The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
AREln DANGER.
Fire Marshal NiImarth's
Warming About Buildings.


Fire Marshal Wilmarth stated today
that with fire pressure at its present
low standard, the following buildings
are in very serious danger:
Capital elevator.
Masonic building and Grand opera
house.
Bethany college.
City public schools.
Crosby's mill.
North Topeka -four mills 90.
Christ hospital
Continental creamery.
Chas. Wolff Packing company.
Topeka Milling company, and west
shops of Santa Fe.
Crawford opera house.
Western wooden mills.
Central Sash and Door factory, and
Thomas Lumber company.
Crosby Bros, dry goods.
Mills, dry goods.
Topeka Cash, dry goods.
L Beard, wholesale notions.
Santa F'e hospital.
All these buildings are well within
the fire limits, and should have the
best of protection.
There are a number of other build
ings Which might be added to this list,
said Chief Wilmarth, but these are
some of the buildings which the de-
partment is always afraid of. For va
rlous reasons, these buildings are par
ticularly liable to loss under present
conditions. Some of them are consd-
cred dangerous because they are very
high; some because there are not
some because they are in North To-
pelSa, which does not have a large
enough main; some because of the in
fammable nature of their stocks, such
as the three large dry goods stores
next door to each other.
Il would call especial attention to the
fact that on Crane street there is only
4-lnch main. This is the main
which would have to supply US with
water to fight a fire at the Wolff Pack
It is inadequate. The 5-inch main to
North Topeka is also too small.
If we are to purchase fire steamers
and have them effective, we must have
more fire cisterns like those located on
Kansas avenue at present. There
would need to be a big cistern in the
vicinity of each large building"
SERVE NOTICE ON WATER COM
PANY.
At the meeting of the fire depart
ment committee with Chief Wilmarth
Friday afternoon, the following COM
munication was drawn up to the To-
peka Water copany:
j. w. O'Nefl, receiver; Jesse Shaw, SUI
perintendent, Topeka Water COM
! pany, city:
Gentlemen-We hereby respectfully
inform you that at a meeting of the
! fire department committee of the city
day, the following resolutions were
passed:
Resolved, That the Topeka Water
company be and they are hereby no
titled that we insist that the Harrison
street pumping station be placed in
service for fire duty Immediately
Resolved further, That said company
be and they are hereby notified that
we insist that the necessary repairs at
the upper pumping station be fully
completed at once without further de-
lay. c. v WOLF, Chairman.
G. o. WILMARTH, Fire Marshal.
Superintendent Jesse Shaw informed
the committee when the paper was
served on him, that he would set a
force of men to work this morning dig
ging the mud out Of the Harrison street
wells. This is the principal thing
which will have to be done at that
plant. There are four wells there,
some of them of very good size. The
roofs are gone from two of them, not
having been replaced since the flood.
The wells themselves are full of mud,
and 1t will be an expensive business to
clean them out. Mr.. Shaw stated that
the repairs on the main pumping sta
ton were progressing as rapidly as
possible, but he was unwilling to fix a
definite date when they would be COM
pleted.