Arizona republican., 1910-05-18
THE RECORD Of THE FIRE
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tid not save the Hotel Adams. but it Is doubtful if the best apparatus in the world could have done so backed by unlimited men. unless il had been on rhc ground waiting. But its handling of the hotel fire was such as 10 delay ;he c"nflaGration materially. lessen it's awful heat. and afford the best pos sibi" protection to the surrounding rrapcrty. only for the firernen. and their intelligent work with limited ap- laratrS. il is doubtful ii Phoenix would today have any business center.
 There were thoughtless or ndis- r,ruiuc critics in plenty. as there al uIys ar" Ht yesterdays fire. but the frruru were needless Of all outside ialI. and kept steadily al their work srrnidiu. tn their own plans. The Hotel NdaluS has been a constant ,ludy of the department The fire men hay" always feared just what hap r.ucd yesterday and have had their ul4us of action outlined for such Hn ,.turr-.ncy. Suitinr the plans to their niuii,d equipment There were many things ihry would liked |" have done u they had been provided with any .Dr i" d" Il with They have been
 n"iI nf h"s,. always and that was .r,. difficulty they l.tb"red under yes i,r.itA. I've thousand feet recently .r,i,r,d hld u"t arrived and il would au hay, h,rn needed. perhaps more. food. if it had been here. They had but two engines and both were nsed (" thr h,st possible advantage. II was one .,c,., inu when the chemical "as out ,.l-scd. IL was a real fire
 rI.at the work "f the department was .ipi.r,.ciai"d iS well evidenced already. Before the fire had scarcely subSided Dwight r.. Heard wrote the department a letter af appreciation and enclosed q ,.lccI, for S50. The Valley Bank did likewise. enclosing q check for S256 Roy Goodrich followed the lead with q check Tor Sl00. Last night Class Brothers who were not affected. eX- r,pt to suffer al well developed fright. started general subscription list. heading il with Slo. How long the list has grown hv this time has not been learned.
 That the council has proper ap- praciation Of the work of the depart
  ,ial meeting yesterdav aftern bon when council Cisney, who mas always sought [" treat the department liberally, pro posed the buying of 5000 feet more hose councilman McDermott amend ,a to make il 5.000. and il VII so he.
 In recognition of the intelligent di- r.ctipn of Acting Fire Chief Sullivan. a policeman who has held that office with a side emolument of s25 per month. the council in a regular meet ing last night made him full fledGed chief at salary of S1.506 per year.
 Dan McDermott is himself q pretty level headed man beside being q coun- ,ilman. and is q good field marshal :- well. During the fire yesterday he caused some iron awnings or shutters tp be carried between the firemen and the Adams. while the former were playing their hose on the GoOdins block ! and adjoining properties. Without this protection they would never have been able to endure the melting heat and save the property on the west side of Central avenue.
 That Phoenix was given due consid- cratton by the sister towns of the ter rit0ry. d consideration that cannot he ! foreotten.- was shown when an early ! message came from Tempe rendering l the services of the Tempe department, {! Superintendent scott placing a train at | it's disposal. The firemen assembled at | The depot. but it was found the fire i was. under control before leaving. or | probably would be mastered. so the I department was not asked to come. hut ! ite surplus hose was borrowed and 1 toward the last end of the big blaze : played a very useful part.
 Tucson in like manner made the ! most kindly offers. Learning that the ] threatened the whole city