The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-05
IT. EW FIRE DEPlaIMEH.
Chief Mcdonald Speaks Of the
Work Of Reorganization.


8lee9Tte ABoe1- ~
Nr. }. y. Mcdonald. shs ne~ ses~d
ehie1 ~ the ere depasfrers. ssssfkd sroa
hi duties Saturday saornsns In essnsss.
aatioH with . Pos1 fssELIIsENeEa reporter
Mr. MeDonald Hsas;e The fssisowirx ssAse-
Heus
II en- srxsnr 10 get he sffxsrx ss sas~
department. ssrasxatenei out - ~ 20 tad
cut what we have and What ws seeys. Al
our apparatus il stored ~ the eoTszef 81
University and Third. although Tie e1szn-
ell intends 20 rebssid TIE Old gwxxssss Ga
Eos1sb Third street befose xst weather SIS
In We hare on hassa ssos two sistfa s.laAss
euRifsz afsst acega, !, 80 sast ~ aoze. sse
engines sse ,pos. aud have To te rsfsffsd
about every tine Ties arc as2a
arrasATrs pszregTgs.
s.rhs Preston tssiek Ia s,asssy as.sssssf3llxsss.
three of lss Iasisserx hssing t~eE Destroyed
ia the Gre The hook and ladder truck
lost one iss.isr, b.trs4ss viii l,e replaeea IN
dap 81 s.o. The Ere xEsa Destroyed a
quantity u asxe iog as and 90 feet ssss0gg
ing to The Tacoma Department
ssED % . flxs boat
ssTte depssfusent has gress E1azy neestz.
afd among fae first Il a Ereshcnt TAe
prime reqHss.tes ia q Gre .lsost shoaid IT,
spesH ana power II must ~ fspskge 81
carving ~ own supplies, ~ so test nf
hose the two. horse bsse cart aud cue N
cur engines It should - kept under
steam AZ al times. such boat snzht 20
pay for its keep ~ tue extra DATES u can
perform
OF GExEEsL Thirty.
at could taw the garbage scos and do
- A.
master eould have his ofsiee On board. sd
captain the boat IL any csnsrgenex II
we have . fire boat there khonid b. Eesus
Der Of SLIPS along she estT trout
'.fn ms estimation tfse haF10r fanss kss
cur protection from FIRE untll the nes
water works are eornpieiesi. a Bre-i,osk
would not only protest tbs wsis;r front,
but By means Of il and ctr fire engines
We eoaid throw stream on TIRE half ~
three quarters OF a mile back frgns the
bay. The friction % . kfssssn at .at~s
through hose il only eight pounds % fsfEy
feet. and by laying hose ffofu the hre-fs
% an eng ne. sAief can be fgressi By this
double power "a far ~ the hose viii reach
We ear throw - many streams ~ we hare
engiHes in this wsy.
sEg EsGISE wANrgp
in the second place we need nea sec
ondelaks siIsby engine. A. sali b&feEs,
the ongines we nov hare arr poor A
second .cisas :ssishy Is guaranteed 30 throw
seu gallons OF water a minute. IL viii
weigh ESQ pounds, aud viii cost lad
down here si.sao. BIZ pmising this engine
on the Old keSnrF property, X viii BE- als0ge
all the large builaiags. and two horsss
can haul II TO any fire.
TRADE 90 TRUCKS
lin the Third plaes We need new second
class Hayes truck. We have an Offer lgr
H.. 4
sell IL. IL only gives sn elevation Of
seventy-tse feet ana requires slBe ms to
hsudic IL. The Hayes truck will give an
eieyafi ion Of eighty -f@e feet aud can be
handled By three men. lie ccst laid down
here VIII ise between y. 90 and 5000
the ELscTRrc ALsaa.
1We also need an electric alarm system
fer every fire house Ia the city. The keys
to the alarm boxes are numbered and the
persons holding them are recorded when
box is unlocked, the key eannai D. with
drawn. and In this way we can sraes
false alarm 10 the originator. Ey this sYs.
TEN the alarm turns the horses iasse.
marks the district AMI number ~ the box
turns on the gas. stops the clock and riags
the general alarm bell. II ean be attached
Ia the town clock and at noon three taps
ARE rang on the general alarm bell At
any time that an accident happens To any
part Of the line the break viii be Indicated
10 within half block Isl The general of,ie.
of the department. To pat IN this system
with fhifis'nse boxes would cost about
~ .ooo.
THs w.rFs srrrly.
81 viii say nothing about oar pressing
need ei better water supply, as that mat
ter IA In the hands II the eom mislec on
IRE and water,
CHEMICAL EsefAE ssr sgxnsn
Il want to say that think that we do
not need chemical engine They say
that II Is good al n small Gre, and that it
requires iear men to tun IT, A ERE engine
IL good ali the sssie and only requires three
men to run II.
COMPETITIVE 3xAsiSAuoSs
Tomorrow a new set 81 rules 30 ia force
In this department. Hereafter every man
under pay must be able 10 pass satinfae.
tory physical examination. They mast
tamilihriso themselves with the different
buildings In the cts and also with the Ia
cation of The different hyarsnts, and II
after reasonable length Of time they can
not tell their location. We do not want
them. As long a. ! am chief Of iats de-
paftmcui politics shall eut ITO figure In a.
and na relative OF miue shall tie connected
with H. ] have played safx in the engine
house and have directed that ell the con.
denned hrasS and iron lie thrown there
be crowned an hour each day wsns To
save the city n mnch IS Iav wages amount
to by ptscueing .s'rigt cconouiy in ny de-
parfment
NORTH THE cosr.
TO he sure II viii iaks some money 70
provide all these improvements, bat b.
iiese 10 Is economy 10 have them In a,iai.
ton 20 the direct less from Gre that they
would prevent. another shtng must te
az RIM sfFr esf
tho principal Insurance agents oi ihe eiEs
aud they Informed me positively that whe3.
this fity gets a good tiso Department tas
Insurance rates viii he resiaee,i Is per
cent. Ia this way there wlii 10 a direct
saving to aaf citizens o. thousands G dol
lars every year
Following .rp The aeuze saies ises,ess gs-s.
tcfdsg Tor tho gofefumspi oi the .fsfaff-
meni
Rule / on and alssr shl. dat the h.sss...
man wiii ring the he'll st M Al isvYs
bsrs iaast report for duty q De- a "a "a
cas-. at a niksas siNfia ghis rule will De sas
pended.
Raie , Al horsss mast - gsooms2 ana
harnvssed 81 a IN.
kulc :. MeabcFs Of ths .ssasrtnsas.s .s5g3
he allowed ffts ave INMATES Tor msais
knle 4 Any mesptsas NEa sAas wlffaeSs
pefmtssioa atsrRs hsnsesi fsefn shr
neuse issf taere shsa asgF Ere fnlaases
without laaye tfOgs tn4 shssS af arsf axssss I
an, ~sh b. listsae 10 ssssn SAL ffssra sae a.
pAftmeus
knie 4 fae vasrhsaAa So tGks eSAss4
of we ho1iee at + rs. sRa ss.z he3isc = 90 +
h ia hss charge gntll q n
Rule 8. No ERmt.ing atlt - zsiasss.s q, &
TOE house uatTf euY etfgamssAEees
hsav ANY meiaipeT fessofs8nE .aF s4aFx
wuiis Iutexts ssad wf3 - instsntlv a.
missed tsssta bis eoaEAns anI this fgs.sft
nCBt
THEIR TRIP ctr SHORT. /
rapture "f the Two uayss IhIxx&.