, 1874-07-20
T1ttEE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WANTED.

70 khe Rdflor qf Tho 0htodgo tribune: I'd.
61R: IA 1t is tho duty Of e.ory oittzon
to assist in trying to save tho city from dostruc-
s1on by lre, and TO help to organize uono means
by Which fro may bo oxttngutshod quickly. /
would suggost that thore be three organizo,1
Flro Departments In this city, with three Mar
shnlB at : salary Of $4,000 each, and q dcnoral
over NIL at salary Of $1,000. Lat there be- ton
engiaen for each Division, South, Vest and Norti,
6idos, and lot them bs Htastoned at q distance
apart in tho ithckest settlements Of Tho civ. 10
TINT tho engines shnll DO at work putting out tho
fro In thrco uinutos from tic time tho boil gives
tho alarm, and disponso with the Dabcock mn
ehipoa antisoy {oxcopt tho smaller ones,) OF whiol,
lot there bo hundred, for the purpose Of being
used by tho police In going ahead OF tho flro-
brands thar arc blown by tho wind: and light
upon tho top OF buildings. which causes tho fire to
spread M 1t docs in this city. The largo Dabcock
engines are OF but little service at largo Aros,
aud only tho steam hro-angines arc to bs rolled
upon, ~ was tho case IN otr lata lire. Tho
small ones can bo used by tho police upon tho top
Of buildings to keep the fire from spreading.
There als9 shonld bs long hose that viz roach
tho river to Clark. for tho protootlon of the bost
part OF our city. a dozen Of such hoso would
ba OF great aaryico, II thoy Haro made heavy aud
strong 20 tint two englncs could work at each
el eonel and they would 10 tho means Of saving ths
that Aoro be stone wallis, 200 foot sfroets
bonleynrt1s, eto- That such plans would stop =
hrs in ohloago il ~ absurd ~ 10 think flgs
would stop itsolt.
enough, but even that will not save Chicago
from burning up Wo havo about 10000 frame
buildings thioky located all around tho city, aud
ne oannot help ourselves. It h al we'll
shnsa hs sneor foe hs 5s1 ssn who md afesssd
resolutions to oxtond ito limits, build walls, opca
atrcotst ETC., to cy out: Tear down the wood
en- ehant.es and build bricks, and va will havo no
more hroa." Ihis Ia all talk. Firea OCCUR ia the
Now York. London, and others. aud will Always
bo ao as long ~ Large population Of $780, 900 and
500. GOO arc pnod h togethor.
And, furthor: y bolievo We may take tho num-
1os OF dhS ars1 II heE stes sua this sad compare
vorably withlours-only ours arc larger,-a1d tho
great reason is thht ve arc longer gotting to tho
fire than in other cities. Tlo st. Louis and Gin
cnnati Departments arc always. on tho SPOT at the
reason wo have such disastrous aros. The City
ct Chicago covers as much again ground az 81.
Louis, Cincinnati, OF Baltimore, aud, therefore.
We require moro men, aud more engines, and our
materlal is castor to burn. whleh Is groat Diff
Guilty.
With these thirty angined, woll marshalod and
manned, ten IN Zach Division all good steamers,
there would mover ba another such fra Yon
cannot dispense with tho present wooden build
ings. They will ssand IN Chicago for fifty years
to come, unloas you drive tho poor mon, women,
and children out, and give their lots to roh poo-
plo who arc abba to pull down and build upbrick,
which cannot bo done.
The only thing to DO done Is to osganizo the
dre companies, advertise for good Mon from
Other cities, II We have not got them, put them
under. good mon, lat the Nre-G Genoralt6e mount
cd. and always At his pnst maks laws 40 that
ho and tho man undor him ahsli bo court-mar-
tailed in Case OF errors,
hcred to, wo would mover have another 1rd Of
any consequence. Although 1t may ba heavy
tar upon tho city, 1t will pay to organize in this
way. II. B. ToyD
du1oAoo, July 70, 1871. :. j