World’s Fair Protection.
FIREMEN generally are interested in the query: What if fire should break out at the exposition? It is a question that has exercised the deepest thoughts of those in charge of the fair. And it is a question that has been happily solved by the establishment of as thorough a system of fire patrol and engine service as years of experience could devise, and months of laborious drill could perfect. In organizing the fire department of the Columbian guard aid has been summoned from the Chicago City Fire Department, long known as one of the best equipped services of any municipality in the world. The men chosen to command those who protect the White City from conflagrations were at first asked for suggestions, and when made these suggestions were acted upon, until now Jackson park is as perfectly protected as if it were constructed of asbestos.
Although with one exceDtion the buildings are constructed of inflammable material, the chances of fire breaking out are reduced to a minimum. The old adage, “ an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” has been the keynote in organizing the fire department. By a perfect system of patrol and a thoroughly regulated watchman service, it is practically impossible lor fire to gain much headway before it is discovered, and the apparatus for the control of the flames has been placed about the various buildings in such convenient profusion that should any structure become ignited it is almost an impossibility for the flames to obtain headway.
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