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Medford street, 12-inch gate, 16 feet 8 inches out from east line, on south line of Marshall street.
408
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Medford street, 6-inch gate, 42 feet out from north line of Pearl street and 8 feet west from west line of Masonic building.
Medford street, 6-inch gate, 6 feet out from north line and 24 feet east from east end of B. & M. R. R. bridge.
Montrose street, 4-inch gate, 17 feet out from south line and 1 foot west from east line of house No. 17.
Mt. Pleasant street, 4-inch gate, 13 feet out from west line and 3 feet south from south line of Broadway.
Mt. Vernon street, 6-inch gate, 17 feet out from west line and 3 feet south from south line of Broadway.
Pearl street, 6-inch gate, 20 feet out from north line and 16 feet west from east line of Bradley street.
Pearl street, 6-inch gate, 6 feet out from north line and 13 feet west from east line of Cross street.
Pritchard avenue, 6-inch gate, 13 feet 4 inches out from east line, on north line of Morrison avenue.
Professors' row, 12-inch gate, 17 feet out from north line and 34 feet west from west line of Boston avenue.
Professors' row, 12-inch check valve, 17 feet out from north line and 31 feet west from west line of Boston avenue.
Rogers avenue, 6-inch gate, 16 feet out from east line, on south line of Frederick avenue.
Rogers avenue, 6-inch gate, 15 feet out from east line, on north line of Frederick avenue.
Rogers avenue, 10-inch gate, 16 feet 8 inches out from east line, on south line of Broadway.
Sanborn's court, 4-inch gate, 10 feet out from east line, on north line of Washington street.
Spencer avenue, 6-inch gate, 13 feet 4 inches out from north line, on west line of Cedar street.
Spencer avenue, 6-inch gate, 13 feet 4 inches out from north line, on east line of Fanning avenue.
Tennyson street, 6-inch gate, 13 feet 4 inches out from west line, on north line of Pembroke street.
Vernon street, 2-inch gate, 5 feet 4 inches out from waterpost located 45 feet west from Central street.
Vine street, 6-inch gate, 16 feet out from east line and 7 feet north from south line of Tyler street.
Washington street, 12-inch gate, 1 foot out from south line and 6 feet west from east line of Asylum avenue.
Webster street, 8-inch gate, 15 feet out from south line, on east line of Glen street.
Wesley street, 6-inch gate, 13 feet 4 inches out from east line, on south line of Otis street.
Wesley park, 4-inch gate, 13 feet 4 inches out from west line and 13 feet north from north line of house No. 22.
West street, 6-inch gate, 10 feet out from west line, on south line of Highland avenue.
West street, 6-inch gate, 10 feet out from west line, on north line of Haw- thorne street.
West street, 6-inch gate, 15 feet out from east line and 15 feet south from north line of Hawthorne street.
Whipple street, 6-inch gate, 10 feet out from east line, on north line of Highland avenue.
Willoughby street, 8-inch gate, 8 feet 4 inches out from north line, on west line of Sycamore street.
Willow avenue, 12-inch gate, 16 feet 8 inches out from east line, on south line of Broadway.
Willow avenue, 12-inch gate, 16 feet 8 inches out from east line, on south line of Frederick avenue.
Willow avenue, 4-inch gate, 20 feet out from east line and 3 feet south from south line of Broadway.
409
WATER COMMISSIONER.
Gates-Renewal Account.
The following changes have been made in the size and loca- tion of main gates :-
Austin street, 8-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from west line, on south line of Mystic avenue, and 6-inch gate removed from same location. Bow-street place, 6-inch gate, set 12 feet out from east line, on west line of Bow street, and 3-inch gate removed from same location.
Broadway park, 4-inch gate, set 54 feet out from west line of Chauncey avenue and 9 feet north from south line of house No. 56, and 4-inch gate removed from 7 feet out from park fence line and 12 feet north from south line of house No. 56.
Church street, 8-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from west line, on south line of Somerville avenue, and 6-inch gate removed from same loca- tion.
