Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-23
A DETECTIVES VIEW.
Hamburg Described by a Well Posted
American officer.
MANY DEATHS NEVER REPORTED.
Normannia and Eugia Passengers Pass
Through This City.
ALOCAL INSPECTORS QUEER BLUNDERS

Jacob Lohrer, of the detective force of
Cleveland, who was prominently connected
with the chase after the murderers of Chief
Hulligan, at Ravenna, D., seven years ago,
reached this city yesterday on his way
home from four months tour in Europe.
Mr.. Lohrer spent considerable time in
Hamburg. He explained the cause OF the
different statements made considering the
conditions at Hamburg.
Some reports say Hamburg is beauti-
full city while others say 1t is yerltable
slum, reeking with filth. There is every
thing in the point of view. The fact is
none of the big passenger vessels ever go
within three and half hours ride of Ham
burg, only the freight vessels going into
the harbor. Passengers are unloaded at a
point three hours ride from the city and
are taken to the depot in the improved
suburban portion. That part of the city
has wide streets and is beautiful Tourists
don't see the old city down around the har-
Dor. 1t is the most unhealthy place you
could imagine. The streets are from seven
TO ten feet wide, there are no sewers except
to few large buildings and there is every
where horrible smell The tide does not
carry off the water in the harbor and it is
full OF slime and filth, emitting frEhtful
stencil which is always present There are
no backwards to the houses, the people live
on the streets most of the time ard are as
dirty as can be. 1t is in this district the
cholera is raging. Thousands have died
there the authorities never heard Of
ouarantined Passengers Pass Through.
A number of passengers from the cholera
ships Normannia and Rugia arrived in this
city on their way West yesterday morning.
They had been released from Fire Island
quarantine the previous day. Most of them
were American residents who had been
caught on the plague ships for their return
trip.
The trunks, hampers and other baggage
of the travellers were plastered all over
with bright yellow posters on which in
large, black letters was announced the fact
that they had been disinfected BY Health
Officer jenkins men in New York. The
luggage living on the Union station plat
form was seen by the way passengers COM
ing in on local trains and caused quite a
scare among them.
Andrew Starely, Jane Deehan and Cath
crime Deehan, from Scotland, on the
steamer Furnessia, and bound for Iowa,
passed through Pittsburg Wednesday, and
were stopped at the Ohio State line and re-
turned to this city because they had thrown
away their health certificates issued in New
York Yesterday Dr. j. G. McCandless
examined them, found them healthy, issued
them new certificates and started them on
their way with an injunction to keep the
health passports until they reached their
destination.
Looking for Suspect.
The health officers are looking for Frank
Donnen, who came from Liverpool on the
steamer State of Nevada, reaching this city
last Sunday Donnen was inspected on ar
rival, but said there was no cholera on the
Nevada 1t has been learned since that
one death occurred on that ship.
The officers of the Holy Ghost College
have sent letters to THE DISPATCH deny
ing the statement made last Sunday that
their building was not in good sanitary
condition and asking that two letters re-
ceived from Chief Brown be published. One
of these letters quotes Mr.. Taggart, one of
the plumbing inspectors, as saying that he
''did not understand how the newspapers
got such an adverse criticism" as he was
satisfied the college building was in proper
condition. The other letter, dated yester-
day morning, states there mo controversy
between the Public Safety Department and
Holy Ghost College, although there is With
the third ward public school. 1t again
states that the Chief nor any employe of his
department had said ANYTHING against the
condition of the Holy Ghost College.
Inspector Taggart last Saturday con-
demned the sanitary condition OF the Holy
Ghost College and gave out the original
copy of his report from which the report to
Chief Brown was made On Wednesday
afternoon Inspector Taggart stated that 8
member of each of two prominent plumbing
firms in this city had accompanied him on
second inspection of Holy Ghost College
and had verified his original conclusion
that the sanitary conditions were not good
Mr. Taggart at the same time made use o
vigorous language to emphasize his belle
in the truth OF his report as published.
More Garbage Furnaces Needed.
The question of more garbage furnaces i
urged by Chief Brown and others as tn
only solution of the garbage question. Mr.
Brown wants 10 or IL new ones located il
the various districts of the city and regu
lar system of collection. The present fur
mace costs So, 900, but he wants larger one
that would cost from 81, 900 to 5000 each
which would, with coal for fuel, consum