The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-09
MONTGOMERY COUNCIL
 WILL DECLARE QUARANTINE

committee of ten was too large and that such a committee as proposed by his resolution was an assurance ot quicker action.
 MT. Strauss said that he had no objection to limiting the committee. What he wanted was immediate acton. He said that a number of prominent citizens were present and he suggested that the Council hear from them' The suggestion was adopted.
 Acting President Forbes first called upon City Physician Robert Goldth- waite for an expression. pr. Goldtn- waite said that since yellow fever had been declared at New Orleans he had tbeen in close touch with the state health authorities and that he had held frequent conferences with them. lie | felt sure that these authortties were doing all that could be done.
 Tt is no easy matter to put on quarantine" said Dr. Goldthwaite, mo matter with what care 1t Is put on there will be some friction and perhaps some | inefficiency. feel sure that the State authorities have removed any men who may have been inefficient at first ana | that their quarantine Is more effective than ours could be when first put on: We have investigated this matter and find that 1t will require between slS,-
 
 tine for 100 days"
 City in No Danger.
 In response to an invitation rom President Forbes Dr. w. M. Wilkerson, President of the County Board of Health
 briefly addressed the gathering. He announced that the views expressed oy Dr. Goldthwaite were his own views l upon the subject. He could not reel | alarmed at the situation. He did not think that Montgomery was in any danger.
 Tn my opinion" said pr. Wilkerson, "Dr. Sanders is a master Of quaran- | tine. He has conducted many quar- antines before this and he has con ducted them we'll He Is thoroughly familiar with the details of maintaining | a quarantine and I am not convinced | that the city could improve upon the State quarantine. People may slip in
 the State by making misrepresentations | to the quarantine officers. It is im- possible to prevent them from making misrepresentations, but the people who would make false statements to the State officials would make false state bents to the city officials. Having ap- pointed so many quarantine officers, it Is possible that the State authorities appointed some inefficient officials but their work has been watched and the In nefficient ones have been removed. W. F, Vandiver was next to speak at the invitation of the Council. MT Van diver was earnestly in favor of an inn mediate and rigid quarantine by the city. He spoke with feeling upon the question. The community of Mont gomery he declared was worked up on the quarantine question.
 "The people of Montgomery need to be satisfied that the State quarantine officers are doing their full duty said Mir Vandiver. T tell you that the people haven't confidence that the quar- antine Is all that 1t should be. They are disturbed by the continual reports 1 that the officials are not doing their | work properly and that they are let ting in people who ought not to be per mitted to come to the city. Instances
 of this have been printed in the public
 press in the last few days. have out a number of travelling men and | tell you that without a single excep- | ton they have come to me and criti-
 cised the laxity of the State quarantine | They have come to me and told me that
 the quarantine was not worth hill of
 beans. Each of you have heard the same thing"
 | Not a Question of Expense. l Tn concluding Mir. Vandiver said: "I have been here since 1873. I have been here through various epidemics
 know what yellow fever in Montgom-
 cry means. This Is no time to stand ! upon expense. This is no time to con-
 slider dollars in considering what a
 yellow fever epidemic would cost the
 city of Montgomery"
 He was followed by Acting Mayor
 Mcintyre who spoke of his thorough
 established by the State. He was
 absolutely convinced that it was just | as effective as any quarantine that
 could be put on by the city. Like Mir. Vandiver, he did not think that this was a time to consider the question of
 expense The only question to con
 slider was could Montgomery put on a | better quarantine than the State. | He endorsed the plan of the State
 of having its officials on all through
 trains. What complaints had been
 made came from people who travelled
 to Montgomery on local trains. l Alderman Sullivan declared for an
 immediate and rigid quarantine If another case of yellow fever Is permitted to come into Montgomery l said MT. Sullivan, "the ticket agents al
 the depot will not be able to wait on
 the people who want to leave the city, | MT. Sullivan said that he had no de. | sire to criticise the State quarantine
 but that he had had much experience | as quarantine officer and he felt that
 he ought to say something about the | way some refugees had come into the | city. He explained the workings oi
 the quarantine and showed how the
 regulations might be avoided.
 ] MT. Sullivan VOIunteers. Alderman Sullivan concluded by vol.
 unteering his services to the city in as.
 sisting in the quarantine in any way al
 any place. He would he said contrib. ute his services and his experience tc
 the city without making a charge of z single cent.
 Alderman Lobman spoke earnestly fol | a quarantine. He said that 1t was out
 1t. The life of one citizen of Montgom
 cry was worth more than any $20, 900.
 The committee of the whole then ros,
 and the Council unanimously adopted
 the Gunter resolution after making
 slight change from the original at tn.
 suggestion of Alderman Strauss. Thi.
 change provided for the placing of on,
 representative business man on tn,
 committee.
 Before adjourning Alderman Jackson
 said that at the Monday night meeting
 one alderman had. no doubt, in a spiri
 of levity, moved to exclude the Bir
 mingham Age-Herald from the list O
 papers which was to publish the adver
 itsement for paving bids and that thu
 motion had been adopted by the Coun
 ell Alderman Jackson said that h.
 thought this action should be reseindet
 as The Agc-Herald had previousl, shown it's friendship for Montgomer!
 and kept here at considerable expens
 a staff correspondent who had become ' ltNa OtN ha