, 1874-07-18
lretb. Lynch, and Warren nero appointed such
committee.

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Of tho liro-ordlnance, mud moved to rafor Quo
matter TO the Corporation Counsel for Ills opiu-
ion. Carried. .
AID. oAmpBEG1.'a nEsoLur1oSs. !
Aid Oaulphell snid that lilo Council onght to
paaH llia resolutions, aud NOT sond thom to b
taho,!, A little deoieivo notion Inst Tuesday
blocks. Wo might hnvo j,,st auch auothor firo
tomorrow, and the present plan OF tho Fire Do
partment was calculated to produce such results.
nnd secure tho destruction Of tho city. Thoro
tain!ng to tho Fire Department who would op-
pose tho resolution, but tho Council woni0 not
rofuso to pass It: somo new i1oas ml1Bt he in
fused into tho Flro md Police Departments, 10
That men would DO selected not Oil account OF
their nationality or politics, III WIS now tho oaao,
hut OH accouut OF their iitnesa aud ability. To-
dny tAoro 'sas now rarty which plnpdorod tho
City Treasury; tho whole City Government was
aud thai tho city would ioHe ith ornait, ns we
wore In tho hailda Of DESIGNING do,nagoguos,
who sought 70 plunder the oily aud reward thotr
frieudb. THIS thing na,ist he stopped, or tho
peoplo vonld riBs in their might
Aid. Lengachor resented tho insnnation that
politics or nationality had anything to do with
tho appointment OF mombotH OF the Fire Depart
mont. 1
Aid Cullorton hoped TINT Aid. Canpboll's |
resolutions would be withdrawn md divided, 80 |
o. to admit OF their confederation separately. |
The Council bad nothing to do with tho loorgan..
lRntlQu u kHH I4I0 OEF4Iku0It. Dut LII HEilGfGu
that ii tie chirf Marshal were allowed tho. PRIV
lego OF being tho Marshal, having tho exclusive
coitrol Of the Dopartmeut, We hhnufd hayo bot-
tor modes than At present Of dealing with firos,
but until tfleu wo Should continue in tho samo
wretohed predtoament. A yenr ago tho Common
Council cut of all appropriations for tho pny of
watchmen on the tops Of engiue-houEos,, and tho
| roBult Of thht economy WAS aeon last Tuo6day,
| whan tho Fire Marshal was engaged nt fro In
tue West Division, aud, being out OF tug rench Of
| gongs, knew nothing OF tho Soutl,-Slao FRO
| for Bomo timo after IL started. 4 watch1nan on
| tho engne-houBe corner Of pauina aud Twonty-
At once communicated with tho Marshal, who
| could have come much sooner than ho did.
Evon al it was the fire could hayo boon stopped
II there had oeeu good supply Of Watur to work
| will. He believed AID. Campbon to be wholly
wrong in his romarka concerning tho rotation Of
politics aud nationality to tho Fire Department.
| THO selection Of Chief Firo Marshal was ono
of the first and most important stops Of Mayor
claod great care in tho matter, and, believing
Bonner to be tho right man, appointed him:
The Council confirmed Daunor unanimously and
everybody believed ho Was tho right man in tho
Nothing had been done by tho proaent adminis-
tration In any manner interfering with tho
! organization Of tho Department as 11aYor Mediff
loft it, as Mayor Colvin beloved it VAS being
be considercd Of far moro vital Importance than
politics tn the Fire Department. 1t Has, that
Chioago
MusT HAVE DETER SUPPLY or WATER
for uBe in case Of tiros. Ho would suggest the
construction Of 8~foot brick uater-mains tap
tonling east and west north and Houtl, aa 1nr Us
possible It was perfectly evident TINT the pres-
ont 2-foot maius located upon but fow Btraots,
sssts to 1 sHepE hs so aG5 . nsssd sss sSs
enough, tho Wator-aYorks could not pump
enough to keep them full III case Of groat fires.
Lot tho Stout brick Or aower-pipe mains tap
ping tho river lnn out i've o. Or SIX plotks eaoh
supply. lit woro urged tlat great damage to
tle Atreets would result from toaring np pavo~
| ments to lay such mains, lie would then suggest
TINT the condults bo led through the aiiayB, with
mauholes at every etfoet-crossng. He moved
that tho Board Of Public Works DO instructed to
submit eBtlmates Of tho cost per foot Of COZ.
structing 3-foot maina connecting with the Chi
Xii. Campbell retsss5atod that It would be bet.
ter to have smaller minis, and more Of thon.
