, 1874-07-19

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any wooden building within said fire limits whic
nny be damaged less than so per cent OF the value
20 repaired a to be raised higher than the hi8hcs
point left standing after such damage shall have occu1
popided, That the owncrs or occupants Of building
within the fire limits shall have the right to rails
wooden buildings to the established grade, also t.
build cellars Of stone brick under tn
OF dwelling which does not exceed ono story i
height sufficiently high to place thereundera brick
stone-wan basement not exceeding & II = fset IN hegn
story dwellings not exceeding feet in height aboE
| the established grade
SEC g. That SEES. 4, s. and 6, OF Chap II Of the Re
vised Ordinances passed Jun. TO- 1875 entitled Fire
Department." and also ordinance passed Nov. ~
1874 amending See Of said chapter be. and the saie
several sections said ordinance hereby, repealed
SEQ. T. This ordinance shall be In force from ant
| after its passage and due publication.
This draft Was. after light debate, adopted
| and, as several Aldermen thought that some pro
vision should be made against the
STORING OF RAGS
and other spontaneous com bustiblee in wooden
dwellings and sheds, AID. Cullerton proposed to
| amend Soc. q, Chap. II, Of the Revised City Or.
dinances by adding the following:
And prorid<d further, That the storing of rags
Wnste, any other spontaneous conbustible material
Bhal be prohibited within the nnits Of the uty,
copt upon written permit from the F,ro-Ma1shaL
This also WIS unanimously adopted.
MORE WATER
sentcd to the Common Council were then read
by tho CHAIR, and were amended. The clause
which reads, IL That tho Fire Department of our
city ought to be roorganizel." was stricken out.
The resolutions will be offered to the Council in
the following shape:
tho destruction Of than $2cD. 900 coo worth OF
property by the two great fires OF Oct 1871 and July
H. 1874, aud in consequence the business Of sal city
has been seriously crippled and its growth retarded
and,
WHEREAS, The lives Of many of Chicaxo's valuable
citizeus have been sacrificed in these res and !nca-
culable suffering brought upon Thousands Of her popu
l2sion and,
WHEREAs, Large portions OF the city are construct
cd almost eutiruly OF wooden buildings densey crowd
Ell together in sections inadequsteIy supplied with
water, aud with plan for arresting conaagration
should it occur therefore, IN view OF past e1periences
and ihe preseLt dangerous condition Of the city 1t is
Incumbent upon the Common Council ta take imne-
diAte steps to prevent tile recurrence Of auch lates
by the construction Ut water conuit where such con-
duits NEEDED subject to the approval OF the Com
mou Council, the widening Of streets, the condemn
ing and removal Of dangerous buildings, and by such
other measures rs may To necessary therefore,
Rsaotved, That the Board Of Public Works be, aud
they are hereby, directed to take ied1ts steps tor
tue construction Of sufficient number Of water con-
duis, lending from the river, tunnel Lake into por-
tions Of the city least supplied with water.
, Hf*oired, That the Board Of Public Workz be, and
they are hereby directed 10 condemn and order tho
removal Of any wooden buildings within the fire lin
is, whenever it be done legally or when in their
OPINION the said buildings are dangerous to tbs safety
Rtsortd That it is the sense Of this Council that
corps OF aapers and miners be added to the Fire De-
BY the removal or destruction other
wise, Of such buildings may, In thu Judgment Of
the fie-Marshal. be necessary.
s1REET-WIuESIHG,
Tho Chair next called for opinions az to widen
ing one Of the streets running east and west.
Al present were strongly in favor Of doing this,
though there WAS q variety of opinions as TO
which street should be widened: Many were in
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