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The amount of cash collected on the tax for the various years is as follows :
Tax of 1894
Amount abated during year 1901 $2 00
CASH COLLECTED
Amount collected during year 1901 $7 28
Amount collected of in-
terest
2 62
Tax of 1895
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1901
$4,332 63
Amount abated during
year 1901 $2 00 2 00
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1902
$4,330 63
200
Tax of 1896
Amount uncollected Jan. 1,1901
$4,068 17
Amount abated during year 1901
$4 00 4 00
Balance
$4,064 17
Amount collected during year 1901
368 16
$368 16
Amount uncollected Jan- ary 1, 1902
3,696 01
Amount collected of in-
terest
$107 79
Amount collected of street sprinkling 12 90
Tax of 1897.
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1901 . ·
$3,585 35
Amount abated during
year 1901
4 00 4 00
Balance
$3,581 35
Amount collected during
year 1901
113 96
$113 96
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1902
$3,467 39
Amount collected of in- terest 23 23
201
Tax of 1898.
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1901
$5,949 87
Amount abated during year 1901
87 80 87 80
Balance
$5,862 07
Amount collected during
year 1901
1,657 88
$1,657 88
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1902
4,204 19
Amount collected of in- terest . Amount collected of street sprinkling 6 21
232 40
Tax of 1899.
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1901
$68,907 57
Amount abated during
year 1901 . $1,083 94 1,083 94
Balance
$67,823 63
Amount collected during year 1901 60,805 92
$60,805 92:
Amount uncollected Jan. 1,1902 $7,017 71
Amount collected of in- terest ·
$5,471 90
Amount collected of street sprinkling 434 61
202
Tax of 1900
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1901
$168,426 62
Amount abated during
year 1901
$1,548 12 1,548 12
Balance
$166,878 50
Amount collected during
year 1901
94,884 48
$94,884 48
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1902
71,994 02
Amount collected of in-
terest
$2,791 28
Street Sprinkling of 1900
Amount uncollected Jan 1, 1901
$1,752 77
Amount abated during
year 1901
$89 69 89 69
Balance
$1,663 08
Amount collected during
year 1901 .
966 54
$966 54
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1902 .
$696 54
203
Tax of 1901
Total amount committed for collection .
$392,865 91
Amount abated during year 1901 . 3,311 64 3,311 64
Balance .
$389,554 27
Amount collected during
year 1901
.
229,015 40
-- $229,015 40
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1902
$160,538 87
Amount collected of · in- terest
$201 59
Street Sprinkling of 1901.
Total amount committed
for collection ·
$3,239 40
Amount abated during
year 1901 . $119 98 119 98
Balance
$3,119 42
Amount collected during
year 1901 -
1,655 15
$1,655 15
Amount uncollected Jan.
1,1902 .
. $1,464 27
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Excise Tax of 1900
Amount committed for collection, viz :
Milton and Brockton St. R. R. Co. $14 94
Quincy and Boston St. R. R. Co. 1,513 68
Brockton St. R. R. Co. . 821 44
$2,350 06
Total amount collected during year
1901
2,350 06
$2,350 06.
Interest on Excise Tax of 1900
$115 80
Excise Tax of 1901
Amount committed for collection viz : Old Colony St. R. R. Co. ·
$2,668 77
Total amount collected during year 1901 2,668 77
$2,668 77
Sewers
Amount collected during year 1901 on sewer con- struction . $11,125 06 Amount collected during year 1901 on interest 262 49 Amount collected during year 1901 on sewer con- nection 4,405 56 ·
Amount collected during year 1901 on interest 34 14
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Permanent Sidewalks.
Amount collected during year 1901 on Permanent
Sidewalk Account $5,477 26
Amount collected during year 1901 on interest 164 30 Amount collected during year 1901 on Copeland Street Account 68 64
Amount collected during year 1901 on interest
77
Amount collected during year 1901 on Hancock Street Account . ·
15 47
Amount collected during year 1901 on interest
63
$425,448 25
Costs collected during year 1901 .
$1,885 58
Total amount of cash collected for year 1901 . $427,333 83
A. LINCOLN BAKER,
Collector.
