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Paulina street, 184 feet north from Holland street. 288 feet south from Broadway. 5 feet south from Broadway. Pearl street, 50 feet west from Crescent street. 7 feet north from Pinckney street. 29 feet east from Franklin street. Opposite Hillside avenue. 15 feet west from Glen street. 90 feet east from Cross street. 3 feet east from Pearl terrace. 6 feet west from Walnut street. 72 feet east from Bradley street. 110 feet east from Marshall street. Pearson avenue, 309 feet north from Morrison avenue. 44 feet south from Frederick avenue. 308 feet north from Frederick avenue.
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Pearson road, 127 feet north from Broadway. 81 feet north from Warner street. 344 fect north from Warner street. 436 feet south from Dearborn road. 131 feet south from Dearborn road.
Pembroke street, 14 feet east from Tennyson street. Perkins street, opposite Myrtle street. 78 feet east from Florence street. 24 feet east from Pinckney street. 56 feet east from Perkins place. 21 feet east from Mt. Pleasant street,
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Perry street, 324 feet south from Washington street.
Pinckney street, 11 feet north from Washington street. 330 feet south from Pearl street. 71 feet south from Pearl street. 203 feet north from Pearl street. Pitman street, 180 feet west from Beech street.
Pleasant avenue, 256 feet west from Walnut street.
Poplar street, 21 feet west from Joy street. 22 feet east from Linwood street. Porter street, 1 foot north from Mountain avenue. 282 feet south from Summer street. 24 feet north from Williams court. 8 feet north from Parker place.
Powder House boulevard, 133 feet northwest from Broadway. 560 feet northwest from Broadway. 319 feet east from Packard avenue.
191 feet west from Packard avenue.
172 feet east from Curtis street.
197 feet west from Curtis street. 528 feet west from Curtis street.
Prescott street, 330 feet south from Highland avenue.
586 feet south from Highland avenue. 257 feet north from Summer street.
Preston road, 269 feet west from School street. 166 feet south from Summer street.
Princeton street, 175 feet west from Lowell street.
Pritchard avenue, 255 feet north from Morrison avenue.
46 feet north from Frederick avenue. 168 feet south from Boston avenue. Professors row, 39 feet east from College avenue. 158 feet west from Boston avenue.
126 feet west from College avenue.
291 feet west from College avenue.
548 feet east from Packard avenue.
156 feet east from Packard avenue.
3 feet west from Packard avenue. 296 feet west from Packard avenue. 113 feet east from Curtis street. Prospect street, 135 feet north from Bennett street. 1
35 feet south from Concord avenue. 185 feet south from Oak street.
403 feet south from Oak street. 63 feet north from Houghton street.
Prospect Hill avenue, 10 feet north from Munroe street.
Putnam street, 116 feet south from Highland avenue. 420 feet south from Highland avenue.
612 feet north from Summer street.
308 feet north from Summer street. 46 feet north from Summer street.
Quincy street, 91 feet north from Somerville avenue. 381 feet north from Somerville avenue. 26 feet south from Summer street. 1
Raymond avenue, 728 feet west from Curtis street.
Richardson street, 11 feet west from Nashua street.
1 Richdale avenue, opposite Thurston street.
Robinson street, 325 feet west from Central street.
Rogers avenue, 369 feet south from Broadway. 257 feet north from Frederick avenue. 88 feet south from Frederick avenue. 255 feet north from Morrison avenue,
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Rossmore street, 244 feet south from Washington street. Rush street, 84 feet south from Pearl street. 11 feet north from Pearl street. 128 feet north from Brook street. Russell road, 11 feet north from Broadway. 312 feet north from Broadway. Sacramento street, 5 feet south from Miller street. 128 feet south from Beacon street.
Sanborn avenue, 55 feet east from Walnut street.
Sargent avenue, 474 feet south from Broadway. 361 feet west from Walnut street. 95 feet west from Walnut street. Sawyer avenue, 25 feet west from Packard avenue. School street, 31 feet south from Oakland avenue. 100 feet south from Maple avenue. 6 feet south from Montrose street. 128 feet north from Highland avenue. 88 feet north from Oxford street. 15 feet north from Avon street. 100 feet south from Summer street. 93 feet south from Preston road. 61 feet north from Knapp street.
Sewall street, 311 feet west from Grant street.
Shawmut street, 9 feet west from Washington street. 153 feet west from Shawmut place.
Simpson avenue, 272 feet south from Broadway. 142 feet north from Holland street.
