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Entered aa aecead-elasa matter Feh.
28, 1807, at the pcateflloe at Nema.
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MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1916.
The complete’absence of water
for nearly a half hour after the
sounuing of the alarm for the Dis
covery tire Friday evening is an
other significant indication that a
change of some nature should be
made in the supply system so
that an adequate and infallible
supply of water will be ready for
use at all times and under all
conditions- The present method
of supplying water for fires is
thoroughly efficient for the pur
fir\CA Birarjl limy Kilt rinA Hut.
that one is of a nature to, in a
great degree, nullify practically
every other good feature of the
system- The whole trouble is
that the plant cannot be depend
ed upon to supply water exactly
at the time it is needed. This is
apparently not a fault of the
pumping apparatus but is due
ather to the fact that the the
connections with the source of
-ter supply are of such char
acter as to render the whole ap
paratus useless at times. This
was exactly the situation for
twenty five or thirty minutes af
ter the sounding of the alarm Fri
day night. Just when the water
w.is most neeued there was none
to ne had- nau this been tile first
lime tnat a comietenips ot tins
.mitne occurred, it would hard
1) justiy remark but, it is not
tne nrst time. Indeed, there is
positively no assurance that • the
condition prevailing at the Dis
covery tire may not be repeated
tomorrow or tne next uay or the
day alter, in the event of a fire oc
cuinng on tuose days. Vv e are
not aware ol the actual reason
why the water failed to appear
when needed Friday night, nor
does any one else seem to know.
1 he engineer on duty at the
pumping station declares that he
does not know and the officials
of the tire department also pro
fess ignorance. Everyone con
necteo vvitn the department lays
tne biame on the suction but no
one, horn the chairman of the fire
and water committee down to the
humble engineer, seems to have
the faintest idea why the suction
laued to work. There are several
theories onered but no one seems
to have the slightest amount of
actual knowleuge as to the why
or wherefore. '1 he engineer says
that the pumps were started
promptly on signal with a full
Head ol water discharging into
the main. This continued for
live or six minutes apparently,
then, lor no reason tnat can be
explained the water suddenly
cxaatd. Tne pumps were then
aiiut down wmie an investigation
was made bo lar as can be as
certained this resulted in the find
ing ot no tangible evidences of
au>tiling wioug witn tne appa
ratus. It is said that no exam
lam.on or the suction intake was
possible as tue contrivance is cov
ered with snow and ice. After a
lew minutes, knowing notmng
else to do under tne circum
stances, tne engineer again start
ed tne pumps, with tne result
uiat ainpie water loiiowed. But,
in the interval, many valuable
minutes, minutes tnat unuer
other less ortunate conditions
might have resulted in the de
stiuction of much valuable prop
erty, were lost. And no one can
give a reason The pumps were
all right—everything was all
light as far as any one knows—
but the fact remains that there
was no water when the fire was
a the most critical stage and
when the available resources of
the department were exhausted.
Those who were on the scene and
arc aw etc of the circumstances
readily i-Hmit that i; i« nothing
short of a miracle that the fire did
not gam sufficient heaoway dur
ing the interval of waiting after
the chemical was exhausted as to
seriously jeopardize both the Dis
covery building and much sur
rounding property. As previous
ly remarked, the whole fault is
blamed on the suction. Probably
it was. In any event it is plain
that something should be done to
obviate such possibilities. If it
was the suction, then that appa
jtus should either be discarded
*>r placed in such condition that
occuranccs of such vital character
will not happen again.
As we said before, this is not
the first time that the water has
failed to appear when badly aeed
•e'ii The suction, according, to
accounts, has been a constant
source of annoyance to the offi
cials in spite of every precaution
to keep it in order. In the win
ter it is constantly menaced by
the moving ice and is at the
mercy of wind and water during
the summer. During an earlier
period of the present winter the
•ntire plant was out of commis
sion for several days owing to the
sudden lowering of the water be
ow the point of intake- At oth;r
times in the past both ice and
s^inn have rendered the plant
useless for long or short periods
i ime and time again, the fire de
partment has found itself short
of water just when it was needed
and have been compelled to
search for private fire extinguish
ers alter the usual resources of
the department were exhausted.
1 he reason for such incidents
has always been ascribed to
some defect in the pumping ap
paratus and usually to the same
one that compelled the firemen to
stand idly by last Friday while
smouldering flames gathered new
energy and destructive power.
All tins is certainly plain evidence
that a change of some kind is
badly needed. With a defective
or unreliable water supply, the
city is obviously in danger of a
serious conflagration or complete
destruction any time a fire oc
curs. Most of the fault setm to
rest in the suction and, af this
apparatus is not only unreliable
but is at all times in danger of
being destroyed or rendered use
less by the action of ice or sea,
for this reason alone some other
means should be devised to in
sure an ample supply of water at
the instant it is needed. v
CALL.
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT
CONVENTION.
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be present at Hunter Hall at 8:30
p. m., Saturday, March iS.
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