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Show ' j II FIRE FIGHTING IN THE EARLY DAYS j 1 I'lro ordinances nre by no moans B modorn or oven complicated, nt least In proportion to tho now Inventions H and ciuihos, electric lights and other B I elaborate ami lnllnmmablo fixtures, B , and to tho vnrlous Inventions and H i ! 1 ! methods of prevention. Nearly a hun- H V x ' ! drod yoarn ago there vwro ordinances B I ' ; as numerous nnd us long for the pro- H ' f vcntlon nnd extinction of tires. In 1S1G I Dotiolt had nn elaborate tiro ordl- HBVl nanco. It ordered every householder H tit provulo u pair of water buckets ami B ., a. wooden vessel holding twonty or B ' twonty-tlvo gallons, "with two loops B I j strongly attached thereto," which Aj j wnro nlwnys to bo kept full of water H; i .4 tn n placo whero It could not bo ho.on H if and to hnvo a lovor or iolo of sutU- H clout weight and strength to sustain H I mid vessel. To onch chimney ot his H hour.0 ho must attach a substantial H laddir, to bo fastened to tho roof, nnd i 1 another ladder long enough to com- If ' munlcato with tho first. IJvory mnlo person .apablo of giving Vfl asslstnnco must, on nn alarm of tiro, H repair to tho sccno, carrying ono or H moro ot sueh vessels, nnd ouoy tho H orders of one of tho trustees. Twolvo H householders aipolnted by tho board H f trustoos wero to provide thomsolvcs H each with "n good foiling ax" and re- B pair to tho placo ot tho flro. Six others H woro to bo provided by the eorpor.i- H - tlon with thrco battering rams, to bo H nsod nt fires. Thoro woro also twenty- B four to bo provided with "flro hooks." HBBf ,, ICvory Hhopkcopor muet provldo him- H - ' tolt with two or thrco bushel bnf,s ! i, with which to heat out tho flro. Vor negloctlrg lo jirovldo thoso varl- i, oux iroplomcnts a lino of $5 was lm- K r i u BBBBBBr' CKB HMD X.Z.YZ.TS r posed; for neglect ot duty at tho fires, a tlno ot $10. Tho prosont habit of disregarding flro ordlnancos vauld scorn to ho nn Inherited ono. But at least this cannot can-not ho snld of tho failure to enforco tho ordinances. Tho record shows that at least once n woek thoro was fiomo complaint of noncompliance An ontlro session, July 2, 1621, wns tnkrn up with this business. Nearly forty delinquents wero fined from 75 cants to $1.?5 ror bolng "deficient" one or moro ladders having ladders In b.id condition, luck ot bates or buckoti, or . for not having thoir namos on tl em. ! All v-nl 1 seom to have gono to tb llres. for no fines nro rocorded. ' fl 1iTf M-Si-. -lfiH.i - |