AID. Cullerton h}tcred hiB motion 30 as 10 cal
for catimatos for both 3-foot aud 2-foot mains
n | or eoWor-pipeg, and It tSAs adopted.
WHO SHAIL BE CoN8ULTED2
AID. Richardson removed bis motion for tht
appointment OF select committee Of niuot t
10 report noxt Monday night. :,
=; AID. Lengachef moved that the Board ot Po
!" lice aud Fire Commissioners, Bonrd OF Pubh
Works, q committee Of tho Board or Under
writer's, the Mayor and Corporation Counsel b.
addod to the Select Committao.
AID. Campbel Thought these "ero not enough
better add Tom Collins.
10 THE SELECT COMMITTEE.
n, The motion to refer aEl mattorB pertaining t
H. tho general subject under consideration to q &C
n lect eommitteo OF nino was adopted, and th
~ Chair appointed aH such Committee: Hont
Q, DiyiBIon-Ald. stona, al1well, aud Richardson
k, West Division-A1d. Campbell. Woodma1l, M
+, Cullerton North Diviaion-Ala. Cannon, Mah
q. and Lynch. :.
Counsel, Board Of Firo and Police. Board {
Public Works, and Board Of Underwriters bo il
BY yited TO confer with tho Committee. wi,
Gl AID. sidwell thought, this unnecessary. II
I: ful. What was wanted WAS tbat the lire llli
- aud CITY limits should DO coextenHive.
bio AID Stone Withdrew his motion.
al- AMENDMENTS TO THE FINE ORDINANCE.
lie Ald Richardson offered I'LL ordinance repeallt
:. Sec. Of Chap. II of tho nevisod Ordlnauce
" c5 outitled Fire Department" mud amending Sc
sth Of that chapter aud ordinance, 80 aB to ntri
on out the words fire limits" wherever they occl
O., nnd insort IN Lieu thereof the Words "e'
/ is | lilnts."
1u- AID. Cullerton submitted tho following dra
a asi- Of All amenaad fire ordinance:
M An 0Rp1sANcE anrndatory Of Chap. II Of tho
fS FL s se;:s tsS az os;
md passed NoS. u, 1876 amending soc. s Of sud Gu
3n. IL ordein<d ee., That &c., Of Chm: II Of
"E11e Department." f" be, sud the sAMe Ia hero
M, | omuude4 Hu us to read follows
t%a SIo l. Ths fro linlits OF the City Of Chicago 81
o;te cnurace aud tnculo within tho all that terr
a which IL nuw contained within thu corporate Anitt
aald CITY Of Oh!cago, aai1 limits are defined 1n
n, Of CAap Ut tho Churter u snid city, and hni
anS ing ehall be hereafter created within aaid fire lin
sn {hsug tie city Ns} unrss permit for thu erect
~ thereUf Bhu have first been obtained from tho DO
: of OF Public Works. prvtttea, huctre1, that thu feo
~ issuing suc permit shnll not exceed 20 cents.
SEQ, =, Tilut Bec. Of Chap. IL Of tho Reyl
Osdsuanees, passed Iau. 20. HIS, entitled ?" Fire
paatuleut bt. u,d the same iH hereby amended 80
s{uE to read All follows: j..
~; aEo, ., No wooden bMilttnR, or part or p1rio'
tut nny wooden building within tile corporate limit
son tha City Of Chicago being the hre limits OF ssid
Blall 10 on}arRta, 1Dr n1ul any sWcA wooden hNild
. any part thereof in Any manner, be raised Or
Oh pArnll, except upon the written permission OF
leu Lizard OF Public Works; nor shall any wooden u.
H. | iuR or part thereof 10 removed from QUO 1oE
W another lot within tie corporate limits o1 saa
N but any sllcl wooden building may 10 re'novst1 II
within said corporate mitB to lot without eesa
o'S ill., provided sasu building ahRlI be dotesingd to
roB wottl r,nre tn Gu ler cent of vbat It would cos
east huila new b,sidnK Ut he chnraetor the Mayor
| board Of Public WurkA to determine tao chArIetc
aafd building.
yipg Iroridd further, that The owner or owners Of
aucl. wooden building shali, befosu removing Ie III
obtajn wrlltun tcrut t1 do 80, az hereinafter pr
len- tho Board Of Public Works Bha eanEo MI Rt
hau tiseaeAt to be Inserted III the corporation newsp