Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-11
Tho Work Done Teddy IN Convention
ASSEMBLED.
rntr DISCUSSION OF TOPICS.
Thy VIII VIII, FAX q y on thursday
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Last evening they were rendered a
brilliant reception a. tho KuuufJfd
aud i00lgu, they will osstmbls in tao
lubtfn1u,e and listen to strain.
rom tuo great organ aud
musical gons v0cslly from U.ah'i
sweet tinger, Who g. 10 make up lho
r.burutclo ch,lr. Tomorrow will
nni them a! GARFIELD Boncn where
they viii be- privileged to throw them.
tc.ve' upon zoe buayaut water u tue
Great salt Lake, aud ca Thursday
morning they will take the train for
Park CITY, with view 10 looking into
some Of tho greatest silver mines la
thu world. This mornins the visiting
Ladies woro taken u Font DlugIas,
while the gent cmen held form In
! ChtisIenseL's hail, tho convention
meeting place.
rms MoESiNG's DELIBERATIONS.
It wac 1920 this morning when
rrrsiIcn, Buuloit mrrud Tor order aud
cillvi w topic No. /, "How ATE private
ilfo departments u be properly organ.
izpJ, drilled ani made q useful adjunct
10 city IRE departments" Herbert
Hoslon, fto matdhal Penn. II. II. Go.
Tbu topic was very ablo aud com.
utthUttlvc one anu was received aud
ordered spread upon the records VI tho
convsni'Ou.
Tue report r'c7mmendei that private
chiefs Clntult tue chief engineers OF
tho city occasionally, ~ order that
they might lraf1 hos 10 c.mOt con.
nigrauons successfully. The trouble
generally encountered by tho work OF
private depar msnls was that the
chiuiu Of those salizatiOns generally
felt that they knew II all and dii not
need 10 consult with the chiei ongin.
eefs. THIS should not be; private chiuls
should recognizes the city chief ns the
head and tafn from nis experience
those things which would tend TO gu.
nance the effectiveness OF the work q
. his own department.. Weekly dTills
> SHOULD be- bRd, tnat the members Of
the private department ght know
how 10 best handle the appnanefs. II
these points were stfiotiy followed,
many disastrous oontagnlions wouid
be aygfleu. The chief Of tho private
deIat ma ut should Also attend all city
I tlTes hnu there tase observations VI all
! that Is going on, No hro chief eau
. learn his duty we'll from books; Il must
come from practical experience.
lhv topic brought out considerable
discussion anu al seemed 10 agree fully
with the recommendations coLia nud
IN the report
10 tine EINI CONVENTION,
i
The committee appointed to con.
slider topic No. Z, "Shuuld not tool
wagons TOT carrying extra appliances
be adopted la all fire departments
, naviug tue extras, instead % loauing
sape ON the fru engineer" reported
that the topic wa. an all important 0no
aui recommended that itgo over tor
discussion al the next convention.
! ! Adopted,
. Tho same Committee submitted n
paper on topic NJ. o, "Sh0uld not n
municipality give 10 tue hfe chief the
authority 10 control tho setting Of
poles aud stfingiug OF wires OF tels'
e phone, Telegraph Rud electric street
: failwRy cOmpauie,?n Ths paper was
0Tdtrtu spread uplu the records.
, FIRES ~ mon BUILDINGS.
d Another Tepor; Uy the same commits
= too tec3mmt nded the discussion OF
topic NJ. o by the committee Of tho
. whole. The tOpio was, "HUw can tho
h modern tell buildings he best protected
h. ~ the IRE depafimonI9' Report
Z adou'a!.
, OPINIONS OF CuEFs,
p The discussion vas commenced by
. Chlef swiuslcy OF st. Louis. Tue
.sutIemAn stated lhat iu his OK peTiencs
= no had found that tue use Of the aerial
4 truck gnd water tower were excellent
ina tleir results Ia Goo eKlinguishmeut
!. Of fires ia his bu!!Iing'.
1 Several Utntr UllBis INDUCED Ia the
/: discussion, SOFAS recommending tue
= ute OF automatic FptiuElers, others toe
. use NJ TIE s,lnI lilos ga buildings,
q Vulu Others AFain recommended tho
usg Ofr.tyatDTs lu Which 90 oJnyUy iro
J. -NAuguHLln< appliances " tue iocA'
t..I 90 gAs dc.
j. EXPERIENCE WIN ELEVATORS.
MoVolgh Of baltimore related an
iuvIIr.t with TegarI to the use " elo'
u yat.H which proved disastrous 20 The
i mlu. TAry hUI boarded an elevator q
reach Ire ON tao TEth story % a
uuil INK ard iu,Uggei 10 sc. or 20 th0
n.lu Il. & glgsC.lY un or tue ffr, bat
tht OPERATOR vi tho elevator suGlvuly
rralzrl that he was In I0ril.us
plIa0n aud ltt Tue "Nl," fore
ng the hfcmrn 70 work u
themselves. Vaey an sn Ia, wet 10
o ,uu aXth ius.uaI oil zoe mia n1Jr,
10 where tAa smoke was pJ dense that oua
s. o. tho men was 0yrggOms and taken
% out dead, while H.t,eg aa4 60 cfswl
d .ut ~ 40 w4usOw tIlI an adjoining
d LguIlHs In order % ssvb himEe,i from
L a siuular IAlp. Elevators migut be All
d rHut where tHN mscnluory ihsfe I
o was not involved, but his experiences
Ia their uso lgu btUunf.rfy one,
Q a FIEEMAS's MAKE W.
D Mcdonnell OF Elnt9, 3upeTluiSn.
/, dent HUI Of New YAK suI Cuisf
IAle8 20 Kauta3 Cllf rlso ioined IN
:. tho 4Iuusd0p. Iao latter stated ihaI
% n.emun wut5 60 onustliutg thai tuay
would sch q oJuti1TaiQn no mat,gt
1. ia how high a building. lie would
y moi feclmmsnI the use OF elevator,
j. howBvuI, as no had seen too many
dire results from such mode OF pro-