Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
UTAH LOAN AND TRUST CO.. OGDEN.

The department has travelled 26sh
miles 20 fires answering calls.
They have put In forty-nine hours
and Twenty-Five minutes In actual IRE
lighting.
They have raised e0i feet OF ladders,
laid 1900 feet OF hose and used 40 gal
Ions OF chemicals for these nres.
The amount OF insurance involved In
fires have been si03, 900. The amount OF
Insurance paid In losses se,s9S.s3. The
amount OF losses not insured. S2,0s1.
CAUSES OF THE FIRES.
Nine from defective fues.
Six from escaping gas.
one from trnmps.
one from smoking pipe.
Two from hot ashes.
one from cigarette.
one from smoke from bakery.
-Four from children and matches.
one from sparks from flue.
one from over-heated tar vat.
one from binder lamp.
Four from burning rubbish.
Two from bonfres.
One from spark from boiler furnace.
one from overheated stove pipe.
one from overhcnted range.
Two from electric wire.
one from burning Erense.
one from spark from engine.
onc from cNpiosioh OF foicfA III Houi
mill.
one from defective radiator.
Three false alarms,
The apparatus OF the department con-
sists OF one champion chemical engine.
two hose wagons. one aerial truck. one
LaFrance steam engine, one buggy for
chief, one hand engine, one hose reel
one Stlllman village truck, eight horses
and 600 feet Of hose.
During 1899 the department has
bought l 800 feet OF 2h inch hose, 800 feet
OF chemical hose. two miles OF insulated
copper wire string. The sidewalk In
front OF the building has been paved
with asphaltum.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The public schools OF ogden are quiet
ly, but surely improving from every
standpoint. The curriculum mas been
revised from year to year until today
the essentials" are being pushed clear
iy and strongly 10 the front with the
Incidental work grouped under few
heads. The routine OF the school ls be-
Ing slmplifed and the work OF the child
rem Is being improved.
at IL becoming clear" said Superin-
tcndent Allison, that a child needs the
opportunity and training that VIII give
him polse and skin. and strength. lie
cannot get these In n school where he
=
does much OF anything. He IL TO got In
the schools where he has an opportu-
nifty to settle down to the deliberate.
continuous and close study OF few
subjects. follow these out In their trib-
utary lines, and In these tributaries get
the training necessary to breadth. Wis
Ion and a cultivation OF NIL these pow
ers which We are seeking to evolve
through the studies which have come
into the schools within the last third OF
a century"
The courses In the high school have
been changed and improved, As the
curriculum now stands II presents a
classical, q scientific an English, a CON-
merclal and an English commercial
course. which is two years course
Prof. George a. Eaton A. b.. Pm. d.
lHarvard) succeeds Prof. I. b. Lewis
as principal. In addition to this cha ngy
In the personnel OF the faculty Mr.. Clar.
cnce Crandall II. A. tStanford) has
charge OF the work In physics and
chemistry. Miss Emile Bannlster was
engaged as instructor In German and
Mrs. Belle Salmon Ross, Instructor IN
elocuion and physical culture. The peo-
| pie OF ogden enjoy the reputation that
| this school has established Its facul.
| ~ is made up OF graduates from the
| best institutions OF learning In the land.
Nearly every year the board OF edu-
| cation has been compelled to build new
| buildings TO accommodate the Increased
| attendance. During the past year III
! addition to four rooms was added " thu