New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-24
BROOKLYN IS INDIGNANT.
DISCUSSING THE INCREASED RATES.
OFFICIALS RESENT THE ATTACK on THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.

OFFICIALS RESENT THE ATTACK on THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
The ac,lcn OF the New-York Tariff Association oil
insurance completes in advancing Insurance rates III
Brooklvn % per cent was the cause II much com
ment yest, rday among The people Interested iIc
direct attack upon the Fire Department involved Ia
il was resented by the o5c.lS and the business men
and INSURANCE agents in the city were called upon ~
defend the work Of the nlcmen. The recent sue
ce sion & disastrous fires IS held to account iof ''
action nj this time Mayo Body who reap? anted
Fire Commissioner Ennis last winter, said yesterday
" So far as any reflections made upon our fre
Department ami It's efficiency. have always under
food that the Board Of Fire Underwriters sent
strong petition to Mayor Chaplin. asking him 10 re-
tain Commissioner Ennis and Chief Engineer Ne'Iis
In Office About a year ago the Board OF Underwriters
suggested that Brooklyn should have hre paioi
STEM suck as IS provided In New-iorli. but they
wanted the city to pay for it. whereas tn" Board
Of Underwriters paw for II I'm New-iOrk. sa'd
We wJud be glad to have such system, but d'o hC'
Sc, how could recommend 1t Tor BROOKLYN ~ lhe
cl,y's cNperse, and nothing was done
John Glib. who has large property interests IN
the city. called on Mayor Body yesterday ana sus
geSted an Investigation In regard b the charge OF Ill
efficiency u the Fire Department. The Mayor snid
Mr. Glib I'D not suggest now The nves CATION should
be made Commissioner Ennis said when spoken to {:
There is not better Fire Department In the
world than we have here In Brooklyn. challenge
comparison with any with Hike territory to cover.
The Insurance have LOST heavily OF late, but tlia
+ part Of the luck Of the business. We nave hdu d
number Of large fires IN snort time. II the insurance
companies would establish a fire patrol their losses
would be less but aS the city won't pay Tor 1t they
are willing to get along without it.
chief HeNrgs. who has hell his present place for
more than OF years, said that the department
was well equipped and efficiently manned. There
WIS every modern appliance for eNiinguisling hre>
The aerial trucks served In place Of watert0wers,
and a new frebOat had just been added to the equip
ment New engines were built n, fast rs the growth
Of ilt city mad. them ary. The water sup
ply was deficient FL parts Of the city where
the old slN-inch wat"ruiains. some OF them DidlS
corrodrd. drP"Ldcd upon. The last big ni's
mad not Le.n fetal losses by any means. AZ me
Arnoif fire there world be 80 per cent OF salvage,
and AT the nr. In liowr's furniture store. where u
great loss threatened, II only amountri 10 Slo-
900. md the owner Of the building compliment-d Ne
Department on H. work. The rates for Insurance
had been low I'm the ely. but I'm spite Of this TIE
companies lad made money
e. IT, Dutchcr OF the Continental Insurance COM
pamy which Is not in the Tariff Association, SALT 4:
n the managers of the Tariff Association were cor
rect In their tariff rates which they mad" II year
ago they AZ wruns now In putting up the rates
ana blaming the Fire Department. fFr patrol is
le.lly needed. and Womb ltct great saving. We
also need n more Efficient water supply AMI the
building laws should Ue more enectiVe.'
l. Mason. president Of the Brooklyn Furniture
Company, said that II Was not pleasant H. pay th"
advanced rates Tor insurance. Willie II WAS true
there had been several disastrous fire, lately, tiit
was not sign that tie fIe Department was IN
efficient. or that mor" Sucn fires would occur III uv
| coming months. \. Abraham Ct Nrchsl'r * Abrl-
ham said that ne believed the Fire Department was
Thoroughly efficient. that II might BE- enlarged
In some growing portions of the .ItI Leonard
Moody said he ..uppO,,d the Fire Department was
the best In tho world but II IL was inefficient there
should be- an Immediate Investigation to discover
| what WIS lacking and Then IL should be supplied
Prop ry owners should protest against paying for
projection I'm their tHArs, ana then second nm"
in extra rates Of Insurance. because N" Fir" DE
/ uatrn.ni failed 10 give protection