Liberty, when Free-born Mon, ha ving to advise the Public, may speak free.”’-—EvRiripEs,
SINGLE Corres Two CrEnvs,
UHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, MAY 26, i884.
VOL. 15.--NO. 4.
11 . 7 . 4H1S 1S true “ae ee i it Q Vay Y} i tha S } A Mw ater , “re B ce. ck ra B . VAILY DUXAMINER Qe FROUBA bs ne bk PRRLEG g, by Examiner Publishing Gg. Pe Subscriber represents the following © A wealthy ¢ omipanies; of ‘Water and Royal lusurance Company, of Mngland lar ottetown, ’ } ; , 3 a — ’ London and Lancashire Insuravce Company, of England. S . i N\ » Citv cf London Insurance Compa’ ‘fe a q , 4 ans or any. of En f- e2 50 lana. rt : 1 26 : 0 50 Micenix Insurance Company, of Brooklyn, New \ ork, = $ t moderate rates. Lowest rates, and just-and prompt settle- { vy e made {or monthly, a See a, age wly or yearly advertise- : RN —_ ; ‘y eru JOUN MACEACHERN, mn lication. Agent
ALYANAG FOR MAY, 1884,
NS CHANGES,
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F.D. WALKER, M. D.C. M.,
(Graduate of McGill University),
PRS ius
HAND SURGEON,
Cardigan Bridge.
May 19—wkly 4i
W. WHEATLEY,
(Or WHeaTtLey
Commis
& Soxs, CFARLOTTETOWN, P. E, Istanp)
ion ~©- Merchant,
269 BARRINCTON STREET,
HALIFAX, WN.
Ss.
s@ Special attention given to the sale of P. E. Island produce.
April 24, 1884.
N. J.
(Successo
CAMPBELL,
r to Campbell! & Rayden)
Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, SHIP BROKER, AND INSTRANCE AGENT, COR. OF QUEEN AND WATER STS., Charlottetown, P. E. Island.
Importer
and Jobber of Choice
Grocerics and spices. General Agent for P. E. Island of the
British Empire
Mutual Life Assurance Com-
pany, of London, England '
Special attention given to Auction Sales of Lumber, Coal, Fish, Apples and other Fruit, Real Estate, Household Furniture, Bankrupt and other Stocks, aud all kinds of Merchan-
dise. Corresponden Returns prom
March 28, 1804.
ce and Consignments solicited. ptly made,
ane
Misieod, Monon & McQuarrie, BARRISTERS
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Office in Old Bank,
(UP STAIRS).
Ch’town, Feb. 21, 1554.
~ SULLIVAN & MAGNEILL, ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
Solicitors in Chancery, NOPAREES PUBLIC, &.
OF FICES~ O’Halloran’s Building, Great George Street, Charlottetown.
Sa” Money t
o Loan,
W. W. Souuvas, Q. C, | Cuxsraa B, Macwaine
Jan, 16, 83,
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FPXHE undersigned would take this oppor- | & tunity, efter an extended visit to the | Upper Provinces and the United States, of | returning thanks to his friends and numerous | customers for their liberal pat:onage in tke | past; and, as‘history often repeats itself, the best guarantee you can have ter th2 future is the experience of the past.
I will sell at Auction, in my old stand, south side of the Market House, Furniture and Merchandize, cf all descriptions. Also Real and Personal Property, of all kinds.
EK. NEEDHAM, Auctioneer. Ch’town, May 21, 1884 ~eod
MOACTOR Nash aud Door Factory.
\ R. P. LEA, in reterning thanks to the 4VE. public for the liberal pate nageextended
to him while in business in Charlottetown,
begs leave to inform his old customers and the public generally, that he, in company with Mr. William Rogers, bas appointed
Messrs. B. Witiams & Co, Lumber and Coal Dealers, Pownal Wharf, Charlottetown, our agents, who will keep constantly on hand a full supply of Mould- ings, Window Sashes, Doors, etc., at
LOWEST CASH PRICES,
All orders entrusted to them will receive prompt attention.
LEA & ROGERS,
Moncton, N. B. Sept. 5, 1883.—2aw wly
SHIP AND HOUSE BUILDERS,
Will find every requisite for the trade at
DUCHEMIEN’S STEAM FACTORY, Beer’s Whar,
Always on hand, a complete stock of
Ship's Blecks, Deadeves,
steering Wheels, —ALSO—
Mouldings, in great variety, Cornice, Base Panel, Door and Window Finish, Spouting, Conductor and Handrail, Newel Posts, Balus- ters and every description of Turning.
