Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
FIRE DEPARTMENT
IS. HIGHLY PRAISED
FOR GOOD WORK
Underwriters Inspector Sur
prised at Great Efficiency
Displayed by Men.
LOCAL COMPLIMENTS ALSO

Praise of The highest kind and from
the most authoritative sourse has just
come 10 the city's new hrc department
for the very efficient manner in which
the officers and members performed
their duties last Thursday morning nt
the fire in the Mercantile Printing
.Company's plant at Tenth and Walnut
streets. T.. 7. Bye. treasurer of the
company. in n letter Go Fire Chief
William J. butz. received today. states
that H. y. ileacock. inspector FOR the
Middle Department. Fire Board OF
Underwriters, aftV a thorough in
spection of the ruins expressed the
belief that the local department must
have done especially good work for
he could not see how they saved the
printing company's main building and
the buildings of the New Castle
Leather Company just TO the north.
lie wanted to compliment the depart
ment ON it's very good work.
This is especially gratifying 60 the
directors Of the Department Of Public
Safety, Chief Lutz and his assistants
and all the members Of the depart
mont, The fire insurance under
writer's and their inspectors are not
given to praising fire departments. the
iiremer say, unless there is good
ground for IL and when theySdp ex-
press their pleasure IL IS because a
job has been well done and none bet
ter than such experts when a fire has
been handled in tho proper way. This
makes Inspector Heacock's words of
praise have all the more weight. the
firemen feel, and they are especially
elated as n consequence,
Mr.. Bye in his letter to Chief Iuts
states:
I'VE wish TO compliment YOU and
the members OF the Wilmington Fire
Department on the veryseflicient man
ner in which they hantiled the nre at
our plant on Thursday morning De
ceniber 20, and the many courtesies
extended 10 our company during the
fire.
we had with us today Nh. l.. b.
HeaccCk. inspector Middle Department
Fire Board OF Underwriters who fully
inspected the ruins and asked mo TO
compliment the Wilmington Fire De-
partment ON the very efficient way i'm
his judgments they handled this fire
He said the firo department must hava
done particularly good work as he
could not sec how they saved our
main building and also i'm saving the
buildings on tho North, belonging 70
the New Castle Leather DO lilo also
expressed regret that he was not horo
10 see the fire and the operations Of
the department as everyone from thn
chief down must have dono good
work"
What An Observer Saw.
But this is not all the praise COM
ing TO tho department for verbal
bouquets were showered upon tho de-
partment today William c. Corey.
president of the Delaware Leather
Company, in a letter to S. i Smith.
president of the Department OF Public
safety, takes occasion TO congratulate
the board and the firemcu on the prog
ress made TO date. in developing tho
new fire department., MIR. Corey was
a spectator at last weeks big blaze
and in his letter he draws a COM
parsson between the present paid de-
partment, with it's well equipped.
drilled and disciplined men. and the
old volunteer department, with its
poorly equipped fire fighters.
MIR. Corey's letter was as follows.
! Continued on page 10.