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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 trom 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.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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. 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. 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.
Union square, 267 feet east from Webster avenue. 15 feet east from Stone avenue. 3 feet west from Bow street. Centre of square.
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.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
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. 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 feet 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.
Waterhouse street, 24 feet south from Broadway.
326 feet south from Broadway. 630 feet south from Broadway. Waverley street, 171 feet south from Washington street. Webster avenue, 37 feet south from Washington street. 190 feet south from Everett street. 167 feet north from Prospect street.
14 feet south 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, 92 feet south from Highland avenue.
140 feet north from Highland avenue.
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ANNUAL REPORTS. 1
West Adams street, 200 feet north from Conwell avenue. 480 feet north from Conwell 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. Whipple street, 101 feet north from Highland avenue. Whitfield road, 85 feet west from Packard avenue. Wigglesworth street, 14 feet north from Pearl street.
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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
City of Somerville, Water Department
1
City of Somerville, Highway Department
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.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
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 Prichard 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.
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-Francesca avenue, 50 feet east from College avenue.
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-Jaques street, 159 feet west from Grant street. 35-Laurel street, 20 feet south from Summer street. 36-Liberty avenue, 46 feet south from Broadway. 37-Linwood street, 70 feet west from Poplar street. 38-Lowell street, opposite Crown street.
39-Lowell street, 34 feet north from Highland avenue. 40-Lowell street, 102 feet north from Wilton street.
41-Meacham road, 39 feet west from Dover street.
42-Medford street, 35 feet east from Ward street.
43-Medford street, 24 feet north from Highland avenue.
44-Medford street, at Gilman square.
45-Medford street, 19 feet east from Glenwood road.
46-Montrose street, 204 feet west from School street.
53-Packard avenue, 55 feet southwest from Powder House boulevard.
54-Paulina street, 26 feet east from Holland street. 55 -- Pearl street, 28 feet east from Myrtle street.
56-Pleasant avenue, 104 feet west from Walnut street.
57-Prospect street, 30 feet north from Somerville avenue.
58-Putnam street, 96 feet north from Summer street. 59-School street, 116 feet south from Broadway.
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60-School street, 188 feet north from Highland avenue.
61-School street, 50 feet north from Berkeley street.
62-Shawmut street, 74 feet north from Shawmut place.
63-Somerville avenue, 871 feet west from East Cambridge line.
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47-Moreland street, 28 feet north from Meacham street. 48-Mt. Vernon street, 71 feet south from Broadway. 49-Mystic avenue, 33 feet west from Union street. 50-New Cross street, 64 feet north from Broadway. 51-Orchard street, 107 feet west from Dover street. 52-Otis street, 127 feet west from Cross street.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
64-Somerville avenue, 150 feet west from Congress place. 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, 31 feet north from Broadway.
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.
Broadway, opposite park, near Fellsway East H Union square, junction Somerville avenue and Washington street H . . Union square, in front of Hill building DI ·
Gilman square
DI
Cutter square C
Davis square, in front of Medina building . DI
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, 1911.
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, 79,000. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 79,000. Estimated population supplied, 79,000.
Total consumption for the year, 2,153,171,500 gallons. Average daily consumption, 5,899,100 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 74.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
MAINS,
Kind of pipe, cast-iron. i
Sizes, from 4-inch to 20-inch. 1
Extended 3,838 feet during year.
Total now in use, 95.83 miles.
Number of leaks per mile, .07.
Number of hydrants added during year (public and private), 20.
Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1,140.
Number of stop gates added during year, 50.
Number of stop gates now in use, 1,519.
Number of blow-offs, 152.
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 7,468 feet.
Total now in use, 80 miles.
Number of service taps added during the year, 235; discontinued, 27. Number now in use, 12,357.
Number of meters added, 770; discontinued, 54.
Number now in use, 6,533.
Percentage of services metered, 53.
Percentage of receipts from metered water, 59.
Number of motors and elevators added, 0.
Number now in use, 7 (included in number of meters).
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c.
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FINANCIAL STATISTICS.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
From Water Rates :-
A . Fixture rates ·
·
B. Meter rates . · .
133,141.68
C. Total from consumers .
$226,554.24
.
$243,257.75
Water Works Maintenance :- AA. Operation (management and repairs) ·
$27,203.93 .
BB. Special :-
Miscellaneous accounts . 12,472.62
CC. Total maintenance .
.
.
$39,676.55
DD. Interest on bonds .
.
.
.
Water Works Construction : -
GG. Mains
.
.
4,587.75
JJ. Meters .
5,194.22
Waterposts
·
30.45
KK. Total construction
$14,970.34
LL. Unclassified expenses : -
Metropolitan water assessment .
115,094.29
MM. Balance :- (aa) Ordinary .
65,536.57 .
Total balance
·
.
.
.
.
65,536.57
N. Total
·
-Disposition of balance: applied to other municipal purposes.
O. Cost of works to date ·
·
·
.
$944,558.34
P. Bonded debt at date 45,000.00
R. Average rate of interest, 4 per cent. ·
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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.
.
.
$243,257.75 .
