Commissioned by the city of Chicago in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1871, this report provides a detailed analysis of the city's fire department and its o

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant mark

Excerpt from Preliminary Report on the Fire Department, 1910 The Specifications for hay should be revised to accord with that which can actually be bought in th