Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-21


 The special meeting of the City Council last night brought an import ant address from Mayor Taylor in which he urged that the city at once take steps to complete it's fire main system and ge. full value from the wa l ter service available to it for protection purposes The result was endorse ment of his views by the Council. which was ready to adopt a motion au- thorizing advertisement of a special election to be held in thirty days for | the purpose of voting S15, ,000 to extend the fire main lines and build additional water storage tanks This was found impracticable previous to a survey of the lines of proposed extension and the adoption of specifications by the fire committee for the guidance of City Attorney Sutter in preparation of all ordinance making way for the election. The fire committee will instruct the city enginee. to make the needed sur veys, and will meet tomorrow after noon at o'clock to go over the ground m company with him and a comnittee from the Fire Department
 Mayor Taylor in his address to the Council, plainly pointed to the fact that as the fire main system stands at present, with $7,OOO expended upon it. only the congestec' portions of the cen ter of the city are served. The resi. dence portions of the town on the hills and up Tombstone canyon anA Brew cry avenue are little better off than they were before the work was done He believed that these quarters. and the whole town, for that matter. need [ ed the protection that extension of the fire mains to them would give. ana spoke strongly of the danger that al ways accompanies delay in doing those things which provide for the greater safety of life and property.
 The city. he said, under it's contract with the Copper Queen, had access to all the water it could use in main; anc laterals it might put down for fire protection purposes. Erection of two new tanks at high elevations would give a pressure and distribution of lire water that would, in connection with a paid fire department afford Bisbee protection equal to that enjoy ed by most cities in the country and better than that enjoyed by any oth- CT town in the territory. The work could he completed. he believed for Sl5.O00 in frst-cla5s manner. After Ecompleted, under the contract held it becomes the province of the Copper Queen 10 keep it in repair. The con. pany is also bound to deliver water 10 any and all points within the city designated by the Council. The wa ter supply availble to the company for delivery is largely in excess of the needs that the complete fire system proposed would call for.
 The reduction in insurance rates. the Mayor pointed out. would in a short time pay the cost of the fire main extensions. In conclusion. he said that while the original plan of the Council to extend the mains as money became available during the next three years was better than no provision at all for finishing the work. yet he felt that it was almost criminal ! negligence to allow 50 important a mat ter to hang fire for a term of years. when a fire any night might demon strate the immediate need of a com. ,plete system to save the entire city from holocaust It was cnly fair. he thought. to give the people oppor tunity to express themselves in regard 10 the matter and say whether they wished to wait a couple of years for provision of safety for their homes or whether they preferred to vote the comparatively small sum required to finish ;he job at once and have it done with.
 Other Business of Meeting.