The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21

Bonds for Between $l25, 900 and
Sl50,0OO Will Be Needed
Mr.. vETTER'S FIGURES
fionors Extended to the Police Board at
Atlanta
County Hoseitai Sewer Is Finished.
New Stationary Engineers

| view StutOnoTv EnRiueets
Between $125,O0 and s150000 will be
needed by the city for the purchase OF
| sites, the construction of buildings for
| municipal engine houses and for other
| wise equipping the fire department, so
| as to make it for the time being perfect.
| Commissioner l.. f. Vetter, who had
the estimates in charge, furnished to
| the board a report in detail upon the
| subject as follows yesterday. copies OF
the same being ordered sent to the
Merchants association, which is very
much interested in the matter, and to
| the city council:
| Approaching the kind interest your
association has shown in the improve
| ment of the fire-fghting facilities of the
city, we herewith comply with your re-
| quest for information in the matter and
submit for your consideration the fol-
| lowing suggestions for placing the fire
| department on a par with the general
tone and Importance of our city. The
| items mentioned are identical with
those contained in a communica ton adj
| dressed to the city council of this date:
| The first and most urgent matter to
be considered is the ownership of fire
| houses and other property used by the
| fire department. At the present time
this item of expense to the city, to-
| Gether with data as to leases, is as fol-
lows:
ENGINES.
No. / East Los Angeles: owned by city.
lease expires May /, 1901.
No. 8 North Main street. annual rental
slSSo; lease expires May l. 1899.
$500: lease expired.
No. 8: Adams and Main streets; annual
re2tal s4sS; ,I lease expired.
| lease expired.
No. !. Temple street; annual rental 5000;
| lease expired. Wv
No. 8. Third street: annual rental 5000:
siso9 to s24Oo asked for new quarters; lease
CHEMICALS.
expires October l. 1897. '' ''''' 'ea0e
No. 2, Belmont avenue: owned by city.
NO. 5, Grlffen avenue East Los Angeles.
annual rental $3.50; lease expires April /,
NO. Piso street; ann%al rental $3.50;
No. 8, Central avenue; annual rental 1886:
lease expires April. 1900.
Park hose, Spring street; annual rental
5000; lease expired
Total. s7l76. Showing per cent interest
on S119.400.
You will no doubt agree that at no time
| Will 1t be possible to obtain property for
this purpose at more advantageous fig
ures than the present, and to continue
| the practice of renting, in the face of
| the showing made, is neither sensible or
business like.
AL dNtoitlolldl lOOh anu lauder
| is an absolute necessity. The one now
in use was purchased as a second hand
machine in 1876, and should not longer
be relied upon for such extraordinary
service as is required of this class of
! apparatus. The expenditure of a few
hundred dollars would make it service
able for some time as an auxiliary to a
| new truck. A modern truck with up-to-
date equipment will cost from $4,000 to
$4,000.
| The recently annexed districts, COM
| prising some nine square miles of ter
ritory, together with extensive building
| operations in portions of the city hith-
| erto requiring but little protection, ar
| CUES the necessity of purchasing more
| apparatus. and to this end we suggest
one fire engine to cost about $4,000, and
| three combination chemical and hose
| wagons to cost about $4,000 each. the
| location of same to be determined later
Double fire hydrants should be placed
on the easterly side of Broadway. Spring,
Main and Los Angeles streets in the mid
die of blocks, extending on Broadway
| and Spring streets from First to Seventh
| streets. on Main street from Commercial
| to Seventh streets and on Los Angeles
| street from Also to Second street, said
| hydrants to be connected with the larg
| est water mains on the streets men,
toned. At present all hydrants on the
streets named are situate at corners
! and on the westerly side of the streets,
necessitating in case of fire the use of
! long lines of hose and great obstruction
to street traffic. The district described
| covers to a large extent the confla grafton
! hazard of the city and should have the
! additional protection thus afforded.
There is also need for some fifty addi
| tional fire alarm boxes to properly cover
the forty-five square miles comprising
the area of the city. Cost of fifty boxes
/ $4,000, Or If keyleSS and more modern
style, $500. Labor of construction Incl
! dental to same, $4,000. Also, a modern
equipment for the electricians office to
cost about $1,000, and in this department
about s25O0 for fitting UP new houses.
1t is out of the question to expect to Sc
| sure funds for these expenditures out
| of the general tax levy and the annual
appropriation of about $50 900 for the de-
partment fund is barely sufficient to
pay salaries and operating expenses of
the department as now constituted.
The expense of all the improvements
and purchases enumerated will approx
innate $4,000 to $150,000, and believing
in the wisdom of such action we most
earnestly urge the voting of bond issue
| for this purpose.
The board Yesterday decided to re-
advertise for proposals for site for en-
! CINE company No. 8, the same to be To-
Gated in the district bounded by First,
Fourth, Los Angeles and Hill streets.
Permission was granted to the Meek
Baking company to operate steam
| boiler and engine at the corner of Sixth
and San Pedro streets. the application
Of A. J. Kohl for permit to locate ten
| horsepower engine and boiler upon lot
Is of the Woodward tract, being referred
for investigation.
A new petition from George w.
! Frasher. requesting that the board re-
| scind its previous action locating q
blacksmith shop in the block bounded
by San Pedro. Ninth, San Julian and
Eighth streets, was referred to the city
attorney for legal opinion.
The application of George Connolly
and Ed l.. Barker for positions in the
fire department were filed.
CITY HALL FLOTSAM.
The Atlanta Constitution just at hand
has an excellent sketch of Chief of Po-
| lice John NJ. Glass Among those
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