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September 8, i908,
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<br />Ayes--Hall, Jotm Howard, Watts, Da~hie!l~
<br /> Joimson, Leis, Bt!risen, Buchanan
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<br />Fire--
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<br />Hanvey, Brooks, Corbitt, lVelton, Hall, J. H., Jr.,
<br />0wins, w.~,,~gn~, Tyler, Hawks~ Hutchins, l?~
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<br /> Hon. Common Council.
<br /> Gentlemen:--Tour Fire Committee respectfully reports herein con-
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<br />cerning the several matters referred to the Joint Fire Committee August ltth and 21st~
<br /> Referred by Board of Aldermen ~ugust 18th.
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<br /> i petition of Dr. F. S. Hope and sundry other physicians for a fire-alarm-box in the ~ings
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<br />Daughters~ Hospital.
<br /> It is recommended that the petition be granted, and that the said fire-alarm-
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<br />box be installed under supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department.
<br /> It is ~rther retouch&ed that a fire-alarm-box be located on the ¢o~maer of High and Green sts.,
<br />this being in the center of a growing business section and is not properly protected against fire~
<br /> As these boxes would cost $125 each, it is recommended that a special appropriation be made to
<br />cover the cost--the cost of installing, dc., to come out of the regular appropriation to the Fire
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<br />Department. Referred by the two branches August ltth and 21st.
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<br /> (~ith power to act]. To see if arrangements can be made for allowing the paid men ~ef the Cham-
<br />bers Fire Company to go on a trip with the Company from September 12th to the 20th.
<br /> We have inst~:~cted the ChiefE ngineer of the Fire Department to grant the request, provi-
<br /> ded that the leaving o£ the C~ty by said paid men will not necessitate their engine going out of
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<br />coDmission.
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<br />(Signed) ~has. R. Welton,
<br /> Chairman, C. C.
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<br />0n motion, the report of the Con~nittee was adopted; and the
<br />for fire-alarm-boxes was referred to the Jo,_ut Finance Committee.
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<br /> UNFINIS~ ~JSINESS.
<br /> First. Communications from the Hayer.
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<br /> "The 0ouncil,
<br /> "Gentlemen:-
<br /> "I would ~gain call your attention
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<br />dinances regulating the s~ringing of wires, dc., and would ask that
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<br />recommended appropriation of ~250
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<br />Aug., '08.
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<br />to section 297 of the City o~
<br />the ordinance be amended so that
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<br />a penalty of from $5 to $25 could be imposed for the violation of any of the thirteen sections of the
<br />ordinance. .
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<br /> "The only penalty that can no~ be imposed is the suspension of ali permits, rights a~ ~ranohi-
<br />ses. This is not a practical penalty 'and would inconvenience many citizens if imposed.
<br /> ~An ordinance with no penalty, or with such a penalty as I have mentioned, is apt to make the
<br />parties to whom it applies careless.
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<br /> ~I am of the opinion that the companies using poles and stringing wires in the City are not com-
<br />plying with the regulations in the ordinances~ and I have detailed, a me~Oer of the police force to
<br />examine all poles and wires and will or&er the company or companies who may have failed to comply
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<br />in stringing wirss~ &c.~ I ask that the ordinance
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<br />with the ordinance to at once do so.
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<br /> "In order, though, to make them more careful
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<br />be amended as above mentioned.
<br /> "Respectfully,
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<br /> "P. S. Since waiting the above the officer has partly covered the City and reports nearly one
<br />hundred violations of the above mentioned erdinanoe."
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<br /> On motion, the co?3z~nieation of the ~Iayor was referred to the Joint Ordinance Committee.
<br /> Second, Reports of Officers an& other unfinished business.
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<br /> The regular reports of Officers for month of August, 1908, were pre~ented by the Clerk, read,
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