The sun., 1892-09-07
CHOLERA AND the QUARANTINE.
The Passengers ON the IuGcted ships,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sh: Is IL not
the extreme OF cruelty to keep the passengers
on the pest ships? Confined US they are in
such close quarters. with every seam in the
vessel crammed with the filth OF years. it may
be a long time before the last case OF cholera
will have disappeared.
Tho strain on the system OF being confined
in such place. with the constant fear Of
being tho next victim. Is enough to bring on
the cholera and other diseases. This can be
avoided at once II the United States Govern
ment will allow barracks to be built on the
Sandy Hook beach. where tho passengers can
be housed free from the examinations OF the
pest ships. These could be built in q few
DAYS and tho passengers transferred: and il
there Is not n fund within reach from either
the state or national Government. a subscrip-
tion could be col!ccte ed in twenty -four hours to
meet all expenses.
dare say the cabin passengers alone would
gladly defray the expense to be relieved Of the
tcrrors Of a pest ship.
The Sun being such n noble advocate OF
right and humanity. let it champion the
cause Of tho poor people confined in these
ships. and start a subscription for the above
purpose. II the money cannot be had other
wise. and will be one Of the first to subscribe.
Ten thousand dollars would build and equip
in very comfortable manner such barrack.
Yours RD
New YORK. Sept o.
TO THE EDITOR OF The SrN-Si,': It seems
to me the very refinement OF cruelty to keep
from five hundred TO thousand people Of
both sexes and all ages confined aboard ship
at Quarantine for twenty days.
II tho ships by that time do not become float
ing mad houses. then humanity must be
stronger ufloat than ashore.
In sight OF the land they are seeking. ex-
pectlnG every moment the cholera will break
out among them. what human being could
stand such a strain for twenty days?
1t is worse than being at sea with ship on
fire under your ieet. for here land ard relief
nro in sight. As in some terrible dream. YOU
Are there not islands or promontories in
our harbor or vicinity which could be eusily
The passengers could be landed and made
comfortable in tents for n month to come !?
the very nes,iience we are trying to stamp out
MOUNT VERNON. Sert. D. G I. l.
Cholera In Louisiana sc Years Ago.
To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: Noticing
in Fridays press reports a statement that DR..
Jenkins would disregard the quarantine reGu-
lations from the authorities at Washington
against cholera. in certain cases. where ves-
sells appeared perfectly free from the dread
disease. take it to be the duty OF every ctl-
Zen who becomes possessed OF any fact bear
ing on this point, to make it known.
Yesterday. in travelling from Atlanta to
Chattanooga. fell in with Mr.. NJ. N. Wood. an
aged gentleman who has been a resident OF New
Orleans for over thirty years. who has recently
removed to Chattanooga. He informed me. in
talking over the danger Of cholera getting in
at some Of our ports. OF u case tnat occurred
in 1870. He was running n line of steamboats,
up the Red River from New Orleans to Shreve-
port during that year. He took aboard at
New Orleans 9 number OF German iInmi-
ten days previous. They were all healthy and
III good condition. having decided to go to
Shreveport to locate: After being on his boat
Three days and reaching AeSHindsrsville some
miles from. Shreveport. these Germans
opened a chest of clothing that had not
before been opened since they left their
da; ended the cholera broke, out on the boat
and tour OF tho passengers died fl tom 1t. DR.
Cummings. a celebrated physician from New
Orleans: pronounced it genuine Asiatic chol-
dying at Grand Ecore. $50 miles from Shreve.
port. where tho boat lay up and discharged
all OF her passengers: destroying everything
by hurnng % that could become INFECTED: a e., TINA
there was no cholera in the country: that 4
searching Investigation established beyond all
question the fact that tho germs were CON
cealed in this German chest: that none OF the
passengers died except the three Germans
and DIR. Cummings. who attended them: that
his action in SO quickly destroying tho chest
and contents and promptly tunlEa'inE tho
1t seems to III" that in the fac" OF such festl-
mony the greatest care ought ,now,to be eXcr:.
| cscd in guarding against the danger that
DAYTON. o. j. W. CARPENTER.