The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-13
THAT SILENT FIRE ALARM.
NINTH AND TENTH WARDsAR0UsED OYER GOFPE STREET TONER.

aeII uus ueen in Position over \ Month
 Iutit is Not , ct in ireuit-fire commis- sIon.rs Arc harsed With Dilntory Action in the Matter.
 The residents of the Ninth and Tenth wurds are loud in their denunciation of vhat they say is the dilatory action of tna lire commissioners in reference to ,he completion of the work on the Goire greet bell tower and its being put In circuit. Although the tower itself has been in a finished condition for nearly fl month the massive bell at It's top Is as silent as the grave, and for all the practical use the tower is in It's pres- ent condition 1t might as well not have been rebuilt.
 over a month ago, when the bell was placed in position. the statement was made that the connections would be made and the bell placed in circuit dur ing the following week. This statement has never been carried out, and the tower stands to-day silent monument to the dilatory actions of the board of fire commissioners.
 It Is especially a source of inconven- fence to the parents of children residing fin the two wards owing to the fact that although the board of education has es- tablished a rule that on stormy days the fire alarm bells shall ring at $50 o'clock the morning as a signal that no school will be held on that day, the rule might as well have never been made. as far as the Ninth and Tenth warders are concerned. as under pres ent conditions it is impossible for them to hear any signal. the bell on the city hall being the nearest in location to the residents of these wards. In con- sequence of this state of affairs the children are obliged to go out in all the storm, travel long distance to the school house and upon their arrival there find the doors locked and conse- ouently wade back through the stol~l. All this is necessary owing to the fact that the fire commissioners either can not or will not place the bell In cir cuit
 Said a prominent resident of the Tenth ward yesterday. one who was very much interested in and Worked hard to secure the rebuilding of the tower: Tt is a crying shame that the wants of the residents of this section of the city are so little respected by the members of the board of fire commits fo fob tnnt and nail to get the tower rebuilt, and now it looks as though we would have to adopt similar tactics now that it is rebuilt, to have 1t placed in circuit.
 "The fire commissioners have been op- posed to the tower from the time the first effort was made to rebuild it, and even now 1t would seem as though they intended that it should never be of any use. It does no. seem reasonable to me that it should require over month time to D ace the bell in circuit, nor do I believe it would were the commits sioners favorable to it. It's about time, in my opinion, that the commissioners were informed that the people of the city have some rights which even they are bound to respect, and the people have vehemently declared that they wanted that tower rebuilt and now as strongly declare that they want it placed in circuit immediately If the fire commissioners intend to attempt to run the city, it's high time the public knew it and acted accordingly"
 At the headquarters of the fire depart ment it was stated that the bell had not yet been placed in circuit owing to the fact that in consequence of the press of other business the superintendent of fire alarm had not been able to get at it, but that it probably would be placed