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11 ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CIIROXICLE, SATURDAY, JUNE 13. 1903. MORE HYDRANTS NEEDED. THE POWER OF FIFTEEN DOLLARS Subject Discussed by Board of Contra t. Two Big Contracts Awarded.

Comptroller Johnston started an interesting discussion at the meeting of the Board of Contract and Supply yesterday morning by mentioning the fact that the city is poorly supplied with hydrants, especially in the business portion. He suggested that something be done at once to remedy the defect. Commissioner of Fublic Works Neville explained that the matter had already been hrnnirhf to hi Attention bv Commissioner ihjTA smLjm s. 1 -T 1 1 1 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GREATLY HANDICAPPED Chief Little Makes Strong Plea for More Hydrants. Only Two Domestic Hydrants on State Street From Main to Railroad Shows How Number ol Additional Firemen Could be Utilized, Also Companies in Outlying Sections Hose Supply Nothing to Boast ol Coroner Will Endeavor to Find Bow-mans Body To-day-Clearing Away the Ruins.

for the stand pipe through a network of wires before we could move it. But these are minor difficulties. The serious danger is the lack of hydrants." Working on the Ruins. Fire Marshal Walter late Thursday afternoon made it a point to see all the owners and agents of the buildings destroyed, and served a verbal notice on them that the debris must be removed from Allen and Fitzhugh streets as soon as possible. This was followed up by a formal notice by mail.

Under these directions, the work of cleaning up the streets was begun early yesterday morning, and by o'clock both streets were open for traffic. Mr. Walter also gave directions as to the razing of the remaining walls of the buildings. The large chimney standing on the Fiudel alley side, will be scaffolded this morning and taken down. The Fire Marshal also had the walk on the Brick Church side roped off to save pedestrians from the danger of being hit falling bricks.

No directions were given as to the removal of the walls of the church, as they are not considered a serious menace in their present condition. Will Hunt for Bowman. Coroner Kleindienst will set a large number of laborers at work in the ruins of the Paneost building this morning, searching for the body of William Bowman, of No. 1U Cleveland street, who was carried down with building when the walls col-hipped. Bowman was last seen on the fifth floor, near the tire escape, at the eastern end of the building.

The body is either buried under great piles of brick, twisted iron and machinery, or has been irciuerated by the fierce heat which destroyed the massive building in thirty minutes from the time the fire started. In company with Assistant Fire Marshal J. M. Brazil, I. Allen, who represents the Corporation Liquidating Company of New York, owners of the I'an-cof building, visited the fire yesterday to irspect the walls and get an idea of the general condition of the ruins.

Mr. Allen said: "The Corporation Liquidating Company's plans for the future are uncertain, although it is probable that no time will be lost in rebuilding. Representatives of the company will come to Rochester from New York to-morrow or at the beginning of next week to make a personal inspection. From what I have seen this morning a complete reconstruction will le In its application to the purchase of men's suits has had a remarkable demonstration at this store from the beginning of the season and the demonstration continues, greatly to the satisfaction of men who don't want to pay more than $15 for their suits, but who are just as particular in their Ideas of quality and fashion as if they were going to invest $5 or $1 0 more. Here is the assortment BLUE SERGES BLACK WORSTEDS FANCY WORSTEDS FANCY CHEVIOTS HOMESPUNS SCOTCH EFFECTS A great many of these suits belong to the $20 class.

We bought them of the makers at a price, and as we bought them so shall we sell. We said something the other day about Outing Suits running short. Now, there will be plenty of the ordinary kinds all summer, but if you want one of the real L. Adler Bros. smart creations, you cannot speak for it too quickly.

We now have all that we shall be able to get of them. $15 to $22. rillUUU. lit." il HI UliU I 1 hydrants would be placed in position soon. The Mayor said he believed in putting in as many hydrants as the appropriation will permit, but he blamed former administrations for not doing this work.

