Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-16
MEMS SHIRTS AND MEMS UNDERWEAR


hall, to be used for meetings
OF the iiremen adjacent thereto. Dur
ing the past year the Gamewell fire
alarm telegraph system has been
adopted and put in operation, with
eleven fire alarm boxes. And we do
not know OF a single instance where II
has failed to work perfectly and salts
fnctorily. But the large fire alarm bell
cast for our department and operated
by the batteries Of the fire alarm tele-
graph does not give entire satisfaction.
Its tone Is too low and soft for IA fire
alarm. 1t does not, in our opinion,
fulfill the terms of the guarantee. We
would recommend bell be purchased
cast on higher key, or two smaller
bells, To be cast on much higher key,
one OF them 10 be placed In thepreecnt
tower and the other i'm the upper por-
ton Of the city, both to be operated by
the batteries OF our fire alarm system.
The water-worBs were completed In
the latter part Of last April tlsS3) and
received by your honorable body. The
original contract was for eighty by
drants, but four other bydrants have
since been added. In accordance with
the original contract and In obedience
20 resolution OF your honorable
body, the water-woTks company IN
now laying down about two miles Of
watsr-mains ON the south side OF the
Texas d Pacific railroad. Many OF the
hydrants have already been located by
your committee on lire department.
In a short time every thickIy-settled
portion OF our city will be amply pro-
tected from fire, and at the same time
our citizens will have ample facilities
for water supplies. During the early
part of last year there WIS much
complaint in regard TO the
quality OF the water furnished
by the water-works company. There
wna also wide spread feeling OF dis-
trust in regard TO its ability 10 furnish
ls adequate fire protection. But since
the company has made many improve
ments, and from all appearances the
quality Of water now furnished is In
every way equal TO the spsci locations
in the original contract, and since the
completion Of the fire alarm telegraph
the water works have responded
promptly TO every fire alarm with
full pressure Of water,
our fire department has done some
very efficient service and has acquired
much valuable knowledge In handling
fires. Fort Worth, with iis present
fire organization, with is new and ini-
proved aplaratns, with Its hre
alarm, and It's water-w0rks, IL
better protected from fire than
any other city in the great state
Of Texas or the South. Our citizens
are TO be congratulated upon the fact
that there have been no very serious
conflagrations In our city during the
past year. whilst our neighboring cities
and towns OF HenriettD, Decatur, Den
ton, sherman, Greenvlilei Dallas, Cor
sicaDa, Waco, Hillsboro, Clepufne,
Weatherford, Baird and many Other
Texas cities have been scourged by
fire. Any one OF the above named
places has suffered loss by fire eqnal
to the cost Of our fire alarm and fire
apparatus combined and some OF then
five or ten times the amount.
But your committee are somewha
surprised at the existing
rates OF insurance. Th'
building of the water-work
with Its seven miles OF water mains
and Its clghty-six double fire b,
drants, the purchase Of two thonsan
feet Of hose, the organization Of tw