Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-13
FIRE. MAINS FIGHT
BELIEVED SUCCESS
Commissioners Now Expect
ed to Ask Budget Bureau for
High-Pressure System.

With organizations and public Of
ficials lining up behind the Washing
ton Board of Trade in it's efforts to
have a provision for beginning the
installation of a high water pressure
fire-fighting system in the downtown
section included in the District es-
Inmates, there seemed little doubt to-
day that the Commissioners will in
sert this item in their recommends
tions to the bureau of the budget.
Both the civilian Commissioners
in former years have given their ap-
prevail to such system, and there
is a belief now that If the pro-
vision comes up in the estimates from
one of the District departments
they will give 1t their official ap-
prevail and then send it on to the
bureau of the budget.
VIII Consult Gen.~Lord.
Being almost convinced now that
the way has been paved for the
measure in the District building, the
Board of Trade, through its commit
tees on water supply and insurance
and fire protection, will next take
the matter up with Gen. H. M. Lord,
chief of the bureau of the budget,
which scrutinizes all requests for
money from the District as we'll as
other governmental bureaus.
The committees do not know how
the budget bureau will consider the
matter, but the committeeman are not
going to take anything for granted.
1t Is expected that they will visit
Gen. Lord and thoroughly acuuaint
IF OF oxr,{,
the estimate to go through, and thus
end fight which has been conducted
for twenty years.
1t will be pointed out that by pro-
viding the system at this time much
money will be saved, as the estima ted
cost has been increased by thousands
of dollars since 1t was first proposed
In addition, there will be figures to
show the great fire risk which is run
in the business district not only
through the loss Of private property
in the event of conf1agration, but
the vast amount of government build
ings and the innumerable and in
valuable government records stored
therein.
Club Indorses PROPOSAL.
The Cosmopolitan Club, at its meet
ing yesterday, gave its Endorsement
to the movement for a high-pressure
water system and requested that the
Commissioners include provision for
such system in their estimates
Hearty approval of the effort of
residents of the District to have the
high-pressure system installed in the
business sections of Washington was
expressed today by Senator Ralph
Cameron of Arizona, republican.
Senator Cameron is a member of the
Senate District committee.
Il am in favor of any measures that
may be adopted for protection against
fire." said Senator Cameron. eft Is
estimated that II will cost a million
, and half dollars to install. A sim
gle fire in the downtown district of
the National Capital might well cost
more than that amount in dollars and
cents, not to mention the fact that the
loss Of life might be great. To INV
mind, 1t would be an economy to
bring about the installation of the
high-pressure system"
Senator Cameron said he would
support legislation at thexAext ses-
sion of Congress- for the. appropria-
ton of funds to begin work on the
high.pregsuE4 lystAW hers.