Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1874, Page 2

e [RERSE 2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIDUNE FRIDAY, JULY 1 and destroyed woodon walls as woll s brick onos, ’J:hoy wore, in_faot, land torpedocs, and woro essantinl to the departmont. & Comminsioner Klokke thought the way to soeura thelr judictous nmanngomont was to or- fnmzo, in nddition to the various branches of ho servieo, A CORTS OF SAPPIRS AND MINERS, undor the direction of a eklliful olcor, who should bo _faruished with powder, torpodoos, chrinsg, aud grappling-lrons, andall the apparatng needed for domolishing anything, from anhanty to A marble five-story bu: dm’g, iu a fow minutes. In n gront firo thoro was only ono way of stopping the courso of the flames, and this waa it. ‘Comnuasioner Shoridan acquiesced in this be- ef. Commisslonor Klokko made_snothor supges- tion, ‘L'boro should bo formed assoon as pos- ible, b A VOLUNTEER CONPs undor tho diroct command of somo able mon, to to-operato with the trained aund paid or- gamzation, to bo called upon ounly on amorgoucios; thoso must bo drilled pud dis- ofplived with oure nud attontion, furnishod with cortain apparatus, and beld roady., Amove- ‘ont was alroady on foot amang tho athlotes of the Turner Socluties to organizo atonce. Tho Germans of theso_ {ustitutions wera mon of musclo, strong, athletic, and fairly disoiplined, and gould render jmmenuo sorvice if praperly haundled. Let thom bo hold for n general alarm, and aid in pulling down buildings. Tho viows of tho North-Sido Commisstonor waie heartily conourred in by lua colleagues, ‘The reporter took advantage of n minute or two of routino busiucss to question ONIEF-MATISHAL BENNER, Toporter—Do you think the Dgpartment Is an sflicient ns it should bo? Bennor—I do not. Reportor—You Liavo hieard thoso sugpestions from Mr, Kloltke and othors, What do you think of them? Benucr—Thoy cover the same ground as somo - +ggestions I took the liberty of urgiug years T, sthavo o forco of mon to blow ap wn buildings, and wo must have tho ot with, Wo must bave aucx:gxolr pparatus than our hook-sud-ladder cutu- anies have. P Roportor-—WWould thia dd strength to the Do- partmont ? Bennor—It would givo us juet what we ncod, and what overybody is boginning to soe we noed. Tieport —\Vl?u:t other roform is necossary in our judgmont 1 Bm{um“g—l"or the public to understand that Aromon aro unfortunately not made of cust-iron, aud that aftor fighting o fire for twolvo or fiftcen bours thoy bogiu to pley out, We must have s reserve force to take tie place of thoso who are WOID: -y gt ]lo;u:"r:at ant oloo? Boennot—Alore engines. Leportor—Aro Nos. 7 and 21 hopolessly ru- Ined 2 Lonuer—Ne, elr. They will bo at work again in a weol, Roporter—How many new ones hias tho Com- mon Council allowed you? Commissionor Bheridau—Tour more. Comimissionor Klokke—Tho sooner then wo got thoso onginea in thewr houses the safer the city will be, ‘I'io eubjeot of examining the condition of the Firo Department, of tosting thoe capacity of tho engines, thoir streawms, rapidity of raising steam, and goneral manggement, was disoussed. 1t was dotormined to have A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION Saturdny, at 2 o'clock, when suction will be had Irom the River, tho different companios being prezent, aud tho steam reduced to n minfmum Jrossure provious to starting. e i) THE INSURANOE NMEN. Tho ineuranco men have almost recovered tholr unsun! serenity, and, In tho oxcitoment of boing busy adjusting, sppraising, and sottling loases, are losing somotiing of the feeling of indignation they at first oxpressed against the mannagemeont of tha fire, They are flrm, how- over, in their DEMANDS FOR A CIANGE in tho gonoral conduet of Lhe Dapartment, and, a8 soon na the Natiounl Board of Undorwriters make their appearance and investigato mattors, thoy oxpect that thioy will insuo an ultimatum, to 'which if tho political ring of fire managers can- not subseribe, then the city may prepsre itsolf to toko its own risks, and tho companies will withdraw, and, with their withdrawal, seonrity, upon which rests all values, will bo gone. They be- liovo that thoro is no further ure mincing mattors iu rolation to this anbject. Either tho city must bo mado a gafo city, with o Fira Dopartment that san control firas, aud which has for its mnin ob- Jeot thio control of fires, or olso it will uot pay :iem to put their capital at risk, and thoy will aot doit, 'Theysay that something mmust bo done, aud it is no time to cover up or look away from the inovitable. Not ouly in the matter of Iusuvance, but in evorything else, the whole fu- ture of Chicago deponds upon just one thing— BECURITY, To borrow money, to hold the valites of land, to encourago sottlers, to uphold business of auy kind, wo must bavo security, Weo have bada fire that has shnken the faith of capitalists, and ~o havo hud another which again sooma clearly iho result of - curelessncay, iguorance, and poor overnment: what pledge are wo going to give Bt this 18 tho ot b “This was. e spirit of the fooling nmong insurance men yesterday. A LONG CONVERSATION was hold with Mr. Charles H. Cave, who repre- 2cnts soveral of the promiuent compunies domg busiuces hore, and, a8 it seoms to present the aspoct of Lho case i its cloarest light, it is hore given, The auestions, of course, wero asked by the roporter of Ung Trinuxe, and the replies aro sul »(untinlli a4 Mr. Caso mado thom, The question iirst aslied was in rolation to the com- potency of Chiel Benner, to which the ruFIy wag given “that ho bad probably done as well ns he could under the ciroumstancos. “T'o what circumstances do you allude 2" by “i1'o {ho fact that the Fire Dopartment 18 in & wretched shapo ; uuder the munagement of & sort of police-court, who have overy sort of po- Litical purposo to subsexrve, to tha ruin of efll- cienoy and responsibihty, Mr. Bonner bag no power tocontrol bis mon, und they are appointed aud_retoined not becanso they are sober, clear- headed, and good workwmen, but because Loy can control & cortain number of Irish or German votes, Whon they commit an offouso thoy are tried by the Commisiouers and ere condemned or declared inuocent, according to how they worked for their superiors in the eloction.” TUL LATL FIRE, ‘¢ But in repard to tho lato firo, was not that wall mannged 7" 1 think not, I saw four engines working on usoless worls at ono time ou Clatk street, 'They sbould have bocu iu front of the fire, and not behind it; und yot I do not blame Bonuer so auch, 1o should bave hnd more engincs, Last Marely, you will romombor, he asled for twonty moro engiues. He should have them, The en- fhwu ho bus ara not powerful enough, and then hio Liogo is bad, Wo should have < BIX NEW ENGINES at onco, of tho Loaviest power, and plonty of hoso for high buildings, Buppose, for instance, o had lind another fire break out at the same time,—something not improbuble, for many reu- #ons, chiof among which iu tho fact thut fucen- diarics soizo upon such moments to do their work,—whut would wo huve done? A fire did brealk out on Woet Lake stroot, but fortunazely it was got undor by iudividual effort,” TIE WATER BUPPLY, # Was there onough wator tho other night " “I think eo, I did not notleo any ongino that was not throwing & good stroam, but wmuny of them wero doiug skirmishing work. ‘I'hatis one of 1ho diticuttios, however ; the muins ate tao snull, In some parts of tho West Division I am actuully afraid to think of it. You remembor that at the Hnlstod stroot five the Department could not get wator enough.” <. YwiAT suGGEsTIONS would yon make to scoure & botter efciency in the Tiro Doparimont 7" “ Firut, I would tuke it out of the hands of tho politiciauy, 'To do this, it will probably be necos- gary to appoal to tho Logislature and make il a Btate mattor.” A *Bome suggoest that it haput into the iands of 1ho Bourd of Underyiltorn.” 