Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-11
To The Editors The pirginiaa

puHy,' i'll which, by way of apology tor the
l.ynchburg Hose Company, Of which, believe,
YOU are member, yua have INDUCED IN some
very severe, vol ~ very unjust remarks re-
Aecting upon me "a Superintendent of the Water
Works. As to the efficiency ineifciency of
the Hose Company at the late fire. know moth
ing but what has been derived from common
NOR and shall not follow your example, by sta
ting anything to their prejudice from such
source. The lmmens" crowd of citizens ON the
ground who bad an opportunity OF seeing their
operations, will, | doubt not, award to them all
the praise which may he due them.
But Messrs Editors, do let the blame rest
where it properly belongs. If, ON full exami-
nation of the facts, blame should rest on me, let
me be held responsible Yoo say The Fir Plug
nearest the scene Of the fire ,pas ont oforder, and
no supply Of mdter c0uid be had from IL, and
that you understood it had been So for eight or
ten days. Had you examined the Fire Plug be-
fore penning that article, you could not but have
seen the absurdity Of your information; for that
part of the Plug out of order could, by no posi-
Bile means, have gotten so, but by the hands of
violence, and that violence was the act of some
person persons attempting TO let the water on
without knowing whether to turn the screw up or
down, thus wrenchng it in wrong direction,
and forcing the valve cap of the Fire Plug. But
yoI say it had been - eight or ten days. !
should like to know your informant The plugs
are kept locke |. No person has key but Hose
men, nnd no one could put it in the condition IN
witch / rannd il ,yitbant ,ccnss :, tbo inside.
There i no Doubt in my own mind. that il WAS
done by some incxpcrenccl person, not know
I'M, how to LET the water ON nj tine first arrival of
the Hose ut the Plug.
I'm your further nnolo.e, e., the I..e Comnouy,
you say there wa, NOT a .upnly of water IN t6c
reservoir This statement i. untrue. During
the progress OF the fire, was informed that
something was wrong about the supply ct water;
pun on my e'"'nes' went To inc street. rAn'l''''9
f,,,nd ,Lcm ~. tLny .hnoIJ he. ,hen went into
the reservoir lot and found the r. scryoir FIJI to
The raising main. | then went To the Pump
House, and ionnd that the lump hal Just been set
s''"e ny '',' BOY away III ' n''''a"'''.
M p :" i"' ,La s"n' nf wotnr nt n
fire. il i too absurd Ia eminent npon. WHY
sirs. with three Fire Plug, open, the Pump couil
NOT by any means, do more than prevent II dini-
mutton "i the supply on hand' W I'm inc "f''
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md hnt ana .ot IN Gvn hours when the nnckin,,
!. little worn.
1t must be apparent 10 every rejecting mind,
that with three Plugs open at the extreme end ct
Il '".'' .nsn e3I''o''' l''' '1''' W "'sr' "oo'"
H., lInso rn,n,,nn,, (f,r | r.s,r1 tLn Editorial nj
lnded to above rs being from thcm,) attempting
10 throw from their own >houlders, ON mine, the
eondemnmJry sentence i public opmon' Man
KIND are too prone TO charge 'hP'f s!hS 81 ohi7
sI''' ""a ~. ',9 t'''.
erl, hclnn,,s + : MILLER
Supt Iynchh'g Water Works
Mr.. Francis s Miller. Superintendent, ST.,
Sc, Is entitled TO Il hearing in our columns af-
ter the alusion matle IL him last Monday, and
we give him to day fall benefit in the publiea-
ton of the above proaunciamenio.
It is proner TO say also that this Good hnmored
article was handed into our office in time for our
issue of Yesterday. 1t was, however, with the
comments which it suggests, necessarily crowded
out of TINT ISSUE aud we trust its publication i,
not too late to-day to serve the seeming purpose
of Mr.. Miller. and to assure our community and
the rest of mankind generally, that the Superin
tcndent of the Lynchburr Water Works is dis
posed at times to become "A very INDIGNANT rem
Observation-Disclosures when in the endowment of
II thousand dollar salary his otjuY cum djgnitois
may be unfortunately disturbed by iuouisitiyo
| comments on his official conduct Ills therefore
n oanso of very n,oC,n,J nr;,at;,n =, e,,1 an.
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" '"'P =" '"''' "''os""' o'"niut'S' Inns they
Cpeni IL tnefr r'ght 10 DO Is however, II MIR.
Miller Will please allow the use OF his term-a
monstrously "absurd' notion, and we surely
must have forgotten the fact III our remarks of
last Monday Men who have long fattened upon