Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-02-02
A JURY REPORT.
CENTRAL SCHOOL BUILDING.

EXTRA SCHOOL BUILDING.
We find this building in perfect
order acd that the recommendations
Of the last Grand Jury have been
fully complied with,
We however recommend that the
s%tairways leading from the front en-
lance to the upper floor be supplied
with hand rails so az to prevent
pupils from falling off or being
crowded off in Ease Of panic.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS =
We iud that some Of the managers
of public buildings have not COM
piled with the law with reference to
having the doors OF egress to such
buildings open outwardly. We there
fore call their attention to the statute
and penalty attached for a violation
thereof.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This Department consists Of W.
thoroughly equipped Fire Companies
which at all times respond promptly
to the call Of duty.
Their houses and machines are all
in good order,
They have one steam and two hand
engines, one hose carriage, four hose
carts and two thousand feet of hose,
a large portion of which is very much
worn and wholly unreliable for fire
purposes.
The only fire bell in the city is the
one on Warren Engine House, and it
does not give sufficient sound to be
heard at a distance hence the Depart
ment may be slow in getting to a fire
and as a consequence much property
be destroyed for lack of proper alarm.
We, therefore, recommend that the
City Trustees thoroughly investigate
the matter of defective hose and bell
and endeavor to remedy these evils.
We learn that about one year ago
an opportunity was offered the City
Trustees to procure a better alarm
bell in exchange for the one now in
use, by simply paving the necessary
freight charges.
We think the exchange should have
been made.
We deem that the building Of a bell
tower Oh the county building occupied
by Curry Engine Co., at a cost OF
nearly eight hundred dollars at a
time when the city treasury was with
out funds, was an unwarranted ex.
penditure by the City Trustees and in
asmuch as the company has 20 bell
to place in the tower it was a doubt.
full necessity, to say the least.
We especially condemn the action OF
the Board Of City Trustees in the mat.
ter of allowing the account Of the con.
tractor for the construction of this
tower, in that in addition to the con.
tract price, the sum Of thirty dollars
and twenty-nine cents was allowed or
Of there being 40 money in the treas
ury for the payment of this claim
The city at tue time Of letting the con
tract was on a script basis. a fac
generally known and undoubtedly
within the knowledge Of the con
tractor.
We deem this action, if not a case
oil. favoritism, one not shown to other.
having business with the city, GER
tainly as establishing a dangerous
precedent in the consideration Of
future claims against the city.
COUNTY BUILDINGS, OFFICES, ETC.
The county building and its out
houses are in good condition. The
county offices, including Jail anc
court room are conveniently arranged
and we'll adapted for the uses to which
they have been set apart, with the ex
ception Of the room allotted to The
District Attorney, which we consider
unsuitable for an office of that char
acter, by reason Of it's proximity t
the closets, want of sufficient ligh
and the publicity given to its affairs
The latter on account of the from
room of the building being occupied
by the office Of the Assessor, and from
which it is separated by a light psrti
ton only.
We therefore recommend THAT thu
rooms now occupied by the Justice o
the Peace be allotted to the Distric
Attorney,
Although it is not the duty of tn,
county or city authorities to fur
nish IN Office for the Justice Of tn
Peace, yet recognizing the conven
fence Of having the Justices offic