Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-22
PURCHASE Of FAME
HOUSE UNDECIDED
Safety Directors Could Not Use
Il and Council Defers
Action.

While they admit that the Fame
tirc Company has had long ana
honorable career ln the service ot this
city and that " has performed faith
tui service in frc lighting for almost
century. directors of the Department
uf Public Safety informed city coun-
c,l last nirht that they could not take
sentiment Into consideration I'm the ,S-
,ahliuhinr of the new paid IRE depart
ment and ar the house of the Fame
Company had No place In their plan
of organization they therefore could
not take N over and even " the city
should purchase the building and do
nat. n a. the tire department the III
H,rclors would have mo- use Cor the
~liurluru
rho directors and councilmcn met
in n conference to take up the pcti-
lion auhmllich hast week by the Fame
,omran, asking council TO do what II
could toward Inducing the safety III
ruptnra to huy their house. Council
last nlrht did not tabe nnnl action
un the matter hat agreed to lay it
over for two weeks In order 90 give
the members u chance to think over
,he ptusosltiun, The house uf the
Delaware Fire Company was consid-
efud IVA the general discussion and
what applied tu the Fame house also
applied tu the Delaware house 30 far
90 ihu safety directors were concerned.
rho lhrvu mcmhefa of the safety
board we're 90 The meeting and rresi-
don't a. n. smith told the Council
men that Nv formulating their plans
fnr tho now nre department they had
drpldod ten houses we're enough foi
Wilmington. tie said u was not thcli
conception that under the provisions
vf the law pruNidnn fur the depart
mrnt ihe question uf sentiment should
iiu taken Into consideration hut was
plhln huHlnvHa proposition for the
vity 10 said they were all of the
Same uplnion rcearllnn this matter.
However Mn Smith said, they
would not nppuao amy move ON tn,
lhI uf vuunvil lo buy the Famo hous,
and the Delaware house too m the
mrmhvra snw ~ Ia do ao. They had
no duHlrp nur thuunhl tu be- unjust
tu either at these companies ans
therefore they would nui oppose th'
,iiNa inhlnr them over hut they aait
ihuk puuld nnl usu them even f th'
vnN did hu, them fur there would hc
nn plhvr fur them IN their new or-
phnlfntlUn
Nf Smith was asked if it were true
that The uNporta they had here ad,is
N,u them n thulr work had recon
urndpd that thc rame house be- pun.
chased ilr snld rmnhatioalN that ~,
such Recommendation had hvcn mad,
aMh ln tact one expert had advises
agalnHt o. fm several reasons. Re
pntdinn he suggestion that tho Fam,
huuHp could ho uard fnr a repair shop
Nt smith said they had arranged foi
thai and ruuld locate such bulldlnl
probably ni Nu house ur No. FOR
muiN the Water witch aud th'
rhOsnik huuncn. iio insisted however
that tho, would not oppose the city,
hiyins u hut they would have no ur,
fnt the huildlnN ZOE n they had
ihuuuht u could be- used they woul,
have taken " over when the othoi
houses wvro purchased
a Developed that tho Fame HOUSE
10 ssaesard at kib.0oo and the - la
ware house at SO. 600 and Council un
dtfsiood both could be- purchascd fo
ih~sp prlues. However tho huying %
ono without tho other was ont OF an,
question and u was The evident scnti
mcni uf the members that u th'
city took one q should take hol
81 them.
Nr smith STATED that the boart
nll Ihi he able to use the Fame housl
tfl0NnVHfllN while sowo ~ the othp'