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5,000.00
Sarah J. and Mary Briggs Fund 5,000.00
Sturdy Memorial Hos- pital Alumnae Asso- ciation Permanent Bed Fund
5,000.00
Sundry Donations for Buildings and Equip- ment
10,000.00
Estate of Fannie M. Tappan, Donations
for Buildings and
Equipment
10,000.00
Savings Accounts
23,600.00
Real Estate, Sturdy
Foundation
30,000.00
5,000.00
1,600.00
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Sweet Donations for Buildings and Equip- ment 152,392.72
1925 Campaign Fund .. 351,297.02
Surplus 28,726.37
$735,516.11
$735,516.11
LIST OF LIFE MEMBERSHIPS TRUST FUND, DECEMBER 31, 1927 (32 at $50.00 each) EXHIBIT C, SCHEDULE V.
Maurice J. Baer
William J. Luther
Randolph E. Bell
Charles A. Mooers
*Philip E. Brady
Dr. Frederick V. Murphy
Edward P. Claflin *Martha A. Claflin
Samuel M. Stone
Dr. Joshua W. Clarke Joseph Finberg
Tilda B. Stone
Victor R. Glencross
Florence M. Sweet
Edward L. Gowen
Gertrude H. Sweet
Horace B. Gowen Jessie M. Gowen Dr. William O. Hewitt Gertrude E. Kendall
Hayward H. Sweet
Joseph L. Sweet
Marion H. Sweet
Beatrice W. Wilmarth
Dr. Ralph P. Kent Annie G. King William L. King *Deceased
*Charles C. Wilmarth
*Mary A. Wilmarth
STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN STATEMENT OF UNPAID SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DISCREPANCY DECEMBER 31, 1927 EXHIBIT E
Total Due No.
Amt.
Totally Unpaid Subscriptions
North Attleboro
113
$1,700.00
Attleboro
316
8,250.00
Mansfield
1
3.00
Norton
2
125.00
South Attleboro
20
278.00
452 $10,356,00
Partly Paid Subscriptions North Attleboro
$1,815.34
Attleboro
16,018.65
Geneva E. Murphy
Mary E. Sweeney
Harold E. Sweet
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Mansfield
67.00
Norton
215.50
South Attleboro
168.00
$18,284.49
Totally Unpaid Subscriptions
$10,356.00
Partly Paid Subscriptions
18,284.49
Total due and unpaid December 31, 1927 $28,640.49
Total original subscriptions
$392,444.90
*Less Wilmarth subscriptions
15,000.00
377,444.90
Collections to December 31, 1927
347,805.79
29,639.11
Deduct discrepancy
998.62
Balance as above
$28,640.49
*Mr. Charles C. Wilmarth died during the campaign prior to first in- stallment date and left certain funds to the hospital in his will, which funds were taken into the trust and general fund accounts in 1926.
Signed,
HAROLD E. SWEET,
Treasurer
STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY For Year Ending October 3, 1927
Three regular meetings of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital Aid Asso- ciation have been held during the season of 1926-27 with the President, Mrs. Harry P. Kent, presiding. There has been an average attendance of nine members.
The business transacted at the quarterly meeting has been in general the routine work of the various committees; namely the purchase of sup- plies and sewing material for the hospital, the expenditure of a chest income for these articles and for the up-keep of the free-beds maintained by the Association and the reports of the Sewing Committee which has most successfully served the needs of the hospital in this department.
The hospital reports that on October 1, 1926 to October 1, 1927 four patients have used the free beds, the time occupied being forty-six days or an average of 111/2 days per patient.
A successful donation day was held in October 1926 with Mrs. Dean Baker as chairman.
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During the year the Association voted to join the Central Social Agency and to ask the President to represent its interests at the meet- ings.
One gift has been received, a sum of money from the Pierian Club which was much appreciated and voted to be placed in the Trust Fund. Respectfully submitted,
HELEN S. GIBB, Secretary
STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION October 1, 1926-October 1, 1927 Receipts
Balance on hand, Oct. 1, 1926
$367.38
Received from Community Chest
4,629.15
Received from Furnishing Fund.
219.15
Received from Gertrude H. Sweet
9.60
Interest on daily balances
1.85
$5,227.13
Expenditures
Women's Free Bed
$250.00
Children's Free Bed
250.00
Maternity Bed
500.00
Hospital supplies, including bedding, sewing materi-
als, curtain materials, towels, surgical gowns, etc.
