New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-08
Chsf Engineer Of the Fire Department, received
BY ID. Aldermen lat pixht TAs Report ls foo ~:


IRE ino osed Au=rs returns eontaia the nsnss oesnp
sor ard p sdrnce % IN. p-inen OF r-ner, cono,n
twu ~ the pr-ceGiGg saaisf stasnsn that
there >crtynine fngioest Ia GOD ooes efo ltiisf
shd sve building orryve 9ose CsTrtssss {, rod
ord SIX Indifferent snd three oa.dns easl dI'< ga
Lsicer Csrag-n rod Ter sad three indifferent With
tiny ladders aundre3 and ysh hooks sad other no
ess.sry implemenn surh axes pcss ropes Sc hisy-
eiEht thousand seyen hundred feet OF Hose 10 90 u ots
an nine Thousand slx hundred ts q ndienI mtSux in
te sgrs-te SNtyeignt thozssnd three hHnfred fst III
Roe Th-u ne fl,y three Fngins Compsaie. dHs-6ur
Hose ComPaai>. aea twelve toos and L,adsr s.siss
ard three 4yerant Comeasss There are Two troassna
ih Ps1is Sr. a ss. ss u, tH' part =,
i've huodec and ms eight being Of sS huaioc
/ ard seyt nfy since the Last Auuua Rspo,t
There have been daring thu ye,, eaains Aur = three
hundred snd twenty rine are' BY which on AID.
ings 10 three hundrec AID twenty far
bupdred and wentyhrss dollars and - oas ml
tive bundled sld htIeh Thousand eight hunired ana
three dollars making the total loss BY IRE duiias hs year
nearly could D. asrertaiaed al9n eish, napds-d
ard thoussnc hundred and forty dol,
lara bspg neresse over the o's Of asst year OF all
hundred aae thousand ha lsrsd
sud sixty dollars which is Attributable in the
scarcity Of wster ami the tfoz-n hYdrsnts
During the psu0d there have 2i0 false asrns
A. Of these set down he alarms doubt's very
trins fires ured from the bursting OF eamphsn, lamps,
buruug OF winG0w cuiainS detects In Oh uneyS Nc, nat
which exr suisheo win little damage. witaoat
| the aid OF the Department
In flrmer REPORTS hsv. made many reco msnS.-
To- he immediate vents ana geners benefit Of tns Osys
rucut which have received respect or a.eatOn
from you n trey had been msie-amoae which
be divorce - the VIE Dep gneut from Conan
Cognc-a nmsndation that hiss been twice adopted
vithin past By the Eusine>r. ana Forc
Fnmans tsL aud has also been edooted b. the DE part
large, you Learn by TerrGs 10 doc No y
ard the archives the Fire Depsrm.n niitss OF
the Common Council But It Is truly gratifying 10 behold
arise an ong you ana boldly adv cate tho general
interest Of the Firemen. and immsdsis divorce the
Department tOm the Con mon Council and ton all pollti
machinery. That man - Alderman 4 A Den nan Who
wofthy eci ne cordial approhat GA OF the Fire Depart
meD ana OF the waols City, Tor his manly ,ni ioa
c'uise IN rencins the shaske. Of patty IA his municipal
with which you generally reat such SUGGESTIONS thst
ae nom ne, however neucu-ia % the pepatmeat
II.
sui by yonT summary rejection OF my Proposu,ns shall
mahe recommend iiions IN the report further
discuss the subject dy0e with yol referring
you ny past doeum.rts as the oss Of favorsbls
| legislation you II ay youChsaie 10 the Depa tnent
But there three matters OF vital IMPORT
e the half u'on OF aJus ioT whom you elsscd
TO le9ate, that should nsder myself deeply reprehsn-
stole n old call your serious sttea ton well
the public at larAs, Go their inmsdats oasderson. all
ude to the frozen hydIsn AID 70 the scarcity aud Of
| water
woad have called your attention to these natter, lat
winter bat the severity Of the weather unceaang
the bydfans were generally foxsJ aud the
that did not deem prudent 70 discusi them lsst
the ncendars m'e take auuue advantage Of H. aud ire
the City NJ several points ~ the tiue Bat this being
olciOus them consideration. will now
partially osclo'e the peril OF e City during past win
| ter snd recommend efficient remedies.
At the ire the Of Futoi AID na,chsss the by
dans TozeO. and II hot water had not been readily
obtained from steam boilers IN The vionity, wi which 10
ihaw thtm thst would have been Vosy dcs conis
ton The hydrsris alsO frozen a. fire IN Ludlow ct,
Grand, and sole wis 10 tite straw from
seighs they passed aud burn u IN the hjrA o STAT
the At the fire AZ the junction OF the Bowery aud
Diyson-s's. both the engines hydraetI ffolsn
which the OF that destructive fire might emu
merste any instances q similar character sut
inform you that the Department had almost iasur-
mountabe difficulties to encounter Lr Jgg5ut tho wnters
om frozen Grants and the city OF wet,r when the
dgans ozsn But cold as it was think that thu
hyd enfs would not have been oien " ,hey hsh neen
siuisd with h,y o.merly And why that u@iu cnfom
has hsen abandoned unable 70 say trust you VIII
thst they In proper eondlon os0e the en'alnS
| winter
Irssmuch tho pipes tn, High Bridge havs the
capacity TO supply the City with Sufficient wstsr. would
IL IA
the hight OF the aqueduc and that two lines pipes Of tho
capacity Of the aqedu; be laid ON the arch the present
pipes to remain precisely they by connecting the
pipes to either sne OF the aqueduc Just above its
terminus by placing n, dam in The aluedGc the whole
work b. effected without deprgng the Chyof tho PEE
The .nrre work il commenced Immediately, might be
completed by December Uaiil this be ELECTED would
earnestly request citizens exercise the mos. rigid
In the OF And to utterly check the u.
