National Republican., 1877-10-04

r. H. the seeopd story Another point is that II the
nie nsd not been checked at Ninth and streets,
| sar ceitalhly have enveloped the entire quad
When 4 met L would. from lie construction Of IN,
naSferi WI,h Its large central court have cause,
tbc iisb,,Ws Wshirlwind Of flames, that gathering a.,
| infn hei ~ articles would have carried hem nsn
a.,o ny ar thence 20 be swept with the current e
ncsiia,p pprtlons OF The city, with what rtults
The Secretary oP H. intsrInf % bSeISs ~ determined
nnpe piace the responsibility where Il belongs has
| FpSIh!od commission 10 inquire Into the matter
nov ,' ic in all its phases and as that body arc
s,sW nov on'ily engaged In their labors taking the
-, LII cslmony Of oil witnesses who can possibly
s 5Ispec,cd to throw any light upon the subject
All" ~ have testified before that committee, DO
NJ, iee justified In making any comments as to Its
origin In advance Of the publication Of their con
burning some time before Il was discovered that II
have been different
am happy, to be able 10 state that with IN
single exception Of the truck which had becn dis.
ahlcd the night previous at a hrc the entire appa-
ronis OF the department was in good working
| order and that so far rs the means had been
PLACED At my disposal every possible prccaution
| had been taken to make II effective. A sccmingly
small matter. but one which really might have
companies arrived notwithstanding the fact that
their couplings are different size from our own,
| they got To work Immediately, as had taken the
prccaution to have reduccrs made. 80 that we
could utilize their apparatus " Il should unfor.
nmniely be needed. an now satisfied the pre-
The officers and members Of onr own department.
without cNcent'On. maintained their well.Carncd
the inccsSant and ardu1us labor Of the day they
were ever at their post facing danger unfinching
W and dcmrnStrating bv tnc'r actions that they
duty.
IN conclusion simply desire to revert to the fact
mat Tor the past rS wears 7 have IN each annual
report smight TO impress upon the authorities the
ncccss!tv of = larger fire department for this his.
tfict Whether my recommendations In that re-
to yourselves aud the public to judge In the light
OF the recent disL Lster.
Respectfully submitted.
MARTIN CRoSIS Chief Engineer.
Mr., Collins moved to refer tho report IN the Dis
trict Commissioners. with request that copy be
sent to tho Secretary Of the Interior. The motion
was adopted.
THANKS TO BALTIMORE AND ALEXANDRIA.
Commissioner Collins offered the following;
Rcso,rct. That the thanks Of the Board Of Fire
Commissioners Of the District NJ Columbia are
our sitter cities. Raltimorc, Nil, and Alexandria,
Va, who generously and promptly RESPONDED to
the anpcnl Of the authorities here for aid IN sup
nrcSSnc the disastrous fire Rt the Patent Once on
the 2ith inst, and gave Slch valuable assistance on
their arrival IN battling with the cOnnayrations ut
The ir>t named and NJ the livery stables III street
II Is no reflection on our own small fire dcpar'-
mrnt to saw that hnt for the generous and efficient
help Of the Baltimore and Alexandria frcnen both
hrrs might have been much more disastrous
RSso'r,i, That the secretary Of the board trans
NIT copies of these rrrnutions to the heads Or the
fire departments Of Baltimore and Alexandria.
4 WISE PROPOSITION.
The same commissioner offered the following;
which was ndnptcl
IN view Of the difference In slZa nf the firc.hOse
and whtcr.plur connections IN this Cty and R1lti-
more VIII Ch greatly cmbnrr;lSScs tho firrmcn Of one
Cty n assisting 20 suppress larrc couilagnfiOnS In
the other Il Is resolved by the Bunrl Of Fire Com.
msSioncrS that the president of this bnarh confer
with the Board Of Fire CImmisst rncrs of Tiilu.
more. proposing their cn-oncrntion IN making such
changes rs will cuHble the fire engines Of either
city tn get to work prD,nrtly in the other In case
their assistance Is needed To suppress n conhagru.
tiun.
. President Mnrgnn reported that permission had
been obtained from the District Commissioners To
purchase four additional horcs: also, that the
work o: removing the house west Of No. . engine
house WAS bcng done; also that the water regis
trlr had Statel that he would replace the old plugs
with new ones fast nS rInds became available
The board then adjourned.