Show those who witnessed the big fire in the woolen mill building last 1 day need DO further evidence of thel iw fact that Bligh biggham aril cites fire fight i 1 id sn g apparatus can be improved the firemen arrived on the scene in plenty of time to have saved almost the entile structure tule had bad the water been I 1 available As it was they were as PoN powerless erless as could be against such odds they imply hail had to stand and look at it burn the chief knew that they have enouf enough h hose to r reach from tile the rees corner about 30 rods dis 16 ilant tant but because some of the men insisted that there e was enough it was tried jt it reached a point in the middle of the i road oad in front of the dwelling house on the same lot and the pressure was so light that the stream would hardly carry at all the firemen feel that if they had an engine and a pump they could do effective no matter where a fire might breal break out in this case they could have worked to advantage under such circumstances as there was ample water in the ditches and the race but nothing could be done with buckets an engine would cost in the neighbor neighborhood bool of 1000 they point out that in this one instance alone the saving that could have been done would have hae paid for the engine ten tell hill cog ea etao I 1 ten times over the arguments seem plausible and we believe the matter worthy of attention at baj aas from the city fathers |