The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-08
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DIS FIR Is
.Messrs. PulIe Thompson and.
Boiling Are Heard.
WAFER SUPPLY DISCUS s Jed
Fire Loss committee olihe council Continues
It's lnyesl,l atoms Reeommen eations
OF The D,tteren, Departs
ment Chiefs.
WATER SUPPLY DIST USsED

ment Chiefs.
The Council COMMITTEES on Fire LOSES
met last night and heard Chief Fuller, OF
the tire Departmsnt: superintendent
Thompson, of the Fire Ala m Department
and Superin, enuenI Boiling, of the Water
Department. "a
No action was taken by the committee
and it adjourned to meet at the call .'f
the chairman. Mr.. Boiling did not ,,.lr-5
plete his address to the COMMITTEES and.
will be heard again when next the c"ni-s
mittee Elte1:.
Chief Pnller as closely questioned by
the committee, especially by Mr.. Gordoa
on the alleged scarcity of water. Mr.
Thompson read a typewriter statement
or report and answered number Of
questions Mr.. Boiling delivered an adj
dress upon the threefold system of dis
tribution of Richmond upon water pres
sure, size and location of mains and fire
plugs and other kindred topics. @
Mr.. Gordons questions to Chief Fuller
opened with INQUIRIES concerning alleged
lack Of water at recent fires. At the JEFF
ferson Captain Fuller said the streams
were s'bad' from lack of fire hydrants
and length of hose. Mr. Gordon's COM.
ment was that poor streams did. not nee
#essarly mean a lack of water supply.
.'Was there a lack of water 1.-THE Jeffer-
son fire?'' inquired Mr.. Gordon again.
eyes, there was at some Of the plugs.
replied MIR. Fuller.
The next morning the Water Depart
ment employees had CREASED the stop
cocks they said, at Jefferson and
Main, and there had resulted much
better supply of water.
SUPPLY OF WATER.
At the Meyer store fire, Mr. Fuller re-
piled that there was right fair water:
one stream was bad y He had heard no
complaints from any of the engine COM
panieS
At the Wright factory fire the streams,
the Chief said, we're poor" An en-
CINE had had to move to open water
from Twenty-tEird and Cary, and the
same plug had proved Of no value at the
Cameron fire
at the Habliston fire the engine at
Seventh and Main had poor" stream,
the Chief said.
AT the Gates fire two engines on Main
Street had poor water
At the Cordes & Mostly fire the en-
gines all had good water.
At the Younger fire all had all the Wa.
ter they wanted with one exception.
The Chief thought that in many in
stances the plug connections were choked
with mud. They should have six-inch
rather than three and four-incil connec-
lions. Especially, as with James River
water, they were liable to become clog
ged. Leaves and mud and catfish were
pumped into the engines from the plugs.
At the Cordes & Mosby. fire an engine
had become choked with leaves. The
Chief had an eigllt-inch catfish on the
mantel in his office taken from one OF
the engines after the Cameron fire Of
tentimes there is not a. two-inch water
way through a foulail1ch pipe.
Mr. Puller's recommended were
larger mains, more MIGRANTS, especially
in the business sections of the city, and
a building inspector
MR.. sTHOMPSON'S REPORT.
Superintendent Thompson's report
showed that since 1883 he had been. re-
commencing wires underground. This re-
commentator was urgently repeated.
He said: During a period of fourteen
years we have had 3,21S alarms of fire.
OF this number only lorty-three, or
about / 1-3 per cent, have been OF cleo
trical origin
Mr. Thompson offers the following re-
concentrations:
..First. All overhead wires both high
and low potential, should be placed UNDER
| ground, becaCse they are dangerous to
property and general nuisance to every
body.
Second. The city should give addi-
tional help to the Electrical Department
in order to properly inspect electrical in
stal,ation both. old and new as the
Fire Department IS often called to fires
when not necessary.
..Tbird The fire alarm ANA notice wires
should he nlaced underground SO that
tbe,- 1voI,,d ha frea from interferences
caused by storms, falling trees, broken
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