The San Francisco call., 1903-01-01
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Ghief Ball l. q Finds /! .@= B. +. Useless Z.
s. .:ffIiydrant at the Outs ct. !.
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>li9ants :yeyaaii a. II iessliy'e 5:-fiy
@pe5ll5ls to I:5. In T Ea.it- Tgte.1!S
simply: ti@ .tl t5FJJe Of. waiter tnrQugh.--
1he :Fyd angs Mas, ltsriegt igiBtf 10.
:tlitd5I .er5 feet on - f5Hfl from
la:ot lps1. ]le lttal}e@ from: ON: tii5
" ere cas9e i,-. VIA icy resoltj: ga:
.3Q:t :tlle mrs Tair3. ~ A'drse: than 4. MS how
eyer. WAS. Ire DISCOVERY after he, ;C2fiifEt:
aslsrlt- Was a f..Ne1k thslt:ofe. 5tl ll9i.*
est AZ IlirleeRth ana a. .a.siril5;-
t9i scteets,: a-Iy 23a feet ti0IR The ...bIrfl-
-ifg bloIk- s9as .;5iiit & fog - L. {ys@:
nos drop of S5'atar .ce]si4t.
fra etG]fre: N Us FsInp out of that ny
' D. 80
: WATER toMPANK,s .NEaLE LEGT::.1.
n a .crftital faeIs mt, + y}1@r: every
stream OF water losst5ie-.t6 play was; de-.
.llzlE5ed Fire: T. i9f. BAL y com pei! !e7l
10 IND neither p pan1pi : tatoP for ms
:ensine;. Gl3itf Ball today made, "a report.
To- the water C0mpally about the useless
:b y5drsiglt.- for " llIeh. -FherWateF company
Tecs1 Ees5I@ lIiIzgstl rental OF SO from the
e CltEz- nj Gre- biz. $l6-fian. the Original cost
Of 6pilyallt. and insta llatiOn:. 1T was sheer
neglect. on. 16e part of the .ContFa Costa
3s3ed. tsl'-tie. corhrpe :aenter -.oI, inc
.tit% shog}d- bave-1ailed al. The very in
lslaITt Nlltf}- the ffreTnen We're most in need
5,f. Asaiey'. tits a.xionat}c in hre-fgllrlslg
work t3lat a bucket of: water at the Eight
nionseut IS worth more than thousands:Q Of
gallons when the too late. period in a
? ffI9.. has arrived :. =.
I3etaliSe..a .Ssilze Was out. Of ordeF--and
a washers :cIogged the waterway that ny
dranf was out Of service: The condition,
50 far as. is. serEfce-iS. concerned, of the
brokeA .ly15rant is such thar il must be
removed and a perfect".qne- substituted
Chief Ball is of the opinion that test Of
aydr.ants- is at@ohce. demanded from the
:. It .vcsld net-have TequirGd an expert in
hydrauHcs to have discoyered yesterday
'that-diuing. .the early stages Of the Bacon
Bl6clz- FIRE there was "A .wretclsed insult
ffcJerlcy:-of- water. Investigation to deter
mine the cause for that serious lack OF
.ffe-fglting ma terials reveals a condition
public eIFtsralI -. We'll as or the uler-i
chants whose businesses were ruined and
The insurance men, who very. carefully
rneasure in fixing. premium rates the
a11lOjtlft..of fire .protection- afforded
CHIEF BALLS STATEMENT.
Fire Chief Ball. when he was requested
To g3sf1atn the ,sff1iaf fir,rr. saids Il "a
jjr,fl eI ny t4fe yvsrter eoI1!I}aTIv in its.
mains IS. b. .aQtnds IT die hy9Tant opening:
That press sure nlefris srfi ient forge 70 carry
" atel- 4re ugh say 200 feetoc hose and give a.
. :. (}f course .wi th.3be pgn1ps at work We.can
get "a. unp5t: Qf aEittlr. LAT iil yeteul8y 81 -{re
~ 9Es m s Mee & :; =ilsz [s7s " &:
foFfn5rIg.. feIy. Be- 1tller dQnIFgfy- For
-;mef we scetd get .sl&t3 :PoAnas Qf nresstire III
and; NJ 2 els p rf4 8 ay T. StT.ael $ 1ii
Sat the starr got n0..%ate rat All lLom The
ulaiu:: VS. lard. 500 feet of 3t2se fr0E tbat-hy
ana oEe wa NOT et9u 81 eE! me tE Er9'sgl
ri n 5il:salItf and yvsf.t
ing1-si, strests: wdS due. y a rQ ken. shydrailt
s,a1Ie II WAS obliged ID, rn.iEe eng he x u the
r
that tije. and OUR: va y Is In fJl iIiy
for The eleEsn Strsa fas.I HAD fat on n arIe5+
I. M1nih in, apd month out of late i shoDld say.
the Iresssre does NOT fyerage 81 or 40 p9li7ds;
,t--sd5air far! BeIoy? me figures: IS:
have saidt: nd sfdndss+isi-: - the
or 50 bounds p1es-..fe whiclf seal l9strit
sgijen That. Is sQodssuRD!y and .so1iies ffolil
a gravity: fa1l:5yoEI I-aF X fernesea1. - -:
>: Fire -ias!1rail &c: adjlist ers hsiS-e - heg9tn
their work, on. the losses and the .setfle-'
mcnt of. insuraIce:.'. In. the case of. the
Bacon Land and Loan . Cem3any the
Eeaviest sufferers. their loss on building
is total The. STRUCTURE IS a. worthless
ruin to-day. 49, -
LOSE TREASURED HEIRLooMs:
The SO. 600 Insurance which: the Bacon
heirs carried: on the family'-heirlooms and
valuable works OF. art; old furniture and
the like. that.'wa stored in the Block.
fails 10 come. within: ching distance of
the loss on those goods: In a mass of
blackened- embeTs, paintings, broken mar
ble statuary. beautiful silk hanglngs and.
q quantity of household chiaa' and brio
a-t,rac Of great value lie irreparably dam
aged The family feels. this destruction
keenly. as these collections represented
/ the gatherings Of years and the treasures
Of a home from which death has called
both OF its founders. Mr. and Mrs Henry
! d. Bacon.
On the upper moor OF the DlOcK n0tnlng
/ saIvable remains. In the stores below the
/ merchants were more fortunate than
their upstairs neighbors Outside Of
Smith Bros the heaviest loser among the
| shop keepers is A. Bernauet. glove dealer
and even his stock was partly saved On
the Twelfth street side the Keystone Tea
| Companys stock suffered by water. Con-
siderable was removed in time. The
Eastern Quitting Company got all of it's
wares out, as did f. L. Sargeant'a a sew
ing machine dealer.
Smith Bros. after surveying the ruins
Of their store to-day, found that the stock
/ remaining uninjured or slightly DANA ged
would not reach $1,000 in value.
The firm has been emplying what re-
mains of the store and is arranging to
| reopen: business. at .ence: Temporarily
they purpose TO take Store.fon Broadway,
near Ninth street.
] So far as the smaller: FIRMS are concern
ed most of them carried sufficient rnsur-
ance I'd meet loss. The most serious as
moot 10 most Of them iss the dificlilt,,