The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-15
RIVAL HEALTH BOARDS
BEAUMONT CITIZENS TOOK THINGS
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
Order when Thcy Really Made
nm Earnest Effort.

Beaumont, Texas. October 14.--Thngs
have looked squally In ths city. and until
o'clock tonight 1t appeared as II clash
between the city and county authorities was
inevitable. When DR.. Guiteras proclaimed
Galveston an infected point tho county
board OF health assumed control not only of
sanitary measures in the county, hut also
took the ground that they were In charge
OF tho health regulations Of the city. To
omphaslle their claims OF authority within
the city. the county board placed guards
on public roads Just outside the corporate
lines aud instructed them to let no one
come into the city unless he possessed a
health certificate signed by the county
health physician They ignored the city
board OF health entirely ana carried things
with high hand until the rigid quarantine
maintained threatened to shut down every
Beaumont Industry and confront two thirds
or the people with ideness and starvation.
VI course the city board resented the ac-
ZION OF the county board, but professional
courtesy pre.eSted their making pubic
complaint, Citizens, however came to the
conclusion that these were not times for
professional or other sort OF etiquette; the
extreme quarantine against Houston has
never been acceptable to the majority,
many refused to believe that yellow fever
vSislod In that city but II such was fact
IL was believed that freight trains could be
run between the two cities without jeop-
aruiklhE the health OF Beaumont The
county hoard would listen to no proposi-
.soh 10 bring In even empty cars except un.
der conditions which the railroad would not
except. dispatches IN THE mornings issue
OF tne beaumont edition OF The Post give |
reasonable assurance that yellow fever was
hv' IN houston and citizens decided 10
IN. une "vps 10 reopen communication. To |
,nis end mass meeting was called nj tho !
spouded, ''0''' 'e-
non Hai Greer was made chairman. and |
AFTER considerable warm discussion the |
meeting decided that there was no ra.snn
wny freight trains should not DO operated |
between Houston and beaumont and ina
county and city boards of health, with tha |
=, OF Mewsrs, w. A. Fletcher, John
:" "npert ana W r, H. McFadden. busi-
ness men. were named committee to smh
NM z proposition for running trains TO the
southern Pacific officials Tho mas,,n
'nen took = recess until O'Clock tonIvh,
70 give the committee an opportunitv tn
prepare a report W
i"neniately after tho recsss was DECLARED
.ne Guy board OF health and business man
repaired TO the Elks hall and sent word 10
me county board that they were ready m
70 I .ne bidding OF the citizens. The county
,ar.' REPLIED that they would pay no al.
'vhuon TO the mass meeting and would moi
n IN, 10 COMMITTEES, This reply nut m,
ssnesns IN an ugly MOOD and strosr Ian
.uske was freely used. ON ths streat.
,,rr were ,nreats OF bringing the conten-
ssen 20 an Issue by requesting the Southern
sN.,u 70 run train under the protection
~ CITIZENS OF Beaumont, but lust when thn
oAv''emeht had almost reached n n,var h.a,
, was snno1ncei that County J,,dre Graz
haa notified the Southern Pacific ,hs,
~ could be operated under reasonable
when the mass meeting reasscmh,aa -,
,,sns me opera house was again crowdoa /,
y ~ n'nos' capacity and the crowd Was /,
,ornsp,,, nu,u humor The chairman read a
" Of ouiteras' yellow fever ra,,su,ss .na'
usovstinx and the information w. "ese
elved with Wild applause. re-
Fne rommittee then suhmittaS /.
recommending that freight trains ro
huston be permitted to come 4, re-.
MONT with slight restrictions a. ~ e-N,ssu.
ma rrfws, The report also sci snr,h ssn
ns county board did not meet sri,n 'us'
o'nmattee and recommended that ~ ny
suniy beard fail 70 act with the city hosrS
'ssn me city board Is to take up ali mar,
~ ~ quarantine and act With full NOVA.
|. q tar as the city Of Beaumont "a con-
,ss rsu lne report WAS adopted without
'sss.s.h vote c1rculars ecntnintnr
- s. ss-a =. ~ county board authorizing | \
weiHs vsFp elssyihatsl, !