New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-11

w., =; 60 ,;m, TO tine ard the system gradually poss"
away .o.a ex,,acts from later rsuo-ts
=, he same effect The same accounts came rom Dal
t'more BOSTON S. Louis, and other cltles; ana why
,,id New YORK tho great metropolis oi tins country,
pscd " I'M .vstesn which experience had every.
where condemned. The paid system of Cincinnati was
established in 1853 In ls53 Inc cost Tas sys ., @
and the orce consisted Of l55 officers and men, III steam
FIRE engines hook and ladder carriages hose fee'
carriages and 20 horses. The Chlef Engineer OF Tue
Baltimore Paid Fire Department says IN his thhd Al
nusl raDort that as consequence of the REFORM "a re-
drcon has been made in the rates OF insurance Oh soe
% per cont Boston the Chief Engineer. IN bis report
dated Jan. J, 1864, says has force IN us nre
department consisting Of 80 mcn WHO are
permanently employee and 215 men who DO dry cny
upon alarms and are paid quarterly; io et"hm NC
engines horse hose carriages hand hose esir.ase'
3 hook and ladder carriages and "a hlrses ihe ~
ponses Of the department for l-t3, were sIooVuu s
suminC that Boston has 900 0oO inhabitants. about orr
fifth as much as that OF NeW-iofk ana you san -"
something by that The number OF men that Wo'u 10 ~
CURED in this city I'm well regulated tre Geparine'
Ii was on rresistblc conclusion from the s'a,sos
the reports from every mercantile city which Iva 'tic1
The change that the New York Fire Department had
served its purpose and that lie day was gone by AZ
that ordinance passed by the common ,onn .
II was ell understood IN the counses OF the volunteer
frcmen that il time something should Dc eonc 70
piiato the evils that had grown up or the s"ou sS
Of the Legislature would abolish that department.: s
ordinance was eXtoTed from those gentlemen IL was
eytored from the Common Council by mo lact that
they knew its evils had become 80 itoefane inai nv
could no longer be borne The counsel on VIC OH
i
tion Of the Ordinance biz woud be panacoa FOR ai VI"
evils complained OF. When certain perlodch Nns
started in Now YORK some years ago II os'ehlu'iuy
called self The Io. Civilization. AnotLet paper
remarked that the good things in 1t were po new,
aud the new things in it were not good lie
the same remark in regard 10 the ORDNANCE pi MI
Lawrence then proceeded 10 analy,e some Of the sec
tons of thst bin saying that very large portion c
was copied verbatim ct lbeIsim nom Old orhinan's.
In all eases where Gnes before IL least Honilh!
inposed in one case where il was s5 for draWlEs nre
apparatus on the Sidewalk eIocp, by special oruel.
from of the engineers. II had been chapseo W .
Of expulsion suspension OF the person IN colhhhhu
The great laeo of the Ordinance bill vas TO cf'a,s
new Board; that the universal panacea ior eyis ~
the fire department, but the panks oat OF Whc" WI,
10 be created were the same cd material. :" nat
is this new B0Grdi The Chief EngneeT-hs Is
! an old plank the President Of the Board OF lrus
tees, another old plank The resident OF ,ne i,
Fire Comm ssioncss, another old p!Snl the iresoen
Of the board Of Commissioners OF Appear, AZ olu
planks This again goes 10 show that ne Peope Wiz
control this Fire Department are elected oy sne
they govern To suppose that such Board Gs tbat Is
cnre for the OWLS complained Of IL Gelusion 'ou
the isons of this bill with that OF the senate OH
which strikes radically al the evil. and say We VIII
brush away al these oobwebs aud give you iotn corr
nis,oners who shall have absoiute power 10 conIo
this department. and If they do not DO their uuty w
Governor o. the State may remove them IN me sano
way in which shCgifs removed. lhc iank anu ~,
are not benefited by this ordinance. Inc Senate bi
provides that each fireman who behaves himself hnu
continues in Office ill properly discharged bS me Nc"
Commissioner shall be entitled 10 the benefits OF an cA
empt fireman whether be has served BIS I'VE years %
not. bN the fOitv seventh becuOn Ol Tue pIushaiN'
provides that complaints shall he entered Against any
| company which a majority OF The Board OF COMMIT
sioners Of Construction and Repairs may consider 10
have ceased 10 be useful 20 The City OF Ncs iofh, "
the Fire Department, and upon proper evidence teI
aIe be disbaEdeG. Under tbs COMPANY NAlch 'hd
served four uud bali years faithfully may 10 Cir
banded rot from aIy want OF capacity, Dat Dee au.e
this Commission considers that they have ceased !"
