, 1874-07-17
around to soc l,ow things wcro working, mud to
DO all 1 could to holp tho boys.

around to sae how things wcro working, a.ld t
10 I'll could to holp tho boys.
wAs IT ut,uD rIuNr7
N-Do yum consider thgt tho Eiro Department
mn4o good fight OF it2
mr.. s.-Not by = d-d pight. Eyo,y
nouy aeoined to 6e working OIL tiA own hook, nj,
anoto was nobody around To give ortors nt placo
yhoro great doal Of good could llavo bool
| done.
R.-Thon you don't conyilor Mat Uonuor
SUCCESS us Chiof Tire Marslai7
Mr. b. didn't say tint: Mat IL good mai,
lrteud Of mlno. lie did al lio could to got I'll,
out Of tho Department. 1don't bla1no fiitn NJ
ni'lch nH the olcora nudor linn. lilo couldn't be
at oYery place at once aud hu to trust to Ills as
Bigtanta. Somc Of thom wont back OIL him.
VII not giyo my namos, but saw mon wiz
did not aeom lRlto any inasoHt III what thoy were
about. Several tmos came acroBu coulpanius
who wore
| ACTING w1r1sour AHY DIRECTIONS.
nn1 fcarfully bad work tAoy mace Of it, loo. ]
offered aome suggestions, but tlloy told me to nc
| to hell. Quo OF tl,om raised pilo aud ttroat-
olo1 to hit me for Interfering, but waH prevented
W Capt. Buckley. who dcclarod ho would arrest
mud couldn't keep still when saw things gnin;
wrong and mon putting wator where it did nc
earthly good, while thoy might Lave worsol to
advantage somewhere elsc.. When told then,
were ordered to stay thoro, A,l stay tlcra tnoy
should till thoy got diforont orderp. No ono
sccmed willing 10 moyo first unloss ordorod to do
It. Even tho Assistant Marsllals, some OF
tAom, wouldn't oilnllgo tho locttton OF engines
until they Lnd orders from tho Ohiof.
TIE MISTAKES.
R.-Whoro. IN your Judgment, worc tho most
damaging mlstukcB made?
Mr.: s.-TLoy wcro nado everywhere. The
mon did not 60 fur enough al,cad Of tho lire, A.
Harrison Htrcot, between Wabnnl. avoumo and
Stato Btreot, t1lcy ought to lnva wet down tl,oso
r wooden buildings before the fro got to them.
This would luvo reduced Tho lleat, aud tho Post
oflco could haYo boon saved, aud tho fire stopped
tLolo. 1nstead Of that, they waited til Tic
Aro got riGht there, and then thoy stood In tho
street md played on the woodeu buildings whon
they sl.onld haye wet down tho bricls buildings
acrJss tho way. Thoy stood t1cro until tha hcat
up. In several casos saw streauls paying upon
THO roofs Of buildings which wero all IN tiro
below.
A-Thon you think, on tho wlolo, 1t wns q
badly managed fire
Mr. ST. dont think anything about It; !
kno" 1t was badly managed. 1t ought to have
boon stopped ut Polk htreet II not t|.crc, ut
Harrison street, mud surely at Congress street.
TO not blame uonnor ~ much aa 1 do tie ofll-
cora aud mon under him.
THE WATEn-BuprLy.
Many ascslbod tho spread Of tho fire Oh Tuoa-
day n1ght, to the lauk Of sufficient water to
supply tho cuGincs uildor Cl.lal- Marshal Dou-
ners control. This theory has good grounds tor
1t may not bs generally known, but it is a
fact, tlat tho largo feeders which r,.n up LII
Sallo, Wnbaah aycnue, Htuto and otllor thorough.
faros, aro not tapped by tho hydrants. and tho
water drawn Tor tho supply Of tho engines was
taken IN almost every instance from 4-iiich pipes.
which. On tho authority Of Alr. Chesbrough. arc
exhausted by ono engine.
Tho following table gives the size of tho pipos
on tho streets burnot'oyor BY tue ilro.
Michigan arenue, 3-inch pipe.
Wabash avouue, 4-incll plte.
Wabash uro1l11e, 24-inth ilpc.
6tato street, 4-iucl p11u.
Third ayennc, d-incf rife.
Fourth ayeuut. finch ufnc.
Clark street, s-inct pipe.
Van l3uren atseet, g.inch pipe.
Harrison atress, 4-iuch pipe.
polk street to stasa street, B-luch ripe. ... ..
Hubbard court, conues.sng with Polk street, s-nch
Taylor street, 4-ineh pipe.
Twelfth ntreet, 12.incl ripc.
:. It will bo seen that In almoRt ovory instance
thoy arc entirely too small to most sucl ull e,ner-
gency as came upon US. The appropriation for
year iB $s300.0o0, aud for tho new onsino and
works, S20D,000. AIR. Chesb1ouvh Estimator
t1ns u ,oa0, o00 should bo oxpendol OH excluding
aud pipes as eoon ua possibls.
HOW THE F1HE WAS sroppED.
Ihcro TDro Two brick walls III tho patl OF tho
'lro lust Tuesday evonlng that probably did
moro to arrest tho couhneratton than tho ontiro
oHofta OF tho Flre Department. Even Flre-1Iar-
sa III bennor would 20 willing to admit tint tiloy
were YER worth ialf-a-dozon engines to him. and
have broken away from him again. THESE Two
wallis stand in the block between Jackson and
Van Hurcn btrootB and Wabaah avouuo
and state street, and form the northern sides Of
lhe furniture warehouses; Of Q. g. Horton d Co.,
~ State street, mud Sampson, Gilbert l. Co., on
Wabash nvonuo They stal,l almost back to
back, mud, ut tho most critical moment Of tho
iro, presented sheer uncomfortable barrier to