Skehan street, 110 feet east from Hanson street.
Skilton avenue, on east entrance, 173 feet south from south line of Pearl street.
Somerville avenue, 96 feet west from Acadia park. 188 feet west from Mossland street. .
308 feet east from Mossland street.
600 feet east from Mossland street. 116 feet west from Elm street. 9 feet east from Ibbetson street. 77 feet east from Belmont street. 14 feet west from Garden court. 133 feet west from Kent street. 13 feet west from Beech street. 11 feet east from Central street. 2 feet west from Abdell street. 15 feet west from Laurel street. 86 feet west from Granite street. 100 feet east from Granite street. 76 feet east from Hawkins street. 185 feet west from Hawkins street. 88 feet west from Quincy street. 105 feet east from Carlton street. 00 feet west from Prospect street. 28 feet west from Linden street. 9 feet east from Mystic street. 94 feet west from Mansfield street. 126 feet east from Medford street. 88 feet east from Poplar street. 145 feet west from Congress place. 13 feet east from Congress place. 313 feet east from Congress place.
956 feet west from East Cambridge line.
1 872 feet west from East Cambridge line.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Somerville avenue, 670 feet west from East Cambridge line. 650 feet west from East Cambridge line. 312 feet west from East Cambridge line. 215 feet west from East Cambridge line. 100 feet west from Cambridge line. South street, 97 feet west from Bedford street. 2 feet east from Harding street. 25 feet west from Hunting street. 80 feet west from Willow place.
Spencer avenue, 290 feet west from Cedar street. 63 feet east from Hancock street.
Spring street, 10 feet south from Pitman street. 184 feet north from Atherton street.
Spring Hill terrace, 333 feet south from Highland avenue.
Springfield street, 140 feet south from Concord avenue. 21 feet south from Dickinson street. 177 feet south from Houghton street. Stickney avenue, 212 feet west from Marshall street.
Stone avenue, 120 feet north from Union square. 275 feet south from Columbus avenue.
Summer street, 148 feet east from Cutter avenue. Opposite Elston street.
1 West corner Hancock street.
34 feet east from Banks street.
6 feet east from Cherry street.
6 feet east from Cedar street.
24 feet east from Linden avenue. Opposite Craigie street.
35 feet east from Porter street. 4 feet east from Lowell street.
3 feet east from Belmont street.
1 foot west from Spring street.
53 feet west from Harvard street.
215 feet east from Harvard street. 59 feet east from Central street. 19 feet west from Laurel street.
52 feet west from Preston road.
191 feet west from School 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. 62 feet south from Browning road. 1 foot south from Forster street. 200 feet north from Medford 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. 201 feet east from Curtis street. Temple street, 4 feet north from Broadway. 123 feet south from Sewall street.
11 feet north from Jaques street. 6 feet south from Derby street. 5 feet south from Sydney street. Tenney court, 306 feet north from Mystic avenue. Tennyson street, 4 feet south from Medford street. 117 feet north from Pembroke street. Thorndike street, 4 feet south from Holland street, 82 feet north from Kingston street.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Thorpe street, 269 feet south from Highland avenue. Thurston street, 187 feet north from Medford street. 160 feet south from Evergreen avenue. 6 feet north from Evergreen avenue. 348 feet north from Evergreen avenue. Tower street, 18 feet north from Crown street. Tremont street, 9 feet south from Webster avenue. 454 feet south from Webster avenue. Trull street, 3 feet south from Medford street. 276 feet south from Medford street. 522 feet north from Vernon street. 270 feet north from Vernon street. 1 1
Tufts street, 51 feet north from Washington street. 150 feet south from Glen street. 43 feet north from Glen street. 53 feet south from Dell street. 45 feet south from Cross street. Tyler street, 31 feet east from Vine street.
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Union square, 267 feet east from Webster avenue. 15 feet east from Stone avenue. 3 feet west from Bow street. Centre of square. 1
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Union street, 3 feet north from Broadway. 123 feet south from Mystic avenue.
Veazie street, 1 foot west from James street.
Vernon street, 72 feet west from Partridge avenue. 1 foot east from Bartlett street.
2 feet east from Miner street. 48 feet west from Central street.
Victoria street, 255 feet south from Broadway. 506 feet south from Broadway. 151 feet north from Woodstock street. Villa avenue, 121 feet south from Winslow avenue.
