A SCHEME A CENTURY AND A HALF OLD.
The proposal to use salt water for fire protection is in no wise original, the suggestion having been first made over 150 years ago, as may be seen by the following extract from the New York "Gazette” of November 5, 1750. The locations referred to are practically the same as exist today, with the exception that city hall was then located on the site of the present Sub-Treasury, while the Fly-Market was on the East River, at the foot of Maiden lane: "Nov. 5, 1750. Number 407.
"New York Gazette revived in the Weekly Post Hoy With the freshest advices foreign and domestic.
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