Cutter street, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from west line, on north line of Webster street, and 6-inch gate removed from same location. Cutter street, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from west line, on south line of Broadway, and 6-inch gate removed from same location. Davis square, 12-inch gate, set 47 feet out from south line of Holland street, on east line of Dover street. and 12-inch gate removed from 43 feet out from south line of Holland street, on west line of Dover street.
Eastman place, 6-inch gate, set 12 feet out from west line, on south line of Highland avenue, and 4-inch gate removed from same location. Florence terrace, 2-inch gate, set 5 feet out from north line, on west line of Jaques street, and 2-inch gate removed from same location. Garden court, 6-inch gate, set 7 feet out from east line, on south line of Somerville avenue, and 4-inch gate removed from same location.
Joy-street place, 2-inch gate, set 10 feet out from north line, on west line of Joy street, and 2-inch gate removed from same location.
Liberty avenue, 2-inch gate, set 3 feet out from waterpost located 46 feet south from Broadway, and 2-inch gate removed from 3 feet out from waterpost located on Broadway 193 feet east from Willow avenue. Madison street, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 6 inches out from south line, on west line of School street, and 6-inch gate removed from same lo- cation.
Medford street, 12-inch gate, set 12 feet out from east line, on south line of School street, and 6-inch gate removed from same location.
Medford street, 12-inch gate, set 19 feet ont from west line, on south line of Lee street, and 12-inch gate removed from same location.
Montrose street, 8-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from south line, on east line of Sycamore street, and 6-inch gate removed from same lo- cation.
Montrose street. 8-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from south line, on west line of School street, and 6-inch gate removed from same lo- cation.
Mt. Pleasant street, 6-inch gate, set 11 feet out from west line, on north line of Perkins street, and 6-inch gate removed from same location. Mt. Pleasant street, 6-inch gate, set 11 feet out from west line, on south line of Broadway, and 6-inch gate removed from same location.
Mt. Vernon street, 10-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from west line,
on north line of Perkins street, and 6-inch gate removed from same location.
Mt. Vernon street. 10-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from west line, on south line of Broadway, and 6-inch gate removed from same lo- cation.
Pearl street, 12-inch gate, set 15 feet 6 inches out from north line, on west line of Walnut street, and 6-inch gate removed from same location. Pearl street, 12-inch gate, set 16 feet 8 inches out from north line, on east line of Marshall street, and 6-inch gate removed from same location.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Pearl street, 12-inch gate, set 16 feet 8 inches out from north line, on west line of Cross street, and 6-inch gate removed from same lo- cation.
Pearl street, 12-inch gate, set 13 feet out from north line, on east line of Cross street, and 8-inch gate removed from same location.
Pembroke street, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from south line, on east line of Central street, and 4-inch gate removed from 17 feet out from south line, on east line of Central street.
Perkins place, 4-inch gate, set 7 feet out from west line, on north line of Perkins street, and 4-inch gate removed from 10 feet out from west line and 17 feet south from north line of Perkins street.
School street, 10-inch gate, set 16 feet 8 inches out from east line, on south line of Broadway. and 6-inch gate removed from same location. Webster street, 8-inch gate, set 15 feet out from south line, on west line of Franklin street, and 6-inch gate removed from 10 feet out from north line, on west line of Franklin street.
Wesley park, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches out from west line, on north line of Bow street, and 4-inch gate removed from same location.
Broadway, 8-inch gate, removed from 34 feet out from south line and 21 feet west from east line of Central street.
Pearl street, 8-inch gate, removed from 16 feet out from north line and 15 feet west from east line of Marshall street.
RECAPITULATION.
GATES.
1"
1 1-2"
2"
3"
4"
6"
8"
10"
12"
16"
Total.
Set .
5
1
16 6
41 17
17 3
8
13 2
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Net increase in number of gates in 1900 . 69 Total number of gates in the city January 1, 1901 . 1,203
Location of Water Posts.
Albion street, 83 feet west from Centre street.
Appleton street, 49 feet west from Willow avenue.
Beacon street, 160 feet west from Buckingham street.
Beacon street, 33 feet west from Vine street. Beacon street, 94 feet east from Sacramento street. Bond street, 14 feet north from Broadway. Boston street, 107 feet west from Greenville street.
