Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-30
TIE LEssoN or NE FIRE.

It's rarely that a IRE visits any com
muuity that i: does not bring "A lessor +;
generly it l. Que that j. learned through
costly experience. Happily Tor our
people the fire of Monday nighttx,eT-
sive ~ II wa- brings in It's train but
little 10 regret Ia the way of Deglerted
oppOrluniuts for thai Ks To the indie
fstigable work Of our last City Council
backed mp by "A number of citizens our
city il equipped with asystem Of water
works that hiss on Every occasion
proved moreihsn adequate aud notl-
bly, 20 on Monday night when ever,
condition was favorable for a devastat-
ing c~onflagratio o. Supplementiug
cur water supply is our fire depart
meut. an organization that has hung
together under the most discOuraging
circumstance n which has never
failed 10 resi- ond nobly and effectively
whenever called upon. The ]
that this fire most forcibly illustrates.
relates directly % the fire department.
Il Is scarcely Necessary 20 relate tina
this organization has rep7atedly al
peared before the City Council and
humbly asked What they had a perfect
right 10 demand. viz. suitable housing
for the apparatus and comfortable a.
camOdation- for the zen, where meet
ings could be held nd a few Of the
men be domiciled S. a. % be at hand
for immediate -erv ce when needed.
While the Council ave thu. far failed
10 accede to this r. isouabe equtst , I
the fremen, it T. due 20 tina body,
10th past and pre- eut to, say that The
Oniy obstacle in ne way Of granting
the request has been a feeling that
this action mig be deemed extrava
giant by the c Jizens al large whom
the Council reprrsents. While this
feeling is Prai-eworthy i'm the abstract,
we think thai we voice the sentiment
Of the whole community when we say
that the time has come hen this spirit
OF false economy must be sacrificed
90 the urgent needs of the public.
What right have the people to ak or
expect that a few brave and energetic
young men will turn out st any hour
OF the day OF night, in all kinds Of
weather and risk life and limb 10 save
property in which they have no per-
sonal interest, when during the inter-
walls of service their meritorious arts !
are entirely overlooked. Their. is
never a fire that does not cost the men
who do the work a suit Of cloths apiece
II nothing more, and yet they have
not only worked for nothing, but have
been denied the pleasure dearest to the
heart of every volunteer fireman a room
where they can keep their apparatus
in holiday attire and which they can
decorate As their fancy dictates
In a word, a place that they can call
their own. This they have asked Tor,
and this they must have if we expect
to maintain a department Of any kind.
Now j. the time, while the sense Of
gratitude is strong in the minds Of
everybody, for the Council to act in
this matter. The expense will be
small, but great or small. il should
never be weighed against the incalcu-
liable service doEe by the firemen ut
every fire we have had since the organ
ization Of the department, and nota-
bly, the gallant and arduous work done
Monday night. A special meeting
the City Council is called for to-
Let the citizens attend, aud
encourage the Council To tske Imme-
date steps in this direction.