The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-10
Suit Department--SecOnd Floor.

the refugee coaches on passenger train NO. {, Of the Louisville and Nashville revealed last night that there were only hfty-one refugees aboard and that or this number thirty-seven were from Pensacola. This is the only train that carries refugees from Pensacola and there could not have been such an exodus from that point through Ala oama as the other trains do not haul refugee coaches. Only one train runs out of Pensacola to Flomaton in twen- | ty-four hours and this makes connec- ton with No. arriving in Montgomery at 6:30 o'clock in the evening The refugees. as those from New Orleans. are compelled to go on through the State. <
 Effect of Georgia Quarantine. In view of the quarantine of the State, of Georgia against all infected | points, large numbers of refugees are now being diverted from the Atlanta and West Point road to the Louisville and Nashville straight on through to here.
 Quarantine Supervisor W. R. Bras- sell of the Montgomery circuit, was quick to perceive the effect of the | Georgia quarantine. He accordingly instructed the trainmen working coaches from Pensacola and New or
 
 trouble they are likely to meet with when they reach Atlanta should they desire to stop at the Georgia city. This has double purpose, both to serve the convenience of the refu- gees and to protect the State of Ala bama against the possible efforts of such passengers to turn back in this direction when refused admission into Georgia.
 Inspector Covan. of the Georgia quarantine service. who came to Mont gomery for the first time last night on his regular run on the Atlanta and West Point route, told of a very mixed state of affairs in Atlanta where the clty onicers are In constant conflict with the State quarantine officers The health authornies of Atlanta are up in arms against the State system and are resisting 1t at every turn. It seems to be a case of "city's rights" running athwart the theory of States rights The Atlanta Health Board believes it has supreme control of the city and has the right to say wheth- CT the trains empty refugees there or not. The members voted against a city quarantine and they do not pro- pose 10 sea the State system in force under their noses.
 In this state of affairs the fate of refugee going to Atlanta is very un- certain. It Is rendered doubly uncer- tain from the fact that the police of Atlanta are backing up the city board ana 1t Is said, meet every train to en- force the city's rights, so deemed to receive any and everybody who chooses to stop in the Gate City. It would seem that the police are overpowerful and the refugees are lucky enough to get off in some instances. The Georgia quarantine. however, Is very much re- spected despite the Atlanta situation and scores of refugees daily turn to- wards Nashville instead of Atlanta.
 Praises Alabama system.
 Inspector Covan who works Atlanta and West Point trains between West | Point and Montgomery had a word of praise last night for the Alabama sys- tenn.
 The quarantine that Alabama is en- forcing is pre- -eminently the best that I have ever run across" said MT CoVan | Tt is the sincere hope of every anx- lous person in Georgia to have our State protected in the way that Ala bama is now being guarded against in- fected points. The regulations and the | machine-like formation of the Ala bama officers are the admiration or all good people who have had chance 10 | run up against the lines"
 Supervisor Brassell said yesteruay the men on trains coming from MerIu- ian to Birmingham as well as lhose working trains into Montgomery from the south have been told to. stop all refugees from going to any pom i | Georgia. If. on being auestiohou; refugee feels certain that he IS soihs i on through Atlanta and to a point pe- yond Georgia he Is not deterreo rum