3,205.02
Silver
150.00
Electric floor polisher
67.13
Rugs
34.62
China and vases
71.01
Electric ice cream freezer and ice crusher
205.25
Mending
132.95
Secretary's book
2.50
Printing and Postage
4.00
Service charge on bank account
1.00
$4,873.48
Balance on hand, October 1st, 1927
$353.65
Respectfully submitted, ANNIE A. WHEELER, Treasurer
FURNISHING FUND
Receipts
Balance on hand, October 1, 1926.
$229.60
Received from
Women's Benevolent Society, Murray Universalist
Church
25.00
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R. M. Horton
25.00
Gertrude F. Ryder
25.00
Ioline Bacon Class ..
25.00
Daughters of Isabella
25.00
Mutual Helpers
25.00
Q. O. C. Class
25.00
Expenditures $404.60
Rugs
$34.62
Blankets, spreads and sewing materials
232.68
Lamp shades
3.80
China
59.01
Service charge on bank account
1.00
$331.11
Balance on hand, October 1, 1927 in Attleboro Sav-
ings Bank
$73.49
Respectfully submitted, ANNIE A. WHEELER, Treasurer
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PURCHASING COMMITTEE OF THE HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION
For Year Ending October 1, 1927
1 binder and sheets for Hospital Aid reports
1 Alaska ice cream freezer
1 ice crusher
1' large floor waxer
5 lbs Turkish towel remnants
73 surgical gowns 1 doz. men's duck coats
26 yds. Turkish toweling for bed pan covers
937 yds. whate outing flannel
60 doz. thread
9 doz. basting thread
4 doz. pieces of tape
10 packages of needles
21 doz. wash cloths
16 doz. hand towels
250 yds. linen huck for doctors' towels
49 pieces cotton huck for doctors' towels 1415 yds. Pequot sheeting 161/2 doz Ripplette bed spreads 2 special twill doctors' gowns
25 prs. Washburn bath blankets
11 doz. Pequot sheets 2971/2 yds. curtain material 10 doz. Turkish towels 1 doz. pillow cases 1/2 doz. covered muffin dishes
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11/2 doz. plates
2 doz. tea cups and saucers
1 doz. sugars
14 creamers
6 tea pots
6 hot water pitchers
1 doz. oat meal dishes
1 doz. fruit dishes
1 doz. bowls
3 doz. covers for brown tea pots
2 doz. covers for green tea pots
4 chocolate pots
18 Esmond blankets
15 glass vases
Respectfully submitted,
GERTRUDE H. SWEET, DR. LAURA V. G. MACKIE, TILDA B. STONE
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEWING COMMITTEE
For the Year Ending October 1, 1927
All Saints Church 30 baby dresses
Baptist Home Circle and Philathea Class 70 diapers 40 many tail binders 1 20 doctors' towels
Daughters of Isabella 30 many tail binders 10 pair sash curtains 35 T binders
Dodgeville Women's Club
40 diapers
Women's Benevolent Society of the Murray Universalist Church
9 pair sash curtains 133 T binders
18 laparotomy sheets
24 hot water bottle covers
18 laparotomy stockings
12 operating sheets
19 many tail binders
20 small sheets 18 operating room stand covers 6 surgical sheets 141 doctors' towels 6 odd pieces
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Frances Willard Circle, Murray Church 30 diapers
Hebrew Ladies' Auxiliary 12 baby dresses
Methodist Church 48 T binders 48 hot water bottle covers 12 small sheets
Pilgrim Church 22 laparotomy sheets 27 many tail binders 116 T binders 47 hot water bottle covers 12 small sheets
Priscilla Club 110 diapers 18 many tail binders 6 pair sash curtains
loline Bacon Class 160 draw sheets
Second Congregational Church
18 laparotomy sheets 56 many tail binders
28 table cloths
60 diapers 6 draw sheets 50 dish towels
228 doctors' towels
18 pair sash curtains
53 hot water bottle covers
Mrs. Remington's Class 50 diapers 48 doctors' towels
South Attleboro Community 10 pair sash curtains 11 small sheets 48 T binders
Mrs. Harry Clap 12 T binders
Making a total of 2,173 pieces.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE KEELER, Chairman
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Report of City Physician
During 1927 there were 76 families who received medical treatment from the City Physician. These families required from one to fifty-six visits. There were four calls to the Police Station and there were 125 calls to the City Infirmary. The summary of treatments rendered during 1927 is as follows:
Number of treatments received by 76 families. 675
Number of treatments received at Police Station. 4
Number of treatments received at City Infirmary. 125
Total number of treatments 804
Every effort has been made to afford these patients as good care and medicine as they would receive as private patients.
