The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-21
TN DANGER FROM FIRE.
The City Depends on Rotten
Hose and RicketY
Engines.
PLEA OF THE FIRE FIGHTERS
Will the Finance Board Grant
the $4,000 Which Is
Asked FOr2
PLEA OF THE FIRE FIGHTERS

The present ondition Of tho apps<a<Ys
OF the Fire Department causes TIE Super
lntendent and Commissioners 10 shudder
when they think CT It. they hare PIC
sented request TO the Financs Board for
SIC, 900 for immediate use.
The immeinorinl custom Of che Depart~
ment Is to have sNo sets Of hose for each
company. SO that when one SIT showed
signs OF decay. the reserye ret couzH b.
Immediately put into use Nou. thsrs 1s
10 reserve set worth anything. and = nng
Of the present hose goes any deener 1nto
decay there viii n0E be any to replace IL
Fourth OF July, that day Of terxor for
nremen. patriotic or otherwise, Is rapidly
approaching What Ii may hxinz ONT
or rather wipe out-wfth inaaeQnn5oi
means 70 protect the city against drss -
entirely matter OF luck S.
EKGIHEs OUT or REPAIR.
The Commissioners ask for s. coo to buy
400 feet OF hose The engines ID the De-
partment are IL about as bad condition
as the hose. Only four engines hnxe been
purchased since tho Departments ceased
TO be volunteer affair, which occurred IN
1871. These are Nos. l. 5 and Z, and the
engine No 3. which was smashed st tie
Pennsylvania Railroad CROSSING AL the
other engines ii use were bequaaki1sd ~
The volunteer department
Engine No. was bought In 1866 Is
single harp tank affair; rocks like ship
when double hose il pxt on * and haE
been patched up for the List twenty
years 1t Is NOM II 8 repair shop having
new hues put in Engines Nos. 8 and
were volunteer engines, but have since
the small, single pattern Liable 20 RtEe cut
at any time and leave the IRE 50 wind
and weather.
URGENT NEEDS
In view OF these facts the Fire Commits
sioDers ask Tor two new engines 70 cost
s. 900 EACH An aerial truck Is some
thing the City has not HDhoEen has
two. The aerial truck IS mach lna
which viii raise ladder VITA xnzzzEnU "a
Of labor in very short spacs Of SiIa1
There IS time table arrangements on the
truck which will place the ladder On any
point or swing i around from one side 0x
the street 70 the Cpher This sort Of
truck would eosr Sc 5oo
superintendent Brown wants horse
and wagon SO thai be may get 70 lire IA
the shortest possible time. This wau1d
cost 5000 Tee repairing Of sngines and
9 viii cost $500.
These are the urgent and Immediate
needs OF the Department. There are
other improvements which the Eufhori-
flae suggest, such as horsesnoefnR shop
Ter the Department.. the practices Of
buying the coal IN large quantities In
stead of here and there IN small azu61nts
and the purchase Of hose WAGONS. 1nffe21
Of the Anticipated hose Carriages low Ia
use. all OF which came from tbs To1uutfcr
department. would be in the line Of All
Fancement- Many of the Departments
horses are too light 70 bs Of much service,
and an addition Of ten heavy animAls
would greatly increase the pace
The Finance Commissioners have PROM
coming for repairs to engines and q
Nothing moro has been done and whether
the rest Of the $4,000 will be banded
down Is not known. The Commissioners
live In hope.