The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-23
COST OF QUARANTINE
SECOND MONTH OF ITS OPERATION
 CLOSED LAST NIGHT -
Thus far Alabsma's Health Board Has Expended eI1,00o With Good
 Hesuits--Evnsfon of the RewuIatfo0a.


 oama's quarantine expired, and those who are responsible for 1t are congrat- ulating themselves that the entire State has been spared of a single case of yell low fever under its operation. It Is the only State with equal exposure to the infected territory that has been safely held against the scourge.
 On account of the scare from Pen- sacola, which became infected this month the expenses of Alabama's quar- antine have practically doubled. It. cost for the month just past in round numbers, ss,oo0. The estimate on the first months expenses was 5000.
 But the menace of Pensacola was sudden and startling when first the fever was discovered. It called for in- creased vigilance, the doubling and tripling of guards in the southern part of the State. These guards have to be paid and they are paid every two weeks regularly. Good service is expected Of them and the are rated as the best force of men ever employed by the State Board of Health.
 The infection of Pensacola caused the State Health Board to overrun its ap- propriation for this year. The stand ing annual appropriation for quarantine purposes is $10,000. Some time this month this amount had been checked out. The Board was in dilemma, but solved the difficulty by borrowing | enough money to keep up the quaran- | tine until October 1 on next years ap- propriation. l Fortunately next years appropriation will be accessible to State Health Of- fcer W, H. Sanders on October 1. The l money already expended on the quaran- | tine, besides loans voluntarily advanced 1 to bridge the time until October 1, was | the total of the appropriation for 1905. | As money rightly belonging to next years quarantine is being used at | present 1t looks as if the appropriations | for the two consecutive fiscal years will | he more thau exhausted. It will be the | result almost certainly if Pensacola 1 does not put on a healthier aspect be- | fore frost The expenditures may De kept within the bounds of $2o,000 If l Pensacola gets completely cured in the next few days. That appears to be the | prospects as the number of cases daily | is reported fewer and fewer. If this ' continues, of course, relaxation in the extreme vigilance over Pensacola may l he expected This would mean a re- | duction of the quarantine force and lessening of the expenses. In all events 1t about proves the necessity for larger appropriations to the quarantine in the future if emergencies are met without | embarrassment to the State Board of Health.
 Chief Clerk w. R. Brasself, of the State Board, last night received tel egram addressed to Dr. Sanders from Secretary J. H. Hunter of the Missis- sippi State Board, telling of clean bill of health he was able to stick onto Jackson, Miss. That city has been un- . der Alabama's quarantine the last two days because of a report that came to Dr. Sanders in Mobile that Jackson had a very suspicious case of fever. The telegram received by MT. Brassell ad- dressed to Dr. Sanders will be given to the State Health Ohicer on his re- turn today from m inspection trip to Mobile, Flomaton, Meridian, Miss, and Birmingham.
 While in Meridian yesterday Dr. San ders relieved Alabamats supervisor at that point, Dr. M. K. Sellers, at his own request and placed in his stead IJ. K. P Johnson of Meridian. This is an important point for Alabama's quarantine as there Is good deal of refugee trafic through Meridian from New Orleans and Louisiana over tho Northeastern Railroad and the Alabama Great Southern Railroad coming from that direction through Birmingham. On his way back from Meridian Dr. San deIs expects to visit Birmingham and arrive here this afternoon.
 News of a heavy fine imposed on Charles West In Opelika a day or two ago for alleged false swearing to a quarantine officer of Alabama reached Montgomery yesterday. This man was caught coming In from Atlanta few nights ago and on the charge Of max ing a false affidavit about his previous whereabouts he was fined $120 in Jus tice of the Peace court in Opelika. He came from Florida after Alabama had claped a quar antine on that State but is srid to have sworn he came from Georgia in the preceding seven days.
 D Mat m r. lumber mills in PL Lxton, Fla, found ort yesterday that he cannot travel at will in Alabama while the sister State Is under a ban. He was arrested Thurs day night in Georgiana by direction Of Supervisor Brassell of the Montgomery circuit and brought to Montgomery after making an unsuccessful enort to travel to his business destination in Evergreen The success of Mir. Mat thews in reaching Georgiana lay in n health certificate which he procured from the city health officer of Floraia Thursday, certifying that he had not been in an infected district. By using this he got into Alabama without Su- pervisor Brassell finding out that the ql arantine against Florida had been violated. He began a chase of MT. Mat thews wiring all down the line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for his apprehension. He was finally taken l into custody III tO Montgomery and sent back home, as nothing could be done with him by way of prosecution. He had worked his way on a certificate issued in Florala.
 The refugee tranic through Mont gomery yesterday and last night reach l ed the low water mark. For the whole day only fourteen refugees came through the city from both New Or leans ani Pensacola. Last night when the heaviest trafhc may be expected there were only six refugees, and but two of these were from Pensacola. It was amusing to see single negro oc . cupying a whole coach to himself, locked up. travelling through the State, frightened out of the Florida city He rode like the president of the road, the entire length of the State, without the disturbance of his fellow citizeAs who might have gone with him but couldn't.