1 do not bolieve in that, The people would complain that it was bewg_ ruu in ‘the intorests of the insurance men, and thoro would be an immedinto contlict, Ido not think 1t wise, It would be bottor to make it an eutiroly separate Ineticution, with u responsible hoad," “Do you think thut uny couscientions and able mun would assune the responmbility, with tho ity in its prosent condition of danger? " ** 1 do not, under 1ts present control," 4 Would lie do soif it was mado s separato dopartment? " ** Yus, I hollove o, In addition to tho sug- govtlon, I should say that the Murshal should buve o, MOUNTED AIDS and fight & fire just as & Gouoral does a battle, How gun ho confrol his engines snd men uthor- wiso? e should also huve o trained corps of sappors and miners to blow up buildings if nee- pisary, and to act as a salvago corps when not s0 ongaged, A trained body of men would have suvod - great many goods and done much ser- vice ut this tire,” ** LEGARDING FUTURE FINES, {8 thore rreat dangor ¢ # 1 bolioyo thero iy, There are meny places conld bo polntod out. whore a fire undor such hoadway mlfzht swoop Ity. Wo shionld take tho moriey that wo propose to uso to butld the Court-Houeo, and turn it to the purposs of paying for condomnad woodon buildiugy in_tle path of dangor, and hiava thom torn down. It {s n{{rflnl Dity that tho fire hunits were not extond. od, and hero only Inst weok I heard on tho hest authority that thoy wore talkiug of contrnting thom on the North Side. It would \)runnmy hiave boen dono if it lind not been for the fire,” “Yon oxpect the National Bonrd of Undor- writers horo, I bollove, What will thoy do ¢ “1 cannot tell, Thay will prabably fuvesti- rato thoe wholo mattor of the fire, nnd “conclude on some decldod palicy,” "I beliove they visited Doston, DI thoy offect eny chianges thore 2" " Yos, "thoy did. 'That was at tho lnst firo in Boston, Thoy incronsed tho number of ougimoes by twolvo or fittoon, and tho number of men to ench engine from four Lo twelve. ‘Thoy also hed gm Igtwntmout put undor thocontrol of another of. *“Is the Dnenrtmunt thero n soparato Inatitu- i om Lho City Governmont ¢ Tt i3 not under the local anthoritios, I Yeu. beliove,” THE LOBSKS, On the subjeot of losscs the insurance men havo mothing uwew to roport, tho figuros pub- lished yosterday bofug substantielly correct. ‘Tho total loss, a8 nuarly o can bo estimated, is little over threo and a quartor milliona, —— THE SUFFERERS. “ THE COUNTY'S HIARE. The business of oxtonding roliof to tho suffer- ora by the fivo was fairly st on foot yeslorduy, and, botwaon tho Relief aud Ald Boolety and tho County Agont, all applieants racolved prompt and satistactory attontion, ‘I'ho numbor of new applicants at tho County Agent’s oftice was uot 8o lurgo a8 might lhave boen expeoted, showing that the burnt-out peoplo have general- Iy found slicltor nnd food up to this time. This arrangomont, however, will be but temporary in o majority of cases, and it is anticipated that the books will show o largo incrense by tho end of tho wook. Yestordsy the Counly Agent racoivod thirty new applications for ralief. s testod but five ordera for transportation, show- ing thut very few aro leaving the city. Ordor No. 4, passed by the Bonrd of County Commis- sloners April 20,—providing that *‘no person who is able-bodied, and physically and mentally ablo to emn a living, shall be supported by or recolve ald from the county; and that alms from tho oounty shall be confined to nged indigont persons, indigont widows and orpbeug, old, decrepid pereons aud cripples, and such persons as are pliysically and montally unable to work for o lving,"—hus boen moditled 8o far ng relates to sufferors by tho fire, who como undor tho head of *“such oxtrome cases ns may bo apocinlly ordered by tho Board, or by o mnjority of the Comuitiee on Public Cluritics." ‘The entiro Committeo has alrendy givon tho County Agont the necessary authority, so that ho i8 at liberty to iusuo supplics to persons who are vouchod for by any respoctable and waoll- known citizen. ¢ is not nocossary to procuro an order from any county or town ohlcinl, though in all cases whero the apfillcnnb briugs no certifl~ cato that ho or sho was burnt out sud iu neody, the County Agent follows his usual plan,—gends a visitor to Inquito into tho caws. This nood work no hardship or delny, as thora should be no diflieulty in obtaining tho requisite indoruc- went in deserving cases, WHAT TUE RELIEF 13, Tho relief given by the County Ageut 1s in tho shapo of supplies, tho et inotuding fuel, meat, beans, rice or Lominy, tes or colfos, sunp, aud shoos, Tickets representing a cortaln money value, and enlling for their face iu whntover the Lolder may choose to have, ave givon to the ap- Dplicants, to be presented ab the varions grocories and meat-markets under contract to futnish tho supplies, Tho applicant may rocelve a ticket calling for beaus, but be need not tuko beaus if ho doesn’t want oy, us the tiokot is good_for 20 conts’ worth of anything in tho store, It'is ourious fact that those nutiitlons esculents, bonn, rice, and hominy, aro shamefully neg- lected by the poor ~poople, and that in o great mojority of cakos the holder of tho tickot demands the whole of It in augar. Rationa nro iewned by tho month, the quuntity being goveruod by the sixa of the family, TIE COLORED PEOPLE wero woll carcd for yesterday by theirindefatign- ble and oflicient ropreseutntive in the County Board, Juhn Jones, who knows and is known by almost every soul of African descent in tho City of Ohicago. 1lis offico on Dearborn street way their headquarters yeaterday, and ho signed avor 300 lanks cortifying to tho fack that * tha boarer was harnt outin the fire of July 14, and neods help.” Uk NELIEF AND AID EOCIETY. Tho Boavd of Directors of tho Chicago Rellef and Aid Society hold n meoting yesterdny morn- ing at 9 o'cloclk, at tho oflice of tho Society, cor- ner of LaSallo aud Randolph streots, ‘I'hie fol- lowing geutlemon wore present: H. W. Kiug, Mr, Mixor, B. Cautflold, Mr, llarvey, Dr. H. A. TJohnon, Jullus Rosouthal, MeGregor Adnms ; and Col. 0, G. Hammond, Muyor Colviu, Bupt. C. G. Trusdell, and Connty Commissioner John Jonos wore also present, TIE OIIECT OF THE MEETING was to adopt rules and rogulutions for the pres- ont omorgency in aiding tho many sholtetless families whoso little savinge wero burned in the fire Tuosday. Aftor & short discussion tho rules and regulutions which wera in forco during the great couflagration m October, 1871, were nguin udopied, 'Te Mayor was informed that the mouns of the Soocioty were sulticient for ail pros- out demands, und tliat no outsido reliof was noc- essary, whoronpon the Mayor stated that on the strength of this statement o would refuse all oftors from outsido for assistance. Commiuston- or John Jones was sppoiuted » committeo to ox- amine into tho eases of need of colorod peoplo, und recommond thom to the Society if nssistanco is found nocessary, i THL MEDREW DELIEF ASSOOTATION lins rontod rooms at No, 109 Xast Randolph street, and Iarnclites necding help havo first to apply to them for a recommendation to the Ite- lief and Aid Bociety. It was alro decided st the meoting that tho Socioty shull disburso monay ouly, ond thab other supplios should be furnished by the County Agont. Tho rooms of tho Socioty wero visited during the duy by AnoUT 500 PEOPLE, a majority of whom were colored folks and Polish Israclitos. Each coso was diligoutly in- uired into, aud about 2,000 were distiibuted uriug the day. All the railrond compunios ox- wvopt the Dittsburg & Fort Wayno and. the Chi- cago & Norlhwestern havo promised to fssuo free tickots Lo persons who were burned out at this fire and ara recommended by tho Bocioty. "The ofticors of the Chicugo & Northwestorn havo not yot beon called upon, and tho Goeneral P'na- sengor Agent of tho Pittaburg & Fort Wn&mn at a8 out of town whon the Cummittes callo bis oftico, About twenty-tlve porsons, most of whom wore women aud childron, roceivod froe tickets yostorday, ho Superintendent, My, ‘Prusdell,” lus “reappointed mix of tho moat exporienced mon and women be hud for assistants lasc winter. Tho force of clorks aud bookkoopors has alyo been increased to about flifteen, Mr. Truedell stated to o re- portor that most of the pooplo eatling for aid wera quita respeotuble, and undoubredly in needy circumstances, fi\'ur;llxing wag running alomyz smoothly, and no coutplaiuts of any kind were heard, TIE TOWN BUPERVISOR of Bouth Ohieago, Mr, John Shnnk, hes issued no orders for supplies as yet, though ho is pre- pured to do so. ilo iu by Iaw the guardian aud oversoer of tho poor fu'his town, und muy draw orders on the County Agont for supplies. ko tuay Lo found at his