San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-01
ECHOES FROM WEST END.
WEST END, Feb. q, 1892.

Since my last Mrs. Smith is pre-
pairing to erect her residence east of
the Villa hotel, and Mr.. Thomas is
fencing in his newly acquired lots
west of the Orphans Home. Another
sale was in progress yesterday, but 1
did not learn If it was effected this
morning. Anyway, whether our i'll
surance companies petition the city to
abolish the paid fire department., in
crease their rates of insurance, or
create, for their own protection, an
auxiliary fire brigade, they should
remember that no over insured In.
cendiary lives at West End, that has
its own waterworks. artesian wells
and lakes; it has, under specisl pro-
lection of Providence, escaped all fire
accidents SO TAR.
1 have become reconciled To the
idea that large cities ought to have
good paid fire departments, and will
not cast any ceDsure on our mayor tor
trying to keep us abreast with other
large places; that the result OF his fire
alarm system and the work of the
new department show disastrous re
suits cannot be charged against his
good intentions. The last alarm went
previous errors OIL g of his cCuncilmen
would not have brought in his reso.
luton to have Ii made effective. { will
neither approve or condemn the just
or unjust remarks now so common
on the streets since Wednesdays
fire; L am not q fireman; sm really
afraid of fire, don't want TOO much
water, and combustion of fire.
water, has more than once convinced
me, that good, gentle glass of home
bre~ed beer, is food enough to one OF
tentoRic origin away from fire; per-
haps would not even know how u
get the water from hydrant or wafer
plug il such duty were assigned t.
me, and while some give to rhe old
adobe walls of the historical Veram.
endi house the credit of saving the
valuable remainder of the block,
cannot help bat believe that the fire =
men done some good IN assisting 10
prevent the spread of the
flames across the streets. "Sav-
ing the river" keeping the
lots' want of knowledge how
to check Chinese fire because this
started in Chinese store, and similar
remarks do not become those who
slept peacefully, while the firemeu
worked for their pay, III the night
hours. That ore engine o. ly worked
few minutes Is DothiI z new, THE
might happen at other places as well
One thing is certain that If the "pen
is mightier than the sword" the
power Of the press is untaunted by
any fire tiend. The two newspapers
and job office in Ross Kennedy's,
while still smouldering in the ruins,
had their arrangements to announce
that they are on deck doing duty as
before.
Governor Hogg intends to speak to
us on Sunday-no, Tuesday-May 10.
and defend his administration, he is
ably seconded by our Mr.. Dryer, but
there Is one error, not to criticise the
alien land law, is almost a useless
injunction, since the supreme court
knocked the props from under it
The man who floats the ark OF demo-
cratic success for the next two years,
and cruises around in his name, is
the hero of the anti prohibition cam
paigD, the talented great ex-AtterDey
General George Clark of Waco, un.
less the rural democracy want an.
other humbugging crop, out of a hog.
gish field. s