Broadway, 42 feet east from Franklin street.
Broadway, 75 feet west from Winthrop avenue. Broadway, 6 feet west from Farm lane. Broadway, 6 feet west from Irving street. Broadway, 120 feet west from Clarendon avenue.
Broadway, 20 feet west from North street.
Cherry street, 161 feet south from Fairlee street.
Columbus avenue, opposite Stone avenue. Concord avenue, opposite Knapp school. Elm street, 25 feet west from Burnside avenue.
Elm street, opposite Morrison street. Elm street, 5 feet south from Kenwood street.
Flint street, 47 feet east from Cross street. Gilman street, 69 feet east from Walnut street. Grove street, 19 feet south from Highland avenue. Highland avenue, 44 feet west from Hamlet street. Highland avenue, 50 feet west from Putnam street. Highland avenue, 15 feet west from Central street.
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Removed
3
1
411
WATER COMMISSIONER.
Highland avenue, 42 feet east from Crocker street. Holland street, 30 feet west from Elmwood street. Jaques street, 159 feet west from Grant street. Laurel street, 20 feet south from Summer street. Liberty avenue, 46 feet south from Broadway. Linwood street, 70 feet west from Poplar street. Medford street, at Gilman square.
Medford street, 45 feet east from Lee street.
Medford street, 19 feet east from Jenny Lind avenue.
Montrose street, 204 feet west from School street.
Mystic avenue, 33 feet west from Union street.
Orchard street, 107 feet west from Dover street. Otis street, 127 feet west from Cross street. Pearl street, 28 feet east from Myrtle street.
Putnam street, 96 feet north from Summer street.
School street, 116 feet south from Broadway. School street, 50 feet north from Berkeley street. .
Somerville avenue, 175 feet east from Fitchburg R. R. crossing.
Somerville avenue, 246 feet east from Poplar street.
Somerville avenue, 89 feet east from Mystic street.
Somerville avenue, 119 feet west from School street.
Somerville avenue, 92 feet west from Kent street. Somerville avenue, 42 feet east from Mossland street.
Summer street, 14 feet east from Belmont street.
Summer street, 32 feet east from Cedar street.
Summer street, 35 feet east from Cutter avenue.
Tufts street, 114 feet east from Cross street.
Vernon street, 45 feet west from Central street.
Washington street, 96 feet west from Myrtle street.
Washington street, 7 feet west from Boston street.
Washington street, 34 feet west from Union square.
Washington street, opposite Leland street.
Wheatland street, 30 feet south from Mystic avenue. Webster avenue, 68 feet north from Tremont street.
Location of Drinking Fountains.
Broadway, opposite park, near Winthrop avenue : H Union square, junction Somerville avenue and Washington street H
Union square, in front of Hill building DI
Highland avenue, in front of City Hall Annex D
Gilman square
C
Cutter square
C
Davis square, in front of Medina building DI
Teele square
C
H, horse trough; D, drinking fountain; I, ice water ; C, combination trough and drinking fountain.
412
ANNUAL REPORTS.
METER TABLE.
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF METERS AND CLOCKS IN SERVICE, THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY ARE USED, AND THE INCOME RECEIVED.
PURPOSE.
Number.
Meters Set.
Meters Removed.
Amount Received.
Apartment Houses and Tenements
12
16
$1,109 43
Bacon Works
Bakeries
Bleachery and Dye Works .
2
2
593 26
Boarding-houses
4
4
110 62
Bottling Works
2
2
37 66
Bowling Alleys
1
1
51 05
Carhouses
3
5
553 63
Churches
1 2
2
1
15 00
Coal Wharves
2
2
608 53
Colleges
1
10
524 22
Distilleries
1
1
246 20
Electric Light Stations
1
1
1,864 20
Elevator Clocks
1
1
355 84
Factories
19
21
2
2,335 73
Fire Stations .
8
8
8
21 28
Glass Works .
2
2
228 26
Grain Elevators
1
1
51 52
Greenhouses .
