The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-30
DANCER IN TIE WIRES.
One Of the DISTINCTIONS That ssva
nah Firernen Have TO Contend WITH

One Of the Distractions That sayan-
nah Firenen Have to Contend With.
| The dry season. with the attendant winds
I Of the past few days, said an old fireman
yesterday, should bring about greater vigil
lance and precaution on the part Of citizens
to prevent fires from breaking out, for if
| once under full Roadway the most perfect
and best trained fire department could
hardly cheek a fire famed By winds and
I feeding upon material combustible at all
| times. but much more 50 after months Of
drought.
P. P. Croney, himself a veteran fireman,
| but now agent for various kinds Of
equipments and machinery for fire depart
| ments. says that Savannah ought 10 do
something with the network of wires,
| when are a standing obs ructiOn to the fire
men Horizontal wires do not interfere so
much with the iremen, but wires which
enter buildings at an angle, aud principally
/ at hight Of twenty to twenty-five feet, are
an obstruction which should no. be tOler-
ated by the city, aud should be regulated by
ordinance.
Mr.. Crolley says that the wires should
either enter the buildings at the bottom or
| from the roof, as they not only impede the
| work of flremsn, but endanger their lives.
Mr.. CrOlley's business calls him all over
the county and brings him in close con-
nection with all matters relating to the
difficulties encountered by firemen, and be
expresses the opinion that of all cities be
has visited Savannah is the worst in the
| latitude that it gives TO electric, teeg -aph
and telephone companies in putting up their
wires with an absolute indifference to the
dangers and impedLmenus put IN the way
of the freme1.
In Ofnpr p riaa elaNfriR commands bni0p
compelled to put their wires under ground,
and Mr.. Crolley says that if in the heavily
paved streets OF New York, where excava-
tons are costly, the com Danies are made to
do this, here in Savannah, where excava-
| ton is inexpensive, the CITY could reasonably
demand that the wires be put under ground.
Iu New Orleans street towers for carry
ing electric wires are to be put 10. Here
electric hight wires the wires of two tsle-
graph sys ems and the telephone wires
| almost roof over some Of the streets, and
at every fire in the business portion of the
| city these wires do more TO retard the fire
men in getting water to play on the build
| ings than all other delays combined.
The Savannah fire depart neat has been
put on a mucl better footing than it was a
year ago, and next week it will be a full
paid department A new engine. a new
| hose carriage, an aerial ladder, a chemical
| engine, and heaters for the steam fire en-
gines, have been added to the equipments.
ard it is contemplated To increase the num-
| Der of fire boxes and 70 remodel the electric
alarm system.
The water supply viii be increased by the
erection OF a new plant, with a sand pipe
10 contain a large body of water, to be sup
| piled with artesian wells of greater capacity
than those from which the present supply ID
now taken. The new plant will not take
the place Of, but will supplement the present
plant.