The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-05
is RIGID At GALVESTON.
New Orleans Freight via New York
Viii Not b. Received.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC PUT ON NOTICE
Tailor Morn Advised That He wnl
He Desained--Comnaitt 10 ne
ccive DR.. Guiteras.

Galveston, Texas. October l--rhis morn
Ing Acting Mayor skinner, City Health
Physician Fisher and County Judge Mann
held conference in the office Of Or. Fisher
and discussed at length the quarantine sit
uation. Reports received from inspectors
show the rigid enforcement OF the quaran-
tine.
Information was received that the South
ern Pacific would endeavor to SGT freight
from New Orleans and Algicrs into Gal
weston via New York.
Today the following telegram was sent
to Traffic Manager G. W. Bein at Hous.
ton:
Galveston, Texas, October Ave under
stand that freight from New Orleans and
Algiers for Galveston Is TO be shipped
by your company to New York and thence
by steamer to Galveston. All freight OF
this kind will be absolutely refused at Gal
weston and II an effort is made to bring
such freight to Galveston your company
Will be prosecuted for q violation Of quar-.
antine regulations.
w. G. Fisher,
City Henlth Physician.
j. ID. Skinner,
Acting Mayor.
In discussing this matter DR.. Fisher
said that the health of the community
would be protected at all hazards and that
no freight from infected points would be
allowed 10 come into Galveston.
Information was received by DR. Fisher
that 7. G. korn left New orleans yes.
terday for Galveston via. st. Louis aud
thai his baggage had not been dislnfected,
An the quarantine inspectors were today
notified to watch out for Mr.. Korn and II
he attempted to come into the city 10
stop him at the detention camp. The fol-
lowing telegram was sent Mr. Korn todayi
Galveston. Texas. October 4if you
come 10 Galveston you will be detained
in camp OF detention ten days IL you al
low any baggage, valise or trunk from
New Orleans TO pass the county line OF
Galveston county you win be prosecuted
for violation of the quarantine regula-
tions.'
The telegram was signed by City Health
Physician Fisher and County Health PLY.
sician Warfield.
Korn Is well known Galveston tailor
and has been In New Orleans on bust
ness mission.
A telegram was sent to Surgeon General
Wyman today by Health Physician FISH
or requesting that DR.. Wyman notify him
when DR.. Guiteras would reach Houston.
IL is probable that a local committee
from Galveston will so to Houston 10 es-
cort DR.. Guiteras to this city.
There were numerous applications for
health certificates today and Secretary
Porter had his hands full looking after
his branch OF the quarantine provisions.
In addition to this he has charge OF oil
correspondence that is handled by the
board of health.
People still continue to flock to the
health Office in the City hall for dsinfec.
tants. The supply is running short, but as
soon as 1t is exhausted more will BIO pur-
chased. Complaints relative 10 unsanitary
places in the city are becoming daily less
frequent. The city is in an almost per-
| feet sanitary condition and DR.. Fisher
| says he proposes to keep 1t So
| The budget adopted by the city council
appropriated s19.456 to run the health de-
partment for one year. Out OF this amount
must be paid the salary OF the health ply.
stefan, chief inspector superintendent Of
drays, burials and pauperss and dsnfec-
| tants, fourteen drays and d man al the
dump for six months and eighteen drays
and fan at the dump for six months.
The city council appropriated $4,000
from the emergency fund to put tho city
In a sanitary condition. OF this amount
$500. so has been expended for extra drays
and labor employed in cleaning the city.
In this is not included the salaries Of the
quarantine inspectors.
REYMERSHoTFER ELEVATOR.
Because OF the general relaxation OF
quarantine restrictions throughout this
| section of the State, work on the new
Reymershoffer elevator will be more rap
idly pushed until the mammoth new struc-
ture is completed Because Of the rigid
quarantine at several points. and
mistake on the part of the Illinois Central
railroad In attempting to ship some OF
the machinery by way of New Orleans,
little progress has been made. compare
lively, during the past two weeks.
@. S. McFarlane. who represents the
Mcdonald engineering company OF Chi
cago. which is putting in the machinery,
stated this morning that both the lum-
Der and machinery held back by quaran-
tine was coming as fast as II was needed
The conveyer he stated, win be done In
about six weeks, aud when ii is completed
the elevator will be ready for use The
chief cause Of delay in the building OF the
conveyor has been In the Inability OF the
railroads to handle the lumber needed
but. that drawback having been over
come there is nothing to now hinder early
completion.
The shipment by way OF New Orleans OF
a large consignment OF stay bolts by the
In place OF machinery. When Mr.. Nc
Farlane ordered the stay bolts he ex-
pressly stipulated that they must not
come through the district infected by
yellow fever, asserting that IL shipment
was made by way OF the Crescent City
quarantine inspectors would surely insist
of blacksmiths and the bolts are being
certain that no disease germs would be
carried in the freight But the Illinois
Central fshled TO heed Mr.. McFarlane's
order, and when the bolts reached Bolivar
they were promptly held there. Upon
learning that the shipment was held at
Bolivar Mr.. McFarlane engaged a number
Of blacksmiths and the boltsare being
made here ss fast as they are needed.
1t is likely that all OF the machinery
that remains to be shipped Will come by
way OF New York. being shipped either by
rail or water from Chicago TO New York
and from that point to Galveston on the
Morgan line steamers. by this route the
freight rates win be less than II an ell
rail route was followed. All the machin-
cry yet to come IL now ready At Chicago
for immediate shipment.