The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-02-05
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Last week we took occasion t,
comment upon the recent acts o
the City Council in reducing tn,
number Of paid employees of tn,
fire department, and suggeste.
then that it promised to prove ex
peDsive to the property owners II
the end Our warning had hard
ly ceased schoiDg, when "Towr
Report No ; New Iberia, La,
was issued by the La. Fire Pre-
ventiOn Bureau. In this report
he result Of Mr.. s. f. Lawton',
inspection, we End some few par
agrspbs which should be Of wide
awake interest to every citizen OF
this burg, who must pay taxes
and insurance. The following
excerpts speak for themselves
with forcefullDess peculiarly
their own:
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Hrs department has been re-
duced since the previous report. No
station, which originally had one
man and horse on duty at all times,
10 now imperative, the fireman dis
charged and the horse stabbed At No.
| l Station. The horse is crippled and
10 not suitable for fire service. The
department now consists Of two paid
men, located at Nc. / station, and
large number of volunteers. Sta.
ton No. 6, located at 10 West Main
Street, steel contains two hose reels
hand), nogzles, spanners and
wrencbes, but has volunteer members
only and is said to be only partially
active. Stations N .. 2, I, 8 aud o, az
shown on the original report, have
been disposed of or are inactive.
Star Electric Co. Fire Alarm System,
with 35 boxes, In use and in good con-
dition.
H.. Ssaley, Chief of Fire Depart
ment.
TESTS AND REMARKS.
This is direct pun ping syste m and
the fire pump is known to be of made
quate capacity to deliver the stand
ard number Of streams, consequently
no test was made.
PRESENT CLASSIFICATION Sec
ond OIass, with defective water works
and insufficient Ere fighting appars-
tus.
NEW Observation-Disclosures
Glass, with defective water works and |
partial Are department. and insult.
Client FIRE fighting apparatus.
IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO
SECURE SECOND CLASS
CLASSIFICATION.
MUNICIPAL 1. Adopt Z standard
ordinance governing the disposition
OF rubbish and trash and the burning
Of trash in the business section.
WATER works.. Provide an
high pressure pump of not
less than |. 600 gallons per minute ca
pacity.
2 Provide 4 standard cutoff be- |
tween the pumps aud electric ma |
chinery. 3. Provide an additional
IL inch pipe to extend from the pump
ing station to the business center. at
which point same should be connect
ID to the distributing system.
FIRE DEPARTMENTAL. Install
, motor driven combination hose and
chemical wagon At No. l station. 2
Provide q No. 2 station unexposed
nent In same and equip hose wagon
With a 40 gallon chemical tank and
90 feet Of Y inch chemical hose
Put the hook and ladder truck IN
commission and equip same with two
gallon chemical extinguishers.
ruck to be manned by full paid
river, / full paid fireman and ID vol
nteer hremen.
SOL BLOODWORTH,
Secretary.
anuary ~. 1915.
IL We hadn't slipped, vi
ouldn't have fallen. If the City
ouncil had MT horribly blu0der
BY monkeylDg with insurance
lterest, We might have been
emitted to 80 on indefinitely
it'll thiags and rates as they
ere. Now, to get back the
We have lost, is apt to
ut the burden bearers more
ian the present councllmen will
'er be sble to compensate.
Some years ago City Council,
,ssessed Of the idea that the In
rance Companies doing bust :
'ss here we're not contributing
0ugh to our public expenses,
ldertook to collect q license
ON the local agent graded BY
. number Of companies the
,ent represented. The result
% the tax payers paid the
'ense tax imposed BY the couD-
and In addition had to pay the
'sur ance Companies q bonus for