N. Total
4,200.44
M. From other sources :- Water service assessments Labor and materials .
12,503.07
1 980.00
EE. Payment of bonds
6,000.00
$5,157.92
HH. Services
.
.
.
·
.
$93,412.56
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1911.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-I have the honor of submitting for your con- sideration the annual report of the condition and operation of the fire department for. the year ending December 31, 1911 :-
Alarms of Fire.
Number of bell alarms
253
Number of still alarms
281
Total alarms
Number in excess of 1910 .
534 73
Value of buildings at risk
$516,650 00
Insurance on buildings
346,915 00
Damage to buildings
29,386 32
Value of contents
207,550 00
Insurance on contents
138,700 00
Damage to contents
24,123 75
Total value of risks .
724,200 00
Total insurance
485,615 00
Total damage
53,510 07
Ball Alarms and Causes Thereof.
Accidental
5
Automobile in street .
2
Bonfires .
4
Burning food on stove
1
Boys and matches
10
Broken gas fixture
2
Children playing with matches
15
Clothing hanging near stove
5
Clothing in contact with lamp .
6
Curtain set from snap match
3
Curtain in contact with gas jet
6
Careless use of matches
4
Combustion .
3
Curtain in contact with gas stove
1 7
Cellar wall falling
1
Defective fireplace
1
Defective wiring
.
2
Defective chimney
5
Drying plastering
2
Electric car .
2
Electric wire in tree .
3
Carried forward .
. 93
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.
.
Chimney fires
3
Defective gas jet
.
.
436
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward .
93
Electric wire in generator building
1
Fire in Boston
2
Fire in Medford .
1
Fire in dump
12
Fat in ·oven .
2
False alarms
24
Grass fire
6
Heating paint on stove
2
Hot ashes in barrel
4
Incendiary
15
Kerosene oil heater
4
Kerosene lamp explosion .
Kerosene lamp in contact with gasolene
1
Kerosene lamp upset .
Kettle boiling dry
Kettle of tar
2
Leak in gas meter
2
Lighted cigar on window .
1
Overheated boiler
1
Overheated kerosene stove
4
Overheated furnace
5
Overheated coal stove
6
Rats and matches
5
Rubbish
Spark from boiler ·
8 2
Spark from tobacco pipe
8
Stepping on snap match
5
Salamander
3
Spark from incinerator
1
Spark from cigarette ..
4 6
Spark from locomotive
1
Spark from stove
5
Thawing water pipe
4
253
4
8 1
Spark caused by friction
437
Service of Companies in Fire Department, Year 1911.
.
Engine 1.
Engine 2.
Engine 4.
Engine 6.
Hose 2.
Hose 3.
Hose 5.
Hose 7.
Chemical A.
Ladder 1.
Ladder 2.
Ladder 3.
Totals.
Bell alarms responded to
192
93
95
59
99
124
130
118
147
114
96
45
1,312
Still alarms responded to
30
28
12
54
28
36
21
21
21
5
2
23
281
Miles traveled
.
428
1811/2
193
13834
265
266
214
16412
165 14
133
147 1/2
71
2,367 12
Feet of 21/2 inch hose used
17,250
10,300
5,150
13,250
7,800
6,950
12,150
13,700
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.
.
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3,250
3,900
12,500
16,800
14,750
17,400
6,650
75,250
Feet of ladders used
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.
.
20
70
125
18
154
1,340
1,956
1,171
4,854
Chemical extinguishers used
4
19
17
10
3
3
18
.
.
7
2
.
.
.
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Gallons of chemical used 1
.
.
·
780
700
1,750
2.619
2,610
3,500
.
.
·
937
12,896
Times on duty at other stations
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.
1
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.
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.
83
.
2
CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
.
86,550
Feet of chemical hose used
438
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Fire Stations and Equipment.
There are eight fire stations located and equipped as fol- lows :-
The Central fire station, 261 Medford street :-
1 Third size Metropolitan engine, No. 1, drawn by three horses, ca- pacity 600 gallons a minute, put into service in 1903.
1 Hose wagon, drawn by two horses, carries 1,000 feet of two-and-one- half-inch hose and two three-gallon chemical extinguishers, re- built in 1910; nine permanent men.
1 Holloway chemical engine, drawn by two horses, equipped with two fifty-gallon tanks, 300 feet three-fourths-inch chemical hose, and fifteen feet of ladders, been in service since 1894; three permanent men.
Engine No. 2. station, corner of Broadway and Cross street :-
1 Third size Silsby engine, drawn by three horses, capacity 600 gallons a minute, rebuilt in 1904.
1 Hose wagon, drawn by two horses, carries 900 feet of two-and-one- half-inch hose, two three-gallon extinguishers, and thirty-five feet of ladders; eight permanent men.
1 Combination ladder truck and chemical engine, No. 3, drawn by three horses, carries 386 feet of ladders, longest ladder fifty-foot exten- sion, two thirty-five-gallon chemical tanks, and 300 feet three- fourths-inch hose, put into service December 31, 1910; four per- manent men, four callmen.