ofiico, No, 170 Iust Adams utroot, ready to extend rofief in proner cases, oo e . THI) MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRE. ‘There huva beon no oud of commonts on the maunor fn which the members of the Iire Departmont acquitlod themsolves on tho ocea~ sion of the flro,—whothor or not all that could” Do rensonably expooted was done to copo with the destroying cloment and chock its progrous, Thore are not a fow who aro disposod to condomn unoquivoeally the Fire Maruha) and bis forco for fafling to fmprove valuable opportunlties, and for tho lack of order and dlscipliue whiol was obsorved. Others, agaln, find no fault with the Tiro Dopartmont, but uttribute tho vast destruge tion to = condition of wind, weathor, and cir- owmstances, which rondered impossible any offootive fight against the fro. A Tuwnuxy roporter yesterday ran acrosy JOIN BIANK, ab prasont Bupervisor of South Chiongo, but for- worly First Asistont Fire Murshnd, nond ougagod in conversation with him, Bupervisor Hhgul hud no ides thut e was being iuterviowed, aud iv mny, therefore, bu prositmed that ho exprensed his honest convictions, The talk wus somoething to this elfeot & Reportor—Mr. Shank, T suppose you gaw niore or lows of Tuesduy's fire ? Ar, Biank—I suw s good doat of I, My rosi- (tenco on 'Whivd avonnoe was burned oul, and, an soouan I had goo evorything moved, I went round to sae how things were worklng, nud to do all T conld o holp tha b 1 WAB IT A GOOD FIORT P R.—Do yun considor that tha Firo Dopartment mudo o finnd figut of 167 Mr. B.—~Not by n d—d sight, Tyory- body eerncd to bo working o bis own hook, nid thoro was nobody around to give orders at places ghnrn o great denl of good could have boon lone, R.~Thon you don't_considor Mat Donuer succons as Chiof I'iro Marshal P Mr. B.—I didn't suy that, Mot Is & good man, and & good firomun, though hio isno pactivuiur Irioud of nuna. Ilo did all ho_could to fiul mo out of the Dopartment, Idon't blame bim so onieh oy the oilicors nnder him. Ilo coutdn't be alovory placo at once, nud Ynd to trust to Lis ag- sistants, Somo of thom wout back ou him, I will not give any namos, but Isaw men who did not seam tako any intorest in what thoy wore about. Boveral timos I vamo acrosy companios who woro ACTING WITOUT ANY DIRECTIONS, and fearfully bad work thoy mudo of it, too, I offored somoe suggestlons, but thoy told me to go tohell. Ouo ol thom raised a pipo, aud thrent- oued to hit me for interforing, but was preventad by Gapt, Buckloy, who declared bo would avrost Lim if Lio truok mo. T wanted todo all I could, nnd I couldu’t keop still whon I saw tnings going wrong, and mon P“m"g water whora it did no eurthly goad, whilo LhOiI might Lave worked to adyautago somowhere elso, When I told them thoy wero wasting wator and timo, thoy sald thoy woro ordored to stay thoro, und stay thoro thoy should Uil thoy got ditoront orders. No ono secmed willing o movo flrst unloss ordored to do it, Lvon tho Asslstant Morshals, somo of thiom, wouldu't chango tho location of englnos until thoy Lnd ordors from the Obiof, THE MISTAKES, R.—Whore, in your dju igment, wore tho most dopinging wistalics made ? Mr, 8.—They wcra mada overywhore, Tha men did not go far onough ahend of tho flre, At IMarrison stroct, botween Wabash aveuua aud Btato stroot, thoy ought to huve wot duwn thoso woodou bulldings boforo the fira got to them, This would liuve reducod the heat, and tho Poste Otlico could linvo boou saved, and the firc stoppod tharo, ~ Tustend of that, they waited till the ro got. right thioro, and thou thoy ptood in tho streot und Xluyml ou the woodon buildings whon thoy should have web down the bricle buildings acrugs tho way. ‘l‘hr:{ atoad thero uutil the heat drove tham away, aud two steamars wore birnod up. Insovoral cosos I saw streams playing upon t,lu‘: roofs of Imildiugs which were all on fira olow. R.—Then you think, on tho whole, it wne & badly meunged five ? Mr. 8.—I dow't think aoything about it; 1 Inow it was badly managed.” It ought to have beon stopped ut Lolk ptreot; if not there, nt Uurrigon “slreot, and suroly at Congrovs stroot. I do not blawe Lohuer su nuch ns I do the ofil- cors and mon under him, TUE WATER-BUPPLY. Many eseribed tho spread of the fire on Tuaes- day wight, to the lack of sullicient water to supply the ougines undor Chtof-Marshal Bon- uer's oiulrol. ‘Lhis theory hay good grounds ror support. t may not bo generally known, but it is a fact, that tho Inrgo feoders whichrun up La Snllo, Wabash avonus, Blate, and othor thoraugh. faros, avo not tapped by tho Liydrants, aud tho wator drawn for tho supply of the engines was takon in almost overy instance from 4-inch pipos, which, on the authority of Mr, Chiesbrough, are oxhausted by ono eugine. g Tho following Lablg gives the sizo of tho pipos on tho stroets burnedeovor by the firo, Michignn avenue, -fuch pipe, Wubash uvouue, 4-uch pipe, Wabanh aveuue, H-inch pipe, Sitato streot, 4-ilich pipe, Third avenitc, é-{ncli pire, Fourth avenue, 4-inel vipo, Clark street, 8-inch pipe, Van Buren ktrest, 0-fuch pipe, Harrivon atroot, &-luch plpe, Tolk strect to State strect, B-inch pipe, Jubbard court, consecthlg witl POIK etreot, B-tnch plpe, Mstor strect, 4-Inch pips, Twelth street, 12fucli pipo, It will bo seen thalin almost ovory instance thoy arcontiraly too small to meet such an omer~ geney as eamna upon us, The appropriation for tho extonsion of water-pipes for the current yoar g $300,000, aud for the new ongino and works, $200,000, 3r. Chesbrough cstimatoy thint 1,000,000 should bo oxpendad on oxtsuding wator-wmains aud pipes as eoun o8 possible, LOW TIE FINE WAS SIOPIED, Thero woro two brick walls in tho path of the firo last T'uosday evoniug that probably did niora to arrest tho conflagration than the ontire offorts of tho Firo Dopuriinent. Xven Lire-Mar- shul Bennor wonld bo willing to ndmit that thoy wore worth half-n-dozon ongines to him, and that, without their interposition, the firo might Lave broken m\'nfl from him again, _'heso tivo walls stand in the block botwoon Jackson and Van Buren stroets and Wabnsh aveuuo and Stato street, and form the northorn sides of the furniture warohouses of 0, C. Horton & Qo., on Stato street, aud Sampson, Qilbort & Co., ont Wabush nvouuo, Thoy staud almost baols to back, aud, at tho most’ critical moment of the firo, presentod a sheer incombuntibla barvior to tho tlumes. Whou the St. James Hotol and tho buildings around it woro making the most furious sud dun- Enmuu blnzo of the evening, every ouo of tho undred thousand spectators know that tho su- premo moment had como. If therost of the hlock Bucoambed, tho Muttoson Houso, the Garduor House, the Exposition Building, snd nobody Iinows bow mucly more of tho business coentre, wero doowed, %ho flamoes swept themuelves again and again upon those walls, Choy could uot pags thow, ‘Chrough . bursted jron shuttor in tho reur of Sampson, Gilbort & Co.’s storo tho fro gamed an ecntranco, but this was o mero eddy, and was cssily controlled. Those two walls stoppod the fire, as every one can tewtif, who watehed tho contost, or will gonaw and luofl ovor tho grouud, ‘Ihiore is o wholo gospel of in- struction in this fuct. Onoof its mont important losons is that, if workiugmen and other }maplo of modorato monaus would ba sensiblo and live in woll-built, vrick apartmont-houses, their homos and tho wholo city would bo much kafor than undor tho present plan of crowding little wooden tinder-boxos for ruiles ardund our banks, churel- of, warchouses, hotels, elovators, sloros, and ovorything that makes up the most vatuablo part of the town, . —— FUTURE SOUTH SIDE FIRES. The contomplative resident:of Chicago, or the curious visitor theroto, can learn an instructive lesson in the fino art of con- flagration, in which ihis city i8 o profi- cient, by making n tour of that portion of the South Sido between Taylor and Twonty-soc- ond streots, and botwoon Wabash nvenue and tho South Brauch of tho river, which yot romaing tobo burned. Mo auy porson who studies tho ground, tho wondor will bo, not that the Chey- enue diatrict and somo of the fine avenues got scorchod, but thut ANY PORTION OF THE BOUTH DIVISION hos so long esorped destruction. The honses aro, almost without exception, tho very worst clasa of firo-traps, especially on South Clark stroot, Third