With the high prices of medicine and surgical supplies and the num- ber of visits necessary in the faithful performance of this office, it would seem as though there should be either an increase in the salary or an allowance for transportation.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES H. BREWSTER, M. D., City Physician
Report of Building Inspector
Attleboro, Mass, December 22, 1927 To His Honor, the Mayor, and Municipal Council:
I have the honor of submitting the annual report of the Building Inspector for the year 1927
A total of 330 permits were issued amounting to $678,126.36 divided as follows.
Private Garages
113
$31,509.50
Public Garages
4
12,200.00
One Family Dwellings
69
296,600.00
Two Family Dwellings
3
21,700.00
Three Family Dwellings
1 5,500.00
Additions and Alterations
93
46,528.86
Barns and Minor Buildings
40
15,388.00
Church
1
125,000.00
Factory
1
48,000.00
Gasolene Station
1
4,000.00
Theatre
1
75,000.00
Lunch Cart.
1
7,700.00
Fire Replacement
2
29,000.00
330
$678,126.36
During the year I have inspected 194 buildings using the Fire De- partment car covering 916 miles.
Respectfully submitted, FRED A. CLARK, Inspector
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Report of Charity Department
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :
Gentlemen:
The Overseers of the Department of Public Welfare respectfully submit the following report, in compliance with the City Ordinance, for the year ending December 31, 1927.
We again report an active year for this department Althoughi many Temporary Aid Cases were carried over from 1926, and many new cases were added during 1927, the cost for this form of relief remained about the same. A total of 142 cases were handled by the department, which is 16 more than during 1926. Sickness was a large factor in the cause for relief, nearly one-third of the total number of cases handled being due to this cause
Through the fine co-operation of the manufacturers with this de- partment, in finding positions for the unemployed, they greatly assisted in making the per capita net cost of Public Welfare in this city one of the lowest in the state.
Amount expended for all forms of relief $41,811.85
Amount received from State and other Cities and
Towns $9,923.91
Amount owed by other Cities, Towns and State .. 4,705.43
14,639.34
Total net cost of department for 1927
$27,172.51
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
Outside Relief
$10,249.95
Temporary Aid
7,642.02
Mothers' Aid.
13,150.00
City Infirmary
7,919.90
Office Salaries
2,350.00
Administration
499.98
$41,811.85
SUMMARY OF CASES
Causes for Relief
Number of Cases
Husband in prison
4
Orphans
2
Illigitimate children.
2
Insufficient income.
5
Divorce
1
Feeble indedness
2
Old age
13
Desertion
10
Widowhood
31
Sickness
45
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Unemployment
17
Burial
2
Attleboro cases in other cities and towns.
7
Total
142
FINANCIAL REPORT
Appropriation
Administration
$500.00
Salaries
2,350.00
City Infirmary
6,170.00
Mothers' Aid
14,000.00
Outside Relief
7,500.00
Temporary Aid
6,000.00
$36.520.00
Additional Appropriations allowed Oct. 11, 1927
Outside Relief.
$3,000.00
City Infirmary
1,500.00
Temporary Aid
1,500.00
$6,000.09
Total Appropriations for 1927
$42,520.00
Total Expenditures for 1927.
41,811.85
Balance in all Accounts December 31, 1927. ..
$708.15
Administration
Appropriation
$500.00
Salaries
2,350.00
Expended
2,849.99
Unexpended balance
.02
Mothers' Aid
Appropriation
$14,000.00
Transfer to Temporary Aid.
146.00
$13,854.00
Expended
13,150.00
Unexpended balance
$704.00
Temporary Aid
Appropriation
$6.000.00
Additional
1,500.00
Transfer from Mothers' Aid.
