The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-19

nut Wnotn0f OF NOT m0f9 em sioUt aio Coutu % 70
cured under the proposed chang. mnst Be sf to tn,
batter Judgment Of the Council. There h ct this
time sstrons dssatisfsetiou existing among many Of
number Of them hsvs either resigned or been *.
PEELED some Of the companies have been Yepdefed
almost impofept for service Others are now await.
i,R your sesion determined to resign should you
fuse to grant this petition.
Your COMMITTEES are of opinion that sry insurance.
company having the control Of the engines and IRE
apparatus Of the city, has ADVANTAGE superior to
other similar institutions And whilst do not be-
lteve thst Q voluntary exercise of power would be
M. forth by tho present officers OF the Fire Assoca
neglect of the interests OF other Institutions yet we
do be that the principle of selfpreservation 10
mont and In this way other parties NAV be made to
suffer. In the investigators of your committee tho
fact has to their knowledge that in sister city,
tphadelphia,) where the operations OF the nre de-
partment were conducted under very similar Or
ssn'zstion to own this power hiss bsen exer-
esed In instances 30 fragrant and 30 OFTEN Iepeaso
that the Councils compelled to re orasnizc 1t
under plan very similar to the one proposed here
This connection SECURES another ADVANTAGE to the
Fire Association in comending it to public favor for
undue proportion of its patronage. The insurance
does not ordinarily make one ndisren as to whether
his property q destroyed or not; but II any one
company presents better guarantee than others
aeains such distinction then Is evident that that
will bs the favored one.
The demorslizng effects on the youth of our city,
arising from the system of allowing runners, who
not members of the FIRE companies, and the en-
ployment of colored hands in working the engine
During some of the late alarm, OF fire. the apps.
ratus hes been found In the exclusive possession of
negroes. and EXPOSED 10 abuse and injury which to
say the least, s unwarrauted carelersnsss. Your
COMMITTEES believe that. from these causes, the num-
Der OF fires In the city have been greaty multiplied
This tubiect (the OF res) is however, befare
another committee Of your body and i, will be left
to them to recommend such action as they may deem
rost prudent aud effective for the statement of the
evil.
In view Of the facts thus briefly set forth, your
committee believe that 1t s for the best INTEREST,". OF
mediate control of its Council. and therefore re-
commend that the petition be granted and propose
the accompanying preamble and resolutions. all of
which is respectfully submitted:
Whereas, The Council OF the City Of Richmond
did, by ordinance passed January 2Srd. 1887.
place under the charge of q Principal Engineer,
chosen by and from amonr the members comprising
the Fire Association of the City of Richmond. all the
fire engines, engine houses. hose and other apparatus
belonging to the city; and whereas it is now deemed
best for the int erests of the city that the fire
ment be under the immediate control of the Coun-
Resolved That a committee be appointed. whose
duty it shall be to report ordin ace reoreanizpg
tbs fire department of the city, and that said com
mittee have power to advise with and consult the
attorney for the city in reference thereto.
An of which is respectfully submitted.
HENRY w. QUARLES,
HUGH w. Fry,
D. J. SAUNDERS
Communications were then read from "Citizen"
and phoenix Companie'" asking eparation of the
Mr.. Saunders offered the following resolution,
which was adopted:
Resolred That the report be laid on the table and
printed and that a committee of seven be appointed
to report plan for the organization of Fire Depart
ment; and that the committee be at liberty to report
by ordinance or otherwise and that the committee
be authorized to employ the services OF the City At
torney.
said committee: Messrs snead, Quarles, Saunders.
stesrns, Fry, Scott and Talbot
After fe small appropriations for improving 18th
street, leading to HaxalPs mills completing cul-
vert the AraoIy and extending culvert at the
of 5rd and Baker streets, the Council ad.
journed.
an IMPORTANT RICHMOND INvENTIoN.-
We see by the New York papers, that an immense
business Is growing out of one of our Richmond
Inventions. We allude to . Hot Air Furnace"
invented 10 this city year or two since by two of
our citizens, DIR. Bolton and Mr.. Yale, which bids
fair to outstrip every thing in its line. We clip
the following notice of II from the New York Cou-
rier, in speaking of the large establishment of the
Rippowan Company. 400, Broadway, over VIII ich
presides one Of the mionares of that CITY:
"This, 1t seems to u.s. is about as near perfection
1t Is possible to arrive. 1t contains the true
principle which would be recognized by Frank
lin a Morse-the lack of which has rendered all
furnaces for this purpose so thoroughly defective
Upon thorough examination OF this it's simplicity
and philosophical principles such that our only
wonder ID that all other furnaces are not immed-
atelyifurnshed with walking ticket and this simple
and great invention substituted in their places
do So We do not claim the gift of Invention at
all, but when see thing Is about right we
think we can appreciate it. We would advise all
Interested in this matter, (and who is not D to go at
once to the ware-rooms of the Rippowan Com.
pany, and investigate this newly discovered p1in-
cipie. 1t will repay them for their trouble In
this new invention, 10 an arrangement which may
be applied to almost any hot air furnace, causing
it, without addition of fuel to give out from 80 to
80 per cent more heat; and when applied to their
own furnaces, which constructed with strict
reference the of this invention they are pre-
pared to furnish proof from sources of the highest
respectability, to whom reference may be made
that from so to rs per cent, is moderate es.i.
mate of the amount Of heat gained.
what Is still better, and.which we conside r more
than paramount to the heat gained is the mild and
beautiful quality of the heat produced by it,
The demand for this new furnace is becoming so
great, that the company contemplate turning their
entire attention. and ell the force of their extern
sive foundry to this single article and also of in
creasing their works to nearly double their Size
BAD BoY.-Thomas s. A. Morris, the
lad, who was sent to the Poor House, by order of
the Mayor, last Saturday morning, on represent
ing that he came from Amelia county, and had