The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-10
PROPOSED IN CITY COUNCIL
LAST NIGHT BUT ACTION
DEFERRED.
SMALL P0X IN PADUCAH
Claimed to Justify Action-Latter's
Quarantine Declared to be Ma
licious Farce to Hurt
Cairo.

Last nights council meeting was
the second regular meeting this month
and was especially interesting in that
some important facts were set forth
in respect to Paducahs quarantine
against Cairo.
There We're present His Honor
Mayor Parsons and Aldermen Koch
Ter, Magner Burke, Ferguson, Grea-
ney, German, Bourgoise, Sculin
Kelly, Thistlewood, NelHs, Cannon
Davis and Meenan.
The mayor reported on the trip
to Paducah with respect to the quar-
antine. He said the Cairo committee
had received curteous treatment
from the city authorities and all
others excepting the medical fra
ternity who are in charge of the
city's health department, more es-
pecially Drs. Sights and Stewart.
The mayor said he had talked to both
these men by telephone. shortly be-
fore the council meeting, to learn
what their disposition was, and the
interview was not satisfactory, nei-
their of the doctors being disposed
to accept the statement that condi-
tiOns here were improved. the
mayor said it was for the city coun-
ell to say whether or not quaran-
tine shall be established against Pa,
ducah The mayor called on Dr.
Cary to state to the council his
views on the subject
Dr. Cary said when in Palucah as
a. member of the Cairo committee he
had become satisfied taat the quarans
tine was not endorsed by the people
of Paducah. "They nave smallpox
in Paducah" said the doctor land
while | was there. going ont with a
physician of that city, We came upon
two new cases. The quarantine Pa
ducah is maintaining amounts to
nothing as a protection to That city. |
II is a farce 1t only puts the travel |
ing public to Inconvenience Any
body who has been exposed to the |
disease or has the disease could get |
into Paducah just as easily as they |
could get into Cairo People who |
have the disease do not travel on |
passenger trains. They travel in |
box cars and cross the river in skifs |
So far as the conditions In Cairo are |
concerned it is wen in nanl. The |
disease is not increasing and | am |
very much of the opinion that it will |
show a marked decrease in a very /
little while.
Chief of Police Egan was called on
by the mayor for a statement. Mr.. /
Egan is associated with nr. Cary i'm /
the effort to suppress the disease. He |
said so far as the Paducah quaran-
tine was concerned, it was absolutely |
worthless as a protection to oaducah.
There were only two men watching
the little jerk-water passenger train
between Cairo and Paducah. and no
attention was paid to freight trains
which We're the trains taken by the
class of people who have the small
pox. Anybody can go to Paducah
that wants to- The quarantine is a
farce. and il was established more |
WITH the intention or hurting Cairo
than protecting Paducah. That city
has two big tents on the outskirts
of the town for its smallpox pa
lifUlH- utN Hdll lhf-N HhN hIlN III |
teen cases AMI we have to take their
word for IL; we also could say we
had only fifteen cases but We woull
be lyinE-anl the Paducah tents
for the care of its smallpox cases
were mucn bigger than our detention
hospital. The chief said he felt sure
the people of Paducah were against
the quarantine and that the authori-
ties who are maintaining It are not
honest in their purpose. The conii-
tions here are steadily improving /
from day to day. There are 25 cases
in the detention hospital and ~
houses are placarded. There we're
about % cases in the CITY. There are
only five white cases
Alderman Koehier spoke i'm theI
same strain as the mayor regarding
the Paducah visit He felt that in
Difference 10 the good will and urgent
request Of the mayor Of Padrcah. the
city council should defer retaIiatorv
action
Alderman Meenan said he dii not
think because Pafucah had csfab- ,
lished a foolish quarantine. Caro- /.
ought to do the same thing He :
moved that the matter be laid over !
Carried
REGULAR Business.
Claims AMI accounts were auowel. !
including the claim for rent ~ build :
ing which had been held up because
of failure 20 make repairs lr
Finance committee reported de-
warrants iHcluding So 111i
on general funl \.
On recommendsfirn Of same com /.
mittee Il vas voted 70 transfer !,
1882 from general fund ~ side