Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-27


The following are the principal appropria-
tons in the river and harbor bill, passed on
Monday:
For Baltimore harbor. 75 nm
For James river. Va. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
For Appomasto1 river, Va. .......... $4,000
For Great Kanawha river, W. Va 222 600
Cape Fear, n. e.. .................... $1,000
norfolk harbor, va. 10000
Savannah harbor. Observation-Disclosures. 2OO
Charleston harbor. 5'O0o
Cedar Keys, Fla. ....... eOOOO
Chattahooche river, Ala 5000
a! alabama river .............. $4,000
Inc Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Ala. 10000
snip channel IN Galveston Bay $4,000
Inc Mlississlpp! and Arkansas rivers. 10000
The Missouri river. Observation-Disclosures. 7OOfA)
survey OF the Missouri river. $4,000
Entrance to Galveston harbor. .... les, 900
Sabine Pass, Tex. Observation-Disclosures. 25OOo
Yazoo rlVer Miss. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 25 600
Removing the Red river raft .. $4,000
White ane st. Francis rivers Ark $4,000
Missouri river, opposite st. Joseph. $4,000
Missouri river at Nebraska City 10000
Mouth of Red river. La. $4,000
Removing snags from Red river. $4,000
Rock Island rapids. ................... 10000
Illinois river. .......... $4,000
Mississippi river, between the mouths
of the Ohio and the Illinois. ........ 100000
Mississippi river, between St. Paul and
Des Moines rapids. ................ 25O,OOO
Missouri river, above the Yellowstone. 10000
n Mlssour river. at Omaha City $4,000
Cumberland river, Tennessee above
Nashville Observation-Disclosures. 10000
cumberland river, below Nashville. $4,000
n hed river OF the North, Mimi, ........ $4,000
tennessee river above Chattanooga. -. Is, 900
tennessee river, below Chattanooga. :. 100000
Cossa river, Georgia and Ala rs 600
Wapash river, ma. ..... ........... so, 1000
Dulutn maroon ............... $4,000
Sturgeon bay, canal entrance. " 80 600
The Ohio river, from Pittsburgh to its
:, mouth. ;..:............... 300, 900
NJ New Orleans harbor ,;;:.....:........ $4,000
Monongaheia river, w. Va. and Pa. $4,000
Michigan City harbor, Ind .. $4,000
Oakland harbor California . 10000
Fox and WlsconslOn rivers ......... 25OOO0
Chlcago harbor. ..:.................. $1,000
St. Mary's river and canal, Mich .. l75OOO
Harbor OF Refuge, Lake Huron w 100 600
De'tol1 river hlich. .......-....-.. 100000
Saginaw rivar Mich. .... q ono
Ioledo harbor, y ................ $4,000
Qaritan river, N. Observation-Disclosures zoo OOl
Wharf, landing, and channel at Mem
phis. :................... $4,000
Cleveland harbor and breakwater. 100000
Ere harbor Pa .................... $4,000
buffalo narbor N. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000
Oswcgo harbor, n. Y.. 90 600
Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers
oregon Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Canal around the cascade of the Column
bia river. Observation-Disclosures. $1,000
tIalena rlVer and harbor, Ill ......... $4,000
Mississippi river, at Vicksburg 10000
The Neuse river, N. C....... 1000
Currituck sound, N. C........... 10000
harlem river, N. w.. 10000
Boston harbor ................... $4,000
Providence river and Narraganset Law. $4,000
Staten Island sound ... Is 600
Washington and Georgetown harbors $4,000
Connecticut river. below Hartford On O0O
Hudson river N. Y.. 7OOOO
East river and He'll Gate, N. ". -. $4,000
Roundout harbor. N. Y...... 10000
Burlington and Swanton harbors, VT,
each. .:.................. 10000
Piers in Delaware bay. near Lewcs. 10000
Schuylklli river, Pa. ............... 10000
Delaware river, below Bridelsburg. 100 600
Delaware river, between Trenton ard
:, White Hill. ::.......... 10000
Shrewsbury river, north and south
branches. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $4,000
Des MoInes rapids ............ $1,000
Upper Mississippi, from the month of
the ILLINOIS,. Observation-Disclosures. Al 500
Fhe bill leaves it discretionary with the
secretary of war whether he shall have the
work done by contract or by hired labor. It
also appropr;ates $15O,OOO for SURVEYS of
other rivers and harbors designated in the
bill.
Regulating the Water Supply 1T Fires.
To the Editor Of the Globe.
In your report of the fire in tie Pfeiffer
block this morning, you say that s:the loss,
except by water, is small" and ':that all of
the occupants suffered considerable damage
by water.'' Now this is true, and while it
goes to show that very much more water was
used than was necessary to extinguish the
flames, it does not imply want of skill or
care on the part of the frernen; but is due
to the refusal of the city authorities to fur
nish them with proper fire apparatus. For
the past three years there has been in the
use of the fire department of the city ap-
paratus known as Patent Relief Valves
This Is an attachment to tho hose which
gives the plpe-man complete control of the
stream of water, and enables him to let it
on and shut it off at pleasure. With this
apparatus he does not let the water On until
q finds the exact location of the fire and
has his hos. in position, and he
can shut the stream off the moment
the fire is extinguished. few months ago
the city was asked to pay for these valves,
but refused to do SO, not on account of
price, but for some fancied irregularity in
their purchase by the officers of the fire de-
partment, althoug n the city has had the
benefit OF their use for over three years.
They are now removed from the steamers,
very reluctantly, by the chief engineer, and
are lying idle in his Office, and the citizens
of st. Paul are at the mercy Of an overdose
of water if a match is struck on their prem
lses. Without the use of these valves, the
water is frequently put on from the steamer
before the hose is in position, and the pipe
man has to carry his branch throug Oh
building, with stream Of water flowing,
and when he has used enough water to OK
tinguish the fire the stream cannot be shut
OF until the steamer, often several blocks
away, can be communicated WITH More
property was destroyed by the surplus
water flooded in the Pfeiifer block last night
than would paw for the relief valves ten
times over, yet the city fathers who seem to
revel In blissful ignorance, think they are
serving the city by placing property owners
at the mercy of streams Of water. A five
dollar fire in dry doods house on Third
street may at any hour, in the present old
fashioned use of the hose, cause the destruc-
ton of five or ten Thousand dollars worth of
goods by surplus stream Of water. Can
the merchants and insurance men of St.
Paul afford to see the fire department ham,
pered in its efficiency, as it now is, by the
lack of these valves? Yours, &C.,
TAX PAYER.
MINNESOTA NEWS.