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Show "-- THE FiRE HOUSES. No Good Kaon xUts Why There Should He Further Delay. A further inspection of the records of the fire department shows that during the past lnepty-tw ii-iitts first In the southwestern 1 oriiou ot ihe city destroyed property to the vlue of t!5.u0(i. The figures are given for lb pnrpbse of showing the Silurians who oppose tbe arection ot the new fire houses that protection iu tea outskirts is needsd, niltt tins ;rk of constructing the fire house eannot begin too soon to suit the ptapie, who bavo U foot the biils in the end. U tr.y t consoling to the few opponents T tbe toitotX improvements to la-n that lt yer lbs cost o the fire department of W't r"rt1and. Ore, por illation 4t,S!fi, was -r"Sfc3Je than $3 per capita. This year It it a lrst"n less than $2.75 per capita for ti eoits.tda'.d city West Portland and !' E PortlsVl no including a tSO.000 fire best wh.ebs bssn ask-d for. This year t tiaic9 cost of the department is 1 $-0,000, anaVh census reports the population popula-tion 'of c'onsciistd Portland at N,05y, or about 800C 1st than this city clsLins. Now that tllf public is taking a hand in tha rcorcment it is more than probable that s5ju action wili be taken by the council this Tcning. Tbe committee are believed to hate sU the facts in hand and if such is the cats no good reMa exist why thtre should bs farther delay in such an all-Important matter. |