A. No; it was not ten minutes until we were throwing water.
Q. Then the fire had made considerable progress in the round-house?
A. Yes; and across the street in the lumber yards.
Q. Do you know, of your own personal knowledge, that the fire department did call upon the mayor for protection?
A. I cannot say. I saw the mayor there in a buggy.
Q. He didn't offer you any protection?
A. Not that I know of.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Do you think, with the fire department, you could have cut the fire and stopped it during Sunday, if you had had protection?
A. I don't know whether we could have stopped it, it was on fire in too many different places; but I think we could have picked out twenty-five men and saved Union depot from burning.