146.00
$7,646.00
Expended
7,642.02
Unexpended Balance
$3.98
$2,850.00
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Outside Relief
Appropriation
$7,500.00 3,000.00
Additional
$10,500.00
Transfer to City Infirmary
250.00
Expended
$10,250.00 10,249.95
Unexpended balance
$.05
City Infirmary
Appropriation
$6,170.00
Additional
1,500.00
Transfer from Outside Relief
250.00
$7,920.00
Expended
7,919.90
Unexpended Balance
$.10
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES
Salaries
Almoner
$1,600.00
Clerk
750.00
$2,350.00
Temporary Aid
$7,642.02
Administration
Rent
$216.00
Phone
44.31
Light
9.45
Incidentals
186.32
Filing Cabinet and Typewriter supplies
43.90
$499.98
Outside Relief
Clothing
$377.75
Fuel
1,013.20
Rent, board and care
4,133.20
Medical
1,854.46
Towns, cities and institutions
2,150.04
Burials
428.00
All others
293.30
$10,249.95
City Infirmary
Salary of Matron
$900.00
Other wages
551.00
Groceries and Provisions
2,995.77
Building upkeep
766.60
Fuel
531.81
Light
241.15
Phone
57.63
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Hay and Grain
563.56
Medical
92.85
Clothing
401.15
All others
818.38
$7,919.90
Mothers' Aid
Weekly cash
$11,142.98
Fuel
653.30
Medical
172.50
Cities and . Towns
999.70
All others
181.52
$13,150.00
Total expended
$41,811.85
Respectfully submitted, FRANK C. ROUNSEVILLE, Chairman STEPHEN H. FOLEY JAMES F. MURPHY
Overseers
Fire Department
MAYOR
Fred E. Briggs
COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRE DEPARTMENT
William N. Thurber, Chairman Charles J. Merritt
William A. Brennan
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
William E. Sweeney, Chairman Chief Fred A. Clark, Clerk Asst. Chief Leonard Gould
PERMANENT MEN
Located at South Main Street Station
Chief Fred A. Clark. 22 Hayward St.
Assistant Chief Leonard Gould 88 Forest St.
Captain Bert E. Riley 19 Capron St.
Lieutenant Joseph O. Mowry. .5 Second St.
Lieutenant Herbert E. Knight. Gustin Ave. Frank E. Barney Gustin Ave.
Francis J. Barrett. : 60 Pearl St.
Eustace H. Benson. 32 North Main St.
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William A. Demers Oak St.
Manual Duigmedgian. 105 Parker St.
Lawrence Flanagan 14 Solomon St.
Charles I. Gay 15 Emory St.
Peter Godfrey 206 Wilmarth St.
Herman F. Gorman South Main St.
Nelson B. Lees 31 Adamsdale Ave.
William Lovenbury 27 Olive St.
Frederick W. S. Moore 76 Orange St.
William E. Riley .96 Park St.
John Stafford 43 Fourth St.
Herman N. Thurber State St.
William A. Wheaton.
Garden St.
Located at Union Street Station
Captain Hiram R. Packard, Jr. 8 Hope St.
Lieutenant Herbert E. Brown 154 County St.
Lieutenant Albert N. Knight. 10 Lafayette St.
Joseph I. Claflin. 5 James Court
John E. Galvin. 211 Wilmarth St.
Joseph W. Hearn .53 Thacher St.
Ralph L. Hopkinson . 98 North Ave.
John J. McGilvray . 109 Union St.
Herbert C. Parker 163 North Ave.
Edward M. Paton .. 2291/2 Park St.
Delphis J. B. Paradis 16 James Court
George A. Stowe
15 Jewell Ave.
Located at South Attleboro Station
Captain Roy M. Churchill. .531 Newport Ave.
Lieutenant William F. Ahern 103 Emory St.
William Coupe. 411 Newport Ave.
Henry E. Charon Sturdy St.
John Ludgate 707 Newport Ave.
Joseph A. Smith
Newport Ave.
Located at Hebronville Station
Peter Gagner 27 Knight Ave.
CALL MEN
Engine Co. No. 1, South Main Street Station
Willard J. Barney
Charles C. Monroe
Hose Co. No. 2, Union Street Station
Frank J. Lyle
Albert C. Parker
Arthur B. Read
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Engine Co. No. 4, South Attleboro Station
Russell Beaumont
Daniel Driscoll
Clifford Dieterle Michael E. Fox
Hose Co. No. 5, Hebronville Station
Charles J. Hewitt
Andred J. Murphy
J. Everett Hoyle Garnet W. Ousley
Ladder Co. No. 1, Union Street Station
John Stafford
Berlyn E. White
Ladder Co. No. 2, South Attleboro Station
Harold V. Hopkins Charles A. Wilbur
Ira B. Nickerson
Ladder Co. No. 3, South Main Street Station
Orrin W. Clark
Edward M. Feeney
Earle C. Whitney
Report of Board of Engineers
To His Honor, the Mayor, and tlie Municipal Council:
We have the honor of submitting the annual report of the Fire De- partment for the year ending December 20, 1927, togther with such recommendations as we think necessary for increasing the efficiency of the Department.
