El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-14
THAT PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT.
What JalOoick's Lee ter Says and What
Will be Necessary.

WIZ 10 ANCCCSS01
A howl is again raised for paid fire
department and it looks like certain
elements in the city are determined to
saddle an eX ra expense of about $40, 600
on the city whether or no. People
are not looking into the matter as q
move for retire nchment, they are try
ing to foist on the small tax payers an
extra $40, 600 burden so that large prop
erty owners can get reduction of
about So 500 in insurance rates per an
pun Certain cliques are not satisfied
with the volunteer fire department be-
cause they cannot hand 9 to their lik.
ing. There is no appreciation for the
men that have in all kinds of weather
and at all times of night turned out and
saved the city from ruin, they have no
appreciation for the class of men who
have risked their own lives for years
to save the prOpert y of their fellowmen
and who are still willing to risk it,
gratis to the city, if they are left to
run the fire department free from poll
tics and are not made to vote ac-
cording to the dictates of the bosses.
Now for a few facts regarding Jalo-
hicks, letter that has recen ly been re-
ceived in this city by e. r. Wood. Mr.
Wood turned the letter over to Mr.
Dieter, who is one of the committee
appointed in December to make re-
concentrations about running the city
government during the present year.
That letter does not say that the in
surarce rates will be reduced with .
"ten men pa i'd fire department" The
letter say S just the opposite. Mr.. Jalo-
nick says that if the city of Ell Paso
will put in a chemical engine, an cleo
trio lire alarm system, ten paid men, q
CHI ef>and assistant chief who shall have
NJ oth A,,fi mn
EMIT VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT that Ell
Paso will be put on a first class insur-
ance rating. Thai is what Mr.. Jslonick
asks and after that is done. he will re-
quire that the water pressure on all fire
plugs be kept up to q standard of IS
pounds to the square inch, and to do
this the city will have to make q new
contract with the water company, as
the present contract only calls for 20
pounds pressure at the hydraut at the
corner of the city hall. If this is not
in insurance rates.
There is'one redeeming f. ature in the
pre- sent move for q paid fire depart
ment that will not b. pleasing to the
clique that is trying to work it for POI
litical purposes and that is that
Messrs. Krakauer, Morehead and
Dieter, who will recommend the move
to the city council, will first call on
the present board of fire directors and
take advice from them, instead of tax
ing advice from the clique's hench-
men who stand on the street corners
and are full of advice on all subjects
This is move that will check mate
all schemes Of the political henchmen,
as the directors of the fire department.
are made up from all political parties
and stand together on all matters of in
terest 20 the department.. There is no
no doubt but that the plan for paid
will be carried out eventu-
ally, but if the board of fire directors
advice is considered the plan will not
be adopted suddenly aud DO changes
will occur in we * as is now the de-
sire OF certain clique who desire its
One alderman stated that An old
Chicago fireman said that
the Ell Paso department
could be run with len men. Probably it
could if there was only an engine and
hose wagon but unfortunately to get
the insurance sked for it will require
the addition of another apparatus to-
what the department now has, and no
sane person can pCssib y believe
that with fou apparatus to handle
that tens men could do, notwithstand.
ing John Hariford's, the old Chicago
fireman, statement to the alderman.
This idea is not believed ev- n by MIR.
JaIonick, who resides 600 miles
away from Ell Paso,, and who says. E
adding six paid men to the present
present volunteer fire department. Il