The herald., 1897-09-24
Los ANGELES HERALD. FRIDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER a. 1897

of bonds for the improvement Of the fire
department Is wholly separate and dis
tinct from that to issue school bonds
The elections for each will be held at the
same time simply as matter of econo-
my, but the voters will cast their bal
lots for or against the two propositions
separately. Like the school bond issue,
| the proposal to issue the fire bonds is
more than a year old, and last spring
action upon it was deferred until now
for the same reason that the other mat
ter was postponed. 1t was again taken
up at the last meeting of the board of
J fire commissioners and will ge before.
J the next meeting of the council in the
| form of a recommendation from that
board that the election be called. This
will require an additional and separate
ordinance of intention and such an ordin-
ance will be prepared.
When the building of additional houses
| for the fire department was thought to
be almost assured last spring special
I, committee was appointed by the board
of fire commissioners to ascertain just
what the needs of the department in this
direction were. This committee re-
ported, and their report was approved
and will now be made the basis upon
which the proposed issue of bonds is to
be made. The recommendation Of this
committee as to the new houses to be
erected were as follows:
1.-THE hook and ladder company and the
engine and chemical company at the
Plaza should be consolidated and suit
able building erected for their occu-
pancy. There should be steam fire en-
gine companies, with combination
wagons, located in the Sixth and Sew
| enth wards
''There should be steam fire engine.
and combination Wagon, with ladders,
on the Southwestern hills, to cover the
hills, Bonnie Brae and vicinity Of West
lake park.
"There should be two engine COM
panies in the southwest portion Of the
city, in the vicinity of Washington and
Hoover streets and in the Harper and
University tracts.
"The southeast and Vernon can be
protected by combination chemical en-
gines and hose wagons.
"Pico Heights should be provided with
chemical hose ard ladder service
"a hook and ladder truck is needed al
Main and Washington streets.
East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights
require combination chemical and hose
wagons, with ladders"
The estimated cost of these proposed
buildings, inclusive of the prices to be
paid for the SITES is 100000 The addi-
tional $50, 900 is to be devoted to the pur-
chase Of the necessary apparatus, to
furnishing the buildings and properly
equipping the department
1t has been pointed out by Fire Chief
Moore that the Issuing of the $15O,00O
worth Of bonds will be a money-saving
proposition. The city is now paying
$4,000 year rent for buildings occupied
by fire companies, and some Of these
buildings are not so arranged as to be
convenient and wholly suited for the use
to which they are put. If the city
owned all it's fire stations there would
be a saving on the item of
rental alone Of $4,000 more than
the annual interest upon the en-
| tire issue of bonds computing the in
terest at per cent which Mayor
Snyder will insist upon. The additional
advantage of equipping these buildings
so as to give the best possible protec-
tion to property and to facilitate rapid
response to alarms by the fire compar-
les would also be had. The new
houses would be constructed so as to
conform to the general style of archi-
lecture of the neighborhoods in which
they are placed. 1t is also the intenl
ton of the commissioners to combine
the police and fire service by placing
subpoice stations in the rear of some
of the engine houses.
DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS
According to resolution passed sew
eral months ago by the city council the
money secured by the sale of the school
bonds is to be disbursed by the board Of
| education. This is not now altogether
satisfactory either to the mayor or to
some of the members of the council who
are now of the opinion that the funGs
should be disbursed directly from the
city treasury, as are other funds of the
city. 1t is not improba Bile that the
lresolution will be reconsidered before
the matter is finally settled, and that in
the expenditure of the money the board
Of education be made to have it's acts
passed upon by the council. In the
matter of the expenditure of the funds
for the improvement of the fire depart
ment it is understood that the board of
| fire commissioners is to have control
subject to the approval of the council.
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Wanted to Buy House
OF four or five rooms, in desirable location;
don't object to going out a Ways If n ear