, 1874-07-18

,3,d III Heylssa I'd, osasasss nss:sa I sen 1s
paascd NOV. D., 1B73 amending scc. Of said cnapor
10. ena The .s,d several SECTIONS lii Bn1d ordinance
SEQ 5. this ordinance ala bo III forco from, and
after its pnAsogc md due publication.
Ilo proposed repealed SECTIONS Of Chap. II
ro1atee to tho rcpalr and removal OF wouloa
buildings. permission to oroct sheds aud privios,
aud tho method Of mating tho amount of
damage building ! :::sax' ::stan'a'
All Cullerton tho adoption Of tho
ordinance. Aftert - Of 1871 1lo was op-
posod to making =;tlro limits coe1tonsi7o
numbers Of poor pt = woro burned out, mud
| they should have Il = IT to erect 6Mai wooden
| buillingB Nov lie : we'd TINT tho safety and
e9nd city limits sho 60 ono and tho samo:
IL osy oi dhe aee ,ad see tho aa Necessity q
this stop. Il woult.@z : k no hardship upon poor
tint Ind boon d..- .lway with. Eyory man
could 500 that notuiug less would save hta prop
e1t5; Outside tho wostern city limits tho boulo-
ro orsnatng fH {Horo, p'oi01 ana woad saS't make 5
an effective liuo OF defense. Thero should bo
no objootlonH to tho ordinance; there could not
be hundred sane men In tho city WHO would
object to It, The speaker represented ono OF
the most dangerous woodon-built districts in
Chicago. mud he fot FREQ to 70 before lis coli
stituouts nnd explain to them that tho propoacd
/
AID Campbell did not wish to convey tho I'M
preston TINT lie ,waa opposed to such M Or
dfnance, but would offer = fow suggestions. He
would aak it a fro Of Importance Ind evcr oc-
currod In tho dlBtrictH beyond tho preBont city
limits, districts in which tho houses stood CONC
dstnnco apart Tho great and dangerous nros
originated In tho densely ly-buit datgiets. whcrc
tho buildings stood 10 close TINT their coruces
touched The Council should DO careful not to
20 too far III isB desire to pass 1ro ordinance.
Ald. siawell nuggosted that such ~ ordinance
| would tncroaB0 tho number OF brick buildings
, iusdo tho city limits, aud thereby dsorcaHo the
: | danger OF dlHRAtrous contRBfationH.
: : ala. Campbell replied that when onco fully
,, on fire br!ck building waa harder to control
: | tim wooden structure. Lot tho Council movo
! slowly in this matter, and e1toud tho fro limits
= hereafter, If thought NECESSARY. TLs ordinance
might bo amoude'l 30 as % prevent the building
together Of wooden buildings. To mako TIM
: fro mits coextenBive with the oity limits at this
=, time would drive people outside Of tho city to
! the suburban towns. 1t 1t had beon done two
;: would have beon erected outside. Tho Council
- - should bear in mind these considerations, and,
= above al, should not omit tho waser-Buppy, and
- other important zaoasaroa. II the ordinance
!; ); must ha space Of at loaat II feet between
- ! wooden buildings.
% AID. Woodmau--Tlat would apo|l the sale OF
T. Aid. Campbell IL don't soll 1ots Of that
II AID Woodman said tie Council had nothing
n to do with the reorganization Of tho Fire Depart
~ ~ ment. Thoro were now two vital questions to
- - 10 considorod. First. tho extension of the fire
~ limits, which could bo done now bettor than
ever before, 1n 1871 brick was worth $15; now
1t could DO got for $3.50.
10 Aid. Canpbell-Wlat will 1t DO worth you
p pasH thH ordinance?
+ Aid. Woodman Thought tho price would not
10 increase % material md labor wore plenty and
g. cheap. There should also bo constructed wator-
4, mains leading from the river. It waa urged a
" short ti1no ago that test Of three engines at
time could not be mado+ for lnck Of water how,
could tonyyS6; zig 1s sngnss sss sap
p cheap and effective. AH to Fire Marshal Donner,
ah he did ae veil as any man living could haya
Or done.
to Tho ordinances were referred to tho Select
q. Committee, and tho Council then adjourned.
n THE BOARD or UNDERWRITERS.
