The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-16
STEERAGE PASSENGERS
For This Country-information That
This Traffic Has Been Resumed
Onicially Transmitted to the Treasury De-
psrtment-A Hotel Built at Rotterdam
Solely for the Use of This class of
ForeiC "ers Rates Inoreased.

WAsHINGroS, D. c.. March IL The
Treasury deIa meat is officially adj
vised by the DC: ,ir. lnent of State that
steerage tra ific Lctv cen European
ports and the Unite, 81 tcs, which was
iscontinucd on JInu..ry last, has
ben resumed.
United StG tes Consul Gardner. at
r ,terdam, In a rvrs'G to the state
dcrartment gives oetniled acc"unt of
'h" precautions takes here to prevent
tile e;nigra tio1 of perauAs affected with
contagious diseases
In addition to the safeguards against
transmission of disease afforded by the
local system Of examination made inn
mediately before embarkation, . new
hotel, devoted exclusively for
the accommodation of steerage
and second-class passengers en- route
for the United States has been built
This hotel, known as the "Nasm," is
owned by the Netherland American
Co, and is solely under their manage
ment. The entire control of this build
ing according to Dutch laws, is in the
hands of the commissioner of immigra-
ton, although the United States consul
has free access to the building
Consul Gardner states that within the
past three or four years the rate of
steerage sailing from Rotterdam
to New York has increased in the
ratio of the added restrictions upon inn
migration imposed by the United States
authorities. The rate for storage in
1891 was $50. 40, while at the present
time it is s3l.20.
The 'grade of persons going in the
steerage has also shown a percentage
of improvement, more or less, closely
corresponding to the percentage of in
crease OF cost or passage. United
States Consul Estes, at Hamburg, has
submitted report of the pre-
cautions that he has adopted
against the introduction of infec-
tious disease into the United States
by the resumption of immigration at
this port He states that all vessels
sailing ftom Hamburg for ports in the
United States, before they can obtain
their bill of health, must be thoroughly
disinfected according to the instruc-
tions of the United States marine hospi.
tai service
This disinfection is superintended by
Dr. w. l.. Homann, Hamburg govern
ment surgeon, who uses the Hamburg
police department seal on his certih-
Gates of disinfection.
Further, the crews of vessels carrying
immigrants are medically examined by
DR.. Homann and DR.. Nash, deputy of
DR.. Jenkins, the health officer in New
York. These physicians issue joint
certificate as to this examination. All
passengers not travelling in the saloon
are medically examined before embark
ing by DR.. Homann in his capacity as
government surgeon and by physician
of the steamship company.
This examination is made in the pres
ence Of either the consul or vice-consul,
and a certificate to that effect is an
nexed to the passenger manifesto of
the vessel Both of the physicians issue
certificate besides which declares the
passengers to be in good health and
free from all infectious diseases
The bill of health, which is not de-
livered to the steamship until all of
these requirements have been complied
with, bears across its face in red ink
the exact number OF cholera cases and
deaths which have been reported to the
Hamburg senate cholera commission
during the fortnight previous to the
date of the bill of health. All of the
aforementioned documents bear the
Authorization of the United States
Consul Estes also states that all passen-
gers coming from Russia and Austria
Hungary are obliged to observe quar-
antine of at least six days under police
before they are permitted
to go on board ship.