1
2
82 04
Halls
1
1
15 00
Hospitals
2
3
259 14
Hotels
4
4
358 51
Machine Shops
1
1
17 92
Milk Business
4
4
1
131 32
Motor Clocks
7
7
89 32
Offices and Stores
25
25
2
1,134 98
Photograph Studios
1
1
171 02
Poultry Farms
3
3
77 25
Printing Offices
1
1
49 98
Public Buildings
1
1
447 96
Railway Stations
4
4
355 89
Railway Yards
2
2
14,061 24
Schoolhouses
25
25
23
50 00
Slaughtering and Rendering Establish- ments .
5
19
19,181 56
Soap Works .
2
2
150 65
Stables
47
47
2
1,951 10
Steam Engines
2
2
82 04
Vinegar Works
2
3
74 20
Wood Yards .
2
2
175 62
261
51
$48,204 61
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2
1.
Pickle and Preserving Works
2
2
1
170 36
10
10
10
Pumping Stations
.
.
3
204 81
4
4 44
178 27
1
28 00
Clubhouses
Foundries
The quantity of water registered by the above meters and clocks in 1900 was 43,995,448 cubic feet.
413
WATER COMMISSIONER.
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Defects in Street Mains.
The following bursts and leaks in street mains occurred in 1900 :-
BURSTS.
SIZE OF MAIN.
NUMBER.
3 !!
1
4''
2
16/
1
20/
2
Total
6
LEAKS.
SIZE OF MAIN.
NUMBER.
4
10/
1
12/
4
14//
1
20/
2
Total
12
414
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Water Services.
SERVICE CONSTRUCTION.
Two hundred and thirty-eight new service connections were made in 1900, as follows :-
Owners' applications received in 1900 236
Owners' applications received in 1901 1
Transferred from City of Cambridge main in .
1
Roseland street 238
The following table shows the sizes and lengths laid :-
SIZE.
NUMBER.
LENGTH.
4
234
150 feet 8,837
Total
238
8,987 feet.
Total number of service pipes laid to January 1, 1901, 10,291. Total length of service pipe used in making service connec- tions, 65 miles, 668 feet.
SERVICE MAINTENANCE.
Leaks repaired on service pipes 143
Iron service boxes set 222 .
New service gates set on old connections .
80 Services clean'ed of sediment, fish, etc. 52
Services replaced at city's expense on account of
defective pipe and fittings 24
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, January 1, 1901.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The following information concerns the opera- tions of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1900 :-
Fires.
Number of bell alarms
146
Number of still alarms
82
Total alarms
228
Value of buildings at risk
$289,480 00
Damage to same
43,173 00
Insurance on same
193,620 00
Value of contents
43,479 00
Damage to same
17,838 11
Insurance on same
48,810 00
Total value
332,959 00
Total damage
61,011 11
Total insurance
242,430 00
Manual Force.
The manual force of the department consists of one hundred and seven men, an increase of three over the preceding year, as follows :-
Chief engineer 1 .
Assistant engineer
1
One engine company of 14 men 14
Two engine companies of 13 men each
26
One hose company of 9 men .
9
One hose company of 8 men
8
Two hose companies of 7 men each
One hose company of 6 men
14 6
One chemical company of 3 men
3
One ladder company of 13 men
13
One ladder company of 11 men
11
One relief driver
1
Total
107
Equipment.
The apparatus of the department consists of three steam fire engines, six hose wagons, two combined chemical engines and hose wagons, two ladder trucks, and one chemical engine.
416
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Each steam fire engine has a pumping capacity of 700 gal- lons per minute. Their weights, as run to fires, are : Engine 1, 8,575 pounds ; engine 2, 7,400 pounds ; engine 4, 8,800 pounds.
Each hose wagon carries 900 feet of hose, forty-three feet of ladders, and two three-gallon portable chemical extinguishers, and weighs, loaded, exclusive of men, from 3,300 to 3,500 pounds.
Chemical engine A carries two fifty-gallon tanks, 350 feet of chemical hose, and twenty-seven feet of ladders, and weighs 5,240 pounds.
Combined hose reel and chemical engine No. 6 carries two thirty-five-gallon chemical tanks, 300 feet of chemical hose, 700 feet of two-and-one-half-inch hydrant hose, and twenty-seven feet of ladders. Its weight is 5,800 pounds.
