The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-05
STILL HELD AT QUARANTINE.
THE BUENAvENTURA's AGENT he
FORE THE SANITARY BOARD.

/ and That the Vessel BE Allowed TO
Come Up to the CIty-The Move
ments of the Buenaventura Before
/ She Came to savnnnah-shipping
! Agents say the Quarantine is In
! iurfng the Port.
/ Mr.. J. F. Minis VIII appear before the
sanitary board to-day and request that the
I Spanish steamship Buenaventura, now
undergoing quarantine. be allowed TO
come up TO the city at once, instead OF
undergoing the usual five days detention
after quarantine.
Mr.. Minis VIII urge that the vessel has
already been delayed at quarantine ten
days and her owners put to heavy expense
in complying with the requirements OF
the sanitary board.
The case Of the Buenaventura is az
tracing a great deal Of comment among
business men and especially the ship
brokers, who are directly interested in
the decisions of the sanitary board. Mem
ton was made in yesterdays Morning
News of the case. The vessel arrived
here early last week from New Orleans.
having cargo of 10000 bushels Of corn,
taken on al the latter port and comine
here to complete her cargo by taking on
New Orleans and been given free pra-
tique there the agents here expected to
bring her up to the city right away. Be
fore going to New Orleans the vessel
stopped at Cienfugos, Cuba. Health on
Ger Drummer learned this fact, and also
that she had not been fumigated at New
Orleans, and he Immediately ordered that
the vessel be fumigated before being al
lowed to come up to the city.
The vessel was about to be fumigated
cargo and all, when Mr. Minis appeared
before the sanitary board ana REQUESTED
10 De allowed to discharge the cargo at
quarantine before the tumigation took
place, after which the corn might be re-
loaded in the vessel. This permission was
granted, and, as stated in Yesterdays
Morning News the cargo has been dis
charged ana the vessel was then under
OF course, against the vessel being com
peileu 70 undergo quarantine here after
having been admitted 10 the port of New
orleans, but the board was firm in its de-
eision that the vessel must be fumigat-
ca before she could be allowed to come
up TO the city.
The shipbrokers are protesting very loud
~ against the rigid restrictions enforced
upon vessels entering this port and as
sert that IL is driving commerce away
They point to the fact that vessels from
the West Indian and South American
ports are allowed to enter New Orleans
after Nov. l, without fumigation and ar
IL
so much greater than Savannah, finds il
safe to do this there is no reason why
Savannah merchants competing with New
Orleans should be placed at such a dis
advantage by the delay of their ships and
the accompanying expense for quarantine
charges.
Another instance similar to that Of the
Buenaventura is that of the British
steamship Jassmore, now at quarantine,
where she has already been delayed sew
eral days. This vessel came to Savannah
Amboy and Philadelphia, but because she
mad previously visited the tropical ports
OF Tampico and ProgressO, she was com
PEELED to undergo quarantine at Savannah.
The shipowners are kicking at these de-
lays ana extra expenses, the agents say,
and several have declared that they will
not charter any more ships to Savannah
A case of this kind, in point, is the i'm
portant Pinillos line of Barcelona. a
vessel OF this line was sent TO Savannah
early in the season. Having stopped at
a suspected port, she was compelled to
go 70 the government quarantine station
at Sapelo for disinfection a rule to this
effect having been adopted some time ago
by the sanitary board. The vessel went to
Sapelo, but the accommodations there
We're so limited that it was seen that her
detention there would be indefinite
The agents, Strachan & Co., appealed
TO the sanitary board to allow the vessel
TO be disinfected at the Savannah quar-
antine station, but the request was re-
fused. They then telegraphed the sur
geon general at Washington of the mat
-
MS permission to have the vessel disin=
fected at Brunswick When the sanitary
board learned of this it protested to the
surgeon-general against such permission
as calculated to reflect upon the port of
savannah, but the permission was not
Withdrawn The vessel was disnfect6d
at brunswick and came to Sa-
vannah, where she took on a
cargo OF cotton. Another vessel of the
flnlllos nne had been ordered here, but
her destination was changed after this,
ana no more vessels of that line have Wis
tied Savannah this season
me sanitary board has modified its reg
ulatons so that under certain conditions
vessels from the suspected ports might
be disintected at the Savannah quaran-
tihe one OF the Savannah agents was
gwen permission under this new ruling
TO go down to Sapelo and bring vessel
up 70 the savannah quarantine to be
dlsinfected. When he arrived at SaDelo
however he found a case of yellow on
board, and Immediately decided that he
ga not care to bring the vessel up to
SaYannah right away.
Mayor Myers gave the other side of the
question when asked about the Buena-
ventura matter. The vessel was not al
lowed 70 come up to Savannah simply be-
cause she had not complied with the quar-
anime regulations" he said THE Sa-
Nannah quarantine regulations are based
upon the requirement of the national
quarantine laws. The vessel having VS.
lted a yellow fever port, should have
been disinfected at New Orleans AS she
was not dlSinfected there, there was moth
to do but to require her disinfection be~.,r
entering savannah, which we did The fact
mat she had taken on a part cargo of
corn before 9e leaving New Orleans did not
after the case. AS IL was the shin which
needed fumigation, and not the cargo we
granted permission for the cargo to he
discharged before the vessel was fuyni-
gated: The quarantine restrictions NAV
occasionally work hardship, but thew
are necessary for the safety Of our pe0nIe
and our commerce as a whole We can
not AFFORD to take any risks These tramD
steamships leave but little money in tbe
port, and it would be very unwise for rs
TO expose the city to any risk of infec
ton for the sake of the small profit that
vessel" q
Mayor Myers said that had the present
cold weather prevailed at the time fhe
Buenayentura appeared al quarantine the
DECISION OF the board might have been
different, but there happened TO he a
spell Of warm weather prevailing at the
time, which operated against the REQUEST
of the vessels agents Health OfScer
Rrunner was also seen about the matter
but declined to say anything on the sub,
! ject.
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