Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . as nearly perfect as can be reasonably expected. The annual inspections have proved beneficial in many respects,and have afforded an opportunity to those in authority to ascertainthe wants of both men andhorses attached to the dif-ferent apparatuses. The placing of theBureau of Combustiblesunder the immediate con-trol of the Fire Depart-ment was a wise passage in June, 1882,of an act to amend Section58, Chapter 589, Laws,1874, created for a timeconsiderable doubt in theminds of Brooklyn of
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . as nearly perfect as can be reasonably expected. The annual inspections have proved beneficial in many respects,and have afforded an opportunity to those in authority to ascertainthe wants of both men andhorses attached to the dif-ferent apparatuses. The placing of theBureau of Combustiblesunder the immediate con-trol of the Fire Depart-ment was a wise passage in June, 1882,of an act to amend Section58, Chapter 589, Laws,1874, created for a timeconsiderable doubt in theminds of Brooklyn officialsas to how far the amend-ment affected that city. By a concurrence ofopinion on the part of theCorporation Counsel and the District Attorney of Kings County, that question hasvirtually settled. All licenses to sell kerosene oil are now ispursuant to the provisions of the act referred to, whileare continually being made to improve the standard of oil offeredfor sale. An effort to abolish the license fee for the sale of keroseneoil was some time ago attempted by dealers, but their design. 744 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laatiies. was anticipated and the movement discouraged by the heads of theFire Department. One reason why the abolishment of license fee was opposed, wasthat the income derived from that source materially aided in increas-ing the revenue of the Firemens Insurance Fund. The latter wascreated for the purpose of providing for the widows and orphans ofdeceased firemen, and for the benefit of those of the latter who mightbecome disabled while in the performance of their duty. Upon the introduction into the Department of the present tele-graph system, the dispensing with the services of lookouts stationedat the various bell-towers was seriously discussed. It was claimed that with the establishmentof a number of fire-alarmboxes, and the connection bytelegraph of all the engine-houses with head-quarters,the fact would eventually bedemonstrated that the bell-tower
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