
Only about five can come up to the present
station ct a time. The channel at tho pres
ent station is by no means large enough. Ii
is our purpose to make the station compare
with that of New Orleans. Better quarters
will be fitted up. Larger wharves will be
constructed, and, instead Of the small boat
used now for getting out TO yes
sells, tug containing a bi-chloride
tauk will be used. This will enable the
quarantine officer to go out to vessels in
any kind of weather, and in a shorter time
thoroughly disinfect and fumigate them.
We calculate that twenty-four hours will
be a sufficient time for doing this work
with the new facilities"
"When will this work begin"
1--WE hope in very short time. Col.
VIM will present to council at its next
meeting the plans and specifications Of the
wharves, etc, and within ten days, it is
believed, work will be begun on the new
stationn
DR.. Harris said that. while it may not be
possible for Savannah to have as costly
equipments as the New Orleans station,
every facility that New Orleans has will be
secured for the Savannah station. Saven-
nah has been thrown back in her quaran-
tine. DIR. Harris said that if the present
appropriation is not sufficient to make the
station what the committee thinks it should
be, additional funds will be secured to carry
out the project