Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
DOWN ON HUNGARIANS.

Chief Murphy's Annual Keport-He De
clares Huns Troublesome Class-New
Fire Engine ana Other Equipment
Needed-Dives and Gambling Shops All
Gone.
Chief Murphy, of the Allegheny Depart
ment of Public Safety, yesterday completed
his annual report. It is made up princi.
pally of reports from the superintendent Of
the various bureaus, showing the work per,
formed in his department, and concludes
with series of suggestions by the Chief
himself
He calls attention to the lawless charac-
ter of the Hungarian population of the city,
says they have caused the police more
trouble and annoyance than any other class
of residents, and declares his intention to
order the policemen to arrest them whole
sale whenever, in their Judgment, the safety
of others requires such step. He says
that gambling has been almost entirely
broken up. No dives, policy shops, poker
rooms or other establishments of that char
acter exist.
in regard to the fires that have occurred
recently, he says most of them were the
direct result of the careless manner in
which gas pipes have been laid connecting
houses with the street mains and to gener-
ally defective gas fittings on streets and in
buildings He recommends the adoption
of cable wire system for the electric lines
in the central part of the city similar to
that in use on this side of the river, as a
matter of safety and to remove frequently
serious obstacle to the work of fremen.
In conclusion he compliments the work
of the various superintendents of bureaus
under his control and finishes as follows: 'T
desire to emphatically declare that not one
dollar has been paid out during my occu-
pancy of this position except upon orders
issued by the superintendent of the differ
ent departments and countersigned by my
self, and 1 have personally examined all
bills prior to approving.
The report of Superintendent Henry
Muth, of the Bureau of Police, calls atten-
tion to various improvements made, nota-
bly, the erection of new station house in
the Ninth ward. 1t recommended new
patrol wagon and the need of new quarters
for the Central patrol stable. The police
surgeon answered 3S2 calls to Cen
tral station, and 123 of the pa
tients thus attended were sent to
the Allegheny General Hospital There
were examined 1S0 applicants tor the police
force and II policemen were injured during
the year. There were 81 lost children cared
for.
The patrol wagons answered 2,733 calls
and 2,913 arrests were made, the wagons
covering 3,521 miles. Property reported
stolen was valued at S7,657 so, of which
"a, ,653 was recovered.
The expenses of the Bureau of Police
we're SSS, ,27S &c.
The Bureau of Fire showed 500 alarms
answered, an estimated loss of $40, 900 80,
and insurance, S3S, ,345 80. Recommends
tions were made for the purchase of first
class fire engine and three two-horse hose
carriages.
The Bureau of Electricity's report showed
200 miles of wire, 127 fire alarm stations, SS
police boxes, so telephone and 3 tower
strikers.
The Bureau of Health report recon-
mended the repairing of Municipal Hos
pltal. There were IL convictions for viola
tion of the health laws; the receipts were
1920 80; death rate, 1872 per 1000 inhabi-
tants; 1915 deaths, 4sO being foreigners.