Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-17
LOS OSANGELES ENGINEER
 RECOMMENDS BRICK
APPEARS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND MAKES REPORT, FAVOR
 ING USE OF BRICK.
Paid Fire Department Also Comes Up for Disoussion-New Saloon License Ordinance Is to Be Drawr-Allen Building Lines in Dispute. ..

Building Lines m Dispute.
 Frank H. Olmstead, a civil engineer from Los Angeles, appeared before the Council last evening and gave it as his opinion that asphalt paving for the streets of Bisbee would not be a sue cess, Ind recommended the use of wit -ified brick Mir Olmstead stated that for the small amount of paving contemplated and made possible in Bisbee. that asphalt material would be a constant source of worry and eX- pense, and that brick would beyond question of a doubt best answer the purpose.
 Mir. Olmstead has recently been in Douglas, where he was called to con suit with the City Council regarding street and sewer problems in that city and ranks as one of the best consult ing engineers on the coast.
 It is estimated that the cost of bring ing an asphalt paraphernalia this dis tance, for the purpose of laying pave ment on two streets, would be as much if there were several miles of paving to be done. and the expense would be- cut of all proportion.
 The Council listened to the report of Mir. Olmstsad and took the matter un- der advisement. Bids have already been asked for calling for asphalt, but from expressions from the members of the Council last night, it is very prob able that the plans and specifications for street paving on Brewery and Main will be revised in accordance with the suggestion of the consulting engineer.
 Disputed lot lines were discussed be- fore the Council last evening. and all matters ot this nature were referred to the street committee. E B. Mason desires permission to change an aliey-I way in upper Brewery. and the alley or trail between the J. E. T. building and the Allen property. which is caimed by Mir. Allen by virtue of a deed from the Odd Fellows Lodge. are matters which will be investigated today by the street committee.
 H. A. Schwartz was given permission | to move the fire house on Clawson Hill to an adjoining piece of ground. the l expense of moving to be borne by Mir. | Schwartz.
 The question of a paid fire depart | ment was again brought up by MT. | Thompson, who represented that he was a member of the organization of Fire Insurance Writers recently or ganizeI in Bisbee. Mir Thompson stated that the underwriters of Bisbee would have a report ready to submit to the Council at its next meeting by which it would be shown that insur- ance rates would be materially reduced by the organization of a paid fire de partment. and that, in his opinion, for the best interests of the residents of Bisbee no time should be lost. It is estimated that with a paid fire depart ment in Bisbee insurance rates would be reduced approximately forty per cent. Bisbee is now paying fifty per cent higher insurance rates than either Prescott, Phoenix or Tucson.
 The remarks from MT. Thompson broueht out expr-ssions from Council on Sowles and Hogan to the effect that the Council had already inaugu- rated plan whereby a paid depart ment could be maintained at a small first cost. but their efforts in this di- Tectiouy had been ostopped by the vol Unteer fire department. and that the next move in this direction must come from that organization. Chief Hen kel. of the fire department, who was present, expressed himself as of the opinion that an amicable adjustment of the present difficulty could be reach ed. and that he thought the difference between the department and the Coun- eff could be had.
 Bisbee is annually paying forty thou sand dollars excess insurance rates for lack Of a paid fire department. The Council has proposed a plan, and un- less the Gremen come forward with something better at an early date, they should not stand in the way of one of the greatest needs of the city today.
 petition was presented at the close of the Council from the residents of Tombstone Canyon protesting against the location of a saloon in that neiehborhood and requesting that the license of the proprietor be revoked. The Council decided that it did not have the authority to reToke the li- cense, so long as the saloon was con ducted in an orderly manner, but the discussion of the question resulted inI instructions 10 the City Attorney to draft an ordinance placing tre granting of licenses in the future directly in the hands of the Council.