, 1859-01-14

Nc publish in another place tue communication
.of IN old Firemaa," the intent and IIurport u
which il to satld the Chief Eas snccr1ron the crit
icism Of "LooLer On" il degErd to the MANAGE
Eeat Of The late \. Jcftreoa street d7c. Without
1Ii'iu6 ~. 'e:,'y from ''L9oltr o." We kaye
ftw exccplvts - tckc 20 The statements Of IN
"Oll Fireman. He atn- that there are foul
d1v-i,lugs within slost distauce-one quite Close
and >eyer.t others within 4 reasonable diet11cc
The st4temeut about the ''frzen r!uGs'' should
u taken With grains Of allowance at all esents'
il il E&r Of the duty Of the Chief TO see that the
plugs are protected against frost. An efficient
engineer would always ilare them in *ervicabse
Nder.
The complaint tilat tile engine companies bad
not half supply Of hose, furnishes anolher aEau.
nlent against the tricIcncy Of the Chief Engineer,
who is paid fur dollars per day for looking afcr
jus: .eucl ruatler3. Some Of his hose lay 1T tho
Ontaro street itire iroz,n up for days, md was
thu: rendered useless fos the Jefcr;on street fire.
O.llcr o:e was oat cf order for want Of c.re aRl
attenti II.
But as conclusive answc- to the assertion tllat
Water WIS scarce it - only necessary to state tue
ter on that occasion than ever was projected at
l,.esious ire il Caiel5,. The "ls?aud Qlecu,' Tor
!ns'uucu, poured powerful torrr1: for ten consec-
Mtrr hou,v' VIA. was done w;;.A it: The
's'.uns J,hu" 1a;rw Icsr,t mill stle!.n from
dark almost to Daylight. Whit WIS doac with
II! II IS no:scn,e t. ;5=cl that the holk aud lad
der COL. ..lhics were unable ~ take The fful out
NJ nt,. nj fI,e %trjt fr me ir-.nr1 m infTnrst,n
st'eei The lat is, if they had b-ea properly di-
iecttd, tlry could li,e ;eyc!cd tlc whole roB TO
the srouud in au hour. Buildings that We're
merely 'slclls' curld not lave intcrpvsed very
Formidable o',<ta:icsto "Iwo companies" Of vii.
ling, si2lwarl young 1Rcn. Ard they could have
had tae Assistance o: five !u:lred abe boiled BY
t1A3et: iof thu asking lo pull on graphing houls,
if taeir assistance Ind been wanted. TlIclc were
tirc,neu enough 10 have fastened the books 10 the
's.lclta" atuTc:1iJ, and csoHd in a3a1daac. to
Lave torn I'll: IN" lruit Of any Of those haiid
iuss in t4c twia1ilus o "bcd post"
Bat au ''U!d Firem1u' attempts I'D c2plsa s.lon
Or excuse for s..c ab-us folly ;ilA. cAusea pow
eEiut stream Of water to he Thrown uIua tue coln-
position ruuf OF iAc Liyl corner building To- wholc
hMr., n here it cpull lu no PARTICLE Of execution
nor tor i second md nurc powerful stream w.>t-
cl upon the composition roof oi the south lu;;.d
Ing of. the Jetlcrsou street row while the tifr WAS
peraltt=d to 1lvcl north without let Or Linlriuce.
Why was the building next 10 Lake street allowed
to set !Ee to the III rce story block: Wig was its
front ito: tora ou:, aaI ;te great s1rcam If water
that VAS wasted il Il: l4i Shts ;4a4 DC eents npln
til" cJuposit,l ro3:in. vi The corner block, l'our-
ed into lbc breach lnus 1u4dc. which would lave
arrested wlt: lesect ease the farther progress nf
tae !irr towards Lake st: -ct. 1t ,ne, to IT,,
.,ld we have heard us,y "aa 1i,uian expussed OIL
The sa:jss', 1AI. III obstruction O: residence
y -, thu: -s!ua H..s nrttli:<s*S 7-,,tat,
AID th1t There were exhibited sad lack Of skill
anil efficiency OIL the part Of the Chief Engineer.
What "Oid Fireman" says against the coustruc
tiou Vi buildings in sur1! WAY Us TO invite drs'
we commend to the Council; and tue hint to 1n-
rurance Companies is not out Of place. But all
.As afIorIs no a,,viusy fur the lad management Of
the la:e fire.