New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-30
CARGO BARRED.
HEALTH BOARD WILL MOI AD"ii
PLAGUE SHIP OR THE cor
FEE IT CARRIED.

II ever a ship had hard time. 1t Is the III ia'ed
IAmport & Holt steamer j. w Taylor "hcn came
into port on November is from Santos. Brazil WIN
buhonic plague aboard. First she was derided,
addressed in terms of fear and disgust, ana uea'eU
as an outcast Then she was filled with sulphur
fumes and pe-meated with all sorts OF Ill snelhns
disinfectants Meanwhile she was ana is heiu al
Quarantine and now the Health Boaru mas ii""'''
decided that neither she nor her cargo shaii De Al
lowed 70 land anywhere In New-iorK Oly' i"e
Health Boards OF Jersey City and Hoboken nave
taken similar action, and 1t Is prooaoie 'na' oe
oarsa ~ this the steamer will not be allowed 10
land at any port on the Atlantic Coast OF the
United States. ,,
The J. W. Taylor will go through another orueaI
OF disnfection in the next few days Then she may
he released from Quarantine ana turned loose
where she will go can be answered only 10y 'ne
snhinx If she does not start back for Brazil II
looks as though she might wander ABOUT inc sea
for years. lonesome outcast. with no nope VI
reaching better haven than coral pea III ~
lantis. -. -,
The APPLICATION of Busk & Jevons. the agents ..
the J. w Taylor 10 have her land at heI "i'''
IN Rrooklvn was heard by the Health Boaro YES
terday and fatty refused. After report ii''i
F. H. Dillingham; Acting Sanitary lnspectol' rors
advocated the exclusion of the steamer -
were adopted which provided that the O"heIs "
oo,,s,s,oos ., the Tavlor should be Informed that
ur5er M circumstances would permission De siNs
for shin or cargo 10 be landed that II the car -
came within the citys jurisdiction ~ o,s would
se,zed and II found likely 10 prove dangetouI ohters
be condemned and that the owners OF AZ Should
80 which the cargo had been unloade1 81 he
receiva notice that their lighters WO uit as TO
permitted to land until Thoroughly
their sanitary condition 1T, =. admitted and
Neither ship nor cargo VIII . 1e Murphy
that's ali there Is about it, said fTesue tne Health
All tho members of the Boarp, eNN''
officer Doty, were at the meetnils. of the I w.
The stevedores finished the discharge % 90 o'cock
ravIor's cargo Of coffee into lighters at -''' O0O
yesterday afternoon 49,, b,cb arrived at
The steamer Roman Prince whiS a,t ar is still
Ouarantine on Sunday night, from SantofS, - ais
al anchor and attempt has 5eeh ha aSe agents
charge her cargo. 1t is believed that t1 ~ The
are Waiting to see what disposition IS ha% ie,es II
Taylors cargo by the city health autno r. ,or is
permission TO land the coffee from tnS , ne sent
rrefused the Roman Prince probably VIII Oo 'O
to another port. -. -.- .ho loaded lighters
nv the Quarantine police and no communicdtio'a 20
allowed The patients at SWlhDurhe l snea5 s,nca
improving and no new cases have ocSu o ne The
he arrival Of the Taylor on November TO- ornnd
Quarantine officials believe that they hVG gged
ont the infection. The stevedores VINO dlsSLaIs ,
the cargo however as well as me sIe .I i danger
vii he detained on Hoffman Island until an aamsSa
is past The In charge OF the ngaoe taSton sf
kept under observation during the ue'eh''o" a.
Quarantine. ,,-1 ..-,,od IN Tues
dav from Havana with case or yelloW level We, =
Thoroughly disinfected and permitted 70 proceeu
Yesterday afternoon. The patient Is Improving