and Fourth avo- nues, aud State strect, Thero 8 au oceasional brick building, just sufliolout to throw into bolder reliof the miscrablo style of nrchi- tecturo—{it ouly for tho backwoods—which pre- vails, Detwoeen Houth Clark slreet and the river, from tho line of Harrison strect, thore is 4 MASS OF TRUMPERY RNANTIES, wooden coal-sheds, lumber, froight-cars, and tindor-box *“oftices ™ frightful to contomplate, Hhould a firo, with a strong wind, start in that rogion during the dry senson, it would bo a tasl of gront mugnitude to provent anothor disastor, 'fho oity wonld be again depleted to the tune of noveral millions’ worth of property, and the business nection would be most cruelly jeopar- dized, The section BEIWELN BTATE AND CLARK BTREETH Lounded e alrendy stated, is not muoh botter, A woudon distillery is in full blast within 40 rods of whoro the late fira staried, and all tho citizons around say that it is the cradlo of uu- otler five, ‘I'no poopla who inhabit this torrible reglon are, spealany gencrally, of the very lowest and poorest olusses of wovloty, ‘Thoy” aro Lohe- minny, Seandinovisng, Irish, German, and Lithtoplaus, nearly all of thom steoped to the lips In poverty, aid hardly ublo Lo improva thoir condition. Of course the unforluusto peoplo eannot Lolp being poor, but tho existencs of their inflammanlo abodes s a constuut menace to tho city, and, in justice it must bo ndddod, the coal olllces, BIIEDS, AND LUMDER-YARDS nronot & whit loss dangorous, und should re- colva thio spocial attontion of the city authoritios forthwith, Ho long as this matorial for speedy dosteuction oxiasty,” thore oan be no focling of soourity in thiy community, Chicago mny pita up pulace artor palaco, but the shoutics and lumbor-yards are over ruud{ to throw thelr sinlu- tor shiadow upon them, vobiug thom in tho gur- wmonts of ushos aud death. Lofore our gront Robollion it used to bo ugked whother {t would mot bo bottor for our Govornment, followlng the examplo of tho British, to buy up the sluves rather than havo tho lprohlnm submittod to tho urbicrament of tho world, Lo-duy It {8 & quostion with us whothor it would not bo mueh saf It womo maner, to DUY QUT TIR OCCUPANTH of the dangoraits loalition roforrad to than leaye tho dostinlos of tho city at tho morey of nll tho dontruetivo oloments “that ara thio aconrgo of this s for u elty with 460,000 mhabitants |~ Tho taxed of which tho eitizous somplain ata we nothe Ing vompured with the drandfal scourgo of firo with which wo have mado sneh disnstrous ao- quaintancs during thie last Lnif-tozen yours, . I GUEAT BUSENDHS boforo our City Govormmont to-day i3 not a Auestion of politieal powor, but of nrohiteotural reform. Fivory dopnrtmont of tho city should nt onca bo dovoted to rondoriug tho proporty which yob romuius tolorably secitre. Tho Board of Itontth, which Is supposoed to look at sanitary ar- nugumonln and to prevent the accumulation of garbage, ehavings, ote,, in tho alloy-ways, and botweon “houses, hus shamofwlly uoglected ity duty,—either from want of bralns or Inck of ro- soutcos, and cheapo: THE ALLRY-WAYS AND RUAOES in tho Choyenno roglon are filled with the In- Nnwmablo filth of n dozen yonrs' sggrogation, and ot » tingor 14 moved to remody tho ovil, Tiven Iu the Lusinesa dintrlot shantios hava been built sinco the pnssago of the fire ordinance, and tho collection of shavings, saw-dust, and piecey of titbor Is dlinply oxeorablo. On tho went side of Bouth Clatk siroet, botweon Monroo and Adnm stroats, thoro in onough material for A FIRGT-OLASS BLA%E which would imporil tho whalo nelghbortiood, TRVING TO NUN UD BHANTUM, i Tho Bourd of Public Works wors very much bothored yestorday by applications for pormis. ston to orect wooden shods upon tho burng dis- trict, Many of the applicants lind ovidentlysnf- fored an\'uroli’ by the fire, nud it was with much rogret aud reluctanco that the Borrd wore com- nelled to deny tho permission. Atronuous of ‘the claimants wes o Mrs, Tiornoy, who, beforae the fire, kept a saloon on the soutl cnst corner of Congross and Stato stroots, She had orectod & small frame shed, in which she Iind_resumod hor tade in lager beor, and moro oxhilirating llquds. In her efforts she way stoutly backed up by Oapt, Buckley, who (uoted the Inw as he bad read it to Capt, Prindivillo, ‘Lhis greutleman held that tho law which allowed tho construstion of woodan out-buildings dig- tinctly statod that thoy could not be erectod snvo on lots whero residencen had already boen built, Ho sympathized with tho applicants, but staled that if lifo itsolf depondad upon the erection of the slinntics he would oppoxo it. Alr. Piiudi- vill's idon aud jutoution were good, but it is doubtful i his Inw wan of equal quality, ns tho oxistenca of the proviso inuisting upon tho presence of a resldonce to allow of tho crection of an out-house s open to vory grave question, At lonst o the Law Dopartmont deelded whon they wore ro- forrad to upon tho snbject. Lhore can ba no donbt that the presonce of such o clauso would materinily nostst in hindering the construction of tindor boxes an tho sits of tho recent firo, Another question which bothered tho Board vostordey was whother the oity kind the power to onues tha demolition or removal from tho fire- lmits of such woodon sirustures as had been ul- lowed to bo orccted after the flre of 1871. Such of thowo us wero ereoted on publis llruped{ wera removed as soon g soon a8 their necessity de- narted, but far too many of them still remain, ‘Ihere will be brought to bear against the come mon gonuo, which would causa Lheir ramovel by the Couneil, a very strong prossure, but, it tho Aldermon mean business, they will overcome 1. e Bonrd of L'ublic Works havo asked of the Luyw Dopartmont whothier they have the power to romove such butldings, and if the answer igin the afirmative they will proceed to work in a vigorous manner, —— SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PREVEN- TION OF ‘* CONFLAGRATIOINS.” To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : 8 : Tu theso duys, when small fires hava gone out of fashion, and “conflagrations” aro fre- quent, {6 becomes & serious questlon whethor our sysent of extingnishing firs is not radically defectivo, We ato ncenstomed to blamo the Fire-Depart- mont whon great loss cecurs; but It {8 by no means certain that the fault generally rests with them, Brverybody kuows that great fires pro- Among tho most ceed from small beginmings, 1t wonld seem, “thorefore, that tho system which would enablo the Fire-Department or other citizens to apply water to o fire most specdily after its discovery, would ba most likely to provent theso grent disastors, Tho timo lost in gatting the Depart- mont to n firo is tho fatal defect. No matter how vigilant or Liow expert our firomen may Lo, it is manifest that even fivo minutos’ delay, un- der circumstances such as existod on the 9th of October, 1871, end yesterduay, is suflicient to jm- peril tho whole city. Tt bias been thoroughly demonstrated that, in towns whero tho **Ilolly* plan has been adopt- cd, no grent fires accur. s thoro any difiiculty in adopting it in lurgo citios? Why may not Chicago bo divided into districts, and n Holly works, or something similar, bo ostablished in oach? Cannot our pregent water-worky bo util- izrm.ll for extinguishing fires,—at least for n part of the ci It iu beliovad that the oxpondituro of $1,000,- 000 in tho construction of such works would protect the city bettor than fifty engines, which must bo transported to tho fire bofore they are availablo. The groat dosideratum is to havo the power always und everywhere presont, to apply water at tha outset. “I'his cannol bo attained under tho presont system. A few of tho present engines might porhaps be profitably retained for use In romoto dis- tricty, and on ocensions whore thoy could bo ad vantageously posted. The men should bo on duty within such districts ns each man could properly patrol, ready to give telegraphic notico of flres, to Lave in chiargo tho dopot of hoso in his distriet, and to operato it Immediatoly shon necossary. ‘Tho regular police might” Lo fn- structod in such dutics, a0 as to bo_eficlont in uid of tho Firo-Dopartmont nt {he Incipioncy of fires. Four depots of hose, and two flremen on duty at all hours, would, with the police, I