ORGANIZATION
The Department consists of: 3 Engineers 38 Permanent Men
21 Call Men
2 Engine Companies
2 Hose Companies
3 Ladder Companies
FIRE STATIONS AND APPARATUS
Central Fire Station, South Main Street, Station No. 1
2 Ahrens-Fox Triple Combinations
1 Ahrens-Fox City Service Ladder Truck
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1 Chief's Car
1 Supply Car
Union Street Station, No. 2
1 Kelly-Springfield Combination Hose and Chemical
1 Seagrave, Tractor Drawn, 75 Foot Aerial
In Reserve
1 Knox Combination Hose and Chemical
South Attleboro Station, No. 4.
1 Ahren's-Fox Triple Combination
1 Seagrave City Service Truck
1 Kelly-Springfield, Rebuilt, Combination Hose and Chemical
Hebronville Station, No. 5
1 Federal Combination Hose and Chemical
APPARATUS
3 Ahrens-Fox Triple Combinations
3 Hose and Chemical Trucks
3 Ladder Trucks
1 Chief's Car
1 Supply Car
In Reserve
1 Knox Combination Hose and Chemical Truck
IMPROVEMENTS
The Hebronville station has been repaired and painted.
The South Attleboro station has been painted.
The South Main Street station has been painted, inside.
A new tin roof on the rear of South Main Street station. Sixteen hundred-fifty (1650) feet of hose purchased.
Water piping replaced in South Main Street station.
A new Baker pipe purchased.
Four (4) new pipes for ceiling and wall fires.
Engine No. 1 painted.
A new booster tank added to Engine No. 1, making it a triple com- bination.
SALARIES
Chief . $2,500.00 per year
Assistant Chief. 2,400.00 per year
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Call Men in Center.
200.00 per year
Call Men in South Attleboro and Hebronville. 140.00 per year
Semi-Permanent Man, Hebronville. 828.12 per year
Permanent Men
Captains
$5.50 per day
Lieutenants
5.25 per day
1st 6 months, men. 4.50 per day
2nd 6 months, men. 4.75 per day
2nd year men 5.00 per day
FIRE RECORD
Taking into consideration the amount of property at risk we con- sider the actual loss small, Sanford Block and C. L. Watson residence being the most disastrous fires of the year.
The department, including all companies, have laid 32,000 feet of hose, raised 1656 feet of ladders and used 2,714 gallons of chemical. The booster pumps have been used 31 times.
The department has responded to the following alarms:
Alarms from boxes 69
Assembly calls
6
Still alarms 259
334
Classification of Alarms
Buildings
65
Chimney
33
Brush and Grass.
148
Rubbish and Dump
12
Automobile
16
False
12
No Fire
18 2
Oil Stove
Lost Person
1
Automatic Sprinkler
8 2
Telephone Pole
1
Oil Burner
3 2
Washing Street
Bon-fire
2
Tar Kettle
3
Freight Car
1
Overheated Furnace
1
Steam Engine
1
Lungmotor
3
334
Rescue Animal
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Fire Losses
Value of buildings at risk. $176,985.00
Value of contents at risk. 249,450.42
$426,435.42
Insurance on buildings at risk $252,050.00
Insurance on contents at risk. 244,300.00
$496,350.00
Loss on buildings $49,736.23
Loss on contents
46,283.07
$96,019.30
Insurance paid on buildings and contents
91,214.88
Loss not covered by insurance
4,804.42
Out of city calls:
Rehoboth
3
North Attleboro
2
Norton
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FIRE PREVENTION
Fire prevention to our minds, is as important as Fire Fighting, and until the American public is aware of this fact every person will be obliged to pay excessive insurance rates because of the heavy fire losses which the country suffers each year. Statistics show that ninety percent (90%) of all the fires are due to carelessness, and this carelessness, of course, means the loss of many lives.
During the last year it is estimated that fifteen thousand (15,000) people have been burned to death in the United States; and it is con- sidered a fair estimate to say that at least fifty percent (50%) were killed by fires caused by carelessness. Each and every person who pays insurance rates pays his proportionate share for this carelessness.
