Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-09

In view q The rtcent disastrous trrs
ia Ess'pof'. fArmir gion. and Boo,hbAy.
May villages are lookins about fof pro-
lection. This protection involves too
branches. protection from Gre on the
one hand AID protection from The Insult
snee COMPANIES On the other There sre
cases Which don't come ~iih,a the rule.
bat fv. caused BY The friction q a three
thousand dollar policy oa a i~o thousand
dsllsr house are rsre IN cur lA~-abiding
communities. IL = question Which
demands And deserve. our immediate
aiien'ion and action. VIA, facilities
have the majority q our Oxford Cogniy
villages in case q IRE /. = 20, too
often The case TIA, they are no, only des-
utuis q facilities fof e1iinguishing the
Games bu, also q ladders 10 reseh them ,
Would j; no, Be cheaper in The long rsn
10 sxpend some money Cor engines aud
water works aud thus save cur property.
than 10 s1pend the same money ca FL.
toriionaie rates q insurance and thea
lose the property In cases q are there
are sl~sys valuable. destroyed Which
money can never replace. l. u 20, for
the best interest q every Oxford C0aniy
village And community 20 carefully eoa-
slider these questions aid take some action
=, once 20 pro'sc; themselves from tie
devogring element,
The Portland Pr,s, through iis core.
spondsn;s has rsosnily made canvass Of
the State on this question and iis report
sho-s tia; on; u sevsniy q the smaller
cities and larger villages u Maine oaiy
zine are provided With steamers. thirty
nine rely on band Tub. AID the remainder
OF al the rest q Maine. rely on hunting
up ladder Aher the alarm i given.
then fishing il down from the big teams Of
somebody's barn. then getting water pals
from the nearest oogniry store. And fnAl-
ly pumping a vel dry "a. ihro-ing
water after the flames ge, vel under
way. and al this with about a. much
organization a. = supposed 70 prevail a.
= meeting Of the famous Lime Kiln club.
Several Of the larger places Ia Maine
are guilty Of criminal eArele.snes. in the
matter o. protection against tre.
The Pres has reports from ba; four Of
our Oxford CoaHiy villages, a. tollows:
SoKwAY AND sOUm fARiS
Norway hAs one hand engine. one reser.
voir. and 81 hydrants OF TIE waisrworks.
eonveniently situated. 10 some pArts %
The village six streams can BE- tgrued on o
one block. The population of The village Is
900. There are two shoe shops, Que tan
merry. Two paste shops. two fJuring nils
and several other small shops.
The Norway water works extend also %
South Paris. AZ The latter place they
have one hand engine. - hydrants. 80
pounds pressure eight reservoirs. fairy
vel located. The water works cover The
whole village. The population Is 200
HCcKFfELD.
Bucknsld village has never hat = Gre en-
CINE or any other apparatus Cor extinguish-
Ing frss. There are no reservoirs, thOagh
The river runs through The centre OF the
business portion Of The village. - the
stores. &c. situated near the bank Of IL,
and very handy In case OF Gre. The
houses are not hatdled together In gen
ersl. bot they are on rOomy lots In most
cases. The population Il sooat SEQ. There
are several mills for manufacturing lamber,
brush blocks. tooth picks. etc
CANTON.
Canton IL q village OF 500 people. A
portion OF 10 IL so compact that IRE
would be likely % sveepit. A stream Of
water lows throogh The village. and there
IL Q grist and saw MILL There Il no sp-
psrstus a. al for extlnguishing rres.
OF neishborins village. Mechanic
Falls. the Press says;
MECHANIC FALLS.
The village OF Mechanic Falls has no
Gre engine. no reservoirs nor other means
Of lighting Gre excspt some force pumps
In The mills. TIE Little Androscoggin
COWS through the village. BAT svsn this
might not stop q Gre should IL get well
started. The population OF the villsge Il
about 5000. There IL q large shoe fac
tory, Q coat factory and paper mills. TIE
local paper. the Msc1snic Falls Ledger. |
has been calling attention 10 the need Of
esttsr facilities Tor fshtins Gre