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South street, 25 feet west from Hunting street. South street, 80 feet west from Willow place. Spencer avenue, 290 feet west from Cedar street. Spencer avenue, 63 feet east from Hancock street. Spring street, 10 feet south from Pitman street. Spring street, 184 feet north from Beech street. Spring Hill terrace, 333 feet south from Highland avenue. Springfield street, 140 feet south from Concord avenue. Springfield street, 21 feet south from Dickinson street. Springfield street, 177 feet south from Houghton street. Stickney avenue, 212 feet west from Marshall street. Stone avenue, 120 feet north from Union square. Stone avenue, 275 feet south from Columbus avenue. Summer street, 148 feet east from Cutter avenue. Summer street, opposite Elston street. Summer street, west corner Hancock street. Summer street, 34 feet east from Banks street. Summer street, 6 feet east from Cherry street. -
Summer street, 6 feet east from Cedar street.
Summer street, 24 feet east from Linden avenue.
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Summer street, opposite Craigie street. Summer street, 35 feet east from Porter street. Summer street, 4 feet east from Lowell street. Summer street, 3 feet east from Belmont street. Summer street, 1 foot west from Spring street. Summer street, 53 feet west from Harvard street. Summer street, 215 feet east from Harvard street. Summer street, 59 feet east from Central street. Summer street, 19 feet west from Laurel street. Summer street, 52 feet west from Preston road. Summer street, 191 feet west from School street. Summer street, 8 feet east from School street. Summit avenue, 231 feet east from Vinal avenue. Sunnyside avenue, 99 feet west from Wigglesworth street. Sycamore street, 18 feet south from Broadway. Sycamore street, 62 feet south from Browning road. Sycamore street, 1 foot south from Forster street. Sycamore street, 200 feet north from Medford street. Sycamore street, 174 feet south from Medford street. Sydney street, 418 feet east from Temple street. Talbot avenue, 488 feet east from Packard avenue. Taylor street, 14 feet south from Mystic avenue. Teele avenue, 174 feet west from Packard avenue. Teele avenue, 201 feet east from Curtis street. Temple street, 4 feet north from Broadway. Temple street, 123 feet south from Sewall street. Temple street, 11 feet north from Jaques street. Temple street, 6 feet south from Derby street. Temple street, 5 feet south from Sydney street. Tenney court, 306 feet north from Mystic avenue. Tennyson street, 4 feet south from Medford street. Tennyson street, 117 feet north from Pembroke street. Thorndike street, 4 feet south from Holland street. Thorndike street, 82 feet north from Kingston street. Thorpe place, 269 feet south from Highland avenue. Thurston street, 187 feet north from Medford street. Thurston street, 160 feet south from Evergreen avenue. Thurston street, 6 feet north from Evergreen avenuc. Thurston street, 348 feet north from Evergreen avenue. Tower street, 18 feet north from Crown street. Tremont street, 9 feet south from Webster avenue. Tremont street, 454 feet south from Webster avenue. Trull street, 3 feet south from Medford street. Trull street, 276 feet south from Medford street. Trull street, 522 feet north from Vernon street. Trull street, 270 feet north from Vernon street. Tufts street, 51 feet north from Washington street. Tufts street, 150 feet south from Glen street. Tufts street, 43 feet north from Glen street. Tufts street, 53 feet south from Dell street.
Tufts street, 45 feet south from Cross street. Tyler street, 31 feet east from Vine street. Union square, 267 feet east from Webster avenue. Union square, 15 feet east from Stone avenue.
Union square, 3 feet west from Bow street. Union square, centre of square.
Union street, 3 feet north from Broadway. Union street, 123 feet.south from Mystic avenue.
Veazie street, 1 foot west from James street.
Vernon street, 72 feet west from Partridge avenue. Vernon street, 1 foot east from Bartlett street.
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Vernon street, 2 feet east from Miner street.
Vernon street, 48 feet west from Central street.
Victoria street, 255 feet south from Broadway.
Victoria street, 506 feet south. from Broadway. Victoria street, 151 feet north from Woodstock street. Villa avenue, 121 feet south from Winslow avenue. Vinal avenue, 6 feet south from Highland avenue.