Vinal avenue, 6 feet south from Highland avenue. 10 feet north from Pleasant avenue. 129 feet north from Aldersey street. 206 feet north from Summer street. 15 feet north from Summer street. Vine street, 15 feet north from Beacon street. Opposite Eliot street. 121 feet south from Tyler 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. 395 feet south from Broadway. 483 feet north from Park avenue. 166 feet north from Park avenue. 10 feet north from Holland street.
Walnut road, 268 feet west from Walnut street.
Walnut street, 88 feet south from Wellington avenue. Opposite Veazie street. 87 feet north from Gilman street. 31 feet north from Pleasant avenue. 12 feet south from Boston street. Walter street, 28 feet west from Walnut street. 50 feet west from Bradley street. Ward street, 104 feet west from Medford street. 7 feet east from Emery street. Ware street, 258 feet west from Curtis street. 638 feet west from Curtis street.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Warner street, 60 feet north from Broadway. Warren avenue, 5 feet north from Sanborn avenue. 48 feet north from Bow street. 7 feet south from Columbus avenue. Warwick place, 142 fect north from Warwick street. Warwick street, 426 feet east from Cedar street.
Washington street, 69 feet west from Crescent street. . 3 feet west from Waverley street. West corner Mt. Vernon street.
3 feet west from Murray street. 6 feet west from Florence street. 15 feet west from Myrtle street. 2 feet east from Bartlett street. 18 feet east from Franklin avenue. 160 feet east from Franklin street. 58 feet west from Franklin street. 50 feet east from Shawmut street.
37 feet east from Rossmore street. 78 feet east from Boston street. 28 feet west from Mystic street. 6 feet west from Clark place. 156 feet west from Bonner avenue. 6 feet east from Kingman road. 243 feet east from Parker street. 50 feet east from Bowdoin street. 15 feet east from Perry street. 9 feet east from Leland street. 112 feet east from Dane street.
175 feet west from Dane street. 45 feet east from Beacon street. 62 feet east from Line street. Water street, 91 feet north from South street. 254 feet north from South street. 354 feet north from South street.
326 feet south from Broadway. 630 feet south from Broadway. Waverley street, 171 feet south from Washington street. Webster avenue, 93 feet south from Washington street. 12 feet south from Everett street. 25 feet north from Newton street.
Waterhouse street, 24 feet south from Broadway.
63 feet north from Prospect street.
78 feet north from Tremont street. 3 feet north from Beach avenue. 1 foot south from Columbia court.
Webster street, 25 feet east from Cross street. 9 feet east from Rush 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. 335 feet north from Bow street.
West street (Ward 7), 92 feet south from Highland avenue. (Ward 7), 140 feet north from Highland avenue.
Westminster street, 156 feet south from Electric avenue. Westwood road, 90 feet west from Central street. 58 feet east from Benton road. Wheatland street, 129 feet north from Broadway. 9 feet south from Jaques street. 73 feet north from Derby street. 78 feet south from Mystic avenue.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Whipple street, 101 feet north from Highland avenue. Whitfield road, 85 feet west from Packard 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. 3 feet north from Lexington avenue.
46 feet south from Morrison avenue.
42 feet south from Fosket street.
85 feet south from Frederick avenue. 171 feet north from Frederick avenue. Opposite Mallet street.
Wilton street, 6 feet east from Nashua street. 10 feet east from Hinckley street.
Windom street, 7 feet south from Summer street.
Windsor road, 86 feet east from Willow avenue.
45 feet west from Hancock street.
Winslow avenue, 145 feet east from College avenue. 5 feet west from Grove street. 224 feet east from Grove street. 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.
List of Private Hydrants Supplied from the City of Somerville Mains.
John P. Squire & Co.
12
North Packing and Provision Co. .
10
New England Dressed Meat and Wool Co.
5
Boston & Maine Railroad
14
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 Pritchard avenue.
12-Boston street, 107 feet west from Greenville street.
13-Broadway, 75 feet west from Fellsway East,
14-Broadway, 6 feet west from City road.
15-Broadway, 6 feet west from Irving street.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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-Central street, 89 feet north from Highland avenue.
21-Cherry street, 161 feet south from Fairlee street.
22-Cleveland street, 169 feet east from Harvard street. 23-Columbus avenue, 54 feet east from Walnut street. 24-Concord avenue, opposite Knapp school.
25-Curtis street, 50 feet east from Professors row.
26-Dana street, 30 feet east from Pearl street.
