The herald., 1895-07-11
The Fire Commissioners Make
a Request
MAKES ESTIMATES
He Asks for Si03, z96 to Run the Depart.
ment Next Year
A Brand New Oil Or dinance to Be Discussed
Tomorrow-Firemen Dlsmissed-Other
Business Transacted

Chief Walter s. Moore yesterday sub.
mitted to the board OF fire com missioners
the estimates Of his department for the
ensuing municipal year. The several
items aggregate $103, 206 for all purposes,
as against 500, 424 requested and ssS, 724
allowed for the department last year. The
salaries for next year are to be in keep
ing with the ordinance upon the subject
recently passed by the council. The other
items ere as follows: Rents, $7296; re-
pairs to apparatus, $500; to engine houses
$1,000; to harness, $500; to fire hydrants,
$50; hydrants for use in the business
sections Of the city. $1,000; hydrants for
Boyle Heights for the hill section and
the east side. $35 for each section; horse
shoeing, $1,000; gas, $l2OO; feed, barley,
etc., $65OO; wood. coal and hardware,
SIS, 500; gas regulators, 500; lum ber, $3.50 /;
medicines for horses. $50; telephones.
$3.50; supplies, miscellaneous, $265; new
apparatus, $96, fire alarm telegraph,
$1.75O.
The chief called attention to the excess
sive rents at present paid by the city for
premises used by the engine houses. The
city is paying ut present per cent on
$16O, 600 worth of property for this purpose.
the same being at the most worth not
more than 1000. The chief was in
structed to address to the council a writ
ten Communication suggesting that, a
fire headquarters be at once erected at a
cost Of $50, 900 or $4,000. A committee
consisting vf Commissioners Grider,
Kurtz and Vetter was appointed to 60
before the council and also urge the i'm
portance of the matter. The proposed
headquarters will be erected. if at all, on
the oity's lot adjoining the city hall.
James Burdette, Esq, appeared before
the board to urge the recommendation of
a passage of new ordinance aimed to
regulate the oil industry. and as result
of his argument the commissioners and
the fire and water committee of the coun-
Gil will meet tomorrow morning for the
purpose OF framing law satisfactory
alike to the oil men and the property
owners. The ordinance published some
four weeks ago in these columns will
propably be reports for passage. with
such notifications as will tomorrow be
agreed upon.
Jason Coburn. callman of engine No.
8. and Charles Carver, callman of engine
No. g. have left the fire department. to
take effect July 8. The action of the chief
company No. 2 was approved.
The recon mendations of the chief were
acted upon as follows:
Application of W. A. Brophy tn bore for
oil on Temple street, near Figueroa.
Granted.
Application of H. b. Dibble to bore for
oil ON the corner OF Temple and Forman
streets. Granted. a..
Application of H. J. Crow and others
to bore for oil on TEN pie street. below
Figusroa. Granted.
The application OF Bowles Bros. e. Co.
to remove an engine and boiler from 80
South Los Angeles street to 232 East
Fourth street. was referred to the chief,
as was also the application of Ellie L.
Destez to operate dye works on North
Alameda street. opposite Requena, and
the application Of Mrs. Mary s. Carver
to bore for oil at $40 Edgeware road. The
latter singed herself ian old resident and
taxpayer always interested in the develop
ment Of the best interests of the city,"
The offer of Boston firm to sell to the
city 1900 feet of two and three-quarter
cotton hose cheap. was filed. The mate
rial was used at the late midwinter fair.
The application of J. d. Lawton for a
position in the department was filed.
The demands for the week and requisi-
tions were allowed and approved. -