El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-14
1t is Due to the Public That
the Opera House Be Thor
oughIy Inspected.
THE FIRE DEPART MEN T
Will Undertake to do the work if
pOssIbfe.-A Firemen's Trumpet
Corps May Attend the Teach
ers' ConVentiOn.-An Extra
Man Wanted - Steam Whistle
Hasn't Come

The regular quarterly meeting OF
the fire department took place last
night and much portant business wss
discussed. Several new ideas were
spruog by mem bers of the department,
| chief among which was that the Myar
| Opcra house should be investigated by
experts ard report male as to lis
stability in view of the recent fail of
| ceiling plaster at the mmencemeut
exercises. Another matter OF import
snce was thai OF inviting the trumpet
corps of Waxehachte to be present st
the teachers convention There was
also Il re quest made for an extra man
for tie department who could work in
the plsce of those who wish d to De ex-
cused from duty for day.
President Julian Occu led the chair
and roll call showed about forty mem
bers T esenr. Tie nj ute7 OF the last
NEE JiUg warc reat a-d approved ana
). 3. Buchanan, who i vice. resident,
wI5 invited 20 take Il fcons seat. The
report Of Chief POw-rs US received
and fled. 1t showed that oaIT four fires
lad taken ll4-e eincs the IL = ne l.
i.E and Ia, CEa los was m u. TIE
committee on e5-am whistles ma G
us report tat the whistle a
had been d-red On, Iat -=ceiv. o. The
e.e trio izh- IA gspy had made Ii
i
-aue. The following bills were real
Hrd apnrcveC:
I. Il. Springer .............S > 90
.. - S-aJ-u Observation-Disclosures. 80 f.
~ ups-y ..---,- Il >
Sue.tY- - yae = rms O.. 1890. 10
DIR. Thatcher NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. , .o|
c npNeli & G. = on?.......... + col
j. ). Watson OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. i
L. y. NJ e, tL;., ll- SINE J-r.
IL ,
II 3 --iten. -------.--..--- % 81
Ice (Ap~l M NM .-.-..- 9 10
Blyl- B-Cgsr Goal c.. .... I 80
Ts5-l $3.50
- Mr.. Springer made q rsc0mn =
d AJlOn I. 90 q commit be ag.OIGt d /
10 llv-s ig-,e tie coU1 t.eu OF she
NJ a. Opers mouse. ia his opinion the
their lives en- entering 81. @. [. |
jones was Of the same opinion "a Mr. (
Springer, and re thought tlas the |
should nav a OlIILl- inspector |
zoos after the huilIicg. TIE mAtger |
was fn>ly referred TO The chief.
The pay roll aD9unti5g 70 S51O. was |
read and approved End will be sent 10 |
the city council. a Did Of O. @. Seton |
for feed was scCe pied
Chief Powers t0!i the meeting that |
he rad had g talk with the fire and |
wa err committee OF the city council |
a bout the addition of another ma to |
the force. He said that st present !
If one of the men wishes to get off for |
a day he is compelled to pay some |
one To stay 10 his place, and that
in larger cities the departments al
ways provided al extra man or two.
The salary of the new man is to be
SIS per month if he is allowed the
d. department by the council.
The Gamewell fire alarm people had
" ritten giving their prices in bulk On
electrical supplies aud the c3ief
thought the prices extremely reason
; Die and instructed the secretary to
give the company an order.
Col. E. w. 8. Neff addressed the
ng aa Invitation to the T. P. Ander-
ION Trumpet corps of Waxsbaohie
20 be present at the teachers conven-
ion. There are twenty Eve of them
Ind as Mr.. Neff says they have not the
accessory funds to attend in body
ne thought if we invited them the city
should be canvassed in ORDER to raise
he 1928 necessary to pay their railroad
are here. Ii was suggested that if the
,orps be obtained the mem bers of
he department provide cots for she
visiting brothers aud that they be
flowed to sleep In the fire department.
There is large spacious room which
would easily accom- modate twice the
lumber.
Chief Powers objected to the pro-
,os al that u committee be put in the
ield to raise subscriptions as they
Vould in all prob billy conflict with
he committee of the cham Der Of COM
nerce but thought that they ought to
ppoins q com mittee to call on the ways
nd means committee OF the cham Der
4 commerce and ask their aid. Fol
o wing 1s the committee appointed:
:. w. s. Neff, Il. B. Stevens. and I.
Springer.
w. q. Tutt'e had quite an interest
ng account of the fire of the Southern
otel in ST.. Louis is 1877, and a. his re-
uest the secretary, Mr.. Hixsou, read
t 10 the meeting. The meeting then