The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-17
MUCH NEEDED FOR
 FIRE PROTECTION Inspector Pierce Has Abou
 Completed Report LAWS ARE INSUFFICIENT It Is Understood He Will Recommend the Installation of More Plugs as We'll as Fire Alarm Boxes.
 Other Deficiencies.

The report of M. D. Pierce, the special inspector of the Southeastern Tariff as- sociation, is about complete, and It Will probably be mailed to Atlanta today. MT. Pierce has been inspecting the city relative to the request of the board or trade and the mayor and aldermen that the city be placed on a first class basis. He was instructed to investigate the conditions here, and recommended what he considered the necessary improve ments to placing the city on a first class basis.
 The work has required about ten days and MT. Pierce has covered the entire situation. He looked into the building laws of the city and it Is said found that they were entirely inadequate for a city of this size. and one that is growing as rapidly as Birmingham.
 Fire Department Inadequate. The fire department he has found to be too small as well as lack of equip ment and fire stations in the residence portions of the city
 What his recommendation will be Is not known, but 1t Is generally believed that he will recommend a material in- crease in the fire department, and prob ably the establishment of two new fire stations in the outlying residence por- tons of the city.
 The water pressure was tested and was found to vary from ninety pounds in the center of the city to fifteen pounds on the Highlands. The ninety pound pressure is required of the water works company by the contract with the city, but 1t Is not required except at the plugs near the union passenger station. The contract in regard to water on the Highlands merely calls for flow of wa ter a certain number of feet above the city level, and the inspection showed that the water works company had lived up to It's contract In this particular.
 Size of Water Mains.
 The size of the water mains was also taken into consideration, and the num- Der of plugs in the city, their location and the need of more will be shown In the report. It is estimated that there are about 50 per cent of the number needed. The number of fire alarm boxes was also found to be deficient. and some parts of the city are about without fire plugs. and absolutely without fire alarm boxes
 The executive committee of the South eastern Tariff association will act on the report and will then notify the city and board of trade what 1t requires the city to do in the way of Improvements be- fore putting 1t on first class basis let him be to thee as the heather and the publican"
 The law of Christ then, on the observ- ance of which we shall not taste death forever, is the natural law, the Mosaic decalogue, and the six precepts of the church.
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 Bearing this in mind, we ask ourselves did they, whom we honor by these me- morial services today. fulfill that law? Were they worthy of the promises of Christ? With confidence, with hopeful ness, we can answer, yes. First of all they knew the law, the natural law Gods commandments and the church precepts Then they fulfilled it. Their membership in the Knights of Columbus the premier Catholic society, Is guarantee sufficient for this. They fulfilled the law. they complied perfectly with those religious acts and observances by which the great Creator is adored Then, too were they faithful in those beautiful de- yotions whereby Christ's Father Mother, and Friends--the Eternal Father, Mary Immaculate, and the Saints and Angels are by us Catholics honored and rever' enced. Knowing the law and observing 1t, Christ blessed them with abundant Rraces and when the call sounded the, were ready for the life beyond; they dis not dle.
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 This life of mortal breath
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 Whose portal we call Death"
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