The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-03
TWO NEW RELAY CAMPS
DIR. SANDERS NOW GUARDING
 AGAINST MISSISSIPPI.
Train Crews Must be Changed st Cubs and at state Line on MObties Jackson and Kansas
 City Line.


 A relay camp for train crews out Of Meridian. Miss. has been established at Cuba about two miles inside Alabama from the Mississippi line. It was done under the supervision of State Health Officer W. H. Sanders. whe arrived in Montgomery yesterday as soon as the details had been arranged,
 This was a necessary measure as the result of putting on an Alabama auar- antine against the whole State of Mis- sisstppii Saturday. Alabama train
 guards had to -vacate Mississippi to comply with the quarantine and make 1t a consistent safeguard to this State. The railroad tracks that run through Cuba are the greatest feeder outside or the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for passengers from New Orleans into Alabama. Since the original quaran- tine was proclaimed by Governor Jeiks in July an efficient relay camp has been in operation at Grand Bay, just inside Ethe Alabama line. So that this takes care of the changing of train crews on
 the Louisville and Nashville line.
 The line that runs between York and Meridian-and Cuba Is between the two--is used by Southern Railway trains as well as the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. The crews on trains of both roads are required to be fresh when they come Into Alabama after leaving Cuba. The relay crews take charge of the trains which are halted at that point. The two crews are not allowed to come into communi- cation with each other. The crews that rode the trains into the station close by Cuba board the next train going back to Meridian and do the same for the next train leaving Meridian. The coaches remain the same,
 The relay r&gulation applies equally to the express men and mall clerks on | all passenger trains
 The freight trains are stopped at Cuba also and every car is searched by Alabama guards before they are allowed to proceed farther into the State. A sharp lookout Is being kept for tramps. The responsibility of protection for Alabama as far as the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Is concerned lies with Supervisor c. A. Mohr. of the Mobile circuit. Dr. Sanders said yes terday that he had left the task of setting up a relay station on that road with pr. Mohr Dr. Mohr is thorough ly competent to attend to 1t as he has had experience in such work before. The station has about now been laid out at some convenient point on the road just within the Alabama line. The same details that were worked out for Cuba will be perfected on the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City route.
 These stations were not necessary before the quarantine was put on against Mississippi because the authori- ties of that State had provided camp of the same sort near tho border be- tween Mississippi and Louisiana. Trains coming into the State from New Or- leans mostly over the Northeastern
 Railroad, were compelled to change crews This precaution combined with
 the fact that Alabama guards worked trains part of the way into Mississippi manfred Dr. Sanders with sufficient easIness before the infection of the sister State got beyond control
 Dr. Sanders yesterday explained his reasons for quarantining Mississippi. The measure was decided upon with
 great reluctance but the Alabama Health Officer felt it would only be doing the people of this State justice to make such a decision when he did because of the possible undiscoVereo in- lection in Mississippi.
 "While I was In Meridian" said Dr. Sanders yesterday, T had talk with several Mississippi doctors and they ex- nressed the opinion that the quaran- tIre against all of Mississippi would not he Justified. thought differently and oItbough some hardships will be impos- cd m people of that State wanting to come into Alabama felt that later de- yeIonments would possibly justify me in moi nrolonging the hardships. We hoya waited a long time to put on the nuarantlne and I deemed 1t wise to act when l did. - --,---
 aOne of the main reasons why the ouarantine was decided upon was that there are most probably some points in SI,ssissInDi that are infected and nobody ~mtside knows it. We are satisfied of thts situation and we know that there hoe been communication between these nIacas and any point in the State. Moss po,nt and Scranton are known to be irSanted Well. the people of those
 n'.'oa bave been associated or have nronounIcated with other towns. Until
 tSts uncertain period is gone 1t could
 . he near safe to have free travel hotu,eon Mississippi and Alabama"
 E.ono this and further conversation
 ,,.h nr Sanders 1t was inferred that
 WI VI" o,,arantine against Mississippi is s .ns paecessarlly to last until frost. It
 n.",, ,lo. he taken of long before frost. It
 in oortain from the daily reports that
 o,6Sie Mississippi and all parts except
 tha noas, are in a worse condition than they have been