Vinal avenue, 10 feet north from Pleasant avenue. Vinal avenue, 129 feet north from Aldersey street. Vinal avenue, 206 feet north from Summer street. Vinal avenue, 15 feet north from Summer street. Vine street, 15 feet north from Beacon street. Vine street, opposite Eliot street.
Vine street, 121 feet south from Tyler street. Vine street, 32 feet south from Somerville avenue. Virginia street, 45 feet west from Aldrich street. Waldo street, 6 feet north from Highland avenue. Wallace street, 37 feet south from Broadway. Wallace street, 395 feet south from Broadway.
Wallace street, 483 feet north from Park avenue.
Wallace street, 166 feet north from Park avenue.
Wallace street, 10 feet north from Holland street. Walnut street, 88 feet south from Wellington avenue. Walnut street, opposite Veazie street.
Walnut street, 87 feet north from Gilman street. Walnut street, 31 feet north from Pleasant avenue. Walnut street, 12 feet south from Boston street. Walter street, 28 feet west from Walnut street.
Walter street, 50 feet west from Bradley street. Ward street, 104 feet west from Medford street. Ward street, 7 feet east from Emery street. Ware street, 258 feet west from Curtis street. Ware street, 638 feet west from Curtis street. Warner street, 60 feet north from Broadway. Warren avenue, 5 feet north from Sanborn avenue.
Warren avenue, 48 feet north from Bow street. Warren avenue, 7 feet south from Columbus avenue. Warwick place, 142 feet north from Warwick street. Warwick street, 426 feet east from Cedar street. Washington street, 69 feet west from Crescent street. Washington street, 3 feet west from Waverley street. Washington street, west corner Mt. Vernon street. Washington street, 3 feet west from Murray street. Washington street, 6 feet west from Florence street. Washington street, 15 feet west from Myrtle street. Washington street, 2 feet east from Bartlett street. Washington street, 18 feet east from Franklin avenue. Washington street. 160 feet east from Franklin street. Washington street, 58 feet west from Franklin street. Washington street, 50 feet east from Shawmut street. Washington street, 37 feet east from Rossmore street. Washington street, 78 feet east from Boston street. Washington street, 28 feet west from Mystic street. Washington street, 6 feet west from Clark place. Washington street, 156 feet west from Bonner avenue. Washington street, 6 feet east from Kingman road. Washington street, 243 feet east from Parker street. Washington street, 50 feet east from Bowdoin street. Washington street, 15 feet east from Perry street. Washington street, 9 feet east from Leland street. Washington street, 112 feet east from Dane street. Washington street, 175 feet west from Dane street.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Washington street, 45 feet east from Beacon street. Washington street, 62 feet east from Line street. Water street, 91 feet north from South street. Water street, 254 feet north from South street. Water street, 354 feet north from South street.
Waterhouse street, 24 feet south from Broadway. Waterhouse street, 326 feet south from Broadway. Waterhouse street, 630 feet south from Broadway. Waverley street, 171 feet south from Washington street. Webster avenue, 93 feet south from Washington street. Webster avenue, 12 feet south from Everett street.
Webster avenue, 25 feet north from Newton street.
Webster avenue, 63 feet north from Prospect street.
Webster avenue, 18 feet south from Prospect street. Webster avenue, 78 feet north from Tremont street. Webster avenue, 3 feet north from Beach avenue. Webster avenue, 1 foot south from Columbia court.
Webster street, 25 feet east from Cross street. Webster street, 9 feet east from Rush street. Webster street, opposite Cutter street.
Wellington avenue, 15 feet west from Montgomery avenue. Wesley street, 200 feet north from Pearl street.
Wesley park, 16 feet north from Bow street.
Wesley park, 335 feet north from Bow street. West street, 2 feet north from Broadway.
West street (Ward 7), 92 feet south from Highland avenue. West street (Ward 7), 140 feet north from Highland avenue. Westminster street, 156 feet south from Electric avenue.
Westwood road, 90 feet west from Central street.
Westwood road, 58 feet east from Benton road. Wheatland street, 129 feet north from Broadway.
Wheatland street, 9 feet south from Jaques street.
