The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-22
DIR, BLUN1'S RETURN
TEXAS WILL NOT NE A PATTY TO
THE ATLANTA AGREEMENT.
The Quarantine ne II Vow Exists
Against New Orleans via the
southern Pacific Line.
TEXAS WILL NOT subscribe to the At
lanta agreement for the prevention OF
Quarantines; outlines the agreement.

Or w. r. Blunt. State health officer, ar
rived by the delayed westbound Southern
Pacific train last night from Lafayette
and was seen at the Lawlor by a reporter
for The Post and asked as to the quarnn-
tine situation.
DR.. Blunt said he had been on a trip
OF inspection to the State quarantine sta
tion at the Sabine river and thence TO
Lafayette to confer with Or. Carter of the
United States marine hospital service ard
Mr.. Owen. the general manager OF the
Southern Pacific railway system.
"The object OF this conference on the
part OF DR.. Carter was 10 induce me as
State health officer" said Dr. Blunt, TO
conform to what is known as the Atlanta
agreement
This agreement was the outcome OF a
convention of the Southern Atlantic and
Gulf States held some time ago in Atlanta,
In which nearly all the Southern States
Participated except Texas. Certain uniform
regulations were adopted by this conven-
ton for the management OF yellow fever.
Without going into details the chief
features of what Is known as the Atlaaita
agreement are the substitution OF d.sin-
quarantine. In other words that agree
mont contends that goods can be shlpeed
with perfect safely out OF an infected city
after being fumigated and that passengers
could leave an infected city with perfect
SAFETY TO the outside world after being dis
injected aud kept for ten days In a camp
Of detention
Or Carter assured me that all the dis
injecting appliances were in fun operation
IN Louisiana as contemplated by the At
ianta convention and asked me II | would
not put Texas in line with other Southern
States In abiding by the Atlanta agree
Inent as the most modern way of combat
Ing yellow fever.
II told him that Texas not having been
| party to the Atlanta conventions. | felt
under no obligations to abide the agree
ment of that convention. aud that | should
continue to conduct the quarantine In
Texas according to the governors procla-
nation irrespective of the Atlanta ugree-
ment,
MIR. owen then asked for n specific un.
Outstanding as TO the running Of trains
! over the Southern Pacific. | told him tina,
| trains would be permitted to run to La
fdyette by changing crews and cars both
ways. but that no freight or passengers
would be permitted out of New Orleans
inc running to Lafayette being TO accom-
MEDIATE intermediate travel and through
| malls that were fumlgated
Mr.. owen agreed to do stlll better hy
making another change OF cars and tralr
crews at station about eleven miles this
side of New Orleans.
while no freight viii be permitted tt
come out of New orleans into Texas
through freight unloaded from New Yorl
steamers on thu Southern Pacific cars al
Algicrs and destined to Western points be-
yond Texas viii bo permitted to 60 through
we nave fifty cars of freight in dcton-
tlpn AT SABINE river. These cars left New
orleans before quarantine was declared
| nut I'D not reach the state line TN pt.
wards. honce are in detention and are be-
ing thoroughly disinfectod. and win be held
ten days or longer before they viii be per.
mltted 10 come in
Tho Second Texas regiment will nvoit
| New orleans, come by way of shreveport
and enter the State at Weskom and q,
| thence to DALLAS"