The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-08
BELL. TOWER IS COMPLETED.
NINTH AND TENTH WARDERs WILL
 HEAR ALL FIRE ALARMs.

HEAR ALL FIRE ALfhMs'
 6ofYs Street Tower to be Placed in cireui
 This week-Is a Fine Iron Structure
 Efforts Being Made to secure Another
 Fire Company in Tenth Ward.
 The residents of the Ninth and Tenth wards are at last completely happy over the successful termination Of their efforts to secure the recreation Of the fire alarm bell tower on Goffe street. The tower has at last been replaced and will be connected with the signal ser vice of the fire department early thls week, and within few days the noon and six o'clock alarms, as well as all alarms of fire. will be distinctly heard by the residents of the two wards. af- ter an enforced silence of two years.
 The new tower Is of iron, and has been erected at cost of about $l.Soo. The work was done by the Buddington company of this city. and has been done well. Saturday the bell at the top was placed in position. and 1t is expect ed that the connections will be made either to-day or tomorrow, after which the tower will again be In circuit and once more the welcome sound of the ponderous tongue of the bell will be heard throughout the confines of the two wards.
 In view of the re-establishment Of the bell tower a resume of the history of the agitation which resulted In its being replaced will prove interesting. Several years ago the fire commissioners decided that the bell towers In the several parts of the city should be removed, and the Goffe street tower was the first and only one to be taken down. The tower was declared unsafe by the commits sioners and ordered removed. Hardly had the order been given when the tower was taken down, and then arose -->S never been heard before or since.
 Petitions were sent, one after another, tion was paid to them other than to place them on file. Finally the residents of the ward became exasperated at such treatment, and decided to see what result would come from petition to the court of common council. According ly petition was circulated among the residents of the Ninth and Tenth wards, and several thousand signatures obtain ed. This monster petition was sent to the court of common council and by that body referred to the board of fire commissioners with instructions to re- place the tower out,,1fAoany unex- pended balances which might be found in that department.
 Of course no unexpended balance was found, and after waiting for several months the residents appeared before the board of finance and strenuously urged the project in which they were all so deeply interested Finally, as a result of their efforts. $1,So0 was appro- priated, and it was with this sum that the new iron tower has been erected
 Now that the bell tower, is once more a reality the residents of the Tenth ward are turning their attention to- secure better facilities in the event of fire. The clain. is made that the prop erty in the ward Is not protected as 1t should be and determined effort will be made to secure ans appropriation to equip another fire company within the ward. At present No. 3 is the only company within the ward, and its house is located at the eastern end of the ward limits The ward is extreme ly large and thickly populated, and ex- tends from York street on the east to the city limits on the west, and from Chapel street on the south to Goffe street on the north. Within these boun- daries is the, old town farm property, which is being rapidly built up with new. fine residences. +''''
 Already the residents of the ward are actively alert and hope to be able to secure their new engine house. An effort is being made to get the trustees of the old town farm property to donate lot for the purpose, and If the efforts in this direction are successful the new engine house, should one be secured, will be located in that section of ths ward where it Is especially needed The residents who are interested in the project are leaving no stone unturned to accomplish the object they have in view, and claim that they have reason~ able assurance of their success.
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