Fret, Circular and Jig Sawing, Planing and Moulding turned out neatly and with des- patch.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Don’t forget the place, Beers Wharf near MeMillan’s Coal Depot.
Albert Duchemin. Ch’ town, Jan. 2, 1884,—wkly 61.
STANDARD LLe ih ASSURANGE C0,
T the 57th Annual General Meeting of LA. the Standard Life Assurance Company, held at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 24th of April, 1883, the following results for the year ended 15th November, 1883, were re- ported aoe
3,038 new proposals for life as- surance were received the year for
2,561 proposals were accepted, assuring :
The total existing assurances in force at 15th November, 1882, amounted to (Of which $7, 753,031.15 was reassured with other offi ces)
The claims by death which arose during the year amount- ed, including bonus addi- as tions, to 2,462,226 59
The annual revenue amounted at 15th November, 1882, to 4,267,546 00
The invested funds at same date amounted to 29,503,416 00
Being an increase during the year of
7,239,048 13
$6,936,302 91
1,062,648 35
JOHN LONGWORTH, Agent for Charlottetown, THOMAS KERR,
) Inspector of Agenoten.
Ch’town, Angnat 3, f
$ 9,754,086 38
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UUVFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION,
MAD OFPiIOB,
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TORONTO.
| doing business in the Dominion. | Its PROGRESS HAS BEEN UNEXAMPLED in the history of Insurance in Canada.
Its Policies are INDISPUTABLE after three years an
after two years. Company in Canada.
application of profits:-—
Robert ‘Taylor, Halifax, insured for $10,000 in 1872, premium $317.70; in 1880, $160, 10, John Willis, Halifex, insured for $1,000 in 1871, premium $31.77; in 1882, $14.20.
John 8S. McLean, Halifax, insured for $4,000 in 1872, premium $137.76; in 1882, $70.06. Mayor Jones, St. John, insured for $5,000 in 1871, premium $172.20; in 1882, $77.20.
Wks The tullest information will be given on application.
DESBRISAY & ANGUS, General Agents for P. E. Island.
Ch’town, May 7, 1884.
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ilkats. Hats.
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KASONS why L. E. PROWSE sells the CHEAPEST HATS in the city:— Ist. Because he does not believe one man should pay double because another does not pay ANYTHING. 2nd. He buys in the best makers’ best styles, buys for cash, and sells for cash.
3rd. He does not believe in the old rule-—ask large profits and want to get rich too fast—but is satisfied with a SMALL ADVANCE ON COST.
4th. He buys carefully, has no dead stock, keeps the LATEST STYLES always on hand, and at the right time.
Wee Come all, and be convinced that money can be saved by purchasing your Hats from
io. i. PROW SE,
Sign of the Big Hat, 74 Queen Street. Oh’town, April 14, 1884.—eod wkly
Charlottetown Eoot and Shoe Factory.
20:
OUR MAKE OF
BOUTS AND SwOES ARE MIDE OF SOLID LEATHER,
And give great satisfaction throughout the Island.
s@x> The Best merchants sell them, and when buying be sure and ask for
our make. DORSEY, GOFF & CO.
Ch’town, April 12, 1884.—eod wkly
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INSURANCE. UNDOUBTEL
D SECURITY.
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rYXHE undersigned represents the following FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES, | charging it on the fire | and is prepared to cover property of every description at LOWEST College.
RATES :
English Fire Companies.
CAPITAL, FIFTERN MILLION DOLLARS.
The Fire Insurance Association, of London, CAPITAL, FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
The Glasgow CAPITAL, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS
———0:0—-——— MA RIN EF.
Assets Ist January, 1884, $990,892.74. Sterling certificates issued payable in England or on the Continent of Europe. Cargoes and freights covered without reference to head office.
The Nova Scotia Marine Insurance Association, ef Halifax
Hulls, Cargoes, and Freights covered at lowest rates.
The London and Lancashire Life Insurance Company, The North American Life Insurance Company.
Rates lower than the majority of offiees.
FRED. W. HYNDMAN.
Charlottetown, Feb. 2, 1884.—oaw sat 3m, pat.
The SECURITY offered to policy-holders is UNSURPASSED by any Company report
The CASH PROFIT results paid to policy-holders have not been equal’ed by any |
ani London Fire Insurance Company,
WATERWORKS.
a
Report of the Committee cn a Water Supply for the City.
