Henderson gold leaf., 1911-09-14

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ter mains. This is not compiled
with, neither do the commissioner
demand it. The result is when a fir,
occurs in some sections of the town
you have to attach the hose to the
main and throw mud at the building
for a while before you can develop
even normal pressure.
Direct pressure of the fire house
pump Is not put on in case OF fire be-
cause of fear of bursting the water
mains. This reminds me of the man
who bought $4,000 automobile
and never used it because he was
afraid to crank the darn thing.
When we do not get direct pressure
we only get the pressure of the stor-
ed water in the tank. AS the loa.
grows more people and more indus
tries tap the water mains. This of a
necessity weakens the efficiency at
the nozzle. Our efficiency to fight
fire therefore under present opera
tions gets weaker every day. Am
logical2 And what are the mayor
and aldermen of Hustling Hender-
son doing to remedy and improve
matters? Nothing at all, nothing
at all. This fire fighting business is
on the same dusty shelf with that
unread town charter and the two
make good bed fellows. Not only is
the town government in regard to
this matter doing nothing but it is
actually going backward. Insur-
ance in some cases has already gone
up and other increases are sure to
follow. We will pay dearly for our
slothfulness in the long run.
Many towns in the South smaller
than Henderson have fire engines
which are able to throw water more
than a hundred feet straight up in
the air. You say l am extravagant..
Well how about that $4,000 street
roller standing doing nOthing7 You
could have bought a new fire engine
for that amount OF wasted money.
Progress sees water breaking win
dow panes, tearing off shingles,
smothering fire. What does Hust-
ling Henderson see and who is to
blame?
Fire protection is one of the most
important matters in our town gov
ernment and nothing is being done
to improve it. On the other hand:
What do you think of this or do you
think? Our present large fire wagon
did not turn a wheel for nearly a
year. Why? What stopped so
great a thing? Bless your hide
bound soul one of the commission
ers and the fire chief could not agree
on the size of a breast chain. That
is what stopped the whole wagon for
nearly year. Nowin order to keep
my muzzle in trim I will add that
when this wagon was bought our
town dads were SO Internally slow
that the claim had to be put into a
lawyers hands in order to force the
money out OF Hustling Henderson.
In the name of common sense what
was the use of that, when Henderson
had good credit? Wherever you
strike the town government you hit
a carbuncle. you can't miss one.
The year 1911 has not yet closed.
In 1909 and 1910, within the cor
porate limits, not including any fires
outside of town, the town itself has
on record fifteen fires. OF these fires,
ten or two out of every three, were
total loss, not a cent saved. This is
not a guess on my part, it comes
from the official record on file. The
question naturally ARISES, what are
you paying your tax for? [ do not
claim to know whether the trouble
is with the water company or with
the fire company, butt do claim that
the town does not have the fire pro-
lection it ought to have and that
nothing is being done to improve it.
1t is easy enough to sit and vote on
trivial matters and approve trivial
bills, but the weighty matters is
where we are light. The Dramatis
Personae of the board looks only
like a farce comedy but when the
curtain rises it rises on a tragedy.
Our newspapers have praised and
famed the fellows who lost their
voice, their clothes, their skin in
fighting fire but they have never had |
the energy or the backbone to roast |
the fellows higher up. What is our
present editor doing? Is he on the
side of progress? Why doesn't he
open up? Why doesn't he throw
away the Balm OF Gilead long enough
to segregate something besides soft
soap? Where is the narcotic that
benumbs the mind aud trembles the
hand? Come, out Mr.. Editor, un-
fold and uncover yourself, take OF
the bridal veil and let the bushes
come. s. T. PEACE.
TO be Continued J