The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
Local Inspector Has Every Train from New Orleans
 Closely Watched MEDICAL SOCIETY
 WILL ACT TONIGHT Inspector Voc Describes How the Quarantine Is Maintained-
 The Railroads Are
 Cooperating.

The quarantine ordered by the govern- ors proclamation was instituted yester- day morning in Birmingham by B. Frank Yoe local quarantine inspector.
 Inspectors are meeting every train from New Orleans south of Birmingham and coming into the city on the train. and informing people that if they are from the infected district they will not be allowed to leave the train in Alabama Seven inspectors were working from Bir- mingham headquarters yesterday and all the incoming Queen and Crescent, Louis ville and Nashville and Frisco trains were closely watched.
 As soon as an official notice of the proclamation was received by MT. Toe he started men south on the sounthbound trains to meet the northbound trains and set the quarantine machinery in opera tion
 ham against the quarantine as expressed by a number of prominent citizens yes- terday in interviews with The Age-Herald representatives. The general opinion Is that Birmingham can well afford to lift the quarantine and allow New Orleans refugees to come freely to this city. A few dissented from this general feeling.
 Several people who passed through Bir- mingham on trains from New Orleans yes- terday stated that the people in Alabama were worried about the yellow fever more than the people in New orleans. There does not seem to be any special exodus of yellow fever refugees out of New Or leans except few strangers who were in the city, according to the majority of the statements made by passengers pass ing through here. Up to this time the railroad companies have not had any unusual travel out of New Orleans.
 Sanitary Inspector Toe last night ex- plained his arrangements for maintaining the quarantine as follows:
 Yoe's Arrangements.
 T have selected seven good men who go on the southbound trains and return on the northbound trains which come from New Orleans. They are instructed not to allow any one who came out of New Orleans to get off the train in Ala bama, but to make them go on through to other states north or east of Alabama
 For instance I sent man south on the Queen and Crescent train due here this morning at 10i20 o'clock. He went as far south as possible and then returned on the Queen and Crescent train which reached here tonight at GAS o'clock He warned every one that they must go on through. I also sent a man south tonight on the Queen and Crescent train due here at 10:20 o'clock and he will return to Bir nlngham in the morning on the $40 train.
 Tn a similar manner I sent a man south on the Louisville and Nashville this morning and he came back on the train due here from the south at noon I had another man on tho Louisville and Nash vile which went south at 20 p. m. and he came back at 9:1s o'clock tonight"
 All of the inspectors that have come in state that there seemed to be no extra movement of passengers and that the people from New Orleans did not seem in the least worried about the yellow fever In fact they found several peo- pie on the various trains who did not even known that there were any cases of yellow fever in that city.
 On the Queen and Crescent yesterday morning, however, there was rather heavy movement from New Orleans, but the passenger seemed to be composed en- tirely of men and women who do not live ir New Orleans and had become little frightened at the reports of yellow fever and thought they would get out while they were able.
 Railroads Assist.
 MT. Toe further stated yesterday that all the railroads were giving him what assistance he required. Until transporta- tion for the inspectors can be secured from the headquarters in Montgomery, the men are riding on signed statements given them by MT Toe, showing their au- thority. In practically all cases this has been sufficient and no fare was charged inspectors by conductors.
 Each inspector wears a yellow ribbon pinned to his coat on which is shown in