The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-11

trated the necessity OF giving information
as 10 where keys 10 the nre alarm boxes
may be found Valuable time IS likely
10 be lost. especially al night, IN LOOK
Chief Mcguire said that he intends 10
have printed cards placed on each alarm
box. giving the location OF the keys In
that vicinity. People viii then know
where TO find keys in case Of FIRE
Another matter which the Savannah
Grocery IRE has brought 10 the 'front.' =
the question Of the use of dynamite az
fires. Had the IRE department been sup
piled with dynamite cartridges the win
dOws and doors in the rear OF the Sa-
vannah Grocery Company might have
been blown open with ease. in which case
the building would almost certainly have
been sale Dynamite petards might also
have been used 20 advantage IN extin-
gushing the IRE in the lower stories
Of the building on the river front. With
these aids the fremen might have accom-
plished IN few minutes what they spent
cess.
Dynamite cartridges and petards have
been IN use in some OF the northern cities
FOR years with satisfactory results. They
would require OF course to be handled
very carefully, and il would probably be
necessary 10 have one or two men special
" instructed in their use, but this Is no
reason why the Improvement should not be
introduced. Chief Mcguire will bring the
matter 10 the attention OF the fire commits
sion.
The party who was given an undesired
tempt TO ire the Hoyle Grocery Company
IS J. o. Maclean of Los Angeles, Cal.
Ihere was no suspicion that ne had any
tnlng TO DO with the attempt, but as Mr..
Hoyle thought the proposition made him
by Mr. Mclean the day before a strange
one, the detectives thought II their duty
to investigate the matter, in order that
no circumstance having any bearing on
the fire might be overlooked. The pro-
posal to Mr.. Hoyle turned out to be only
an ordinary business proposition, which
had probably been misunderstood. The
Californian came TO Savannah with letters
Of Introduction, and also has letters to
well known people in the south from mu-
tual friends in the west. He has been in
the south for several months prospecting.
He wishes Il understood that he did not
state at the police barracks that he repre-
scented parties In Los Angeles who had
100000 TO invest What he said was that
he had written a wealthy acquaintance at
the north, with regard to an investment
here which might prove Of importance to
Savannah. He admits that he was some
what excited over what he regarded as his
unwarranted detention and that he was
probably misunderstood by the detectives.
To a Morning News reporter he said he
had some experience in the grocery bust
ness and having been Informed that a
prominent retail grocer wished to dispose
of his business he approached Mr.. HOyle
on the advice Of a mutual friend, as he
supposed, with proposition to
buy out the other grocery
a procedure is not uncommon in the west.
he said. The Californian is a. member of
the First Presbyterian church of Los An
geles and has occupied positions in the
Scotch societies in Los Angeles and also
in Australia where he resided for a time
He takes IL greatly to heart that anybody
should have taken him 10 be the sort of a
man who would have any connection with
an incendiary attempt. He expects to re-
main in Savannah for some time and hopes
to deserve better of the people here.