The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-18
The Fire Alarm Telegraph.


graph is still among the unfinished bust
ness pending in the First Branch o
Council, We gave some days ago 4
pretty full synopsis Of the views of differ
ent members in regard to it, Since then
we have reported the tour Of inspection
made by the Fire Committee to the sew.
eral engine and hose houses Of the city,
1t is due Mr.. Blair, chairman Of the
Committee on Fire Department, that we
should say why he remarked at late
meeting Of Council that he did not want
any fire engine in the Seventh Ward. 1t
will be remembered that in our report Of
the inspection tour Of Saturday, as pub
lished yesterday morning, we said that
water was thrown distance Of l20 feet
by the simple pressure from the Water
Works, Water was also thrown to
within fifteen or twenty feet Of the very
top Of the spire of the Thomson NJ. T..
I""'.' "''s"' Co'''' ,' s''"'''
than that Of any other building on the
Island, showing cOnclusiVely that the 65
PounuS pressure on the 'S'""u p'uS' Is
amply sufficient for any emergency, and
lu't'y'"s MI BARS remark mat no
V"s'"' was i'ee"eu 10 pe S'a''o"'" !" ms
"%1u' ~
Inc cHpeFlmchnt win lhe nose IN the
h's"'" "aFu was eq""''y satisfactory
~ d" '1"c .n"' 'or tie one or TWO very
'aFse ou.lalhg'' INC stream Was NOT more
'nan SuIneIeh' 70 reaeH 'ne h'ghe". Poin'
OF inc roo'-a dehcleney 'na' cOu'u easily
DC maze UP ny Tie use Oh t'Fe 'auuerS'
For ourselves 'heh' We aFe Sa''Sheu
Ihal with al ample supply OF good, Sery-
lceaole nose IN tue seVen'h anu Elghth
wards, with proper facilities Tor quick
transportation, anu eInc'e"' parties 10 dl-
rect them, those districts VIII be aS sale
against any ordinary IRE as any o'her
part oil the city
30 lar we are IN accord win the com
ml1tee' but we dld not see anything dur-
ing the saturday afternoon inspection TO
convince nS that there ~ any necessity
Tor system oil Fire Alarm Telegraph,
which we believe Is favored by the Com
mlttee on FIRE Department without eS-
cepllon.
we object to It, first, on The Oroad prln-
ciple that there Ia no necessity Tor 1t; sec
ondly that without lnIl and completely
organized FIRE Department nolh'hs what
ever wohId be gained Dy haNlns Tue syS'
TEN; anu thirdly, that pa'd FIRE DO
p"r1menI means an annual outlay III sal.
aries alone oI not less '''ah Ten 'honSa''
dollars
we are aware tlIa' !''e 'uea "uVahceu
ny tic Committee Is, 'h"I Ihere nee" NC
Oi' 'wo or 'I'tee me" r's","r'y '"PIOye"
ABOUT sne engine HOUSES ""' 'n'te" u"
one o, 'ne Col'n'1!ee Ut ol '"' C""n'''
VINO O'''I'e" ""y'mns y, '"o N'"u' w.
cause unless everything " PFePareu 10
move instantly upon W, "r'' "'"'N" "n"
70 "e' Pro.P''y OH Fe"'"'"s "'v' 'o"
'"S "ou'u Oe ga'n'u W ."s 'e'es,"r". .V
'em' IL we are rlsn''y '"'or"'T" Tue i"''
compliment Ol men 'or " t""P'v'' S'e"'"
,lre y, department Is e!Sn' 70 ca'" engine. snsi"V'
we nave 'hree engines """ ~ "uu',lo" ,,
'''F'e ""S' S'a''o"s "'" ,.,,, w. NV" "''" @ '""
ueF S'''o" Nv V"'' o' ,, I".Oi' '',sa"' Sn. l,..
wo"'u nNSe 10 ~ e"p."ys"' , 'T"'Va"'"s '.''
t'No VIVA. We nave s"uer"''u ,, WI, ~
'o""" :" 'o''o" .Lae vi, ~top''V"o. ,"e ltle'
sr"Pn system. the, in' 0eSs"'I w.. ,,'s Iu h.sn'n %
nnFus "Fe "l."o"' "'I OV.', wn.va
s"o"'" n"' ~ .'e va'V 'ol !" i''ol"V,''
longer ,""n ,"e ~, ,,"V "'OGT'! I' T"