Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-01-29

soldier hut bafora his onnoir,r,aD+
MOI a skilled fireman
In s. Pe+ershurr the arraneement
of fire alarms is rarber neeu,iar and
/ decidedly rnicra and rho fre-alarm
/ re1esrapb is an unknown thing. In.
stead a fremon Is ot all times in the
/ to,.a, Of tbe c;tv bou and he Watches
/ +ha surrounding citv IN cotcb the FIRST
covered 5prtng the dav he rms nm
hIacs hous on the ron Of tbe tower rs
sieraIs. NJ riobt red lanterns or,
jnse5 The nnmhar of tha halls mr.
lanterns shows the district ar ward in
which the fro is located As soon rs
rho signal is seen NV the man ON drtv
NJ q, enrfne house no rings he'll
outside which calls toeetber the Nom.
hers of tba comnanv who may no
scattere aover q connie of blocks This
,,o,bod is ,o+ cor5uci,-o m ouirl, tiD,a
| in rearhing tha scene and from %
rirrtes IN half ON bour is qoo5 ,vor,,
unless tha fire ba,nens IN he near an
Lnnpipe house ST Petersburg fire
1 comDany ON ifs way 10 a fire 6 a little
/ narade in itself There is i;ne Of
vehicles and there are many oueer
pieces among the fire aDDaratus which
| consists of wagopet+as IN carry tbe
men pumpe casks of water nm wheels.
carts for automatic ladders. hand lad
/ ders and ffre.ascanes and three steam
fire engines All of which seem 10 he
maryeIs of useIesspess
The Turkish fremen are certainly
NOT nm to date Those stationed near
YiIdtz Kiosk. the sultan's Constanti-
monte paIace belong 70 the regular
army and are uniformed like most
Euronean fremen They are avarthy.
wirv. agile and. as a rule small They
IooI, likely and nromising-but that IS
all Primitive in his oninion of every.
| thing modern tbe TurI, has only q
vaono idaa of tho ORIGIN of fro to
COW rotbinp of tho most offeotive
means of etavinp its nrograes whom
onca under wav There have bean ca
NAM, eo,iors sros in Cons+or+iro,,1o
tbot tho srl+on hoe issrod irstrrc-
tiors 70 tho noIioo +ba+ +bo, ,,us+ coo
mot +bo r,,r,bor is ,,,o+o,io1l,, rodrood
nh Toronoso eror,o, ~ +odo,, oro
v,on driIIad IN ci+ios iu,o rn1,in thoy
or, ',,n5or +bo onr+ro1 90 +ho ,no+ronoI
| to-, ,,,,;oo hoorde ,r,bo,, oro ,,,,o,,idod
with r,odorr Gro orairos ord good
sor,,icoo,Io loddors ord oDnorot,s
R,+ tbis is on offair of ouita recent
,,oors and o,or now, +bo 1ononoso
9ro.fobtor Iovos notbiro hettor than
10 oct into his own Iooso aou,ine
Ibobi1i,,,onts and ei,,o IN ovbibi+ion ~
his ,I,II &C q cIr,hor In tbis bo boote
tho world
ana af +ho most sn1ordid1,, ,,op,od
moot thoroucbl, continued ord otto.
gotbor ono of tho host fira denartrrorts
of tbe Old world &c that If glasgow
AIthouob nosseseed Of all that is now.
ast and most modern tho GLASGOW frs.-
men are still nroud 70 show their old
manual or hand engine tbe CLYDE
which IN its dav was considered q
wonder This famous engine while q
very Ingenious machine was foo non
derous TO TRANSPORT and too dificuIt 70
man. # weighed about three toms
ann roouired about 40 men to worI, If
# did less worl, than orr smallest
steam engine Of today In GLASGOW
the writer saw an amusing scene-ono
which nroyed the GLASGOW chief a man
Of action and determination 0ne
forenoon q oang of 1aborars anncarad
in front Of the headouartere and hopan
nranarations n tear mn tho street
what arc Won about 70 doqo +bo
chief asked the foreman
owe are going to mt in some new
teIeohone wires nv order of the mn.
nicipaIitv."
"If Won mt anv now wires in this
bouse vouu bring them in from the
rear The street in front Of this engine
house cannot he form nm
The foreman showed his written
authority N toor nm tho streot but the
chief was obdurata Finauv when
tho aroumont was Getting dacidadI,,
hot tha foreman ordered his nan to
oct n worl,
AZ the first picl, etrrck tho ground