Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-25

damage If they were not permitted tc
leave the boat. Then, as they were not
released, they carried out their threat
They broke some furniture and incl.
dentally the water pipes. Nevertheless
they had to remain there the rest Of
the day, and the ships stewards got
even by charging them SO cents per cur
for drinking water.
Hard on Ship Companies.
The immigrants, moreover, are not
the only ones who are not enjoying the
present situation. The steamship COM
panies fird it equally difficult. Every
day they are held up in the haroor
means large money loss, for not only
must they lose valuable time, but they
must continue feeding their passengers.
One large steamship company has
placed one Of its vessels at the disposal
Of the quarantine officials as a deten-
tion ship for immigrants, who are
transferred to it for examination while
the ship that brought them continues
on its way. Under the emergency rul-
ing, no craft from foreign port can
approach within 300 yards Of a New
York pier without a permit, granted
only after the most rigid, inspection.'
One hears vague rumors that the
steamship companies are establishing
their own delousing plants on, the Eu-
ropean side. but no definite information
seems to be available on this point.
Many people feel that It is up to the
foreign governments to take necessary
precautions against the spread of ty-
phus;; and to prevent any but clean en-
igrants from embarking for this coun-
try. The foreign governments, how
ever, do not seem to agree with this
view. The Italian government, in fact,
has even resented the charge that any
infected immigrants could possibly
come from Italian shores, although the
fact remains that they have.
To avoid congestion in New York
harbor many steamship lines are now
diverting their vessels to other ports,
notably Boston and Philadelphia. From
these points the immigrants come to
New York by rail, thus making 1t nee
essary for the city health department
to keep inspection squads, also at the
railway stations. Fortunately, here the
New York Travellers Aid society has
come to the rescue and is taking care of
family groups while their various mem-
bers are removed for examination and
fumigation. -: ~, IL
Sometimes while q, husband Is sent
away to: be freed from vermin." one Of
the Travellers Aids told the reporter.
''the wife thinks he is being dragged off
to Siberia: Then we have to rush, our
Interpreter to the scene to- explain the
matter to her. So many Of the TpeopIe
are Ire war refugees, WHO have already
suffered so much that their anxieties
are easily aroused"
If the man is detained for any great
length Of time. the Aids see that the
children, get food and that the family
obtains proper lodgings. Sometimes as
many as % such families must be taken
care Of out of a group Of a hundred or
more who come through on one train. :,
While precautions against the typhus
cootie are ever becoming more system
atized, the congestion remains unre-
lieved at the port Of New York. The
health authorities are putting up val
liant fight against tremendous handi-
caps. They need more men and more
facilities. Congress, they say. could
solve the whole typhus emergency at
once by ordering a cessation of imml-
grafton until the disease has subslded
in Europe. but congress has Its own
reasons for desiring immigration to
continue. The Ieast, then. that it can
do is. to authorize an increase in the
size of the force and working materials
at Hoffman's and Ellis Island, and thus
help to prevent the spread of the
plague.