27-Elm street, 25 feet west from Burnside avenue. 28-Flint street, 47 feet east from Cross street. 29-Franklin street, 127 feet south from Broadway. 30-Frederick avenue, 66 feet east from Willow avenue. 31-Gilman street, 63 feet east from Walnut street. 32-Grove street, 19 feet south from Highland avenue. 33-Jaques street, 159 feet west from Grant street. 34-Laurel street, 20 feet south from Summer street. 35-Liberty avenue, 46 feet south from Broadway. 36-Linwood street, 70 feet west from Poplar street. 37-Lowell street, opposite Crown street.
38-Lowell street, 34 feet north from Highland avenue. 39-Lowell street, 102 feet north from Wilton street. 40-Meacham road, 39 feet west from Dover street. 41-Medford street, 35 feet east from Ward street.
44-Medford street, 19 feet east from Glenwood road. 45-Montrose street, 204 feet west from School street. 46-Moreland street, 28 feet north from Meacham street.
42-Medford street, 24 feet north from Highland avenue.
43-Medford street, at Gilman square.
47-Mt. Vernon street, 71 feet south from Broadway. 48-Mystic avenue, 33 feet west from Union street. 49-New Cross street, 64 feet north from Broadway. 50-Orchard street, 107 feet west from Dover street. 51-Otis street, 127 feet west from Cross street.
52-Packard avenue, 55 feet southwest from Powder House boulevard.
53-Paulina street, 26 feet east from Holland street.
54-Pearl street, 28 feet east from Myrtle street.
55-Pleasant avenue, 104 feet west from Walnut street. 56-Prospect street, 30 feet north from Somerville avenue 57-Putnam street, 96 feet north from Summer street.
58-School street, 116 feet south from Broadway.
59-School street, 188 feet north from Highland avenue. 60-School street, 50 feet north from Berkeley street. 61-Shawmut street, 74 feet north from Shawmut place. 62-Somerville avenue, 871 feet west from East Cambridge line.
63-Somerville avenue, 150 feet west from Congress place. 64-Somerville avenue, 89 feet east from Mystic street. 65-Somerville avenue, 119 feet west from School street. 66 -- Somerville avenue, 35 feet east from Central street. 67-Somerville avenue, 92 feet west from Kent street. 68-Somerville avenue, 120 feet west from Oak square. 69-Somerville avenue, 42 feet east from Mossland street. 70-Summer street, 14 feet east from Belmont street. 71-Summer street, 32 feet east from Cedar street. 72-Summer street, 35 feet east from Cutter avenue. 73-Sycamore street, 28 feet west from Medford street.
74-Temple street, 31 feet north from Broadway.
75-Tremont street, 120 feet south from Webster avenue,
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
76-Tufts street, 114 feet east from Cross street.
77-Vernon street, 45 feet west from Central street.
78-Washington street, 96 feet west from Myrtle street.
79-Washington street, 7 feet west from Boston street.
80-Washingon street, 34 feet west from Union square.
81-Washington street, opposite Leland street.
82-Wheatland street, 30 feet south from Mystic avenue.
Locations of Drinking Fountains.
Broadway, opposite park, near Fellsway East 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 drink- ing fountain.
Summary of Statistics
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910. In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association.
SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS.
SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY,- MASS.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population by census of 1910, 77,236.
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.
Estimated total population at date, 78,000.
Estimated population on lines of pipe, 78,000.
Estimated population supplied, 78,000.
Total consumption for the year, 2,259,153,000 gallons.
Average daily consumption, 6,189,500 gallons Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 80.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
MAINS.
Kind of pipe, cast-iron. Sizes, from 4-inch to 20-inch.
Extended 4,406 feet during year.
Total now in use, 95.10 miles. Number of leaks per mile, 0.19.
Number of hydrants added during year (public and private), 17. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1,120. Number of stop gates added during year, 15.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Number of stop gates now in use, 1,469.
Number of blow-offs, 142.
Range of pressure on mains, 35 pounds to 100 pounds.
SERVICES.
Kind of pipe: Lead; wrought iron-lead-lined; wrought iron-
cement-lined; cast iron.
Sizes, one-half to six inches.
Extended 5,520 feet.
Total now in use, 79 miles.
Number of service taps added during the year, 149; discontinued, 18. Number now in use, 12,149.
Average cost of service for the year, $21.27.
Number of meters added, 728; discontinued, 65.
Number now in use, 5,817.
Percentage of services metered, 48.
Percentage of receipts from metered water, 54.
Number of motors and elevators added, 0.
Number now in use, 7 (included in number of meters).
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FINANCIAL STATISTICS.
RECEIPTS .
