Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-08
CHANGING THE NAME.
The Fire Bureaus Head Will Be
Called Chief Engineer.
THEREWILL BE NO FIRE EDIRECTOR.
Superintendent Evans Action Causes Some
Amendments.
SMOKE AND CATTLE ORDINANCES PASS

The resignation of Superintendent Evans,
of the Bureau of Fire. resulted yesterday in
the abandonment of the fire dictatorship
plan, as embodied in the ordinance recently
approved by the Public Safety Committee.
At the last meeting of Councils the
ordinance was referred back to the commit
tee at the request of the Chairman. Yester-
day it was amended in accordance with the
new condition of affairs. The question OF
superintendent Evans successor was pretty
generally discussed yesterday, but at best 1t
was wild gossip. If any selection has been
made it is known only to Chief Brown and
one or two others as reticent as himself.
Assistant Superintendents Steele and Coates
and Captain Hannigan seem to be the
favoritesamong the guessers.
The Public Safety Committee met yester-
day afternoon in the City Clerks office.
After calling the meeting to order Chairman
Lambie called L. f. Brown to the chair and
then asked for the consideration of the ordi-
nance relating to the purchase of new appa-
ratus and increasing the efficiency of the
Bureau of Fire. The second section of this
ordinance, relating to the appointment of a
fire director at salary of $4,000 year, Mr..
Mr.. Lambie moved to have stricken out. In
its place he desired section abolishing the
offices of Superin tendent and Assistant Su-
perintendents of the Bureau of Fire and
four assistant chief engineers, the former at
q salary of 50 600 year and the latter at
81 800 each. In presenting this amendment
Mr.. Lambie said:
This will only be a slight change
from the present system and 1 be-
lieve the title of Chief Engineer will
be much more appropriate than that used
now. No new positions are created, the in
crease of 5000 year in the Chief Engineers
salary being the only change from the pres
ent plan and the position is relatively worth
that much more compensation. If this
change is made Chief Brown tells me he will
be enabled to accomplish what he had in
tended to with the creation of the position
of Fire Director, namely, great improve
ment in the system of managing the fire
service
No Rush About the Property.
The amendment was adopted rs offered by
Mr.. Lambie, who then offered another strik-
lug out the section in the original ordinance,
which provided for the purchase of lot
within the first five wards for the erection
of a building to accommodate a water tower.
Mr.. Lambie explained that this did not COM
prehend the elimination of a water tower
from the proposed purchase of new fire
machinery. He offered the amendment be-
cause, as the ordinance would not go into ef-
feet until next February, there would be time
this was q matter that should properly be
provided for by a special ordinance. This
amendment was adopted as were also
amendments to change the title of the
ordinance, according to the amendments
adopted, and providing that the section pro-
viding for the change in the officers of the
Fire Bureau shall be operative upon it's
passage by Councils The other features of
the ordinance are not to go into effect until
February j, 1892.
Mr. Russell asked Chief Brown how the
fire boat, provided for in the bill, would ben
eft the Southside, and how would it be sig
nailed for in case of fire.
Chief Brown-The question of signals is
one for after consideration, though l have
no doubt they can be easily arranged as it
is done in other cities. We might use the
flash lights, as we have now at some of the
bridge entrances, and we can arrange tele-
phone system, but l have not given that
question any thought as yet. A fireboat
will undoubtedly be great benefit to the
mills and factories of the Southside, in fact
more than any other part of the city, for
there were more there within reach of the
river than in any other section.
Mr.. Russell-Well, will the boat be swift
enough to reach a fire within a reasonable
time after it gets an alarm?
Chief Brown-There is no doubt of it. In
other cities wherever freboats are in use
they reach fires very shortly after thef1re
engines arrive.
This ended the discussion and the ordi-
nance as amended was affirmatively recon-
mended to Councils.
Another matter considered was ''an ordi-
nance regulating and relating to the con-
Quoting and driving of cattle and animals
over the streets of the CITY,"
Laying Down the Law to Drovers.
The bill makes it unlawful to drive pigs,
hogs, lambs, sheep, heifers, cows steers,
bulls or other animals or cattle on any street, |
lane or alley in the city between the hours
of A. M. and 10 P. NJ. Between 10 P. NJ. and 6
A. NJ. a drove of cattle or other animals less
thor ir,a hard ba driv tI6ai
streets, subject to the following regulations:
The drover or person in charge of such ami |
mails must apply to the nearest police sta !
tion and procure from the officer in charge u |
permit, making application under oath in |
writing, signed by the person applying, and |
setting forth the name of the owner of the |
animals, the place of starting, the route to be |
followed, the point of destination, the num- |
Der of drivers to accompany the herd and |
the hour OF starting out over the route. The |
permit thus procured to be carried by the |
person in charge of the cattle and exhibited l.
to any city officer along the route on demand. !
A penalty OF $50 for violation of the ordi- |
nance is provided for. 1t was affiT1natively |
The smoke nuisance ordinance presented |
last week by Mr.. Warmcaste was next on
the list. Mr.. Warmcastle left the city yes
terday, but left a request that the ordinance
be recommended in It's blank form and stat
ing that he would fill it out before its SUBJ
mission to Councils. Chairman Lambie
ruled the suggestion out of order and no
Il
filled out
The Committee on Public Works met yes
terday afternoon and affrmativcly recon-
to Councils the following street
Improvement ordinances:
Grading, paving and curbing Craig street
from Fifth to Center avenues: Mayf1ower
from Lincoln avenue to Kenesaw alley;
Hamilton avenue from Fifth to Homewood;
Fifty-fourth from the Allegheny Valley Rail
road to Butler; Woolsayer alley from Main
to Friendship avenue; ManniOn alley from
to Liberty; Ward from Bates to
Frazier.
Sewers-Hamilton avenue from Homewood
avenue to the city line; Mulberry from
dtoTwenty-seVenth;A Albionfrom
Hamilton avenue to Frazier: Ella Laurel
and Cayuga from Liberty to Two Mile Run
sewer; Howley and Thirty ty-eighth from
Thirty ninth to Penn avenue; Neville from
Center avenue to the Two Mile Run sewer;
Humber alley from kirkpatrick to
Soho; Ward from Wilmot to Frazier; Spring
Lincoln avenue from Apple to Negley's Run
sewer; Tenner alley and Dallas from Murt-
land to Frankstown avenues; Plum alley |
from Forty-eighth to Fiftieth; Fifth avenue,
Joncaire and Boquet from De Sofa to st.
Pierre; Penn avenue and through private
from Rebecca to Atlantic avenue;
Fifth avenue, Soho and Allequippa from
present sewer to 4 point on Allequippa;
Fifth avenue and st. Pierre, through private
properties of Mrs. Schenley and others from
i point 100 feet west OF Dithridge to Four
Mile Run. with a branch on Fifth avenue
from a point 20 feet west OF Boquet to st.
Pierre: Brady and along Soho Run, through
Morrow, Paul Zimmerman and others, from
connection with the Brady street sewer, |
near Second avenue, to the intersection OF
CENTER avenue and Reed.