The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-07


which, in oar iad GIN emit, should be disposed
! Of ut once, and the funds used for the pur-
! chase of another steamer. Every fire We
have demonstrates the value of the steamer,
/, asd the conlsarstive useiessness Of the man.
killing wor'. al the 'breaks.' Our hand en-
gines are in good order, and there are many
tn~ns in Iesa that would be glad TO get
than. Que steamer is worth 10 us in Keo-
kuk, where our buildings are SO close togeth-
er and where prompt action and deluge Of
water ID nect sssry,- more than half dozen
hand engines. Besides, when the steamer,
are put in motion, a constant flow OF water is
kept GU the FIRE, whereas the streams from
the hand engines are irregular, and last only
a. long as the endurance Of man lasts, and
TINT ID very short.at the exhaustive work on
/ the breaks. At every fire We have had the
steamer has been at the scene Of action al
soon ~ the hand engines, aud the objection,
sometimes raised, that the hand engines are
more easily handled, has not proved correct
pinnny one insianee since the ciIyhaa owned the
steamer. TIE RoIla Fire Company in Cat,
tatsugns 10 . well disciplined aud efficient
company, snd with asteamer in the lower
portion Of the city, 10 the keeping OF the vet
eran Young america, and steamer in the
uppsr portion oil The city under The control of
she Rolla, We shsille prepared to properly
m set and bate any ecnfsgrstion OF an ordi
M J character that may visit oui properly.
There are still other reasons why we shoaid
discard the han i.engine system entirely, and |
! lopt The noae modern and beyond doubtthe
NO . efRcieut system Of extinguishing frssl
By the aid Of stesfn, but We shall leave I
these till another time, hoping that the City /
Council will leave nothing undone to provide /
the proper apparatus that viii Il ways be ready
for nse. and sosne account when necessity
calls Is info action. There is not ! single
building in our city that We can now ID ~ 10
lose, and We would be veritably penny uise
and pound-fooi;sh should ws neglect 70 mo-
vide proper safeguards for their prosectior-
: we'll disciplined Gre departments vi,h ~
modern machinery with which 10 propsslyi
nest snd overcome that des,suesiss elsnsss
which has almost conple.sIy sblissrased
whole cities ID its terrible march.
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