The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-08
DON'T LIKE THEIR TREATMENT
SHIP CAPTAINS COMPLAIN OF sA-
VANNAH's QUARANTINE.

The Arbitrary treatment OF the
Quarantine Omeer Complained OF.
Two Captains say That He Treat
ed Them Like Dogs.
Shipping masters who have arrived N
port recently appear 10 be sore on the
Savannah quarantine regulations, and the
manner OF their enforcement. They make
very serious complaints as 70 their treat
ment al quarantine.
The captains have been discussing their
grievances freely, and several OF them
gave accounts yesterday OF the methods
IN vogue at quarantine.
Capt. Jorgensen Of the bark Abel and
sabina and Capt. Svendsen OF the bark
Guldregn, both Norwegian, arrived al
quarantine from Para. Brazil. last month.
the first on June Il ana the second On
June IS
Il was detained at quarantine eleven
days" said Capt. Jorgensen, in dis
charging ballast and IN fumigation.
have nothing TO say TO the detention.
What object TO is the treatment 1 re-
ceived there. When I first came in asked
II there were no laws or regulations gov
erning the quarantine station. 1 received
no answer and no copy of any rules or
regulations was furnished me. When. the
vessel was being fumigated the officer
never instructed me where / or my mea
should stay. There was one little room
on the wharf with hunks for sixteen
men. II looked more like a cattle pen
than a place for human creatures. No
place Whatever was provided for the Off
GERS. Both myself and Capt Svendsen
slept In the rigging while our vessels were
being fumigated. The fumigation was so
complete that all our clothing was ruined.
What was not ruined in the ship was
ruined In the disnfecting apparatus on
the wharf oil skin coats and articles OF
that kind fell 10 pieces on being touched.
A hne tiger skin blanket l had was
ruined"
Capt svendsen explained that the fu-
mlgatins process occupied twenty-four
hours, and that 1t was forty-eight hours
atterward before the fumes had
dled away sufficiently 10 per-
init of sleeping on board. Five
large pots Of sulphur were put in
the hold, he said. one In the cabin one
In the forecastle and another in small
apartment. The cabin had been newly
painted, but was so discolored by the sui
phur that IT looked as II it had had the
small pox and the paint peeled of in
flakes
Both captains had a good deal to say
ABOUT the manner In which they were
treated by the quarantine officer. They
asserted that they could not get a civil
answer from him and that he could not
nave treated them worse II they had been
dogs.
Il was kept waiting an hour and half
after the arrival of the tug to tow the
Guldregn up to the city" said Capt.
svendsen' because the quarantine on
Ger was asleep. 1 have been here several
times before, but never received such
treatment. / expected to he required TO
conform to the rules, but l didn't care to
be treated like a dog"
Another serious charge made by the two
81.
quarantine Is in a wrecked and broken
down condition. The iron barrows for re-
moving ballast, they say. are in a ram
shackle condition, and the tramway or
staging on which It is moved is dilapida-
ted. When anything broke down, they
said, the crews had to repair II them
selves. Another thing they complained
or was that the sailors had to truck the
ballast a long distance when formerly this
station.
Capt. Hammond OF the British bark Ba-
laklaYa, which Is at the Savannah Flor
ida and Western railroad naval stores
wharves loading for Rotterdam, is also
exercised over the treatment he received
while at the quarantine station.
1t had been over six months since nv
vessel had been at port" he said when
arrived at the Savannah quarantine sta
ton / arrived at Buenos Ayres road
steads from Rangoon Oct. r. and remain
ed IN the roads waiting for high water
until Oct. 26, when / went into the Boca.
at Buenos Ayres. 1 lay in the Boca until
Nov. a. when the vessel was lowed
again TO the outer roadsteads, and re-
manned there until April l5 or 40 DAYS
! before sailing for Savannah I arrived
at Tybee June 4, and was towed into
| quarantine June 8.
| Arriving at quarantine II was nine
| days before my vessel was fumigated
after which l was compelled to take the
vessel and lie in Tybee roads for FIVE
more days before she was allowed to come
a - ~.
imposition, coming as / did from n
healthy port from which | had sailed
more than half-a-year, and having no
sickness on board during the entire time"
AT the quarantine station, my men
were obliged to work on the run" or
bridge, over which the ballast from the
vessel was carted, in order to make il safe
for them to work upon Then for several
days, they were compelled to work on the
top or this shaky platform in the broiing
sun without any protection or shade 1t
was enough to make them sick and al
most kill an ordinary man. After the hall
last was discharged. the inside of the yes
sci was washed down with bi-carbonate
of soda, which corroded the iron, of which
the vessel is built. and a lot of it remains
yet in the vessels hold. My clothes were
ruined by the process of fumigation. for
which have no redress
My most serious complaint however"
continued Capt. Hammond, "is the treat
ment l received from the authorities after
| the vessel was ready, and in a
condition to come up to the citv'
/ was informed, by the quarantine physi-
clan that my vessel must leave the
wharf and so into Tybee roads and wait
! five days more before she would be re-
leased The bark then being light, l con-
Stdered 1t dangerous to take her into the
roads, even with the ballast logs along
side and l protested l wrote a letter 10
/ the health officer. stating the circum-
stances of my delay. and anxiety about
the safety of my vessel, and requested that
l be allowed to come TO the city 1t was
straightforward business request. and
deserved recognition and an answer. at
least, but l received no reply to it. / ask
ed the quarantine physician to telephone
TO the health office about the matter.
which he did, but / received no satisfac-
tion from this course. and was compelled
to take my vessel into the roads For
tunately the weather was fair and the
vessel remained safely anchored until She
was released on June %.
IAN I've got to say further is that with
such treatment given TO vessels as we
received, they VIII keep away from this
port. which will injure Savannahs com
merce very materially"
Capt. Mallin of the British bark Va
runa made a statement to a Morning News
reporter. His vessel is also from Buen6s
Ayres, and was detained twenty days at