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Report of Inspector of Milk.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy:
SIR : I have the honor to submit the following as the re- port of the Inspector of Milk for the year ending December thirty-first, 1901.
The receipts of the office have been thirty-three dollars, ($33.) which amount has been turned over to the City Treasurer.
I have issued fifty licenses to peddlers of milk, and have enrolled sixteen dealers in the books of the Inspector as re- quired by law. One hundred and forty-six dealers in milk, in- cluding house-holders who sell the milk from their own cows, are now registered with the Inspector.
No prosecutions for violation of the ordinances relating to the sale of milk have been made in the Court this year and no serious complaints have been made as to the character of the milk supply. An analysis of the complaints to this office shows that lack of cleanliness and carefulness in handling milk is re- sponsible for by far the greatest number, and that wilful dis- honesty in adulterating milk is extremely rare.
The attention of milk producers is called to the necessity of strictly sanitary surroundings, for their barns and sheds, and especially to the source of water used for washing bottles and cans. By order of the Board of Health the water supply of one dairy was discontinued on account of an outbreak of typhoid fever which included several of its customers.
I think the supply of milk furnished Quincy is very gener- ally satisfactory.
Respectfully, HENRY C. HALLOWELL, M. D., Inspector of Milk.
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Board of health.
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'To His Honor, the Mayor, of the City of Quincy :
The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31st, 1901.
At a regular meeting held February 5th, the following officers were elected by ballot : John S. Gay, chairman, Thomas J. Dion, clerk.
In February a hearing was held on charges preferred against the Inspector of Plumbing. The nature of the evidence submitted caused the Board to discard the charges.
Early in the year bids were advertised for, to contract for scavenger work in the city, for a term of three years; two bids were submitted and the contract let to the lowest bidder at the following rates :
Cleaning cesspools, per tank load .
$1 65
66 single vaults . 1 20
66 double vaults 1 70
All work to be done under the supervision of the Board ; apparatus, tanks, etc., to be approved by us, and a bond of $1,000 to be given by contractor. It is to be noted that the rates established by the above contract are considerably lower than the previous rates.
The collection of garbage has been done as in the past by two teams and four men and has given general satisfaction.
The bake-houses in the city were inspected early in the year, and the Sanitary Inspector, reported favorably in all but one instance.
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The same locations have been used for dumping rubbish as in the past years, in Wards 1, 5 and 6.
Inspections have been made of places keeping and storing fruits intended for merchandise, and in several instances viola- tion of a regulation of this Board prohibiting the storing and keeping of fruit in living apartments, detected, but in all cases- the delinquents have been made to comply with the above rule.
The number of cases of contagious diseases reported has been much less than in the previous year; the following table showing a decrease in all but measles and typhoid fever. Six cases of small-pox have been reported all of which recovered ; two cases in May and June who were transferred to the small- pox hospital, and four cases in December, treated at the house where taken ill, owing to the critical condition of two of the patients when first reported. General vaccination was deemed urgent in December, and every physician in the city was in- structed to vaccinate free, all persons wishing to be vaccinated ; all who had been exposed to the contagion were also placed under quarantine.
Contagious Diseases, by Months :
Scarlet Typhoid
Cer. Spinal Meningitis
January,
15
Fever 8
2
0
February,
22
0
0
1
March,
9
1
4
0
April,
3
1
1
1
May,
1
6
1
2
6
June,
1
10
1
0
14
July,
1
2
1
8
August,
4
0
5
3
September,
4
0
14
2
October,
9
1
13
1
November,
14
2
2
1
1
December,
4
7
7
3
3
Total,
6
104
24
47
40
1
1900
0
224
39
40
25
3
Smallpox
Diphtheria
Fever
Measles
211
Contagious Diseases by Wards :
Smallpox Diphtheria
Scarlet Fever
Typhoid Fever
Measles
Cer. Spinal Meningitis
Ward 1
11
5
4
3
Ward 2
13
1
5
3
1
Ward 3
2
15
5
7
10
Ward 4
41
3
10
13
Ward 5
1
12
1
18
7
Ward 6
12
6
3
1
Totals,
6
104
24
47
40
1
Deaths,
0
9
0
2
0
1
Return of Deaths.