Wheatland street, 73 feet north from Derby street. Wheatland street, 78 feet south from Mystic avenue. Whipple street, 101 feet north from Highland avenue. Wigglesworth street, 14 feet north from Pearl street. William street, 8 feet east from Chandler street.
Willoughby street, 146 feet west from Sycamore street. Willow avenue, 14 feet north from Summer street.
Willow avenue, 3 feet north from Lexington avenue.
Willow avenue, 46 feet south from Morrison avenue.
Willow avenue, 42 feet south from Fosket street.
Willow avenue, 85 feet south from Frederick avenue. Willow avenue, 171 feet north from Frederick avenue. Willow avenue, opposite Mallet street. Wilton street, 6 feet east from Nashua street.
Wilton street, 10 feet east from Lawrence street. Windom street, 7 feet south from Summer street. Windsor road, 86 feet east from Willow avenue. Windsor road, 45 feet west from Hancock street. Winslow avenue, 145 feet east from College avenue. Winslow avenue, 5 feet west from Grove street. Winslow avenue, 224 feet east from Grove street. Winslow avenue, 8 feet west from Clifton street. Winter street, 130 feet east from Holland street. Winter-hill circle, 178 feet north from Broadway. Woodbine street, 222 feet west from Centre street. Wyatt street, 8 feet south from Taunton street.
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List of Private Hydrants Supplied from the City of Somerville Mains.
John P. Squire & Co.
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.
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10
North Packing and Provision Co.
. 10
New England Dressed Meat and Wool Co.
5
Boston & Maine Railroad
8
Union Glass Works
1
Fresh Pond Ice Co.
1
American Tube Works
2
Middlesex Bleachery
3
Boston Elevated Railway Co.
1
Metropolitan Sewerage Pumping Station
1
Middlesex Paper Co.
2
Derby Desk Co.
1
M. W. Carr & Co.
2
Locations of Waterposts.
1-Albion street, 83 feet west from Centre street.
2-Appleton street, 49 feet west from Willow avenue.
3-Bartlett street, 26 feet south from Broadway.
4-Beacon street, 33 feet north from Concord avenue.
5-Beacon street, 135 feet east from Washington street.
6-Beacon street, 33 feet west from Vine street.
7-Beacon street, 94 feet east from Sacramento street.
8-Bolton street, opposite Baxter school.
9-Bonair street, 19 feet west from Wigglesworth street.
10-Bond street, 14 feet north from Broadway.
11-Boston avenue, opposite Highland road.
12-Boston street, 107 feet west from Greenville street.
13-Broadway, 75 feet west from Winthrop avenue.
14-Broadway, 6 feet west from Farm lane.
15-Broadway, 6 feet west from Irving street. 16-Broadway, 120 feet west from Clarendon avenue.
17-Broadway, 20 feet west from North street.
18-Cameron avenue, 6 feet north from Glendale avenue.
19-Cedar street, 96 feet south from Morrison avenue.
20-Cherry street, 161 feet south from Fairlee street.
21-Cleveland street, 169 feet east from Harvard street. 22-College avenue, opposite Morrison avenue. 23-College avenue, 5 feet south from Kenwood street. 24-Columbus avenue, 54 feet east from Walnut street.
25-Concord avenue, opposite Knapp school.
26-Curtis street, 50 feet east from Professors row. 27-Dana street, 30 feet east from Pearl street. 28-Elm street, 25 feet west from Burnside avenue. 29-Flint street, 47 feet east from Cross street.
30-Franklin street, 127 feet south from Broadway. 31-Frederick avenue, 66 feet east from Willow avenue. 32-Gilman street, 63 feet east from Walnut street. 33-Grove street, 19 feet south from Highland avenue. 34-Highland avenue, 44 feet west from Hamlet street. 35-Highland avenue, 50 feet west from Putnam street. 36-Highland avenue, 15 feet west from Central street. 37-Jaques street, 159 feet west from Grant street. 38-Laurel street, 20 feet south from Summer street. 39-Liberty avenue, 46 feet south from Broadway.
40-Linwood street, 70 feet west from Poplar street.
41-Lowell street, opposite Crown street.
42-Lowell street. 34 feet north from Highland avenue.
