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Show THOSE FIRE HOUSES. The Dilatory Taetis of the Committee . on Poblio Ground. "Procrastination" is evidently the motto of th? committee on public grounds of the cfty oounciL Last August over 300 representative repre-sentative citizens petitioned that honorable body to establish firo houses in various sections sec-tions t-f the city which could not be afforded protection by the department. The petition was finally granted and the selection of the sites referred to Messrs. Kelly, Simondi, Beardsley, Elch and Evans. They claim to have performed the work assigned them, but for some reason have failed to report their findings to the council. In the meattime thousands of citizens are wondering what th delay means. The fire houses are conceded to be a necessity by all, the money for their construction lies idle in the city treasury, there ia plenty of material In the city and many workmen who need employtaent. There is no good reason why the bouses should not be built this year, but the dilatory tactics of the committee create the iaxpresslon that they are not alive to the exigencies of the situation. A costly blaze or two in the district to be benefited appears ap-pears to be necessary to wake them upj |