Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-17
INSPECTING TRAINS.
ALI Immigrants Coming to or
Passing Through Pitts
burg Being
EXAMINED FOR CHOLERA.
Suburban Residents Protest Against
the Location of
RAILROAD QUARANTINE CAMPS.
Physicians Assigned to Watch All Sus-
EXAMINED FOR CHOLERA.
RAILROAD QUARANTINE CAMPS.
Physicians Assigned to Watch All SuS
pected Trains.
FIRST INSPECTION MADE YESTERDAY

Vigorous kicks from excited citizens
against the railroad inspections were the
order of the day yesterday. An old resi-
dent of Braddock wrote to Superintendent
Holbrook, of the Baltimore and Ohio road,
SAYING he understood trains were being
quarantined within the borough limits, and
he protested vehementlv against it. Mr..
Holbrook soon explained to the satisfaction
OF the Braddock people what was being
done. No immigrant trains are detained in
that town, and the inspections on the Bal
timore and Ohio are being made at the City
Farm siding, within the Pittsburg lines.
The side track is opposite Homestead, and
an objection is expected from that place as
soon as the people discover it.
Superintendent Holbrook says there is no
danger from the inspections at present 1t
is only a measure of precaution, and those
in the neighborhood have nothing to fear.
At the City Farm siding the nearest house
is on the hill some distance from the rail-
road. The railroad examination consists in
reading the certificates of immigrants to
see that they and their baggage have been
properly disinfected and noting the physical
condition of passengers
May Have to Provide Hospitals.
Mr.. Holbrook said this was all that the
company would do for the present Should
a case of cholera suddenly occur on a train
then some provision other than the present
arrangements would certainly have to be
made. No matter where the patient may
be confined the people will kick like the
Fire Islanders, but a repetition of their
violent demonstrations against the Nor
MAMMA passengers is not expected. A
hospital at Ohio Pyle is still talked of. and
Mr.. Holbrook thought the State would
build one there if cholera became epidemic.
Assistant Superintendent Trump, of the
Pennsylvania road, had the same experience
with the Walls people. When they heard
that immigrant trains might be detained
for inspection at that place, they sent a
lively protest to Mr.. Trump. Other people
along the Pennsylvania road between the
city and Greensburg took the precaution to
file objections against train inspec-
tions in their neighborhood Mr.
Trump was in a quandary, for he thought
the citizens along the road were justified in
their fears and their rights should be pro-
tected. He held consultation with Gen.
eral Manager Wood, of the Pennsylvania
Company, about running immigrant trains
for the West around the city via the Mo-
nongahela and Ohio connecting bridges 1t
was decided for a number of reasons that it
couldn't be done.
What the Pennsylvania Proposes.
Mr.. Trump held conference With Chief
Brown and Mayor Gourley yesterday after
noon, and he explained what the Pennsyl-
vania road could do to assist the city au-
thorities.
To inspect immigrant trains at Brinton
or Walls, he said, would require .deten-
tion of the passengers about IL hours. 1t
would necessitate the establishment of
camp, and the people would have to be
guarded. There would be constant danger
of some of the immigrants wandering off
into Braddock, and this could not be
allowed. A squad of militia would be
necessary at every such camp. The
people in the neighborhood would object
also, and their wishes would have to be
regarded. Mr.. Trump suggested that the
city could send its health officers out to
Blairsville Intersection, and they could
notify the Mayor and Chief Brown ten
hours before the immigrant trains arrive.
This offer was accepted. and it was arranged
to send Doctor Meyer, the police surgeon,
and Thomas Morley, one of the sanitary
police, to board the trains at that point.
The railroad company will send an inter-
prefer with them to explain what Is re-
quired. The Mayor said the immigrants
Tor Plttsburg would be examined first, and
then the others for the West in their turn.
Mr.. Trump agreed to hold the immigrant
trains in the yards until they are ready to
move West. In this way the passengers
will not come in contact with the city
people.
The First Inspection Made Yesterday.
Mayor Gourley was satisfied with the ar
rangement, and is convinced the inspection
will be sufficient for the present Nothing
will be done with through trains from New
York unless the cholera should grow worse.
Dr. Sands made his first inspection at the
City Farm siding yesterday. He had 247
immigrants from Baltimore Fourteen
were destined for Pittsburg, 81 for Cleve-
land and 212 for Chicago. Their quaran-
tine certificates were all right, and the pas
sengers were healthy. They were not de-
tanned long, and left in the afternoon over
the Pittsburg and Western and Lake Erie
roads
Dr. j. S. Hackney, of Union town, has
been stationed by the State Board of Health |
at the State line near Cumberland to in |
spect all immigrants coming into Pennsyl- |
vania over the Baltimore and Ohio. DR.. |
Hackney commenced his work yesterday.
His inspection will suffice for the coke |
country, and will make assurance doubly !
sure for Pittsburg The number of immi- |
grants going over the Panhandle, for some !
reason, is so small that not much attention |
will be paid to this line. Mayor Gourley |
says possibly an immigrant per week goes
over the Panhandle, and the Pennsylvania |
inspectors can watch them.
The McKeesport authorities yesterday |
decided to quarantine all the railroads ten |
miles out of the city. They will inspect |
Baltimore and Ohio immigra trains at
Scott Haven. This inspection is not ex-
pected to amount to much, as the railroad |
people have not agreed to stop the trains |
They say immigrant trains pass directly |
through McKeesport without stopping, and |
there is no cause for fear even if there |
should be cholera cases on board. This, |
they say, is not likely after the inspections |
the State will make at Cumberland. Il