The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-09
GREATER NEW FORKS
TENTH ANNIVERSARY.


inx much serious, II quiet discussion.
insurance by practically all the big
are companies In downtown New York.
The public demonstration Of the In
cficfency OF the water pressure ana
the rottenness OF the antique IRE hose
which burst even under the light pres
sure put upon 1t at the recsnr $1,000
900, Parker building are. has led TO an
Investigation BY the IRE underwriters.
which shows UP the city's service In
q light not only unpleasant but ak
tremsly grave.
The manager Of one Of the largest
IRE insurance companies characterizes
the whole IRE fighting system of Man
haitian as being far below the neces-
sary standard. citing the last report
OF the fire underwriters, which Labelled
the IRE alarm service as Fundamentally
wrong in design and in q state OF such
physical decay as to be liable at any
time to such q failure as to render ~
wholly useless 60 the fire lighting de-
partment in the time OF greatest need.
More than three-quarters of the nre
alarm cable system according 10 TINS
report. was In hopelessiy defecsrse e
condition and bad beyond repair. Tne
fire alarm boxes, 1t continues. are
largely OF an antiquated type dating
back to 1859.
In April 1905. the accidental sever
ance of Q single cable disabled 30 per
cent of all the fire alarm stations In
Manhattan and the experts have re-
ported that the troubles which often
occur In the system In single DAY
are more than should properly happen
In several years.
Expert report characterizes the
whole system as being so thoroughly
bad as to be beyond repair or any FUR
Their patching. Naturally, under these
conditions which the public appreciates
as little as 1t does the danger OF nre
bigger than any in history, lire tnsur-
ance companies are decreasing their
liabilities.
One high oficial is quoted as de-
scribing the condition as me IN which
not only might all lower New YORK
be wiped out by flames. but AS re-
suit all the insurance companies suner
financial ruin.
things in a big way, but in this case
especially after the recent loss of sew.
eral lives in fires because of defective
and rotten apparatus, Ii appears as IL
Father Knickerbocker was not anxious
for q record of this sort. Meantime
the Investigation to place the RESPONSE
bility for these rotten hose goes mer,
rily on with all sorts of charges o.
will have an adequate IRE alarm sys-
tena--that is II 1t doesn't burn up nrst,
New York's police dogs. copied
from those In use in many European
cities, are really fact at last. and
It is believed that this Is the nrst
case In this country in which CANNES
have been regularly enrolled as mem
bers of force and assigned to beats.
The dogs, five In number at present,
| are not bloodhounds, nor are they par
| tfcuIarly large. Neither are they scent
| dogs. In fact they are just dogs,
| standing about eighteen inches high
| and weighing about Atty pounds. In
| coat and color they somewhat resem-
BILE a large wire haired Scotch terrier.
| The dogs were imported from Bel
.w,ura and cost Just ten dollars each, in
| stead Of the fabulous sums which have
| been mentioned. No guardian OF the
| peace ever cost the city so little, and
when It became known that the entire
| bill of the inspector who went abroad
| 70 select them amounted to only SS4S
| including q months stay abroad, and
1 Ali travelling expenses. Comptroller
| Na.x. who had to pass upon the bill
nearly fell out Of HIS aehair. z
'Why there are plenty Of men In the
| amploy OF the city who couldn't take
| trip to Sandy Hook on that sum-, MT
| Nets is reported 20 have exclaimed
\ when he recovered.
But cheap though they were. the dogs
are, here. and after considerable train
ing are now on DUTY, They are al
ways muzzled and accompany police
| man on q leash.
Ii Is not their duty to bite 9 bur-
glar but simply at the word Of COM
| rnand to pursue and knock him down
either by tripping him or BY landing az
| their fifty pounds with q dying leap In
the pit of his stomach In q knock
| out and goat like hunt. That they
| are easily capable of this feat has al
ready been thoroughly demonstrated
ana Iight-footed thieves who In the
past have laughed at the efforts OF
| numbering cops TO overtake them will
now find that they have very differ
emit sort of foe to contend with IN
| the canine COP"
II the experiment proves as success