New-York tribune., 1892-09-06
BUSY SCENES At QUARANTINE.
vIGILANT POLICE PATROL ESTABLISHED N''
EVEN OrTGOING XESSEI.S SNEuTINIIhl.

epidemic WAS AT work on the big ships fe" n''e'
away in the haze that lay on the sea. There Was
a holiday appearance at Uppc: Quarantine. anc thc
big white Fulda. the French liner Ia honrgoTh'' "'
Amsterdam and >nblrnhuk. and even In" 0h''"
Brilliant swinging idly at their anchors. we?e sur
rounded all day long by feet Of steam ana S"'''''e
craft from yawl to steam yacht.
The ships detained I'm the Lower rav were proviiohc'
hy special tugs. The French steamship La b"ui
gogne. Wing I'm Upper Quarantine was proViA'","
for five days ana there is hardly any doubt thA' ''
ship will be held for that length Of time. at least
There was an uncomfortable and panclv fechng an""H
the passengers. and they much annoyed ana eN'
ircncly impatient and fretful over The delay. Mrs'
HIcks.Lord II was slid did much 10 allay the eN'lr
mcnt by urging the passengers take sensible view
of the matter DR.. Jenkins will not say how long
he intends {, hold any OF the ships. but he a'Kio"'
edged that La Iourgognc would be held at least hVc
days.
Yesterday tho arrangements for establishing
marine police patrol on Upper aud Lower Quarah"h'
were Completed and last night the quarantined vesSeN
were strictly guarded ana no other vessels w'r"
allowo, to approach within hall mile Of them At
4 30 y. IN thri- II shout OH shore "Ihe ponce
are coming And down they came In three tugs
with the police flag living at each bow. They ""r"
n. welcome as fresh troop, ar" to soldiers tired ou'
with lighting. The first tug was the Miiarh. "h
hcr were superintendent Byrnes. President Martin
-
Two tug, tie Golden Rod and the IL. h. Lawson,
followed with sixteen mor Of the municipal police"
Tho- we're put board the hospital hulk J. &.
Carcto, which will bc used n headquarters. 1h'
arr divided into two bodi"s Of "lsh' men
each each body under sergeant and anybody
trying I'm any to cvadc tn quaratt1n" r'Iua'"''
viii De- ARRESTED and severely punished. Tie other
boats which now patrol IN. harbor ar" IN, revenue
cutter Manhattan. which Is stationed at Upper Quar-
autinc and siop, all doubtful craft th~ Archibald
Watt. which viii probably be- sent 20 tho Lower Bay .
the tug T. A. stevens which acts as auxiliary I" ~
doctoI'> boat and the doctors boat. iuE h""is s1ts
,o the CRYSTAL Water COMPANY This fleet keep Lo"'l
Quarantine I'm stat" 81 constant hnSte ana excite
mont some talk ha, been heard shore about the
Vamoos". II va, said that this swift steam 'ach
VII, 10 be u,,d In some capacity or another She hna
been cruising up and down tie Lay without any apnr
cnt objcc: sine, saturday. Lut Df. JcnhL' denied
that there Wa, any Truth In Tie tory
With the Introduction OF P,Ic"boais and New
York police. a new Kind ~ quarntn" has beer ',iab
lshcI In the IppI Bay. Tho naval polio c"iu"h
ha, been firmly drawn ana all kinds OF craft bound
ont are as carefully cNaulu.i before being allowed
10 pas. a. v,.,sc- bound iu. Even lsAiug vessel
bound out board Yesterday by tho revenue
cutter Manhattan. which has been lent TO the stat
officials and IS used iOceboat r. Upper Quai7'n
tine. In point ~ss the stoppagc Of tie b'e
tug Mutual. which came 10 the NaliO"s duiing ia"
afternoon bound ont. ~" Nd0 i'l 10 tue 'l'ih
haitian hailed aud stopped Aicr short but
heated ptrlcy She was headed back to the city,
The soldiers Of the Regular Army stationed on th"
United Stale posts IN the NarrOss, at Forts lanhl
ton and WadsworIh. are doing military qudrnin"
an,y along the show, under both fort, by order Of
Lo,mls l.. Ian -don. colonel commanding
Muca comment la, been made on the fact that
forss,onc reason Governor Abbctrs steam yacht has
beer lowering around the qunrantincd cholera snip
Normauna People from the Lower BAY report thai
In. la, beer cruising up and down there In an ap
par,mlv aimc>. and rather my ,t'riols fasiio" ever
since the Norulunla ha, been ordered to lover quar-
,utiue senator McPhcr,on'S presence aboard the
Xormanna uay have something t. do with this. ana
ih,n II may not but many people would like to hno"
Why The yacht j. there.
