, 1874-08-02
ND NoR1HWEsTERN SUBURBS
,,.,,days News in Milwaukee, Wall
49, teoan. Racine, and Evanston.
autographed Exclusively for The
Sunday Tribune.
MILWAUKEE.
-xouS DANGERS FROM FIRE.

MILWAUKEE.
.xr.ogS DANGERS FROM FIRE.
,.rrr Aug, 1.-The discussion that has
A1l .;no m all the week in Chicago respect
he9 -,snsiou OF the fire-llmits has aroused
ns ,,tartion to the dangers that surround us
Fspls F,1,r,nkeo; :; and Monday evening the Com
- m Fire aud Water will report to the
r'3 counc1l recommendation to extend
t'zI:; s.a-;imts very considerably, as follows:
be ~ r..nn street on the north with the river .
In bouadarJ, ard ~ along me Ike to huron N
e:te7 1 = Eris, On the West Side, from the canal
Il =. shermsu strett, thence diagonally to TIE
~ Gaeus md Fifth, then south 10 Vliet, north
r51sa, u's strjp two Ilocks 1idc, frum Sycamore
f7e:f g 81 Ike Meromopee River, thence west to Mil
efa~ R;rer aud along its line bunk 10 Vlet street
ssa sa;;h side, the ncrth boundary OF TIC hinats
e. orn.I street; west boundary GrcenbuHh to
r. EzH.t-. 49,. then Washington east to BArclay, Bar
Ess.1guh 70 virginia. Virginia c1st to the river,
q! - na corning the northeast boundary line
49,. limits arc satisfactory to the Board OF
r1.~.n.ers, ead will no doubt TO concurred in
e4a .. t,de,meu. III consequence OF the in
w -,n;fested in the subject. your CORE
~,.,t eIs today made tour of the central busi-
d5.nct which may be described as bounded
.~v,san street oo the north, East Water street
..,se vest, Michigan street on the south. and
nz~,osse street on the east. Within these
e. -. ~ comprised 1be most valuable usincss
.:yts IN The city. the most prominent OF which
80 & Paul Railroad offices, ueury all the
e. e. md lawyers' Offices, the Northwestern
9nI.aa,t Fire and Marine Insurance Bloc1,
Ss.stT,steru s.Ir Mutual Life Insurance Elock,
S.nhsr ss.,n Of Commerce, telegraph and express
49, tha principal news dealers, and
e-a.H ~ the wholesale houses in I'LL
s.'n.ass su.' Of trade, the Newhall House.
c.;sa and Wisconsin printing Offices, and
r:bs, ls.ding publishing houses. lha Aetcs
r1n,iuc Offices form tho b!ock west OF Last
E,.sr street and the Post-Otlice and Academy
RS, w.s;c are gl.bln stones throw Of the east
-. Fat Water street, for ten blocks north
81. no,thyest boundary, is nothing but COLI
c,no;,a hne Of valuable business blocks. wind
~ ~ With tho City-Hall, the Opera-Housa
r. md Times office. and including several
49, hotels and for fifteen blocks Eouth Of the
.r5hsest boundary, the same street continues
.snu.ily street OF wholesale structures. Al
;-reucatioa shows that majority Of the
hresst business blocks are mere shells -four
Ei:k sslIa, with floors supported on light iron
nli..s-aud 10 this respect Milwaukee IS IN pre-
r,ay the plight We condemn III Chicago. A blaze
y ons Of them, during one Of the prevailing hot
so5,: soutbHes. or aou:heast winds, would be
fn7ybt With consequences one does not like to
;hn2 Of. Everything that human ingenuity
eo5Id devise has been heaped up around these
itslston frames calculated to iucrease the
c,.nces Of destructive h1e. Tie alleys are
lied with packing-bo1es, dry rubbish, and in
tz,nmab}e material. and wood barns and sheds
We rs freauert as-nore frequent 1han-in Chi
ego, We have excellent ordinances to regulate
Tie building of these skeds; bat for twenty
1eass-since 1s59-,hey have not been printed,
I'D oly three copies e1taut, of which one is III
he Possession Of your correspondent. There ls
u inspection Of buildings, though the or3i-
esnces prorids for Inspectors, and every one has
bIt pretty much as he pleased. With wood
hrss ind sheds in every alley, wood staircase5
e2.ije tue finest blocks, wood stores built pell
nell in between the brick stores, and both wood
I'D lcick stores filled from cellar to attic with
rsimmsble goods, it il high time TOR Milwaukee
lot thinking not only Of extending her fire.
