The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-10
BARNS MORGAN IS SUCCESSOR ID YOE Was Appointed Quarantine Off, tiCer Tester day Afternoon NO EXPLANATION YET pr. Sanders Has Not Explained Why He Asked B. Frank Voc to
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l w Barnes Morgan has been appointed | chief state quarantine officer in Birming 1 ham. He took charge of the office yes terday afternoon and has already com menced getting the quarantine to operat- | ing smoothly again.
 Mir. Morgan succeeds B. Frank Toe, whose resignation was requested Tuesday afternoon by Dr. W. H. Sanders, chair man of the state board of health. The appointment was made by Walter Brassell, chief clerk to Dr. Sanders, who was in the city all day yesterday Mr. Morgan was recommended by several prominent citizens of Birmingham. He has been connected with the military in Alabama for a number of years.
 As yet no information has been given out by Dr. Sanders why he asked for MT. Yoe's resignation. Various rumors have been circulated about the city as to the cause of Dr. Sanders action, but none of them are offcal.
 MT. Morgan will have about twenty inspectors working under him and will cover every train in and out of Bir- mingham. He will maintain the quarantine on a very strict basis and will require the inspectors working under him to be very careful and not allow anyone from New Orleans or other infected districts to enter the state.
 It will require him a day or two to get the force in working order, as 1t was badly demoralized and many of the inspec- tors had resigned or been dismissed by Mir. Toe. Several of these men have again received commissions and are at work on the various trains.
 MT. Brassell returned to Montgomery yesterday afternoon after making the ap- pointment, but will pobably be in Bir- mingham within the next few days. MT. Oliver, one of the chief inspectors who travels over the entire state, will re- main in Birmingham until tonight in order to aid MT. Morgan in getting mat ters strengthened out.
 No Excursions.
 Dr. E. H. Sholl, chairman of the health committee of the Jefferson County Medi- cal society, yesterday refused to allow the Seaboard to run an excursion from Atlanta into Birmingham. The officials of the road asked him if the excursion would be allowed to run. He explained the situ- ation to them as follows, and they agreed not to run the excursions:
 Ut would be easily possible for some one from New Orleans or other infected points to go to Atlanta, the gates of foI, xxyi5a nd tp Rir- mingham on an excursion. The quaran- tine could hardly be enforced properly on an excursion, as many who travel on them would readily sign an affidavit that they had not been to New Orleans.
 While We might not import a case of yellow fever in this manner, still the risk is greater from an excursion, and I think that it is wisest to be on the safe side and not to allow any to be run
 Superintendent Griggs of the Alabama Great Southern was notified yesterday by the authorities in Tuscaloosa that no one would be allowed to get off the trains in that city unless they carried health certificate properly signed. The authorities of Tuscaloosa are going to institute a rigid inspection of all certificates of people getting off the trains, and anyone not properly armed with one will be forced to return to the train and leave the city. The inspection goes into effect today.
 The number of refugees from New Or leans and Louisiana still continues large, but not as large as about week ago. Yesterday about 150 or 200 people passed 4a, and aop A majority of these refugees went through on the Alabama Great Southern yester- day morning. The Louisville and Nash vile at noon had goodly number, and both the Alabama Great Southern and the Louisville and Nashville last night had many refugees.
 County Quarantine. B. Frank Yoe county quarantine of- icer, has compelled a number of people from Montgomery to leave the city, or has not permitted them to leave the trains in Birmingham during the past day or two. Some twenty or thirty have been held in special cars in the railroad yards l and forced to leave the county under guard. Yesterday MT. Toe sent about a dozen people out of the county. He has been compelled to send out in the city and arrest several people who have managed to get into the city in one way or an other.
 Some people from Montgomery have | been able to enter Birmingham by going l north of the city on the Louisville and | Nashville and getting off at some small station, then returning to Birmingham on | a southbound train. Similar plans have | been worked on other trains
 | MT. Toe had not heard from Dr. Sam | ders last night regarding the request of 1 the latter Tuesday that Mir Toe resign as l chief state inspector in Birmingham. Dr. | Sanders stated when he left the city that he would communicate his reasons by
 letter to Mir Toe. The letter will prob ably arrive today.
 Renovating Court House.