, 1874-10-03
lsbil!tlcs tb afsd fires to sshIo Chicago wsB dt-
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ta|laiiigs ID tlo robht portion Of tile ciiy. lie
rnf xnw nulnn1xda
lloro wcro altogotl,or too imposing, too much
ener 20 tGs s''p osss aS s for zoo wc s1
against firo. In ills RESPECT ISIb, C,caEo
NSs s uas nS Srss5 h mos,s Rss%'!1r lSs
o}coa5e not a S NV yor fGssEe'h thss rag oe 10
tay,-hiell buildings, wtl, a multitude Of opon-
inga Tor tho ra,ll lErosa Of ilio, or for lilo tn,-
ftl communication Of ilro ncrosa tho intervening
ssreets. lilo Thought that iron s,nttors woro as
Important on thu trout Of building M OH tho
reat., lIo did not aoo low iron shutters could DO
atlacheu 70 these fancy fronts, but tho fact re-
manned, ilevortlleosst that lnrgo fire, onco
starteu. always communicated itholf through
s s TSSs sssysG lind G2 ns'0'' { wea tho nstss stfssr
tsasibls to protect my. building III
Chicago 10 securely that It could not bo Burned
hv any 1lro originating outside Of fsolf; and
thss, too. at n very moderate oxpunse. Ihou,
ns 10
F1nE-wAL1s
between bult1iigs, ho thought toy bho,,ld 10 ut
leaBt foot llEh above Tho roof III New York
City, II tho iire"Ns!l botwcr,, buildings WAS only
foot IN lioight. the insnrance companies pitt
On ah extra charge mud they were rapidly secar-
ilsF y reform III this respect. 1'le rpaB0n why 4
D-ioot VAL WAS necessary wns that fircf1on hght-
inV On tho roofs Of buildings could not work in
MI or orsct position behind a.foot wall they must
work on their hauds ana knoes, and would be
ar Ian t'9m ,S s ,
in it for tho ioso to play through their efficiency
was vastly Rrea4or. Again, ho considered CHI
cngo NOR" oxr0Hod to disastrous coni!ayraGons
titan mott cities by reason Of
THE rNEYA1LtNu NInI TiNDs.
als1co ilc hnA hcen heto thero had been q gallo
blowing which nlndo 1t really fattgulng to be ont
OH Tho street; and ho Ind anked a gentlemen
whether E1 o1tGn ma auch Windn' anu tho gcn-
Isn,nn fopnoa snet so IaoHgn1 @ y me- oecn oow
per- ie nrnaahca thns that Haa m exaggorattotf,
ons 10 aia Know from personal exponc,co tilat
Nlnah "elo very plevn'ent hofo tnht lney naa
e[eas ioteo, nna saat ,noro yas hotnnR mt'eh aL
13S''Aos' ,srS 'iio'na" ate@ac ~ '''e' 10 h'sA
"s"a'
AZ TO THE WOODEN nu11pInoa
1,e did not fear them particularly. Il,oy woro
moaty low, mud, with ati efficiently organized
mud sufficiently numerous fire department, ho
os sd bo st ssnse1 eu ss an ns oo sfs o
viuw. Ho would, nowovor II llo owned Chicago,
build wall sufficiently high to answer the pur-
1'oso OF q foritlcation between tbo outlying dia~
tricta Of tho South and West, and tho business
portion Of the city, whero the bulk Of
tho property reqaiting insurance was situated
mud he would arch the Stroets over no TINT tho
NHe Of those thoroughfares might not DO inter-
forcd with But he had found that eomo gcntlo-
Meh Aefo ucnefta tuhts W sstA!hG AuFAuthHe OF
the wldc space nlRdo by tho railroad trucks on or
near sixteen.h street. nh opcn sreee might he
crcatod which would auBwcr tle sa.ao purpose.
Ho hoped that this mauifost advantage would
not bo Overlooked IN any future notion lshen by
tho city nuthorltloa to establish bettor pro-
lection than now oxfstcd from tho danger Of n
fire from tue southwest. In refercuco to
THE r1aE DEPARTMENT.
hc believed that as good material could be fonnd
here as anywhere else ip the country as nll
eTcnts, as good material as was..necaasary. But
lie mas bound to say that wo wore far behind
New York IN the oiitoioncv IN tile discipline, and
tho k,'o%iedgo requisite Tor handling fires. And
1t was thts fact moro than any other which CON-
PEELED tho National Bonrd to tako lhe aclon they
lad. and hc would sny, Ill regard to tue Nation
al Board, TINT they hnl not been actuatcd by
desired to remain hero tloy desired to nake
money hero they boliovcd TINT dollar from
Chicago was as good, ~ from anywhere elso.
Tho National board Ind used eyory inlu-
n hnHr f,nntou rs,