The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
YELLOW FEVER
TO Be CHECKED
Measures Will Be Taken to
Keep the Disease Out
Of the State.
A Meeting Will Be Held Soon
to Consider What Is Best
to Be Done.
Trains From the Infected Districts
Are Being Quarantined in Texas.
No Cause for Alarm.

Ihe danger TO be apprehended from the
spread OF yellow fever from the South to |
thls State Is not very great, Tor already |
quarantine measures have been adopted
oF Iexas and no trains from New Orleans |
over the Sunset route are allowed to enter |
that State. Notwithstanding this fact the |
california State Board of Health will at a
meeting on next Thursday take such steps |
as Will further insure protection from the |
death-dealng germs.
The passenge traffic has been virtually |
stopped over the Sunset route, but for !
tear thatthere may be a possibility of the
germs OF fever being introduced here the
board will adopt such measures for the
protection OF the people of the State as
the circumstances seem to require. For
that reason the meeting of the board has
Teen called and the best means to main
tain the health of the people and prevent
them from being exposed to the danger
that Turks in the trains and sailing vessels
that come from the States where yellow
death is king will be considered.
DR.. J. F. Morse of the State Board of
Health stated last night that there was
10 reason Tor apprehension as yet. While
danger of the dreaded scourge making its
appearance in this State, he thought i:
the best policy 10 make all necessary
arrangements to prevent its introduction,
and with that end in view he had written
10 DR.. W. P. Matthews, the secretary of
the board, to ask what steps that body
would take looking toward the protection
Of the people oil the State.
In reply he received a notice from DR..
Matthews to the effect that the State
Board would convene in the Palace Hotel
or next Thursday to consider the matter
and to take such precautionary measures
as were deemed necessary.
The secretary of the State Board of
Health of Louisiana has also been tele-
graphed TO furnish this board with all the
information at his command regarding
the spread of the disease IN the Southern |
States and also regarding the best methods /
10 be followed in lighting the disease.
The board deems 1t Wise to De in readi- |
less 10 combat the lever should it be |
brought inside The State, and for thar rea- !
son meeting will be held next week" " /
said DIR. Morse. There is no cause for /
alarm, but we will take all precautions /
fDr il is easier TO prevent the disease being /
brought into the State than TO cheek its /
spread should 1t once get a hold here.
Oue Of the principal means of Keeping the
d Isease outside OF the State limits will be
ana subject the passengers to thorough !
inspection. The trains will also be given
q thorough fumlgaton, in order to Kill
any germs Of the disease that may be pres
ent and reduce the posi- biiity of the fever
germs being brought here.
SHOULD the sCourge approach alarm
ingly near the borders or theState steps /
will be N mediately taken TO quarantine I
the Southern ports and the most rigid /
measures will be adopted and maintained
until there IS no longer any fear OF the /
epidemic"
D.. G. F. Fitzcibbon of the local Board |
OF Health stated that be did not think |
that there would be any great danger of
the yellow fever making its way here. /
He n as OF the opinion that all precaution- |
airy measures should be adopted to insure
The people of this State immunity from
The ravages of the plague that is making
such great havoc in the South.
That the State board was capable OF
succes sfully venting the introd uction
ot the disease across the borders of the
Stare be had no doubt and was sure that
The local board would be able TO look after
the matter in the city. The strictest Wig
ilance would be m aintalned ana most
rigid measures would be adopted. Just
what those measures were would be de-
termined at the meeting of the State board
next week.
All vessels coming from infected ports |
would be placed in quarantine and in
spected and fumigated. With proper
sanitary measures in force DR.. FItZgib bon
believes that the people of the State need
have no apprehension that they will be
subjected 10 any greatTisks OF contracting
the fever.
The quarantine which Texas has placed
on all traffic via New Orleans has effectu-
alIy put a stop to all passenger business
to and from the East over the Sunset
route.
The Ioca! office several days ago ceased
selling tickets TO the tever-infested city
and points beyond. though the freight
traffic is "a vet not interieTed with.
IN speaking of the matter yesterday j.
C. Stubbs, vice-pres dent OF the Southern
Pacific, said: Texas has quarantined all
trains from New Orleans, and as the pas !
senger travel of the Sunset route goes
through that city it is impossible for us TO
send Messengers beyond that point by that
route. Even before l heard that Texas
had established q quarantine l gave or
ders to sell no more tickets TO New Or
leans and points which IL was necessary 10
90 through New Orleans to reach.
"The Texas quarantine applies to freight
az. well as Messenger traffic. Even sealed
cars which have passed through New Or
leans are not allowed in Texas. This,
however. does net affect the Southern Pa
cific. for its freight to and from New York
does not go through New Orleans, but
passes on the other side OF the river by
say Of Agiers.
TINS place bears somewhat the same
relation to New Orleans that San Fran
cisco does to Oakland, and there is no
quarantine against it. We have been
sending freight by this route right along
and none of it has as yet been inter!ered
with. Everything that gets into New
Orleans is tied up and not allowed to
leave"
Mr.. Stubbs stated that there would be