lnlts but Of enforcing her FIRE aud building
g3issDces and employing a fire-patroL
E5XEratSG NEW ABOUT STATE GEOLOGY
fe:tenday you we're telegraphed the nows that
E,j. Brooks, of the Michigan Survey. had en-
sered INTO IN Arrangement with Prof. Lapham,
Site Geclogisr and chief Of tho Geological
sa.rey Of this State, 10 make o survey OF the
ira region in the north part OF Oconto County
ltN believed that the celebrated Menomince
rn nnee runs INTO Wisconsin at that point and
hs results Of the survey are awaited with great
eseret- Persons interested in lands up in that
esoa viii Insure eatly information By cou1muni-
asng With M1. Lapham-
lo7r correspondent gathered this intelligence
Ins visit to the Professors headquarters
csh's ctF,-whch nre worth going long jour
W 70 see, Oh account Of the Professors private
1slstloa Of nineralogic specimens. Indian
zpnies, relics of mountain. valley. and water
:sTarations III all parts Of this hlghly-favoied
sAe. The Professor is perhaps better known
h:asd than at hone. When Ed D. Holton WAS
oEpzope. some wears ago. and introduced to some
the British nabobs rs gentleman IRON NIL
n1kee hi5 importance WAS at once enhanced by
y fact that he came from CITY honored as the
G+ns- s-place of one of the most modest and
taocs Of bayans. Mr. Lapham is comparative
sspoor and unknown man III his adopted State,
Eh:s reuown has filled the world Of science
h1ad. Mr. Holton came home very agreeabty
esesscd with the fact.
lie Professor il under the medium height, of
cGe age, OF toierably robust appearance,
Etag as though be might grow a:out if he
Atma to think OF it. He deyotes all his time
nas geological researches. aud whatever filthy
~ his State appointments bring him in. goes
c:ah.t pursuit. His daughters, who are de-
'usi 10 him, also do his scribbIng.
tsAhF passed in the session OF 1873, State
geoeRsal survey. to last four years, Was au-
1aon.sd, Ind this is the enterprise OF which
@os P'otessor Is the chief. He has four assist
tofs, sho Ire al the time out Of doors. His re-
po's lie rery vo1uminous and elaborate, but
a's sos been printed, the engraving OF the
s.fs eelns 81 expense that scared the new Re-
an teaislature out Of their wits. They are
ss7 being bound,- the original draughts and
&aaascrpt, not the Legislatures w,ts, and
~ % ready for examination in q fe" days.
CH1CEVSG THE DEAD IN MILWAUKEE.
1ae aialn--excavators are unearthinG curious
.sas N all parts OF the city. T~entv-four
:sas sso, Cheatnut street, near the dock-Gne,
, ,9 aaed, snd the old foas-bridge replaced BY
81, esE-bridge to correspond with the raised
s.s.a tsse1 10 crossing the street, the pick-men
~ ssae INTO contact with the tinbers OF the old
-, s1se' R1och pieces of oak, which we're found
~ ,soana Is The day they were lnid down. An
~ ~! aass Of pick and shovel men arc TRIMS
~ ua the c'ty,-streetgraders,- and these
-,ssn saanE to our daily surprises. In
ssas ss.s Thirteenth street, they passed yesterday
ri sssu what used to be the Lutheran Cemetery,
:. ~ ntued up,l, bones, and, in many cascs,
assh Of the dead, number of the corpses
T. u fair state OF preservation Some Of
~ ~, sho are Of supers.itious class, were
~ .uected at the idea Of having driven their
through human bodies, and there have
g.. so@e interesting scenes. the upshot being
S1.1s sos Board ct Public Works are having the
Csias SSarefully exhumcd and cartea away to the
"a "a Cemetery
+, tt,aane Of which reminds one OF the old Cath
cy,ssaesely ~ on Spring street, for many years
Il ~ lhis is beautiful bit Of land in one
III We most picturesque situations i'll or about
nj anee. .. twas bought for less than $500,
! - neathr men have yain!y offered $40, 900 for
oead have been. it is said, all or nearly
~ n~s4OFe1, but tha Tnnwr1, haa no ieRire to