The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-02
LOUISIANA QUARANTINE
 LOCALIZED BY THE GOVERNOR

| question. thought 1t was pretty hard to delay so important a matter as de- lending the State against yellow fever, especially on account of red tape Well, | by studying the provisions of the law \ under which l believed 1 was author | ixed to act did truly find that I may l be construed out of order. 1t Is hair l splitting, though. and was surprised. The State Health Officer here read Section 6 of the quarantine statute, l which Is as follows:
 has been issued by the Governor. the State Board of Health, acting through l the State Health Onicer. shall be au- | thorized to make such notifications of, | or additions to the regulations origi- l nally adopted. as circumstances may | require. and the said State Health Of l fcer shall report the same to the Gov | ernor with the reasons therefor" It was the phrase, ito make such notifications of. or additions to. the | regulations originally adopted" which | Dr. Sanders believed clothed him with ! the authority to add to the area" In- | stead, he said yesterday. by a failure of definition in the law. 1t seems now that l he cannot stretch the territory an inch ! without getting a gubernatorial proc lamation
 
 tinued Dr. Sanders. lat putting in the quarantine against Louisiana when I l did. I did not think 1t was a time for delay. as I have said. when the safety l of the State seemed to be involved. Saturday morning l received a report from Dr. Souchon of Louisiana, giving a list of infected points and parishes outside of New Orleans. We'll. I did not have a detailed map of Louisiana hefore mo while in MOhila and I da. termined not to lose a few hours to see where these towns and parishes were located. Instead, I immediately tele- phoned MT. Brassell here, the chief clerk, and told him to order every su- pervisor in the State to change their blanks to include Louisiana and the quarantined territory.
 T have conducted many Quarantines for Alabama before this year and have never had any trouble with the law or red-taps. Heretofore. when the orig inal proclamation was declared the Governor has turned the whole situa- tion over to the Health Board and en- trusted 1t to their judgment. We have increased the area when we believed 1t was for the welfare of the people of Alabama. l never once thought that there would be any dispute of the power of the State Board on this point"
 Dr. Sanders next said that if there is any doubt as to the efficacy of the quarantine he would point to the sal- vation of Alabama during the years 1897, 1898 and 1899 when. on account of yellow fever which originated at Ocean Springs. Miss, quarantine was kept up by this State. He was Health Officer at the time and says he knows | the results achieved. The three years quarantine cost the State in round numbers $20.o00 and during the last two years we were completely rid of | the disease. The State of Mississippi ! maintained a quarantine the same length of time. They had their own system and Alabama had hers. Ac- cording to Dr. Sanders, the approxi- | mate cost to Mississippi was S130, 900 | for the three years. The scourge stuck to the State during all the three years | and almost paralyzed commerce while in Alabama trade conditions were not | near so bad.
 ] The completion of the relay camp | on the Louisville and Nashville Rail- ] road at Grand Bay was announced yes- 1 terday by Dr. Sanders who has spent several days in inspecting the equip ment and hastening its construction. | Last night the State Board ordered the camp to be put in use and hereafter no day coach or Pullman car will be
  bama via the Louisville and Nashville
 Railroad from the quarantlned terri tory At Grand Bay fresh sleepers and coaches will be provided for through passengers out of Louisiana
 These cars will be locked and kept
 closed until the remote border of the State has been crossed.
 Up to Grand Bay the new regula-
 tions of the State Board compels all
 baggage and mail cars of the Louis vile and Nashville from infected points to be so opened and ventilated tho entire distance that the mosquitoes will be driven out by the resultant air draught If the baggage and mail cars | comply with this condition they will | be allowed to run on through Alabama without detention. It Is a part of the
 mosquito theory now that he succusnbs 1 to breezes or heavy disturbances of l the atmosphere. It is considered bet | ter, in the light of the new science to
 expose car or room to a strong wind
 than fumigating it until doomsday. It is the purpose of the State Bourd
 to get Mississippi to put up a relay
 camp near Meridian or at some point
 near the State line like that of the Louisville and Nashville By the same | system Alabama would be relieved of ! the responsibility of heading on all
 sleepers and coaches coming In through Meriuiah. UT. sanders neld a conver-
 vation over the long distance phone yesterday with the supervisor at Me
 ridian. instructing him to appear be- fore the Mississippi Board and try to persuade them to erect the camp for | relaying cars and crews. If the Mis- | sissipri Board does not act In this | matter the Alabama Board will pro- | ceed at once to protect the State fin the direction of Meridian Just as 1t has in the way of Mobile.
 In view of some criticism about the Governor recently expressed in connec- | tion with hls methods of communica- tion with the office here while he re-
 mains a Blount Springs. 1t was learn ed yesterday that he has a telephone in his cottage. This phone enables him to keep in touch with his Secre- tary, Mir. Jackson. who between office hours Is at his residence where there