Fire Protection Improvements.
A correspondent at Kansas City writes as follows. There is a growing demand in this city for an improvement on the present system for fighting fires and the indications are that the city council will at an early date take some action in the matter. One of the first things needed is a new alarm system, covering the whole city. This will cost a very small amount as compared to the great amount the people will be benefited. At the present time the only fire alarm system the city has is the one connecting the fire department with the various packing houses, and the other portions of the city have to depend entirely on the telephone service which is not always reliable.
The cost of such a system as would furnish good protection to the people would be very small. It is estimated that $3,000 will pay for a system that will answer all practical purposes. The loss on small homes in various parts of the city is due wholly to the lack of an alarm system There is no city in the country where the water pressure is any better than here at the present time.
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