The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-03-12
W1isE& oi'riEs; CITY FATHERS.
An >, water. Lt.h. s. Power Company
Called to Account.
A View Ninth Ware; Created.

eStiHS ana somewhat Important SeSS-
ION Monday evening. The most i'm
portant features being the Mayor's
| conlnun citiun touching The Notorious
shortcomings or the Water, Light and
POWER company as SO prominently sci
! forth that morning during the burning
II the = lloueZ block; the consideration
OF the new stree! railway franchise,
tie huiGDic Submission 10 The dem, nus
Of the steel Plant people in the crea-
ton of d new ward for their benefit.
After the usual routine work was
disposed of the Mayor handed to the
clerk Il communication to the council
which read as follows:
The city of Superior has today suf-
Tered one OF the most serious losses by
ire known in ITS history: The Allouez
block, one of the |. rgeSt, finest and
cost est buildings IN the city. by soma
mems took fire this morn. and in a
few hours WAS totally destroyed. in
spite OF all efforts on the part of the
fire company, who were promptly on
hand Immediately after the alarm was
given.
1t seem to be the universal imprass-
ION OF those who We're present that the
disastrous RESULTS of this fire might
IN all probability have been avoided
had ii not been for the weak and feeble
water supply furnished through the
h.drants Of the water company: Ger
t;,inly 1t WAS plainly and torctoiy dem
oii%trattu tt:dl " tt2t III : morn Ing
cj,li not De forced onto the second
ilher of The burning building and those
who Wee present We're Lad and vlT-
orOuS III their protests and cont!tmn;l-
tlon Of such Il condition of affairs.
am informed by the officers of the
fire ,lelpar; Elcnt that they have In nun-
eroEs INSTANCES recently been seriously
Handicapped OWING To d failure to get
il sufficient water pressure from The
hydr:nts; tEit many times the force
WAS 81 weak tn It water coill not he
thrown into the second story Of bu IL
ings, and | am also Informed that in
the case of the present fire when the
steam engine commenced TO draw wat
er from one Of The hydrantS in the vi
entity OF the ire, al The other streams
We're So weak as to be pracf ;cally
useless.
1t seems from the foregoing that we
dlt H''oii5 tloitIt'a II o!l Stiio'tS HiC9'
ai'u ms =, - ~ .',e ~;
d,unera,;s cnnd jtjon of aft hrs and our
comparatively HELPLESS condition and
Lack of protection from urge fires, and
~ suSses. 'ii'' sn':,e ,liiIis''"'. ".ti',i
!" y" snaci,I cn,nni,tea ' nr n,herris..
and asccrtsin the rover and cAnacitv
o. the pumps used by the company ana
W. ,'ie isui no VI ,i1'u ..io oa...N
M. franchise To }ha end hi his
! evIl may be speed. y re:ncdiad.'
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! introduction, ny Ala. beei.hser' OF an
( ordinance AUTHORIZING ana empower
( lhs The Superior Street Railway com
pany to construct, operate ana mann
\ tam d system Oh street iaii""!S III .iie
CITY "i Superior. ne ordnance Is
+ .: the same general form ana scope as
ihat OF the Douglas county street raii-
way. Inc following %ie SOME ol us
. features:
1t Sail have rieht TO operate, ;; a
ot"iiu''iu S'''S7 o'i'e' i''i 10y -
/ ei pS ciDle vi eitc'ic power No"o""s
or center ioies) Oh ihc ioiio"'i's s'iee's
ana "NthueS'