The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-30

The people living in the vicinity of
the brewery are very anxious to form a
volunteer fire company for the proteo-
ton OF property in that part Of the oity,
and at the next regular meeting of
Council will present petition to that
body for the purpose of securingit. Yes
terday TINES reporter interviewtd
number OF the citizens in that section to
ascertain the concensus Of opinion, with
the following results:
Manager Louis a. Scholz of the Vir.
ginia Brewing Company said: 1--WE
have had two bad experiences In this
section with fire. Once the brewery
was burned and not long ago the vinegar
factory. In both instances II we had
had hose company here the property
could have been saved with but little
loss. If a fire is discovered here some
one has to go to the center Of Brick
Row, distance of FIVE hundred yards,
before the alarm can be turned in. AL
low five or six minutes for this, two or
three moro in the search after the key,
Tour or five for the fire department to
get started and from twelve to fifteen
minutes to reach here and you have q
loss of at least twenty-five minutes.
That, when the fire Is in frame build
ing means destruction.
"All we ask the city to do Is to fur
n1sh us with from five hundred to a
thousand feet OF hose, reel cart, and
TO put in two more fire p ugs, one nearly
opposite the furnace on Norfolk avenue
ahd the other near the east end OF Wise
street We are not particular about the
reel cart, and the city probably has an
old one that will probably answer every
purpose. We will give the ground and
erect the building and it shall not cost
the city cent. Everyone in this Sec
ton is not only willing, but anxious, to
volunteer, and we can easily enroll a
company OF from twenty-five TO thirty
memb ers Thus, at nominal cost to
the city, we can protect hundreds of
thousands Of dollars worth of property
much more effectually than, from the
very nature of things, it can be pro.
tected now. In time of a great fire, il
one should ever occur, OF course wo
would bring our company to the aid Of
the others. BY all means L think that
this hose company should he formed"
Lewis Sauder "By all means 1 think
we should have hose company here.
ing in this vicinity and there is property
of great value which demands better
protection than it now has. The fire
companies always respond, but the roads
are so bad and the distance Is 80 great
that property is destroyed before they
can possibly reach here. We will fur.
n1sn the ground and erect the building
If the city will give us hose cart and
the horse. Two more fire plugs should
also be put in. We have enough men
to form an excellent company, and they
are, without an exception, anxious to Join.
There are always three or four men up
all night at the brewery and as many
more at the Cold Storage Company, and
1t would be impossible for fire to make
any Roadway before they would discover
it. With the hose company on the
ground it would be easy to extinpuish
it before it had done much damage. All
Of us who live out here feel the need of
this protection and l trust that Council
Will act favorably upon the petition
which we will present 20 them at it's
next meeting"
John Giesen: eve feel that we need a
hose company out here very much. The
only access ible alarm is 80 for away, the
roads are 30 bad and the distance is so
great 1t is practically impossible for the
ire companies to reach here, hasten all
they may, before the building is so
burned as to be useless.
I'VE will furnish the ground, erect
the building and guarantee that we will
enlist hrst-class company, If the city
will only furnish US with the hose and
the carriage. I think that this is fair
proposition. There is much property in
this section that demands better pro-
lection than it now has"
William Bitterman: There is now a
very good sized settlement out here, and
all OF us who live in this vicinity feel a
deep interest in this move to secure a
hose company. 1t is a long way to the
fire. alarm box, and it takes the COM
panies 80 long to reach here, even at
their utmost speed, that it is impossible
to save building. We only ask from
the city the hose and the hose cart and
we will put up the building. We have
plenty of good material to form an ex-
cellent company, which will serve as q
good protection for the property in this
part OF the city. Two more fire plugs
should be put in, one almost opposite the
furnaces and the other near the east end
OF Wise street This will give us all
we ask"
VIM. Quitsch: 81 think that we very
much need hose company. We will
furnish the ground, build the house,
and guarantee to secure fine lot of
volunteer firemen, If the city will only
give US the hose and the cart This will
almost insure the property around us.
-Four or five man ore always ;up around
the brewery and the Cold Storage Com.
pany and it would be impossible not to
discover a fire before it could mako
much Roadway. Being on the ground
we could extinguish it before much
damage could be done. By all means