, 1870-09-07

| tauit, ether With tho management OF the Fire
| D.ra,,1u Or with tts mechanical et1ceacy-
Nuthtnx could be more undese1Feu or tueorrecl.
In the 1rs. place, prasttce among opE h1siness
men and tncse CAPITALISTS who GNn the best Of
1 our business buildings. has become nln1oSt uni
verral-to insure as la1ee an amount upon their
| property rs the insurance companies VIII take.
ana let the insurance companies take autA ,1sk.
blocking urpn the paymcnt OF hehlY-ssseascd ann
! 1eEulariy-co1ected prCminMB MS IN unavoidable
The lesson Of tho Lake street contaeration Of
,s:.''. in which Mt. John High, the owner of the
hu!lnl1g. ni1 tntnc twenty others, were Killed by
falling wall, It having occurred before The in.
srpsluct1nn oi steam nrc engines, did mt give
the p opee- warning, o., a. ali cscntx, vas not
| Ieeded by subsequent butlderE owing In great
I measure 10 tue supposed tnvincib'c qualities OF
ne EsE means 1U5 F Bst @
Of It's turncss py tions, We have hats reqnent m
stances Thl should haye been 60 many .StH
inEs 70 issate builders Tint 10 are apparatus,
| against The tmEnfable laws OF Nafufc au1 the
clcmeulA 70 Thoroughly ignored BY mauy OF them.
| Al ~ the efllcicncy Of the Fue Depagtmtnt IN
| Sunday tferr Is 10 Instance OF particular In
whtch It If reported TO have failed thas oes uo:
v1ntsn upon examination. With ptsnars The ex.
eertlon oi the 1se Escapr ns hose elevator: that
Twas. huwsy,t, ba, m cxirnacny: ti,ia being The
nrsl attempt 10 use II, anil though 1t Eee:as ii
hkye taEtt:, may plure beneficial fl breaking TIC
!, NAY for some Practicable device. The bursting
& 81 buee y u EFe0t ncasure uni avojdaelt. Mauy
tMee hnh 10 be laid OF Elk lun1re<l md etE61
n1odTed feft and eEsu io16es. 1t WA not ouly
subjected 10 It that tad, anil though thorQuGal,
tested Wht.n furnished to the city, It was By
= | pressure Of only short duration and in bu
u sail lengths nt once.
10 The chsuIo rcna1ts in ~ evening paper rou
Il ccrntug the rotary ruEuns-the k;;:,d :we use ol
= most The enx!ues lately purrhastd ssthc Fin
e | Iommtssiuncts-artf too silly for colsslda7eeaou
L as exactly this ktnu Q! pGtpH nuder tho name Q
I, lhc:" Holly Water WoEks, II noT being used IL
u many small c,fre, mot only for protection agaln1
c nYc. Int for tho daily supply Of thc town, as
r ! Mihneapolts. where, driven by powerful W1te
it ! wkee:s. thrE force tho wafer to perpendtcnla
!, | height Of ose two hundred feet
What, then, IN WEE OF all thsee factk can
Y done to prevent tatEc nrs.
AMI In gzea, degree, applicable TO the bUlldlnS
y atreRhy tn ute.
/ erectipI, Of any structure bcfore full details an
4 rjsns fnr the ssme have been submitted fof u
= I rIcyal 10 The Boatd Of Fire Commissioners
= nrnInr authority competent and fu1ls cmpo1cF
n nyss nr,oI the design and mslcr1Als propose
# This Il 4 Partisan idea but hAs tcen s.cceKsfu
Il tv edcnIr,t In New YORK, where lire OF the nea
n nttnde rf this one has nor been known for year
,e : Among other rsgulauous, let It he eompulso
~ To have n,res Of size OF not less than tTo Al
nj Hnehaf Incsr4 tth1t being The size q oN1 enQs
I'd hoScl br,1t In and carried to the Foot ol ~ VA
I'd of a Crr1siu height at proper distances, 90
~ nnes to hsYc aets ut the bottom. accessible In
Is ihe Bidewalk6, With couf1uas 70 NJ enGlns ~:
es and arrapged TO connect with hose On tnc toos
DC IN ether npor ~fnNde tne bolldinR. h1o ~
an nlsAed with permanent iadder, MAKING IL ps'