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43-Lowell street, 102 feet north of Wilton street.
44-Medford street, 35 feet east from Ward street.
45-Medford street, at Gilman square.
46-Medford street, 19 feet east from Glenwood road. 47-Montrose street, 204 feet west from School street.
48-Moreland street, 28 feet north from Meacham street. 49-Mt. Vernon street, 71 feet south from Broadway.
50-Mystic avenue, 33 feet west from Union street. 51-New Cross street, 64 feet north from Broadway.
52-Orchard street, 107 feet west from Dover street.
53-Otis street, 127 feet west from Cross street.
54-Packard avenue, 55 feet southwest from Powder House boulevard.
55-Paulina street, 26 feet east from Holland street.
56-Pearl street, 28 feet east from Myrtle street.
57-Pleasant avenue, 104 feet west from Walnut street.
58-Prospect street, 30 feet north from Somerville avenue.
59-Putnam street, 96 feet north from Summer street.
60-School street, 116 feet south from Broadway.
61-School street, 50 feet north from Berkeley street. 62-Shawmut street, 74 feet north from Shawmut place.
63-Somerville avenue, 175 feet east from Fitchburg R. R. crossing.
64-Somerville avenue, 246 feet east from Poplar street. 65-Somerville avenue, 89 feet east from Mystic street. 66-Somerville avenue, 119 feet west from School street.
67-Somerville avenue, 35 feet east from Central street. 68-Somerville avenue, 92 feet west from Kent street.
69-Somerville avenue, 120 feet west from Oak square. 70-Somerville avenue, 42 feet east from Mossland street.
71-Summer street, 14 feet east from Belmont street. 72-Summer street, 32 feet east from Cedar street. 73-Summer street, 35 feet east from Cutter avenue.
74-Sycamore street, 28 feet west from Medford street.
75-Temple street, 124 feet south from Heath street.
76-Tremont street, 120 feet south from Webster avenue.
77-Tufts street, 114 feet east from Cross street.
78-Vernon street, 45 feet west from Central street.
79-Washington street, 96 feet west from Myrtle street.
80-Washington street, 7 feet west from Boston street.
81-Washington street, 34 feet west from Union square.
82-Washington street, opposite Leland street.
83-Wheatland street, 30 feet south from Mystic avenue.
Locations of Drinking Fountains.
Belmont park
D
Broadway, opposite park, near Winthrop avenue H
Union square, junction Somerville avenue and Washington street H
Union square, in front of Hill building
DI
Lincoln park
D
Gilman square
DI
Cutter square C
Davis square, in front of Medina building DI
Teele square
H
H, horse trough; D, drinking fountain ; I, ice water; C, combination trough and drinking fountain.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Summary of Statistics FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1908. In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association. SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS. SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population by census of 1905, 69,272.
Date of construction: commenced in 1868.
By whom owned: City of Somerville.
Source of supply: Metropolitan water system.
Mode of supply: water is delivered into the city's mains, under both high and low pressures, by the Metropolitan Water Works.
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER.
1. Estimated total population at date, 74,000.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 74,000.
3. Estimated population supplied, 74,000.
4. Total consumption for the year, 2,411,647,200 gallons.
7. Average daily consumption, 6,589,200 gallons.
8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 89.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
MAINS.
1. Kind of pipe, cast-iron.
2. Sizes, from 4-inch to 20-inch.
3. Extended 4,179 feet during year.
Total now in use, 92.92 miles.
7. Number of leaks per mile, 0.15.
9. Number of hydrants added during year (public and private), 13.
10. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1,085.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 18.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 1,422.
14. Number of blow-offs, 138.
15. Range of pressure on mains, 35 pounds to 100 pounds.
SERVICES.
16. Kind of pipe: Lead; wrought iron-lead-lined; wrought iron- cement-lined; cast iron.
17. Sizes, one-half to six inches.
18. Extended 6,395 feet.
20. Total now in use, 76.5 miles.
21. Number of service taps added during the year, 169.
22. Number now in use, 11,817.
24. Average cost of service for the year, $20.92.
25. Number of meters added, 936; discontinued, 57.
26. Number now in use, 4,325.
27. Percentage of services metered, 36.6.
28. Percentage of receipts from metered water, 46.62.
29. Number of motors and elevators added, 0.
30. Number now in use, 8 (included in number of meters).
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FINANCIAL STATISTICS.