Total number of deaths from all causes, exclusive
of still-births,
318
Number of still-births, 23
DEATHS BY SEXES. (Still-births Excluded)
Number of deaths of males,
169
Number of deaths of females
149
Number of deaths in which the sex was unknown,
-
DEATHS BY AGES. (Still-births Excluded)
Total.
Males Females
Deaths of persons under one year,
58
24
34
from one to two years,
13
11
2
from two to three years,
5
2
3
from three to four years,
5
2
3
from four to five years,
1
1
0
from five to ten years,
3
2
1
from ten to fifteen years,
9
4
5
from fifteen to twenty years,
1
1
3
-
-
212
from twenty to thirty years,
21
15
6
from thirty to forty years,
26
12
14
from forty to fifty years,
32
20
12
from fifty to sixty years,
25
15
10
from sixty to seventy years,
37
26
11
from seventy to eighty years,
42
19
23
over eighty years,
36
15
21
ages unknown,
1
0
1
Total,
318
169
149
DEATHS BY MONTHS. (Still-births Excluded)
Deaths in January, 24
Deaths in July, 24
in February, 32
in August,
33
in March, 29
in September,
25
in April,
25
in October,
24
in May,
20
in November,
24
in June,
29
in December,
27
Deaths, date unknown, 2
CAUSES OF DEATH. (Still-births Excluded )
Deaths from phthisis or
consumption,
38
Deaths from dysentery, 1
from small-pox, -
from measles,
-
from pneumonia, 23
from bronchitis, 8
from whooping cough, 6
from diseases of the heart, 41
from typhoid fever, 2
from diseases of the brain and spinal cord, 36
from cerebro-spinal meningitis,
from diseases of the kidneys 16
from erysipelas, 2
from cancer, 13
Deaths from Violence.
from puerperal fever, 1
from influenza, 6
Deaths from homicide, -
from malarial fevers, -
from suicide, 6
from cholera infantum, 10 from accident, 14
from diarrhea add cholera morbus, 14
from scarlet-fever, -
from dipththeria and cr'p 9
213
Number of deaths from all other causes not specified above (not including still-births ) Total, 318
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The following licenses have been issued :
Plumber,
34
Garbage,
36
Undertaker, 4
Scavanger,
2
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN S. GAY, Chairman, THOMAS J. DION, Clerk, WM. E. BADGER,
Board of Health
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REPORT OF HEALTH INSPECTOR.
To the Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN :- I submit the following report of the brooks and water courses that have been cleaned this year under my direction :
Town brook from Washington street to Patch's ice pond on Columbia street, Ward 3, also from bridge on Centre street to Braintree line.
Ditch from Elm and South streets through land of McDon- nell and others to Quincy avenue, thence along Water street to Phipps, to Hammond place.
Ditch from Faxon lane and Water through land of Faxon to Phipps, thence through land of Adams Trust to near Ken- drick avenue.
Ditch from Town Brook near play ground through land of Adams Trust and others to Centre street, and about 150 feet on said street.
Furnace brook from Hall place to Miller and Cross streets.
Ditch from Lewis Bass' land leading through Edward's estate to Town brook.
Ditch from Town brook leading through Wm. Williams land to Granite thence along Copeland street.
Brook from Water street and Brook road to junction with Town brook at Eagle Polishing Mill.
Ditch from Town brook leading into Fred Tirrell's yard rear of Kincaide's.
Furnace brook from Hancock street to and across Newport avenue, to land of Mr. Brooks Adams through the same to land of heirs of George Beale.
Ditch from near Faxon lane through land of H. H. Faxon to land of Thomas O'Neil through the same to catch basin on Phipps street.
Following are found statements of the various other duties which this office is called upon to attend to.
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CESSPOOLS AND VAULTS CLEANED.