It was agreed by all that not only new hydrants should be bought, but something should be done to get rid of the extensive overhead wire system throughout the city. The contract for nn asphalt improvement on Central avenue was let to the Rochester Vulcanite J'avement Company for William Fuller received the contract for the Union. Wangman and Ilebbard street sewer for A contract for cement walks in Wilmington street was let to Herman Miller for JS0S4. Bids were received for Arklow street asphalt pavement. Colvin street cement walks, South Washington street cement walks and a steel fence on the reservoir.

Alderman Ribstein appeared and urged that the contract for the Clifford street pavement be let, but no action was taken. The people want metropolitan brick, r.nd as there was only one bid, the contract was not let, in the absence of City Engineer Fisher, who desired to consult the Corporation Counsel on the subject. A special meeting of the board will be held Monday morning to let this contract. For Distress After Eating Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate. It relieves immediately, by stimulating the secretion of the digestive fluid.

Makes the digestion natural and easy. the city without adequate hydrant provision being made to tight fires which may and will occur." Thee statements were made reluctantly by Chief Little in reply to the reporter's-Questions. "I do not wish to appear to criticise the city authorities, and I am not doing so," saal he, "but I am stating facts in reply to your Wants More Companies. At this point the conversation was in 19 i wr'wr if KEWS OF THE RAILROADS. Our Blue Serge Suits are In high favor, and deservedly, for we have been careful to secure the best in the market.

The dyes are fast and the fabrics are right weight for good looks and long wear. Summer Trousers are quite a specialty with us. "Crown" Outing Trousers, $3 to White Duck, $1 and Crash, $1, $1.25 and $1.50. Spring Overcoats have been so common on the street this week that we think it is only right to say that we have a few left of the silk lined garments in covert, Oxford gray and black unfinished worsted at $12. A light overcoat will be a part of every wise man's vacation equipment this summer and these $12 coats are certainly a bargain.

After the drought Rain Coats. Ours are the real Cravenettes $10 to $25. Whatever stle of Straw Hat your head was made for, It is here and no fancy price to pay. Our Furnishings man knew what he was doing when he selected his Negligee Shirts. The showing in neat effects In the "Star" make at $1.50 and $2.00 will please you.

We have chosen to-day for the closing out of two lots of big boys' 3-piece suits (long pants), sizes 14 to 19 years. They are in light, medium and dark colors, stripes, plaids and plain blacks and blues. Just to help the store along in making new friends among money-savers, we have made the prices of these suits $4.95 and $5.95 but they were not made to sell for any such money. Let us say, as we have said before, that we are always glad to have visitors, even if they don't buy. How It Might Have Been Prevented.

The disastrous fire of Thursday taught some lessons that may well le heeded. It will be generally conceded, for instance, that had the fire department been summoned by the system of the Rochester Electric Sitnal Company, the flames could have been confine. 1 to the Fancost building, or. at least, that the destruction Of the Brick Church and other valuable property could Lave been prevented. It is the time lost in notifying the firemen that usually does the mischief, and many people who undertake to send in nn alarm areso excited that they precious moments in locating the box.

By the syMcm of the company referred to, the simple pushing of a button on the premises summons the department without an instant' delay, and the company is now installing a new form of box, the alarm from which indicates in each tin-house the exact" location of the fire even to the street number. Rochester is fortunate in having such a valuable auxiliary fire alarm system as Lwt of the Rochester Electric Signal xftnsn offices are at No. 107 State street, and if it were more generally adopted by merchants and manufacturers disasters like that of Thursday morning, involving tremendous losse. would be well nigh im-Iosible of occurrence. Don't Forget The.

North King's, excursion to Bay of guinte and Thoumnid Islands every Saturday evening, returning adav cfarlin Clothing Co. Excursion to Hammondsport and Keuka Lake Sunday, June 14th. Frie train leaves 8 A. Bound trip including twenty-mile steamer ride. Conesus lake Sunday train leaves Krie station, Rochester, at A.

M. Fishing never was belter. Go nest Sunday and enjoy a day at this popular resort. The New York Central will sell excursion tickets to Lakewood, N. Y.

