Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-26

j W. Davis, ESQ., the Chief Of the Fire De
partment will lay before you his annual report
of tee condition. OF his Department. by winch you
will see that he l. fully ready for action when
ever the destroyer shall make his appearance; and
in this connection let me most respectfully sug
gest TO the Council that, while NO have n first.
rate Fire Department under the of
getic chief. well manned throughout its various
appointments, three fire steam engines. with first
class horses and equipagc. il must be apparent To
every one that We are deficient in our supply OF
wate~. II the time shall come that large fire
shalb occur ia our city in G'dry windy time. Il will
he found that our cstern reservoirs will be ex
hausted in few hours; and then the only remedy
will .e to 60 in advance of the devouring element
aud ,emoye from before il the fuel know OF no
otheA way tn supply this deficiency than to en-
courage the organization of a company by taking
GU the part of the city some ten or fifteen thou
sand dollars in stocks. by way of encouragement.
aud sfforiing adequate protection TO the company
thus .o be formed; and in consideration of the
stocks, requiring such company To furnish by
drauLc water for the use OF the Fire Department,
and any other supply in connection with the city
corpt.ration that you may think necessary and re
qaire' good and sufficient security OF such cou'
psny To furnish the water tor the uses above
specified. am satisfied that the city had better
have 81 in the hands OLA company than to attempt
Ca manage il by city officials. private citizens
successfully than corporations can
have thought proper To throw before YOU these
hastily formed views that it may call yonr atien-
ton % tie subject.
The Fire Department. i'm city, rs 10 the
savin of property, and in some instances the
lives :of citizens, is what ski,ful surgeon or
physician j. the citizens in saving the limb or
the lie The Chief OF the Fire Department can
no more arrest the progress of the destroying ee
.,tI, III can
tate the broken limbs OF man, tn save his ise
without Instruments or the physician cure hls sick
patients without medicine.
Frnm familiar acquaintance with the topo-
GRANNY of the country i'm the region of the city
can say to YOU that know of no place 50 well
calculated 10 elevate water high enough To sup
ply oar city with water the high grounds near
White river. on the Michigan road. From that
point water could be raised in our city ! think
some seventy feet il necessary. have 10 douot
a company can be formed TO accomplish this most
tssiraple object All our hotels. livery stables anu
public houses of all kinds would take the water
aud fer family use il would bee conductive to the
health of the city by the OF soft water. instead
OF the hard limestone water that our wells aiioru
| have no doubt our people will fully sustain YOU
N W effort To supply the water TO contend with
ire a. every tax payer j. interested. almost every
tax payer being The owner OF more or less proper
" liable 10 be destroyed by fire.
PoLiCk.
The whole number of arrests made by our 20
lice force during the year. i a. follows:
For prOstitution. .....................lO O
FOI all other ohenses against the city and
State laws. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..l.lo2
Whole number of arrests. .......-.. Il .2s2
THE HEALTH or 1Hk CITY.
The health OF our city has been good for the
pat year. We have had no contagious or eP-
idenc diseases IN our city. We have had a
few cases OF small pox but they were 80 care
fully aud skilliuliy managed by the attend
ing ph, sicians and our very efficient Board oil
Health. that the disease Mas prevented iron
spreading.
From the reports OF the sexton oi the oem
etr,. il - shown that the whole numo~. o.
deaths during the wear !. four hundred and eighty