The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-30
O8. STONE is ENCOURAGING.
M THINKS QUARANTINE WILL
SOON BE UNNECESSARY.

rbe One Fever Patient in Atlanta Is
recovering and Very Few Refu-
rccs Are Seeking n Haven in the
cate City-The Railroads Suffer
From the Extreme Fear of the Al
oboua PeOpIe-Birmingha Re-
monstrates With Her Sister City.
atlanta Gets Some Large Marine
HospitaI Orders.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 29.-President Alex
order of the board of health announced
.ba+ the fever has entirely left the Flem-
tho Girl who was stricken with yellow fe-
YER on Auburn avenue nine days ago. and
her rapid recovery is now expected with
confidence
Dr. George Stone. when seen tonight,
sad the influx of refugees has now dwin-
dled down to almost none at ALL To
dav there were only five passengers for
Atlanta from the entire infected district.
"Zvitb the Fleming girl convalescent,"
said Dr.. Stone, "and the likelihood of
otber cases developing here diminishing
eacb day. 1 think it will be but a short
time before we can relax in our quaran-
tine regulation and permit travel with
much more freedom. The cold weather is
having a good effect in retarding the de-
velopment of the disease. and If it con-
tinues together with the other favorable
conditions. think may be relieved here
in a few days"
The most serious trouble Atlanta is eX-
perlencing on account of the fever epi-
demc now is the decentralization in trans
portation facilities to and from the in
fected section. Quarantine laws are so
stringent in Alabama that it is impossi-
ble to do any business there. The rail-
road officials have been doing all they
could to get the Alabama authorities to
relax, but without effect.
The coal and iron people are hard hit by
the interruption of traffic. rhe coal bust
ness from Alabama into Georgia amounts
to about $50 cars a day, and iron sent
through Georgia to the South Atlantic
ports for export amounts to about so cars
a day There is no quarantine against
this business, but it cannot move without
cars, and they have be sent from Georgia.
Most of them have to go through Atlanta,
roads to send those cars over empty and
il causes delay to mass and fumigate two
hundred cars a day. AS this is harvest
season, for the coal mines, delays are ex-
pensive. In the case of iron shipped for ex-
port, the delay is equally bad, as this iron
cannot move except at a very low rate of
ocean freight, known as distress room"
Distress room at a given port Is limited
TO a few days, and the rates of freight
1uctuate according to the presence or alb
sence of vessels needing ballast.
All these things are being felt keenly by
the people of the Birmingham region, and
to-day they sent a strong delegation to
Montgomery to protest against the iron
clad quarantine This protest coming from
their own people, will be likely to have
more effect than representations coming
from Atlanta. The railroad men here have
Wrested with the blockade manfully for
nearly a week and are now willing to let
the Alabama shippers walk the floor
while
Some of the local merchants are feeling
good to-day over contracts with the gov
ernment for furniture and equipment for
the detention hospital al Mt. Vernon, Ala,
amounting to $1,000 or $4,000, which were
placed here by Surgeon Sawtelle of the
marine hospital service, now stationed
here. Another benefit to the city has been
the removal of the southern headquarters
OF several insurance companies from New
orleans to Atlanta permanently, and the
transference of others temporarily on
account of the troubles with the mails in
the Crescent city.