think, give good protection to aixteon blocls, by los eating tho hiose-depots nt tha proper points in such a district, nud giving ench of 'the two men ol? duty oight blocks to patrol during the night, thius s L L B L | | | Trom the above dingram {t will bo scon that the patrolman would st no time bo more than two blooks distant from n hose-depot, which are roprosonted by the stura; and, u{mn discovor- ing u tiro, or ieaving an nlarm withio Iny beat, conld act very ||rnmpllr. Of course, hydrauts or flro-piugs would be pluced at ovory cornor, so arranged a8 to receive a dozen lines of hose, and dineharging us muny slroams, if nocessnry, Pos- sibly two firemon might bo thought fusuflcient for “so large n torritory: but, with tho ald of othors who wonld bo i udfoinfug diutriots, and the citizens rosiding in the viclnity, 1t i be- liovad that, in most cascs, firos could be extin- gulshod bofore, undor Lhe prosont systom, one dtoumor conld ba brought ta the spot. Thoso suggestions us to the detailod working of such & systom aro necossarily yory imporfeot aud incomploto, eveu if unobjectionablo; but it wos not my purpose to domoro in this commu- nication than to eall attention to the necessity and practicability ot huving a stoam firo-ongiuo with eapnelty to throw muny stroams of water alioays at ovory man's door 4 hat 00, at much loss oxponso than tho presont Hystom, which nover can bo made to mufl:ly this want, Quoaao, July 15, 1874, vrius Wurre, ——— BUGGESTIONS. MORE WATEL WANTED, o the Elitor of L'he Chicago Y'ribune; Bins Iro-onglues are not our gronteat want to provent theso largo fires. Wo luve now, oxe cepting thoso disablod lzst night, twenty-five firo-onglucs, which i onough for tho wauts of this clty untilits avoa bocomes muok furthor ex- tonded, Our groatest want is the stilt furthor improvemoent of our water systemn by thoe substi- tutlonof large malus whero there aro smail ono, and the gxtonsion of tho system to the most romoto bullt portious of tho city, The Doard of Publio Works aid woll in putting In vo many pow and double pluga; but thore aliould bo o stopplng of this work uutil ovory part®of thqeity Is fully protectod. Our wator-works nara cortainly mitoh moro officiont now than over boforo, There was an nctunl prossurc on tho plpos ab the stroot lovol on Washington stroct, Tuonday night, whon the five-engines woro working Lo thelr utmost capncity, of ovor twenty pounds per aquara inch, suelont to raina column of wator about 50 foot, and this was at a timo whon thie Eiro Dopartmetit was drawing from 10,000 to 12,000 gallons from tho mains por minute, Iixporionco has shown that tho oxtinguishing capacity of o stroam of wator from a fira-ongino incroasen in an tnvorse ratio with tlin square of tho longth of hoso. Thus, n piream lhraugh throo noctions of hono (160 foot) ia four times ne rolinblo as if tho vame wator parsed through six sovtions (300 foot), ‘Phin mny seem too greata differonca, but taking into necount the Incrensod timo in getting to work, lability of bursting, and Iont timo in roplacing burst sootion, faoility i hnndliog, dimmished friotion of wator, sud all tho various mishups that are likely to cceur, es- pecially whon the hoxo has to bo rased ton high point, and this fs found tobe o corroct rule to work from. The importance of hayiny largo maing and mavy firo-plugs fs Lthua mada obvious, Tho prosout aim of tho Olty Engluoor whivh, by enlarging mains and gotung the Ashlund avenio works in aporation, should soou bo nc- compliehod, i to glvo an avorago water prossure thronghout the clty et all sensons of the yenr of fifty pounds to the square incli at tho lake lovel. “Luis will fnsure a coltmn of water conducted in pipes of over ouo hundred feot bigh in aluost any part of tha city, and in such a nolghborhood a4 that whoro thls fira originated would mako o plug strenm amply strong to extinguish the firo, aud, with mans sufticiently Jarge to leop up tho hond of iater, would bo fully um nD&lunt at tho start of o Jiro, whon most needed, 28 if played through an engine, !)flnclpnlly for tho reuson thet they can ha handled with moro colarity, 'Tlio tima consumed 1 coungcting an enging, though but littlo iy savod whon that presure, 50 ponnds per inoh, is nitwined and made rolinblo at all rnlum, HOMIO MOro Lose com- panios in tha outskirts, and perhaps some oxtea volunteer hoso compuu(cs. will ho found o great nequisition to the Dopartmont. It is certuin that we ean never have too much hose rosled ready for immodiato usa, X Cutcauo, July 14, 1874, il TS . FIRE ITEMS, An Itallan womun perambulatos LaSalle stroot with o bund-organ on wheols, botwoon tho Laudlos of which a baby 1y strappod i o shawl, The hand-organ {4 scorched and blistorod by the Leat, but unconsumod. It is, indeed, a sad sight, How would it do to call the recentovent * Tho Littlo Ghicago Five,” Lo distinguish it from *'Fho Big Chicago Firo" (hat toolk placo throo yoars ago? Tho oxpress-driver of the period—* Do you waut to eco yonr family beggared bofore your faco? Wakoupandbe a mun!l I'll mayo you for 501" It is undorstood that tho comet drow a vory slim house ‘Cuoxday night. An ITebrow of tho Hebrowa—touching his busl- neas, o choap clothior—moved four wagon-londs of clothing from North Olark streot, up neat Lincoln Park, over to tho vicinity of May and Randolph streots, Tuesday night. On being ac- coated a8 hio moved thom bnclt Wednesdny morn- ing, he stated thut ho had not been afraid, but his brother hud thought tha insurance company might barat, 3 Pormiseiblo exnggeration of barkecpor next mormng—* Hump moup? You bet they did | Ou tho keen jump from 6 o'clock till we put the shutters upat 4, Took my meals in tho air, Maiting no chasgo for nobody, no matter how big he wae, and uuy dond-beut s wanted to could g1vo us the cool stand-off and wo hadn't timo to club him, Bpigots in them boor-harrols rod-hot from friction, aud tho beer biling hot. You honr mo 1" Noticoablo—The immonse incronss of tran- siont uuwupugvru lle&mmud on (he stroot letter- boxos sinee Wednouduy last, How the city wns ssved—Any Alderman or prominent citizon, loquitur : S0 T saw that the only hopo wo had to save the whole South Sido wad to, etc, Aud I ran over to Bonner, and says I: ‘Dat, it's nouse. All this has got to 80, Now you just bring your engines over horo and, ote.’ “And eays Honner: *By —, Alderman, you'ro right.’ ° And he just moved them ovor to, cte. And that's how thio South Side was savoed,” Tho shortnons of the watsr-supply was, {n all probability, owing to tho provident zeal of ladics on the Wost Sido, who -foared tho Wator-Works might go. Mauny a husband who came Liome at 8:15 0. m. and foll into threo tubs of water in tho kitchon, overturning in bis fall o board on the sink, whorcon hnd Doon placed all the crockery and tluwaro in tho house that could hold the precious eloment, had reason to bloss tho thoughte fulucss of Lis wifo, The holght of thoughtfulness for athors was manifestod Tuesdny night last br & Gorman lady who is trying to grow somo tulips, onions, and cotu ia hor gerdon on Lhroop streot. * Hem," e0id ho, the cheery swash from her hoso boing unheard at sunsot, and that fact being comment= ed upon, “water mino garden-lot this night whon down there human pooples is to death burning for want of wator? That wowd bo tempting Providence!” Texperlonco of a car-driver on West Van Baren stroct—* You gge all thom women's husbands on the West Bide was down at tho fire and tha women got anxious, und thought the whole town would bura up, and coutdu't_got no nows, So they just aat on the sidowalks ull night ill onr last ear ran in, with their dresses thrown over thoir hoads, and overy car that cama along they'd run c;l‘lt‘ and suy: YO, sir, whoto is the fire now 2" At lonet ono class of the population profited by the firo—tho desd-bents up-town, One would rush inton saloon with his faco smoky and dusty and ery: ** Giunne somo whisky, Diok, I tell ‘you, gonilemon, this s fire, t'vo beon through s good many firos, but this is tho boss acorelior. My throat's like n lime-kiin,” Timid or lnzy suburban resident, of a simplo and gon- erous” disposition—*‘ So lyull'va Just como up? Fako somothing?” Dend-boat—*Don't mind if Ido, Cmmo some whisky, Dick, Yes, sirroo, Just left it. When I think of Fourth aveuue, thom housos blowing up on all