RECEIPTS.
From Water Rates : -
A. Fixture rates ·
.
.
$119,132 95
B. Meter rates ·
104,064 72
C. Total from consumers . ·
$223,197 67
BB. Special: - Miscellaneous accounts .
3,607 78
M. From other sources : - Balance from water account of 1907 .
1 90
Water service assessments
3,122 77
$34,144 83 ·
DD. Interest on bonds .
2,720 00
EE. Payment of bonds ·
7,000 00
Water Works Construction : -
GG. Mains
$6,088 76
HH. Services
3,535 35
II. Waterposts .
324 60
JJ. Meters .
6,949 48
KK. Total construction
$16,898 19
LL. Unclassified expenses : -
Metropolitan water assessment .
108,691 08
MM. Balance : -
(aa) Ordinary . Total balance
60,800 62
$60,800 62
N. Total
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Disposition of balance : applied to other municipal purposes.
0. Cost of works to date .
$908,636 18
P. Bonded debt at date
62,000 00
R. Average rate of interest, 4 per cent. .
WATER DEPARTMENT.
N. Total
$230,254 72 ·
EXPENDITURES.
Water Works Maintenance : - AA. Operation ( management and repairs )
. $30,537 05
CC. Total maintenance ·
.
.
·
.
.
.
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.
·
.
.
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$230,254 72
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Waterpost construction
324 60
Labor and materials ·
3,607 78
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1908.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-I herewith present to you the annual report of the fire department for the year ending December 31, 1908 :-
Fire Alarms.
Number of bell alarms
226
Number of still alarms
181
Total alarms
Number less than 1907
407 4
Value of buildings at risk
$331,500 00
Damage to buildings
32,134 74
Insurance on buildings
257,151 00
Value of contents
223,270 00
Damage to contents
32,707 85
Insurance on contents
154,114 00
Total value of risks .
554,770 00
Total damage
64,842 59
Total insurance
411,265 00
Manual Force.
The manual force of the department consists of 111 men, divided into companies as follows :-
Permanent Men. 1
Callmen.
Chief engineer
Assistant engineer
1
Engine Company No. 1
8
6
Engine Company No. 2
5
9
Engine Company No. 4
5
8
Engine Company No. 6
6
2
Hose and Chemical Company No. 7
3
5
Hose Company No. 2
2
6
Hose Company No. 3
.
3
6
Hose Company No. 5
2
5
Ladder and Chemical Company No. 1
3
10
Ladder Company No. 2
2
10
Chemical A .
3
Total number of men .
. 44
67
Apparatus in Service.
4
Chemical engine .
.
.
.
3
Ladder trucks
Ladder truck with chemical tank
.
.
Hose wagons
.
.
1
Combination chemical and hose wagons .
.
2
.
1
5
.
.
Steam fire engines
.
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CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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Apparatus in Reserve.
Steam fire engine
1
Combination chemical and hose wagon
1
Ladder truck
1
Horses.
There are forty-two horses owned and maintained by the department.
Recommendations.
I recommend that a fire engine of large pumping capacity be placed in the Union-square fire station. This section of the city is where most of the large manufacturing buildings are lo- cated, and an engine of this kind is necessary (with those we now have) to conquer fire.
I also recommend that a fire station be erected on land owned by the city on the corner of Broadway and City road. .
I further recommend that Chapter 191 of the Acts and Re- solves of the year 1905, a copy of which is herewith submitted, be accepted by the board of aldermen and approved by his honor, the mayor.
An Act to Authorize Cities and Towns to Establish Municipal Building Insurance Funds.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :-
Section 1. Any city or town which accepts the provisions of this act may establish and maintain a municipal building insurance fund, from which any municipal buildings or other property damaged or destroyed by fire, lightning or otherwise, may be repaired, rebuilt or replaced by other buildings or property to be used in lieu thereof.