If we make-only a slight impression upon the people of Attleboro of the seriousness of the Fire Hazard, and make them realize that Fire Prevention in their homes, stores and factories is a real important thing, we feel that we have contributed some good to the City as Fire Depart- ment Officials.
During the past year, in the inspection which our men have made from time to time, we have found many instances where carelessness has been the main thing that we have to contend with. In many cases we found rubbish piled next to boilers, defective smoke pipes, as well as defective chimneys, also poor storage of acids and ashes put into wooden containers and many other hazards too numerous to mention at the present time.
We want especially to emphasize at this time the danger of persons having gasoline in their homes or in their place of business, no matter how small the quantity may be. This hazard is exeremely dangerous in case the right mixture takes place in the atmosphere; and lately we have
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knowledge that gasoline has been used in some homes for cleaning pur- poses.
Another hazard with which the Fire Department has to contend with is the oil burner used in stoves and other heating apparatus, that has not been approved by the insurance underwriters. We take this opportunity of cautioning the people here in the city regarding this very dangerous hazard.
Oil burners, if approved by the Insurance Underwriters, are perfectly safe if handled properly. If a furnace is neglected, to which one of these burners is attached, there is surely trouble coming to the owner of the property. We have special reference to the facts that oil heaters should be taken care of at special times, and also that all tanks for the oil should be buried in the ground and not located in the cellars, where if by any chance a leak takes place and a fire occurs, there is absolutely no opportunity for the Fire Department to get this fire out except by extreme measures, which, as a rule, means ruination of property.
We have had a few fires in our city from oil burners, one which was very serious. In this particular instance the fire was not caused by the oil burner itself, but the water guage was not kept perfectly clear as it should be, with the result that the water was completely boiled out of the boiler; and as the oil heater continued to keep up its same volume of heat units, the natural result was that the whole furnace became red hot, thereby communicating itself to the surrounding woodwork.
A furnace using coal would of course never cause this particular kind of trouble for it would have required attention and naturally it would have been discovered that something was wrong.
We cannot lay too much stress upon using precautions where oil burners are used; and if ordinary precautions are taken, there is no reason why these burners should not be as efficient as any other type of heating apparatus.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Wł again recommend that the Fire Department be charged ten (10) dollars per hydrant instead of thirty (30) dollars per hydrant. Although this charge is a matter of bookkeeping it raises the Fire Department yearly expense over fifteen thousand dollars, which is over twelve (12) percent of our total expense. This charge of thirty (30) dollars a hydrant is misleading as to the expenses of our department. We are unable to find any other city or town charging over ten (10) dollars per hydrant.
We again recommend that three (3) more Captains be appointed, making six (6) Captains and two (2) Lientenants. This recommenda- tion does not increase the number of officers as the Captains would be taken from the present list of Lieutenants.
Wie again recommend that a drill tower be erected in the yard of the Union Street Station, so that the men can be trained in the proper handling of equipment. One of our officers is a graduate of the Boston Fire Department Drill School but has no facilities for training the men properly.
We again recommend that a car for the Chief of the Department, as conditions are now, with the Chief being Building Inspector, he is out a good part of each day which leaves the Assistant Chief without a car
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to answer alarms while the Chief is away from the station inspecting buildings.
We again recommend that you consider the situation in South Attle- boro near the State Line as to another Fire Station in the near future. This section is the most rapid growing section in the city and fire pro- tection will have to be given this section.
We recommend the purchase of fifteen hundred (1500) feet of hose.
We recommend that six (6) additional permanent men be added to the department. Four (4) to be placed in South Attleboro and drop the call men. The other two (2) to be placed in the Union Street Station in the center of the city.
(We recommend that the Captains' and Lieutenants' pay be in- creased twenty-five ($.25) per day.
ESTIMATED EXPENSES
Salaries :
Permanent men.
$74,444.62
Call men
4,420.00
$78,864.62
Hydrants
15,700.00
Light, phone and water
1,150.00
Maintenance of automobiles
2,800.00
Coal and wood
1,500.00
General supplies
2,500.00
Incidentals
500.00
Hose
1,500.00
Repairs on station ..
800.00
Insurance on buildings
400.00
26,850.00
$105,714.62
RECOMMENDATIONS
Three Captains
273.75
Chief's car
1,500.00
Drill tower.
700.00
Six permanent men.
10,128.00
Increase, Captains and Lieutenants
730.00
13,331.75
$119,046.62
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