The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-18
SIDEWALK PENCILINGS
MontEomery's Fire Department.

Montgomery's Fire Department. Editorially The Mobile Register makes interesting comparison be- tween the fire departments of Mobile The Register says:
 From 2 copy of Fire I, and Watsr .sI bama. details are obtained of the man ual and machine strength of that de- partment which shows in larger de- ifson the necessity for more men end material in the Mobile fire depart ment. In the year ending last month, two steam engines and twentySiwc men to its department. making sixty men constantly in service; Tn adei- more aon stasions aasasrsd snd Wii M add sss msa @ and equipment necessary for these stations during the coming year. Tho steamers in it's fire houses. one chem icl engine and twelve thousand feet of hose. The Mobile department has ona ony osss ans ns aSoa sa hs of hose serviceable In Montgomery. In t the Mobile department, thers are only only hox. .hgsy'h ,he unssn the fire department of Mobile labors. It Is about half the size of the Mont- gomery departmsnt Mn, in men ;sras nnd sa"i2
  and has greater property valuation. It is manifest that the Mobile depart ment needs strengthening. and tNs as the Montgomery department and nies te be used from the mains di- rs ensnes at this tms rSlee Price s in his last report called attention to the numerical deficiency of tho de- hose. and the sub bject has been dealt with Ore by The Register Econo- my is best served, in the long run. s9ssSls RStannf n the the re ssss this cannot. be obtained with half a force and half the equipment which na ctv % tss sHs Wsua a to
 Activity of MT. Steele.
 The position of prosecuting attorss North Alabama Is not a small one" l.. Steele of Birmingham. who was in what aS they W ars sr in M Montson.ery. sss: if0" Our Birmingham ofice has to take aaa ead' as Sesdts anns ham. It keeps us on the jump. going from from plaee to place and ,S.s,out about four T must say. Enough, that I like the hustle reduired in our dItie; in the thing new ahead in one or the other of the courts and 1t keeps a lawyer thinking. Sometimes things get dull bv travelling around the rcene chan ges. the character of the cases chaEe to some extent and a man gets fresh "I always like to come to Mont gomery. It is a fine, sociable place to live in. I have a great many close brines baes & ae tue days asn when n' oaan Called Montgomery my home'
 Dangerous Electric .Iires.
 There is pole. filled with all sorts ner of Dexter Avenue and Perry street street; that is going to result in in is iation % if sH # is % not fixed said an p'ob o5- servant citizen yesterday.
 The pole is bent backwards and GSks G be easS %syes o .aap 5eG% m the ws f. seems to me. is dangerous to pedes- trans. and the only solution would Is strung with q mesh of high poten. tial wires and if it should ever fall to the ground, death would he instan- caught under the ret work. been bent by the stress of the guy the sidewalk. am not the only citizen who has noticed this and it would be wisdom on the nart of com Paniess using .a,,ig the pole to have it fixed c,srt Major ,n ,ba aaTry s1st Gunnels Chief ueeton is she in e Ed a meeting of the Good Roads Asso- citation in that place. He was down on the program one of the speak
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 State Superintendent of Education Isaac w. Hill is making a tour of one mill. which is being warmly fought out in those j. sections.
 Messrs. W. B. Folmar, G. N. Hanrick, Steve Green and T. H. Bland of Troy passed through Montgomery last night en route to Greenvile. where they go to attend the district convention of the Knights of Pythias
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 Messrs B. A. Taylor. P. A. Travis, James w. Smith and number of other Montgomery Pythians will leave for Eighth District Convention, Knights of Pythias & < N
 MT; William George BnD has re. SashSs and Ne% iF0' rhe vss youne te man was accompanied by his grand father, ex-Governor Porter, of Ten nessee. S k E
 MT. J. M. Jenkins is here from We tumpka. accompanied by his wife and daughter.
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 MT. R. c. Wood and Mir. w. B. Wy rosdick of Red Level. are in the city. MT. D. J. Perry arrived in Montgom- CT yesterday from Tuscaloosa.
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 MT. E. Wood of Mountain Creek, Is a visitor in the Capital City. & & <
 MT. E. P. Thomas of Eufaula arrived in Montgomery last evening.
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 MT. S. H. Greene came to Montgom cry yesterday from Troy.
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 MT. R. l.. Lane of Tuskegee is a a visitor in Montgomery.
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 Mr. J. M Paulk of Union Springs is a visitor in the city.
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 MT. J. G. Sessoms of Andalusia is a Montgomery visitor.