Union square station, Union square :-
1 Ladder truck, No. 1, drawn by three horses, carries 415 feet of lad- ders, longest ladder fifty-foot extension, and two three-gallon ex- tinguishers; four permanent men, seven callmen.
.1 Combination hose and chemical wagon, No. 3, drawn by two horses, equipped with two thirty-five-gallon chemical tanks, 800 feet of two-and-one-half-inch hose, 250 feet three-fourths-inch chemical hose, and twenty-four feet of ladders, put into service 1908; four permanent men, three callmen.
1 Relief hose wagon, rebuilt and painted in 1910.
Engine No. 4 station, corner Highland avenue and Grove
1 street :-
I Second size Silsby engine, No. 4, drawn by three horses, capacity 700 gallons a minute, rebuilt in 1907, repainted în 1911.
1 Hose wagon, drawn by two horses, carries 900 feet of two-and-one- half-inch hose, two three-gallon extinguishers, and forty-five feet of ladders; six permanent men, seven callmen.
Hose No. 5 station, 651 Somerville avenue :-
1 Combination hose and chemical engine, drawn by three horses, equipped with two forty-five-gallon chemical tanks, 800 feet of two-and-one-half-inch hose, 300 feet three-fourths-inch hose, and two three-gallon extinguishers. This is the first combination wagon ever built. Four permanent men, one callman.
Engine No. 6 station, Teele square :-
1 Second size Metropolitan engine, drawn by three horses, capacity 700 gallons a minute, put into service in 1907, revarnished in 1911.
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CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
1 Combination hose and chemical wagon, drawn by two horses, equipped with two thirty-five-gallon chemical tanks, 600 feet two- and-one-half-inch hose, 300 feet three-fourths-inch hose, and twenty-four feet of ladders, put into service in 1908; six perma- nent men, two callmen.
Ladder No. 2 station, 265 Highland avenue :-
1 Seagraves trussed truck, drawn by three horses, equipped with 408 feet of ladders, longest sixty-five-foot extension, two three-gallon extinguishers, put into service in 1904; four permanent men, nine callmen.
1 Pope-Hartford motor-driven combination hose and chemical, No. 7, equipped with one thirty-five-gallon tank, two three-gallon extin- guishers, 600 feet of two-and-one-half-inch hose, and 250 feet of three-fourths-inch chemical hose, put into service April 1, 1910; four permanent men, two callmen.
Hose No. 2 station, Marshall street, near Broadway :-
1 Combination hose and chemical wagon, drawn by two horses, and equipped with two thirty-five-gallon chemical tanks, 900 feet of two-and-one-half-inch hose, 300 feet three-fourths-inch chemical hose, and two three-gallon extinguishers; four permanent men, four callmen.
Manual Force.
The manual force of the department consists of 103 mem- bers, divided as follows :-.-
Sixty-three (63) permanently employed, thirty-nine (39) callmen, and one (1) relief driver.
During the year the force has been reduced two (2) call- men through resignation, and three (3) permanent men, through death, resignation, and discharge.
The force has been increased by the appointment of three (3) permanent men.
The small number of men and the continued depletion should be considered seriously and given attention.
By the death of W. Foster Wade on September 20, 1911, the department lost a very promising member. He was a young man of indomitable will and courage and a most com- panionable associate.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Horses.
There are forty-four horses owned and maintained by the department, forty-one in actual fire service, one for relief work, one used by the fire alarm department, and the chief's horse, re- tired, but not yet disposed of.
There have been no horses either purchased or disposed of during the past year, which is almost unprecedented.
Each passing year is adding to the ages of the horses, and in the very near future younger horses must of necessity be purchased.
Hose.
There are at present 9,350 feet of two and one-half-inch serviceable hose, 1,100 feet of second-grade, and 1.000 feet condemned.
There have been 600 feet purchased.
There are 2,200 feet of three-quarter-inch chemical hose. During the year there have been 600 feet purchased and 500 feet condemned.
In order that each wagon shall have its required two shifts of two and one-half-inch hose, a necessity, the amount of hose on hand should be 13,600 feet; therefore, considerable new hose should be purchased the coming year.
Recapitulation.
In the very beginning of the year there were 22,000 cards distributed by the permanent men to every family, office, and store in the city for the purpose of advising the people as to the location of the nearest fire alarm box, with instructions for its use and the manner of telephone notification in event of a fire.
The result of this distribution has been gratifying and economical, inasmuch as there have been more than 100 tele- phone alarms received at the Central fire station and trans- mitted to the several stations, thereby very materially reducing the bell alarms, and also saving on the wear and tear upon the horses and apparatus.
There have been no large or serious fires, there having been but seventeen with an insurance loss exceeding $1,000, as follows :-
January 12, 9.15 P. M. Still alarm, Teele square, building owned by Z. E. Cliff, occupied by Fred A. Weldon, grocery ; damage to building, $799 ; contents, $1,002.55. Total, $1,801.55. Rats and matches.
January 16, 8.20 A. M. Box 47, 7 West street, building owned by Elizabeth Buettel, occupied by Julian C. Arnold, dwelling; damage to building, $1,100; contents, $200, Total, $1,300, Thawing water pipes.
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