AN adjourned meeting of citizens was held on Friday evening at half-past eight o'clock, for the purpose of receiving ‘the of the committee appointed to enquire into the best means of precuring a supply of water for honsehold, tire, and
othe> purposes. Henry Beer, Esq., M.P.P.,
NON-FORFEITABLE occupied the chair, and Mr. P. McQuaid
was appointed Secretary. Joun Ines, EsQ., expressed his disap- -proval of the manner in which the Mayor
The following are examples of ACTUAL REDUC.1ON OF PREMIUMS by |tteated members of the committee. To-
night, he said was an instance. The meet-
‘ing was called for eight o’clock, and at the!
‘hour of opening the hall was in the same. condition as the market people had left it.
‘There was no light; and it was eight o'clock before the janitor commenced to put the benches in order for the meeting.
This was an insult to the committee and
should be censured by the citizens.
P. R. Bowers, Es@., said the Mayor was pot to blame, and that it was the wrong time to try to make a little cheap capital
against him.
Dr. Jenxins, chairman of the committee,
stated the full facts of the case, showing that the Mayor allowed the committee tu
to meet in his office once, but did not have
enough coal to heat the room during the
meeting. This, if not an insult, was at
least an indignity, At the next meeting of |the committee the, Mayor refused to give
ithe key of his room, though he (Dr.
Jenkins) personally requested it. To- night, he said, was another instance of how
the Mayor had treated the committee, and as a member thought it his duty, at least,
to raise his voice against such shabby treatment.
James Curtis, Ese. thought ‘‘we had better proceed to business.”
Mr. G. E. Fott, Secretary of the Com-
mittee, then read the following report :—
To the Citizens of Charlottetown:
}ENTLEMEN,—The Committee appointed at a meeting of citizens held in the Market Hall, on the Srd of March last, for the pur- pose of making enquires, and reporting upon the best means of making adequate provision for the extinguishing of fires in the city, beg to submit the following :— That, according to the best information they have been able to obtain, the fire appliances of the city are as follows,—
FIRE ENGINES. There are ‘three fire engines, viz.: two steamers and one hand engine, with six hose reels in service, and two hand engines not in use, having no companies attached to them.
1. Rollo—This is a Steam Engine eighteer years old, and has done good work during that time. Upon being overhauled last winter she was found in fair condition, with the exception of the suction hose, which from age and constant use is now becoming liable to crack. She is stationed at the engine house in Grafton Street, in charge of an engineer and resident fireman. Two horses with suitable harness are kept in the same building ready to draw the engines in any emergencies. A hired horse is engaged for the hose reel.
2. Hillsborough—This is a Silsby Steam Ergine, stationed at the engine house in King Street, in charge of an engineer and resident fireman. Tree horses are st-bled in the same building for the use of the engine and hose reels. This engine is only nine years old, and was thoroughly over- hauled last winter, and her engine and pumps put in good working order. Mr. Teller, the engineer who made the repairs, stated, however, that the boiler could not be relied upon for heavy work; it might last for a year or two, or might give out at any time.
3. Tremont—This hand engine is in good repair, and capable of efficient service, when favorably situated, both with regard to draining water from the tanks and dis- She is stationed in
Kent Street near the Prince of Wales
HOSE,
There are about 4,000 feet of hose; 500 feet of which is new, 1,000 feet in fair con- dition, and the remainder, the largest
Northern Assurance Company, of London and Aberdeen, | portion, viz,, 2,500 feet, cannot be depend-
ed upon. HOOKS AND LADDERS.
There is an efficient hook and ladder carriage, which is provided with ladders, four hooks, and a number of buckets, the last named are, most of them, in very bad condition.
TANKS AND WELLS.
There are seven brick tanks with a capacity of about 12,000 gallons each, any one of which the two steam engines, when working at their full capacity, can empty in about fifteen minutes. They are situated as follows:—One at the corner of Queeu and Dorchester Streets, one at the north- west corner of Queen Square, one at the
The Great Western Marine Insurance Co,, ef New York, corner of Great George and Kent Streets,
one at the corner of Prince and Kent Streets, one at the corner of Hillsborough and Euston Streets, one on Upper Queen Street, and one on King Square. There are four wells having a large flow of water, which have not been exhausted by the steam engines in any ordinary season, ‘though during a period of drought some ‘years since, when most of the wells went dry, one of them, Quirk’s, could not supply sufficient water for one steam engine. The wells are known as Quirk’s, Lea’s, Griffin’s and the Round-house pumps. With these exceptions, the wells are of little or no use ‘for the steam engines, being too deep for ‘suction, and containing a very limited eupply of water, FIRE ALARMS.
