The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-16
QUARANTINE is IN EFFECT.
DECLARED ny COUNCIL AGAINST
INFECTED PLACES.


Fruits and Manufactured Clothing
From New Orleans, Key West and
other PIaccS-InspectOrs Will De
Employed To-day at a Cost of SO
Day-Five Thousand Dollars APP
propriated by Council for Quaran-
tine Expenses.
Savannah has declared quarantine
against New Orleans and Mississippi City,
La. Pass Christian and Jackson. Miss,
and Key West Fla.
The City Council last night adopted the
recommendation of the sanitary board
The aldermen did not require long TO de-
termine in caucus that quarantine was
needed under the circumstances, and after
the doors were thrown open and the pub
lie, or what few representatives. Of the
public there were about was admitted, it
was in rapid fire that the papers making
up the formula of action were read and
passed
II was on the reports received from DR..
Carter. marine hospital surgeon and yet
low fever expert at New Orleans, that
it was decided to establish quarantine
against New Orleans and other places in
ludl StGllou tlldl hlG VI may btNOAlC III
fected. Incidentally, since quarantine was
to be established it was decided chat it
would be well enough to include Key
West. For Key West alone, owing to the
way the place is cut off, it had not been
regarded as necessary TO declare quaran-
tine, but il was judged best to have it
come in with others
The first telegram received from Dr.
Carter by Health officer w. p. Drummer
was as follows: Passengers would con-
vey danger to you" Desiring more ex-
plicit information, Mayor Myers requested
DR.. Drummer to wire DR.. Carter for 1t. In
answer, DR.. Drummer received the
following at about 1870 o'clock,
his question having been whether
DR.. Carter would advise quaran-
tine for Savannah; Yes, unless Alabama
inspection protects you. Am now inuur-
ing into that"
The Mayor and health officer were de-
cided by that telegram, for they were
satisfied that the Alabama quarantine does
NOT AFFORD protection. case having come
10 their knowledge of a man who had
landed here day or two ago from New
Orleans. The Alabama points that have
Guaranteed have merely required that
passengers from the infected places should
not stop, permitting them to travel
through TO points east.
II was determined Immediately upon the
receipt of the second telegram from DR.
Carter to call the board of sanitary com
missioners together The board met at
o'clock, when DIR. Drummer laid all the
facts before it, and asked its recommends
ton for quarantine, Council being the
body to declare it in force At the meet
ing of the board were Mayor Myers, chair
Dp9T1Nar nat lair
Gordon, DR.. ]. G. FARRELL and Mr.. j. NJ.
Solomon 1t did not take them long to
decide in favor of quarantine, and the
following recommendation was made:
ITO the Honorable Mayor and aldermen,
city of Savannah ilemen: have the
honor 10 submit a resolution passed at a
meeting of the board of sanitary commits
sioners held this afternoon, Sept. 10.
Resolved That quarantine be placed
against the following places infected with
yellow fever: New Orleans and Misslssip-
pi city, La; Jackson aud Pass Chris Ian.
Miss, and Key West. Fla, said quarantine
TO cover other places which may be in
fected hereafter. Quarantine at the pres
ent time will be placed against persons
and their baggage, fruits and manufactur-
ed clothing"
The aldermen assembled at $50 o'clock
for their caucus. The situation was gone
over carefully by the Mayor, Aldermen
Schwarz Haas Thomas, farrell, Dixon
and Doyle. Mayor Myers presided, aud
the business was conducted with but a
small house as lookers-on. Among the
few who felt enough interest to be present
were several applicants for positions as
quarantine inspectors Had IL been gen.
orally known that there was to he a meet
ing there would doubtless have been many
out TO see what action Council might take
Clerk Bailey read the recommendation
from the board of sanitary commissioners,
which was received as information. He
read a resolution by Alderman Thomas
declaring quarantine in existence against
the places as in the manner Indicated by
the recommendation, and authorizing the
Mayor ard sanitary board TO take charge
of its enforcement. The resolution was
adopted without a dissenting voice.
resolution was read from Alderman
Dixon providing that $1,000 or as much
thereof as may be found necessary be
placed at the disposal of the Mayor and
sanitary board for tho carrying out of the
resolution OF Alderman Thomas. That also
was passed eXpediuously, and the proceed
ings were brought TO close with mo-
tion for recess.
Haif an hour was spent after the cloye
of the meeting by the Mayor, the heal th
officer and one or Two of the aldermen in
go ng over the plans for putting the quar-
antine in effect. Much of that work had
already been done hy Dr. Brunner he and
his Office force having been busted during
tHe dltttHoou III Boltlg over railroad Scned-
ules and making up these that would have
TO be observed by the inspecto rs who are
10 be sent out TO represent the city.
The position of inspector will pay SO a
day. 1t is a good enough Job to attract
many applicants Notwithstanding the
BRIEF space and The slight advertisement of
the meeting of council and prospect of
the establishment of quarantine, there
were twice as many after places as there
viii be inspectors. and by the time the
appointments are all made there will prob
ably be a number of additional appflca-
lions received. 1t was decided last night
10 defer The appointment until this morn.
ing, IL being desired to talk The matter
over with the prospective inspectors
DIR. Drummer outlined his plan for the on
forcemeut of quarantine All trains will
be inspected. Not only those from the
direction of the infected places bur those
from the North as well, will be gone
through to ascertain If there are any mas