St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-15
Best Means Of Saving the IN
terror From the Seourge
Considered.
Rules Adopted Governing the
transportation Of Immi-
grant Traffic.
Railroad Men Join the Medi-
cal Authorities in the
Movement.

thoFities in an endeavOr 10 prevent
cholera from creeping into the interior
of the country. Today conference
between the representatives OF the state
boards of health which have offices in
this city was held at the Grand Pacific
for the purpose OF adopting practical
methods of saving the people from the
scourge. which has now entered New
York, and will, it is feared, spread TO
other cities if better means of proven
ton be not exercised.
Previous to the conference with the
railroad men a meeting of medical men
was held for the purpose of drawing up
rules to be submitted to be discussed.
Among
Those Present
we're DR.. c. NJ. Hewitt, president of the
Minnesota board of health; DR.. c. j.
jerks, of Wisconsin,; DE-. Reeves. of
the same state; J. F. Kennedy, secre-
tary of the Iowa board; DR.. D. G.
Schneider, a member of the same
board; DR.. Teller, of the Michigan.
board; DR.. Mayer. of the Kentucky
board; DR.. c. c. Probst, secretary of the
Ohio board; DIR. E. c. Atkinson. seere-
tary of the Missouri board: DR..
G. NJ. McAlf, of the Indiana board;
DIR. Mccormick. of the Kentucky board.
The following members of the illinois
board were present: Dr.. W. a. Has
kell. DR.. W. +. Reilly, secretary; DR..
Clark. Dr.. McGriffith, DR.. Ludham and
DR.. Williams. The committee adopted
the following previous to adjournment
at l o'clock:
Requirements of the state boards of
health OF the states of Illinois, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Ken
lucky and Ohio for the transportation
of immigrant passengers and their
effects to the states represented by their
boards:
Shall Have Certificates.
Rule l. That this conference recon-
mends that every immigrant passenger
before being allowed to land at any port
or to cross into the United States shall
obtain certificate from the health of
icer of the port or point of entry, or
from sanitary Inspector OF the United
States marine hospital service where
the service has charge of quarantine
and diSinfection. or the same certificate
from the quarantine officer at Crosse
island. setting forth the name of such
immigrant, whence emigrated, name |
and port of clearance of vessel and the
date of arrival at port Of entry. the fact |!
of the existence or non-eXlStence of any |
infectious disease on said ship, the |
period of detention therefor at quaran- |
tine. local diSinfection OF the immigrant |
in any state or territory of the United |
States, and a further certificate that he |
or she is free from any danger of con- |
Yeying the importation or
Asiatic Cholera
or smallpox in person. and that his or
her effects and belongings have been
subjected to proper process of diSin-
lection before being allowed to enter
the United States.
Rule 2. That q certificate of disin-
fection as requested in Rule 2, signed
by the officer under whose charge the
work of Inspection and disinfection has
been performed. and giving the name
Of the officer and date of issue, should
be conspicuousiy attached to each piece
OF baggage of such immigrhnt.
"Rule 3. That any railway or trans
portation company accepting immi- |
grants for transportation through the
country represented at the conference
who are not provided with certificates
as provided in Rule 2, and whose bag
gage has not been dislnfected, provided
for III Rule 2, shall be subjected to the
quarantine rules, and TO any detention
at the borders or within the territory of
such state for such thOroughness of in-~l
spectiOn as the authorities of either
state may deem necessary.
Separate Cars.
"Rule 4. That immigrant passengers,
if not conveyed on such trains eXclu-
sively devoted to such use, shall be con-
veyed in separate cars attached to such
train, and their baggage shall be con-
yeyed in separate baggage cars. and
shall not be removed therefrom except
at distributing points i'll the different
states.
"Ruie ). That railroad or other trans
poftation companies carrying such i'm
migrants shall telegraph TO the secre-
tarleS of the state boards of health |
designated herewith at the distributing
points. advising of the time of arrival
of such Immigrants. and in time TO al
low of the trains being met by inspetc-
ors, and snail also telegraph notice of
any sickness among such immigrants to
said authorities.
forth in rules l and shall apply to
passengers of any class arriving on q
vessel infected with ASlatic cholera or
smallpox"
Railroad Men Join.
At O'Clock the meeting was thrown
open and the conference with the rep |
resentatives of the railways began. The |
rules we're adopted. with the exception |
OF No. 4, to which exception Was taken !
by the railroad men. 1t was changed so |
as 10 leave the question to the local !
boards by the adoption of the following !
substitute:
Rule i. That immigrant passen-
gers. if not conveyed on separate trains /
~ n tod IN
shall be transported. when practi- |
cable, i'll cars TO which access shall |
be denied to other passengers, and |
the disinfected baggage and hand |
baggage carried by them Shall |
not be accessible to them until they ar |
rived at their respective points of dtsti-
nation. and similar precautions shall be |
observed in the transportation OF immi- !
grant passengers by WATER
The following resolutions were then /
Unanimously Adopted:
Resolved. That we recognize and |
appreciate the value of the certificates /
which have been given by quarantine
officials certifying to the health of i'm
migrants destined to the interior of the
country. and we tender our thanks to
the officials for issuing such certifi-
Gates.
''Resolved, That in view of the de-
STABILITY OF an extension of work we
respectfully but energetlcalIy urge the
marine hospital service. the bureau of
immigration or other competent ma
tiGnal authority, to supplement the
work that has been done or that NAV
be done by quarantine officers i'll such
way as to provide that all Immigrants
entering the United States at any point
where such certificates are not salts
factoriiy given by competent officer be
furnished with certificates under ma
tiOnal authority covering the several
points which have been represented by
this conference
Before adjourning it was decided that
the rules should go into effect Sept. ~.
The DuIuth DririnO Rark