~ ~ The Chicago noacd Of Underwriters held a
~ meeting yesterday AFTERNOON st 4oclook 1t thoi,
III rooms on La8atle streot, near Madison, abou
fifty members being present, and the President,
ss 1lr. H. Fl. Brown, occupying tho chair.
all The Chairman thought that the Executive Com
us mittoe should state the object Of tho meeting.
NIB. h. j. Bn11n,
member Of tho Committee, said that many of
nc our best husiuess men had como to lis oiIlc
and expreaaou the idea that something should b
9o- done Ia tho construction Of tho city and tho
,lic ganizatlon of the Firo Department.. The peopl
er- looked to them to take tho initiative, and til
oo eyes Of tho whole community wero upon thou
III. Tho present Btato Of a1arS was
1N1un1Na THE CREDIT or OUR orTT,
md something had to bo dono at onco. as mai
to ters were getting continually worso. Tho Fir
~ Department was completely under tho contrt
nth OF politicians, aud tho people must riso i'll the
OH: might to seo that q change was wrought. I'll
md underwriters must giyo no uncertain eouut
I +ltn+1 retfa, ~
,,, | had groat fire in 1871, but the fire Of lal
NY Tuesday did us infinitely more injury. The
in. IN. We had tue sympathy Of tho world, which Il
now had not.
r,, On motion, tho following committee OF fl
oed was appointed to draft resolutions rcpresontn
ni,a the seAse Of tue mating; Il. ]: smth, y.
alr Teall wanted to gat tho opinion Of tho
Fire Commissioner, who Ind just come @n
,;,r COMMISSIONERS 4yAns
t.me nat said ho did not know what tho meeting III
sao' caod for,
rike a. naa1' ,, Ssso ~ ~ atato Iat tha ira romm
i,v sioerg bad boon doing In regard to tho doattoY
WY fre.engino aud hose.
yratt Mr. Ayars repliod that large amount Of ho
waa destroyed, but that enough had been order
to make rp tho loas. Yesterday q new ongi
aG ! mG- was bought, which would BE- triol to-day T.
'avc papers lad boon quox to abuse tho Fire -Ms
.iun shal, Tho Times had headed four pages - 10
uer'B Dundor Cost tue City Five Millions"
'tlod, lis own Knowledge that the Fro Marshal v
foDy, bad or incompetent; the trouble WAS that
s1,s1, | was
rit0ry MINI t ti,tss..sNi, t i, .u
tn Ut and Hau no antnoF!Iy "uAteSei. !aoA7t mss5
aee, | hu1lebt ElMu and not particle OF po1tcsa
,nihI- Int he had no power tho C0nu.iBBioners ruunl
limits s everything al viii. Tor instance, thoro wns
tS9ae anp al ohatge of an engine who was a habit.
% for oEaAn@Eu a14u o"11 1,.., ~ ~ ,ftor -aon
ylsed mondo1 hth uasehafgo, Assa YET 1ae GUY C
D. tinuod to pay him lis wages dry by day: II
80 as | OF the Commissioners suggested anything,
lou Of 1t.,,ai r,ada Manhattan thov tod MIN
a eity " mind bis huetnoas aud that ho waa going
idiaSp', far. lilo City Of Chicago was run BY
or r. certain CLASS OF 1non, and Il he catno III oon
OF the with ANY ne tham hi NAN abused and threate1
lnila- wifi iacnnitattnn
lot 10 "'t "t;"n', ,n,r+oa IN hro.y whit Mr. Ay
city, Eent!9t'an "s'nto" n" ~ ~ ~ -
from ARa dono IN Eohaso ~ .,
h l!na- RETAINING THAT DHuNKEN MAN
tu be OIL tho forca
ost to Mr, Ayars aail tint ho had moved Rovt
'r and tirups to hayo lin discharged but tho OF