sides, cople l(mnf.,' up iuto the uir, nigger babios ronsting till the fivemon had to put” handkerchiefs ap their nosas—I tell you, zontlomon, it wes just awtul," Barkeopor, bia curiosity overcoming Lis Lge bitunl enution—* It must havo becn, What'll you hinye, Ditly # # Gunmo some whislcy, Dicl:! Awful ? You bottor beliovo mo. Whow't' T #oo Lako Bhoro dopow taka ; says I, Good-byo, Chi- engo! But just then the wind shifted, und I kuew wo was all right on this side. Bnt I fool #orry for the Grand Pacifie—" Anothor uuditor— * The Pucitio burned ? Dearmo! Ask tho gon- Hemon what thoy will ave,” “ Gimmo some whisliy, Diclt, Yo, eir, the Pacifio caught jnst ns I lort, and Dave Gngo was thora eryivg like o child, Bub that wus notbing to otc., ate." One barkeoper on Aadigon, not very from Wood, made rudible rosolves ta close up and go down and oo it nt ovory yarn Lo honrd, hut busincss was 80 brisk he was loth to do wo, till aboug 1:30 Wadnesduy morning, whon Lo heard thut tho Exposition Building had Leon burned, with a largo and fashionable audionco within it, With the remark : “Bix hundred of ‘em briled | Grazing Nebuchadnozzar | 1'll shut up and go," — e MISCELLANEOUS, The Trinusy dosives to reburn thanks to Messra, Walter;P, Dean, John I Whito, aud Uarry Tolten (tho lnst nnmed of the Burlinglon Jawkeye) for valunblo asslstance glyon its ro~ portors on the day and night of the firo, Mr. Andrews, a paiwvnbrekor, was made notor- lous by a paragraph to the effoot that he armod himuolf with a sword and kopt guard over his property, and that ho cut & young man in the log, Mr. Androws did nothing of the sort, nnd Justly objects to tho outting und slushing ropu. tation of o dragoon on foot. Thero is a lnrgo quantity of property at say- oral lmhcn stations. tuken from pursons on the ulght of tho fire, and roturnod by exprossmon and tosmators who havo failed o lud the owne org sineo, Thouo who huve lost thelr offeots Ly romoval should cull at the Qoutral Pollcs Station and muke lnquiry. In our lasuo of July 16 was_given the llst of Dbuildings destroyed, Nos. 252, 284, und 230 Wabash aveute, occupled by Our Fireside Friend, New Cotenant, Northicestern Lunber- man, and N, T, Buith,” The building ocouplod by thom was saved, hoing dumnged but wlightly, sud thoy aro transnotlng busiuoss us usual, TIE DOST-OFFIOK, Postmnater MoArthur is angagod with a largo forco of mon {n propuring Houore Blook for tho Lout-Ohice, 'The busoment, first, second, and art of the third floors of tho north alt of the buildiug will be ocoupled, and, owing to tho unflnished condition of “the iutorlor, the work of proparation ia greatly auslutod, sy thoro are few partition Wwatla to be torn down, - Tho malting dopartmont will bo 1o the bneoment ; tho gonoral delivory, tnonoy ordor,nnd roglutry dopartmonts on the firat floor, with thireo ontrances Prom tho streot ; tho Tostmastor and assistants’ nud the carriors’ do- partiient on tho socond floor, and the railway mmlsorvics on tha third floor. Tho ront has not yet hoon fixed, though Bzfiruuul A beon pumed. If Lhig jy thought too ,l‘lg b, Mr. Lonore will Toaye it to arbitration, T'ho Govornment sgont will arrivo to-dny and arrango the matter, The otd chursh buildiug waa rented at £93,000 n year for throo yoars, tho lenso to ‘continug unuil tho complotion of tho new Post-Otico ani Custom-Houso bulld- ing, I|‘x tho old building the Governmont lost nabout 15,000 in ropairs, fixtures, nddittons, ete, At tho timo the old chiivel wny solectad it was the noareat bullding to tho contro of busluess %hnt uu\lml_hntprncurlmll. “Tho Loutmastor has hoen mors fortunate this timo, and has choy most oxeellunt location, 2 S0 NOT BOUND 1Y IT. At o moeting of the Underwritors of Chiong hold Wadnosday, at tho room of the Chicago Dourd of Undarwritors, for the purposo of coun- sultation upon matters portnining to the rooent {ire, tlo followlng renolution was unanimously rdopted: Tecaufved, That in tronting with elaimanta for dame ages by romoval or othierwisb, thin adjusters nnd agents Laving losses in the fire of yeatorday, pludge them- Belvea and o companien they ropreadit not fo cus caurago claimn for consequentlal damnges, unll that uo nettlements ho made. 'Ly sny individnal company Without firat conaulting tholr co{nsurcrs on mamoloss, und acting strletly in accordance with tho viows of o mujority of tho companies on the eawmo, Tha companios not roprosonted nt tha moet- inge declnro that thoy do not considor thomsolyon bound by tho foregoiug resolution, EXTENDING TUE FIRE LIMITS, A petition iy fctivelycirculating for signaturos calling on the Mnyor and Comunon Couneil to make tho fire limits cooxtonsive with tho city limits, an urgod nearly threo yonrs ago. Bigua- tures uro betny placed upon it by tha thonsand, and it 18 sincorely to bo hoped that by the tima it renches the Comwon Cotineil 16 will have ono hundred thonand or more name npon it, Coplos of it will be found at all {ho banks, insuranco offioan, nowspnpor officos, aud leuding stores in tho city, Such s mninss of ovidonce of the fcoling of tho citizons should Lo broupht up botoro fho Councll that 1o Aldormau will dara to talio tho rosponsibility of rejectiug tho firet vigorous monsuro for tho #nfety of the aity. Lot every man in tho clty sign 1%, IF poesiblo, 'who wishes to sloop necurely in any part of tho city. Matorial and labor aro flmap ouough uow to giveus substantial build- nga. 80, *'A LAW-AND-ORDER CITY." To the Editor of ‘e Chicago Tribunc: Ste: I venturo to submit the followlng facts to tho conniderntion of your rondors ns intercyt- ing to thoso among thom who puy honvy losses fo tho protection of thoir Tives and proporty s A lady who is m business on Wabash avenuo, in the vicimty of Lo fire, warned by the experionco sho had uequired in tha provions groat fire, and teosting little to the proteotion she might expect from her fnsnranca company, mado hnsto to move her stock nud furnitura to o pluces, situated betwoen a lovol plain on tho one Hido and a wildornoss of waters on tho othor. Chicago ~ to-day oxists by tho sufTerance of wind and fire. What o _hoalthy fooling placo of snfoty, Blo sncoeded in thling one or two loads “to the Weat Sido, having proe viously packed up the remaiuder in tha ktore- vault,” bureau-drawers, and trunks, On hor roturn, iutonding to take over what was lolt, sho found thut during hor absonco a forcibly ontry hud boon muda through tho roar of the utore, the vault brolien opon, and its contonts emptiod, the trunk coutaining the ofothing of her doccased hushaud smnsliod to picces, tho gas-fixtures wroncliod off, aud everything that alio possessod of auy valuo carried off, This was dono in tho prosonco of_iwo or throo gane tlemon, noighbors of hors, who oxorted thom- solves 'to their utmost, but in vain, to pave hor property, and who cun attost to the truth of this statemont, As usual, not a policeman was to bo fouud, although lu addition to the regular forco, who, it is to bo supposed, wero attending to therr duties elsowhore, a private watclman had been paid to tock aftor the promises, I uuder- stand also that this caso is not o singular ono, 1£ tho Iady I rofer to had nad the good fortuno to huvo been burncd out, she would probably havo obtained her insurauco; us it is now, no ono iy responsiblo, not even the City Govern- ment whieh o pey eo extravagautly and 5o use- lesuly to look aftor our property, — PATIENCE. MILWVAUKEE 1D, The roturning Milwaukeo firemon giva tho News of that city the following ncconut of them- dolves while hora: Tucsday ulght the stenmers loft hero at 10:05 and arnived n Chicago ot about 1 o'clock s tho Obiof Mar- slial nont tosmus to tako Loth engines fo No, 1'a Louso, corner of Markot and Adums streets, Boon after No, 3wes ordered to duty on Wabssh svenue, near Van Buren strect, to relieve No, 14's men, who' were sent liomo to gt reeraited, No, & worked until about ¢ o'clock, when they were relloved and roturuod to No, L's honko, No 3 romuined at 1’ house without being ardered toduty, After No. 6% return, Chilef Marshal C. B, Handerbeek cordinlly invited all tho Milwaukea boys 10 b splendld breakfast at the Girand Yaclfio otel, which they pnrwokljot with as good » will ns they ‘would have worked had thelr services Leen Toner noeded, Onr boys were uatily choored by the populace of the soctions