The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29
DR.. LINLEY WILL REMAIN.
SANITARY BOARD FOUND THERE
WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING.

He Thought n Countermanded Order
Sent Him by Health officer LeHar-
dy, to the Effect That Sulphur
Should Not Be Used at Quarantine,
Was still in FOrce-This Would
Require Him to Certify That the
United states Law Was Complied
With on Releasing Vessels, When,
in Fact. 1t Was Not
The sanitary board did not accept the
resignation of DR.. William J. Linley,
quarantine officer at the meeting yester-
day. because the facts showed that both
he and Health Officer LeHardy were at
complete misunderstanding as TO the
cause of their differences. The action
doubtless caused some disappointment to
number of young physicians, who filed
applications for the position.
1t required but few moments after DIR.
Liney began his statement for the board
to catch the key to the situation, as it
was plainly apparent the officials were
laboring under fancied differences. There
was misunderst landing between them as
10 certain letters in which DIR. LeHardy
gave the quarantine officer instructions,
but later countermanded them in another
letter.
How vessels shall be fumigated to come
within the government requirements APP
pears to have been the start of the trou-
bic The marine hospital regulations re-
quire that vessels shall be treated with
| burned sulphur. and provides no other dis
| infectant. There was a later provision
however, which allowed the cabin, fore
castle end Storage of vessels to be dism-
| fected with fornaldehyde, a comparatively
| new process, but under no circumstances
| should the holds be ,disinfected with any
thing besides sulphur If the health officers
of ports desire to adopt other methods of
| disinfection, 1t is understood they are al
liberty TO do so, as long as they comply
with the government requirement. The use
of sulphur in killing germs has not been
| altogether approved by DR.. LeHardy, who
does not believe it sufficient to do the work
as satisfactorily as the formaldehyde pro-
cess. With a view to abandoning its use
he sent instructions to Dr. Linley that nc
! more should be used at quarantine.
| DR.. Finley was not pleased with this or
| der since il placed him in the attitude of
/ signing manifests to the effect that the
| United States law was complied with
! when vessels were released from the sta
ton, whereas it was not because form
| aldehyde was used In the place of sulphur.
! Realizing this fact, DIR. LeHardy wrote
| DR.. Linley another letter, stating that
sulphur should be first used, and that
formaldehyde should be applied as soon
thereafter as practicable. This did not
cause Or. Linley to compromise himself
in any way, as the government laws
| would be properly carried out. These two
| letters, however, are the basis of the mis-
understanding on account of the fact that
neither of the officials looked at them with
the same eye glasses. DIR. Linley thought
the first letter was in force, it appears,
while DR.. LeHardy knew he wrote the
| second, countermanding the instructions
about dispensing with sulphur. Hence ID
was that DR.. Linley stated when DR.. Le-
| hardy was at the station Friday, that he
would resign before he would sign the
manifests, in reply to which he was in
| formed that was his privilege
| AS soon as it was seen that neither of
| the officials was really at fault, Dr. Le-
Hardy moved that the resignation of DR..
| Linley be not accepted, which was car
| ried by a unanimous vote. 1t is believed
the result will now place the officials in
better touch, though there have been little
| ruptures between them for the past year
which do not altogether brighten the
prospects. About six months ago there
was a tilt over the kind of work the sta
ton laborers should do, then as to the
place where ballast should be discharged
then the use of formaldehyde, and finally
the dividing of crews so as to have men
who have not been in contact with the
vessel, ready to take charge after fumi-
CATION and thereby save the three days
detention.
! AS to the latter change, Surgeon Gen.
eral Wyman has written DR.. LeHardy II
was the crews and not the vessels thai
should be detained, and If by this ar.
rangement time could be saved, there was
no objection to it. DR.. LeHardy found or
his visit to the station Friday, however
that his instructions in this regard were
not being carried out, on account Of
which he called DR.. Linley to task In the
presence of the captain and crew of the
vessel there at that time.
| Pleasant relations have been apparently
restored between 1.-The officials, however
and hereafter 1t is thought there will bt
a more Harmonious conduct of affairs al
quarantine DR.. LeHardy is ambitious K
make the work there beneficial to the
city, as is also DR.. Llnley but il is not be-
lieved this can be done If they cross
swords