Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-03
RAILROADS MUST
OBEY GOVERNOR
Judge Scott Enters Restraining
Order as to Movement of
Cattle and Feed.
FIVE SHOW CLEAN RECORD
All Other Transportation Lines
Included in Blanket Injunction
of City Circuit Court.

| Governor. Stuart yesterday afternoon
the City Circuit Court an order re-
straining every railroad and steamship
company except five entering Virginia
/ from bringing into the State from quar-
antined areas cattle or other animals
susceptible to the oo;-and- mouth dis
ease. and from bringing into the State
stock feed unless II be accompanied by
sworn affidavit that il was harvest ted
in modified" or "restr:cted' area.
| The companies excepted from the re-
straining order arc the Chesapeake and
ONO Hallway Company, the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company; the Scaboard Air Line Rail
way. the Southern Railway, and the
Southern Railway
Governor Stuart himself swore to the
bill OF complaint alleging that the rail-
road and steamship companies had vio-
lated the orders OF his proclamations
issued on February and February
% by hauling into the State cattle and
stock feed on which an embargo had
been placed. The Commonwealth was
represented by Attorney General John
! Garland Pollard and Assistant Attor-
ney-General christopher B. Garnett.
ohbFsh DE ENLARGED
! OR MODIFIED ny COURT
| The petition for the blanket injunc-
tion was heard by Judge Scott In
chambers. and. after he had heard the
plea OF the State and the reply of the
! hFe railway companies excepted from
the Injunction, he issued the order. 1t
| VIII remain in effect until Friday,
| April 2. 1915, unless before that date
| he
! by an order of the court
| William a. Aiken, Jr.. chief clerk 10
the superintendent Of transportation OF
the Richmond, Frederick sburg and po-
tomac Railroad Company. and of the
Washington Southern Railway Com
! Pany, filed afiidavits 10 show that he
| mad personally handled all quarantine
matters. and that both co,npanies
which he represented had complied
with the rules laid down by Governor
Stuart He also produced an order
signed and issued by c. w. Culp, SUI
I tpenntendent OF transportation, to show
4 that the proclamations had been obcyed.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
SHOWS CLEAN RECORD
T. p. Goodwin. superintendent of
freight transportation OF the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railway Comnonv
! proved to the satisfaction of the court
that he had advised all agents at iunc-
ton points and at points OF connection
with other carriers of the cmbarpoes
set forth In the proclamations of Febru
airy and February 81, and that, upon
complaint having been made against
some or the railway companies, he had
maze inquiry, and found from all su-
perintendents, except one. from whom
oargoes had been strictly observed
! Like statements were made nv rem
resentatives Of other carriers eScented
from the injunction Others prescn, at
the hearing were Eppa Hunton, Jr.. rem
rcsenting the Southern Railway Com
pahE; Henry Taylor, representing the
chesapeake and Ohio; Colonel Henry N
Boykin. representing the Scaboard Air
Line Railway Company. and T.. Ran
dolph Williams
MOST CONTAGIOUS A1ALADY
AFFECTING DOMESTIC ANIMALS
In the bill of complaint II was set
torth that "foot-and- mouth disease is
the most contagious malady that affects
domestic animals, and that in situations
where each sick animal cannot receive
attention i'll the matter OF food and
water the death rate is high. amount
ing In some instances to 20 per cent
and while. where proper care and ot
tention can be paid. tho death rate is
low, the financial loss resulting from
the disease, even under the most IN
vorable conditions. IS much greater
than from any other contagious dis
ease.
Ihe contaEion spreads with tho
greatest facility from place to place.
IcttD lit.
onc-half of the herds OF the infected
district, and when stable becomes
infected, no susceptible animal therein
escapes the disease. IL one attack
would prevent further attacks. tho
matter would not be so serious. but
the history of outbreaks of foot-aud
mouth disease shows that an animal
may have three or four attacks in n
month. The animals which are sus
ccptible to The disease are cattle, hogs.
sheep goats. dogs, cats, and cvcn
poultry. Man himself Is not immune
and the frequency OF his infection bv
coming into contact with the diseased
animals is we'll established.
COST OF PAST EPIDEMICs
HAS BEEN ENORMOUS
"Thc history OF the ravaGes OF this
disease will show that it puts the
dairy-man out Of business. No one buvs
milk while his herd is passing through
tho disease, and many of his best cows
are rendered useless. and others are
greatly injured. The whole cattle in
dustry suffers a loss from the rcstric-
tions OF the trade, due to the rigid
quarantines that are necessary to sup
press the malady."
Tho bill also stated that at the close
OF 1892 tho losses sustained in Ger
many from tho disease reached the
tremendous sum OF s25. 5.oooO 900. In 1911
Germany suffered another outbreak
and 1t has been estimated II per
cent, or more. OF the cattle and other
susceptible farm animals were affected
or total OF 100000 animals
! Franco has also suffered heavily
CONTINUED on Third Pasc.o