The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11
TOOK A LOOK AT QUARANTINE.
THE SANITARY BOARD VISITS The
STATION.

DR. LinIey Furnished Copy Of the
ship Captains Statements and
VIII Make written Report to
the Board-The station THOROUGH
~ Inspected aud the Eject of the
nisinfecting Process on CiothinE
Tested-The Board TO Make Its He
port Next Week
The sanitary commission continued rs
Investigation OF the charges % The Ship
masters against the Savau-4l quarantine.
is regulations and the.- enforce nlenf
and the condition of the station gester-
day afternoon.
Mayor Myers. Health Omesr Brllrsr.
Dr. Falurant and Alderman Garrall and
CITY Engineer Wnu Wen- down cl -he
Theckla. and spent several hours az ,he
station. Dr. Liniey. the quarantine o.l-
Ger. was furnished copy % the state
nents OF the ship captains. and viii make
a written reply 20 the commission tn re-
gard 20 the charges 80 FAR as they az
feet himself ana his conduct of the station.
Upon the report and the testimony before
the board the day before. and us own In
vestigati0n OF abe condition Of the quar-
port Il may be submitted 10 the city
council at its next meeting. II Dr. Linley
has made his report by mat time, ana
the commission has had time 10 conslaeF
The condition Of the runaway and OF
the wheeIbarrows used for unloading bal
last, and which the captains complained
Of was looked into thoroughly.
The visit OF the commission was entire
y unexpected 90 Dr. Liniey, so that no
a.alr a..r. q anrn- Nr
could have been made for the inspection
which the commission was 10 make The
fumigaSlng apparatus was Inspected ana
tes,e ed The complaint had been made
that the clothing OF The men on the Nor
wegian bark Guldregn had been ruined
By the dlsinfecting process. both that
which had been left on the ship and was
fumigated there and that which had been
put in the steam chamber. 1t WNs claimed
that the heat was so great IN the steam
chamber that the clothing dropped to
pieces on being taken out and that left
on the ship was ruined by the sulphur.
The commission took the clothing OF some
Of th@ employees at the station and put
IL In the chamber, which was heated up
10 the temperature of % degrees, the
temperature ordinarily used in the dlsln-
1ecting process After the clothing hai
remained I'm the chamber the required
length Of time Il was taken out and ex-
amined and was not In the slightest dam
aged. This test seemed to disproVe the
claim that clothing is ruined by passing
through the disinfecting process.
The commission looked into the matter
OF distance which the ballast has TO be
carried IN WneelbarroWs. Instead OF being
100 yards as claimed,it was found TO be
not anywhere near that. The sleeping
quarters at the station were inspected and
found 70 be clearly and in excellent condi-
ton.
Mayor Myers said before leaving for the
station that the purpose OF the trip was to
look into the condition Of everything thor
oughly, and II the charges made by the
ship captains were found 10 be true the
evils would be corrected at once so FAR as
il is possible to do so. The quarantine Is an
important matter for Savannah. said the
mayor, and must be conducted IN the best
interests Of the port.
1t Is evident 50 far as could
be learned after the party return
ed from the station. that the inspection
was thorough and satisfactory. The mem
beers OF the commission declined 10 say
what the result Of the investigation viii
be. but II was learned that so far as
the condition OF the station Is concerned,
and so far as the commission has gone in
Its Investigation OF the complaints Of the
manner of enforcing the regulations by
Dr. Linley, that matters were greatly ex-
aggerated by the ship captains and the
report OF the commission will, in all like
lihood be a favorable one TO the quaran-
tine officer. II is propable that the in
Vesilgation will result in a number of inn
prOvements These, however, will be tenn
pOrary on account of the indehuiteness as
to the future location of the wharves as a
result of the fixing of the hdrbor lines
by the United States engineer and the
probable cutting OF Of a considerable
slice OF the island on which the wharves
are built This may necessitate the NOV
ing Of the wharves temporarily. What
ever is done, therefore in the way Of
improving the station will depend upon
the action of the United States engi-
neer
Mayor Myers did not return TO the city
with the other members of the commits
sion, but went over to Tybee to spend
the night.