The Fire Limits Discussed

A brief but rather warm council meeting was held Rlonday night when a petiüon from Messrs. Harnman. Manly and Doty was considerad forpermission to erect a frame building on Fourth street, next to the Hamilton block, forty by eighteen and one story high to be covered with iron and iron roof. Capt Manly, in behalf of the firm, stated that the proposed building was to be built on ground that could only be leased for flve years and subject to sale and the only building that they could erect was one that they could move off at any time. They intended to place $8,000 worth of books in it and they didn't want to risk their books in a flre" trap. They had the consent of the adjoining property owners. Aid. Allmendinger moved that the petition be de' nied. The council, he said, had endeavcred to secure the erection of a better class of üre proof buildings and had denied many petitions for buildings covered with irn, which insurance companies regarded as risks no better than wooden buildings. He thouglit thatif one petition was granted all ought to be granted and that unless they were observed there was no need ot flre limits. Aid. Herz thought Mr. Gauss on Liberty street had some months ago been granted permission to erect such a building and this building would be a big improvement on an old bill board. Aid. Miller thought permission might be granted conditional that the building might be removed at the expiration of five years. Aid. Winesthought the precedents already established ought to ,be carried. The motion that the petition be denied was carried by a vote of 5 to 4, as follows: Aves, Aid. Allinendinger, Sutherland, Hammond, Wines and Recorder Bach- 5. Nays, Aid. Ilerz, O'Mara, Miller and Mayor Heakes- 4. The mayor in voting explained that he was not prparei to vote in favor of the petition but he voted against denyine it on the srround that he thought it ought to follow the regular custom Htid lie referred to the tire committee to report upon it. Recorder Bach moved that the vote be reconsidered, which was carned. He then moved as a substituto for the ïesolution that the petition be referred to the fire committee, which was lost by a vote of 4 to 5. The original'motion that the petitiou be denied was then cavried by a vote of 5 to 4 and the council ad' journed.