The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-31
BAD FOR VENEZUELAN SHIPS.
REGULATIONS MAY
PREVENT THEIR ENTRANCE AT
THIS PORT. 81


So II Would Appear From Health
oacer Runners Letter to PresI-
,.ut Purse of the Board of Trade.
THE Latter Does Not Regard the
RepIy to His Request for InfOrma-
zion as SatisfactOFy-UnIess He
can Give the Agents of the Steam
.biD Line More Exact Information
,he Vessels VIII Not BE Allowed TO
Put In Here.
The effort to have the Venezuelan steam
.rs land their passengers at this port for
j ~. Atlanta exposition has met with
stumbling block in the shape of the quar-
sntfne regulations. as the Morning News
stated in a recent issue.
AFTER seeing the publication referred to
President D. G. Purse of the board of
trade addressed a communication to the
agents of the Red d line. who had con-
sented to land passengers from venezu-
ola at Savannah, inquiring as to the op-
sratlons of quarantine in connection with
tbeor passenger traffic. The following is
6 an extract from Capt. Purses letter:
.As your steamers start from a port
usually under the ban of health regula-
ttons at southern ports, will you kindly
advise me as to the manner in which the
quarantine at New York operates in cases
ike yours. Our desire is that, as much
as possible, such passengers as may come
BY your line, be spared from the annoy
ance so often tantalizing in the most mod
crate and judicious exercise of such regu-
4 lations''
The following reply was received:
Red ID" Line of Steamships, New
York Aug 26, 1S95.-Mr. D. G. Purse,
President Savannah Board of Trade, Sa-
vannah, Ga. Dear Sir: In reply to your
letter of the 22d inst, we beg to say
that as the ports from which our steam
ers come are perfectly healthy we have
never had any detention whatever at
quarantine. The steamers are, of course,
provided with bills of health, and the
doctor being satisfied that no sickness
is on board allows them to proceed at
once TO their wharf.
We believe that at some of the south
ern ports, however, the quarantine reg
ulations are very onerous. and before
ordering any of our steamers to Savan-
nah we would have to receive some as
surance that if they are provided with
clear bills of health and there is no sick
ness on board, they will be allowed to
land their passengers without delay.
Boulton, Bliss & Dallett.
Capt. Purse had previously addressed a
letter to Mayor Myers as chairman of the
sanitary board based on the article which
appeared in the Morning News. AS has
been previously stated DR.. Drummer
thought that an injustice had been done
him in the publication of the article as he
did not understand that he was talking
for publication at the time, and the state
ment that it would be 'cold day when
the Venezuelan steamers came into this
port was not the language used by him.
Capt. Purse, as will be remembered, re-
ceived no answer to his communication to
the mayor on the subject. Wednesday he
addressed the following letter to Mayor
Myers:
Savannah, Ga, Aug. 2S, 1s95.-1on. Her
man Myers. Mayor and Chairman SAM
tary Commission: Dear Sir-I had this
honor of the 2lst inst. I now have the
privilege of submitting to you a copy of
my letter of the 22nd inst. to Messrs. Boul-
ton, Bliss and Dallett. general managers
Red d line steamers, and original of their
reply under date of 26th inst, and ask that
its contents may receive early and care
full consideration and the writer advised
Of your action in the premises for trans
mission to Messrs. Boulton, Bliss and Dali
lett, general managers, etc. 1 have the
honor to be, very truly yours,
D. G. Purse,
President Savannah Board of Trade.
The communication was considered at a
special meeting of the sanitary board and
the following answer received by Capt
Purse yesterday:
Office Board of Sanitary Commissioners.
Savannah, Ga, Aug. 20, 1S95.-Mr. d. G.
Purse, President Board of Trade, Savan-
nah, Ga.-Sir: Your communication of
the 2Sth inst, addressed to the chairman
Of the board of sanitary commissioners,
from ports of Venezuela was brought UP
Tor consideration of the above board at a
special meeting held this day. l am IN
structed to say that the board cannot adj
init vessel from any suspected or in
fected port except under such conditions
as are prescribed by the quarantine regu-
lations for the proper disinfection and
detention of said vessel. Very respect
fully, WE. Drummer. H O.
Capt Purse does not think that the
health officers reply is any answer to lis
communication, as it does not give the
Information sought by the agents of the
Red d line as to whether their steamships
would be permitted to enter without delay
"hen provided with clean bills of health
ana with no sickness on board Unless
some more definite reply is received, be
sald, the project of having the Red d line
OF steamers land passengers at Savannah
curing the fall months will have to be