The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-29
STILL OBSERVE QUARANTINE.
Steamship Companies Will Only Recog
nixe Orders of Federal officials.

Superintendent Johnson, of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company. said yesterday
with reference to the raising Of the quar-
antine on Victoria:
1t is nonsense for the local health officers to
think they have the power to deciale the quar-
antine of. Neither did they have the power to
place il on. The only authority the steamship
lines recognize is the United States officials. OF
course the local authorities have the right TO
enforce such local regulations as compelling
people to submit to vaccination, but when it
comes to preventing vessel from landing they
have no more power taan or any other citizen
has. Our vessels have to show clean bill of
health from Port Townsend before they can en-
ter here. When the quarantine officer sees that
the disease is not spreading at Victoria and
every precaution to prevent it is being taken,
he will declare the quarantine OFF az
ter "A lapse OF fourteen days from
the time the last case was reported.
l have had no intimation as yet that he pro-
poses to raise the quarantine, and until he does
We have nothing to do but observe it You can
notice the difference between the sensation
created here by the disease and the way these
reports were received al San Francisco. There
the United States officials inspected the psssen-
gers OF the vessels as they entered. but no one
was interiereJ with unless he showed signs of
the disease. No one seemed 70 be AZ ali worried
over the situation. Why, there is scarcely
month in the year that there is not case OF
smallpox in San Francisco, but 1t is attended 20
Immediately and the disease never gets chance
to spread
Chief Clerk Gillian, of the Puget Sound
and Alaska Steamship Company, said that
his company paid no attention to the de-
claring off of the quarantine by the local
health officials. as 1t was the orders of the
United States quarantine officer that had
TO be obeyed.
Health Officer Sparkling said yesterday
that he considered all danger of an cpl
demic 70 have completely passed, but
that he would still continue TO examine
incoming boats and would pay especial
attention to vessels arriving in port from
Victoria.
The cost to the city of Seattle" said
DR.. Sparkling, twill be about 500 for vac
cine points and the pay of my assistant,
DR.. Wright, who has been on duty for
about ten days. Tacoma had four physi-
clans employed at SIS day. We vaccin-
ated about 1900 persons on trains aud
boats. and that no case of smallpox has
developed here is rather to the credit of
the city's health department.
Charles NJ Baldwin, health officer of the
Puget sound district, sent telegram 20
DR.. Spariing yesterday, which read as fol-
lows:
PoRr TOWNSEND, July IS
The Puget Sound board of health and the
United states quarantine Office refuses 10 raise
quarantine until ali danger hss passed
Regarding the telegram Dr.. Spariing
said that II was merely g difference be-
tween DIR. Baldwin and himself on the
point regarding what was danger. DR.
Sparkling. however, said he felt sure all
was now safe with proper precautions.
He also received a message from Dr.. W
4. De Wolfe, health officer OF New West
minister. which stated that the quarantine
against Victoria had been raised ON
Wednesday, and that no further danger
was apprehended.