There +, Ntile cloud IN the Sky. II sr'mS that
Tho Board Of Health hl, requested the Quarantine
commissioners hold vessels from infected ports for
fen day, at least. The Quarantine Commissioners
tlduk they should be- allowed to exercise thcir oNn
Judgment In the matter ana the question viii probably
be brought up at n meeting Of tn Quarantine Com
mi, ,.oner, which L. 10 be held in I'm, city This morn
Ing.
The crcmatory on th- west shorr Of ,winluinc
Island i being crowded. Since J. built three
year, ago Al cost Of $l5OOo oEly ninc bodies wcr"
burned IN IT untl, thcs. cholera ship cam" Ia. II
l. 2Oxl2 feet Ia ,zc and uer" are thrr" trays, one
Of which will hold the body of adult and also t""
children. others being only larg- enough for one
person each The burning take, two hours. Thea
there Is "A vault which viii hold thiriy-t~o bodies
and II car Do tightly sealed mp.
There Las beer great deal ,lid ahout tEr danger
of infection froE the mail, which brought here
by tie NoImaTnii People Insisted that IA, dl-lh
fcciion and fumiratlOn OF ,he outside ol the s'alru
mail bag wOud have no good effect whatever. A.
the fumes could not penetrate TO the inside the letters
NIGH. be- fun .. The germs OF the disease. Before
he went to hi, voluntary Imprisonment on swnbnrn'
Island DR.. Byron spoke to Tribune reporter about
this report. lie aid that, Ia the first place. the
malls We're probably clean and free from disease
germs and infection If there were such thing rs
cholera. They had been carried In an uninfccied part
Of ihc ship and furthermore. the Germans were noted
for the particular attention which they paid TO the
destruction Of disease germs In letters Therefore
he considered the dsnfcc'ion complete when the
sealed mall bags had been umga,cd. for he Thought
,l,t tbe only danger Of Infection from the outside
of the bags II there were any danger all, which
he doubted.
Then a nypothctical case was put to him. sup
nose said the reporter, " a man suffering from the
AsatIc cholera or bearing within him the Infection
were 10 wi,c letter In an infected city. IN an in
fcctcd house, and mall 1t through an infected port
Would not that letter spread the infcclionl'
Hardly said DR.. Byron. The dry air would
probably destroy the bacteria during the voyage
The experiment has been tried. Letters In when
the germs Of Infectious diseases. not choer'. bul
diseases fully as infectious. had been inclosrd
by a European scientist, were sent 10 scientist
in America for the purpose OF testing this very thing
The bacteria were found dead ard harmless on their
arrival here no cultures could be made Of them ana
they were certainly harmless. No do not think there
Is the slightest danger OF Infection from this source
The quarantine stations visited yesterday by
several parties made up Of officials and scientists
secretary Foster came to the Upper Quarantine station
on the revenue cutter Chandler Collector icndric hs
came with him. secretary Foster said laugnnGy
when he the crowd Of newspaper men awaiting
him. that he really had nothing to say. lie added
however, that he had come 10 Quarantine merely u