The herald., 1898-09-30
PEOPLE MAKE A KICK
ENGINE HOUSE LOCATIONS NOT
SATISFACTORY
BOND ELECTION CALLAFACT0R
Fire Department Claims Council Has
Unjustly Charged It With Big
Item-City Hall News

A merry hullabaloo has been kicked up
among the property-holders in various
parts Of the city by the information con-
talned In the fire board committees report
on the location Of engine houses, as pub
lished In detail in yesterdays Herald. The
board and Incidental the city council,
are accused of insincerity and misrepre-
sentation, and as the matter looks to
man up a tree, there Is abundant reason
for such an accusation. But when all the
facts In the case are known 1t Is clearly
shown that there has been no intentional
Misrepresentation, and that the whole
trouble arises from misunderstanding
between parties concerned
When the question Of issuing bonds for
the fire department Improvements was first
brought before the public 1t was the SUBJ
ject of an exhaustive report from Chief
Walter Moore, who set forth all the i'm
provements necessary to make the depart
ment q flrst-class one. This report also
went into details as to the districts need
ing engine houses and fire-extinguishing
apparatus, telling just where each should
be located. The report was published In
the newspapers, and subsequently when
the bond proposition was submitted to the
people many Of them claim they supported
1t in the full belief that the recommenda-
tions of the chief were to be carried out in
the matter of location.
In the Advertisement calling the bond elec-
tion the purposes for which the money was
| to be used were given In detail, and the To-
cations Of the projected engine houses were
included, They did not agree with the
locations named previously in the chiefs
| report. however, ond another class there
| fore contend that they have been interested
In and favorable to the proposition as It
was outlined in the advertisement.
Now comes the article of yesterday, and
to the CONSERVATION. disappointment,
chagrin and Indignation of both the before
mentioned classes 1t Is suggested that the
| locations be different than any heretofore
considered. Hence the howl.
| In explanation of the matter, Chief
Moore states that the locations mentioned
in his report last year were meant as
mere suggestions. and had no weight In
the matuer. This is almost as
true Of the last list as considered by the
commission on Wednesday and published
yesterday. The list as published In the
election call is believed to be the legally
| authentic one, and some of those who
were kicking yesterday on the change
stated that they would insist on its being
followed in the advertisement for sites.
Should they sustain their claim. the dis
tricts will be much larger than those out
lined yesterday, and therefore many more
people will have an opportunity to offer
their lots or lots and buildings for engine
house purposes.
The matter will come up before the coun-
ell on Monday and will probably be re-
| ferred to committee for consideration.
One or two members of the council have
examined the different lists of locations
suggested, and express themselves as of
the opinion that the districts outlined in
| the call for tn bond election must be COM
piled with. Members Of the fire commits
sion, when their attention was called to
the matter. stated that the election call
advertisement would undoubtedly have to
| be complied with.