The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-01
The FIre Department.
Io tse Hon. he Recorder and qdeyaaen Of he Council d
TIE Second JhiN5ciDdltfy

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Genilemen-1hs uudsrsirnetl q ii iths Second
fy and convened iof ds purpose q respectiplY
MO con- Y, s ~, sio ~ ~ ~ 49,,
after dive and dispasouae debealon thereon. have
sHrs re6ea Tie chief objections u he Gompaaiss We
spesent % the Ordinance IN question may be SET forth az
First. That there no nseesgitp fo he law That it has
Of citizens by the press which Is certainly exponent
0t public sentiment
Second Beeau4e il g distinetius in its ehaIdcier-ere
agng Sinking Fund iof the Fire EaRiue ComPanies
Ms ~ 9Nesp!s me rose Sonpanisf tom sald pQynions
heT and is more nseiui. than ERsuis Compang
Company not sufficient orts po gent nd mol
dental annuq expansa because declares that Engine
soone because diminishss the annual appropriation std
Fourth. Because Company is compelled out Of the ap
pf0pnauon bestowed n4t only to pay all Of its incidental
addition aso furnish from de same approximation
such lose ~ il may require Vide Ord. March, 1888
sat has been heavy burhsn On the Second Munich
port y e9mprson with the amount Of ga5uab geresgtbss
aud pfQdHeifpe sefylee It has rendered this community Is
Sixth. Because is entire spirit indirectly OF not direc)
implies that mere bias been bad faith The part Of Comps-
al supported By reason should lave long since beea made
snown io ths community under an Ordinance adopted
Seventh became in conclusion the Fire Department
able adjunct of Ie City Government and becsuse We be.
Icy our fellow citizens do moi desire their public ssrvanE to
iegislale for rs IN this restrictBe SPIRIT
I'VE have stated briefly ss possible Of our OBJ.
suneihen those objections BY sueh statements the dsa
we have % our sessiG fnrnshes We believe that it is
law whout has Baen denandey the exigenoss Of the
ease egisasa iolo remove some sting eyl o. create
ways be- more withan public good Ot practical NTH
eertsinlv la s5Snos6 Nv III vel lis , 1sr Inst bsrs
The Council shoul about law lor re 6stt,r rssaatoq
wishes would be consulted Has such been the case in his
s sS os mi ~ s , Sopng fSow H, Pa I s,s sw
The worthy Chaiman Of the tile Committee anostsntreat
III men he t5 i,eessds5a tyba Z t % sgen e.. 2gS
aalaad Officers whose duties aTs neriorned within bTef
heavy exgendIua and laboHns with 10 per
hundreds Of citizens banded together for the performance Of
duties more important Il then chamctsr and moe valuable
meu n this county, Words want 20 depict the value
posed tssks They sacrifice comfort-disfesard heaide
vote tine labor and moqegpsHl Ne and mbmest death
such men Won erisISie: ana with iii dns Is.o, Ss
when nothing unreasonable nature has ever emanaed
from ms department, olGt should be the character Of the
them should their and wAhes b consulled Should
the open band OF betaly be extended Them should
the appropriation received from the Municipality exceeded
Honorable Body that IS not sufficient fo he positive an
npa expenditures Qfa COMPANY. We exhibit herewith the
On examination, viii fonnd 10 a far shou ii Tie real
Costoi horse say $50 say that horse win render
service 70 a Company two yeefs kathOugh the aver.
age WI not be 50 long)' and you have an annual
~ ~ We
Par for feed and hire Of man for keeping horse per
sg9 III 81 s59
hepan to Engine, Hose $50
BOOKS Stationery, etc. .............. as
$50
sppqpnson and ys does not cover more than three
toAn9s n Company contingent expenses, u does rot
include The cost 81 equipments, banne etc ETC. The other
sxpendnres have always bsen cheerug borne BY the
bes and there Is no man in the Department who not
diyduaiy taxed Tor hesuppolt Of his COMPANY. There is
out their audabe work IL good faith ana justee egsrg
goqT o. f9ionao9 incurred by The Els Depart
haieye that our fellow citizens desire or expect otherwise
nua dese on their part to be fo ta Fire DepaI
ment Che public begin 70 believe that ye large amount
O money expended for its support Treaty fue thou
sgga dgtagS can Be pre9er expended annually support
lst e q. me Ssco5e M T or y
ment are located within this Municipality But his amount
Preparations for purchasing Engines, Hose building
ana repairing Houses etc. 1t has never reached IN any
about sf6 0sO S''As
For he fourteen Companies the Municipality appropr
ates $500 per annum, whiehis 81. zoo.
~ an Ordinance annually adopted by the Geuefa COun.
sions &C. to be collected Within each Muncpny assa
es o. oieig9 Insurance COMPANIES are taxed s750
meat For the last three yea there have been twelve Of
tlHal oOateu thia
tss Tom Che annual appropriations and leaves the sum Of
IN the habit Of charging the debit of the Department
eAs. eppI9P5at9ns made fol Engines and Hose, and for
the amount But what has been the entire amount Of ex
fstle6chmenf Tie ehe smonsf ebaresd t ~ % ~
the Depanment for the year 1877 SIS 66 The eg
cess over le annual appropriation was for the following
For BslTinget's Salary 1915 %
FOR building and repairing Engine Hou,es SO 60
W. W
foi hose ipFniihed the Companies 259 @
s44s0 80
There certainly no reason FOR declaring extravagance In
hn year ior u You deduct the amount eesyed from In-
entire expenditure was sl4s66 81. Tins included about
not positive portion OF he Dep1itmerts sSpenses II
certainly necessary that the Municipality should keep its
Jai Work Houses OF Engine Houses Tie expenditure 81
ss EesS iss a,IeI dedaelng ne 5000 y certainly
nor any ten app9xma,ng 70 T. has syer been carried out
The idea that Firs Engine will serve Company ~ gesf
Ia the early exhtenee Of the Department when int class
might have been ihe case But this IS changed TIE I'M
asq sa9nee q health and ne from he great amount Of
such city end climate AZ has driven nearly an HE
viii bot sst over t5gss y si Rs ese machines
cay ule from three % Eve hundred feet Of Hose annually
operation Of this law, COMPANY can exist perofminF
1o51 s aef Hst .ee,5 nsiaei emulation and Pride
peenneY point Of views an oaeGous buIthen We cannot
Us when full statement OF facts is thus prassntaa
heepine in view the ussfuness energy and reputation Of
the F!a pepalmen Of Oreans,B respectfully ash OF
Your Honorable Body the repeal of this law and will a n
duty bound, ever pray, etc.
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HATH. GORDON. -
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