Loads from cesspools by C. L. Prescott
1014
66
66 66 Menhinick 77
66 double vaults by C. L. Prescott 309
66 66 Menhinick . 45
66
Single vaults by C. L. Prescott 519
11
Stone shed vaults cleaned by C. L. Prescott
20
HOUSES FUMIGATED.
For diphtheria
102
" scarlet fever
20
" small pox .
7
Total,
129
1 dredge boat.
1 pile driver.
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AND INVESTIGATED.
Complaints against unclean cesspools .
75
66 vaults
104
poultry
7
66
hogs ·
2
66
66
COWS .
4
66
66 manure
11
66
66
rubbish
15
66
66
filthy cellars
66
sewage on surface
9
66
66
dead dogs
6
66
66
cats
2
66
66
" hens
3
289
Yours respectfully,
EDWARD J. LENNON,
Sanitary Inspector.
66
66
" Menhinick .
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INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
To John S. Gay, Esq., Chairman Board of Health :
DEAR SIR :- I herewith tender my eighth annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1901. During the year the fol- lowing matter has been attended to :
Connections to Public Sewer
150
Dwelling Houses inspected .
327
Churches
66
1
Schools
4
Factories
8
Stables
4
Police Stations
66
1
Laundries
66
5
Beach cottages
24
Hotels 66
4
Stores
19
Offices
66
11
Connections to cesspools
222
Aggregate Estimated Value .
$52,522 00
Aggregate Estimated Value 1900
51,550 00
Increase over 1900
972 00
No. of permits issued in 1901
415
No. of permits issued in 1900
414
Increase over 1900
1
The work performed throughout the year has been very satisfactory, the plumbers in general showing a disposition to conform with the ordinance in every detail.
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. KENILEY,
Inspector of Plumbing.
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EXAMINERS OF PLUMBERS.
To the Board of Health, of the City of Quincy :
GENTLEMEN :- The Board of Examiners of Plumbers beg leave to make the following report :
One examination was held by the board during the year on June 10, 1901. There were four applicants for examina- tion, three for a Journeymen's and one for a Master's license. Three passed the Journeymen's examination successfully and were granted licenses. The remaining one taking the Masters was rejected, he having failed to pass.
The board wishes to take this opportunity to again recommend to the Board of Health, that a set of plans be made, showing a system of defective plumbing, thereby enab- ling the applicant to show his skill, by pointing out the defects, and showing how they should be corrected.
Respectfully submitted, WM. A. BRADFORD,
Secretary of the Board of Examiners.
ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
To the Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN :- I hereby submit my report as inspector of Provisions. For nine months ending Dec. 31st, having made 572 inspections and granted 21 licenses.
Yours respectfully,
EDGAR F. HAYDEN.
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Report of Overseer of the Door
To His Honor the Mayor, of the City of Quincy.
I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1901. The appropriation for the year was $14,000 and was sufficient to pay the bills presented on or before Dec. 31st, leaving a balance of $575.62. This amount will not be sufficient to meet all bills contracted during the year as since the close of the year bill amounting to $1052.14 have been presented and an additional appropriation will be necessary to meet this deficiency. The receipts were $1,223.89. Since Dec. 31, there has been paid from the state and other sources $405.25 which will be credited to the receipts of 1902 but which properly belong to receipts of last year. The amount paid the Hospital was $865.04 of which $549.45 was from the appropriation for the current year. The total amount expended Dec. 31st, 1901 was $13,424.38 of which $10,897.96 was for Outside Poor and $2,526.42 for the Almshouse. The Almshouse remains under the same management as former years. The State Board in its annual report calls attention to the lack of proper sanitary arrangements and failure to separate the sexes. Another closet is needed immediately as at present there is only one closet in the building to which the inmates have access. The building has been painted and shingled during the past year.
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Appropriation
$14,000 00
Expended outside direct $8,271 56
Expended outside from Almshouse . 2,626 40
Expended Almshouse, net
2,526 42
$13,424 38
Balance .
$575 62
Expense of Outside Poor.
Provisions
$2,626 40
Rent
479 50
Insane
5,688 03
Burials .
180 00
Quincy Hospital
549 45
Medicine
33 65
Clothing .
