The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08
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A Ar. started ~. night not hong agn
In ~" atyuftm.ut q an Ans r,can Nh" ~aH
STAYING r R'r,in. iud ~ III" tenant dtdnt
thius hr cuuid put cut th' nau''~ una''i'Si
h. r,-N.sl arr,~s IA" str~t and turu~i
la az alarm ~ q box
Nov " happ.usd h y this particular
| -,r.' Was the boundary lin" h"ts"'h
| ~, city Il u Rim and a." town - Char
lut'-uh.rg. whtrh,- enc of Berlin's suburbs
IN. im'rirau'- apartment vas ON the
B.rlin -iie. lie he alarm box "n the
Chariutirnhurg side
Tho ,hsrluttcnhurg FIRE department ~
sprnleNI Ia tho alarm When the iir"'n"n
| arrived and found that tn" mr." Wa ~ the
Berlin district. did they put II out' Not
a hit of 1t
Ths. chief hurrisSi Ia IN. nearest box
on IA. Berlin side and turned in an alarm
there. Thcn h" and hi- men has''n"Ni
back to their engine house. By and Nv
IN. Berlin frcmcn turnei up and put out
their fire.
when tina, was lone the American was
arr,-teI for giving a falls" ftc alarm IN
| thu town Of Charlnttrnhurg M offence
puniShail. 10y "a heavy prnalty. III" wasn't
awar,. this, his street was n boundary line
w that be has committed an offence. hu'
ordinarily the G.rmsn Law does not r-r"g-
uizr ignurance ne al EXCUSE Tor violating
the city ordinances.
However. he Wa an American. and ~
every German knows all Americans and
all Englishmcn are lunatics, that was taken
H. III favor and h- got nf lightly
III. Municipal Journal which tells this
story. iniimatt- that the incident Is typical
81 German municipal regulations and their
rigid enforcement. Irrespective OF cirrum-
s,anc--. Residents are SUPPOSED Ia know
what these regulations arr and not To make
mistakes about them.
Ik,rlin's arr printed In large volumes
and odd for six marks by all booksellers
and II CITIZENS don't know them they must
take the o~un-.quenc,-- Nobody nut a
Policeman can remember half III the or!i-
| nanc-., hut hat i.L't c~unsiderei any affair
~ the authorities. IN. fact that they ar.
forgotten only a~ggravste- the of-nc~.
The fire regulations particularly, like
the ways 81 the heath.n thinee. arc p~cu-
liar. One 81 them II that a. soon a. an
| ala = il turnN. in the owner aud occu-
pant of the hou~, for which the alarm IL
sounded arr ats~plv'd from all ~resis'nsl-
b.lity concerning u and must get out of II
and stay ON urlr~S invited "a.
| ltf ff 'fIbN " NV Ai' "
| cnmIanies tar. chsrge until the damage
has l-s'n es'imai'-i and paid. both II which
| proceedings arr promptly -et about. When
| tina, Is dome the a. n"r can have his houss
again.
III the tenant or any member % his family
| or any one % his servants intcrfer~- with
anything about the premises after an alarm
| has '.-n turned in. lac may get on with "A
| fine. hut j. far NOR" likely To go 60 jail.
Quite pcau'ly u man was fined twenty
-. A. 80 Rya .A-
mcnt, a. ha said. 20 save a canary which
| had l-~n left lshini.
IA. should hav, kept his hands on. Tho
| city SURPRISES that The fire department IL
| cunpetcnt to taxi. car" II any em-r n
and the insurance companies TO pay for
what.ver j. iniurei or destroyed.
This matter uf len ving ever thing 70 a
~pa'crnal government and walking the chalk
line of conduct II has aid down II incnm-
prrh-n-lhl" 10 many visiting Americans
~ first. and they are likely 20 get into
trouble very easily. A Western man, ac-
cnrding to IA. same municipal authority.
| iii. only last winter.
Spmcihing caught fire In the rooms occu-
pied by himself AMI his family early in the
| morning. aud the servants rushed Out and
"a v. th. alarm. But II was not a serious
Are. and ia" Western man thought h. saw
a much ipi'sr way ~ dealing with II than
turning a lot II ffcnen out Of ted. He
| and his family FORMED n bucket brigade.
| d"u~-i the FIRE With water from the bath
room and soon put u out.
When the frcm.n arrived the family
was .it'iug around talking II over They
were promptly arr sstei and marched On Ia
nail for interfering With tho fire depart
mpf.'
They should ha We walked out locking the
doors and leaving the firemen 70 do tho
work 81 Are ~eXtingni-hing for which they
were paid -
That family has decided that Il would
rather live IN America