Daily Republican., 1881-10-29

tricts, and finally saying 81 am IN
favor of districting the lire department,
but | am not in favor OF paid fire de-
psrtinent, and 1 want it distinctly un.
derstood that ! would vote against a
paid department every time"
Section ! of the ordinance was read
and adopted without dissenting vote.
Section was then taken up. IL pro-
vides That from and after the passage
Of this ordinance the city Of Whining.
ton shall be divided into two fire alarm
dis ric,s. The Friendship, Phrnix,
Delaware, and Water Witch Steam
Fire Engine Companies shall respond
to all fire alarms sounded upon fire
alarm boxes, numbers 2, 3. Il, Is, IL,
is, u, q, ~ and 50, and shall he taken
to be within the Fivs: Fire Alarm hi s.
trict. The Reliance, Fame Hose,
Washington and Weccacoe Steam Fire
Engine Companies shall respond to all
fire alarms sounded upon fire alarm
boxes, numbers, lS, II, II, 23 "A, %, %,
81 and "a, and shall be taken to be in
the SeGvud Fire Alarm district In
case of a second alarm being sounded
from any one ut the fire alarm boxes, it
shall be taken az a general alarm, and
the entire Fire department shall re-
spond. No company shall 60 out of
its district, except in case of n general
alarm being sounded, When from time
TO time, new boxes shall be added to
tue Fire Alarm Telegraph Of this city,
/ they snal be assigned by the Fire Com
iHittee OF City Council to such coinpan-
4, 81. said 4,
tee shal! deem proper.
The vote on the adoption Of this sec.
ton stood: Ayes Messrs, Blake, Car.
michael, Mckenna Mention, Robinson,
| Shaw, Smith, Merrls Taylor and Town
send. ., nayS--Abee, Adams, Barnhill,
I5eecher, Denny, McMenamln, Moore,
Payntcr, Rodney, Talley, K. II. Taylor;
Baily, Lawrence.nd President
Sharpley. The section having failed to
receive the votes OF a majority OF the
meubrrs OF Council, was declared lost,
and was accordingly stricken out.
The other parts . the ordnance were
adopted without ANY objection. The
| Substance of the new lueaSlre is here
| with appended:
Srr'l III l. the Fire Department Of
the Cliy OF " ilning'on shall consist Of
elsnt steam fire engines, enumerated
and 10 'ated as follows:
{ me sites of the engine houses are then
slNeu.)
section provides for the increase of
| the department, as in the old ordinance.
| Section ) provides for the election OF
chirf engineer AMI assistants, rs in the
/ former ordinance, and sections !, D, y,
| 7, =, ., prescribe the duties ot these
officers, which are about the same as be-
| fcre.
Section 10. IL shall be the duty OF
each company 10 have constantly on
| hand not less than one Thousand feet of
good serviceable hose, and to keep their
! apparatus in good order. After the
passage of this ordinance all companies
procuring hose shall have attached tha
Jones' coupling, the Plttsburg standard,
and the fire plugs throug out the city
shall have attached to them IL uniform
standard of outlets. The chief engl
neer shall see that the companies con-
ply with the provisions OF this settion,
and shall report upon the same month
! lv to the Fire Committee of the City
Council Section ~ also provides that
each company shall be required, within
Two months after the passage OF the or
dinancc, TO purchase two relief vaive'
and stop nozzles.
Section II. After the passage Of this
ordinance any person OF persons who
may cause a false alarm 10 be struct
upon the fire alarm telegraph OF tins
city, knowing such alarm to be false
or who Shall himself knowiugl y strike
such false alarm shall be liable to q
penalty OF not less than $40 nor NOR,
than SO
ANY person who shall wiilfuily dam
age or place any obstruction upon the
fire alarm telegraph wires, or WHO shai
damage, mutilate or III any way unlaw
fully interfere with the wires, poles
boxes or any property belonging TO tht
said fire alarm telegraph, or who shal
place or cause TO be placed on any o
the poles advertising signs OF any de
scriptiCr, or who shall have in thel
possession keys to any OF the fire alarm
boxes, without permission OF tho tlr'
Committee of City Conncil, with the
intention Of using the same, shall upoI
conviction thereof, be Iined IN sun
not less in amount than SO, nor III"
than $50. One halt Of the fines crea
bv this section, shall be tor the Us u
the city, and one half for the into:n0"
1t shall be the duty OF the chief engl
neer and assistant engineers to prosecute
all violations OF this section coming t.
their notice.
Section l2.-The appropriations TO
each steam lire engine company shall b
s., 500 per annum, excepting that tn
Washington shall have an addltiona
appropriation of $500 per annum for tn
use. by the Fire Department, OF TIL
hook and ladder trucKof said company
The appropriations for the said com
papies shall be payable semi annually y
, in the months of March and September
1t shall be the duty of the tire commit
tee of City Council TO annually, durinl
the month of February, inspect the tir
department, and make report OF tn
condition thereof to the City Council
within thirty days after inspection.
Section l3.-The ordinance, entitlel
"An ordinance for the further reorgan
ization of the Fire Department OF tn
City Of Wilmington. passed at the CITY
Hall, June IA, 1877, and all other ordl
nauces inconsistent with this ordinaIi
ces are hereby repealed"
On motion the opening Streets Com
mittee was instructed to advertise pro
posals for grading Davis street, from
Claymont to He,ld stree ts.
Council then Adjourned.
During the evening orders wert
granted for the payment Of the follow
ing bills: =,
| w. w. Pritchett, $l25. 50; John +
johnson, $745S; Amos X. Eastburn
S. 90; Marvin Safe Company, $3.50; L
Carberry $1,000; Commission on Du
Pont street, 81; Hugh Patton, Sj76 l3