through which they paseed, and the Chicago yeoplo scomed truly gratisied for Miiwnukes's prompt Tuspouse Lo hor cali for aid, The,fremen, too, took the boys by the haud, sud whtlo hoping tiat Milwaukeo might nover be forced toueed the same favor, the Dledgod thonkolves to neither slcep or eat till tho eall was_auewered, All theeo things como from bif- leartod mou—men who are ured to rough work fn thiuies of danger, nnd men who can thorouglily appro- clate descrved good treatraent. — After breakfast, tho Milwaukeo boys wers ordered Dby Assistant-Chief Phillp Loecher fo got n‘ad{ for home, where thoy arrived at balf-past 4 yosferday aftsrnoon, and bad tholr apparatus housed Foudy for uatlow agaid, 1o boys say the burned district looka pretty rough, but o gonoral oxpreasion 3, “Tlsuk God ivs ug worso f!! Tho Obifengo Dopartment was complotely used up, and tho firemen wero refoiced to see help como to thom, oven though tho daigor was really over, ALDLRT PATOIH, 7 rocently appointed Fire Wardon, took up his position at tho cornor of Bldridge court aud abash avenue, aud by proventiug the destruc- tion of the frame buildings at_that Folu_t. Jopt the flre from crossing castward and cleaning out Michigan avouue in that vicinity, Hie inde- fotigablo Inbors meb with most gratifying suc- cous. Membors of engines Nos, 16 and 24 also d:d good sorvice at this point, NO LAHORERS WANTED, To the Editor of The Chicugo Tribune: Bm: A vory natural result of 50 great a fire will bo an intlux of lubor to the city, to robuiid its wasto placos, Ought not it bo stated from soma raliable sourco that no laborers or mechan~ dca from nbroad will be roquired ? that tho thou- studa of men in tha city, long out of employ- mont, will ba quite suilleiont for any donwnd which may have boon oreated by the racont fire ? . M. Hrroncock, Bup't Y. M. 0, A, Employmont Burcau, 10400, July 16, 1874 AL HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED ABROAD, Krom the . Zouls Demncrat, ¥ i Tho news of Chicugo's second disustrous visitatlon Dy dro, which roaclied hero by Associutud Dress and was mudo knawn betwean 7 and 8 o'olock lust. aveniuy, creuted u profound sonsation, “Oilengo fu belugg ugutn deatroyed” went from lip fo lip, aud oxpressious of sincora Fogiat weut up o overy beart. loports waro carriod almost with the speed of Jightulug, aud i the hotels aud suloons formod the chiof (ko of vonversation, The varlous Dewspaper oflices Woro Hought for Lo latcst. Lovw, which cume in rather unsatistactory shapo, and theres foro was disponsed I 1iko munner, Lveri o Qistaut portious of thiecly tto Uk idtuys woread, and ctizena Jituped Lt valicles aad camne domcs oot btz the oy, No' man folt worso over the conflagration fhan the eflicient Chlef of our own Fire Du?mrlnlnll(. pis Clay Boxton, and he dovoursd the partio s with esgorneds, Horecelved u tolugram, In oifect, anke 1ug hm i€ & requisition for afd from the 8¢, Lo Dopartment wonld be lonored, Without u onent's deliy, Lo roplicd in tho attirinatives and {6 wus i tendud, if it scomed necossaryand the call camo, to sond engines on, with Asslstant Jud Batno in churge, s fust ud steam could take them, At ono time ft w: thought a spscisl train would lesve for Chicugo during tuo uight, but near midulght word reached Gapt, Saxs fou thiat thers would probubly be wo hevd of wid feom this quarter, Arrangomonts b becw wade Witk ihe Vundulis Line to start at s momont's notico, A litle {uvidout ocenrrod {n thoe search ufter fire-nows worthy of noto, A gentloman wppoared in tho Demoverdt offics fu quest of fuformation, stativg that s stora wus in tho Bt, James Hotel hulidlnu. Just ut {ho mo- ent of i faquiy thia” dlapatolios atafed tiut tho St, Juines was on AUout 10 ocluck & dlspatch came from the Yot~ mustor of Chicago to Postwaster TFilloy, roiuesting 4hiut all tho spary mail-boxes on band by forwarded vy e night's trufn, Howover, thin_ dlapatel cumie oo late to comply with his request, but the Post-Untico autlioritius hud’ them prepared for any spectul traln that might Joavo during tho night, or for the Arst trulu du the morutng, This was for tho purposs of souding tho mulla out of the burning elty for distribu- tlon ut othier poiuts, « Tho different Lutcl-reglators contatnod spectal dis- patclies frow tho sernu of the cantlagration, rocolved 2t varioun kours, 1nformiug the gucts of tho progros of the Humes, ' It 80 happenil that many merchonts sud business men of Chicago wora in'the ity lust uight, who, pon receipt of tho torriblo nows, crowded thio fulegraph-oflice fn valn endeuvors to wond OF fo- velvo dispatclios, A8 the nows of tho iro wan 1ot geu~ crally Lnowi untsl after tho dopactitro of this susl ulght trafus, theve parties hud 1o resource but to ro- nuadis ovor undil this worning, From (} ., Lauls Globe, Chicago has again been visited by the ferrille scoitrgu of fire o % seale which soein pozsiblo uan' to that unfortunate city, Froma suwll I)cfillmlxxu n worthless frume Loucotho flanes, fauuod, by tho pratrie wand, spread du & abort upace of o to & voluni snd Intenslty which mockad the offorts of tho Fire Dopark « meoty and in a fow luuea an nrea of haif o il § Songth und quartor of n mifo 1 i ot. e 1. agtion ;lelyll::xolrl«)rt:‘:jl:f“t‘:’ the u’m:fl(r‘mh’m;rolrlm 1t would noomy 4 tijust ta neralon o fo neas wiieh livo o 1o i R shorteelgblod who aro familiar with elinra f il Uuldbigs whiclh ' stood tipon e omaatas BTy il Tonder muat bo . fha 10 dixnntor wi mo loug postponed. conscioun (it the torrtbia itk frog: He ey OB from tio pradrics tendud I any way fo fucreas ‘e danger, from, fire, tho peonlo of Ohicogo. mave, fa eurs, Voon bullding ider-hozes and alling fhex ouses, A fow brick buildinga in the neighborhoud it which tha fire orlainatod il havo seroriog s loss o4 fow honsand dollars; bt tlioy were n’y there, and tho flaes, I fhelr Drogros, wers 1ol 1o Atoad of resisted, wut!l thoy had strenpgthened thera solyos for a combat with tha best and mort massivy archilecturo of tho olty, Whnk s syl foms “3 tho Arest firs of 1871 farmshed fuel for tho dest, et fomu of tho best of tho reconstrucied bulitigy thabyedk. From the Sprinafictd (1L, 1. i the Springfictd (L) Reqinter, Cliteogo, tha Ducen City of the Lt 1o o Tlilnois, st tho motropolls of tho Vest, acotirged by five, Tho loss I not so woeful doy of 1871, when the aympat alvllized world wak oxclled, ot catun on g by of tha whol but tho calantty n sugy cloutly extensivo {o deservo tho condolenco of fhy - ‘Wholo Weal, nllied n hor pooplo are o thone of th ¢ siitton city by the t{es of rolationship and Lusiness, Wao of Tilinots sliuro tho calumity, ns wo linvo shay tho glory, of Gheago, naxd our whale peoplo will grier that the city, whicl, by wonderful persistonce and o 4ys hiad ' uearly rocovored from sho blow ol Oclobor, 1871, shiowld Lo smitton, Lut our syme Dathy docs wot ccaso here, but will go' out toward Deoplo of Chitago in thofr offort (o recover fron i socomi divanler, o ihall with them fejoteo in the fuct thub thoy have: fully Topalred (o Qlsgiat ot Jue 1ass, il From the Klion (111," Teleyraph, Ta this socond wreat dissatsy Shiiacielll have the: eympatliy of tho wholo country ; but tho Indomitably, Diuck and eneryy of her citizens will, ora long, roplaca” tha burnt distifct with fuer bullding than thoss day stroyed, Iud tho fire, howovor, progrossed 1okl oft ' Juckon slrect, ovon a fowy Aquares, the logs wonld * Liavo bears Incrodibly gronter, un ut thnk poyt, on avouos, tho rabulltburnt district. comanencos, cor, ered with th ct o bty Ly lnn‘{vo‘;fi?