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WILE the Croton water is supplied to the citizens of New York in generous quantities. and is at the same time of exceedingly good quality, there are points in this borough at which the water is often very muddy. This is presumably due to the “dead ends,” whose presence is, of course, well known to the authorities. But, as these know just where the tendency to such accumulations exists, they should be always on the lookout for them and apply the remedy regularly, so as to prevent the evil. The great fault in the management of the water department in this city, is that too much is left to the private judgment of subordinates, who in reality please themselves about looking after or neglecting just such details as the above.
IVE electric wires are alwaysasource of danger at fires. At Charleston, S. C., the city authorities have determined that this danger shall cease and that the lives of the firemen shall not be imperiled by coming in contact with them. By the terms of an ordinance on the subject, each company having the right to string electric wires mustconnect its station with the fire alarm system, and on the occasion of each fire alarm must send an emergency wagon and one or more competent men, with necessary apparatus and tools, to the locality of the fire, where they must act under the direction of the officers of the fire department. In addition, a special signal has been arranged, in obedience to which the electric companies must turn off the electric current in the district of the fire. Heavy penalties are provided for neglect to comply with the ordinance, and they are cumulative for each day of neglect.
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