Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-07
TONS OF COPPERAS.
Nearly Ten Tons of the Cholera
Preventive Already Used
in This City.
WHAT RAILROADS WILL DO.
Allegheny Officials Claim 1t ls4in a
Healthy Condition.
WHY 1T is CALLED CH0LERINE.
Europeans Use the Name to Deceive
american Tourists.
WHAT RAILROADS WILL DO.
Why 1T is CALLED CHOLERINE.
SIX STEAMBOATS, WILL CLEAN SEWERS


tation of cholera This amount has been
used by the city government alone. 1t is
estimated that another ton has been pur-
chased and used by residents of the city.
Large quantities of other disinfectants have
been used by the people
The Bureau of Health buys copperas in
barrels at low cost. Wagons haul it around
the streets accompanied by force of men
who distribute it in the cutters, sewer
drops, back alleys and all other places
where needed 1t is intended to keep up
this practice until cold weather comes.
Each place requiring disinfection will be
literally sprinkled at least once a week,
that being about the length of time required
to evaporate the strength of the copperas.
Cleaning Out tn. Two Rivers.
This morning six steamboats, will begin
the work of cleaning away the debris and
accumulation from the sewer terminals
along the rivers. The move will be applied
to both cities, two of the boats being set
apart for Allegheny's use The boats
selected are the w. G. Horner, d. NJ Wood,
Little Dick and the Maggie, for Pittsburg,
the C. D. Wood and the J. c. Fisher for
Allegheny. Each boat will have attached
to its bow dredger similar to those used in
cleaning away the accumulation of slack at
coal boat landings, and will accomplish the
work in a short time. They will be kept at
it steadily until o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. when the wickets at Davis Isla nd dam
will be lowered to allow the stagnant water
In the rivers to flow out The wickets will
be kept down for six hours.
Owing to the slight rise produced by Mon
days rain it is expected that the water
above the dam will reach its present stage
again within six or eight hours after the
wickets are closed.
Conference of City Officials
The decision to dredge the sewer mouths
and lower the dam wickets was reached at a
meeting in City Hall yesterday morning, at
tended by all the city officials who are prose-
cutting the work of publication and commit
tees from the Chamber of Commerce and
the Coal Exchange. Mayor Kennedy, Chiefs
Murphy and Ehlers. of Allegheny, were also
present. The situation was thoroughly dis
cussed bv Mayors Gourley and Kennedy,
Captain Bachelor Reuben Miller, Colonel
Roberts and Chief Brown, and the action
noted above was agreed upon as the most
timely.
Agreeablv to instructions from thu meet
ing, Superintendent Andrews and Street
Commissioner Hunter made an inspection
of the sewers yesterday afternoon. They
report that the Brady street, Try street,
Grant street and Wood street sewers empty
ing into the Monongahela river and the
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth street
sewers which empty into the Allegheny are
all IN bad condition and will require atten-
uon first Subsequently other sewers fur
ther up both rivers will be cleaned. The
cost of this work will be considerable
sum, but the expense is justified by the
good which will result
The Savers to BE Flushed.
As soon as the sewer mouths have been
dredged and the dam wickets lowered
so that the sewers will be above
the water level, plug streams along the
streets viii be opened and the sewers thor
oughly flushed. Allegheny will follow the
same general plan as this city in the clean
ing process. The coal and river men will
to-day put their boats in such a position
that the lowering of the wickets at
Davis Island will not cause them any ser
lous loss. Each of the boats to be used in
dredging will have on board one of the city
Street Commissioners who will direct the
work and determine when it has been prop
eriv done.
The Bureau of Health continues to re-
ceive large number of complaints daily of
nuisances and plague spots in all parts of
the citv. The trouble is abated as rapidly
as possible Yesterday the Department of
Charities reported cellar at 16O Water
street III which eight or ten Italians lived
anu from which one man was taken yester-
day in diving condition. The place was
filthy and the horrible stencil made it al
most impossible for the inspector to enter
4ha ,1o L
daily and proper remedies applied at once.
Railroads Taking Precautions
The railroads centering here are Begin
ming to take precautions against the eDi-
demic The Pennsylvania Company last
week issued an order to have all buildings
thoroughly disinfected and cleaned up.
Good work has been done at Union depot.
and this morning the disinfectants will
be scattered in the baggage rooms.
No attempt has been made to fumigate bag
gage. The baggagemen have a horror of
the old litter usually carried by immi-
grants. The mails on the quarantined ves-
sells are held, and only those that have
passed inspection are transported. The
same is true of immigrants. The railroads
here are depending on the health officers in
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore to
protect them and the country.
Since the cholera scare the immigrant
business has dwindled rapidly Not more
than dozen came in on the Pennsylvania
road yesterday, and these were landed in
the country before the disease had broken
out In Hamburg There were none on the
baltimore and Ohio road Friday is usually
immigrant day on this line, when the bulk
OF steerage passengers are carried.
Watching for Cholera at Baltimore.
Superintendent Holbrook returned with
his family from the Mackinac Islands YES
terday. He said he hadn't had time to
look over his correspondence, and didn't
know whether any instructions had been
issued or not He remarked that the Balti
more and Ohio officials at Baltimore could
De counted upon to do their duty and
take all precautions against the spread
OF the disease. Baggage is not fumigated in
Plttsburg. The Baltimore and Ohio agent
SAID the baggage of immigrants was yery
wet on its arrival, as if some strong LIQUID
had been thrown over it. Large packages
have been opened, and in the case of bed
ticks the straw and feathers pro-
trude as if lot of foxes
had held high carnival in them.
The immigrant baggage on the B. Il o.
is stored outside, and the men see that it is
removed as soon as possible. The condi-
tlon OF the pieces show that the Baltimore
health officers are active.
Allegheny Officials on the Watch.
Superintendent McLaughton, of the
Allegheny Bureau of Health, has COM
pleted his inspection of the river front and
says it is now in better condition than he
ever knew n ore. The work of clearing