The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-05
ALABAMA OPENED
TO NEW ORLEANS
Quarantine Against Louisiana and
Mississippi to Be Raised This Even
ing Pensacola Still Under Ban.

1 TO Scranton. Miss. It was with r4o61
delight that Mr.. Powers learned ~ ~
raising OF the quarantine n&u1mo<'
louisiana and Mississippi.
A. soon as he received the infoS1HG&.
ton from DR.. Sanders the visitfux -
notiied Colonel J. X. Ridgeix. Dly1S111
Passenger Agent. Superinten61nt Cha
Marshall at New Orleans ana other a.
hcials OF tho road at New OrIeano of the.
lifting OF the quarantine which rave
his division complete relief from the
hampering conditions which have dated
from July 20. IT was on that dnte
antine by Alabama None but thoe4s
railroad men who have been IN constant
contact with quarantine regulations can
appreciate the Importance Of the eu-
nouncement OF Dir. Sanders, according
to Mr.. Powers.
IT L ONE OF the happiest pieces q
news Colonel Rfdgely, Superinteudea<
Monkait, superintendent Mckinney end
myself have received in q good tiroe,
you may be sure OF that" said Mr.. Pow
ers last night. The relief that the
raising OF the quarantine against New
Orleans and the Gulf Coast towns ~
forded US can only be estimated "
measuring the loss In passenger kral1c
and considering the inconvcnience of
the travel since the quarantine has
been In operation. You knew. the
Louisville and Nashville Road has been
ono OF the very heaviest losers OF all
the lines that run out or New Or1onns
The August and September Losses IN
passenger revenue were very consfd-
cradle. The DECREASE In passenger
trafiic for these months under the
figures for July went into the hundreds
Of thousands. It may look strange to
outsiders to lear that our business In
passenger trafiic in the last week Of
July exceeded that Of any week tor
tho whole year. but Il is fact You
remember that the quarantine or Ala
ba'na was put on New Orleans in INA
latter rart Of July. That happened ID
be Just at the time when refugees lea
~ large numbers from the Crescent
city and big percentages Of them came
through ON our line. That was ina
cause q the business being 50 much
'Tne oniciais Of the freight aensrt-
ment certainly had jt on us of the 11.&~
senger department. during the quarar-
any Inconvenience Whatever. a i M -
know. and consequently fhere WA
no noticeable decrease III fbeIr rr,S~
earnings. This AZ the result az IRE
later quaf1ntfr1e methods Haaed 81 thx
Faosqnitc titeery Of the krnnsna] IN 81
freight fraiic would nave ss,1s snSqFy
well as passenger business. / anl Quite
Mr. Powers was the special ouarn,,-
tine man Of the Louisville and Maeh-
VILE RniiroHd through the long reign
81 e the quarantine syatema or the GSiIf
mptae to tho position Or rasxos sf@,e
AGENT nt MOBILE having baan nrariousf;r
chief cleEA IN the once OF Colonel 4 q
hfdeelsy ~ New Orleans re hn< fr.7
exrcrience r. train auarantlr,es ) ,,rT-
yious q this yeas Is be was IN thc
1895 $40
MI Powers IL one Of the many rait-
road men who has been especiaIIv caesr-
teous TO DR.. Sanders and Dr. Mcxr Is
IN sir enforcement Of the quarantine ~
hlsDams: he has always given the
health ofiicer all the assistance mat issr
IN his power and In his routine mas wei,
.aken care OF the interests OF this STATE.
AZ was only Friday that he sergrc.3 4
special train from Superinkcndenf Mrr-
nail and put II at the disposal 81 n
Sanaers Tor the trip which he and DE-.
Mohr took to Scranton to review fhe I
health situation in that city ana IN
along the coast ~ S
The people OF Alabama canuot ~
TOO grateful to DIR. Sanders Tor fhe
iaitnfuiness with which he has con
quoted the quarantine said Mr. Pow
ers He Is one OF the most cautious
health officers have yet met with IN
my quarantine experience In him
strict policy OF handling the quarantins
! can see far enough to know what "a
was looking to. This was the safef$
OF whole State. and we have NOT
done anything to interfere with hIrn.
but, on the contrary. have assisted his1
In every sway possible. He IL Certainly
a valuable man to the State OF Ala
bama-"
One of the chief Inconvenience Of
the Louisville and Nashville Road thar
disappear with raising the Quarantine
today is the breaking up OF the relay
camp at Grand Bay. For while not
only the train crews. but the very
coaches themselves had to be changed
for fresh ones before they could pro-
coed into Alabama further
Mr.. Powers left last night FOR Mo-
bile on receipt OF the news from, pr.
as to the raising OF the quar-
antine.