(Chautauqua lakei, June 10th and 17th. guod returning until June 23rd, at round trip. The New York Central has resumed the sale of excursion tickets to Alexandria Bay, good going Saturdays only ami good returning until the Monday following at rate of from RiK-hester. Next Wednesday and Thursday, June 17th and lMh, the New York Central and West Shore roads will sell excursion tickets to Niagara Falls at rate of fl.rVi, good returning on or before the following Tuesday. To-morrow, Sunday.

June 14th. the Buffalo, Rochester l'ittsburg Railway will rut: another excursion to Fish Fouds, Le Roy, Warsaw and Silver Ijike. Special train will leave Rochester at A. Far 40 cents to Fish l'ouds and Za) cents to Silver Lake. Hotels are open and pukerel fishing is the best in jears.

The New York Central will run frequent train service on the Charlotte Branch tomorrow, commencing at 1 1. M. Lat train will leave the city at F. returning to leave the Reach at 10:15 V. M.

Excursion ticket to Ontario Beach. 20 cents. Mnnitou Baeh 'Vt cents, which include adi.sion to Ontario I leu eh I'ark. Commencing tieit Monday. Jun- loth, the Frie Railroad will run the early train from Conesus lake to Rochester; this train will leave at A.

nr. a arrive nt Rochester at A. M. This makes three trains in each direction between Rochester and 'oik-mis iake. Commutation rMp.

and regular one way round trip ticket are now on snle. Commencing to-morrow and continuing every Sun. lay during the summer, anil in order to make it convenient for the public wishing to reach stations along the lake shore west of Charlotte, the New York Central will run a passenger train via its W. O. division, Rochester to Niagara Falls, making all stops, leaving from HOTELS.

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Hotel Normandie Fifty Cents to Romantic Portage Falls. Special excursions every Sunday via Pennsylvania Railroad. Special train leaves Rochester A. M. Returning, leaves Portage station 4:4." P.

Portage Falls I'ark 5 P. M. Only r-O cents round trip. Excursion Via New YorK Central. One dollar only to Buffalo or Niagara Falls and return Sunday, June 14th.

Furniture Auction. Sales daily. and 7:30 P. M. Odd pieces sold cheap yesterday.

Come to-day sr.d get what you want at your own price. Rcmemljcr the place, Bickford-Schantz Ill Main street ist. For Goodness SaKe Eat Mother's bread. Deiniuger Bros. Almy OX Willsey Props.

Broadway and 38th St EW YORK. That the destruction caused by the fire Thursday on Allen street is only a lag-Btelle compared with what may occur any day when a fire breaks out in certain business sections of the city, pets a fair start and is assisted by a high wind, seems reasonable if the remarks of Chief Little, of the Fire Department, are given the weight which his experience entitles them to. The city is in very bad shape to fijrht a bigr fire, and when one occurs it is only food fortune if the loss does not prove very large. The reason that this is true is no fault cf the department, but because the business sections of the city have so few firo hydrants and they are so far apart that the tre apparatus cannot be used to advantaee. Regarding the Brick Church and I'ancost building fire.

Chief Little said to a reporter yesterday: The Chiefs Statement. "The greatest hindrance to the successful fighting of large fires, met with by this department, is the scarcity of hydrants. This fact is well known and I have reported the matter to my superiors a number cf times. I will 6ay this, however, that some time ago an order was issued forbidding engines taking suction from other than domestic hydrants. I have notified my men that if they attach an en-fine to a Holly fire plug I will prefer charges against the man who is guilty.

I do this because of the order. "Now I want to say that on State street, from Main street to the New York Central Railroad bridge, there are just two domestic hydrants. In case of a fire in any of the big State street blocks within these limits only two engines can be used within ft reasonable distance of the fire. Within this same distance there are only seven Holly hydrants and these cannot lie used by the engines, but may be used by the hose companies. The Holly hydrants are located at the Four Corners, Market and State, Corinthian and State, Church anj State.

