Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-12-13
EANOTHER WARNING.
ONE MORE NARROW ESCAPE.
Henry HoR's Meat Market is Barely Saved
from the Fire Ficnd by j. 4.
O'COnnor,

Henry HoT's Meat Market Is Barely Saved
from the Fire Ficnd by j. +.
O'Connor.
Is the eye of Providence on Mont
peller? Are we under his special
protection? 1t would seem so.
Last Saturday night or rather at
one o'clock Sunday morning, J. +.
O'Connor was vending his way
homeward after closing his place of
business. As he passed the open
space between the opera house and
II. II. Hoff's market he noticed
bright light shining from back of
the market. Running around to
the rear of the building he found a
blaze coming out of the rendering
room. Kicking in the door, he
found the interior a mass of flames.
Calling out e'fre" as loud as he
could he was able to awaken sever
al people in the hotels opposite who
came to his assistance and with a
bucket and pump handy they ex-
tinguished the fire before much
harm was done. Had Mr.. O'Con-
nor been ten minutes later the blaze
would have been beyond control
and the market, opera house, Mrs.
Douglas store, and no telling how
many more buildings would now be
in ashes.
Twice within a week has this
city narrowly escaped serious con.
fagration, the time before being
when Mr. McDermott's residence,
situated between and close to the
Burgoyne and Hunter hotels, came
SO near going up in smoke. Twice
now within days, have the people
been warned that they must prepare
for fires. AS we said in the begin
ming, it would seem that the Intin
tie One has the town under specia
care. Nevertheless these warning.
can not and ought not go unheeded
1t is only question of time wher
Montpelier will be wiped out, un
less some measures are taken fol-
protection. The only safe measure
is to install a waterworks system
, and that as quickly as possible.
: Next Thursday the special com
mittee appointed by the city coun
Gil will report on their estimates a
to what it will take to put in ;
plant. The figures will be in tn,
r ineighborhood of 5000 1t is ex
f pected that the city will thereafte
E at an early day, submit the PROPOSE
ton to the electors of Montpelie
for their verdict.
1t has been impossible for tn
e committee to arrive at definite fe
a ures, but their approximates are bC
o lieved to be very close to tn
amount required. Idaho Falls
: putting in plant chat will co.
d $35, 900 when completed, and thof
who professed to know, say, tn;
e Montpelier with it's advantag,
e should put in one for nearly ha
!. that amount. 1t will be impossib
f, to arrive exactly at the amour
I. needed for the reason that it wi
Sc depend on when the pipe is ordert
r. and at what price it will be quote
ID at at that time. Then again, ii
excavating will, no doubt, be let |
1T contract and the price will be, it
is believed, much lower than the cor
mittee have estimated.
The council will be asked to ha'
the city engineer furnish the exa
number of feet required and VIII
the fall will be from the point d
). signated by the subcommittee as
+, good place to put in a dam, al
|. also with such other data as he w
be able to furnish after making
5. survey of the proposed plant.
;. Muat Present Checks.
a The supreme court has reverse
o the decision of the district court
'e the case of John S. Fox, respon