be useful and they viii receive 10 3enchi iof We sei
/ vices they have already performed
Mr.. WARD tof the COMMITTED ssd hat IN cIaliiniuE
(,, a
of Patrick Kiorns. residing al No -, Ludlow 81.
Looking the Directory he did Got find The Lame
I there.
I Mr.. IAwnISor stated that II the gsDtlemsl wosd
look over the Directory 10 would Lnd tho names Of
many citizens omitted lie bad heard Observed some
years ago that the names Of many persons Who ran W
some OF the offices in New yoIk not found oil the
tax books, and not fonDd N TIE Directory. lms
ordinance is how not to do IT, Mr. Lawrence show ed
how complicated the machinery Of tie org ,'o
Counsel The other tide had endeayofcd TO maize ne
point that SINCE the adoption " the ordinance Nv
crease in the expenses Of the department. But b" un
derstood that the appropriation for the New York fre
Department exhausted, and there had been no 81
pend'ure because The Controller would not pay unless he
mad the money in the treasury. fe wiling that The
two bills should 40 before the Committee side by side to
be acted upon according tO their erits He MAS satred
thht careful perBsal Of the two would SHOW that one
creates radical ohAnRe-secures radical cJe for an
old dsease-one that has been increasing nom year TO
yoaT-vhic the other was simply palliative ioF an 81
i.inc ovil. IL the Senate bill was passed The same
result would follow here in New York as had followed
elsewhere. There would be reduction in tho rates Of
iDs trance PROBABLY OF - g. 20 per cent as had been
the ense in foston II. Louis Cincinnati and other
places where phid system prevails Who were here
III regard TO the two bills He appeared cot fu TIE
CitileDs ssoca;ion some gentlemen seemed 10
think but for certain citizens ~ New York who ~cfe
largely interested in property there ~ also IA the good
government; OF he cit! They presented petitions RON
banks, insurance companies, merchants SId capitalists
representing hundred millions OF dollars for
th passage Of The Senate bill The whole press Of the
CITY of York. with obscure exceptions were
In An a. II.
one striking exception, were in favor vi II. lie piers
demands 1.-THE people demand 1.-THE wealth and
capital the city demand It, Who are organized acains'
il The volunteer department. were all told But where
are the volunteer orfmenti have seen Them here
There are certain officials here. gentlemen who have
obtained positions TO which thciS attached either
emolumen patronage, they are 10 bolster up the OIL
dinaDce and not 10 be blamed for Is il not natural
characteristic to support that which gives us support
. But when these wen forward and Say are
roiunteers. do this thing from motives Of public
spirit have right 10 say: Gentlemen, DOM want
this thing any longer; can dispense with yor vol
unfecr services; Won canno. thrust them upon II
the City of New York s.c tires Of yonr efforts il
D. il not the part Of m6nDess for yon to rercf And
whore the circumstances to fhc Senate chamber
bv whom are they sent what css OF names leads
them. Why gentlemen fyon take the trouble TO 10
yestigae such circumstances you VIII ind that they
oil reyove round the patronage euolmenfs ~ friends
/, connected with the party. MIR Lawrence then read
New York from the petition in favor 81 paid Fire
Department. He said all professions. all trnde, il
kinds OF business represented 10 tho petition
Those men who signed it were not politicians they
had Interior object 10 sertoi they simply desired TO
get a FIRE department which would be efficient and
the purposes for which such IN organization is
designed. Brown Brothers do not who is elected
\ 10 Congress or who is elected Governor or who is
elected MSyor, bot they wish 10 get IRE department
| which shall protect and preserve Their property.
Cafin Melen Co. are not men who are prominent
! in politics, but they want good ire system They
have studied this thing, and they believe that Me
passage Of this bill will effect the thing they desire III
! here had