EXPENDITURES.
From Water Rates: -
A. Fixture rates .
$102,610.01
Water Works Maintenance :- AA. Operation (management and repairs) .
$24,402.16
B. Meter rates 123,665.29
BB. Special :-
Miscellaneous accounts . 6,555.73
$30,957.89 .
DD. Interest on bonds .
2,220.00
EE. Payment of bonds .
6,000.00
Water Works Construction: -
GG Mains
$6,010.82
HH. Services
.
·
.
· 4,632.73
Waterposts 58.63
KK. Total construction LL. Unclassified expenses :-
$13,872.39
Metropolitan water assessment .
110,056.25
MM. Balance :-
(aa) Ordinary
72,612.26
Total balance
72,612.26
N. Total
$235,718.79 .
N. Total
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Disposition of balance: applied to other municipal purposes.
O. Cost of works to date $933,818.89
P. Bonded debt at date
50,000.00
R. Average rate of interest, 4 per cent.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
.
$226,275.30
M. From other sources :- Water service assessments Labor and materials .
2,829.13
CC. Total maintenance ·
.
.
·
.
.
3,170.21
JJ. Meters
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
$235,718.79 .
.
C. Total from consumers
6,614.36
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1910. To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-I herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the fire department for the year ending December 31, 1910, containing the location of stations, apparatus, equip- ment, alarms, fires, and causes of same, losses and insurance as accurately as could be ascertained, and other information concerning the department that may be of interest :-
Fire Alarms.
Number of bell alarms
Number of still alarms
238 223
Total alarms
461
Number in excess of 1909 .
89
Value of buildings at risk
$395,050 00
Insurance on buildings
310,165 00
Damage to buildings
34,753 60
Value of contents
116,135 00
Insurance on contents
77,515 00
Damage to contents
24,351 79
Total value of risks
511,185 00
Total insurance
387,680 00
Total damage
59,105 39
Bell Alarms and Causes Thereof.
Accidental
2
Automobile
1
Alcohol lamp
1
Bonfires
9
Burlap in chimney flue
1
Baker's oven
3
Clothing falling on stove .
3
Children playing with matches
12
Chimney. fires
7
Combustion
7
Cigar stub
4
Careless use of matches
5
Candle in contact with burlap
1
Clothing hanging near open chimney flue
1
Cloth used for cleaning stove .
2
Drying plastering
3
Defective chimney
5
Defective fireplace
2
Electric car
2
Electric wires under bridge
2
Electric wires in tree .
3
Carried forward
77
Camphor oil boiling over
1
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CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Brought forward
77
Fire in Boston
Fire in Cambridge
1
Fire in dump
5
Firecracker in window
2
False alarms
24
Grass fires
3
Gasolene in contact with gas stove .
Gas connection on hot-water heater
Hot ashes in barrel
10
Kerosene lamp upset .
16
Kettle boiling dry
2
Kindling wood back of stove .
1
Kettle of tar upset
2
Kettle of fat boiling over .
1
Kerosene oil in furnace
1
Kerosene oil heater
4
Leak in gas meter
Lamp in contact with clothing
Overheated oil stove .
6
Overheated furnace
2
Overheated dry room
1 1
Rats and matches
3 1
Soot in chimney .
3
Stepping on snap match
4
Smoke from stove
6
Smoke from chimney
3
Smoke from furnace .
3
Sparks on roof from chimney
9
Spark from tobacco pipe
12
Spark from engine on railroad
9
Spark from steam roller
1
Spark from hoisting engine
1
Spark from cigarette
6
Spark from bonfire
1
Spark from forge
1
Thawing water pipe
1
1
Tank of tar on street, spark from furnace Unknown
2
238
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2 5 1
Overheated coal stove
Rubbish in cellar
Smoking in bed .
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1 1 1
Incendiary
Service of Companies in Fire Department, Year 1910.
Engine 1.
Engine 2.
Engine 4.
Engine 6.
Hose 2.
Hose 3.
Hose 5.
Hose 7.
Chemical A.
Hook and Ladder 1.
Hook and Ladder 2.
Totals.
Bell alarms responded to
161
85
75
78
105
119
111
114
137
137
110
1,232
Still alarms responded to
23
33
5
28
27
23
30
21
28
5
223
Miles traveled
377
1781/2
13434
17634
251
17412
207
184
193
171
157
2,204 1/2
Feet of 21/2 inch hose used
14,600
8,600
6,800
5,500
10,000
9,900
7,550
13,150
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