The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-28
LOSING BY QUARANTINE.
That it is Shutting Out
Trade.

Tourist Travel Will be Late on Ac-
count Of rt-Merchants, Hotel Men
and Others Say They Are Losing
Heavily Because the People Are
Afraid to Attempt to Run the Guar
antine Blockade Even Though
Armed With a Health Certificate.
DR.. Drummer is Glad to Hear That the
Quarantine is Rigid But He viii Say
Nothing-He Expected Complaints
Towards the End of the Season.
The hotel and restaurant people and the
retail people generally, who depend to a
great extent upon the transient patron
age, are complaining that the rigid
! quarantine is injuring their business by
keeping people away from the city.
A large portion of Savannah patronage
comes from the section traversed by the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway.
1t is well known that travel on that line
has been greatly diminished, partly by
the yellow fever and partly by the
quarantine.
People are not allowed to come
in, of course, from the. neighborhood
of Brunswick and Jesup, but this ac-
counts for only fraction of the bust
ness lost.
The reason why a great many people
who would like to come to Savannah do
not do so is because they have heard so
much about the stringency of the quaran-
tine regulations here that thew are afraid
of being detained and sent back home
without being admitted to the city, and
some of them are even afraid that they
might be held in quarantine here or sent
to the detention camp. They have found
that health certificates are very uncer-
tain things to depend upon
and as there are no health
officers in the small towns
whose signature to a certificate would be
accepted as good evidence anywhere,
they prefer to remain at home, or to do
trading elsewhere. This limits the mer-
chants as well as the hotel and restaurant
people.
FEW COUNTRY PEOPLE COMING IN.
The market is headquarters for the
country people when they come to town,
and if there is crowd in town it can al
ways be told by the appearance of things
there.
"This place has just been dead since the
quarantine started said Joe Fried yes
terday. There are no country people at
all coming here now"
Travel on the Central railroad has also
been very light, partly for the same rea-
son as on the Savannah, Florida and
Western. There are a great many people
in the upper portion of the state who are
foolish enough to believe the reports they
hear from time to time that there is yell
low fever in Savannah, and on this ac-
count they prefer to stay away for the
present. If they knew the state
of feeling of the people here
they would know that it is impossible for
the fever to exist in this section without
there being clamor raised about it at
once
This last argument has had a great
deal to do with keeping the drummers
away from Savannah. 1t is noticeable
how few travelling men visit here now.
This patronage is big item to the hotel
men. They will come with a rush, no
doubt, when cold weather sets in.
NORTHERN TRAVEL IS SLACK.
1t is time too for the northern travel to
be turning southwark, but it has not be-
gun to do so yet.
The yellow fever at Brunswick and the
consequent quarantine regulations are, of
course, keeping the tourists away, and
they can hardly be expected before the
fever is at an end. The chances of catch
ing the fever are about in 1000, but the
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health doesn't want TO come in the neigh
borhood of disease like yellow fever.
Proprietor Watson of the De Soto, was
looking very blue the other night when
MORNING News reporter accosted him
on this subject. He admitted that the
prospect was not very bright just now
Last year this time, " he said, 1--WE had
a house full, and now we haven't anybody
hardly. If the newspapers would quit
talking so much about yellow fever people
would not think so much of it,"
He was reminded that yellow fever was
a most interesting topic just now, and
that if the newspapers did not give the
facts the people would imagine the situa-
ton a great deal worse than it really is.
much hope of getting the northern
people down south until the Brunswick
epidemic was at an end. He bright ened
up somewhat last night when he saw
nearly a hundred guests come in from
the Kansas City. They were all Florida
people, however, returning home after
spending the summer north, and are only
here for day or two.
DIR. Drummer WOULDN'T TALK.
"Why do you continue to maintain such
a rigid quarantine2" DIR. Drummer was
asked yesterday. isn't it time you were
letting up on it a little2"
SIS the quarantine rigid? am glad to
hear you say so,' DR.. Drummer replied
with the strict quarantine maintained
at Brunswick and Jesup, is it necessary
to continue the rigid quarantine at Sa-
vannah2" was asked.
Il don't care to discuss the situation"
was the reply. "There will be no let up
in quarantine until cold weather sets in -
DR.. Drummer has said all along that his
greatest fight would be in maintaining
the quarantine against Brunswick
towards the close of the season He has
handled guarantees before, and he
knows that the people always get very
tired Of it before the fight is over.
In the meanwhile, there is no doubt that
the quarantine is cutting off business
from the city and everybody will be i'm
mensely glad when the time comes to
throw open the gates again