The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
ANXIOUS TO
All" COUNTY
Fire commissioners Anxious.
.S5S to Get the Law Amended.
VIEWS OF CITY ATTORNEY I 9 \ ! !: \
,He Holds That Under the Present Law
the fire Department Cannot As
sist In Extinguishing Fire
In the County. 81.

It developed at meeting OF the Bonrd
HI no disposition on their part IS felt to
Il deprive those residents In the county
~ Of protection against loss by fire, and the
department will continue to fight such
" blnzes In Henrloo as may endanger the
N property located In Richmond. In the
4 moan time City Attorney Pollard will ap-.
pear before the General Assembly and
endeavor to have enacted d law authoriz-
& Inf the firemen. in their discretion, to
exert their effort to cxunguish contlal-
N grations In the county. fGs
Wan So tt may be seen that the much talked
Il OF and dreadfully feared disposition on
4 the part of the board to allow the houses,
Il manufacturing plants and places Of BUSH
mess located outside the oity to be raw
III aged by the fire sflend is not we'll founded;
although Mr.. ollard has given 1t as his
Is opinion that legally the fire depar tment
has not the right to respond and work
Il upon blazes situated beyond the city
MIR. PoLL4ARD's VIEWS.
Mi Mr. & Pollard was present at the meet
IL ia z last night, and reiterated practically
4 what he had Informed the board in a
n written opinion regarding the legality Of
u the departme s responding 70 fires IN
1.-THE county. In effect this was that the
costly fire apparatus and the well-pa1d
q lighters should not and could not SO be-
yond the domain Of Richmond to quencE
Fl n 3 blaze. except at the personal liability
OF the fire commissioners.
8 For the time being, at least, the much
\ mooted problem is settled and until the
Legislature either complies with the re-
y quest Of the board or refuses to eHact
y such II a, law as requested the depart
4 ment. will. 81 by common consent, continue
To- protect property In the county, pro-
s@vidcd Il the conlagrations assumed su s'c;
proportions as to threaten the city.
Under the head .ofs routine business,
the Board attempted to place the respon-
8sbility for the accident at Third and
Breads Streets, in which a hose wa gon
" Is more or less injured by collision with
y trolley car, but the effort resulted
In the car company being requested to
establish fire crossings, or pauses at
Main, Clay and Broad Streets. where
their tracks are crossed BY Third lir rms
Is regarded MS important as the thor
ouelifarc furnished ono Of the chief
Toutes in the city for the fire depart
ment. The decision OF the company VIII
he awaited with interest by the com
missioners. 6 rs 3 t3 al55sG
3sssi iS5s $# BAZAAR BUILDING aB
Permission was granted the Randolph
Street Baptist Church to erect q tem-
\ porary frame building at Main and Pine
Streets. in which It Is proposed to hold
la bazaar. Y,
8 It twas ordered that street fire alarm
station be placed at the corner of Fourth
and fFrnklin Streets, and that the pri-
synte fire alarm station now in the Acad-
envy Of Music mo. 81 be made street
station. 81 and placed on the corner OF
Eighth and Franklin Streets.
G&T The following substitutes were elected
on probation:
~ "A. c. Rieger. to Engine Company; No
o, and B. II. Madison to Truck Com
panys No. g. s
81 The Board adopted as "a summer uni
form for the department a soft black
felt hat. blue flannel shirt, black soft
leland belt "A nv
AZ L. &, @. Haalse call hoseman Of Engine
Company No. Q, was present. charged
with conduct prejudcial to- good or
DER, He was ordered to be reprimanded
by the chief engineer.
81 All the members Of the Board were
present last night, E553s