The herald., 1897-09-09
Of the Board of Fire COM
missiOnerS
PREPARING TO INTERVENE
ATTORNEY DUNN WORKING ON
INJUNCTION PETITIONS
Spring Street Sewer Matter Again
Being Agitated- Mayor Snyder
Invited to Nashville

The board of fire commissioners me
in regular session yesterday morning
The meeting was unusually brief, as bu
little business requiring attention hat
accumulated during the week.
Chief Moore reported favorably on thu
petition of Pierre Nicolas to bore for OF
on lot 1 of the Yorba tract, and the same
was granted.
Also that Scott & LOTUS be given per-
mission to maintain boiler and engine
at st. Louis and Scott streets Granted
| Also that the petition of the Standard
Paving company to erect steam boiler
and engine at Fifth and Alameda streets
be granted, which was done.
The usual batch of demands and requi-
sitions was approved on recommends
ton of the auditing committee.
7. G. Hutchison entered a protest
against the erection by the Redondo
Railway company of a number of oil
tanks in the block bounded by Thirty
sixth, Thirty eighth, Del Monte streets
and Grand avenue, and stated that the
tanks were at present being erected. The
chief was ordered to investigate the mat
ter at once and stop the work, no author
ity having been granted the company to
do it.
An invitation from the Native Sons
asking the commissioners to participate
in the parade tomorrow morning was ac-
cepted with thanks.
The report of Electrician Francis was
read and filed.
Callmen Gardner of Engine company
No. and J. S. Sloan of Engine company
No. were ordered to be investigated by
the chief, the monthly reports showing
that each had missed. numerous alarms
of fire without giving an acceptable ex-
cuse. Chief Moore will report on the
matter at the next meeting and the de-
linquents will probably be called to ac-
count for their negligence.
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany by it's attorneys, Bicknell, Gibson
and Trask. presented a communication
in which it represents that it owns nearly
four-Ififths of the tract of land in the city
bounded by Buena Vista, College and
San Fernando streets. The company
had been Informed that application was
to be made to the board of fire commits
sioners for permission to dig an oil well
on that tract 1t therefore protested
against the granting of such permission
on account of the danger of fire such
we'll would add to the buildings and
shops of the company.
The clerk was directed to inform the
Southern Pacific company that at
former meeting of the board the block
in which the oil we'll protested against
is to be drilled had been defined and that
as the person presenting the petition
had secured the consent of the majority
of the property owners in that block,
the board had already granted permis-
sion to construct the we'll.
The proposition of NJ P. Thye to fur
nish the city with police signal and fire
alarm system, which had been in the
hands of the council, the finance COM
mittee and both the police and fire
boards and for nearly two months has
been referred from one of these bodies
to another, is now to be taken up jointly
by the police and fire commission. Both
boards have had the matter singly and
neither was able to act without the ad-
vice and consent of the other. The mat
ter was lastly referred to the council by
the board of police commissioners and
upon recommendation was ordered re-
ferred to joint meeting OF the boards
This meeting will be held at the next
regular session Of the fire commission
ers next Wednesday, when the matter
will be finally disposed Of