waste OF water by ine0nsderate persons conns3s
with the shipping and steamboats, and entely prevent
its by the public 6unsnu would propose that the
bsns Of the ioun be enlarged, and that pipes be laid
from each 10 the rivers with hydans On tbs docks from
which ensbs the slipping and seamboas To obtain their
cation OF citizens and without waste Of water.
from tie last "Annua Rvport OF the Cotton Aqueauct De-
rsrtu.e ut, Boaid OF Aldermen, document No. az
the Construction of the reservoir itself Is that
may or msy not he deferred the wisdom af this Co nnon
CooUeil shall determine, Ia View Of all tho oi
CONF ected 9TH Il
III stated in the la, annual report IT. m this Depart.
nt ana me scE remains unaeied that the last drop Of
water when tne works "a heI present slate suoply
/ aflrs.
that u he proposed reservoir were bgt t old not
h tlied and woad remain useless structure TIA srch
alterations aDd additions were msds tbs line above IT, ~
would erabe the Department to deliver increased guam
! to- OF water daily.
81" has not been tho policy Of tho present Board to review
and cntc.e tho VI their aic. nor ~ouId
II now 90 80 the subject udor dscu.pn did NOT re,dT i
necesssry gave error has been committed means
o. g~trg the Harlem River While le NOS, To-
era end ENLARGED views adopted IN the Construction 81
the aqueouc down to that poi At its capacity being
equs whole Tow oil the Croton aiver At an average
OF ts and capable OF delivering more than
sky millions Of gallons 20 cross the rvertvo iaes
fe non pipes ware laid 10 tho form Of an nysrtsd
hunting the upgy % naf tie quantity last named and 10
make the syphon do that work losing h.ad OF tuo fat
ban hments through distance Of 50 miles Had the ifh
Endge been carried - the line of the sqIsdus add
hight Of fourteen feet for which cannot be ioub,ed
the piers sbunda ~ strong the masonry oftie s1l-dact
proper coad have been continued over t. and this bridge It.
self ctc Om the Danger Of elkass by metal hnss Of
tie aquecuct sieg Sing XIII Clend naing Valley
thus pouring upon Island the whole yousas II ths
Crooo River at ar elevation above tide water OF III Instead
ts presumed that saving in the cos. OF the
probably lie controlling motive IN adopting tho pen ~
II DO stands This saiaz may have been equal $780,
eco and perhaps rendered imperative by ths hen eras
stale Of toe funds Applicable u that object bat Il g.. Il
line, Of .ns1 pipes eccupyog IT, ia ye Of then
admit fact hat few year. would prove them uoeqasi
aud upon the necsis VI taking tsm up aud sub
sut,ng others Of Arzer szs. OF ccnnung ths sque-
duct itse the bridge IN the aoner above suggested
Tnt Inc ALREADY " have a1yed. for Of these
ecede he construction Of the orop0sod
10 iubkr ~ ~ Nfluf IN -tNpu
dors b. made 10 the works through Manhattan yal
l.y by LAYING down hnes OF three feet pipes
Thee will IN part be shed by those taken up the
bridge oud Il be determined 70 continue that mods u
conye yin toe water aeross
1T wireaCy BE- that the alterations and additions
irdcaed involve DOT o1ly large amount o. moey Guy
d. -ulues end responsibilities @hch tins board wO.d
salg prefer 4 20 ts<gz up and TslsyinS
Of lie pites On the bridge would b. q. aay tune and
upoer tse most favorable cbcumsances f1rmdable ua-
gerskug but 10 do low and keep upa supply Of waor
for IN domestic sn8 m'nufaciuHg plrpoI-s Wills the work
shs be In progress adds immeasiraby 70 those difficulties
80 furnishes strong IN favor Of constructing tho
squeeuct IT, snd leaving the pipes upoA' undsnrbsd
F,om this Il appears that the e. O;on Board mas t~ics
eaea your attention 10 this important subject aad hb~eser
u us3 that you have not PTscuca noticed
bsr - morris a. hoazh based ineonOysrable iacts Are
cur CITIZENS pfspssd 10 believe Al @rs t~o able annual
reos on iii, bghly important subsct before you fon the
Ctop Board thai yoa st remain ~ inactive though they
s never teen pr's.hed Such I, the FACT sn1 thu truth
you seldom % not,e any really important sassssions