Aik-n and State and Central avenue and State street. Now, with a fire occurring in or near the big blocks half-way between the railroad bridge and Main street, there would be just four Iloily hydrants which could be used to good advantage and two domestic hydranrs which could be used by the engines, and from one of these a long line of hose must be laid. "The hydrants supply fourteen good freams, when used at reasonably close range. AVhen the Lose has to be laid a distance, the friction reduces the pressure until the force of the stream at the nozzle Is almost nothing and the stream is practically useless. "From the corner of State and Allen to the corner of Sophia and Allen streets on the north side of the street, there is not a hydrant of any kind, and when, on Thursday, the Walbridge block began to smoke and burn, there was no hydrant to which we could attach a line of hose and turn a stream on the buiiding.

Two Rendered Useless. "On the opposite side of the street there are two hydrants. One of them was rendered inaccessible by the fierce fire in the Fsnoost block, within ten feet of the walls cf which it is located, and later on by he debris of the walls themselves. The other Is at the Brick Church corner, and was cseless for the same reason. As for hydrants on Allen street, therefore, we had tone, with the fiercest fire I have ever witnessed raging on that street.

the first alarm was sounded, the Inside companies responding attached to II the available hydrants near the fire, and when the general brought the outside companies to the fire there were no domestic plugs for the engines to attach to, and the engineer who disobeyed the order not to attach to Holly plugs would court dismissal. As a tnitter of fact, the engines were running around looking for domestic hydrants, which were not there. There are only two on State street le-tween Main and the railroad. The located at hydrants at the corner of Commercial and State streets. Mill and Mumford streets and Church and Sophia streets, which are too far away to give the best service in case of a large fire.

"The trouble with the water pressure is lust this: AVe have to lay lines of hose luch a distance to the fire that the pres-lure Is used up by the friction. On the Diain busine streets hydrants should be placed as cle together as possible. One hundred feet apart would be about right. The streets in the rear of the main streets which, these big blocks back, or the alleys telr rparf should be similarly provided with hydrants. Then there would be a chance to get the benefit of good work tj the department.

Conditions in Syracuse. "Comniiswoner McCIintock admitted to me wnne he was of public vorks that at least i.jw additional hydrants were needed in the business sections alone. I visited Svracuse the other flay with Commissioner Oilman, and while there found that the department had hy-oracts l(iO feet apart in the business tvec-tons, and some places even closer. The chief of the department boasted to me that tie could, in case of a fire in anv downtown block, place his whole department at Pluga in front of the block, and that Tithout two companies taking water from ne ping. In fact, their orders prohibit two companies taking water from one is of no use to get additional engines and water towers until we get places to use tose we have.

The hydrants in use, most them, have four-inch leads from the inaina. An up-to-date hydrant should a lead as large a the hvdrant. This ould lacreaae ita power. The main In ome of the streets t-hould also. In mr Pinion, be larger.

What I have said about tae scarcity of hydrants on State wreet is finally true of all the other sections of the ty downtown. You cannot expect the nst efficient service under puch condi-pn. I know, too, that factories and ock art tejng erected 1a the outskirts of European Plan. Absolutely FIREPROOF terrupted by a still alarm from the scene of the big fire. The cornice of the ItrUk Church, on the Allen street side, had commenced to smoke and finally flames broke out.

Chief Little sent Hose No. 11 and Truck No. 1 to the scene and the fire was soon subdued. The workmen on the Fan-cost building were supplied with a line of hose with which to play water on the ruins, which were still too hot to handle. the reporter recommenced quizzing the Chief.

"I notice," he said, "that you are quoted as saying that there should be two more fire companies located in the outr districts?" "Yes. I lielieve there should be an engine, hose wagon and truck company located on Hudson street. At present Hose No. 2 and Truck No. 2 have to cover the entire northeastern section of the city.

be truck often having to travel several miles from Stillson street. A light truck fr rapid work should be stationed there, and then the big aerial truck, which is now stored, could be placed in commission on Stillson street for service in the business districts. "Then I believe that an engine and hose wagon should be stationed in the quarters on Monroe avenue with Truck No. 4. With these additions we would be in very fair shape.