Section 2. Any such city or town may raise money for the pur- poses of this act, not exceeding in amount in any one year one-twentieth of one per cent. of its assessed valuation; but no money shall be raised for such purpose while the amount of the fund equals or exceeds one per cent. of such valuation.
Section 3. The fund established under this act by any city or town shall be managed and administered as provided in section fifteen of chapter twenty-seven of the Revised Laws, by the sinking fund com- missioners thereof, if such there be, or by any municipal board of com- missioners or trustees having charge of its trust or sinking funds; and if in any such city or town such commissioners or trustees have not been established sinking fund commissioners shall be elected in the manner provided in section fourteen of chapter twenty-seven of the Revised Laws.
Section 4. This act may be accepted by any city by a concurrent vote of both branches of the city council, and by any town by a majority of the voters present and voting thereon at a meeting duly called for that purpose.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 17, 1905.
Chapter 191, Acts and Resolves for 1905.
It seems to be an excellent proposition. The public build- ings of the city are valued at upwards of over $2,000,000, and there is no insurance on any of them. Cities frequently have
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destructive fires in their public buildings, and Somerville may have one some day, as fires are seldom charitable.
I again earnestly recommend that the city government pro- hibit the use of shingles to cover the roofs of buildings. There is nothing that contributes so much to create a conflagration as shingle roofs. Every thoughtful citizen must know that shingle roofs are a menace to the safety of the city. When there is a fire and the roofs are dry, the sparks from the first fire are carried a long distance and fall on other roofs, igniting them; then fires become so numerous that they develop a con- flagration before the fire apparatus can reach them.
Bell Alarms and Causes Thereof.
Accidental
2
Automobile
3
Burning insulation off wires
2
Bonfires
2
Boiling over of tar
2
Boiling over of fat
2
Broken gas pipe .
3
Baker's oven
1
Connection about motor
2
Children playing with matches
15
Chimney fires
10
Combustion
13
Cleaning clothes with naphtha .
2
Curtains in contact with gas light
4
Candle upset in bed
1
Child playing with gas light
2
Defective chimney
5
Dog upset lamp .
1
Explosion of stove front
1
Fire crackers on roof
5
Fire on dump
2
Fire in Medford .
2
Fire in Cambridge
2
Filling alcohol lamp
1
False alarms
27
Grass fires
5
Gas from furnace
1
Hot ashes on floor
2
Hot ashes in barrel
5
Incendiary
12
Kerosene lamp upset
17
Kerosene oil heater
2
Lighting matches going to closet
3
Leaking gas tubes
3
Overheated oil stove
4
Overheated coal stove
2
Rubbish in cellar
3
Rats and matches
7
Rags used for wiping stoves
3
Stepping on snap match
6
Smoke from stove
2
Smoke from chimney
5
Spark in charcoal
1
Carried forward
.
195
.
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CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Brought forward
195
Spark from blacksmith's forge
1
Spark on roof from chimney
5
Spark from tobacco pipe .
10
Spark from fire under boiler
2
Steam mistaken for fire
1
Thawing out water pipe
4
Unknown ·
6
Upsetting candle on bale oakum
1
Wood on furnace to dry
1
Total
226
Service of Companies in Fire Department, Year 1908.
Engine 1.
Engine 2.
Engine 4.
Engine 6.
Hose 2.
Hose 3.
Hose 5
Hose and Chemical 7.
Chemical A.
Hook and Ladder 1.
Hook and Ladder 2.
Totals.
Bell alarms responded to
171
92
59
53
85
138
115
77
161
150
87
1,188
Still alarms responded to
21
30
8
25
18
7
29
7
39
00
2
194
Miles traveled
372
167
89
113
304
186
229
144
291
189
160
2,244
Feet of hose used
13,950
6,050
6,050
4,300
5,100
7,800
10,250
6,250
1,000
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60,750
Feet of chemical hose used
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.
·
. ·
· .
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9,000
19,200
14,350
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43,650
Feet of ladders used
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·
·
.
·
14
70
160
35
135
183
2,378
1,901
4,876
Chemical extinguishers used
10
17
16
15
24
33
4
69
11
199
Gallons of chemical water used
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·
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1,037
3,450
1,350
6,080
Times on duty at other stations
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