The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-29

1ofA ..-.--. ...-...- 1880. s. sss. 0Is
nBsSanee 10 the amount Of 3,sso was
- The average loss on each Ere MAS
- Estimating the pop9la ton az fe.poe.
Fl to0 per capita wax Is cents. or @-Is0
= pr cant OF the properly endangered.
4 Comparison Of Expenses.
rs SEPARATING expenses for 1880 were ST.
III. - compared with $T7.osiss In 1sss.
- increase was due 10 the purchase OF
- feet Of hose. the addition OF FIVE men.
apsiss - salaries, repairs and the provi-
- Of necessities delayed by severe econ
~ n preceding years
IAA city Is fast assuming METROPOLITAN
4D0gtjcns." says the chief, and Il il a
o6ltr Of vital concern that tho departul
eoD pace with the progress. Good for
IS has fer. the past three years been
Oh -, and has enabled as to eonfina Ali
- within the proportions assumed on our
ossvai II II assuming too much 10 assert
IL this good fortune win always favor
- An immediate necessity exists for ad-
N1on&l IRE apparatus.
1Df the original purchase of is.oeo fee. OF
4lo1gan hose in 1881. s,7oe IL no longer 10
y Expanded upon. The department has
~ $50 feet OF reliable hose. but with
RI arrival OF 400 feet ordered II wa he
- % set along for the present.
Condition of Apparatus.
~ calling the attention OF the council
the condition OF the apparstus. Chief
ners purchased over twenty-five years
-, have had all kinds of hard service
- have fulfilled their mission They
- totally inadequate for the RESPONSE
ntss OF today. The Watrlgs engine
- been failure from the day of its
wfchaSe- IL is now virtually ont Of ssrv.
- Tor want OF repairs. The proper thing
60 ~ 10 dispose or the three engines
80 supply their places with ep-to-date
Laxity of Building Laws.
The chief says tina, In no ether year of
- history. save that Immediately follow
~ the great fire OF June G. Isse. have so
nkny buildings. both public ard ~rivate,
oe<H erected These improvements add
hfssly to the responsibility OF the depart
n sssnt me department" continues the
shasf. is adeauate To tho tive and three
Mosy Buildings. but IL inadeqcatn 10 the
~ and eight-story buildings now be.ng
constructed. IL is important that tlesa
sOndnons are nos overlooked or the abii-
~ of the department overssiinlated.
Isss city Is seriously jeopar9ized by a
Aify OF Its building lava, by an ertiYe
"A OF tnfeiligent supervision OF electric
Hing. and by the handling and storing
dangerous explosives and gases strifgs
~ regulations should not bs. delayed
Supervision of Wires.
he chief would like 90 have a city
&essrleian appointed who would have
pver To supervise. all electric wiring. He
Nv1ld make IL a law that "A certificate OF
Mxetrtton should DO issued before tho
Hfing tn accepted. Contractors before
wiling lsthes ON buildings. should he re-
sglred 10 furnish y certificate from the
eshding inspector that all the provisions
0eetsd to prevent rapid spread OF fire
- Been enacted. The appufu! .nsnt o. a
ornament secretary OF the department is
0vecatea Al present a man from some
eesnpany Is detailed 10 do the work. isas-
that company short-handed
a - tn
- city, says the chief, 'sana its gem
- use for lighting purposes welt pre-
W more or less in the f1tute There
~ absolutely no restrictions governing
q uses. which are considered Imperative
eaewhere"
Salt Water Main system.
Soaking OF plans TO increase the pro-
nrton for the business distsfrt and con-
yseus territory. tho chief says: This
Hsn contemplated s system of salt wat
mAa's 20 be connected with the fire
e&. tie mains TO haze a carrying czpae-
~ squai 80 the discharge us the fire
1es pumps As is well known the tlrf.
- has = throwing capacity more than
= ZINES "a great as ali IF our Land en-
unes confined
Iais great su.spiv of water can ia
asas available under the pipe line sys~
~ OIL any point in the business district
SeetaHS the department 10 concentrates
lkr streams ~ salt water ~ heraver tlY,,
kshs are laid. The system - largely
VISA IN NEST cities having IRE BOAT
~ ~ giving the greatest Satisfaettou IN
iaasFnent IL is tie coming ire prosec.
- AID The proper orc. Aside from Sisr
- coat ef layins; mains and setting nv
ssnss expense 10 maintain the system
ssssa o. normal"