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Show BJIIEBIES IT FIHE : STATION ARE TO : BE GHIKED 3 To place storage batteries in the x fire department is a question that is f receiving the attention of the city L board of commissioners, at tho In-, In-, stance and request of Mayor A. R. j Heywood, and it Is quite certain that . this afternoon the chango will be de-. de-. cided upon It will cost about $3000, I but the expenditure is considered . well worth while, as the present grav- ity system is quite out-of-date . A contract for the new batteries . will be made with tho Qamewell Fire f Alarm company of San Francisco, represented re-presented by Fred A. Wood. It Is said that the constantly increasing prices ! for zinc and other material In gravity batteries makes the system very expensive. ex-pensive. It will be about four months before the new system can be installed. install-ed. Last evening the city board of commissioners com-missioners directed that the special assessment fund loan to the general fund the sum of $5000. The petition for watermaln extension exten-sion on Third street was denied. Commissioner Com-missioner Miles L. Jones reporting that the street had not yet been dedicated dedi-cated for city purposes. Communication from Zilpha Stephens Steph-ens for purchase of the old hospital and grounds on Twenty-eighth street between Madison and Monroe avenues, was placed on file, and will not be given giv-en further consideration at this time. Mrs. Stephens offered 52000 for the premises. ' The communication from the Ogden ; Standard company respecting special tax for Hudson avenue opening and improvement, between Twenty-third ' and Twenty-fourth streets, was referred refer-red to the city attorney. |