‘ ovstly and magnificent business; - From the Penrla (111,) Demacrat, About 7 o'clock lunt night thio ‘elibsona ‘of onr city! Toro tertar-stricken by n report that Clicagp weh agaln n Gawos, aud on overy strect corner, nud befurg: overy store, could e scen i anxlous crowd spoculas Ing upon the probailities of the truth of tho Teports, At ono Umo the rumor waa started thnt {¢ wan o proos tical Joko which 8oumo of ourfun-loving cilizons weve. yerpetrating upon the publle, but that fden ayas eoon glm]mllml and the fulerost In the welfars of the dootucd city " beeamo intonso, Tho unzioly to gel the Iatest correct information of tho fato of Ohicaga Aas kopt up uutil a late Lour last night, the telographe zllliglmnm{ ncwufinp(m-?fllrl:en belug throngec with ager luquirers, Hoveral of onr cltizens took tho trai Inst night for tho aceno of tho fire, W 1 o From the Quincy (£1L.) Whip, Early last oveufug s IFdy petchval elegrans nne nouncing that o great fire was raging In Clifeago, and that tho businoss part of the city- was in danger of destruction, ~As soon us auything defluito came tg Liand, arrangoments wero muda to give tho stariling uowa to the people, and immodintely oxiras wero iae Sited containing raports of the progress of tho flvuos, In o fow minutes the Information had been spread : througliout tho wity, and an oxcited sud intercsied orowd gathoredat tho oflico of the iFhig to lenrn fure thor partieulars, Dispatelica wera road to. clitizons 15 fast as they arrived, und a4 goom ns 4t was known thng tho thing was uot o seare, but that the firo threatened the destruction of fmmense amounts of ‘Yalunblo prope * erty, tho oxcitemout becamo Intonse, and. exprexsions of sympathy fur unfortunate Obicago wero varnoat, Shorily after 9 o'clock o mousage camo to Myos Tearick from Chicago asking for asmlstanco, and aboug tho smmo time it was reportod (hat eugines wore ale ready on the way from other citics, Tho Mayor ag onco ducided to send Engine No, 1, and. Ohfof-Engie weor Ayres lost no thme 1 gottiug tho steamor to the dopot, Hero it was loaded on'n fiat car, with the prow. is0 from the man of the locomotive that Lo would pull the maching through to Galesburg ovor {ls Chicags Lurlington & Quincy Itoad inside of two lours, a; Hat 1 would niako equally good tmo the rest of the distance to Chicugo, Tho + extras ¥ woro fssued toa lato bour at night When 1t boeame certain that the worat WaH over, an tha peopla rotirad 1o thelr homos with a feellng of Tou lef, which was greatly cubanced by tho late aud use wurlug iuforation that was furnishod., Fron the Omaha (Veb.) Herald. ‘Tho poople of Omalia wero shucked 4nd saddencd Inst craniug ot tho dreadful nows that beautiful an grand New Chicago was again fn fismos und um-mnofl Witk ono more destruction, Al hearts were uadus the Wires flanliod 13 roport after report. that the very cone tres of Chivago's now utrungth and boauty wero beln, agaln consumed a8 with tho besom of destruotiors Anxiulr culminated with tho roport that tweuty blocks ! of buildings had been deatroyed, aud that nothing teemed ublo to reslat thia ravages of tho flamea, Buflds Iuga wero bolug blown up at ubout 8 o'clock, il wo Took forward to tho timowhen, yeb fo thost 1 / but thie - i not rellevo tho mwost gloomy mmot{ for tho fate o8 , i Jaf tho Gurden City. iut n linlf an hour Jater tha joyrl, * W cang that ‘tho fir was under control, a5 Lo o Gad that, us wo writo, o liuve full foith fuse. 8roat as {5 Ler calumity, Olicigo is gavod | From tha Mutlaon (Wie,) Democrat, About 7 _o'clook last ovoulng' Teports reached thi ity thut Chicago was biurning, and bofora an our b passed over crowds gatliered at tho Demacrat ofice telegraph office, ond thio Lotals, to ascortain tho ety of tho zoport, ‘Vaguo rumora wero reccived ovary fos mtuufes from telegraph-oparators at Silerent polnte but soou onough Lind beengathered to- indionto § tho flery demon wus_raging with unabated furf o tho proud city of th West. Thero word quito a Hiutts ber ‘of gentlémen of Chicaiso on a vislt to ur clty, and they were soon found arsembled, Jdging of {ho jocae -, tott and probablo rosult, ~The first train fook a miae Jority of "tho Ohuagosns to thelr homes to look ftey thelr interests, From tke Dubuque (Ia.) Times, Our dispatclies this moruing bring the lmrflclfllrl af a great fire In Ohiengo, whivh would bo the greatesk over known In the West but for thus which burned down the buainess part of thut city a fow years agos This will bo a terrible Llow to tho Motropetis of tag Northweet, which befora was staggering. uuder ag Lieavy 0 walght of disaster and debt as slio could carry, tho legacy of Ler former conflagration, und will o learned with feclings of mingled “consternation and ity ned it Iy Lo b hoped that tho universal syme Dathy for ber cltizens will tako some substuntial shape £or thetr bonotit, Fom the St, Pl (inn,) Pioneer, Probably 1o sunouncement withiu the calamitony poeribilities of the tolegrupl would ba reccived with moro profound and mortal orrow thon would attend thio Qlsastrous details of a second great firo {n Chicago, Up tol o'clook this morning silch a diro colamity threatened to ousue, and alnost defiod yrevention, Iapplly, Lowever, {lio flumes wero at that bour 4o nearly viibdued o3 {0 promiss o sposdy end to thg coutlagration, From the Omaha (Neb,) Republican, Chicago eomus to bo doomed, It Reema but yesters day thut ho great fita_ was flashed over tho wircs, & contlugration thiat threatonod to lay the wholo city In ankies, and aid deitroy in o fow short hours ' tha great busiuess centro, and then swopt on over miles of ternitory, leaving only searred and blackaned ruin, Aud now this news comes agaln of a city on fire, and uight bloeks— half wile of smoke and flmo—ure swepk away as by the hand of the destroying ungel, Duiliings Lisvo baon macrificed, hlown up, thio fira lns hoea fought nobly, conrageously, aud at ludt tho welcomo nows I8 Hlashie'd over tho wires that the flend {s under contral, Poor doomed Chicago. The lumics scom to bo In thels oloment when thoy oucountor tho golid blocks and squaras and tho bulldings of stono, Lrick, and_frons futo away l1ke reeds beforo o tempest, God help them aud give them s0m0 oW power to coutrol the dovisy tating damce, From the Cleveland Heruld, 5 Allhough the loss falla Leavily on tha business comg ‘miuwity, the city bus doubtloss rocelved 10 orious soty back {a'growth und prosperity, Byam the Nilwaukes News, Tu all probability tho burnt district is worth more thio city now than it was Leforo the firu, ~Chicag ueed not be greutly alarmed at such a visitalon, Bl would do well, Lowever, not to rebuild two fuat fn these ds f financial disturbauee aud business alag- nation, vhen the. pincl of reaction from thaoxtravag g Suigetnlorod by 1ho disturbatices. of frort way Bt tis'vo soroly Tolt, hleago- would alis da wll to hiood thio adwonitions of her own journals, sud orgunizo hor FiroDopurtment, Very évidontly it s n afticlont, In'this’ rogard Ailwaukse could glve her § usetul leuson, Erom fhe Tuledo tommereial, Tlia loss of tho low tencuionts irst attacked, aud ‘which gave tho lire such a headway, Illl{ be cousiders e wn triiling ; 4C thoir ovcupsuly could hava boe drlven away from tho city, tho firo altogothor migh have been considered i advantage, -om the Detroit Tribune. Tho irst nows of th drens Ao of Jllcago yeatare duy wan nuade pablla thrvugh tho roading of tho dis Tatch ent by Al G, M, Welck, Who . how fu Obete 40, ta tho Common Gouncil, and was read by the Cler! Timmedtately aftor 8 reading s cousiderabls dugroo of xeitement was manifested among ths Aldsrmen, an suon tho Counoil Chsmber was nearly cleared of al ‘eruous sxcopt mombors, A crowd tocked {o the tolos graph oficemnd uswapagior oflicon, oagior 10 loarn more Darticulars of tho fire, aud oacortatu its oxuct location, wnd whelher 1t was sproadiug, %o uxcllcmcn’ beon wo great sioce tho time of tho provious Ohfeago fire, The telegraphy atilce, ‘tho sourco of - the most frequont neww i tho matler, was crowded during the wholo ovoniug until after mfdnight wilk mon auzioun o learn overys thlug they could ubont the exteusive contlagration, A, rusoltion way udoptadl by tho Comsmon Council 'r quosting the Firo Commisslonera to gond two or m Steamors {0 Obicugo {u cows thoy callod for wid, The Bourd of Commisgloners, I accordunco with Thia res quent, causod a dispatels to bo eent to Muttbow onnor, hicstaginer o bicago, statiug that fioy Ll tnd stouuera und hose-carclages ot thetr dispasal, Up o tho )rv.\aem wrlting, widuight, no suchi call has beon revolved, huw - nob o . Th reglon that wa dovastud by the flinos was ( gront part acenpled by buildiugs that had no clafi to ba tole oratod wo noar 1he business coutrg of the ojty, Dew tvson darrivon stveut il Twollth: nordh o Southy aud botwawn Btato and Olark sircots, onst. and ooy thura wore s 1ot of tho worst rookerics that eyer it gracod a city, oy wora bull of wood,aud wore ol Fotten, tumblo-dowis aifutre, But fho eFavicter of Jy bulldigs wus not 60 bad” s tiut of ho gecupante, ‘e thivves' yuarlor in Londou 4 8t il thg (Soe Fifth Pugo.) E A 1 .