Show FIRE DEPARTMENT 1 REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHIEF FOR IMPROVEMENT Wants Cisterns Placed on Main Street and a Firo Station In Southeast South-east Part of City The report of the Fire department for the year 1S99 was yesterday given out by Mayor Thompson A comprehensive compre-hensive abstract of it was published in The Tribune December Ulst In addition to what appeared then tim Chief makes the following reconimen datlons 1 I That 1000 feet of i Inch firc hose be purchased u That threcor more cisterns he placed on Main street to he fed from ito water mains an improvement w hlfch tho Chief says would be of more vauc to the Fire department In case of large fires than any like expenditure lir the I water system That a fire stationbe erected In the I southeastern part of the city as soon as practicable I That an early revision of the present inequitable salary schedule be made l That two and onehalf miles of copper cop-per wire for fire alarms he purchased f Tho Chief estimates that the expense of maintaining the department for the year 1900 Including salaries and running run-ning expenses of house No 1 will be 45000 The cost of maintenance last year was 8283819 Chief Dine reported in his capacity of Inspectol of Street Lighting that I there are now in service In the city 112 i J street lamps thirteen more than at theend of the year 1898 |