The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-26
NEW srncrAr ror1cns

IHE FIRE DErARTMEsr-COrrrx uen
For the emsssnt and hsrmouious sstfnr Of -. -
ehf syss point 70 IT. hist ~ IN IA. past sfsh,
years; the rumsroys and On q sslif;eS fn.sssaesn
to its energetic. y Senate snd sascfeaI pne
snpsresang ths ravssss Of tbs destroying sss m...
AID ssk for the proved ehsrgss made assirst 4.
arr or al ofthoss who are nov 20 clsmoscns ~
disssluon of the eoaneesion sss On n. 'oa .as
s.na Enst s t T.. re e '.sss. from o.
having heretofore bound thsrs selves t. $780, wa
Laws sud ebeY the resussioBs Of the Frs D.s.ssaf
those laws and asvertIsed In your pspsrs Ia 81
would do no more duty. have gone 10 tbs Icy
house taken the apparatus out Of the hoss. r.sae
fromfhs wheels taken the hose of the bsssa Pie
risgs snd feelsd 1t mp wrong end foremost - cst
create srsst sonfu.os and DELAY 10 brsess i. mo %
sons who might attsmpt TO carry tbs sppsrsts. ~.
Gre; Who, hsvinG boastsd that With tvo rns.as
could carry their reel to the Ere, add drssns N.
money quarterly to pay sshtsen negroes 70 70 ms
Principal Enspeey and say they cosld NOT ess,.
apparatus to the fire for wsns Of suessnt E,.s ~ ~
20; or who; ~esn naa ass nss |. fsslns win take an
Q CONS any, aud not the Departmsnt aItha..rp,.o
store houses OF several OF the largest eoptribnto
structiot; or when working an en- .ins n a. ~ 90
inF taken ofspcs the msrsgsrs of ths 800, "ss
AID at junotu,e n the stream was pee...u =.
,sve the mouse hsvs left tbs engine ana 49,. 70
off In . body from the Grs1 Are you NOT 49, !.
ccnclude that, In csse they should bs cd s,
my cause. under the proposed new ,izstion th.
xorx
have In the new plan some stronger ties To An
them to their duty, give them nicer or stron.sl
sense of honos7 "set
These REMARKS are not intended to apply to th.,.
asners OF the petition ffom Company No wha
when applied to By thu mutioaer,, for tbey can H.
called by no other name from the other Coyn,
MES. nobly snswered, that although thev visbsd H.
change. yet while they eostinusd dremen. The.
would Discharge their whole duty; and with IN
members Of the other Companies who seek M
chapse have good citizens and honorable ms
promptly and efficiently fulfilled their ,oIuntar.
sssumed engagements
Ny next enquiry 10. who Is to msnag. the propo..S
Department. Aud whs. besides your oetitiousT,
are to be your fremsna Will your new Board h.
sble By we-kiv meetiuss to give the orsauix.tion
that csreful and Gloss -afcb
that the present ons has? Aftsr disbsndnK the ur,
sent organization. you carry into the new ma
OF the prescott fremeD who. from long exrerie,rs
and strict nhservsucs Of discip ine are valusb,s
beIs Of n Dspar merit
An imp .rtsnt enquiry for vour consideration L.
vhst time viii il take to get tho pecsssary apparatus
for the rev orgsnizatiop7 The city owns thiss en-
gines and has not single hose carrisge, or torch
or helmet, coat spaprer, for her firemepl The
engines ordered from the North, now owned by the
city OF received here In less than ak months
after the order was given, and Messrs Barnes took
more time for the one they built.
The writer, who Is Q stakeholder in the two Ipsu.
rance Companies of his city, we'll a. tsx payer
submits these satories TO his fellow. czsa
for their consideration. ltl CITIZEN
H. r.