The city is at present withdut any effec- tive fire alarm, in consequence of the bell ‘in the Market House tower having lately ‘been cracked, Arrangements have been made for a new ore which is expected to be
icity bell is a small one on the Engine | open, near King Square. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Fire Department by a City bye-law, is under thesole control of a Board of Engineers elected by the City Council. The Chief Engineer is elected by the Boserd either from themselves or otherwise. The Board has the appointment of the officers and wembers of each engine company, and of all other companies im connectiin with the department. Large powers are vested in the Chief and his subordinates for the prevention and suppression of fires. Fines and penalties may be levied for any breach of the bye-law. It is the duty of the Engineers to visit every house in their respective Wards, at least once a year, for the purpose of inspection, and persons making false statements in regard to a dangerous chimney, or as to the possession of any explosive material, are liable to the penalties of the bye-law. The bye-law is strict with regard to the kind and quantity of inflammable material which Mabe kept in any apartment or building, regulates the placing of stoves and stove piper, and enacts many other precautionary meastres, which if observed would no doubt very much diminish the number of accidents by fire.
There are three Fire Companies in charge of engines, one Hook and Ladder Company, and one Salvage Company in progress of organization.
The prevention of fires as well as their prompt extinction, are matters which de- serve the serious attention of the Fire Department and of the citizens generally, for it is a well-established fact that, how- ever efficient the appliances and plentiful the supply of water, and however skilful and well-disciplined the firemen may be, unless a fire can be subdued in a very few hours, it becomes uncontrollable, and must be left to take its course until it ceases for waut of material,
It is therefore of the utmost importance,
1. That every precaction be taken to guard against the occurrence of a fire.
2. Should it unfortunately originate, that there be means at hand in every build- ing for its immediate extinction.
3. Should these means not be used or fail, that more effective appliances and a sufficient supply of water be available, capable under ordinary circumstances of confining the fires within very swall limits. Such being the opinion of the cctmmittee, they, ona careful review of the present in- efficient state of the Fire Department, make the following suggestions and recom- mendations ;:—
1. The publication of the by-laws regulating the Fire Department for the information of the citizens, and the enforcing of the same by the proper authori- ties. Also, the limitation as te number and height, by statute or by-law, of all buildings to be erected of wood within the thickly built portions of the city.
2. That in the incipient stage of a fire, a bucket company, small hand pumrs, and a portable chemical extinguisher for discharg- ing carbonie acid gas, would all be fourd very useful and effective.
3. That a new suction hose be purchased for the Rollo engine,
4. That the boiler of the Hillsborough be put in good serviceable condition.
5. That means be adopted to keep up steam on the two steam engines, so that they may be in full action in the shortest time pos- sible after an alarm of fire.
6. That some provision be made so that the highest parts of lofty buildings can be reached, for the double purpose of extinguishing fires and res- cuing the inmates from the burning building. A fire escape or a Hayes truck would accomplish these objects. Asa very inferior substitute an additional extension ladder might be procured.
7. That a suitable tower should be erected at some convenient place, for the purpose of drying the hose, which is now done at avery great inconvenience and loss.
8. That an electric fire alarm telegraph, with a sufficient number cf alarm boxes and gongs, and connected with the several church ard other bells in the city, should be procured. From tenders received by the Fire Department it appears this can be had for $1,200. The benefit to be derived from its use in pointing out the exact locality of a fire, in the shortest possible time, is so obvious that the committee do not hesitate to recommend its introduction.
9, The introduction and distribution of a further and sufticient supply of water for fire purposes, without which, however well the Department may be equipped in other respects, little can be done tcward the extinction of a fire, when once it has gained headway.
As before stated, there are seven tanks, placed at points considered to be most con- venient; any one of which the two steam engines can empty in about fifteen minutea There are also four wells with an abundant supply of water, but the latter are so situat- ed that after the tanks are exhausted it is frequently necessary to use from 1,000 to 2,000 feet of hose in order to reach the fira, while a large portion of the city is alto- gether beyond reach. The lift:ng of the water twenty-two feet, as at Quirk’s pump, and forcing it through such great lengths of hose, is extremely severe upon both engine and hose in every way, and for the latter entails an annual expenditure of abovt $500, whilst the bursting of a hose at a critical junciure, would leave the bornin building at the mercy of the flames unti the damaged portion couid either be re-
aired or replaced. Your committee feel that while there may be 4 difference of opinion as to the need of a 2opious supply of water for domestic use, there cannot be a doubt that an inexhaustible supply for fire purpeses, isan urgent and vital neces- sity.
Some persons appear to think that this isa matter Affecting only the interests of Insurance Companies, but it{must be borne in mind that they are not philanthropic soec'e'ies, who send their Agents here with
|m position early in June: The only other! the benevolent obgevt of sevuring the pro
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