The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-15
SWEEPING CHANGES.
ONE PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS
Ideas Of Nha,I.S.sd.d Ia the Fire pspArlnsAt to
Increase Its Efficiency aud Make 1t EeOsOn. =
IeAl-l Central FIr. Station Needed.
some Useless Property.

~ see By the report submitted 10 Council
by the Finance Committee that It takes ovsl
fifteen thousand dollars TO pay salaries In The
Fire Department" said q gentleman who
takes a lively interest In city affairs, as hi
slrolled into the IETELLIGEScES office las
evening aud made himself at home He wa
Informed that his eyesight had not deceived
him, aud that It did really take that number
OF good hard dOllars to psy the boys thai
runs wild the machine"
"Well, thStsR department that should be
reformed; at present 1t costs TOO much ior the
service that Is got out Of 1t, although thank
Heaven. It don't cost as much Is It did form
Ally, Now don't want 10 be understood NJ
ssying anything against the present admins
tr4tiCn, for 1 believe It's competent aud
economical. To state my idea briefly, say
that the Island aud Hope hCss companies
aud the hook and ladder hou,e ought to b:
abolished. You look surpriSed3'
~ am"
That's all right: you wait till get through
The Cts Building Is unsafe and II 1t IL no,
Abandoned shortly will be in 1885. 1t slandi
on pile Of the finest buildi 6 Rand In thil
vicinity, which could be sold, with the old
ttuir In The building. Having leyeled the
place down build there Central fire station
The Atlantic, which now answers that pur
pose Is TOO far of Make It big one, put ir
i new engine that would be worth something
hose cart and hook and ladder truck,
Thea the Guards house and the Hope house
both on good pieces of property; could b.
sold. This station should DO we'll equipped
because 1t would be In district where there
Is much valuable property.
| uIIn,v Nhnut the 9Ayenth wnrd?n
well that was the rankest nonsense build
ing that house, but then Ecclea was neysi
happy unless be was spending money and &C
up sue went at cost OF nearly s., 0Go an old
condemned reel YVES fixed up, q span OF horses
bought and two men put In at salary OIL
$40 psr month. 1t m4kes me mad to think
Of It. Why there's no use for the house ex
cept as u sort OF hospital 10 send animal.
from the city when they get lame or played
out The city ought 10 abolish tee company
and rent out the house or sell 1t II II could be
done. With the money that's been spent
there d first class engine aud d new hook and
ladder truck could have bean purchased"
"Will these things ever be- doLe, that you
In ention, do you thinkH'
ats doubtful. Any move In Council 10
do it would fail BECAUSE the FIJI b ward mem
bsn would howl II an institution in which
money was bpeub was taAth away ~ UoAtA
the Seventh ward members, and then pose
before their constituents as having saved
them from some great wrong. Why,
remember how It was when all
extra policeman was wanted. For
Ter Smith would 10 one Of his grave long
winded speeches appreciate the necessity for
an extra man, and would vote for one, pro-
vided the large Sixth ward was assigned az
his beat. Then the Great ConImoner"
would hold, up the abused Fourth
neglected aud dangerous, and then
Haberield would, TO the regret o.
many, feel called on to Say word Tor the
First. That's the way II would be on the
Fire Department quesuon-the Couucilmen
JEALOUS OF each other, In ssnseless struggle
Tor something OF other, lot the city's interes.
10 10 the Devil. New there's the Hops-she
mas done good work but usually sne gats
crowded out a. fire by an engint--but
she was established through the efforts
Of Walters aud on the strength OF II he ex.
peeled 10 be elected, and that DR.. WinRerter
would be beat-but 1t went the otter way.
The Doctor is opposed to the house as an
useless expenditure OF money. 1t would be
money In the long run TO do something as
I've said-just figure 1t out and see II i
wouldn't, Let me- have All EXCHANGE, will
you-SII right. So long |" and be went out.
These are the views OF one citizen on q
matter Of Importance, and whether they
meet with approval as a whole or not, there
are suggestions In his remarks which are
worthy Of con liberation.