178 05
Fuel
816 85
Other Cities and Towns .
283 60
Board
62 43
$10,897 96
Expenses of Almhouse.
Salary of Superintendent
$600 00
Wages
245 00
House supplies
3,162 41
Clothing .
160 16
Stable supplies
426 24
Fuel
385 11
Telephone
20 20
Medicine
19 58
Electric lights
105 43
Miscellaneous .
28 69
$5,152 82
Cr. by supplies to outside poor
$2,626 40
Net cost of Almshouse
$2,526 42
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Almhouse.
Number of inmates in Almshouse, Jan. 1, 1901 15
Admitted during the year
23
Total
38
Died during the year
2
Discharged .
15
Total .
17
In Almshouse, Dec. 31, 1901
21 Respectfully submitted, JAMES H. CUNNINGHAM,
Overseer of the Poor.
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Report of City Engineer.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
I herewith submit the second annual report of this depart- ment for the year 1901 :
Financial Statement.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Salary of Assistants
$1,932 75
Office fittings .
20 29
Office supplies and instruments
202 06
Office rent and telephone
.
234 00
Lighting
13 25
Postage, expressage and car fares
105 00
Typewriting
1 95
.
$2,499 30
Balance
70
The following streets or portions of streets have been ac- cepted during the year. Record plans have been made and stone monuments set at principle boundary points.
NAME
FROM
To
LENGTH
WIDTH
Albertina st. Rogers st.
Centre st. Hall place.
Southwest'ly Westerly and Northerly Bennington st Trafford st
1051 ft 875 ft
36
33
Verchild st.
Franklin st.
540 ft
40
Plain st.
Columbia st.
487 ft
40
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The work of the Engineering Department for the past year has been mainly confined to the several municipal departments -including Department of Public Works, City Solicitor, Park Commissioners, Board of Public Burial Places, Assessors and different committees of the City Council.
By order of His Honor the Mayor a careful survey and profile was made of Quincy avenue from the Braintree line to Scammell street to accompany petition to the State Highway Commission. A survey and plan was also made by his order of the salt marsh owned by the city at Germantown.
Department of Public Works.
The Public Works Department naturally required the most time. No especially large jobs have been done. Lines and grades have been given for 11,525 feet of edgestone and necessary measurements made for 4745 square yards of paving and 5055 square yards of concrete sidewalks.
Lines and grades were given for the construction of Beale street, Atlantic street, Rogers street, Intervale street and How- ard avenue.
Lines were staked and grades given for drains tabulated below.
STREET
FROM
To
LENGTH
SIZE
Willard st.
Bates ave.
Culvert
670
24'
Liberty st.
Water st.
Brook
1200
15"
Water st.
Franklin st.
Summer st.
1543
15"
Hancock st.
Depot st.
Granite st.
536
10"
Miller st.
Copeland st.
Cross st.
985
15"
Law Department.
Plans of the following cases have been made for the City Solicitor.
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Howard street for the Newcomb case ; Chestnut street for the Arnold case; Copeland street for Lamb and Doble claims ; Des Moines road for Wight claim; of the Insurance Company and Furnald lots on Coddington street. Also plan for location of drain through Mrs. Kelley's land, Ward 6.
Park Commissioners.
Plans and estimates furnished for walling of Town brook through Ward 3 playground. Base ball field staked in Ward 2 playground.
Public Burial Places
Field work in staking new lots and drives in Mount Wol- laston cemetery.
Council Committees.
Streets :
Plan and profile for paving Quarry st.
66
for drain Independence avenue.
66 66 Chubbuck street for widening.
66
of Howard street for widening at Bent's creek.
66 66
66
of Baxter avenue for acceptance.
66
66
66
of Curtis avenue for acceptance.
66
of Washington school lot.
66
66
66
of Verchild street for acceptance.
66
for the extension of Irving place.
66 66
66
of Rogers street for acceptance.
66
66
66
of Howard avenue for rebuilding.
66
66
of Howard street for widening.
66
66
66
66
of Edison street for acceptance. of Faxon park roads.
The above plans were made and submitted to the City Council for their disposition and the expense was charged to the appropriation for engineering.
