The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-16
THE QUARANTINE INVESTIGATION.
The Sanitary Commission Com
mendx DR.. LinIeg-

A-"N ~ 1919
The sanitary commission submitted 20
the c.-y council yesterday. "a report % ifs
.nrastleltl1n of the charges made by Cap
talns Jare-nsen and sveniseu. OF the Nor
wegan banks. AdeI sa8.na ami Guliregn.
and Captains Hammond and Mallin. 90 the
British banks. BaIaklasa ana Varuna,
against the quarantine station. and its
conduct. and. also o. incivn.ty ON the part
OF quarantine officer. D-. Linley.
The report. as stated n The Morning
News would be the case. yiuiicates DR..
Lia.ey. and finds the charges against the
station unsustained. except AS 90 the con-
d.t.0n. OF the ballas. runs and the
wharres. which the committee recon-
mr1ls. De- repaired in accordance with
reeommeuCations by the ci-y engineer.
The report Is quite lengthy. and explains
the investigation before the commission.
az which the shlpmas,ars made ia sub
stance. the same statements they did 10
The Morning News. and the visit Of the
commission 70 the quarantine station
where 50 made a practical test OF the pro-
cess % fumigation. for the purpose OF dee
terminlng its effect on clothing and other
property subjected 20 81. The commission
found that on account OF the harbor reg
ulatons compelling the city TO carry ball
last between 400 and so feet
there IS delay which jig un-
avoidable. The quarters FOR the sailors.
which the shipmasters complained Of as.
filthy. were found 10 be clean and COM
Portable and adequate for the accommO-
dalton OF the officers and sailors Of any
vessels except those OF unusual size. IN
which instance arrangements can De
made during the process OF fumigatlOn.
The OIL skins complained OF by one of
the ship masters as having been ruined
by sulphur fumigation, the commission
found had not been injured I'm any way.
although they had been exposed 20 the
fumes OF sulphur for forty-eight hours.
In reference 20 the charges OF inclVility
on the part Of DR. Lnley. the commission
says: The board feels constrained to say
that IL has every confidence in the integ-
rity and ability Of Dr. Linley. We feel
that he has In no way treated any one
uncivilly or impO1tely. On the contrary,
We believe that he is working for the best
interests OF the city treating every one
with due consideration and facilitating
the work al the station with all dispatch
compatible with the best interests OF the
city. We not only eXonerate him from
the charges made against him. but we
commend his work as that OF an intell-
gent official"
The commission quotes from "The San
ttary Abstract" a bulletin issued by the
United States marine hospital service in
reference to the matter Of detentions. by
which II shows that sailing vessels DIS
charging ballast are detained here from
three to 1--WE days less than they are at
any other southern port. The French brig
Georges Valentine arrived at Brunswick
quarantine June 3, and was released June
%; the Spanish brig Chanito, a small YES
sci, with "a small amount Of ballast ar
rived on the 9Th and was released on the
oath; the Spanish brig Alfredo arrived
"a ma eaHa al 4 ON. . he
the Mobile quarantine the Norwegian bark
Campbell arrived May 81 and was released
June Is, the British bark Zablne Gondcz
was detained from June TO June 20; the
British bark George T. Hay arrived June
and was released June %; the Holland
ship Highlander arrived June A, and had
not been released up TO June %.
I'VE would like to give the statistics
from Charleston" the commission says
in Its report, but as the Charleston quar-
antlne station reports no transactions for
thirty days we can give no statistics from
that point, but other southern quarantine
stations as reported, show detentons Of
from 10 to q and "a days. 1t is not on re-
cord that we have ever detained at the Sa-
Vannah quarantine, at least within the last
year, any vessel longer than IA or Is days.
the case of the British bark Varuna. which
remained twenty days excepted, this yes
sci being allowed to take on 600 barrels of
rosin at the station"
while the quarantine has been consld-
cred very onerous and a hindrance to com
merce," the commission says Il calls at
tention to the fact that Savannah quaran-
tines only against places, countries and
ports which are known to be infected or
which cannot prove they are not infected.
Il goes a great deal further than any 9TH
er southern port and does not quarantine
against ATTITUDES. While Il does not quaran-
tine against jamaica and the Island Of
st. Thomas. other southern ports do
THE commission also calls attention to
the fact that the rules observed at the
Savannah quarantine are the rules laid
down by the United States through the
marine hospital service"