, 1874-02-03

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@l2l, ,49o+ Average coat OF eacl fro md falHa
a.arm, "a ,o69; covered by Insurance, e2.o70.
eFamo buildings, IL; brick and stone. 10 ::
bari'B md sheds, 9. UHo of buildings: Dwell.
ings, " saloons, 3; eafo and hardware stores.
. carpenter and pnnt ehops, and furnturo
ssofos and otler wood-workors, 8; erocery
ei1aes ea1san fanta'1 hst and eap atores tg-bo
u raR 9,oraa aaetoIy a onnt candy md
ings,, a tobacco Htoraa 2. Origln Of i3roa
EteselesRnesa with fire, lighted match, or cunr.
~ ~ ,mconaiary defective pipes and ilncs
y; y, ~ sitovepipo holes stopped With paper, q
chimney oach; npnrks' !; lamp cxpIusn, q. 4.
ntt ntazier y IN now buildings. q; falBe aurmn, q
di;o,al, ~: j. hoas resulting from supposed iucon.
TUE INSPECTION OF nu1Lb1saa
:, According to tho instruction Of Iro h1ora,,,Y
hohhef, tllo foromen Of tho department ara
ateau.nsit'g themselves will. tho intoror oon
o on the s e1on tao R%Snnt onns and kind Of goods
eantl!e buildings with orders to rcport oxinlino
VIOLATIONS Of tho fro ordinance and oilor rn,'';ss
tons that require nttontton, to tho Firo f111icn
pect m 5G ;eantS n; IT, te utmost vigilance is OK
qopcns @ tbo remody %dSsoSns ar IN .unps,og and
hlod. Ills may DO characterized ono OF tl'a
lseful achievements Of tho nov regime. nn1 IL
exercising a truly wholesome enoct. ~''N ~
r ~ a TALKING CIRCUIT,
Iho Chief, vory judicloupy, Ia hnyinr ~,,.
atrnctot talking Circuit con,,notirt: tic Sariom,
engine -ho1ses aud residences Of Ills assistnuta'
W1th hls oitlco at headquarters aud at homo. viii
WOW OF having his interiors NJ all tines within
speaklng range, without being absent from thor
tunes TO coll ono or two onginoa to work IN a fro
Wlshoit ao,lndlng all alarm whic, would bring
PROBABLY dozen, and unnecessarily exnog;n@@
snolr tiasrics 1ls rule must conluce 10 greater
clilclenoy IN tho department in llavug tho opcr-,
atlSes always ut their posts of duty.
TIE cHiEF-afAfisAAL SHOULD NOT WHIT A1r
Fines.
az tnero aeen1s to DO no chartered requirements
ior tho Chiof-aarHhaf to attend Ill fires. If t,nrc.
lore naearS must rest i, Nth the Doard Of Fire oomis
hlln IN this matter. 1t Is evident TINT he should
not 20 required to astond all fires for tic Obvious
reasons: Elrst that tho city now coycra an area
OF thirty miles in extont, aud ia gradually OK
pdna,ng over moro territory wh'lo tho ro-alnrn
rcetiou. 10 TINT tho Chiof. in attending s,ecos-
nlon Of unimportant fires. usually reHutinr in
iittle or no loss, IN those distant portiong Of
tue city, is vary liable to over-exertiou and
m dns msI1 % Gstay Il not totally ucnpactutod to
tires following closely IN their wake, of grcnto1
magnitude ahd vastly mora Importance in tLs
commercial centre. Tho second reason in. thnt
moro time should bc nt his disposnl to meet in )
e,caE, satisfactory VI md Intelligent way tho vas,
looking after tho wante md disciplinary regula-
tions Of 500 men anil forty TO flfty nioceg of
machinory., Especially is this chaugo rendered
as desirable aud iustiiiable as it il eyilcpt[y
necessary aaefay & " the ouont ft1css Of the Trst
a6slatant hlnrnhal to nsann,e tho important tl,.
relieved. ~ f'oA'"D''
THE PUBLIC ALARM SHOULD nr ABOLISHED.
,oa Iho pab'i1e 'nt airm mny DO regarded ~ an sc-
light lis fire undcr tho momcntary diversion Of
public attention to another locality; atld from
lndicatons, it in evident that ita warming sountl
Cccont!y covered tho inception Of the Sato street
1iro, Which resulted in such hoavy loss. THO
fire in tho franc row OIL tho uort! sitf OF West
Madison Htroott noar Canal, furnished another
instance during the month. Hero tho previous
alarm which was supposed to call away tho oneinca
anti leave stlio distrlct exposed sounded ten
nlnutea n boforo TINT indicating this flre.
respective onglne-ho,sos and consequently
cannot bo facilitated III the least by d pullin
alarm, while business man down town ecldom,
= eyer hears that Ills residence in the outskirts
y the city is on tso from this Houroe. IT, thora-
ore; 1t has no advantages, bnt, OH tho other
iahu, many diaparaging results, why should not
'llr cosmopolitan city follow t}e Iead OF tho
majority Of larger oition iii this country and
EUROPE In dispensing with it as entirely usoloss
MORE CHEMICAL ENGINES WANTED
A ohomicnt onglne located noar tho intersec.
ION OF Michigan or lndlana avenues on Twenty
eoond Btreet, aud another in tho vicinity OF
ladlson street aud Ashland arol'ue, would coye7
largo proportion OF our woll~fur1lislled resi-
lla Fro Department Of Bavng 80 por cent Of TIM
oEa that, III many instances, nluAt emilio from
fater III the e1tiugushmcrt of iilcipient fires.
9 reported foS days since from GOO Michigan
yonuo and l2I Warren avonuo. Tho fire, al
tatod by tho Marshal. could havo boon mt out
nth a chemical engine with saving Of rs nor
ent, but i'll tue absence OF it tho llase lad
oeesaarily to ho taltan in over tho Drussolg cnr.
OF and tine furniture. 1t should bo unlorstood
pat these machines are particularly usaful in
laso 1ocalitios.
F1nE-wAnDESa.
The vigilance Of tue Fire -WarlenB Is correctly
aoW1l by the small proportion OF firca resulting
;on exposure or violations Of the ordinance.
nEsTon1Sd GOODS DAa1A6I, At FEES.
1t llah bonn suggested by several instances
.r'ng tho month that q man to gcuorally louk
tor tires. aud especially boyou.lthc limits OF tho
Ie-patrol to commence promptly the work OF
storlng gootls, furniture, etc, damaged by
aaes ;ora or ,5n smoke. and to employ latorers to
cuts aud elsowhoro. when necessary, would
'oYo proatuhlo investment to all concerned
it III truo that creator lossoa follow from
'oda Or furniture saturated with wator and
aoho: ge!ng ~ this condition subjected to tha
'ual doay boforo adjustment, tlsan from tie
o. Apparent total lonscs arc, nowadays,
he'll values arc fully inBurutl ~ a r,1le nlnyst
variably susceptible ot ID to 90 por cent saly.
DEFECTIVE c111a1Nrys.
It ia estimated that from IS to 80 por cen,
tue annual wear and tear Of tho
achtnory. Of tho Department arisoB from
nnlnE III answer to alarms caused Ly
u and J., dofectiye ehimnoya and tuea. TLo
orc are any, aud the citixo.l, knowing thit.
lat eH to tito t.ClTpHt alarm -bpx rtnn e,.trn11,,