Arizona republican., 1901-12-05
PASSENGERS HEALTH
The I. P. 4. Wants Isolation
 In Sleeping Car
The Difficulty of Establishing Moving Quarantine For Tuberculosis Pa tisnt On Account of Wrong Diag- nosis of Disease.

New York. Dec. 4.-Agitation by the Traveiers' Protective association in a movement initiated by that organiza- ton for separate compartments CT other isolation for consumptives, in sleeping cars, has not made much heaoway so far. and present appear anCes are hardly of a character to en- courage the hope that any further progress for the attainment of the ob- ject sought can be expected from the method adopted for that purpose. Prac- tically the matter has been ignored by the Western Passenger association, to
 which the subjest was first presented.
 At least, that may be construed as
 being the effect of it's action in deciding
 that the matter is one to be dealt with
 by the Pullman company alone, as
 that corporation owns and controls the
 sleeping cars.
 It is 70 be brought before the Trans
 continental Passenger association at
 it's meeting next month. but the result
 will probably be the same as in the
 other case. It is understood that the
 sleeping car company has made plain
 the fact that it will not pay the slight
 est attention to the matter. That it does not appreciate the importance and
 necessity of protecting it's patrons and is not doing all in its power to provide scientific hygiene and correct sanita-
 ton, is not to be assumed. because it is
 not disposed to introduce the departure asked for by the commercial travellers.
 Its disposition Is shown in the state lEent of enc of it's officers. who says:
 Every car is fumigated at the end
 of each trip and if a berth is found that has been occupied by a person
 suffering from contagious disease the
 bedding is destroyed. Further than
 that the company cannot go. The man who buys ticket is entitled to trans portc tion, and there are no means whereby our conductors can find out whether he is i'll. We once had an e,s- perienoe Of that kind.' A passenger was thought to have contagious dis l cage, and the physician who was called so diagnosed the case. whereupon the passenger was elected. The doctor
 made Q mistake, and the passenger l brought suit for damages which was decided in his favor."
 ''tere gre t+ e~ -sha -r = ss- s.-s-~- | ton to be considered. However wise
 and prudent the isolation demanded, it must be remembered that consumptives themselves would set up the strongest of opposition to tho measure. and doubt has been expressed that law making tt compulsory could be enforced. It would require the employment of a doctor 10 inspect passengers and such regulation would mean delay and detention os trains. It would interfere ! with the proper operation of railroads 1 The inspection could only be main taiEed at important points and con 1 sumpuve passengers would be able to 1 board train a other stations unnro- tested Passengers would also rebel l against such an examination. About ! the best that can be done. it would ap- pear IS to maintain the strictest clean l Illness possible, with proper sanitary regulations. not the least of which would be the prohibition of the practice Of spitting on car floors, which is now altogether too prevalent in railroad
 cars of all descriptions. except sleeping and paTlOr cars