Combined hose wagon and chemical engine No. 77, placed in service December 24, 1900, carries two twenty-gallon chemical tanks, 200 feet of chemical hose, 600 feet of two-and-one-half inch hydrant hose, and twenty-four feet of ladders. Its weight is 5,060 pounds.
Ladder truck No. 1 carries 365 feet of ladders, two three- gallon portable chemical fire extinguishers, with life saving ap- pliances, and weighs without men 5,860 pounds.
Ladder truck No. 2 carries 325 feet of ladders, two portable chemical extinguishers, and a live-saving canvas, and weighs, exclusive of men, 5,700 pounds.
We have, also, one spare ladder truck, and two spare hose reels that are kept in condition for immediate use.
There are thirty-six horses belonging to the department, and two not owned by the department are cared for by it, and used by the assistant engineer and the electrical department. The total number shod and fed is thirty-eight, as follows :-
Engine 1
3 horses.
Engine 1 hose wagon
2
Engine 2
3
Engine 2 hose wagon
2
Engine 4
3
66
Hose 2
2
Hose 3
Hose 5
Hose 6 (Combination Hose and Chemical)
66
Hose 7 (Combination Hose and Chemical) Chemical A
Ladder 1
2 3
Ladder 2
3
66
Chief of Department
1
66
Assistant chief
1
66
Spare
Electrical Department
2 1
66
·
66
Total
38
66
Engine 4 hose wagon
2
2 2 2 2
66
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417
CHIEF ENGINEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Service.
The eleven companies composing the department responded a total of 856 times to the 228 bell and still alarms, traveled a total of 1,453 miles, used 71,710 feet of fire-hose, 29,250 feet of chemical hose, 5,314 feet of ladders, 6,655 gallons of chemicalized water, and 123 portable chemical extinguishers. A tabulated statement of the service performed by each company will be found near the end of this report.
Recommendations.
There should be a spare steam fire engine. The city cannot be considered as reasonably safe unless three engines are always ready for use. Such is not the case under present conditions, as when one of the engines is being repaired we have but two in ser- vice. Furthermore, in case of a large fire a spare engine would be a valuable auxiliary. Assistance has always been freely rendered by neighboring cities when needed, and we have as freely reciprocated, but we should be provided with sufficient ap- paratus so that the favors may be returned without risk to the interests of our city. A spare engine could be maintained with- out material expense.
Engine No. 1 is very much in need of new axles and a thor- ough overhauling. It has been in service seventeen years. Engine 4, which has been in service ten years, requires new wheels and a new boiler.
Steam fire engine boilers are seldom serviceable for more than seven years when used with heaters.
The buildings of the department are in good condition, with the exception of the old one at the corner of Washington and Prospect streets, in which are housed Ladder 1 and Hose 3. This building is too short to admit of the equipment of the truck with forty-foot ladders.
Such ladders are necessary to reach the top of three and four- story buildings, and the demand for them is constantly increas- ing. This station is unhealthy, and possesses none of the modern conveniences and comforts, such as a bathroom, clothes closets, etc., and the sanitary arrangements are very inferior to those in other department stations. I recommend that a beginning be made at once towards the erection of a new building to super- sede this one, on land owned by city at the corner of Somerville avenue and Prospect street.
Chapter 267 of the Acts of 1898, entitled "An Act to Author- ize Cities to Pension Firemen," having been accepted by the voters of the city, rules should be adopted to govern its opera- tion. An age limit for applicants for appointment in the call force should be established, and they should be required to pass a physical examination.
418
ANNUAL REPORTS.
There are nearly 11,000 dwellings in the city, most of which are built of wood, with the roofs shingled. The area on which they stand comprises less than 1,800 acres. I believe an effort should be made to secure such legislation as shall prevent the covering of roofs with shingles in the future, as the custom adds materially to the fire risk.
Discipline.
The discipline and general conduct of the members of the department is good. The men are prompt and ready, and act with intelligence, and I believe the department enjoys the entire confidence of our citizens.
Acknowledgments.
