The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-08-27
FIRE MATTERS.
The Adjourned Meeting Saturday
Evening-feporfs OF Committees
The Action Taken.

Pursuant to adjournment the citizens
meeting convened at the new hall
Saturday evening to receive the re-
ports OF the Committees and take such
other action in regard to devising
ways and means for protecting our
town from fire as may be deemed adj
vissble.
Mr.. Foulke, Chairman of tho Com
mittee for soliciting subscriptions, re-
ported having signatures for S487 so
for a hook and ladder outfit, and
Sl,l4O for securing water facilities,
Report accepted.
MI. Collins, from the Committee on
procuring a hoook and ladder outfit,
stated that he had received a commu-
nication from Mr.. Paul of Treasure
Hill, setting forth that the apparatus
at that place could be put in his pos
session for $3.50. He could not give a
bill of sale. Commissioner Flynn, in
. latter communication, stated that as
Commissioner he had no power to
dispose of the Treasure Hill outfit.
1t was private property, and most of
the original su bscribers had left the
country.
Mr.. Foulke thought the apparatus
could be had for a consideration If
some one went over and worked up
the matter. 1t was of no benefit
where 1t was, and there were as many
of the original subscribers in Cherry
Creek as any where in the county.
He was sure the people over there
would take no selfish view ofthe mat
ter-our interest were identical-and
the destruction of this town by fire
would be a sad calamity to the people
of the whole county.
On motion, b. +. Miller was ap-
pointed a Committee OF one, with dis
~cretionary powers, to go to Hamilton
and see what arrangements could be
made to secure the outfit. In case of
success be was o draw on the Com
mittee here by telegraph or otherwise,
rs he deemed expedient.
On motion, J. b. Williamson was
appointed Treasurer of the Fire Fund,
and Messrs. Foulke, p. Weber and
+. A. McDermid a Committee to as
sist him In the collection of the same.
Messrs. Carey and Taylor. to whom
was delegated the subject of inquiring
into the feasibility of bringing water
from the Star mill, at a previous
meeting, presented the following re-
port:
To the President of the Citizens Fire CON-
mittee Of Cherry Creek
Your Committee. appointed for the purpose
Of entertaining the effective force Of a head
Of water held st the Star mill. in a reservoir.
and to be conducted through finch pipe to
the corner of Thatcher x Co.'S store ON Main
street, a distance of $50 feet.
We find the fall to bo 10 feet, which will
give us a pressure Of Il pounds to the square
inch.
We find from scientific experiments that as
soon as one length Of fifty feet of pinch hose
with a q inch noggle is turned on the pres
sure falls to ~ pounds. which will throw u
stream 35 feet.
We find from price lists from the National
Tube Works at McKeesport. Penn. that a
special light pipe will cost AZ cents per foot
aboard the cars at Pittsburg, from which We
make this estimate:
1850 feet finch pipe at 47c. per foot. 1892 so
1850 ms. at 4Lc. per n. freight........ 462 90
2 pair hydrsnts and hxtures........... 200 W
Total. ....Sl,io4 %
Respectfully submitted.
WILSON CAREY,
GEo. IL. TAYLOR.
After thorough discussion, the re-
port was accepted, and the water
proposition, in its present shape,
abandoned. The Committees report
showed conclusively that the scheme
was impracticable; the fall being less
than at first estimated and the length
of pipe required much greater. The
cost also, with the requisite hose,
would run over 81, 0 1t was the
sense of the meeting that the water
question, though dropped for the
present, be considered not finally dis
posed of, but subject to future review.
Afier empowering Mr.. Miller with
full authority to negotiate for the
Treasure City hook and ladder outfit,
the meeting adjourned.
The Railroad Contract
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