, 1874-07-19

that immediate survey bo made Of al those tarta nj
prohibited By the ordinance Of the Common Council
approved February, 1872 and declared IN force Feb
destruction of every snch wooden building stable
ba1n, ahed, other clubhouse erected aince Feb.
1873 in violation of that ordinance.
Reso{ped, That the 2boge Committee, in behalf Of
the propeTty-ownezs and residents Of al parts md
sections Of ths city, znd every 7dc and occupation,
Council Of the City Of Chicago, At their meeting
next Monday evening, and respectfully but firmly
absolutely and Internationally prohibiting the ereo-
tion Of wooden building or burn Of shed or ohe.
o1thouss within the corporate limits Of the City OF
Chicago, and that they farther request the Common
Council to provide by ordinance and without delay,
that no wooden building barn stable now exist
to any other within the corr rate li1s Of Chicago.
Rtsotrtd Tint the plan Of separating the solid busf~
b bouevards Of not leas than 500 feet wtds proms-
ing apa "a does greatly superior .afety to he ey r.,
e q Il ee, 81
h 9e1 Of
iResored That the present system under which oua
Fir Department is organised K 9.a!sy dstoctiv
is radical 1aform: and appeal ID
tns patriotism Of ~ ,,s b5s9chs. 2n & 70
general effort to establish In Chicago Fro De-
part1nent haTng but QUE puFpoae. the prevenson and
evtingushmeut Of fires, and the presarT1ton of prt~
yate aud public property.
MR. h. c. HEsIN9 a.
said he Was proud OF the opportunity to meet 50
many Of his fe1low-citizens. He WIS glad
for the opportunity to state that he hAd no
apology for his efforts to oppose the fire limits
in tie North Division Chicago evening
newspaper paraded him before the people for
this last action, calling him hummer. He
bsainless editor, Andre shuman: [Hisses and
cries Of "no POLITICAL Mr. Hes1ng said ha
should stand there until he mas allowed to ex-
press his views.
The ChairmaQ-Order must be kept In this
meeting.
Mr Hesing said be had been hissed before,
aud was used to it. Quiet being restored, he pro-
ceeded to defend his action in reference to tha
North Side fire limits in 1872. He Was supported
by the laboring men, aud BY such men a. Will
lam B. Ogden, Mahlon D. Ogden, and othsrs-
| lCries Of Question: Ar. Hesing said he was
| in favor OF
EXTENDING THE FIRE LIMITS
| from one end OF the city to the other. Zap
| plause.J He Was in favor Of more care IN tbs
construction Of buildings. Field l. Letters stord
was the worst tinder-bo1 in the city In Europe
the buildings were surrounded ls; With solid
and BerIn the houses we're bulk
with q view to holding the fire inside the house
until it could be e1tinguiahed. There was NOT
| in Berlin house in wnIch the floors were not
| deadened with mortar no columns were allowed
| inside; no tar aud shiogle roofs
| FLAME or BURNING TAh
| set Aken's Building on fire. The owner WAS not
there. The fremen could not get to the roof
Finally the tar ignited, and in twenty minutes
! that tinder-box was gone. The st. James Hotel
| had not pa1tition-wal inside, and not shutter
| On the outside. It waa d1e-trap. They must
| not lay all the blame on the frame housas. Be
| careful with the brick buildings a. well. a re-
! vision Of
| THE INSURANCE po11cT
| was necessary. In many cases fires owed their
| origin to insurance companies, who insured old
on4~ T1fantH landing 4
| who charged per cent, but didn't look about
the building. He took all tho riak, and offered /
premium for burning up the building. Then
they sent the poor man to la1 to collect the poll
icy, keeping him ont Of his money for two or
three years. He did not want to put the control
Of the Fire Department into the hands Of such
| men. IApplnuse.l It waa prepoaterous, aud ha
was surprised that paper OF such ntelhgenca
"a THE TRIBUNE could advocate it. [LauEhte1.l
After the speaker returned from Europe, wifi
| added experience in such matters, he went ia
! Mayor Medill, and aaked what he Was going to do
| about
NENTB.
The npeaker told him Williams and Kennedy
must be rooted cut. The Mayor asked him 1ho
| he knew for those positions. He told him that
the Fire Department should be controlled by =
! one-mau poHer-n man who should be educated
where discipline and and authority we're learned
| Take . man from West Point, pay him s10, 900
or S15, 600 year, and give him the office for lfe-
| (Appiause.l he still held that view, and hoped to
| see it done. He dlsclained responsity for Ben
| ners appointment, but told him that he Was the
! most efficient and capable man in the city to
manage the Fire Department. He did not want q
fancy man like Bullwinke, but man Of brains
and authority-such man as could be only
found IN the United States army; such - maE
as Gen. Weitze1 or Gen digger. There must
| be companies Of
| uApPERs AND MINERS
to blow up buildings; Could Gen. Lipplncott
| dc IL with rnuDA ct pounds OF powder
G Gen. ~ ]. D. Webster. IN sd sd amy
officer, could do 1t. The Fire Marshal should be
supreme, having under him the Police pspsSst s!aSt-
Of '''lzens ruE 5App:eass. 1ac1 or SYSTEM DID IT;
the fremen we're not to blama. benner did AL
any man could have done under tho crcuua-
stances He would make good First Assistant
Marshal.
| Tie money expended for south and west park
| would have been much better expended nea1e5
the centre OF the city. (Applauso ] There wa<
| yet time to bring this about His ldea was ta
condemn the Hpace between Third and Fourth
avenues and make it bre.thing place. Extend
Dearborn from Harrison. making Fourth Ayenue
its west line to Twelfth street. Lot other bron9
! streets be run westward, thence north, and
thence to the lake. SO AZ to make guard against
great fires. The people would willingly pay
I tax for this.
Let every man be politician advise With hia
left out OF politics. No citiea in the world we're
as badly and corruptly managed as the iarga
cities Of America Chicago Was better OF in
these respects than were other cities. II there
vas corruption going on. with bad men In office,
call on every man to lend his nd to bring about
better state OF things IA CRY OF Enongh."l
Mr. Hesing said he was through [Cres Of :" CO
on!'1 He thanked the audience for their kind
attention, and retired
| THE HON. 8. g. HAYES
said it was the first time in many years he had
| seen = meeting OF citizens On matters OF public
| interest. Had there been 40 fire, there would
still have been I necessity for meeting on mat
ters Of public interest. It was impossible to
remedy evils BY mere clamor, Newspaper articles,
and individual condemnation. He Was glad to
hear from Mr. Hesing the powerful speech made
on this subject He wAs sorry Nc did not havo
more such men in command Of the men. mate
rails, and elements to suppress such i1e- It
was By having such men. not by resolutions or
denunciations, that future peril could be avoided
Our people had changed the volunteer % depart R Vt:
| years apo and re had fallen into the error Of