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Assessors.
In May of this year the City Council passed an order ap- propriating $1,000 for a system of Assessors' plans. The work was started at once in Ward 2 as there was likely to be more transfers and other complicated work for the Assessors here than elsewhere. When other work would permit a party has been kept busy in the field locating shore and property lines with one man in the office plotting the same as fast as notes. were sent in. The first of the year finds us with almost the en- tire ward plotted on large section plans forty feet to the inch showing all the properties. From these section plans smaller block plans are traced on best quality bond paper 21 feet x 33 feet, each plan comprising a block surrounded by streets showing property lines, buildings, owner's names and number of square feet assessed.
There are sixty (60) of these plans in different stages of completion and probably by March 1st, 1902 they will be de- livered to the Assessors completed, they comprise about one half of Ward 2.
House Numbering.
This work has been continued when practical and without unnecessary expense. During the year fifty-five (55) plans. have been made embracing twenty miles (20.0) of streets. Numbers have been assigned to 857 houses. For the future this. work will be continued in conjunction with the Assessor's work.
Sewer Department.
During the year assistants have been furnished to the Sewer Department their time being charged on the Sewer De- partment pay roll.
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In closing I wish to thank His Honor, Mayor Hall for his kindness and consideration and all heads of departments for their cooperation, also my assistants for their conscientious and faithful performance of their duties.
Respectfully submitted.
HAMILTON FLOOD, City Engineer.
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Fire Department.
To His Honor the Mayor, of the City of Quincy :
In compliance with the requirements of the City Ordinance, I hereby present my seventh annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1901, containing a statement of all fires and alarms for the year, the loss and insurance on the same as far as could be ascertained, the list of the permanent force of the department and their ages, also a schedule of the property under their charge.
ORGANIZATION.
The force consists of one chief and six assistant engineers, fifteen permanent and sixty-nine call men; Combination No. 1, at Central Fire Station has two permanent and eleven call men, Combination Hook & Ladder No. 1. has one permanent and twelve call men, Combination Hook & Ladder No. 2 has two permanent and ten call men, Hose No. 2 has one perma- nent and five call men, Hook & Ladder No. 3, has one perma- nent and ten call men, Hose No. 3, has one permanent and six call men, Hose No. 4 has one permanent and six call men, Hose No. 5 has ten call men, Combination No. 2 has two per- manent and nine call men, Hose No. 1 has one permanent and one call man.
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OFFICERS.
Frank C. Packard, Ward 1.
Rollin Newcomb, Ward 2. Welcome J. Blake, Ward 3. James F. Rooney, Ward 4. Marcena R. Sparrow, Ward 5. D. J. Nyham, Ward 6.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus of the department consists of one steam fire engine in fair condition, two combination chemical engines and hose wagons, two combination ladder trucks, one strait hook and ladder truck, five hose wagons, one hose reel, two express wagons for fire alarm purposes, also one chemical engine and one hand engine not in service. The department has been increased the past year by the purchasing of a new · combination ladder truck, built by Charles F. Holloway & Co., Baltimore, Md. This is one of the best pieces of apparatus we have in the city. It carries two twenty-five gallon chemical tanks of the latest pattern, and an equipment of 275 feet of ladders.
The new piece of apparatus has been put in the new station at Wollaston which gives that part of the city better fire protection.
HOSE.
We have in the service 10,000 feet of cotton hose, rubber lined; 7,000 feet is in good condition, 2,000 feet in fair condi- tion, 1,000 feet in poor condition. I believe the department should be kept well supplied with hose in case of emergency. The life of hose is two years, after that it is liable to burst when heavy pressure is put on. I will call the attention of the Council to placing more hydrants on old line of pipes as it will
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give better fire protection also saving the city a great deal of money in using shorter lines of hose.
FIRE ALARM.
The fire alarm service has been increased the past year by adding seven boxes. Several miles of wire have been rebuilt. We have as near as can be ascertained eighty miles of fire alarm wire to keep in order. This branch of the service needs the greatest attention so when boxes are pulled they will work promptly.
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