At present, when a big Gre threatens and a general alarm is sounded, miles of the outskirts are left uncovered in case there should be a second or third fire while the first one is raging. To withdraw apparatus from the big fire cripples the department." Not Enough Firemen. Now what about the need of adding more firemen to the force asked the reporter. "Oh. you want to know too much," replied Chief Little, "but I will state the situation at the present time and von can judge for yourself.

There are sujoed to 2 firemen on the pay rolls, but at this season of the year one man from each company is on furlough, so vou may deduct twenty from that total. Then another twenty are enjoying the dav off which they are entitled to each week. As there are more men in each company than there are days in the week you may deduct another twenty from the total and that will be a low figure. "During at least nine hours of the day, commencing at o'clock in the moniiiig and ending at or later at niciit, two men from each company are absent from their fire houses, at meals. In case of alarm during these hours of the day, you can deduct another forty men from your effective fighting force during the first hour of a big fire, and all of the time a smaller one is in progress.

The men return to the fire house after meals, ignorant of the fact that there hns been nn alarm, and then it takes them several minutes to reach the scone of the fire. "Hut there is still another deduction from the effective fighting force, which I regret must be made. There are at repent on the sick list, and injured, fourteen firemen. Subtract these from the apparent effective force of 2'J) and what do you find?" "That leaves but 100 men," said the reporter. "Well, if an alarm was sounded at this very minute, and followed in two minutes by a general alarm, there would not be quite as many as men and officers turn out with their companies.

There are five truck companies, two chemicals, thirteen hose companies, nine oninos, one water tower and two supply wagons in the department. With KhJ men nvailable, this would give three men and officers for each piece of apparatus, and out of these three men one must take care of the horses, temporarily at least. The average citizen may form his own opinion as to the desirability of adding more men to the department." More Mose Needed. "How much hose was destroyed or injured at the Allen street fire?" he asked. "Oh.

not so much; about feet. We have 30,0" feet on the hose reels and in the hose depot, but of that quantity some is of the kind we call 'sprinklers' that is leakv hose and some is unfit for service." "How much of it is good serviceable hose?" "Well, I cannot say exactly, perhaps 20.0OO feet, and out of that feet has been purchased within a year. I o-tice that Commissioner Oilman has ordered SiOO feet by telegraph to-day. We need it," he added "when we have to lay hose from f)0 to 1.0(H) feet from a hydrant. More than half of the' hose we have is on the hose reels and when wet it must be returned to the hose depot to be dried and fresh hose supplied to the companies.

1'The water tower is in first-class working order again. The nozzle fittings were jammed and twisted and the nozzle was bent so that it could not be used on the church fire, but that has been fixed. The department lost two 35-foot ladders at the recent fire. They had to be abandoned when the men retreated, just before the walls fell. Several rungs were burned out of the big aerial ladder, but they have been replaced." "What about the wires?" "Now, I won't say anything about that, except that they are a very serious' men TWO POPULAR BOOKS GORDON KEITH, by Thomas Nelson Page.

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The Canadian Club of Rochester will meet to-night at the assembly room of the Chamber of Commerce, at 8 o'clock. The meeting will be addressed by Mayor Roden-beck, Henry C. Brewster. Senator Lewis. Senator Armstrong, President Dunn, of the Chamber of Commerce, and others.

The association at Toronto will send a representative to the meeting, who will tell of the plana made for the entertainment of the "Home Comers." Camera Exhibit Postponed. The exhibit of lantern slides by the Rochester Camera Club, which was to have been held last night, was postponed until o'clock to-night, owing to the fact that slides expected from Chicago did not arrive In time to be used. The exhibit will include pictures from Hartford, and Minneapolis, Minn- lil UU1 uiriuuu V' i -i i il i ''IS lug or replacing broken down teeth by crown and bridge work, for the simple reason that we use the most approved and scientific system and employ only experts and graduated dentist. FULL SET OF TEETH $5.00 2-karat CJold Crown. $5.

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