The heads of other departments have co-operated with the fire department in such a practical way as to contribute materially to its success. The commissioner of wires has manifested the importance of having the best fire alarm telegraph signal service, and has promptly remedied any defects in the lines caused by storms, and kept the entire service in the best condition possible at all times. The street commissioner has caused building mate- rial when placed so as to obstruct the prompt use of hydrants to be immediately removed. The water commissioner has been vigilant in placing hydrants where required. The building com- missioner has kept the department buildings in excellent condi- tion. The chief of police through his officers has given alarms promptly and maintained good order among the crowd that usually attends fires.
The service of this department shows the value of co-opera- tion by the several departments, and is evidence of good city government.
In conclusion, I desire to thank His Honor the Mayor for the courteous treatment that I have always received from him, the chairman and members of the fire department committee, and all others for whose co-operation in all matters appertaining to the welfare of the department I am indebted.
To the officers and members of the Fire Department I ex- tend my sincere thanks for their excellent conduct and efficient work.
Causes of Fires and Bell Alarms.
Accidental
1
Ashes
3
Awning
1
Bonfire
3
Chimney
5
Children playing with matches
8
Number carried forward
21
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CHIEF ENGINEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Number brought forward
21
Christmas tree
1
Cigar in sawdust box
1
Defective fireplace
1
Drapery in contact with gas
1
Drying plastering
4
Exposure to another fire
False
10
Fire in Cambridge
1
Firecrackers
6
Fumigation
1
Furnace
5
Gas explosion
1
Gas stove
1
Grass
2
Hot coal in railroad car
1
Hot coke in railroad car
2
Ignited kerosene oil tank
1
Ignited from turpentine
1
Incendiary
9
Incubator
1
Lamp, breaking of
7
Lamp, explosion of
2
Lantern, breaking of
1
Lighting fire with kerosene oil
1
Lightning
1
Matches
4
Oil stove overheated
12
Oil stove explosion
1
Oily rags
1
Plumber's gasoline pot
1
Painter's gasoline torch Rubbish
2
Smoke mistaken for fire
5
Sparks from chimney
1
Sparks from forge
2
Sparks from fire box
1
Sparks from locomotive
3
Sparks from tobacco pipe
7
Sparks on roof
10
Sparks on timber
1
Spontaneous combustion
2
Steam mistaken for fire
1
Stove overheated
1
Unknown
2
Total bell alarms
146 .
5
There were eighty-two still alarms, where the loss in most cases was trivial, and but one piece of fire apparatus was neces- sary.
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Service of Companies in Fire Department, Year 1900.
Engine 1.
Engine 2.
Engine 4.
Hose 2.
Hose 3.
Hose 5.
Hose and Chemical 6.
*Hose and Chemical 7.
Chemical A.
Hook and Ladder 1.
Hook and Ladder 2.
Totals.
Bell alarms responded to
111
62
49
64
82
81
35
3
135
96
54
772
Still alarms responded to
5
18
13
10
4
6
13
7
2
4
82
Automatic alarms responded to
2
Miles traveled
242
110
102
174
103
192
82
305
42
97
1,454
Feet of hydrant hose used
14,600
9,150
9,100
9,450
9,900
15,000
4,500
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71,700
Feet of Chemical hose used
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3,700
25 500
·
29,200
Feet of ladders used
140
92
30
5
150
420
75
285
2,520
1,597
5,314
Chemical extinguishers used
11
7
15
5
29
29
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29
125
Gallons of chemical water used
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6,655
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* Went into service December 24, 1900.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
420
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2
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1,015
5,640
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421
CHIEF ENGINEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Roster of Department.
James R. Hopkins Nathaniel C. Barker
. Chief Engineer
. Assistant Engineer
. 265 Highland ave.
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Edward W. Ring,
May 6, 1847,
Captain,
Fireman,
Medford st.
Frank Langer,
July 4, 1854,
Lieutenant,
Wood Moulder,
Trull lane.
John W. Bartlett,
Feb. 22, 1862,
Engineer,
Fireman,
Pleasant st.
William A. Burbank,
March 6, 1842,
Asst. Engineer,
Fireman,
Gilman st.
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